Re: PESOs for a change
On 7/4/08, Joseph Tainter, discombobulated, unleashed: And a view of the nearby Pont du Gard: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/535671/display/12444973 Lovely! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs??
I like the pics. Keep them coming. -- Am 08.04.2008 um 00:39 schrieb Rebekah: It seems that an increasing majority of the emails I receive from the list are PESOs. If I could do so delicately, I'd like to try and suggest that we as a list impose a limit of sorts on ourselves concerning PESOs. It was done with For Sale Friday, perhaps we can come to some sort of agreement around PESOs? rg2 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs??
On 7/4/08, Rebekah, discombobulated, unleashed: It may be that others take more shots worthy of contributing more often than I feel the need to share Mark! ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs??
Listen well to this man! Well put, Bob. :-) Jostein 2008/4/8 Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: rg2, Once upon a time, this list did a lot of talking about equipment and good natured ribbing of one another and big flame wars with the usual juvenile attitudes. This was all before digital photos and when it cost us $2-$5 per picture to get anything scanned. Posting your photos was an expensive, time consuming thing and you picked your best shots for the PUG. I will say that we have evolved/devolved a lot with the introduction of digital. Like Rick, I like seeing what other people are shooting for inspiration and ideas. I also like to see what is happening in our collective lives - like your daughter's portrait in this month's PUG. It helps me build a sense of community and connection to all of you. It is also a devolution of sorts. How do I put this tactfully? Sometimes I feel people are just dumping their shots onto the list and seeing if anybody else thinks they are something special. I wish they did a bit more editing before showing. My strategy, with the help of gmail threaded messages, is to just delete a lot of PESO's. When 2 or 3 other people I trust start raving about the photos, I'll stop and take a look - maybe even contribute a comment. My other strategy is to watch new people who are developing. I like to encourage new folks when I can and let them know their efforts are paying off. We are a group with varying levels of experience, and I've certainly benefited from what I've learned here. I would like to offer that same hand up to others. So do some editing of your own. You don't need to look at every photo - others will point to the good ones. You don't need to comment on every photo you look at - if you just saying 'Me Too', maybe it's not necessary. Save your critiques for those who need or deserve the commentary. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Rebekah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems that an increasing majority of the emails I receive from the list are PESOs. If I could do so delicately, I'd like to try and suggest that we as a list impose a limit of sorts on ourselves concerning PESOs. It was done with For Sale Friday, perhaps we can come to some sort of agreement around PESOs? rg2 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs??
2008/4/8 Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I think I would be greatly against this idea. Christine Me too. However, this is not the first time the issue has been raised. Imagine the explosion of posted pictures in 2004 when the *istD, and especially the *istDs made people realise how digital made posting easy. Pentax' first digital SLRs and all. The labels PAW PESO and GESO all emerged back then. Labelling is, imho, the only way to satisfy all parts. Those who think it too much will be able to filter it away. Filtering is good for other purposes too. Notice how Boris, for example, recently commented on a lot of images. I believe he puts images aside for enjoying on days when he has the time and occasion to do so. best, 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs??
On 8/4/08, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: Labelling is, imho, the only way to satisfy all parts. Mark! (Especially those extra sticky labels that are *really* painful to pull off ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESO: Accepted and Declined
Hi all Just for fun I thought I'd put together a gallery of images that have been accepted and declined in the Pentax Photo Gallery. If anyone's interested it's here: http://supera.myjalbum.net/Pentax_Photo_Gallery_Submissions/Declined_Images/index.html The Gallery uses JAlbum and the Chameleon template (this is the same software that Scott uses for the PUG). The gallery is hosted on the free web space available to JAlbum users. It's not a bad system if anyone is looking for somewhere to put some images - it looks better than Picasa. Looking at the declined images, I have no complaints about the rejection of the vast majority but there are a few that I thought might have made the cut. Equally, there are some accepted images that probably only got accepted because they were submitted early on. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs??
That totally nails it, Bob. One other thing I'll note. On many many other photogroups, there are fractally obtuse discussions about gear, which lens is sharper than which, what is a better technique for noise reduction, who has the uber-er camera. But when it comes down to showing their results, I could ask my 2 year old nephew to take a more inspiring photo. PDML is different because the photo is the thing. Not all PESOs are knockout, of course (myself included), but at least we haven't lost sight of the aim of the game. Might I also add, on many other lists, the standard of wit, grammar and grace is several orders of magnitude lower than on this. D Bob Sullivan wrote: rg2, Once upon a time, this list did a lot of talking about equipment and good natured ribbing of one another and big flame wars with the usual juvenile attitudes. This was all before digital photos and when it cost us $2-$5 per picture to get anything scanned. Posting your photos was an expensive, time consuming thing and you picked your best shots for the PUG. I will say that we have evolved/devolved a lot with the introduction of digital. Like Rick, I like seeing what other people are shooting for inspiration and ideas. I also like to see what is happening in our collective lives - like your daughter's portrait in this month's PUG. It helps me build a sense of community and connection to all of you. It is also a devolution of sorts. How do I put this tactfully? Sometimes I feel people are just dumping their shots onto the list and seeing if anybody else thinks they are something special. I wish they did a bit more editing before showing. My strategy, with the help of gmail threaded messages, is to just delete a lot of PESO's. When 2 or 3 other people I trust start raving about the photos, I'll stop and take a look - maybe even contribute a comment. My other strategy is to watch new people who are developing. I like to encourage new folks when I can and let them know their efforts are paying off. We are a group with varying levels of experience, and I've certainly benefited from what I've learned here. I would like to offer that same hand up to others. So do some editing of your own. You don't need to look at every photo - others will point to the good ones. You don't need to comment on every photo you look at - if you just saying 'Me Too', maybe it's not necessary. Save your critiques for those who need or deserve the commentary. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Rebekah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems that an increasing majority of the emails I receive from the list are PESOs. If I could do so delicately, I'd like to try and suggest that we as a list impose a limit of sorts on ourselves concerning PESOs. It was done with For Sale Friday, perhaps we can come to some sort of agreement around PESOs? rg2 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What ever happened to Shel Belinkhoff
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 12:13 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damn I can't edit my posts to save my life. Maybe try outsourcing your editing to Dave? :-) Cheers, (The Other) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Pulitzer
I am speechless http://www.prestongannaway.com/main.php (the Pulitzer winning entry is under Stories and Essays - Remember Me) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso April Hockey III
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, Is he a real hockey player? Looks like he has all his teeth! He just had them in at the time.:-) Regards, Bob S. (You should know that I'm excited that the Blackhawks will do TV broadcasts for all games next year. The founder, Bill Wirtz, died last year and his son Rocky is bringing the club out of the dark ages. We're gonna have hockey televised around here again!) Thats good to hear. Dave On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 12:41 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm on a roll. :-) This is a local business owner and his daughter. He was the one who told me about the game. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7137811 Got them as they came off for an ice pad flood. I was thinking of asking her to move the cage, but, this is hockey.:-) Dave -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: My First Lightroom Rendering with question
Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: I just downloaded a trial version of Lightroom and started fooling around with a Memphis shot. I kind of like what I ended up with, but I have no idea how I got there. I really just started moving sliders around. I have a feeling I might be out another 300 bucks soon. Anyway, here's the question: do you primarily shoot PEFs or DNGs since Lightroom does PEFs? Any preferences or does it even matter. This shot is a DNG. small http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7143990 larger http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7143990size=lg Comments/critique welcome. Cheers, Christine That is a rather lovely olde worlde rendition, Christine. The vignetting works well; did you add that especially? The real power of LR comes not just when you are processing one shot, but hundreds. I'm sure you'll find your bucks worth it. D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What ever happened to Shel Belinkhoff
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 5:14 AM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 12:13 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damn I can't edit my posts to save my life. Maybe try outsourcing your editing to Dave? I'm fre in a whil. Dave :-) Cheers, (The Other) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT request for browser help
I have several emails this morning stating that they cannot access my hockey picture page on my site. I know Safari and Firefox can open them. Could a few of you guys that have different version of IE, try and open them and let me know. http://www.caughtinmotion.com Link for the page is near the bottom, under Stouffville Links. Thanks a bunch Dave -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pulitzer
That is absolutely heart-rending. The courage of that woman is inspirational. Thanks for posting. Brian + On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:06:00 +1000, Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I am speechless http://www.prestongannaway.com/main.php (the Pulitzer winning entry is under Stories and Essays - Remember Me) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT request for browser help
Dave it all works fine for me using Firefox 2.0.0.13 IE 7. The only link I came across that didn't work was the one to Cotty's Pentax page. Cheers, Dave On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 7:05 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have several emails this morning stating that they cannot access my hockey picture page on my site. I know Safari and Firefox can open them. Could a few of you guys that have different version of IE, try and open them and let me know. http://www.caughtinmotion.com Link for the page is near the bottom, under Stouffville Links. Thanks a bunch -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs??
