Peso Tree and plowed field
I drive by this field every morning on my bus run. I like the plow lines and at certain times in the morning, it looks very nice. I'm not overly happy with this, but i think there is a shot here some how. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9282123 K10D, daf 50-200, LR 2 Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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: GOAY: GFM
You're still IN trouble, unless Darrell's last name is different than Christine's! :-) On Jun 2, 2009, at 09:56 , Cotty wrote: On 2/6/09, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed: Middle row: Christine Aguilera (aka Trouble!!!) ACK - sorry Christine - jetlag endemic here - just arrived home with 2 hours sleep on the overnight flight and 2 more this afternoon - that should of course be 'Christine Aguila. Now who's trouble!! Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com http://gallery.me.com/jomac http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.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 Tree and plowed field
I think you're right, David and you just may have found it. I like this. Well composed. Maybe a little more contrast in the furrows.(?) Might, also, allow the tree to stand out more against the background. Jack --- On Tue, 6/2/09, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Peso Tree and plowed field To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net, Barbara Brooks bbaro...@gmail.com, Harry Bolton bolt...@mmm.ca, Yvette Huber hub...@mmm.ca Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 10:54 AM I drive by this field every morning on my bus run. I like the plow lines and at certain times in the morning, it looks very nice. I'm not overly happy with this, but i think there is a shot here some how. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9282123 K10D, daf 50-200, LR 2 Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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: GOAY: GFM
Cotty wrote: On 2/6/09, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed: Middle row: Christine Aguilera (aka Trouble!!!) ACK - sorry Christine - jetlag endemic here - just arrived home with 2 hours sleep on the overnight flight and 2 more this afternoon - that should of course be 'Christine Aguila. Now who's trouble!! And Stan Harding is really Stan Halpin. More trouble! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 2009 - 079 - GDG
Sorry, Godfrey... not my type. The photo is interesting... LF :-) Godfrey DiGiorgi escreveu: I haven't posted a self-portrait in a bit ... took this one while on my morning walk a couple of days ago enjoying the rediscovery of my Contax Tix camera. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3587/3578924004_4f09cd150b_o.jpg 079 - Self Portrait On Walk - Sunnyvale 2009 Contax Tix - Kodak Advantix BW 400 film scanned with Nikon LS-40 - processed in Lightroom flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/3578924004/ Comments always appreciated. Don't worry about insulting the subject... ;-) Godfrey -- www.gdgphoto.com www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets twitter.com/godfreydigiorgi -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br http://techmit.com.br/luizfelipe/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 300mm AF lens
I would highly reccommend the Pentax 300mm f4.5 FA SMC IF+ED. Its my most used lens. I have had it since new and it has never given me any troubles. True it has no tripod mount, but I've never found that to be the cause of throw away images. I've used mine with a Pentax A-1.4X-S convertor and have gotten award winnning images with it. Its relatively compact as 300mm lenses go. I have no idea as to current prices, I bought mine new many years ago for $775. USD. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Jens p...@planfoto.dk Subject: WTB: 300mm AF lens HEllo list-guys I WTB a 300mm AF lens for my K20D. A good one. Any great ideas for less than 1000 USD? BTW: WTS my old trusted SMC M* 4.0 300mm Make me an offer, please! Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On May 27, 2009 02:05 Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/26/09, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 26/5/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: Took this one yesterday while sitting on the curb waiting for the parade. http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/V3B_y2PFHlMEGVrB_vA3WQ? feat=directlink Very nice - slipping into Godfrey territory here ;-) Thanks, Cotty. Though, I think Godfrey's much better at it. -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 2009 - 079 - GDG
On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: I haven't posted a self-portrait in a bit ... took this one while on my morning walk a couple of days ago enjoying the rediscovery of my Contax Tix camera. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3587/3578924004_4f09cd150b_o.jpg 079 - Self Portrait On Walk - Sunnyvale 2009 Contax Tix - Kodak Advantix BW 400 film scanned with Nikon LS-40 - processed in Lightroom flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/3578924004/ Comments always appreciated. Don't worry about insulting the subject... ;-) Did you lose weight? Seriously, I know I've never met you, but from other pix I've seen of you, I recall your face looked rounder. Whatever the case may be, cool shot! 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: got the K7 in my hot little hands
David J Brooks wrote: On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Even so, it's producing some outstanding stuff (well, as outstanding as I ever get...) and the metering is lust-worthy. Doug. One of my big concerns with my K10D vs my D200 etc, is that just about every shot i take on the K10D, i'm adjusting the EV. I don't seem to have that problem with the Nikons once i set it to what the surrounds require. Thoughts on this for the K-7 metering.?? Dave, the metering of the K-7 is effing amazing. Doug had some shots that we couldn't believe: Scenes that presented amazingly difficult tasks for metering were handled perfectly, with no blown highlights. No exposure compensation. Like you, I find I'm almost always using exposure compensation with my K10 and K20. When I get around to buying a K-7 it will be the metering more than anything else that finally makes my get out my credit card. Also, our seat-of-the-pants, totally unscientific impression is that dynamic range has been greatly extended with this new sensor. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 2000 mm reflex lens
Oh, but they've brought into the 20th century, and added a tripod collar to save the poor camera mount plate. And how can a reflex lens have 8 elements in 6 groups? My 2000mm ƒ10 Celestron 8 has a mirror, and a secondary mirror. They must have packed a few elements into the small barrel to magnify the image from a 6 design to make it 2000mm. On Jun 2, 2009, at 10:30 , pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: BH started showing the 2000 reflex a couple of months ago I believe. The last version of this lens was an M, and it was in production from 1982 to 2004. An earlier K version was produced from 1979 to 1982, and I think it was identical. Perhaps Pentax told BH that they had enough parts to assemble a couple of them. At one time BH promoted the FA 600/4 in the same manner. They're probably considered a good clearing house for limited-production specialty items. Or maybe BH found some NOS glass in the back room. It's anybody's guess. Paul Paul - Steve Desjardins desjard...@wlu.edu wrote: I was poking around the BH website and noticed that they had the Pentax 2000mm f13.5 reflex lens. First I thought it was used but it's just special order. When did that appear? Joseph McAllister Lots of gear, not much time http://gallery.me.com/jomac http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.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: 300mm AF lens
has no tripod mount or availability for dedicated TC's What do you mean by dedicated ? I use a Pentax A-1.4X-S with mine and it works just fine (no AF of course) Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: John Whittingham jo...@carmel.ac.uk Subject: RE: 300mm AF lens The FA*300/4.5 is good but slower than the Sigma and has no tripod mount or availability for dedicated TC's, which is why I kept the Sigma despite owning both. I believe the F version had a tripod collar. The DA*300/4 SDM is another matter, it's friking awesome! John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of J.C. O'Connell [hifis...@gate.net] Sent: 02 June 2009 15:12 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: 300mm AF lens What about the various Pentax AF 300mm lenses Made over the years? Anybody using/used those On digital? J.C. O'Connell ( mailto:hifis...@gate.net ) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christian Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:15 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: 300mm AF lens The sigma was my only longish lens for a long time when I had the *ist D. It works great with both the 1.4x and 2x matched Sigma TCs. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ John Whittingham wrote: Hi Jens, Sigma 300/4 APO Tele Macro s/h of course. I'll swap mine for a 400/5.6 Sigma APO PKAF. Jiohn From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jens [p...@planfoto.dk] HEllo list-guys I WTB a 300mm AF lens for my K20D. A good one. Any great ideas for less than 1000 USD? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Leica as a Teacher
