Re: OT: Deutsche Bahn tickets for foreigners
Hi Rick, I've never heard before that there are prices fpr foreigners... where did you see this? I found nothing on bahn.de ? although the prices of the DB are kind of confusing normaly there is a Normalpreis which is rather expensive and differen Sparangebote which are cheaper but there is only a certain amount available, so you only get them when you book earlier... ~Katrin Am 30 May 2008 um 18:53 hat Rick Womer geschrieben: My wife and I are planning to travel from Dusseldorf to Berlin next month. Trying to buy tickets on the web today, we find a normal price (Normalepreis), and an Auslanderpreis (which is twice as much) for us foreigners. If we buy the Normalepreis on line, can we use it? Second question: Anybody in Berlin who would like to get together on June 26 or 27 (Thurs or Fri)? Rick -- 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. ** Desert Rose Chris' Katrin's X Japan homepage! Please visit it! http://www.desertrose.de From now on I will try to live for you and for me. I will live with love...with dreams... and forever with tears.. ** -- 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.
PESO: Perrine, Static
http://flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2538181900/ Another shot of my cat, with the flash on an extension cable nearby. -- Glenn -- 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: Perrine, Static
I'm not normally a big fan of cat pictures, but this one is pretty cool with how you've done the lighting. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, May 30, 2008, 11:24:00 PM, you wrote: DGAJ http://flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2538181900/ DGAJ Another shot of my cat, with the flash on an extension cable DGAJ nearby. DGAJ -- Glenn -- 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: Deutsche Bahn tickets for foreigners
I think you may have misunderstood what an auslanderpreis is - I should think it's illegal to charge more for foreigners (however they define it). My guess is that the auslander price is for journeys outside of Germany itself, or one that spans several German regions (Laender). http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/prices/prices.shtml There is an English language version of the site, and they also have an English language call centre which might be able to clarify this for you. http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/home/info/ticket_booking.shtm l Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Womer Sent: 31 May 2008 02:54 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: Deutsche Bahn tickets for foreigners My wife and I are planning to travel from Dusseldorf to Berlin next month. Trying to buy tickets on the web today, we find a normal price (Normalepreis), and an Auslanderpreis (which is twice as much) for us foreigners. If we buy the Normalepreis on line, can we use it? Second question: Anybody in Berlin who would like to get together on June 26 or 27 (Thurs or Fri)? Rick -- 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: Two Thoughts About Swifts
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (D. Glenn Arthur Jr.) I don't have a reliable source of bats at home Mark! - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Two Thoughts About Swifts
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (D. Glenn Arthur Jr.) Date: 2008/05/30 Fri PM 09:27:56 GMT To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Two Thoughts About Swifts 1) I need slower birds. 2) Wait, if I'm shooting birds to practice for bats, slower birds won't help much, will they? Probably the only chance you have of capturing bats is to use trap focus. Manual focus lens prefocused, camera on autofocus (with any option to only trip the shutter if focus is correct _on_) and then wave it around in the general direction of the flying mammal with the shutter button pressed. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Deutsche Bahn tickets for foreigners
From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/05/31 Sat AM 08:15:27 GMT To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: Deutsche Bahn tickets for foreigners I think you may have misunderstood what an auslanderpreis is - I should think it's illegal to charge more for foreigners (however they define it). My first thought, also. It's illegal in the EU to discriminate against anyone because of their origin/ethnicity/whatever. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Prairie Country
A very good shot Dave. Good colours. A fine comp. Overall, very good. I would probably have prefered a tiny bit more space at the right. But thats nitpicking. Good luck with your bookproject. MaritimTim. 2008/5/28 David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: G'day All, I'm slowly making my way through shots from my holiday last year to the US Canada with the aim of putting together a photo book. Here's another one from that trip (~150kb): http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2357/2530269037_026197a427_o.jpg K10D, FA 31mm f1.8, 1/60 @ f16, ISO 100, Lightroomed ;-) Any all comments welcome. 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. -- MaritimTim -- 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: More *ist-D whee! babble
There is a woman who has a young daughter on the shows i shoot, and carries around a Canon Rebel. I don't hold that against her.:-) Even though she takes her daughters pictures, she always checks that i will be to, as she said Yours are great, mine are all fuzzy and blurry. At the show last weekend, she said the same thing so i asked her, what mode ar eyou shooting, shutter priority, ap priority etc. She said Auto, thats the only mode she has used since buying the camera. I told her how changing that, should, help her pictures, but she did not know how to do it, nor cared much to even try. Not sure what my point is, but it results in a sale every time.:-) Dave On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People obtaining a digital camera for the first time generally have a giggle just banging the shutter a lot and enjoying the freedom it allows. -- 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 Another Cardinal
