RE: I shoot, I don't test, therefore I am...
> Hi! > > Just returned yesterday from wonderful 3-day weekend just > above the sea of Galilee. > > Here is my blog entry on the occasion: > http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2009/09/long-weekend-at-vered- > hagalil-more-on-k.html > [...] Very nice snaps, Boris. The water looks nice enough to walk on. 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: I shoot, I don't test, therefore I am...
Boris, it is good to know that almost all your problems with K7 are resolved now. Thanks for posting some very nice photos. --Sasha On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: > Hi! > > Just returned yesterday from wonderful 3-day weekend just above the sea of > Galilee. > > Here is my blog entry on the occasion: > http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2009/09/long-weekend-at-vered-hagalil-more-on-k.html > > There is a link to little gallery in there. In short - Pentax K-7 is just > fine, at least my sample seems to be. > > Galia had some good fun with here camera and my tripod, but on that later... > > Ralf, I did some night photography (exposures no more than 30 sec, > inclusive) and it seems that K-7 does not do dark frame subtraction in this > case, or may be it does it somehow faster, as there were no delay between > the shutter closing and picture being available for review. > > 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: Peso: Visitor
Great shot. Suggestion: 1/25 ISO 200 --Sasha On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Here's a visitor we entertained the other day. > (Did I say I loved the 43mm limited?) > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9720490&size=lg > > K7 and 43mm limited at f2.8 and 1/100th with ISO 800. > > Comments/suggestions? Bob S. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Peso - my friend's sun
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3877338640/in/set-72157622182183702/ K7 + 77mm, F2.2 It is damn hard for me to evaluate the shots of people I know. What do you think? Thanks, --Sasha -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Yee Haw & other Pentax Stuff
Big thanks Steve, Bob S., Bruce, Subash, and Marnie. Havin a blast with these little lenses. Can't wait to shoot more with them. And Bob, probably best to sign me up for LBA detox meetings. Where's the meeting house in Chicago? ;-). Thanks everyone for your very kind remarks. Go Limiteds! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Desjardins, Steve" To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 8:46 AM Subject: RE: Yee Haw & other Pentax Stuff Wonderful shots (insert standard "I hate you" comment here). I find the first one to be especially striking. The DA limiteds are nifty lenses. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 12:15 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Yee Haw & other Pentax Stuff I was at Central Camera today & on display in the window is a 300mm Takumar screw mount lens, f4, I believe, for $349. IIRC there was a tripod mount attached as well. Contact info can be found at the link below--if anyone is interested. I'm sure if you call they'll tell you all about the 300mm in the window. Just an FYI http://www.centralcamera.com/home.php And I finally got the DA 40mm, f2.8. Yee Haw! Just a little miscellaneous photo whimsy here. 1st 2 were taken with the DA21mm & last four with DA40mm. http://www.caguila.com/caguila/misc1/ whimsical comments 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Spot the HCB reference
2009/8/31 Bob W : > >> >> The little boy with the baguette :-) >> >> Nice one, Bob! >> >> >> --M. > > 2 bottles of wine, actually. Ha! Yes indeed! :-D > It would have been nice if they'd included a lanky photographer taking a > snap! But maybe too obvious? Cool ad either way. --M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
- Original Message - From: "Dario Bonazza" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 2:52 PM Subject: Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000 Mark Roberts wrote: paul stenquist wrote: I don't think Pentax will HAVE to go full frame. The 645D will fill the bill as a high end flagship. Good lord, even the most wildly optimistic price predictions for the 645D have it costing roughly equal to a Canon 1Ds-III! As of this week 35mm full-frame is $2000 and by this time next year it will be approaching $1500. I agree. Here I repeat a concept I've been stressing for years (any of you remembering my discussions with Shel long time ago?), but I haven't repeated over the last years, so it's worth doing now. In my view, in practice APS is the "new" small format (which once used to be 35mm film), 24 x 36 is the current medium format and everything above that is large format. I've seen magazine headlines read: "Is FF the New Medium Format?"--which suggests there are others who might agree with you, Dario. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Convex and Concave
On Aug 31, 2009, at 09:43 , eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Marnie aka Doe ;-) If I have my concave and convex right. Only have to remember one of them. Concave = Cave = sunken in ---> ) Once in the cave, you'll see stalactites and stalagmites. c = ceiling g = ground depicts what they are attached to. Joseph McAllister Lots of gear, not much time http://gallery.me.com/jomac http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Chicago View
Nice composition, Bob. Nice work. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Bob Sullivan" To: "PDML" Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 1:53 PM Subject: PESO: Chicago View http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9719320 FA43 limited at f5.6 and 1/800th with ISO 200 on the K-7. Great detail in the original, but less so as processed for the web. The 43 limited is a fine lens. More pictures later... This month, after 30 years, we are 'Empty Nesters'. #2 son moved out (for the 2nd time) and 'The Daughter' moved into the city for work & an MBA program. This is the view from the condo she is renting. Regards, Bob S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Convex and Concave
Excellent, Dan. Love the juxtaposition! Also, very interesting subject. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 6:56 PM Subject: PESO: Convex and Concave We have had a very wet summer here. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9715953 Comments and criticisms welcome. Dan Matyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Visitor
Hi Bob: That's beautiful. Just beautiful. Excellent work! You should be proud. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Bob Sullivan" To: "PDML" Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:54 PM Subject: Peso: Visitor Here's a visitor we entertained the other day. (Did I say I loved the 43mm limited?) http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9720490&size=lg K7 and 43mm limited at f2.8 and 1/100th with ISO 800. Comments/suggestions? Bob S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
I shoot, I don't test, therefore I am...