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 5:54 PM, Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Might I also add, on many other lists, the standard of wit, grammar and grace is several orders of magnitude lower than on this. I'm doing my bit to remedy that. Cheers, Dave ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Evening tipple
Don't worry Ann I took care of it. The world can thank me for my selfless act of demolishing the green stuff. Cheers, Dave :-) On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 9:52 AM, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ohmygod its the attack of the green slime! ;-) ann David Savage wrote: On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 6:46 AM, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice colours and textures. I like it. No need for the disclaimer about not being a 'stereotypical Aussie'. The 'Midori and lemonade' told us all we need to know... LOL That's was the point :-) (just between you me I don't mind the odd shandy either :-) (In your part of the world you could at least be sampling a crisp Margaret River reisling.) I'm not that Kulched Cheers, Dave :-) On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 23:01:40 +0800, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: G'day Al, I'm not the stereotypical Aussie. I'm not fit, or bronzed, or tall, Hugh Jackmen good looking or even a big drinker. But tonight I had a rare non social tipple, I liked the colour made a picture (~275kb) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/2395357825_281807b553_o.jpg K20D, Voigtländer 125mm f2.5 Macro, 1/180 @ f16, ISO 1600, AF-540 FGZ in wireless mode, Midori, lemonade ice. Cheers, Dave *hic* -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Evening tipple
Thanks Christine. I enjoyed taking it, and then drinking it :-) Cheers, Dave On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 3:52 AM, Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave: I REALLY like this abstract. The light and composition are great. And green is my favorite color to boot! Enjoyed seeing this. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] But tonight I had a rare non social tipple, I liked the colour made a picture (~275kb) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/2395357825_281807b553_o.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Break Out
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Savage wrote: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3200/2389377730_fe3402abe3_o.jpg They look like a pair of extremely slender, but shapely and silky legs. Sexy. Derby mate, I like where your head is at :-) Thanks for looking. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Break Out
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Savage wrote: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3200/2389377730_fe3402abe3_o.jpg From: Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] They look like a pair of extremely slender, but shapely and silky legs. Sexy. D I thought the exact same thing as Derby! Nice job, Dave. Thanks Christine. BTW, both you Derby are a pair of randy freaks :-) Cheers, Dave. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
One lens only...
Hi guys, My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I think that might be a little bit long. I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, but a standard 50 will definitely too long. S... What focal length would you take? And why? Ciao, Peter in western Sydney -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT request for browser help
David J Brooks wrote: I have several emails this morning stating that they cannot access my hockey picture page on my site. I know Safari and Firefox can open them. Could a few of you guys that have different version of IE, try and open them and let me know. http://www.caughtinmotion.com Link for the page is near the bottom, under Stouffville Links. Works fine in IE 7. Looking at the code, I can't see why any browser would have trouble with these pages. I think something else is going on (probably something out of the control of all parties involved). Tomorrow at school I can check it in IE 5 and 6 (using the very cool Multiple IE from http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
Pete, don't hamstring yourself. In that type of landscape no matter what you take, it won't be wide enough. On digital 16mm would be my minimum starting point. Last year on my Canada GFM trip I took my 31mm, 50mm, 77mm, 16-45mm f 1.7x AF Adapter). As much as I've bad mouthed it in the past, the 16-45mm was my most used lens (I always regretted leaving the 10-17 FE at home too). Think wider. Cheers, Dave On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I think that might be a little bit long. I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, but a standard 50 will definitely too long. S... What focal length would you take? And why? Ciao, Peter in western Sydney -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
- I've been on many a photo expedition with nothing but a normal lens and gotten great results. On the Pentax DSLRs that would be 35mm, so 40mm is in the ballpark. - However, it's a trade off between that and the 21mm. So my choice would be to take the 21mm and the 40mm or 43mm. Both lenses are so small that they are not a problem to carry anywhere in a tiny bag. - If I were only taking just one lens, I'd probably want a 28mm. - On my last trip to the IoM in 2006, the 21mm took more than 50% of the photos out of the 21-35-77 trio. On my Dec 2007 trip to NY, the 43mm tool more than 50% of the photos out of the 21-43-70 trio. But any of the above would do fine: 21, 28, 35, 40 or 43 mm ... I'd just adapt my shooting to fit what I had with me. Godfrey On Apr 8, 2008, at 4:57 AM, Peter McIntosh wrote: My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I think that might be a little bit long. I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, but a standard 50 will definitely too long. S... What focal length would you take? And why? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
I guess it depends a lot on what you want to photograph. I agree with Dave - if landscape is what you're after, 21 and 24 mm are both a bit limiting. If you don't want to take a zoom, then I'd be looking at the 14 mm DA - I haven't used it but a few people on the list love it - wish I could afford one :-( Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 21:57:54 +1000, Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hi guys, My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I think that might be a little bit long. I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, but a standard 50 will definitely too long. S... What focal length would you take? And why? Ciao, Peter in western Sydney -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: My First Lightroom Rendering with question
Nice shot. And a nice cloudy day rendering. I would shoot PEF if I was using lightroom with a K10D. However, I use the first version of ACR, so I'm committed to DNG for now. I think the best strategy with lightroom is to do the tutorial. When I began using ACR I read the Frazier book about Camera Raw, and that made a world of difference in my methods and results. I don't know if there's a similar guide for Lightroom. Godders will most surely respond with better info. Paul On Apr 7, 2008, at 10:17 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: I just downloaded a trial version of Lightroom and started fooling around with a Memphis shot. I kind of like what I ended up with, but I have no idea how I got there. I really just started moving sliders around. I have a feeling I might be out another 300 bucks soon. Anyway, here's the question: do you primarily shoot PEFs or DNGs since Lightroom does PEFs? Any preferences or does it even matter. This shot is a DNG. small http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7143990 larger http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7143990size=lg Comments/critique welcome. Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
Hate to be a deviant but... If size was an issue, then I'd take my FA 20-35mm f4 zoom lens. This by far has been my most used lens over the past 12 months (probably an 3-to-1 ratio with all others combined). At the end of the day, philisophical debates aside, the quality of this lens is reasonable enough that I'd prefer the flexibility over the improved optics of a prime. Disclaimer: I've only got 4 primes: 50, 100, 300, 400 mm. Hi guys, My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I think that might be a little bit long. I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, but a standard 50 will definitely too long. S... What focal length would you take? And why? Ciao, Peter in western Sydney -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
Jerome wrote: Hate to be a deviant but... If size was an issue, then I'd take my FA 20-35mm f4 zoom lens. I'd probably go with a prime, but it would, coincidentally, most likely be an FA series lens: Either the FA 20/2.8 or the FA 28/2.8AL. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT request for browser help
David J Brooks wrote: I have several emails this morning stating that they cannot access my hockey picture page on my site. I know Safari and Firefox can open them. Could a few of you guys that have different version of IE, try and open them and let me know. http://www.caughtinmotion.com Link for the page is near the bottom, under Stouffville Links. Works fine in IE6, Firefox 2.0.0.13, Opera 9.26 and Safari 3.1, all on Windows XP SP2. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs??
