Re: June PUG is up!
Hi All: This is a very lovely PUG. I send big congrats to all the submitters. The photos are just terrific!!! Big Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 10:47 AM Subject: June PUG is up! Finally. Sorry I'm so late on this one. I'll try to make it up to all of you. See it here: http://pug.komkon.org/ July's theme is Sports and Action. Submit photos here: http://pdmlpug.org/?p=35 -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: My New Cap
On 10/6/08, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: When we were in Rochester, NY last month, I bought this nifty new cap at the George Eastman House: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7392338 It's very accurate: It precisely matches my official Kodak 18% grey card. Furthermore, my own head is 18% grey, and 82% skin. I looked for one for Cotty, but they didn't have any that said 1.8% Grey. Cute. You're a marked man Womer ;) -- 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: My New Cap
On 10/6/08, Ken Waller, discombobulated, unleashed: I understand Cotty has an 11 head. One more inch it would be a foot. It depends on the weather, as a rule. -- 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: SDM technology lenses
On 10/6/08, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: JCOHOWEVER/JCO, the EOS-1d mII N with (non-IS) 70-200/2.8 weighs roughly 5.6lbs (2.54kg). Just to confirm Adam's statement, my P645 with A200/4 weighs 4lbs 11oz (2.12kg). So yeah, your camera is freaking heavy. JCONO ITS NOT YOU FREAKASAURUS MY GOD GET IT RIGHT/JCO -- 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: SDM technology lenses
On 10/6/08, gldnbearz, discombobulated, unleashed: I spent a stint in high school where there was a Video Club complete with full size VHS camcorders (remember those?), spare batteries (3 x8 x1.5), extension cables, mike pacs, etc where we did tapings of newsworthy events around campus. I learned that I didn't have the height size necessary for that line of work. Maybe if I kept at it, I might have. Like I said, if the shoe fits. The cost to me is a chiro visit once a month and realistically looking at maybe another ten years tops at it. I'm trying to downsize soon. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: NO NO NO
Time for rehab?!? confused, Jostein 2008/6/11 William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 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. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Flash contact pins
From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/06/10 Tue PM 08:32:41 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Flash contact pins The mailman has enabled me. A flash and a sync cable and some other flash stuff. Everything is working fine. But I do have a problem. Two. You need to tell us what flash and cable... Try slipping a thin piece of plastic into the shoe, under all the pins. IIRC, you can buy dummy shoes, made of plastic with no contacts, to deal with this problem. When mounted in my old flash bracket, the flash refuses to communicate with the camera. Nothing wrong with the cable. I think the problem is that the flash bracket is shortening the contacts. Does that sound like a good theory? And if so, what contacts do I need to isolate to get what I want? One more while I'm at it. Any suggestions on how to isolate it. My best idea so far is to drill some holes in the contact. -- 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: SDM technology lenses
From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/06/10 Tue PM 09:25:57 GMT To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: SDM technology lenses Who'll be the first to review this one? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-4-5kg-Single-Bick-Anvil/dp/B000MTNJIO/r ef=wl_itt_dp?ie=UTF8coliid=I51ZQYZ28Z0E2colid=WC7E8MODN8EJ Bob 4.5Kg? Used by fairies to make thimbles. Landrover/1DMkIII anvils need to be _at least_ one order of magnitude bigger. Not compared to your anvil collection, anyway... --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Au contraire mon frere. The 1D series with a 70-200 2.8 balances beautifully and is not heavy at all. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Flash contact pins
From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/06/11 Wed AM 12:28:50 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Flash contact pins Yep. I've tried that, mainly to test my theory. The theory sticks, but the tape don't :-) I think I need a more permanent solution. One that doesn't involve taping the flash or the bracket every time I mount it. That's why I've been thinking about drilling holes in the bracket to ensure the pins don't make contact with the metall. What do you think, does this sound like a good solution? MaritimTim No. This is: http://www.hama.co.uk/portal/searchSelectedProduct*NO/articleId*3976/action*2563/searchMode*1/bySearch*shoe 2008/6/10 Axel Belinfante [EMAIL PROTECTED]: When mounted in my old flash bracket, the flash refuses to communicate with the camera. Nothing wrong with the cable. I think the problem is that the flash bracket is shortening the contacts. Does that sound like a good theory? And if so, what contacts do I need to isolate to get what I want? One more while I'm at it. Any suggestions on how to isolate it. My best idea so far is to drill some holes in the contact. assuming that the cable is directly connected to the flash, i.e. the contacts in the bracket do not matter, how about gluing some layers of isolating sticky tape (scotch tape) into the bracket where the contacts will be? 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. -- 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: Flash contact pins
2008/6/11 mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/06/11 Wed AM 12:28:50 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Flash contact pins Yep. I've tried that, mainly to test my theory. The theory sticks, but the tape don't :-) I think I need a more permanent solution. One that doesn't involve taping the flash or the bracket every time I mount it. That's why I've been thinking about drilling holes in the bracket to ensure the pins don't make contact with the metall. What do you think, does this sound like a good solution? MaritimTim No. This is: http://www.hama.co.uk/portal/searchSelectedProduct*NO/articleId*3976/action*2563/searchMode*1/bySearch*shoe That looks like a very permanent solution. Except that it won't fit my bracket, unless I glue it on top of the original foot. 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: Flash contact pins
2008/6/11 William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: - Original Message - From: Tim Øsleby Subject: Re: Flash contact pins Yep. I've tried that, mainly to test my theory. The theory sticks, but the tape don't :-) I think I need a more permanent solution. One that doesn't involve taping the flash or the bracket every time I mount it. That's why I've been thinking about drilling holes in the bracket to ensure the pins don't make contact with the metall. What do you think, does this sound like a good solution? Clear nail polish is a good solution.. Coloured nail polish might be a better solution because you'll be able to see when it wears off William Robb Thats definately worth a try. -- 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: Flash contact pins
Pentax 540 with the original Pentax sync cable MaritimTim 2008/6/11 Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: what flash? what cable? Could be reversed polarity. On Jun 10, 2008, at 4:32 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: The mailman has enabled me. A flash and a sync cable and some other flash stuff. Everything is working fine. But I do have a problem. When mounted in my old flash bracket, the flash refuses to communicate with the camera. Nothing wrong with the cable. I think the problem is that the flash bracket is shortening the contacts. Does that sound like a good theory? And if so, what contacts do I need to isolate to get what I want? One more while I'm at it. Any suggestions on how to isolate it. My best idea so far is to drill some holes in the contact. -- 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. -- 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: NO NO NO
