PESO 2009 - 131 - GDG
Chair on sidewalk, coffee, drizzle ... http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/131-chair-on-sidewalk Comments always appreciated, thanks for looking! - I invite you to visit and subscribe to my photo blog. The link above will take you to the blog post for this photo, the link in my signature will take you to the main blog page where there is an RSS feed link. You can follow my photo posts most easily by putting that RSS feed into your feed reader, browser or email client. Godfrey -- a photo blog: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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: why I am a fossil
I never, or almost never, remember that i can change the sensitivity of the sensor when i am shooting. I was wishing i had the ND filters earlier. 800 iso sigh Perhaps you could set your camera to auto-select ISO from a range of speeds, so that you don't have to think about it? My K10D can do this, so yours might too, depending on which model you have. John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/calemp http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: why I am a fossil
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:10:51 -0700 John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote: Perhaps you could set your camera to auto-select ISO from a range of speeds, so that you don't have to think about it? My K10D can do this, so yours might too, depending on which model you have. I have the K10D as well. I am hoping that admitting I have a problem will lead to recovery. I may have to go to auto everything but at the moment all my good glass is manual focus except the 80-320. If I do not recall next time out auto ISO might have to me the solution. Thanks. Bran -- Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition.- Robert Heinlein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: GESO - Huntington
Family and I drove over to Huntington, WV on Saturday for a day out and to eat at Hillbilly Hot Dogs, a sort of trash art dive outside Huntington. Here are a few of the photos I made on the trip. http://www.alphoto.com/images/huntington/index.html enjoy All very good. I particularly enjoyed the interiors, with the people. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Why engineers never score
And the Project Pebble (photo contest winner) has Pentax contents in it. Just see: http://www.projectpebble.co.uk/ Dario - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:26 AM Subject: Why engineers never score Would you like to come upstairs and see my miniaturised silicon ring resonator? But perhaps they should: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8192569.stm Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: why I am a fossil
Bran, When I was facing a large range of lighting conditions while travelling with my K10D I tended to use SV mode so I could select the ISO and the aperture as needed. It was the most versatile mode for changing conditions and having instant access to the ISO certainly gets you used to changing it. Leon 2009/8/11 Bran Everseeking bran.everseek...@sasktel.net: On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:10:51 -0700 John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote: Perhaps you could set your camera to auto-select ISO from a range of speeds, so that you don't have to think about it? My K10D can do this, so yours might too, depending on which model you have. I have the K10D as well. I am hoping that admitting I have a problem will lead to recovery. I may have to go to auto everything but at the moment all my good glass is manual focus except the 80-320. If I do not recall next time out auto ISO might have to me the solution. Thanks. Bran -- Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition.- Robert Heinlein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Northumbrian coast PDML meet
AlunFoto wrote: What happened to mid-September, btw? Sorry, I missed this. Mid September is a non-starter for me this year. A sudden decision to (finally) change my work post to what it should have been for about the last five years means that I will not have time to take a deep breath for most of that month. I'm not actually looking forward to the start of the next academic year, although I am looking forward to September's pay packet... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Northumbrian coast PDML meet
Bob W wrote: This one is nice - available and £785 - 4 bedrooms, 5 adults max, sleeps 8, yards from beach :-) http://www.northumbria-cottages.co.uk/cgi-bin/database/pas.cgi? code=BOATHcod=5 ~£200 per bedroom for a week. Looks like the two non-family rooms sleep two each. Anyone else interested for the week starting 23/10/09? I can't do a week, but I could probably do a long weekend. Seems to be consensus. Anyone else interested if it is a long weekend? Could probably move it to September as well. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO Street Walk
Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: I'd be interested in knowing if you like the interface and the inclusion of text here. If not, feel free to say so. If you hover your curser over the right side middle of the large frame you get an advance arrow. If you scroll your mouse wheel, it whizzes through the pictures. Also, if you click to the right underneath the thumbs and above the text, it moves to the next set then back with a click to the left. I really haven't done much street work lately, and I really felt timid. I used only the K20D and DA 21mm for this evening's shoot. The RAW frames were noisier than I would have expected, but overall execution wasn't at peak, so maybe that accounts for it. Please view photo #9 with a sense of humor, guys :-). I can just imagine the two of you, fiddling with stuff in your laps. Bet you had the carriage all to yourselves after that. http://caguila.com/caguila/streetwalk/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Really OT Google maps
On Aug 11, 2009, at 9:16 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: ALT + PRTSC will copy the active window. Or, on my laptop, where the PRTSC button is combined with the INSERT key, I also have to hit FN. So we're back to quadruple-bucky-hole-in-the-head. For Windows I recommend MWSnap. http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html 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: Really OT Google maps
On Aug 11, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: When OS 10.6 comes out next month sometime, it's 64 bit architecture will run on any Intel based Mac going back to 2006. Gonna make Photoshop and Lightroom and Aperture scream. Although all Mac Photoshop users will have to wait for PS CS5 to get the good 64 bit code. Why will being 64-bit make it faster? 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: Why engineers never score
On Aug 11, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Bob W wrote: Would you like to come upstairs and see my miniaturised silicon ring resonator? But perhaps they should: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8192569.stm It must have been judged by engineers if the winning photo was a picture of a camera. 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: First thoughts: GPS, geocoding (Mac, Lightroom)
A couple more comments after readings all posts :) * I know I don't need GpsBabel but it is easier to plug it rather than having to mess with the MicroSD card content. Not I don't want to, but I didn't take time to look into it yet. Houdah can't find the Garmin directly it seems. So GPSBabel is easier, for now. * The type of device you chose to use has more undirect consequences than one might think: - A logger is easier to use but most of them have built-in battery you can't remove. What if it is depleted? Sucks huh? Even if it is removable, one more charger :( - I dunno if some loggers use AA or AAA. That would be an answer. Autonomy is often questionable (like 5-10 hours max). - You may trust a logger green LED stating it catched satelites, I really prefer seeing that on a screen. Dunno why, I'm more confident that way. - As some did suggest, you can use smartphones (Blackberries, iphone 3G etc.) to log GPS positions. The question is: do you want to risk your phone's battery getting depleted by logging your positions? I certainly don't but that's just me of course. Also, I may have chose that if I already had a phone with GPS, much cheaper then. - AFAIK most loggers or phones will get basic GPS reception meaning less accuracy than specific GPS receivers (but is it important for logging purposes? I dunno). - Car GPS devices can often be hacked and used as loggers (as I wrote already) but internal non removable battery might be annoying. - Specific devices will usually stay way longer on batteries. 18-20 hours on two simple AAs are the way to go for me. - Maps can be difficult to find or expensive :( I'm indeed looking at any other software which has been discussed in this thread. Thanks to everybody for your input. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESOs- more from the funeral: yellow balloons
Joined Godfrey Christine in Posterous.com ... ;-) http://bongmanayon.posterous.com/ Some more shots from last week's national funeral: I ordinarily abhor selective coloring but I thought it works well with this two photos (as well as the one with the yellow umbrella). This was after the cortege passed and the rain really poured (thank goodness for weather sealing in the K10D and the plastic bag for the FA...) -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Northumbrian coast PDML meet
John Francis mentioned staying in London/Kent area for the first half of September. I'll be in London for a meeting 10.-11. September and can extend the stay over the week-end (12.-13.). Here's the thread in the archives: http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2009-July/185955.html Jostein 2009/8/11 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Bob W wrote: This one is nice - available and £785 - 4 bedrooms, 5 adults max, sleeps 8, yards from beach :-) http://www.northumbria-cottages.co.uk/cgi-bin/database/pas.cgi? code=BOATHcod=5 ~£200 per bedroom for a week. Looks like the two non-family rooms sleep two each. Anyone else interested for the week starting 23/10/09? I can't do a week, but I could probably do a long weekend. Seems to be consensus. Anyone else interested if it is a long weekend? Could probably move it to September as well. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Really OT Google maps
2009/8/10 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: Hey, when your PC is frozen solid with virii, I'll still be twisting my fingers ;-) Be careful, mate. Sprained fingers is a medical condition specific to mac users that stems from having only one mouse button. ;-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Really OT Google maps
Even with plenty of geographical features and a good sense of orienteering, there are times when a GPS could mean the difference between lost and found. As Rob says, with limited visibility, geographical features you can use to pinpoint your position is fewer than needed. Combined with suggestions from a GPS you may narrow down the possibilities enough to make sense of what little you can see in real-life and on a good map. :-) The main mistake people make is to substitute common sense for trust in a gadget. ... which applies to DSLRs too, in case we'd like to stray on-topic... :-) Jostein 2009/8/11 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: On 11/08/2009, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: There's almost always /something/ in an inhabited area. If you've got the right maps, they'll include individual buildings and the like, in addition to roads and terrain features. Yeah, it's a lot easier to get lost, and a lot harder to correlate the sights with the map, but it is doable. (Maybe not by /me/, though :-) ) I've known some amazing orienteers over the years. So much Aussie bush that I traverse has next to no man made points of reference and such limited visibility that even geo contours are nigh on impossible to follow. GPS helps, I guess the guys who put it up there thought so also ;-) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: GESO - Huntington
Great gallery Doug. I like the first one, the framing with the covered bridge and hillbilly gas. Dave On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Doug Brewerd...@alphoto.com wrote: Family and I drove over to Huntington, WV on Saturday for a day out and to eat at Hillbilly Hot Dogs, a sort of trash art dive outside Huntington. Here are a few of the photos I made on the trip. http://www.alphoto.com/images/huntington/index.html enjoy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: why I am a fossil
Auto ISO is a feature at least as far back as my DS. John Graves WA1JG jh.gra...@verizon.net John Celio wrote: I never, or almost never, remember that i can change the sensitivity of the sensor when i am shooting. I was wishing i had the ND filters earlier. 800 iso sigh Perhaps you could set your camera to auto-select ISO from a range of speeds, so that you don't have to think about it? My K10D can do this, so yours might too, depending on which model you have. John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/calemp http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.49/2294 - Release Date: 08/10/09 06:10:00 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FA 50/1.4 trouble
I should say that second is the key word IMHO in your message, Sasha. On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Sasha Sobolsa...@asobol.com wrote: Old Pentax lenses are of exceptional build quality. New ones are also great (next thing I will buy will be 50-250mm, not sure when though), but there are some bad samples. It happens embarrassingly often. Same with bodies: my second copy of K7 works flawlessly so far... --Sasha -- 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: Pentax in Fry's, other stores?