If it's any consolation, Rebekah, I empathized with your initial sentiments, but just didn't feel the need to chime in. For some, PESO has turned into PESH (Picture Every Single Hour) and it does become tiresome sometimes, particularly if the reason for sharing with such frequency doesn't seem obvious. But like everyone said, we don't have to click on 'em! :o) In general though, the response of the group has been eye opening for me as well, and I agree with most points that were made. And since I do enjoy the banter and spiraling turns that the list often takes due to the freedom of being unmoderated, I guess the bottom line is that we've gotta take the good with the bad (especially since we'd NEVER agree on what's good and what's bad :o) interesting comments from all. Really, it was just a thought, and I certainly am not pointing my finger or claiming I dislike the PESOs, rather, I enjoy them and often feel guilty I don't have the time anymore to comment on each and every one, because I know that each image someone feels is special enough to share with the group here deserves a comment and some encouragement, be it constructive critique or praise. However, my point was simply to mention that it seems our list has become increasingly flooded with images, and I for one, feel like an image shared for discussion should be one that is very special for whatever reason - perhaps a triumph, perhaps in need of some help. It may be that others take more shots worthy of contributing more often than I feel the need to share, but my comment was not designed to throw PESOs in a negative light, or to insult anyone in particular. Really, it was just something that we throw around here all the time - an opinion, and a question seeking others' opinions :) rg2 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I think that might be a little bit long. I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, but a standard 50 will definitely too long. S... What focal length would you take? And why? Ciao, One of my favourite trips, to NYC several summers ago, I had rather severe restrictions of what I could travel with (a bike in a hardshell case kind of used up much of my allowance). I ended up taking my Leica CL with a 40mm. Funny, but I never found it limiting at all, and I took some of my favourite photos ever with that simple combo. I guess you've got different issued with landscape and all, but I'd probably stick with somewhere around the equivalent of a 35mm to 40mm 35mm film equivalent. Very useful all-round focal lengths, although I don't think I could disagree with anyone who says wider would be good for landscapes. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESOs- Eureka Springs, etc.
My wife and I had planned a photo trip to Eureka Springs, AR last Saturday. Instead, she flew to northern Idaho for a family visit, so, I went alone. Some shots posted on Photo Net: pdml@pdml.net More on Flickr along with some shots from our summer trip to Yellowstone, Arches, and many points west: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ted_beilby/ All shots taken with K 10D, 70mm limited or DA 16-45. Shot in DNG and processed in Photoshop CS. Thanks for any critiques or comments. Ted -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
31mm limited because the lens is as good as the countryside. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 6:57 AM, Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I think that might be a little bit long. I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, but a standard 50 will definitely too long. S... What focal length would you take? And why? Ciao, Peter in western Sydney -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: My First Lightroom Rendering with question
Thanks Godfrey, Ann, Paul, Derby, Rick, Peter: Yes, I did do one tutorial at the Adobe site. I did it after I fooled around with this shot; it made the tutorial more meaningful since I had played with sliders etc. I couldn't believe what I was seeing in the tutorial. (I can do that? Wow! etc) I did desiderate this a lot on purpose. The original lettering on the boat was orange! I also purposefully applied a vignette. It was a very cloudy day when my husband I went for our riverboat ride. Thanks Godfrey, for the PEF/DNG response. It helped a lot. Before investing in Lightroom, I think I have to get my harddrive back-up situation all sorted out. Blazing Bally-Wag, that'll be another dent in this lady's handbag! Thanks again, everyone. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 10:57 PM Subject: Re: PESO: My First Lightroom Rendering with question On Apr 7, 2008, at 7:17 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: small http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7143990 larger http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7143990size=lg Very nice. Anyway, here's the question: do you primarily shoot PEFs or DNGs since Lightroom does PEFs? Any preferences or does it even matter. This shot is a DNG. I have the K10D set to capture in PEF format. When I import to Lightroom, I have it convert to DNG on the fly directly from card to computer hard drive, and make a backup copy of the PEFs on a RAW archive drive. (With *ist D and *ist DS files, the DNGs would be about 40% smaller than the native camera PEFs, but on the K10D the PEFs are losslessly compressed so they end up about the same size.) The resulting DNG files process identically to the PEFs. The difference is in how Lightroom stores the editing information when you elect the Metadata-Save to File command or if you have it set to automatically sync the metadata into the files. With PEF files, the metadata is written to a .XMP sidecar file in the same directory as the PEF file. With DNG files the metadata is appended to the .DNG file. This makes the DNG format files a little easier to manage as you cannot accidentally lose your metadata edits. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What ever happened to Shel Belinkhoff
Spilling I hove nu problams wiff. David Savage wrote: On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 12:13 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damn I can't edit my posts to save my life. Maybe try outsourcing your editing to Dave? :-) Cheers, (The Other) Dave -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs??
