Re: PESO - British Icon
Me too! Like you, Rick, I like the light and shadow interaction. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 9:23 PM Subject: Re: PESO - British Icon I like this one. Rick Womer wrote: The world has no shortage of photos of British phone boxes, but I liked the way the light and shadows interacted with this one. This was taken outside the British Museum about a month ago. Time flies. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9409567 (K10D and DA 16-45) Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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.
Numbers woops
Make that 1641 pictures tonight. It must have been still importing when I checked. 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: PESO Laundry, North Carolina
It's a plastic bag. Thanks, Dan and everyone else who commented. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 2:03 PM Subject: Re: PESO Laundry, North Carolina Nice Image. I like the sock or whatever tied around the post. They may not have a dryer, but they have satellite TV! [with three receivers] Dan On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Christine Aguilacagu...@earthlink.net wrote: On the way to Asheville, NC from GFM, shot this. That's a really pretty drive. Lovely country. Had a giggle over this one. Cheers, Christine http://www.caguila.com/caguila/laundry/content/gfm_3_large.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 K-7 in the Studio.
- Original Message - From: Brian Walters Subject: Re: The K-7 in the Studio. I might be mis-understanding the problem but I seem to recall some discussion on this a month or so ago. According to this post from Mark, the 4 way controller can be set to provide access to functions or as a focus point selector (via a custom setting?? - I don't know). Anyway here's the relevant post: http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2009-May/178774.html Something got changed between the cameras at GFM and the production firmware. The camera does not behave as per that post. 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: The K-7 in the Studio.
Mark and friends at GFM had the problem underestimated, while Bill has got it right. However, Pentax will fix it soon by adding a menu option allowing to select the default operation of the arrow keys (Function recall or AF point selection). Dario On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:31 -0600, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Now, about the 4 way controller. Unless I've missed something, the 4 way controller is broken. By default, it provides access to the various functions, and one has to press the OK button to get it to work as an AF point selector. Unfortunately, it won't bloody stay as a focus point controller when set to that function. It takes every possible opportunity to revert to function control. Check your exposure with the instant review, when you go to take a picture, you've lost access to focus point selection. Let the camera go to sleep, its back to function select when you wake it up. Turn it off and back on, it is on function control again. I believe I had it revert a few times just because, and not for any reason I could fathom. There is a little icon in the viewfinder that lights up to tell the operator that the focus point controller is active, but I still found it to be really annoying to have to be constantly resetting the function Note to Pentax: Please put an option in the remembered settings to allow one to choose what the 4 way switch defaults to. I might be mis-understanding the problem but I seem to recall some discussion on this a month or so ago. According to this post from Mark, the 4 way controller can be set to provide access to functions or as a focus point selector (via a custom setting?? - I don't know). Anyway here's the relevant post: http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2009-May/178774.html Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 K-7 in the Studio.
William Robb wrote: I might be mis-understanding the problem but I seem to recall some discussion on this a month or so ago. According to this post from Mark, the 4 way controller can be set to provide access to functions or as a focus point selector (via a custom setting?? - I don't know). Anyway here's the relevant post: http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2009-May/178774.html Something got changed between the cameras at GFM and the production firmware. The camera does not behave as per that post. That K-7 with 0.something firmware I checked at Pentax Day already operated as your 1.0 camera does about the 4-way controller, hence I believe the folks at GFM just didn't realize what they had to check. However, there will be a firmware update very soon, fixing the mess. Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
hello again :-)
Hello, I'm returning to PDML after ~2 years of absence. Some things in my life during that time were great for me, some worse :-) But nonetheless hello to my old friends and to all new people who joined this great list in the meantime :-) Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Encryption on a Mac
On Jul 7, 2009, at 5:25 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: Mighty Mouse is pressure sensitive as to which side of the mouse you press on. Nyah! Old skool... multi-touch trackpads FTW :) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
Hi Sylwek! Nice to see you here again. Dario - Original Message - From: Sylwester Pietrzyk sylwiu...@o2.pl To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:03 AM Subject: hello again :-) Hello, I'm returning to PDML after ~2 years of absence. Some things in my life during that time were great for me, some worse :-) But nonetheless hello to my old friends and to all new people who joined this great list in the meantime :-) Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Double PESO
On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:55 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Both are great shots. I have never seen a low lying rainbow like that. Here's one I saw 7(!) years ago. I thought I'd lost these scans. http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/rotoroa/ One of these days I'll get a couple of those shots enlarged really big. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
Hi Dario :-) And sorry to you and other friends for not responding to some emails as I should :- I hope you'll forgive me. And I promise not to act that way in the future :-) Cheers, Sylwek Dnia 7 lipca 2009 9:08 Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it napisał(a): Hi Sylwek! Nice to see you here again. Dario - Original Message - From: Sylwester Pietrzyk sylwiu...@o2.pl To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:03 AM Subject: hello again :-) Hello, I'm returning to PDML after ~2 years of absence. Some things in my life during that time were great for me, some worse :-) But nonetheless hello to my old friends and to all new people who joined this great list in the meantime :-) Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - British Icon
On Jul 7, 2009, at 2:05 PM, Rick Womer wrote: The world has no shortage of photos of British phone boxes, but I liked the way the light and shadows interacted with this one. This was taken outside the British Museum about a month ago. Time flies. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9409567 Looks like it's about to jump out and attack you. You're right about time flying, it's been 7 years since I was in the UK :/ Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
On 07/07/2009, Sylwester Pietrzyk sylwiu...@o2.pl wrote: Hello, I'm returning to PDML after ~2 years of absence. Some things in my life during that time were great for me, some worse :-) But nonetheless hello to my old friends and to all new people who joined this great list in the meantime :-) Hi Sylwek, I'm back too after about two years absence, good to see you here! Cheers, -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC +10 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Laundry, North Carolina
On Jul 7, 2009, at 6:50 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: On the way to Asheville, NC from GFM, shot this. That's a really pretty drive. Lovely country. Had a giggle over this one. Cheers, Christine http://www.caguila.com/caguila/laundry/content/gfm_3_large.html FWIW in our neck of the woods we line-dry our washing as often as possible, but we don't hang it out the front for passers-by to see. We only use the dryer when it's too wet or cold outside. It just seems a waste of energy otherwise. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
Dnia 7 lipca 2009 9:19 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com napisał(a): Hi Sylwek, I'm back too after about two years absence, good to see you here! Hi Rob, there must have been something in the air that time that people so far away from each other have left PDML ;-) But I'm glad to see you now :-) P.S. Have you switched to dark side during that time? ;-) Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 K-7 in the Studio.
On Jul 7, 2009, at 5:31 PM, William Robb wrote: Now, about the 4 way controller. Unless I've missed something, the 4 way controller is broken. By default, it provides access to the various functions, and one has to press the OK button to get it to work as an AF point selector. Unfortunately, it won't bloody stay as a focus point controller when set to that function. It takes every possible opportunity to revert to function control. That's a fairly big wtf for me. I use manual AF point selection most of the time on the K10D and I change it often, especially when swinging between portrait landscape. It was bugging me enough on Sunday that I tried the auto point selection but I found it wasn't so good with long glass. I really like the idea of eye-controlled AF point selection... do Canon still use that or did it not work out for them? Good to hear from Dario that the issue will be resolved in a firmware update. I hate to say that I'm sort of considering asking my local camera shop for a price... (the list price on the K20D is horrendous though). 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.
