Re: PESO - Bike Polo: Not for the Faint of Heart

[David Mann]

Are those boxing gloves? :)  Wouldn't be surprising coming from the land of ice 
hockey.

I do find that narrow handlebar a bit comical... I've seen hipsters (fakengers) 
do that here.  Personally I prefer unmodified drop bars!

On Apr 22, 2014, at 4:20 pm, knarf  wrote:

> Nothing like a bike event to get me out of my photographic doldrums. Race the 
> Place was an urban bike race, sort of a messenger-ish thing but it attracted 
> lots of roadies as well. More on the race later. 
> 
> There were lots of bike culture events including bike polo:
> 
> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2014/04/bike-polo-not-for-faint-of-heart.html?m=1
> 
> A team came up from New York and the action was quite physical (but always 
> clean and friendly).
> 
> Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. More photos to come.
> 
> Cheers,
> frank
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Re: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit

[Daniel J. Matyola]

I'd like to see it chasing a Ghibli.
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On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 1:23 AM, David Mann  wrote:
> I'd love to see it in pursuit of a speeding Reliant Robin :D
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
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>> The NYPD has the best equipment in the world.  Here is their special
>> high speed pursuit vehicle for apprehending speeders:
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742472
>> Comments are invited.
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Re: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit

[David Mann]

I'd love to see it in pursuit of a speeding Reliant Robin :D

Cheers,
Dave

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> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742472
> Comments are invited.
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PESO: Pysanka

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Although I was raised Lutheran, when I was growing up, I spent time
with my father's family at Orthodox celebrations of Christmas and
Easter.  One of the best parts of these family gatherings was making
Pysanki, or Russian Easter eggs.

This image is a professionally decorated Pysanka, but I just may share
one of my own creations if I get the impulse.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17743074
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Re: PESO - Bike Polo: Not for the Faint of Heart

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Bike Polo looks like a contact sport.

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On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 12:20 AM, knarf  wrote:
> Nothing like a bike event to get me out of my photographic doldrums. Race the 
> Place was an urban bike race, sort of a messenger-ish thing but it attracted 
> lots of roadies as well. More on the race later.
>
> There were lots of bike culture events including bike polo:
>
> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2014/04/bike-polo-not-for-faint-of-heart.html?m=1
>
> A team came up from New York and the action was quite physical (but always 
> clean and friendly).
>
> Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. More photos to come.
>
> Cheers,
> frank
> “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel
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Re: I.C. Sunspots

[Alan C]

Yes, I agree, the B/W version shows the spots more clearly. You did a good 
job there. I remember taking some projected sunspot shots (through a 3" 
refractor) as a teenager.


Alan C

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From: Darren Addy

Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 10:52 PM
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Just added a monochrome of the image taken prior to the color one.
Silver Efex Pro 2 preset "Preserve High Structure (Harsh)" brought out
some amazing detail in the solar surface:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13937153906/

Really pleased with that monochrome one.

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  
wrote:

Nicely done!

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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Darren Addy  
wrote:

The current assignment in our little astrophotography workshop is to
capture old Sol. I made a solar filter for my telescope (shown in
several documentary photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13628779483/ ) but for this
image I used the Bigma. Taken a few minutes ago during my afternoon
break from here at work.

Nothing artistic, just the first decent photo I have ever gotten of
sunspots. I'll get better, I promise.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13959954505/in/photostream/


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Re: STRESSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Alan C]

Locally, until about 10 years ago, geysers were routinely installed in the 
roof. Ours go back to 1968 so have copper tanks which totally circumvent the 
corrosion problem. They have no geyser trays either! The advent of cheaper 
geysers with steel tanks has led to the type of problems under discussion. 
Trays are now routinely fitted but very recently I see external, wall 
mounted geysers and/or solar geysers. As Mark says, regular replacement of 
the sacrificial anode (the frequency depends on the hardness of the water) 
should greatly increase the life of a geyser but it is such a schlepp, few 
people actually do it & then pay the price. Gas heaters (hot water on 
demand) are becoming quite popular too but there is no piped gas here so one 
has to be prepared to lug around heavy cylinders.


Alan C

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Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 2:06 AM
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Subject: Re: OT: STRESSED!!!

Oh my wish we could have afforded to had to put on the covered back
porch but there would have been additional plumbing and electrical work
so would have been way way more.
On 4/21/2014 6:59 PM, Mark C wrote:
Flushing helps but I think a lot depends on your water supply, whether or 
not you soften the water or do other filtration, and how you use hot water 
(long showers that drain the tank completely shorten the life.) I recently 
had mine serviced due to a slow leak in the pressure relief valve and the 
plumber said to flush that valvue once a year as well as flushing the 
tank. Also said to check the sacrificial anode rod every few years


Mark

On 4/21/2014 7:32 PM, steve harley wrote:

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014, at 15:28, John Sessoms wrote:

If you flush them out at least once a year, they'll last longer. Twice a
year is better. Helps if you've got an accessible water heater.

I figure they'll last almost 20 years with care.

ours failed at almost twenty years, but with no care; it had been in the
house about 10 years before we bought it; we replaced it with a tankless
water heater, installed outside the house; the cost was much higher, but
1) it's somewhat more economical, 2) we never run out of hot water and
3) where the water heater used to reside became a much-needed closet






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PESO - Bike Polo: Not for the Faint of Heart

[knarf]

Nothing like a bike event to get me out of my photographic doldrums. Race the 
Place was an urban bike race, sort of a messenger-ish thing but it attracted 
lots of roadies as well. More on the race later. 

There were lots of bike culture events including bike polo:

http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2014/04/bike-polo-not-for-faint-of-heart.html?m=1

A team came up from New York and the action was quite physical (but always 
clean and friendly).

Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. More photos to come.

Cheers,
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Re: PESO: I.C. Sunspots

[Darren Addy]

Thanks Daniel & Bob for the comments (and to all who looked).

Today was beautiful and tomorrow is supposed to be a carbon copy
weather-wise, so I think I will try to image the sun through the ED80T
CF imaging scope. It will be interesting to compare it's ease of use
and optics to the Bigma for solar work. The focal length is similar
(480mm f/6). So look for another couple of images in this thread
tomorrow, if all goes as planned.



On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Bob W  wrote:
> Very impressive!
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Darren Addy
>>
>> The current assignment in our little astrophotography workshop is to
> capture
>> old Sol. I made a solar filter for my telescope (shown in several
> documentary
>> photos:
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13628779483/ ) but for this
>> image I used the Bigma. Taken a few minutes ago during my afternoon break
>> from here at work.
>>
>> Nothing artistic, just the first decent photo I have ever gotten of
> sunspots. I'll
>> get better, I promise.
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13959954505/in/photostream/
>>
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Re: persistant sensor dust

[Mark C]

I think Bill is right - if you are seeing these spots in normal usage 
and with multiple lenses, it is probably time to wet clean. I used to 
use Sensor Swabs and their accompanying fluid on my  *ist regularly. It 
sometime stook a few tries to get the sensor really clean. I think I 
cleaned the K-10D once and have never cleaned a digital camera since - 
improved coatings and hypersonic  dust removal, I guess.


Mark

On 4/21/2014 8:18 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

I’ve been having issues on my K-5 II with a bunch of sensor dust that doesn’t 
show up on the dust check, but which shows up in the sky whenever I use a 
moderately high f/stop.

Unfortunately my $40 lollipop sensor cleaner has disappeared.
Since the dust wasn’t showing up on dust alert, I stopped my 18-250 all of the 
way down, aimed it at empty sky then cranked contrast, clarity etc up in 
lightroom to show the dust:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157644202562425/

Has anyone else run across problems like this on the K-5 II?  I bought it 
toward the end of the production run last august, so it should be way past the 
early K-5 sensor stain issues.

I don’t normally shoot at f/45 but I’ve seen it even at only moderately high 
f/stops, like f/16 with my 8mm.






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Re: PESO -- The Victor!

[Daniel J. Matyola]

I hate when that happens.

I had something on my K-r sensor that took a lot of time and effort to dislodge.

Dan Matyola
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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 5:43 PM, P.J. Alling  wrote:
> I shot a couple in the same series, ans it appears to be a toenail on my
> sensor.
>
>
> On 4/21/2014 4:23 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>>
>> What caught my eye is not a highlight but a ")" shape, slightly darker
>> than the distant background, hanging in mid air to the left of the
>> vertical branch, about a third of the way from the bottom of the
>> frame.
>>
>> Or perhaps it's just one of my floaters.  
>>
>> Dan Matyola
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
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>>
>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:18 PM, P.J. Alling 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> If you're talking quarter moon shaped highlight on the tree trunk, yes it
>>> is
>>> quite some distance away from the branch the bird is perched on, its an
>>> out
>>> of focus highlight.  I could knock it down a bit by burning it in.
>>>
>>> On 4/21/2014 4:02 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

 Nice portrait of a very handsome bird!

 There is something that distracts my eye just to the left of the most
 vertical branch.  Is that part of the scene or something on the lens
 or the sensor?

