Re: annsan on TV Friday the 27th
Will your video be on the website.?? I don't get the Discovery channel with my subscription here. Dave On 7/28/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David J Brooks wrote: I found the gamevia a google search.. Is Ann on there yet.?? Dave I was on Friday night at 6:30 pm on TV a On 7/28/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack Davis wrote: OK Ann, found you..and Ashley and I do seem to recall having seen your pic before. Ya take a good picture! Jack :) actually Amita took that one... - hehe I know, you meant ann --- Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry you won zip. Thought that was what I'd read, which was why I asked. I've looked over the images and headings including about us and blogs, but see no bios.(?) I'm helpless! Jack --- ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack Davis wrote: Ann, I watched Cash Cab yesterday evening (West coast version?) wherein a bright lady named Ann, along with a helpful gentleman, allegedly won a total of $800. Was I watching your performance? ;-) Jack Nope --- I was in the cab alone -- and won nothing but did stun some of my friends by answering a sports question correctly :) ain't you see enuff pics of me on pdml, jack? :) scroll down to my bio head shot on annsan.sugmug.com wish I HAD won $800 ann --- ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kenneth Waller wrote: So how much did she win? The grand total of -0- She didn't have the option of any shout outs. Kenneth Waller Actually I did -- but they didn't show them I had no clue about the question regarding sour milk - we did a street shout out and they guy was wrong... Also, I used my phone for an answer I knew very well but talked myself out of. So by the time we got to Judith Jamison vs Josephine Baker I had no options The first miss was nerves and misunderstanding the question - but I felt stupid nonetheless. sigh ann - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: annsan on TV Friday the 27th So how much did she win? Y. Rowe wrote: Talk about serendipity. I read your message just a few minutes before it aired. I grabbed my son and said, It's Ann from PDML! I played right along with you. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ann sanfedele Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 16:31 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT: annsan on TV Friday the 27th Sorry not to have been contributing enough altely guys -- It takes me ages to get even the simplest thing done these days and almost all my energy is put into things taht bring in some cash... but if you are in North America and want to see what I look like I'll be on a quiz show called CASH CAB - at 6:30 pm EDT - They only ask you first names... I'm probably going to look pretty silly but ahve a look if you are around a TV then Discovery Channel - whichs 18 in NYC TIme warner area In other news I won my division on Saturday in the Big Apple Scrabble Tourney I'll try to get back to Pentax and photo related comments in a week or two... I miss the puns, too :) xo to all ya guys, ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net === message truncated === Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: annsan on TV Friday the 27th
Dave, Come over here, I've still got it in my Tivo CW - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 8:05 AM Subject: Re: annsan on TV Friday the 27th Will your video be on the website.?? I don't get the Discovery channel with my subscription here. Dave On 7/28/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David J Brooks wrote: I found the gamevia a google search.. Is Ann on there yet.?? Dave I was on Friday night at 6:30 pm on TV a On 7/28/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack Davis wrote: OK Ann, found you..and Ashley and I do seem to recall having seen your pic before. Ya take a good picture! Jack :) actually Amita took that one... - hehe I know, you meant ann --- Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry you won zip. Thought that was what I'd read, which was why I asked. I've looked over the images and headings including about us and blogs, but see no bios.(?) I'm helpless! Jack --- ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack Davis wrote: Ann, I watched Cash Cab yesterday evening (West coast version?) wherein a bright lady named Ann, along with a helpful gentleman, allegedly won a total of $800. Was I watching your performance? ;-) Jack Nope --- I was in the cab alone -- and won nothing but did stun some of my friends by answering a sports question correctly :) ain't you see enuff pics of me on pdml, jack? :) scroll down to my bio head shot on annsan.sugmug.com wish I HAD won $800 ann --- ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kenneth Waller wrote: So how much did she win? The grand total of -0- She didn't have the option of any shout outs. Kenneth Waller Actually I did -- but they didn't show them I had no clue about the question regarding sour milk - we did a street shout out and they guy was wrong... Also, I used my phone for an answer I knew very well but talked myself out of. So by the time we got to Judith Jamison vs Josephine Baker I had no options The first miss was nerves and misunderstanding the question - but I felt stupid nonetheless. sigh ann - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: annsan on TV Friday the 27th So how much did she win? Y. Rowe wrote: Talk about serendipity. I read your message just a few minutes before it aired. I grabbed my son and said, It's Ann from PDML! I played right along with you. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ann sanfedele Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 16:31 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT: annsan on TV Friday the 27th Sorry not to have been contributing enough altely guys -- It takes me ages to get even the simplest thing done these days and almost all my energy is put into things taht bring in some cash... but if you are in North America and want to see what I look like I'll be on a quiz show called CASH CAB - at 6:30 pm EDT - They only ask you first names... I'm probably going to look pretty silly but ahve a look if you are around a TV then Discovery Channel - whichs 18 in NYC TIme warner area In other news I won my division on Saturday in the Big Apple Scrabble Tourney I'll try to get back to Pentax and photo related comments in a week or two... I miss the puns, too :) xo to all ya guys, ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net === message truncated === Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.22/923 - Release Date: 7/27/2007 6:01 PM -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail
