Re: About those samyang lenses ....

2013-01-22 Thread Gasha
Get that 8/3.5 and you will have lot of fun. It is one of lens to take with you in boring overcast day :) Sunshine and blue sky is great also, but watch for your feet and your own shadow in frame... Gasha On 01/22/2013 09:17 PM, Larry Colen wrote: The 10/2.8 Boris mentioned is very intere

Re: About those samyang lenses ....

2013-01-22 Thread Gasha
Hi, I have 8mm Samyang lens. Overall performance is good. Flare is reasonable. Focusing is another story. You have to test it for yourself, im not sure that infinity is correct. DOF is large enough, everything seems to be in focus. But if taking close distance shots, and forget to set focus fr

Re: A friend is looking for a camera for a photography class

2013-01-22 Thread Boris Liberman
IMO, m43 is ideal. http://www.keh.com/camera/Panasonic-Digital-Camera-Outfits/1/sku-PD019991237260?r=FE - Panny GF3 with kit lens for USD 349 http://www.keh.com/camera/Olympus-Digital-Camera-Outfits/1/sku-DO019991206350?r=FE - Pen PL1 with kit lens for as low as USD 189 Just recently Stan

Re: Snow Crystals with the Pentax Q

2013-01-22 Thread Mark C
Hi Jan - That's an excellent shot - thanks for the tip regarding the Da 35MM macro. My tests showed that some K mount lenses just don't have the resolution to do well with the Q, but the A* 200 is one that does indeed work very well. If the DA 35mm macro is at that standard, that would be gre

Re: Batman's car for sale

2013-01-22 Thread Paul Stenquist
The world has produced many artful automobiles. The batmobile has never been counted among them. Its value is purely based on its television and George Barris connection. George slammed it together in 15 days. It's only legitimate claim to fame is that under the junkyard bits and pieces that Geo

Re: PAW159 - Very Venice

2013-01-22 Thread Christine Aguila
That's very nice, DagT. Great framing and I like the light and the hint of detail in the background. Cheers, Christine On Jan 22, 2013, at 4:43 PM, DagT wrote: > http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html > Pentax K-5, FA77mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO400. > > DagT > http://ww

Re: Trio GESO - my Wanaka adventure

2013-01-22 Thread David Mann
On Jan 23, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > Congratulations on the race, and thanks for the photos. I enjoyed the scenery > and the chance to relive a time about 30 years ago when my wife did a short > tri event: 1km swim, 40km bike, 10km run. I was her training partner and > served as h

Re: Batman's car for sale

2013-01-22 Thread John Francis
It wasn't sold as a car - it was sold as a piece of art. It's arguably no more ridiculous than paying millions of dollars for a not particularly realistic painting of some sunflowers. On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 08:53:03PM -0500, Paul Stenquist wrote: > The price was grossly inflated by marketing a

Re: Batman's car for sale

2013-01-22 Thread Paul Stenquist
The price was grossly inflated by marketing and bidding frenzy. Paul via phone On Jan 22, 2013, at 8:20 PM, "William Robb" wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: Batman's car > for sale > > >> For a ridiculous price no less. I predict that it will be wor

Re: Batman's car for sale

2013-01-22 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: Batman's car for sale For a ridiculous price no less. I predict that it will be worth $50K five years from now. It's a real POS. I suspect it's value has more to do with what it is. If it's a POS in five years, it's a POS t

Re: PAW159 - Very Venice

2013-01-22 Thread Stan Halpin
Very nice as always! But if I may dare to make one small suggestion, would you consider cropping the image? Take about 1/3 away from the left side, about 1/3 away from the right side, and leave just the vertical of the boatman framed between the pilings? stan On Jan 22, 2013, at 5:43 PM, DagT

Re: PAW159 - Very Venice

2013-01-22 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice. I like the way the gondolier is framed by the pilings. Paul via phone On Jan 22, 2013, at 7:14 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Nice one - but before I saw it I was thinking "Venice not a good place for a > minamalist" :-) > > ann > > On 1/22/2013 17:43, DagT wrote: >> http://www.thrane.name