 Dan Matyola
 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


 On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 2:36 PM, P.J. Alling
 
 wrote:
>
> Cardinals are very territorial birds.  This morning and early after
> noon
> two
> very red birds kept chasing each other outside my office window.  This
> one
> finally flew to this branch about 25ft off the ground and proclaimed
> himself
> the winner.
>
>
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20thevictor.html
>
> Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 & smc Pentax F 1.7x
> AF
> adapter.
>
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Re: NYPD Traffic Unit

[Daniel J. Matyola]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Ken Waller  wrote:
> I'm not aware of any state that doesn't require plates on it police
> vehicles.

>From Wikipedia:

"In New York State, local police vehicles are not issued license
plates. In some cases, such as New York City, the fleet number of the
vehicle is put on a flat license plate using heat transferred
letters."

Looking at another image with a NYPD police car in it, I confirmed
that the car did not have a license plate, but instead there was a
plain metal rectangle bearing the fleet number of the car, i.e.,
"4769-13" and nothing else.  That number is also painted on the body
of the car.

So, in New York, police cars do not have license plates!


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Re: NYPD Traffic Unit

[Daniel J. Matyola]

New York licenses and taxes EVERYTHING.

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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 5:11 PM, John Sessoms  wrote:
> In some states certain classes of vehicles (electric carts?) don't
> require license plates at all. If a vehicle falls within one of those
> categories, it wouldn't matter who it belongs to.
>
>
> On 4/21/2014 4:53 PM, Ken Waller wrote:
>>
>> I'm not aware of any state that doesn't require plates on it police
>> vehicles.
>>
>> Kenneth Waller
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
>>
>> - Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola"
>> 
>> Subject: Re: NYPD Traffic Unit
>>
>>
>>> I did not notice the absence of a license plate, Ken;  You have sharp
>>> eyes!
>>>
>>> Here in New Jersey, police vehicle all have license plates, and I
>>> assume that is the case in New York as well, but I never really
>>> checked.
>>>
>>> Dan Matyola
>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Ken Waller  wrote:

 Just right for those low speed chases the LA PD is famous for.

 Interesting there is no license plate on it.

 Kenneth Waller
 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

 - Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola"
 
 Subject: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit


> The NYPD has the best equipment in the world.  Here is their special
> high speed pursuit vehicle for apprehending speeders:
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742472
> Comments are invited.
>
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>>
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Re: persistant sensor dust

[Bill]

On 21/04/2014 6:18 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

I’ve been having issues on my K-5 II with a bunch of sensor dust that doesn’t 
show up on the dust check, but which shows up in the sky whenever I use a 
moderately high f/stop.

Unfortunately my $40 lollipop sensor cleaner has disappeared.
Since the dust wasn’t showing up on dust alert, I stopped my 18-250 all of the 
way down, aimed it at empty sky then cranked contrast, clarity etc up in 
lightroom to show the dust:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157644202562425/

Has anyone else run across problems like this on the K-5 II?  I bought it 
toward the end of the production run last august, so it should be way past the 
early K-5 sensor stain issues.

I don’t normally shoot at f/45 but I’ve seen it even at only moderately high 
f/stops, like f/16 with my 8mm.





It's wet clean time.

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persistant sensor dust

[Larry Colen]

I’ve been having issues on my K-5 II with a bunch of sensor dust that doesn’t 
show up on the dust check, but which shows up in the sky whenever I use a 
moderately high f/stop.

Unfortunately my $40 lollipop sensor cleaner has disappeared. 
Since the dust wasn’t showing up on dust alert, I stopped my 18-250 all of the 
way down, aimed it at empty sky then cranked contrast, clarity etc up in 
lightroom to show the dust:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157644202562425/

Has anyone else run across problems like this on the K-5 II?  I bought it 
toward the end of the production run last august, so it should be way past the 
early K-5 sensor stain issues.

I don’t normally shoot at f/45 but I’ve seen it even at only moderately high 
f/stops, like f/16 with my 8mm.



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Re: OT: STRESSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jeffery Johnson]

Oh my wish we could have afforded to had to put on the covered back 
porch but there would have been additional plumbing and electrical work 
so would have been way way more.

On 4/21/2014 6:59 PM, Mark C wrote:
Flushing helps but I think a lot depends on your water supply, whether 
or not you soften the water or do other filtration, and how you use 
hot water (long showers that drain the tank completely shorten the 
life.) I recently had mine serviced due to a slow leak in the pressure 
relief valve and the plumber said to flush that valvue once a year as 
well as flushing the tank. Also said to check the sacrificial anode 
rod every few years


Mark

On 4/21/2014 7:32 PM, steve harley wrote:

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014, at 15:28, John Sessoms wrote:
If you flush them out at least once a year, they'll last longer. 
Twice a

year is better. Helps if you've got an accessible water heater.

I figure they'll last almost 20 years with care.

ours failed at almost twenty years, but with no care; it had been in the
house about 10 years before we bought it; we replaced it with a tankless
water heater, installed outside the house; the cost was much higher, but
1) it's somewhat more economical, 2) we never run out of hot water and
3) where the water heater used to reside became a much-needed closet






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Re: OT: STRESSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mark C]

Flushing helps but I think a lot depends on your water supply, whether 
or not you soften the water or do other filtration, and how you use hot 
water (long showers that drain the tank completely shorten the life.) I 
recently had mine serviced due to a slow leak in the pressure relief 
valve and the plumber said to flush that valvue once a year as well as 
flushing the tank. Also said to check the sacrificial anode rod every 
few years


Mark

On 4/21/2014 7:32 PM, steve harley wrote:

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014, at 15:28, John Sessoms wrote:

If you flush them out at least once a year, they'll last longer. Twice a
year is better. Helps if you've got an accessible water heater.

I figure they'll last almost 20 years with care.

ours failed at almost twenty years, but with no care; it had been in the
house about 10 years before we bought it; we replaced it with a tankless
water heater, installed outside the house; the cost was much higher, but
1) it's somewhat more economical, 2) we never run out of hot water and
3) where the water heater used to reside became a much-needed closet




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Re: OT: STRESSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Turns out the one that leaked from rusting internally was 10 years old.
On 4/21/2014 6:32 PM, steve harley wrote:

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014, at 15:28, John Sessoms wrote:

If you flush them out at least once a year, they'll last longer. Twice a
year is better. Helps if you've got an accessible water heater.

I figure they'll last almost 20 years with care.

ours failed at almost twenty years, but with no care; it had been in the
house about 10 years before we bought it; we replaced it with a tankless
water heater, installed outside the house; the cost was much higher, but
1) it's somewhat more economical, 2) we never run out of hot water and
3) where the water heater used to reside became a much-needed closet



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Re: OT: STRESSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014, at 15:28, John Sessoms wrote:
> If you flush them out at least once a year, they'll last longer. Twice a
> year is better. Helps if you've got an accessible water heater.
> 
> I figure they'll last almost 20 years with care.

ours failed at almost twenty years, but with no care; it had been in the
house about 10 years before we bought it; we replaced it with a tankless
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1) it's somewhat more economical, 2) we never run out of hot water and
3) where the water heater used to reside became a much-needed closet 

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Re: OT: STRESSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jeffery Johnson]

Will keep the flushing and date in mind. The install of the new one is 
almost complete after it is all said and done it is going to be about 
$700 heater and labor and misc. parts.


On 4/21/2014 4:28 PM, John Sessoms wrote:

On 4/21/2014 4:24 PM, Charles Robinson wrote:
On Apr 20, 2014, at 20:41 , Jeffery Johnson 
 wrote:


Well I noticed earlier today that our hot water wasn't as hot but 
well didn't think much of it. A few hours ago I went into the 
kitchen and thought the water pressure seemed a bit low. Well I got 
under our house and listened and heard water. Luckily the crawl 
space is high enough up to where one doesn't have to crawl. Our hot 
water heater is under the house and guess where the water was coming 
from. Needless to say not sure where we will be getting the monies 
to either get it fixed or replaced. We have someone coming in the 
morning to look at it and for the time being we are without water.




Hot water heaters always give you about 10-12 years of service - then 
they fail.


Next water heater that gets installed, take a sharpie and write 
"INSTALLED ON xx/xx/" right on the side so you'll know when 
you're up for a new one.  Or at least so you're READY for it to leak 
again...


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If you flush them out at least once a year, they'll last longer. Twice a
year is better. Helps if you've got an accessible water heater.

I figure they'll last almost 20 years with care.

I've been in this house 40 years. I installed a new gas water heater
right after I moved in (to replace a failing electric water heater of
unknown vintage). Since then I've had to replace the water heater 2 more
times, the second replacement coming just last year.

Another thing to look for is a sacrificial electrode. It'll attract most
of the corrosion to itself & you should replace it every few years.

I do have a semi-finished basement and can just walk right up to the
water heater to attach a hose to the drain fitting when I'm going to
flush it out.



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Re: PESO -- The Victor!

[P.J. Alling]

I shot a couple in the same series, ans it appears to be a toenail on my 
sensor.


On 4/21/2014 4:23 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

What caught my eye is not a highlight but a ")" shape, slightly darker
than the distant background, hanging in mid air to the left of the
vertical branch, about a third of the way from the bottom of the
frame.

