Re: Manual flash contol on Pentax DSLRS?
If there's no external flash used, the on-camera flash compensation WILL change integrated flash output on my K10D. If an external flash is used as well as the integrated flash: not sure about FEC but contrast control works well :) On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 6:18 AM, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Manual flash control on the popup is not available on any Pentax DSLR. No flash control is available with non-A lenses (Every firing is full power). -Adam On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 7:37 PM, J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: do any of the Pentax DSLRs have manual power control of the flash, with the istDS I sometimes get too much light on manual, would be nice if I could lower the power. as it is I have to resort to taping over the bulb sometimes. jco -- 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. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- 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: Message from HockeyTown
God, I wish I knew what you guys are talking about. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:59:32 -0400, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: We'll have to wait til Wednesday - Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT: Message from HockeyTown We want Stanley! -- 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.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: PESO: selfportraits
thx. i'm not sure, but overhere, if you have underwear, you're not officially nude :) Bob Carlos Clarke was working with a new model who didn't want to go completely nude. I won't take my knickers off she insisted. OK, replied BCC, you can wear them round your ankles. Bob -- 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: This is My Desk
I still have a typewriter, I can't remember last time I put paper in it, and I don't know where I can get ribbons for it, and the old one is probably completely dried out, but I still have one, because you never know... keith_w wrote: Jack Davis wrote: I included this negative with a couple of drug store scans I had recently done. My thought was to offer them to Pentax, but then I recalled that this image was shot with a point-and-shoot (Pentax W90..or some such). Offering it here as a study in the possessive aspects of human nature. All comments welcome. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=310 No computer, but a typewriter? keith -- 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: OT: Panasonic L1
P. J. Alling wrote: Mike Hamilton wrote: Hey all, I've been interested in the Panasonic L1 since it was released, and I'm now considering purchasing one for $400 (without the legendary Leica kit lens). What are the limitations of using K-mount lenses on this body? The same as using a Pre A lens on any Pentax Digital mount body. As far as I'm aware, they need an aperture ring (so my FA20-35 would work, but the DA21 would not). How is metering via adapter? Stop down... If I could get the Leica 14-50 2.8-3.5 with it for $800, I might go for that... You could look into inexpensive Olympus lenses... Any significant issues that you've come across? I'm planning to use this body to complement my K10D. Perhaps I'd eventually get the Olympus 25/2.8. That should be K10 not K20 but hey if you're going to spend $800 for a new incompaible system, you might as well go all the way and get a K20 it's only a coupler hundred more... If you're looking for a smaller lighter backup camera and want to use the same lenses as your K20D I'd suggest the K200D, (that is if you really need 10mp). The L1 uses in lens image stabilization and doesn't support sensor image stablization, so if that's not important for you and you can get by with only 6mp in your backup I think you'd be better off with a *ist-Ds. They're relatively cheep used these days. The L1 just doesn't strike me as the most rational choice. Thanks, Mike -- 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: This is My Desk
Jack Davis wrote: I included this negative with a couple of drug store scans I had recently done. My thought was to offer them to Pentax, but then I recalled that this image was shot with a point-and-shoot (Pentax W90..or some such). Offering it here as a study in the possessive aspects of human nature. All comments welcome. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=310 No computer, but a typewriter? 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: Grandfather wrap-up
From: Cory Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/06/02 Mon PM 04:36:11 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Grandfather wrap-up I've made a web log post with my too-long narrative and some pictures from this weekend. http://grandfather08.blogspot.com/ The three of us shared some cheeseburgers and shot the shit. Quaint. - 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: OT: Panasonic L1
Mike Hamilton wrote: Hey all, I've been interested in the Panasonic L1 since it was released, and I'm now considering purchasing one for $400 (without the legendary Leica kit lens). What are the limitations of using K-mount lenses on this body? The same as using a Pre A lens on any Pentax Digital mount body. As far as I'm aware, they need an aperture ring (so my FA20-35 would work, but the DA21 would not). How is metering via adapter? Stop down... If I could get the Leica 14-50 2.8-3.5 with it for $800, I might go for that... You could look into inexpensive Olympus lenses... Any significant issues that you've come across? I'm planning to use this body to complement my K10D. Perhaps I'd eventually get the Olympus 25/2.8. If you're looking for a smaller lighter backup camera and want to use the same lenses as your K20D I'd suggest the K200D, (that is if you really need 10mp). The L1 uses in lens image stabilization and doesn't support sensor image stablization, so if that's not important for you and you can get by with only 6mp in your backup I think you'd be better off with a *ist-Ds. They're relatively cheep used these days. The L1 just doesn't strike me as the most rational choice. Thanks, Mike -- 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: Message from HockeyTown
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 2:06 AM, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: God, I wish I knew what you guys are talking about. Your better off not knowing Dave Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:59:32 -0400, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: We'll have to wait til Wednesday - Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT: Message from HockeyTown We want Stanley! -- 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.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. -- 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 - Spying the Train
Second one is nice enough, but the first is better Dave On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 2:30 PM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 1:33 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Love it. One of the better ones so far,. Thanks, Dave. It was a fruitful weekend of shooting! ;-) Here's another one of Spy that I actually liked better, this time facing north on the same bridge: http://tinyurl.com/3umr8a http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/SEQsEehUGdI/CMs/VQBifW3zLTA/s1600-h/may_30_08+006.jpg I posted the one I did, because I figured the tilt might bother some. I couldn't rotate it without losing too much of the train, and besides, I like it this way! ;-) Thanks everyone for commenting! 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. -- 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: Grandfather wrap-up
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was brutal, we had to follow a mountain goat named Mark up a peak 10Kft in formal wear just for a glass of wine. Next year I'm going beer only No THATS the Norm we all know and love.:-) I'll bring the coolers Dave Norm Cory Waters wrote: How was the free wine tasting? CW Norm Baugher wrote: Nice to see you again Cory, me and the wife will definitely be there next year :) Norm Cory Waters wrote: Ouch. Norman Baugher wrote: Nice Sh#*!y picture of me Cory, maybe that's why I only show up at night... Norm -- 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: This is My Desk
P. J. Alling wrote: I still have a typewriter, I can't remember last time I put paper in it, and I don't know where I can get ribbons for it, and the old one is probably completely dried out, but I still have one, because you never know... For that matter, so do we! When my wife was working on her Masters, A _long_ time ago, she needed a lot of form filling out typing to be done, for whatever reason, so we bought a slick Smith Corona electric portable, XL1800. Can't bring ourselves to throw away a perfectly good, practically new typewriter! So, we store it high and dry, safely alongside all our buggy whips... keith whaley keith_w wrote: Jack Davis wrote: I included this negative with a couple of drug store scans I had recently done. My thought was to offer them to Pentax, but then I recalled that this image was shot with a point-and-shoot (Pentax W90..or some such). Offering it here as a study in the possessive aspects of human nature. All comments welcome. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=310 No computer, but a typewriter? 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: PESO - Spying the Train
Great shot. On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 6:09 PM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Spy is the dog's name, and he ~loves~ watching the subway trains rumble underneath this pedestrian bridge! http://tinyurl.com/5g4mmv http://bp2.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/SEPkRehUGZI/CMM/O6fFkgzp1dc/s1600-h/may_30_08+007.jpg Comments welcome. 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: Re: PESO: This is My Desk
From: keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/06/03 Tue AM 10:11:20 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: This is My Desk Jack Davis wrote: http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=310 No computer, but a typewriter? Unnaturally tidy, too. Eerie. - 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.
60es style glasses ain't kool?
http://roman.blakout.net/?year=2008s=0category=portraitblog=20080603145319 ^^^ I like these glasses here, kinda balance his face. I find his hairdo inappropriate. I'd never set the hair up with long face like this, but I can't tell this guy anything, just ideas to my own diary. Your comments are appreciated... Roman. -- 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: Manual flash contol on Pentax DSLRS?