Cotty wrote: On 8/4/08, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: Labelling is, imho, the only way to satisfy all parts. Mark! (Especially those extra sticky labels that are *really* painful to pull off ;-) Mark! (I'm not really sure what Cotty is referring to here but do we really want to know?) -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
But you're not a singular deviant . . . ;-) I have actually used the FA20-35 as my only lens. Had the 40 as well, but never used it. This lens just works well, all prime/zoom issues aside. I keep thinking of getting the DA 21, but the FA20-35 is so light (and not much slower) that I'm not sure why I really need it. A good kit for me would be the FA20-35 and either the FA 50 1.4 or the DA 70. The latter lenses are just so small there's no reason not to take them. I like the idea of just having one lens, but I have to keep reminding myself that this isn't a game show and that there is really no practical barrier. Jerome [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/8/2008 8:57 AM Hate to be a deviant but... If size was an issue, then I'd take my FA 20-35mm f4 zoom lens. This by far has been my most used lens over the past 12 months (probably an 3-to-1 ratio with all others combined). At the end of the day, philisophical debates aside, the quality of this lens is reasonable enough that I'd prefer the flexibility over the improved optics of a prime. Disclaimer: I've only got 4 primes: 50, 100, 300, 400 mm. Hi guys, My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I think that might be a little bit long. I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, but a standard 50 will definitely too long. S... What focal length would you take? And why? Ciao, Peter in western Sydney -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. !SIG:47fb6c3f299195093950892! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 31mm limited because the lens is as good as the countryside. Regards, Bob S. Hey, Bob, That would be about the perfect focal length (in terms of what I was talking about in my last post) if I had only one lens to live with for the rest of my life. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
On 8/4/08, Peter McIntosh, discombobulated, unleashed: My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I think that might be a little bit long. I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, but a standard 50 will definitely too long. S... What focal length would you take? And why? Crickey. *One* lens, and a prime at that. I often just go out of the house with a 28mm on a 1.5 crop body, giving similar angle of view as a 42mm lens on a 36X24 frame. It's a great lens (f1.9 Ultron) and wide open is very sharp, so caters for any situation. If I could get the same sharpness with a wider lens I would probably aim for that. My wife has the *ist Ds and the A20mm on that camera is a killer. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT request for browser help
On 8/4/08, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: The only link I came across that didn't work was the one to Cotty's Pentax page. Here you go Brooksie: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/mods/eoskmount.html -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I'm back
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:16 PM, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip However, I might be able to get to Toronto because of a recently discovered $1.00 special fare on the bus. It still might not work -- but I have at least one invite from my friends who live near the U who told me about this incredible fare... it still might be hard for me to do -- and I DONT have a passport so I have to check on what the rules are for leaving and entering -- there was talk of a kind of abbreviated thing if one was a USA citizen, born and bred. I hope we can BOTH make it to GFM in 2009. Anne, You MUST come to Toronto, then! Like you and Dave, GFM is a no-go for me this year (Messenger World Championships are in Toronto this year and I'm on the committee). Hopefullly all ~three~ of us will be there 2009. It would be lovely to see you this summer, though. You have a bed at my place if need be. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT request for browser help
Thanks every one. Mark if you could try IE5 for me that would be great. I may see one of the people who emailed me tonight, and i'll see if i can find out what thye use. I know my site would not load BBPro pages at work on Win NT. Dave On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 8:07 AM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David J Brooks wrote: I have several emails this morning stating that they cannot access my hockey picture page on my site. I know Safari and Firefox can open them. Could a few of you guys that have different version of IE, try and open them and let me know. http://www.caughtinmotion.com Link for the page is near the bottom, under Stouffville Links. Works fine in IE 7. Looking at the code, I can't see why any browser would have trouble with these pages. I think something else is going on (probably something out of the control of all parties involved). Tomorrow at school I can check it in IE 5 and 6 (using the very cool Multiple IE from http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Accepted and Declined
Brian - I certainly like the images in the decline folder -- go figure.. maybe just overload on certain subject areas. I do like the look of the Chamelon template , too. Best, ann Brian Walters wrote: Hi all Just for fun I thought I'd put together a gallery of images that have been accepted and declined in the Pentax Photo Gallery. If anyone's interested it's here: http://supera.myjalbum.net/Pentax_Photo_Gallery_Submissions/Declined_Images/index.html The Gallery uses JAlbum and the Chameleon template (this is the same software that Scott uses for the PUG). The gallery is hosted on the free web space available to JAlbum users. It's not a bad system if anyone is looking for somewhere to put some images - it looks better than Picasa. Looking at the declined images, I have no complaints about the rejection of the vast majority but there are a few that I thought might have made the cut. Equally, there are some accepted images that probably only got accepted because they were submitted early on. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
I felt the same way with the FA20-35 ... until I had the DA21. Then my use of the zoom pretty much stopped as I found the prime to be that significant increment more capable a performer. A 20-35 plus a 70 is a remarkably complete kit for a tremendous amount of work. Godfrey On Apr 8, 2008, at 6:45 AM, Steve Desjardins wrote: But you're not a singular deviant . . . ;-) I have actually used the FA20-35 as my only lens. Had the 40 as well, but never used it. This lens just works well, all prime/zoom issues aside. I keep thinking of getting the DA 21, but the FA20-35 is so light (and not much slower) that I'm not sure why I really need it. A good kit for me would be the FA20-35 and either the FA 50 1.4 or the DA 70. The latter lenses are just so small there's no reason not to take them. I like the idea of just having one lens, but I have to keep reminding myself that this isn't a game show and that there is really no practical barrier. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:57:54 +1000 Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: S... What focal length would you take? And why? I tend to use my 28 mm as my walking around lens as the FoV is a good normal. my second choice is usually 55mm for the short tele FoV it occurs to me that my K10d has become a digital back for my M42 lenses Bran -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
The FA20-35/4 is good enough to be considered four prime lenses in one, IMO. Very handy, and still quite reasonable in size/weight. :-) Biggest reason to select any of the primes in this range is to get a little more speed for low light (and its not much more in the case of the DA21/3.2 ...). Finding a 20-35/4 today, however, is a bit problematic. They're long out of production and stocks of them have seemingly dried up. Godfrey On Apr 8, 2008, at 5:57 AM, Jerome wrote: Hate to be a deviant but... If size was an issue, then I'd take my FA 20-35mm f4 zoom lens. This by far has been my most used lens over the past 12 months (probably an 3-to-1 ratio with all others combined). At the end of the day, philisophical debates aside, the quality of this lens is reasonable enough that I'd prefer the flexibility over the improved optics of a prime. Disclaimer: I've only got 4 primes: 50, 100, 300, 400 mm. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
Peter McIntosh wrote: Hi guys, My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I think that might be a little bit long. I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, but a standard 50 will definitely too long. S... What focal length would you take? And why? Ciao, Peter in western Sydney Whenever I went out with my old LX and only one lens it would be the 50mm f 1.4. Having now gone digital, I probably would just take the 28-135mm (um about a 50 to 160 zoom in old terms yes?) because it has the image stabilizer and also I almost never shoot wide angle stuff... but if the weight were a question, I might put my old 28mm smc on the digital body... the 50 mm equivalent. ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I'm back
frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:16 PM, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Anne, You MUST come to Toronto, then! I'll consider it if you remember to take the e off my first name :):) Like you and Dave, GFM is a no-go for me this year (Messenger World Championships are in Toronto this year and I'm on the committee). Hopefullly all ~three~ of us will be there 2009. It would be lovely to see you this summer, though. You have a bed at my place if need be. cheers, frank Frank - Nothing I'd like better than to get there... but a lot of things may make it difficult Will advise Including your's , there are at least 3 beds for me. Please let me know if you read the mail I sent to just a few of you recently - if not, I'll send again just to you... xo, ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
If I'm doing the one lens thing, the one I use most often is the FA35/2AL. I've shot whole trips with that lens and been quite happy. Peter McIntosh wrote: Hi guys, My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I think that might be a little bit long. I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, but a standard 50 will definitely too long. S... What focal length would you take? And why? Ciao, Peter in western Sydney -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
If I'm taking one lens, I definitely want the flexibility of a zoom with fairly wide range. I would probably take a DA 16-45 or DA* 16-50. Paul -- Original message -- From: Bran Everseeking [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:57:54 +1000 Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: S... What focal length would you take? And why? I tend to use my 28 mm as my walking around lens as the FoV is a good normal. my second choice is usually 55mm for the short tele FoV it occurs to me that my K10d has become a digital back for my M42 lenses Bran -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:57 AM, Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I think that might be a little bit long. I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, but a standard 50 will definitely too long. S... What focal length would you take? And why? The 40 and the 21 are both *awfully* small. I have a teeny little camera bag and I can put one on the camera and jam the other in underneath. If I *had* to pick one, it'd be the 40mm; I recently spent 10 days in Hawaii and my shots were about 90%/10% 40mm/21mm. -Tim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pulitzer
Ditto. --- Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am speechless http://www.prestongannaway.com/main.php (the Pulitzer winning entry is under Stories and Essays - Remember Me) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
the FA*31mm On 4/8/08, Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I think that might be a little bit long. I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, but a standard 50 will definitely too long. S... What focal length would you take? And why? Ciao, Peter in western Sydney -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESOs- Eureka Springs, etc.