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice capture Dave. Good pose. Looks like you're getting ready for more lens ! Always ready for more lenses.:-) I have the sigma 300 f4 and a 1.4 tele, i'm going to try that next. I just had the 80-200 on to do a test. Dave Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Peso Another Cardinal I'v been playing around with my D200 lately. Its been finicky as far as IQ(thats for Bill), and trying to see if its lens related, setting related or operator error. Getting decent enough quality static shots, but 95% of my horse pictures are soft or bfing. With the D2H or D1H and this lens, they are fine. Its actually been doing it from the start, but i just put it aside for a while and forgot about it. I use the 70-200 mostly, but put the old 80-200 on yesterday to see what happens there. http://picasaweb.google.com/pentkon52/AroundTheYard/photo#5206121862265562626 He's about 30 odd feet away. This was cropped in LR to get him closer in the screen. D200, 80-200 F2.8, LR crop and saved for email. I need to get closer, but i can get them to within 20' now. 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: Kim 6981
Thanks Ken. It's a work in progress, but I hope to end up with a couple of pics for my portfolio and stock. Paul On May 30, 2008, at 11:48 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Nice work - I like them both. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: Kim 6981 Shot a model portfolio in my studio today. Haven't even looked at all the pics yet, but here's one that caught my eye. I used the DA* 50-135 for flexibility. This model looks best with longer portrait focal lengths, but my studio isn't large enough to shoot bull body pics with a 135. So I used the zoom. Not much of a compromise with the quality of that lens. I'll do some minor retouching on this later, but this is the out of camera untweaked reality of it all:-). http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7334349 -- 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 Another Cardinal
Nice one. Good bokeh. Paul On May 31, 2008, at 7:57 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice capture Dave. Good pose. Looks like you're getting ready for more lens ! Always ready for more lenses.:-) I have the sigma 300 f4 and a 1.4 tele, i'm going to try that next. I just had the 80-200 on to do a test. Dave Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Peso Another Cardinal I'v been playing around with my D200 lately. Its been finicky as far as IQ(thats for Bill), and trying to see if its lens related, setting related or operator error. Getting decent enough quality static shots, but 95% of my horse pictures are soft or bfing. With the D2H or D1H and this lens, they are fine. Its actually been doing it from the start, but i just put it aside for a while and forgot about it. I use the 70-200 mostly, but put the old 80-200 on yesterday to see what happens there. http://picasaweb.google.com/pentkon52/AroundTheYard/ photo#5206121862265562626 He's about 30 odd feet away. This was cropped in LR to get him closer in the screen. D200, 80-200 F2.8, LR crop and saved for email. I need to get closer, but i can get them to within 20' now. 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. -- 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.
K10D Back from Pentax Repair
My K10D is back from Pentax repair in Colorado. I had sent it because it backfocused severely with my two DA* lenses, but only with those. Apparently, it had trouble with the in-lens motor focusing. It also was stuck in continuous shooting mode. I could switch it to the delay modes but not back to single exposure. The latter didn't bother me much, but the backfocus problem had to be fixed. The lenses worked great on my K20, and I told Pentax the same and asked them to just make sure the camera was operating correctly and capable of focusing a good DA* lens accurately. It was returned yesterday, after about three weeks, and It seems to work very well. Shot some quick tests with the DA* 16-50 yesterday, and it focused accurately at f2.8. I'm pleased. I've never had a bad service experience with Pentax Colorado. It seems they know what they're doing. Paul -- 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: Perrine, Static
Oddly compelling. Make a good book cover, or something... D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: http://flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2538181900/ Another shot of my cat, with the flash on an extension cable nearby. -- Glenn -- 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: Two Thoughts About Swifts
Damn, and I missed that one. mike wilson wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (D. Glenn Arthur Jr.) I don't have a reliable source of bats at home Mark! - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- 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: More *ist-D whee! babble
Some people are beyond help. You tried and still make money, what could be better? David J Brooks wrote: There is a woman who has a young daughter on the shows i shoot, and carries around a Canon Rebel. I don't hold that against her.:-) Even though she takes her daughters pictures, she always checks that i will be to, as she said Yours are great, mine are all fuzzy and blurry. At the show last weekend, she said the same thing so i asked her, what mode ar eyou shooting, shutter priority, ap priority etc. She said Auto, thats the only mode she has used since buying the camera. I told her how changing that, should, help her pictures, but she did not know how to do it, nor cared much to even try. Not sure what my point is, but it results in a sale every time.:-) Dave On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People obtaining a digital camera for the first time generally have a giggle just banging the shutter a lot and enjoying the freedom it allows. -- 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. -- 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: More *ist-D whee! babble
