Re: The world's greatest Pentax service has just gone down the drain. :-(

[Ralf R. Radermacher]

Rick Womer  wrote:

> Did you try dropping out the focusing screen and re-seating it?  
> I have fixed alignment and focusing problems in my K10D thus.

Yes I have. Several times and with two different screens: the original
screen and a Chinese split-image screen. Problem still persists. 

Ralf

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Re: Re: got the K7 in my hot little hands

[Jens]

I must say I'm quite happy with my K20D. I'm actuaælly considering buying a 
second one.
Perhaps I should go for the K7 in stead. Or maybe the new K7 will make used 
prises of the K20D drop a bit (if any are available at all).
I'm definitely selling my K10D. I just use it for back-up and for aerial 
photography, where I need two bodies - one for the FA* 2.8 28-70mm and one for 
the FA* 2.8 80-200mm. (Great outfit BTW :-) - I love those two lenses a lot - 
heavy - but they're good
Regards
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On Jun 2, 2009 22:30 "Mark Roberts"  wrote:
> David J Brooks wrote:
> >On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Doug Brewer 
> >wrote:
> >>
> >> Even so, it's producing some outstanding stuff (well, as
> >> outstanding as I
> >> ever get...) and the metering is lust-worthy.
> >
> >Doug. One of my big concerns with my K10D vs my D200 etc, is that
> >just
> >about every shot i take on the K10D, i'm adjusting the EV. I don't
> >seem to have that problem with the Nikons once i set it to what the
> >surrounds require.
> >
> >Thoughts on this for the K-7 metering.??
> 
> Dave, the metering of the K-7 is effing amazing. Doug had some shots
> that we couldn't believe: Scenes that presented amazingly difficult
> tasks for metering were handled perfectly, with no blown highlights.
> No exposure compensation. Like you, I find I'm almost always using
> exposure compensation with my K10 and K20. When I get around to
> buying
> a K-7 it will be the metering more than anything else that finally
> makes my get out my credit card.
> 
> Also, our seat-of-the-pants, totally unscientific impression is that
> dynamic range has been greatly extended with this new sensor. 
> 
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Re: GOAY: GFM

[Cory Waters]

Thanks guys.  I like the shot too but decided not to enter it because 
I'd gotten the idea from Tony Sweet's presentation Friday night.  I 
figured they'd get loads of "sweetened" shots.  Of course, with the rain 
they'd been getting on the mountain of late, the judges got lots of 
stream and mushroom shots too.  Sigh.

CW


Mark Roberts wrote:

David Savage wrote:

  

Great gallery mate.

You're all looking so old :-)

BTW, I agree with mark about your submissions. I don't care what sweet
means now, but you definitely should have submitted that double
exposed tree. That's a fu#ken awesome shot.



What Dave said.

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Re: Re: 300mm AF lens

[Jens]

Thanks, Ken
I may tri to find one at a reasonable price.
Regards
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On Jun 2, 2009 22:19 "Ken Waller"  wrote:
> I would highly reccommend the Pentax 300mm f4.5 FA SMC IF+ED. Its my
> most 
> used lens. I have had it since new and it has never given me any
> troubles. 
> True it has no tripod mount, but I've never found that to be the cause
> of 
> throw away images. I've used mine with a Pentax A-1.4X-S convertor and
> have 
> gotten award winnning images with it. Its relatively compact as 300mm
> lenses 
> go. I have no idea as to current prices, I bought mine new many years
> ago 
> for $775. USD.
> 
> Kenneth Waller
> http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
> 
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Jens" 
> Subject: WTB: 300mm AF lens
> 
> 
> > HEllo list-guys
> > I WTB a 300mm AF lens for my K20D. A good one.
> > Any great ideas for less than 1000 USD?
> >
> > BTW:
> > WTS my old trusted SMC M* 4.0 300mm
> > Make me an offer, please!
> >
> > Regards
> > Jens
> >
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> >
> > On May 27, 2009 02:05 "Scott Loveless" 
> > wrote:
> >> On 5/26/09, Cotty  wrote:
> >> > On 26/5/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >  >Took this one yesterday while sitting on the curb waiting for
> >> >  >the
> >> >  >parade.
> >> >  >http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/V3B_y2PFHlMEGVrB_vA3WQ?
> >> >  feat=directlink
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Very nice - slipping into Godfrey
> >> >  territory here ;-)
> >>
> >> Thanks, Cotty.  Though, I think Godfrey's much better at it.
> >>
> >> -- 
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Re: Peso Tree and plowed field

[Ken Waller]

Nice capture as is, but I agree there's more there. 
Among other things I'd try would be a lower perspective.


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- Original Message - 
From: "David J Brooks" 

Subject: Peso Tree and plowed field



I drive by this field every morning on my bus run. I like the plow
lines and at certain times in the morning, it looks very nice. I'm not
overly happy with this, but i think there is a shot here some how.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9282123

K10D, daf 50-200, LR 2

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Re: The world's greatest Pentax service has just gone down the drain. :-(

[Rick Womer]

Ralf,

Did you try dropping out the focusing screen and re-seating it?  I have fixed 
alignment and focusing problems in my K10D thus.

Rick

http://photo.net/photos/RickW


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> My K10D has contracted a focussing
> problem. Optimum sharpness in the
> viewfinder and the AF confirmation in the display are way
> apart, with
> the AF signal being correct. 
> 
> Well, not to worry, I thought, let's give a call to the
> great Pentax
> service guys at Hamburg and find out what can be done about
> it. Just a
> quick click to the pentax.de website for their phone
> number
> 
> YIKES!!! No more Pentax number, instead the address and
> number of a
> company I had never heard of. Ah well... the announced
> restructuring,
> the move of Pentax Europe to Paris and the disbanding of
> Pentax' own
> service department in Hamburg which had an outstanding
> reputation over
> many years.
> 
> OK then, sigh, dialling the new number. A woman answers the
> phone with
> "Canon Service xyz... can I help you?"
> 
> Canon Service??? WTF??? Oh yes, they've also been appointed
> Germany's
> only official Pentax service a week ago, she explains.
> 
> No, sorry, she goes on, no idea what might be the trouble
> with my
> camera. But I could mail it in for an inspection. Their
> turnaround
> times? Oh, some 4 to 5 weeks. WHAT??? After over 30 years
> of a Pentax
> service where 2 weeks were already considered as rather
> long? 
> 
> Listen Hoya, one of the main reasons for Germans to buy
> Pentax was the
> greatest service on earth provided by your folks in
> Hamburg. No, you
> haven't just shot yourselves in the foot. You've nuked them
> off. Both.
> 
> Still fuming,
> Ralf
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RE: PESO: Feet

[Bob W]

how did I miss that first time round? That's a really good shot!

Bob 

> 
> Thanks. That's worth a look.
> Paul
> On Jun 2, 2009, at 3:57 PM, frank theriault wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Paul Stenquist 
>  > > wrote:
> >> DA* 60-250, f6.7 @ 1/1500, ISO 400, 60mm. Continuous autofocus on  
> >> K20D.
> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9278935&size=lg
> >
> > I think I might like it even more if you rotated it 90 degrees, even
> > though I'm sure you're showing it "right side up".
> >
> > Whatever the case may be, this is a wonderful photo!
> >
> > cheers,
> > frank


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RE: Peso Tree and plowed field

[Bob W]

> 
> I drive by this field every morning on my bus run. I like the plow
> lines and at certain times in the morning, it looks very nice. I'm not
> overly happy with this, but i think there is a shot here some how.
> 
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9282123
> 
> K10D, daf 50-200, LR 2
> 
> Dave


That's a beautiful scene, and 99.9% of people who've ever taken a
picture would be extremely happy with that photo, but I agree with you that
the scene is well worth working a bit more. It would be a wonderful spot to
photograph over a long period of time - a couple of years to capture the
changing of the seasons, with frequent returns in different light and
weather.

Bob


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Re: PESO: Feet

[paul stenquist]

Thanks. That's worth a look.
Paul
On Jun 2, 2009, at 3:57 PM, frank theriault wrote:

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Paul Stenquist > wrote:
DA* 60-250, f6.7 @ 1/1500, ISO 400, 60mm. Continuous autofocus on  
K20D.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9278935&size=lg


I think I might like it even more if you rotated it 90 degrees, even
though I'm sure you're showing it "right side up".

Whatever the case may be, this is a wonderful photo!

cheers,
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Re: got the K7 in my hot little hands

[Doug Brewer]

Mark Roberts wrote:

David J Brooks wrote:


On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Doug Brewer  wrote:

Even so, it's producing some outstanding stuff (well, as outstanding as I
ever get...) and the metering is lust-worthy.