Contrast Controll, what and how is that? I know it is a way to ballanse the output of two or more flashes. Is it a Wireless alone feature? Or can it also be used in cabled setups? Is it controlled by P-TTL or can you use it in automode? I have thousands of questions :-) MaritimTim 2008/6/3 Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED]: If there's no external flash used, the on-camera flash compensation WILL change integrated flash output on my K10D. If an external flash is used as well as the integrated flash: not sure about FEC but contrast control works well :) On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 6:18 AM, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Manual flash control on the popup is not available on any Pentax DSLR. No flash control is available with non-A lenses (Every firing is full power). -Adam On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 7:37 PM, J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: do any of the Pentax DSLRs have manual power control of the flash, with the istDS I sometimes get too much light on manual, would be nice if I could lower the power. as it is I have to resort to taping over the bulb sometimes. jco -- 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. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- 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: Message from HockeyTown
The Stanley Cup is the prize that goes to the champions of the National Hockey League, an ice-hockey league comprised of American and Canadian teams. The players, however, are from many different countries, primarily European. The championship is a best of seven series that is currently being contested by the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins. Detroit had a 3-1 lead going into last nights game, and they were winning 3-2 with 20 seconds to go. I jinxed them by posting that message, and Pittsburgh tied it up and went on to win in triple overtime. Detroit, by the way, has seven Swedish players. Paul On Jun 3, 2008, at 2:06 AM, Brian Walters wrote: God, I wish I knew what you guys are talking about. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:59:32 -0400, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: We'll have to wait til Wednesday - Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT: Message from HockeyTown We want Stanley! -- 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.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. -- 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: Message from HockeyTown
Thanks, Paul The only time we see anything about ice hockey here is an occasional 30 sec 'grab' when there is a particularly spectacular brawl. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 08:35:20 -0400, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The Stanley Cup is the prize that goes to the champions of the National Hockey League, an ice-hockey league comprised of American and Canadian teams. The players, however, are from many different countries, primarily European. The championship is a best of seven series that is currently being contested by the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins. Detroit had a 3-1 lead going into last nights game, and they were winning 3-2 with 20 seconds to go. I jinxed them by posting that message, and Pittsburgh tied it up and went on to win in triple overtime. Detroit, by the way, has seven Swedish players. Paul On Jun 3, 2008, at 2:06 AM, Brian Walters wrote: God, I wish I knew what you guys are talking about. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:59:32 -0400, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: We'll have to wait til Wednesday - Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT: Message from HockeyTown We want Stanley! -- -- -- 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: Panasonic L1
On 3-Jun-08, at 4:24 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: If you're looking for a smaller lighter backup camera and want to use the same lenses as your K20D I'd suggest the K200D, (that is if you really need 10mp). The L1 uses in lens image stabilization and doesn't support sensor image stablization, so if that's not important for you and you can get by with only 6mp in your backup I think you'd be better off with a *ist-Ds. They're relatively cheep used these days. The L1 just doesn't strike me as the most rational choice. PJ, I'm not really looking for a backup camera. I'm looking for something different, with strengths that complement my K10D. I think the L1 fits that bill, with Live View, the boxy rangefinder design, and external controls. Mike -- 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: Panasonic L1
On 2-Jun-08, at 11:56 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I've been using the L1 since May 2007. It has become my favorite DSLR body, regardless of what lens I put on it. It's not perfect, the K10D outperforms it in several ways, but there's something truly different and delightful about it. I didn't know at all whether it was worth it when I bought it ... four months later, i bought a second one. [...] As you might be able to tell, I'm an enthusiast of this camera. It's not without its flaws, but the photos it has made for me have been very satisfactory indeed. Thanks, Godfrey. Now I've just got to find a deal that I'm satisfied with! :) Mike -- 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: usb to scsi
So I need a dongle with a 25 pin female SCSI connector on one end and the standard USB plug on the other This shouldn't be a meaningful statement in a healthy society. I'm just saying. Steve -- 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: This is My Desk
Hold on to your carbon paper. Could become valuable if you corner the market. ;) Thanks for commenting, Peter. Jack --- On Tue, 6/3/08, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO: This is My Desk To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 3:29 AM I still have a typewriter, I can't remember last time I put paper in it, and I don't know where I can get ribbons for it, and the old one is probably completely dried out, but I still have one, because you never know... keith_w wrote: Jack Davis wrote: I included this negative with a couple of drug store scans I had recently done. My thought was to offer them to Pentax, but then I recalled that this image was shot with a point-and-shoot (Pentax W90..or some such). Offering it here as a study in the possessive aspects of human nature. All comments welcome. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=310 No computer, but a typewriter? keith -- 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. -- 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: This is My Desk
Yeah. The shot is showing its age. Taken in 1998 when the clerical occupant was elsewhere. Actually, that was a pretty high tech typewriter for my era. Thanks for commenting, Keith. Jack --- On Tue, 6/3/08, keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO: This is My Desk To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 3:11 AM Jack Davis wrote: I included this negative with a couple of drug store scans I had recently done. My thought was to offer them to Pentax, but then I recalled that this image was shot with a point-and-shoot (Pentax W90..or some such). Offering it here as a study in the possessive aspects of human nature. All comments welcome. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=310 No computer, but a typewriter? 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. -- 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: Manual flash contol on Pentax DSLRS?
OK will try to remember as much as I can. First, contrast control was introduced with Z-serie (SF?) cameras which did have the ability (which I miss a lot) to use external flash as well as integrated flash (wireless didn't exist at that time). So it worked already in the TTL era. It still does work however. With two flashes (More, I dunno) which were as I said the integrated flash and the external one, using contrastcontrol will do the following: * balance the output power of both flash so 1/3rd the light comes from the integrated flash and 2/3rd from the external flash. * lower max sync speed because of the process of syncing those. In fact the major use of it was when you bounce the external flash and usse the integrated one to bust shadows. In my experience it worked pretty well, even with compatible flashes as Metz MZ flashes. I dunno the implications of using this in wireless mode with more than 2 flashes however or if it is still possible at all. Maybe only in wired mode with deported flash. BTW, I checked yesterday and indeed my K10D integrated flash reacts pretty well to the flash exposure compensation set on the camera. Exposure settings did not move but flash power did, and the result was very noticeable between -1 and +1. I think this is all. Feel free to ask for more :) -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- 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: usb to scsi
Scott, Adaptec made a those adapters yeasr ago but it has been discontinued (from them at least) for a couple years now. If you do not find anything new you should be able to secure one in 2nd hand on ebay pretty easily. On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 4:24 AM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Upon arriving at GFM the film fairy enabled me with a SCSI slide scanner. Wheee! Since I have a PC with a SCSI controller, this isn't a problem. Double wheee! But what I'd really like to do is connect it to my laptop, which has not SCSI nor PCMCIA. So I need a dongle with a 25 pin female SCSI connector on one end and the standard USB plug on the other. Anybody got one? -- Scott (some of what he's smokin') 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. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- 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: The Hair Toss
Thanks Dave. On Jun 3, 2008, at 10:49 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Nice. Its sharp, but has a smooth quality to it, if that makes sense. Something to take the mind off of last night.:-) Dave On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 10:13 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I asked the model to toss her hair back and forth and shot in continuous autofocus mode. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7355828 larger: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7355828size=lg -- 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: Manual flash contol on Pentax DSLRS?