Some history... my first camera was a Pentax Km, bought in 1976 as replacement for the Spotmatic I wanted - tested one some months before and decided that was the camera I wanted to use, instead of dad's. Before the Km, I used dad's gear often enough: Agfa Karat, Leicas 3f and 3g, with 35 to 135mm lenses, and a Rolleiflex - all with handheld meter or sunny/16 rule. But the Km really changed my style... I became bolder in the framing, since I had almost the same vision of the film. Later added Lx, K2, Ricoh Kr10, P67, Canon F1n, Nikon Fg, Sinar F, Hassel 500c/m, Nikon AW35L, Olympus Trip35, Olympus Pen, Pentax Zx5, Olympus Trip35, Mx, Mx, Pz1p, Eos 500n... of course selling many of them somewhere in the timeline. Lots of fun... :-) LF Joseph McAllister escreveu: On May 31, 2009, at 10:04 , Adam Maas wrote: On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:58 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Adam Maas Subject: Re: The Leica as a Teacher Nikon EM and a 50/1.8 Series E was my first real camera. Shot with that for a couple of years until my dad loaned me his Nikon wunderkamera that he couldn't figure out. My first camera was a Fujica 35-ML rangefinder, and I still have it. It's a little gem of a camera dating from the mid 1950s. Since it is a non interchangable lens camera, I was forced into the one lens philosophy of learning composition. I think I am a better photographer for it too. William Robb My first camera was a Kodak Pocket Instamatic 130, still have it. In between that and the EM I had a Ricoh 35S fixed-focus 35mm PS. Neither were terribly good, both were lots of fun. Ok. I'll play. My first camera was a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash Model I got for Christmas in 1950, a moulded phenolic box with a plastic lens that sits on my fridge loaded with 620 film on it's 12th frame, flash attached, bulb inserted, safety cover on the flash. I now consider it a toy. There were millions made, including a French version made in France. Value = $5 ±. My second camera was a Zeiss Ikon Nettax 513/16 my father brought me from Germany in 1954. 6x6 folder, 120 film, tan leatherette (not the usual black) which I used for 10 years until I purchased a Zenza Bronica outfit (body, two backs, 3 lenses) in Japan while in the Navy in 1965. Sold the Zeiss for $25 to a mate. It's now worth between $300 and $500. Supplemented the Bronica with a 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 Bush Pressman in 1966, which I still have. Sold the Bronica stuff at a camera swap meet in 1994 for about $100. About what it was worth. When I got back from my Vietnam tour in 1966 I purchased a Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic, black, which sits in the drawer next to me, loaded with film and a 50mm ƒ1.4 lens. At one point I had more than 17 Takumars, but I sold them all on eBay in the late 90s after deciding I'd be happier with the K-1000 I picked up in 1978. This was followed over the years by another K-1000 or two. Then an MV, MX, LX, a PZ-1p, 2 more LXn, a Deardorff, an *istD, K100, K10D, K20D, another K20D, and you know where this is headed... After getting paid in camera equipment for work breaking up and selling off the contents of a long established camera store in 1996, my house is still filled with a huge variety of cameras and lenses of various sizes and age. If I stop participating in PDML for a few months, it's because I finally decided to get rid of them all, as they are an Albatross around my neck by this time. Joseph McAllister Lots of gear, not much time http://gallery.me.com/jomac http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.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. -- Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br http://techmit.com.br/luizfelipe/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 300mm AF lens
- Original Message - From: Ken Waller Subject: Re: 300mm AF lens I would highly reccommend the Pentax 300mm f4.5 FA SMC IF+ED. Its my most used lens. I have had it since new and it has never given me any troubles. True it has no tripod mount, but I've never found that to be the cause of throw away images. I've used mine with a Pentax A-1.4X-S convertor and have gotten award winnning images with it. Its relatively compact as 300mm lenses go. I have no idea as to current prices, I bought mine new many years ago for $775. USD. I recall you thought highly of my F300/4.5 as well when I showed it to you (thanks Norm for delivering it). I've been very happy with it. 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: 2000 mm reflex lens
- Original Message - From: Joseph McAllister Subject: Re: 2000 mm reflex lens Oh, but they've brought into the 20th century, and added a tripod collar to save the poor camera mount plate. And how can a reflex lens have 8 elements in 6 groups? My 2000mm ƒ10 Celestron 8 has a mirror, and a secondary mirror. They must have packed a few elements into the small barrel to magnify the image from a 6 design to make it 2000mm. There are 5 elements behind the rear mirror. Whether they are acting as a teleconverter of sorts or are corrective elements I don't know. 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: got the K7 in my hot little hands
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: got the K7 in my hot little hands Dave, the metering of the K-7 is effing amazing. Doug had some shots that we couldn't believe: Scenes that presented amazingly difficult tasks for metering were handled perfectly, with no blown highlights. No exposure compensation. Like you, I find I'm almost always using exposure compensation with my K10 and K20. When I get around to buying a K-7 it will be the metering more than anything else that finally makes my get out my credit card. Also, our seat-of-the-pants, totally unscientific impression is that dynamic range has been greatly extended with this new sensor. You guys are killing me. 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: 2000 mm reflex lens
On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 01:30:28PM -0700, Joseph McAllister scripsit: And how can a reflex lens have 8 elements in 6 groups? My 2000mm ƒ10 Celestron 8 has a mirror, and a secondary mirror. They must have packed a few elements into the small barrel to magnify the image from a 6 design to make it 2000mm. Most modern catadioptric lenses have the focusing meniscus/objective lens (depending on whether Maksutov-Cassegrain or Schmidt-Cassegrain), the primary mirror, the secondary mirror, and then a stack of regular old refractive lenses in the optical path after the primary mirror. Removing the objective and the mirrors as single element groups, that gives the remaining stack 5 elements in 3 groups, which doesn't seem unreasonable for a lens stack intended to do fine focusing. -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: got the K7 in my hot little hands
Mark Roberts wrote: David J Brooks wrote: On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Even so, it's producing some outstanding stuff (well, as outstanding as I ever get...) and the metering is lust-worthy. Doug. One of my big concerns with my K10D vs my D200 etc, is that just about every shot i take on the K10D, i'm adjusting the EV. I don't seem to have that problem with the Nikons once i set it to what the surrounds require. Thoughts on this for the K-7 metering.?? Dave, the metering of the K-7 is effing amazing. Doug had some shots that we couldn't believe: Scenes that presented amazingly difficult tasks for metering were handled perfectly, with no blown highlights. No exposure compensation. Like you, I find I'm almost always using exposure compensation with my K10 and K20. When I get around to buying a K-7 it will be the metering more than anything else that finally makes my get out my credit card. Also, our seat-of-the-pants, totally unscientific impression is that dynamic range has been greatly extended with this new sensor. oh, yeah, sorry Dave. I've been knee-deep in computer issues today and have only half watched the list. Here are three samples, just quick grabs to see how the camera handled things: http://photos.drivingtheflies.com/index.php?page=album.9 let me know if you have questions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Feet
Thanks. That's worth a look. Paul On Jun 2, 2009, at 3:57 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: DA* 60-250, f6.7 @ 1/1500, ISO 400, 60mm. Continuous autofocus on K20D. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9278935size=lg I think I might like it even more if you rotated it 90 degrees, even though I'm sure you're showing it right side up. Whatever the case may be, this is a wonderful photo! 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 Tree and plowed field
I drive by this field every morning on my bus run. I like the plow lines and at certain times in the morning, it looks very nice. I'm not overly happy with this, but i think there is a shot here some how. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9282123 K10D, daf 50-200, LR 2 Dave That's a beautiful scene, and 99.9% of people who've ever taken a picture would be extremely happy with that photo, but I agree with you that the scene is well worth working a bit more. It would be a wonderful spot to photograph over a long period of time - a couple of years to capture the changing of the seasons, with frequent returns in different light and weather. 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: Feet
how did I miss that first time round? That's a really good shot! Bob Thanks. That's worth a look. Paul On Jun 2, 2009, at 3:57 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: DA* 60-250, f6.7 @ 1/1500, ISO 400, 60mm. Continuous autofocus on K20D. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9278935size=lg I think I might like it even more if you rotated it 90 degrees, even though I'm sure you're showing it right side up. Whatever the case may be, this is a wonderful photo! 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.