Re: Camera Projects (Pointless and otherwise)
Well lets se some shots of the rig. Cheers, Dave On 7/29/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I've just finished building a small project and I guess I'll make it a riddle. What does a Mamiya 402 a Radio Shack 272-244 a small project box, 2 inches of telephone wire, hot glue and solder make? OK so I'll make it a little clearer. The Radio Shack part is a 3/32 stereo plug. Still nothing, OK, the Mamiya 402 is a cable release adapter. So now you know, what it makes is a switch that accepts a standard cable release and activates the autofocus and fires the shutter on a Pentax DSLR. Now why would anyone want to make such a thing? Well it's relatively simple, I recently came into possession of a Pistol grip shoulder stock for a 35mm camera. it is very compact, breaks down into a very small package and has a built in cable release. A shoulder stock like this can give a stop of stability to hand held shots. To use it with a Pentax DSLR was a real PITA however. Nobody makes a such an adapter for Pentax cameras but most of these so I built one. It's not as pretty as it could be, but it seems to do the job. I can't wait to take it out tomorrow to try it out. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: annsan on TV Friday the 27th
David J Brooks wrote: Will your video be on the website.?? You mean Discovery Channel's site? No idea. Doubt it. I don't get the Discovery channel with my subscription here. Dave ahhh - well it is over now - and not that big a deal... If you are really curious I'll bring the DVD I hope to get to GFM next year - later a On 7/28/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David J Brooks wrote: I found the gamevia a google search.. Is Ann on there yet.?? Dave I was on Friday night at 6:30 pm on TV a On 7/28/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack Davis wrote: OK Ann, found you..and Ashley and I do seem to recall having seen your pic before. Ya take a good picture! Jack :) actually Amita took that one... - hehe I know, you meant ann --- Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry you won zip. Thought that was what I'd read, which was why I asked. I've looked over the images and headings including about us and blogs, but see no bios.(?) I'm helpless! Jack --- ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack Davis wrote: Ann, I watched Cash Cab yesterday evening (West coast version?) wherein a bright lady named Ann, along with a helpful gentleman, allegedly won a total of $800. Was I watching your performance? ;-) Jack Nope --- I was in the cab alone -- and won nothing but did stun some of my friends by answering a sports question correctly :) ain't you see enuff pics of me on pdml, jack? :) scroll down to my bio head shot on annsan.sugmug.com wish I HAD won $800 ann --- ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kenneth Waller wrote: So how much did she win? The grand total of -0- She didn't have the option of any shout outs. Kenneth Waller Actually I did -- but they didn't show them I had no clue about the question regarding sour milk - we did a street shout out and they guy was wrong... Also, I used my phone for an answer I knew very well but talked myself out of. So by the time we got to Judith Jamison vs Josephine Baker I had no options The first miss was nerves and misunderstanding the question - but I felt stupid nonetheless. sigh ann - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: annsan on TV Friday the 27th So how much did she win? Y. Rowe wrote: Talk about serendipity. I read your message just a few minutes before it aired. I grabbed my son and said, It's Ann from PDML! I played right along with you. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ann sanfedele Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 16:31 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT: annsan on TV Friday the 27th Sorry not to have been contributing enough altely guys -- It takes me ages to get even the simplest thing done these days and almost all my energy is put into things taht bring in some cash... but if you are in North America and want to see what I look like I'll be on a quiz show called CASH CAB - at 6:30 pm EDT - They only ask you first names... I'm probably going to look pretty silly but ahve a look if you are around a TV then Discovery Channel - whichs 18 in NYC TIme warner area In other news I won my division on Saturday in the Big Apple Scrabble Tourney I'll try to get back to Pentax and photo related comments in a week or two... I miss the puns, too :) xo to all ya guys, ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net === message truncated === Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/
Re: Camera Projects (Pointless and otherwise)
I'll have to put something together. (It has that sloppy money with a soldering iron look). David Savage wrote: Well lets se some shots of the rig. Cheers, Dave On 7/29/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I've just finished building a small project and I guess I'll make it a riddle. What does a Mamiya 402 a Radio Shack 272-244 a small project box, 2 inches of telephone wire, hot glue and solder make? OK so I'll make it a little clearer. The Radio Shack part is a 3/32 stereo plug. Still nothing, OK, the Mamiya 402 is a cable release adapter. So now you know, what it makes is a switch that accepts a standard cable release and activates the autofocus and fires the shutter on a Pentax DSLR. Now why would anyone want to make such a thing? Well it's relatively simple, I recently came into possession of a Pistol grip shoulder stock for a 35mm camera. it is very compact, breaks down into a very small package and has a built in cable release. A shoulder stock like this can give a stop of stability to hand held shots. To use it with a Pentax DSLR was a real PITA however. Nobody makes a such an adapter for Pentax cameras but most of these so I built one. It's not as pretty as it could be, but it seems to do the job. I can't wait to take it out tomorrow to try it out. -- The difference between Microsoft and 'Jurassic Park': In one, a mad businessman makes a lot of money with beasts that should be extinct. The other is a film. -- Unattributed -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: 500mm M42 Pentax Manual Lens
Walter Hamler wrote: Thanks PJ. I was offered one that is pretty clean (not SMC) for 900.00. Seemed a little high to me! Walt I paid ~450 USD for one 6 or 7 years ago - it was a nice lens, I sold it when I got the A* 400 f2.8. I don't know if the $900 figure reflects today's market or not - lens prices fluctuate a lot. - MCC -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Isopropanol on f-screen