PESO - Bush Shed; Take 2
G'day all Thanks for the comments on the first version. Bill - appreciate you taking the time to do a revised crop but I can't quite make up my mind on it. I think the image is improved without the shadow but the shed then looks a bit low in the frame and the right hand edge of the fenced paddock is lost. I've had another go at it, retaining the original crop but reducing the brightness of the shed (thanks Jack, Dave) and trying to reduce the depth of foreground shadow (thanks Bruce). Thanks also Christine, Ken and Dan for the comments. Anyway, here's the revised version. You can compare with the earlier one by using the Previous link. http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/149652/Bush_Shed_Take_2.html Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
On 07/07/2009, Sylwester Pietrzyk sylwiu...@o2.pl wrote: Hi Rob, there must have been something in the air that time that people so far away from each other have left PDML ;-) But I'm glad to see you now :-f Occasionally real life takes priority over the virtual world ;-) P.S. Have you switched to dark side during that time? ;-) No I'm persisting, happy at times but quite frustrated at the limitations I encounter on occasion, but ultimately wishes and wants are limited by cash flow. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC +10 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
On 7/7/09, Sylwester Pietrzyk, discombobulated, unleashed: Hello, I'm returning to PDML after ~2 years of absence. Some things in my life during that time were great for me, some worse :-) But nonetheless hello to my old friends and to all new people who joined this great list in the meantime :-) Cheers, Sylwek Yo Sylwek. -- 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: hello again :-)
Hello, I'm returning to PDML after ~2 years of absence. Some things in my life during that time were great for me, some worse :-) But nonetheless hello to my old friends and to all new people who joined this great list in the meantime :-) Cheers, Sylwek Welcome back! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Double PESO
Good think you have not lost the photos! I like both end of the rainbow. --Sasha On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:14 AM, David Manndm...@bluemoon.net.nz wrote: On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:55 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Both are great shots. I have never seen a low lying rainbow like that. Here's one I saw 7(!) years ago. I thought I'd lost these scans. http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/rotoroa/ One of these days I'll get a couple of those shots enlarged really big. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
Dnia 7 lipca 2009 9:38 Cotty cotty...@mac.com napisał(a): Yo Sylwek. Hi Mate. Imagine that I won't ask you about going to dark side ;-) Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
Dnia 7 lipca 2009 9:37 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com napisał(a): Occasionally real life takes priority over the virtual world ;-) Exactly, and that was my case too :-) No I'm persisting, happy at times but quite frustrated at the limitations I encounter on occasion, but ultimately wishes and wants are limited by cash flow. Yep, it is our health, friends and nice photos that are more important than our equipment :-) Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: hello again :-)
Dnia 7 lipca 2009 9:46 Bob W p...@web-options.com napisał(a): Welcome back! Hi Bob :-) Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT - David Lynch commercials
Not exactly related to photography, but still. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=01D8F8FD1C34C77A Most of the commercials are very interesting (at least to me) and unusual (well, it is Lynch) They range from beautiful ones like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alo2pAf2bGUfeature=PlayListp=01D8F8FD1C34C77Aindex=0 to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4tOvkvCvwQfeature=PlayListp=01D8F8FD1C34C77Aindex=16 and finally to the very strong(and scary one): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSWv90msTUcfeature=PlayListp=01D8F8FD1C34C77Aindex=10 --Sasha -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: hello again :-)
Sylwester Pietrzyk sylwiu...@o2.pl wrote: Cotty cotty...@mac.com napisał(a): 8-) Always knew he was a big girl's blouse in secret. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Rocket Man
Most of the kids there were a little bit too young to coordinate it properly. Only the older girls [8-)] managed. Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: That's cute, Mike. Did the little guy have a good take-off? Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com To: PDML@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 9:18 PM Subject: PESO Rocket Man 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Re: hello again :-)
Dnia 7 lipca 2009 10:39 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com napisał(a): Sylwester Pietrzyk sylwiu...@o2.pl wrote: Cotty cotty...@mac.com napisał(a): 8-) Always knew he was a big girl's blouse in secret. Really? Dzien dobry Mike :-) Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
On 7/7/09, Sylwester Pietrzyk, discombobulated, unleashed: Imagine that I won't ask you about going to dark side ;-) Been there and came back. I'd do it again, but I'm taking a break from stills, so just sold my R-D1 and three lenses. The camera went for a BIN of 819GBP which is great, as I paid about 650 a couple of years ago. I'd have one again. -- 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: Way OT @ $#*h1woman throws in towel on writing code/h1*#$@
2009/7/3 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: Truth be told, despite the beginner frustration, I was enjoying learning this stuff--it's been awhile since I learned something new that was this challenging; I really enjoyed the challenge, wanted to overcome the obstacles, and my brain was feeling hot and exercised--which it hasn't felt in some time. Hey Christine, Been away for nearly two weeks, and reading this whole thread in one go... By the time I got to your post above, I was thinking that those two days must have been well spent for you. :-) Thing is, even with the best WYSIWYG editors, you will occasionally stumble onto some glitch. Either in the way the code is generated, or because you make typos that hide themselves like needles in heystacks. :-( - been there... :-) So that's where your two-day investment comes in handy. Now you know a fair bit of what's going on behind the WYS. FWIW, EditPad from JGsoft is similar to HTMLkit, but in my experience much better. As in more stable on my systems (both work and private), and more functionality. It's not freeware, however, so try the kit first. That too is a good piece of software. If it's any comfort, I spent a lot more than two days to learn HTML. :-) cheers, Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
Dnia 7 lipca 2009 11:02 Cotty cotty...@mac.com napisał(a): Been there and came back. I'd do it again, but I'm taking a break from stills, so just sold my R-D1 and three lenses. The camera went for a BIN of 819GBP which is great, as I paid about 650 a couple of years ago. I'd have one again. Wow, great stuff. Have you published your experiences or photos taken with this Epson anywhere? I'd love to read how you fare with it and of course see some photos ;-) Still using 1d mkII or mkIII? Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Laundry, North Carolina
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 3:19 AM, David Manndm...@bluemoon.net.nz wrote: FWIW in our neck of the woods we line-dry our washing as often as possible, but we don't hang it out the front for passers-by to see. We only use the dryer when it's too wet or cold outside. It just seems a waste of energy otherwise. We do that our selves, but out back.:-) Actually around here, the clothes line is making a come back. For years, it was forbidden to use an out side clothes line in new subdivisions. Now with the push to go green, the developers are backing down, and local municipalities are allowing them. Dave Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: Re: hello again :-)
Sylwester Pietrzyk sylwiu...@o2.pl wrote: Dnia 7 lipca 2009 10:39 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com napisał(a): Sylwester Pietrzyk sylwiu...@o2.pl wrote: Cotty cotty...@mac.com napisał(a): 8-) Always knew he was a big girl's blouse in secret. Really? Dzien dobry Mike :-) Me too, apparently Czesc! Jak sie masz? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Rocket Man
Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: Cute shot of 'serious' moment for the boy. A really low angle might have given us a peak at his face. The peek on his cap prevented it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
Privet! Great to see you again, Sylwek! On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Sylwester Pietrzyksylwiu...@o2.pl wrote: Hello, I'm returning to PDML after ~2 years of absence. Some things in my life during that time were great for me, some worse :-) But nonetheless hello to my old friends and to all new people who joined this great list in the meantime :-) Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The K-7 in the Studio.
