Re: PESO: Liftoff
Thanks Jostein, No I didn't delete it. No idea why I like it (maybe for the reasons you mentioned) and maybe because I didn't compose it or planned it. The consensus seems to be to delete it, Pentax gallery declined it in a record time and now I'm sure: it's printing big and going on the wall. On 8/8/07, AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Toine, Chiming in very late. Hope you haven't deleted it yet. :-) I think it's a keeper for many reasons. It has a decent composition with the triangle between the sharp horizontal line and the escaping bug. It is immediately obvious what is going on, and still it is a bit abstract. The distinction between OOF and motion blur is notable, but they work together because of the good sharpness on the in-focus line. It has very pleasant colours, and the OOF areas are soft and nice too. cheers, Jostein 2007/7/28, Toine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: For this peso I really need your advice (thumbs up or down) http://leende.net/peso/20070728 A total surprise. Normally I delete blurred shots but this one looks like a keeper. -- Toine http://leende.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Toine http://leende.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Accidental
On Aug 10, 2007, at 1:39 PM, Christian wrote: I found this guy in my backyard http://tinyurl.com/36h4fp Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) native to Australia, photographed in Germantown, Maryland, USA He looked really tired! I'll have to see if I can find wild budgies in Australia next month... perhaps this specimen had escaped from his cage? - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Blues Singer
You have captured some nice personality in that shot. Nice job! -- Bruce Thursday, August 9, 2007, 5:56:06 AM, you wrote: ft My PESO Jazz Trumpeter was of my friend Tim Hamel. Like every jazz ft guy I know, he plays in several bands, some jazz, some not. ft The aforementioned photo of Tim was taken as he was playing in Laura ft Hubert's band. She's a wonderful Blues/Jazz singer (note I put ft blues first) based here in Toronto. ft I hope her sense of humour comes out in this photo: ft http://tinyurl.com/28msse ft http://bp0.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RrnLQbMIuBI/AiY/gXHLKIX4h6Q/s1600-h/aug_8+002.jpg ft Comments always welcome. ft cheers, ft frank ft -- ft Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yea for me! (here are the entries)
Okay, here are the three I entered. The orchid got the Best in Show award. The bridge shot was a last minute add. I wasn't going to enter that one initially as I had a b/w landscape I had wanted to enter in its place. It didn't place which doesn't suprise me as the composition is a little, well, all over the place. http://www.primelensphoto.com/fair/index.html -Brendan --- syb vis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No I have not seen it yet. Where can I find them? Sorry, I am always a bit more fanatic to see awardwinning pictures... Syb 2007/8/10, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED]: --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brendan MacRae wrote: So, I had three prints entered in the photography competition at the Nevada County Fair. One of my landscapes got a second place in the Professional category and another got Best in Show for Pro Color Photos. Congratulations! Now show us the photos. So we can hate you, of course ;-) Thanks! You guys have seen them already. One is a macro shot of an orchid with water droplets the other a landscape on the Yuba river. -Brendan Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activities+for+kidscs=bz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
On 8/10/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Accuracy is for the unimaginative:-)). I'll remember that next time someone says I missed the focus. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Accuracy is for the unimaginative Good one! Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
I bought a WhiBal card because there are times when it would be useful to have a reliable white/gray/black reference in a test frame when I'm doing post processing. I never manually set a white balance in the camera, it's a waste of time unless you're using JPEG capture, and I only use RAW capture. If I need to calibrate a camera for accuracy, a gray card isn't going to be much use... G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yea for me! (here are the entries)
Very nice! I like what you do with water. The sparklink drops on the orchid, and the quasi-frosen water in the creeks... Deserved to be a winner! Syb 2007/8/10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Very nice work. A well-deserved win. I remember seeing the bridge. Paul -- Original message -- From: Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] Okay, here are the three I entered. The orchid got the Best in Show award. The bridge shot was a last minute add. I wasn't going to enter that one initially as I had a b/w landscape I had wanted to enter in its place. It didn't place which doesn't suprise me as the composition is a little, well, all over the place. http://www.primelensphoto.com/fair/index.html -Brendan --- syb vis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No I have not seen it yet. Where can I find them? Sorry, I am always a bit more fanatic to see awardwinning pictures... Syb 2007/8/10, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED]: --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brendan MacRae wrote: So, I had three prints entered in the photography competition at the Nevada County Fair. One of my landscapes got a second place in the Professional category and another got Best in Show for Pro Color Photos. Congratulations! Now show us the photos. So we can hate you, of course ;-) Thanks! You guys have seen them already. One is a macro shot of an orchid with water droplets the other a landscape on the Yuba river. -Brendan Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activities+for+kidscs=bz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- 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 -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
On 8/10/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: Recommendations for digital grey card I'll remember that next time someone says I missed the focus. You miss the focus sometimes??? I miss my hair sometimes. Look in a mirror, that should help.:-) Dave ww -- 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: Recommendations for digital grey card
On 8/11/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: Recommendations for digital grey card I'll remember that next time someone says I missed the focus. You miss the focus sometimes??? I miss my hair sometimes. ww ...when your trying to comb it? Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yea for me! (here are the entries)
Funny, but if I were judging I like the first one ... yuba ? ... much more than the orchid, with the bridge scene coming in second. Such is the caprice of judging... G On Aug 10, 2007, at 8:59 AM, Brendan MacRae wrote: Okay, here are the three I entered. The orchid got the Best in Show award. The bridge shot was a last minute add. I wasn't going to enter that one initially as I had a b/w landscape I had wanted to enter in its place. It didn't place which doesn't suprise me as the composition is a little, well, all over the place. http://www.primelensphoto.com/fair/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
I found that with the DS body that the metering calibration for RAW format capture was off by between .3-.7 EV, no matter what the lighting. In bright circumstances, and low ISO settings, I nearly always needed to add .3EV ... at ISO 400-800 and low light, tungsten illumination, I needed to set .7EV. The K10D does much better in this regard, I'm much more of the time at 0 to +.3EV. White balance should be of no consequence, although it's possible that changing the white balance somehow affects the metering calibration ... dunno. Although it is true that imaging and metering sensors are more sensitive to light in the red/IR range than in the green/blue range, and incandescent light is shifted way into the red range, so maybe the adjustment to WB could affect it in that way somehow... Godfrey On Aug 10, 2007, at 9:12 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: There is one type of lighting where I found it useful to set the WB manually, while shooting RAW. While shooting in low ncandescent light, if I use the auto white balance, the images turn to be way underexposed when the balance is corrected. (this is on *istDS) It may be possible to do exposure compensation instead, but I haven't tried this yet. I bought a WhiBal card because there are times when it would be useful to have a reliable white/gray/black reference in a test frame when I'm doing post processing. I never manually set a white balance in the camera, it's a waste of time unless you're using JPEG capture, and I only use RAW capture. If I need to calibrate a camera for accuracy, a gray card isn't going to be much use... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
On 8/11/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Savage wrote: On 8/10/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Accuracy is for the unimaginative:-)). I'll remember that next time someone says I missed the focus. You miss the focus sometimes??? Yep. For example portraits with the tip of the nose (or the ears) pin sharp. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