Roman wrote: Isopropanol had killed a focusing screen of my *istDL. While it doesnt affect the image camera makes I regret I applied Isopropanol, or Kinetronics PCS liquid on focusing screen. They had warning against using it with contact lenses. I should have thought f-screen may be of alike materials. PCS is too aggressive and had melted the surface of the f-screen. :-( If it's any consolation - I did the same thing with a Pz-1p a few years back. :-( is right... - MCC -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re:
On 7/28/07, Sandra Hermann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/698154/display/9710380 The boy has good taste in cars. :-) -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO - Cool Down
I shot this at a wedding I was doing yesterday. The day was very warm and as the evening wore on, she decided to have a quick cool down in the pool. Pentax K10D, Tamron 90/2.8 Macro, Handheld ISO 100, 1/60 sec @ f/8.0 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4839.htm Comments welcom -- Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re:
On 29/7/07, Mat Maessen, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/698154/display/9710380 The boy has good taste in cars. :-) The boy? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
GESO - A few shots from Allegan
Yesterday Bill Sawyer came over to this side of the state, and we visited the Allegan Forest - a 50,000 acre public game area - looking for the rare Karner Blue butterfly. No luck with the Karners - we may have missed them for this year. But we did tour several areas of the 'forest' (which is under very active logging by the state these days) and encountered various other bugs, birds, and even a very curious blue tailed skink (who unfortunately was way too fast for the camera...) The forest was remarkably empty for a Saturday and we encountered no-one, and only visited one spot where someone was randomly shooting nearby. A few bug shots - mostly dragonflies - from the day are here: http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/stream08.htm The last shot is a found composition from the Valley of Shot Up Appliances... - MCC -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OTish: Rodinal/Agefix keeping time, and how to know if they are still good?
I'm still shooting and developing BW as well. I bought a few liters of Rodinal when Agfa went under, all in 500ml bottles. From what I've read, it will last a long time. It's one of my favorite developers, so I haven't been giving it a chance to sit around in opened bottles. AFAIK, the sealed bottles will last indefinitely. I also use HC-110, which is similarly reputed to last a very long time. I use it less frequently and have used concentrate that was almost 1 year out of date with no problems - the development times per dilution and temp were consistent with fresh concentrate. However, the oldest bottle of HC110 got a bit chunky towards the end - as if something was starting to precipitate out. It also turned a slightly darker color. One experience I had - when I inherited my father's photo gear, there was lots of chemistry that was decades old. I used the half bottle of rapid fixer (concentrate) and it worked fine. (Of course -with fixer, improperly fixed film may look fine for a while but it's been a few years and everything seems OK.) He had powder developer in cans and those mixed up great - indistinguishable from brand new. However, almost everything in the paper/foil packets that was over 10 years old or so had some degree of a brown tint to it. The Microdol (which usually is a little brown anyhow) and D76 worked fine. I mixed up some dektol and it was the color of cola - but worked OK as a film developer, and despite the color was consistent with the development times for D72 (which it is very similar to.) Of the chemistry I have on hand, I'm most concerned about the HC110 and the stuff in paper/foil packets (I bought a big lot of D76 off ebay a few years ago.) But odds are everything will out last me. - MCC Toralf Lund wrote: Anyhow, I was just wondering if any of you lot have any opinions on the *actual* shelf life of photo chemicals, notably Rodinal developer and Agefix fixer. I mean, I know what the official white-papers and various other resources on the web will tell you, but I suspect the figures given are generally very pessimistic. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re:
On 29/7/07, Mat Maessen, discombobulated, unleashed: s/boy/child. Sorry, I'm a bit slow this morning. Bloody motorcyclists ;-)) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re:
On 7/29/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 29/7/07, Mat Maessen, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/698154/display/9710380 The boy has good taste in cars. :-) The boy? s/boy/child. Sorry, I'm a bit slow this morning. -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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On 7/29/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bloody motorcyclists ;-)) Damn cagers! :-D -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Isopropanol on f-screen
Mark Cassino wrote: Roman wrote: Isopropanol had killed a focusing screen of my *istDL. While it doesnt affect the image camera makes I regret I applied Isopropanol, or Kinetronics PCS liquid on focusing screen. They had warning against using it with contact lenses. I should have thought f-screen may be of alike materials. PCS is too aggressive and had melted the surface of the f-screen. :-( If it's any consolation - I did the same thing with a Pz-1p a few years back. :-( is right... - MCC Phew! I have something called Ultra Clarity It is great for my eyeglasses... fortunately I used it only ONCE on my LCD screen... thanks for the heads up guys! ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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The shirt actually costs more than everything else in her wardrobe She will drive a real honest to God vehicle when she grows up something made by jeep... :) ~ http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/698154 From: Mat Maessen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:27:15 -0400 On 7/29/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bloody motorcyclists ;-)) Damn cagers! :-D -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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On 29/7/07, Sandra Hermann, discombobulated, unleashed: She will drive a real honest to God vehicle when she grows up something made by jeep... :) ~ Excellent. I had a CJ7 once and loved it. I vow to restore a CJ5 before I die -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
help me with 540 flash?
