Re: PESO: Family portrait - 3 Generations

2016-05-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts wrote: >http://www.robertstech.com/temp/index.htm First impressions... Size: Love it. Almost big enough for my big hands. Much more comfortable to use than the K-5. Imay even get the battery grip later and use it without a battery in it (to save weight) because my fingers are st

Re: PESO: Family portrait - 3 Generations

2016-05-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Jack Davis wrote: >Gratulations! >Last question; What camera & lens? K-5 and DA 12-24 (@24mm) >> On May 5, 2016, at 1:44 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> Jack Davis wrote: >> >>> Mark, I gather you shot the Family portrait.(?) >>> Lighting

Re: PESO: Family portrait - 3 Generations

2016-05-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Jack Davis wrote: >Mark, I gather you shot the Family portrait.(?) >Lighting and resolution exceedingly well done. >Impressed! Yep. Just shot that this afternoon. (Good thing it only takes one day to ship something from NYC to Boston!) >http://www.robertstech.com/temp/index.htm

PESO: Family portrait - 3 Generations

2016-05-05 Thread Mark Roberts
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/index.htm -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mai

Re: PDML Photo Annual 2016 now available!

2016-05-04 Thread Mark Roberts
By the way, DON'T FORGET TO GET A DISCOUNT CODE at http://www.retailmenot.com/view/blurb.com I saved 25% on the books I ordered (with code "SMUGMUG2016"). And note that Blurb discount codes generally need to be ALL CAPS even if they aren't listed that way on RetailMeNot

PDML Photo Annual 2016 now available!

2016-05-04 Thread Mark Roberts
, both as ePub and PDF, but that will take a couple of days. (The semester just ended yesterday and I have three courses' worth of finals to grade.) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus softwa

Re: Houston, we have a tracking number

2016-05-03 Thread Mark Roberts
y. Shouldn't make a difference. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/

Re: PDML Photo Annual: Probably next week

2016-05-03 Thread Mark Roberts
I received the proof copy today. I've found very little to correct so I should be able to get everything fixed and uploaded within 24 hours. You should be able to order it some time tomorrow. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email has been ch

Re: It's Hat Time

2016-05-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Stanley Halpin wrote: >Bah humbug. > >I had a Live Chat earlier with someone at B&H. They said that they expected >the >shipment “within one or two business days” and that they would start shipping >out immediately. Rumour mill says B&H received them late t

Re: It's Hat Time

2016-05-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Henry Posner just posted in DP Review's Pentax forum that B&H will get the K-1 in their warehouse this week and will start shipping them "as soon after they arrive as is humanly possible". Apparently, those who ordered directly from the Ricoh web site will be getting them starting today or tomorro

Re: Tell me about the 15-30/2.8

2016-05-02 Thread Mark Roberts
et a K-1 body and work with it using my current lens line-up for a while (though that includes the FA* 28-70/2.8 and 80-200/2.8 plus 20, 24 and 300mm primes). Then my quandary will be which weather-sealed lens I want to buy. It'll come down to the 15-30 vs the 24-70. -- Mark Roberts - Ph

I think Randall Munroe has experienced the PDML

2016-05-02 Thread Mark Roberts
http://xkcd.com/1675/ -- 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: PDML Photo Annual: Probably next week

2016-05-01 Thread Mark Roberts
John wrote: >On 4/29/2016 10:36 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> I got a shipping notice that tells me the proof copy should arrive >> here on Mondya. I have my final classes of the semester on Tuesday so >> I should get the edits/corrections done by mid-week (fingers crosse

Re: PESO and an experiment - Spring Walk

2016-04-30 Thread Mark Roberts
so for those using a properly managed workflow the two images *should* look identical. >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18225953&size=lg >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18225952&size=lg -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multime

Re: PESO and an experiment - Spring Walk

2016-04-30 Thread Mark Roberts
photo?photo_id=18225953&size=lg > >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18225952&size=lg Absolutely identical. I'm using an HP 24" IPS monitor,profiled with a Spyder II, on a fully color-manages system (including browser), so if you've embedded the correct ICC profiles

Re: Long macro lenses for K mount?

2016-04-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts wrote: >Steve Cottrell wrote: > >>On 29/4/16, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: >> > >>http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/pictures/wetrock.html >> >>Never seen that before. Jesus I hope that's going in a pdml annual at >>some point.