Further to what was said: The two flasguns were triggered at a different moment in time, one at the leading edge of the sync pulse and the second at the trailing edge (this is in fact rear curtain sync) In this way the light output of each gun could be measured and controlled independently. Example if the main flash came from the side of a model, the shadow side could be too dark, too much contrast. The second flash (maybe on the camera) could bring just a bit of light in the dark parts to get a contrast that could be handled by the film. On the PZ-1, I created contrast control with 30 year old automatic flashes, one triggered at the leading edge and one triggered with the trailing edge. I only had to make a little circuit for one flash to surpress the leading edge and to invert the trailing edge to get rear curtain sync. One of these days I should check if my K10D allows the same trick. If I only had time... Greetz, Jos Thibouille wrote: OK will try to remember as much as I can. First, contrast control was introduced with Z-serie (SF?) cameras which did have the ability (which I miss a lot) to use external flash as well as integrated flash (wireless didn't exist at that time). So it worked already in the TTL era. It still does work however. With two flashes (More, I dunno) which were as I said the integrated flash and the external one, using contrastcontrol will do the following: * balance the output power of both flash so 1/3rd the light comes from the integrated flash and 2/3rd from the external flash. * lower max sync speed because of the process of syncing those. In fact the major use of it was when you bounce the external flash and usse the integrated one to bust shadows. In my experience it worked pretty well, even with compatible flashes as Metz MZ flashes. I dunno the implications of using this in wireless mode with more than 2 flashes however or if it is still possible at all. Maybe only in wired mode with deported flash. BTW, I checked yesterday and indeed my K10D integrated flash reacts pretty well to the flash exposure compensation set on the camera. Exposure settings did not move but flash power did, and the result was very noticeable between -1 and +1. I think this is all. Feel free to ask for more :) -- 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: Free PS book for 9 days
So having not signed up for any of their other services, how long did it take for them to send you the actual link for download? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://photoshop.aws.sitepoint.com/ (Hope it wasn't linked yet :P) .t -- 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: This is My Desk
My impression to seeing a desk furnished to this extent, is its validation of the common nesting compulsion. Neatness is necessary only to allow her a place to sit. ;) Jack --- On Tue, 6/3/08, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO: This is My Desk To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 7:53 AM A lot neater than my old work desk ever used to be. A few years ago, i went on a week vacation. When i returned out AA had cleaned my desk up and i freaked. I thought she had thrown out all of my stickies and papers with numbers etc on them. Nope, she just put them away. Took the rest of the week to put things back.:-) Dave On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 6:12 PM, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I included this negative with a couple of drug store scans I had recently done. My thought was to offer them to Pentax, but then I recalled that this image was shot with a point-and-shoot (Pentax W90..or some such). Offering it here as a study in the possessive aspects of human nature. All comments welcome. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=310 -- 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.
Geso Fill flash
http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2008-paec2/index.htm Since it was very o/c on Sunday, at the horse, er opps, Pony show, I thought it best to use some fill flash on the candids while the indoor part of the show was on. After all i have black cameras, might as well look like a Pro, ehe.:-0 The files a1acandid and files marked Cash and Miles are all using fill. Candids Nikon D1H and sb80dx, and Cash and Miles K10D and 360. Some look over lit, others look more natural. Anyone with more fill experience want to have a look, and comment.?? If not, no biggy. Fill was mostly -1.0 to -2.0, but some of the overly brights were at -0.5 IIRC. I used a +0.7 EV on the D1h to get a decently right Histo. 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: GFM report in brief
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right. I got back from North Carolina around 6:30 last night and I'm still in recovery mode but I'll bash out a bit of a report here. I'd threatened to post updates on my blog throughout the weekend but that obviously didn't happen and I shouldn't be surprised; there's simply not enough time (nor places to get an Internet connection) to do it. This year, having been stood up by my usual Canadian contingent (sniff), I departed a day earlier than usual, on Tuesday. This basically put me ahead of the usual game by 24 hours and I was able to get in a full day of hiking and photography on Thursday. Again, I'm sorry.:-) You might regret this, but i am probably going to come down next year. The horse show i did was a complete waste. Dave Good thing, too, because official activities prevented me from shooting nearly as much as I'd have liked to during the rest of the weekend. So I did a long hike on the Grandfather trail Thursday morning, followed by an even longer one, with a full load of camping gear on Thursday evening. Camped out at the Alpine Meadow camp site this year. Photography at sunset and sunrise was only OK but it was still a great adventure. Friday was mostly business but I did lead the now-traditional Saturday morning hike on the Grandfather Trail to Attic Window Peak. This year we had an attrition rate of only 25%! Cotty, Helen and I made it all the way to Attic Window, though it did take some persuading: Cotty thought he already had enough video at that point and Helen had some silly notion of getting back in time to take a shower. Bah! It was big fun. I spent Saturday afternoon selling schwag. I sold a big pile of You can never have too many lenses t-shirts, plus a few bumper stickers and a few Auto Parts books. Haven't added up the totals but I think we raised a reasonable chunk of money for the National Childhood Cancer Foundation there. Sunday was just a blur. I'll have to look at everyone's photos and see if any of them jogs my memory... I'll post a few of my own shots later. -- 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: Vagabonds in TAv
Same here. When i went downtown a few times last year to met up with Frank, i used that mode. Seems suited for the street Dave On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 1:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I frequently use it when shooting on the street or in the coffee shop, which is always unevenly lit due to window location. Paul -- Original message -- From: Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] What Dave said--both points! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 12:35 PM Subject: Re: Vagabonds in TAv Some nice shots there. I played around for a while in Tva mode, and thought it was a very useful thing to have. Dave On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Roman Melihhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20080602154818 ^^^ TAV is real blessing mode for moving objects or street photography. You get DOF desired with flawless/sharp motion capture. I accidentially switched meterring to spot (umm, not used to K20D ergonomics yet). Your feedback/critique appreciated... -- 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. -- 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.
Free PS book for 9 days
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Re: Zinneke Parade Brussels 2008
Ralf: The photos are terrific, but the slide show timing dragged a bit--for me at least--maybe just a shade less time per photo. I liked what you used for sound, but synching with images could be tighter. HTH. Overall, enjoyed viewing this. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Ralf R. Radermacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Mailingliste pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 4:39 PM Subject: SESO: Zinneke Parade Brussels 2008 SESO...? Well, that's a slideshow ever so often. :-) Been to Brussels last saturday to watch the Zinneke Parade, a bi-annual event organised by an association to celebrate the cultural diversity of the Belgian capital's population. This year's motto was water. Unlike the usual carnivals and techno parades we're having all over Europe nowadays, the Zinnike Parade has a special rule: no engines, no amplifiers. If you want a float then you'll have to push it and if you want music you'll have to sing, beat a drum or use whatever you have at hand as long as it doesn't involve elctronics. No 120 dBA mega-disco on wheels, here. My little show involves a few recent aquisitions: a Pentax DA 50-200 mm lens which was used for all pictures, a Zoom H2 WAV recorder, OKM ear-plug microphones, and SlideShowPro - a Lightroom plug-in used to create the whole slideshow. Now, does everything work with all browsers and systems? Feedback please. I'm also very interested in your opinions. No fishing for compliments here, so please be critical. http://www.fotoralf.de/zinneke/front.html Hope you'll enjoy watching as much as we did when we attended the parade. Un grand merci aux Bruxellois! It's been a wonderful day. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses -- 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.