Re: The world's greatest Pentax service has just gone down the drain. :-(
Ralf, Did you try dropping out the focusing screen and re-seating it? I have fixed alignment and focusing problems in my K10D thus. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Tue, 6/2/09, Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de wrote: My K10D has contracted a focussing problem. Optimum sharpness in the viewfinder and the AF confirmation in the display are way apart, with the AF signal being correct. Well, not to worry, I thought, let's give a call to the great Pentax service guys at Hamburg and find out what can be done about it. Just a quick click to the pentax.de website for their phone number YIKES!!! No more Pentax number, instead the address and number of a company I had never heard of. Ah well... the announced restructuring, the move of Pentax Europe to Paris and the disbanding of Pentax' own service department in Hamburg which had an outstanding reputation over many years. OK then, sigh, dialling the new number. A woman answers the phone with Canon Service xyz... can I help you? Canon Service??? WTF??? Oh yes, they've also been appointed Germany's only official Pentax service a week ago, she explains. No, sorry, she goes on, no idea what might be the trouble with my camera. But I could mail it in for an inspection. Their turnaround times? Oh, some 4 to 5 weeks. WHAT??? After over 30 years of a Pentax service where 2 weeks were already considered as rather long? Listen Hoya, one of the main reasons for Germans to buy Pentax was the greatest service on earth provided by your folks in Hamburg. No, you haven't just shot yourselves in the foot. You've nuked them off. Both. Still fuming, Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Tree and plowed field
Nice capture as is, but I agree there's more there. Among other things I'd try would be a lower perspective. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Peso Tree and plowed field I drive by this field every morning on my bus run. I like the plow lines and at certain times in the morning, it looks very nice. I'm not overly happy with this, but i think there is a shot here some how. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9282123 K10D, daf 50-200, LR 2 Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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: Re: 300mm AF lens
Thanks, Ken I may tri to find one at a reasonable price. Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Jun 2, 2009 22:19 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I would highly reccommend the Pentax 300mm f4.5 FA SMC IF+ED. Its my most used lens. I have had it since new and it has never given me any troubles. True it has no tripod mount, but I've never found that to be the cause of throw away images. I've used mine with a Pentax A-1.4X-S convertor and have gotten award winnning images with it. Its relatively compact as 300mm lenses go. I have no idea as to current prices, I bought mine new many years ago for $775. USD. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Jens p...@planfoto.dk Subject: WTB: 300mm AF lens HEllo list-guys I WTB a 300mm AF lens for my K20D. A good one. Any great ideas for less than 1000 USD? BTW: WTS my old trusted SMC M* 4.0 300mm Make me an offer, please! Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On May 27, 2009 02:05 Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/26/09, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 26/5/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: Took this one yesterday while sitting on the curb waiting for the parade. http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/V3B_y2PFHlMEGVrB_vA3WQ? feat=directlink Very nice - slipping into Godfrey territory here ;-) Thanks, Cotty. Though, I think Godfrey's much better at it. -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: GOAY: GFM
Thanks guys. I like the shot too but decided not to enter it because I'd gotten the idea from Tony Sweet's presentation Friday night. I figured they'd get loads of sweetened shots. Of course, with the rain they'd been getting on the mountain of late, the judges got lots of stream and mushroom shots too. Sigh. CW Mark Roberts wrote: David Savage wrote: Great gallery mate. You're all looking so old :-) BTW, I agree with mark about your submissions. I don't care what sweet means now, but you definitely should have submitted that double exposed tree. That's a fu#ken awesome shot. What Dave said. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.50/2150 - Release Date: 06/02/09 06:47:00 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: got the K7 in my hot little hands
I must say I'm quite happy with my K20D. I'm actuaælly considering buying a second one. Perhaps I should go for the K7 in stead. Or maybe the new K7 will make used prises of the K20D drop a bit (if any are available at all). I'm definitely selling my K10D. I just use it for back-up and for aerial photography, where I need two bodies - one for the FA* 2.8 28-70mm and one for the FA* 2.8 80-200mm. (Great outfit BTW :-) - I love those two lenses a lot - heavy - but they're good Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Jun 2, 2009 22:30 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: David J Brooks wrote: On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Even so, it's producing some outstanding stuff (well, as outstanding as I ever get...) and the metering is lust-worthy. Doug. One of my big concerns with my K10D vs my D200 etc, is that just about every shot i take on the K10D, i'm adjusting the EV. I don't seem to have that problem with the Nikons once i set it to what the surrounds require. Thoughts on this for the K-7 metering.?? Dave, the metering of the K-7 is effing amazing. Doug had some shots that we couldn't believe: Scenes that presented amazingly difficult tasks for metering were handled perfectly, with no blown highlights. No exposure compensation. Like you, I find I'm almost always using exposure compensation with my K10 and K20. When I get around to buying a K-7 it will be the metering more than anything else that finally makes my get out my credit card. Also, our seat-of-the-pants, totally unscientific impression is that dynamic range has been greatly extended with this new sensor. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: The world's greatest Pentax service has just gone down the drain. :-(
Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Did you try dropping out the focusing screen and re-seating it? I have fixed alignment and focusing problems in my K10D thus. Yes I have. Several times and with two different screens: the original screen and a Chinese split-image screen. Problem still persists. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 2009 - 079 - GDG
From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3587/3578924004_4f09cd150b_o.jpg 079 - Self Portrait On Walk - Sunnyvale 2009 Contax Tix - Kodak Advantix BW 400 film scanned with Nikon LS-40 - processed in Lightroom ?flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/3578924004/ Did you lose weight? Seriously, I know I've never met you, but from other pix I've seen of you, I recall your face looked rounder. Whatever the case may be, cool shot! Thanks! Perhaps on the weight loss. The scale doesn't say it, but i notice clothes fitting me differently since I re-started my morning walks. I've got the bicycle cleaned up and going for rides now too. BTW, saw your big changes note. Good luck out on the road again! From: Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br Sorry, Godfrey... not my type. The photo is interesting... LOL! My boyfriend will be relieved. ];-) --- From all the messages, it seems the GFM event went well and the K7 looks to be a significant improvement for Pentax users. Great stuff! I've been skimming the digests but been pretty busy working on projects right now, haven't had time to interact as much. 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: The Leica as a Teacher
On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: snip The older photographers among us had little choice but to learn the way Mike suggests. My early photography was with an MX which I bought by not smoking for a year. I generally shot black white and rarely had anything enlarged because I couldn't afford it - just the contact prints. I still have all the negs and contacts and there are probably hundreds of photos I should scan and enlarge. But I can't be arsed. 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. snip Yesterday I took out my CL for the first time in over a year. Just for fun, I played the exposure game before I set up the hyperfocus as I usually do for strolling. Hmmm... Overcast, not too dark, 400ISO (tri-x of course) I'd say f11 at 1/125. Set the exposure, turned on the meter and I was ~bang on~. It felt pretty cool... ;-) 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.