Or perhaps it's just one of my floaters.  

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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:18 PM, P.J. Alling  wrote:

If you're talking quarter moon shaped highlight on the tree trunk, yes it is
quite some distance away from the branch the bird is perched on, its an out
of focus highlight.  I could knock it down a bit by burning it in.

On 4/21/2014 4:02 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Nice portrait of a very handsome bird!

There is something that distracts my eye just to the left of the most
vertical branch.  Is that part of the scene or something on the lens
or the sensor?

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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 2:36 PM, P.J. Alling 
wrote:

Cardinals are very territorial birds.  This morning and early after noon
two
very red birds kept chasing each other outside my office window.  This
one
finally flew to this branch about 25ft off the ground and proclaimed
himself
the winner.


https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20thevictor.html

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Re: OT: STRESSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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On 4/21/2014 4:24 PM, Charles Robinson wrote:

On Apr 20, 2014, at 20:41 , Jeffery Johnson  
wrote:


Well I noticed earlier today that our hot water wasn't as hot but well didn't 
think much of it. A few hours ago I went into the kitchen and thought the water 
pressure seemed a bit low. Well I got under our house and listened and heard 
water. Luckily the crawl space is high enough up to where one doesn't have to 
crawl. Our hot water heater is under the house and guess where the water was 
coming from. Needless to say not sure where we will be getting the monies to 
either get it fixed or replaced. We have someone coming in the morning to look 
at it and for the time being we are without water.



Hot water heaters always give you about 10-12 years of service - then they fail.

Next water heater that gets installed, take a sharpie and write "INSTALLED ON 
xx/xx/" right on the side so you'll know when you're up for a new one.  Or at 
least so you're READY for it to leak again...

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If you flush them out at least once a year, they'll last longer. Twice a
year is better. Helps if you've got an accessible water heater.

I figure they'll last almost 20 years with care.

I've been in this house 40 years. I installed a new gas water heater
right after I moved in (to replace a failing electric water heater of
unknown vintage). Since then I've had to replace the water heater 2 more
times, the second replacement coming just last year.

Another thing to look for is a sacrificial electrode. It'll attract most
of the corrosion to itself & you should replace it every few years.

I do have a semi-finished basement and can just walk right up to the
water heater to attach a hose to the drain fitting when I'm going to
flush it out.

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Re: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit

[Attila Boros]

Mini ice cream truck:)

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> The NYPD has the best equipment in the world.  Here is their special
> high speed pursuit vehicle for apprehending speeders:
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742472
> Comments are invited.
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RE: PESO - Watching

[Bob W]

It's a nice shot. It takes a while to see the little girl  looking out at
you - maybe you could do something to lead the eye towards her.

The sign-writer must have bought a job lot of quotation marks - he's getting
rid of them before the price drops too low.

B

> -Original Message-
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rick Womer
> Sent: 21 April 2014 22:13
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: PESO - Watching
> 
> Catching up a bit after a testing 90+ hour week on our inpatient service.
I
> caught this on a walk in Center City Philly a couple of weeks ago:
> 
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742779
> 
> or,
> 
> http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17742779-lg.jpg
> 
> (K-5, FA 50/1.7)
> 
> Comments?
> 
> Rick
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: PESO - Julia

[Attila Boros]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:

> Nope definitely looking at me ;-)

Don't stand behind my back:)

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PESO - Watching

[Rick Womer]

Catching up a bit after a testing 90+ hour week on our inpatient service.  I 
caught this on a walk in Center City Philly a couple of weeks ago:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742779

or,

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17742779-lg.jpg

(K-5, FA 50/1.7)

Comments?

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Re: NYPD Traffic Unit

[John Sessoms]

In some states certain classes of vehicles (electric carts?) don't
require license plates at all. If a vehicle falls within one of those
categories, it wouldn't matter who it belongs to.

On 4/21/2014 4:53 PM, Ken Waller wrote:

I'm not aware of any state that doesn't require plates on it police
vehicles.

Kenneth Waller
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- Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola"

Subject: Re: NYPD Traffic Unit



I did not notice the absence of a license plate, Ken;  You have sharp
eyes!

Here in New Jersey, police vehicle all have license plates, and I
assume that is the case in New York as well, but I never really
checked.

Dan Matyola
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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Ken Waller  wrote:

Just right for those low speed chases the LA PD is famous for.

Interesting there is no license plate on it.

Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

- Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola"

Subject: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit



The NYPD has the best equipment in the world.  Here is their special
high speed pursuit vehicle for apprehending speeders:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742472
Comments are invited.

Dan Matyola
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RE: PESO: I.C. Sunspots

[Bob W]

Very impressive!

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> 
> The current assignment in our little astrophotography workshop is to
capture
> old Sol. I made a solar filter for my telescope (shown in several
documentary
> photos:
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13628779483/ ) but for this
> image I used the Bigma. Taken a few minutes ago during my afternoon break
> from here at work.
> 
> Nothing artistic, just the first decent photo I have ever gotten of
sunspots. I'll
> get better, I promise.
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13959954505/in/photostream/
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Get on up

[Bob W]

One of the great misconceptions of popular music is that 'funk' was invented
in Motown in the 1960s. Today I attended a recital where it was conclusively
demonstrated that on the contrary, it is a development in English music of
the 18th century. 

Here is a picture from today's recital by The Commodores (feat. Admiral Sir
Lionel Richy) performing their popular number Heroes:



Man, those boys are mighty white! 

That damnable Frenchy Voltaire said that the English thought it good to hang
an Admiral from time to time, to encourage the others. That fellow at the
back is showing that some admirals at least were very well hung indeed.

B

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Re: NYPD Traffic Unit

[Ken Waller]

I'm not aware of any state that doesn't require plates on it police 
vehicles.


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- Original Message - 
From: "Daniel J. Matyola" 

Subject: Re: NYPD Traffic Unit



I did not notice the absence of a license plate, Ken;  You have sharp eyes!

Here in New Jersey, police vehicle all have license plates, and I
assume that is the case in New York as well, but I never really
checked.

Dan Matyola
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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Ken Waller  wrote:

Just right for those low speed chases the LA PD is famous for.

Interesting there is no license plate on it.

Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

- Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola"

Subject: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit



The NYPD has the best equipment in the world.  Here is their special
high speed pursuit vehicle for apprehending speeders:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742472
Comments are invited.

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Re: PESO: I.C. Sunspots

[Darren Addy]

Just added a monochrome of the image taken prior to the color one.
Silver Efex Pro 2 preset "Preserve High Structure (Harsh)" brought out
some amazing detail in the solar surface:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13937153906/

Really pleased with that monochrome one.

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> Nicely done!
>
> Dan Matyola
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>
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Darren Addy  wrote:
>> The current assignment in our little astrophotography workshop is to
>> capture old Sol. I made a solar filter for my telescope (shown in
>> several documentary photos:
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13628779483/ ) but for this
>> image I used the Bigma. Taken a few minutes ago during my afternoon
>> break from here at work.
>>
>> Nothing artistic, just the first decent photo I have ever gotten of
>> sunspots. I'll get better, I promise.
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13959954505/in/photostream/
>>
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Re: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit and short rant to boot!

[John Sessoms]

On 4/21/2014 4:04 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 21/4/14, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:


You'll be needing a Carradice Barquantine Special then. They've been making
them in their factory in Ebargumsby since the 12th century. Guaranteed to
accommodate any size of sailing vessel, plus full rigging, on any model of
Brompton. Hand-made in cotton duck by the same family of Northern serfs
since the early days of the Black Death. Also available in swan duck for
London delivery only.



Bit like this...






I found Carradice bags & Brompton folding bicycles, but no Barquantine 
Special, nor Ebargumsby.


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Re: K-3 & moire

[Daniel J. Matyola]

The moire I see is in the subject's shirt.

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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:21 PM, John Sessoms  wrote:
> I see what I think you're indicating as moire in the pattern of the snow on
> the barn roof, but I can't say if it's an artifact in the image or an
> artifact of the interaction between the roof shingles & wind blown snow.
>
>
> On 4/21/2014 3:42 PM, Ken Waller wrote:
>>
>> Interestingly I had to search out the moire in your image Boris, but
>> it jumps right out at me in my D.H. Day barn shot of earlier theis
>> year, http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17646479&size=lg  one
>> of the first captures with my K-3. Probably because the roof is so
>> prominent in my image. Not sure if it bothers me or not.
>>
>> Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
>>
>> - Original Message - From: "John Sessoms"
>>  Subject: Re: K-3 & moire
>>
>>
>>> I'm glad you posted that. I couldn't see any moire in the two
>>> images from the Pentax Forums, and I thought it might be my eyes
>>> failing me, but the moire is quite clear in the example you post.
>>>
>>> On 4/20/2014 2:22 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:

 Zos, this is the blog post I wrote back when I caught moire one
 of the very first times:

 http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2013/03/catching-moire.html



 On 4/20/2014 6:17 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:
>
>
> http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/241457-blind-test-k-3-vs-k-5-iis.html
>
>
>
>
> This one caught my interest. The first file is the k-3 and the
> 2nd is the K-5 IIs. The K-3 is showing more color moire, but it
> could also be due to the differences in focusing because the
> two shots are clearly not focused on the same spot with field
> curvature rearing its ugly head here. I bet there is some moire
> in your GXR shots if you look close enough. The GR-D shows lots
> of moire in some situations.
>>
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Re: PESO: I.C. Sunspots

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Nicely done!