David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: [...] Even though she takes her daughters pictures, she always checks that i will be to, as she said Yours are great, mine are all fuzzy and blurry. At the show last weekend, she said the same thing so i asked her, what mode are you shooting, shutter priority, ap priority etc. She said Auto, thats the only mode she has used since buying the camera. I told her how changing that, should, help her pictures, but she did not know how to do it, nor cared much to even try. [...] *sigh* Even though she knew she was unhappy with her results. Argh. At least she now knows it's not a fundamental flaw/limitation of her camera, right? When I took the *istD out of the box, I fired off a few shots in 'green' mode. I quickly discovered that the HyperProgram features I'd heard about weren't working, peeked at the manual, and changed the camera over to 'P' mode, which does do what I'd expected. Playing with HyperProgram a bit, I thought, Gee, I wonder how often I'll need/want to use any of the other modes. I'll probably leave it on 'P' the whole first week. The next day found me switching to 'Tv' for a while and back to 'P'. The third day found me shooting in 'M', and then using a non-A lens in 'Av'. When I finally got around to 'Av', I was amused to notice that it was the next to last mode I used, considering that it was the mode I used most often when I had a Super Program and the way I'm used to shooting with the K2. Last night somebody was shooting off fireworks. Really low altitude stuff, but still arial bursts. If they'd kept it up just a few minutes longer, I would've gotten around to shooting the *istD on 'B'. Boy was I wrong about how long the camera would stay in 'P' mode once I started using it. Even with the 'Hyper-' aspect added to the program mode, I'm still switching modes for different environments and subjects (and different lenses), like I did without HyperProgram (despite how nifty as HyperProgram really is). I haven't used the 'AF.C' focus mode much yet, but I do keep flipping back and forth between 'AF.S' and manual focus, even when using an autofocus lens. Of course, there are still some tricks this camera can do that I haven't gotten around to exercising yet. I've only touched two settings in the 'custom function' menu so far (fortunately it came with such settings as let me use non-A lenses already turned on, so I didn't have to go look for that one). What I haven't sussed out by the time I go to Pennsic, I'll probably wind up exploring while I'm at Pennsic. I'll probably set it back to 'green' mode when I hand it to somebody not used to an SLR and ask them to take my picture. The one time I've put it back on 'green' myself since the first time I switched to 'P', I found myself wanting 'P' instead within fifteen minutes. -- Glenn -- 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: Two Thoughts About Swifts
mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] suggested: Probably the only chance you have of capturing bats is to use trap focus. Manual focus lens prefocused, camera on autofocus (with any option to only trip the shutter if focus is correct _on_) and then wave it around in the general direction of the flying mammal with the shutter button pressed. First, that's only going to work early enough for there to be enough sky light for the AF system to work -- I _should_ get such an opportunity most evenings while I'm at Pennsic, but based on observations during past attempts, it'll be a _very_ brief window. After that, I'll have to try to predict far enough ahead to compensate for my reaction time (using pre-focus) and trip the shutter myself. I'm thinking of pointing a few slave flashes at the sky so I can get away with stopping down enough to compensate if the bats aren't _quite_ at the pre-focussed distance when I push the button. If I get the shot, I'll offer prints of it to neighbouring camps to apologize for the artificial lightning coming from my camp. (Though I have learned not to use that trick when photographing the Viking-boat-burning memorial service on the lake at the end of the War.) It'll likely be the only thing I use flash for the whole two weeks, unless I start using daylight fill flash. Second, I've been surprised to find trap focus only working some of the time, and I need to dig through the manual or experiment more to try to figure out the pattern to when trap focus works and when the camera will just fire anyhow. (Or, silly me, just mention it here and hope one of y'all will hand me the answer on a silver platter ...) Third, thanks for the reminder that I need to fake up a cable release before then. (As far as I can tell by poking stuff into the hole, it's just a matter of shorting two contacts together, right? So if I can find the right sized plug at Radio Shack, I'll be five minutes from having a cable release? Somebody please tell me it's just a submini phone plug ...) And as long as I'm tossing such questions in here: I have GIMP and I now have 'dcraw' as well; between those two, am I missing anything the Pentax software would give me, or with thoise tools in hand is it not worth asking for the CD accidentally left out to be mailed? (Or, for that matter, can I download the software? So far I've only found downloads of an upgrade that requires already having a previous version installed.) -- Glenn -- 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.