GFM report in brief
Right. I got back from North Carolina around 6:30 last night and I’m still in recovery mode but I’ll bash out a bit of a report here. I’d threatened to post updates on my blog throughout the weekend but that obviously didn’t happen and I shouldn’t be surprised; there’s simply not enough time (nor places to get an Internet connection) to do it. This year, having been stood up by my usual Canadian contingent (sniff), I departed a day earlier than usual, on Tuesday. This basically put me ahead of the usual game by 24 hours and I was able to get in a full day of hiking and photography on Thursday. Good thing, too, because official activities prevented me from shooting nearly as much as I'd have liked to during the rest of the weekend. So I did a long hike on the Grandfather trail Thursday morning, followed by an even longer one, with a full load of camping gear on Thursday evening. Camped out at the Alpine Meadow camp site this year. Photography at sunset and sunrise was only OK but it was still a great adventure. Friday was mostly business but I did lead the now-traditional Saturday morning hike on the Grandfather Trail to Attic Window Peak. This year we had an attrition rate of only 25%! Cotty, Helen and I made it all the way to Attic Window, though it did take some persuading: Cotty thought he already had enough video at that point and Helen had some silly notion of getting back in time to take a shower. Bah! It was big fun. I spent Saturday afternoon selling schwag. I sold a big pile of You can never have too many lenses t-shirts, plus a few bumper stickers and a few Auto Parts books. Haven't added up the totals but I think we raised a reasonable chunk of money for the National Childhood Cancer Foundation there. Sunday was just a blur. I'll have to look at everyone's photos and see if any of them jogs my memory... I'll post a few of my own shots later. -- 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: The Hair Toss
Nice. Its sharp, but has a smooth quality to it, if that makes sense. Something to take the mind off of last night.:-) Dave On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 10:13 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I asked the model to toss her hair back and forth and shot in continuous autofocus mode. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7355828 larger: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7355828size=lg -- 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: This is My Desk
A lot neater than my old work desk ever used to be. A few years ago, i went on a week vacation. When i returned out AA had cleaned my desk up and i freaked. I thought she had thrown out all of my stickies and papers with numbers etc on them. Nope, she just put them away. Took the rest of the week to put things back.:-) Dave On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 6:12 PM, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I included this negative with a couple of drug store scans I had recently done. My thought was to offer them to Pentax, but then I recalled that this image was shot with a point-and-shoot (Pentax W90..or some such). Offering it here as a study in the possessive aspects of human nature. All comments welcome. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=310 -- 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: selfportraits
Hi Luka: Very intriguing pictures. I prefer the second one best--it has a more pleasing composition to me. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Luka Knezevic-Strika [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 8:21 PM Subject: PESO: selfportraits http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk6/portikla/ja.jpg http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk6/portikla/noga.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. -- 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: Message from HockeyTown
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul The only time we see anything about ice hockey here is an occasional 30 sec 'grab' when there is a particularly spectacular brawl. Thatys pretty much hockey in a nut shell.:-) Dave Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 08:35:20 -0400, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The Stanley Cup is the prize that goes to the champions of the National Hockey League, an ice-hockey league comprised of American and Canadian teams. The players, however, are from many different countries, primarily European. The championship is a best of seven series that is currently being contested by the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins. Detroit had a 3-1 lead going into last nights game, and they were winning 3-2 with 20 seconds to go. I jinxed them by posting that message, and Pittsburgh tied it up and went on to win in triple overtime. Detroit, by the way, has seven Swedish players. Paul On Jun 3, 2008, at 2:06 AM, Brian Walters wrote: God, I wish I knew what you guys are talking about. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:59:32 -0400, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: We'll have to wait til Wednesday - Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT: Message from HockeyTown We want Stanley! -- -- -- 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. -- 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: OT: Panasonic L1
On Jun 3, 2008, at 3:24 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: The same as using a Pre A lens on any Pentax Digital mount body. No, it's the same as using an M42 thread mount lens. pre-A series lenses on Pentax DSLRs have auto-iris operation but no Av mode with aperture control. You could look into inexpensive Olympus lenses... The ZD 25/2.8 and ZD 35/3.5 Macro cost around $200-250 each and are superb performers. The Olympus kit zoom lenses are similarly priced, very good, if a bit slower than I prefer. 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: Geso Fill flash
Technically, I wouldn't call that fill. You're using flash to add some pop to dull light, not to fill shadows. But you did a great job. The exposure comp you used served to get you closer to the background value. You might have achieved teh same thing without comp just by adjusting exposure values. But the results speak for themselves. Very good. Paul -- Original message -- From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2008-paec2/index.htm Since it was very o/c on Sunday, at the horse, er opps, Pony show, I thought it best to use some fill flash on the candids while the indoor part of the show was on. After all i have black cameras, might as well look like a Pro, ehe.:-0 The files a1acandid and files marked Cash and Miles are all using fill. Candids Nikon D1H and sb80dx, and Cash and Miles K10D and 360. Some look over lit, others look more natural. Anyone with more fill experience want to have a look, and comment.?? If not, no biggy. Fill was mostly -1.0 to -2.0, but some of the overly brights were at -0.5 IIRC. I used a +0.7 EV on the D1h to get a decently right Histo. 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.
One shot from GFM
Many things to do today but I thought I'd post one GFM photo before I set out on my errands. This is Helen the GFM staff photog (and wannabe motorcycle thief) on top of MacRae peak: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d802249a.jpg K20D, DA*16-50/2.8 @ 50mm, polarizer -- 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: Free PS book for 9 days
Tried it, got nothing so far On 6/3/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://photoshop.aws.sitepoint.com/ (Hope it wasn't linked yet :P) .t -- 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: Manual flash contol on Pentax DSLRS?
RT*M The Z1-p one gives a particularly dense explanation. From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/06/03 Tue PM 12:40:12 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Manual flash contol on Pentax DSLRS? Contrast Controll, what and how is that? I know it is a way to ballanse the output of two or more flashes. Is it a Wireless alone feature? Or can it also be used in cabled setups? Is it controlled by P-TTL or can you use it in automode? I have thousands of questions :-) MaritimTim 2008/6/3 Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED]: If there's no external flash used, the on-camera flash compensation WILL change integrated flash output on my K10D. If an external flash is used as well as the integrated flash: not sure about FEC but contrast control works well :) On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 6:18 AM, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Manual flash control on the popup is not available on any Pentax DSLR. No flash control is available with non-A lenses (Every firing is full power). -Adam On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 7:37 PM, J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: do any of the Pentax DSLRs have manual power control of the flash, with the istDS I sometimes get too much light on manual, would be nice if I could lower the power. as it is I have to resort to taping over the bulb sometimes. jco -- 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. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- 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. - 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: Free PS book for 9 days
neither did I. On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tried it, got nothing so far On 6/3/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://photoshop.aws.sitepoint.com/ (Hope it wasn't linked yet :P) .t -- 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. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- 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: Message from HockeyTown
- Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: Re: Message from HockeyTown On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul The only time we see anything about ice hockey here is an occasional 30 sec 'grab' when there is a particularly spectacular brawl. Thatys pretty much hockey in a nut shell.:-) I went to see the fights one night, and someone started a hockey game. 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: Message from HockeyTown
- Original Message - From: Brian Walters Subject: Re: Message from HockeyTown God, I wish I knew what you guys are talking about. no, you don't. 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: SESO: Zinneke Parade Brussels 2008
I like this a lot. It could stand a little more editing ... timing marks, length, etc ... but otherwise it's great. SlideShowPro for Lightroom, eh? Hmm, got to look into that. ;-) Godfrey On Jun 2, 2008, at 2:39 PM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: SESO...? Well, that's a slideshow ever so often. :-) Been to Brussels last saturday to watch the Zinneke Parade, a bi- annual event organised by an association to celebrate the cultural diversity of the Belgian capital's population. This year's motto was water. Unlike the usual carnivals and techno parades we're having all over Europe nowadays, the Zinnike Parade has a special rule: no engines, no amplifiers. If you want a float then you'll have to push it and if you want music you'll have to sing, beat a drum or use whatever you have at hand as long as it doesn't involve elctronics. No 120 dBA mega-disco on wheels, here. My little show involves a few recent aquisitions: a Pentax DA 50-200 mm lens which was used for all pictures, a Zoom H2 WAV recorder, OKM ear-plug microphones, and SlideShowPro - a Lightroom plug-in used to create the whole slideshow. Now, does everything work with all browsers and systems? Feedback please. I'm also very interested in your opinions. No fishing for compliments here, so please be critical. http://www.fotoralf.de/zinneke/front.html Hope you'll enjoy watching as much as we did when we attended the parade. Un grand merci aux Bruxellois! It's been a wonderful day. -- 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: Manual flash contol on Pentax DSLRS?