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> capture old Sol. I made a solar filter for my telescope (shown in
> several documentary photos:
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13628779483/ ) but for this
> image I used the Bigma. Taken a few minutes ago during my afternoon
> break from here at work.
>
> Nothing artistic, just the first decent photo I have ever gotten of
> sunspots. I'll get better, I promise.
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13959954505/in/photostream/
>
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Re: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit and short rant to boot!

[Daniel J. Matyola]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Bob W  wrote:

> You'll be needing a Carradice Barquantine Special then. They've been making
> them in their factory in Ebargumsby since the 12th century. Guaranteed to
> accommodate any size of sailing vessel, plus full rigging, on any model of
> Brompton. Hand-made in cotton duck by the same family of Northern serfs
> since the early days of the Black Death. Also available in swan duck for
> London delivery only.

That's clear as mud.

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PESO: I.C. Sunspots

[Darren Addy]

The current assignment in our little astrophotography workshop is to
capture old Sol. I made a solar filter for my telescope (shown in
several documentary photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13628779483/ ) but for this
image I used the Bigma. Taken a few minutes ago during my afternoon
break from here at work.

Nothing artistic, just the first decent photo I have ever gotten of
sunspots. I'll get better, I promise.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13959954505/in/photostream/


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Re: New idea for sensor stabilization -- chicken head!

[Daniel J. Matyola]

That is a strange yet fascinating video.

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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Igor Roshchin  wrote:
>
>
> This is a brilliant idea I just got upon watching this video:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dPlkFPowCc
>
> You attach the camera sensor to a chicken head, and that will do the
> stabilization. :-)
>
> Igor
>
> PS. For the nerds with curious minds, here is a fun video from the same guy:
> http://io9.com/prepare-to-have-your-mind-blown-by-a-balloon-and-a-mini-1565303363
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Re: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit and short rant to boot!

[John Sessoms]

On 4/21/2014 2:59 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:

On 21 Apr 2014, at 19:56, "Steve Cottrell"  wrote:


On 21/4/14, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed:


The NYPD has the best equipment in the world.  Here is their special
high speed pursuit vehicle for apprehending speeders:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742472
Comments are invited.


Nice shot.

Assume it's for a parking control officer to pop out and ticket people?
Lucky you if you have them!

We have a new breed of big brother anti-parking measures here. Some
cities and councils have a adopted a method whereby a van with a CCTV
camera is aimed at parked vehicles at the side of the roads it patrols,
and it simply records vehicle identities through number plate
recognition technology that are parked illegally - on what we call
'double yellow lines' painted by the kerb.

So in the old days, you'd pull over and leave the engine running on
double yellows to use the ATM ten feet away, get your money, and be off
in 30 seconds or less - all the while mindful of a parking attendant.

Now, you've only got to be waiting at a traffic light to turn left
(equivalent right in USA/Canada/etc) and the van can nail you thinking
that you're parked. Not supposed to but that has happened.

Every car park now has number plate recognition cameras at the entrance
and if you overstay your allotted 90 minutes or whatever, the fine comes
through the mail.

Regarding CCTV cameras, I once used to be of the mind that 'if you've
done no wrong, then there's nothing to fear'. But this is getting
ridiculous - I have changed my opinion and now abhor this proliferation
of state-sponsored spying. It is atrocious.



Get thee to a bicycle shoppe.

B



If you ride a bicycle in city traffic around here you have to worry 
about a city bus running into you.


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Re: OT: STRESSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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On Apr 20, 2014, at 20:41 , Jeffery Johnson  
wrote:

> Well I noticed earlier today that our hot water wasn't as hot but well didn't 
> think much of it. A few hours ago I went into the kitchen and thought the 
> water pressure seemed a bit low. Well I got under our house and listened and 
> heard water. Luckily the crawl space is high enough up to where one doesn't 
> have to crawl. Our hot water heater is under the house and guess where the 
> water was coming from. Needless to say not sure where we will be getting the 
> monies to either get it fixed or replaced. We have someone coming in the 
> morning to look at it and for the time being we are without water.
> 

Hot water heaters always give you about 10-12 years of service - then they 
fail.  

Next water heater that gets installed, take a sharpie and write "INSTALLED ON 
xx/xx/" right on the side so you'll know when you're up for a new one.  Or 
at least so you're READY for it to leak again...

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Re: PESO -- The Victor!

[Daniel J. Matyola]

What caught my eye is not a highlight but a ")" shape, slightly darker
than the distant background, hanging in mid air to the left of the
vertical branch, about a third of the way from the bottom of the
frame.

Or perhaps it's just one of my floaters.  

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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:18 PM, P.J. Alling  wrote:
> If you're talking quarter moon shaped highlight on the tree trunk, yes it is
> quite some distance away from the branch the bird is perched on, its an out
> of focus highlight.  I could knock it down a bit by burning it in.
>
> On 4/21/2014 4:02 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>>
>> Nice portrait of a very handsome bird!
>>
>> There is something that distracts my eye just to the left of the most
>> vertical branch.  Is that part of the scene or something on the lens
>> or the sensor?
>>
>> Dan Matyola
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 2:36 PM, P.J. Alling 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Cardinals are very territorial birds.  This morning and early after noon
>>> two
>>> very red birds kept chasing each other outside my office window.  This
>>> one
>>> finally flew to this branch about 25ft off the ground and proclaimed
>>> himself
>>> the winner.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20thevictor.html
>>>
>>> Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 & smc Pentax F 1.7x AF
>>> adapter.
>>>
>>> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored.
>>>
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Re: PESO: Urban Cowboys

[John Sessoms]

... or the optometrist who backed into the lens grinding machine and
made a spectacle of himself.

On 4/21/2014 3:45 PM, Ken Waller wrote:

Be careful what you ask for John.

Reminds me of the butcher that backed into his meat grinder . . . . . .

.
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and got a little behind in his work!

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- Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola"

Subject: Re: PESO: Urban Cowboys



On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:42 AM, John Sessoms 
wrote:


I'm sure there's a story behind that?


OK, John, you asked for it:  here is the story behind the Naked
Cowboys of New York City:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742414

My apologies, Ann.

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Re: K-3 & moire

[John Sessoms]

I see what I think you're indicating as moire in the pattern of the snow 
on the barn roof, but I can't say if it's an artifact in the image or an 
artifact of the interaction between the roof shingles & wind blown snow.



On 4/21/2014 3:42 PM, Ken Waller wrote:

Interestingly I had to search out the moire in your image Boris, but
it jumps right out at me in my D.H. Day barn shot of earlier theis
year, http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17646479&size=lg  one
of the first captures with my K-3. Probably because the roof is so
prominent in my image. Not sure if it bothers me or not.

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- Original Message - From: "John Sessoms"
 Subject: Re: K-3 & moire



I'm glad you posted that. I couldn't see any moire in the two
images from the Pentax Forums, and I thought it might be my eyes
failing me, but the moire is quite clear in the example you post.

On 4/20/2014 2:22 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:

Zos, this is the blog post I wrote back when I caught moire one
of the very first times:

http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2013/03/catching-moire.html



On 4/20/2014 6:17 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:

http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/241457-blind-test-k-3-vs-k-5-iis.html




This one caught my interest. The first file is the k-3 and the
2nd is the K-5 IIs. The K-3 is showing more color moire, but it
could also be due to the differences in focusing because the
two shots are clearly not focused on the same spot with field
curvature rearing its ugly head here. I bet there is some moire
in your GXR shots if you look close enough. The GR-D shows lots
of moire in some situations.





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New idea for sensor stabilization -- chicken head!

[Igor Roshchin]

This is a brilliant idea I just got upon watching this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dPlkFPowCc

You attach the camera sensor to a chicken head, and that will do the
stabilization. :-)

Igor

PS. For the nerds with curious minds, here is a fun video from the same guy:
http://io9.com/prepare-to-have-your-mind-blown-by-a-balloon-and-a-mini-1565303363


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Re: PESO -- The Victor!

[P.J. Alling]

If you're talking quarter moon shaped highlight on the tree trunk, yes 
it is quite some distance away from the branch the bird is perched on, 
its an out of focus highlight.  I could knock it down a bit by burning 
it in.


On 4/21/2014 4:02 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Nice portrait of a very handsome bird!

There is something that distracts my eye just to the left of the most
vertical branch.  Is that part of the scene or something on the lens
or the sensor?

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 2:36 PM, P.J. Alling  wrote:

Cardinals are very territorial birds.  This morning and early after noon two
very red birds kept chasing each other outside my office window.  This one
finally flew to this branch about 25ft off the ground and proclaimed himself
the winner.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20thevictor.html

Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 & smc Pentax F 1.7x AF
adapter.

As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored.

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RE: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit and short rant to boot!