David Savage wrote: On 8/10/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Accuracy is for the unimaginative:-)). I'll remember that next time someone says I missed the focus. You miss the focus sometimes??? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF
On 2007-08-10, at 13:29, P. J. Alling wrote: The US branch of Pentax still considers it a current product. It could be old stock or the could still be making them. Each distributor is semi-independent and only supplies it's market with what they think will sell. http://www.pentaximaging.com/products/product_details/camera_lens-- smc_P-FA_600mm_F4.0_ED_%28IF%29/reqID--3068/subsection-- Digital_35mm_telephoto Both FA* 600/4 and FA* 300/2.8 are listed as current on Japanese Pentax site, just 600/4 is available only by order: http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/en/lens/ Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
- Original Message - From: Igor Roshchin Subject: Re: Recommendations for digital grey card The main inconvenience is that you need to do some house chores before that towel becomes gray. :-D It's only a problem if the wife is inefficient G WW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: Recommendations for digital grey card I'll remember that next time someone says I missed the focus. You miss the focus sometimes??? I miss my hair sometimes. ww -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
There is one type of lighting where I found it useful to set the WB manually, while shooting RAW. While shooting in low ncandescent light, if I use the auto white balance, the images turn to be way underexposed when the balance is corrected. (this is on *istDS) It may be possible to do exposure compensation instead, but I haven't tried this yet. Igor Fri Aug 10 11:54:54 EDT 2007 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I bought a WhiBal card because there are times when it would be useful to have a reliable white/gray/black reference in a test frame when I'm doing post processing. I never manually set a white balance in the camera, it's a waste of time unless you're using JPEG capture, and I only use RAW capture. If I need to calibrate a camera for accuracy, a gray card isn't going to be much use... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yea for me! (here are the entries)
Very nice work. A well-deserved win. I remember seeing the bridge. Paul -- Original message -- From: Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] Okay, here are the three I entered. The orchid got the Best in Show award. The bridge shot was a last minute add. I wasn't going to enter that one initially as I had a b/w landscape I had wanted to enter in its place. It didn't place which doesn't suprise me as the composition is a little, well, all over the place. http://www.primelensphoto.com/fair/index.html -Brendan --- syb vis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No I have not seen it yet. Where can I find them? Sorry, I am always a bit more fanatic to see awardwinning pictures... Syb 2007/8/10, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED]: --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brendan MacRae wrote: So, I had three prints entered in the photography competition at the Nevada County Fair. One of my landscapes got a second place in the Professional category and another got Best in Show for Pro Color Photos. Congratulations! Now show us the photos. So we can hate you, of course ;-) Thanks! You guys have seen them already. One is a macro shot of an orchid with water droplets the other a landscape on the Yuba river. -Brendan Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activities+for+kidscs=bz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- 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: Recommendations for digital grey card
Rick Womer wrote: Mark!! --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Accuracy is for the unimaginative:-)). Paul -- Original message I was just gonna say that and I kinda do what Paul does a lot of the time. ann Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Accuracy is for the unimaginative:-)). grin -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
On Aug 10, 2007, at 10:58 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've used white mat board as well, although only when shooting cars or something else that has to be color accurate. I generally just adjust color temperature to my personal preference. Accuracy is for the unimaginative:-)). I use these: http://warmcards.com/ I keep a set in my camera bag for still photography, and in my video camera bag for video use. They let you tune color balance pretty much any way you want so you don't have to fool with it after the fact. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
I've used white mat board as well, although only when shooting cars or something else that has to be color accurate. I generally just adjust color temperature to my personal preference. Accuracy is for the unimaginative:-)). Paul -- Original message -- From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] William Robb wrote: The best tool I've found to date for setting white balance is a white paper towel. They come on rolls of a couple of hundred for a couple of dollars, and have many uses around the house. This may be an area where spending lots of money doesn't give a net gain in performance. I use white mat board. It's available in many different shades of white, so I can use a warm, neutral or cool white balance card as needed. My local art supply shops gives me scraps for free. (They don't have as many additional uses as paper towels, though.) -- 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: Recommendations for digital grey card
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: Recommendations for digital grey card I use white mat board. It's available in many different shades of white, so I can use a warm, neutral or cool white balance card as needed. My local art supply shops gives me scraps for free. (They don't have as many additional uses as paper towels, though.) My wife was quite annoyed with me about this. I discovered how good paper towels were at a dog show being held in a hockey arena. I was suing the istD, and needed to shoot jpegs for a variety of reasons. I needed a good WB, and was having difficulty with the cameras AWB getting it right. Someone had a roll of paper towels on their grooming table, so I grabbed one and took a reading off it, and had an very good WB as a result. Anyway, for the next year or so, I insisted that she buy different brands to see if I could get a brand that worked better. I settled on Bounty. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Skeletons
Very haunting. I like it. Maybe a little lighter at the bottom? Rick --- Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all Going though some old images I came across this one shot originally with a Super A on Ektachrome. I had it scanned a couple of years ago to Kodak Photo CD but the scan was pretty ordinary - decided to see whether a BW conversion would be better. http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/68557/Skeletons.html Comments, plaudits, brickbats accepted with good grace (mostly) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- Get a free email account with anti spam protection. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/2 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW 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
Re: CS3 vs. CS2
- Original Message - From: David Savage Subject: Re: CS3 vs. CS2 At 09:29 AM 10/08/2007, William Robb wrote: If you know what I've missed, I would be most happy to know, as I am quite certain this is not how Adobe intended the thing to work. Thanks This might help. Check your graphics card settings. Somewhere there should be an option to remember windows locations. I used to have no end of problems with this at work Autocads toolbars. Thanks Dave. I'm not sure what I did, but I went into the NVidea desktop manager and changed it to it's default setting, and then back to how I had it set up in the first place and it's all good now. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Oops
Sometimes one goes through one's photos (or a box of slides, in the old days) and wonders How did THAT get in there?? This is one of those. There seems to be some pavement, but I have no idea what the blue thing is. Still, it appeals to me. Comments welcome! Yes, it's an interesting shot. But didn't you just say that you were struggling to find a strange picture??? - T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
William Robb wrote: The best tool I've found to date for setting white balance is a white paper towel. They come on rolls of a couple of hundred for a couple of dollars, and have many uses around the house. This may be an area where spending lots of money doesn't give a net gain in performance. I use white mat board. It's available in many different shades of white, so I can use a warm, neutral or cool white balance card as needed. My local art supply shops gives me scraps for free. (They don't have as many additional uses as paper towels, though.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