Re: Long macro lenses for K mount?

2016-04-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Steve Cottrell wrote: >On 29/4/16, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: > >http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/pictures/wetrock.html > >Never seen that before. Jesus I hope that's going in a pdml annual at >some point. Last year. Do try to keep up! -- Mark Roberts - P

PDML Photo Annual: Probably next week

2016-04-29 Thread Mark Roberts
ather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend I can arrange to bring a few down if you contact me soon. That'll save on shipping. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast

Re: Long macro lenses for K mount?

2016-04-29 Thread Mark Roberts
y also want to look into achromatic screw-in diopters. The good ones really are very good. And when shooting macro I often find myself working at very small apertures where diffraction is the main limitation on sharpness, so I think the small losses from the diopter is insignificant. -- Ma

Re: My K1

2016-04-29 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts wrote: >Steve Cottrell wrote: > >>On 29/4/16, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>>Pentax should consider adding a "Theriault" setting to its SR - to >>>*add* shake to your photos (call it "Shake Replication"). >&g

Re: My K1

2016-04-29 Thread Mark Roberts
Steve Cottrell wrote: >On 29/4/16, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Pentax should consider adding a "Theriault" setting to its SR - to >>*add* shake to your photos (call it "Shake Replication"). > >When switched on, and used in conjun

Re: My K1

2016-04-29 Thread Mark Roberts
"Theriault" setting to its SR – to *add* shake to your photos (call it "Shake Replication"). -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pent

Adobe just updated Camera Raw, etc. to support K-1

2016-04-29 Thread Mark Roberts
Newest versions of Adobe Camera Raw 9.5.1, Lightroom CC 2015.5.1 and Lightroom 6.5.1 came out today. Amongst the new cameras supported is the K-1. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. h

Re: My K1

2016-04-29 Thread Mark Roberts
der (or have already ordered) a K-1 check out this one on DP Review: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/57683769 "The lack of noise at high ISO is absolutely staggering as others have said. It seems about three or 4 stops cleaner than a K3 i.e. ISO 800-1600 seems like ISO100 on a K3!! Th

Re: OT: Monitor Specs

2016-04-28 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >- sRGB was designed to model the better computer displays of the 1990s. > >- AdobeRGB (1998) was designed to model the color-offset printing equipment >available in that same time period. > >- ProPhoto RGB was designed in the early 2000s to model the maximum color >sp

Re: OOF rendering in focus stacks

2016-04-28 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Walker wrote: >On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Jostein wrote: >> >> Had another go at stacking today, and followed the simplest possible >> variation of the suggestions from the List. One extra exposure at f/22 at >> the far end of the focus stack. Looks like an improvement to me. :-) >>

Re: OT: Monitor Specs

2016-04-27 Thread Mark Roberts
1G vRAM around here. (I just replaced it with a card with 2G.) If you (or anyone else) wants it it's 20 bucks plus shipping. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.c

Re: I don't get "unboxing" photos/videos

2016-04-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W-PDML wrote: >On 27 Apr 2016, at 21:15, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> Bob W-PDML wrote: >> >>> The simple truth is, they all want see a hat get eaten, and are providing >>> the required pre-condition. >> >> Well, they're

Re: I don't get "unboxing" photos/videos

2016-04-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W-PDML wrote: >The simple truth is, they all want see a hat get eaten, and are providing the >required pre-condition. Well, they're officially in the shops in the UK as of today. https://www.facebook.com/SRSMicrosystems/ -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.

I don't get "unboxing" photos/videos

2016-04-27 Thread Mark Roberts
...but if they're trying to make me feel bad that they have their K-1 and I don't it's working ;-) -- 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.

ANyone order a K-1 from Amazon?

2016-04-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Supposedly Amazon has just started shipping them. (Anyone who ordered from B&H or Adorama will have to wait until next week for shipping to begin.) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus softwar

Re: OT: Monitor Specs

2016-04-25 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts wrote: >Internet Explorer 11 and later support color profiles. This page claims to be keeping track: http://blog.kasson.com/?p=2020 According to that page: Chrome for Windows is now color managed. Version 22.0.1229.79 is. Firefox 15.0.1 for Windows is. Internet Explo

Re: OT: Monitor Specs

2016-04-25 Thread Mark Roberts
nitor. >I can't tell you anything about Winblows, except that Exploder >displays sRGB no matter what the original gamut is. Safari and (I >think) Firefox and Chrome are "color space aware." Internet Explorer 11 and later support color profiles. -- Mark Roberts - Photograph

Re: PESO - Market Stall

2016-04-24 Thread Mark Roberts
t for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbAohexT0Ho -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.