Thank you to all three of you. Sounds like something useful. I think it can be useful with on camera flash and the 540 mounted at a flash bracket. I have finally decided what I'll buy, one 540 (maybe a 360, or another 540 later), a short cable, a Better Beamer for birding, and a Lumiquest bounce kit for regular flash photography. 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: Geso Fill flash
Would have been better if you'd set the flash on a lightstand, angled into the scene and slightly above, triggered with a slave remote, so that the flash fill could create some modeling shadows. Most look kinda flat to my eye. I've done this for portraits done outdoors in shade or an overcast day using a little trigger flash (the Nikon SB-30, courtesy Adam's suggestion) set on minimum output manual and the IR shield raised, a Wein strobe slave sensor, and the Sunpak 383 fitted with Lumiquest Mini SoftBox set to manual 1/8-1/16 output. A couple of test shots and you dial in the flash/ambient exposure balance, then you just shoot and concentrate on framing and focus (presuming your light stays reasonably consistent). I like doing that much more than trying to figure out what the flash automation systems will do. Godfrey On Jun 3, 2008, at 8:32 AM, David J Brooks wrote: http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2008-paec2/index.htm Since it was very o/c on Sunday, at the horse, er opps, Pony show, I thought it best to use some fill flash on the candids while the indoor part of the show was on. After all i have black cameras, might as well look like a Pro, ehe.:-0 The files a1acandid and files marked Cash and Miles are all using fill. Candids Nikon D1H and sb80dx, and Cash and Miles K10D and 360. Some look over lit, others look more natural. Anyone with more fill experience want to have a look, and comment.?? If not, no biggy. Fill was mostly -1.0 to -2.0, but some of the overly brights were at -0.5 IIRC. I used a +0.7 EV on the D1h to get a decently right Histo. -- 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: SESO: Zinneke Parade Brussels 2008
Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like this a lot. It could stand a little more editing ... timing marks, length, etc ... but otherwise it's great. Hi Godders, Just gave it a clean-up and those stupid progress indicators should now be gone. Also, it now starts automatically, no more low-quality downscaling in the browser window, the volume is a little lower, and the dwell time has been shortened to 5 secs. Any other suggestions? Mind you, it's my first project of this kind and the subject is totally different from my usual industry stuff. SlideShowPro for Lightroom, eh? Hmm, got to look into that. ;-) It's great, especially considering the price of a mere 25 bucks. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses -- 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: SESO: Zinneke Parade Brussels 2008
There's also SlideShowPro Director. A very nice content manager for slideshowpro. It generates jpg resized on demand, for instance resized to the specific full size resolution of the current viewing client. They also have a lightroom export plugin to Director. You could try the full screen slideshow on my site http://www.repiuk.nl On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like this a lot. It could stand a little more editing ... timing marks, length, etc ... but otherwise it's great. SlideShowPro for Lightroom, eh? Hmm, got to look into that. ;-) Godfrey On Jun 2, 2008, at 2:39 PM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: SESO...? Well, that's a slideshow ever so often. :-) Been to Brussels last saturday to watch the Zinneke Parade, a bi- annual event organised by an association to celebrate the cultural diversity of the Belgian capital's population. This year's motto was water. Unlike the usual carnivals and techno parades we're having all over Europe nowadays, the Zinnike Parade has a special rule: no engines, no amplifiers. If you want a float then you'll have to push it and if you want music you'll have to sing, beat a drum or use whatever you have at hand as long as it doesn't involve elctronics. No 120 dBA mega-disco on wheels, here. My little show involves a few recent aquisitions: a Pentax DA 50-200 mm lens which was used for all pictures, a Zoom H2 WAV recorder, OKM ear-plug microphones, and SlideShowPro - a Lightroom plug-in used to create the whole slideshow. Now, does everything work with all browsers and systems? Feedback please. I'm also very interested in your opinions. No fishing for compliments here, so please be critical. http://www.fotoralf.de/zinneke/front.html Hope you'll enjoy watching as much as we did when we attended the parade. Un grand merci aux Bruxellois! It's been a wonderful day. -- 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: Free PS book for 9 days
I think it must just be an email address harvesting ploy. Just wait for the spam... On 6/3/08, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: neither did I. On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tried it, got nothing so far On 6/3/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://photoshop.aws.sitepoint.com/ (Hope it wasn't linked yet :P) .t -- 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. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- 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: SESO: Zinneke Parade Brussels 2008
On Jun 3, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: I like this a lot. It could stand a little more editing ... timing marks, length, etc ... but otherwise it's great. Just gave it a clean-up and those stupid progress indicators should now be gone. Also, it now starts automatically, no more low-quality downscaling in the browser window, the volume is a little lower, and the dwell time has been shortened to 5 secs. Definitely an improvement. The photo are excellent too, btw. :-) Any other suggestions? Mind you, it's my first project of this kind and the subject is totally different from my usual industry stuff. Not off the top of my head. I've been working on some ideas in this vein for a bit. It takes a while for me to get into a presentation enough to really see the detail work involved. I think it's a different part of the brain that needs to be activated and trained... ! 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: SESO: Zinneke Parade Brussels 2008
Looks very interesting! I'll have to do some research now. I've been working with SoundSlides Plus for a bit, hardly exploiting as much as I should. Time to get back to work on it. :-) Godfrey On Jun 3, 2008, at 12:07 PM, Toine wrote: There's also SlideShowPro Director. A very nice content manager for slideshowpro. It generates jpg resized on demand, for instance resized to the specific full size resolution of the current viewing client. They also have a lightroom export plugin to Director. You could try the full screen slideshow on my site http://www.repiuk.nl -- 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: usb to scsi
So I need a dongle with a 25 pin female SCSI connector on one end and the standard USB plug on the other This shouldn't be a meaningful statement in a healthy society. I'm just saying. Steve is it meaningful? I'm just asking. Bob -- 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: usb to scsi
Bob W wrote: So I need a dongle with a 25 pin female SCSI connector on one end and the standard USB plug on the other This shouldn't be a meaningful statement in a healthy society. I'm just saying. Steve is it meaningful? I'm just asking. Bob It is. In a horrible, awful way. -- 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.