hi guys, I'm sure this is a quick and easy question for you to answer, but I'm a bit of a flash newbie and apparently even the manual is proving too difficult for me to master. Working with my new flash on Saturday, I managed to get it doing trailing curtain flash on two separate occasions. But I was trying a lot of things, so I don't know what I did, other than sliding the little sync switch back and forth between the 4 sync options. All I know is it stopped working on Saturday night and I haven't been able to get it to start working again. I've switched it off and on, and slid the switch back and forth (the icon on the lcd screen does not change, and the flash certainly doesn't do the right thing). I've even toggled through the different modes. Hopefully someone takes pity on me soon and tells me the secret password :). Thanks, --skye -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: help me with 540 flash?
Have you set the flash symbol/slow in the camera's FN menu? If so, next, press the OK button twice. Press the flash symbol/UP button. Flash trailing curtain sync mode appears to be the second stop from the left. Hope helps. My K10D has been sent to Pentax for repair, so can't dbl check it. Jack --- skye pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi guys, I'm sure this is a quick and easy question for you to answer, but I'm a bit of a flash newbie and apparently even the manual is proving too difficult for me to master. Working with my new flash on Saturday, I managed to get it doing trailing curtain flash on two separate occasions. But I was trying a lot of things, so I don't know what I did, other than sliding the little sync switch back and forth between the 4 sync options. All I know is it stopped working on Saturday night and I haven't been able to get it to start working again. I've switched it off and on, and slid the switch back and forth (the icon on the lcd screen does not change, and the flash certainly doesn't do the right thing). I've even toggled through the different modes. Hopefully someone takes pity on me soon and tells me the secret password :). Thanks, --skye -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Isopropanol on f-screen
On 29/07/07, Roman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isopropanol had killed a focusing screen of my *istDL. While it doesnt affect the image camera makes I regret I applied Isopropanol, or Kinetronics PCS liquid on focusing screen. They had warning against using it with contact lenses. I should have thought f-screen may be of alike materials. PCS is too aggressive and had melted the surface of the f-screen. The fragility of focus screens has been discussed recently in other forums as people seem to be damaging them. Personally I wouldn't touch one with anything more aggressive than plain soap and distilled water. There has been conjecture that they may be molded from polystyrene, in that case contact from as little as remnant citrus oils on your fingers could cause permanent damage. Best option is to firstly not get them dirty and secondly use nothing stronger than compressed air to clean them. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - A few shots from Allegan
On Jul 29, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: A few bug shots - mostly dragonflies - from the day are here: http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/stream08.htm The last shot is a found composition from the Valley of Shot Up Appliances... Do you have any special secret for getting so close to dragonflies? The ones around here are so skittish that I am never able to get really close to them. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
Went down hard in the rain on Thursday. Started raining part way through the ride and lost the front wheel without warning (isn't that always the way with low-side crashes -- not that it's possible to high-side a bicycle as far as I know...) Anyway, no really bad injuries. Chipped the end of the 5th metacarpal on my left hand (and bruised virtually every muscle in the hand). Lotsa road rash on the left knee. Bruised hip shoulder. VERY battered (but not broken) ribs. 8 stitches on forehead over left eye. Helmet probably saved me from serious head injuries. It's in the trash now. So I spent Thursday afternoon in the emergency room didn't climb LaPlata on Friday (weather would have scuttled that anyway.) Back in the Burgh now and doing quite well. Hope to be able to resume running in a few days and biking as soon as my hand's out of the splint/cast. So you won't hear much from me for a bit: This one-handed typing sucks! ;-) Knarf: PHONE me for computer help. It'd take me hours to type stuff out! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - A few shots from Allegan
Nice bug shots. Nice collection of brass... Mark Cassino wrote: Yesterday Bill Sawyer came over to this side of the state, and we visited the Allegan Forest - a 50,000 acre public game area - looking for the rare Karner Blue butterfly. No luck with the Karners - we may have missed them for this year. But we did tour several areas of the 'forest' (which is under very active logging by the state these days) and encountered various other bugs, birds, and even a very curious blue tailed skink (who unfortunately was way too fast for the camera...) The forest was remarkably empty for a Saturday and we encountered no-one, and only visited one spot where someone was randomly shooting nearby. A few bug shots - mostly dragonflies - from the day are here: http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/stream08.htm The last shot is a found composition from the Valley of Shot Up Appliances... - MCC -- The difference between Microsoft and 'Jurassic Park': In one, a mad businessman makes a lot of money with beasts that should be extinct. The other is a film. -- Unattributed -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Update from Colorado
From: Kenneth Waller I don't know why but my oxygen processing ability seems to be adapting much quicker this trip than it ever has before. I recall reading a while ago that repeated exposure to higher elevations has the effect of lessening the effects one experiences @ those elevations. My experiences seems to have born that out. My first time to Denver I experienced the usual - headaches, slight disorientation etc. recent trips there have had no negative effects at all. Except that I'd expect it to get better every time I went then, and that's not been my experience. First time up to the top of Pikes Peak I had no noticeable high-altitude symptoms, the second time I did, and the third time I did; not as severe as the second time but more than the first time ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Power converters and transformers/Summary
From: Bob Blakely So... You guys use the same power standards as the..., ah... French, eh? Regards, Bob Blakely Equal opportunity Insults, Inc. I thought the French used the same ones the Germans use? Isn't it standardized across the Euro Union? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: help me with 540 flash?