Doug. One of my big concerns with my K10D vs my D200 etc, is that just
about every shot i take on the K10D, i'm adjusting the EV. I don't
seem to have that problem with the Nikons once i set it to what the
surrounds require.

Thoughts on this for the K-7 metering.??


Dave, the metering of the K-7 is effing amazing. Doug had some shots
that we couldn't believe: Scenes that presented amazingly difficult
tasks for metering were handled perfectly, with no blown highlights.
No exposure compensation. Like you, I find I'm almost always using
exposure compensation with my K10 and K20. When I get around to buying
a K-7 it will be the metering more than anything else that finally
makes my get out my credit card.

Also, our seat-of-the-pants, totally unscientific impression is that
dynamic range has been greatly extended with this new sensor.


oh, yeah, sorry Dave. I've been knee-deep in computer issues today and 
have only half watched the list. Here are three samples, just quick 
grabs to see how the camera handled things:


http://photos.drivingtheflies.com/index.php?page=album.9

let me know if you have questions.


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Re: 2000 mm reflex lens

[Graydon]

On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 01:30:28PM -0700, Joseph McAllister scripsit:
> And how can a reflex lens have 8 elements in 6 groups? My 2000mm ƒ10  
> Celestron 8" has a mirror, and a secondary mirror. They must have packed 
> a few elements into the small barrel to magnify the image from a 6" 
> design to make it 2000mm.

Most modern catadioptric lenses have the focusing meniscus/objective
lens (depending on whether Maksutov-Cassegrain or Schmidt-Cassegrain),
the primary mirror, the secondary mirror, and then a stack of regular
old refractive lenses in the optical path after the primary mirror.

Removing the objective and the mirrors as single element groups, that
gives the remaining stack 5 elements in 3 groups, which doesn't seem
unreasonable for a lens stack intended to do fine focusing.

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Re: got the K7 in my hot little hands

[William Robb]

- Original Message - 
From: "Mark Roberts" 
Subject: Re: got the K7 in my hot little hands






Dave, the metering of the K-7 is effing amazing. Doug had some shots
that we couldn't believe: Scenes that presented amazingly difficult
tasks for metering were handled perfectly, with no blown highlights.
No exposure compensation. Like you, I find I'm almost always using
exposure compensation with my K10 and K20. When I get around to buying
a K-7 it will be the metering more than anything else that finally
makes my get out my credit card.

Also, our seat-of-the-pants, totally unscientific impression is that
dynamic range has been greatly extended with this new sensor. 


You guys are killing me. 


William Robb

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Re: 2000 mm reflex lens

[William Robb]

- Original Message - 
From: "Joseph McAllister"

Subject: Re: 2000 mm reflex lens


Oh, but they've brought into the 20th century, and added a tripod
collar to save the poor camera mount plate.

And how can a reflex lens have 8 elements in 6 groups? My 2000mm ƒ10
Celestron 8" has a mirror, and a secondary mirror. They must have
packed a few elements into the small barrel to magnify the image from
a 6" design to make it 2000mm.

There are 5 elements behind the rear mirror. Whether they are acting as a 
teleconverter of sorts or are corrective elements I don't know.


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Re: 300mm AF lens

[William Robb]

- Original Message - 
From: "Ken Waller"

Subject: Re: 300mm AF lens


I would highly reccommend the Pentax 300mm f4.5 FA SMC IF+ED. Its my most 
used lens. I have had it since new and it has never given me any troubles. 
True it has no tripod mount, but I've never found that to be the cause of 
throw away images. I've used mine with a Pentax A-1.4X-S convertor and have 
gotten award winnning images with it. Its relatively compact as 300mm 
lenses go. I have no idea as to current prices, I bought mine new many 
years ago for $775. USD.


I recall you thought highly of my F300/4.5 as well when I showed it to you 
(thanks Norm for delivering it).

I've been very happy with it.

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Re: The Leica as a Teacher

[Luiz Felipe]

Some history... my first camera was a Pentax Km, bought in 1976 as 
replacement for the Spotmatic I wanted - tested one some months before 
and decided that was the camera I wanted to use, instead of dad's.


Before the Km, I used dad's gear often enough: Agfa Karat, Leicas 3f and 
3g, with 35 to 135mm lenses, and a Rolleiflex - all with handheld meter 
or sunny/16 rule. But the Km really changed my style... I became bolder 
in the framing, since I had almost the same vision of the film.


Later added Lx, K2, Ricoh Kr10, P67, Canon F1n, Nikon Fg, Sinar F, 
Hassel 500c/m, Nikon AW35L, Olympus Trip35, Olympus Pen, Pentax Zx5, 
Olympus Trip35, Mx, Mx, Pz1p, Eos 500n... of course selling many of them 
somewhere in the timeline.


Lots of fun... :-)

LF

Joseph McAllister escreveu:

On May 31, 2009, at 10:04 , Adam Maas wrote:


On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:58 AM, William Robb  wrote:


- Original Message - From: "Adam Maas"
Subject: Re: The Leica as a Teacher


Nikon EM and a 50/1.8 Series E was my first real camera. Shot with
that for a couple of years until my dad loaned me his Nikon
wunderkamera that he couldn't figure out.

My first camera was a Fujica 35-ML rangefinder, and I still have it.
It's a little gem of a camera dating from the mid 1950s.
Since it is a non interchangable lens camera, I was forced into the 
one lens
philosophy of learning composition. I think I am a better 
photographer for

it too.

William Robb



My first camera was a Kodak Pocket Instamatic 130, still have it. In
between that and the EM I had a Ricoh 35S fixed-focus 35mm P&S.
Neither were terribly good, both were lots of fun.


Ok. I'll play.

My first camera was a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash Model I got for 
Christmas in 1950, a moulded phenolic box with a plastic lens that sits 
on my fridge loaded with 620 film on it's 12th frame, flash attached, 
bulb inserted, safety cover on the flash. I now consider it a toy. There 
were millions made, including a French version made in France. Value = 
$5 ±.


My second camera was a Zeiss Ikon Nettax 513/16 my father brought me 
from Germany in 1954. 6x6 folder, 120 film, tan leatherette (not the 
usual black) which I used for 10 years until I purchased a Zenza Bronica 
outfit (body, two backs, 3 lenses) in Japan while in the Navy in 1965. 
Sold the Zeiss for $25 to a mate. It's now worth between $300 and $500. 
Supplemented the Bronica with a 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 Bush Pressman in 1966, 
which I still have. Sold the Bronica stuff at a camera swap meet in 1994 
for about $100. About what it was worth.


When I got back from my Vietnam tour in 1966 I purchased a Honeywell 
Pentax Spotmatic, black, which sits in the drawer next to me, loaded 
with film and a 50mm ƒ1.4 lens. At one point I had more than 17 
Takumars, but I sold them all on eBay in the late 90s after deciding I'd 
be happier with the K-1000 I picked up in 1978. This was followed over 
the years by another K-1000 or two. Then an MV, MX, LX, a PZ-1p, 2 more 
LXn, a Deardorff, an *istD, K100, K10D, K20D, another K20D, and you know 
where this is headed...


After getting paid in camera equipment for work breaking up and selling 
off the contents of a long established camera store in 1996, my house is 
still filled with a huge variety of cameras and lenses of various sizes 
and age. If I stop participating in PDML for a few months, it's because 
I finally decided to get rid of them all, as they are an Albatross 
around my neck by this time.


Joseph McAllister
Lots of gear, not much time

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Re: 300mm AF lens

[Ken Waller]

has no tripod mount or availability for dedicated TC's


What do you mean by dedicated ?

I use a Pentax A-1.4X-S with mine and it works just fine (no AF of course)

Kenneth Waller
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- Original Message - 
From: "John Whittingham" 

Subject: RE: 300mm AF lens


The FA*300/4.5 is good but slower than the Sigma and has no tripod mount 
or availability for dedicated TC's, which is why I kept the Sigma despite 
owning both. I believe the F version had  a tripod collar. The DA*300/4 
SDM is another matter, it's friking awesome!


John

From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of J.C. 
O'Connell [hifis...@gate.net]

Sent: 02 June 2009 15:12
To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'
Subject: RE: 300mm AF lens

What about the various Pentax AF 300mm lenses
Made over the years? Anybody using/used those
On digital?

J.C. O'Connell ( mailto:hifis...@gate.net )


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Christian
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:15 AM
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Subject: Re: 300mm AF lens


The sigma was my only longish lens for a long time when I had the *ist
D.  It works great with both the 1.4x and 2x matched Sigma TCs.

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John Whittingham wrote:

Hi Jens,

Sigma 300/4 APO Tele Macro s/h of course. I'll swap mine for a 400/5.6



Sigma APO PKAF.