cost of inkjet printing ... ink
I thought this article by Red River Paper might be interesting: http://www.redrivercatalog.com/cost-of-inkjet-printing-v1.html To my delight, their analysis of ink usage costs is within 5% of what my records demonstrate with the R2400 since October 2005. 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: K10D Back from Pentax Repair
good news Paul, glad they fixed it right. Steve - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 5:48 AM Subject: K10D Back from Pentax Repair My K10D is back from Pentax repair in Colorado. I had sent it because it backfocused severely with my two DA* lenses, but only with those. Apparently, it had trouble with the in-lens motor focusing. It also was stuck in continuous shooting mode. I could switch it to the delay modes but not back to single exposure. The latter didn't bother me much, but the backfocus problem had to be fixed. The lenses worked great on my K20, and I told Pentax the same and asked them to just make sure the camera was operating correctly and capable of focusing a good DA* lens accurately. It was returned yesterday, after about three weeks, and It seems to work very well. Shot some quick tests with the DA* 16-50 yesterday, and it focused accurately at f2.8. I'm pleased. I've never had a bad service experience with Pentax Colorado. It seems they know what they're doing. Paul -- 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: Little details that make me happy
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 30, 2008, at 12:02 PM, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: Okay, one wee gripe about the *istD: the overhang for the pop-up flash gets in the way of the screw that tightens the mounting ring to hold it in one position -- so if I attach a tripod to the bellows, the camera pretty much has to be in portrait orientation. But do any modern cameras _not_ hang over the lens mount like that? The only DSLRs I've seen that has zero lens mount overhang is my Panasonic L1 and its Leica Digilux 3 sibling as well as the Olympus E-300 and E-330 models: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/panasonicL1_olympus25/content/bin/ images/large/080510_mixed_5104048.jpg or http://tinyurl.com/5bx2pp Panasonic DMC-L1 fitted with Olympus ZD 25mm f/2.8 lens and B+W lens hood The Olympus E-1 also has fairly minimal lens mount overhang due to its not having a built-in flash over the pentaprism. --- The Nikon D3 also hase very minimal overhang, Nikon redesigned the prism hump to clear their new PC lenses (It lacks a popup flash as well, but older Nikon falsh-less bodies had somewhat more projection). Canon 1 series are the same. But these are in a different price category than anything else. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: List focus shift (WAS: Re: K20D Hot Pixels)
That's true, but you can overdo it, and Pentax did with the K10D when the price nosedived, it earned them K10D sales at the cost of completely destroying K100D Super sales. The K10D was already priced at a nice discount over the less-featured D80 (about $100) at launch, and maintaining and/or slightly increasing the price advantage would have made more sense. It's even less sensical that the K200D sells for a ridiculous premium over the comparable cameras from Sony and Nikon. -Adam On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Adam, When you are Nikon or Canon you can price reasonably because most users will buy your products over weaker brands if the price is similar. When you are the weaker brand, there has to be something more than a comparably featured body to entice. You either need a demonstrably better body at/near the same price or a noticeably cheaper body with about the same feature set. Pentax went the price route. -- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, May 29, 2008, 7:40:34 AM, you wrote: AM However when your flagship is priced $50 over your base model (K10D vs AM K100D Super) your pricing is moronic. The K10D came out at a mild AM discount over a D80, which is similar spec and released about the same AM time. Maybe a $100 price difference. 8 months later the K10D was over AM $300 cheaper than the D80, which had dropped about $100 or so. That's AM just ridiculous pricing. AM -- AM M. Adam Maas AM http://www.mawz.ca AM Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
Fine Art Printing
Hi Everyone: I found this title: Fine Art Printing for Photographers: Exhibition Quality Prints with Inkjet Printers Does any know of this book and recommend it or not recommend it? Does anyone have a better recommendation? http://www.amazon.com/Fine-Art-Printing-Photographers-Exhibition/dp/1933952008 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.
Re: cost of inkjet printing ... ink
I never print 200 photos in one batch on the r2400. Do you power off the R2400? I suspect the R2400 uses inkt on every power cycle. Even if it does I don't know if it's a good idea to keep the printer powered on epson, maybe the print heads dry out when the printer is on standby. Toine On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought this article by Red River Paper might be interesting: http://www.redrivercatalog.com/cost-of-inkjet-printing-v1.html To my delight, their analysis of ink usage costs is within 5% of what my records demonstrate with the R2400 since October 2005. 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: K10D Back from Pentax Repair
Glad things worked out, Paul. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 7:48 AM Subject: K10D Back from Pentax Repair My K10D is back from Pentax repair in Colorado. I had sent it because it backfocused severely with my two DA* lenses, but only with those. Apparently, it had trouble with the in-lens motor focusing. It also was stuck in continuous shooting mode. I could switch it to the delay modes but not back to single exposure. The latter didn't bother me much, but the backfocus problem had to be fixed. The lenses worked great on my K20, and I told Pentax the same and asked them to just make sure the camera was operating correctly and capable of focusing a good DA* lens accurately. It was returned yesterday, after about three weeks, and It seems to work very well. Shot some quick tests with the DA* 16-50 yesterday, and it focused accurately at f2.8. I'm pleased. I've never had a bad service experience with Pentax Colorado. It seems they know what they're doing. Paul -- 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: cost of inkjet printing ... ink