Rehab will just make you more confuced.. MaritimTim 2008/6/11 AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Time for rehab?!? confused, Jostein 2008/6/11 William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 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. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: Flash contact pins
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:28:50 +0200, Tim ÃÜsleby wrote: Yep. I've tried that, mainly to test my theory. The theory sticks, but the tape don't :-) I think I need a more permanent solution. One that doesn't involve taping the flash or the bracket every time I mount it. That's why I've been thinking about drilling holes in the bracket to ensure the pins don't make contact with the metall. What do you think, does this sound like a good solution? MaritimTim I don't think it would be good at all. The pins will drop into the holes and the flash may get stuck. If however you then fill the holes with some form of glue, that would work James -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Flash contact pins
From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/06/11 Wed AM 07:45:18 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Flash contact pins 2008/6/11 mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/06/11 Wed AM 12:28:50 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Flash contact pins Yep. I've tried that, mainly to test my theory. The theory sticks, but the tape don't :-) I think I need a more permanent solution. One that doesn't involve taping the flash or the bracket every time I mount it. That's why I've been thinking about drilling holes in the bracket to ensure the pins don't make contact with the metall. What do you think, does this sound like a good solution? MaritimTim No. This is: http://www.hama.co.uk/portal/searchSelectedProduct*NO/articleId*3976/action*2563/searchMode*1/bySearch*shoe That looks like a very permanent solution. Except that it won't fit my bracket, unless I glue it on top of the original foot. It's not clear from the pictures but I think that it has ridges on to fit into a normal flash shoe as well as a screw hole. If this one does not, there are others available (not, apparently, from Hama) that do. - 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.
OT: An Engineer's Guide to Cats
Hi all Being a (former) engineer, I found this amusing. Knowing that many (some?) PDMLers are owned by cats, maybe there's a chuckle or two to be had here ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4 Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - I mean, what is it about a decent email service? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Flash contact pins
I doupht it would fit if there are no ridges. Because there are no screwholes in the original shoe. But I like the idea of a shoe with ridges. I'll try the nail polish trick first, as a ad hoc solution. And look for a shoe with ridges as the long term solution. MaritimTim 2008/6/11 mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/06/11 Wed AM 07:45:18 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Flash contact pins 2008/6/11 mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/06/11 Wed AM 12:28:50 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Flash contact pins Yep. I've tried that, mainly to test my theory. The theory sticks, but the tape don't :-) I think I need a more permanent solution. One that doesn't involve taping the flash or the bracket every time I mount it. That's why I've been thinking about drilling holes in the bracket to ensure the pins don't make contact with the metall. What do you think, does this sound like a good solution? MaritimTim No. This is: http://www.hama.co.uk/portal/searchSelectedProduct*NO/articleId*3976/action*2563/searchMode*1/bySearch*shoe That looks like a very permanent solution. Except that it won't fit my bracket, unless I glue it on top of the original foot. It's not clear from the pictures but I think that it has ridges on to fit into a normal flash shoe as well as a screw hole. If this one does not, there are others available (not, apparently, from Hama) that do. - 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. -- 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: OT: An Engineer's Guide to Cats
LOL I discovered that one a few weeks ago have watched it at least twice a week since. The yodelling gets me every time :-) Cheers, Dave 2008/6/11 Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all Being a (former) engineer, I found this amusing. Knowing that many (some?) PDMLers are owned by cats, maybe there's a chuckle or two to be had here ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: NO NO NO
2008/6/11 Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Rehab will just make you more confuced.. MaritimTim Hmmm... I'd think defused would be closer to the mark... :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Really OT: Vest Pocket Autographic
Scott Loveless wrote: Derby Chang wrote: Holga be-damned. This is where it's at. I was helping my friend tidying up her late parents' house. She gave me her Dad's Kodak Vest Pocket Autographic and gifted it to me. Such an ergonomically enticing little package. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/08_06/08_06_vpk/index.htm I need to get some anti-newton glass to do the scans justice. D OK. I'm jealous. Very nice photos there, Derby. Was that Fomapan you shot with it? Has the film base improved? I gave up on that stuff a couple years ago because it curls something awful. Granted, your options are limited when it comes to 127. Thanks to everyone who commented. Not to much artistry in those shots I admit, but I really love that feeling of history. Scott, you are right, not a lot of choice in 127. It was EFKE, made by a brave Croatian company, apparently the only source in the world. And yes, it curls like buggery too. There are a few other places I've seen that sell 127 spliced from 120. But the backing paper is all wrong (no film counter on the VPK). I wonder if I can get EFKE in 120 to see how it performs with more modern optics. D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
K20D and K200D cashback in the UK
http://www.pentax.co.uk/_uk/photo/cashback.php £100 on K20D and £50 on K200D from 11th June to the end of August. Shame I bought mine already... Rob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: NO NO NO
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:33 PM, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave Polo Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: My New Cap
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When we were in Rochester, NY last month, I bought this nifty new cap at the George Eastman House: Neat hat. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7392338 It's very accurate: It precisely matches my official Kodak 18% grey card. Furthermore, my own head is 18% grey, and 82% skin. I looked for one for Cotty, but they didn't have any that said 1.8% Grey. Don't for get the rain and fog factors Dave Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: An Engineer's Guide to Cats
On 11/6/08, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: Hi all Being a (former) engineer, I found this amusing. Knowing that many (some?) PDMLers are owned by cats, maybe there's a chuckle or two to be had here ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4 Excellent. -- 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: Flash contact pins