Jiohn

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HEllo list-guys
I WTB a 300mm AF lens for my K20D. A good one.
Any great ideas for less than 1000 USD?



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Re: 2000 mm reflex lens

[Joseph McAllister]

Oh, but they've brought into the 20th century, and added a tripod  
collar to save the poor camera mount plate.


And how can a reflex lens have 8 elements in 6 groups? My 2000mm ƒ10  
Celestron 8" has a mirror, and a secondary mirror. They must have  
packed a few elements into the small barrel to magnify the image from  
a 6" design to make it 2000mm.



On Jun 2, 2009, at 10:30 , pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:

B&H started showing the 2000 reflex a couple of months ago I  
believe. The last version of this lens was an M, and it was in  
production from 1982 to 2004. An earlier K version was produced from  
1979 to 1982, and I think it was identical. Perhaps Pentax told B&H  
that they had enough parts to assemble a couple of them. At one time  
B&H promoted the FA 600/4 in the same manner. They're probably  
considered a good clearing house for limited-production specialty  
items. Or maybe B&H found some NOS glass in the back room. It's  
anybody's guess.

Paul
Paul
- "Steve Desjardins"  wrote:


I was poking around the B&H website and noticed that they had the
Pentax 2000mm f13.5 reflex lens.  First I thought it was used but  
it's

just special order.  When did that appear?


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Re: got the K7 in my hot little hands

[Mark Roberts]

David J Brooks wrote:

>On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Doug Brewer  wrote:
>>
>> Even so, it's producing some outstanding stuff (well, as outstanding as I
>> ever get...) and the metering is lust-worthy.
>
>Doug. One of my big concerns with my K10D vs my D200 etc, is that just
>about every shot i take on the K10D, i'm adjusting the EV. I don't
>seem to have that problem with the Nikons once i set it to what the
>surrounds require.
>
>Thoughts on this for the K-7 metering.??

Dave, the metering of the K-7 is effing amazing. Doug had some shots
that we couldn't believe: Scenes that presented amazingly difficult
tasks for metering were handled perfectly, with no blown highlights.
No exposure compensation. Like you, I find I'm almost always using
exposure compensation with my K10 and K20. When I get around to buying
a K-7 it will be the metering more than anything else that finally
makes my get out my credit card.

Also, our seat-of-the-pants, totally unscientific impression is that
dynamic range has been greatly extended with this new sensor. 


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Re: PESO 2009 - 079 - GDG

[frank theriault]

On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> I haven't posted a self-portrait in a bit ...
> took this one while on my morning walk a couple of days ago enjoying the
> rediscovery of my Contax Tix camera.
>
> http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3587/3578924004_4f09cd150b_o.jpg
> 079 - "Self Portrait On Walk" - Sunnyvale 2009
> Contax Tix - Kodak Advantix B&W 400 film
> scanned with Nikon LS-40 - processed in Lightroom
>  flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/3578924004/
>
> Comments always appreciated. Don't worry about insulting the subject... ;-)

Did you lose weight?

Seriously, I know I've never met you, but from other pix I've seen of
you, I recall your face looked rounder.

Whatever the case may be, cool shot!

cheers,
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Re: 300mm AF lens

[Ken Waller]

I would highly reccommend the Pentax 300mm f4.5 FA SMC IF+ED. Its my most 
used lens. I have had it since new and it has never given me any troubles. 
True it has no tripod mount, but I've never found that to be the cause of 
throw away images. I've used mine with a Pentax A-1.4X-S convertor and have 
gotten award winnning images with it. Its relatively compact as 300mm lenses 
go. I have no idea as to current prices, I bought mine new many years ago 
for $775. USD.


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Subject: WTB: 300mm AF lens



HEllo list-guys
I WTB a 300mm AF lens for my K20D. A good one.
Any great ideas for less than 1000 USD?

BTW:
WTS my old trusted SMC M* 4.0 300mm
Make me an offer, please!

Regards
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On May 27, 2009 02:05 "Scott Loveless"  wrote:

On 5/26/09, Cotty  wrote:
> On 26/5/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>
>  >Took this one yesterday while sitting on the curb waiting for the
>  >parade.
>  >http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/V3B_y2PFHlMEGVrB_vA3WQ?
>  feat=directlink
>
>
> Very nice - slipping into Godfrey
>  territory here ;-)

Thanks, Cotty.  Though, I think Godfrey's much better at it.

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Re: PESO 2009 - 079 - GDG

[Luiz Felipe]

Sorry, Godfrey... not my type. The photo is interesting...

LF :-)

Godfrey DiGiorgi escreveu:

I haven't posted a self-portrait in a bit ...
took this one while on my morning walk a couple of days ago enjoying the 
rediscovery of my Contax Tix camera.


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3587/3578924004_4f09cd150b_o.jpg
079 - "Self Portrait On Walk" - Sunnyvale 2009
Contax Tix - Kodak Advantix B&W 400 film
scanned with Nikon LS-40 - processed in Lightroom
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Comments always appreciated. Don't worry about insulting the subject... ;-)

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Re: GOAY: GFM

[Mark Roberts]

Cotty wrote:

>On 2/6/09, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>Middle row: Christine Aguilera (aka Trouble!!!)
>
>ACK - sorry Christine - jetlag endemic here - just arrived home with 2
>hours sleep on the overnight flight and 2 more this afternoon - that
>should of course be 'Christine Aguila.
>
>Now who's trouble!!

And Stan Harding is really Stan Halpin.

More trouble!


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Re: Peso Tree and plowed field

[jdavisf8]

I think you're right, David and you just may have found it. I like this. Well 
composed. Maybe a little more contrast in the furrows.(?) Might, also, allow 
the tree to stand out more against the background.


Jack

--- On Tue, 6/2/09, David J Brooks  wrote:

> From: David J Brooks 
> Subject: Peso Tree and plowed field
> To: "Pentax Discuss" , "Barbara Brooks" , 
> "Harry Bolton" , "Yvette Huber" 
> Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 10:54 AM
> I drive by this field every morning
> on my bus run. I like the plow
> lines and at certain times in the morning, it looks very
> nice. I'm not
> overly happy with this, but i think there is a shot here
> some how.
> 
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9282123
> 
> K10D, daf 50-200, LR 2
> 
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Re: GOAY: GFM

[Joseph McAllister]

You're still "IN" trouble, unless Darrell's last name is different  
than Christine's!   :-)



On Jun 2, 2009, at 09:56 , Cotty wrote:


On 2/6/09, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed:


Middle row: Christine Aguilera (aka Trouble!!!)


ACK - sorry Christine - jetlag endemic here - just arrived home with 2
hours sleep on the overnight flight and 2 more this afternoon - that
should of course be 'Christine Aguila.

Now who's trouble!!


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Peso Tree and plowed field

[David J Brooks]

I drive by this field every morning on my bus run. I like the plow
lines and at certain times in the morning, it looks very nice. I'm not
overly happy with this, but i think there is a shot here some how.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9282123

K10D, daf 50-200, LR 2

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Re: PESO: Feet

[frank theriault]

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
> DA* 60-250, f6.7 @ 1/1500, ISO 400, 60mm. Continuous autofocus on K20D.
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9278935&size=lg

I think I might like it even more if you rotated it 90 degrees, even
though I'm sure you're showing it "right side up".

Whatever the case may be, this is a wonderful photo!

cheers,
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Re: PESO - European Drive-Thru Banking

[frank theriault]

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 4:02 AM, Rick Womer  wrote:
>
> A snap from Lucca, Italy.
>
> I love the use of bicycles on this side of the pond.
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9273912
>

Brilliant!

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Re: PESO: Feet

[pnstenquist]

Thanks Luiz. And thanks to all who had a look.
Paul
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> Good moment, Paul. Very interesting...
> 
> LF
> 
> Paul Stenquist escreveu:
> > DA* 60-250, f6.7 @ 1/1500, ISO 400, 60mm. Continuous autofocus on
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Re: PESO - European Drive-Thru Banking

[Joseph McAllister]

Why not?

On Jun 2, 2009, at 06:10 , Jack Davis wrote:

I doubt he's be allowed to bike-up to the ATM at any sidewalk  
location in the US...assuming he is on a sidewalk.


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Re: OT - Big Changes

[frank theriault]

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Bob W  wrote:

> Good luck with it Frank! Shame about the pesos though.

Well, I may have a line on someone getting rid of an old desktop that
already has an older version of PS installed, and I have internet at
my apartment (just no computer yet), so I may be back on my feet with
a better set up than I currently have (with any luck).

I'll likely know by this weekend.

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The world's greatest Pentax service has just gone down the drain. :-(

[Ralf R. Radermacher]

My K10D has contracted a focussing problem. Optimum sharpness in the
viewfinder and the AF confirmation in the display are way apart, with
the AF signal being correct. 