I went to Penn Camera some days ago (sounds odd, doesn't it? ;-) ), but Pentax was all but non-existent there. Few old manual lenses in the used gear department, nothing in the new gear department. When asked whether they had K-7 battery, the clerk indicated that he had no idea what I was talking about and asked for the part number or some such... On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:10 PM, John Celion...@neovenator.com wrote: Yesterday at the SF stop of the Pentax K-7 Viral Tour, someone asked why it was so hard to find Pentax equipment in local stores. One of the reps said they were actively working to correct that, and gave two heartening examples. 1. Keeble Shuchat, a big pro camera shop in San Jose was now stocking the K-7 and new lenses (a former coworker of mine who works there now had told me last winter they were dropping Pentax, so this is a nice about-face), and supposedly other camera shops are doing the same. I suppose your local mileage may vary, but this can only be a good sign in general. 2. Fry's Electronics, a (mostly) west coast chain of GIANT electronics stores, is now carrying the K-7 and accessories. This is awesome for a couple reasons. First, in a recession, lots of people go to places like Fry's to find deals, so the K-7 will get a little more exposure there. Second, when the day comes that I can afford my own K-7 (I have a K-7 poster on the wall now as motivation), I'll be able to buy it locally. I much prefer that to ordering from the east coast. John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/calemp http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: GESO - Huntington
Thoroughly enjoyed the visit, Doug! Hope the hot dogs are held in a cleaner environment. ;) Jack --- On Mon, 8/10/09, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: From: Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com Subject: GESO - Huntington To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, August 10, 2009, 9:15 PM Family and I drove over to Huntington, WV on Saturday for a day out and to eat at Hillbilly Hot Dogs, a sort of trash art dive outside Huntington. Here are a few of the photos I made on the trip. http://www.alphoto.com/images/huntington/index.html enjoy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area
It makes me somewhat sad that I couldn' t make it to The Big Apple this time... Wonderful gallery, Ann! On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:56 AM, ann sanfedeleann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: poking around in stuff I took a year or so ago... I _think_ I prefer the BW. http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615974287_MBwWh/Medium http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615973564_hreL7/Medium ann http://annsan.smugmug.com http://stores.lulu.com/annsan -- 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: FA 50/1.4 trouble
Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: I should say that second is the key word IMHO in your message, Sasha. I've just spoken to my dealer and he'll exchange my K-7 as well as soon as he gets his next delivery which is expected for late this or early next week. In addition to the trouble with the spirit level my K-7 seems to have a problem with the paiting on the front frame. The slightest scratches immediately go through to the bare metal. 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: Northumbrian coast PDML meet
AlunFoto wrote: John Francis mentioned staying in London/Kent area for the first half of September. I'll be in London for a meeting 10.-11. September and can extend the stay over the week-end (12.-13.). Here's the thread in the archives: http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2009-July/185955.html Jostein Will try to get this done over the next 48 hours so that people can make a sensible decision. 2009/8/11 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Bob W wrote: This one is nice - available and £785 - 4 bedrooms, 5 adults max, sleeps 8, yards from beach :-) http://www.northumbria-cottages.co.uk/cgi-bin/database/pas.cgi? code=BOATHcod=5 ~£200 per bedroom for a week. Looks like the two non-family rooms sleep two each. Anyone else interested for the week starting 23/10/09? I can't do a week, but I could probably do a long weekend. Seems to be consensus. Anyone else interested if it is a long weekend? Could probably move it to September as well. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area
I you got this one, Marnie. It's Madonna as Marilyn. It was the red mustache that threw me off. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of eactiv...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:58 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area In a message dated 8/10/2009 9:04:47 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ann...@nyc.rr.com writes: Christine, Paul, Doug - I was leaning toward the bw strongly, but sometimes I don't trust myself :-) thanks all! Now I'm gonna mess with folk and take the color one out lol ann Doug Brewer wrote: ann sanfedele wrote: poking around in stuff I took a year or so ago... I _think_ I prefer the BW. http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615974287_MBwWh/Medium http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615973564_hreL7/Medium = Oh, good to read that, because I couldn't even find a color version. Like bridge, like gallery (although I've seen a lot of them before). Actually, GREAT gallery. And, yeah, on second look it does seem to be Madonna as Marilyn. But that doesn't mean we are wrong when we say we like the two Marilyns (because, after all, she was channeling Marilyn). Heh. Marnie aka Doe :-) - We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222846709x1201493018/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072hmpgID=115bcd =JulystepsfooterNO115) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area
Add the word think between I and you. Coffee, must get coffee . . . -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Desjardins, Steve Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 8:17 AM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area I you got this one, Marnie. It's Madonna as Marilyn. It was the red mustache that threw me off. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of eactiv...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:58 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area In a message dated 8/10/2009 9:04:47 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ann...@nyc.rr.com writes: Christine, Paul, Doug - I was leaning toward the bw strongly, but sometimes I don't trust myself :-) thanks all! Now I'm gonna mess with folk and take the color one out lol ann Doug Brewer wrote: ann sanfedele wrote: poking around in stuff I took a year or so ago... I _think_ I prefer the BW. http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615974287_MBwWh/Medium http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615973564_hreL7/Medium = Oh, good to read that, because I couldn't even find a color version. Like bridge, like gallery (although I've seen a lot of them before). Actually, GREAT gallery. And, yeah, on second look it does seem to be Madonna as Marilyn. But that doesn't mean we are wrong when we say we like the two Marilyns (because, after all, she was channeling Marilyn). Heh. Marnie aka Doe :-) - We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222846709x1201493018/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072hmpgID=115bcd =JulystepsfooterNO115) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Why engineers never score
And reading the description, to put it succinctly in medical terms: The operation was a success but the patient died. Dario Bonazza wrote: And the Project Pebble (photo contest winner) has Pentax contents in it. Just see: http://www.projectpebble.co.uk/ Dario - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:26 AM Subject: Why engineers never score Would you like to come upstairs and see my miniaturised silicon ring resonator? But perhaps they should: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8192569.stm Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: Well, hello