Re: PAW159 - Very Venice

2013-01-22 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Nice one - but before I saw it I was thinking "Venice not a good place for a minamalist" :-) ann On 1/22/2013 17:43, DagT wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html Pentax K-5, FA77mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO400. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mai

Re: Trio GESO - my Wanaka adventure

2013-01-22 Thread Stan Halpin
Congratulations on the race, and thanks for the photos. I enjoyed the scenery and the chance to relive a time about 30 years ago when my wife did a short tri event: 1km swim, 40km bike, 10km run. I was her training partner and served as her official support/photographer/etc on the day. I learned

Re: Batman's car for sale

2013-01-22 Thread Paul Stenquist
For a ridiculous price no less. I predict that it will be worth $50K five years from now. It's a real POS. Paul On Jan 22, 2013, at 5:36 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > For those interested, the Batmobile sold: > http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/20/autos/batmobile-sold/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: About those samyang lenses ....

2013-01-22 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 02:20:00PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Jan 21, 2013, at 11:28 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote: > > > Forgot to tell you: Despite no one advertise it as such, it's an 'A' lens, > > hence you can use it well on Pentax DSLR's, with no operating complications > > except managin

PAW159 - Very Venice

2013-01-22 Thread DagT
http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html Pentax K-5, FA77mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO400. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- 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

Re: Batman's car for sale

2013-01-22 Thread Darren Addy
For those interested, the Batmobile sold: http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/20/autos/batmobile-sold/ -- 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: About those samyang lenses ....

2013-01-22 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 21, 2013, at 11:28 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote: > Forgot to tell you: Despite no one advertise it as such, it's an 'A' lens, > hence you can use it well on Pentax DSLR's, with no operating complications > except managing focus as I wrote before. You talked me into it. I tried to get into

Re: PDML Photo Annual: Week 3 report

2013-01-22 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Jan 22, 2013, at 2:31 PM, Bob W wrote: >> Titles range from the enigmatic and cryptic to the straightforward and >> prosaic - do you think that Paul Stenquist's "1963 Elve Courier" might >> just be a photo of a 1963 Elve Courier? ;-) > > I think it's a picture of nearly two thousand tiny lit

Re: Anybody getting shots of Jupiter right next to the moon?

2013-01-22 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jan 22, 2013, at 15:10 , Steve Sharpe wrote: > At 11:01 PM -0800 1/21/13, Larry Colen wrote: >> My back went out this morning, so I don't know if I'll brave the cold (40F >> !) to try and shoot it, but thought i'd mention it in case anyone is >> ambitious for some astrophotography. > > I no

Re: Anybody getting shots of Jupiter right next to the moon?

2013-01-22 Thread Steve Sharpe
At 11:01 PM -0800 1/21/13, Larry Colen wrote: My back went out this morning, so I don't know if I'll brave the cold (40F !) to try and shoot it, but thought i'd mention it in case anyone is ambitious for some astrophotography. I noticed the pairing last night, when I was outside making some b

Re: Venezia

2013-01-22 Thread DagT
Fun series, and nice to meet you as well. I think you did capture the mood :-) Most of us are home now, at last. We had to stay over at Frankfurt or Munich because of something they called snow (we donĀ“t know what that is) in the Airport, but we managed. Dag Thrane http://www.thrane.name 19.

RE: PDML Photo Annual: Week 3 report

2013-01-22 Thread Bob W
> Titles range from the enigmatic and cryptic to the straightforward and > prosaic - do you think that Paul Stenquist's "1963 Elve Courier" might > just be a photo of a 1963 Elve Courier? ;-) I think it's a picture of nearly two thousand tiny little people cycling around Toronto with important pac

Re: About those samyang lenses ....

2013-01-22 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 22, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > I stand corrected. It is not circular fisheye as it follows from your photos, > Dario. It is apparently diagonal one... > > This is way cool! The 10/2.8 Boris mentioned is very interesting, but it doesn't look like it would be out until ne

Re: About those samyang lenses ....