Well, not to worry, I thought, let's give a call to the great Pentax
service guys at Hamburg and find out what can be done about it. Just a
quick click to the pentax.de website for their phone number

YIKES!!! No more Pentax number, instead the address and number of a
company I had never heard of. Ah well... the announced restructuring,
the move of Pentax Europe to Paris and the disbanding of Pentax' own
service department in Hamburg which had an outstanding reputation over
many years.

OK then, sigh, dialling the new number. A woman answers the phone with
"Canon Service xyz... can I help you?"

Canon Service??? WTF??? Oh yes, they've also been appointed Germany's
only official Pentax service a week ago, she explains.

No, sorry, she goes on, no idea what might be the trouble with my
camera. But I could mail it in for an inspection. Their turnaround
times? Oh, some 4 to 5 weeks. WHAT??? After over 30 years of a Pentax
service where 2 weeks were already considered as rather long? 

Listen Hoya, one of the main reasons for Germans to buy Pentax was the
greatest service on earth provided by your folks in Hamburg. No, you
haven't just shot yourselves in the foot. You've nuked them off. Both.

Still fuming,
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PESO 2009 - 084 - GDG

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

From my first trip to Anacortes, WA last October:

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084 "Vents" - Anacortes 2008
Panasonic L1 + Olympus ZD 35mm f/3.5 Macro
ISO 100 @ f/4 @ 1/160 sec
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RE: PESO - Fixed Gear at Dusk

[Bob W]

> 
> I felt like I was really in a rut this past weekend using my 28-105
> zoom, so just for the fun of it I stuck my old 19mm Vivitar manual
> focus on and had a blast!
> 
> Scroll down and click on the photo:
> 
> http://mondociclismo.blogspot.com/2009/06/fixed-gear-at-dusk.html
> 
> Comments always welcome.
> 
> cheers,
> frank
> 

that's a fantastic shot. You need an exhibition of some of your bike shots.

Bob


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RE: OT - Big Changes

[Bob W]

> 
> Well, this has happened before - most recently about two years ago -
> and it's happening again.
> 
> I'm no longer a dispatcher, I'm a bike messenger again.  We've been
> hit hard by the recession and our numbers are down so much that we
> don't need two dispatchers (one for bikes and one for cars).
> 
> My salary stays the same, in fact it might even be a bit better, since
> I'll be on a guarantee plus commission if I "break my guarantee", so
> that's all good.  And this is a great time of the year weather-wise to
> be back on the road;  I hate the winter, but love riding in the
> summer, so this should be fun (at least for a while).
> 
> I'll also be taking my camera along with me from time to time, so this
> could be a good opportunity to document "the messenger life" for a
> bit...
> 
> The down-side (for me, if not for you) is that I don't have a home
> computer and since I won't be sitting at this work computer after
> today, my posts to the list will be way down.  And whatever public
> computer I post from won't have any imaging software in it, so my
> PESOs from today will likely be the last we'll be seeing for a while.
> 
> This could be interesting...
> 
> cheers,
> frank

Good luck with it Frank! Shame about the pesos though.

Bob


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Re: OT - Big Changes

[Tim Øsleby]

No more PESO's from Frank?
That a crime against humanity.

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> Well, this has happened before - most recently about two years ago -
> and it's happening again.
>
> I'm no longer a dispatcher, I'm a bike messenger again.  We've been
> hit hard by the recession and our numbers are down so much that we
> don't need two dispatchers (one for bikes and one for cars).
>
> My salary stays the same, in fact it might even be a bit better, since
> I'll be on a guarantee plus commission if I "break my guarantee", so
> that's all good.  And this is a great time of the year weather-wise to
> be back on the road;  I hate the winter, but love riding in the
> summer, so this should be fun (at least for a while).
>
> I'll also be taking my camera along with me from time to time, so this
> could be a good opportunity to document "the messenger life" for a
> bit...
>
> The down-side (for me, if not for you) is that I don't have a home
> computer and since I won't be sitting at this work computer after
> today, my posts to the list will be way down.  And whatever public
> computer I post from won't have any imaging software in it, so my
> PESOs from today will likely be the last we'll be seeing for a while.
>
> This could be interesting...
>
> cheers,
> frank

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RE: 2000 mm reflex lens

[Desjardins, Steve]

Neat.  If I only had the $8700 it would be interesting addition to the kit ;-)

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B&H started showing the 2000 reflex a couple of months ago I believe. The last 
version of this lens was an M, and it was in production from 1982 to 2004. An 
earlier K version was produced from 1979 to 1982, and I think it was identical. 
Perhaps Pentax told B&H that they had enough parts to assemble a couple of 
them. At one time B&H promoted the FA 600/4 in the same manner. They're 
probably considered a good clearing house for limited-production specialty 
items. Or maybe B&H found some NOS glass in the back room. It's anybody's guess.
Paul
Paul
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> Pentax 2000mm f13.5 reflex lens.  First I thought it was used but it's
> just special order.  When did that appear?
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Re: peso Alice's red knickers

[Larry Colen]

On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 03:05:36PM -0300, Luiz Felipe wrote:
> Larry, the framing is the main problem with this shot, as you have 
> enough space above her head. Interesting location, too.

At first I was going to crop it tight, but then I decided that I liked
the redwood stump.

That was shot in my backyard. As I've said, I'm spoiled, the
dancefloor in my backyard is next to the redwood grove that overlooks
the river. For what it's worth, that stump was almost certainly a
living tree when Mary was trying to figure out how to explain her
condition to Joseph.

I've had problems shooting that stump before, but this time I brought
the studio strobes out, and that made all the difference.

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Re: PESO - Smoking at Queen and Ossington Part I

[Luiz Felipe]

Good grab, outstanding framing from the hip.

LF

frank theriault escreveu:

I was going to post this tomorrow, but since it looks like I might not
be on a computer for a while, I'll do it now:

http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/06/smoking-at-queen-and-ossington-part-i.html

Shot from the hip, no cropping (I was pleasantly surprised at the
framing, all things considered...).

If I have a chance I'll post part II (there's not part three yet) later...

Comments always welcome.

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Re: OT - Big Changes

[Luiz Felipe]

Frank, the peso's will be missed, pls stay safe and I really hope 
everything turns out well, soon.


Don't forget small details like helmets, sunscreen, extra attention...

LF

frank theriault escreveu:

Well, this has happened before - most recently about two years ago -
and it's happening again.

I'm no longer a dispatcher, I'm a bike messenger again.  We've been
hit hard by the recession and our numbers are down so much that we
don't need two dispatchers (one for bikes and one for cars).

My salary stays the same, in fact it might even be a bit better, since
I'll be on a guarantee plus commission if I "break my guarantee", so
that's all good.  And this is a great time of the year weather-wise to
be back on the road;  I hate the winter, but love riding in the
summer, so this should be fun (at least for a while).

I'll also be taking my camera along with me from time to time, so this
could be a good opportunity to document "the messenger life" for a
bit...

The down-side (for me, if not for you) is that I don't have a home
computer and since I won't be sitting at this work computer after
today, my posts to the list will be way down.  And whatever public
computer I post from won't have any imaging software in it, so my
PESOs from today will likely be the last we'll be seeing for a while.

This could be interesting...

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Re: PESO - Fixed Gear at Dusk

[Luiz Felipe]

Very interesting, Frank. I like it.

LF

frank theriault escreveu:

I felt like I was really in a rut this past weekend using my 28-105
zoom, so just for the fun of it I stuck my old 19mm Vivitar manual
focus on and had a blast!

Scroll down and click on the photo:

http://mondociclismo.blogspot.com/2009/06/fixed-gear-at-dusk.html

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Re: PESO - European Drive-Thru Banking

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Good grab, Rick - did you get the access code too???

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Rick Womer escreveu:

A snap from Lucca, Italy.

I love the use of bicycles on this side of the pond.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9273912

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Re: PESO: Feet

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Good moment, Paul. Very interesting...

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Paul Stenquist escreveu:

DA* 60-250, f6.7 @ 1/1500, ISO 400, 60mm. Continuous autofocus on K20D.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9278935&size=lg

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Re: PESO - Geraniums

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Very interesting, Rick, bad background fairly well controlled.

LF

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Our hotel outside Florence had these growing in a window box, over a red tile 
roof.

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Re: PESO - Helen Hopper

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Good grab, Scott.

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The inimitable Helen Hopper at work.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qkWtQfj4jHed6TLgPOKLPw?feat=directlink
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Re: PESO: On the run

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Very interesting, Paul - minor nit being the diff direction on the 
middle runner.