PESO: Paddling
Hi all. Last week we had a short camping holiday in Devon. At a little village called Malmsmead in the area known as Doone Vally (after the book Lorna Doone) we found a ford, the kids were desperate to have a paddle. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyelf/2546470618/ Appreciate any comments. Cheers, Drew. -- 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 - Spying the Train
frank theriault wrote: Spy is the dog's name, and he ~loves~ watching the subway trains rumble underneath this pedestrian bridge! http://tinyurl.com/5g4mmv http://bp2.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/SEPkRehUGZI/CMM/O6fFkgzp1dc/s1600-h/may_30_08+007.jpg Comments welcome. cheers, frank Yet another instant classic. You are officially hated. Someone make a note of it... :-) Christian -- 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: Free PS book for 9 days
That's why I gave them my junk mail address. (When it gets to the point that it fills up to fast I kill the account and create a new one). Gonz wrote: I think it must just be an email address harvesting ploy. Just wait for the spam... On 6/3/08, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: neither did I. On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tried it, got nothing so far On 6/3/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://photoshop.aws.sitepoint.com/ (Hope it wasn't linked yet :P) .t -- 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. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- 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: usb to scsi
On Jun 3, 2008, at 1:16 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: So I need a dongle with a 25 pin female SCSI connector on one end and the standard USB plug on the other This shouldn't be a meaningful statement in a healthy society. I'm just saying. is it meaningful? I'm just asking. It is. In a horrible, awful way. Sometimes I have to wonder about this group. Well, not sometimes. ;-) G -- 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 - Spying the Train
Christian wrote: frank theriault wrote: Spy is the dog's name, and he ~loves~ watching the subway trains rumble underneath this pedestrian bridge! http://tinyurl.com/5g4mmv http://bp2.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/SEPkRehUGZI/CMM/O6fFkgzp1dc/s1600-h/may_30_08+007.jpg Comments welcome. cheers, frank Yet another instant classic. You are officially hated. Someone make a note of it... :-) I believe that's Frank's job. Christian -- 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 shot from GFM
Nice shot. But give us more Helen:-). Paul -- Original message -- From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Many things to do today but I thought I'd post one GFM photo before I set out on my errands. This is Helen the GFM staff photog (and wannabe motorcycle thief) on top of MacRae peak: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d802249a.jpg K20D, DA*16-50/2.8 @ 50mm, polarizer -- 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: Paddling
Paddling appears to mean something different there... CW drew wrote: Hi all. Last week we had a short camping holiday in Devon. At a little village called Malmsmead in the area known as Doone Vally (after the book Lorna Doone) we found a ford, the kids were desperate to have a paddle. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyelf/2546470618/ Appreciate any comments. Cheers, Drew. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.24.5/1479 - Release Date: 6/2/2008 7:02 PM -- 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: out of the blurr
faded swimming pool shot, with amidst all flat faded blurr the in-water lane sepator that kind of 3d jumps out of the pic. this is at least the effect it has when I watch it full screen on the monitor, I'm not sure the web version has this in the same way. I like the effect enough to share it here. it is not my pic - it is by my son Ede who will be 5 in June. Pentax W30 http://picasaweb.google.com/axelpics/General/photo#5207757006704132034 Axel. -- 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: Manual flash contol on Pentax DSLRS?
That's pretty much my flash kit: a 540, a Kirk flash Xtender and the lumiquest bounce kit. I also have the lumiquest soft box attachment. That can be useful where reflectors don't give you enough pop. Paul -- Original message -- From: Tim Ãsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you to all three of you. Sounds like something useful. I think it can be useful with on camera flash and the 540 mounted at a flash bracket. I have finally decided what I'll buy, one 540 (maybe a 360, or another 540 later), a short cable, a Better Beamer for birding, and a Lumiquest bounce kit for regular flash photography. 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. -- 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: Paddling
yes.. nothing to do with fetish, sorry to disappoint you ;-) Drew. Cory Waters wrote: Paddling appears to mean something different there... CW drew wrote: Hi all. Last week we had a short camping holiday in Devon. At a little village called Malmsmead in the area known as Doone Vally (after the book Lorna Doone) we found a ford, the kids were desperate to have a paddle. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyelf/2546470618/ Appreciate any comments. Cheers, Drew. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.24.5/1479 - Release Date: 6/2/2008 7:02 PM -- 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: 60es style glasses ain't kool?
http://roman.blakout.net/?year=2008s=0category=portraitblog =20080603145319 ^^^ I like these glasses here, kinda balance his face. I find his hairdo inappropriate. I'd never set the hair up with long face like this, but I can't tell this guy anything, just ideas to my own diary. Your comments are appreciated... Roman. You're talking to a bunch of fat, middle-aged, bald guys, mostly straight. I don't think we're gonna have a lot to say about gentlemens' hair fashion in the Baltic region. Bob -- 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: 60es style glasses ain't kool?
Hey, I still have most of my hair, (and I'm tall so the fat doesn't show so much...) Bob W wrote: http://roman.blakout.net/?year=2008s=0category=portraitblog =20080603145319 ^^^ I like these glasses here, kinda balance his face. I find his hairdo inappropriate. I'd never set the hair up with long face like this, but I can't tell this guy anything, just ideas to my own diary. Your comments are appreciated... Roman. You're talking to a bunch of fat, middle-aged, bald guys, mostly straight. I don't think we're gonna have a lot to say about gentlemens' hair fashion in the Baltic region. Bob -- 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.
PDML heaven?
Given the kind of things people talk about here, I'd think an article about cycling and single malts by a Magnum photographer should pretty much hit the spot. Unfortunately this link is not to the article, but to the magazine, Rouleur, which is probably too hip for its own good: http://tinyurl.com/5lfe94 http://www.rapha.cc/index.php?page=94utm_source=newsletter_03June08u tm_medium=emailutm_content=textlinkutm_campaign=newsletter_03June08 OK, so there are no single malts, but 2 out of 3 ain't bad. Bob -- 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: Grandfather Mountain
On 2/6/08, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed: You got German orthopedic sandles?!? They are second to none. http://www.birkenstock.com/index_gr24.php Don't mention the war - I did once but I think I got away with it -- 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: PESO: Paddling
On 3/6/08, drew, discombobulated, unleashed: Hi all. Last week we had a short camping holiday in Devon. At a little village called Malmsmead in the area known as Doone Vally (after the book Lorna Doone) we found a ford, the kids were desperate to have a paddle. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyelf/2546470618/ Appreciate any comments. That's a really nice grab. -- 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: PESO: Paddling
What Cotty said. Pretty backlight. Paul -- Original message -- From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 3/6/08, drew, discombobulated, unleashed: Hi all. Last week we had a short camping holiday in Devon. At a little village called Malmsmead in the area known as Doone Vally (after the book Lorna Doone) we found a ford, the kids were desperate to have a paddle. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyelf/2546470618/ Appreciate any comments. That's a really nice grab. -- 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. -- 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.