Thanks! Well, the flash is working again (I went back and read the bit in the manual that says you have to half press the shutter before the lcd screen will change. I really swear I did that, but it was dark and ... well, maybe I did, and maybe I didn't. Obviously I need much more practice to be able to function in the heat of the moment). Good luck on your k10d - I am about to send mine off on Monday so I sympathise. The rest of the flash practice will be carried out in its absence with the D. :) --skye On 7/29/07, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you set the flash symbol/slow in the camera's FN menu? If so, next, press the OK button twice. Press the flash symbol/UP button. Flash trailing curtain sync mode appears to be the second stop from the left. Hope helps. My K10D has been sent to Pentax for repair, so can't dbl check it. Jack --- skye pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi guys, I'm sure this is a quick and easy question for you to answer, but I'm a bit of a flash newbie and apparently even the manual is proving too difficult for me to master. Working with my new flash on Saturday, I managed to get it doing trailing curtain flash on two separate occasions. But I was trying a lot of things, so I don't know what I did, other than sliding the little sync switch back and forth between the 4 sync options. All I know is it stopped working on Saturday night and I haven't been able to get it to start working again. I've switched it off and on, and slid the switch back and forth (the icon on the lcd screen does not change, and the flash certainly doesn't do the right thing). I've even toggled through the different modes. Hopefully someone takes pity on me soon and tells me the secret password :). Thanks, --skye -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
So sorry to hear about the crash. Hope that you mend quickly and can get back to full activity. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, July 29, 2007, 5:16:41 PM, you wrote: MR Went down hard in the rain on Thursday. Started raining part way MR through the ride and lost the front wheel without warning (isn't that MR always the way with low-side crashes -- not that it's possible to MR high-side a bicycle as far as I know...) MR Anyway, no really bad injuries. Chipped the end of the 5th metacarpal MR on my left hand (and bruised virtually every muscle in the hand). Lotsa MR road rash on the left knee. Bruised hip shoulder. VERY battered (but MR not broken) ribs. 8 stitches on forehead over left eye. Helmet probably MR saved me from serious head injuries. It's in the trash now. MR So I spent Thursday afternoon in the emergency room didn't climb MR LaPlata on Friday (weather would have scuttled that anyway.) MR Back in the Burgh now and doing quite well. Hope to be able to resume MR running in a few days and biking as soon as my hand's out of the MR splint/cast. MR So you won't hear much from me for a bit: This one-handed typing sucks! MR ;-) MR Knarf: PHONE me for computer help. It'd take me hours to type stuff out! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO: In the Berkshires
We were in the Berkshires, in western Massachusetts, last weekend for an annual reunion of college friends. We stayed at a BB that had once been a farm, which provided a few shooting opportunities. For example: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6248502size=lg The sun was in and out of the clouds; for this shot I waited until it was playing on the leaves of the tree, but not on the tractor or grass. Comments welcome! Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545433 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
flash and k10 d ?