LF

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http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9277895&size=lg

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Re: GOAY: GFM

[mike wilson]

Cotty wrote:


On 2/6/09, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed:



Middle row: Christine Aguilera (aka Trouble!!!)



ACK - sorry Christine - jetlag endemic here - just arrived home with 2
hours sleep on the overnight flight and 2 more this afternoon - that
should of course be 'Christine Aguila.

Now who's trouble!!


I know who's _in_ trouble.  Stan Harding?

Darrel is a dead ringer for Tom Rittenhouse.

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Re: peso Alice's red knickers

[Luiz Felipe]

Larry, the framing is the main problem with this shot, as you have 
enough space above her head. Interesting location, too.


LF

paul stenquist escreveu:

NIce light. I'm wishing her foot were not cut off.
Paul
On Jun 1, 2009, at 12:13 AM, Larry Colen wrote:


A friend of mine wanted to get some photos of her with her
boyfriend. Most of their photos are one taking a shot of the other.
They showed up just as I finished a session with another couple of
friend, so the lights were all set up

This shot of Alice, showing off her knickers in my redwood grove
turned out particularly well:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3583577933/sizes/o/in/set-72157618992758855/ 




From this set:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157618992758855/

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Re: PESO 2009 - 081, 082, 083 - GDG

[Luiz Felipe]

Very interesting, Godfrey - make mine Wild Reflection. Blooming ins 
interesting indeed, but somehow I'd like the background more OOF.


LF

Godfrey DiGiorgi escreveu:

from this morning's walk:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3342/3582789995_4864f0a8c7_o.jpg
081 "Wild Reflection" - Sunnyvale 2009
Panasonic G1 + Olympus G.Zuiko 40mm f/1.4
ISO 100 @ f/2.8 @ 1/200 sec
  flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/3582789995/


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2460/3582789785_d2f72e58ca_o.jpg
082 "Blooming" - Sunnyvale 2009
Panasonic G1 + Olympus G.Zuiko 40mm f/1.4
ISO 100 @ f/1.4 @ 1/800 sec
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3612/3582789601_3bf61a9d29_o.jpg
083 "Traffic" - Sunnyvale 2009
Panasonic G1 + Olympus G.Zuiko 40mm f/1.4
ISO 100 @ f/2.8 @ 1/200 sec
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Re: GESO - Old bike pr0n

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Thanks, Luiz.

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Very interesting, Christian. Nice bike.

LF

Christian escreveu:
Just a few shots of my newly rebuilt Takara.  Love the lugged Japanese 
steel


http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/2009/05/1984ish-takara-deluxe-touring.html 



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Re: GESO - Old bike pr0n

[Luiz Felipe]

Very interesting, Christian. Nice bike.

LF

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Just a few shots of my newly rebuilt Takara.  Love the lugged Japanese 
steel


http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/2009/05/1984ish-takara-deluxe-touring.html 



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Re: Nice photography in the movie last night, sorta

[Christian]

The first animated movie that I noticed (and was blown away by) the 
"photography" was "Finding Nemo".  The way they made it look like really 
filming underwater was amazing.  Total attention to detail including 
"backscatter."  From what I read, Pixar required everyone to get 
certified in SCUBA.  Also their first "test" underwater animations had 
to be redone because it looked to real.


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Larry Colen wrote:

We went to the cinema last night, and there were several times during
the movie I noticed the photography. Nice colors, lighting,
composition, good use of depth of field, and so forth. It was very
visually appealing.

But, the movie was "Up". It was completely computer generated, which
makes calling it photography somewhat problematic. However, judging
it by exactly the same standards as one would judge photography, it
was still very pleasing.

I'm honestly not sure whether the closing credits were filmed,
computer generated, or a mixture. The dof of the credits were weird,
with the edges and the top of the screen sharp, and the middle and
lower middle less so, I couldn't tell if that was camera work,
computer generated to get you to read the top of the screen, or just
due to things being misaligned in the theater.

As to the movie itself, Pixar did it again. It's a good story, a fun
movie, and the computer animation raised the bar on the state of the
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Re: PESO - Florence Window

[Luiz Felipe]

Very interesting window, Rick. Great colors.

LF

Rick Womer escreveu:

We traveled in Italy last week.  Photographically, once scarcely knows where to 
begin.  This window outside Florence intrigued me:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9273913&size=lg

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Re: Peso Brick windows

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Interesting pic, David. Unusual format - bad stuff at ground level?

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David J Brooks escreveu:

Taken a few weeks back on a local photo drive.

Church is on Kennedy Road between 19th Avae and Elgin Mills Road.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/3581620158/

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Re: PESO 2009 - 080 - GDG

[Luiz Felipe]

Nice grab, Godfrey. Please tell her I'd love to see a proper portrait.

LF

Godfrey DiGiorgi escreveu:

Some people take exception ... despite their charm and beauty.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3330/3579077139_021d427ae1_o.jpg
080 - "Resistance" - Sunnyvale 2009
Contax Tix - Kodak Advantix B&W 400
Nikon LS-40, Lightroom processing
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Re: PESOs: meeting the daemons and 2dimensional flight

[Luiz Felipe]

Interesting images, Luka - liked the second a little more than the 
first, even after edited.


LF

Luka Knezevic-Strika escreveu:

i don't usually go around giving names to photos, but here's a couple
of exceptions:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamoneki/3579039377/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamoneki/3577283098/


pentax k10d, da 50-200

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Re: PESO - Smoking at Queen and Ossington Part I

[pnstenquist]

Interesting shot. The cigarette kind of ruins the imagery that the fur 
suggests, doesn't it? But you can tell she's really enjoying that cigarette. 
Good one.
Paul
- "frank theriault"  wrote:

> I was going to post this tomorrow, but since it looks like I might
> not
> be on a computer for a while, I'll do it now:
> 
> http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/06/smoking-at-queen-and-ossington-part-i.html
> 
> Shot from the hip, no cropping (I was pleasantly surprised at the
> framing, all things considered...).
> 
> If I have a chance I'll post part II (there's not part three yet)
> later...
> 
> Comments always welcome.
> 
> cheers,
> frank
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Re: 2000 mm reflex lens

[pnstenquist]

B&H started showing the 2000 reflex a couple of months ago I believe. The last 
version of this lens was an M, and it was in production from 1982 to 2004. An 
earlier K version was produced from 1979 to 1982, and I think it was identical. 
Perhaps Pentax told B&H that they had enough parts to assemble a couple of 
them. At one time B&H promoted the FA 600/4 in the same manner. They're 
probably considered a good clearing house for limited-production specialty 
items. Or maybe B&H found some NOS glass in the back room. It's anybody's guess.
Paul
Paul
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> I was poking around the B&H website and noticed that they had the
> Pentax 2000mm f13.5 reflex lens.  First I thought it was used but it's
> just special order.  When did that appear?
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Re: OT - Big Changes

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frank theriault wrote:

Well, this has happened before - most recently about two years ago -
and it's happening again.

I'm no longer a dispatcher, I'm a bike messenger again.  We've been
hit hard by the recession and our numbers are down so much that we
don't need two dispatchers (one for bikes and one for cars).

My salary stays the same, in fact it might even be a bit better, since
I'll be on a guarantee plus commission if I "break my guarantee", so
that's all good.  And this is a great time of the year weather-wise to
be back on the road;  I hate the winter, but love riding in the
summer, so this should be fun (at least for a while).

I'll also be taking my camera along with me from time to time, so this
could be a good opportunity to document "the messenger life" for a
bit...

The down-side (for me, if not for you) is that I don't have a home
computer and since I won't be sitting at this work computer after
today, my posts to the list will be way down.  And whatever public
computer I post from won't have any imaging software in it, so my
PESOs from today will likely be the last we'll be seeing for a while.

This could be interesting...

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Re: OT - Big Changes

[Jack Davis]

Although it may not be needed in your case, should be good exercise.(?) 
Safe summer, Frank. I'll miss your posts!

Jack

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> From: frank theriault 
> Subject: OT - Big Changes
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
> Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 9:32 AM
> Well, this has happened before - most
> recently about two years ago -
> and it's happening again.
> 
> I'm no longer a dispatcher, I'm a bike messenger
> again.  We've been
> hit hard by the recession and our numbers are down so much
> that we
> don't need two dispatchers (one for bikes and one for
> cars).
> 
> My salary stays the same, in fact it might even be a bit
> better, since
> I'll be on a guarantee plus commission if I "break my
> guarantee", so
> that's all good.  And this is a great time of the year
> weather-wise to
> be back on the road;  I hate the winter, but love
> riding in the
> summer, so this should be fun (at least for a while).
> 
> I'll also be taking my camera along with me from time to
> time, so this
> could be a good opportunity to document "the messenger
> life" for a
> bit...
> 
> The down-side (for me, if not for you) is that I don't have
> a home
> computer and since I won't be sitting at this work computer
> after
> today, my posts to the list will be way down.  And
> whatever public
> computer I post from won't have any imaging software in it,
> so my
> PESOs from today will likely be the last we'll be seeing
> for a while.
> 
> This could be interesting...
> 
> cheers,
> frank
> 
> 
> 
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> Cartier-Bresson
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Re: Nice photography in the movie last night, sorta

[William Robb]

- Original Message - 
From: "Larry Colen"

Subject: Nice photography in the movie last night, sorta




But, the movie was "Up". It was completely computer generated, which
makes calling it photography somewhat problematic. However, judging
it by exactly the same standards as one would judge photography, it
was still very pleasing.


