Camera bag for bike trip?
Hi all, Since it's never too early to start planning my next gear purchase, I've started obsessing on how I will outfit myself for our vacation in August... Our trip will include 4 days of tandem touring around Durango, Colorado. I'm trying to figure out the best way to bring my camera along. It will be a somewhat minimalist kit -- my k7, plus a lens or two... no tripod, no ginormous zooms. A backpack is one option, but I'm curious about handlebar bags and/or panniers... I know there are some cycle enthusiasts out there -- any thoughts? Thanks! -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Camera bag for bike trip?
Don't have any answers for you on the equipment side, but if you want to photograph the Durango Silverton Railroad while you're in the area, I can suggest a couple of good spots. Just plug the numbers into Google Maps search and it will show you where they are. Thanks, John -- I'll definitely check these out. I know that on one day of the trip, there will be a Race the Train event, in which the strongest (most foolish?) teams will endeavor to beat the train to Silverton. The rest of us will be on said train, and enjoy the ride downhill on bikes after. So, there should be some good photo ops going both ways. :) Bob/Scott/Mark/Subash/Godfrey -- Thanks for the suggestions. My biggest concern is minimizing the jiggle factor. I'll check out your links -- I like the Ortlieb camera insert idea... That might work for my everyday camera bag, too... which is often just my purse. Best, -c On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:55 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Christine Nielsen Hi all, Since it's never too early to start planning my next gear purchase, I've started obsessing on how I will outfit myself for our vacation in August... Our trip will include 4 days of tandem touring around Durango, Colorado. I'm trying to figure out the best way to bring my camera along. It will be a somewhat minimalist kit -- my k7, plus a lens or two... no tripod, no ginormous zooms. A backpack is one option, but I'm curious about handlebar bags and/or panniers... I know there are some cycle enthusiasts out there -- any thoughts? Don't have any answers for you on the equipment side, but if you want to photograph the Durango Silverton Railroad while you're in the area, I can suggest a couple of good spots. Just plug the numbers into Google Maps search and it will show you where they are. 37.490801,-107.804923 This one is good for the morning leg outbound. Both trains stop at Rockwood Station about 500 ft east of here. This is a good spot to catch the engine as it comes out of a deep cut. 37.788635,-107.668571 There is a closed down mine at the end of Co Rd 31. If you stay away from the buildings and equipment, no one should fuss at you. Gives a good view of a low trestle the trains will be crossing in the afternoon/evening heading back to Durango. You can get right up to the edge of the trestle, and if you don't mind COLD water, you can wade across the stream and get good shots of the approach. Don't know how bicycle friendly the trip from Durango to Silverton is, it climbs from about 6500 ft at Durango to 10400 at Coal Bank Pass. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Camera bag for bike trip?
BTW, here's a little bike porn -- call it a three-way? -- a few snaps of one of the rigs we'll be taking to Colorado: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028...@n04/sets/72157623811081733/ :) -c On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Don't have any answers for you on the equipment side, but if you want to photograph the Durango Silverton Railroad while you're in the area, I can suggest a couple of good spots. Just plug the numbers into Google Maps search and it will show you where they are. Thanks, John -- I'll definitely check these out. I know that on one day of the trip, there will be a Race the Train event, in which the strongest (most foolish?) teams will endeavor to beat the train to Silverton. The rest of us will be on said train, and enjoy the ride downhill on bikes after. So, there should be some good photo ops going both ways. :) Bob/Scott/Mark/Subash/Godfrey -- Thanks for the suggestions. My biggest concern is minimizing the jiggle factor. I'll check out your links -- I like the Ortlieb camera insert idea... That might work for my everyday camera bag, too... which is often just my purse. Best, -c On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:55 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Christine Nielsen Hi all, Since it's never too early to start planning my next gear purchase, I've started obsessing on how I will outfit myself for our vacation in August... Our trip will include 4 days of tandem touring around Durango, Colorado. I'm trying to figure out the best way to bring my camera along. It will be a somewhat minimalist kit -- my k7, plus a lens or two... no tripod, no ginormous zooms. A backpack is one option, but I'm curious about handlebar bags and/or panniers... I know there are some cycle enthusiasts out there -- any thoughts? Don't have any answers for you on the equipment side, but if you want to photograph the Durango Silverton Railroad while you're in the area, I can suggest a couple of good spots. Just plug the numbers into Google Maps search and it will show you where they are. 37.490801,-107.804923 This one is good for the morning leg outbound. Both trains stop at Rockwood Station about 500 ft east of here. This is a good spot to catch the engine as it comes out of a deep cut. 37.788635,-107.668571 There is a closed down mine at the end of Co Rd 31. If you stay away from the buildings and equipment, no one should fuss at you. Gives a good view of a low trestle the trains will be crossing in the afternoon/evening heading back to Durango. You can get right up to the edge of the trestle, and if you don't mind COLD water, you can wade across the stream and get good shots of the approach. Don't know how bicycle friendly the trip from Durango to Silverton is, it climbs from about 6500 ft at Durango to 10400 at Coal Bank Pass. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Camera bag for bike trip?
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:46 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Bob/Scott/Mark/Subash/Godfrey -- Thanks for the suggestions. My biggest concern is minimizing the jiggle factor. A sports bro usually does the trick for me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfONNfAjyrc B Maybe camera spanx...? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Camera bag for bike trip?
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/16/10, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: BTW, here's a little bike porn -- call it a three-way? -- a few snaps of one of the rigs we'll be taking to Colorado: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028...@n04/sets/72157623811081733/ Ooh. Aah. Snazzy. Are the SS couplers placed so that you can configure it as a tandem, too? :) They are, although we haven't tried that yet... The whole thing comes apart packs into two big cases. I'm hoping when the time comes, we'll be able to re-assemble the bike without too many leftover parts. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Bob Sullivan has a lot to answer for
Ha! I got the bends I got when I traded up from my *ist-D to the k-7 last fall!Enjoy! -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Zombie Walk through Boston
Yikes. That's a wild set, David! Were you a zombie photog...? -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO launcry
Does June Cleaver know you've been lurking around her clothesline? :) That's a great collection. Fun shot! -c On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:52 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Uh, laundry. On Jun 10, 2010, at 9:49 PM, paul stenquist wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11052048size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photo bag and tripod bag on bicycle
I recently asked the list about his topicthe Ortlieb camera insert for the handlebar bag was recommended... I've ordered it, but it hasn't arrived yet, so I haven't been able to give it a try. I like the idea of being able to remove the handlebar bag easily when I leave the bike, but it sounds like you tote more gear than I would, so I'm not sure the handlebar bag would be roomy enough. Here's another interesting solution I came across, a Pelican case outfitted as pannier: http://www.phred.org/~josh/bike/briefcase_pannier.html Of course, what I really need is a nice, compact (EVIL?) camera to tote around on vacation :) Anybody have one of those that they like? -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: studio light brand suggestions
I quite like my Photogenics and would recommend anyone buying a serious set of lights to consider them. I'm new to the studio lights, but I will say that the photography school where I've been taking some workshops recently has Photogenics in their portrait studios. Considering they get used all day by full-time students, and then by hacks like me in the evening, they must be pretty good. -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The State of The List
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: So...how many of us can kick in 20USD and see how far it goes? A bargain! Done. -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photographing graduations
These observations are well-timed, as it is the season for all of the end-of-year hoopla for the kiddos. This past weekend, there was a soccer tournament, piano recital and gymnastics meet... and I have a crap-tastic selection of photos to prove it. As the parent in these situations, I also struggle with my role of photographer. It's hard to enjoy the moment, and try to record it well at the same time... -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: My bloggity blog...
Sorry for the confusion! That was me -- Christine from Boston... and crapmanagement.com...! (Though I would love to be a Chicago Christine, as I once was...) Cheers to the lady Pentaxians! :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K7 formatting shortcut?
Menu, spin the back wheel a few clicks (sorry, I don't recall how many or which direction offhand and my K7 is in my truck), then one up click and a button push. Or something. It's easier if you use the control wheel for navigating the menus. William Robb Well, that's helpful! I had been in the habit of pushing menu, then distractedly counting clicks of the right arrow: onetwothreefourfivesixseveneight then tuning in again for the next several clicks... All in all, not a big deal, but... still. I can only assume it's set up this way to prevent accidental formatting of the card? Although-- dim as I am, never having thought to use the rear wheel, I've thankfully never done that... :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Feed Us Your Photoblog
http://www.crapmanagement.com/ I post a daily photo- plus just a little blah,blah,blah - on my blog... -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Need advice - My bike was stolen
I'm sorry to hear about your luck, John. My son's bike was stolen in December from his high school... it was literally his prized possession and the whole experience was a heartbreaker. Thinking about it still makes me reach for the ice cream... We did all the things you mentioned on your list, in addition to contacting local bike shops in our area to give them a description of the bike let the know that it was lost. We also offered a reward for its return, and included that information in the craigslist ad. Good luck, -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - Bike Recovered
That's great news! -c On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 2:08 PM, John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote: A happy ending to my stolen bike saga! When I reported my bike stolen, the police and others suggested checking out the local weekly swap meet. This morning, a friend picked me up early and we headed over there. By mistake we ended up missing the parking lot turn-off and parked in the swap meet area. By pure luck, we parked two rows down from a big van that was FULL of bikes, and by even more luck my bike was one of the two dozen he had pulled out and set up in his stall. Now, as I mentioned in the original thread, I had never written down the serial number of my bike, so I couldn't just go claim it. I called the police, who showed up and said that if I could identify it as the same one from the description in my police report, they could probably convince the seller to turn it over. The seller was in no mood to cooperate and was very argumentative with me as I explained every mark and scratch on the bike. He had stripped off almost all the accessories I'd put on it, but there were clear distinguishing marks that I had described on the police report that were still evident. Eventually one officer pulled him aside, and after a few minutes the officer came back and told me to take the bike, it was mine. He later told me he had asked the seller for his business license or tax info, neither of which he had. When the officer said he would be forced to run a check on all the serial numbers on all the bikes in his van for stolen property, the seller quickly said he'd let me take the bike if we'd leave, and that was that! I wish I'd been smart and written down the serial number, because then the seller might actually be facing criminal charges. Who knows how many stolen bikes he's fenced for thieves? I've resolved to keep a record of every serial number of every item of value that I have, starting with my bike and camera equipment, so that the next time this happens I will be better prepared. Live and learn! Thanks for reading, John -- http://www.jacelio.com http://www.cafepress.com/jacelio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: Wanted -- Snappy Retorts
Hello all, I'm kind of new here, been lurking around mostly, but I've seen enough to know that you'll be able to help me Here's my situation: Last night I started the first class of a ten-week workshop on Portraiture. As usually happens, the instructor came to the point where she wanted to get a rough idea of who she was dealing with. How many people shoot Canon? How many are Nikon shooters? She counted the hands that went up, and then, shaking her head side to side in the NO gesture, she said, Does anyone have anything else...? This is when my hand went up. She looks at me surprised, Sony? Nope. Pentax. Her look changes from surprise to an equal mix of confusion and concern. Do you /really/? I really do. Now, I am perfectly confident and comfortable in my choice of gear. I do not feel embarrassed or ashamed. I also prefer to let my photos do the talking, instead of the camera brand. Howeversometimes, I just want a good comeback. Something that demonstrates just how brilliant and independent-minded I am in my choice, and how superior it is. What do you say to the Canikon crowd to put them in their place? I would like to have something ready to go when I go back tonight for the start of the Creative Lighting workshop. :) Thanks! Christine www.crapmanagement.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: Propeller droop, caused by iPhone?