Hi! Just returned yesterday from wonderful 3-day weekend just above the sea of Galilee. Here is my blog entry on the occasion: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2009/09/long-weekend-at-vered-hagalil-more-on-k.html There is a link to little gallery in there. In short - Pentax K-7 is just fine, at least my sample seems to be. Galia had some good fun with here camera and my tripod, but on that later... Ralf, I did some night photography (exposures no more than 30 sec, inclusive) and it seems that K-7 does not do dark frame subtraction in this case, or may be it does it somehow faster, as there were no delay between the shutter closing and picture being available for review. 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 2009 - Lamborghini Espada - GDG
My uncle had the Espada, I owned a 350GT. Both had stunning, unusual styling, were very fast and very civilized to drive. Their V12 engines were positively musical to listen to. The Espada was their second highest production car, through three series from '68 to '75 they made 1,271 of them. By comparison, they only made 150 of the 350GTs before they moved on to the 400GT. (I had chassis #2...) To refer to them as "unfortunately" in any way, shape or form is laughable. LOL -- 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: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
On 01/09/2009, Cotty wrote: > On 31/8/09, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >I believe Pentax will *HAVE* TO GO FULL-FRAME > > My feast awaits. You'll probably have lost your teeth by then... -- 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.
Peso: Visitor
Here's a visitor we entertained the other day. (Did I say I loved the 43mm limited?) http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9720490&size=lg K7 and 43mm limited at f2.8 and 1/100th with ISO 800. Comments/suggestions? Bob S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PPG quota
Nice shot. Better than the majority of landscapes in the gallery. I think when a pic sits that long it means it passed peer review but was rejected by the gallery gods. Paul On Aug 31, 2009, at 9:39 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I had another of those frustrating experiences with the PPG. Almost a month ago, I submitted several old scanned images, including this one: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9522634 All the others were rejected. in about 2 weeks. I submitted several more, and they were rejected, but this one remained "ready for review." Today, finally, it showed up in the "Declined" section. Somehow, it doesn't bother me when images are rejected promptly, but when one is held for almost a month, I get my hopes up, and get disappointed when it is finally rejected after an extended "review." Dan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PPG quota
Magnificent shot. Was possibly held for further review which could very well be a compliment to the image. Unfortunately they don't provide a grade. Jack --- On Mon, 8/31/09, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > From: Daniel J. Matyola > Subject: Re: PPG quota > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 6:39 PM > I had another of those frustrating > experiences with the PPG. > > Almost a month ago, I submitted several old scanned images, > including this one: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9522634 > > All the others were rejected. in about 2 weeks. > I submitted several > more, and they were rejected, but this one remained "ready > for > review." Today, finally, it showed up in the > "Declined" section. > Somehow, it doesn't bother me when images are rejected > promptly, but > when one is held for almost a month, I get my hopes up, and > get > disappointed when it is finally rejected after an extended > "review." > > Dan > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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: PPG quota
I had another of those frustrating experiences with the PPG. Almost a month ago, I submitted several old scanned images, including this one: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9522634 All the others were rejected. in about 2 weeks. I submitted several more, and they were rejected, but this one remained "ready for review." Today, finally, it showed up in the "Declined" section. Somehow, it doesn't bother me when images are rejected promptly, but when one is held for almost a month, I get my hopes up, and get disappointed when it is finally rejected after an extended "review." Dan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Chicago View
Top notch image. Dan On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > Nice capture Bob. > > Glad you had some interesting clouds to fill in what could have been a > source of didtraction. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > - Original Message - From: "Bob Sullivan" > Subject: PESO: Chicago View > > >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9719320 >> >> FA43 limited at f5.6 and 1/800th with ISO 200 on the K-7. >> >> Great detail in the original, but less so as processed for the web. >> The 43 limited is a fine lens. More pictures later... >> >> This month, after 30 years, we are 'Empty Nesters'. >> #2 son moved out (for the 2nd time) and 'The Daughter' moved >> into the city for work & an MBA program. This is the view >> from the condo she is renting. >> >> Regards, Bob S. >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO 2009 - Lamborghini Espada - GDG
Ferrucio Lamborghini's Sword. Unfortunately, it was a front-engined sword with a flexy unibody and a cheap interior. But a fun machine nevertheless and a startling design for its time. Kudos to Bertone. Paul On Aug 31, 2009, at 7:13 PM, Christian wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: It's so rare you see one of these on the roads anymore.. Yesterday I stopped down to an Italian festival in Willow Glen and spied it sitting in a parking lot. The light was awful, blotches of sunlight and shade, and there was no owner in view anywhere, so I just made a couple of snaps in the light that I could find and composited them together. It's all about the memories anyway ... http://homepage.mac.com/godders/lamborghini.jpg enjoy! Godfrey One of my favorite cars! Such a quirky design and unusual shape. Thanks for the snaps. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
Isn't it getting a bit cold? On Aug 31, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Cotty wrote: On 31/8/09, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: I believe Pentax will *HAVE* TO GO FULL-FRAME My feast awaits. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Chicago View
Nice capture Bob. Glad you had some interesting clouds to fill in what could have been a source of didtraction. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Bob Sullivan" Subject: PESO: Chicago View http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9719320 FA43 limited at f5.6 and 1/800th with ISO 200 on the K-7. Great detail in the original, but less so as processed for the web. The 43 limited is a fine lens. More pictures later... This month, after 30 years, we are 'Empty Nesters'. #2 son moved out (for the 2nd time) and 'The Daughter' moved into the city for work & an MBA program. This is the view from the condo she is renting. Regards, Bob S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO 2009 - Lamborghini Espada - GDG