mike wilson wrote: A flash and a sync cable and some other flash stuff. Everything is working fine. But I do have a problem. Two. You need to tell us what flash and cable... Try slipping a thin piece of plastic into the shoe, under all the pins. IIRC, you can buy dummy shoes, made of plastic with no contacts, to deal with this problem. I have the same problem with a cheap off-camera-flash bracket. I just take a sheet of paper and fold it over to about four thicknesses and slip that between the foot of the flash and the bottom of the shoe on the bracket. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: An Engineer's Guide to Cats
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:10:26 +0800, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: LOL I discovered that one a few weeks ago have watched it at least twice a week since. The yodelling gets me every time :-) Yes, but measuring the aspect ratio is inspired. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ 2008/6/11 Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all Being a (former) engineer, I found this amusing. Knowing that many (some?) PDMLers are owned by cats, maybe there's a chuckle or two to be had here ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4 -- -- 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: NO NO NO
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:37:24 +0800, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: At 11:33 AM 11/06/2008, William Robb wrote: Dave YES,YES, YES. Bill All together now, just smile and back slowly towards the nearest exit. The padded van and men in white coats will be here shortly. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - And now for something completely different -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: NO NO NO
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:37:24 +0800, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: At 11:33 AM 11/06/2008, William Robb wrote: Dave YES,YES, YES. Bill All together now, just smile and back slowly towards the nearest exit. The padded van and men in white coats will be here shortly. I love this list... cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Flash contact pins
Tried gaffer tape. The pins perforated it. MaritimTim 2008/6/11 Peter Loveday [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Try slipping a thin piece of plastic into the shoe, under all the pins. IIRC, you can buy dummy shoes, made of plastic with no contacts, to deal with this problem. I have the same problem with a cheap off-camera-flash bracket. I just take a sheet of paper and fold it over to about four thicknesses and slip that between the foot of the flash and the bottom of the shoe on the bracket. I've had the same issue with hotshoes on umbrella swivels... I find a piece of Gaffer Tape stays on okay for me. - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: K20D and K200D cashback in the UK
There's been a $100 rebate on the K20D for a while now, several weeks at least IIRC. Rob Brigham wrote: http://www.pentax.co.uk/_uk/photo/cashback.php £100 on K20D and £50 on K200D from 11th June to the end of August. Shame I bought mine already... Rob -- 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: NO NO NO
Scott Loveless wrote: frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:37:24 +0800, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: At 11:33 AM 11/06/2008, William Robb wrote: Dave YES,YES, YES. Bill All together now, just smile and back slowly towards the nearest exit. The padded van and men in white coats will be here shortly. I love this list... cheers, frank It's the thread about nothing. Just like every other thread. ;) Not about nothing, surely. -- 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: NO NO NO
frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:37:24 +0800, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: At 11:33 AM 11/06/2008, William Robb wrote: Dave YES,YES, YES. Bill All together now, just smile and back slowly towards the nearest exit. The padded van and men in white coats will be here shortly. I love this list... cheers, frank It's the thread about nothing. Just like every other thread. ;) -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Really OT: Vest Pocket Autographic
Derby Chang wrote: There are a few other places I've seen that sell 127 spliced from 120. But the backing paper is all wrong (no film counter on the VPK). I wonder if I can get EFKE in 120 to see how it performs with more modern optics. Yes, you can. It's available from Freestyle and BH, among several other retailers, here in the US. I imagine someone down your way stocks it. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Flash contact pins
Try slipping a thin piece of plastic into the shoe, under all the pins. IIRC, you can buy dummy shoes, made of plastic with no contacts, to deal with this problem. I have the same problem with a cheap off-camera-flash bracket. I just take a sheet of paper and fold it over to about four thicknesses and slip that between the foot of the flash and the bottom of the shoe on the bracket. I've had the same issue with hotshoes on umbrella swivels... I find a piece of Gaffer Tape stays on okay for me. - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: K20D and K200D cashback in the UK
This is £100. First time I've seen a rebate on Pentax gear in the UK. But the UK price is ~£799 for the body plus 18-55. Rebate does not apply to body only. From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/06/11 Wed PM 01:03:33 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: K20D and K200D cashback in the UK There's been a $100 rebate on the K20D for a while now, several weeks at least IIRC. Rob Brigham wrote: http://www.pentax.co.uk/_uk/photo/cashback.php £100 on K20D and £50 on K200D from 11th June to the end of August. Shame I bought mine already... Rob -- 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. - 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: K20D and K200D cashback in the UK
The lowest reputable dealer's Body only price in the US is Buydig.com at 1089.00 USD which is about 555.00 GBP. The $100 is off that. mike wilson wrote: This is £100. First time I've seen a rebate on Pentax gear in the UK. But the UK price is ~£799 for the body plus 18-55. Rebate does not apply to body only. From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/06/11 Wed PM 01:03:33 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: K20D and K200D cashback in the UK There's been a $100 rebate on the K20D for a while now, several weeks at least IIRC. Rob Brigham wrote: http://www.pentax.co.uk/_uk/photo/cashback.php £100 on K20D and £50 on K200D from 11th June to the end of August. Shame I bought mine already... Rob -- 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. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K20D and K200D cashback in the UK
Yea, I know, you guys are still getting screwed... P. J. Alling wrote: The lowest reputable dealer's Body only price in the US is Buydig.com at 1089.00 USD which is about 555.00 GBP. The $100 is off that. mike wilson wrote: This is £100. First time I've seen a rebate on Pentax gear in the UK. But the UK price is ~£799 for the body plus 18-55. Rebate does not apply to body only. From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/06/11 Wed PM 01:03:33 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: K20D and K200D cashback in the UK There's been a $100 rebate on the K20D for a while now, several weeks at least IIRC. Rob Brigham wrote: http://www.pentax.co.uk/_uk/photo/cashback.php £100 on K20D and £50 on K200D from 11th June to the end of August. Shame I bought mine already... Rob -- 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. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT - paintings
Hey, gang. Several years ago Christie and I purchased a painting from an antique dealer in St. Louis. It wasn't very expensive and neither of us know jack about paintings, but we liked it. It's been hanging over the sofa ever since. Anyway, would those of you with an eye for this sort of thing take a quick look and tell me what you think? The name at the bottom is Bene` if it's too hard to see. http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/Paintings/photo?authkey=E3lck7Uhzo0#5210627485032516322 Much appreciated. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - paintings