My husband snapped this yesterday with his iPhone. The propeller of the plane was moving at the time, but appears still, although very droopy: http://inielsen.com//bloggerpics/droopy1.jpg I'm looking for reassurance that this is some kind of iphone camera artifact, and not indicative of the air-worthiness of said plane, which he assures me will be ready to fly very soon :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Tempting alternates
Nice! I'm a fan of Ontario Grown, myself, but I can see how other shots might suit the theme better... So, do I understand correctly that you backlit the sheer in front of the patio door for the high key shots? :) -c On Jul 9, 2013, at 3:36 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: First, two shots in particular: http://flic.kr/p/f4MZEV - Northern Spy http://flic.kr/p/f5cDZU - Apple Saucy A large number of possible candidates for the Temptation PUG emerged from my shoot with Iryna, and here are the best of those. I rejected some because they just didn't say _temptation_ to me, but are otherwise okay shots. http://flic.kr/s/aHsjGFgCHr - The gallery. I'll be adding to this as I get some more time. All shot with K20D, DA* 50-135mm/2.8, 200 ISO, 2 x AFG540FGZ. Lr, Ps. Comments welcome. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso - Grab shot
I like this a lot - the subject background work especially well together, don't they? Glad you are back! :) -c On Jul 9, 2013, at 8:23 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: ... and test. if this gets through and nothing else does tonight, at least I can read comments http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2012-and-all-that/21847075_D88Ngw/1/2625300581_xMdMdk3/Large Time Warner and Road Runner assure me they are working on the problem. ann with crossed fingers -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: A small set taken with the K85 f1.8 wide open
Those look yum... You find the neatest toys, Darren. Also enjoyed your post about the Kenko Uniplus Tube 25 You make it difficult to keep my LBA in remission! :) -c On Jul 8, 2013, at 4:57 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: This lens is capable of really shallow DOF (and on an APS-C sized sensor). I don't need no steenkin' full frame. These are just some quick grab shots taken over my afternoon break. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/sets/72157634554848922 CC welcome. -- Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art - Peter Galassi -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO: The Wonder Twins
Last week, I had the opportunity to shoot newborn twins. As a photographer, as a mother of 3, I thought I was up to the challenge... HA! My visions for smooshy faces, peaceful swaddled bundles, teeny bare bottoms... were no match for fussy 2 week olds with tummy trouble (reflux, milk allergies) and ferocious diaper rash. Mom, Dad me were left limp and exhausted by the end -- especially since I had left the a/c off to lull the babies into a heat-induced nap. The babies, for their part, tag-teamed us, alternating sleep/wake/feeding schedules, so that at no point, were both of them content and quiet at the same time. LOL. Anyway, I think this is my favorite shot of the whole sorry bunch. Here they are, at the outset of our session, just getting warmed up: http://www.christinenielsen.com/sharing/h67710874#h67710874 :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: SHARK!
For a second I thought you had gotten shots of the Sharnado! Nice shot -- I'm envious... we went to our local aquarium last week (about as far from Maui as you can get in the US!) there's no natural light on the big tank, and the water seems much less clear... :) -c On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Don. Well, I am a scuba diver, but my K-r isn't water-tight enough to use it down there. G I have a SeaLife Reef Master Digital that I use when diving. I may have shown a few of my sea turtle images here that were taken with that camera. This image was taken from the tunnel inside the huge shark tank in the Maui Ocean Center, one of my favorite places. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Very nice especially thru glass unless you've taken up scuba. Shafts of light add a lot of interest. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 14 Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 01:13:20 -0400 From: Daniel J. Matyoladanmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: SHARK! Message-ID: caomwt1y4jgdza4dytrzgqxhdyjx1+_z8fph7h2o_ukqah7h...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16998957 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: The Wonder Twins
Thanks, Ann! :) -c On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: All I can say is, better you than me! Admirably coped with, Christine! ann On 7/17/2013 16:44, Christine Nielsen wrote: Last week, I had the opportunity to shoot newborn twins. As a photographer, as a mother of 3, I thought I was up to the challenge... HA! My visions for smooshy faces, peaceful swaddled bundles, teeny bare bottoms... were no match for fussy 2 week olds with tummy trouble (reflux, milk allergies) and ferocious diaper rash. Mom, Dad me were left limp and exhausted by the end -- especially since I had left the a/c off to lull the babies into a heat-induced nap. The babies, for their part, tag-teamed us, alternating sleep/wake/feeding schedules, so that at no point, were both of them content and quiet at the same time. LOL. Anyway, I think this is my favorite shot of the whole sorry bunch. Here they are, at the outset of our session, just getting warmed up: http://www.christinenielsen.com/sharing/h67710874#h67710874 :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: The Wonder Twins
Yes, let's call it personality... :) Thanks, Dan! On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: There is a lot of personality in that image. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Last week, I had the opportunity to shoot newborn twins. As a photographer, as a mother of 3, I thought I was up to the challenge... HA! My visions for smooshy faces, peaceful swaddled bundles, teeny bare bottoms... were no match for fussy 2 week olds with tummy trouble (reflux, milk allergies) and ferocious diaper rash. Mom, Dad me were left limp and exhausted by the end -- especially since I had left the a/c off to lull the babies into a heat-induced nap. The babies, for their part, tag-teamed us, alternating sleep/wake/feeding schedules, so that at no point, were both of them content and quiet at the same time. LOL. Anyway, I think this is my favorite shot of the whole sorry bunch. Here they are, at the outset of our session, just getting warmed up: http://www.christinenielsen.com/sharing/h67710874#h67710874 :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: The Wonder Twins
Thanks, Bob! It's been a while since I had newborns around here... they are so scrawny! I think once these little guys get their issues sorted out, they will be packing it away like champs! Nice shot of the three generations. :) -c On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Christine, Fun shot. Get some food in those two little suckers! (My daughter-in-law's sister has a 3 week old, shown here with Great Grandma @ her 100th birthday.) http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17465164 Lucky for us, she was sleeping. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Last week, I had the opportunity to shoot newborn twins. As a photographer, as a mother of 3, I thought I was up to the challenge... HA! My visions for smooshy faces, peaceful swaddled bundles, teeny bare bottoms... were no match for fussy 2 week olds with tummy trouble (reflux, milk allergies) and ferocious diaper rash. Mom, Dad me were left limp and exhausted by the end -- especially since I had left the a/c off to lull the babies into a heat-induced nap. The babies, for their part, tag-teamed us, alternating sleep/wake/feeding schedules, so that at no point, were both of them content and quiet at the same time. LOL. Anyway, I think this is my favorite shot of the whole sorry bunch. Here they are, at the outset of our session, just getting warmed up: http://www.christinenielsen.com/sharing/h67710874#h67710874 :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: The Wonder Twins
Agreed - he is off to a confident start in life! Thanks, Bruce. On Jul 17, 2013, at 6:11 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Ditto what Ann says, and I think the one on the right was already declaring a victory over you. :-) On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: All I can say is, better you than me! Admirably coped with, Christine! ann On 7/17/2013 16:44, Christine Nielsen wrote: Last week, I had the opportunity to shoot newborn twins. As a photographer, as a mother of 3, I thought I was up to the challenge... HA! My visions for smooshy faces, peaceful swaddled bundles, teeny bare bottoms... were no match for fussy 2 week olds with tummy trouble (reflux, milk allergies) and ferocious diaper rash. Mom, Dad me were left limp and exhausted by the end -- especially since I had left the a/c off to lull the babies into a heat-induced nap. The babies, for their part, tag-teamed us, alternating sleep/wake/feeding schedules, so that at no point, were both of them content and quiet at the same time. LOL. Anyway, I think this is my favorite shot of the whole sorry bunch. Here they are, at the outset of our session, just getting warmed up: http://www.christinenielsen.com/sharing/h67710874#h67710874 :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: The Wonder Twins
Yes, the white noise helps, as well... My hat is off to photographers that can wrangle newborn twins, and keep their cool. I learned a few lessons the other day, hopefully I'll have another shot at it someday... :) -c On Jul 17, 2013, at 6:48 PM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: A young woman I know photographs babies a lot. She said a small space heater is one of the important pieces of equipment. Both to keep the little babies warm and, as you said, to keep them sleepy. gs George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Last week, I had the opportunity to shoot newborn twins. As a photographer, as a mother of 3, I thought I was up to the challenge... HA! My visions for smooshy faces, peaceful swaddled bundles, teeny bare bottoms... were no match for fussy 2 week olds with tummy trouble (reflux, milk allergies) and ferocious diaper rash. Mom, Dad me were left limp and exhausted by the end -- especially since I had left the a/c off to lull the babies into a heat-induced nap. The babies, for their part, tag-teamed us, alternating sleep/wake/feeding schedules, so that at no point, were both of them content and quiet at the same time. LOL. Anyway, I think this is my favorite shot of the whole sorry bunch. Here they are, at the outset of our session, just getting warmed up: http://www.christinenielsen.com/sharing/h67710874#h67710874 :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Annoyed by BuyDig -- big Boo!