GFM shots from Ted
Figured how to put a few shots on my site: http://www.beilbyvisualarts.com/id7.html Comments welcomed Who did the shot of me with my 40mm? Ted -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: 300mm AF lens
No AF, 300mm AF lens. John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ken Waller [kwal...@peoplepc.com] Sent: 02 June 2009 21:23 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: 300mm AF lens has no tripod mount or availability for dedicated TC's What do you mean by dedicated ? I use a Pentax A-1.4X-S with mine and it works just fine (no AF of course) Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: John Whittingham jo...@carmel.ac.uk Subject: RE: 300mm AF lens The FA*300/4.5 is good but slower than the Sigma and has no tripod mount or availability for dedicated TC's, which is why I kept the Sigma despite owning both. I believe the F version had a tripod collar. The DA*300/4 SDM is another matter, it's friking awesome! John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of J.C. O'Connell [hifis...@gate.net] Sent: 02 June 2009 15:12 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: 300mm AF lens What about the various Pentax AF 300mm lenses Made over the years? Anybody using/used those On digital? J.C. O'Connell ( mailto:hifis...@gate.net ) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christian Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:15 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: 300mm AF lens The sigma was my only longish lens for a long time when I had the *ist D. It works great with both the 1.4x and 2x matched Sigma TCs. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ John Whittingham wrote: Hi Jens, Sigma 300/4 APO Tele Macro s/h of course. I'll swap mine for a 400/5.6 Sigma APO PKAF. Jiohn From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jens [p...@planfoto.dk] HEllo list-guys I WTB a 300mm AF lens for my K20D. A good one. Any great ideas for less than 1000 USD? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Tree and plowed field
Thanks Ken, Ill try that next time, may be this weekend if weather holds. Dave On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Nice capture as is, but I agree there's more there. Among other things I'd try would be a lower perspective. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Peso Tree and plowed field I drive by this field every morning on my bus run. I like the plow lines and at certain times in the morning, it looks very nice. I'm not overly happy with this, but i think there is a shot here some how. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9282123 K10D, daf 50-200, LR 2 Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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: got the K7 in my hot little hands
Steve, I'm not Doug either, but I did fondle the K-7 on Saturday. Nothing is as small as the DS, but the K-7 is smaller and sharper angled than the K10 or K20. It feels notably smaller than the K10 or K20 and handles that way. See the comparison shots posted online. Plus the screen on the back looks like a picture window! IT'S HUGE. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On 6/2/09, Desjardins, Steve desjard...@wlu.edu wrote: Doug, How does it feel in your hands? I was very fond of the *ist D and DS but less so of the K10D. I'm kind of hoping for a cross between the *ist D and the MZ-S. ;-) I'm not Doug, but I did get to fondle the K7 a little bit. It's roughly the same size and weight as the K100D. I didn't hold it long enough to really get a feel for the ergonomics. -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008 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: 300mm AF lens
I have the the Pentax F* 300/4.5, I use it all the time, and I love it. The only lens I have that's better is the FA* 200/2.8. I got the F* instead of the FA* because the F* has the tripod collar and foot. I can't compare it to any other 300s, though, since I've never had any others. -- 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.
Peso Brick windows Redo
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9282120 Did this in LR as opposed to Preview. LR2 adjusted and saved for email. It does not look this bright in LR, i'm afraid. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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 Brick windows Redo
Hmmm I don't know why it looks different in LR than as presented here, but just judging what I can see, I think something between this and the original image would be just about right. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:52 -0400, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9282120 Did this in LR as opposed to Preview. LR2 adjusted and saved for email. It does not look this bright in LR, i'm afraid. Dave -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an unladen european swallow -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Smoking at Queen and Ossington Part I
You have a well focused hip Frank. Dave On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:09 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I was going to post this tomorrow, but since it looks like I might not be on a computer for a while, I'll do it now: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/06/smoking-at-queen-and-ossington-part-i.html Shot from the hip, no cropping (I was pleasantly surprised at the framing, all things considered...). If I have a chance I'll post part II (there's not part three yet) later... Comments always 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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 - Oz is a big place.
From: Luiz Felipe ...looks like I'm going to learn english the third time... How do you guys say potato??? It's pronounced Do you want fries with that? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Tree and plowed field
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 4:08 PM, jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I think you're right, David and you just may have found it. I like this. Well composed. Maybe a little more contrast in the furrows.(?) Might, also, allow the tree to stand out more against the background. Jack I really need to get there around 7 ish in the am then the contrast is there via the sun. I had to use the brush tool in LR to brighten up the tree, but i see now, it is getting some leavage so may be that will help. Dave --- On Tue, 6/2/09, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Peso Tree and plowed field To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net, Barbara Brooks bbaro...@gmail.com, Harry Bolton bolt...@mmm.ca, Yvette Huber hub...@mmm.ca Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 10:54 AM I drive by this field every morning on my bus run. I like the plow lines and at certain times in the morning, it looks very nice. I'm not overly happy with this, but i think there is a shot here some how. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9282123 K10D, daf 50-200, LR 2 Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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: GOAY: GFM
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Cory Waters cbwat...@bellsouth.net wrote: Thanks guys. I like the shot too but decided not to enter it because I'd gotten the idea from Tony Sweet's presentation Friday night. I figured they'd get loads of sweetened shots. Of course, with the rain they'd been getting on the mountain of late, the judges got lots of stream and mushroom shots too. Sigh. CW Go with the heart Cory, the heart. Dave Mark Roberts wrote: David Savage wrote: Great gallery mate. You're all looking so old :-) BTW, I agree with mark about your submissions. I don't care what sweet means now, but you definitely should have submitted that double exposed tree. That's a fu#ken awesome shot. What Dave said. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.50/2150 - Release Date: 06/02/09 06:47:00 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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: Odd country sighting
From: mike wilson William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: Peso: Odd country sighting On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 1:59 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: I wasn't quite sure what to make of this. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/newer/amazingshell.html K20D iso 100, 70mm LTD, f/22, 1/10 second. Cool shot, for reasons already set out by other commenters. Odd that they'd have what appears to be aviation fuel there. Was it once a a small airstrip? That's the side of an elevator. The fuel line is coming out of a gravity feed tank that is slowly losing it's contents. The area I was photographing in was actually quite wet with diesel oil. Thanks again for looking. Maybe the sign refers to pests rather than aviation? Advert for Shell No Pest Strips. Taken off the market after it turned out the active ingredient was a carcinogen. I don't think the EPA banned it; Shell Chemical took it off the market rather than face liability and a lot of bad publicity. http://whatever.losito.net/2007/03/07/shell-no-pest-strip/ Maybe the EPA banned it later, after Shell had already taken it off the market. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Oz is a big place.
2009/6/3 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: From: Luiz Felipe ...looks like I'm going to learn english the third time... How do you guys say potato??? It's pronounced Do you want fries with that? Chips. Only the American fast food joints call them fries. :-) DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Odd country sighting
Nasty stuff. Handled a few in my day. Good for spreading Brie on crackers too. The holes in it made it good for stirring soups. I left my last one in a cabinet in New Hampshire next to the 1 kilo brown bottle of DDT and the Rose Powder. On Jun 2, 2009, at 16:03 , John Sessoms wrote: Advert for Shell No Pest Strips. Taken off the market after it turned out the active ingredient was a carcinogen. I don't think the EPA banned it; Shell Chemical took it off the market rather than face liability and a lot of bad publicity. http://whatever.losito.net/2007/03/07/shell-no-pest-strip/ Maybe the EPA banned it later, after Shell had already taken it off the market. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com “If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug a camera.” –Lewis Hine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
No GFM:-(
From: paul stenquist My daughter's second chemo session is scheduled for Friday. I take her to the hospital and pick her up when she's finished, so I had to cancel my GFM reservation. Once again. In any case, they refunded my money with a smile, as always. So a spot has opened up, although I guess there's a waiting list. Really wanted to make it there this time around. I'll try again next year. Paul I'm kind of behind on the list, so this is kind of late, but I hope the chemo is going well. I understand it's really unpleasant. I hope your daughter will come through it successfully. And, I hope next year will be better for you. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GOAY: GFM
BTW was this just a regular double exposere or Tony's spin to it aswell. Dave On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Cory Waters cbwat...@bellsouth.net wrote: Thanks guys. I like the shot too but decided not to enter it because I'd gotten the idea from Tony Sweet's presentation Friday night. I figured they'd get loads of sweetened shots. Of course, with the rain they'd been getting on the mountain of late, the judges got lots of stream and mushroom shots too. Sigh. CW Mark Roberts wrote: David Savage wrote: Great gallery mate. You're all looking so old :-) BTW, I agree with mark about your submissions. I don't care what sweet means now, but you definitely should have submitted that double exposed tree. That's a fu#ken awesome shot. What Dave said. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.50/2150 - Release Date: 06/02/09 06:47:00 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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 - Oz is a big place.