An artist by the name of Albert Bene worked in San Francisco in the early part of the 20th century. I've only seen one of his paintings. It wasn't really in the style of this piece, but it was so different in subject matter that it would be hard to say for certain that it wasn't by the same artist, based only on a web image. Your painting could very well be early 20th century based on the impressionist rendering of the scene and what appears to be a liberal application of paint. Again, it's hard to see much on a web image. Is there a date on the piece? Paul -- Original message -- From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hey, gang. Several years ago Christie and I purchased a painting from an antique dealer in St. Louis. It wasn't very expensive and neither of us know jack about paintings, but we liked it. It's been hanging over the sofa ever since. Anyway, would those of you with an eye for this sort of thing take a quick look and tell me what you think? The name at the bottom is Bene` if it's too hard to see. http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/Paintings/photo?authkey=E3lck7Uhzo0#5210 627485032516322 Much appreciated. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - paintings
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An artist by the name of Albert Bene worked in San Francisco in the early part of the 20th century. I've only seen one of his paintings. It wasn't really in the style of this piece, but it was so different in subject matter that it would be hard to say for certain that it wasn't by the same artist, based only on a web image. Your painting could very well be early 20th century based on the impressionist rendering of the scene and what appears to be a liberal application of paint. Again, it's hard to see much on a web image. Is there a date on the piece? Paul Thanks, Paul. I've not been able to find a date on it. There is a backing attached to the frame which I've never removed. So who knows what's on the back of the canvas? To my uneducated eye it looks as if quite a bit of the paint was applied with a knife, if that helps at all. http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/Paintings/photo?authkey=E3lck7Uhzo0#5210 627485032516322 -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K20D and K200D cashback in the UK
Not really. When the time comes for me to buy a new camera (currently anticipated to be in the 2020s) I will buy it from somewhere that gives me a far better combination of value and service than anywhere in the UK is likely to provide. From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/06/11 Wed PM 01:25:50 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: K20D and K200D cashback in the UK Yea, I know, you guys are still getting screwed... P. J. Alling wrote: The lowest reputable dealer's Body only price in the US is Buydig.com at 1089.00 USD which is about 555.00 GBP. The $100 is off that. mike wilson wrote: This is £100. First time I've seen a rebate on Pentax gear in the UK. But the UK price is ~£799 for the body plus 18-55. Rebate does not apply to body only. From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/06/11 Wed PM 01:03:33 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: K20D and K200D cashback in the UK There's been a $100 rebate on the K20D for a while now, several weeks at least IIRC. Rob Brigham wrote: http://www.pentax.co.uk/_uk/photo/cashback.php £100 on K20D and £50 on K200D from 11th June to the end of August. Shame I bought mine already... Rob -- 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. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. - 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 - paintings
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, gang. Several years ago Christie and I purchased a painting from an antique dealer in St. Louis. It wasn't very expensive and neither of us know jack about paintings, but we liked it. It's been hanging over the sofa ever since. Anyway, would those of you with an eye for this sort of thing take a quick look and tell me what you think? The name at the bottom is Bene` if it's too hard to see. http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/Paintings/photo?authkey=E3lck7Uhzo0#5210627485032516322 Much appreciated. I appreciate poker playing dogs, clowns with big eyes and velvet renditions of Elvis. Yours is of a genre that I'm not familiar with. Sorry. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - paintings
frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, gang. Several years ago Christie and I purchased a painting from an antique dealer in St. Louis. It wasn't very expensive and neither of us know jack about paintings, but we liked it. It's been hanging over the sofa ever since. Anyway, would those of you with an eye for this sort of thing take a quick look and tell me what you think? The name at the bottom is Bene` if it's too hard to see. http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/Paintings/photo?authkey=E3lck7Uhzo0#5210627485032516322 Much appreciated. I appreciate poker playing dogs, clowns with big eyes and velvet renditions of Elvis. Yours is of a genre that I'm not familiar with. Sorry. I could tilt it. Would that help? :) -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - paintings
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I could tilt it. Would that help? :) Possibly. A bit more blur might work, too. 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.
The Eys is Katz ;-)
Hi! The focusing screen arrived. Sans yet another round of outrageous postal taxes, I've installed it right away. Actually it was fairly simple and even clumsy me could do it. Now I can properly focus the A 50/1.2 at f1.2 and get predictably sharp pictures. I really think that the idea of no lines whatsoever in the frame was good. It feels oddly convenient. And to my utter pleasure I can monitor the AF performance now. Long live PDML! Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SDM technology lenses
Hi Adam, On 6/9/08, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Buffer is small enough that it can be a real issue even when not shooting in continuous advance. I know I had issues with that with both the K100D and the *istD. Can you give some examples of situations when you ran into this? Most of the time, I am doing static stuff, family, friends, those sorts of events. Lot more use during trips, etc. I found the DS to have the best ergonomics overall (the grip on the D is too shallow, the K10D is about midway between the two and the K100D was a almost as nice a handful, but not as solid). Thanks for confirming the ergonomics. Can you give your comments on the view finder differences btwn the DS (prism) and K100D (mirror - which the K200D also has)? Pats -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: SDM technology lenses
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 12:07 PM, gldnbearz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Adam, On 6/9/08, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Buffer is small enough that it can be a real issue even when not shooting in continuous advance. I know I had issues with that with both the K100D and the *istD. Can you give some examples of situations when you ran into this? Most of the time, I am doing static stuff, family, friends, those sorts of events. Lot more use during trips, etc. The big problem for me was when I'd shoot a few closely spaced shots. I shoot on the street a lot (architecture, cityscapes and cars mostly), and would easily hit the buffer limit if something popped up right after I'd taken a couple shots. Same thing when bracketing, had to wait for the camera to write out the buffer before taking the next set of bracketed shots. I found this endlessly frustrating with the K100D (and the *istD, which offered a slightly larger buffer, but way slower writes). I found the DS to have the best ergonomics overall (the grip on the D is too shallow, the K10D is about midway between the two and the K100D was a almost as nice a handful, but not as solid). Thanks for confirming the ergonomics. Can you give your comments on the view finder differences btwn the DS (prism) and K100D (mirror - which the K200D also has)? Pats The mirror finder is smaller, noticeably dimmer and somewhat harder to determine critical focus with. I could live with the mirror when using fastish zooms, but with slow lenses or fast primes it was an issue (too dim with the slow lenses, not able to determine critical focus with the fast ones). -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FPS