Some shots posted on Photo Net: pdml at pdml.net I'm guessing this is the link you meant to put: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=823662 Also... http://www.flickr.com/photos/ted_beilby/ I did a search for Eureka and got 13 photos. The only one that caught my interest was Street Music. The two guys together (with zero acknowledgement of each other) seemed like an interesting juxtaposition. The inclusion of the manequin butts made me chuckle, but didn't add anything to the photo for me. Also, I saw the potential of Sunshine Art... but the composition was way too busy for my liking. Thanks for any critiques or comments. Yur welcome. Hope that helps. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
Peter, I think that Godfrey's suggestion is the wisest one. With (DA 40 or FA 43) and DA 21 you will not break the travel light requirement yet you will get excellent quality. My trip to UK three years ago was with FA 43, FA 77 (also rather small and light) and Sigma 18/3.5 (chunky a-la Tokina 17/3.5) 'cause I had no better wide angle option. Now I would take with me DA 21, FA 43 and FA 77. Given the novelty (for me) of 50/1.2 lens I might take it instead, but is neither as small nor as light as 21/40/43. In fact, I am planning a short local trip where I would take 50/1.2 with me as the only lens. HTH. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I'm back
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:58 AM, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:16 PM, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Anne, You MUST come to Toronto, then! I'll consider it if you remember to take the e off my first name :):) snip Oops! As you may recall, my eldest is named Anne, so it's a habit. Sorry ANN! Anyway, I don't think I got the other e-mail you referred to, so if you want to send it again, I'd love to see it. -f -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
Well, I would take my 17~70 Sigma that I just purchased. It has proven to be very good quality and actually focuses a bit faster that the Pentax kit lens I had. I will be a little disappointed however if the yet to arrive Pentax 17~70 turns out to be a better lens :-) Walt On 4/8/08, Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I think that might be a little bit long. I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, but a standard 50 will definitely too long. S... What focal length would you take? And why? Ciao, Peter in western Sydney -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
I definitely have some lens purchase coming. As always, I start thinking about zooms and end up buying primes. I'm definitively getting the DA 70 as it fills a gap in my lens lineup. I've decided to blow off the FA 31 or FA 35 and just wait for whatever nice DA*30 eventually emerges. I have been wondering about the DA 21. I'll wonder harder. Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/8/2008 11:42 AM I felt the same way with the FA20-35 ... until I had the DA21. Then my use of the zoom pretty much stopped as I found the prime to be that significant increment more capable a performer. A 20-35 plus a 70 is a remarkably complete kit for a tremendous amount of work. Godfrey On Apr 8, 2008, at 6:45 AM, Steve Desjardins wrote: But you're not a singular deviant . . . ;-) I have actually used the FA20-35 as my only lens. Had the 40 as well, but never used it. This lens just works well, all prime/zoom issues aside. I keep thinking of getting the DA 21, but the FA20-35 is so light (and not much slower) that I'm not sure why I really need it. A good kit for me would be the FA20-35 and either the FA 50 1.4 or the DA 70. The latter lenses are just so small there's no reason not to take them. I like the idea of just having one lens, but I have to keep reminding myself that this isn't a game show and that there is really no practical barrier. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. !SIG:47fb926d299192622311952! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Pulitzer
Wonderful essay - thanks. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derby Chang Sent: 08 April 2008 11:06 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Pulitzer I am speechless http://www.prestongannaway.com/main.php (the Pulitzer winning entry is under Stories and Essays - Remember Me) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Tulips
Bought them and took them home. They might not have been too happy with me at Loblaws if I'd been cluttering up their flower section :-) Wendy On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 10:40 AM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Those are lovely, Wendy. I am guessing you did those in a flower shop, or from flowers you purchased and then did them at home.? Dave On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 10:32 AM, wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks like spring might almost be here at last. Canadian-grown tulips are in the shops, even if they're not yet poking through the snow.. http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/tulip Cameras: 1Dmk3 + 24-105 K10D + Sigma 180 macro Wendy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: My First Lightroom Rendering with question
Op Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:57:34 +0200 schreef Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Apr 7, 2008, at 7:17 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: small http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7143990 larger http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7143990size=lg Very nice. Anyway, here's the question: do you primarily shoot PEFs or DNGs since Lightroom does PEFs? Any preferences or does it even matter. This shot is a DNG. I have the K10D set to capture in PEF format. When I import to Lightroom, I have it convert to DNG on the fly directly from card to computer hard drive, and make a backup copy of the PEFs on a RAW archive drive. (With *ist D and *ist DS files, the DNGs would be about 40% smaller than the native camera PEFs, but on the K10D the PEFs are losslessly compressed so they end up about the same size.) The resulting DNG files process identically to the PEFs. The difference is in how Lightroom stores the editing information when you elect the Metadata-Save to File command or if you have it set to automatically sync the metadata into the files. With PEF files, the metadata is written to a .XMP sidecar file in the same directory as the PEF file. With DNG files the metadata is appended to the .DNG file. This makes the DNG format files a little easier to manage as you cannot accidentally lose your metadata edits. Hi Godfrey, That is clear, but is there any reason why you don't set the K10d to capture in dng format? That'd save the pef-dng conversion step, wouldn't it? -- Ciao, Lucas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: One lens only...