Fries are skinnier than the standard British chips. We gave up the serving of those fat chips full of grease when some kid stepped on a few one day, threw them back in the oil for a bit to clean off the dirt and invented the Potato Chip. Some years later, an America's Cup deckhand stepped on a handful, refried them to clean them up and invented wrinkled potato chips for clam dips. :-) On Jun 2, 2009, at 16:12 , David Savage wrote: 2009/6/3 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: From: Luiz Felipe ...looks like I'm going to learn english the third time... How do you guys say potato??? It's pronounced Do you want fries with that? Chips. Only the American fast food joints call them fries. :-) Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com http://gallery.me.com/jomac http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.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: Ricehigh is at it again
From: Bob Sullivan So what's the price of the new K-7 ? ! ! If you've got me to pay $1,400 for a new K-7, I'll surely pay $1,500 for a full frame Pentax. Regards, Bob S. If memory serves, both the K-10D and K-20D debuted in that price range before falling back somewhat. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: irreverent GFM questions
From: Scott Loveless On 5/27/09, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: I was going to shoot some film, but I'm finding it hard to find some room for a third camera. :-) Cheers, Christine There's always room for film. Or is it Jell-O? I can't remember. Since they're both made with the same basic ingredient, does it matter? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Ricehigh is at it again
From: Doug Franklin Anthony Farr wrote: OTOH it's an interesting method of market research. Just fly a few extravagent kites and see how much interest they arouse. If the rumoured products are unpopular then the company merely disclaims them. Politicians and their ilk do it all the time. They call it a trial balloon. I thought that was Run it up the flag-pole and see who salutes! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GOAY: GFM
On 2/6/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: And Stan Harding is really Stan Halpin. More trouble! ROTFL Oh for Pete's sakeer I mean Stan's sake. Where the hell did I get 'Harding' from??? Feeling more human tonight - back to the grind tomorrow. Apologies Stan. Total brain fade. Stan's been on the redeye enough times to know how it affects the mind ;-) -- 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: GOAY: GFM
It was done in camera. I could hardly believe it because all the presenters say this can only be done with Cannon or Nikon cameras... (evil grin) One sharp focused and one really softwas done in camera by my now three generation old K10. It couldn't have been easier. CW On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:22 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: BTW was this just a regular double exposere or Tony's spin to it aswell. Dave On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Cory Waters cbwat...@bellsouth.net wrote: Thanks guys. I like the shot too but decided not to enter it because I'd gotten the idea from Tony Sweet's presentation Friday night. I figured they'd get loads of sweetened shots. Of course, with the rain they'd been getting on the mountain of late, the judges got lots of stream and mushroom shots too. Sigh. CW Mark Roberts wrote: David Savage wrote: Great gallery mate. You're all looking so old :-) BTW, I agree with mark about your submissions. I don't care what sweet means now, but you definitely should have submitted that double exposed tree. That's a fu#ken awesome shot. What Dave said. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.50/2150 - Release Date: 06/02/09 06:47:00 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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: Quick GFM Gallery
Doug Brewer wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/blog/photos/gallery13/ More later, maybe. Gotta catch up on a lot of things that were left undone while I was away at the mountain. c'est fromage I'm blushing! ...for those who weren't at GFM: Doug and I decided to give the photo contest a little more class this year by performing the judging entirely in French. Which neither of us really speaks. But we didn't let that stop us. C'est fromage (preferably exclaimed very dramatically) was the highest of acclaim. Even though we *do* know what that means. More on the judging... If anyone read my blog entry The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend you may recall the following note: While you're listening to Sunday morning's guest speakers, we're in the basement finishing up the judging of the photo contest. The facilities for the judges are fabulously luxurious. We recline in ermine-covered seats, savoring truffles and vintage champagne and viewing the contest photos on 193-inch plasma screens while naked Tahitian virgins give us foot massages. We arrived at judging HQ on Sunday morning to find one of the GFM employees had equipped the stools at the judges table with fake bearskin rugs from the gift shop (presumably as a reasonable substitute for ermine). They also left some chocolate truffles and an (empty) champagne bottle. When we noticed what brand of champagne it was we stopped complaining about it being empty... And there was a note explaining that the lack of Tahitian virgins was because they'd been let go due to the economic turn-down. Doug told them they needn't have let the virgins go -- we could have worked out a trade of some sort. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PESO - Juggernaut
From: mike wilson David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All Speaking of trains: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3545844358/ Direct link (~100kb) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3582/3545844358_3cd524ab78_o.jpg EvilDCam700, Smegma 24-70mm f2.8 @ 62mm, f32 @ 1/5, ISO 100, handheld. Iron ore train taken at a level crossing. Bloody awesome being so close to that behemoth. There are places here where I can get nearly that close to these rascals going flat out, which is about 140mph these days. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdJB3N9pK0k They slow to 90 for nonstop stations... Isn't that the one Cotty was on a while back shooting a vid of some politician? I remember some discussion of how vibration free the video turned out ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Tree and plowed field
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: That's a beautiful scene, and 99.9% of people who've ever taken a picture would be extremely happy with that photo, but I agree with you that the scene is well worth working a bit more. It would be a wonderful spot to photograph over a long period of time - a couple of years to capture the changing of the seasons, with frequent returns in different light and weather. Bob Thanks Bob. I think i will be doing a season by season shoot of these place, similar to what i'm going to do with my red barns. The road is very narrow and i don't have room to pull over in the bus and take some shots, as the best light IMO is around 7:15-7:30 am. It gives a nice shadow in the furrow. This is around 9am. 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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 - Big Changes
Any chance to make more money is good i suppose.;-) I'm sure yo will be getting a tom of good street shots. If you feel the need to peso, maybe I and my mac laptop caqn meet up once in a while for such. Dave On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:32 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Well, this has happened before - most recently about two years ago - and it's happening again. I'm no longer a dispatcher, I'm a bike messenger again. We've been hit hard by the recession and our numbers are down so much that we don't need two dispatchers (one for bikes and one for cars). My salary stays the same, in fact it might even be a bit better, since I'll be on a guarantee plus commission if I break my guarantee, so that's all good. And this is a great time of the year weather-wise to be back on the road; I hate the winter, but love riding in the summer, so this should be fun (at least for a while). I'll also be taking my camera along with me from time to time, so this could be a good opportunity to document the messenger life for a bit... The down-side (for me, if not for you) is that I don't have a home computer and since I won't be sitting at this work computer after today, my posts to the list will be way down. And whatever public computer I post from won't have any imaging software in it, so my PESOs from today will likely be the last we'll be seeing for a while. This could be interesting... 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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: got the K7 in my hot little hands
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: oh, yeah, sorry Dave. I've been knee-deep in computer issues today and have only half watched the list. Here are three samples, just quick grabs to see how the camera handled things: http://photos.drivingtheflies.com/index.php?page=album.9 Humm. Impressive Doug, especially the Penzoil building shot. let me know if you have questions. Are jumbo shrimp born this way.?? 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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: Feet
Thanks Bob. On Jun 2, 2009, at 5:07 PM, Bob W wrote: how did I miss that first time round? That's a really good shot! Bob Thanks. That's worth a look. Paul On Jun 2, 2009, at 3:57 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: DA* 60-250, f6.7 @ 1/1500, ISO 400, 60mm. Continuous autofocus on K20D. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9278935size=lg I think I might like it even more if you rotated it 90 degrees, even though I'm sure you're showing it right side up. Whatever the case may be, this is a wonderful photo! 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Feet
Interesting angle and framing. Dave On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: DA* 60-250, f6.7 @ 1/1500, ISO 400, 60mm. Continuous autofocus on K20D. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9278935size=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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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 shots from Ted
Some excellent shots. Thanks for sharing. Paul On Jun 2, 2009, at 5:38 PM, tbei...@sbcglobal.net tbei...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Figured how to put a few shots on my site: http://www.beilbyvisualarts.com/id7.html Comments welcomed Who did the shot of me with my 40mm? Ted -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 GFM:-(
Thanks John. We're hanging in there. Paul On Jun 2, 2009, at 7:17 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: paul stenquist My daughter's second chemo session is scheduled for Friday. I take her to the hospital and pick her up when she's finished, so I had to cancel my GFM reservation. Once again. In any case, they refunded my money with a smile, as always. So a spot has opened up, although I guess there's a waiting list. Really wanted to make it there this time around. I'll try again next year. Paul I'm kind of behind on the list, so this is kind of late, but I hope the chemo is going well. I understand it's really unpleasant. I hope your daughter will come through it successfully. And, I hope next year will be better for you. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Quick GFM Gallery