Welcome from Sunny Middle East ;-). On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:12 PM, SV Hovlandp...@heime.org wrote: Instead of a test mail as my first mail here, I tought I could introduce myself. I am living in Sandnes, Norway. Sandnes is a small town with 60.000 citizens and in an area around Stavanger with nearly 250.000 citizens. Its on the west coast of Norway. I am 45 years old and don't have kids. In addition to take photographs, I like driving around on my BMW K1100RS motorcycle. I started with SLRs when I was in the primary school and bought my first SLR when I was in the army. It was an east German Practica ( http://www.praktica-users.com/cams/bfirst/b200.html ), which lasted only a few weeks in the cold :-) My second camera was a Pentax Program A which I had for ages. It finally bit the dust on a trip to US when a dolfin in San Diego splashed a large amount of salt water over me. So I bought a MZ-5 which was used until *istDS came around. I found *istD to be too expensive for what you get, but my *istDS was more affordable. I am still using my *istDS from time to time, but not much. Since then I have had a K10D for three years and a K-7 for three weeks. Regarding lenses, I think I have a nice collection. My DA*16-50 is much used, but I have the 15, 21, 35 and 77 Limiteds and maybe my DA21/3.2 is my most used lens. Most of my older lenses was sold. I sold my FA*28-70/2.8 and don't regret it too much. I am thinking of selling my FA*80-200/2.8, but the new DA*60-250/4 is to expensive so I suppose I keep my 80-200. Stig Vidar Hovland -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Really OT Google maps
David Mann wrote: On Aug 11, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: When OS 10.6 comes out next month sometime, it's 64 bit architecture will run on any Intel based Mac going back to 2006. Gonna make Photoshop and Lightroom and Aperture scream. Although all Mac Photoshop users will have to wait for PS CS5 to get the good 64 bit code. Why will being 64-bit make it faster? Dave That's a good question, as it all things being equal it usually doesn't. -- 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: FA 50/1.4 trouble
On Aug 11, 2009, at 8:14 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: In addition to the trouble with the spirit level my K-7 seems to have a problem with the paiting on the front frame. The slightest scratches immediately go through to the bare metal. I'll have to take a look at mine and see if it's scratched. I know it's taken a beating already, hanging from my neck and bouncing off the K20, not to mention a lot of ground-level shooting. I'll be disappointed if it doesn't have any beauty marks:-). I'm at 5,000 frames now. Lots of shooting coming up this week, so I may make 10,000 by the end of the month. Great camera and a reliable workhorse thus far. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO Street Walk
Christine, the only suggestion I have is to make it somehow obvious that there are more pictures there then the initial thumbnail table shows. I only went as far as the first 6 pictures and then having read your comment about picture #9 looked further. On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Christine Aguilacagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi Everyone: I'd be interested in knowing if you like the interface and the inclusion of text here. If not, feel free to say so. If you hover your curser over the right side middle of the large frame you get an advance arrow. I really haven't done much street work lately, and I really felt timid. I used only the K20D and DA 21mm for this evening's shoot. The RAW frames were noisier than I would have expected, but overall execution wasn't at peak, so maybe that accounts for it. Please view photo #9 with a sense of humor, guys :-). http://caguila.com/caguila/streetwalk/ Comments and critique welcome. 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. -- 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: FA 50/1.4 trouble
paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I'll have to take a look at mine and see if it's scratched. I know it's taken a beating already, hanging from my neck and bouncing off the K20, not to mention a lot of ground-level shooting. I'll be disappointed if it doesn't have any beauty marks:-). I don't mind the odd scratch or two. But we've had metal cameras before and not every little mark would go through to the bare metal. Guess it has to do with those modern powder coatings that don't last from twelve to noon compared to a decent old burn-in laquer. There doesn't even seem to be any kind of a primer on the K-7. Many of my old metal cameras look battered and beaten but there's hardly any bare metal to be seen, with the obvious exception of some brassing at the corners. 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: Why engineers never score
because they always forget to take off their LCD calculator watches... -- 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/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Dream Cruise blog #3 on Times web site
Fascinating. I've seen some interesting cars (Lambo, The Prancing Horse) and some as amazing bikes (Ducatti, etc) here. Made some photos, though they were not moving... On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Paul Stenquistpnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/woodward-dream-cruise-beginnings/ Thanks for all who've had a look at these. Just made it back from my shoot in Ohio. Have to crank out another Times blog for tomorrow. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: Really OT Google maps
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:21 AM, David Manndm...@bluemoon.net.nz wrote: On Aug 11, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: When OS 10.6 comes out next month sometime, it's 64 bit architecture will run on any Intel based Mac going back to 2006. Gonna make Photoshop and Lightroom and Aperture scream. Although all Mac Photoshop users will have to wait for PS CS5 to get the good 64 bit code. Why will being 64-bit make it faster? Dave Because the primary limitation of PS performance right now is memory. 32bit PS with a full 64 bit OS allows 4GB to be dedicated to PS rather than the roughly 3GB that you can currently max out at with PS on a 10.5 machine. Truly 64 bit PS would allow you to run a 32GB setup with 28-30GB dedicated to PS and absolutely no need to hit swap for most uses. Windows users are already in that position with Vista x64 and CS4, but CS5 will be the first Mac version with full 64bit support. PS getting better multi-core support would reduce the other major bottleneck. Right now PS doesn't handle more than 2 cores very well. -- 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: FA 50/1.4 trouble
...sad news, but looks like you're not alone, there are lots of reports about problems in the hi-end Pentax stuff. I remember this happening with the 16~50 2.8 - centering problems during some photozone test. Any new product is likely to have issues, and any hi-end quality control is supposed to keep those first batch issues under the carpet. I do remember Paal fuming about his 28~80 2.8 - or was it the 80~200?? Boris, I'd cancel the K-7 order for the moment, to be re-issued in a better moment. Those small details are likely to be solved, the big ones should be acknowledged as such - so in a few months we should know for sure if the K-7 is being plagued by small details or has serious problems. Good luck - keep us posted pls. lf Boris Liberman escreveu: Hi guys. After some deliberation I decided to shell $250 for brand new FA 50/1.4 for my daughter. It arrived some days ago, and it says made in Vietnam. Now, I don't have anything against it except that this lens is soft at f/8 outdoors focused manually by the split screen. It is going back to BH but honestly, I am very disheartened by this. This is something that should be just flawless, but it is anything but(t). *sigh* -- 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: why I am a fossil
Did that the other way around... angry because I left the tripod home and the ISO was only 200... we'll make a different mistake next time, Bran... it'll be alright :-) lf Bran Everseeking escreveu: I never, or almost never, remember that i can change the sensitivity of the sensor when i am shooting. I was wishing i had the ND filters earlier. 800 iso sigh Bran -- 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.