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 6:45 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep, machine gun away, then wade through the Chaff to get to the single germ of wheat. Hell I don't have enough time to examine all the shots I take now when I bracket. Bracketing? cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The Eys is Katz ;-)
Congratulations Boris! Did you say somewhere you got it with the Optibrite? Bong On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:00 AM, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! The focusing screen arrived. Sans yet another round of outrageous postal taxes, I've installed it right away. Actually it was fairly simple and even clumsy me could do it. Now I can properly focus the A 50/1.2 at f1.2 and get predictably sharp pictures. I really think that the idea of no lines whatsoever in the frame was good. It feels oddly convenient. And to my utter pleasure I can monitor the AF performance now. Long live PDML! Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: The Eys is Katz ;-)
Yes indeed. It has no marks but optibrite treatment. I did not notice any adverse effect on the exposure but it is getting late here and naturally I need to do much more shooting with the screen to draw a meaningful conclusion. Boris Bong Manayon wrote: Congratulations Boris! Did you say somewhere you got it with the Optibrite? Bong On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:00 AM, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! The focusing screen arrived. Sans yet another round of outrageous postal taxes, I've installed it right away. Actually it was fairly simple and even clumsy me could do it. Now I can properly focus the A 50/1.2 at f1.2 and get predictably sharp pictures. I really think that the idea of no lines whatsoever in the frame was good. It feels oddly convenient. And to my utter pleasure I can monitor the AF performance now. Long live PDML! Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: FPS
2008/6/12 frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 6:45 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep, machine gun away, then wade through the Chaff to get to the single germ of wheat. Hell I don't have enough time to examine all the shots I take now when I bracket. Bracketing? It's a landscape thing. 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: FPS
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 12:55 PM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's a landscape thing. Oh... cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Welcome back, Marnie
Marnie! I've hardly been here either - just a quick scroll through the subject lines found that post that you were back - MIssed ya ann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/5/2008 6:05:46 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Good to see you posting again, young lady. Paul = Hey, thanks, Paul, Boris, Bob, Dave, and that other guy. :-) I took a trip, and since then been working on condo getting it ready to sell. Still lot more to do on that. Been very busy, but starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. Missed ya' guys too. Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch Cooking with Tyler Florence on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4?NCID=aolfod000302) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Flash Forward 2007
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Fernando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This weekend I was reading some photography books at a local bookstore and I found this project that publishes some of work of emerging photographers from Canada, US and UK. Some nice portraiture, some intriguing shots; for those who like to look at this kind of photographs should be enjoyable. The website has the book in pdf to download for free: http://www.magentafoundation.org/en/projects/flash_forward/2007/FF07-preview.pdf Project link: http://www.magentafoundation.org/en/projects/flash_forward/2007/ Wow, great stuff!! Thanks for posting it. I'll keep my eyes open, but if you ever find out when the exhibition is, let us know the details. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: FPS
2008/6/12 frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 6:45 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep, machine gun away, then wade through the Chaff to get to the single germ of wheat. Hell I don't have enough time to examine all the shots I take now when I bracket. Bracketing? It's a landscape thing. Cheers, Dave :-) you need 60 fps with +/- 3 stops autobracketing in 1/3 stop increments to catch the subtle nuances of the changing light. 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: Flash contact pins
Nail polish does not work. At least none in my household. Tried three different types. Two coloured with flakes, and one clear. MaritimTim 2008/6/11 Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Tried gaffer tape. The pins perforated it. MaritimTim 2008/6/11 Peter Loveday [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Try slipping a thin piece of plastic into the shoe, under all the pins. IIRC, you can buy dummy shoes, made of plastic with no contacts, to deal with this problem. I have the same problem with a cheap off-camera-flash bracket. I just take a sheet of paper and fold it over to about four thicknesses and slip that between the foot of the flash and the bottom of the shoe on the bracket. I've had the same issue with hotshoes on umbrella swivels... I find a piece of Gaffer Tape stays on okay for me. - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 -- 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: OT - paintings
Scott - check out this web site http://tinyurl.com/3nfbze sorry... ann Scott Loveless wrote: frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, gang. Several years ago Christie and I purchased a painting from an antique dealer in St. Louis. It wasn't very expensive and neither of us know jack about paintings, but we liked it. It's been hanging over the sofa ever since. Anyway, would those of you with an eye for this sort of thing take a quick look and tell me what you think? The name at the bottom is Bene` if it's too hard to see. http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/Paintings/photo?authkey=E3lck7Uhzo0#5210627485032516322 Much appreciated. I appreciate poker playing dogs, clowns with big eyes and velvet renditions of Elvis. Yours is of a genre that I'm not familiar with. Sorry. I could tilt it. Would that help? :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - White Tulips
frank theriault wrote: Okay, they were yellow to begin with, but they converted so nicely to BW, I couldn't resist. Yellow DOES convert to bw nicely -- better than actual white... this is a lovely shot... I'm glad you converted it to BW ann http://tinyurl.com/3of69b http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/SEkuTTxPHYI/CPE/k5K4-v9W8T0/s1600-h/jun_6_08+003.jpg Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - A stroll around the theatre district
Quick gallery of our afternoon in NYC Sunday http://www.drivingtheflies.com/?p=262 enjoy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - A stroll around the theatre district
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quick gallery of our afternoon in NYC Sunday http://www.drivingtheflies.com/?p=262 enjoy Nice tilt on a few of those... :-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - A stroll around the theatre district