A lot of excellent shots here. The last one is superb, as is the river/ rapids that almost fills the frame. Like the horses as well. Many winners. Paul On Jun 2, 2009, at 8:04 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Doug Brewer wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/blog/photos/gallery13/ More later, maybe. Gotta catch up on a lot of things that were left undone while I was away at the mountain. c'est fromage I'm blushing! ...for those who weren't at GFM: Doug and I decided to give the photo contest a little more class this year by performing the judging entirely in French. Which neither of us really speaks. But we didn't let that stop us. C'est fromage (preferably exclaimed very dramatically) was the highest of acclaim. Even though we *do* know what that means. More on the judging... If anyone read my blog entry The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend you may recall the following note: While you're listening to Sunday morning's guest speakers, we're in the basement finishing up the judging of the photo contest. The facilities for the judges are fabulously luxurious. We recline in ermine-covered seats, savoring truffles and vintage champagne and viewing the contest photos on 193-inch plasma screens while naked Tahitian virgins give us foot massages. We arrived at judging HQ on Sunday morning to find one of the GFM employees had equipped the stools at the judges table with fake bearskin rugs from the gift shop (presumably as a reasonable substitute for ermine). They also left some chocolate truffles and an (empty) champagne bottle. When we noticed what brand of champagne it was we stopped complaining about it being empty... And there was a note explaining that the lack of Tahitian virgins was because they'd been let go due to the economic turn-down. Doug told them they needn't have let the virgins go -- we could have worked out a trade of some sort. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Brick windows Redo
Much better. Now the shadow works for you. You might still burn in the left side just a bit more. But it's a good shot. I like it. Paul On Jun 2, 2009, at 1:52 PM, David J Brooks wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9282120 Did this in LR as opposed to Preview. LR2 adjusted and saved for email. It does not look this bright in LR, i'm afraid. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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: GOAY: GFM
It is Stan Halpin, not Harding. But that's ok. She is far better known around by the public here that I am, and I often get the Mr. Harding business... stan On Jun 2, 2009, at 11:51 AM, Cotty wrote: On 1/6/09, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: How about a key to put names to faces? On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 06:50:00PM -0400, Cory Waters wrote: http://cwaters.smugmug.com/gallery/8409204_ggmwR#552134882_ZdcSy Front row L to R: Lynn Sullivan (Bob was awol), Scott Loveless, John Sessoms, Meg Harding, Robert Gonzales Middle row: Christine Aguilera (aka Trouble!!!), Doug Brewer Ted Beilby, Stan Harding Back row: Darrell Aguilera, Mat Maesson, Mark Roberts, Cotty+ Stefan, Cory Waters, Nico Reinbold -- 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.
Re: GOAY: GFM
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Cory Waters waters.c...@gmail.com wrote: It was done in camera. I could hardly believe it because all the presenters say this can only be done with Cannon or Nikon cameras... (evil grin) Thats because they don't know any better. One sharp focused and one really soft was done in camera by my now three generation old K10. It couldn't have been easier. CW Thanks Dave On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:22 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: BTW was this just a regular double exposere or Tony's spin to it aswell. Dave On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Cory Waters cbwat...@bellsouth.net wrote: Thanks guys. I like the shot too but decided not to enter it because I'd gotten the idea from Tony Sweet's presentation Friday night. I figured they'd get loads of sweetened shots. Of course, with the rain they'd been getting on the mountain of late, the judges got lots of stream and mushroom shots too. Sigh. CW Mark Roberts wrote: David Savage wrote: Great gallery mate. You're all looking so old :-) BTW, I agree with mark about your submissions. I don't care what sweet means now, but you definitely should have submitted that double exposed tree. That's a fu#ken awesome shot. What Dave said. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.50/2150 - Release Date: 06/02/09 06:47:00 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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 - Big Changes
Good luck with it Frank. I will miss your PESOs, I hope you can work up some sort of computer system. Is it possible to put imaging software on a thumb drive and run it from there on a library or other public machine? Or are there free or low cost photo hosting sites that have on-line image editing? stan On Jun 2, 2009, at 11:32 AM, frank theriault wrote: Well, this has happened before - most recently about two years ago - and it's happening again. I'm no longer a dispatcher, I'm a bike messenger again. We've been hit hard by the recession and our numbers are down so much that we don't need two dispatchers (one for bikes and one for cars). My salary stays the same, in fact it might even be a bit better, since I'll be on a guarantee plus commission if I break my guarantee, so that's all good. And this is a great time of the year weather-wise to be back on the road; I hate the winter, but love riding in the summer, so this should be fun (at least for a while). I'll also be taking my camera along with me from time to time, so this could be a good opportunity to document the messenger life for a bit... The down-side (for me, if not for you) is that I don't have a home computer and since I won't be sitting at this work computer after today, my posts to the list will be way down. And whatever public computer I post from won't have any imaging software in it, so my PESOs from today will likely be the last we'll be seeing for a while. This could be interesting... 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: 300mm AF lens
Yeah, what he said. A previous owner of my F*300 had taken some heavy machinery to the foot to reduce its height. I think I preferred my F* over the old A*. Cheers, Dave On Jun 3, 2009, at 10:20 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: I have the the Pentax F* 300/4.5, I use it all the time, and I love it. The only lens I have that's better is the FA* 200/2.8. I got the F* instead of the FA* because the F* has the tripod collar and foot. I can't compare it to any other 300s, though, since I've never had any others. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Home from GFM
From: Bob Sullivan Not enough deer butt in that one... On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 4:54 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Cory Waters Forgot an a there... Stef is A natural. ?REALLY good mushroom shots. To begin quoting from the weekend: There can never be enough rump in your images - Doug (who else?) And calling an image Sweet is now a powerful dis. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/3591122058/ and my own sweet shot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/3586394099/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GOAY: GFM
From: Cory Waters Thanks Paul, If you'd seen the winning images, you wouldn't be surprised at all. The leafs on a rock shot did get a dishonorable mention in the program and I was pretty proud of that. CW paul stenquist wrote: Some nice shots. I'm surprised you didn't earn at least an honorable mention in the contest. We need a caption for the group shot! Paul On Jun 1, 2009, at 6:44 PM, Cory Waters wrote: Gallery Once A Year: http://cwaters.smugmug.com/gallery/8409204_ggmwR#552134882_ZdcSy Which brings up another question. Does anyone know how long it will take for the 2009 winners to get posted? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Ricehigh is at it again
John Sessoms wrote: From: Doug Franklin Politicians and their ilk do it all the time. They call it a trial balloon. I thought that was Run it up the flag-pole and see who salutes! It /was/. Times change. :-) -- 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: 300mm AF lens
The way cool thing about the a* and m* 300mm/4 lenses that is often Not mentioned is they are super compact and lightweight. Shorter And lighter than any other kmount pentax 300mm lenses ever made. That matters A lot when you are talking about a 300mm lens and you want to hand Hold it. The A* performs well on digital, no CA or disortion problems, Great bokeh, and very sharp too. J.C. O'Connell ( mailto:hifis...@gate.net ) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:35 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: 300mm AF lens Yeah, what he said. A previous owner of my F*300 had taken some heavy machinery to the foot to reduce its height. I think I preferred my F* over the old A*. Cheers, Dave On Jun 3, 2009, at 10:20 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: I have the the Pentax F* 300/4.5, I use it all the time, and I love it. The only lens I have that's better is the FA* 200/2.8. I got the F* instead of the FA* because the F* has the tripod collar and foot. I can't compare it to any other 300s, though, since I've never had any others. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Quick GFM Gallery
Mark Roberts wrote: C'est fromage In the immortal words of Steve Martin: Omelette du fromage! -- 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: 300mm AF lens
David Mann wrote: A previous owner of my F*300 had taken some heavy machinery to the foot to reduce its height. Yikes! I like the foot because it gives me a good handhold when I'm not using the monopod. With IS, it's an eminently handholdable lens at the 1/125 to 1/250 shutter speeds I typically use while panning motorsports shots. -- 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: GOAY: GFM
John Sessoms wrote: Which brings up another question. Does anyone know how long it will take for the 2009 winners to get posted? I gave Landis a disc of all the winners before leaving but I expect it will be a couple of weeks before their web people get them on line. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Chris Pound from Pentaximaging - no nonsense promo vid on K-7
From: Derby Chang I think I love you, K-7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNCHdsZI88g I didn't really get much of a hands on at GFM; only got to look at it for a few minutes there. I guess I could have explored it more thoroughly, but there were others waiting and I wanted to get back out shooting. I think I'll have to see what the price does. The initial list price is still out of reach for me. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
test
test -- -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
test
test -- -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!