My Lightroom has Alzheimer's
Here in New Hampshire on vacation. I transferred my photos and catalog from the home iMac to my MacBook Pro, both with LR2.2. Sunday, everything was working fine. Last evening and this morning, LR keeps losing track of folders. Last night the folder of pics from April vanished from the left-hand window, though the folder was still there in the Finder, and LR could open April photos if I searched for them by name. I tried importing the folder again (Import from Disk), and it said all the photos were already there. Ran Disk Utility, which fixed some errors, but LR still misbehaved. This morning the July folder is gone--same situation. Any ideas apart from trashing everything and starting all over from the external hard disk? Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FA 50/1.4 trouble
Luiz, it is not clear how wide spread the K-7 will become in Israel. Presently, no store shows it. I got it on a very special order. It is therefore possible that if I cancel my order, I will be left without the camera. I am thinking that I might want to take the risk and if indeed it proves awkward (to put it mildly) I will probably go and switch systems all together. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Luiz Felipeluiz.fel...@techmit.com.br wrote: ...sad news, but looks like you're not alone, there are lots of reports about problems in the hi-end Pentax stuff. I remember this happening with the 16~50 2.8 - centering problems during some photozone test. Any new product is likely to have issues, and any hi-end quality control is supposed to keep those first batch issues under the carpet. I do remember Paal fuming about his 28~80 2.8 - or was it the 80~200?? Boris, I'd cancel the K-7 order for the moment, to be re-issued in a better moment. Those small details are likely to be solved, the big ones should be acknowledged as such - so in a few months we should know for sure if the K-7 is being plagued by small details or has serious problems. Good luck - keep us posted pls. lf Boris Liberman escreveu: Hi guys. After some deliberation I decided to shell $250 for brand new FA 50/1.4 for my daughter. It arrived some days ago, and it says made in Vietnam. Now, I don't have anything against it except that this lens is soft at f/8 outdoors focused manually by the split screen. It is going back to BH but honestly, I am very disheartened by this. This is something that should be just flawless, but it is anything but(t). *sigh* -- 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. -- 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: FA 50/1.4 trouble
Lol, everything I write is imho, imo or imnsho :) On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:56 AM, Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com wrote: I should say that second is the key word IMHO in your message, Sasha. On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Sasha Sobolsa...@asobol.com wrote: Old Pentax lenses are of exceptional build quality. New ones are also great (next thing I will buy will be 50-250mm, not sure when though), but there are some bad samples. It happens embarrassingly often. Same with bodies: my second copy of K7 works flawlessly so far... --Sasha -- 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: FA 50/1.4 trouble
Nope, I meant to say that in my humble opinion second (copy of K7) is the keyword here as it indicates the problem we're having. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Sasha Sobolsa...@asobol.com wrote: Lol, everything I write is imho, imo or imnsho :) On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:56 AM, Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com wrote: I should say that second is the key word IMHO in your message, Sasha. On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Sasha Sobolsa...@asobol.com wrote: Old Pentax lenses are of exceptional build quality. New ones are also great (next thing I will buy will be 50-250mm, not sure when though), but there are some bad samples. It happens embarrassingly often. Same with bodies: my second copy of K7 works flawlessly so far... --Sasha -- 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. -- 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: FA 50/1.4 trouble
Sorry, I am still sleepy. --S On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:22 AM, Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com wrote: Nope, I meant to say that in my humble opinion second (copy of K7) is the keyword here as it indicates the problem we're having. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Sasha Sobolsa...@asobol.com wrote: Lol, everything I write is imho, imo or imnsho :) On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:56 AM, Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com wrote: I should say that second is the key word IMHO in your message, Sasha. On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Sasha Sobolsa...@asobol.com wrote: Old Pentax lenses are of exceptional build quality. New ones are also great (next thing I will buy will be 50-250mm, not sure when though), but there are some bad samples. It happens embarrassingly often. Same with bodies: my second copy of K7 works flawlessly so far... --Sasha -- 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. -- 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: My Lightroom has Alzheimer's
LR 2.2 is known to have some memory and other issues. Update to LR 2.4 and try again. Godfrey On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:14 AM, Rick Womerrwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Here in New Hampshire on vacation. I transferred my photos and catalog from the home iMac to my MacBook Pro, both with LR2.2. Sunday, everything was working fine. Last evening and this morning, LR keeps losing track of folders. Last night the folder of pics from April vanished from the left-hand window, though the folder was still there in the Finder, and LR could open April photos if I searched for them by name. I tried importing the folder again (Import from Disk), and it said all the photos were already there. Ran Disk Utility, which fixed some errors, but LR still misbehaved. This morning the July folder is gone--same situation. Any ideas apart from trashing everything and starting all over from the external hard disk? Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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: FA 50/1.4 trouble
Coffee, need coffee . . . -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Sasha Sobol Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:25 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: FA 50/1.4 trouble Sorry, I am still sleepy. --S On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:22 AM, Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com wrote: Nope, I meant to say that in my humble opinion second (copy of K7) is the keyword here as it indicates the problem we're having. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Sasha Sobolsa...@asobol.com wrote: Lol, everything I write is imho, imo or imnsho :) On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:56 AM, Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com wrote: I should say that second is the key word IMHO in your message, Sasha. On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Sasha Sobolsa...@asobol.com wrote: Old Pentax lenses are of exceptional build quality. New ones are also great (next thing I will buy will be 50-250mm, not sure when though), but there are some bad samples. It happens embarrassingly often. Same with bodies: my second copy of K7 works flawlessly so far... --Sasha -- 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. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax in Fry's, other stores?
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:10 PM, John Celion...@neovenator.com wrote: 1. Keeble Shuchat, a big pro camera shop in San Jose was now stocking the K-7 and new lenses (a former coworker of mine who works there now had told me last winter they were dropping Pentax, so this is a nice about-face), and supposedly other camera shops are doing the same. I suppose your local mileage may vary, but this can only be a good sign in general. Heya John, Keeble is in Palo Alto, not San Jose. ;-) Who's your coworker friend working there? I know most of the personnel, at least by sight. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area
I made the color one disappear (see note below) didn't want to have duplicate images in a public gallery . thanks, marnie ann eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 8/10/2009 9:04:47 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ann...@nyc.rr.com writes: Christine, Paul, Doug - I was leaning toward the bw strongly, but sometimes I don't trust myself :-) thanks all! Now I'm gonna mess with folk and take the color one out lol ann Doug Brewer wrote: ann sanfedele wrote: poking around in stuff I took a year or so ago... I _think_ I prefer the BW. http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615974287_MBwWh/Medium http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615973564_hreL7/Medium = Oh, good to read that, because I couldn't even find a color version. Like bridge, like gallery (although I've seen a lot of them before). Actually, GREAT gallery. And, yeah, on second look it does seem to be Madonna as Marilyn. But that doesn't mean we are wrong when we say we like the two Marilyns (because, after all, she was channeling Marilyn). Heh. Marnie aka Doe :-) - We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222846709x1201493018/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072hmpgID=115bcd =JulystepsfooterNO115) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area
Thanks, Boris -- I was sorry too that you didn't get here ann Boris Liberman wrote: It makes me somewhat sad that I couldn' t make it to The Big Apple this time... Wonderful gallery, Ann! On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:56 AM, ann sanfedeleann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: poking around in stuff I took a year or so ago... I _think_ I prefer the BW. http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615974287_MBwWh/Medium http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615973564_hreL7/Medium ann http://annsan.smugmug.com http://stores.lulu.com/annsan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Used A28 2.8
I was thinking of picking up one of these for fun since are fairly cheap. I've read mixed reviews. Some really like it, others don't. The interesting part is that many of the negatives have the flavor of just didn't warm up to it. Opinions? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso: Some Old Trucks
- Original Message - From: ann sanfedele Subject: Re: Geso: Some Old Trucks love these I think the center one of the green series is best - for my eye ... you also have good taste in fonts :-) Thanks Ann. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Really OT Google maps