Thanks, Godfrey. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML List pdml@pdml.net; SeePhoto Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 10:00 AM Subject: cost of inkjet printing ... ink I thought this article by Red River Paper might be interesting: http://www.redrivercatalog.com/cost-of-inkjet-printing-v1.html To my delight, their analysis of ink usage costs is within 5% of what my records demonstrate with the R2400 since October 2005. 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: Venice
Very nice, Daniel. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 7:49 AM Subject: PESO: Venice Stan's wonderful Venice gallery reminded me of one of my favorite shots of the Bridge of Sighs: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7332120 -- 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: cost of inkjet printing ... ink
I print in sessions, sporadically. Sometimes heavy at times ... I've run through an entire set of ink carts in one long day's session twice ... but more usually I'll make 20-30 prints then not print for a week, etc. It's not sensible to keep the R2400 printer powered continuously if you're not printing frequently. When powered off, the heads are parked and capped to prevent drying out/clogging. Same for all the others, far as I know (certainly for the 1270). When powered up, a quick purge cycle to ready the heads is performed, but I doubt it uses much ink. Replacing an empty ink cartridge does incite a significant full purge and clean cycle. I run the printer until it stops with a cartridge completely out of ink, then replace all that have been flashing as low at one time. This minimizes how much is lost in the refill, purge and clean cycle, but you lose some ink (up to 10% capacity, I understand) if you change carts just when the indicators start flashing. So it's a tradeoff. However, my actual accounting numbers from actual use over the entire time I've had this printer are within 5% of what Red River obtained from their test. I would call it close enough and much much cheaper than anything I ever did in a darkroom print process. (Do remember that these are INK numbers ... Paper costs money too. But it's still cheaper.) Godfrey On May 31, 2008, at 9:13 AM, Toine wrote: I never print 200 photos in one batch on the r2400. Do you power off the R2400? I suspect the R2400 uses inkt on every power cycle. Even if it does I don't know if it's a good idea to keep the printer powered on epson, maybe the print heads dry out when the printer is on standby. Toine On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought this article by Red River Paper might be interesting: http://www.redrivercatalog.com/cost-of-inkjet-printing-v1.html To my delight, their analysis of ink usage costs is within 5% of what my records demonstrate with the R2400 since October 2005. -- 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: cost of inkjet printing ... ink
I think I'll try your cartridge swapping scenario. Until now I only changed individual cartridges untill the driver claims it's empty leaving all the other flashing cartridges in the printer. To my suprise the software twice claimed another cartridge was empty directly after the change of another one. It started flashing during the last print. This would indicate the printer is flushing all cartridges heavily after one new cartridge, On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 6:25 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I print in sessions, sporadically. Sometimes heavy at times ... I've run through an entire set of ink carts in one long day's session twice ... but more usually I'll make 20-30 prints then not print for a week, etc. It's not sensible to keep the R2400 printer powered continuously if you're not printing frequently. When powered off, the heads are parked and capped to prevent drying out/clogging. Same for all the others, far as I know (certainly for the 1270). When powered up, a quick purge cycle to ready the heads is performed, but I doubt it uses much ink. Replacing an empty ink cartridge does incite a significant full purge and clean cycle. I run the printer until it stops with a cartridge completely out of ink, then replace all that have been flashing as low at one time. This minimizes how much is lost in the refill, purge and clean cycle, but you lose some ink (up to 10% capacity, I understand) if you change carts just when the indicators start flashing. So it's a tradeoff. However, my actual accounting numbers from actual use over the entire time I've had this printer are within 5% of what Red River obtained from their test. I would call it close enough and much much cheaper than anything I ever did in a darkroom print process. (Do remember that these are INK numbers ... Paper costs money too. But it's still cheaper.) Godfrey On May 31, 2008, at 9:13 AM, Toine wrote: I never print 200 photos in one batch on the r2400. Do you power off the R2400? I suspect the R2400 uses inkt on every power cycle. Even if it does I don't know if it's a good idea to keep the printer powered on epson, maybe the print heads dry out when the printer is on standby. Toine On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought this article by Red River Paper might be interesting: http://www.redrivercatalog.com/cost-of-inkjet-printing-v1.html To my delight, their analysis of ink usage costs is within 5% of what my records demonstrate with the R2400 since October 2005. -- 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: cost of inkjet printing ... ink
- Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Subject: Re: cost of inkjet printing ... ink (Do remember that these are INK numbers ... Paper costs money too. But it's still cheaper.) When I bought my Epson 4800 the research I did indicated about $5.00 per running foot of 16 Epson roll paper as a combined paper and ink cost. This was presuming 110ml carts. I switched over to 220ml carts on my first changeout though, which dropped the cost per running foot, since the bigger carts are nowhere near twice as expensive. This is fairly comparable to the Red River numbers once the fact that Epson Canada gouges us a bit (~10%) compared to the USA pricing is accounted for.. William Robb -- 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: List focus shift (WAS: Re: K20D Hot Pixels)
Didn't you know, Pentax makes marketing decisions using a dartboard? Adam Maas wrote: That's true, but you can overdo it, and Pentax did with the K10D when the price nosedived, it earned them K10D sales at the cost of completely destroying K100D Super sales. The K10D was already priced at a nice discount over the less-featured D80 (about $100) at launch, and maintaining and/or slightly increasing the price advantage would have made more sense. It's even less sensical that the K200D sells for a ridiculous premium over the comparable cameras from Sony and Nikon. -Adam On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Adam, When you are Nikon or Canon you can price reasonably because most users will buy your products over weaker brands if the price is similar. When you are the weaker brand, there has to be something more than a comparably featured body to entice. You either need a demonstrably better body at/near the same price or a noticeably cheaper body with about the same feature set. Pentax went the price route. -- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, May 29, 2008, 7:40:34 AM, you wrote: AM However when your flagship is priced $50 over your base model (K10D vs AM K100D Super) your pricing is moronic. The K10D came out at a mild AM discount over a D80, which is similar spec and released about the same AM time. Maybe a $100 price difference. 8 months later the K10D was over AM $300 cheaper than the D80, which had dropped about $100 or so. That's AM just ridiculous pricing. AM -- AM M. Adam Maas AM http://www.mawz.ca AM Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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. -- 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: More *ist-D whee! babble
My favorite mode is Hyper-Manual. The real trick there is to set the preferences so that it keeps the aperture when you press the green button. Then it behaves much like AV mode but without it constantly changing as you recompose. So you spin dial to desired aperture, point the camera at what you want to meter, press the green button (camera sets shutter speed) and now you compose and focus. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, May 31, 2008, 6:58:06 AM, you wrote: DGAJ David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: DGAJ [...] Even though she takes her daughters pictures, she always checks that i will be to, as she said Yours are great, mine are all fuzzy and blurry. At the show last weekend, she said the same thing so i asked her, what mode are you shooting, shutter priority, ap priority etc. She said Auto, thats the only mode she has used since buying the camera. I told her how changing that, should, help her pictures, but she did not know how to do it, nor cared much to even try. DGAJ [...] DGAJ *sigh* Even though she knew she was unhappy with her results. Argh. DGAJ At least she now knows it's not a fundamental flaw/limitation of her DGAJ camera, right? DGAJ When I took the *istD out of the box, I fired off a few shots in DGAJ 'green' mode. I quickly discovered that the HyperProgram features DGAJ I'd heard about weren't working, peeked at the manual, and changed DGAJ the camera over to 'P' mode, which does do what I'd expected. DGAJ Playing with HyperProgram a bit, I thought, Gee, I wonder how often DGAJ I'll need/want to use any of the other modes. I'll probably leave DGAJ it on 'P' the whole first week. DGAJ The next day found me switching to 'Tv' for a while and back to 'P'. DGAJ The third day found me shooting in 'M', and then using a non-A lens DGAJ in 'Av'. When I finally got around to 'Av', I was amused to notice DGAJ that it was the next to last mode I used, considering that it was the DGAJ mode I used most often when I had a Super Program and the way I'm DGAJ used to shooting with the K2. DGAJ Last night somebody was shooting off fireworks. Really low altitude DGAJ stuff, but still arial bursts. If they'd kept it up just a few minutes DGAJ longer, I would've gotten around to shooting the *istD on 'B'. DGAJ Boy was I wrong about how long the camera would stay in 'P' mode DGAJ once I started using it. Even with the 'Hyper-' aspect added to DGAJ the program mode, I'm still switching modes for different environments DGAJ and subjects (and different lenses), like I did without HyperProgram DGAJ (despite how nifty as HyperProgram really is). DGAJ I haven't used the 'AF.C' focus mode much yet, but I do keep flipping DGAJ back and forth between 'AF.S' and manual focus, even when using an DGAJ autofocus lens. DGAJ Of course, there are still some tricks this camera can do that I haven't DGAJ gotten around to exercising yet. I've only touched two settings in the DGAJ 'custom function' menu so far (fortunately it came with such settings DGAJ as let me use non-A lenses already turned on, so I didn't have to go DGAJ look for that one). What I haven't sussed out by the time I go to DGAJ Pennsic, I'll probably wind up exploring while I'm at Pennsic. DGAJ I'll probably set it back to 'green' mode when I hand it to somebody DGAJ not used to an SLR and ask them to take my picture. The one time I've DGAJ put it back on 'green' myself since the first time I switched to 'P', DGAJ I found myself wanting 'P' instead within fifteen minutes. DGAJ -- Glenn -- 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: Two Thoughts About Swifts