I wouldn't like to be limited to one lens, but if I had to I would take a high quality zoom in the approximate range of 24-105mm in the 35mm format. If I was restricted to a prime lens for some reason it would be a 35mm, probably, or a 50mm. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter McIntosh Sent: 08 April 2008 12:58 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: One lens only... Hi guys, My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I think that might be a little bit long. I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, but a standard 50 will definitely too long. S... What focal length would you take? And why? Ciao, Peter in western Sydney -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: My First Lightroom Rendering with question
Lucas Rijnders wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I have the K10D set to capture in PEF format. When I import to Lightroom, I have it convert to DNG on the fly directly from card to computer hard drive, and make a backup copy of the PEFs on a RAW archive drive. (With *ist D and *ist DS files, the DNGs would be about 40% smaller than the native camera PEFs, but on the K10D the PEFs are losslessly compressed so they end up about the same size.) The resulting DNG files process identically to the PEFs. The difference is in how Lightroom stores the editing information when you elect the Metadata-Save to File command or if you have it set to automatically sync the metadata into the files. With PEF files, the metadata is written to a .XMP sidecar file in the same directory as the PEF file. With DNG files the metadata is appended to the .DNG file. This makes the DNG format files a little easier to manage as you cannot accidentally lose your metadata edits. That is clear, but is there any reason why you don't set the K10d to capture in dng format? That'd save the pef-dng conversion step, wouldn't it? The K10D only saves in *uncompressed* DNG format, so you get fewer shots on a card than if you shoot PEF. A further side effect is that if your preferred archiving format is compressed DNG, then shooting in DNG format doesn't save you a step at all because you still have to use DNG Converter to convert to compressed format. :( Dare I ask if they've fixed this with the K20D? (Does it save DNG in compressed DNG format?) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
On Apr 8, 2008, at 13:59, Lucas Rijnders wrote: Op Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:57:54 +0200 schreef Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED]: S... What focal length would you take? And why? My wife puts me on a strict two-lens budget for holidays, so I know your problem. Man, if I was required to have only one lens, I'd be hard-pressed to take anything other than a good zoom. But I do like the A28/2.8 for a walkaround lens if I'm trying to go lightweight (like, if I ride the bicycle to work but for some reason want to take the camera with). But seriously - trip of a lifetime to some place you may never go again? Why limit yourself so strictly? Bring a few lenses and have fun with it - or maybe just leave the camera at home??? -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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESOs Eureka Springs, etc mispasted url
Second try, pasted wrong url for PhotoNet, sorry. My wife and I had planned a photo trip to Eureka Springs, AR last Saturday. Instead, she flew to northern Idaho for a family visit, so, I went alone. Some shots posted on Photo Net: http://www.photo.net/photos/TedBeilby More on Flickr along with some shots from our summer trip to Yellowstone, Arches, and many points west: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ted_beilby/ All shots taken with K 10D, 70mm limited or DA 16-45. Shot in DNG and processed in Photoshop CS. Thanks for any critiques or comments. Ted -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
frank theriault wrote: One of my favourite trips, to NYC several summers ago, I had rather severe restrictions of what I could travel with (a bike in a hardshell case kind of used up much of my allowance). I ended up taking my Leica CL with a 40mm. Funny, but I never found it limiting at all, and I took some of my favourite photos ever with that simple combo. I guess you've got different issued with landscape and all, but I'd probably stick with somewhere around the equivalent of a 35mm to 40mm 35mm film equivalent. Very useful all-round focal lengths, although I don't think I could disagree with anyone who says wider would be good for landscapes. About a year and a half ago I bought a Yashica Electro 35 GSN. It has a very nice 45/1.7 on it. It sat on the shelf until recently when I took it out for a walk. Since then it's been out for night photography and along for some bike rides. I'm not sure, if I had to choose only one, that this would be the camera/lens I'd pick. I wouldn't complain, though, as it's really a pretty nice little rig. When I'm limited to one lens I will usually pick a normal (50 or 55, depending on the camera) or maybe something slightly wider (28 or 35). If I were Peter and I had access to a 31LTD, that's the one I would choose. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
Op Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:57:54 +0200 schreef Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED]: S... What focal length would you take? And why? My wife puts me on a strict two-lens budget for holidays, so I know your problem. On digital I would doubt endlessly between the K24/2,8 (because it's my widest prime), the A28/2,8 (because it's a nice normal lens), and the A50/1,4 (for low-light and portraiture, and because I like it a lot). In the end I would, probably, take all three :o) -- Ciao, Lucas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: My First Lightroom Rendering with question
Op Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:01:58 +0200 schreef Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Lucas Rijnders wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I have the K10D set to capture in PEF format. When I import to Lightroom, I have it convert to DNG on the fly directly from card to computer hard drive, and make a backup copy of the PEFs on a RAW archive drive. That is clear, but is there any reason why you don't set the K10d to capture in dng format? That'd save the pef-dng conversion step, wouldn't it? The K10D only saves in *uncompressed* DNG format, so you get fewer shots on a card than if you shoot PEF. A further side effect is that if your preferred archiving format is compressed DNG, then shooting in DNG format doesn't save you a step at all because you still have to use DNG Converter to convert to compressed format. :( Ah, thanks. I noticed the size difference, but didn't know that it could be avoided. -- Ciao, Lucas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Tulips
May 2-19 Hope to get down to look this year (and hope for some good weather too!) Wendy On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:49 PM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 10:32 AM, wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks like spring might almost be here at last. Canadian-grown tulips are in the shops, even if they're not yet poking through the snow.. http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/tulip Great stuff! When does the Tulip festival start? I've only been once, and it was cold as hell and rainy. Gotta love that Ottawa weather... :-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
Op Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:10:04 +0200 schreef Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Apr 8, 2008, at 13:59, Lucas Rijnders wrote: Op Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:57:54 +0200 schreef Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED]: S... What focal length would you take? And why? My wife puts me on a strict two-lens budget for holidays, so I know your problem. Man, if I was required to have only one lens, I'd be hard-pressed to take anything other than a good zoom. On film, I'd take the FA 28-70/4 AL (or the A50/1,4, or both :o). I simply don't have a zoomlens with similar field of view, size and quality for the K10, so that wasn't an option. I _am_ looking longingly at the 16-45/4, though. I think I can live with it's size, espacially given the wider field-of-view... -- Ciao, Lucas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
Op Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:25:24 +0200 schreef Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 8/4/08, Lucas Rijnders, discombobulated, unleashed: My wife puts me on a strict two-lens budget for holidays Mark! Ehm, I would prefer not to have this in the quotes list, if you don't mind... Besides, it's not a bad thing... -- Ciao, Lucas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Accepted and Declined
Brian, what immediately jumped out to me was that, as an entire group, the accepted images seem to be more simplified with the subject isolated having less distracting elements included. A simplification I know, but it really jumped out at me on a quick review of just the thumbnails. The accepted images are a really nice body of work IMO. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: GESO: Accepted and Declined Hi all Just for fun I thought I'd put together a gallery of images that have been accepted and declined in the Pentax Photo Gallery. If anyone's interested it's here: http://supera.myjalbum.net/Pentax_Photo_Gallery_Submissions/Declined_Images/index.html The Gallery uses JAlbum and the Chameleon template (this is the same software that Scott uses for the PUG). The gallery is hosted on the free web space available to JAlbum users. It's not a bad system if anyone is looking for somewhere to put some images - it looks better than Picasa. Looking at the declined images, I have no complaints about the rejection of the vast majority but there are a few that I thought might have made the cut. Equally, there are some accepted images that probably only got accepted because they were submitted early on. Cheers Brian -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: My First Lightroom Rendering with question
