September PUG Countdown
G'day all The theme for September: 'Landscapes in Black & White'. Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ Submission Guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia https://eu.zonerama.com/apathyman/1022051 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: https://www.flickr.com/photos/101533246@N02/albums/72177720310649025
On 8/22/2023 11:39 AM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: OF course. DSLR is, for the most part, better than mirrorless for focus accuracy. This actually isn't true. The (IMHO only) advantage of mirrorless is focusing directly on the sensor rather than via a secondary method (either focusing screen or an AF sensor that isn't on the imaging sensor. For a DSLR to focus accurately, the secondary systems used must be in absolutely perfect registration to the sensor, something that is next to impossible to obtain in a consumer level device. Contrast this with a mirrorless where there is no need for this registration accuracy as focusing is done on the sensor plane. With mirrorless, focus accuracy is primarily determined by the resolution of the focus motor. With the DSLR, focus accuracy is determined by the accuracy of placement of the focusing system, be it the view screen or AF sensor, in relation to the sensor plane as well as the resolution of the focus motor. To get the same accuracy of focus in a DSLR, you need to use liveview, effectively turning your DSLR into a mirrorless camera. bill -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: https://www.flickr.com/photos/101533246@N02/albums/72177720310649025
Good point, Bill. This makes sense. I use live view almost exclusively when shooting cars for editorial, but almost never when shooting birds or other things for my own entertainment. I may never graduate to mirrorless, since I’ve pretty much decided that I will keep using my current kit until I drop dead. Paul > On Aug 23, 2023, at 11:03 AM, Bill wrote: > > On 8/22/2023 11:39 AM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: >> OF course. DSLR is, for the most part, better than mirrorless for focus >> accuracy. > This actually isn't true. The (IMHO only) advantage of mirrorless is focusing > directly on the sensor rather than via a secondary method (either focusing > screen or an AF sensor that isn't on the imaging sensor. > For a DSLR to focus accurately, the secondary systems used must be in > absolutely perfect registration to the sensor, something that is next to > impossible to obtain in a consumer level device. > Contrast this with a mirrorless where there is no need for this registration > accuracy as focusing is done on the sensor plane. > > With mirrorless, focus accuracy is primarily determined by the resolution of > the focus motor. With the DSLR, focus accuracy is determined by the accuracy > of placement of the focusing system, be it the view screen or AF sensor, in > relation to the sensor plane as well as the resolution of the focus motor. > > To get the same accuracy of focus in a DSLR, you need to use liveview, > effectively turning your DSLR into a mirrorless camera. > > bill > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: https://www.flickr.com/photos/101533246@N02/albums/72177720310649025
My K1 has been sitting pretty much idle since February, but my use of it since I got it has almost always been on a tripod using live view. The exception has been when I'm doing the now very rare portrait session. I prefer a bit more mobility than tripods give. I bought quite heavily into the Fuji system in 2013 when I bought an X-Pro1 and shortly after an X-T1 and used it instead of the K3 until the K1 came along. In 2016 I bought one and more or less forgot about the Fuji kit. In February I decided I really had to clean out the dumpster that my office had turned into, and there, under a stack of empty pizza boxes was my old Fuji kit. I thought to myself that the Fuji lenses are just too nice to not use, but 16mp is so last decade, so I looked at what Fuji had now. The X-T5 popped up in my search, I decided it met my wants, and so I bought one. And then LBA hit hard. Eschewing my eschewing of zoom lenses, I built a really nice kit for the Fuji with the 8-16/2.8, 16-55/2.8, 50-140/2.8, 80/2.8 macro, a Viltrox 75/1.2 and a 1.4 teleconverter (something I also have traditionally been loath to use). This was rather counterproductive in a way as the X-T5 is a very small body, similar in size to an LX, and the lenses rather dwarf the camera, but they are very good and make very nice pictures. The X-T5 is a very demanding camera regarding how it is used. Forty MP packed into an APS-C sensor means