We saw an ad for it on TV the other night. Both my wife and I lost it with 
the dog's reaction to the squirrel.

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Nice photography in the movie last night, sorta

[Larry Colen]

We went to the cinema last night, and there were several times during
the movie I noticed the photography. Nice colors, lighting,
composition, good use of depth of field, and so forth. It was very
visually appealing.

But, the movie was "Up". It was completely computer generated, which
makes calling it photography somewhat problematic. However, judging
it by exactly the same standards as one would judge photography, it
was still very pleasing.

I'm honestly not sure whether the closing credits were filmed,
computer generated, or a mixture. The dof of the credits were weird,
with the edges and the top of the screen sharp, and the middle and
lower middle less so, I couldn't tell if that was camera work,
computer generated to get you to read the top of the screen, or just
due to things being misaligned in the theater.

As to the movie itself, Pixar did it again. It's a good story, a fun
movie, and the computer animation raised the bar on the state of the
art. 

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PESO - Smoking at Queen and Ossington Part I

[frank theriault]

I was going to post this tomorrow, but since it looks like I might not
be on a computer for a while, I'll do it now:

http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/06/smoking-at-queen-and-ossington-part-i.html

Shot from the hip, no cropping (I was pleasantly surprised at the
framing, all things considered...).

If I have a chance I'll post part II (there's not part three yet) later...

Comments always welcome.

cheers,
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2000 mm reflex lens

[Desjardins, Steve]

I was poking around the B&H website and noticed that they had the Pentax 2000mm 
f13.5 reflex lens.  First I thought it was used but it's just special order.  
When did that appear?

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Re: Autopano let loose

[Luiz Felipe]

Rob, in a fast scan I can't see those stitching errors. For an automated 
process, looks good.


LF

Rob Studdert escreveu:

Hi Team,

This is my first PESO for a while, more to come if you care,
commendations or critisims welcomed of course.

Like Dave Savage and a few others I've been shooting a good number of
multi-image panos over the last few years, it can be quite rewarding.
However I've found that determining whether your pre-compiled image
really deserves post processing time and attention requires some
automation.

For this purpose I use AutoPano Pro, I let it loose on my newly
downloaded thumbnail images to detect and automatically compile pano
images, it matches up image sets quite successfully but it often also
finds unintended panoramas, sometimes good but most often not.

The following image is one that Autopano "found" and assembled and
that I thought deserved a little closer attention, it's a composite of
four images from two pano sets, one for the sky and the other
everything else. The images were captured using a K10D and the source
files were 2MP JPGs generated in camera, there are errors in the
stitching but really it's amazing that it stitched so well.

The subject is Osborne House and gardens on Isle of Wight

http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/Pano-IMGK01592.jpg (~650kB)

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Re: OT - Big Changes

[Paul Stenquist]

Good to hear that you enjoy the idea of getting on the road again, but  
we'll miss your PESOs. You''re going to have to figure out a  
workaround! In any case, good luck with the new routine.

Paul
On Jun 2, 2009, at 12:32 PM, frank theriault wrote:


Well, this has happened before - most recently about two years ago -
and it's happening again.

I'm no longer a dispatcher, I'm a bike messenger again.  We've been
hit hard by the recession and our numbers are down so much that we
don't need two dispatchers (one for bikes and one for cars).

My salary stays the same, in fact it might even be a bit better, since
I'll be on a guarantee plus commission if I "break my guarantee", so
that's all good.  And this is a great time of the year weather-wise to
be back on the road;  I hate the winter, but love riding in the
summer, so this should be fun (at least for a while).

I'll also be taking my camera along with me from time to time, so this
could be a good opportunity to document "the messenger life" for a
bit...

The down-side (for me, if not for you) is that I don't have a home
computer and since I won't be sitting at this work computer after
today, my posts to the list will be way down.  And whatever public
computer I post from won't have any imaging software in it, so my
PESOs from today will likely be the last we'll be seeing for a while.

This could be interesting...

cheers,
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Re: The Leica as a Teacher

[Luiz Felipe]

Sorry if that's already posted - still catching up with the messages - 
but make mine Mx and M lenses. The Leica may be a masterpiece of 
engeneering from the past - dad owns two and I used both when young - 
but nothing beats framing what the film will see later, meaning SLR.


If the manual-only Mx looks too simple or too expensive, the Me Super 
and company would fit perfectly, as long as used in manual mode... and 
the user manages to preview the DOF, even by slightly un-winding the 
lens until it closes the blades.


LF

Adam Maas escreveu:

Anybody else read
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2009/05/a-leica-year.html
Mike Johnston's little ode to simplicity and the Leica as a teacher.

I'm seriously thinking about giving the basic concept a try. Not with
a Leica though, but rather with either a Yashica FX-3 or Nikon FM2n
and a fast normal. I don't feel like paying the Leica tax and my FX-3
in particular cost less than the eBay/Paypal transaction fees on even
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Re: OT - Big Changes

[Cotty]

On 2/6/09, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Well, this has happened before - most recently about two years ago -
>and it's happening again.
>
>I'm no longer a dispatcher, I'm a bike messenger again.  We've been
>hit hard by the recession and our numbers are down so much that we
>don't need two dispatchers (one for bikes and one for cars).
>
>My salary stays the same, in fact it might even be a bit better, since
>I'll be on a guarantee plus commission if I "break my guarantee", so
>that's all good.  And this is a great time of the year weather-wise to
>be back on the road;  I hate the winter, but love riding in the
>summer, so this should be fun (at least for a while).
>
>I'll also be taking my camera along with me from time to time, so this
>could be a good opportunity to document "the messenger life" for a
>bit...
>
>The down-side (for me, if not for you) is that I don't have a home
>computer and since I won't be sitting at this work computer after
>today, my posts to the list will be way down.  And whatever public
>computer I post from won't have any imaging software in it, so my
>PESOs from today will likely be the last we'll be seeing for a while.
>
>This could be interesting...

Best of luck Frank, wish you well mate.

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Re: GOAY: GFM

[Cotty]

On 2/6/09, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Middle row: Christine Aguilera (aka Trouble!!!)

ACK - sorry Christine - jetlag endemic here - just arrived home with 2
hours sleep on the overnight flight and 2 more this afternoon - that
should of course be 'Christine Aguila.

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Re: Boris and Galia Peso (trip to Haifa)

[Luiz Felipe]

Well, I AM late - these rains finally made it to my office, messing with 
a lot of plans and stuff. But it really takes more than that to stop a 
child from the Amazonia, even if I'm almost 50 now... :-)


Boris, please tell your little -er, medium-sized lady she is a very good 
photographer. That's not taking excuses to young age. Yes, probably 
being your daughter is part of the issue, I probably told you already I 
like those photos you make.


Being careful with the framing pays off, as long she nails the moment 
too. Assuming she wants to, get her to try some action shots so she gets 
that part under control as well.


Keep shooting - both of you.

LF

Boris Liberman escreveu:

Hi!

We had yet another (as still wonderful) trip to Haifa this weekend. I 
chose a single pic from each day (totally three).


Be brutal and honest.

http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2009/05/peso-2009-020.html

Boris

P.S. The only correction to Galia's shot was minor tonality and 0.75 deg 
rotation to straighten the lines. What presented is essentially full frame.


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Re: GOAY: GFM

[Cotty]

On 1/6/09, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed:

>
>How about a key to put names to faces?
>
>On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 06:50:00PM -0400, Cory Waters wrote:

http://cwaters.smugmug.com/gallery/8409204_ggmwR#552134882_ZdcSy

Front row L to R: Lynn Sullivan (Bob was awol), Scott Loveless, John
Sessoms, Meg Harding, Robert Gonzales

Middle row: Christine Aguilera (aka Trouble!!!), Doug Brewer Ted Beilby,
Stan Harding

Back row: Darrell Aguilera, Mat Maesson, Mark Roberts, Cotty+ Stefan,
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Re: got the K7 in my hot little hands

[Larry Colen]

On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 07:25:10PM -0400, Doug Brewer wrote:
> For a few hours on Saturday I did my best to find something to dislike 
> about the K7, but I was unsuccessful.