BOOO! Never used BuyDig, but several years ago, when we were young and young people still used email, my husband had the foresight to set up a junk email account for us... We never give our personal email addresses out when shopping, making a donation, setting up login accounts, etc.. Even the kids' sports teams or other organizations get the junk address... We check it every now then for something interesting, but for the most part, that's where our spam is. Which is good, because I am lax at weeding out email... there are currently over 5100 unread messages in my inbox, 7340 in the pdml folder, and over 11,456 in the junk pile... Is that bad? :) -c On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Big Boo to BuyDig for re-subscribing me to their junk-mail despite my explicit preferences set long time ago. I've been using BuyDig as one of the sources of photo equipment since 2005, when (IIRC) I bought my *istDS from them. As some PDMLers may remember, I've recommended them a few times here on the list as a mostly reasonable retailer (albeit not without occasional idiosyncrasies). In late June they started sending me their SPAM (aka UCE - Unsolicited Commercial E-mails), despite my strict preferences for not receiving any promotional and other junk. It turned out my preferences were reset to receive all junk. This has happenned for the 2nd time (the first time it happened at the end of 2008, and I made sure I unsubscribed in 2009). I know that some PDMLers don't mind if they have to delete a few extra spam messages. I do mind it: with the amount of different companies with which I shop for my work and for personal purchases, if I were receiving their subscriptions, all I'd be doing is cleaning my mailbox. Besides, when there is too much extraneous mail, the important messages tend to get lost among the junk occasionally. At work, I stopped purchasing supplies from a couple of companies who were notorious about spamming their customers. Once more, - big BOO to BuyDig for wasting my time and re-subscribing me to their junk mail. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: The Wonder Twins
Thanks, Charles! On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Jul 17, 2013, at 15:44 , Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Last week, I had the opportunity to shoot newborn twins. As a photographer, as a mother of 3, I thought I was up to the challenge... We twins can be an ornery bunch... Anyway, I think this is my favorite shot of the whole sorry bunch. Here they are, at the outset of our session, just getting warmed up: http://www.christinenielsen.com/sharing/h67710874#h67710874 That's awful damned cute. Job done! :-) -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com
On Jul 24, 2013, at 7:15 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: Let me rephrase: does anyone actually use manually-selected AF points for handheld shooting? Yes, frequently. It was once explained to me - and this might be of interest to bird-shooters out there - that setting the camera to continuous AF and dynamic focus area (or whatever its called that allows the camera to choose among focus points), and shooting in burst mode... Would allow you to shoot/keep in focus a moving subject as it travels through the frame... But the person who told me this shoots Canon, so... Never tried it, myself... anyone care to comment on that claim? It's the AF that tempts me most when my eyes wander to Nikon But, I wouldn't switch for a crop sensor camera... :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT pose it, light it
Thanks for sharing that link, Bruce. I've been dropping in as time permits the last couple of days... I just watched some of the replay of today's broadcast -- he did a family portrait with 5 kids... made me feel much better about my recent session with the newborn twins. :) -c On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: With Clay Blackmore. This guy is good. http://www.creativelive.com/live1 -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - I'm Tired of This Game...
Ha... I love this! So many times, my daughter at that age would be out in the middle of the soccer field, just spinning, or looking at bugs, or staring into space... Ah yes, money well-spent. :) -c On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:16 AM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: Little Kids are unpredictable on the soccer field. Here's a picture of my granddaughter in a 2001 game. I guess she decided she need a break. http://georgesinos.com/blog/2013/8/11/im-tired-of-this-game Scanned from a 2001 Kodak Portra negative shot with a ZX-5n and a Tamron 70-300mm lens. They are only a few years old, but these negatives have help up well and are pretty easy to scan. Vuescan does a good job with color negative film. GS George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO... Wonder Twins, take 2
Hi all, A few of you might recall the image I shared a couple of weeks ago, of newborn twins, having a really bad day? Although that shoot was a bit of a train wreck, I was lucky enough to get another crack at it. So, I doubled-down on all of my baby-whispering tactics, crossed my fingers hoped for a better day. The goal was to get a shot of the little guys in their dad's firefighter gear... I never could get them situated in the boots just right, so came up with this: http://bit.ly/122CnZG Scroll to the right for a couple more, if you like. :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO... Wonder Twins, take 2
Thanks, John. I can only marvel at the parents of these boys... there are two more at home under the age of 5 - that's a handful! My first baby heads off to college next week, but I remember well the sleepless nights and foggy days with just one baby... Hats off to parents of multiples! :) -c On Aug 13, 2013, at 1:45 PM, John jh.gra...@verizon.net wrote: Christine, Being a parent of twins, I can say that those two look gorgeous but there are many things to come. The real prize for us was a gift of diaper service which unknowingly came with twin insurance. Twins are fun! Mine are boy, girl but for a long time, it was hard enough just keeping my eyes open, much less finding either similarities or differences. Both cheers and sympathy to the parents. John Graves BTW, I have lived to say they are great even though they are over 30. On 8/13/2013 1:22 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Hi all, A few of you might recall the image I shared a couple of weeks ago, of newborn twins, having a really bad day? Although that shoot was a bit of a train wreck, I was lucky enough to get another crack at it. So, I doubled-down on all of my baby-whispering tactics, crossed my fingers hoped for a better day. The goal was to get a shot of the little guys in their dad's firefighter gear... I never could get them situated in the boots just right, so came up with this: http://bit.ly/122CnZG Scroll to the right for a couple more, if you like. :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO... Wonder Twins, take 2
Thanks, Jack Charles! The parents were happy, used the image on the birth announcements, and the overall look is more like what I was trying to accomplish the first time out... :) -c On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Super cute!! Jack From: Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 10:22 AM Subject: PESO... Wonder Twins, take 2 Hi all, A few of you might recall the image I shared a couple of weeks ago, of newborn twins, having a really bad day? Although that shoot was a bit of a train wreck, I was lucky enough to get another crack at it. So, I doubled-down on all of my baby-whispering tactics, crossed my fingers hoped for a better day. The goal was to get a shot of the little guys in their dad's firefighter gear... I never could get them situated in the boots just right, so came up with this: http://bit.ly/122CnZG Scroll to the right for a couple more, if you like. :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO... Wonder Twins, take 2
Thanks for your thoughts, Ann... I am interested in reactions to that second one, the black white ... I go back forth a bit, myself. The babies do have an intense look going there. And I agree that take one did have its own charm. I think that shell-shocked parents of newborn twins might enjoy it more in a few years... lol. :) -c On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: The second one is very Diane Arbus.. rather dark in feeling... The tootsies was a nice idea and nicely done... The take one shot I thought was lots of fun.. Their uncooperativeness added to the charm. the babes look kinda uncomfortable in the firefighter gear - I don't think that one quite works ann On 8/13/2013 14:00, Christine Nielsen wrote: Thanks, John. I can only marvel at the parents of these boys... there are two more at home under the age of 5 - that's a handful! My first baby heads off to college next week, but I remember well the sleepless nights and foggy days with just one baby... Hats off to parents of multiples! :) -c On Aug 13, 2013, at 1:45 PM, John jh.gra...@verizon.net wrote: Christine, Being a parent of twins, I can say that those two look gorgeous but there are many things to come. The real prize for us was a gift of diaper service which unknowingly came with twin insurance. Twins are fun! Mine are boy, girl but for a long time, it was hard enough just keeping my eyes open, much less finding either similarities or differences. Both cheers and sympathy to the parents. John Graves BTW, I have lived to say they are great even though they are over 30. On 8/13/2013 1:22 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Hi all, A few of you might recall the image I shared a couple of weeks ago, of newborn twins, having a really bad day? Although that shoot was a bit of a train wreck, I was lucky enough to get another crack at it. So, I doubled-down on all of my baby-whispering tactics, crossed my fingers hoped for a better day. The goal was to get a shot of the little guys in their dad's firefighter gear... I never could get them situated in the boots just right, so came up with this: http://bit.ly/122CnZG Scroll to the right for a couple more, if you like. :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO watchdog
Giggle... or groan? :) Great catch, Paul. -c On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Nice giggle there ann On 8/13/2013 16:22, Paul Stenquist wrote: While shooting cars at the Mopar Nationals last weekend. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17494882size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Was someone looking for a k-7?