one's ducks really need to be aligned, but if the photographer is willing to put the work into it, the results from it are superb. One thing I've noticed is that the EVF in it doesn't give me the eye strain of previous generations. bill On 8/23/2023 11:27 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Good point, Bill. This makes sense. I use live view almost exclusively when shooting cars for editorial, but almost never when shooting birds or other things for my own entertainment. I may never graduate to mirrorless, since I’ve pretty much decided that I will keep using my current kit until I drop dead. Paul On Aug 23, 2023, at 11:03 AM, Bill wrote: On 8/22/2023 11:39 AM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: OF course. DSLR is, for the most part, better than mirrorless for focus accuracy. This actually isn't true. The (IMHO only) advantage of mirrorless is focusing directly on the sensor rather than via a secondary method (either focusing screen or an AF sensor that isn't on the imaging sensor. For a DSLR to focus accurately, the secondary systems used must be in absolutely perfect registration to the sensor, something that is next to impossible to obtain in a consumer level device. Contrast this with a mirrorless where there is no need for this registration accuracy as focusing is done on the sensor plane. With mirrorless, focus accuracy is primarily determined by the resolution of the focus motor. With the DSLR, focus accuracy is determined by the accuracy of placement of the focusing system, be it the view screen or AF sensor, in relation to the sensor plane as well as the resolution of the focus motor. To get the same accuracy of focus in a DSLR, you need to use liveview, effectively turning your DSLR into a mirrorless camera. bill -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Fwd: PESO: Spring is Sprung
I see the trees all three times, but nary a robin. 🙃 On 8/22/2023 10:40 PM, mike wilson wrote: All three getting through fine here. On 22/08/2023 09:54 Alan C wrote: Trying again Forwarded Message Subject:PESO: Spring is Sprung Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 08:06:46 +0200 From: Alan C To: Pentax Discus Mail List An early morning snap of the Knoppiesdoorn (Knob-thorn - Acacia Nigrescens) tree on our corner. Always the first harbinger of Spring right on the Equinox. The Hueglin's Robin has been kicking up a racket since 3am. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/53132973417/ K5 & HD 55-300 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Salzburg to Prague
We're off to Austria tomorrow, doing a bicycle trip that starts from Salzburg and ends up in Prague. It shouldn't be a very strenuous trip, as they're saying 36 miles is the most we'll be covering in a day, so that ought to leave plenty of time for some photography. Photos to follow! -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Salzburg to Prague
Google maps says "Cycling not available" 8 -) but the walking route has a total rise of just under 3000metres and a fall of just over, taking three days. Good luck and have fun. Don't forget the Narodni Technicke Muzeum - not the one on Wilsonova street. > On 24/08/2023 01:23 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > We're off to Austria tomorrow, doing a bicycle trip that starts from > Salzburg and ends up in Prague. It shouldn't be a very strenuous trip, > as they're saying 36 miles is the most we'll be covering in a day, so > that ought to leave plenty of time for some photography. > > Photos to follow! -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Fwd: PESO: Spring is Sprung
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYP6Bh4XVRo On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 1:37 AM John Sessoms wrote: > I see the trees all three times, but nary a robin. 🙃 > > On 8/22/2023 10:40 PM, mike wilson wrote: > > All three getting through fine here. > > > >> On 22/08/2023 09:54 Alan C wrote: > >> > >> > >> Trying again > >> > >> Forwarded Message > >> Subject: PESO: Spring is Sprung > >> Date:Tue, 22 Aug 2023 08:06:46 +0200 > >> From:Alan C > >> To: Pentax Discus Mail List > >> > >> > >> > >> An early morning snap of the Knoppiesdoorn (Knob-thorn - Acacia > >> Nigrescens) tree on our corner. Always the first harbinger of Spring > >> right on the Equinox. The Hueglin's Robin has been kicking up a racket > >> since 3am. > >> > >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/53132973417/ > >> > >> K5 & HD 55-300 > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > -- > Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. > www.avg.com > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.