Re: Exposure mystery

2016-04-24 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: >I have Larry on all of my Dslr's and sometimes on my new X30 If I had Larry on all my DSLR's I'd probably give up photography and take up something less surreal. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This emai

Re: PDML book 2016 printing now in process

2016-04-24 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: >On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Mark Roberts > wrote: >> By the way, I just checked my records and found that this year's >> annual got sent to the printers 4 days *earlier* than last year's. >> That's a surprise to me! > >L

Re: PDML book 2016 printing now in process

2016-04-24 Thread Mark Roberts
By the way, I just checked my records and found that this year's annual got sent to the printers 4 days *earlier* than last year's. That's a surprise to me! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email has been checked for viruses

Re: PESO - The Penitent

2016-04-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Marco Alpert wrote: >http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo16/peso2.html > >Comments, as always, welcomed. Wow! Excellent. Let's have that in next year's PDML book! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email has been checked for vir

PDML book 2016 printing now in process

2016-04-23 Thread Mark Roberts
I've just uploaded the beta version for a test print. I should have it in about 10 days. If all goes well it will be on line for the public a day after that. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast

One of the signs of the apocalypse

2016-04-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Brewer just emailed me the foreword for this year's PDML annual. I should be able to finish the layout and order a test print later this weekend. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus

Re: FSF: Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2

2016-04-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Your photos are missed, particularly around PDML Photo Annual time. I'm just finishing up the 2016 edition. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDM

Re: FSF: Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2

2016-04-21 Thread Mark Roberts
some fine Imperial Stout). Not bad for a Thursday (I never could get the hang of Thursdays...) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: FSF: Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2

2016-04-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: >I'll take the lens. PayPal? >You can send the strap to Larry:-) That's my LOL for the night. ;-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www

Re: a different test

2016-04-20 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: >crossing fingers changed filter Amazing! Your post now shows up as being from "Mrs. Nelson Mandella" and asks for my help in getting $25,000,000.00 in gold out of Nigeria! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email

Re: PESO - We're Special

2016-04-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Rick Womer wrote: >In Rittenhouse Square, Center City Philly yesterday: > >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18221067&size=lg Dublin, Ireland: http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/ireland2011/7db06309.html -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.

pdml@pdml.net

2016-04-20 Thread Mark Roberts
ated product (tires, rather than a DSLR) and the materials required to make the product are commodities like rubber, rather than extremely technical manufactured goods like 24x36 CMOS sensors. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email has been checked f

pdml@pdml.net

2016-04-19 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >> On 19 April 2016 at 17:34 Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> John wrote: >> >> >I doubt that will affect the front end of the delivery queue. Those >> >cameras have already been shipped, and besides I'm pretty sure Pentax >

pdml@pdml.net

2016-04-19 Thread Mark Roberts
John wrote: >I doubt that will affect the front end of the delivery queue. Those >cameras have already been shipped, and besides I'm pretty sure Pentax >assembles the K-1 in the Philippines or Vietnam. > >It might affect those of us who are/were planning on waiting for a bit >before buying. It w

pdml@pdml.net

2016-04-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Gonz wrote: >Yup, its those later orders that might see a delay... I would expect anyone who orders in 2016 will be OK. >On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Mark Roberts > wrote: >> Gonz wrote: >> >>>Some people might not get their cameras, Sony sensor plant hit by

pdml@pdml.net

2016-04-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Gonz wrote: >Some people might not get their cameras, Sony sensor plant hit by earthquake... > >http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7334164/sony-stock-tumbles-in-tokyo-amid-earthquake-fallout All the sensors for the initial K-1 production runs will have been in Pentax's hands for a long t

Re: I am an idiot: Broke off the battery door on my K-3 II

2016-04-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >I was once stupid enough to knock a whole camera (Spotmatic) off my >table onto the cobble stone walkway. How much did it cost to get the cobble stone walkway repaired? -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Di

Re: PDML: Where are you located? (Lurkers also welcome to reply.)