Doug: Those are really excellent pictures. Compelling subjects wonderfully composed. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:28 PM Subject: GESO - A stroll around the theatre district Quick gallery of our afternoon in NYC Sunday http://www.drivingtheflies.com/?p=262 enjoy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Flash Forward 2007
You are welcome Frank; I'll keep you posted; BTW I read in the Toronto flickr group that a bunch of photographers is having an exhibit @ Passion (formerly Saigon Sister), 774 Yonge St south of Bloor (I don't know if that close to where you live but I saw you once posted a shot of the Rosedale subway station, so you might be close, I guess ;-) ) PS: No idea what kind of photography they shoot (I believe Adam knows some of them) On 6/11/08, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Fernando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This weekend I was reading some photography books at a local bookstore and I found this project that publishes some of work of emerging photographers from Canada, US and UK. Some nice portraiture, some intriguing shots; for those who like to look at this kind of photographs should be enjoyable. The website has the book in pdf to download for free: http://www.magentafoundation.org/en/projects/flash_forward/2007/FF07-preview.pdf Project link: http://www.magentafoundation.org/en/projects/flash_forward/2007/ Wow, great stuff!! Thanks for posting it. I'll keep my eyes open, but if you ever find out when the exhibition is, let us know the details. 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - A stroll around the theatre district
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quick gallery of our afternoon in NYC Sunday http://www.drivingtheflies.com/?p=262 enjoy But seriously, they're all good, but this is my fave: http://www.drivingtheflies.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/dontlooknow.jpg Great stuff, Doug! (as usual) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - A stroll around the theatre district
Cool. I see the Times Square subway station has been upgraded since I left town. And there's a new Helen Hayes theater. I believe the original was torn down. Paul -- Original message -- From: Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quick gallery of our afternoon in NYC Sunday http://www.drivingtheflies.com/?p=262 enjoy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Flash Forward 2007
Sorry, forgot to add the exhibit is on Thursday from 7pm 'til midnight On 6/11/08, Fernando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are welcome Frank; I'll keep you posted; BTW I read in the Toronto flickr group that a bunch of photographers is having an exhibit @ Passion (formerly Saigon Sister), 774 Yonge St south of Bloor (I don't know if that close to where you live but I saw you once posted a shot of the Rosedale subway station, so you might be close, I guess ;-) ) PS: No idea what kind of photography they shoot (I believe Adam knows some of them) On 6/11/08, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Fernando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This weekend I was reading some photography books at a local bookstore and I found this project that publishes some of work of emerging photographers from Canada, US and UK. Some nice portraiture, some intriguing shots; for those who like to look at this kind of photographs should be enjoyable. The website has the book in pdf to download for free: http://www.magentafoundation.org/en/projects/flash_forward/2007/FF07-preview.pdf Project link: http://www.magentafoundation.org/en/projects/flash_forward/2007/ Wow, great stuff!! Thanks for posting it. I'll keep my eyes open, but if you ever find out when the exhibition is, let us know the details. 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - A stroll around the theatre district
What Frank said *2 On 6/11/08, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quick gallery of our afternoon in NYC Sunday http://www.drivingtheflies.com/?p=262 enjoy But seriously, they're all good, but this is my fave: http://www.drivingtheflies.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/dontlooknow.jpg Great stuff, Doug! (as usual) 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Easy Decision?
I don't know why, but I like this one: http://tinyurl.com/5n6a62 http://www.drivingtheflies.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/dontlooknow.jpg Let me know what you think. Thanks! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Easy Decision?
frank theriault wrote: I don't know why, but I like this one: http://tinyurl.com/5n6a62 http://www.drivingtheflies.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/dontlooknow.jpg Let me know what you think. I think Doug might be a little peeved. That's what I think. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Easy Decision?
I think it's the Hitchcock background and tilt. Jack --- On Wed, 6/11/08, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO - Easy Decision? To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 2:03 PM I don't know why, but I like this one: http://tinyurl.com/5n6a62 http://www.drivingtheflies.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/dontlooknow.jpg Let me know what you think. Thanks! 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: Flash Forward 2007
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Fernando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are welcome Frank; I'll keep you posted; BTW I read in the Toronto flickr group that a bunch of photographers is having an exhibit @ Passion (formerly Saigon Sister), 774 Yonge St south of Bloor (I don't know if that close to where you live but I saw you once posted a shot of the Rosedale subway station, so you might be close, I guess ;-) ) PS: No idea what kind of photography they shoot (I believe Adam knows some of them) Hey, Fernando, I live at Yonge and Eglinton (used to live near Rosedale Subway about a year ago), so I'd be very close to 774 Yonge by either subway or bike. Actually I think I saw a call for submissions for that place, advertised on Craigslist or some such place. I'd have considered replying, but money is a bit tight these days (when isn't it?) and I can't afford to be printing and framing stuff right now - that is if they accepted anything. ;-) Anyway, I might just check that out. We should get a TOPDML thing going soon, now that the good weather's here. Dave, Adam, you out there? :-) 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.
PESO - Easy Decision - with the right URL this time
Apologies to the Listmeister! http://tinyurl.com/5wm7ms http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/SE_Ef-4_-uI/CRU/XLNS1bzdBuY/s1600-h/jun_11_08+002.jpg Comments welcome (assuming I haven't been booted off the list for plagerism!) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K20D and K200D cashback in the UK
P. J. Alling wrote: There's been a $100 rebate on the K20D for a while now, several weeks at least IIRC. Yes, I believe it started two days after I got my K20d... :( -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Easy Decision?
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it's the Hitchcock background and tilt. Another photographer did a very similar take on this one recently... Seriously, Jack, I accidentally posted a pic of Doug Brewer's - send him your kudos! I was in the middle of posting, looked at Doug's GESO, commented on one of his (using a cut and paste), then inadvertantly used his url for my post. Oops! Apologies to all. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Easy Decision?
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think Doug might be a little peeved. That's what I think. What makes you think Doug didn't steal my pic? The guy's blurry and it's tilted... cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Easy Decision?