- Original Message - From: John Whittingham Subject: Recommendations for digital grey card I'm looking for recommendations for a good digital grey card, mainly for setting white balance when working with RAW files. I've come across this one and would welcome opinions and recommendations: http://www.morco.uk.com/latest/grey_card.htm http://www.photo-software.com/greycard.htm BTW I'm not looking at spending a fortune 9) The best tool I've found to date for setting white balance is a white paper towel. They come on rolls of a couple of hundred for a couple of dollars, and have many uses around the house. This may be an area where spending lots of money doesn't give a net gain in performance. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
I ordered a WhiBal card from http://www.rawworkflow.com just the other day. Godfrey On Aug 10, 2007, at 12:46 AM, John Whittingham wrote: I'm looking for recommendations for a good digital grey card, mainly for setting white balance when working with RAW files. I've come across this one and would welcome opinions and recommendations: http://www.morco.uk.com/latest/grey_card.htm http://www.photo-software.com/greycard.htm BTW I'm not looking at spending a fortune 9) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF
AlunFoto wrote: Strange... In the description it says: This item is manufactured at the time of order. Winning item will be shipped as soon as the lens is manufactured. The delivery time is 2 ~ 3 weeks. Which is more likely; the seller not being entirely truthful, or that Pentax still makes this lens to Special Order? It's been gone from the catalogues for quite a while, hasn't it? Can't be bothered to check again right now, but last time I looked at the Pentax Japan website, I found a separate list of products that would be manufactured on order, and I believe this lens was on it. Along with a number of others that are generally thought to be discontinued... - Toralf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: August PUG is open [off list]
After a quick glance at my inbox, I was starting to worry. That's a lot of people to contact me off list all at once. g As for the request, I'm working on it. Just not sure how it's going to be implemented yet. Thanks for all the feedback on the gallery. Keep it coming. Rick Womer wrote: Okay, okay, so make it on list! Sorry Scott! Rick --- David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 09:30 AM 10/08/2007, Rick Womer wrote: Re: August PUG is open [off list] Whoops :-) But I agree with your request. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
- Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Subject: Re: Recommendations for digital grey card White balance should be of no consequence, although it's possible that changing the white balance somehow affects the metering calibration ... dunno. Although it is true that imaging and metering sensors are more sensitive to light in the red/IR range than in the green/blue range, and incandescent light is shifted way into the red range, so maybe the adjustment to WB could affect it in that way somehow... I've always been a little vague about precisely what white balance is doing, I've alway presumed that it is adjusting the gain of the colour receptors. If so, is it possible that the exposure variance could be generated by the voltage multiplier, not the exposure system itself? William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
It looks like I am getting a very reasonable exposure with my DS in a daylight setting. In lower (not incandescent) light it tends to be underexposed by ~0.3-0.7 EV, as you said. I wonder if this was somehow by design. I remember that they did it in Nikon D100, so that the photos were underexposed by 0.5 or 1 EV, to avoid burning the highlights. I tend to agree with you on the hypothesis how the WB is related to metering with incandescent light. Igor Fri Aug 10 13:31:45 EDT 2007 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I found that with the DS body that the metering calibration for RAW format capture was off by between .3-.7 EV, no matter what the lighting. In bright circumstances, and low ISO settings, I nearly always needed to add .3EV ... at ISO 400-800 and low light, tungsten illumination, I needed to set .7EV. The K10D does much better in this regard, I'm much more of the time at 0 to +.3EV. White balance should be of no consequence, although it's possible that changing the white balance somehow affects the metering calibration ... dunno. Although it is true that imaging and metering sensors are more sensitive to light in the red/IR range than in the green/blue range, and incandescent light is shifted way into the red range, so maybe the adjustment to WB could affect it in that way somehow... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yea for me! (here are the entries)
Great shots. Dave On 8/10/07, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, here are the three I entered. The orchid got the Best in Show award. The bridge shot was a last minute add. I wasn't going to enter that one initially as I had a b/w landscape I had wanted to enter in its place. It didn't place which doesn't suprise me as the composition is a little, well, all over the place. http://www.primelensphoto.com/fair/index.html -Brendan --- syb vis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No I have not seen it yet. Where can I find them? Sorry, I am always a bit more fanatic to see awardwinning pictures... Syb 2007/8/10, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED]: --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brendan MacRae wrote: So, I had three prints entered in the photography competition at the Nevada County Fair. One of my landscapes got a second place in the Professional category and another got Best in Show for Pro Color Photos. Congratulations! Now show us the photos. So we can hate you, of course ;-) Thanks! You guys have seen them already. One is a macro shot of an orchid with water droplets the other a landscape on the Yuba river. -Brendan Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activities+for+kidscs=bz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- 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: Yea for me! (here are the entries)
First time I see the photos. Wow! On 8/10/07, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, here are the three I entered. The orchid got the Best in Show award. The bridge shot was a last minute add. I wasn't going to enter that one initially as I had a b/w landscape I had wanted to enter in its place. It didn't place which doesn't suprise me as the composition is a little, well, all over the place. http://www.primelensphoto.com/fair/index.html -Brendan --- syb vis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No I have not seen it yet. Where can I find them? Sorry, I am always a bit more fanatic to see awardwinning pictures... Syb 2007/8/10, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED]: --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brendan MacRae wrote: So, I had three prints entered in the photography competition at the Nevada County Fair. One of my landscapes got a second place in the Professional category and another got Best in Show for Pro Color Photos. Congratulations! Now show us the photos. So we can hate you, of course ;-) Thanks! You guys have seen them already. One is a macro shot of an orchid with water droplets the other a landscape on the Yuba river. -Brendan Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activities+for+kidscs=bz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Toine http://leende.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 11:41:01AM -0600, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Subject: Re: Recommendations for digital grey card White balance should be of no consequence, although it's possible that changing the white balance somehow affects the metering calibration ... dunno. Although it is true that imaging and metering sensors are more sensitive to light in the red/IR range than in the green/blue range, and incandescent light is shifted way into the red range, so maybe the adjustment to WB could affect it in that way somehow... I've always been a little vague about precisely what white balance is doing, I've alway presumed that it is adjusting the gain of the colour receptors. If so, is it possible that the exposure variance could be generated by the voltage multiplier, not the exposure system itself? William Robb What white balance does depends on the design of the circuitry. On most digital cameras white balance has absolutely no effect on raw capture. On some sensors, though (including the one Nikon use in the D2 models, if memory serves) white balance does exactly what you surmise, affecting the gain applied to the sensors during the initial readout. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Recommendations for digital grey card I've used white mat board as well, although only when shooting cars or something else that has to be color accurate. I generally just adjust color temperature to my personal preference. Accuracy is for the unimaginative:-)). If you have to shoot jpegs, accuracy is much more important, although less so now with the new RAW converter. I appreciate the sentiment though, if I'm shooting RAW I leave usually the WB on auto and sort it out later. Something to consider, I was waxing on to the guy who owns the studio I help out at about the accuracy of AWB, so he went out and tried some tests. What he found was that on an individual image basis, it works fine, but if one is shooting an entire wedding (for example) with AWB, then the pictures will have a slightly different white balance from set up to set up, and the album will have a disjointed look, much like if you had used several different film brands for the job. He sets his WB to 5000K, locks it in and goes from there. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yea for me!
