P. J. Alling wrote:
>
> The fact that it's the replacement for the K-3 series is just a bit
> disappointing, actually that's an understatement, but I expected it
> probably was...
The KP is a thousand dollars and the K-1 is two grand. Given that a
camera in between tham would be around $1500 I'd
On 12/22/2016 9:20 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Paul via phone
On Dec 22, 2016, at 8:29 PM, Gonz wrote:
The average age of PDML members is definitely going up. Where is the
new blood!??
Taking
P.J. Alling wrote:
I thought British pints were redefined to conform to the 1/2 liter or
did they make an exception to that...
A pint in a British pub is a British Imperial Pint: 20 fluid ounces or
568 millilitres.
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One of the things I like about the PDML is how a post of a medium
format color nature photography shot can evolve into a discussion of
techniques used by photojournalists in the BW, Speed Graphic era.
Mark Roberts wrote:
Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
According to Wikipedia, Most of his notable
Darren Addy wrote:
Appropo of nothing, I found it interesting that Ricoh Co LTD has a
larger market cap than Nikon (788B to 719.87B). Canon is *much* larger
at 3.6T
Was the one for Nikon *just* Nikon or was it for the parent company
(Mitsubishi)?
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Larry Colen wrote:
It seems to me that if you had a rear illuminated sensor, with no space
between the pixels, and it had no bayer filter, then aliasing/moire would
not happen, because the light value would be averaged over the whole sample.
It's the discontinuous aspect of what is effectively
More:
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-04/a-tiny-boring-kodak-takes-consumers-out-of-the-picture
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/09/04/kodaks-back-but-as-what.aspx
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knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Fucking depressing.
Agreed. Written by someone with a real superiority complex.
That kind of condescending approach never helps anyone improve their
art. It only makes the person espousing it feel good about themselves.
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Charles Robinson wrote:
On Mar 2, 2013, at 12:41 , Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
2. Why do radio and TV ads depicting camera shutter presses still
insert the sound effect for a film-era motor drive? Wake up you
ad-creating doofuses!! It's not 1995.
The sound-effect for most
We just finished digging out. I shoveled several times yesterday, the
final time at 10:00 last night, so it wasn't too bad this morning. I
don't know what the official NWS figure is, but we got around 3 ft
here in Jamaica Plain (a Boston neighborhood). And that's not counting
the drifts!
Still,
Amateurs produce amateur security, which costs more in dollars, time,
liberty, and dignity while giving us less -- or even no -- security.
- Bruce Schneier
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We're in the middle of the trough that always occurs during the
submittal period. Every year we get a big load of images during the
first week, tapering off during the next few weeks and then building
up to a frantic last-minute rush in the final week.
Have mercy on your editors, send your three
Mark Roberts wrote:
If you've never been to GFM and seen the Doug Mark show... here's
the better half of it:
http://youtu.be/jhz7LdS-mDE
He moved pretty fast for a pervert.
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This ad appeared on Facebook this morning
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/PentaxForumsFAIL.jpg
Yes, that's a Nikon D800 in the photo. Way to go, Pentax Forums!
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By the way, we've had some really top-notch stuff submitted already.
Things are looking good for volume 5!
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kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
Most of the time the correct comparison to make is between
the stability of *no tripod at all* and that of a tripod with the
center column extended.
Agreed
Yes, keeping the center column retracted is a
better option,
Agreed
but if it's not possible or practical
http://youtu.be/CUTGC5N7hCI
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knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
(Back in the early days of eBay before it was taken over by big retail
establishments and lots of camera stuff was being sold by people who
didn't know cameras I always laughed when someone posted a marco lens
for sale...)
To be truly eBay-speak it would have
Bob Sullivan wrote:
http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1041381
We hosted some visitors last week.
You know the young lady from her pictures,
and may recognize her dad, Boris of the pdml.
All taken at ISO 1600 on the K-5 with the DA55/1.4,
wide open to f2.5. I borrowed the window light
Peter Jordan wrote:
OTOH, I shot 1200 frames last weekend, mainly of empty air where hummingbirds
had just been.
That's 33 rolls of film which at say $10 for film plus DP would have been a
good chunk of change.
It occurred to me recently that a lot of people could use memory cards
just once -
Darren Addy wrote:
I got a kick out of this:
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/08/07/large-format-sports-photographer-seen-at-olympic-gymnastics/
The photographer's site:
http://www.davidburnett.com/
David Burnett has been doing this kind of photography, and doing it
well, for many years. I think
... as in I used some at GFM this year:
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc03307.jpg
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Larry Colen wrote:
For an event that I'm shooting, it was just specified we shoot in raw and,
adobe RGB.