I'm thinking about selling mine... I can pull together more info for FS Friday, but just a heads up, I thought I rememebred that someone was looking... let me know... :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO... Wonder Twins, take 2
Thanks for looking commenting, Godfrey... On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:33 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote: Nice. I particularly like the second one, the bw of the pair. It has a very different quality compared to the color photos. G On Aug 13, 2013, at 10:22 AM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Hi all, A few of you might recall the image I shared a couple of weeks ago, of newborn twins, having a really bad day? Although that shoot was a bit of a train wreck, I was lucky enough to get another crack at it. So, I doubled-down on all of my baby-whispering tactics, crossed my fingers hoped for a better day. The goal was to get a shot of the little guys in their dad's firefighter gear... I never could get them situated in the boots just right, so came up with this: http://bit.ly/122CnZG Scroll to the right for a couple more, if you like. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO... Wonder Twins, take 2
Thanks, Rick. Dad had recently had the suit cleaned, he said... I guess since he was taking some time off to be home with the babies, the timing was right. :) On Aug 14, 2013, at 5:55 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: The first one is my favorite (where did you find such a clean turn-out suit?). Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 1:22 PM Subject: PESO... Wonder Twins, take 2 Hi all, A few of you might recall the image I shared a couple of weeks ago, of newborn twins, having a really bad day? Although that shoot was a bit of a train wreck, I was lucky enough to get another crack at it. So, I doubled-down on all of my baby-whispering tactics, crossed my fingers hoped for a better day. The goal was to get a shot of the little guys in their dad's firefighter gear... I never could get them situated in the boots just right, so came up with this: http://bit.ly/122CnZG Scroll to the right for a couple more, if you like. :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO Getting some air
Woohoo! Fun shot, Bruce! :) -c On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: My niece Sophie doing some athletic leaps down by Lake Ontario last evening: http://flic.kr/p/fuBZdY The title also refers to the fact that it was a very unseasonable 13 degrees C with 50 km/h winds where we were shooting on a spit out in Lake Ontario. One assistant, Sophie's friend Olivia almost sailed away with the monopod'ed softbox. Luckily my assistants and models are typically Canadian, made of stern stuff and we all survived the ordeal. K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 19mm/f5.6, 160th sec, ISO 200; AF540FGZ in fleaBay umbrella softbox, left; AF540FGZ bare handheld, right; Lr + Ps + Nik. Comments welcome. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: My paean to the Dream Cruise
Great article pics. Had to show it to my Detroit-bred husband... We watched the video he remarked, it's an automatic?! :) The neighborhood in the video looks just like where he grew up in Trenton... We'll be forwarding the link to some friends family. Technical question... How'd you light that interior shot of the car? Thx, -c On Aug 15, 2013, at 5:02 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Been working on this story off and on all summer. It's now live on the Times website and will run in Sunday's paper: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/automobiles/on-woodward-forever-young.html Did three different photo shoots for this one and multiple interviews. I even tried to shoot a video with my K-5, the DA 12-24, an LED lamp and a shotgun microphone. There's a link to it in graph three of the article. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Test test - I'm back!
Wondered where you've been...! :) -c On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:21 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, can anyone see me? New work phone and I've had a devil of a time finding an email service that will give me plain text. Trying K9. Does this work? Cheers, frank “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Like Something From Seinfeld?
Hmm... Seinfeld... Is Cam the Master of His Domain, you mean? ;) Fun shot, great expressions! -c On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:07 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: So now that I'm back, a PESO. At the finish of many messenger races the competitors have to perform a task. This time they had to get a tourist at King's College Circle, University of Toronto to take their photo and show it to the convenor. Turns out there was a bus load of Japanese tourists there and they were really into it! Not content to merely photograph him, they wanted in on the action. Here's Cam's third place photo (or should I say a photo of the photo): http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/08/like-something-from-seinfeld.html?m=1 For some reason made me think of a Seinfeld episode. Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. Cheers, frank “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- http://christinenielsen.com http://www.facebook.com/ChristineNielsenPhotography -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I need a tripod
Hi Christine, Others here will have more to offer on the subject, I'm sure, but this one was recommended to me by an instructor at New England School of Photography a few years ago... http://www.calumetphoto.com/product/calumet-7100-tripod-with-three-way-quick-release-head/CK7114/ The price was right, it has served me well for my purposes. I don't do much landscape work, so it mostly stays in my studio... Not carbon fiber, but it supports 11 pounds... weighs 4.5 pounds. Good luck! :) -c On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hi Everyone: I saw this new tripod on amazon: especially made for travel and mobility. If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod in action. Any thoughts? It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds. http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photoie=UTF8qid=1376843934sr=1-2 Would be interested in any thoughts. Thanks, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW Stock Yards plus other stuff
Thanks for the tour! Seems you are finding your groove again... Yay! I am just back from Chicago ( other points Midwestern)... We dropped Nick off there on Friday. Maybe you passed him on your Sunday drive...! He did a 13+ mile run from Hyde Park that took him at least that far... When I saw the photo of the guy his dog out for a run, I was hopeful you had. But it's a big city, lotsa runners. :) I'll catch you next time, Christine! :) -c On Aug 25, 2013, at 9:10 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hi Everyone: Here's the PAW for this week http://www.caguila.com/paw2013/content/_IGP6792_large.html Darrel I drove to the site of the old Chicago Stock Yards, which is now an industrial park. But the old gate is a National Landmark. Here's a quick 10 shot gallery of the views entering the area. Check out the illustration of the famous hog wheel. http://www.caguila.com/stockyard/index.html Also, here are some quick shots made from the car--just street scene stuff. Paul Ann--check out what's on the corner of Halsted and Maxwell streets now! http://www.caguila.com/quickstreet/index.html Felt good to be out for a morning Sunday drive. We also drove through the Pilsen neighborhood and stopped in the Mexican Fine Arts Museum which was very nice. I made some quick street shots from the car, but we didn't get out and walk. We're planning to go back and walk around to get better shots. Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO Patriot
You could submit that one to Frank's Canadians in Hats blog...! :) -c On Aug 27, 2013, at 11:34 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17510518 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: It's really a shame that Ricoh is abandoning Pentax, and that Pentax as a brand is doomed. Imagine the cool stuff we'd be getting if they actually cared about pentax. Did you notice that the lenses are all DA, and flashes aren't even full frame flashes? Yet more proof that Pentax is doomed. I totally noticed. All I know is, if I can't get a full frame flash soon, I'm gonna sell all my gear just shoot with my iphone. ;) -c ps: thanks, Dario for sharing the link, I had just caught a whiff of it on fb, and was in mid-google when I checked the list for news... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Oh, Pentax
Frustrating. Can you push off your field trip by a couple of days...? I'll be in Chicago that weekend, you could borrow mine... :) But, really... how much longer can it take? (I know, don't ask!) I hope you'll have it back soon... :) -c On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hi Everyone: Well, I got the FA 50 f1.4 back and it seems to be working fine. But can you believe it: I'm still waiting for the DA* 50-135mm. Pentax has had it since the first week in July. I called the other day, and they have the new motor, but the accompanying circuit board is still on back order with Pentax Japan. Ugh! I asked if there was any chance to get it back by Sept. 18th (field trip that day), and no promises were given. Bummer. Just can't figure out why these parts would be so hard to ship. Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
price breaks on k-5ll... figures!
This just arrived in my inbox: http://www.pentaxforums.com/news/big-savings-on-the-k-5-ii-and-iis.html Up to $300 off the k-5ll or k-5iis, bringing the price down below $1000 at BH Adorama. Which makes perfect sense, since I purchased 2 weeks ago... :( -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: price breaks on k-5ll... figures!
Yes, I bought from Adorama... I have already sent an email asking for a price adjustment. I think they'll play ball, especially since I'm still within the 30 day return window... Worst case scenario, I purchase again, and return the first camera. Not my first choice, but for $300... -c On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 10:55 AM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: Christine - Did you purchase from a store with a return policy? Call them, ask them if you can send it back for a refund. Maybe they'll just reprocess the transaction with the new price and credit you the difference. gs George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: This just arrived in my inbox: http://www.pentaxforums.com/news/big-savings-on-the-k-5-ii-and-iis.html Up to $300 off the k-5ll or k-5iis, bringing the price down below $1000 at BH Adorama. Which makes perfect sense, since I purchased 2 weeks ago... :( -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
How to spend $200? (was: price breaks on k-5ll)
Thanks to the recent price break on the camera that I bought 2 weeks ago, yours truly now has a store credit to the tune of $200 woot! So, I'll put it out for discussion... what if you had some found money (in the form of a store credit at the camera store, not cash)? What would you buy? Hmmm...? :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: How to spend $200? (was: price breaks on k-5ll)
On Sep 2, 2013, at 4:11 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: One-half to one-third of a new flash. or One-half of a new tripod. or One-quarter of a new lens. (I have expensive tastes.) Not so bad... I have considered 1/6 of an FA 31mm ltd :) -c Or, closer to a single item for the amount saved, Battery grip for the K-5. Have fun shopping! stan On Sep 2, 2013, at 3:23 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Thanks to the recent price break on the camera that I bought 2 weeks ago, yours truly now has a store credit to the tune of $200 woot! So, I'll put it out for discussion... what if you had some found money (in the form of a store credit at the camera store, not cash)? What would you buy? Hmmm...? :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: How to spend $200? (was: price breaks on k-5ll)
On Sep 2, 2013, at 4:20 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Thanks to the recent price break on the camera that I bought 2 weeks ago, yours truly now has a store credit to the tune of $200 woot! So, I'll put it out for discussion... what if you had some found money (in the form of a store credit at the camera store, not cash)? What would you buy? Hmmm...? Rokinon 8mm fisheye or 85mm f/1.4? ($249 each at BH) Interesting! Wouldn't have thought of those... hmm... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: How to spend $200? (was: price breaks on k-5ll)
On Sep 2, 2013, at 4:38 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Battery grip for the K-5. I won't leave home without it. Another vote for the grip! Got one already...funny, but I've never really warmed up to it. Hmm. I should probably try to use it more find a better groove... :) -c Paul On Sep 2, 2013, at 3:23 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Thanks to the recent price break on the camera that I bought 2 weeks ago, yours truly now has a store credit to the tune of $200 woot! So, I'll put it out for discussion... what if you had some found money (in the form of a store credit at the camera store, not cash)? What would you buy? Hmmm...? :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: How to spend $200? (was: price breaks on k-5ll)