On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 10:23:26AM -0400, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: Second, I've been surprised to find trap focus only working some of the time, and I need to dig through the manual or experiment more to try to figure out the pattern to when trap focus works and when the camera will just fire anyhow. (Or, silly me, just mention it here and hope one of y'all will hand me the answer on a silver platter ...) It's to do with the position of the AF switch. In AF-C, the camera will trip the shutter even if there is nothing in focus, which makes trap focus rather ineffective :-( The camera has to be set to AF-S. -- 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: Perrine, Static
Handsome cat, good capture. A bit overexposed on the nose. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: Perrine, Static http://flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2538181900/ Another shot of my cat, with the flash on an extension cable nearby. -- Glenn -- 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: More *ist-D whee! babble
Not sure what my point is, but it results in a sale every time.:-) Your point, (to me at least) is that some people just don't care. But I wonder why she'd even take the camera? Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More *ist-D whee! babble There is a woman who has a young daughter on the shows i shoot, and carries around a Canon Rebel. I don't hold that against her.:-) Even though she takes her daughters pictures, she always checks that i will be to, as she said Yours are great, mine are all fuzzy and blurry. At the show last weekend, she said the same thing so i asked her, what mode ar eyou shooting, shutter priority, ap priority etc. She said Auto, thats the only mode she has used since buying the camera. I told her how changing that, should, help her pictures, but she did not know how to do it, nor cared much to even try. Not sure what my point is, but it results in a sale every time.:-) Dave On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People obtaining a digital camera for the first time generally have a giggle just banging the shutter a lot and enjoying the freedom it allows. -- 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: K10D Back from Pentax Repair
I've never had a bad service experience with Pentax Colorado. Same here Paul. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: K10D Back from Pentax Repair My K10D is back from Pentax repair in Colorado. I had sent it because it backfocused severely with my two DA* lenses, but only with those. Apparently, it had trouble with the in-lens motor focusing. It also was stuck in continuous shooting mode. I could switch it to the delay modes but not back to single exposure. The latter didn't bother me much, but the backfocus problem had to be fixed. The lenses worked great on my K20, and I told Pentax the same and asked them to just make sure the camera was operating correctly and capable of focusing a good DA* lens accurately. It was returned yesterday, after about three weeks, and It seems to work very well. Shot some quick tests with the DA* 16-50 yesterday, and it focused accurately at f2.8. I'm pleased. I've never had a bad service experience with Pentax Colorado. It seems they know what they're doing. Paul -- 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: K10D Back from Pentax Repair
Nor I, Paul. Jack --- On Sat, 5/31/08, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: K10D Back from Pentax Repair To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008, 11:19 AM I've never had a bad service experience with Pentax Colorado. Same here Paul. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: K10D Back from Pentax Repair My K10D is back from Pentax repair in Colorado. I had sent it because it backfocused severely with my two DA* lenses, but only with those. Apparently, it had trouble with the in-lens motor focusing. It also was stuck in continuous shooting mode. I could switch it to the delay modes but not back to single exposure. The latter didn't bother me much, but the backfocus problem had to be fixed. The lenses worked great on my K20, and I told Pentax the same and asked them to just make sure the camera was operating correctly and capable of focusing a good DA* lens accurately. It was returned yesterday, after about three weeks, and It seems to work very well. Shot some quick tests with the DA* 16-50 yesterday, and it focused accurately at f2.8. I'm pleased. I've never had a bad service experience with Pentax Colorado. It seems they know what they're doing. Paul -- 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: GFM - first notes
Hey Cots! May I call you around breakfast tomorrow? Cheers, Jostein 2008/5/31 Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sitting up in bed, in tent writing this. 3G card in the MBP with a decent connection from the picnic area. 1am, a quiet but fun gathering after Fri presentations. Nico, Doug, Mark, Cory, Scott, Moi, at PDML West, plus Bob Sullivan + Mrs, Bill and Phyllis earlier at auditorium. Mark leading hike up mt at 9am from Black Rock car park, I might make that. No way for sunrise. Warm today, cooler now, rain forecast :( More soon. -- 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. -- 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: Two Thoughts About Swifts
2008/5/30 Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]: why not practice on bats? Cricket bats, maybe? I second Mike's comment on trap focus. You may want to check out this device: https://bmumford.securewebsites.com/photo/camctlr.html -- 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: GFM - first notes
On 31/5/08, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: May I call you around breakfast tomorrow? You can try! -- 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: GFM - first notes
Okidoki!:-) I'll try. Jostein 2008/5/31 Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 31/5/08, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: May I call you around breakfast tomorrow? You can try! -- 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. -- 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.