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: It's so rare you see one of these on the roads anymore.. Yesterday I stopped down to an Italian festival in Willow Glen and spied it sitting in a parking lot. The light was awful, blotches of sunlight and shade, and there was no owner in view anywhere, so I just made a couple of snaps in the light that I could find and composited them together. It's all about the memories anyway ... http://homepage.mac.com/godders/lamborghini.jpg enjoy! Godfrey One of my favorite cars! Such a quirky design and unusual shape. Thanks for the snaps. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.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: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
Will you put it on youtube? On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Cotty wrote: > On 31/8/09, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>I believe Pentax will *HAVE* TO GO FULL-FRAME > > My feast awaits. > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Chicago View
Paul, Dave, Jack, and Bob W., Thanks for commenting. And Jack, even with the depressed RE market, it is expensive, but it's 2 short blocks to school and a 20 minute walk to work. Bob W., she's pretty excited about the whole thing. We are just feeling our way. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Bob W wrote: > >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9719320 >> >> FA43 limited at f5.6 and 1/800th with ISO 200 on the K-7. >> >> Great detail in the original, but less so as processed for the web. >> The 43 limited is a fine lens. More pictures later... >> >> This month, after 30 years, we are 'Empty Nesters'. >> #2 son moved out (for the 2nd time) and 'The Daughter' moved >> into the city for work & an MBA program. This is the view >> from the condo she is renting. >> > > That's depressing. > > 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. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Spot the HCB reference
Bob W wrote: Just seen this advert for a Renault - keep your eyes peeled! http://www.visit4info.com/advert/Everything-Else-is-History-Renault-Megane-R ange/75764 deux bouteilles de vin? Well spotted. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Spot the HCB reference
Bob W wrote: Just seen this advert for a Renault - keep your eyes peeled! http://www.visit4info.com/advert/Everything-Else-is-History-Renault-Megane-Range/75764 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PPG quota
Jostein, Our expectations are indeed different. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 2:54 PM, AlunFoto wrote: > I just checked. On a computer that's never visited the PPG before, so > there's no local cache. > > 12 seconds. I expect it will vary through the day, though. > > Jostein > > 2009/8/31 Jack Davis : >> What I was clumsily trying to say, the TOTAL time needed from clicking on >> PPG to the opening of a selected artist's image is 'prox 4 - 6 secs. >> >> Jack >> >> --- On Mon, 8/31/09, Bob Sullivan wrote: >> >>> From: Bob Sullivan >>> Subject: Re: PPG quota >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >>> Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 9:54 AM >>> Jack, >>> I'm paying for a premium ATT broadband connection here. >>> The initial splash page takes 5 seconds or so to load. >>> I brought up 10 recent additions in 32 seconds, one after >>> another. >>> It gets me impatient to see the little loading bar... >>> Regards, Bob S. >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Jack Davis >>> wrote: >>> > IF I interpret your experience with the PPG correctly, >>> I feel it's safe to say that I don't have the same >>> experience. From the time I click on PPG, select an "artist" >>> (myself..of course), choose a photo and have it come up is >>> something like 4-6 secs. >>> > Comcast cable connection. >>> > >>> > Jack >>> > >>> > --- On Mon, 8/31/09, Bob Sullivan >>> wrote: >>> > >>> >> From: Bob Sullivan >>> >> Subject: Re: PPG quota >>> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >>> >> Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 6:37 AM >>> >> Jostein, >>> >> On occasion, somebody here will link to the >>> gallery for a >>> >> photo. >>> >> I watch it post a gallery header page then spin up >>> more >>> >> internally. >>> >> Finally, it will look like it is going to open >>> something, >>> >> but no, >>> >> wait, just kidding, not yet! >>> >> When a picture opens it is nice. >>> >> I went thru all 100 of yours and they are >>> beautiful (and a >>> >> major >>> >> accomplishment). >>> >> But I'm on a high speed line in the USA suburbs >>> and the >>> >> gallery is too slow. >>> >> It's in the design on the Pentax side, not in the >>> internet >>> >> distribution side. >>> >> Regards, Bob S. >>> >> >>> >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:25 AM, AlunFoto >>> >> wrote: >>> >> > Rick, >>> >> > >>> >> > You're not connecting via dialup or mobile 3G >>> by any >>> >> chance? I really >>> >> > don't recognise your description... >>> >> > >>> >> > I didn't join the foray until half a year >>> after the >>> >> first invitations >>> >> > went out. I had read a lot of bitching from >>> many on >>> >> this list over the >>> >> > interface, and was very skeptical to begin >>> with. In >>> >> fact, I wrote to >>> >> > Pentax and suggested some improvements, both >>> on the >>> >> gallery display >>> >> > and the voting page. A few were incorporated >>> too, >>> >> along with other >>> >> > changes to improve the interface speed over >>> time. I >>> >> joined in June, >>> >> > btw, and the beta stage ended in September >>> 2007. >>> >> Further improvements >>> >> > were made later that autumn, and I don't >>> think it's >>> >> that bad anymore. >>> >> > I may have grown used to it too, of course. >>> >> > >>> >> > Last Thursday, btw, a colleague at work >>> praised the >>> >> site's convenient >>> >> > interface for browsing images. Without any >>> >> encouragement from me >>> >> > except providing the link. >>> >> > >>> >> > Jostein >>> >> > >>> >> > 2009/8/30 Rick Womer : >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> I filled in the data form for a PPG >>> account >>> >> shortly after it opened a few years ago. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Then, I read here and elsewhere about >>> the >>> >> ridiculous review system, which has only gotten >>> more >>> >> ridiculous. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> I tried to look at people's photos, and >>> found the >>> >> interface to be slower than an Apple II in Job's >>> garage. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> "Screw this", I said, and have never >>> uploaded >>> >> anything. When the very few PDMLers who post >>> things to the >>> >> PPG post PESOs there, I usually run out of >>> patience wth the >>> >> incredibly slow interface long before I've seen >>> the photos. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Rick >>> >> >> >>> >> >> http://photo.net/photos/RickW >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> --- On Wed, 8/26/09, Bong Manayon >>> >> wrote: >>> >> >> >>> >> >>> From: Bong Manayon >>> >> >>> Subject: PPG quota >>> >> >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >>> >> >>> Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, >>> 7:44 PM >>> >> >>> After a long spell, I uploaded >>> >> >>> something in PPG and discovered that >>> we >>> >> >>> now have a quota of 1 upload a >>> week. Should >>> >> make >>> >> >>> voting easier... >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> -- >>> >> >>> 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 PDM
Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