WANTED TO BUY - Hard Lens Case(s)
Anyone have any hard lens case or cases to sell? I need one about 3 diameter by about 4 tall ( inside dims). Also need some smaller ones, about the size to fit a 50mm F1.4 or smaller lens. If anybody has any extras laying around in decent shape, let me make you a good offer for them! I also have a bunch, but not these size, would be willing to trade if wanted. JC OCONNELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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 Fill flash
Bad choice of a photo phrase, but i think you knew what i meant. LOL Thanks Paul. So just so i think i understand, are you suggesting i cut back on my in camera exposure, not use the + ev an then use the flash to add that extra light. I think thats how i read it. Dave On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 1:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Technically, I wouldn't call that fill. You're using flash to add some pop to dull light, not to fill shadows. But you did a great job. The exposure comp you used served to get you closer to the background value. You might have achieved teh same thing without comp just by adjusting exposure values. But the results speak for themselves. Very good. Paul -- Original message -- From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2008-paec2/index.htm Since it was very o/c on Sunday, at the horse, er opps, Pony show, I thought it best to use some fill flash on the candids while the indoor part of the show was on. After all i have black cameras, might as well look like a Pro, ehe.:-0 The files a1acandid and files marked Cash and Miles are all using fill. Candids Nikon D1H and sb80dx, and Cash and Miles K10D and 360. Some look over lit, others look more natural. Anyone with more fill experience want to have a look, and comment.?? If not, no biggy. Fill was mostly -1.0 to -2.0, but some of the overly brights were at -0.5 IIRC. I used a +0.7 EV on the D1h to get a decently right Histo. 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: Geso Fill flash
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would have been better if you'd set the flash on a lightstand, angled into the scene and slightly above, triggered with a slave remote, so that the flash fill could create some modeling shadows. Most look kinda flat to my eye. That sounds like it could work. I'd have to keep moving the stand, as i move around and they stand around.:-) I have some triggers now and an older tripod that could work. I'll see if i can try that next time Dave I've done this for portraits done outdoors in shade or an overcast day using a little trigger flash (the Nikon SB-30, courtesy Adam's suggestion) set on minimum output manual and the IR shield raised, a Wein strobe slave sensor, and the Sunpak 383 fitted with Lumiquest Mini SoftBox set to manual 1/8-1/16 output. A couple of test shots and you dial in the flash/ambient exposure balance, then you just shoot and concentrate on framing and focus (presuming your light stays reasonably consistent). I like doing that much more than trying to figure out what the flash automation systems will do. Godfrey On Jun 3, 2008, at 8:32 AM, David J Brooks wrote: http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2008-paec2/index.htm Since it was very o/c on Sunday, at the horse, er opps, Pony show, I thought it best to use some fill flash on the candids while the indoor part of the show was on. After all i have black cameras, might as well look like a Pro, ehe.:-0 The files a1acandid and files marked Cash and Miles are all using fill. Candids Nikon D1H and sb80dx, and Cash and Miles K10D and 360. Some look over lit, others look more natural. Anyone with more fill experience want to have a look, and comment.?? If not, no biggy. Fill was mostly -1.0 to -2.0, but some of the overly brights were at -0.5 IIRC. I used a +0.7 EV on the D1h to get a decently right Histo. -- 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: One shot from GFM
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Many things to do today but I thought I'd post one GFM photo before I set out on my errands. This is Helen the GFM staff photog (and wannabe motorcycle thief) on top of MacRae peak: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d802249a.jpg K20D, DA*16-50/2.8 @ 50mm, polarizer Nice shot. But give us more Helen:-). Can do. But you get two old gits as well in the same shot, unfortunately. (You can Photoshop us out.) http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d802254.jpg (At the summit of MacRae Peak. K20D, 10-17 fisheye) -- 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: Free PS book for 9 days
Gonz wrote: I think it must just be an email address harvesting ploy. Just wait for the spam... Well, yes and no. I downloaded this book last week. I got the d/l link back in the mail within an hour or so of requesting it. (Check your spam folder.) First-off, the book is mainly of interest to website developers -- how to create backgrounds and bevel-edged buttons with gradient fills, manipulating images, coordinating image colour-maps so you can overlay them, etc. There's one chapter called Adjusting Images that discusses curves and levels, so it has some photography-relevance. I have received one spam from SitePoint since I downloaded the PDF book. They were hoping I'd sign up for online website design courses or something. I tossed it. -bmw -- 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: Grandfather Mountain
2008/6/3 Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 2/6/08, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: 2) Why, why, why do Poms insist on wearing socks with sandles? It was first thing in the morning and my boots were stuck up your ass. That explains the blocked up feeling... Seriously, my boots were in the back of an Xterra that had exited for the sunrise, reunited with me shortly thereafter. I do not wear socks and sandles together except in emergencies BTW they are Birki's :) OK, that I can appreciate :-) 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: SESO: Zinneke Parade Brussels 2008
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Any other suggestions? Mind you, it's my first project of this kind and the subject is totally different from my usual industry stuff. Works OK in Safari (3.1.1) on the Mac. Although I notice that when you hit the pause button it only pauses the pix, the soundtrack keeps on rolling. Well done, though. -bmw -- 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.
used lens prices got you down? Got a special event coming up?
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/pho/706393605.html sheesh... CW -- 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 shot from GFM
Mark, set your remote to 2 sec delay so you can hide the remote!! :-) Nice use of the FE Walt On 6/3/08, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Many things to do today but I thought I'd post one GFM photo before I set out on my errands. This is Helen the GFM staff photog (and wannabe motorcycle thief) on top of MacRae peak: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d802249a.jpg K20D, DA*16-50/2.8 @ 50mm, polarizer Nice shot. But give us more Helen:-). Can do. But you get two old gits as well in the same shot, unfortunately. (You can Photoshop us out.) http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d802254.jpg (At the summit of MacRae Peak. K20D, 10-17 fisheye) -- 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 shot from GFM
Nice shot, pretty girl. I may have to show up at the mountain next year:-). Paul -- Original message -- From: Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark, set your remote to 2 sec delay so you can hide the remote!! :-) Nice use of the FE Walt On 6/3/08, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Many things to do today but I thought I'd post one GFM photo before I set out on my errands. This is Helen the GFM staff photog (and wannabe motorcycle thief) on top of MacRae peak: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d802249a.jpg K20D, DA*16-50/2.8 @ 50mm, polarizer Nice shot. But give us more Helen:-). Can do. But you get two old gits as well in the same shot, unfortunately. (You can Photoshop us out.) http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d802254.jpg (At the summit of MacRae Peak. K20D, 10-17 fisheye) -- 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.
PESO: Lumix Orchid
Shot with a Lumix, not a species! I have been eyeing the new TZ5 Panasonic Lumix and finally got one today. The learning curve is different than the Pentax for sure but it seems pretty capable. http://walthamler.smugmug.com/gallery/4592986_mrB5J#306845274_4Hz6h-XL-LB Walt -- 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.
(*istD questions) Argh. Near miss of a different sort.
I went to Radio Shack to buy parts to build myself a cable release for the *istD. They had submini phone plugs, but only mono, not TRS, and it turns out that shorting ring to sleeve keeps the autofocus constantly activated (which I presume costs battery life). And they didn't have cheap IR LEDs to make an invisible flash with, either. Though there was a spot marked for them in the drawer. *pout* (Unsurprisingly, they didn't have PC connectors either, so I'll probably look for the cheapest PC-cord accessory I can find and snip the plug off it when I do build the invisible flash.) Question: when emulating a locking cable release for long exposures, should I disengage the autofocus connection once the shutter is open, or does the camera automagically do that internally? (Or should I just not worry about the battery drain of having the autofocus system powered while the mirror is up? Is the cost of holding the shutter open high enough to swamp having the autofocus powered? I've no idea what aspets of the camera's operation cost how much juice, but I'm guessing that electromechanical aspects -- and lighting the LCD backlight -- cost more than purely electronic operations ... right?) -- Glenn, starting to wonder how much an *istD repair manual would tell me about the electronics. -- 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: (*istD questions) Argh. Near miss of a different sort.
never really thought about it 'cause I aint into AF but do ANY AF systems stay active once the shutter opens? Why? JC OCONNELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of D. Glenn Arthur Jr. Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 10:15 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: (*istD questions) Argh. Near miss of a different sort. I went to Radio Shack to buy parts to build myself a cable release for the *istD. They had submini phone plugs, but only mono, not TRS, and it turns out that shorting ring to sleeve keeps the autofocus constantly activated (which I presume costs battery life). And they didn't have cheap IR LEDs to make an invisible flash with, either. Though there was a spot marked for them in the drawer. *pout* (Unsurprisingly, they didn't have PC connectors either, so I'll probably look for the cheapest PC-cord accessory I can find and snip the plug off it when I do build the invisible flash.) Question: when emulating a locking cable release for long exposures, should I disengage the autofocus connection once the shutter is open, or does the camera automagically do that internally? (Or should I just not worry about the battery drain of having the autofocus system powered while the mirror is up? Is the cost of holding the shutter open high enough to swamp having the autofocus powered? I've no idea what aspets of the camera's operation cost how much juice, but I'm guessing that electromechanical aspects -- and lighting the LCD backlight -- cost more than purely electronic operations ... right?) -- Glenn, starting to wonder how much an *istD repair manual would tell me about the electronics. -- 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: (*istD questions) Argh. Near miss of a different sort.