I've got something to dislike, the fact that I don't have a copy of
the finished version sitting in my camera bag right now.


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Re: OT - Big Changes

[Martin Trautmann]

> My salary stays the same, in fact it might even be a bit better, since
> I'll be on a guarantee plus commission if I "break my guarantee", so
> that's all good.  And this is a great time of the year weather-wise to
> be back on the road;  I hate the winter, but love riding in the
> summer, so this should be fun (at least for a while).

Depends on the area - where do you work?

Personally, I do prefer winter to a  hot summer. It must be cold
enough to be dry, while I do hate a wet autumn.

On the other hand the frequent change between the could outside and
overheated, dry office rooms is not that good for ones health.

> I'll also be taking my camera along with me from time to time, so this
> could be a good opportunity to document "the messenger life" for a
> bit...

Take a DSLR with you along the rides? I'd prefer a Weather Resistant Point
And Shoot camera here - or maybe somethin with video function during the
ride itself ;-)

> The down-side (for me, if not for you) is that I don't have a home
> computer and since I won't be sitting at this work computer after
> today, my posts to the list will be way down.

CU later - is some used computer and some network connection that expensive?
No chance to live without it any more ;-)

Good luck to you, no flats, no accidents and good health,
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Re: OT - Big Changes

[AlunFoto]

Take it easy out there, Frank. :-)
Hope you get a good summer.

Jostein

2009/6/2 frank theriault :
> Well, this has happened before - most recently about two years ago -
> and it's happening again.
>
> I'm no longer a dispatcher, I'm a bike messenger again.  We've been
> hit hard by the recession and our numbers are down so much that we
> don't need two dispatchers (one for bikes and one for cars).
>
> My salary stays the same, in fact it might even be a bit better, since
> I'll be on a guarantee plus commission if I "break my guarantee", so
> that's all good.  And this is a great time of the year weather-wise to
> be back on the road;  I hate the winter, but love riding in the
> summer, so this should be fun (at least for a while).
>
> I'll also be taking my camera along with me from time to time, so this
> could be a good opportunity to document "the messenger life" for a
> bit...
>
> The down-side (for me, if not for you) is that I don't have a home
> computer and since I won't be sitting at this work computer after
> today, my posts to the list will be way down.  And whatever public
> computer I post from won't have any imaging software in it, so my
> PESOs from today will likely be the last we'll be seeing for a while.
>
> This could be interesting...
>
> cheers,
> frank
>
>
>
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OT - Big Changes

[frank theriault]

Well, this has happened before - most recently about two years ago -
and it's happening again.

I'm no longer a dispatcher, I'm a bike messenger again.  We've been
hit hard by the recession and our numbers are down so much that we
don't need two dispatchers (one for bikes and one for cars).

My salary stays the same, in fact it might even be a bit better, since
I'll be on a guarantee plus commission if I "break my guarantee", so
that's all good.  And this is a great time of the year weather-wise to
be back on the road;  I hate the winter, but love riding in the
summer, so this should be fun (at least for a while).

I'll also be taking my camera along with me from time to time, so this
could be a good opportunity to document "the messenger life" for a
bit...

The down-side (for me, if not for you) is that I don't have a home
computer and since I won't be sitting at this work computer after
today, my posts to the list will be way down.  And whatever public
computer I post from won't have any imaging software in it, so my
PESOs from today will likely be the last we'll be seeing for a while.

This could be interesting...

cheers,
frank



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Re: GOAY: GFM

[David J Brooks]

Good stuff there Cory. Really like the double exposure shot and the
leaf in water.

Dave

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> http://cwaters.smugmug.com/gallery/8409204_ggmwR#552134882_ZdcSy
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Re: WTB: 300mm AF lens

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On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:08 AM, mike wilson  wrote:
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>  Jens  wrote:
>> HEllo list-guys
>> I WTB a 300mm AF lens for my K20D. A good one.
>> Any great ideas for less than 1000 USD?
>
> Tamron 300/2.8?

Sigma AF 300 F4 APO, i like mine.;-)

Dave
>
>>
>> BTW:
>> WTS my old trusted SMC M* 4.0 300mm
>> Make me an offer, please!
>>
>> Regards
>> Jens
>>
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>>
>> On May 27, 2009 02:05 "Scott Loveless"  wrote:
>> > On 5/26/09, Cotty  wrote:
>> > > On 26/5/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >  >Took this one yesterday while sitting on the curb waiting for the
>> > >  >parade.
>> > >  >http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/V3B_y2PFHlMEGVrB_vA3WQ?
>> > >  feat=directlink
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Very nice - slipping into Godfrey
>> > >  territory here ;-)
>> >
>> > Thanks, Cotty.  Though, I think Godfrey's much better at it.
>> >
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Re: Quick GFM Gallery

[Jack Davis]

Very nice set, Mark.

Especially like; 03, 05, 10, 13.

Thanks for the look.

Jack

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> Subject: Quick GFM Gallery
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
> Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 7:20 AM
> http://www.robertstech.com/blog/photos/gallery13/
> 
> More later, maybe.
> 
> Gotta catch up on a lot of things that were left undone
> while I was
> away at the mountain.
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Re: got the K7 in my hot little hands

[Scott Loveless]

On 6/2/09, Desjardins, Steve  wrote:
> Doug,
>
>  How does it feel in your hands?  I was very fond of the *ist D and DS but 
> less so of the K10D.  I'm kind of hoping for a cross between the *ist D and 
> the MZ-S.  ;-)

I'm not Doug, but I did get to fondle the K7 a little bit.  It's
roughly the same size and weight as the K100D.  I didn't hold it long
enough to really get a feel for the ergonomics.

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RE: 300mm AF lens

[John Whittingham]

The FA*300/4.5 is good but slower than the Sigma and has no tripod mount or 
availability for dedicated TC's, which is why I kept the Sigma despite owning 
both. I believe the F version had  a tripod collar. The DA*300/4 SDM is another 
matter, it's friking awesome!

John

From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of J.C. O'Connell 
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What about the various Pentax AF 300mm lenses
Made over the years? Anybody using/used those
On digital?

J.C. O'Connell ( mailto:hifis...@gate.net )


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The sigma was my only longish lens for a long time when I had the *ist
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John Whittingham wrote:
> Hi Jens,
>
> Sigma 300/4 APO Tele Macro s/h of course. I'll swap mine for a 400/5.6

> Sigma APO PKAF.
>
> Jiohn
> 
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jens
> [p...@planfoto.dk]

> HEllo list-guys
> I WTB a 300mm AF lens for my K20D. A good one.
> Any great ideas for less than 1000 USD?


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RE: got the K7 in my hot little hands

[Desjardins, Steve]

Doug,

How does it feel in your hands?  I was very fond of the *ist D and DS but less 
so of the K10D.  I'm kind of hoping for a cross between the *ist D and the 
MZ-S.  ;-)

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Subject: got the K7 in my hot little hands

For a few hours on Saturday I did my best to find something to dislike 
about the K7, but I was unsuccessful.

Today I ran through some of the files, and I will be posting a few, 
making certain to follow the rules given me- VGA size and nothing over 
ISO1600. This has firmware version 0.35 on it, so we're still talking 
pre-production here.

Even so, it's producing some outstanding stuff (well, as outstanding as 
I ever get...) and the metering is lust-worthy.

If anyone has questions regarding handling, buttons, etc, let me know 
and I'll do my best to answer them.

Doug

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Re: PESO - Fixed Gear at Dusk

[David J Brooks]

Like the motion and angle on this one.

Dave

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:09 AM, frank theriault
 wrote:
> I felt like I was really in a rut this past weekend using my 28-105
> zoom, so just for the fun of it I stuck my old 19mm Vivitar manual
> focus on and had a blast!
>
> Scroll down and click on the photo:
>
> http://mondociclismo.blogspot.com/2009/06/fixed-gear-at-dusk.html
>
> Comments always welcome.
>
> cheers,
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Re: Quick GFM Gallery

[David J Brooks]

Wonderful stuff Mark.

I gotta get back there.

Dave

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> http://www.robertstech.com/blog/photos/gallery13/
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> More later, maybe.
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Re: got the K7 in my hot little hands

[David J Brooks]

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Doug Brewer  wrote:

>
> Even so, it's producing some outstanding stuff (well, as outstanding as I
> ever get...) and the metering is lust-worthy.
>

Doug. One of my big concerns with my K10D vs my D200 etc, is that just
about every shot i take on the K10D, i'm adjusting the EV. I don't
seem to have that problem with the Nikons once i set it to what the
surrounds require.