Nor have i seen them, or if i did i forgot Congrats BTW Dave On 8/9/07, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brendan MacRae wrote: So, I had three prints entered in the photography competition at the Nevada County Fair. One of my landscapes got a second place in the Professional category and another got Best in Show for Pro Color Photos. Congratulations! Now show us the photos. So we can hate you, of course ;-) Thanks! You guys have seen them already. One is a macro shot of an orchid with water droplets the other a landscape on the Yuba river. -Brendan Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activities+for+kidscs=bz -- 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: PESO - Accidental
you've just spoiled my weekend - I feel ill. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Savage Sent: 10 August 2007 12:27 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO - Accidental Har! But not quite what I meant. Think, Is that a budgie in your swim trunks or are you just happy to see me?: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_ article_id=474390in_page_id=1879 :-D Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
On Aug 10, 2007, at 10:41 AM, William Robb wrote: White balance should be of no consequence, although it's possible that changing the white balance somehow affects the metering calibration ... dunno. Although it is true that imaging and metering sensors are more sensitive to light in the red/IR range than in the green/blue range, and incandescent light is shifted way into the red range, so maybe the adjustment to WB could affect it in that way somehow... I've always been a little vague about precisely what white balance is doing, I've alway presumed that it is adjusting the gain of the colour receptors. If so, is it possible that the exposure variance could be generated by the voltage multiplier, not the exposure system itself? The white balance setting isn't necessarily touching the hardware at all. In most cameras, it is an adjustment to the image processing parameters used to convert the linear gamma, bayer-matrix RAW sensor data to an RGB channeled, gamma corrected representation. In some cameras, it *might* touch the data in the pre-RAW processing that happens between the sensor and the A-D converter, but I have seen no evidence that this is the case in the *ist DS body, and little to indicate that it in the K10D body either. The main linkage between white balance and exposure is likely in a connection between the camera's exposure control software and those image processing software parameters. The DS body's metering calibration was definitely tuned to produce good results for the standard default settings on the Auto Picture mode ... bright color setting, JPEG capture, etc. Changing to RAW capture, the metering calibration does not change even though the exposure requirements of a RAW capture are quite different due to the wider dynamic range and gamut possible. Setting the White Balance in RAW capture mode affects the JPEG preview and thumbnail, the histogram and saturation blinkies ... it might also affect the metering calibration. By Igor's experience, I'd say this last is possibly true, but I'd have to do some testing to say for sure. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO 2007 - 33f - GDG
lol ... yes, I'm working on this set and there are a *lot* of exposures to go through... :-) http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/33f.htm Comments and critique always appreciated. enjoy Godfrey www.gdgphoto.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
On Aug 10, 2007, at 11:53 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: This makes good sense to me. If it is correct, it brings up an idea (here goes a patent, but oh, well..): camera shooting modes or options (e.g. one of the green modes, or via a separate wheel/switch) such as tungsten, low light, etc. - which in addition to changing the WB also enable a different metering calibration. I've long been an advocate that camera manufacturers should include the capability for user settable metering calibration defaults, and of course easy recovery to the factory calibrated default settings. It would save me having to remember on each camera which tweak of the settings I need on average, and make a useful gain in adjustment range if I didn't have to compensate for my personal default compensation. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: CS3 vs. CS2
If you guys are having problems with multiple monitors, Windows has to be set to use them properly. Without the change you get two identical displays, with it you get the desktop across the monitors. Unfortunately I can not remember how to do that off the top of my head. And you can do a google as easily as I. CS2 does remember where you left the windows last session. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- AlunFoto wrote: I was just about to recommend the same as David. We're installing dual screens in many people's offices at work these days, using different brands of cards for AGP and PCI-e, and the issue seem to be the same for all. We've had the same issue in reverse before, btw, with people using laptop computers and extending their screen desktop to a desktop screen when connected to a port replicator. They had some difficulty retrieving their application windows when working away from their office...:-) Cheers, Jostein 2007/8/10, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 09:29 AM 10/08/2007, William Robb wrote: If you know what I've missed, I would be most happy to know, as I am quite certain this is not how Adobe intended the thing to work. Thanks This might help. Check your graphics card settings. Somewhere there should be an option to remember windows locations. I used to have no end of problems with this at work Autocads toolbars. Cheers, Dave -- 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: PESO: Liftoff
UP! Nice shot! Syb 2007/8/10, Toine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks Jostein, No I didn't delete it. No idea why I like it (maybe for the reasons you mentioned) and maybe because I didn't compose it or planned it. The consensus seems to be to delete it, Pentax gallery declined it in a record time and now I'm sure: it's printing big and going on the wall. On 8/8/07, AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Toine, Chiming in very late. Hope you haven't deleted it yet. :-) I think it's a keeper for many reasons. It has a decent composition with the triangle between the sharp horizontal line and the escaping bug. It is immediately obvious what is going on, and still it is a bit abstract. The distinction between OOF and motion blur is notable, but they work together because of the good sharpness on the in-focus line. It has very pleasant colours, and the OOF areas are soft and nice too. cheers, Jostein 2007/7/28, Toine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: For this peso I really need your advice (thumbs up or down) http://leende.net/peso/20070728 A total surprise. Normally I delete blurred shots but this one looks like a keeper. -- Toine http://leende.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Toine http://leende.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: New recycled PESO
I like it--but I'm a sucker for old European streets! Reminds me of this one of mine, but yours has a more advanced parallel line deficiency: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5269004 Rick --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've shown this photo before (I think), but this is a new BW conversion and crop: http://www.robertstech.com/peso.htm Taken with ist-D and a 200mm f/2.0 on my primes only bicycle tour of France a couple of years ago. This is a back street in the city of Tours. One of my few attempts at street photography ever :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Oops
Chicago recreated in miniature on an Oxford street! It's a miracle! --- Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks like an aerial view of Chicago, with Lake Michigan to the right. ;+] Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: Oops Sometimes one goes through one's photos (or a box of slides, in the old days) and wonders How did THAT get in there?? This is one of those. There seems to be some pavement, but I have no idea what the blue thing is. Still, it appeals to me. Comments welcome! Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net 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: PESO - Accidental
Yeah, that's it! He's trained as a courier to smuggle jewelry anklets from Australia to USA. :-) If Christian had caught the critter, it (and perhaps the owner) could probably have been identified by the ring. Jostein who also had a budgie once. 2007/8/10, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 03:36 PM 10/08/2007, David Mann wrote: I'll have to see if I can find wild budgies in Australia next month... perhaps this specimen had escaped from his cage? Just so long as there's no smuggling involved. shudder Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: what flash unit for the K10D?
Thanks, I'll remain patient for some more months and wait on the Metz 58 AF-1. Also thanks for the information that Sigma has a good contender. Henk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frits Wüthrich Sent: 09 August, 2007 10:40 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: what flash unit for the K10D? technikdirekt.de ask 310 euro's for it, plus 22 for shipping to NL, and it is 'coming soon' whatever that means. You are not the only one waiting. -- Frits Wüthrich -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO 2007 - 33f - GDG
Godfrey, When I just looked at the image, the first what caught my eye was the out-of-focus back of the chair in front. It was too big in the image, not allowing to concentrate on anything in the image. This effect maybe because this object is close to the 1/3 vertical line. Presence of the well-in-focus chair and bag right behind it makes this disturbing impression stronger. I suspect that cutting some 100 pixels (on 794x614) on the left would get rid of this dominance, while keeping the out-of-focus object in the photo. (the cut line would cut out about 1/2 of the area of the bright part of the bag on the chair behind, going slightly right of the vertical window frame, or maybe through that window frame.) Igor Fri Aug 10 15:25:57 EDT 2007 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: lol ... yes, I'm working on this set and there are a *lot* of exposures to go through... :-) http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/33f.htm Comments and critique always appreciated. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: CS3 vs. CS2