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 08:30:59AM -0400, P. J. Alling scripsit: David Mann wrote: On Aug 11, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: When OS 10.6 comes out next month sometime, it's 64 bit architecture will run on any Intel based Mac going back to 2006. Gonna make Photoshop and Lightroom and Aperture scream. Although all Mac Photoshop users will have to wait for PS CS5 to get the good 64 bit code. Why will being 64-bit make it faster? That's a good question, as it all things being equal it usually doesn't. 64 bit should give you speed improvements if: - you're doing lots of (the right sort of) gnarly floating point math - have a large address space on-disk or in memory - snuck in proper concurrency handling while you were producing the 64 bit version of the OS The obvious advantage for image manipulation is getting more than 3.whatever GB of RAM (the 32 bit direct addressing limit) into one address space. Ideally, everything about the image you're working on goes into RAM and stays there until you hit save, and that's easier the more RAM you've got, and 64 bit means you can have a lot more RAM. -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax FA 80-320 vs Sigma 70-300mm 4.0-5.6
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Tony Cogan tonyco...@cox.net wrote: Now I need to replace it - for less money than I would prefer to spend. How do you people think it compares with the Sigma 70-300 f4-5.6? Is there a different lens to consider in the under-$250 price range? Tony, I've been very happy with the optical performance of my FA 80-320: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9100...@n06/606764596/in/set-72157600457052308/ but I find it very slow and uncertain to focus, which makes it very hard to use for things like airplane shots, one of my main uses (if it loses focus lock, like because you tracked to an empty piece of sky, it is likely to seek through its entire range of focus several times, veeeyyy slooowwly, before re-locking). But it's a really, really cheap lens and certainly worth what I paid for it. I have no experience with the Sigma though. HTH, david -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Used A28 2.8
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Desjardins, Stevedesjard...@wlu.edu wrote: I was thinking of picking up one of these for fun since are fairly cheap. I've read mixed reviews. Some really like it, others don't. The interesting part is that many of the negatives have the flavor of just didn't warm up to it. Opinions? the only complaint I have with mine is that it's not any faster. That can only be fixed by throwing money at the problem. :-) Excellent reasonably small lens. I also have one of the older K-mount Takumar 28/2.8 lenses, and the only difference is the lens coatings and the lack of the A contacts on the mount. -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Used A28 2.8
Steve, I think the A28/2.8 is better than the M28/2.8, an old dog. Build is a problem so get one that's lightly used. The metal leaf springs under the plastic aperture ring have a habit of coming off. The first thing I did when mine arrived by mail was try changing apertures. Things seemed a bit rough then jammed completely. I could no longer reach A, or above f8 or so. I dis-assembled and re-glued the leaf spring in place. I believe there are two and the A button pushes themdown so it can engage. Simple but irritating fix...don't lose the little ball bearing for the f-stop dents either. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Desjardins, Stevedesjard...@wlu.edu wrote: I was thinking of picking up one of these for fun since are fairly cheap. I've read mixed reviews. Some really like it, others don't. The interesting part is that many of the negatives have the flavor of just didn't warm up to it. Opinions? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Used A28 2.8
The K28/3.5 is better than the A28/2.8, get one of those if you can find one. That one and the K35/3.5 are both stunners. -- 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 Desjardins, Steve Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 11:04 AM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: Used A28 2.8 I was thinking of picking up one of these for fun since are fairly cheap. I've read mixed reviews. Some really like it, others don't. The interesting part is that many of the negatives have the flavor of just didn't warm up to it. Opinions? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: My Lightroom has Alzheimer's
I just did. Repaired permissions. No use. Another strange thing: I clicked on the February folder in the Folders window, and the thumbnails came up. Clicked on the ? mark on one of the photos, located it on the hard disk, and LR whirred along updating the links to nearby photos. Then the February folder and all its photos vanished from the Folders window, though they still exist in the Finder. Argh. Rick --- On Tue, 8/11/09, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: LR 2.2 is known to have some memory and other issues. Update to LR 2.4 and try again. Godfrey On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:14 AM, Rick Womerrwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Here in New Hampshire on vacation. I transferred my photos and catalog from the home iMac to my MacBook Pro, both with LR2.2. Sunday, everything was working fine. Last evening and this morning, LR keeps losing track of folders. Last night the folder of pics from April vanished from the left-hand window, though the folder was still there in the Finder, and LR could open April photos if I searched for them by name. I tried importing the folder again (Import from Disk), and it said all the photos were already there. Ran Disk Utility, which fixed some errors, but LR still misbehaved. This morning the July folder is gone--same situation. Any ideas apart from trashing everything and starting all over from the external hard disk? Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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: Really OT Google maps
From: Doug Franklin Bob W wrote: When you get off the road and out into the countryside following a map is a lot more difficult. The main difficulty is figuring out where you are if you do go astray. That's when it's helpful to be able to visualize the terrain features depicted on the map and match them up with the terrain features around you. I don't think it's something that can easily be taught, other than by taking someone to a spot, handing them a good topo map of the area, and pointing out the real terrain on the one hand and the map's depiction of that same terrain on the other. At the end, it seems like the map reader largely has to figure out how to do it on their own, and some folks just don't seem to think visually. Not EASILY taught, but it can be taught. I did it for years. (and if I can do it, anybody should be able do it, blah blah blah ) In the Army, it was a skill required for promotion. Some people learn it just well enough to get through the test and then promptly forget it. http://www.survivaliq.com/navigation/elevation-and-relief_par6.htm There's tricks to figuring out where you are when you go astray. But first, use techniques to keep you from going astray - deliberately build in a slight bias to one side or the other in your course toward your objective. Suppose you have to go through the woods and come out to a road where there's a store where your friends are supposed to be waiting with the beer. And for whatever reason, you don't want to follow the existing trails that lead directly to it. You want to do it the HARD WAY. (Murphy's law of combat #5 - the easy way is always mined) Deliberately set your course to come out off to one side at the road. Then you'll know which way to turn when you reach the road. In North America and Europe, any flowing water points towards human habitation (eventually). You follow any stream and you come to a road crossing it. If you have an old fashion analog watch, point the hour hand toward the sun; halfway between the hour hand and 12 points SOUTH - down under it points NORTH. If you have to move at night, you should know how to find use the big dipper and/or the southern cross to find north south. Put a stick in the ground. Put a rock on tip of the shadow. Find a bit of shade and rest a while. Drink a little water. Now put another rock on the tip of the shadow. The first rock is west, the second rock is east. MARK YOUR TRAIL so that anyone who's looking for you can follow which way you went. But, if you are truly LOST, the best thing you can do is STOP MOVING; stay where you are, make yourself some kind of shelter and wait for someone who knows where they are to find you. You're easier to find if you're not wandering around. It helps to make some noise occasionally. Every one of those little kid lost in the woods tales that has a happy ending goes I couldn't see him, but I heard a noise ... and there he was. I carry a loud ball-whistle. Nothing on earth makes that noise naturally. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area
You should trust yourself as, obviously, your opinion is the only one that truly counts. Your considering the opinion of others others is, however, seen as a compliment to us. :) Jack --- On Tue, 8/11/09, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: From: ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: Re: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 7:52 AM I made the color one disappear (see note below) didn't want to have duplicate images in a public gallery . thanks, marnie ann eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 8/10/2009 9:04:47 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ann...@nyc.rr.com writes: Christine, Paul, Doug - I was leaning toward the bw strongly, but sometimes I don't trust myself :-) thanks all! Now I'm gonna mess with folk and take the color one out lol ann Doug Brewer wrote: ann sanfedele wrote: poking around in stuff I took a year or so ago... I _think_ I prefer the BW. http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615974287_MBwWh/Medium http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615973564_hreL7/Medium = Oh, good to read that, because I couldn't even find a color version. Like bridge, like gallery (although I've seen a lot of them before). Actually, GREAT gallery. And, yeah, on second look it does seem to be Madonna as Marilyn. But that doesn't mean we are wrong when we say we like the two Marilyns (because, after all, she was channeling Marilyn). Heh. Marnie aka Doe :-) - We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222846709x1201493018/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072hmpgID=115bcd =JulystepsfooterNO115) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Used A28 2.8
On Aug 11, 2009, at 10:04, Desjardins, Steve wrote: I was thinking of picking up one of these for fun since are fairly cheap. I've read mixed reviews. Some really like it, others don't. The interesting part is that many of the negatives have the flavor of just didn't warm up to it. Opinions? I really really like mine - it lets me turn the K10D into a reasonably- sized snapshot/bar camera. Lock it to f5.6, put the flash up, and you get sharp sharp SHARP photos with a reasonably-wide angle in a moderately-sized package. Frankly, that's about the only thing I use it for - but it's great for that. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: My Lightroom has Alzheimer's