On Sep 2, 2013, at 6:11 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I'd buy a Westcott speedlight softbox kit; either another Apollo or the new RapidBox, with a stand and umbrella mount. Since I already have a 42 Medium Apollo, I'd most likely go for the strip box. If any money left over I'd get a 40 degree grid for it too. Location lighting is da bomb. Yes it is! I had been thinking radio triggers, too... I saw the discussion the other day about the Cyber Commander, which is spendier than cheapo ones, but would give the ability to change the output from camera sadly, my credit does me no good at Paul C Buff... Ever used the 7 ft umbrellas...? :) -c On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Thanks to the recent price break on the camera that I bought 2 weeks ago, yours truly now has a store credit to the tune of $200 woot! So, I'll put it out for discussion... what if you had some found money (in the form of a store credit at the camera store, not cash)? What would you buy? Hmmm...? :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: How to spend $200? (was: price breaks on k-5ll)
I would have never considered that, but now you guys have me thinking... :) -c On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 1:56 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: I also advice you to go for the 8mm fisheye. Lot of fun. Dario -Messaggio originale- From: Christine Nielsen Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 10:46 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: How to spend $200? (was: price breaks on k-5ll) On Sep 2, 2013, at 4:20 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Thanks to the recent price break on the camera that I bought 2 weeks ago, yours truly now has a store credit to the tune of $200 woot! So, I'll put it out for discussion... what if you had some found money (in the form of a store credit at the camera store, not cash)? What would you buy? Hmmm...? Rokinon 8mm fisheye or 85mm f/1.4? ($249 each at BH) Interesting! Wouldn't have thought of those... hmm... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. - Nessun virus nel messaggio. Controllato da AVG - www.avg.com Versione: 2013.0.3392 / Database dei virus: 3222/6631 - Data di rilascio: 02/09/2013 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: How to spend $200? (was: price breaks on k-5ll)
Agreed! Now that summer is over, that project is on my to-do list... I have finally pulled all of my digital photos onto one drive and into LR, going back to about 2000... Looking forward to trying out the Book module...! :) -c On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: In my very personal and very humble opinion, a good way to spend USD 200 is to make a very good gallery of one's photos, put them into a blurb book and print it large at their best paper... On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: I would have never considered that, but now you guys have me thinking... :) -c On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 1:56 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: I also advice you to go for the 8mm fisheye. Lot of fun. Dario -Messaggio originale- From: Christine Nielsen Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 10:46 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: How to spend $200? (was: price breaks on k-5ll) On Sep 2, 2013, at 4:20 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Thanks to the recent price break on the camera that I bought 2 weeks ago, yours truly now has a store credit to the tune of $200 woot! So, I'll put it out for discussion... what if you had some found money (in the form of a store credit at the camera store, not cash)? What would you buy? Hmmm...? Rokinon 8mm fisheye or 85mm f/1.4? ($249 each at BH) Interesting! Wouldn't have thought of those... hmm... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. - Nessun virus nel messaggio. Controllato da AVG - www.avg.com Versione: 2013.0.3392 / Database dei virus: 3222/6631 - Data di rilascio: 02/09/2013 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Football in the Front Yard
This is what it's all about. Lovely images, George. :) -c On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 9:19 AM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: There are over a dozen years between the two photos in this post. http://georgesinos.com/blog/2013/9/2/fall-football The first is a shot of my two oldest grandkids playing football in the front yard. I shot it with my old Spotmatic (Honeywell, by the way) with the screwmount 50mm, f/1.4 lens on Kodacolor. The negative was scanned and not much was done to it in Lightroom. The second photo is a group portrait from a few days ago. The technology was a little different. Digital camera, multiple remote flashes, softbox, and more stuff I didn't have when the first photo was taken. The technology changed a lot but the most important thing to me is how the kids have changed. The little one, of course, wasn't even born when the first photo was taken and the two older kids are well into their teens. As much as we talk about tech, and brand names and details, in the end I think photos like these are why photography is important to most people. gs George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO fourth grader
Sweet image... Bittersweet season, this back to school time, isn't it? :) -c On Sep 4, 2013, at 4:23 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17518583 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Hideout
Very cool, Walt, great color composition... what a find! :) -c On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Spotted this little guy hanging out in the crook of one of the hummingbird feeder stands a little while ago. At first, I thought it was just a piece of gum someone had stuffed in there, but decided to take a closer look and was delighted to discover that I was wrong. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/9663303049/#large K-5, F 50/1.7, ISO 400, 1/800 sec, f/2.8 Comments are, as always, gladly accepted. Thanks! -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Mushroom on Wood
Interesting image... lovely. Have you tried it in black white, too, I wonder? (btw, upon first glance, I thought your original message said comments are invalid...lol) :) -c On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17516903 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Bardfest
Those a great party pics... lively fun, and the bw is really striking. And what a cake! :) -c On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Went to Alma's best friend's 60th yesterday, was asked to shoot candids, which I did. Pushed a selection of 36 onto them, thought you might like to see. All shot on the Fuji X10, all shot jpeg in camera, mostly B+W but switched to colour for a few. Rather shoot B+W in camera than dither later. Anywau, easy to skip through on Posthaven, just use your right arrow key. http://cottycam.posthaven.com/lynsis-60th-bardfest Cheers -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
peso: back to school, then now
This has been a big year in the back-to-school department for us. Everyone is starting in a new place -- middle school, high school college... My best days of getting kids to cooperate with a pic to mark the day are probably behind me. But, I got the youngest to comply, briefly, to recreate the shot we took when she went off to kindergarten. Wish I had the presence of mind to do one of these every year, but these two make the point, I guess... scroll ahead for another from the family album... http://www.christinenielsen.com/sharing/h62e02ec8#h62e02ec8 :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: peso: back to school, then now
Ha, no... though it looks like we could use a touch-up on the paint stain... thanks for looking. :) -c On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 12:05 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: But the porch hasn't changed much... On 9/5/2013 10:16 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: This has been a big year in the back-to-school department for us. Everyone is starting in a new place -- middle school, high school college... My best days of getting kids to cooperate with a pic to mark the day are probably behind me. But, I got the youngest to comply, briefly, to recreate the shot we took when she went off to kindergarten. Wish I had the presence of mind to do one of these every year, but these two make the point, I guess... scroll ahead for another from the family album... http://www.christinenielsen.com/sharing/h62e02ec8#h62e02ec8 :) -c -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: peso: back to school, then now
Thanks, David, Paul, Christine Stan... And Stan, what a fantastic gift for your mother in law - and future generations of her family! I am determined to make this the year that the digital family photo archive gets printed As for the change in clothing attitude, well... that pretty much says it all, when your sweet little baby girl teeters on the verge of teenagerhood, doesn't it? :) -c :) -c On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Very nice! I love the change in clothing and attitude! My mother-in-law, 96-years old, grew up in NYC in a reasonably prosperous middle-class family. Her family did many photographs including a studio session on every birthday. We still have many of those around, my wife gathered them up, I scanned and put them into a Blurb book as a 96th birthday present. It makes a great chronicle of her first 30-40 years. Some year decades from now, on her 75th perhaps, your daughter will be extremely grateful to you for making her put up with your photography obsession. stan On Sep 5, 2013, at 5:47 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Love it, Christine! She'll love it when she's older! More nice work from you! Cheers, Christine On Sep 5, 2013, at 9:16 AM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: This has been a big year in the back-to-school department for us. Everyone is starting in a new place -- middle school, high school college... My best days of getting kids to cooperate with a pic to mark the day are probably behind me. But, I got the youngest to comply, briefly, to recreate the shot we took when she went off to kindergarten. Wish I had the presence of mind to do one of these every year, but these two make the point, I guess... scroll ahead for another from the family album... http://www.christinenielsen.com/sharing/h62e02ec8#h62e02ec8 :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Hideou
But first, we'll have to kiss a lot of toads... On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 09:30:11PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: Damn, I was hoping you wouldn't. Now I'm going to have to work much harder. But if he does, then we'll all have our frog prints. On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Darren! I'll be sure to include this one among my submissions. -- Walt On 9/5/2013 7:12 PM, Darren Addy wrote: THAT image is Annual-worthy. Well done! On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you, Larry! Hope you meet that deadline and get a chance to goof off at work again sometime soon. -- Walt On 9/5/2013 4:40 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I had missed this one earlier.. mainly because we're under a tough deadline, I'm spending all of my time at work, and if I look at pictures, it is far too obvious that I'm goofing off. That is a damn fine photo. On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 04:04:36PM -0500, Walt Gilbert wrote: Yep! That's exactly what the Walt Gilbert Nature Photography Field Guide says. -- Walt On 9/5/2013 11:03 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: I think it's a prog frince. On 9/3/2013 1:56 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: Thanks, Dan. The closest I was able to get by way of identification is some manner of toad or frog. -- Walt On 9/3/2013 12:53 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Neat! were you able to identify the critter? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Spotted this little guy hanging out in the crook of one of the hummingbird feeder stands a little while ago. At first, I thought it was just a piece of gum someone had stuffed in there, but decided to take a closer look and was delighted to discover that I was wrong. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/9663303049/#large K-5, F 50/1.7, ISO 400, 1/800 sec, f/2.8 Comments are, as always, gladly accepted. Thanks! -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: peso: back to school, then now
Thanks for looking, Frank and John... And happy birthday to the twins! :) -c On Sep 5, 2013, at 11:46 PM, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: Time goes by so fast: three of my grandchildren moved on to middle or high school this year, two of them being twins whose birthday it is today! The youngest just graduated from kindergarten1 to kindergarten2 in Hong Kong! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Nielsen Sent: Friday, 6 September 2013 12:17 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: peso: back to school, then now This has been a big year in the back-to-school department for us. Everyone is starting in a new place -- middle school, high school college... My best days of getting kids to cooperate with a pic to mark the day are probably behind me. But, I got the youngest to comply, briefly, to recreate the shot we took when she went off to kindergarten. Wish I had the presence of mind to do one of these every year, but these two make the point, I guess... scroll ahead for another from the family album... http://www.christinenielsen.com/sharing/h62e02ec8#h62e02ec8 :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - Skunk!!!