[Bob W]

> -Original Message-
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steve Cottrell
> Sent: 21 April 2014 21:05
> To: pentax list
> Subject: Re: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit and short rant to boot!
> 
> On 21/4/14, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
> >You'll be needing a Carradice Barquantine Special then. They've been
> >making them in their factory in Ebargumsby since the 12th century.
> >Guaranteed to accommodate any size of sailing vessel, plus full
> >rigging, on any model of Brompton. Hand-made in cotton duck by the same
> >family of Northern serfs since the early days of the Black Death. Also
> >available in swan duck for London delivery only.
> 
> 
> Bit like this...
> 
> 
> 


Awesome. Stefan will look ridiculous sat in the front though.

B

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Re: NYPD Traffic Unit

[Daniel J. Matyola]

I did not notice the absence of a license plate, Ken;  You have sharp eyes!

Here in New Jersey, police vehicle all have license plates, and I
assume that is the case in New York as well, but I never really
checked.

Dan Matyola
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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Ken Waller  wrote:
> Just right for those low speed chases the LA PD is famous for.
>
> Interesting there is no license plate on it.
>
> Kenneth Waller
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
>
> - Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola"
> 
> Subject: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit
>
>
>> The NYPD has the best equipment in the world.  Here is their special
>> high speed pursuit vehicle for apprehending speeders:
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742472
>> Comments are invited.
>>
>> Dan Matyola
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>
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Re: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit and short rant to boot!

[Steve Cottrell]

On 21/4/14, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:

>You'll be needing a Carradice Barquantine Special then. They've been making
>them in their factory in Ebargumsby since the 12th century. Guaranteed to
>accommodate any size of sailing vessel, plus full rigging, on any model of
>Brompton. Hand-made in cotton duck by the same family of Northern serfs
>since the early days of the Black Death. Also available in swan duck for
>London delivery only.


Bit like this...




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Re: PESO -- The Victor!

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Nice portrait of a very handsome bird!

There is something that distracts my eye just to the left of the most
vertical branch.  Is that part of the scene or something on the lens
or the sensor?

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 2:36 PM, P.J. Alling  wrote:
> Cardinals are very territorial birds.  This morning and early after noon two
> very red birds kept chasing each other outside my office window.  This one
> finally flew to this branch about 25ft off the ground and proclaimed himself
> the winner.
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20thevictor.html
>
> Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 & smc Pentax F 1.7x AF
> adapter.
>
> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored.
>
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> crazy, crazier.
>
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RE: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit and short rant to boot!

[Bob W]

> -Original Message-
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steve Cottrell
> Sent: 21 April 2014 20:53
> To: pentax list
> Subject: Re: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit and short rant to boot!
> 
> On 21/4/14, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
> >Get thee to a bicycle shoppe.
> 
> As soon as the boat has been chosen, so shall a pair of Bromptons!
> 

You'll be needing a Carradice Barquantine Special then. They've been making
them in their factory in Ebargumsby since the 12th century. Guaranteed to
accommodate any size of sailing vessel, plus full rigging, on any model of
Brompton. Hand-made in cotton duck by the same family of Northern serfs
since the early days of the Black Death. Also available in swan duck for
London delivery only.

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Re: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit and short rant to boot!

[Daniel J. Matyola]

We have a TV show here called "Person of Interest."  The story line is
based on the premise that, in a city at least, everyone is almost
always under camera surveillance of one sort or another.

Dan
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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
> On 21/4/14, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>The NYPD has the best equipment in the world.  Here is their special
>>high speed pursuit vehicle for apprehending speeders:
>>http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742472
>>Comments are invited.
>
> Nice shot.
>
> Assume it's for a parking control officer to pop out and ticket people?
> Lucky you if you have them!
>
> We have a new breed of big brother anti-parking measures here. Some
> cities and councils have a adopted a method whereby a van with a CCTV
> camera is aimed at parked vehicles at the side of the roads it patrols,
> and it simply records vehicle identities through number plate
> recognition technology that are parked illegally - on what we call
> 'double yellow lines' painted by the kerb.
>
> So in the old days, you'd pull over and leave the engine running on
> double yellows to use the ATM ten feet away, get your money, and be off
> in 30 seconds or less - all the while mindful of a parking attendant.
>
> Now, you've only got to be waiting at a traffic light to turn left
> (equivalent right in USA/Canada/etc) and the van can nail you thinking
> that you're parked. Not supposed to but that has happened.
>
> Every car park now has number plate recognition cameras at the entrance
> and if you overstay your allotted 90 minutes or whatever, the fine comes
> through the mail.
>
> Regarding CCTV cameras, I once used to be of the mind that 'if you've
> done no wrong, then there's nothing to fear'. But this is getting
> ridiculous - I have changed my opinion and now abhor this proliferation
> of state-sponsored spying. It is atrocious.
>
>
>
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Re: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit and short rant to boot!

[Steve Cottrell]

On 21/4/14, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Get thee to a bicycle shoppe.

As soon as the boat has been chosen, so shall a pair of Bromptons!

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Re: PESO: Urban Cowboys

[Ken Waller]

Be careful what you ask for John.

Reminds me of the butcher that backed into his meat grinder . . . . . .

.
.
.
.
.
.
and got a little behind in his work!

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- Original Message - 
From: "Daniel J. Matyola" 

Subject: Re: PESO: Urban Cowboys


On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:42 AM, John Sessoms  
wrote:



I'm sure there's a story behind that?


OK, John, you asked for it:  here is the story behind the Naked
Cowboys of New York City:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742414

My apologies, Ann.

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Re: K-3 & moire

[Ken Waller]

Interestingly I had to search out the moire in your image Boris, but it 
jumps right out at me in my D.H. Day barn shot of earlier theis year, 
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17646479&size=lg  one of the first 
captures with my K-3. Probably because the roof is so prominent in my image.

Not sure if it bothers me or not.

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- Original Message - 
From: "John Sessoms" 

Subject: Re: K-3 & moire


I'm glad you posted that. I couldn't see any moire in the two images from 
the Pentax Forums, and I thought it might be my eyes failing me, but the 
moire is quite clear in the example you post.


On 4/20/2014 2:22 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:

Zos, this is the blog post I wrote back when I caught moire one of the
very first times:

http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2013/03/catching-moire.html



On 4/20/2014 6:17 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:

http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/241457-blind-test-k-3-vs-k-5-iis.html


This one caught my interest. The first file is the k-3 and the 2nd is
the K-5 IIs. The K-3 is showing more color moire, but it could also be
due to the differences in focusing because the two shots are clearly
not focused on the same spot with field curvature rearing its ugly
head here. I bet there is some moire in your GXR shots if you look
close enough. The GR-D shows lots of moire in some situations.



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Re: NYPD Traffic Unit

[Ken Waller]

Just right for those low speed chases the LA PD is famous for.

Interesting there is no license plate on it.

Kenneth Waller
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- Original Message - 
From: "Daniel J. Matyola" 

Subject: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit



The NYPD has the best equipment in the world.  Here is their special
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http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742472
Comments are invited.

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Re: peso, well actually just a snap shot

[Ken Waller]

A bird apartment house?
Gonna be chilly without the wall to complete it or will it remain an open 
air suite?


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From: "David J Brooks" 

Subject: peso, well actually just a snap shot



Trying my hand at some light woodworking this summer. Idea from
Woodworking Enthusiast on FB.

K-5 Sigma 17-70 2.8- 4

http://www.caughtinmotion.com/images/squirrel1-4501.jpg

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Re: PESO - Julia

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On 21 Apr 2014, at 19:46, "Steve Cottrell"  wrote:
> 
> On 21/4/14, Attila Boros, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
>> Interesting play with red and blue tones. You caught this from a nice
>> angle, she seems to be looking straight at me.
> 
> Nope definitely looking at me ;-)
> 

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wejNjdPndLI

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Re: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit and short rant to boot!

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On 21 Apr 2014, at 19:56, "Steve Cottrell"  wrote:
> 
> On 21/4/14, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
>> The NYPD has the best equipment in the world.  Here is their special
>> high speed pursuit vehicle for apprehending speeders:
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742472
>> Comments are invited.
> 
> Nice shot.
> 
> Assume it's for a parking control officer to pop out and ticket people?
> Lucky you if you have them!
> 
> We have a new breed of big brother anti-parking measures here. Some
> cities and councils have a adopted a method whereby a van with a CCTV
> camera is aimed at parked vehicles at the side of the roads it patrols,
> and it simply records vehicle identities through number plate
> recognition technology that are parked illegally - on what we call
> 'double yellow lines' painted by the kerb.
> 
> So in the old days, you'd pull over and leave the engine running on
> double yellows to use the ATM ten feet away, get your money, and be off
> in 30 seconds or less - all the while mindful of a parking attendant.
> 
> Now, you've only got to be waiting at a traffic light to turn left
> (equivalent right in USA/Canada/etc) and the van can nail you thinking
> that you're parked. Not supposed to but that has happened.
> 
> Every car park now has number plate recognition cameras at the entrance
> and if you overstay your allotted 90 minutes or whatever, the fine comes
> through the mail.
> 
> Regarding CCTV cameras, I once used to be of the mind that 'if you've
> done no wrong, then there's nothing to fear'. But this is getting
> ridiculous - I have changed my opinion and now abhor this proliferation
> of state-sponsored spying. It is atrocious.
> 

Get thee to a bicycle shoppe.