PMA Brisbane. my personal thoughts
Crkennedy stand had pentax camera's in one desk and had to ask to look and play. A DA*300 was in a cabinet along with other showy bits and couldn't be touched. A second cabinet with sigma lenses was right next to it, none of which were PK mount. Samsung had cameras out and could be played with. I had a quick play with the GX20. A quick dig through the different menu system, I managed to turn on iso 6400 and take a shot. Never even thought to swap SD cards and bring the pic home :( Also never even though to swap may battery grip off the 10D to see if it would fit. Someone was showing the GX20 off on model motor bikes. They didn't have the wifi grip tho. They also had a locked cabinet with Samsung lenses and flashes, A da* 50-135 and a sigma 50-500. The Samsung guy had to buy the sigma from crkennedy, they wouldn't lend it out. I managed to play with both of those. AT least Samsung made a good effort. Cr didn't do a very good job. CanoKonSONoly also made the effort to have camera's out. One vendor had 2X and 3X teleconverts which I had a look at. I noted that these teleconverts are AF compatible, not A lens compatible because a contact is missing on the camera side but not on the lens side!?!!??!! The af screw and the extra power contacts are present. James -- 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.
PESO -- Oh to fly again.
http://www.mindspring.com/~distilfink/PESO%20--%20ohtoflyagain.html Equipment: *ist-Ds/smc Pentax F 70-210mm f4.0~5.6 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- 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 - Pizza on Yonge Street
I like this one. Made me giggle. MaritimTim 2008/5/26 frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Comments welcome. http://tinyurl.com/4xn7bb http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/SDqtUY6yTyI/CH8/2RpZ2C0lCfY/s1600-h/may_26_08+001.jpg thanks, 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. -- MaritimTim -- 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.
PESO: Rhodie Time in Michigan
My rhododendrons are blooming all over the yard. This is a shot from the shade garden on the side of the house, looking out toward the perennial garden. The latter is in the light, the former is deeply shaded. I lit the foreground with flash and tried to balance it to the background. K20D with DA* 16-50, 16 mm, f7.1 @ 1/30th, ISO 200. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7343409size=lg Paul -- 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: Unusual Photo of Sunset
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Re: OT: Unusual Photo of Sunset
Nice and creative. I checked out the guy's website on the link from Nasa's page, and he's mostly doing traditional, good-quality amateur astronomer photos. Seems there's a lot more competence behind this shot than what you'd expect... -Certainly more than I expected. Jostein 2008/6/1 Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080531.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. -- 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.
LBA: smc Takumar 35mm f3.5
smc Takumar 35mm f3.5 makes a dandy normal lens for the K10D. original caps and all what i left in the shop was a 300mm f4.0 smc Takumar. Will try that one on monday when the boss is in to see if he will deal on the price. 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: LBA: smc Takumar 35mm f3.5
I had the 300/4 SMC Takumar. It was a very good lens. Very sharp. I'm sorry that I sold it. Paul -- Original message -- From: Bran Everseeking [EMAIL PROTECTED] smc Takumar 35mm f3.5 makes a dandy normal lens for the K10D. original caps and all what i left in the shop was a 300mm f4.0 smc Takumar. Will try that one on monday when the boss is in to see if he will deal on the price. 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: PESO: Rhodie Time in Michigan
Certainly well balanced lighting. Nice scene, Paul. Jack --- On Sat, 5/31/08, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: Rhodie Time in Michigan To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008, 6:58 PM My rhododendrons are blooming all over the yard. This is a shot from the shade garden on the side of the house, looking out toward the perennial garden. The latter is in the light, the former is deeply shaded. I lit the foreground with flash and tried to balance it to the background. K20D with DA* 16-50, 16 mm, f7.1 @ 1/30th, ISO 200. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7343409size=lg Paul -- 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: PMA Brisbane. my personal thoughts
On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 09:15:57 +1000, james Bradford [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Crkennedy stand had pentax camera's in one desk and had to ask to look and play. AT least Samsung made a good effort. Cr didn't do a very good job. Seems like nothing's changed, then. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- 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: Rhodie Time in Michigan
Thanks Jack. -- Original message -- From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Certainly well balanced lighting. Nice scene, Paul. Jack --- On Sat, 5/31/08, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: Rhodie Time in Michigan To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008, 6:58 PM My rhododendrons are blooming all over the yard. This is a shot from the shade garden on the side of the house, looking out toward the perennial garden. The latter is in the light, the former is deeply shaded. I lit the foreground with flash and tried to balance it to the background. K20D with DA* 16-50, 16 mm, f7.1 @ 1/30th, ISO 200. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7343409size=lg Paul -- 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: LBA: smc Takumar 35mm f3.5
On 5/31/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had the 300/4 SMC Takumar. It was a very good lens. Very sharp. I'm sorry that I sold it. I have the 400/5.6 SMC Takumar. If the 300/4 is anything like it, snatch that lens up right quick. Or tell me where the shop is. :-) -Mat -- 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: LBA: smc Takumar 35mm f3.5
It's a sweet little lens, very well built creates great images on film. I find it a bit dim and sometimes difficult focusing in anything but bright light. Bran Everseeking wrote: smc Takumar 35mm f3.5 makes a dandy normal lens for the K10D. original caps and all what i left in the shop was a 300mm f4.0 smc Takumar. Will try that one on monday when the boss is in to see if he will deal on the price. Bran -- 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.