On Apr 8, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Lucas Rijnders wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I have the K10D set to capture in PEF format. When I import to Lightroom, I have it convert to DNG on the fly directly from card to computer hard drive ... That is clear, but is there any reason why you don't set the K10d to capture in dng format? That'd save the pef-dng conversion step, wouldn't it? The K10D only saves in *uncompressed* DNG format, so you get fewer shots on a card than if you shoot PEF. A further side effect is that if your preferred archiving format is compressed DNG, then shooting in DNG format doesn't save you a step at all because you still have to use DNG Converter to convert to compressed format. :( Yes. Importing to Lightroom with conversion to DNG format directly from the memory card does the compression on the fly so there is no extra step. (Another detail: Lightroom doesn't apply compression to files which are already in DNG format on Import. It just moves them to where you've specified and enters them into the catalog database. However, after editing and such, if you export to DNG format it will produce compressed DNG format files.) Dare I ask if they've fixed this with the K20D? (Does it save DNG in compressed DNG format?) The DNG lossless compression algorithm is tightly specified and somewhat processor intensive, from what I understand, and 100% compliance with the spec is required for compatibility. For these reasons, Adobe recommends camera makers create uncompressed DNG files in camera. I don't know of any camera producing 'native' DNG files which produces them with the lossless DNG compression. (Hasselblad, Leica, Ricoh and Pentax all produce DNG RAW files; I can't recall any others if they exist just at the moment.) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
Lucas Rijnders wrote: Op Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:25:24 +0200 schreef Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 8/4/08, Lucas Rijnders, discombobulated, unleashed: My wife puts me on a strict two-lens budget for holidays Mark! Ehm, I would prefer not to have this in the quotes list, if you don't mind... Besides, it's not a bad thing... Since when does the quotee get to decide these things? g -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
On Apr 8, 2008, at 12:10 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: But seriously - trip of a lifetime to some place you may never go again? Why limit yourself so strictly? Bring a few lenses and have fun with it - or maybe just leave the camera at home??? I went to Salamanca, Spain in 1999 on a business trip. No real time for doing serious photography, and a packed bag and schedule for a week of touring and giving presentations in 9 cities around Europe. I thought of taking the Leica M and three lenses ... when will I ever get back to Salamanca? ... but decided that I just couldn't lug the additional stuff along. I took just my teensy little Contax Tix with its excellent Zeiss wide-normal lens, and a dozen rolls of film. Some of my favorite pictures of the past ten years were made with that camera, on that trip. I did night shots in the square, people work, scenics, all kinds of stuff ... in Salamanca, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Stockholm, Frankfurt, and London. I never regretted having only that camera along: it's size and weight meant that I had it with me virtually all the time and could always be ready for that great moment, and the quality of its lens shone in all the photos I made with it. Sometimes, limitations and a lack of equipment choices to distract us begets more creativity and better photographs. I still often carry just one prime lens when I'm out shooting. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
Makes you wonder if the Lens Police are going to enforce the one lens only rule here. I don't know how many times we have had a similar question - I can't answer it because I can't come up with a situation where the lens police won't let me have another lens or two or at least a zoom to cover the range. :) -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 11:59:32 AM, you wrote: BW I wouldn't like to be limited to one lens, but if I had to I would BW take a high quality zoom in the approximate range of 24-105mm in the BW 35mm format. If I was restricted to a prime lens for some reason it BW would be a 35mm, probably, or a 50mm. BW Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter McIntosh Sent: 08 April 2008 12:58 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: One lens only... Hi guys, My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I think that might be a little bit long. I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, but a standard 50 will definitely too long. S... What focal length would you take? And why? Ciao, Peter in western Sydney -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
On 8/4/08, Lucas Rijnders, discombobulated, unleashed: My wife puts me on a strict two-lens budget for holidays Mark! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
What ever you wind up taking, take a convertor some closeup diaopter screw in lenses for maximum flexibility. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: One lens only... Hi guys, My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I think that might be a little bit long. I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, but a standard 50 will definitely too long. S... What focal length would you take? And why? Ciao, Peter in western Sydney -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
Op Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:00:13 +0200 schreef Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sometimes, limitations and a lack of equipment choices to distract us begets more creativity and better photographs. I still often carry just one prime lens when I'm out shooting. Agreed. I even find that if I do have lots of equipment with me on a weekend, I stil only use two or three lenses. -- Ciao, Lucas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
Op Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:00:54 +0200 schreef Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Lucas Rijnders wrote: Op Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:25:24 +0200 schreef Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 8/4/08, Lucas Rijnders, discombobulated, unleashed: My wife puts me on a strict two-lens budget for holidays Mark! Ehm, I would prefer not to have this in the quotes list, if you don't mind... Besides, it's not a bad thing... Since when does the quotee get to decide these things? g Don't I have copyright? ;-) -- Ciao, Lucas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I'm back
frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:16 PM, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Anne, You MUST come to Toronto, then! Like you and Dave, GFM is a no-go for me this year (Messenger World Championships are in Toronto this year and I'm on the committee). Hopefullly all ~three~ of us will be there 2009. It would be lovely to see you this summer, though. You have a bed at my place if need be. cheers, frank Gasp! F R A N K !!! Have you no couth at ALL? keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
To Serve and Diffract. Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/8/2008 4:27 PM Makes you wonder if the Lens Police are going to enforce the one lens only rule here. I don't know how many times we have had a similar question - I can't answer it because I can't come up with a situation where the lens police won't let me have another lens or two or at least a zoom to cover the range. :) -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 11:59:32 AM, you wrote: BW I wouldn't like to be limited to one lens, but if I had to I would BW take a high quality zoom in the approximate range of 24-105mm in the BW 35mm format. If I was restricted to a prime lens for some reason it BW would be a 35mm, probably, or a 50mm. BW Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter McIntosh Sent: 08 April 2008 12:58 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: One lens only... Hi guys, My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I think that might be a little bit long. I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, but a standard 50 will definitely too long. S... What focal length would you take? And why? Ciao, Peter in western Sydney -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. !SIG:47fbd629299191334766285! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I'm back
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:37 PM, keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gasp! F R A N K !!! Have you no couth at ALL? No, I have no couth. I do, however, have a couch. Which is where I'd be sleeping if Ann stayed over... :-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
One lens only? I would take the widest I have: the 18-55 kitlens, I can always crop later but never expend! Missing an opportunity is much worse for me than not having the best optical quality Greetz, Jos Steve Desjardins wrote: To Serve and Diffract. Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/8/2008 4:27 PM Makes you wonder if the Lens Police are going to enforce the one lens only rule here. I don't know how many times we have had a similar question - I can't answer it because I can't come up with a situation where the lens police won't let me have another lens or two or at least a zoom to cover the range. :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
Bob W wrote: The use of zooms reeks of moral turpitude. I disagree. But only because I *like* moral turpitude. ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESOs Eureka Springs, etc mispasted url
Hi Ted I quite like Flat Iron Building' but it's definitely got a lean to the left - should be possible to correct that in Photoshop. The other one that caught my eye is 'Art in the Sunshine' - I just think you needed to crop in closer. There's too much else in the image that distracts. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:15:56 -0500, Ted Beilby [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Second try, pasted wrong url for PhotoNet, sorry. My wife and I had planned a photo trip to Eureka Springs, AR last Saturday. Instead, she flew to northern Idaho for a family visit, so, I went alone. Some shots posted on Photo Net: http://www.photo.net/photos/TedBeilby More on Flickr along with some shots from our summer trip to Yellowstone, Arches, and many points west: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ted_beilby/ All shots taken with K 10D, 70mm limited or DA 16-45. Shot in DNG and processed in Photoshop CS. Thanks for any critiques or comments. Ted -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: One lens only...