On Jun 11, 2008, at 5:18 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think Doug might be a little peeved. That's what I think. What makes you think Doug didn't steal my pic? The guy's blurry and it's tilted... heh. I had to do a quick shot on this. He had been talking on his phone while I was approaching, and he was looking like he'd walk away, so I shot without bringing the camera to my eye. Good thing, because he bolted right after. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Easy Decision?
frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it's the Hitchcock background and tilt. Another photographer did a very similar take on this one recently... Seriously, Jack, I accidentally posted a pic of Doug Brewer's - send him your kudos! I was in the middle of posting, looked at Doug's GESO, commented on one of his (using a cut and paste), then inadvertantly used his url for my post. Oops! Apologies to all. cheers, frank Well I liked both his and yours... But I'm sorry that Doug was actually in NY and didn't even call me - sniffle sniffle! I could have pointed him to much nicer parts of town than Times Square... one of two places I can't bear to go but for different reasons. (the other being the obvious - ground zero)... cheers too ann (I love NY, I hate NY, I love NY, I hate NY) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Easy Decision?
I didn't really get the title, but I assigned that to your indecision as to why you liked it. You didn't actually say that you shot it. Just trying to help. G Jack --- On Wed, 6/11/08, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO - Easy Decision? To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 2:17 PM On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it's the Hitchcock background and tilt. Another photographer did a very similar take on this one recently... Seriously, Jack, I accidentally posted a pic of Doug Brewer's - send him your kudos! I was in the middle of posting, looked at Doug's GESO, commented on one of his (using a cut and paste), then inadvertantly used his url for my post. Oops! Apologies to all. 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: PESO - Easy Decision?
I'm confused. As usual. But I like both Frank and Doug's pics. The guy in the clutches is a super grab. The exit/ no exit pic is superb. Great rendering. But I'd clone out the grim reaper exiting stage left. I think. But that's probably just me being anal. Paul -- Original message -- From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it's the Hitchcock background and tilt. Another photographer did a very similar take on this one recently... Seriously, Jack, I accidentally posted a pic of Doug Brewer's - send him your kudos! I was in the middle of posting, looked at Doug's GESO, commented on one of his (using a cut and paste), then inadvertantly used his url for my post. Oops! Apologies to all. 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.
PESO 2008 - 87 - GDG
Made this photo while visiting San Francisco on Saturday for a photo workshop. http://homepage.mac.com/godders/87-cups.jpg Cups - This Cafe Life 2008 Olympus E-1 + ZD 35mm f/3.5 Macro ISO 400 @ f/3.5 @ 1/2500 sec Comments and critique always appreciated. enjoy 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: PESO 2008 - 87 - GDG
On 11-Jun-08, at 5:18 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Made this photo while visiting San Francisco on Saturday for a photo workshop. http://homepage.mac.com/godders/87-cups.jpg Cups - This Cafe Life 2008 Olympus E-1 + ZD 35mm f/3.5 Macro ISO 400 @ f/3.5 @ 1/2500 sec Comments and critique always appreciated. Godfrey- I really like the strong shapes and contrast. It bothers me slightly that the shelves are slanted - that's one thing I'd adjust. Nice work. 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: PESO 2008 - 87 - GDG
On Jun 11, 2008, at 4:27 PM, Mike Hamilton wrote: On 11-Jun-08, at 5:18 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Made this photo while visiting San Francisco on Saturday for a photo workshop. http://homepage.mac.com/godders/87-cups.jpg Cups - This Cafe Life 2008 Olympus E-1 + ZD 35mm f/3.5 Macro ISO 400 @ f/3.5 @ 1/2500 sec Comments and critique always appreciated. Godfrey- I really like the strong shapes and contrast. It bothers me slightly that the shelves are slanted - that's one thing I'd adjust. Nice work. Thanks Mike! One shelf is straight and level ... the others bend relative to that one. I used a bit of rotation and compromised ... I didn't want to go into warping the perspectives, as I kind of like the slightly off nature of the whole. If I'd had a tripod, I would have used a level of course. ;-) 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: OT - paintings
Geza Bene was the only painter of the likely period that I could find through Google, as well. And yet his work was mostly a sort of soft-core cubism. If there was an impressionist period to his work there's no evidence of it on the web. Anne's link is to a copying studio where you can order replicas, but this doesn't mean that Scott's picture is a replica, but I have to say that the fillet inside the gilt frame seems modern. The scene looks like Nice, particularly the style of the market stalls, the way they recede into the alleyway from the open square, and the prominence of the flower stalls. http://bp1.blogger.com/_dJKxqNUVibE/RqMLQbHjfjI/BIM/yBvyZJatT0I/s160 0-h/0715077topNICE+MARKET.JPG http://bp0.blogger.com/_oNq86DbmNvo/RqOVJ3u8tKI/ARM/laBwPHZCc_0/s160 0-h/Nice-Markets-01.JPG Geza Bene was Hungarian, he could have traveled but that fact does stretch the odds a little. Bene also means good, as in benefit, so it could be part of an obscured title. There must also be a multitude of undiscovered Benes. Scott's idea to lift the backing paper seems good to me. Regards, Anthony Farr -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ann sanfedele Sent: Thursday, 12 June 2008 5:26 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT - paintings Scott - check out this web site http://tinyurl.com/3nfbze sorry... ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - paintings
No need to be sorry. That work is all cubist. Definitely not the style of Scott's painting. Oayk -- Original message -- From: ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scott - check out this web site http://tinyurl.com/3nfbze sorry... ann Scott Loveless wrote: frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, gang. Several years ago Christie and I purchased a painting from an antique dealer in St. Louis. It wasn't very expensive and neither of us know jack about paintings, but we liked it. It's been hanging over the sofa ever since. Anyway, would those of you with an eye for this sort of thing take a quick look and tell me what you think? The name at the bottom is Bene` if it's too hard to see. http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/Paintings/photo?authkey=E3lck7Uhzo0#5 210627485032516322 Much appreciated. I appreciate poker playing dogs, clowns with big eyes and velvet renditions of Elvis. Yours is of a genre that I'm not familiar with. Sorry. I could tilt it. Would that help? :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 2008 - 87 - GDG
I like these graphical vignettes that you do. The only things I'd change are to level up on the middle shelf rather than the top shelf, and to get further back with a longer lens so there'd be less divergence between the shelves. Keep them coming, I always enjoy your work. Regards, Anthony Farr -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: Thursday, 12 June 2008 9:18 AM To: PAW Picture-A-Week project; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; SeePhoto Talk; PDML List; DUG Subject: PESO 2008 - 87 - GDG Made this photo while visiting San Francisco on Saturday for a photo workshop. http://homepage.mac.com/godders/87-cups.jpg Cups - This Cafe Life 2008 Olympus E-1 + ZD 35mm f/3.5 Macro ISO 400 @ f/3.5 @ 1/2500 sec Comments and critique always appreciated. enjoy Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Flash contact pins