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 08:22:09AM -0700, Rick Womer scripsit: Another strange thing: I clicked on the February folder in the Folders window, and the thumbnails came up. Clicked on the ? mark on one of the photos, located it on the hard disk, and LR whirred along updating the links to nearby photos. Then the February folder and all its photos vanished from the Folders window, though they still exist in the Finder. This sounds disturbingly like the bits of the hard drive with the inode tables on them are dying out from under you. (Lightroom and the Finder have a different cache, so aren't going to be coherent with each other in terms of what they think is on the disk.) No idea how you tell on a Mac if you have real hard drive issues or not, but I'd suggest you make backups and check. -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Really OT Google maps
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:22:25AM -0400, John Sessoms scripsit: In North America and Europe, any flowing water points towards human habitation (eventually). You follow any stream and you come to a road crossing it. Almost. There are some surprisingly large parts of Canada where the flowing water takes you to the shore of Hudson's Bay and the company of hungry polar bears, rather than human habitation. There are some other rather large parts where it takes you to a muskeg swamp, and the company of hungry biting insects. I was always having to fish mother's little darlings, sent out in pairs on map using exercises, out of swamp; people unconsciously walk down hill if they can't see a distant objective. This lands you in the swamp. [snip] I carry a loud ball-whistle. Nothing on earth makes that noise naturally. Amen! -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FA 50/1.4 trouble
Desjardins, Steve desjard...@wlu.edu wrote: Coffee, need coffee . . . Nurse! Two cubic inches Lavazza Red, intravenous! Quick! 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: Used A28 2.8
Desjardins, Steve desjard...@wlu.edu wrote: I was thinking of picking up one of these for fun since are fairly cheap. While not exactly the best from Pentax, it's a decent performer. Compact, light-weight, and reasonably sharp. Just wish mine wouldn't focus beyond infinity. Does anyone know how this can be corrected? 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: Really OT Google maps
From: Bruce Dayton Monday, August 10, 2009, 3:49:18 PM, you wrote: DF Bob W wrote: When you get off the road and out into the countryside following a map is a lot more difficult. The main difficulty is figuring out where you are if you do go astray. DF That's when it's helpful to be able to visualize the terrain features DF depicted on the map and match them up with the terrain features around DF you. I don't think it's something that can easily be taught, other than DF by taking someone to a spot, handing them a good topo map of the area, DF and pointing out the real terrain on the one hand and the map's DF depiction of that same terrain on the other. At the end, it seems like DF the map reader largely has to figure out how to do it on their own, and DF some folks just don't seem to think visually. Of course, this 'visualizing' thing doesn't work too well in Kansas...no terrain features. Ya got more than you think - creeks and rivers if nothing else ... and creeks have gullys valley's to run down. Valleys mean there's hills and ridges for the valleys to be in between. They may not be readily visible to an untrained eye, but you've got terrain features. And some terrain features are man made, like roads. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Really OT Google maps
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:55 AM, John Sessomsjsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: And some terrain features are man made, like roads. Or large balls of twine: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/8543 Although I forget the USGS symbol for twine-balls. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Used A28 2.8
I've got one, but don't use it that much because I tend to favour my Vivitar (Komine) 28mm f/2. It's roughly the same size, but an important stop faster. Nothing wrong with the Pentax 28, though; typical SMC colours and sharp wide open (at least for me). I've had no issues with my aperture ring; it turns just fine, but I leave it at 'A' anyway. Anybody know what the going prices are these days? --M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingTheLight.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2009/8/11 Desjardins, Steve desjard...@wlu.edu: I was thinking of picking up one of these for fun since are fairly cheap. I've read mixed reviews. Some really like it, others don't. The interesting part is that many of the negatives have the flavor of just didn't warm up to it. Opinions? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: FA 50/1.4 trouble
I kind of bathed in ginseng oolong instead :) 2009/8/11 Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de: Desjardins, Steve desjard...@wlu.edu wrote: Coffee, need coffee . . . Nurse! Two cubic inches Lavazza Red, intravenous! Quick! Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax in Fry's, other stores?
Boris- Penn Camera is dropping Pentax- I bought a DA 50-200 f4-5.6 there last weekend for $150- the salesman said that was less than their price. BTW- that is where I bought my K100D. [While I have my hand up, what is the general opinion of the lens?] Cheers Mike On Aug 11, 2009, at 8:03 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: I went to Penn Camera some days ago (sounds odd, doesn't it? ;-) ), but Pentax was all but non-existent there. Few old manual lenses in the used gear department, nothing in the new gear department. When asked whether they had K-7 battery, the clerk indicated that he had no idea what I was talking about and asked for the part number or some such... On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:10 PM, John Celion...@neovenator.com wrote: Yesterday at the SF stop of the Pentax K-7 Viral Tour, someone asked why it was so hard to find Pentax equipment in local stores. One of the reps said they were actively working to correct that, and gave two heartening examples. 1. Keeble Shuchat, a big pro camera shop in San Jose was now stocking the K-7 and new lenses (a former coworker of mine who works there now had told me last winter they were dropping Pentax, so this is a nice about- face), and supposedly other camera shops are doing the same. I suppose your local mileage may vary, but this can only be a good sign in general. 2. Fry's Electronics, a (mostly) west coast chain of GIANT electronics stores, is now carrying the K-7 and accessories. This is awesome for a couple reasons. First, in a recession, lots of people go to places like Fry's to find deals, so the K-7 will get a little more exposure there. Second, when the day comes that I can afford my own K-7 (I have a K-7 poster on the wall now as motivation), I'll be able to buy it locally. I much prefer that to ordering from the east coast. John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/calemp http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: The K7 roadshow came to town today ...
2009/8/9 Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com: Oops, how did I dare to misspell your name? Indeed, how dare you. You're banned from spelling my name for a week, and...no soup for you! :-p --M. PS: Everybody seems to just end up writing Miz because my internet handle has too many R's and E's :-) -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingTheLight.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: My Lightroom has Alzheimer's
I have no idea what happened, but if I have read you correctly, then I know a cure. My assumption is that you still has the files somewhere, and that LR still know where they are. At least this should do the trick in Windows. Try to import the photos one more time. When the dialog box telling you the files already are in the Library; don't click Ok or Cansel, instead click the Show in Libray button. LR will probabvly display the files now. If it don't, then you are basically screwed I guess. But assuming my assumption was correct (that's the nature of an assumtion, isn''t it?), they will be displayed. Ok then have faith and move on. Mark one of the missing files. Now open to the right hand tab. Look in the Metadata section for Folder. Right next to the folder name you will find an arrow. Click it. Open left hand side tab. There you are, the destination folder is highlighted. Then use LR to move them to wherever you want them to be, or just leave them there. -- MaritimTim 2009/8/11 Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com: Here in New Hampshire on vacation. I transferred my photos and catalog from the home iMac to my MacBook Pro, both with LR2.2. Sunday, everything was working fine. Last evening and this morning, LR keeps losing track of folders. Last night the folder of pics from April vanished from the left-hand window, though the folder was still there in the Finder, and LR could open April photos if I searched for them by name. I tried importing the folder again (Import from Disk), and it said all the photos were already there. Ran Disk Utility, which fixed some errors, but LR still misbehaved. This morning the July folder is gone--same situation. Any ideas apart from trashing everything and starting all over from the external hard disk? Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Why engineers never score
From: Dario Bonazza And the Project Pebble (photo contest winner) has Pentax contents in it. Just see: http://www.projectpebble.co.uk/ Dario - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:26 AM Subject: Why engineers never score Would you like to come upstairs and see my miniaturised silicon ring resonator? But perhaps they should: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8192569.stm I remember it being discussed here earlier because they chose Pentax for the still camera. Shame somebody appears to have nicked 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: Used A28 2.8
they used to sell around $125, now more like $80 -- 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 Miserere Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:00 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Used A28 2.8 I've got one, but don't use it that much because I tend to favour my Vivitar (Komine) 28mm f/2. It's roughly the same size, but an important stop faster. Nothing wrong with the Pentax 28, though; typical SMC colours and sharp wide open (at least for me). I've had no issues with my aperture ring; it turns just fine, but I leave it at 'A' anyway. Anybody know what the going prices are these days? --M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingTheLight.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2009/8/11 Desjardins, Steve desjard...@wlu.edu: I was thinking of picking up one of these for fun since are fairly cheap. I've read mixed reviews. Some really like it, others don't. The interesting part is that many of the negatives have the flavor of just didn't warm up to it. Opinions? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Pentax in Fry's, other stores?