The use of zooms reeks of moral turpitude. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Dayton Sent: 08 April 2008 21:28 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: One lens only... Makes you wonder if the Lens Police are going to enforce the one lens only rule here. I don't know how many times we have had a similar question - I can't answer it because I can't come up with a situation where the lens police won't let me have another lens or two or at least a zoom to cover the range. :) -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 11:59:32 AM, you wrote: BW I wouldn't like to be limited to one lens, but if I had to I would BW take a high quality zoom in the approximate range of 24-105mm in the BW 35mm format. If I was restricted to a prime lens for some reason it BW would be a 35mm, probably, or a 50mm. BW Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter McIntosh Sent: 08 April 2008 12:58 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: One lens only... Hi guys, My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I think that might be a little bit long. I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, but a standard 50 will definitely too long. S... What focal length would you take? And why? Ciao, Peter in western Sydney -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
What Godders says is valid. On a couple of short business trips to Paris and Madrid I took only a Leica iiif RD and a 50mm Summicron. The resulting photos ended up in a gallery, and I've sold quite a few of them. It was fun. But on a vacation, I'd still opt for a DSLR and a zoom. Or two zooms. Or three primes. Paul On Apr 8, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Apr 8, 2008, at 12:10 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: But seriously - trip of a lifetime to some place you may never go again? Why limit yourself so strictly? Bring a few lenses and have fun with it - or maybe just leave the camera at home??? I went to Salamanca, Spain in 1999 on a business trip. No real time for doing serious photography, and a packed bag and schedule for a week of touring and giving presentations in 9 cities around Europe. I thought of taking the Leica M and three lenses ... when will I ever get back to Salamanca? ... but decided that I just couldn't lug the additional stuff along. I took just my teensy little Contax Tix with its excellent Zeiss wide-normal lens, and a dozen rolls of film. Some of my favorite pictures of the past ten years were made with that camera, on that trip. I did night shots in the square, people work, scenics, all kinds of stuff ... in Salamanca, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Stockholm, Frankfurt, and London. I never regretted having only that camera along: it's size and weight meant that I had it with me virtually all the time and could always be ready for that great moment, and the quality of its lens shone in all the photos I made with it. Sometimes, limitations and a lack of equipment choices to distract us begets more creativity and better photographs. I still often carry just one prime lens when I'm out shooting. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
DA* 16-58/2.8 and the flat focus problem
I decided to continue my upgrade of the medium zooms with the addition of the DA* 16-50/2.8. It's an ideal lens for event photography, which I've been doing more often. My lens arrived Monday. I tried to adjust the focal point yesterday using the Nikon chart. I had a lot of problems getting a compromise reading at the various focal lengths. More disturbing was the fact that the left side of the chart and the right side of the chart weren't focusing on the same plane. I conferred off list with Joe Tainter, who is well informed on these problems and decided to test further. Today I tested the lens by shooting a flat wooden deck off the tripod. The level of the deck and the camera were checked and matched with a bubble gauge. The lens is definitely our of whack by a considerable amount. It's easily noticeable in this sort of test at 2.8 and all focal lengths and still somewhat noticeable at 50mm, f5.6. It's on its way back to BH and a replacement is on its way to me. In normal shooting early yesterday the problem wasn't noticeable. (I have a nice pic of Grace playing hopscotch:-). Anyone who has purchased this lens should test their sample under controlled conditions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Accepted and Declined
Thanks Ann There's certainly no planning in what I submit, so overload on certain topics is probably unavoidable. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:35:31 -0400, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Brian - I certainly like the images in the decline folder -- go figure.. maybe just overload on certain subject areas. I do like the look of the Chamelon template , too. Best, ann -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
On 8/4/08, Lucas Rijnders, discombobulated, unleashed: Ehm, I would prefer not to have this in the quotes list, if you don't mind... Publish and be damned! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: One lens only...
On 8/4/08, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: The use of zooms reeks of moral turpitude. Mark. (But then you knew that anyway) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: One lens only...
On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 22:40:15 +0100, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The use of zooms reeks of moral turpitude. Bob ...and you see a problem with that?? :-) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but differentÂ… -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Accepted and Declined
Hi Ken Thanks for that observation. I hadn't noticed that but I think you're right. I'll definitely consider that in selecting future submissions. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 15:26:06 -0400, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Brian, what immediately jumped out to me was that, as an entire group, the accepted images seem to be more simplified with the subject isolated having less distracting elements included. A simplification I know, but it really jumped out at me on a quick review of just the thumbnails. -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT request for browser help
At the risk of being repetitive. You monster! Cotty wrote: On 8/4/08, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: The only link I came across that didn't work was the one to Cotty's Pentax page. Here you go Brooksie: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/mods/eoskmount.html -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: DA* 16-58/2.8 and the flat focus problem
Lots of similar complains over on Pentaxforums. Thanks for spending the time on this Paul. My K10D is still at Pentax, but i'm glad i started to do my tests. Dave On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I decided to continue my upgrade of the medium zooms with the addition of the DA* 16-50/2.8. It's an ideal lens for event photography, which I've been doing more often. My lens arrived Monday. I tried to adjust the focal point yesterday using the Nikon chart. I had a lot of problems getting a compromise reading at the various focal lengths. More disturbing was the fact that the left side of the chart and the right side of the chart weren't focusing on the same plane. I conferred off list with Joe Tainter, who is well informed on these problems and decided to test further. Today I tested the lens by shooting a flat wooden deck off the tripod. The level of the deck and the camera were checked and matched with a bubble gauge. The lens is definitely our of whack by a considerable amount. It's easily noticeable in this sort of test at 2.8 and all focal lengths and still somewhat noticeable at 50mm, f5.6. It's on its way back to BH and a replacement is on its way to me. In normal shooting early yesterday the problem wasn't noticeable. (I have a nice pic of Grace playing hopscotch:-). Anyone who has purchased this lens should test their sample under controlled conditions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I'm back
ann sanfedele wrote: Including your's , there are at least 3 beds for me. Mark! (Taken entirely out of context, but hey). ann sanfedele wrote: frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:16 PM, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Anne, You MUST come to Toronto, then! I'll consider it if you remember to take the e off my first name :):) Like you and Dave, GFM is a no-go for me this year (Messenger World Championships are in Toronto this year and I'm on the committee). Hopefullly all ~three~ of us will be there 2009. It would be lovely to see you this summer, though. You have a bed at my place if need be. cheers, frank Frank - Nothing I'd like better than to get there... but a lot of things may make it difficult Will advise Including your's , there are at least 3 beds for me. Please let me know if you read the mail I sent to just a few of you recently - if not, I'll send again just to you... xo, ann -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Marina Del Rey
Hi Rick On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 18:52:13 -0700 (PDT), Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: A lot of people felt strongly that I should take my camera bag along on my business trip to LA last week. I did. You should always take a camera wherever you go :-) I had only an hour to shoot, after dinner on Thursday evening. We had an excellent meal at a waterfront Italian place in Marina del Rey, and a few of us strolled along the quay. Nice potential there - just a bit dull on the left. It might have been improved if you could have taken the photo from a bit further to the right, blocking out that very bright patch of sky. I think this would have still retained the highlights on the side of the boat while providing better detail on the bow. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Accepted and Declined
You just want us to look at a lot of pictures. :-) You have a great gallery there Brian. Specially like the steam engine shots Dave - Original Message - From: Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: GESO: Accepted and Declined Hi all Just for fun I thought I'd put together a gallery of images that have been accepted and declined in the Pentax Photo Gallery. If anyone's interested it's here: http://supera.myjalbum.net/Pentax_Photo_Gallery_Submissions/Declined_Images/index.html The Gallery uses JAlbum and the Chameleon template (this is the same software that Scott uses for the PUG). The gallery is hosted on the free web space available to JAlbum users. It's not a bad system if anyone is looking for somewhere to put some images - it looks better than Picasa. Looking at the declined images, I have no complaints about the rejection of the vast majority but there are a few that I thought might have made the cut. Equally, there are some accepted images that probably only got accepted because they were submitted early on. Cheers Brian -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