I went straight from CS to CS3, so it's not exactly what you're asking for. However I find CS3 to work smoother than CS, and much appreciate the new rawfile converter and the way Bridge works in CS3. However, with the advent of more sophisticated rawfile converters, I must say I use Photoshop very rarely at all. With my current workflow, ThumbsPlus and the converters (PhaseOne and LightZone, and on a rare occasion CS3) is all I need for everything but printing. Jostein 2007/8/10, Igor Roshchin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello All, If you have Photoshop CS3, what features and improvements do you enjoy over CS2 while working with photos? Thank you, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: CS3 vs. CS2
I was just about to recommend the same as David. We're installing dual screens in many people's offices at work these days, using different brands of cards for AGP and PCI-e, and the issue seem to be the same for all. We've had the same issue in reverse before, btw, with people using laptop computers and extending their screen desktop to a desktop screen when connected to a port replicator. They had some difficulty retrieving their application windows when working away from their office...:-) Cheers, Jostein 2007/8/10, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 09:29 AM 10/08/2007, William Robb wrote: If you know what I've missed, I would be most happy to know, as I am quite certain this is not how Adobe intended the thing to work. Thanks This might help. Check your graphics card settings. Somewhere there should be an option to remember windows locations. I used to have no end of problems with this at work Autocads toolbars. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF
Strange... In the description it says: This item is manufactured at the time of order. Winning item will be shipped as soon as the lens is manufactured. The delivery time is 2 ~ 3 weeks. Which is more likely; the seller not being entirely truthful, or that Pentax still makes this lens to Special Order? It's been gone from the catalogues for quite a while, hasn't it? Jostein 2007/8/9, syb vis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Browsing Ebay on my search for extremities, I found this thing. http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=190137806062ssPageName=MERCOSI_VI_ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX_Storesrefitem=280134626351itemcount=4refwidgetloc=closed_view_itemrefwidgettype=osi_widget Did anyone of you ever have it mounted on your camera? What kind of images did you produce? Cheers. Syb -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay for digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Accidental
At 03:36 PM 10/08/2007, David Mann wrote: I'll have to see if I can find wild budgies in Australia next month... perhaps this specimen had escaped from his cage? Just so long as there's no smuggling involved. shudder Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Recommendations for digital grey card
I'm looking for recommendations for a good digital grey card, mainly for setting white balance when working with RAW files. I've come across this one and would welcome opinions and recommendations: http://www.morco.uk.com/latest/grey_card.htm http://www.photo-software.com/greycard.htm BTW I'm not looking at spending a fortune 9) John The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received an email in error please notify Carmel College on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it from your systems. Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email attachments for viruses we cannot guarantee a communication to be free of all viruses nor accept any responsibility for viruses. Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for inappropriate content, the college cannot be held responsible for the views or expressions of the author. The views expressed may not necessarily be those of Carmel College and Carmel College cannot be held responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
FS Friday
Dare I sell a dark side lens here??? Here is what it is: Canon ultrasonic zoom lens ef 28-105 mm 1:4-5.6 USM 58mm thread for filters I've hardly used it (only had the Canon 35mm since the end of November) It is very light weight - I replaced it with the big zoom one with image stabilizer -- I can't find the box... I think I used it to pack something in that wasn't camera equipment. $110 including shipping in the USA (priority mail) ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: BigBugHug
Nice bugs and capture. Macro and 2x TC never tried that combo. Maybe I get a Raynox 250 which should work nicely (I haven't seen any 100% crops yet). On 8/10/07, syb vis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://fotodag.fotopic.net/p43965037.html It's not the bugs that are big; but the hug is! They gave me plenty of time to switch lenses (I was shooting some cows with a 300mm Supertakumar/F4 and 2xtc when they passed. I need my macro lens NOW!) and then to shoot them. I was finished way before they were! -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Toine http://leende.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO 2007 - 33f - GDG
Hi Godfrey I agree with Igor, the chair bothers me and is distracting, nevertheless, this is the one of you coffee series that I like the more so far. Like the tight crop on her face. Cheers, Fernando On 8/10/07, Igor Roshchin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Godfrey, When I just looked at the image, the first what caught my eye was the out-of-focus back of the chair in front. It was too big in the image, not allowing to concentrate on anything in the image. This effect maybe because this object is close to the 1/3 vertical line. Presence of the well-in-focus chair and bag right behind it makes this disturbing impression stronger. I suspect that cutting some 100 pixels (on 794x614) on the left would get rid of this dominance, while keeping the out-of-focus object in the photo. (the cut line would cut out about 1/2 of the area of the bright part of the bag on the chair behind, going slightly right of the vertical window frame, or maybe through that window frame.) Igor Fri Aug 10 15:25:57 EDT 2007 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: lol ... yes, I'm working on this set and there are a *lot* of exposures to go through... :-) http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/33f.htm Comments and critique always appreciated. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Accidental
On 10/08/07, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found this guy in my backyard http://tinyurl.com/36h4fp Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) native to Australia, photographed in Germantown, Maryland, USA He looked really tired! Cool, I had a Budgie like that when I was a kid, she could talk a little too. -- 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: PESO: YACCP...
Okay so I got a cancelled meeting @ work and allowed 15 minutes for a search. The very first mention of PESO in the archives is from 12. May 2004, and refers to a reply by Frank to a PESO posted by David Nelson. The original post by David is not in the archives. IIRC, we had some serious trouble with the archiving that spring, so the database at mail-archive.com may very well be incomplete for the period in question. http://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg179489.html So either David is the culprit, or the origin is lost from the archive. :-) Jostein 2007/8/9, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Too much trouble for me (searching archives). Shel could have introduced PESOs at the same time he introduced PAWs. But I have a vague memory someone on list came up with. OTOH, I could be totally wrong. It could have been GESO that was coined by someone on list. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: YACCP...
On 10/08/07, AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay so I got a cancelled meeting @ work and allowed 15 minutes for a search. The very first mention of PESO in the archives is from 12. May 2004, and refers to a reply by Frank to a PESO posted by David Nelson. The original post by David is not in the archives. IIRC, we had some serious trouble with the archiving that spring, so the database at mail-archive.com may very well be incomplete for the period in question. http://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg179489.html So either David is the culprit, or the origin is lost from the archive. :-) Maybe holes in the archive (from my personal archives): From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:PAW? more like PESO Date sent: Mon, 3 May 2004 21:39:03 -0400 Picture Every So Often is more my speed. Getting a frame I want to show you guys every WEEK? Not likely. http://community.webshots.com/photo/93489626/140051795etXCuT Catching rain drops (I know, you can't see any...) last Saturday at the Walter Mitty Historic Sports Car Races. Cory only shot a little since it was raining. -- 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: PESO: BigBugHug
Tell us: what happened when you opened this thing? Syb 2007/8/10, Igor Roshchin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You are seriously bugged down! :-) .. but you should've warned the viewers (in the US) that it was not office-friendly. :-) Thanks for the idea of the combination macro+2x TC. Igor Fri Aug 10 14:20:44 EDT 2007 syb vis wrote: On my website http://fotodag.fotopic.net/c1337958.html you will find more successful shots with macro and 2x teleconverter. It turned my 1:1 macro into a 2:1 ! Good luck, Syb On 8/10/07, syb vis fotosyb at gmail.com wrote: http://fotodag.fotopic.net/p43965037.html It's not the bugs that are big; but the hug is! They gave me plenty of time to switch lenses (I was shooting some cows with a 300mm Supertakumar/F4 and 2xtc when they passed. I need my macro lens NOW!) and then to shoot them. I was finished way before they were! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yea for me! (here are the entries)
Thanks for all the kind words everybody. -Brendan --- Toine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First time I see the photos. Wow! On 8/10/07, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, here are the three I entered. The orchid got the Best in Show award. The bridge shot was a last minute add. I wasn't going to enter that one initially as I had a b/w landscape I had wanted to enter in its place. It didn't place which doesn't suprise me as the composition is a little, well, all over the place. http://www.primelensphoto.com/fair/index.html -Brendan --- syb vis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No I have not seen it yet. Where can I find them? Sorry, I am always a bit more fanatic to see awardwinning pictures... Syb 2007/8/10, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED]: --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brendan MacRae wrote: So, I had three prints entered in the photography competition at the Nevada County Fair. One of my landscapes got a second place in the Professional category and another got Best in Show for Pro Color Photos. Congratulations! Now show us the photos. So we can hate you, of course ;-) Thanks! You guys have seen them already. One is a macro shot of an orchid with water droplets the other a landscape on the Yuba river. -Brendan Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activities+for+kidscs=bz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Toine http://leende.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yea for me! (here are the entries)