B

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Re: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit and short rant to boot!

[Steve Cottrell]

On 21/4/14, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed:

>The NYPD has the best equipment in the world.  Here is their special
>high speed pursuit vehicle for apprehending speeders:
>http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742472
>Comments are invited.

Nice shot.

Assume it's for a parking control officer to pop out and ticket people?
Lucky you if you have them!

We have a new breed of big brother anti-parking measures here. Some
cities and councils have a adopted a method whereby a van with a CCTV
camera is aimed at parked vehicles at the side of the roads it patrols,
and it simply records vehicle identities through number plate
recognition technology that are parked illegally - on what we call
'double yellow lines' painted by the kerb.

So in the old days, you'd pull over and leave the engine running on
double yellows to use the ATM ten feet away, get your money, and be off
in 30 seconds or less - all the while mindful of a parking attendant.

Now, you've only got to be waiting at a traffic light to turn left
(equivalent right in USA/Canada/etc) and the van can nail you thinking
that you're parked. Not supposed to but that has happened.

Every car park now has number plate recognition cameras at the entrance
and if you overstay your allotted 90 minutes or whatever, the fine comes
through the mail.

Regarding CCTV cameras, I once used to be of the mind that 'if you've
done no wrong, then there's nothing to fear'. But this is getting
ridiculous - I have changed my opinion and now abhor this proliferation
of state-sponsored spying. It is atrocious.



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Re: PESO - Julia

[Steve Cottrell]

On 21/4/14, Attila Boros, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Interesting play with red and blue tones. You caught this from a nice
>angle, she seems to be looking straight at me.

Nope definitely looking at me ;-)

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Re: GESO - 4 pics from Cornwall

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On 21/4/14, Attila Boros, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Nice gallery, my faves are the first and last one, the light
>reflecting from water is very nicely rendered.

Thanks Attila.

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Re: GESO - 4 pics from Cornwall

[Steve Cottrell]

On 21/4/14, Don Guthrie, discombobulated, unleashed:

>I keep going back to look at the second photo. Wonderful.

Thanks Don, much appreciated!

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PESO -- The Victor!

[P.J. Alling]

Cardinals are very territorial birds.  This morning and early after noon 
two very red birds kept chasing each other outside my office window.  
This one finally flew to this branch about 25ft off the ground and 
proclaimed himself the winner.


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Re: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit

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Help keep those eagles legal, and putt the jail birdies in the hole.

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> On 21 Apr 2014, at 19:24, "Alan C"  wrote:
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> Could work on a golf course.
> 
> Alan C
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> -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola
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> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742472
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Re: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit

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Could work on a golf course.

Alan C

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Re: peso, well actually just a snap shot

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Out side is cedar so maybe nothing there, paint the 1/2" plywood piece


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> tree.
> My mom had a ball watching the babies.
> How will you finish it?
> Regards,  Bob S.
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>> Woodworking Enthusiast on FB.
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>> http://www.caughtinmotion.com/images/squirrel1-4501.jpg
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Re: K-3 & moire

[Boris Liberman]

Sure, I only wanted to ascertain that I am being understood correctly. 
It often happens to me that I am not.


I should admit that I did not see the moire on the PF examples either. 
I've seen some artifacts, but I wasn't sure as to what to attribute them.


I have some more moire examples from Ricoh GXR-M that are very clear, 
but like I said - 6 images out of several thousands - it is 
*practically* a non-issue. In fact, I am thinking that this new K-3 
variable moire reduction feature is good, but its usability in real 
shooting is extremely marginal. At least this is what follows from my 
experience.


On 4/21/2014 8:27 PM, John Sessoms wrote:

Right.

The point is I can *see* the moire in the example you posted. I couldn't
see it in the two Pentax Forum images, but with your image, I know that
isn't something wrong with my eyes.


On 4/21/2014 1:09 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:

John, please let me stress that this moire happened on Ricoh GXR-M
which has a 12MP sensor similar to that of Nikon D300 or Pentax
K-x/K-r...

On 4/21/2014 6:58 PM, John Sessoms wrote:

I'm glad you posted that. I couldn't see any moire in the two
images from the Pentax Forums, and I thought it might be my eyes
failing me, but the moire is quite clear in the example you post.

On 4/20/2014 2:22 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:

Zos, this is the blog post I wrote back when I caught moire one
of the very first times:

http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2013/03/catching-moire.html



On 4/20/2014 6:17 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:

http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/241457-blind-test-k-3-vs-k-5-iis.html






This one caught my interest. The first file is the k-3 and the
2nd is the K-5 IIs. The K-3 is showing more color moire, but it
could also be due to the differences in focusing because the
two shots are clearly not focused on the same spot with field
curvature rearing its ugly head here. I bet there is some moire
in your GXR shots if you look close enough. The GR-D shows lots
of moire in some situations.














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Re: K-3 & moire

[John Sessoms]

Right.

The point is I can *see* the moire in the example you posted. I couldn't
see it in the two Pentax Forum images, but with your image, I know that
isn't something wrong with my eyes.


On 4/21/2014 1:09 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:

John, please let me stress that this moire happened on Ricoh GXR-M
which has a 12MP sensor similar to that of Nikon D300 or Pentax
K-x/K-r...

On 4/21/2014 6:58 PM, John Sessoms wrote:

I'm glad you posted that. I couldn't see any moire in the two
images from the Pentax Forums, and I thought it might be my eyes
failing me, but the moire is quite clear in the example you post.

On 4/20/2014 2:22 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:

Zos, this is the blog post I wrote back when I caught moire one
of the very first times:

http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2013/03/catching-moire.html



On 4/20/2014 6:17 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:

http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/241457-blind-test-k-3-vs-k-5-iis.html





This one caught my interest. The first file is the k-3 and the
2nd is the K-5 IIs. The K-3 is showing more color moire, but it
could also be due to the differences in focusing because the
two shots are clearly not focused on the same spot with field
curvature rearing its ugly head here. I bet there is some moire
in your GXR shots if you look close enough. The GR-D shows lots
of moire in some situations.











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Re: PESO: Urban Cowboys

[P.J. Alling]

Now that's what I'd call "Backstory", (Now where did I put my eye bleach...)

On 4/21/2014 12:01 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:42 AM, John Sessoms  wrote:


I'm sure there's a story behind that?

OK, John, you asked for it:  here is the story behind the Naked
Cowboys of New York City:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742414

My apologies, Ann.

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Re: peso, well actually just a snap shot

[Bob Sullivan]

Squirrel House?  My dad made one from an old tire and pulled it up into a tree.
My mom had a ball watching the babies.
How will you finish it?
Regards,  Bob S.

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> Woodworking Enthusiast on FB.
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> K-5 Sigma 17-70 2.8- 4
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Re: Boris PESO #10 - Organic Juice Bar

[Boris Liberman]

Thanks, Bob!

On 4/21/2014 7:44 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:

The open shade is very nice for bringing out the colours, especially
with that stucco wall. The sunlit parts are slightly distracting, but
it's a nice shot all the same. That verandah with the open shade
would be quite a good place to take portraits with very shallow dof.

B


On 21 Apr 2014, at 17:05, "Boris Liberman" 
wrote:

Hi!

Rather quick grab this time:

http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2014/04/2014-10-organic-juice-bar.html




The spring is approaching its end as far as temperatures are concerned...


Boris

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Re: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Well, calling it a meter maid special wouldn't have made you want to
look at the image.  
Actually, it was just standing there impeding the flow of traffic.

Dan Matyola
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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Jack Davis  wrote:
> ..or...meter maid special?
>
> Jack ;-)
>
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> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742472
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Re: K-3 & moire

[Boris Liberman]

John, please let me stress that this moire happened on Ricoh GXR-M which 
has a 12MP sensor similar to that of Nikon D300 or Pentax K-x/K-r...


On 4/21/2014 6:58 PM, John Sessoms wrote:

I'm glad you posted that. I couldn't see any moire in the two images
from the Pentax Forums, and I thought it might be my eyes failing me,
but the moire is quite clear in the example you post.

On 4/20/2014 2:22 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:

Zos, this is the blog post I wrote back when I caught moire one of the
very first times:

http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2013/03/catching-moire.html



On 4/20/2014 6:17 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:

http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/241457-blind-test-k-3-vs-k-5-iis.html



This one caught my interest. The first file is the k-3 and the 2nd is
the K-5 IIs. The K-3 is showing more color moire, but it could also be
due to the differences in focusing because the two shots are clearly
not focused on the same spot with field curvature rearing its ugly
head here. I bet there is some moire in your GXR shots if you look
close enough. The GR-D shows lots of moire in some situations.









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Re: K-3 & moire

[Boris Liberman]

Bulent, I use only Lightroom for all my processing, so I couldn't tell. 
And as I indicated, this happens so rarely that I look at it as more of 
an unusual unexpected surprise as in - look, moire!


