date:20090705

GESO: Brass Monkey Race #2

2009-07-05 Thread David Mann

Yet more kayaking photos.  I'm going to get a reputation as it's all I  
ever seem to do these days.


http://www.multisport.net.nz/photos/229-2009-07-05-brass-monkey-race-2.html 



The weather today was far from motivational: cloudy, cold and  
threatening to rain (it drizzled a few times).  The worst part was the  
wind.  Not really strong, but just enough to really hammer the cold  
feeling home.  It was making me start to wonder why I bother :)


I bought some waders after the previous race as I'd become a bit tired  
of having to turn back for ankle-deep water when trying to reach the  
main flow.  They made a huge difference - I was able to pick the spot  
I wanted for once.


I left the longer lenses at home as they're not much use in such dim  
light, and I knew I'd be able to get closer due to the waders.  I  
carried 24, 43, 100 and 200mm lenses with the K10D body.  I let the  
camera pick the AF point for a little while but the results were  
mixed... it was certainly easier to shoot but it did miss a few.   
Having said that I missed a few by having the wrong AF point selected  
so I can't really win :)


Cheers,
Dave

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Vabadussõja Monument Tallinnas

2009-07-05 Thread Roman Melihhov

http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20090623122925
^^^ a monument to memorize Estonian War of Independence 1918-1920 has
been opened. Some might have remembered my photos from construction
site, caterpillars and excavators. They all gone now but I don't quite
visually relate to this monument and it shows on the picture. 

While it's the biggest thing you get for 2€ donation. 7m in height,
solid concrete with glass exterior (lit at night), I need some time to
get used to such thing in my own town.

Now working on my song festivity picture stream, some interesting
portraiture is promised later.








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Re: Re: Re: K 7 D FFN and GPS

2009-07-05 Thread Jens

Thibouille
True. I recently nougt a Columbus V900, which has voice recording and a micri
SD card as well.

You may have a look at my first attempts to geotag my pix:

http://www.locr.com/api/slideshow/?album_id=9553RedirectUrl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.locr.com%252Falbum-k%2525C3%2525B8retur-til-greve-9553

and

http://www.a-trip.com/tracks/view/24727

All the best
Jens

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On Jun 26, 2009 10:55 Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote:
There is no DSLR with built-in GPS but addons make it possible.
Sony's solution doesn't work with the camera but with a syncing
software on the computer.
Nikon sells an addon which connects to the camera, the camera stores
directly the coordonates into the EXIF.
Canon I dunno probably like Nikon.

Note that a powerful separated logger is more flexible, although you
need to sync later on the computer.
Some logger will add voice memos and act as bluetooth GPS for
computers/smartphones by the way.

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Jensp...@planfoto.dk wrote:
Hello again
It seems there's no GPS tracking system in this camera :-)
So, I'll try to just use the Columbus V900, I ordered, as soon as I
get it.
I allreaddy have a Hama i-GotU GPS tracking device. It works quite
nicely, actually, especially with the new @trip software. But it
deosn't have a storing function, which is crutial for longer trips.
I have not yet forund out how to actually geo-tag my pix.
Regards
Jens

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On Jun 25, 2009 23:28 Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote:
On Jun 25, 2009, at 16:08, Jens wrote:
Hello list
I have a habit of getting the latest Pentax top model. Where can
I

see the specs of the K7?

Go here, read, and enjoy

http://nedbunnell.blogspot.com/2009/06/pentax-k-7-operating-manual.
htm
l

Will it have a built in GPS tracer?

No.

-Charles

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Re: HELP! Are old Tamron lenses incompatible with digital?

2009-07-05 Thread Joseph McAllister

I spoke to Tamron a month or two ago about the possible future repairs  
of my lens, and they told me it would not be a problem as long as it  
did not involve the Pentax Mount or the tele-converters. I imagine  
that anything that may be wrong with your copy can be rectified by  
Pentax USA, as the Adaptall mount is pretty standard, ne?



On Jul 4, 2009, at 18:49 , P. J. Alling wrote:

It looks like someone disassembled the lens and screwed up the group  
spacing when they reassembled it.  If that's true it probably cannot  
focus correctly, but it that is the problem a competent tech should  
be able to fix it, if the necessary parts, spacer rings and the  
like, are available.

Francis wrote:

Hi Pentaxians
Do you know if Tamron's SP 300mm f2.8 (60B) is compatible with  
Pentax DSLRs or not?
I bought one of these lenses this spring to use for wildlife  
photography on my Pentax K20D and when it arrived (looking almost  
new)  it seemed to have sharpness issue which I was not familiar  
with. The images are very soft (in an odd way) and fringy when  
the lens is used wide open and only become sharp after about F6 or  
F8. I have uploaded a sample photo at: http://www.islandlight.ca/fm087749-100-crop.jpg 
 it is a 100% crop at f2.8 on a tripod.


I sent the lens in to Tamron Canada who didn't fix (or find) the  
problem, but fixed the mount instead. They said that if there was a  
problem that they had missed (the technician hadn't actually tested  
it because they had no adaptall mount on hand to test it with :( )  
that no one would fix it because it was discontinued, but indicated  
that the problem was just that it wasn't designed for digital media.


Do you know anyone who has used one of these lenses on a Pentax  
digital? Should I invest in sending it to Tamron USA (who said they  
could likely fix it) or is it just not going to work with a digital  
SLR.


Thanks for your help,


Joseph McAllister
pentax...@mac.com

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http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html






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RE: PESO Rocket Man

2009-07-05 Thread Bob W


 
 I was at two parties today.  The high life is killing me.  
 However, at 
 the first I managed to capture this:
 http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/webgalleryIV/pages/IMGP7310.htm
 

You should change your name to Paris Wilson.

This one's really nice:
http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/webgalleryIV/pages/IMGP7312.htm

Bob 


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Re: Re: Re: K 7 D FFN and GPS

2009-07-05 Thread Thibouille

Interesting Jens, thank you :)

On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Jensp...@planfoto.dk wrote:
Thibouille
True. I recently nougt a Columbus V900, which has voice recording and a micri
SD card as well.