That will be a firmware fix I hope? Paul On Jul 7, 2009, at 2:17 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: Mark and friends at GFM had the problem underestimated, while Bill has got it right. However, Pentax will fix it soon by adding a menu option allowing to select the default operation of the arrow keys (Function recall or AF point selection). Dario On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:31 -0600, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Now, about the 4 way controller. Unless I've missed something, the 4 way controller is broken. By default, it provides access to the various functions, and one has to press the OK button to get it to work as an AF point selector. Unfortunately, it won't bloody stay as a focus point controller when set to that function. It takes every possible opportunity to revert to function control. Check your exposure with the instant review, when you go to take a picture, you've lost access to focus point selection. Let the camera go to sleep, its back to function select when you wake it up. Turn it off and back on, it is on function control again. I believe I had it revert a few times just because, and not for any reason I could fathom. There is a little icon in the viewfinder that lights up to tell the operator that the focus point controller is active, but I still found it to be really annoying to have to be constantly resetting the function Note to Pentax: Please put an option in the remembered settings to allow one to choose what the 4 way switch defaults to. I might be mis-understanding the problem but I seem to recall some discussion on this a month or so ago. According to this post from Mark, the 4 way controller can be set to provide access to functions or as a focus point selector (via a custom setting?? - I don't know). Anyway here's the relevant post: http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2009-May/178774.html Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: hello again :-)
Welcome back. Good to see you here again. Paul On Jul 7, 2009, at 3:03 AM, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Hello, I'm returning to PDML after ~2 years of absence. Some things in my life during that time were great for me, some worse :-) But nonetheless hello to my old friends and to all new people who joined this great list in the meantime :-) Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: HELP! Are old Tamron lenses incompatible with digital? LD IF 1800mm sample
J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: That doesn't look right to me, too much fringing. FWIW, heres a recent sample from my Tamron SP LD ID 180mm F2.5 lens. This is the best long tele I have ever used on digital. Its so good, that I sold my SMCK200/2.5 which had much more CA. http://www.jchriso.com/temp/TAMRON180MM01.jpg F8 setting was used on a istDS body. Check out the contrast in the finest details, like the the freckles, this is really good MTF. australian humour They still have their cossies on. /australian humour -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
Nice to see you Boris too. So you are stil here, being still a Pentaxian? ;-) Cheers, Sylwek Dnia 7 lipca 2009 12:19 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com napisał(a): Privet! Great to see you again, Sylwek! On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Sylwester Pietrzyksylwiu...@o2.pl wrote: Hello, I'm returning to PDML after ~2 years of absence. Some things in my life during that time were great for me, some worse :-) But nonetheless hello to my old friends and to all new people who joined this great list in the meantime :-) Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
Hello there, nice to read you Paul too :-) Dnia 7 lipca 2009 12:39 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net napisał(a): Welcome back. Good to see you here again. Paul -- Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
Good to see you back Sylwek! Cheers, Jostein 2009/7/7 Sylwester Pietrzyk sylwiu...@o2.pl: Hello, I'm returning to PDML after ~2 years of absence. Some things in my life during that time were great for me, some worse :-) But nonetheless hello to my old friends and to all new people who joined this great list in the meantime :-) Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
On 7/7/09, Sylwester Pietrzyk, discombobulated, unleashed: Wow, great stuff. Have you published your experiences or photos taken with this Epson anywhere? I'd love to read how you fare with it and of course see some photos ;-) Still using 1d mkII or mkIII? The only Canon gear in the house is a TV camera lens. The only decent stills camera in the house is an *istDs, which my son is using this week while he does work experience with a local newspaper :-) His first of four days was yesterday and already he submitted 4 pics for possible publication! -- 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: OT - David Lynch commercials
Sasha Sobol wrote: Not exactly related to photography, but still. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=01D8F8FD1C34C77A Most of the commercials are very interesting (at least to me) and unusual (well, it is Lynch) They range from beautiful ones like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alo2pAf2bGUfeature=PlayListp=01D8F8FD1C34C77Aindex=0 to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4tOvkvCvwQfeature=PlayListp=01D8F8FD1C34C77Aindex=16 and finally to the very strong(and scary one): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSWv90msTUcfeature=PlayListp=01D8F8FD1C34C77Aindex=10 --Sasha Most definitely worth watching over and over. If you watch Fashion TV, you can occasionally catch the making-of the Gucci commercial. Hilarious. David is flat out my favourite director. Even more photo-related, I have Dangermouse's new album on the way to me from Amazon. Here is the NYT story http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/arts/music/11danger.html -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
WTB: FA 50/1.4 for Galia
Hi! Chances are that K-7 will be inevitably bought by this Pentaxian household. Thus I am thinking of making FA 50/1.4 (wanted) a permanently attached standard lens for K10D that Galia is about to inherit from me. So, if you have one in reasonable condition that I can convince you to part with, please contact me off-list. I have my PayPal at the ready. Thanks. P.S. Apologies for breaking the Friday rule. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Recent enablements
I was going to write a quick rave on the Sydney Camera markets this Sunday past, wherein, I scored: * A cute as pie Sekonic L-VI meter * A slightly dodgy Leica MC clip-on; not sure if the metering is that reliable, but it makes my M3s look the business * A near mint black Spotmatic F, with a jewel-like SMC Tak 35/3.5 and a fun-guy 50mm/1.4 Super-tak that I might use to practice lens disassembly using this page: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~Srawhiti/pentax50mmf1.4.html (my, the spottie is gorgeous in it's glossy finish) Anyhoo...OT...today, I was enquiring about my Voigt R2A which is with Voigtlander pusher for service (he's going to send it back to Cosina for free). He happen to mention he only had two 50mm/1.1 Noktons left, and Cosina were only going to send just 5 more. That would be it for a while until the next production run. Seeing how the price is cheaper than even in Japan or the US, I couldn't resist. I now have #293 More details on the lens here: http://www.cameraquest.com/voigt_5011.htm Have a gig at the this week at the fab, but very dark Hopetoun hotel on Friday, which should be a good proving ground for Nokkie. D -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The K-7 in the Studio.