From: Sandra Hermann I am being told if I use a flash on my k10d that is not made for this camera it will mess up the camera and it will not be fixable. is this true, or just a sales ploy? Depends on the flash and what kind of trigger voltage it delivers thru the hot shoe. If it's less than 30V it *should* be safe. OTOH, the K10D is only designed to work with the AF-360FGZ and the AF-540FGZ. I couldn't get it to work with my AF-500FTZ; never could get it to expose properly. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Cool Down
Nice, Bruce! It's been so hot and sticky in Philly lately that cool pix are most welcome! Rick --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I shot this at a wedding I was doing yesterday. The day was very warm and as the evening wore on, she decided to have a quick cool down in the pool. Pentax K10D, Tamron 90/2.8 Macro, Handheld ISO 100, 1/60 sec @ f/8.0 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4839.htm Comments welcom -- Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Camera Projects (Pointless and otherwise)
From: P. J. Alling I'll have to put something together. (It has that sloppy money with a soldering iron look). David Savage wrote: Well lets se some shots of the rig. You're not a programmer are you? The most dangerous thing in the whole world is a programmer with a soldering iron in his hand. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
k10d/af-540fgz, trailing curtain and pseudo-softbox
It's been difficult to find the time to experiment with the flash in the past few weeks, but last night I took it out to the park and tried taking photos of the lantern festival. I put the few that I took right before the flash stopped working (or before I hit a button and stopped being able to do trailing curtain flash). Unfortunately everything went to hell before I was able to take any photos of lanterns, which was my whole reason for trying this setup out. http://www.photoskye.com/gallery/3228408 Since these are my first few public attempts at flash photography, I'm looking for comments more on the flash part of the photography and less to do with how crappy the composition is (this is why I didn't mark this as a geso :), but hey I'll take all the comments people are willing to deliver. Two notes: 1) not having anything to bounce against, and not wanting to blind folks, I fashioned a stupid-looking softbox (or diffuser?) out of a large piece of stiff felt folded in half and the edges taped over the flash. The flash shooting straight up into the felt produced a lit 8.5x11 inch rectangle, mostly, although there was a brighter spot in the middle. It also made it so I had to be quite close to (within 6ft of) the subject. I do have instructions on abetterbouncecard.com, so I'll be practicing that over the next few weeks or so. 2) since my k10d's onboard camera flash gave out (it's going back for repair next week), and due to the lack of time and resources, I really haven't been able to experiment much. I *think* the softbox worked better than not having it (other than drawing undesirable attention). At the very least, I was able to avoid blinding most of my subjects that night. PS: by the way, if you get to these after Tuesday I will have added many more photos into this directory which will have nothing to do with the flash. Sorry. I'll try and remember to add a flash keyword so you can just search for those. Thanks for the help, --skye -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
OUCH! (Beer helps the pain!) Rick --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Went down hard in the rain on Thursday. Started raining part way through the ride and lost the front wheel without warning (isn't that always the way with low-side crashes -- not that it's possible to high-side a bicycle as far as I know...) Anyway, no really bad injuries. Chipped the end of the 5th metacarpal on my left hand (and bruised virtually every muscle in the hand). Lotsa road rash on the left knee. Bruised hip shoulder. VERY battered (but not broken) ribs. 8 stitches on forehead over left eye. Helmet probably saved me from serious head injuries. It's in the trash now. So I spent Thursday afternoon in the emergency room didn't climb LaPlata on Friday (weather would have scuttled that anyway.) Back in the Burgh now and doing quite well. Hope to be able to resume running in a few days and biking as soon as my hand's out of the splint/cast. So you won't hear much from me for a bit: This one-handed typing sucks! ;-) Knarf: PHONE me for computer help. It'd take me hours to type stuff out! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Camera Projects (Pointless and otherwise)
Software engineer... Soldering iron and a hot glue gun Bwahahahaha John Sessoms wrote: From: P. J. Alling I'll have to put something together. (It has that sloppy money with a soldering iron look). David Savage wrote: Well lets se some shots of the rig. You're not a programmer are you? The most dangerous thing in the whole world is a programmer with a soldering iron in his hand. -- The difference between Microsoft and 'Jurassic Park': In one, a mad businessman makes a lot of money with beasts that should be extinct. The other is a film. -- Unattributed -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - A few shots from Allegan
Bob Shell wrote: Do you have any special secret for getting so close to dragonflies? The ones around here are so skittish that I am never able to get really close to them. Well, equipment helps - a 200mm macro, with the crop factor of the K10D or *ist-D, lets you shoot from 2.5 to 3 feet away - that's a huge help vs a 100 mm macro which, of course, would require you to get twice as close. That said, I always get low on the subject and crawl up to it from a low position - hard on the knees, but less likely to spook the subject. In addition, perching dragonflies - the pennants, meadowhawks, skimmers, - will usually return to the same perch. So when they fly off just when you get them in focus, just sit still and wait for them to return. That does not work with darners, clubtails, and other non-perching dragonflies. Move when they move. If the dragonfly is perched on a stalk of grass, and is bouncing around in the wind, it will have a hard time distinguishing you from the background - unless you are wearing plaid or some bright color. Lastly - patience. That Halloween pennant that Bill and I shot just could not sit still for a long time. Suddenly it decided that it was at the best perch, and just stopped. He kept returning to the same place time and time again. I had followed him for some time before that, so he obviously just reached the conclusion that we were harmless, and just started to ignore us. But - shooting bugs is basically a form of hunting, and patience is a part of that. HTH - MCC -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: In the Berkshires