Thanks for heads up, Michael On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Michael Beacommbea...@mac.com wrote: Boris- Penn Camera is dropping Pentax- I bought a DA 50-200 f4-5.6 there last weekend for $150- the salesman said that was less than their price. BTW- that is where I bought my K100D. [While I have my hand up, what is the general opinion of the lens?] Cheers Mike -- 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: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area
I do tend to agonize of decisions in all wakes of life -- less so with my photos,actually where I'm much more into ya don't like it? tuff, I like it but a little positive reinforcement is sometimes like a nice hug and I need one now and then. ann Jack Davis wrote: You should trust yourself as, obviously, your opinion is the only one that truly counts. Your considering the opinion of others others is, however, seen as a compliment to us. :) Jack --- On Tue, 8/11/09, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: From: ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: Re: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 7:52 AM I made the color one disappear (see note below) didn't want to have duplicate images in a public gallery . thanks, marnie ann eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 8/10/2009 9:04:47 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ann...@nyc.rr.com writes: Christine, Paul, Doug - I was leaning toward the bw strongly, but sometimes I don't trust myself :-) thanks all! Now I'm gonna mess with folk and take the color one out lol ann Doug Brewer wrote: ann sanfedele wrote: poking around in stuff I took a year or so ago... I _think_ I prefer the BW. http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615974287_MBwWh/Medium http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615973564_hreL7/Medium = Oh, good to read that, because I couldn't even find a color version. Like bridge, like gallery (although I've seen a lot of them before). Actually, GREAT gallery. And, yeah, on second look it does seem to be Madonna as Marilyn. But that doesn't mean we are wrong when we say we like the two Marilyns (because, after all, she was channeling Marilyn). Heh. Marnie aka Doe :-) - We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222846709x1201493018/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072hmpgID=115bcd =JulystepsfooterNO115) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: FA 50/1.4 trouble
I am starting to see some benefits of your potential visit to Israel, Sasha :-). On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Sasha Sobolsa...@asobol.com wrote: I kind of bathed in ginseng oolong instead :) -- 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: Really OT Google maps
From: David Mann On Aug 11, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: When OS 10.6 comes out next month sometime, it's 64 bit architecture will run on any Intel based Mac going back to 2006. Gonna make Photoshop and Lightroom and Aperture scream. Although all Mac Photoshop users will have to wait for PS CS5 to get the good 64 bit code. Why will being 64-bit make it faster? Same reason more lanes makes an interstate highway faster than a two lane country road. The software does have to be built to take advantage of the extra lanes though - Granny in her 1948 DeSoto ain't gonna go any faster on the interstate than she does on the two lane roads. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Really OT Google maps
John Sessoms wrote: There's tricks to figuring out where you are when you go astray. But first, use techniques to keep you from going astray - deliberately build in a slight bias to one side or the other in your course toward your objective. Had a flight student in the late 60's that used this technique. He had been Special Forces and served a couple tours in Vietnam. He always planned his cross country flights to pass a couple miles to the right of his destination airport. I never could get him to fly direct to an airport, but, then again, he always knew which window to look out to find the airport when his ETA came. If you have an old fashion analog watch, point the hour hand toward the sun; halfway between the hour hand and 12 points SOUTH - down under it points NORTH. Gotta remember to compensate, though, if you're on DST. ;-) I carry a loud ball-whistle. Nothing on earth makes that noise naturally. Amen! -p -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.50/2296 - Release Date: 08/11/09 06:10:00 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO 2009 - 132 - GDG
soft morning ... http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/132-soft-morning Comments always appreciated. Thanks for looking! Godfrey -- a photo blog: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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: Pentax in Fry's, other stores?
According to the people I deal with at my local independent camera store, Pentax dropped them, not the other way around. Pentax will not accept orders from them any longer. They told me Pentax didn't even offer them the option of you have to stock X amount if you want to remain a dealer; just a don't call us, we ain't gonna be calling you. So far as I can tell, there are still no local dealers in North Carolina. Charlotte, NC is still showing Wolf Camera as a Pentax dealer, but other than that it's all Sam's Club and Wal-mart. The local Wolf's Camera says they can't order it, and it's not available on-line through Wolf/Ritz, although it looks like they still have a stock of K20D, K200 and K2000. If I put the Greensboro, NC zip code into the store locater, it gives me a map of Sweden right down near Denmark, but no local retailers. Don't know about Sam's Club, but Wal-mart sure ain't got 'em. Don't even have the K2000. The other day, just out of curiosity, I went into one of the Raleigh, NC Wal-marts that Pentax's find a retailer application brings up. The salesperson in the camera department had never even heard of Pentax. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Really OT Google maps
Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: I don't think it's something that can easily be taught, other than by taking someone to a spot, handing them a good topo map of the area, and pointing out the real terrain on the one hand and the map's depiction of that same terrain on the other. Now imagine having that topo map in your hand-held GPS unit. I simply love it. 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: Really OT Google maps
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 09:41:14AM -0400, Adam Maas wrote: PS getting better multi-core support would reduce the other major bottleneck. Right now PS doesn't handle more than 2 cores very well. Personally I suspect that the real performance gains to come in PhotoShop aren't going to be from multi-thread operations in the CPU; they'll come from massively parallel operations running in GPUs with dedicated fast memory paths. Today that's only really possible with high-end graphics cards, but more and more of that functionality is going to migrate down to the midrange. It won't be long before any graphics card that you'd even consider for PhotoShop will have a hundred or more GPU cores. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Used A28 2.8
KEH and Adorama are more like $149/159. Are you speaking of ebay? -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of J.C. O'Connell Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:16 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: Used A28 2.8 they used to sell around $125, now more like $80 -- 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 Miserere Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:00 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Used A28 2.8 I've got one, but don't use it that much because I tend to favour my Vivitar (Komine) 28mm f/2. It's roughly the same size, but an important stop faster. Nothing wrong with the Pentax 28, though; typical SMC colours and sharp wide open (at least for me). I've had no issues with my aperture ring; it turns just fine, but I leave it at 'A' anyway. Anybody know what the going prices are these days? --M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingTheLight.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2009/8/11 Desjardins, Steve desjard...@wlu.edu: I was thinking of picking up one of these for fun since are fairly cheap. I've read mixed reviews. Some really like it, others don't. The interesting part is that many of the negatives have the flavor of just didn't warm up to it. Opinions? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Used A28 2.8
ebay -- 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 Desjardins, Steve Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:17 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: Used A28 2.8 KEH and Adorama are more like $149/159. Are you speaking of ebay? -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of J.C. O'Connell Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:16 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: Used A28 2.8 they used to sell around $125, now more like $80 -- 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 Miserere Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:00 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Used A28 2.8 I've got one, but don't use it that much because I tend to favour my Vivitar (Komine) 28mm f/2. It's roughly the same size, but an important stop faster. Nothing wrong with the Pentax 28, though; typical SMC colours and sharp wide open (at least for me). I've had no issues with my aperture ring; it turns just fine, but I leave it at 'A' anyway. Anybody know what the going prices are these days? --M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingTheLight.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2009/8/11 Desjardins, Steve desjard...@wlu.edu: I was thinking of picking up one of these for fun since are fairly cheap. I've read mixed reviews. Some really like it, others don't. The interesting part is that many of the negatives have the flavor of just didn't warm up to it. Opinions? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: why I am a fossil
I leave the E-P1 on auto iso and I'm astonished how many of my pictures are at iso 1600. I'm also fairly surprised how often I have to look at the exif data to notice it. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bran Everseeking Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 8:56 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: why I am a fossil I never, or almost never, remember that i can change the sensitivity of the sensor when i am shooting. I was wishing i had the ND filters earlier. 800 iso sigh Bran -- Einstein proved light is a partical, Young proved light is a wave but Niépce used light to create regardless. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Really OT Google maps
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:56 PM, John Francisjo...@panix.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 09:41:14AM -0400, Adam Maas wrote: PS getting better multi-core support would reduce the other major bottleneck. Right now PS doesn't handle more than 2 cores very well. Personally I suspect that the real performance gains to come in PhotoShop aren't going to be from multi-thread operations in the CPU; they'll come from massively parallel operations running in GPUs with dedicated fast memory paths. Today that's only really possible with high-end graphics cards, but more and more of that functionality is going to migrate down to the midrange. It won't be long before any graphics card that you'd even consider for PhotoShop will have a hundred or more GPU cores. I actually doubt that will happen soon. CPU cores are increasing faster than GPU cores currently. And current GPU designs are massive, you really can't do multi-core GPU's unless the entire design paradigm changes immensely (although current GPU designs do use multiple execution units) I expect to see increased reliance on GPU's for certain calculations (anything 3D, UI acceleration) but better handling of multi-core CPU's will net a bigger improvement much sooner. -- 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: FA 50/1.4 trouble
Yeah, but that's like Bill Clinton not inhaling . . . Subject: Re: FA 50/1.4 trouble I kind of bathed in ginseng oolong instead :) 2009/8/11 Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de: Desjardins, Steve desjard...@wlu.edu wrote: Coffee, need coffee . . . Nurse! Two cubic inches Lavazza Red, intravenous! Quick! Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Huntington
Some of the best knobs I've seen lately ;+] Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f Original Message - From: Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com Subject: GESO - Huntington Family and I drove over to Huntington, WV on Saturday for a day out and to eat at Hillbilly Hot Dogs, a sort of trash art dive outside Huntington. Here are a few of the photos I made on the trip. http://www.alphoto.com/images/huntington/index.html enjoy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Huntington
Nice work. Some very interesting subjects, well rendered. Paul On Aug 11, 2009, at 2:32 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Some of the best knobs I've seen lately ;+] Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f Original Message - From: Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com Subject: GESO - Huntington Family and I drove over to Huntington, WV on Saturday for a day out and to eat at Hillbilly Hot Dogs, a sort of trash art dive outside Huntington. Here are a few of the photos I made on the trip. http://www.alphoto.com/images/huntington/index.html enjoy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax in Fry's, other stores?