Ugh. My condolences. Our dog has had the same bad luck, a few times... the hydrogen peroxide/baking soda/detergent mixture does the trick for us... though I think you are supposed to let it sit for several minutes before rinsing. Bathing a cat has its own challenges, I imagine... good luck if you have to go for round 2. When I was a kid, I remember one steamy summer night the dog got out found a skunk. In her alarm at being sprayed, she ran around the house several times, and the odor poured in through all the open windows. There was no escape from the stench! :) -c On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 12:45 AM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: A few hours ago I suddenly smelled... skunk. For a second I thought it was just odd but then ... oh crap! Ran outside and as soon as I opened the door a very stinky cat charged in. I feel bad for the poor guy - it looks like he took it directly in the right eye, which just now has finally opened up. I rinsed off his eye gave him a shower and three washings with a hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and detergent mixture. He's confined to my office for a while (or the yard) - I can say that the odor removing solution, which seemed to work, has either worn off or new stuff is coming to the surface. Oh yeah - and the front steps (where it all happened) smell great. I had just started developing a roll of film when I smelled the skunk... it was going to be a 45 minute semi-stand process but turned into a 90 minute full stand... The results are not all bad but a bit overcooked. Mark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
K-30 vs K-50 vs....?
Hi all, A friend of mine has been looking for counsel on cameras... He is a fellow hockey (and soccer and football) parent, whose ps isn't getting the job done, and is ready to move up to a dslr. He has been looking at the Nikon Pentax offerings primarily, and seems to be settling on Pentax. Low light performance is critical for him -- he'll be using the kit lenses (55-200, 55-300), trying to get decent images in a hockey rink. So... the question is, which model? I'm not turning up much difference between the K-30 K-50... is there? For that matter, will prices on the k-5/k-5ll come to a comparable point (soonish)? I haven't used the k-30 or k-50 myself... But, I know that the collective experience wisdom of the List will have something to say on this... Thanks in advance for your thoughts! :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO: Real Games
Hi, Several months ago, I heard from a youth hockey program in Minnesota, asking to use one of my images in an ad campaign that they were developing... It was a photo of my daughter from my (long-neglected) blog, taken a few years ago... Anyway, they sent me the ad recently... Nothing fancy, but I think it's pretty cool. Hope you enjoy: http://www.christinenielsen.com/sharing/h738701aa#h738701aa :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Thistle Gate
Kinda creepy, isn't it? :) Would make an interesting subject at night, during the full moon, too... -c On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 6:35 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks for commenting, Alan. This house is just off the shoulder of an increasingly busy state highway, which is likely the main reason it became derelict. Jack - Original Message - From: Alan C c...@lantic.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 9:47 PM Subject: Re: Thistle Gate Classic neglect - the house its surrounds. Well captured. You know, it makes me so sad to see a scene like that. How can someone abandon a home like that when millions don't even have a roof over their heads? Alan -Original Message- From: David J Brooks Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 12:56 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: Thistle Gate Nice old building Jack Dave On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 6:06 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: As the condition of this place is getting in collapsingly bad shape, thought I'd take a final shot. Jack Comments welcome http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=709 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. http://www.caughtinmotion.com/ http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Moon shots with Ugly Sigma 400/5.6 APO
I guess ugly is in the eye of the beholder! Congrats on the deal, and fine images -- 2 thumbs up on the reflection shot, especially. :) -c On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: This lens was pointed out as available at KEH, I figured I would give it a try. The lens is ugly. The barrel is an off-putting dirty creamy whitish color, and there is a small scuff mark on the barrel. And it was without front or rear lens cap. Otherwise I have found nothing obviously wrong. A reasonably clear night tonight so I tried the lens out on the moon. This is a full frame image - no cropping. Some tweeking of the exposure, very minimal sharpening and noise reduction. http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/h7bb2025f#h7bb2025f The next one in the gallery (direct link here: http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/h7bb2025f#h74fea36f) is the reflection of the moon through some floating weeds along the riverbank. My initial impression is that this is not bad for a $100 lens. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Real Games
Thanks, Rick, Marnie Bob... And, no, college in Minnesota was not part of the deal. She is holding out for the big bucks. :) On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Neat photo and nice idea. Did you have to promise to send her to Minnisota for college? (Tammy Granado was a neighbor and star with the Olympic hockey team.) On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:00 AM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Hi, Several months ago, I heard from a youth hockey program in Minnesota, asking to use one of my images in an ad campaign that they were developing... It was a photo of my daughter from my (long-neglected) blog, taken a few years ago... Anyway, they sent me the ad recently... Nothing fancy, but I think it's pretty cool. Hope you enjoy: http://www.christinenielsen.com/sharing/h738701aa#h738701aa :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-30 vs K-50 vs....?
Thanks, Darren. I picked up a K-5lls about a month or two ago, but I haven't had to use it for low-light/fast-action (hockey and indoor track seasons are coming soon...) scenarios yet. I'm looking forward to it, though. :) -c On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 8:42 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I can't speak to either the K-30 or the K-50, but I can tell you that the low-light autofocus performance of the K-5II is NOTICEABLY better than the K-5 (which is still a camera that I would recommend without reservation). I'm not sure if the K-50 shares that improvement, or not. But the K-5, K-5II and K-5IIs are all 14 bit systems, where (I believe) the rest are 12-bit. The sensor is good enough to take advantage of that extra headroom in the form of dynamic range (and some better low ISO performance). The K-30 and the K-50 share a 13EV dynamic range, where the K-5II is 14.1 (that's more than a full stop better). I think the K-5 is a Best Buy right now (you can still find the body for around $650) The K-5II is about another $250 ($896 at BH) and if he wanted to spend another $250 I would tell him to also consider the Nikon D7100 which is like getting the K-5II performance with a 24MP body ($1149 for the body). On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Hi all, A friend of mine has been looking for counsel on cameras... He is a fellow hockey (and soccer and football) parent, whose ps isn't getting the job done, and is ready to move up to a dslr. He has been looking at the Nikon Pentax offerings primarily, and seems to be settling on Pentax. Low light performance is critical for him -- he'll be using the kit lenses (55-200, 55-300), trying to get decent images in a hockey rink. So... the question is, which model? I'm not turning up much difference between the K-30 K-50... is there? For that matter, will prices on the k-5/k-5ll come to a comparable point (soonish)? I haven't used the k-30 or k-50 myself... But, I know that the collective experience wisdom of the List will have something to say on this... Thanks in advance for your thoughts! :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Nothing is sure but death and Pentaxes. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-30 vs K-50 vs....?
Thanks, PJ... I'll definitely pass on the suggestion about the FA 135... I don't think he is up for spending on a 50-135, or 60-250, but that might not be a bad idea...! :) -c On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 10:28 AM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: The K-30 and K-50 are essentially the same camera with different body shells. Both use the SAFOX IXi+ focus module. So all things being equal they should have the auto focus performance. If it's between those two models which you'd choose is a matter of taste. I can't say if either will give good results auto focusing those lenses in dim light, but while they will be better than a PS the best way to improve auto focus is to use fast(ish) lenses. Zooms are convenient, but a used FA 135mm 2.8 would probably cost less used than the 55-300 will new, and run rings around it in auto focus. Just something to think about. The K-5 is already in the K-50 ball park at a number of web retailers, but I don't think it improves much in auto focus over the K-30/50. The K-5II, which by all accounts is a vast improvement over the K-5, is about $250 more than the K-50 if you find can find a deal. On 9/19/2013 7:45 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Hi all, A friend of mine has been looking for counsel on cameras... He is a fellow hockey (and soccer and football) parent, whose ps isn't getting the job done, and is ready to move up to a dslr. He has been looking at the Nikon Pentax offerings primarily, and seems to be settling on Pentax. Low light performance is critical for him -- he'll be using the kit lenses (55-200, 55-300), trying to get decent images in a hockey rink. So... the question is, which model? I'm not turning up much difference between the K-30 K-50... is there? For that matter, will prices on the k-5/k-5ll come to a comparable point (soonish)? I haven't used the k-30 or k-50 myself... But, I know that the collective experience wisdom of the List will have something to say on this... Thanks in advance for your thoughts! :) -c -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Real Games
Thanks, Bruce, Don, John, Stan Attila... It is gratifying to have the image used for good...! John, I don't think I ever shared this shot as a peso, but maybe... you have certainly seen her in other photos, though. :) On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote: That's very good. Both as a photo and as a poster. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-30 vs K-50 vs....?
As Louis CK says, Everything is amazing, and nobody's happy. http://www.thatvideosite.com/v/94 -c On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 1:39 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 12:47:40AM -0400, Zos Xavius wrote: I agree entirely Bipin. I don't think there is a single thing that is different from the K-30 to the K-50 outside of the change in body shape. That the buttons on the back are all in the same exact place tells me that the K-50 is just a K-30 in sheep's clothing. I think its great that Pentax at least decided to offer some enticing features on their entry level models, but you know, even something as simple as a tilting LCD would have made a new camera at least *seem* worthwhile. Honestly I don't know what's going on with Pentax/Ricoh currently. I see a lot of wheel spinning but no real progress. How many times have you heard or given the advice that one of the most important characteristics of a camera is how it fits in your hand? I could see how changing the body of a camera could make a huge difference. If I had not been on the cusp of getting a K-5, the different shape of the body would have been a major incentive for me to upgrade from the K-x to the K-r (or since it's still talk like a pirate day, the K-a). By the same token, I could see how a re-spin of the K-01 that wasn't butt ugly could be a good thing (though I'll admit that it felt surprisingly good in my hands). If the flagship camera were still the K-20, or even the K-7, and they were just spinning new versions with no major improvements, I'd be seriously looking at a D7100 about now. However, there are very few pictures that I'm missing with the K-5 II, that I'd be able to capture with any camera that costs less than two or three times as much. There are probably shots that some other $800, or even $1600 camera body out there can get that the K-5 II can't, but I haven't run across them. Mind you, I would love for Pentax to come out with a new body that would compell me to upgrade, because in order to do so, would mean that it was infuckingcredibly amazing. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Real Games
Thanks, Frank, Godfrey, Ann David... ...my dad keeps telling me that golf is where the $$ is for girls' college scholarships these days... Not sure she's cut out for that sport, though... unless they play full-contact golf... or maybe Aussie Rules Golf...? She'd be up for that. :) On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 2:09 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: On Sep 20, 2013, at 3:55 AM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: And, no, college in Minnesota was not part of the deal. She is holding out for the big bucks. :) What, golf? Love the ad campaign too. I wish they'd run it here. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-5 IIs locks up - did the recent firmware updates fix it?