That controller issue is unfortunate, but can I ask the obvious question...do we get to see the model? D William Robb wrote: Well, as promised, I did a model shoot with the K-7 today. I did not get out for my expedition of photographic proportion though, so to say I was a bit unfamiliar with the camera would be an understatement. The model was very understanding of my lacking of eptitude and I was getting the hang of the camera by the end of the shoot. So, where to start. The K-7 is much smaller than the K10/K20. More so than what one would think. It feels much more compact in the hand, And I found I was often over reaching for the 4 way controller. More on that fiasco in a moment. I shot almost everything today with the 70/2.4, though I did some shooting with the 55/1.4 The vertical grip is amazing. It balances perfectly with both the rather petite Limited lens, and the much larger DA* lens. Shooting horizontal felt a bit cramped, I often found myself getting lost on the 4 way switch and pressing the liveview button instead. Shooting vertically, the 4 way is a reach if I use my index finger on the shutter, switching over to using my ring finger for pressing the shutter worked a lot better. Now, about the 4 way controller. Unless I've missed something, the 4 way controller is broken. By default, it provides access to the various functions, and one has to press the OK button to get it to work as an AF point selector. Unfortunately, it won't bloody stay as a focus point controller when set to that function. It takes every possible opportunity to revert to function control. Check your exposure with the instant review, when you go to take a picture, you've lost access to focus point selection. Let the camera go to sleep, its back to function select when you wake it up. Turn it off and back on, it is on function control again. I believe I had it revert a few times just because, and not for any reason I could fathom. There is a little icon in the viewfinder that lights up to tell the operator that the focus point controller is active, but I still found it to be really annoying to have to be constantly resetting the function Note to Pentax: Please put an option in the remembered settings to allow one to choose what the 4 way switch defaults to. The user mode is still broken as far as I am concerned. I would really like the user mode to allow me to lock in a shutter speed and aperture combination by programming it in manual mode. It would also be nice to have multiple user setups available like the istD had. However, to get that I'm not willing to give anything else up. I have my user mode set up to do HDR's, since I likely won't use it for anything else. Autofocus with the 70mm lens was quick and accurate enough most of the time. The end focus point struggled a bit if I had the lights a bit far away, but the more central AF points were quick to lock with very little hunting. I'm quite certain that a timed test would show an improvement in AF speed with this lens anyway. The 55/1.4 is another story. AF was about as fast as with the K20. The camera showed no focus inaccuracy under the incandescent modeling lights, and the auto white balance is just about perfect. I shot a grand total of 1584 images in just over 2.5 hours. That works out to one shot every 5.5 seconds or some such. Other than the 4 way controller issue, the camera was flawless for the entire shoot. The camera is quiet and competent and very easy to use. There are a few major differences between it and the K20 that I found a bit confusing. as an example, I wanted to check the ISO before starting, and drew a complete blank for half a minute regarding where to find it (the button conveniently marked ISO is a good place to look). Using an Extreme III 8gb card, the file writing light flashed for perhaps a second and went out after taking a picture. The camera does write files much quicker. Interestingly, my DNG files are between 11mb and 12.5 mb. This is about half the size of a K20 DNG, so I must presume that Pentax has decided to compress them in camera. I hadn't heard anything about this during pre release discussion. Perhaps I slept through that class. Oh and, the camera doesn't use power. I did the entire shoot with the battery that came with it. After a while I kept expecting it to die on me, but it just kept going. Almost 1600 shots on a single battery using AF lenses, and I could have kept going. I do keep my chimping to a minimum, but this is still pretty impressive. The 70mm lens is one that I haven't used very often. I think that is about to change though. It is a very pleasing little lens to use, and returns really nice pictures. I have been finding manual focus under studio light to be a struggle lately, even with the 85/1.4, so I elected to go with AF. The lens performed flawlessly with the camera, I don't think it missed focus once. To compare the K20 K-7
Re: 78 rules of photography
Har...and I think jomac has made a bun pun already too :) paul stenquist wrote: Doh! I'm the wurst. I posted a repeat pun. Grounds for PDML banishment. Or at the very least, a flogging. On the buns perhaps? Paul On Jul 6, 2009, at 10:10 PM, paul stenquist wrote: On Jul 6, 2009, at 8:53 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 20:25:34 -0400, you wrote: From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 16:28:51 -0400, you wrote: Ken Waller wrote: - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 13:51:13 -0400, you wrote: On 7/3/09, Paul Ewins paulew...@optusnet.com.au wrote: I'll feel a lot more confident now that I am aware of the rules of sausage photography (no. 36) January 2010 PUG - Sausage! Sounds like a wiener to me. Hot Dog I couldn't think of a wurst subject I had to chime in so I could ketchup Admit it, you relish threads like this. Yeah I do, it would leave me in a pickle if I didn't. I was always confident you'd be able to cut the mustard. Some of the pun threads here are bad, but this one is the wurst. -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Recent enablements
On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:41 +1000, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: I was going to write a quick rave on the Sydney Camera markets this Sunday past, wherein, I scored: * A near mint black Spotmatic F, with a jewel-like SMC Tak 35/3.5 H. How did I miss that one. :-) and a fun-guy 50mm/1.4 Super-tak that I might use to practice lens disassembly using this page: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~Srawhiti/pentax50mmf1.4.html For repair of a faulty 50 1.4 Super Tak, this method is hard to beat: http://www.hermes.net.au/bayling/repair.html Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The K-7 in the Studio.
Yessir! Dario - Original Message - From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 12:38 PM Subject: Re: The K-7 in the Studio. That will be a firmware fix I hope? Paul On Jul 7, 2009, at 2:17 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: Mark and friends at GFM had the problem underestimated, while Bill has got it right. However, Pentax will fix it soon by adding a menu option allowing to select the default operation of the arrow keys (Function recall or AF point selection). Dario On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:31 -0600, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Now, about the 4 way controller. Unless I've missed something, the 4 way controller is broken. By default, it provides access to the various functions, and one has to press the OK button to get it to work as an AF point selector. Unfortunately, it won't bloody stay as a focus point controller when set to that function. It takes every possible opportunity to revert to function control. Check your exposure with the instant review, when you go to take a picture, you've lost access to focus point selection. Let the camera go to sleep, its back to function select when you wake it up. Turn it off and back on, it is on function control again. I believe I had it revert a few times just because, and not for any reason I could fathom. There is a little icon in the viewfinder that lights up to tell the operator that the focus point controller is active, but I still found it to be really annoying to have to be constantly resetting the function Note to Pentax: Please put an option in the remembered settings to allow one to choose what the 4 way switch defaults to. I might be mis-understanding the problem but I seem to recall some discussion on this a month or so ago. According to this post from Mark, the 4 way controller can be set to provide access to functions or as a focus point selector (via a custom setting?? - I don't know). Anyway here's the relevant post: http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2009-May/178774.html Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: The K-7 in the Studio.
I shot a grand total of 1584 images in just over 2.5 hours. That works out to one shot every 5.5 seconds or some such. Bill, you're a videographer, admit it. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The K-7 in the Studio.