2013-01-22 Thread Boris Liberman
I stand corrected. It is not circular fisheye as it follows from your photos, Dario. It is apparently diagonal one... This is way cool! On 1/22/2013 9:26 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: Hi Larry, my advice is 'go for the 8/3.5'. I own and enjoy it beyond my most optimistic forecast when buying. Just

Re: Small geso close-ups/macro

2013-01-22 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks Christine, I guess it is good to shoot something entirely different once in awhile. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 1 Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:05:33 -0600 From: Christine Aguila To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Small geso close-ups/macro Message-ID:<38359558-2ffb-450a-

Re:PESO: My Bud

2013-01-22 Thread Don Guthrie
I have had a request for photos like this one but I am going to go to my archives. This one did cheer me up -it is minus 3 outside right now. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 4 Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:17:24 -0500 From: "Daniel J. Matyola" To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: My Bu

Re: About those samyang lenses ....

2013-01-22 Thread Don Guthrie
I have the Rokinon 85/1.4 here is a link to my flickr set. Once I got the hang of focus it is one of my favorite lenses. http://www.flickr.com/photos/valdon/sets/72157632245068989/ pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: From: Larry Colen Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 4:02 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Li

PDML Photo Annual: Week 3 report

2013-01-22 Thread Mark Roberts
The third week of image submissions in done and we've had some more outstanding work contributed to the book. YOu can see who's put their two cents (and three photographs) in here: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/photopage2013.php Titles range from the enigmatic and cryptic to the straightforwa

Re: A friend is looking for a camera for a photography class

2013-01-22 Thread Christine Nielsen
Hey Larry, I'd suggest she think about who close to her has a dslr system that she'd be able to borrow gear from now & then... and then purchase that brand of camera. Just my $.02. :) -c On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:11 AM, George Sinos wrote: > > Larry - > > The used DSLR isn't a bad idea, but I'

Re: Anybody getting shots of Jupiter right next to the moon?

2013-01-22 Thread P. J. Alling
Cold and snowing last night, so no. On 1/22/2013 2:01 AM, Larry Colen wrote: My back went out this morning, so I don't know if I'll brave the cold (40F !) to try and shoot it, but thought i'd mention it in case anyone is ambitious for some astrophotography. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sen

Re: Snow Crystals with the Pentax Q

2013-01-22 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jan, Nice macro, especially the positioning of the subject elements. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 4:32 AM, Jan van Wijk wrote: > Hi Mark, > > On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:08:58 -0500 Mark C wrote: >> >>It snowed a little today (got damn cold too) and I tried a few snow crystal >>shots with

Re: PESO: My Bud

2013-01-22 Thread Bob Sullivan
That's before the squirrels get hungry... On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 11:17 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > A rhododendron waiting for spring. > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16777956&size=md > > Comments are appreciated. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > >

Re: A friend is looking for a camera for a photography class

2013-01-22 Thread George Sinos
Larry - The used DSLR isn't a bad idea, but I'm not sure about the Q. Every now and then a student comes into my class with a small sensor camera that is fully adjustable. When we start talking about Depth of Field these students have a more difficult time with the assignments than students usin

Re: Anybody getting shots of Jupiter right next to the moon?

2013-01-22 Thread Paul Sorenson
Sorry to hear about your back. Hope you're able to get back to "normal" soon. OTOH, I don't have much sympathy about the temperature since it's about 50 degrees colder here this morning. ; >] -p Sent from my iPad On Jan 22, 2013, at 1:01 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > My back went out this morni

Re: Didn't buy a camera today

2013-01-22 Thread Bruce Walker
That Gossen sounds like a real keeper. And the Pentax would be very useful because of that 1 degree spot. If they cost you little, I'd hang onto them. I could sure use a thrift store like that! You must have a busy eBay account. :-) On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 10:28 PM, steve harley wrote: > on 2013

Re: Snow Crystals with the Pentax Q

2013-01-22 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Mark, On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:08:58 -0500 Mark C wrote: > >It snowed a little today (got damn cold too) and I tried a few snow crystal >shots with the Q. Details and some sample shots are here: > >http://markcassino.com/b2evolution/ Some real nice crystals there! I also browsed through your 2