Not so sure if it would be that small, since it would be as deep as the current cameras to use the current lenses. Could be an interesting product... leaving the mirror, using live view with a moving LCD. I can imagine a dedicated studio and HD video brick too... using KAF mount... ;-) lf Desjardins, Steve escreveu: I'm not much of an engineer, so I'll just ask. Could Pentax make a small P&S type camera that takes the limited lenses using the APS-C sensor? -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob Sullivan Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 3:00 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000 Excellent suggestion Paul. You ought to be in Marketing. :-) Seriously, that makes sense and gives a rationale to the lens line-up. Why tote around the heavy and expensive Nikon/Canon FF stuff when you can get excellent Image Quality with Pentax. 'Oh, and if you really need to go FF, you should use a 645D.' Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:45 PM, paul stenquist wrote: I don't think Pentax will HAVE to go full frame. The 645D will fill the bill as a high end flagship. There's room for someone to be a leader in APS-C, and with their lens lineup, Pentax is a perfect fit for that role. Paul On Aug 31, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Miserere wrote: Interesting and varied opinions (thanks guys!) although nobody brought up the issue that bothers me most. I believe Pentax will *HAVE* TO GO FULL-FRAME, like Mark said, out of necessity. When this happens (not *if*), what will they do with APS-C? They cannot give up on it given how much they've invested in DA lenses, so they will most likely keep an APS-C line up, but how advanced will these cameras be? I don't think Pentax has the resources to keep a parallel line of APS-C and FF cameras, so they will probably introduce only one FF model, which should be their flagship...relegating APS-C cameras to the entry-level ranks. What happens then to those of use that like APS-C? I want a K-7 for its small size (which is an advantage of APS-C not exploited in the flagship cameras since the *ist D) and other advanced features. I also happen to like the FoV offered by classic focal length zooms on APS-C sensors (the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 is my main lens), and I also like small primes. Once Pentax make FF their top-of-the line camera, will they also release a more compact APS-C equivalent? I doubt it. This means that if I want to upgrade my camera in 2-3 years time, my only options will be a fully-featured FF model, or a lower-spec'd APS-C. I fear the K-7 (or its slightly upgraded successor) will be the last of the great (small bodied) APS-C cameras in the Pentax line-up. And even if Pentax manage to squeeze a 35mm sensor into a K-7 body, I'm still left searching for a 40-115mm f/2.8 zoom lens as compact as my Tammy to serve as my workhorse. I know nobody will ever build one, least of all Pentax. Interesting times lie ahead, Gentlemen. Cheers, --M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- 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: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
On 31/8/09, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: >I believe Pentax will *HAVE* TO GO FULL-FRAME My feast awaits. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
- Original Message - From: "Dario Bonazza" Subject: Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000 On a side note: any info about Shel? I haven't heard of him for ages. I rather miss our gentlemen's disagreement. Theres at least a couple of hundred reasons that I miss him. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 02:04:42PM -0400, Miserere scripsit: > I believe Pentax will *HAVE* TO GO FULL-FRAME, like Mark said, out of > necessity. When this happens (not *if*), what will they do with APS-C? But they don't have to go full-frame. IF Pentax-the-brand wants to go compete at the 2 kUSD, 5 kUSD, and 10 kUSD camera price points, they can't do it with APS-C. That's all. They might make a virtue of necessity and stick to APS-C, small, compact, high-spec-for-the-price cameras for adventurers and people who don't want to carry that much mass when out for a stroll, and so on. This is how I would read their current public statements. They might decide that the proper high-end is the 645D, and leapfrog digital "full frame" entirely in favour of a nominally medium format line, complete with new lenses. (This looks like what they're doing if they're going high end at all.) Lots of good marketing spin can be had for this if they can get the price/performance there. They might decide that they want to make the APS-C camera and a partner (such as Samsung) can make the full frame or medium camera, and Pentax can be the lens-maker for the full frame body partner. Or some other clever combination that lets them get some more revenue stream and share development costs. But, truly, it is obvious to the meanest intelligence that full-frame isn't a game Pentax can win. (Not with Sony subsidizing their bodies to the extent that they're willing to.) They're doing not so bad right now by selling into a segment where nobody else is playing; they presumably want to find another such segment if they want to start selling "pro" price-point cameras. -- 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: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
On a side note: any info about Shel? I haven't heard of him for ages. I rather miss our gentlemen's disagreement. Dario - Original Message - From: "Dario Bonazza" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 9:52 PM Subject: Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000 Mark Roberts wrote: paul stenquist wrote: I don't think Pentax will HAVE to go full frame. The 645D will fill the bill as a high end flagship. Good lord, even the most wildly optimistic price predictions for the 645D have it costing roughly equal to a Canon 1Ds-III! As of this week 35mm full-frame is $2000 and by this time next year it will be approaching $1500. I agree. Here I repeat a concept I've been stressing for years (any of you remembering my discussions with Shel long time ago?), but I haven't repeated over the last years, so it's worth doing now. In my view, in practice APS is the "new" small format (which once used to be 35mm film), 24 x 36 is the current medium format and everything above that is large format. That reflects in performance, pricing and diffusion of the different formats. However, since APS and FF are based on the same bodies/mounts (unlike 35mm and MF film systems), there's an unprecedented opportunity to merge systems and reduce price gap. That's just a big plus, due to more tech exchange between systems of different formats. Anyway, needing two lens outfits for covering two systems still makes sense. So there's no scandal in owning a K-7 and its relevant lens/accessories outfit together with say a Nikon D700 and its outfit, if needed. Why not? I believe that also building two kits within a single make will require two lens outfits in most cases... Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Chicago View
> > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9719320 > > FA43 limited at f5.6 and 1/800th with ISO 200 on the K-7. > > Great detail in the original, but less so as processed for the web. > The 43 limited is a fine lens. More pictures later... > > This month, after 30 years, we are 'Empty Nesters'. > #2 son moved out (for the 2nd time) and 'The Daughter' moved > into the city for work & an MBA program. This is the view > from the condo she is renting. > That's depressing. 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: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