Brendan MacRae wrote: Okay, here are the three I entered. The orchid got the Best in Show award. The bridge shot was a last minute add. I wasn't going to enter that one initially as I had a b/w landscape I had wanted to enter in its place. It didn't place which doesn't suprise me as the composition is a little, well, all over the place. http://www.primelensphoto.com/fair/index.html -Brendan Thanks for showing them, Brendan -- after looking at them I remembered them :) the orchid shot is gorgeous - good going! (the other two aren't as strong, but you knew that ) ann --- syb vis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No I have not seen it yet. Where can I find them? Sorry, I am always a bit more fanatic to see awardwinning pictures... Syb 2007/8/10, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED]: --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brendan MacRae wrote: So, I had three prints entered in the photography competition at the Nevada County Fair. One of my landscapes got a second place in the Professional category and another got Best in Show for Pro Color Photos. Congratulations! Now show us the photos. So we can hate you, of course ;-) Thanks! You guys have seen them already. One is a macro shot of an orchid with water droplets the other a landscape on the Yuba river. -Brendan Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activities+for+kidscs=bz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: BigBugHug
The bug jumped at me, and then tried to invade my computer, but the antivirus caught it quickly and smashed it down before the morality police and bystanders could say anything. Just kidding. I was prepared for it long time ago: http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/CentralCoastCA/IMGP3563sm1.jpg Igor Fri Aug 10 16:14:14 EDT 2007 syb vis wrote: Tell us: what happened when you opened this thing? Syb 2007/8/10, Igor Roshchin: You are seriously bugged down! :-) .. but you should've warned the viewers (in the US) that it was not office-friendly. :-) Thanks for the idea of the combination macro+2x TC. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO - Guinness Time
Shot this down around St Lawrence Market in Toronto, I've been exploring some of the alleyways there looking for something new to shoot. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawz/1067515190/ or a direct link to a large JPEG: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1097/1067515190_6097305043_b.jpg TMax 100 shot with a Tokina [EMAIL PROTECTED] and my F100. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
Fri Aug 10 10:09:37 EDT 2007 William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: John Whittingham Subject: Recommendations for digital grey card I'm looking for recommendations for a good digital grey card, mainly for setting white balance when working with RAW files. I've come across this one and would welcome opinions and recommendations: http://www.morco.uk.com/latest/grey_card.htm http://www.photo-software.com/greycard.htm BTW I'm not looking at spending a fortune 9) The best tool I've found to date for setting white balance is a white paper towel. They come on rolls of a couple of hundred for a couple of dollars, and have many uses around the house. This may be an area where spending lots of money doesn't give a net gain in performance. The main inconvenience is that you need to do some house chores before that towel becomes gray. :-D Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: CS3 vs. CS2
On 8/10/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Dave. I'm not sure what I did, but I went into the NVidea desktop manager and changed it to it's default setting, and then back to how I had it set up in the first place and it's all good now. Excellent. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Digital projectors
From: Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/08/09 Thu PM 08:21:55 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Digital projectors OK, folks I am about to assist a friend in making the leap to a digital projector for powerpoint business presentations. I have no doubt I can figure out how to hook one up and make it work using the IB. But he also needs advice on what to buy, and I don't have a clue. He doesn't have a lot of money, so we're talking below $ 1,000 in price, way below if possible. A friend recommended the Epson 76C, and it looks like those can be had for just under $ 600. How many here own such projectors? Are there specific pitfalls to look for in picking one over another? Brands to avoid? Having just gone through this process, it strikes me that the situation is somewhat akin to buying a printer. Projectors that are quite cheap to buy have some very expensive consumables - the consumables being bulbs. Normal price for a cheap bulb, retail, would be about one quarter to one third of the price of the projector. An average life would be 250hours. It's a factor that needs to be taken into consideration if the projector will be used a lot. Secondly, many bulbs are mercury discharge lamps. These are prone to failing catastrophically, releasing toxic fumes into the room. Buried in the manual will be useful phrases like Do not breathe the vapour. Evacuate the room immediately. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PAW 2007 - 34 - GDG
Moving on a different theme for a little bit, this from a series of shoots I did on an assignment recently ... http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/34.htm Comments and critique always appreciated. Be careful with fire. enjoy, Godfrey www.gdgphoto.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF
From: syb vis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/08/09 Thu PM 08:31:02 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF Browsing Ebay on my search for extremities, I found this thing. http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=190137806062ssPageName=MERCOSI_VI_ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX_Storesrefitem=280134626351itemcount=4refwidgetloc=closed_view_itemrefwidgettype=osi_widget Did anyone of you ever have it mounted on your camera? What kind of images did you produce? I've used one at an airshow. It was very good. This is about 2/3rds of new price here but I still couldn't afford to buy one. Pix here: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/pdml/index.html - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
Mark!! --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Accuracy is for the unimaginative:-)). Paul -- Original message Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Recommendations for digital grey card
Fri Aug 10 14:25:30 EDT 2007 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Aug 10, 2007, at 10:41 AM, William Robb wrote: White balance should be of no consequence, although it's possible that changing the white balance somehow affects the metering calibration ... dunno. Although it is true that imaging and metering sensors are more sensitive to light in the red/IR range than in the green/blue range, and incandescent light is shifted way into the red range, so maybe the adjustment to WB could affect it in that way somehow... I've always been a little vague about precisely what white balance is doing, I've alway presumed that it is adjusting the gain of the colour receptors. If so, is it possible that the exposure variance could be generated by the voltage multiplier, not the exposure system itself? The white balance setting isn't necessarily touching the hardware at all. In most cameras, it is an adjustment to the image processing parameters used to convert the linear gamma, bayer-matrix RAW sensor data to an RGB channeled, gamma corrected representation. In some cameras, it *might* touch the data in the pre-RAW processing that happens between the sensor and the A-D converter, but I have seen no evidence that this is the case in the *ist DS body, and little to indicate that it in the K10D body either. The main linkage between white balance and exposure is likely in a connection between the camera's exposure control software and those image processing software parameters. The DS body's metering calibration was definitely tuned to produce good results for the standard default settings on the Auto Picture mode ... bright color setting, JPEG capture, etc. Changing to RAW capture, the metering calibration does not change even though the exposure requirements of a RAW capture are quite different due to the wider dynamic range and gamut possible. Setting the White Balance in RAW capture mode affects the JPEG preview and thumbnail, the histogram and saturation blinkies ... it might also affect the metering calibration. By Igor's experience, I'd say this last is possibly true, but I'd have to do some testing to say for sure. This makes good sense to me. If it is correct, it brings up an idea (here goes a patent, but oh, well..): camera shooting modes or options (e.g. one of the green modes, or via a separate wheel/switch) such as tungsten, low light, etc. - which in addition to changing the WB also enable a different metering calibration. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: BigBugHug
2007/8/10, Toine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Nice bugs and capture. Macro and 2x TC never tried that combo. Thanks! And you really should. I am very glad I read about the combination somewhere... wasn't it on this list? On my website http://fotodag.fotopic.net/c1337958.html you will find more successful shots with macro and 2x teleconverter. It turned my 1:1 macro into a 2:1 ! Good luck, Syb 2007/8/10, Toine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Nice bugs and capture. Macro and 2x TC never tried that combo. Maybe I get a Raynox 250 which should work nicely (I haven't seen any 100% crops yet). On 8/10/07, syb vis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://fotodag.fotopic.net/p43965037.html It's not the bugs that are big; but the hug is! They gave me plenty of time to switch lenses (I was shooting some cows with a 300mm Supertakumar/F4 and 2xtc when they passed. I need my macro lens NOW!) and then to shoot them. I was finished way before they were! -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Toine http://leende.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yea for me!