Stuttering one, if I might interject... On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Cottycotty...@mac.com wrote: I shot a grand total of 1584 images in just over 2.5 hours. That works out to one shot every 5.5 seconds or some such. Bill, you're a videographer, admit it. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I love my pusher
At 7:50 PM -0700 7/6/09, Joseph McAllister wrote: On Jul 6, 2009, at 16:21 , Steve Sharpe wrote: Great! Last fall we put an offer in on an old farm house on 94 acres. It had a tractor so for a joke this city slicker included it in the offer. To my surprise the seller accepted it, and also included a bunch of implements for it! So I am now the proud owner of a 1973 John Deere model 920 tractor. Made in Germany. The thing is indestructible. I don't know how I got on before without it! That's a nice little machine, Steve. Probably made at the Porsche Diesel factory after they stopped putting their name on their machines. :-) What came with it? Mower? Front bucket and arms? Backhoe? It came with a plow, a harrow, another tilling attachment that I cannot identify, a brush cutter, a hydraulic wood splitter, a fertilizer spreader and a manure spreader that has been converted into a wagon. A lot of the stuff I won't be using (I'm no farmer), but I plowed my vegetable garden, hauled firewood with the wagon and I have about 40 acres of field that needs cutting, or else it will turn into woodland! And I wouldn't trade the splitter even for a new K-7! :^) -- Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca http://earth.delith.com/photo_gallery.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: hello again :-)
Dude! 2009/7/7 Sylwester Pietrzyk sylwiu...@o2.pl: Hello, I'm returning to PDML after ~2 years of absence. Some things in my life during that time were great for me, some worse :-) But nonetheless hello to my old friends and to all new people who joined this great list in the meantime :-) Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
Indeed I am. In fact we're two now. My daughter is shooting with my camera. http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/search/label/Galia_Shoots On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Sylwester Pietrzyksylwiu...@o2.pl wrote: Nice to see you Boris too. So you are stil here, being still a Pentaxian? ;-) Cheers, Sylwek -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Way OT @ $#*h1woman throws in towel on writing code/h1*#$@
Doug Franklin escreveu: ...snip Well, that wasn't the best way to get started. It's sorta like learning to drive nails by using a rock instead of a hammer. :-) If you're going to write any sort of code or markup in raw text, you've /got/ to have a better editor than Notepad. :-) ...snip2 ...whyinhell would anyone use rocks or hammers instead of using a Leica??? Actually saw it happen, in a photoclub exposition setup, circa 1975 - and the guy was positive that had nothing to do with his rangefinder demise the following week. At the time I was pestering our local repairwizard and saw the damage at his shop later. ...it's all true, you know... -- 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: The K-7 in the Studio.
- Original Message - From: Derby Chang Subject: Re: The K-7 in the Studio. That controller issue is unfortunate, but can I ask the obvious question...do we get to see the model? Oh yes, but I really need to pare down the number of pictures. A 1600 image gallery is just too much. 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: PESO - Bush Shed; Take 2
- Original Message - From: Brian Walters Subject: PESO - Bush Shed; Take 2 G'day all Thanks for the comments on the first version. Bill - appreciate you taking the time to do a revised crop but I can't quite make up my mind on it. I think the image is improved without the shadow but the shed then looks a bit low in the frame and the right hand edge of the fenced paddock is lost. I've had another go at it, retaining the original crop but reducing the brightness of the shed (thanks Jack, Dave) and trying to reduce the depth of foreground shadow (thanks Bruce). Thanks also Christine, Ken and Dan for the comments. Anyway, here's the revised version. You can compare with the earlier one by using the Previous link. http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/149652/Bush_Shed_Take_2.html That's better. My crop was a little tight. A friend of mine who shoots this sort of thing does pretty much all his shots with the intention of doing them into HDR. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It might be something to explore though. http://www.pbase.com/klatuu/root 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: Way OT @ $#*h1woman throws in towel on writing code/h1*#$@
kdewebdev yes, mixed results, quanta not yet. Will try, soon! Tks! LF Graydon escreveu: On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 04:02:56PM -0300, Luiz Felipe scripsit: Since I entered the Linux way, I'm trying to find a Dreamweaver replacement - not so easy. Last try was Bluefish... and I did most of my current (alpha) site with a plain text editor again... And may be reinstalling windows in a side machine just for Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Fireworks. Will see... those sugestions are worth trying. Have you tried kdewebdev and Quanta for the Dreamweaver role? -- 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. -- 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: Way OT @ $#*h1woman throws in towel on writing code/h1*#$@
2009/7/3 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: - Original Message - From: David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 12:36 AM Subject: Re: Way OT @ $#*h1woman throws in towel on writing code/h1*#$@ There, there darling... ...now back to the kitchen. VBG You are not my favorite Australian anymore! :-) ROTFL. ;-) Personally, I use CoffeeCup HTML Editor when I need to put together web pages. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand
Here's their new German pricelist: http://www.pentax.de/de/news/1214/media/bd210b383b89e271ae354bae55fcded3 /Produkinformation_Juli_09.pdf As if the wrecking of their customer service hadn't been enough. 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: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand
Ralf, I just hanged the phone having talked with local customer service. The clerk indicated that there is a possibility that Pentax K-7 will *not* be sold in Israel all together. Further, she said, if I were to buy it abroad, I will have no warranty coverage as they don't provide international warranty services. Them being the only official Pentax dealer here makes my life pretty miserable. I just don't get it - I am ready and willing to part with the money but they appear to ignore (as in stone wall) this fact. The struggle sure continues. 2009/7/7 Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de: Here's their new German pricelist: http://www.pentax.de/de/news/1214/media/bd210b383b89e271ae354bae55fcded3 /Produkinformation_Juli_09.pdf As if the wrecking of their customer service hadn't been enough. 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. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Anyone order online from BH lately?
Joe, As to the K-7, BH was taking orders on July 2nd. It went 'in-stock' July 6th, and They listed my order as 'ready to ship'. As of 8 AM this morning, it was still ready... Regards, Bob S. (waiting for the UPS man) On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Joseph McAllisterpentax...@mac.com wrote: I cancelled my order for a 60-250 on Amazon last night, and immediately went to BH and ordered one. I received a confirmation email within minutes. Today I received a confirmation of shipping 15 hours after the order (at 2:35 PM to be precise) with a notice that if the order was packed and shipped on a legal holiday (which today is) it would go out the next business day (tuesday). UPS shows a departure scan at 11:27 PM (2:27 my time) in Maspeth, NY, (BH warehouse). I would expect it to be picked up early Tuesday. Scheduled for delivery on Thursday the 9th. IF the item you are referring to is a K-7, they will not notify you of anything until it is in stock. Last night, it was not. But you could pre-order and be charged for it last night. On Jul 6, 2009, at 20:00 , P. J. Alling wrote: Ok, I put my order into BH online last night, and expected that a.) they'd contact me today, and then ship it, or b.) That they's simply ship it. I checked the order status on BH's online system and it shows that it's ready to be shipped. I doubt that UPS has an after midnight pickup and I haven't received a phone call from them on any of the phone numbers I gave them, nor have I received an e-mail notifying me that my order was delayed. Is this normal? If it doesn’t excite you, This thing that you see, Why in the world, Would it excite me? —Jay Maisel Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.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: PESO - Bush Shed; Take 2
I, also, feel that #2 is an improvement, Brian. As before, I, very much, like this composition. Jack --- On Tue, 7/7/09, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm Subject: PESO - Bush Shed; Take 2 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 12:35 AM G'day all Thanks for the comments on the first version. Bill - appreciate you taking the time to do a revised crop but I can't quite make up my mind on it. I think the image is improved without the shadow but the shed then looks a bit low in the frame and the right hand edge of the fenced paddock is lost. I've had another go at it, retaining the original crop but reducing the brightness of the shed (thanks Jack, Dave) and trying to reduce the depth of foreground shadow (thanks Bruce). Thanks also Christine, Ken and Dan for the comments. Anyway, here's the revised version. You can compare with the earlier one by using the Previous link. http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/149652/Bush_Shed_Take_2.html Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand
Pentax is being very particular lately. The only places that the US web site lists as selling gear near me are Wal-Mart/Sams Club and Calumet Photo (Big Photo dealer on both coasts). None of the remaining local camera shops are listed. Perhaps they are frightened by Ritz going bankrupt? They seem quite cautious and reluctant to sell. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com wrote: Ralf, I just hanged the phone having talked with local customer service. The clerk indicated that there is a possibility that Pentax K-7 will *not* be sold in Israel all together. Further, she said, if I were to buy it abroad, I will have no warranty coverage as they don't provide international warranty services. Them being the only official Pentax dealer here makes my life pretty miserable. I just don't get it - I am ready and willing to part with the money but they appear to ignore (as in stone wall) this fact. The struggle sure continues. 2009/7/7 Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de: Here's their new German pricelist: http://www.pentax.de/de/news/1214/media/bd210b383b89e271ae354bae55fcded3 /Produkinformation_Juli_09.pdf As if the wrecking of their customer service hadn't been enough. 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. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Numbers woops
Bill, What are you doing to import those? Photoshop Elements (version?) or Lightroom 2.3? or what? Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:55 AM, William Robbwar...@gmail.com wrote: Make that 1641 pictures tonight. It must have been still importing when I checked. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
Cotty went to the dark side and then chucked it all... I think there's a lesson there. Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Dnia 7 lipca 2009 9:38 Cotty cotty...@mac.com napisał(a): Yo Sylwek. Hi Mate. Imagine that I won't ask you about going to dark side ;-) Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand
I can provide prices in Russia. DA 16-50 $1647 DA 60-250 $2337 DA 12-24 $1945 And after all, they want us to buy Pentax? No way... We're not the richest people of the world. Russian photo market is about 4% of the total. I don't think they could increase it. C*n*n, N*k*n, S*n* - with ease, hence they have aggressive marketing. Pentax stays cool and quiet. Way too quiet... 2009/7/7 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Ralf, I just hanged the phone having talked with local customer service. The clerk indicated that there is a possibility that Pentax K-7 will *not* be sold in Israel all together. Further, she said, if I were to buy it abroad, I will have no warranty coverage as they don't provide international warranty services. Them being the only official Pentax dealer here makes my life pretty miserable. I just don't get it - I am ready and willing to part with the money but they appear to ignore (as in stone wall) this fact. The struggle sure continues. 2009/7/7 Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de: Here's their new German pricelist: http://www.pentax.de/de/news/1214/media/bd210b383b89e271ae354bae55fcded3 /Produkinformation_Juli_09.pdf As if the wrecking of their customer service hadn't been enough. 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. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand
Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Pentax is being very particular lately. Things are really getting out of hand. First they wreck their German customer service which was one of the main arguments for people buying Pentax, over here. Meanwhile, the German discussion forums are full of people who've last seen their cameras nine or more weeks ago. Then, they generate the hype of the century for a camera that's no more than a pimped-up K20D, and now it appears that someone has terribly misunderstood the notion of Pentax as poor man's Leica. What next? 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: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand
Here's their new German pricelist: http://www.pentax.de/de/news/1214/media/bd210b383b89e271ae354bae55fcded3 /Produkinformation_Juli_09.pdf As if the wrecking of their customer service hadn't been enough. What's your point? I did not check how much lens prices exploded. Do you care about the recommended price of the K-7 at 1379 EUR? The DA 18-55 WR costs 70 EUR extra (instead of 229), the DA 50-200 WR costs 150 EUR extra (instead of 329) The K20D is at 1249, +50 EUR for the DA 18-55 II (instead of 229) Street price for the K20D was down to 630 EUR, now slightly higher. K200D was down to 449 EUR, gone by now? K-m: 499, +150 EUR for DA L 18-55 and DA L 50-200 (worth 558) K-m only together with 50-200? Street price was down to 465 EUR instead of 659 EUR... - Martin -- GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Way OT @ $#*h1woman throws in towel on writing code/h1*#$@
Leica hell, to really drive nails efficiently you need the heft of a Nikon F2... Luiz Felipe wrote: Doug Franklin escreveu: ...snip Well, that wasn't the best way to get started. It's sorta like learning to drive nails by using a rock instead of a hammer. :-) If you're going to write any sort of code or markup in raw text, you've /got/ to have a better editor than Notepad. :-) ...snip2 ...whyinhell would anyone use rocks or hammers instead of using a Leica??? Actually saw it happen, in a photoclub exposition setup, circa 1975 - and the guy was positive that had nothing to do with his rangefinder demise the following week. At the time I was pestering our local repairwizard and saw the damage at his shop later. ...it's all true, you know... -- 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: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Here's their new German pricelist: http://www.pentax.de/de/news/1214/media/bd210b383b89e271ae354bae55fcded3 /Produkinformation_Juli_09.pdf As if the wrecking of their customer service hadn't been enough. Ralf Are those prices in any way negotiable? In the US, no one pays /list/ for a camera. -- 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: Way OT @ $#*h1woman throws in towel on writing code/h1*#$@
A Nikkormat FTn will do. I had one which had been used as a hammer by the look of the baseplate. It's still going strong at age 40 (but not in my hands anymore). -Adam On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:46 AM, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Leica hell, to really drive nails efficiently you need the heft of a Nikon F2... Luiz Felipe wrote: Doug Franklin escreveu: ...snip Well, that wasn't the best way to get started. It's sorta like learning to drive nails by using a rock instead of a hammer. :-) If you're going to write any sort of code or markup in raw text, you've /got/ to have a better editor than Notepad. :-) ...snip2 ...whyinhell would anyone use rocks or hammers instead of using a Leica??? Actually saw it happen, in a photoclub exposition setup, circa 1975 - and the guy was positive that had nothing to do with his rangefinder demise the following week. At the time I was pestering our local repairwizard and saw the damage at his shop later. ...it's all true, you know... -- 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. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand
P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Are those prices in any way negotiable? They certainly are. But they reflect substantial rises of the prices their dealers have to pay which will affect street prices once existing stocks have been sold. 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: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand
Martin Trautmann tr...@gmx.de wrote: What's your point? I did not check how much lens prices exploded. Exactly. Look at the prices of the better lenses, i.e. SDM, DA* and Limited... 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: hello again :-)
Welcome back, pull up a chair and have a beer... Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:03 AM, Sylwester Pietrzyksylwiu...@o2.pl wrote: Hello, I'm returning to PDML after ~2 years of absence. Some things in my life during that time were great for me, some worse :-) But nonetheless hello to my old friends and to all new people who joined this great list in the meantime :-) Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: I love my pusher
Probably less than 6 months. I expect a street price of less than $999 before November. Desjardins, Steve wrote: Damn. I had been giving some thought to going to Godfrey route and pursing a mini four-thirds. I just find myself grabbing the DS instead of the K10D, and a camera is not much good if you don't want to take it along. So, how long will I have to wait before the K7 comes under $1000? -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 11:54 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: I love my pusher - Original Message - From: Malcolm Smith Subject: RE: I love my pusher What I really want to know Doug, is if this new camera is really the nearest to the thing I want; a digital LX? Any Pentax DSLR I buy will be a step up from my camera, but does it have that extra something else, that you know when you have it, but can't find the words easily for it. Yes. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand
Original-Nachricht Datum: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 17:04:43 +0200 Von: fotor...@gmx.de An: pdml@pdml.net Betreff: Re: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand Martin Trautmann tr...@gmx.de wrote: What's your point? I did not check how much lens prices exploded. Exactly. Look at the prices of the better lenses, i.e. SDM, DA* and Limited... I don't know last year's prices by heart. Do you have them for direct comparison? It was to expect that prices would become much higher, since the same happened in UK + USA (and whereelse?). Sell 100 for 1 % profit or 4 with 25 % is the same for the company (and more much to expect within the current global market) - and increasing the price from 99 to 129 (add a currency of your preference) can be reasonable. Pentax has never had a significant market share within the last years. I guess that the new marketing stopped fighting for higher market shares by being much cheaper. Maybe they are convinced that people will run for the K-7 and will accept higher lens prices. Maybe they are perfectly wrong and Pentax will drown at all. Or maybe prices will drop soon again when the big CN would have cheaper options. - Martin -- Neu: GMX Doppel-FLAT mit Internet-Flatrate + Telefon-Flatrate für nur 19,99 Euro/mtl.!* http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl02 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand
Sadly, prices of *everything* have risen sharply in the midst of this worldwide economic crisis. I'm glad I have good equipment that I like using already. I'll concentrate on my photography and not on buying equipment until either the prices settle down or my income goes back up. -- Godfrey www.gdgphoto.com www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto www.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.