I'm with you, Rob... I experienced this the other day with my K-5... it just wouldn't shoot. Turned off, turned on, battery out, battery in, new battery, AF off, AF on, nothing... meanwhile, the hockey game goes on... I grabbed the k-01, took the 60-250 off the k-5, slapped it on (whoa), and was back in business. Sort of. Minutes later, I tried the k-5 again, with the 21mm, and lo behold, it's working again. Later, at home, the 60-250 back on the k-5, everything seems to be fine. I'd send it in, but these little episodes are pretty random and infrequent, they could have the camera for weeks, trying to get it to show symptoms... In the end, I wonder if it's just simply because there's a computer inside the camera... and this is just analogous to the spinning pinwheel of death that everyone sees on their monitor now then...? It's beyond frustrating, though. Especially when shooting at sporting events where I don't have time for that nonsense. :( -c On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 April 2013 20:39, Bipin Gupta bip...@gmail.com wrote: That's all lovely but when I'm shooting the 5 mins of performance of the night that counts I want my top of the line body to just work, I find it incredible that Pentax delivers cameras that exhibit these fundamental engineering related problems. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: pentax on TV
Ha!! I'm guessing some writer-in-the-know had fun with that one. :) -c On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: ON Mad Men tonight: A guy in an elevator talking to Don Draper: What's that camera you're selling, Pentax? No, it's Leica, answers Draper. I've got a closet full of them. Come by. I'll give you one. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Boston PDML'ers please check in
Christine Nielsen, checking in... We were at our usual spot on Heartbreak Hill. My brother ran his 5th marathon today, and we were also watching for a cousin, and a couple of friends to come by. Long story short: my brother crossed the finish about one minute ahead of the blast. He was approx 500 feet away, in the chutes. Another friend of ours was with him. There were a nervous few minutes between the time I heard the first rumors of explosions -- texts were coming in, and my teenage son was also getting updates from the world beyond the Hill -- and the time I heard from my sister in law that Bill was ok. Still, it was tense until he managed to get home -- image the chaos in that vicinity, plus the post-marathon daze he must have been in. I think adrenaline carried him home. My cousin, and a couple of other friends, had just crested Heartbreak Hill when runners were told to stop. They were detained for a while until a headcount of runners had been taken. On my way home, eventually, heading south out of the city... at least 25-30 emergency vehicles heading into the city, lights flashing, passed on the other side of the highway. Finally home just 30 mins ago, turned on the tv news. That lasted about 3 minutes. I feel sick. -c On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Christine Aguila wrote: Anyone hear from Christine nielson? Christine/Chicago Nope. She lives pretty far out in Hingham and I don't think she is a marathon fan. If I find out anything I'll post. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Boston PDML'ers please check in
I will add that I was at the race with another family member, an off duty state trooper. his information was: pipe bombs, in trash cans, and several others had been found in the area. On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Christine Nielsen, checking in... We were at our usual spot on Heartbreak Hill. My brother ran his 5th marathon today, and we were also watching for a cousin, and a couple of friends to come by. Long story short: my brother crossed the finish about one minute ahead of the blast. He was approx 500 feet away, in the chutes. Another friend of ours was with him. There were a nervous few minutes between the time I heard the first rumors of explosions -- texts were coming in, and my teenage son was also getting updates from the world beyond the Hill -- and the time I heard from my sister in law that Bill was ok. Still, it was tense until he managed to get home -- image the chaos in that vicinity, plus the post-marathon daze he must have been in. I think adrenaline carried him home. My cousin, and a couple of other friends, had just crested Heartbreak Hill when runners were told to stop. They were detained for a while until a headcount of runners had been taken. On my way home, eventually, heading south out of the city... at least 25-30 emergency vehicles heading into the city, lights flashing, passed on the other side of the highway. Finally home just 30 mins ago, turned on the tv news. That lasted about 3 minutes. I feel sick. -c On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Christine Aguila wrote: Anyone hear from Christine nielson? Christine/Chicago Nope. She lives pretty far out in Hingham and I don't think she is a marathon fan. If I find out anything I'll post. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Boston PDML'ers please check in
Thanks Zos, Aahz, Ann, Dan, John, Frank, Mark, Bob, et al... Sipping tea at the moment, not that we're not drinkers or anything... my brother cracked a cold one immediately upon his return home... It was a light beer, though -- he is a marathoner and all. On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 9:10 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: Good to hear that your family was ok. Please breathe deeply and have a drink. Even if you don't drink it sure sounds like you could use one. On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Christine Nielsen, checking in... We were at our usual spot on Heartbreak Hill. My brother ran his 5th marathon today, and we were also watching for a cousin, and a couple of friends to come by. Long story short: my brother crossed the finish about one minute ahead of the blast. He was approx 500 feet away, in the chutes. Another friend of ours was with him. There were a nervous few minutes between the time I heard the first rumors of explosions -- texts were coming in, and my teenage son was also getting updates from the world beyond the Hill -- and the time I heard from my sister in law that Bill was ok. Still, it was tense until he managed to get home -- image the chaos in that vicinity, plus the post-marathon daze he must have been in. I think adrenaline carried him home. My cousin, and a couple of other friends, had just crested Heartbreak Hill when runners were told to stop. They were detained for a while until a headcount of runners had been taken. On my way home, eventually, heading south out of the city... at least 25-30 emergency vehicles heading into the city, lights flashing, passed on the other side of the highway. Finally home just 30 mins ago, turned on the tv news. That lasted about 3 minutes. I feel sick. -c On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Christine Aguila wrote: Anyone hear from Christine nielson? Christine/Chicago Nope. She lives pretty far out in Hingham and I don't think she is a marathon fan. If I find out anything I'll post. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.Pl -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESO: Boston Marathon - Heartbreak Hill
Though the photos on the front page of today's Boston Globe tell a different story, these are the images I want to remember from yesterday. It's a loosely edited bunch, since I'm also sharing with friends family who are pictured, so pardon the lack of brevity. These are scenes from Heartbreak Hill, about 6 miles from the finish line. It totally sucks that the triumphs of these runners will be overlooked -- their accomplishments stand in stark contrast to the actions of the cowards who caused yesterday's tragedy. Enjoy. http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets/72157633256477901/ -c -- http://christinenielsen.com http://www.facebook.com/ChristineNielsenPhotography -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Boston PDML'ers please check in
Jesus. I recognize some of those photos from this morning's paper... the one I had to hide, so my youngest wouldn't see. Hats off to those photojournalists. Not sure I could do that. I think I saw that 78 yr old interviewed on the news last night... from Oklahoma, I think. There is footage of him collapsing at the first blast -- his legs wobbled in all directions he went down. I was glad to know he turned up ok. Thx for sharing, Mark. -c On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Boston.com's The Big Picture page is always good but their photos from yesterday are amazing. Some are a bit gruesome, so keep that in mind if you're squeamish. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/04/terror_at_the_boston_marathon.html #4 looks like a Pulitzer contender right away. The overall composition is brilliant (though it's obviously cropped) but notice it was snapped at the moment the second bomb exploded - visible in the background. The runner in the foreground was knocked down but not injured. He'd just run a 3:50 marathon. And he's 78 years old. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Boston Marathon - Heartbreak Hill
Thanks, Jack, Rick, Paul, Bob... I used to go to the marathon every now then as a kid, but have been faithfully attending for the past 5 years that my brother has run. It's his crowd -- the middle to the back of the packers -- that the event is really about for me. Not elite athletes, but they work so hard, many raise money for worthy causes, and surmount incredible personal challenges just to finish. To watch on Heartbreak Hill -- it's almost like you can't leave, even as the horde of runners slows to a trickle, because you want to encourage each one up the final slope. (Among other things) I am angry that some jackass coward got to upstage them on what should be their day, and rob them of that achievement. Bleh. In other news, I did enjoy the 60-250 out there. And there was a funny moment when, having been scanning the crowd for our friend Dave to come by, I finally spotted him...so I dashed across Comm Ave, high-fived him, and ran backwards up the hill to get the shot... planting myself right in front of the Official Photographer for the event. I heard him say whoa, whoa, whoa! behind me as I nearly ran into him, bum first. I didn't dare turn around... just got my shot dashed off. I hope he doesn't share the unflattering photo of my backside... lol... -c On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Christine, A very nice set. I love the guy with the Easter Basket, and the others in costumes. A good set from a sad day. We have a sportscaster on TV here in Chicago. (Mike Adamle) A leading rusher in the Big Ten in the late 60's who had a short career in pro football - a tough guy. He's run the Boston Marathon and Chicago as well. He had some trouble keeping his composure last night. When he started talking about how it was such a big deal to the runners and their families who would travel to watch, and how they had missed the opportunity to finish, he broke into tears. A sad day. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Though the photos on the front page of today's Boston Globe tell a different story, these are the images I want to remember from yesterday. It's a loosely edited bunch, since I'm also sharing with friends family who are pictured, so pardon the lack of brevity. These are scenes from Heartbreak Hill, about 6 miles from the finish line. It totally sucks that the triumphs of these runners will be overlooked -- their accomplishments stand in stark contrast to the actions of the cowards who caused yesterday's tragedy. Enjoy. http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets/72157633256477901/ -c -- http://christinenielsen.com http://www.facebook.com/ChristineNielsenPhotography -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- http://christinenielsen.com http://www.facebook.com/ChristineNielsenPhotography -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Boston Marathon - Heartbreak Hill