Pretty cool shot. I like the lighting you so patiently captured. It does feel just a bit shifted for the subject - essentially the leaves so close to the tractor and so much foreground. Perhaps a slight crop off the bottom would be nice. Good eye there! -- Bruce Sunday, July 29, 2007, 6:09:42 PM, you wrote: RW We were in the Berkshires, in western Massachusetts, RW last weekend for an annual reunion of college friends. RW We stayed at a BB that had once been a farm, which RW provided a few shooting opportunities. For example: RW http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6248502size=lg RW The sun was in and out of the clouds; for this shot I RW waited until it was playing on the leaves of the tree, RW but not on the tractor or grass. RW Comments welcome! RW Rick RW http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW RW RW Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from RW someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. RW http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545433 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Cool Down
Glad that I could oblige grin. -- Bruce Sunday, July 29, 2007, 6:13:06 PM, you wrote: RW Nice, Bruce! RW It's been so hot and sticky in Philly lately that cool RW pix are most welcome! RW Rick RW --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I shot this at a wedding I was doing yesterday. The day was very warm and as the evening wore on, she decided to have a quick cool down in the pool. Pentax K10D, Tamron 90/2.8 Macro, Handheld ISO 100, 1/60 sec @ f/8.0 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4839.htm Comments welcom -- Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net RW http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW RW Ready for the edge of your seat? RW Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. RW http://tv.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - A few shots from Allegan
Fabulous. Great work. Thanks for sharing. Paul On Jul 29, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: Yesterday Bill Sawyer came over to this side of the state, and we visited the Allegan Forest - a 50,000 acre public game area - looking for the rare Karner Blue butterfly. No luck with the Karners - we may have missed them for this year. But we did tour several areas of the 'forest' (which is under very active logging by the state these days) and encountered various other bugs, birds, and even a very curious blue tailed skink (who unfortunately was way too fast for the camera...) The forest was remarkably empty for a Saturday and we encountered no-one, and only visited one spot where someone was randomly shooting nearby. A few bug shots - mostly dragonflies - from the day are here: http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/stream08.htm The last shot is a found composition from the Valley of Shot Up Appliances... - MCC -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PDML Bicycle Crash Epidemic Continues (was: Update from Colorado)
Rick Womer wrote: OUCH! (Beer helps the pain!) So does Glenlivet... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - A few shots from Allegan
One footnote to dragonfly shooting: Like most of us, they slow down late in the day. I've seen them perch for ten minutes or more in late afternoon. That's when you nail them:-). Paul On Jul 29, 2007, at 10:16 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: Bob Shell wrote: Do you have any special secret for getting so close to dragonflies? The ones around here are so skittish that I am never able to get really close to them. Well, equipment helps - a 200mm macro, with the crop factor of the K10D or *ist-D, lets you shoot from 2.5 to 3 feet away - that's a huge help vs a 100 mm macro which, of course, would require you to get twice as close. That said, I always get low on the subject and crawl up to it from a low position - hard on the knees, but less likely to spook the subject. In addition, perching dragonflies - the pennants, meadowhawks, skimmers, - will usually return to the same perch. So when they fly off just when you get them in focus, just sit still and wait for them to return. That does not work with darners, clubtails, and other non-perching dragonflies. Move when they move. If the dragonfly is perched on a stalk of grass, and is bouncing around in the wind, it will have a hard time distinguishing you from the background - unless you are wearing plaid or some bright color. Lastly - patience. That Halloween pennant that Bill and I shot just could not sit still for a long time. Suddenly it decided that it was at the best perch, and just stopped. He kept returning to the same place time and time again. I had followed him for some time before that, so he obviously just reached the conclusion that we were harmless, and just started to ignore us. But - shooting bugs is basically a form of hunting, and patience is a part of that. HTH - MCC -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Re:
- Original Message - From: Sandra Hermann Subject: Re: The shirt actually costs more than everything else in her wardrobe She will drive a real honest to God vehicle when she grows up something made by jeep... :) ~ My Titan did very well for me when I was lost in the desert in Utah.. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Pentax 540 flash external battery pack
I bought the external battery pack for the 540 flash. It's the unit made by Pentax that takes six C-cells. I forget the designation, but it's easy to find at BH. I thought I was going to shoot some weddings, but hadn't done so until now. Today, I finally did. I shot about 700 frames, at least half of them flash. The pack held out right to the end, and it was only in the final few shots that I noticed that recycling had slowed. Very good. I like it. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Pentax 540 flash external battery pack