2016-04-16 Thread Mark Roberts
h him anyway? He had a kid, I know.) I'm in Boston itself. In the Jamaica Plain neighborhood. Where all the hippies live. Very cool neighborhood, really. Almost everything's within walking distance and what isn't is accessible by public transport (including an airport with direct f

Re: Where are you located? (Lurkers also welcome to reply.)

2016-04-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Dario Bonazza wrote: >Italy, not so far from Venice and Rimini. Oh fuck! Rimini! That's where Bimota's based! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

2016 Photo Annual lurches toward completion

2016-04-15 Thread Mark Roberts
happens we'll be on schedule for my target "before-the-end-of-the-semester" release date. Keep yer fingers crossed. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: portraits after 1, 2 and 3 glasses of wine

2016-04-15 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >Of himself, unfortunately. No, no. Of other people... while *I'm* nude. >> On 15 April 2016 at 19:10 Larry Colen wrote: >> >> >> After four glasses Mark develops an interest in nude photography. >> >> On April 15, 2016 10:5

Re: portraits after 1, 2 and 3 glasses of wine

2016-04-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Ken Waller wrote: >>From: Vivid Seats >> >>This seems like a fun photo project: >>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/08/amazing-photos-capture-how-faces-change-after-1-2-and-3-glasses/ >> >Why stop @ 3 ? Because I usually have difficulty operating the ca

Re: Peso - West of Wheatfield's

2016-04-15 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: >https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/On-the-Road-Again/i-vpbnkhV/A Damn! That's a great picture! That's a GREAT picture! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.ne

Re: PDML: Where are you located? (Lurkers also welcome to reply.)

2016-04-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: >I'm looking in Asheville and on the coast at New Bern. Florida's gulf coast >isn't all that bad either with breezes off the gulf on summer nights. Was >thinking of looking in California near Larry's place, but taxes are killer. Also, it's near Larry... ;-) -- PDML Pent

Re: PDML: Where are you located? (Lurkers also welcome to reply.)

2016-04-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Jack Davis wrote: >You and your photo equipment are >headed for the humidity belt? >You may miss the snow! :( Not if he opts for the mountains in North Carolina. Ashville area, for example. Very nice. Neither the summers nor the winters are too harsh. >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 14, 2016,

Re: PDML: Where are you located? (Lurkers also welcome to reply.)

2016-04-14 Thread Mark Roberts
I'm in the basement. -- 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: Word of the Day

2016-04-13 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Walker wrote: >On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >>> On Apr 13, 2016, at 10:40 AM, Mark Roberts >>> wrote: >>> >>> Rick Womer wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you, Dan. >>>> >>>>

Re: OT: Word of the Day

2016-04-13 Thread Mark Roberts
Rick Womer wrote: >Thank you, Dan. > >I shall feel ever so improved as I murmur soliloquys during my nocturnal >insomniac peregrinations. I prefer to eschew obfuscation. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PD

Re: Weird Photoshop error

2016-04-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts wrote: >Jostein Øksne wrote: > >>Mark, >>Does your system have an embedded graphics processor on the motherboard, by >>any chance? >>A long shot, knowing your level of computer skill. Sure you know what to do >>if you missed it... > >A shr

Re: Trying out 360-degree stereographic projections

2016-04-11 Thread Mark Roberts
tos for the students to work with! I never intended it to be anything more than a throwaway quick image for class. Here's a small version of the panorama I used to make it: http://www.robertstech.com/school/images/pano1.jpg >On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Mark Roberts > wrote: >&

Trying out 360-degree stereographic projections

2016-04-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Even if you don't know what they are from the name you'll probably recognize the technique when you see one: http://www.robertstech.com/school/images/littleplanet.jpg I taught my Photoshop class how to do them last week. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/list

Re: Woo hoo! I'm teaching Digital Photography II next semester!

2016-04-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Darren Addy wrote: >Congrats! Sounds like fun. >What "textbooks" are you going to use? Haven't decided yet. I only got the email from my department chair 10 minutes ago... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML

Woo hoo! I'm teaching Digital Photography II next semester!