Belated congrats from me ;-) On 8/9/07, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, I had three prints entered in the photography competition at the Nevada County Fair. One of my landscapes got a second place in the Professional category and another got Best in Show for Pro Color Photos. This is the first time I've ever displayed my work outside of circles of friends, the pdml, and my website. Overall I would say it was a fun experience. There was some good work being exhibited (and some so not so good stuff, too). I was a bit disappointed that I didn't get my printer dialed for b/w in time for this competition. I had a b/w landscape that I had wanted to enter but that will have to wait for the next show. PS - Kudos again to David Miller of ColorVision who helped check my profile for the Epson Luster paper. I was able to dial in a good profile with his help that I used for all three prints. -Brendan Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF
With price considered, I wouldn't stockpile 600mm/4 even if I thought there was a small market, if delivery time is 2 weeks like the auction text claims. OTOH, lenses like the SMC 500/4.5 were made to order for maybe a decade after it was officially denounced. Jostein 2007/8/10, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The US branch of Pentax still considers it a current product. It could be old stock or the could still be making them. Each distributor is semi-independent and only supplies it's market with what they think will sell. http://www.pentaximaging.com/products/product_details/camera_lens--smc_P-FA_600mm_F4.0_ED_%28IF%29/reqID--3068/subsection--Digital_35mm_telephoto or tinyurl for the wrapped http://tinyurl.com/otswy AlunFoto wrote: Strange... In the description it says: This item is manufactured at the time of order. Winning item will be shipped as soon as the lens is manufactured. The delivery time is 2 ~ 3 weeks. Which is more likely; the seller not being entirely truthful, or that Pentax still makes this lens to Special Order? It's been gone from the catalogues for quite a while, hasn't it? Jostein 2007/8/9, syb vis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Browsing Ebay on my search for extremities, I found this thing. http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=190137806062ssPageName=MERCOSI_VI_ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX_Storesrefitem=280134626351itemcount=4refwidgetloc=closed_view_itemrefwidgettype=osi_widget Did anyone of you ever have it mounted on your camera? What kind of images did you produce? Cheers. Syb -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay for digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- cognoscenti: Those who know cognesnotty: The stringy material that forms in the nasal passages of Those who know. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO: BigBugHug
http://fotodag.fotopic.net/p43965037.html It's not the bugs that are big; but the hug is! They gave me plenty of time to switch lenses (I was shooting some cows with a 300mm Supertakumar/F4 and 2xtc when they passed. I need my macro lens NOW!) and then to shoot them. I was finished way before they were! -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: BigBugHug
You are seriously bugged down! :-) .. but you should've warned the viewers (in the US) that it was not office-friendly. :-) Thanks for the idea of the combination macro+2x TC. Igor Fri Aug 10 14:20:44 EDT 2007 syb vis wrote: On my website http://fotodag.fotopic.net/c1337958.html you will find more successful shots with macro and 2x teleconverter. It turned my 1:1 macro into a 2:1 ! Good luck, Syb On 8/10/07, syb vis fotosyb at gmail.com wrote: http://fotodag.fotopic.net/p43965037.html It's not the bugs that are big; but the hug is! They gave me plenty of time to switch lenses (I was shooting some cows with a 300mm Supertakumar/F4 and 2xtc when they passed. I need my macro lens NOW!) and then to shoot them. I was finished way before they were! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF
The US branch of Pentax still considers it a current product. It could be old stock or the could still be making them. Each distributor is semi-independent and only supplies it's market with what they think will sell. http://www.pentaximaging.com/products/product_details/camera_lens--smc_P-FA_600mm_F4.0_ED_%28IF%29/reqID--3068/subsection--Digital_35mm_telephoto or tinyurl for the wrapped http://tinyurl.com/otswy AlunFoto wrote: Strange... In the description it says: This item is manufactured at the time of order. Winning item will be shipped as soon as the lens is manufactured. The delivery time is 2 ~ 3 weeks. Which is more likely; the seller not being entirely truthful, or that Pentax still makes this lens to Special Order? It's been gone from the catalogues for quite a while, hasn't it? Jostein 2007/8/9, syb vis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Browsing Ebay on my search for extremities, I found this thing. http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=190137806062ssPageName=MERCOSI_VI_ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX_Storesrefitem=280134626351itemcount=4refwidgetloc=closed_view_itemrefwidgettype=osi_widget Did anyone of you ever have it mounted on your camera? What kind of images did you produce? Cheers. Syb -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay for digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- cognoscenti: Those who know cognesnotty: The stringy material that forms in the nasal passages of Those who know. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Accidental
Har! But not quite what I meant. Think, Is that a budgie in your swim trunks or are you just happy to see me?: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=474390in_page_id=1879 :-D Cheers, Dave On 8/10/07, AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, that's it! He's trained as a courier to smuggle jewelry anklets from Australia to USA. :-) If Christian had caught the critter, it (and perhaps the owner) could probably have been identified by the ring. Jostein who also had a budgie once. 2007/8/10, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 03:36 PM 10/08/2007, David Mann wrote: I'll have to see if I can find wild budgies in Australia next month... perhaps this specimen had escaped from his cage? Just so long as there's no smuggling involved. shudder Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: what flash unit for the K10D?
On 8/9/07, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark, I've been putting off using my 2 year old Sigma DG Super on my K10D, thinking it had to be updated. How old is your unit? I understand there is an update available from Sigma but haven't sent mine in yet. Is wireless usage the only feature you're aware of that's missing when used on the K10D? I had checked with the Sigma delaer in the Toronto area, back in June, and they were unaware of any wireless upgrade. They were going to check at Sigma, but i never heard back. I'm getting the 360 anyway. Dave Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: what flash unit for the K10D? Henk Terhell wrote: Having waited half a year for a new Metz flash unit having P-TTL, the announced dedicated Mecablitz 58 AF-1 with USB is not offered anywhere around here. The Metz SCA system is no longer useful for P-TTL. My current Metz TTL unit, which I have to use in A-mode on the K10D, gives many miss hits and is not very useful for fill-in flash. Sigma doesn't show the K10D P-TTL on their lists. The lists must be outdated. I use the Sigma EF500 DG Super with my K10D with excellent results. I believe the latest versions even support off-camera wireless operation, though I haven't looked into getting mine updated since I almost never need that capability. -- 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: PESO (no title)
Air kisses. (?) I can see why you're stuck on it. Stick with it. Jack --- Igor Roshchin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just recently, I snapped this live shot: http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/CampHollywood/IMGP7595.jpg For some reason I am stuck on it: something grabs my attention, but I don't know what to make out of it. I cannot even come up with a title for it. So, any and all comments are welcome. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Accidental
2007/8/10, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Har! But not quite what I meant. Think, Is that a budgie in your swim trunks or are you just happy to see me?: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=474390in_page_id=1879 :-D Hehehe! Cucumber news. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Skeletons
Quoting Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Very haunting. I like it. Maybe a little lighter at the bottom? Thanks Rick. Yes, lighter at the bottom seems to be the consensus. I'll have another go at it. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/brianwalters Rick --- Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all Going though some old images I came across this one shot originally with a Super A on Ektachrome. I had it scanned a couple of years ago to Kodak Photo CD but the scan was pretty ordinary - decided to see whether a BW conversion would be better. http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/68557/Skeletons.html Comments, plaudits, brickbats accepted with good grace (mostly) -- Finally - A spam blocker that actually works. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/4 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Oops
Oh, I found an even stranger one for the PUG! --- Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes one goes through one's photos (or a box of slides, in the old days) and wonders How did THAT get in there?? This is one of those. There seems to be some pavement, but I have no idea what the blue thing is. Still, it appeals to me. Comments welcome! Yes, it's an interesting shot. But didn't you just say that you were struggling to find a strange picture??? - T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=graduation+giftscs=bz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Digital projectors