That's good to know. I have a Quantum Battery 2, but I believe it's the wrong voltage for the 540. Paul On Jul 29, 2007, at 10:51 PM, max mcrae wrote: I have two Quantum Turbo Z's that I used with the 500ftz, and want to use them with the new flash, but Quantum hasn't tested one yet and won't confirm if they are compatible. I took the risk and hooked one up anyway, and it worked fine. Flash operated perfectly. and recycle was pretty much instantaneous I hope I haven't done any damage, but I didn't want to buy yet another battery pack when I have two perfectly good ones already. I just wish Quantum would get their A into G and test the bloody thing. Max Paul said: I bought the external battery pack for the 540 flash. It's the unit made by Pentax that takes six C-cells. I forget the designation, but it's easy to find at BH. I thought I was going to shoot some weddings, but hadn't done so until now. Today, I finally did. I shot about 700 frames, at least half of them flash. The pack held out right to the end, and it was only in the final few shots that I noticed that recycling had slowed. Very good. I like it. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Pentax 540 flash external battery pack
I have two Quantum Turbo Z's that I used with the 500ftz, and want to use them with the new flash, but Quantum hasn't tested one yet and won't confirm if they are compatible. I took the risk and hooked one up anyway, and it worked fine. Flash operated perfectly. and recycle was pretty much instantaneous I hope I haven't done any damage, but I didn't want to buy yet another battery pack when I have two perfectly good ones already. I just wish Quantum would get their A into G and test the bloody thing. Max Paul said: I bought the external battery pack for the 540 flash. It's the unit made by Pentax that takes six C-cells. I forget the designation, but it's easy to find at BH. I thought I was going to shoot some weddings, but hadn't done so until now. Today, I finally did. I shot about 700 frames, at least half of them flash. The pack held out right to the end, and it was only in the final few shots that I noticed that recycling had slowed. Very good. I like it. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: In the Berkshires
On 7/29/07, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We were in the Berkshires, in western Massachusetts, last weekend for an annual reunion of college friends. We stayed at a BB that had once been a farm, which provided a few shooting opportunities. For example: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6248502size=lg Welcome to one of the most beautiful parts of the country, at one of the most beautiful times of the year. Okay, maybe I'm a bit biased. But I've never seen anything like the magic hour light in the mid- to late-summer up here in eastern NY and western MA. Hmmm, forecast for Tuesday looks sunny. I think I might have to pack the DS2 into the tailbag on the bike and take the long way home from work... -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Update from Colorado
First time up to the top of Pikes Peak I had no noticeable high-altitude symptoms, the second time I did, and the third time I did; not as severe as the second time but more than the first time ... Had you been in Colorado for an equal amount of time before each trip up Pikes Peak? Kenneth Waller tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 8:40 PM Subject: Re: Update from Colorado From: Kenneth Waller I don't know why but my oxygen processing ability seems to be adapting much quicker this trip than it ever has before. I recall reading a while ago that repeated exposure to higher elevations has the effect of lessening the effects one experiences @ those elevations. My experiences seems to have born that out. My first time to Denver I experienced the usual - headaches, slight disorientation etc. recent trips there have had no negative effects at all. Except that I'd expect it to get better every time I went then, and that's not been my experience. First time up to the top of Pikes Peak I had no noticeable high-altitude symptoms, the second time I did, and the third time I did; not as severe as the second time but more than the first time ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO -- Egret Fishing
Took my new rig into the woods, effective focal length 510mm (765mm for rule of thumb purposes). Shutter speed 1/400. Not too bad, but severe bloom around the Egret. I wasn't the steadiest today too much coffee. Still managed to get mostly shake free long telephoto shots even with shutter speeds down to 1/100. But this one was one of the more interesting shots. (I didn't get the Osprey in the air, I didn't see it until it was too far away). http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20egretfishing.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 w/smc F 1.7x AF converter. -- The difference between Microsoft and 'Jurassic Park': In one, a mad businessman makes a lot of money with beasts that should be extinct. The other is a film. -- Unattributed -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Camera Projects (Pointless and otherwise)
Here ya go, a short story, with technical detail, and more information than you actually ever wanted. http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/special/Hardware%20Hack_Mechanical%20Cable%20Release%20for%20Pentax%20DSLRs.html or use tinyurl http://tinyurl.com/2hgsrc* *and a PESO using it* *http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20egretfishing.html* * David Savage wrote: Well lets se some shots of the rig. Cheers, Dave On 7/29/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I've just finished building a small project and I guess I'll make it a riddle. What does a Mamiya 402 a Radio Shack 272-244 a small project box, 2 inches of telephone wire, hot glue and solder make? OK so I'll make it a little clearer. The Radio Shack part is a 3/32 stereo plug. Still nothing, OK, the Mamiya 402 is a cable release adapter. So now you know, what it makes is a switch that accepts a standard cable release and activates the autofocus and fires the shutter on a Pentax DSLR. Now why would anyone want to make such a thing? Well it's relatively simple, I recently came into possession of a Pistol grip shoulder stock for a 35mm camera. it is very compact, breaks down into a very small package and has a built in cable release. A shoulder stock like this can give a stop of stability to hand held shots. To use it with a Pentax DSLR was a real PITA however. Nobody makes a such an adapter for Pentax cameras but most of these so I built one. It's not as pretty as it could be, but it seems to do the job. I can't wait to take it out tomorrow to try it out. -- The difference between Microsoft and 'Jurassic Park': In one, a mad businessman makes a lot of money with beasts that should be extinct. The other is a film. -- Unattributed -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