Re: Anyone order online from BH lately?
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:57 PM, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Nope, K20d, and a couple of accessories, all in stock, according to their web site. I got the order confirmation e-mail within minutes, no notification of shipping as of yet. I need to have this camera for a gig on the 15th and really would like to be able to give it a bit of a workout, (to be absolutely sure that I don't have an DOA situation), and I guess that I'm a bit antsy. Pick up the phone and call them, be sure the shipment hasn't gone astray. They're usually right on the money, but there was a holiday weekend in the middle of the past seven days and that often does perturb the force. -- Godfrey www.gdgphoto.com www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto www.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.
Re: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand
Martin Trautmann tr...@gmx.de wrote: I don't know last year's prices by heart. Do you have them for direct comparison? Two examples, list of august 2008 - new list: DA 12-24: 699 - 1299 DA 35 Limited: 399 - 729 Somewhat above inflation and in no relation to recent exchange rate variations. This is pure and simple greed: Hoya's attempt to reach two-figure profits or else they'll pull the plug on a camera business that was the last thing they were interested in when they got hold of Pentax. 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: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand
u, no, the the USA rolling 12 month CPI has actually fallen for year ending in may2009, housing and energy costs are the biggest drops. the weak economy has caused price drops, not increases to move things. high unemployment is a big factor too. Just look at ebay, nearly everything is selling for less than it was 18-24 months ago. Camera gear included. Lenses are down in price there from the peaks for sure. For how long, who knows ?? Ebay has more listings than ever, but less total sales. Prices are down. Unsold items are up. Ebay is a pretty good indicator of the world economy because of the nature of auction type pricing and sales. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Home Page - www.jchriso.com Join the Audio CD PLAYER DISCUSSION list - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 11:44 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand Sadly, prices of *everything* have risen sharply in the midst of this worldwide economic crisis. I'm glad I have good equipment that I like using already. I'll concentrate on my photography and not on buying equipment until either the prices settle down or my income goes back up. -- Godfrey www.gdgphoto.com www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto www.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Waiting for Charon
Bit off-topic since it was made with a Panasonic FZ50 :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbah/3695284681/ Location is Wanstead Flats, London :) Regards, .timber -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
I'm glad to see you again Jostein too :-) -- Cheers, Sylwek Dnia 7 lipca 2009 13:20 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com napisał(a): Good to see you back Sylwek! Cheers, Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
Dnia 7 lipca 2009 13:20 Cotty cotty...@mac.com napisał(a): The only Canon gear in the house is a TV camera lens. Many changes as I can see :-) The only decent stills camera in the house is an *istDs, which my son is using this week while he does work experience with a local newspaper :-) His first of four days was yesterday and already he submitted 4 pics for possible publication! Wow! Great, he started with Z10 and now with Ds his photos are ready for publication. You've got to be proud of him :-) -- Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
Superb! I guess it is nice to see how child is coming in father's footsteps :-) Cheers, Sylwek Dnia 7 lipca 2009 14:56 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com napisał(a): Indeed I am. In fact we're two now. My daughter is shooting with my camera. http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/search/label/Galia_Shoots On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Sylwester Pietrzyksylwiu...@o2.pl wrote: Nice to see you Boris too. So you are stil here, being still a Pentaxian? ;-) Cheers, Sylwek -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
Well, I think it just happens. It is only equipment ;-) Cheers, Sylwek Dnia 7 lipca 2009 16:09 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com napisał(a): Cotty went to the dark side and then chucked it all... I think there's a lesson there. Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Dnia 7 lipca 2009 9:38 Cotty cotty...@mac.com napisał(a): Yo Sylwek. Hi Mate. Imagine that I won't ask you about going to dark side ;-) Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: hello again :-)
You bet I will :-) Cheers, Sylwek Dnia 7 lipca 2009 17:17 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com napisał(a): Welcome back, pull up a chair and have a beer... Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:03 AM, Sylwester Pietrzyksylwiu...@o2.pl wrote: Hello, I'm returning to PDML after ~2 years of absence. Some things in my life during that time were great for me, some worse :-) But nonetheless hello to my old friends and to all new people who joined this great list in the meantime :-) Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: hello again :-)
Welcome back - we are still here. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 12:03:13 AM, you wrote: SP Hello, SP I'm returning to PDML after ~2 years of absence. Some things in SP my life during that time were great for me, some worse :-) But SP nonetheless hello to my old friends and to all new people who SP joined this great list in the meantime :-) SP Cheers, SP Sylwek SP -- SP PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List SP PDML@pdml.net SP http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net SP 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: I love my pusher
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Scott Lovelesssdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: You, sir, have never read anything at all by Roger Welsch, have you? Heathen. And a single Ford 8N can outwork all the John Deere tractors in the whole world. So there. If it don;'t have pictures of naked women, i don't read it.:-) Love my JD L111 lawn tractor. Fits my fat butt like a glove. Dave -- 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. -- 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: Numbers woops
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Bob Sullivanrf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Bill, What are you doing to import those? Photoshop Elements (version?) or Lightroom 2.3? or what? Regards, Bob S. Duty free.:-) Dave On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:55 AM, William Robbwar...@gmail.com wrote: Make that 1641 pictures tonight. It must have been still importing when I checked. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Bush Shed; Take 2
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 3:35 AM, Brian Walterssupera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Anyway, here's the revised version. You can compare with the earlier one by using the Previous link. http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/149652/Bush_Shed_Take_2.html Yes, a lot better Dave Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: hello again :-)
Welcome back Dave On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 3:03 AM, Sylwester Pietrzyksylwiu...@o2.pl wrote: Hello, I'm returning to PDML after ~2 years of absence. Some things in my life during that time were great for me, some worse :-) But nonetheless hello to my old friends and to all new people who joined this great list in the meantime :-) Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand
Vistek and Henrys here are listing the basic stuff at least. McBain in Alberta is having a Pentax month and lots of sales, or at least some of the prices are back to what they were last year. Dave On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Bob Sullivanrf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Pentax is being very particular lately. The only places that the US web site lists as selling gear near me are Wal-Mart/Sams Club and Calumet Photo (Big Photo dealer on both coasts). None of the remaining local camera shops are listed. Perhaps they are frightened by Ritz going bankrupt? They seem quite cautious and reluctant to sell. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com wrote: Ralf, I just hanged the phone having talked with local customer service. The clerk indicated that there is a possibility that Pentax K-7 will *not* be sold in Israel all together. Further, she said, if I were to buy it abroad, I will have no warranty coverage as they don't provide international warranty services. Them being the only official Pentax dealer here makes my life pretty miserable. I just don't get it - I am ready and willing to part with the money but they appear to ignore (as in stone wall) this fact. The struggle sure continues. 2009/7/7 Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de: Here's their new German pricelist: http://www.pentax.de/de/news/1214/media/bd210b383b89e271ae354bae55fcded3 /Produkinformation_Juli_09.pdf As if the wrecking of their customer service hadn't been enough. 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. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: Way OT @ $#*h1woman throws in towel on writing code/h1*#$@