My understanding was that sRGB and adobe RGB only came into play in converting
to JPEG, that RAW was just the raw data off the sensor.
Am I more confused than usual?
Nope. You're quite
Mark Roberts wrote:
Jack Davis wrote:
Mark,
Do you have an estimated posting date for the 2012 annual preview?
If the tracking information from FedEx is correct... later today!
Tracking web site just updated: No joy till tomorrow :(
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Matthew Hunt wrote:
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
More from the rumour mill: K-3 FF @ September Photokina: the worlds
most compact full frame.
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/06/18/pentax-to-announce-the-k3-full-frame-dslr-at-photokina/
I like
Here's another shot of that stream (Shanty Branch) on Grandfather
Mountsin. It's the same little cascade but in a horizontal pano rather
than vertical. And it's cropped from a single shot rather than
stitched from several.
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc02602-Shanty-Branch-Panorama.jpg
Ann Sanfedele wrote:
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc02602-Shanty-Branch-Panorama.jpg
Greenery really lush this year - lovely shot
get any lady slippers? :-)
No Lady Slippers and very few wildflowers of any kind. The early
spring they had this year meant that most of the flowers were gone
I've got all my camping and photography gear packed up and ready to go
to GFM. Planning on departing in the wee hours tomorrow morning. I'll
be stopping in Durham, NC to see some friends and heading to the
mountain on Thursday.
Perhaps some reports will make it to the List during the weekend.
Miserere wrote:
Let me tell you a story, my friend. Last Sunday I ran into a chap
carrying a Nikon D800E. We chatted a bit, I gave him my photography
card, and I asked him why he bought the D800E, because my blog
partner, who shoots weddings with a D700, was annoyed that the new
Nikon had so many
Doug Franklin wrote:
When you're shooting action, especially outdoors, you're going to
take one in the forehead every so often, no matter what your technique.
Wisdom!
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Miserere wrote:
On 5 May 2012 20:36, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Pentax is doing some kind of promo thing at Hunt's camera on Friday
(11:00 am according to their Facebook announcement). They say they'll
have the Optio WG-2 and the K-01 on hand. This is apparently taking
Larry Colen wrote:
One thing that I don't understand is how a handheld light meter would work
significantly better with digital than taking a photo and looking at the
histogram. Or, for that matter, if it's an important shot, why not just
bracket. Drop $100 on a light meter, and that will
On Tuesday I was invited to a meeting of the Global Health Initiative
(that's the name they have adopted) group at Dana-Farber. About a
dozen people were in attendance, almost all of whom had heard of the
PDML book fundraising effort(!) As it's a really new program we're the
only donor group
Larry Colen wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/7000810410/in/set-72157629610409960/
At least you didn't wish us Happy Star Wars Day on Friday.
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David J Brooks wrote:
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks, Mark. With the proliferation of tablets and e-readers I like to
promote the electronic version, especially since it results in a larger
research donation.
I am going to assume this will
Sorry for the delay... We are of course running late but the Annual is
nearing completion. This semester has been absolutely mad for me, with
a lot of material preparation for the new course I've been teaching.
But things are coming together
I've got all the images formatted and paired up and the
David J Brooks wrote:
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
He lost me at the assertion one of those cameras that turns any user-
even the most basic user-into a professional photographer.
Bullshit! Equipment don't make you a photographer.
Really? Try being a
John, get the NoScript add-on for Firefox and don't let Google run
JavaScript. It'll work just the way you want.
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Warning: Cat photo
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc01535.jpg
The man and his dear, now-departed cat Duki.
From our visit to chez Cotty last month.
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Morris Galloway wrote:
Several U.S. News organizations are reporting Kodak is preparing for
Bankruptcy proceedings.
Hope this hasn't been discussed already -- a little tardy in keeping up
with PDML.
I read about it a little earlier today but I don't think it's hit the
PDML yet.
Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
It is said that a good photographer can find art or beauty in the most
mundane of objects.
There is a Pentax photographer who seems determined to prove that
point. He or she has posted an image to the PPG entitled Dog Shit,
and yes, the image depicts exactly what the
Tom Rittenhouse wrote:
If editor's still demand lots of shots to chose from, as most do, the whole
argument is moot. Besides those slide photographers throw out more slides
than they keep. Then there is the question of accessablity, do photos stored
in a box in my attic add anything to the
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