I have RawTherapee Portable and I could pass this image through it... 
But beside that - I don't have any tools to work with. If you wish - I 
could send this RAW file your way and you could play with it. Hopefully, 
it would yield something worth sharing on the list.


Boris


On 4/20/2014 9:29 PM, Bulent Celasun wrote:

Boris,

Do you know if this moire (in that particular image) can be remedied
by using a different raw conversion process?
(I presume it has something to do with the handling of data coming
from a sensor with Bayer array).
And if yes, do we lose some resolution as a trade off?

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Zos, this is the blog post I wrote back when I caught moire one of the very
first times:

http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2013/03/catching-moire.html



On 4/20/2014 6:17 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:



http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/241457-blind-test-k-3-vs-k-5-iis.html

This one caught my interest. The first file is the k-3 and the 2nd is
the K-5 IIs. The K-3 is showing more color moire, but it could also be
due to the differences in focusing because the two shots are clearly
not focused on the same spot with field curvature rearing its ugly
head here. I bet there is some moire in your GXR shots if you look
close enough. The GR-D shows lots of moire in some situations.




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Re: TEST

[Jack Davis]

Thanks, John! (end of "Testing".) 

Jack 


- Original Message - 
From: "John Sessoms"  
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"  
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 9:05:47 AM 
Subject: Re: TEST 

On 4/20/2014 6:28 PM, Jack Davis wrote: 
> TEST!!! 
> 

Seen in Raleigh, NC Monday 21 Apr 2014 (didn't check email on Sunday). 

From: "Jack Davis" - If I hover the mouse pointer over the link it shows 
your comcast email address 

Reply to: Pentax-Discuss Mail List  

HTH. 

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Re: K10d resale value

[John Sessoms]

I do understand that they wanted to encourage new sales, but I still
think it would have been helpful if they'd included backwards
compatibility. Even if the astro-tracing wouldn't work, being able to
add GPS coordinates to EXIF would be useful.

On 4/21/2014 11:30 AM, Darren Addy wrote:

I had the O-GPS1 and it can be a fussy little device. Precise
calibration of the O-GPS1 works (usually) if preceded by the sacrifice
of a chicken although occasionally a goat is required. It works better
for wide focal length lenses (Milky Way shots) than anything else, and
the actual tracking time is only a fraction of what the camera tells
you is possible. Still, it was enough to get me excited about
Astrophotography and I sold it to fund a more robust solution.

It is an ingenious device, but I understand why they didn't bother to
add support for much earlier cameras. They want to encourage new
sales.

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:14 AM, John Sessoms  wrote:

On 4/19/2014 7:13 PM, Darren Addy wrote:


Stephen Migol is still doing great astrophotography with the K10D and,
looking at his other equipment, I'm sure he could upgrade if he wanted
to:
http://www.astrobin.com/users/smigol/

In short, I think the laws of supply & demand might make the K10D as
popular, or more, than the later K20D - even though it is older and
fewer megapixels.



It would be helpful if that GPS thing that uses the sensor shift for
astro-tracing (is that the right word?) had been backwards compatible with
the K10D & K20D.


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Re: Pentax Theatre: Our Dumb Robin

[Daniel J. Matyola]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 12:21 PM, John Sessoms  wrote:
>
> Tape up one of those paper silhouettes of a hawk on the glass & he'll go away.

Great suggestion!

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Re: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit

[Jack Davis]

..or...meter maid special? 

Jack ;-) 

- Original Message - 
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Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 8:46:06 AM 
Subject: PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit 

The NYPD has the best equipment in the world. Here is their special 
high speed pursuit vehicle for apprehending speeders: 
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742472 
Comments are invited. 

Dan Matyola 
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Re: "Anti-Commercial" featuring Pentax getting some attention

[Bob W-PDML]

I found it boring, but couldn't help wondering why all those chickens crossed 
the road.

B

> On 21 Apr 2014, at 17:35, "Darren Addy"  wrote:
> 
> This was featured on Petapixel,
> http://petapixel.com/2014/04/18/pentax-anti-commercial-doesnt-even-show-camera-incredibly-compelling/
> but is via Reddit, where the video's editor surfaced to answer
> question. The comments are interesting.
> http://www.reddit.com/r/photography/comments/239o6z/pentax_anticommercial_if_only_more_add_campaigns/
> 
> The link to just the video itself is here:
> http://vimeo.com/41917166
> 

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Re: PESO - Parallel Interaction

[Bob W-PDML]

On 21 Apr 2014, at 17:17, "John Sessoms"  wrote:
> 
>> On 4/20/2014 11:26 PM, Marco Alpert wrote:
>> http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo14/peso8.html
>> 
>> Comments, as always, welcomed.
>> 
>> -Marco
>> 
>> ---
>> http://www.alpert.com/marco
> 
> Is that a turtle on the ground just beyond the dog on the left?

Looks more like a Mexican short-haired tree frog (Rana vulsa arborialis arriba) 
to me.

B


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Re: Boris PESO #10 - Organic Juice Bar

[Bob W-PDML]

The open shade is very nice for bringing out the colours, especially with that 
stucco wall. The sunlit parts are slightly distracting, but it's a nice shot 
all the same. That verandah with the open shade would be quite a good place to 
take portraits with very shallow dof.

B

> On 21 Apr 2014, at 17:05, "Boris Liberman"  wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Rather quick grab this time:
> 
> http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2014/04/2014-10-organic-juice-bar.html
> 
> The spring is approaching its end as far as temperatures are concerned...
> 
> Boris
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Re: GES0 Mini GESO of mostly unrelated images from today.

[John Sessoms]

I think that may be the security patches everyone put in place after the 
Heartbleed bug was revealed don't yet play nice together & the link is 
timing out when it's loading.


With Firefox I get "Firefox cannot find the server at ..." with a button 
to [Try Again]. Sometimes [Try Again] will work & sometimes I have to 
hit the "Reload" button up on the menu bar ... more than once.


From Photo.net & Flickr I'm getting a lot of instances where the page 
around the image loads, but the image itself doesn't appear until I 
reload the page several times.


Other sites I'm seeing the page elements sequentially without formatting 
until I reload the page, then everything gets slotted into its proper 
places.


Don't get it all the time, but there has been a *LOT* more of it in the 
past week, and I don't remember it from before.


On 4/20/2014 7:16 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:

Still get the threat from Chrome - and I'm NOT on WI-FI
sigh

This is the message

"Cannot connect to the real dl.dropboxusercontent.com

Something is currently interfering with your secure connection to
dl.dropboxusercontent.com.

Try to reload this page in a few minutes or after switching to a new
network. If you have recently connected to a new Wi-Fi network, finish
logging in before reloading.

If you were to visit dl.dropboxusercontent.com right now, you might
share private information with an attacker. To protect your privacy,
Chrome will not load the page until it can establish a secure connection
to the real dl.dropboxusercontent.com."

ann

On 4/20/2014 18:15, P.J. Alling wrote:

Just what it says.  The only thing that holds these together is I shot
them today.

First a photo of my 10 year old Niece.  Well she's my brother's Niece by
marriage, that more or less makes me a family friend. Someday soon
she'll be killing boys with those eys, and she really want's you to know
that she has no idea what happened to the Canary.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20Fi-%28hellokitty..html



Equipment:  Pentax K5II w/smc Pentax FA 43mm f1.9 limited.

Notes:  The K5II actually makes this lens preform better.

Some will get this joke:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20youarenumber6..html



Equipment:  Pentax K5II w/smc Pentax M 85mm f2.0.

The vmc Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm f2.8~4.0 really needs a lens hood with
this camera.  There was a fair amount of veiling flair that really
destroyed the contrast.  I was able to compensate somewhat, but the
detail suffered.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20daffynotaduck..html



Equipment:  Pentax K-5II w/vmc Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm  f2.8~4.0
(Komine)

As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored.





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"Anti-Commercial" featuring Pentax getting some attention

[Darren Addy]

This was featured on Petapixel,
http://petapixel.com/2014/04/18/pentax-anti-commercial-doesnt-even-show-camera-incredibly-compelling/
but is via Reddit, where the video's editor surfaced to answer
question. The comments are interesting.
http://www.reddit.com/r/photography/comments/239o6z/pentax_anticommercial_if_only_more_add_campaigns/

The link to just the video itself is here:
http://vimeo.com/41917166



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Re: Well now I feel like an idiot.

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On Apr 19, 2014, at 3:25 PM, Mark C  wrote:

> That's a pain but everyone makes mistakes. I just discovered that my last 
> ~300 scanned frames were done with one minor error in the VueScan settings - 
> they are basically useless. So I'm re-scanning them all about 20 hours of 
> the scanner churning but only about 30 minutes fo rme to load it and hit hit 
> the scan button)...
> 
> It's aggravating but once in a while we all delete something we wanted ot 
> save or save something and overwrite the thing we really wanted to keep...
> 
> If I start finding photos that I don't remember taking - *then* I'll worry... 
> Depending on the subject matter - I might worry a lot!

For your sake, I hope that nobody on the list is close enough to borrow your 
camera now and then just to shoot some photos that you wouldn’t remember.