The 24x36 vs APS-C wankfest is fun and all, but it seems to me that everyone is missing the most critical thing Pentax needs in order to sell cameras: Get them in stores where people can buy them. -- The first step is learning to take great photos, the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good. Larry Colen l...@red4est.comhttp://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Lamborghini Espada - GDG
It's so rare you see one of these on the roads anymore.. Yesterday I stopped down to an Italian festival in Willow Glen and spied it sitting in a parking lot. The light was awful, blotches of sunlight and shade, and there was no owner in view anywhere, so I just made a couple of snaps in the light that I could find and composited them together. It's all about the memories anyway ... http://homepage.mac.com/godders/lamborghini.jpg enjoy! 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: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 02:24:54PM -0400, Desjardins, Steve wrote: > I'm trying to remember. Will the DA 40 work for FF (without significant > problems)? I just put one on a P30t and it looks slightly darker in the corners, but not bad. -- The first step is learning to take great photos, the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good. Larry Colen l...@red4est.comhttp://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
the other problems with 645D would be it will be way bulker and heavier than a FF dslr and wouldn't have the huge population of 25 million lens PK owners out there wanting to employ them fully. -- 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 Mark Roberts Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 3:26 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000 paul stenquist wrote: >I don't think Pentax will HAVE to go full frame. The 645D will fill >the bill as a high end flagship. Good lord, even the most wildly optimistic price predictions for the 645D have it costing roughly equal to a Canon 1Ds-III! As of this week 35mm full-frame is $2000 and by this time next year it will be approaching $1500. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: More Lyndsaye
First, very interesting photo - keep 'em coming ;-) That said, and at the risk of being misunderstood, the light is perfect for the lower part of the photo, not so for the face. I also get the idea of a second shot, with a somewhat diff expression. That's IMHO... lf William Robb escreveu: Something a little different from what I normally post. Please note: Contains boobies. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/lyndsaye/artlynds1.html Techie stuff K-7, ISO 100. 77mm lens at f/5.6 Lit by one beauty dish from camera left. Monochromed in Photoshop. Enjoy. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: PESO: Chicago View
Expensive looking view. Nice composition if just a little overall bluish. Jack --- On Mon, 8/31/09, Bob Sullivan wrote: > From: Bob Sullivan > Subject: PESO: Chicago View > To: "PDML" > Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 11:53 AM > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9719320 > > FA43 limited at f5.6 and 1/800th with ISO 200 on the K-7. > > Great detail in the original, but less so as processed for > the web. > The 43 limited is a fine lens. More pictures > later... > > This month, after 30 years, we are 'Empty Nesters'. > #2 son moved out (for the 2nd time) and 'The Daughter' > moved > into the city for work & an MBA program. This is > the view > from the condo she is renting. > > Regards, Bob S. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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: Chicago View
Nice view, and lovely shot Bob. Very clean photo. Erin and James are going to the church Thursday to set their wedding date, and book the hall. Looks like I'll be in your boat next October, except farther away from Chicago.:-0 Dave On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9719320 > > FA43 limited at f5.6 and 1/800th with ISO 200 on the K-7. > > Great detail in the original, but less so as processed for the web. > The 43 limited is a fine lens. More pictures later... > > This month, after 30 years, we are 'Empty Nesters'. > #2 son moved out (for the 2nd time) and 'The Daughter' moved > into the city for work & an MBA program. This is the view > from the condo she is renting. > > Regards, Bob S. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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: PPG quota
I just checked. On a computer that's never visited the PPG before, so there's no local cache. 12 seconds. I expect it will vary through the day, though. Jostein 2009/8/31 Jack Davis : > What I was clumsily trying to say, the TOTAL time needed from clicking on PPG > to the opening of a selected artist's image is 'prox 4 - 6 secs. > > Jack > > --- On Mon, 8/31/09, Bob Sullivan wrote: > >> From: Bob Sullivan >> Subject: Re: PPG quota >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >> Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 9:54 AM >> Jack, >> I'm paying for a premium ATT broadband connection here. >> The initial splash page takes 5 seconds or so to load. >> I brought up 10 recent additions in 32 seconds, one after >> another. >> It gets me impatient to see the little loading bar... >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Jack Davis >> wrote: >> > IF I interpret your experience with the PPG correctly, >> I feel it's safe to say that I don't have the same >> experience. From the time I click on PPG, select an "artist" >> (myself..of course), choose a photo and have it come up is >> something like 4-6 secs. >> > Comcast cable connection. >> > >> > Jack >> > >> > --- On Mon, 8/31/09, Bob Sullivan >> wrote: >> > >> >> From: Bob Sullivan >> >> Subject: Re: PPG quota >> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >> >> Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 6:37 AM >> >> Jostein, >> >> On occasion, somebody here will link to the >> gallery for a >> >> photo. >> >> I watch it post a gallery header page then spin up >> more >> >> internally. >> >> Finally, it will look like it is going to open >> something, >> >> but no, >> >> wait, just kidding, not yet! >> >> When a picture opens it is nice. >> >> I went thru all 100 of yours and they are >> beautiful (and a >> >> major >> >> accomplishment). >> >> But I'm on a high speed line in the USA suburbs >> and the >> >> gallery is too slow. >> >> It's in the design on the Pentax side, not in the >> internet >> >> distribution side. >> >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:25 AM, AlunFoto >> >> wrote: >> >> > Rick, >> >> > >> >> > You're not connecting via dialup or mobile 3G >> by any >> >> chance? I really >> >> > don't recognise your description... >> >> > >> >> > I didn't join the foray until half a year >> after the >> >> first invitations >> >> > went out. I had read a lot of bitching from >> many on >> >> this list over the >> >> > interface, and was very skeptical to begin >> with. In >> >> fact, I wrote to >> >> > Pentax and suggested some improvements, both >> on the >> >> gallery display >> >> > and the voting page. A few were incorporated >> too, >> >> along with other >> >> > changes to improve the interface speed over >> time. I >> >> joined in June, >> >> > btw, and the beta stage ended in September >> 2007. >> >> Further improvements >> >> > were made later that autumn, and I don't >> think it's >> >> that bad anymore. >> >> > I may have grown used to it too, of course. >> >> > >> >> > Last Thursday, btw, a colleague at work >> praised the >> >> site's convenient >> >> > interface for browsing images. Without any >> >> encouragement from me >> >> > except providing the link. >> >> > >> >> > Jostein >> >> > >> >> > 2009/8/30 Rick Womer : >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I filled in the data form for a PPG >> account >> >> shortly after it opened a few years ago. >> >> >> >> >> >> Then, I read here and elsewhere about >> the >> >> ridiculous review system, which has only gotten >> more >> >> ridiculous. >> >> >> >> >> >> I tried to look at people's photos, and >> found the >> >> interface to be slower than an Apple II in Job's >> garage. >> >> >> >> >> >> "Screw this", I said, and have never >> uploaded >> >> anything. When the very few PDMLers who post >> things to the >> >> PPG post PESOs there, I usually run out of >> patience wth the >> >> incredibly slow interface long before I've seen >> the photos. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Rick >> >> >> >> >> >> http://photo.net/photos/RickW >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --- On Wed, 8/26/09, Bong Manayon >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> From: Bong Manayon >> >> >>> Subject: PPG quota >> >> >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >> >> >>> Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, >> 7:44 PM >> >> >>> After a long spell, I uploaded >> >> >>> something in PPG and discovered that >> we >> >> >>> now have a quota of 1 upload a >> week. Should >> >> make >> >> >>> voting easier... >> >> >>> >> >> >>> -- >> >> >>> 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. >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >> >> PDML@pdml.net >> >> >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> to UNSUBSCRIBE fro
Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
Mark Roberts wrote: paul stenquist wrote: I don't think Pentax will HAVE to go full frame. The 645D will fill the bill as a high end flagship. Good lord, even the most wildly optimistic price predictions for the 645D have it costing roughly equal to a Canon 1Ds-III! As of this week 35mm full-frame is $2000 and by this time next year it will be approaching $1500. I agree. Here I repeat a concept I've been stressing for years (any of you remembering my discussions with Shel long time ago?), but I haven't repeated over the last years, so it's worth doing now. In my view, in practice APS is the "new" small format (which once used to be 35mm film), 24 x 36 is the current medium format and everything above that is large format. That reflects in performance, pricing and diffusion of the different formats. However, since APS and FF are based on the same bodies/mounts (unlike 35mm and MF film systems), there's an unprecedented opportunity to merge systems and reduce price gap. That's just a big plus, due to more tech exchange between systems of different formats. Anyway, needing two lens outfits for covering two systems still makes sense. So there's no scandal in owning a K-7 and its relevant lens/accessories outfit together with say a Nikon D700 and its outfit, if needed. Why not? I believe that also building two kits within a single make will require two lens outfits in most cases... Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Spot the HCB reference
> > The little boy with the baguette :-) > > Nice one, Bob! > > > --M. 2 bottles of wine, actually. It would have been nice if they'd included a lanky photographer taking a snap! > > http://www.visit4info.com/advert/Everything-Else-is-History-Renault-Megane-R > ange/75764 > I went on to the Magnum site to look for the photo that's referenced, and in searching on Cartier-Bresson and Paris I found one of my recent favourite photos, which I had no idea was by HCB. I think I first saw it here in something that Frank posted, but I don't think the photographer was credited. Anyway, here it is: http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP3=ViewBox_VPage&VBID=2K1HZOMNGI 8ME&IT=ZoomImage01_VForm&IID=2S5RYDZ5TOVD&PN=42&CT=Search http://tinyurl.com/ksojvy 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.
Pentax at Fry's
Yesterday I went to the local Fry's Electronics (Concord, CA) to replace my mouse and of course I had to swing through the camera section. I played with the X70 a little and was slightly underwhelmed, but I think it would be a good camera for general ultra-zoom use. I may still recommend it to my dad whenever he decides to replace the KonicaMinolta I sold him three or four years ago. There were two K2000 bodies on display, both with the 18-50 lens. I dig that little camera, for sure. The K-7 was present as well, though for some reason there was no lens on it. I played with it (read: drooled on it) for a few minutes before tearing myself away from the awesomeness. They had at least one lens available too, though it was hard to see it since they'd buried it under a bunch of Canon junk near the floor. I'm pretty sure it was the 50-200. 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: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
I didn't say the 645D would be cost competitive with low-end full frame cameras, but it will fill the need for a flagship offering. Although I could see a follow-up to that camera with a smaller sensor but the 645D lens mount providing an entry level offering. Small companies need not try to be all things to all people. Leadership in APS-C is a good place to be, particularly if you have a great lens lineup to support that positioning. A lot of people were absolutely certain that the successor to the K20D would be FF. It didn't happen, and I don't think it's going to happen. Paul On Aug 31, 2009, at 3:25 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: paul stenquist wrote: I don't think Pentax will HAVE to go full frame. The 645D will fill the bill as a high end flagship. Good lord, even the most wildly optimistic price predictions for the 645D have it costing roughly equal to a Canon 1Ds-III! As of this week 35mm full-frame is $2000 and by this time next year it will be approaching $1500. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
paul stenquist wrote: >I don't think Pentax will HAVE to go full frame. The 645D will fill >the bill as a high end flagship. Good lord, even the most wildly optimistic price predictions for the 645D have it costing roughly equal to a Canon 1Ds-III! As of this week 35mm full-frame is $2000 and by this time next year it will be approaching $1500. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Chicago View
Nice view and an excellent composition. I'd love to live in downtown Chicago, but still too many birds in my nest. Paul On Aug 31, 2009, at 2:53 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9719320 FA43 limited at f5.6 and 1/800th with ISO 200 on the K-7. Great detail in the original, but less so as processed for the web. The 43 limited is a fine lens. More pictures later... This month, after 30 years, we are 'Empty Nesters'. #2 son moved out (for the 2nd time) and 'The Daughter' moved into the city for work & an MBA program. This is the view from the condo she is renting. Regards, Bob S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: redscapes
Luka Knezevic-Strika wrote: it is sea and rocks, negative seen hehe - I thought you'd gotten too close to a lava flow! ann On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 6:45 PM, wrote: In a message dated 8/30/2009 4:24:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, lukastr...@gmail.com writes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamoneki/sets/72157622058961371/ spotmatic sp II zeiss flektogon 35 2.4 fuji 100 negative === Interesting. Close ups of the planet, Mars. With a spotmatic no less. ;-) What are they exactly? 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=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd =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: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