The salesperson in the camera department had never even heard of Pentax A MARK ! if I ever heard one ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Subject: Re: Pentax in Fry's, other stores? According to the people I deal with at my local independent camera store, Pentax dropped them, not the other way around. Pentax will not accept orders from them any longer. They told me Pentax didn't even offer them the option of you have to stock X amount if you want to remain a dealer; just a don't call us, we ain't gonna be calling you. So far as I can tell, there are still no local dealers in North Carolina. Charlotte, NC is still showing Wolf Camera as a Pentax dealer, but other than that it's all Sam's Club and Wal-mart. The local Wolf's Camera says they can't order it, and it's not available on-line through Wolf/Ritz, although it looks like they still have a stock of K20D, K200 and K2000. If I put the Greensboro, NC zip code into the store locater, it gives me a map of Sweden right down near Denmark, but no local retailers. Don't know about Sam's Club, but Wal-mart sure ain't got 'em. Don't even have the K2000. The other day, just out of curiosity, I went into one of the Raleigh, NC Wal-marts that Pentax's find a retailer application brings up. The salesperson in the camera department had never even heard of Pentax. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Pentax in Fry's, other stores?
Keeble is in Palo Alto, not San Jose. ;-) Who's your coworker friend working there? I know most of the personnel, at least by sight. Yes, I know, but I decided to make it slightly simpler for people who don't know all the towns in Silicon Valley. Jonathan Parnell is my old coworker. Nice guy, and a good photographer too. John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/calemp http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: My Lightroom has Alzheimer's
Rick, I would fear that what Graydon said is the case... I've guessed it while reading your first message, but many other possibilities existed. But when you said you updated to LR-2.4 and described that things continue disappearing, I would say you might be having some problems with the HDD. Check the system logs for possible HDD-related errors: /var/log/system.log Igor Tue Aug 11 10:30:24 CDT 2009 Graydon wrote: On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 08:22:09AM -0700, Rick Womer scripsit: Another strange thing: I clicked on the February folder in the Folders window, and the thumbnails came up. Clicked on the ? mark on one of the photos, located it on the hard disk, and LR whirred along updating the links to nearby photos. Then the February folder and all its photos vanished from the Folders window, though they still exist in the Finder. This sounds disturbingly like the bits of the hard drive with the inode tables on them are dying out from under you. (Lightroom and the Finder have a different cache, so aren't going to be coherent with each other in terms of what they think is on the disk.) No idea how you tell on a Mac if you have real hard drive issues or not, but I'd suggest you make backups and check. -- 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.
OT: Silver linings
Just an update on the unemployment situation. My final pay from Target will be enough to get me through until I start receiving my retired pay from the Army in September. I've been down to the VA and so far it appears I'll be eligible for the new GI Bill education benefits even while drawing my retired pay, so I think I'm finally going to get to finish my photography degree. It also appears I'll be eligible to re-join Tri-Care as my health insurance provider. I've been working on my budget and I don't see any constraints. My retired pay is slightly more than I was earning at Target. I'm still looking for work to fill in the time between now and when I can resume my course work. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax in Fry's, other stores?
San Diego's Fry's used to carry D and/or DS, and then they had some lenses. I remember trying D-FA-100 Macro there, although it was a bad quality one, so I had to return it, and then later I bought one from a mail-order place. I don't know what SD's Fry's has now... What is interesting that in the past year or so, Walmart sells Pentax cameras through their website. The prices have been competitive with those of BH and BuyDig, but... you pay the sales tax. K7 is available, and K20D is out of stock just recently. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 pressure is on (lens/camera advice?)
On Jul 8, 2009, at 17:57, Joseph McAllister wrote: And so that it doesn't show so much in the final image, I'd use yellow tape on front and sides between stakes for the set up, and have a helper remove the string before you shoot, but after, of course, everyone is in place. Don't forget (borrow or rent) that megaphone for barking direction! We (me and my brother) were about 40 feet up. Wow. That's a lot of height when you're in a tiny bucket at the end of a long arm extended from a truckbed. Didn't get the lines quite straight, but did manage to fit everyone in with the zoom set to approx 24mm. Sadly, I was attempting to block them out for an 8x10 (approx 3:4) print, didn't notice until later that the print being sold to everyone is 8x12 (which is a precise 2:3 ratio, darn it!). I learned a lot and will do much better next year. The megaphone was worked by my brother. The shot on Saturday in the rainstorm was immensely entertaining - to see approximately 600 people (maybe more!) drop their umbrellas on queue so that they wouldn't block the shot was a sight to behold. And the K10 with 16-50 was exactly up to the job. I only wished I could use the camera to photograph itself all covered with rain. When I've got the final image all polished up I will share my results with the group. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Silver linings
Excellent news! Glad things are going to work out. Bob -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: 11 August 2009 21:27 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: Silver linings Just an update on the unemployment situation. My final pay from Target will be enough to get me through until I start receiving my retired pay from the Army in September. I've been down to the VA and so far it appears I'll be eligible for the new GI Bill education benefits even while drawing my retired pay, so I think I'm finally going to get to finish my photography degree. It also appears I'll be eligible to re-join Tri-Care as my health insurance provider. I've been working on my budget and I don't see any constraints. My retired pay is slightly more than I was earning at Target. I'm still looking for work to fill in the time between now and when I can resume my course work. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Silver linings
That sounds like pretty good news John. I got the impression you didn't really like working at Target that much anyway. This way you get to go to school and be smarter than all of us (except Mark, he's a teacher... and probably Nico because he doesn't post) CW John Sessoms wrote: Just an update on the unemployment situation. My final pay from Target will be enough to get me through until I start receiving my retired pay from the Army in September. I've been down to the VA and so far it appears I'll be eligible for the new GI Bill education benefits even while drawing my retired pay, so I think I'm finally going to get to finish my photography degree. It also appears I'll be eligible to re-join Tri-Care as my health insurance provider. I've been working on my budget and I don't see any constraints. My retired pay is slightly more than I was earning at Target. I'm still looking for work to fill in the time between now and when I can resume my course work. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.50/2296 - Release Date: 08/11/09 06:10:00 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Silver linings
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 1:26 PM, John Sessomsjsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: ... I've been working on my budget and I don't see any constraints. My retired pay is slightly more than I was earning at Target. I'm still looking for work to fill in the time between now and when I can resume my course work. Great news indeed! -- 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.
A question of curiosity
Hi! Have anyone of you taken their K10D, K20D or even K-7 up on the plane and have anyone of you subjected your gear to g-forces up above? -- 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.
GESO: What I did last weekend (twins! twins! twins!)
All flash shots with either the K10D using the A-28mm, or Fuji F30. All daytime shots with the K10D and DA*16-50. Quite a lot of entertainment. Nothing dramatic but some people really enjoy seeing the shots of all of the doubles so I thought I would share and you can see some before/after of the crane/group shot that I did on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I can't post the final images online yet as the people who run the festival want to be able to sell orders of prints of that shot. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2009/twinsdays/ -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: What I did last weekend (twins! twins! twins!)
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Charles Robinsoncharl...@visi.com wrote: All flash shots with either the K10D using the A-28mm, or Fuji F30. All daytime shots with the K10D and DA*16-50. Quite a lot of entertainment. Nothing dramatic but some people really enjoy seeing the shots of all of the doubles so I thought I would share and you can see some before/after of the crane/group shot that I did on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I can't post the final images online yet as the people who run the festival want to be able to sell orders of prints of that shot. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2009/twinsdays/ -Charles Great photos, Charles. I couldn't stop thinking that I am being tricked here somehow. :-) -- 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.