Tried gaffer tape. The pins perforated it. Hmm right. Works for me, but perhaps your hotshoes are a tighter fit. Some hotshoe (well, coldshoe really) adapters actually have a channel right down the centre to avoid any contact at all. The shoe is still gripped on the edges. Like the shoe on this: http://tinyurl.com/6rlkuc You could probably file/dremel a similar channel. I guess this might be a little less sturdy / more likely to break the flash. hard to say. - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - A stroll around the theatre district
http://www.drivingtheflies.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/sayah.jpg I love how this looks like a beached yacht, including its mast and rigging (the lightpole and diagonal ray of light on the wall behind. Well seen. Regards, Anthony Farr -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Brewer Sent: Thursday, 12 June 2008 6:29 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: GESO - A stroll around the theatre district Quick gallery of our afternoon in NYC Sunday http://www.drivingtheflies.com/?p=262 enjoy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: GESO: Club 77
Bob, Derby, I saw the same effect that Bob describes, but it only happens the first time you fade to a new page, in the moment before the next picture loads. You are seeing the old picture fading out over the grey background of the new page. When I repeated the process, this time with the next picture pre-loaded in the cache, the effect wasn't there because the old picture faded straight into the new one. I reckon you are seeing a phenomenon similar to pre-flashing where the shadow tones are lifted by the empty exposure of the grey field. Regards, Anthony Farr -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Sullivan Sent: Saturday, 7 June 2008 10:33 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO: Club 77 Derby, Take the 4th shot in as an example - girl in striped dress with squeeze-box looking down. I only get gross details in the hair toward the front of her face. As the picture fades, I can see the shape of her head and the hair farther back. The details in the BW image seem to emerge as the intensity is turned down. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 3:49 AM, Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Bob, Fernando, Christine. Bob, I'm curious about what you are seeing. Are the pics too bright and the details clipped on your monitor? regs Derby Bob Sullivan wrote: Derby, I especially like some ob the color shots, especially with the strong colors and blur. I am always troubled by the fad on your gallery BW photos. I see a lot more detail in the faces and hair as the photo fades out than I do in the static presentation. I don't know why that is, but think the shots would be improved by these details. Maybe it's just my latop and the north light over my shoulder... Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 5:37 AM, Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Haven't posted much lately, but I have been enjoying reading the list, espesh the GFM stuff. Last night at Club 77, near Kings Cross. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/08_06/08_06_club77/index.htm D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Easy Decision?
Frank, I think this image was posted a year or two back? Is it another plagiarism job or did you actually take this one. :;:;))) Jack --- On Wed, 6/11/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO - Easy Decision? To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 4:15 PM I'm confused. As usual. But I like both Frank and Doug's pics. The guy in the clutches is a super grab. The exit/ no exit pic is superb. Great rendering. But I'd clone out the grim reaper exiting stage left. I think. But that's probably just me being anal. Paul -- Original message -- From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it's the Hitchcock background and tilt. Another photographer did a very similar take on this one recently... Seriously, Jack, I accidentally posted a pic of Doug Brewer's - send him your kudos! I was in the middle of posting, looked at Doug's GESO, commented on one of his (using a cut and paste), then inadvertantly used his url for my post. Oops! Apologies to all. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Kimberly
Another pic from my model portfolio shoot. I'll post a small gallery of the selects some time soon. But I like this one. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7397098 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - paintings
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No need to be sorry. That work is all cubist. Definitely not the style of Scott's painting. Oayk Well it is a copy shop -- that's what I was thinking... Scott said he didn't pay much for it. read anthony's post... he knows more about Bene - but just because the stuff at that one site was cubist doesn't mean they couldn't have been originally painted by the same person... I didn't pursue it farther... but Anthony wrote a very good post about the guy ann -- Original message -- From: ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scott - check out this web site http://tinyurl.com/3nfbze sorry... ann Scott Loveless wrote: frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, gang. Several years ago Christie and I purchased a painting from an antique dealer in St. Louis. It wasn't very expensive and neither of us know jack about paintings, but we liked it. It's been hanging over the sofa ever since. Anyway, would those of you with an eye for this sort of thing take a quick look and tell me what you think? The name at the bottom is Bene` if it's too hard to see. http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/Paintings/photo?authkey=E3lck7Uhzo0#5 210627485032516322 Much appreciated. I appreciate poker playing dogs, clowns with big eyes and velvet renditions of Elvis. Yours is of a genre that I'm not familiar with. Sorry. I could tilt it. Would that help? :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Kimberly
Paul, Why does she always look kind of peeved? Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 9:47 PM, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another pic from my model portfolio shoot. I'll post a small gallery of the selects some time soon. But I like this one. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7397098 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Kimberly
Nice photo, but after having looked through some of the others, I'd say that she needs to learn a few more expressions. Cheers, Dave At 10:47 AM 12/06/2008, Paul Stenquist wrote: Another pic from my model portfolio shoot. I'll post a small gallery of the selects some time soon. But I like this one. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7397098 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Easy Decision - with the right URL this time
Amusing, especially as the No Exit is a simple revolving door, how do they enforce that, big men with clubs? frank theriault wrote: Apologies to the Listmeister! http://tinyurl.com/5wm7ms http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/SE_Ef-4_-uI/CRU/XLNS1bzdBuY/s1600-h/jun_11_08+002.jpg Comments welcome (assuming I haven't been booted off the list for plagerism!) cheers, frank -- 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.