I'm not much of an engineer, so I'll just ask. Could Pentax make a small P&S type camera that takes the limited lenses using the APS-C sensor? -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob Sullivan Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 3:00 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000 Excellent suggestion Paul. You ought to be in Marketing. :-) Seriously, that makes sense and gives a rationale to the lens line-up. Why tote around the heavy and expensive Nikon/Canon FF stuff when you can get excellent Image Quality with Pentax. 'Oh, and if you really need to go FF, you should use a 645D.' Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:45 PM, paul stenquist wrote: > I don't think Pentax will HAVE to go full frame. The 645D will fill the bill > as a high end flagship. There's room for someone to be a leader in APS-C, > and with their lens lineup, Pentax is a perfect fit for that role. > Paul > On Aug 31, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Miserere wrote: > >> Interesting and varied opinions (thanks guys!) although nobody brought >> up the issue that bothers me most. >> >> I believe Pentax will *HAVE* TO GO FULL-FRAME, like Mark said, out of >> necessity. When this happens (not *if*), what will they do with APS-C? >> They cannot give up on it given how much they've invested in DA >> lenses, so they will most likely keep an APS-C line up, but how >> advanced will these cameras be? I don't think Pentax has the resources >> to keep a parallel line of APS-C and FF cameras, so they will probably >> introduce only one FF model, which should be their >> flagship...relegating APS-C cameras to the entry-level ranks. >> >> What happens then to those of use that like APS-C? I want a K-7 for >> its small size (which is an advantage of APS-C not exploited in the >> flagship cameras since the *ist D) and other advanced features. I also >> happen to like the FoV offered by classic focal length zooms on APS-C >> sensors (the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 is my main lens), and I also like >> small primes. Once Pentax make FF their top-of-the line camera, will >> they also release a more compact APS-C equivalent? I doubt it. This >> means that if I want to upgrade my camera in 2-3 years time, my only >> options will be a fully-featured FF model, or a lower-spec'd APS-C. >> >> I fear the K-7 (or its slightly upgraded successor) will be the last >> of the great (small bodied) APS-C cameras in the Pentax line-up. And >> even if Pentax manage to squeeze a 35mm sensor into a K-7 body, I'm >> still left searching for a 40-115mm f/2.8 zoom lens as compact as my >> Tammy to serve as my workhorse. I know nobody will ever build one, >> least of all Pentax. >> >> Interesting times lie ahead, Gentlemen. >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> --M. >> >> >> >> -- >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> 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. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
Excellent suggestion Paul. You ought to be in Marketing. :-) Seriously, that makes sense and gives a rationale to the lens line-up. Why tote around the heavy and expensive Nikon/Canon FF stuff when you can get excellent Image Quality with Pentax. 'Oh, and if you really need to go FF, you should use a 645D.' Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:45 PM, paul stenquist wrote: > I don't think Pentax will HAVE to go full frame. The 645D will fill the bill > as a high end flagship. There's room for someone to be a leader in APS-C, > and with their lens lineup, Pentax is a perfect fit for that role. > Paul > On Aug 31, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Miserere wrote: > >> Interesting and varied opinions (thanks guys!) although nobody brought >> up the issue that bothers me most. >> >> I believe Pentax will *HAVE* TO GO FULL-FRAME, like Mark said, out of >> necessity. When this happens (not *if*), what will they do with APS-C? >> They cannot give up on it given how much they've invested in DA >> lenses, so they will most likely keep an APS-C line up, but how >> advanced will these cameras be? I don't think Pentax has the resources >> to keep a parallel line of APS-C and FF cameras, so they will probably >> introduce only one FF model, which should be their >> flagship...relegating APS-C cameras to the entry-level ranks. >> >> What happens then to those of use that like APS-C? I want a K-7 for >> its small size (which is an advantage of APS-C not exploited in the >> flagship cameras since the *ist D) and other advanced features. I also >> happen to like the FoV offered by classic focal length zooms on APS-C >> sensors (the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 is my main lens), and I also like >> small primes. Once Pentax make FF their top-of-the line camera, will >> they also release a more compact APS-C equivalent? I doubt it. This >> means that if I want to upgrade my camera in 2-3 years time, my only >> options will be a fully-featured FF model, or a lower-spec'd APS-C. >> >> I fear the K-7 (or its slightly upgraded successor) will be the last >> of the great (small bodied) APS-C cameras in the Pentax line-up. And >> even if Pentax manage to squeeze a 35mm sensor into a K-7 body, I'm >> still left searching for a 40-115mm f/2.8 zoom lens as compact as my >> Tammy to serve as my workhorse. I know nobody will ever build one, >> least of all Pentax. >> >> Interesting times lie ahead, Gentlemen. >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> --M. >> >> >> >> -- >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> 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. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO: Chicago View
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9719320 FA43 limited at f5.6 and 1/800th with ISO 200 on the K-7. Great detail in the original, but less so as processed for the web. The 43 limited is a fine lens. More pictures later... This month, after 30 years, we are 'Empty Nesters'. #2 son moved out (for the 2nd time) and 'The Daughter' moved into the city for work & an MBA program. This is the view from the condo she is renting. Regards, Bob S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