> 
> Mark
> 
> On 4/19/2014 2:38 AM, P.J. Alling wrote:
>> There's no worse feeling than the one that comes from taking a bunch of 
>> photos, thinking that one has downloaded the images, deleting the images on 
>> the card then reusing the card.  It confirms one's worst fears about the 
>> massive loss of brain cells from abusing oneself in various ways...
>> 
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Re: Pentax Theatre: Our Dumb Robin

[John Sessoms]

On 4/20/2014 9:31 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote:

On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 9:30 PM, Ann Sanfedele  wrote:


I hope he survived!


Still flying into the window this evening. We figure he's been at it
for about four days now.



Tape up one of those paper silhouettes of a hawk on the glass & he'll go 
away.


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Re: PESO - Parallel Interaction

[John Sessoms]

On 4/20/2014 11:26 PM, Marco Alpert wrote:

http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo14/peso8.html

Comments, as always, welcomed.

-Marco

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Is that a turtle on the ground just beyond the dog on the left?

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Re: peso drive by tree fog (with Link)

[John Sessoms]

Oh yeah!

On 4/20/2014 7:18 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:

This IS hillarious - You, moi and Bob!
anyone else??

ann

On 4/20/2014 19:09, Ralf R Radermacher wrote:

Am 20.04.14 22:55, schrieb Ann Sanfedele:


I read the subject line as "drive by tree FROG"


Funny you should say this. So did I.

Pro-shooters take note: there's a market for drive-by tree frog shots.

Ralf





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Re: peso drive by tree fog (with Link)

[John Sessoms]

I read that as "drive by tree FROG" & trying figure out what's going on 
... and I already have NEW Glasses.


Oh well. It'll all be forgotten in a few minutes.

On 4/20/2014 2:53 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:

Ok, here’s the link!  Yikes!  Cheers, Christine


http://www.caguila.com/drivebytreefog/content/_IGP8123_large.html



On Apr 20, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Christine Aguila 
wrote:


Happy Spring-Easter-Passover PDML!

Hope everyone is enjoying their day.  It’s actually quite nice in
Chicago than the picture linked here.

Caught this along Waukegan Road the other day.  Added a little
light grain and a bw rendering.  If you don’t think it works, feel
free to let me know.

We’re having lamb at my folks’ house today.  I made lemon tarts.

Hope the jelly beans are plentiful, and the chocolate bunny is
silky sweet!

Cheers, Christine





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Re: PESO - Parallel Interaction

[Don Guthrie]

Interesting moment well caught.

pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:

Message: 6
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 20:26:05 -0700
From: Marco Alpert
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: PESO - Parallel Interaction
Message-ID:<9138096d-1ae4-4f13-b6c2-f2dbab282...@alpert.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo14/peso8.html

Comments, as always, welcomed.

-Marco

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Re: TEST

[John Sessoms]

On 4/20/2014 6:28 PM, Jack Davis wrote:

TEST!!!



Seen in Raleigh, NC Monday 21 Apr 2014 (didn't check email on Sunday).

From: "Jack Davis" - If I hover the mouse pointer over the link it shows 
your comcast email address


Reply to: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 

HTH.

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Re: PESO: Urban Cowboys

[Daniel J. Matyola]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:42 AM, John Sessoms  wrote:

> I'm sure there's a story behind that?

OK, John, you asked for it:  here is the story behind the Naked
Cowboys of New York City:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742414

My apologies, Ann.

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Boris PESO #10 - Organic Juice Bar

[Boris Liberman]

Hi!

Rather quick grab this time:

http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2014/04/2014-10-organic-juice-bar.html

The spring is approaching its end as far as temperatures are concerned...

Boris

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Re: K-3 & moire

[John Sessoms]

I'm glad you posted that. I couldn't see any moire in the two images 
from the Pentax Forums, and I thought it might be my eyes failing me, 
but the moire is quite clear in the example you post.


On 4/20/2014 2:22 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:

Zos, this is the blog post I wrote back when I caught moire one of the
very first times:

http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2013/03/catching-moire.html



On 4/20/2014 6:17 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:

http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/241457-blind-test-k-3-vs-k-5-iis.html


This one caught my interest. The first file is the k-3 and the 2nd is
the K-5 IIs. The K-3 is showing more color moire, but it could also be
due to the differences in focusing because the two shots are clearly
not focused on the same spot with field curvature rearing its ugly
head here. I bet there is some moire in your GXR shots if you look
close enough. The GR-D shows lots of moire in some situations.






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Re: peso drive by tree fog (with Link)

[Don Guthrie]

Yikes any frog in the would have a frozen butt! Cool photo pun intended.

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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 13:53:48 -0500
From: Christine Aguila
To: PDML List
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Message-ID:<0123c12a-0db0-4a48-b67f-3938f1b59...@caguila.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252

Ok, here?s the link!  Yikes!  Cheers, Christine


http://www.caguila.com/drivebytreefog/content/_IGP8123_large.html



On Apr 20, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Christine Aguila  wrote:


>Happy Spring-Easter-Passover PDML!
>
>Hope everyone is enjoying their day.  It?s actually quite nice in Chicago than 
the picture linked here.
>
>Caught this along Waukegan Road the other day.  Added a little light grain and 
a bw rendering.  If you don?t think it works, feel free to let me know.
>
>We?re having lamb at my folks? house today.  I made lemon tarts.
>
>Hope the jelly beans are plentiful, and the chocolate bunny is silky sweet!
>
>Cheers, Christine



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PESO: NYPD Traffic Unit

[Daniel J. Matyola]

The NYPD has the best equipment in the world.  Here is their special
high speed pursuit vehicle for apprehending speeders:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742472
Comments are invited.

Dan Matyola
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Re:: Peso Just for today

[Don Guthrie]

Thank you, Tim. It was one of those "walk around the corner and there it 
was" shots.



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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 09:33:46 -0700
From: Tim Bray
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

Good picture, full of drama.

On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Don Guthrie  wrote:

>Today is a holiday throughout the world
>Regardless of your beliefs I think you will enjoy this photo.
>Thanks for looking.
>
>
>
>https://www.flickr.com/photos/valdon/13927759006/
>
>http://donspix.smugmug.com/Architecture/Buildings-Architecture/i-N7twWdS/0/L/Grotto%20%2026574IMK59423-L.jpg
>
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Re: Re: PESO: Urban Cowboys

[Don Guthrie]

Perhaps after dinner and a good Merlot then?



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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 09:51:38 -0400
From: Ann Sanfedele
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Message-ID:<5353d0ea.2040...@nyc.rr.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

oh dear, really gross - didn't want to see that before breakfast!:-)

ann

On 4/20/2014 00:37, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

>http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17740984
>Comments Invited.
>
>Dan Matyola
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>



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Re: PESO: Urban Cowboys

[John Sessoms]

On 4/20/2014 12:37 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17740984
Comments Invited.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola



I'm sure there's a story behind that?

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Re: Re: Geso Blueflowers buds

[Don Guthrie]

Thanks Attila. I have come to realize little 3 inch flowers make great 
large photos.



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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 14:31:58 +0300
From: Attila Boros
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

Nicely done!

On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Don Guthrie  wrote:

>Gallery of 9 photos from Spring outing including new crop per Jack & Ann & a
>different blue flower and other signs of good things to come.
>
>http://donspix.smugmug.com/Flowers/Flowers-of-Spring
>
>https://www.flickr.com/photos/valdon/sets/72157643965897863/
>
>C&C assiduously read.
>



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Re: OT - Snails are not slow. They just appreciate life.

[John Sessoms]

On 4/20/2014 12:32 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:


... or maybe it is not "OT".

I thought these photos are great of a kind that would be enjoyed by
the PDMLers.
Here is the gooogle-translated page (it has some captions that make photos
even more interesting):
http://goo.gl/plKQWJ

Other photos of the same photographer are available here:
http://vyacheslav1964.35photo.ru/

Cheers,

Igor


Very nice.

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Re: K10d resale value

[Darren Addy]

I had the O-GPS1 and it can be a fussy little device. Precise
calibration of the O-GPS1 works (usually) if preceded by the sacrifice
of a chicken although occasionally a goat is required. It works better
for wide focal length lenses (Milky Way shots) than anything else, and
the actual tracking time is only a fraction of what the camera tells
you is possible. Still, it was enough to get me excited about
Astrophotography and I sold it to fund a more robust solution.

It is an ingenious device, but I understand why they didn't bother to
add support for much earlier cameras. They want to encourage new
sales.

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:14 AM, John Sessoms  wrote:
> On 4/19/2014 7:13 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
>
>> Stephen Migol is still doing great astrophotography with the K10D and,
>> looking at his other equipment, I'm sure he could upgrade if he wanted
>> to:
>> http://www.astrobin.com/users/smigol/
>>
>> In short, I think the laws of supply & demand might make the K10D as
>> popular, or more, than the later K20D - even though it is older and
>> fewer megapixels.
>>
>
> It would be helpful if that GPS thing that uses the sensor shift for
> astro-tracing (is that the right word?) had been backwards compatible with
> the K10D & K20D.
>
>
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