On Aug 9, 2007, at 21:00, David Savage wrote: I don't have a lot of experience with projectors, but we have one of these in the conference room at work: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx? c=usl=ens=bsdcs=04sku=221-9411 We use it mainly to show photos CAD drawings to clients. It works well enough for our needs. We use those here in our conference rooms and they're great! -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Accidental
Very nice. Budgies don't seem to be quite as popular as pets here as they were say 30-40 years ago. Some of the larger parrots have displaced them a bit. We had a state election here a couple of months ago and the candidate for the Liberals had a habit of doing press conferences in his 'budgie smugglers'. He didn't win.. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/brianwalters Quoting Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I found this guy in my backyard http://tinyurl.com/36h4fp Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) native to Australia, photographed in Germantown, Maryland, USA He looked really tired! pixelpeeping info: Canon 20D 300/4 IS with 12mm extension, hand-held, 1/80, F5 ISO 800. Slight crop. I had the flash on but it didn't fire (bad contact I think), kinda just a grab shot when I saw him in the backyard. Poor little bastard must be lost. Obviously an escaped pet as I was able to approach very close. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Get a free email account with anti spam protection. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/2 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -- Egret Fishing II
Yes, I like the contrast between the bird and the water. Amazing how a bird that large manages to cling onto that old stump. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/brianwalters Quoting P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I was going through the, well, not exactly rejects, from the test of my new pistol grip/shoulder stock combination, and I found this. I passed over it before but I've decided that I like it more now that I've had a chance to think about it. http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20fishingegret2.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 w/smc Pentax F 1.7x converter -- Finally - A spam blocker that actually works. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/4 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Crossing the river
From: Cotty On 7/8/07, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: The background needs to be a lot more out of focus, and the reeds need to be somewhat better illuminated. Is that ugly bokeh or am I a banana? Are those mutually exclusive? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Reuters gets that sinking feeling
News agency Reuters has been forced to admit that footage it released last week purportedly showing Russian submersibles on the seabed of the North Pole actually came from the movie Titanic. The mistake was only revealed after a 13-year-old Finnish schoolboy contacted a local newspaper to tell them the images looked identical to those used in the movie. http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2146373,00.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FID (Film is Dead)
From: Steve Sharpe At 6:33 AM -0400 8/7/07, Bob Shell wrote: On Aug 6, 2007, at 9:20 PM, Steve Sharpe wrote: I have a friend who owns another store that is virtually all film cameras (Classic Camera in Biddeford Maine). His sales are steady as well, though he makes most of his money repairing film cameras. He has as much repair business as he can handle. People want to hang onto their film cameras. I didn't say it in my original post, but my friend's shop also offers camera repair and does quite a bit of it. The Camera Fix group on Yahoo stays busy, and posts about repairing digital cameras are rare. My friend has commented on that as well, in that most digital cameras (and he was referring to point and shoots) are not designed to be repairable if something goes wrong. So, the cost of actually repairing one - if it can be done - is far more expensive than going over to Wal-mart and just buying a new one. Have to laugh about that one. I've got a Canon Point 'n Shoot digital; A60, IIRC. The Army gave it to me for documenting safety issues when I was in Iraq, but it died about halfway through the tour. Brigade S-4 instructed me to trash it, because it was not economically repairable, so I dumped it in a duffel bag and forgot about it. But near the end of 2005, I saw it was one of those listed as affected by a Sony imaging chip recall, so I said What the heck, dug it out and dropped it by my local camera shop (Canon dealer). Their repair guy sent it in to Canon who repaired it under warranty. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: YACCP...
From: David Savage On 8/8/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good stuff Bob. I think I like the colour version more (witch is strange for me) Ugh! That should of course read which, not witch. With apologies to Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I put a spell on you ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Reuters gets that sinking feeling
Thanks for posting! Did you notice this sentence: in August last year in which it [RTR] published an image by a freelancer of Israeli bombings in Lebanon that had been dramatised using photo manipulation, with the addition of smoke rising from allegedly burning buildings. Is there still a mirror of that picture somewhere, as far as anyone of you knows? Thanks, Syb 2007/8/11, Feroze [EMAIL PROTECTED]: News agency Reuters has been forced to admit that footage it released last week purportedly showing Russian submersibles on the seabed of the North Pole actually came from the movie Titanic. The mistake was only revealed after a 13-year-old Finnish schoolboy contacted a local newspaper to tell them the images looked identical to those used in the movie. http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2146373,00.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Reuters gets that sinking feeling
Reuters credibility hit rock bottom some time ago, apparently they've decided to drill deeper... Feroze wrote: News agency Reuters has been forced to admit that footage it released last week purportedly showing Russian submersibles on the seabed of the North Pole actually came from the movie Titanic. The mistake was only revealed after a 13-year-old Finnish schoolboy contacted a local newspaper to tell them the images looked identical to those used in the movie. http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2146373,00.html -- cognoscenti: Those who know cognesnotty: The stringy material that forms in the nasal passages of Those who know. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: YACCP...
Starting to feel a new cup is needed for some guys here... Syb 2007/8/11, John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED]: From: David Savage On 8/8/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good stuff Bob. I think I like the colour version more (witch is strange for me) Ugh! That should of course read which, not witch. With apologies to Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I put a spell on you ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper? = -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: A flag question for Canadians
From: Cotty On 8/8/07, Chris Stoddart, discombobulated, unleashed: ex-colonials You mean the bloody Yanks? Damn Yankees? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Reuters gets that sinking feeling
http://crossthebreeze.com/2006/08/07/not-enough-drama/ syb vis wrote: Thanks for posting! Did you notice this sentence: in August last year in which it [RTR] published an image by a freelancer of Israeli bombings in Lebanon that had been dramatised using photo manipulation, with the addition of smoke rising from allegedly burning buildings. Is there still a mirror of that picture somewhere, as far as anyone of you knows? Thanks, Syb 2007/8/11, Feroze [EMAIL PROTECTED]: News agency Reuters has been forced to admit that footage it released last week purportedly showing Russian submersibles on the seabed of the North Pole actually came from the movie Titanic. The mistake was only revealed after a 13-year-old Finnish schoolboy contacted a local newspaper to tell them the images looked identical to those used in the movie. http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2146373,00.html -- 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: A flag question for Canadians
From: graywolf That sounds like a well know practice called, shooting yourself in the foot. http://www.m5p.com/~pravn/foot.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Reuters gets that sinking feeling
sad...what really caught my attention was that a kid caught them out, didn't anyone else notice that the emperor had no clothes on? Feroze P. J. Alling wrote: Reuters credibility hit rock bottom some time ago, apparently they've decided to drill deeper... Feroze wrote: News agency Reuters has been forced to admit that footage it released last week purportedly showing Russian submersibles on the seabed of the North Pole actually came from the movie Titanic. The mistake was only revealed after a 13-year-old Finnish schoolboy contacted a local newspaper to tell them the images looked identical to those used in the movie. http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2146373,00.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Reuters gets that sinking feeling
On 11/08/07, Feroze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://crossthebreeze.com/2006/08/07/not-enough-drama/ LOL, that's such a crap edit, they should fire the guy ;-) -- 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