Just what the subject says. I was out walking with a relatively full kit and I spied what I thought was a Cormorant, but turned out to be what looked like a diving duck of some kind. I mounted the the F 1.7x adapter and the A*300, and couldn't achieve focus. I thought it was the adapter, but after much fooling around, I was able to confirm that the A* 300 can no longer focus to infinity. Even when racked in to it's further focusing distance. The focusing scale says it's focused at or beyond infinity but the focus point seems to be about 200/300 yards/meters away. I've used this lens to good effect for the last few years. So this problem seems to be a very recent development. Physically the lens seems to be rock solid. The helical moves from minimum focus to infinity as smoothly as ever, shake it nothing rattles yet there is something obviously wrong with the lens. So does anyone know of a good lens repair place in the US, it's a cinch that Pentax won't repair it, and the only good camera repair place I personally had experience with has long since dried up and blown away. (It would also help if they didn't charge an arm and a leg for repairs since my budge is down to one or the other). -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: A*300 So does anyone know of a good lens repair place in the US, it's a cinch that Pentax won't repair it I wouldn't bet on that. Call them. If anyone can fix it right, they can. Personally, I've had very good experience with Pentax Colorado several times in the last couple of decades. -- 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: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!
Double check it isnt a problem with the camera by trying On another body or by careful inspection of test shots taken With lens set at infinity and aimed at infinty and again With lens set at infinity and aimed at 200/300 yards. J.C. O'Connell ( mailto:hifis...@gate.net ) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of webstertwenty...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:44 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity! Just what the subject says. I was out walking with a relatively full kit and I spied what I thought was a Cormorant, but turned out to be what looked like a diving duck of some kind. I mounted the the F 1.7x adapter and the A*300, and couldn't achieve focus. I thought it was the adapter, but after much fooling around, I was able to confirm that the A* 300 can no longer focus to infinity. Even when racked in to it's further focusing distance. The focusing scale says it's focused at or beyond infinity but the focus point seems to be about 200/300 yards/meters away. I've used this lens to good effect for the last few years. So this problem seems to be a very recent development. Physically the lens seems to be rock solid. The helical moves from minimum focus to infinity as smoothly as ever, shake it nothing rattles yet there is something obviously wrong with the lens. So does anyone know of a good lens repair place in the US, it's a cinch that Pentax won't repair it, and the only good camera repair place I personally had experience with has long since dried up and blown away. (It would also help if they didn't charge an arm and a leg for repairs since my budge is down to one or the other). -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Feet
Cool shot! Great perspective - you and that lens seem to be getting along very well so far. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, June 1, 2009, 3:31:41 PM, you wrote: PS DA* 60-250, f6.7 @ 1/1500, ISO 400, 60mm. Continuous autofocus on K20D. PS http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9278935size=lg PS -- PS PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PS PDML@pdml.net PS http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net PS 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: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!
I tested several other lenses on the camera body in question and all of them focus to infinity. I guess it could be the *ist-Ds so I'll try in on the D and one of my LX's or MX's just to make sure, but I'm pretty sure that I eliminated the body as a problem when it could focus the F 70-210 to infinity and I was able to focus the Vivitar S1 70-210 to infinity later. J.C. O'Connell wrote: Double check it isnt a problem with the camera by trying On another body or by careful inspection of test shots taken With lens set at infinity and aimed at infinty and again With lens set at infinity and aimed at 200/300 yards. J.C. O'Connell ( mailto:hifis...@gate.net ) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of webstertwenty...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:44 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity! Just what the subject says. I was out walking with a relatively full kit and I spied what I thought was a Cormorant, but turned out to be what looked like a diving duck of some kind. I mounted the the F 1.7x adapter and the A*300, and couldn't achieve focus. I thought it was the adapter, but after much fooling around, I was able to confirm that the A* 300 can no longer focus to infinity. Even when racked in to it's further focusing distance. The focusing scale says it's focused at or beyond infinity but the focus point seems to be about 200/300 yards/meters away. I've used this lens to good effect for the last few years. So this problem seems to be a very recent development. Physically the lens seems to be rock solid. The helical moves from minimum focus to infinity as smoothly as ever, shake it nothing rattles yet there is something obviously wrong with the lens. So does anyone know of a good lens repair place in the US, it's a cinch that Pentax won't repair it, and the only good camera repair place I personally had experience with has long since dried up and blown away. (It would also help if they didn't charge an arm and a leg for repairs since my budge is down to one or the other). -- -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Feet
Can you give us more insight on the handling and usage? Does it have a tripod mount? Do you use it on a tripod or monopod? How hand holdable is it, etc...we can see the imaging capability, but would be great to know it's handling. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, June 1, 2009, 7:09:19 PM, you wrote: ps Thanks Bob. The lens and I have become inseparable. It's a gem. ps Paul ps On Jun 1, 2009, at 9:50 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: One of them is too cool to scream? Fun photo Paul. I like that lens and how you use it. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: DA* 60-250, f6.7 @ 1/1500, ISO 400, 60mm. Continuous autofocus on K20D. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9278935size=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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. ps -- ps PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List ps PDML@pdml.net ps http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net ps 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: got the K7 in my hot little hands
Desjardins, Steve wrote: Doug, How does it feel in your hands? I was very fond of the *ist D and DS but less so of the K10D. I'm kind of hoping for a cross between the *ist D and the MZ-S. ;-) It seems to be about the size of the istD, but sharper, with a more pronounced grip, and it is more solid. I generally have to have a battery grip for somewhere to put my big hands, but I've not felt that way on this camera; My hand fits it pretty well. I will probably get one anyway, because I likes me some vertical controls. One thing I have noticed is that the directional pad, because of the larger LCD, is moved farther to the right, and I'm having some slowness in getting used to that. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Stupid test
This is a stupid test of a work around of Gmail's mailing list can't see your own post filter, Please ignore. -- -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Stupid test
Umm you can. Once someone reply's, or you check your sent items mailbox. DS -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Wednesday, 3 June 2009 11:16 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Stupid test This is a stupid test of a work around of Gmail's mailing list can't see your own post filter, Please ignore. -- -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Stupid test
I don't like stupid machinery deciding what I can and cannot do. If this works it will be a very round about hack, (because the straight forward one didn't work). David Savage wrote: Umm you can. Once someone reply's, or you check your sent items mailbox. DS -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Wednesday, 3 June 2009 11:16 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Stupid test This is a stupid test of a work around of Gmail's mailing list can't see your own post filter, Please ignore. -- -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Stupid test
On 6/2/09, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I don't like stupid machinery deciding what I can and cannot do. If this works it will be a very round about hack, (because the straight forward one didn't work). Once someone replies, your message is right there in the thread. Or you can just take a look at the sent mail and see if anyone has replied, like Dave said. It's by far the best webmail interface I've ever used. -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008 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.
GESO: The New Generation
Last week, I spent a lot of time on my little rose garden in front of our house. I pruned and fertilized the surviving rose plants and planted two new ones to replace the ones that died over the winter. I was quite pleased with how good it looked. Saturday, I went out to admire the blooms, but -- no blooms! The local deer had jumped over the small fence, and ate all the flowers, all the buds, and all the tender young leaves and shoots. Grrr. Just as my heart was hardening, on Sunday the spring fawns made there appearance. Who can get angry at such cute critters? http://danmatyola.blogspot.com/ Comments and criticisms welcome. Dan Matyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
YAGFMG (Yet another GFM Gallery)
My own quick gallery plus links to the others posted so far... Note, many of my shots were before GFM, elsewhere in NC, as labeled. Shots including me are by Meg. stan http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p1036362180 http://cwaters.smugmug.com/gallery/8409204_ggmwR#552134882_ZdcSy http://www.robertstech.com/blog/photos/gallery13/ http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/GFMNPW2009?feat=directlink -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!