I use both hands and notepad or test wrangler(mac). I'm a relic.:-) Dave On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 10:31 PM, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Almost no one writes this stuff by hand these days, and CSS is the work of the Devil. A good code HTML code generator will give you a starting point, and if you've learned the basics you can take that and modify it to suit your needs. (Yes, I know, CSS allows you to take full control of the look and feel of an entire web site, but most people don't need that kind of capability). Christine Aguila wrote: Up until 2 days ago I had never written 1 line of html code--not one--for any purpose. I have spent the last two days, however, learning about html and learning how to write some html code using Notepad so that I might get a simple index page up. Oh my gosh, am I brain dead. (Aside: as I write this, I can hear the most beautiful live xylophone music coming through my study window. It's absolutely delightful. Someone is playing in his or her backyard somewhere across the alley.) I did, in fact, get something written, but oh, is it stinky--and I never did get it just the way I wanted. On the one hand I am a bit proud that I learned to write some code--and I learned how to write a css style sheet--and I was successful at linking the two, though they didn't link at first, and it took me forever to find the typo. I had written *type=test/css* instead of *text*. Ugh! And I got the jpeg to link to where I *almost* wanted it, but I never could figure out how to get my little two item list to align the way I wanted to. Still, like I said, I'm a bit proud of my meager results here. But that's just the problem--oh, how meager the results are! I have no problem being a beginner at anything--it's where everyone starts when learning something new, but gee wiz, you'd think after 2 days I'd be a little further along! Moreover, I started looking at the code for some elegantly simple web pages that I admire, and I'm totally intimidated by the complexity of the code and feel quite sure it would take me most of the next 12 months just to get close to learning this stuff. Hence, I'm going to throw in the towel and will probably use Word Web Pages to get something up. Lastly, to all you Cyber Techie Code Writers who can write this stuff at the speed of light, I sincerely tip my hat to you in admiration. Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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. -- 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: The K-7 in the Studio.
Dario Bonazza wrote: William Robb wrote: I might be mis-understanding the problem but I seem to recall some discussion on this a month or so ago. According to this post from Mark, the 4 way controller can be set to provide access to functions or as a focus point selector (via a custom setting?? - I don't know). Anyway here's the relevant post: http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2009-May/178774.html Something got changed between the cameras at GFM and the production firmware. The camera does not behave as per that post. That K-7 with 0.something firmware I checked at Pentax Day already operated as your 1.0 camera does about the 4-way controller, hence I believe the folks at GFM just didn't realize what they had to check. However, there will be a firmware update very soon, fixing the mess. Dario dammit, we need to send smarter people to GFM. I've been shooting with this camera almost every day for the last month and I have yet to see this as an issue worth getting upset about. In Sel mode you push the OK button and use the D-pad to move the focus points. Very simple. Any deviation from that has been due to my own fumble fingers or more likely my wandering off from the task at hand. I won't disagree with what Bill experienced; the camera does do that (except maybe for reverting to default for spite) but I think I've just become accustomed to hitting the OK button after I've been doing something other than moving the focus point, and I agree that a custom option that locks in the D-pad when you turn the indicator to SEL would be a good thing, in practice I've just not seen it as that big a deal. Maybe my big deal threshold is higher. I dunno. Or maybe some other things have been more of an annoyance *to me*, like how fiddly it is to remove the SD card, or that the camera seems to default to the highest ISO in the auto range. I'm not sure on that last point, It's just a feeling I have, and I don't have a manual yet to look it up. Maybe Bill could look it up 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.
Re: The K-7 in the Studio.
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Doug Brewerd...@alphoto.com wrote: dammit, we need to send smarter people to GFM. So, you did miss me.:-) 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: Waiting for Charon
No problem these days IR filter with this shot. Has that feel to it. Dave On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:59 AM, tim...@clancode.hu wrote: Bit off-topic since it was made with a Panasonic FZ50 :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbah/3695284681/ Location is Wanstead Flats, London :) Regards, .timber -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Happy Birthday Scott!
Happy birthday Scott. Your John Deere is on its way. Dave On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Rebekahrg2p...@gmail.com wrote: Happy birthday to you Scott - I hope you have a wonderful day celebrating your birth - I wish you all the best! rg2 -- All knowledge has value. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Waiting for Charon
Thought so. I like the shot. My Canon G3 has the 72 filter installed on the inside, but is usually shot it in BW mode so i can see right away what the shot will look like using the lcd live view. Very handy, Dave On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:47 PM, tim...@clancode.hu wrote: You're right :) My FZ50 has no hotfilter so it's highly IR sensitive. The filter I used is a Hoya R72, the so called fake colour IR filter. .timber David J Brooks wrote: No problem these days IR filter with this shot. Has that feel to it. 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: The K-7 in the Studio.
I can see Bill's point. When I'm not manually focusing, I almost always select the focus point myself, no that's not correct, I /always/ select the focus point myself, (I don't trust no flinking algorithms). Being able to do that reliably seems to be much more important than being able to select a different function from the multi-function menu, while shooting... Doug Brewer wrote: Dario Bonazza wrote: William Robb wrote: I might be mis-understanding the problem but I seem to recall some discussion on this a month or so ago. According to this post from Mark, the 4 way controller can be set to provide access to functions or as a focus point selector (via a custom setting?? - I don't know). Anyway here's the relevant post: http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2009-May/178774.html Something got changed between the cameras at GFM and the production firmware. The camera does not behave as per that post. That K-7 with 0.something firmware I checked at Pentax Day already operated as your 1.0 camera does about the 4-way controller, hence I believe the folks at GFM just didn't realize what they had to check. However, there will be a firmware update very soon, fixing the mess. Dario dammit, we need to send smarter people to GFM. I've been shooting with this camera almost every day for the last month and I have yet to see this as an issue worth getting upset about. In Sel mode you push the OK button and use the D-pad to move the focus points. Very simple. Any deviation from that has been due to my own fumble fingers or more likely my wandering off from the task at hand. I won't disagree with what Bill experienced; the camera does do that (except maybe for reverting to default for spite) but I think I've just become accustomed to hitting the OK button after I've been doing something other than moving the focus point, and I agree that a custom option that locks in the D-pad when you turn the indicator to SEL would be a good thing, in practice I've just not seen it as that big a deal. Maybe my big deal threshold is higher. I dunno. Or maybe some other things have been more of an annoyance *to me*, like how fiddly it is to remove the SD card, or that the camera seems to default to the highest ISO in the auto range. I'm not sure on that last point, It's just a feeling I have, and I don't have a manual yet to look it up. Maybe Bill could look it up 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. -- 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.