Thank you. It was a beautiful day, almost perfect marathon weather. If you recall, last year it was over 90 degrees -- that was crazy. On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 4:23 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Nice captures! I'm amazed at the lack of exertion on the faces of most of the runners. Looked like a great day for the marathon - up to a point. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net Subject: GESO: Boston Marathon - Heartbreak Hill Though the photos on the front page of today's Boston Globe tell a different story, these are the images I want to remember from yesterday. It's a loosely edited bunch, since I'm also sharing with friends family who are pictured, so pardon the lack of brevity. These are scenes from Heartbreak Hill, about 6 miles from the finish line. It totally sucks that the triumphs of these runners will be overlooked -- their accomplishments stand in stark contrast to the actions of the cowards who caused yesterday's tragedy. Enjoy. http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets/72157633256477901/ -c -- http://christinenielsen.com http://www.facebook.com/ChristineNielsenPhotography -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Boston Marathon - Heartbreak Hill
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: I put your images in the virtual finger category. My thoughts exactly! With these images, I extend a most sincere hearty F-U to those responsible for the tragic events of yesterday... :) -c stan On Apr 16, 2013, at 4:40 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Great set, Christine! How right you are to proudly show this set of images that depict the best in personal achievement, strength, and endurance. The good guys shall prevail! Cheers, Christine Christine Aguila, Asst. Professor Communications Dept., Truman College FC4 President On Apr 16, 2013, at 3:21 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Thanks, Jack, Rick, Paul, Bob... I used to go to the marathon every now then as a kid, but have been faithfully attending for the past 5 years that my brother has run. It's his crowd -- the middle to the back of the packers -- that the event is really about for me. Not elite athletes, but they work so hard, many raise money for worthy causes, and surmount incredible personal challenges just to finish. To watch on Heartbreak Hill -- it's almost like you can't leave, even as the horde of runners slows to a trickle, because you want to encourage each one up the final slope. (Among other things) I am angry that some jackass coward got to upstage them on what should be their day, and rob them of that achievement. Bleh. In other news, I did enjoy the 60-250 out there. And there was a funny moment when, having been scanning the crowd for our friend Dave to come by, I finally spotted him...so I dashed across Comm Ave, high-fived him, and ran backwards up the hill to get the shot... planting myself right in front of the Official Photographer for the event. I heard him say whoa, whoa, whoa! behind me as I nearly ran into him, bum first. I didn't dare turn around... just got my shot dashed off. I hope he doesn't share the unflattering photo of my backside... lol... -c On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Christine, A very nice set. I love the guy with the Easter Basket, and the others in costumes. A good set from a sad day. We have a sportscaster on TV here in Chicago. (Mike Adamle) A leading rusher in the Big Ten in the late 60's who had a short career in pro football - a tough guy. He's run the Boston Marathon and Chicago as well. He had some trouble keeping his composure last night. When he started talking about how it was such a big deal to the runners and their families who would travel to watch, and how they had missed the opportunity to finish, he broke into tears. A sad day. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Though the photos on the front page of today's Boston Globe tell a different story, these are the images I want to remember from yesterday. It's a loosely edited bunch, since I'm also sharing with friends family who are pictured, so pardon the lack of brevity. These are scenes from Heartbreak Hill, about 6 miles from the finish line. It totally sucks that the triumphs of these runners will be overlooked -- their accomplishments stand in stark contrast to the actions of the cowards who caused yesterday's tragedy. Enjoy. http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets/72157633256477901/ -c -- http://christinenielsen.com http://www.facebook.com/ChristineNielsenPhotography -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- http://christinenielsen.com http://www.facebook.com/ChristineNielsenPhotography -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Christine meets Christine!
Hellooo, Christine! Fun gallery! You guys missed a great time in the Windy City. :) The weather was a bit chilly, but we enjoyed plenty of warm conversation amusing sights. I am just home from our trip, hope to get to the photos soon... Looking forward to the next meet-up... maybe in Philly? :) -c On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hi Everyone: Christine Nielsen and I had a two-woman PDML meet up yesterday in Chicago--lots of fun! Below is a small gallery with captions. Truth is, we did more talking than picture making. She flew home to Boston this morning, so expect some pics from her in the next few days! Had a blast, Christine. Looking forward to the next time! http://www.caguila.com/christinenielsen/index.html Cheers, Christine/Chicago -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- http://christinenielsen.com http://www.facebook.com/ChristineNielsenPhotography -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
2(Christine) + CollegeBoy = Chicago GESO
Here's a few snapshots from our recent Chicago adventure... a few of the Christines' downtown shenanigans, and a couple from the college visit that brought us to the Windy City... http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets/72157633307200188/detail/ Looks like our son will be spending the next four years in Chicago, which should give me more excuses for Chicago photowalks! :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 2(Christine) + CollegeBoy = Chicago GESO
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 6:06 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 05:22:11PM -0400, Christine Nielsen wrote: Here's a few snapshots from our recent Chicago adventure... a few of the Christines' downtown shenanigans, and a couple from the college visit that brought us to the Windy City... http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets/72157633307200188/detail/ When I saw the one of the people photographing the bean in the thumbnail it almost looked like someone was posing as Atlas with it on his shoulders. Looks like our son will be spending the next four years in Chicago, which should give me more excuses for Chicago photowalks! Not to mention Giordano's, Geno's East, Italian Beef sandwiches ... Yeah, baby! I didn't get my Chicago pizza fix this time... :( -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 2(Christine) + CollegeBoy = Chicago GESO
Thanks Christine, Alan, Frank Dan... ... and Paul, Chicago is my and my husband's alma mater, too! There are several new buildings since our day -- the Ratner Gymnasium, the Mansueto Library, the Max Palevsky dormitory just north of the Regenstein Library/south of the Field House, the Logan Arts Center along the Midway (the views!), and another dorm called South Campus (awaiting a name/big donation, I presume), which is on 61st, behind Burton-Judson dorm... Plus, the old Bartlett Gymnasium has been converted into a dining hall! It is interesting to see the University pushing farther south... I lived 2 years at B-J, and we never even went into the back yard of that building -- that was the campus perimeter, and beyond that, the dangerous wilds of the South Side. ;) Despite all the new construction, everything is very familiar, the kids all look the same, even. I'll have to look see what other campus photos I have from the weekend... BTW, ever read Devil in the White City? Tells the true story of a serial killer who used the 1893 World's Fair to lure his victims... :) -c On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Excellent pics. Great to see two shots of my alma mater, the U of C. Wonderful view of the Midway through the Logan Center window. That building didn't exist in my day, nor did Mansuetto Library. The Midway was the centerpiece of the 1892 Columbian Exposition World Fair. The giant ferris wheel would have been right about in the lower left corner of your photo. The University was under construction at the time, and I believe it had begun holding some classes at the site. Show us more photos! Paul On Apr 23, 2013, at 9:05 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Very fun set, Christine! Love the photographers. Great job on exposure on the bean; the blues are very pretty, and your son is handsome! Everyone else on the list might be interested in knowing that the Mansueto Library is new. I haven't been down to the U of C to see it yet, but I hope to this spring or summer. I'd like to do some night shots of it as well. Christine did the tour when she was here and said it was amazing. Cheers, Christine/Chicago On Apr 22, 2013, at 4:22 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Here's a few snapshots from our recent Chicago adventure... a few of the Christines' downtown shenanigans, and a couple from the college visit that brought us to the Windy City... http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets/72157633307200188/detail/ Looks like our son will be spending the next four years in Chicago, which should give me more excuses for Chicago photowalks! :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Goodspeed House, Chicago
Very nice! I have never been as far south as Morgan Park... it looks almost pastoral... I wonder if the house is still there? Thomas Goodspeed... of Goodspeed Hall, I assume? On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I mentioned this photo in a conversation with Christine this morning. It's in the Chicago neighborhood of Morgan Park at 112th and S. Oakley. It was the site of a late 1880s meeting between John D. Rockefeller and Thomas W. Goodspeed concerning the founding of a University in Hyde Park. The house had been built in 1871. I shot it about 35 years ago with my Speed Graphic and Wollensak 127/3.5 on 4x5 Ektachrome 64. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17201034size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: VESO: 8 hours of snow MELTING
Very cool -- I enjoyed both videos. I'll have to try a project like this sometime... You mentioned about setting the white balance, did you shoot in Av? Did one battery, fully charged, do the trick for 8 hours? On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 9:09 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: This is the direction I like it to take. LESS snow not more. 11am-7:30pm JPEG mode, intervals for 900 images. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s_PXjNNTNAfeature=youtu.be Fun to set up - and an easy way to kill a battery and fill a card. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Spring is Bustin' Out All Over
Sigh... my dogwood is always the last on the block to bloom... nice to see yours getting with the program! :) -c On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: The Dogwood buds are just starting to open: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17197017size=md Comments are invited Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - Horse puckey at the Kentucky Derby
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Kentucky Derby has banned ... interchangeable lens cameras (e.g. DSLRs, mirrorless cameras), [plus] any camera that has a lens longer than 6 inches, tripods, and camcorders. They are claiming: Churchill Grounds says that the measures were developed after consulting with several law enforcement authorities following the Boston Marathon bombings last week. Such blatant, offensive nonsense. -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
K-01 + 2 lenses on woot.com
For those that might be interested in snagging a k01... http://tech.woot.com/offers/pentax-k-01-digital-camera-w-dual-lenses#read-more I haven't seen this combo before, the k-01, plus 15-55 50-200... but it's 399.99... I think the k-01 400mm are selling for around $400 on amazon... (My husband is the smart shopper that alerted me to this... On woot.com, they sell close-outs, etc... limited supply items... this offer is good for 7 more hours, or until stock runs out. It is now 6pm, EDT...) happy shopping. :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