I would check with Pentax Colorado. They might still be able to repair that lens. Paul On Jun 2, 2009, at 10:43 PM, webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Just what the subject says. I was out walking with a relatively full kit and I spied what I thought was a Cormorant, but turned out to be what looked like a diving duck of some kind. I mounted the the F 1.7x adapter and the A*300, and couldn't achieve focus. I thought it was the adapter, but after much fooling around, I was able to confirm that the A* 300 can no longer focus to infinity. Even when racked in to it's further focusing distance. The focusing scale says it's focused at or beyond infinity but the focus point seems to be about 200/300 yards/meters away. I've used this lens to good effect for the last few years. So this problem seems to be a very recent development. Physically the lens seems to be rock solid. The helical moves from minimum focus to infinity as smoothly as ever, shake it nothing rattles yet there is something obviously wrong with the lens. So does anyone know of a good lens repair place in the US, it's a cinch that Pentax won't repair it, and the only good camera repair place I personally had experience with has long since dried up and blown away. (It would also help if they didn't charge an arm and a leg for repairs since my budge is down to one or the other). -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Quick GFM Gallery
Well you have a couple of stunners in there - great work! -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 7:20:45 AM, you wrote: MR http://www.robertstech.com/blog/photos/gallery13/ MR More later, maybe. MR Gotta catch up on a lot of things that were left undone while I was MR away at the mountain. MR -- MR PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List MR PDML@pdml.net MR http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net MR 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: Feet
Thanks. Yes, I love the lens. Shot a couple hundred frames at Grace's soccer game today. Lots of keepers. Paul On Jun 2, 2009, at 11:06 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Cool shot! Great perspective - you and that lens seem to be getting along very well so far. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, June 1, 2009, 3:31:41 PM, you wrote: PS DA* 60-250, f6.7 @ 1/1500, ISO 400, 60mm. Continuous autofocus on K20D. PS http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9278935size=lg PS -- PS PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PS PDML@pdml.net PS http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net PS 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: YAGFMG (Yet another GFM Gallery)
And there was at least one other, by Ted, that I've lost the link to. stan On Jun 2, 2009, at 10:35 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: My own quick gallery plus links to the others posted so far... Note, many of my shots were before GFM, elsewhere in NC, as labeled. Shots including me are by Meg. stan http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p1036362180 http://cwaters.smugmug.com/gallery/8409204_ggmwR#552134882_ZdcSy http://www.robertstech.com/blog/photos/gallery13/ http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/GFMNPW2009?feat=directlink -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Feet
It has a tripod mount. It's easily removable, so I leave it off for hand holding. The only time I've used it on a tripod was when testing/ adjusting the autofocus. It's easily handholdable. Feels good. At 60mm, it's about the same length as the DA*50-135, but a bit fatter. It extends another seven inches or so at 250mm. The extension is solid as a rock. Zero wobble. I find it's a natural in terms of handhold. It balances beautifully with the K20D and battery grip. Paul On Jun 2, 2009, at 11:10 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Can you give us more insight on the handling and usage? Does it have a tripod mount? Do you use it on a tripod or monopod? How hand holdable is it, etc...we can see the imaging capability, but would be great to know it's handling. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, June 1, 2009, 7:09:19 PM, you wrote: ps Thanks Bob. The lens and I have become inseparable. It's a gem. ps Paul ps On Jun 1, 2009, at 9:50 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: One of them is too cool to scream? Fun photo Paul. I like that lens and how you use it. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: DA* 60-250, f6.7 @ 1/1500, ISO 400, 60mm. Continuous autofocus on K20D. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9278935size=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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. ps -- ps PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List ps PDML@pdml.net ps http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net ps 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: Stupid test
It's SPAM for me now... On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:15 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: This is a stupid test of a work around of Gmail's mailing list can't see your own post filter, Please ignore. -- -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Chris Pound from Pentaximaging - no nonsense promo vid on K-7
A wonderful video presentation. I want that camera! Dan On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:20 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Derby Chang I think I love you, K-7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNCHdsZI88g I didn't really get much of a hands on at GFM; only got to look at it for a few minutes there. I guess I could have explored it more thoroughly, but there were others waiting and I wanted to get back out shooting. I think I'll have to see what the price does. The initial list price is still out of reach for me. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: YAGFMG (Yet another GFM Gallery)
Good stuff. Thanks for posting. Christine is a hottie! Paul On Jun 2, 2009, at 11:35 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: My own quick gallery plus links to the others posted so far... Note, many of my shots were before GFM, elsewhere in NC, as labeled. Shots including me are by Meg. stan http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p1036362180 http://cwaters.smugmug.com/gallery/8409204_ggmwR#552134882_ZdcSy http://www.robertstech.com/blog/photos/gallery13/ http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/GFMNPW2009?feat=directlink -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
stupid test2
You know the drill carry on -- -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 shots from Ted
Nice gallery there Ted. Dave On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:38 PM, tbei...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Figured how to put a few shots on my site: http://www.beilbyvisualarts.com/id7.html Comments welcomed Who did the shot of me with my 40mm? Ted -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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.
stupid test 3 to confirm stupid test 2 (this should be the last)
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Re: PESO: Feet
Make that it extends another 2.5 inches or so at 250 mm. Brain fade. Although it's a substantial lens, it's relatively compact. And it's built like a tank. Paul On Jun 2, 2009, at 11:41 PM, paul stenquist wrote: It has a tripod mount. It's easily removable, so I leave it off for hand holding. The only time I've used it on a tripod was when testing/adjusting the autofocus. It's easily handholdable. Feels good. At 60mm, it's about the same length as the DA*50-135, but a bit fatter. It extends another seven inches or so at 250mm. The extension is solid as a rock. Zero wobble. I find it's a natural in terms of handhold. It balances beautifully with the K20D and battery grip. Paul On Jun 2, 2009, at 11:10 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Can you give us more insight on the handling and usage? Does it have a tripod mount? Do you use it on a tripod or monopod? How hand holdable is it, etc...we can see the imaging capability, but would be great to know it's handling. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, June 1, 2009, 7:09:19 PM, you wrote: ps Thanks Bob. The lens and I have become inseparable. It's a gem. ps Paul ps On Jun 1, 2009, at 9:50 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: One of them is too cool to scream? Fun photo Paul. I like that lens and how you use it. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: DA* 60-250, f6.7 @ 1/1500, ISO 400, 60mm. Continuous autofocus on K20D. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9278935size=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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. ps -- ps PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List ps PDML@pdml.net ps http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net ps 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!
I thought all A lenses were on the no longer serviced list. But I'll look into it and give them a call. It's toll free so it couldn't hurt. paul stenquist wrote: I would check with Pentax Colorado. They might still be able to repair that lens. Paul On Jun 2, 2009, at 10:43 PM, webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Just what the subject says. I was out walking with a relatively full kit and I spied what I thought was a Cormorant, but turned out to be what looked like a diving duck of some kind. I mounted the the F 1.7x adapter and the A*300, and couldn't achieve focus. I thought it was the adapter, but after much fooling around, I was able to confirm that the A* 300 can no longer focus to infinity. Even when racked in to it's further focusing distance. The focusing scale says it's focused at or beyond infinity but the focus point seems to be about 200/300 yards/meters away. I've used this lens to good effect for the last few years. So this problem seems to be a very recent development. Physically the lens seems to be rock solid. The helical moves from minimum focus to infinity as smoothly as ever, shake it nothing rattles yet there is something obviously wrong with the lens. So does anyone know of a good lens repair place in the US, it's a cinch that Pentax won't repair it, and the only good camera repair place I personally had experience with has long since dried up and blown away. (It would also help if they didn't charge an arm and a leg for repairs since my budge is down to one or the other). -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