Thoughts on this for the K-7 metering.??

Dave

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Re: GFM follow-up

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On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Scott Loveless  wrote:
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> If I've forgotten anyone, I apologize.

You forgot me.

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Re: PESO - Fixed Gear at Dusk

[Christian]

frank theriault wrote:

I felt like I was really in a rut this past weekend using my 28-105
zoom, so just for the fun of it I stuck my old 19mm Vivitar manual
focus on and had a blast!

Scroll down and click on the photo:

http://mondociclismo.blogspot.com/2009/06/fixed-gear-at-dusk.html

Comments always welcome.

cheers,
frank





Very "knarf-ish"

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Re: Quick GFM Gallery

[Scott Loveless]

On 6/2/09, Mark Roberts  wrote:
> Scott Loveless wrote:
>
>  >On 6/2/09, Mark Roberts  wrote:
>  >> http://www.robertstech.com/blog/photos/gallery13/
>  >
>  >Those are very nice, Mark.  I really like 2 (fog/mist/haze is quite
>  >nice), 5 and 16.  6 needs something in the foreground that's less
>  >washed out than the rest of the photo.
>
>
> Maybe I should "Sweeten" it?
>  ;-)

Oh my god.

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PESO - Fixed Gear at Dusk

[frank theriault]

I felt like I was really in a rut this past weekend using my 28-105
zoom, so just for the fun of it I stuck my old 19mm Vivitar manual
focus on and had a blast!

Scroll down and click on the photo:

http://mondociclismo.blogspot.com/2009/06/fixed-gear-at-dusk.html

Comments always welcome.

cheers,
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Re: 300mm AF lens

[David Savage]

I have the FA 300mm f4.5. Use it maybe once or twice a year. Sharp,
contrasty, quite light.

All these were taken with it




this one in combination with the 1.7x AF adapter:



Cheers,

Dave

2009/6/2 J.C. O'Connell :
> What about the various Pentax AF 300mm lenses
> Made over the years? Anybody using/used those
> On digital?
>
> J.C. O'Connell ( mailto:hifis...@gate.net )
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:15 AM
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> Subject: Re: 300mm AF lens
>
>
> The sigma was my only longish lens for a long time when I had the *ist
> D.  It works great with both the 1.4x and 2x matched Sigma TCs.
>
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> Christian
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>
> John Whittingham wrote:
>> Hi Jens,
>>
>> Sigma 300/4 APO Tele Macro s/h of course. I'll swap mine for a 400/5.6
>
>> Sigma APO PKAF.
>>
>> Jiohn
>> 
>> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jens
>> [p...@planfoto.dk]
>
>> HEllo list-guys
>> I WTB a 300mm AF lens for my K20D. A good one.
>> Any great ideas for less than 1000 USD?

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Re: Quick GFM Gallery

[Doug Brewer]

Mark Roberts wrote:

http://www.robertstech.com/blog/photos/gallery13/

More later, maybe.

Gotta catch up on a lot of things that were left undone while I was
away at the mountain.


c'est fromage

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Re: Quick GFM Gallery

[Mark Roberts]

Scott Loveless wrote:

>On 6/2/09, Mark Roberts  wrote:
>> http://www.robertstech.com/blog/photos/gallery13/
>
>Those are very nice, Mark.  I really like 2 (fog/mist/haze is quite
>nice), 5 and 16.  6 needs something in the foreground that's less
>washed out than the rest of the photo.

Maybe I should "Sweeten" it?
;-)


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Re: Quick GFM Gallery

[Scott Loveless]

On 6/2/09, Mark Roberts  wrote:
> http://www.robertstech.com/blog/photos/gallery13/

Those are very nice, Mark.  I really like 2 (fog/mist/haze is quite
nice), 5 and 16.  6 needs something in the foreground that's less
washed out than the rest of the photo.

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Quick GFM Gallery

[Mark Roberts]

http://www.robertstech.com/blog/photos/gallery13/

More later, maybe.

Gotta catch up on a lot of things that were left undone while I was
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Re: Off-List: got the K7 in my hot little hands

[pnstenquist]

Of course the synch speed isn't a deal breaker, and I'm looking forward to the 
new camera. But I couldn't control my inner curmudgeon, and felt obligated to 
add a contrarian note to the symphony of praise:-).
Paul

- "Doug Brewer"  wrote:

> paul stenquist wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Doug Brewer 
> wrote:
> >>> For a few hours on Saturday I did my best to find something to 
> >>> dislike about
> >>> the K7, but I was unsuccessful.
> >>>
> > Let me help: The 1/180th synch speed.
> > Paul
> 
> OK, you got me. I suppose that could be an issue if I ever used that 
> feature.
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Re: GOAY: GFM

[Mark Roberts]

David Savage wrote:

>Great gallery mate.
>
>You're all looking so old :-)
>
>BTW, I agree with mark about your submissions. I don't care what sweet
>means now, but you definitely should have submitted that double
>exposed tree. That's a fu#ken awesome shot.

What Dave said.

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RE: 300mm AF lens

[J.C. O'Connell]

What about the various Pentax AF 300mm lenses
Made over the years? Anybody using/used those
On digital?

J.C. O'Connell ( mailto:hifis...@gate.net )


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The sigma was my only longish lens for a long time when I had the *ist 
D.  It works great with both the 1.4x and 2x matched Sigma TCs.

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John Whittingham wrote:
> Hi Jens,
> 
> Sigma 300/4 APO Tele Macro s/h of course. I'll swap mine for a 400/5.6

> Sigma APO PKAF.
> 
> Jiohn
> 
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jens 
> [p...@planfoto.dk]

> HEllo list-guys
> I WTB a 300mm AF lens for my K20D. A good one.
> Any great ideas for less than 1000 USD?


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Re: WTB: 300mm AF lens

[mike wilson]

 Jens  wrote: 
> HEllo list-guys
> I WTB a 300mm AF lens for my K20D. A good one. 
> Any great ideas for less than 1000 USD?

Tamron 300/2.8?

> 
> BTW:
> WTS my old trusted SMC M* 4.0 300mm
> Make me an offer, please!
> 
> Regards
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> On May 27, 2009 02:05 "Scott Loveless"  wrote:
> > On 5/26/09, Cotty  wrote:
> > > On 26/5/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed:
> > >
> > >
> > >  >Took this one yesterday while sitting on the curb waiting for the
> > >  >parade. 
> > >  >http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/V3B_y2PFHlMEGVrB_vA3WQ?
> > >  feat=directlink
> > >
> > >
> > > Very nice - slipping into Godfrey
> > >  territory here ;-)
> > 
> > Thanks, Cotty.  Though, I think Godfrey's much better at it.
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Re: PESO - European Drive-Thru Banking

[Rick Womer]

Thanks, Jack!

There's no distinction between the sidewalk and the street in that part of 
Lucca.  I can't think of any place in Philly where I could do that.

Rick

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--- On Tue, 6/2/09, Jack Davis  wrote:

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> I doubt he's be allowed to bike-up to the ATM at any
> sidewalk location in the US...assuming he is on a sidewalk.
> Very well seen and caught, Rick.
> 
> Jack
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> --- On Tue, 6/2/09, Rick Womer 
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> > From: Rick Womer 
> > Subject: PESO - European Drive-Thru Banking
> > To: pdml@pdml.net
> > Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 1:02 AM
> > 
> > A snap from Lucca, Italy.
> > 
> > I love the use of bicycles on this side of the pond.
> > 
> > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9273912
> > 
> > (K10D, DA 16-45)
> > 
> > Rick
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Re: got the K7 in my hot little hands

[Scott Loveless]

On 6/1/09, Doug Brewer  wrote:
> For a few hours on Saturday I did my best to find something to dislike about
> the K7, but I was unsuccessful.

Allow me to translate.  "For a few hours on Saturday I did my best to
keep the drool from dripping onto the K7."

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Re: Off-List: got the K7 in my hot little hands

[Doug Brewer]

paul stenquist wrote:



On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Doug Brewer  wrote:
For a few hours on Saturday I did my best to find something to 
dislike about

the K7, but I was unsuccessful.


Let me help: The 1/180th synch speed.
Paul


OK, you got me. I suppose that could be an issue if I ever used that 
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Re: got the K7 in my hot little hands

[Doug Brewer]

Pawel Hottowy wrote:

Doug,

Would be nice to see some photos taken with "natural" color setting. I
did not like colors in samples from K7 I've seen so far - no subtle
gradation, very 'monochromatic' colors to me - and I believe/hope it
was because of the "bright" setting. The best would be some sample
picture with trees or grass, with rather low contrast of the scene:))
VGA size can be enough.


I'll see what I can do, Pawel. Looking through the menu, I see you can 
also make your own custom color settings.


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