2016-04-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Yeah! I get to teach an actual photography course, rather than just Photoshop, Graphic Design, etc. That'll be nice! -- 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 dir

Re: Weird Photoshop error

2016-04-11 Thread Mark Roberts
I shut down the on-board graphics via the BIOS from the very start. What's really weird is that other apps, even Adobe applications like Illustrator, detect the graphics card perfectly well. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: How to Give & Take a Critique

2016-04-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Ken Waller wrote: >> The technique they call "the sandwich" is more accurately called "the shit >> sandwich". > >Into each life a little rain must fall But not on our sandwiches, surely! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.

Re: PESO: Wag More, Bark Less

2016-04-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >Saw this bumper sticker on a car recently: >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18214978&size=lg I made an online version: http://www.cafepress.com/mf/102743181/lurk-moretroll-les_sticker?shop=Robertstech&productId=1701833948 ;-) -- Mark Roberts

Weird Photoshop error

2016-04-08 Thread Mark Roberts
e and, more significantly, correctly recognizes my graphics card and the amount of vRAM. Anyone have any ideas? -- 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

Re: Its april 6th, has pentax started shipping the K-1 yet?

2016-04-06 Thread Mark Roberts
mp;H to differ considerably for the first few months of availability while demand exceeds supply. -- 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.

Re: WTB - K50/1.2

2016-04-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W-PDML wrote: >On 6 Apr 2016, at 01:39, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> Bill wrote: >> >>>> On 4/5/2016 8:32 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >>>> Larry Colen wrote: >>>> >>>>> Bill wrote: >>>>>>> On 4/5/2016

Re: WTB - K50/1.2

2016-04-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Bill wrote: >On 4/5/2016 8:32 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> Larry Colen wrote: >> >>> Bill wrote: >>>> On 4/5/2016 1:10 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: >>>>> I have all of those, the one I lust after is the A1.2 >>>> >>>>

Re: WTB - K50/1.2

2016-04-05 Thread Mark Roberts
ay arrange for you to qualify for that. Hmm. A fight to the death between Bill Robb and Cotty. My money's on Bill. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSC

Re: April PUG - no time to waste

2016-04-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Steve Cottrell wrote: >On 4/4/16, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>With only a few weeks left to go you're really grasping at straws now! > >Straw hats :-D I see. Trying to increase the fibre in your diet. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Mul

Re: April PUG - no time to waste

2016-04-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Just to make clear that they haven't forgotten about me and that my order is still in place. >Paul via phone > >> On Apr 4, 2016, at 8:09 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> Steve Cottrell wrote: >> >>> Oh the hat will get eaten, rest assured. >>>

Re: April PUG - no time to waste

2016-04-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Steve Cottrell wrote: >Oh the hat will get eaten, rest assured. > >When the vapourware starts shipping ;-) With only a few weeks left to go you're really grasping at straws now! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Damn. Some seriously impressive astrophotography here.

2016-04-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/apr/04/northern-lights-blood-moons-and-brilliant-stars-in-pictures Still two weeks left to enter if you've got any shots better than these ;-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & M

Re: PESO and Question about colorspace limitations

2016-04-03 Thread Mark Roberts
lective Color" tool (Image > Adjustments >Selective Color...") Go through each color range in the drop-down list (Reds, Yellows, Greens, Cyans, etc.) and for each one try tweaking the sliders to change the color balance It's more art than science but you may be able come up wit

Re: PESO: OMG, it's Caturday!

2016-04-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Nicole Jacque wrote: >I’m sure you’re all as excited as Pepper that it’s Caturday: >https://flic.kr/p/FLpmcd Fenway and Muddlety are much more subdued in their reaction to Caturday: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/f+m.jpg -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.rober

Re: PESO paronomasia

2016-04-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Walker wrote: >On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 4:02 PM, Mark Roberts >wrote: >> David J Brooks wrote: >> >>>On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Mark Roberts >>>wrote: >>>> ann sanfedele wrote: >>>> >>>>>I see a match stick b

Re: PESO paronomasia

2016-04-02 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: >On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Mark Roberts >wrote: >> ann sanfedele wrote: >> >>>I see a match stick but don't know what a metz in this context >> >> Maybe it means he met(z) his match? > >This is strikingly famil

Re: PESO paronomasia

2016-04-02 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: >I see a match stick but don't know what a metz in this context Maybe it means he met(z) his match? -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml

Re: Question

2016-04-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Got it new on eBay for $179.00 >On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Alan C wrote: >> Yes, almost. >> >> http://www.pentaxforums.com/lensreviews/SMC-Pentax-DAL-55-300mm-F4-5.8-Zoom-Lens.html -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML

Re: PESO paronomasia

2016-04-02 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >> On 02 April 2016 at 12:40 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >> >> Got a light? >> >You mean "Got a light, pun(k)?" No, no. It's: "Got a light, Mac?" "No, but I've got a dark brown overcoat."