I've seen off-brand shutter release units on ebay for less than ten bucks. Paul -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (D. Glenn Arthur Jr.) I went to Radio Shack to buy parts to build myself a cable release for the *istD. They had submini phone plugs, but only mono, not TRS, and it turns out that shorting ring to sleeve keeps the autofocus constantly activated (which I presume costs battery life). And they didn't have cheap IR LEDs to make an invisible flash with, either. Though there was a spot marked for them in the drawer. *pout* (Unsurprisingly, they didn't have PC connectors either, so I'll probably look for the cheapest PC-cord accessory I can find and snip the plug off it when I do build the invisible flash.) Question: when emulating a locking cable release for long exposures, should I disengage the autofocus connection once the shutter is open, or does the camera automagically do that internally? (Or should I just not worry about the battery drain of having the autofocus system powered while the mirror is up? Is the cost of holding the shutter open high enough to swamp having the autofocus powered? I've no idea what aspets of the camera's operation cost how much juice, but I'm guessing that electromechanical aspects -- and lighting the LCD backlight -- cost more than purely electronic operations ... right?) -- Glenn, starting to wonder how much an *istD repair manual would tell me about the electronics. -- 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: (*istD questions) Argh. Near miss of a different sort.
J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wondered: never really thought about it 'cause I aint into AF but do ANY AF systems stay active once the shutter opens? Why? I don't know where the AF sensors are, but I'm betting that they're in the prism ... if I'm right (sanity check anyone?) then AF can't be _effective_ with the mirror up, but may or may not still be turned on despite not being able to do anything. Though now you've got me wondering about AF systems in non-SLR bodies, and how your question applies to those. (By the way, I was trying to sneak up on a bug earlier, and in the process I discovered that the autofocus didn't want to work when too much light was coming in through the viewfinder. I had the camera away from my face, and the darn thing wouldn't fire even though I'd had trap focus working just fine seconds earlier. Then I waved my thumb over the viewfinder and the shutter fired. Innnteresting.) If I were naively designing a DSLR, I might not bother de-powering the AF subsystem during an exposure because the time involved would be too short to really worry about (unless the AF could become confused while the shutter was open and try to shift focus during the shot), but on 'bulb', the times are a lot longer, and Pentax designers are not naive. So I wanna know what they did. (And whether it happens upstream or downsteam of the cable-release conector -- i.e. whether it works automagically or the cable release has to fake it.) -- 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: (*istD questions) Argh. Near miss of a different sort.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: I've seen off-brand shutter release units on ebay for less than ten bucks. #blink# Well that certainly changes my cost-benefit analysis. -- Glenn, headin' for eBay -- 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: (*istD questions) Argh. Near miss of a different sort.
The AF sensors are on the floor of the mirror box. The metering sensors are in the prism housing. --- D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know where the AF sensors are, but I'm betting that they're in the prism ... if I'm right (sanity check anyone?) then AF can't be _effective_ with the mirror up, but may or may not still be turned on despite not being able to do anything. Though now you've got me wondering about AF systems in non-SLR bodies, and how your question applies to those. (By the way, I was trying to sneak up on a bug earlier, and in the process I discovered that the autofocus didn't want to work when too much light was coming in through the viewfinder. I had the camera away from my face, and the darn thing wouldn't fire even though I'd had trap focus working just fine seconds earlier. Then I waved my thumb over the viewfinder and the shutter fired. Innnteresting.) If I were naively designing a DSLR, I might not bother de-powering the AF subsystem during an exposure because the time involved would be too short to really worry about (unless the AF could become confused while the shutter was open and try to shift focus during the shot), but on 'bulb', the times are a lot longer, and Pentax designers are not naive. So I wanna know what they did. (And whether it happens upstream or downsteam of the cable-release conector -- i.e. whether it works automagically or the cable release has to fake it.) -- 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. -- 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: (*istD questions) Argh. Near miss of a different sort.
On 6/3/08, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: I've seen off-brand shutter release units on ebay for less than ten bucks. #blink# Well that certainly changes my cost-benefit analysis. Look for a remote shutter release for a Canon Digital Rebel. Works fine on my DS, should work fine on the D as well. I think I paid $13 for mine including shipping. -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: (*istD questions) Argh. Near miss of a different sort.
Yep, they're the same. The one i bought was tagged as for both Canon and Pentax. Paul -- Original message -- From: Mat Maessen [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 6/3/08, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: I've seen off-brand shutter release units on ebay for less than ten bucks. #blink# Well that certainly changes my cost-benefit analysis. Look for a remote shutter release for a Canon Digital Rebel. Works fine on my DS, should work fine on the D as well. I think I paid $13 for mine including shipping. -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. -- 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 hate to be a buzzkill, but I sent an FA* 300mm F4.5 lens back to Colorado for repair a few years ago. It came back to me horrible mis-calibrated (blurry at all apertures), so I sent it back. The second time I got it back it was dialed in and very sharp. I sent my DA* 16-50 back this spring due to uneven sharpness across the frame. It came back worse than when I sent it. So it's back in Colorado again. I'm hoping it comes back in better condition. Maybe I'm a second time's the charm guy Jack wrote: Nor I, Paul. Jack Ken wrote: Same here Paul. Paul wrote: 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
As I have posted before, this NEVER existed in the PENTAX screwmount era, EVERY lens was tested TWICE, once in JAPAN and again in USA before being sold in USA. Thats often overlooked, anyone can design modern lenses, building them and quality controlling them is another issue altogether. Thats why todays lenses are as cheap as they are, they dont take the time and labor to test them like they used to. Its also why many people still prefer to use older lenses. They are a known good for the most part unless you come across one thats been serviced and poorly serviced. JC OCONNELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Erickson Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 12:13 AM To: PDML Subject: Re: K10D Back from Pentax Repair I hate to be a buzzkill, but I sent an FA* 300mm F4.5 lens back to Colorado for repair a few years ago. It came back to me horrible mis-calibrated (blurry at all apertures), so I sent it back. The second time I got it back it was dialed in and very sharp. I sent my DA* 16-50 back this spring due to uneven sharpness across the frame. It came back worse than when I sent it. So it's back in Colorado again. I'm hoping it comes back in better condition. Maybe I'm a second time's the charm guy Jack wrote: Nor I, Paul. Jack Ken wrote: Same here Paul. Paul wrote: 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: used lens prices got you down? Got a special event coming up?
Oh joy... Cory Waters wrote: http://atlanta.craigslist.org/pho/706393605.html sheesh... CW -- 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: (*istD questions) Argh. Near miss of a different sort.
The cable remote release is just a two circuit switch. One switch turns on the meter and focusing system, the other trips the shutter. But you can buy the Canon Remote Switch RS-60E3 from BH Photo for $25 that works perfectly as a replacement for the $40 Pentax CS-201, or go to Ebay and find the same thing made in China for $4. I personally wouldn't waste the time to make one. Godfrey On Jun 3, 2008, at 7:15 PM, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: I went to Radio Shack to buy parts to build myself a cable release for the *istD. They had submini phone plugs, but only mono, not TRS, and it turns out that shorting ring to sleeve keeps the autofocus constantly activated (which I presume costs battery life). And they didn't have cheap IR LEDs to make an invisible flash with, either. Though there was a spot marked for them in the drawer. *pout* (Unsurprisingly, they didn't have PC connectors either, so I'll probably look for the cheapest PC-cord accessory I can find and snip the plug off it when I do build the invisible flash.) Question: when emulating a locking cable release for long exposures, should I disengage the autofocus connection once the shutter is open, or does the camera automagically do that internally? (Or should I just not worry about the battery drain of having the autofocus system powered while the mirror is up? Is the cost of holding the shutter open high enough to swamp having the autofocus powered? I've no idea what aspets of the camera's operation cost how much juice, but I'm guessing that electromechanical aspects -- and lighting the LCD backlight -- cost more than purely electronic operations ... right?) -- Glenn, starting to wonder how much an *istD repair manual would tell me about the electronics. -- 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.