Re: 2016 Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend

2016-03-31 Thread Mark Roberts
John wrote: >The state legislature has become an asylum for hateful, racist >douche-bags. And the governor isn't any better. > >Other than that, there's really nothing wrong with the rest of the >state. But it's already generating boycotts & organizations deciding >they don't want to do business

Re: I'm surprised at the pricing

2016-03-30 Thread Mark Roberts
mm and the >compatibility as Minolta Alpha. The Buy it Now price of 169.00 is a steal at today's prices. I'd grab it if I didn't already have one. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/

Re: OT - a silly thing.. veso

2016-03-29 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: >My listing... >It has a video in the listing - it may not play in firefox (didn't on >mine) but fine in Chrome or (ugh) IE > >http://www.ebay.com/itm/191836707594?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 Worked fine in Firefox for me. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Ma

Re: OT - a silly thing.. veso

2016-03-29 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: >My listing... >It has a video in the listing - it may not play in firefox (didn't on >mine) but fine in Chrome or (ugh) IE > >http://www.ebay.com/itm/191836707594?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 Worked fine in Firefox for me. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Ma

Re: Boris PESO #16 - Seven Seas of Rhye

2016-03-29 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> On Mar 29, 2016, at 10:38 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: >> >> http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2016/03/2016-14-seven-seas-of-rhye.html >> >> Listening to Queen as I post... Oddly it seems to fit the photograph. >> >> What do you think/say? > >Nice! >The lens flare is

Re: Changes (aging) new beginnings

2016-03-28 Thread Mark Roberts
Bill wrote: >On 3/28/2016 7:45 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote: > >> No doubt the folk here will tell us what we are missing when they have the >> K-1 in their hands. > >Count on it. Why wait? Head over to Pentax Forums and I expect there will be plenty of people to berate you for what you're missing *b

Re: A strange and unusual event...

2016-03-27 Thread Mark Roberts
d/Les_sirenes_visitees_par_les_muses%2C_lalyre.jpg Do their bottoms follow you around the room, though? -- 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.

Re: OT: Museum of Modern Art Launches Free Course on Looking at Photographs as Art

2016-03-27 Thread Mark Roberts
uk_news/england/devon/4718573.stm "It looked like an ordinary bottle of water. But it was on a plinth." -- 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 f

The Treachery of Marshmallows

2016-03-26 Thread Mark Roberts
mostly around Easter.) -- 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 Photo Annual update

2016-03-25 Thread Mark Roberts
uses a technique called deconvolution. It's very computation-intensive but my new machine chews through it much quicker than its predecessor. It'll make working on the book much less taxing. More later. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML

Re: Google's entire Nik Collection now FREE

2016-03-24 Thread Mark Roberts
David Parsons wrote: >"We’re excited to bring the powerful photo editing tools once only used >by professionals to even more people now. ?" > >We are killing it, so grab it before we delete it from our servers. Adobe has pretty much killed it, by adding features to Photoshop & Lightroom, so grab

Re: Couldn't wait to get my new Pentax full-frame

2016-03-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts wrote: >...so I got an old one to tide me over: >http://www.robertstech.com/temp/fullframe.jpg > >That's a 1958 Pentax K screw-mount. Definitely full-frame 35mm ;-) Oh, by the way: It doesn't actually work. The shutter sticks, although it seems to be in ver

Couldn't wait to get my new Pentax full-frame

2016-03-20 Thread Mark Roberts
...so I got an old one to tide me over: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/fullframe.jpg That's a 1958 Pentax K screw-mount. Definitely full-frame 35mm ;-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.ne

Re: The agony of computer upgrades

2016-03-19 Thread Mark Roberts
puter setup (because it's new, of course) - turns out the problem was in the printer. -- 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

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