I don't think Pentax will HAVE to go full frame. The 645D will fill the bill as a high end flagship. There's room for someone to be a leader in APS-C, and with their lens lineup, Pentax is a perfect fit for that role. Paul On Aug 31, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Miserere wrote: Interesting and varied opinions (thanks guys!) although nobody brought up the issue that bothers me most. I believe Pentax will *HAVE* TO GO FULL-FRAME, like Mark said, out of necessity. When this happens (not *if*), what will they do with APS-C? They cannot give up on it given how much they've invested in DA lenses, so they will most likely keep an APS-C line up, but how advanced will these cameras be? I don't think Pentax has the resources to keep a parallel line of APS-C and FF cameras, so they will probably introduce only one FF model, which should be their flagship...relegating APS-C cameras to the entry-level ranks. What happens then to those of use that like APS-C? I want a K-7 for its small size (which is an advantage of APS-C not exploited in the flagship cameras since the *ist D) and other advanced features. I also happen to like the FoV offered by classic focal length zooms on APS-C sensors (the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 is my main lens), and I also like small primes. Once Pentax make FF their top-of-the line camera, will they also release a more compact APS-C equivalent? I doubt it. This means that if I want to upgrade my camera in 2-3 years time, my only options will be a fully-featured FF model, or a lower-spec'd APS-C. I fear the K-7 (or its slightly upgraded successor) will be the last of the great (small bodied) APS-C cameras in the Pentax line-up. And even if Pentax manage to squeeze a 35mm sensor into a K-7 body, I'm still left searching for a 40-115mm f/2.8 zoom lens as compact as my Tammy to serve as my workhorse. I know nobody will ever build one, least of all Pentax. Interesting times lie ahead, Gentlemen. Cheers, --M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
For your zoom, try the old A35-105 f3.5. For a FF camera, I wouldn't be surprised to see Pentax skip to a 645 format sensor as the flagship. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Miserere wrote: > Interesting and varied opinions (thanks guys!) although nobody brought > up the issue that bothers me most. > > I believe Pentax will *HAVE* TO GO FULL-FRAME, like Mark said, out of > necessity. When this happens (not *if*), what will they do with APS-C? > They cannot give up on it given how much they've invested in DA > lenses, so they will most likely keep an APS-C line up, but how > advanced will these cameras be? I don't think Pentax has the resources > to keep a parallel line of APS-C and FF cameras, so they will probably > introduce only one FF model, which should be their > flagship...relegating APS-C cameras to the entry-level ranks. > > What happens then to those of use that like APS-C? I want a K-7 for > its small size (which is an advantage of APS-C not exploited in the > flagship cameras since the *ist D) and other advanced features. I also > happen to like the FoV offered by classic focal length zooms on APS-C > sensors (the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 is my main lens), and I also like > small primes. Once Pentax make FF their top-of-the line camera, will > they also release a more compact APS-C equivalent? I doubt it. This > means that if I want to upgrade my camera in 2-3 years time, my only > options will be a fully-featured FF model, or a lower-spec'd APS-C. > > I fear the K-7 (or its slightly upgraded successor) will be the last > of the great (small bodied) APS-C cameras in the Pentax line-up. And > even if Pentax manage to squeeze a 35mm sensor into a K-7 body, I'm > still left searching for a 40-115mm f/2.8 zoom lens as compact as my > Tammy to serve as my workhorse. I know nobody will ever build one, > least of all Pentax. > > Interesting times lie ahead, Gentlemen. > > Cheers, > > > --M. > > > > -- > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > 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. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
I'm trying to remember. Will the DA 40 work for FF (without significant problems)? -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Miserere Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 2:05 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000 Interesting and varied opinions (thanks guys!) although nobody brought up the issue that bothers me most. I believe Pentax will *HAVE* TO GO FULL-FRAME, like Mark said, out of necessity. When this happens (not *if*), what will they do with APS-C? They cannot give up on it given how much they've invested in DA lenses, so they will most likely keep an APS-C line up, but how advanced will these cameras be? I don't think Pentax has the resources to keep a parallel line of APS-C and FF cameras, so they will probably introduce only one FF model, which should be their flagship...relegating APS-C cameras to the entry-level ranks. What happens then to those of use that like APS-C? I want a K-7 for its small size (which is an advantage of APS-C not exploited in the flagship cameras since the *ist D) and other advanced features. I also happen to like the FoV offered by classic focal length zooms on APS-C sensors (the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 is my main lens), and I also like small primes. Once Pentax make FF their top-of-the line camera, will they also release a more compact APS-C equivalent? I doubt it. This means that if I want to upgrade my camera in 2-3 years time, my only options will be a fully-featured FF model, or a lower-spec'd APS-C. I fear the K-7 (or its slightly upgraded successor) will be the last of the great (small bodied) APS-C cameras in the Pentax line-up. And even if Pentax manage to squeeze a 35mm sensor into a K-7 body, I'm still left searching for a 40-115mm f/2.8 zoom lens as compact as my Tammy to serve as my workhorse. I know nobody will ever build one, least of all Pentax. Interesting times lie ahead, Gentlemen. Cheers, --M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Spot the HCB reference
The little boy with the baguette :-) Nice one, Bob! --M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingTheLight.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2009/8/31 Bob W : > Just seen this advert for a Renault - keep your eyes peeled! > > http://www.visit4info.com/advert/Everything-Else-is-History-Renault-Megane-R > ange/75764 > > 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: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
Interesting and varied opinions (thanks guys!) although nobody brought up the issue that bothers me most. I believe Pentax will *HAVE* TO GO FULL-FRAME, like Mark said, out of necessity. When this happens (not *if*), what will they do with APS-C? They cannot give up on it given how much they've invested in DA lenses, so they will most likely keep an APS-C line up, but how advanced will these cameras be? I don't think Pentax has the resources to keep a parallel line of APS-C and FF cameras, so they will probably introduce only one FF model, which should be their flagship...relegating APS-C cameras to the entry-level ranks. What happens then to those of use that like APS-C? I want a K-7 for its small size (which is an advantage of APS-C not exploited in the flagship cameras since the *ist D) and other advanced features. I also happen to like the FoV offered by classic focal length zooms on APS-C sensors (the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 is my main lens), and I also like small primes. Once Pentax make FF their top-of-the line camera, will they also release a more compact APS-C equivalent? I doubt it. This means that if I want to upgrade my camera in 2-3 years time, my only options will be a fully-featured FF model, or a lower-spec'd APS-C. I fear the K-7 (or its slightly upgraded successor) will be the last of the great (small bodied) APS-C cameras in the Pentax line-up. And even if Pentax manage to squeeze a 35mm sensor into a K-7 body, I'm still left searching for a 40-115mm f/2.8 zoom lens as compact as my Tammy to serve as my workhorse. I know nobody will ever build one, least of all Pentax. Interesting times lie ahead, Gentlemen. Cheers, --M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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: PPG quota
What I was clumsily trying to say, the TOTAL time needed from clicking on PPG to the opening of a selected artist's image is 'prox 4 - 6 secs. Jack --- On Mon, 8/31/09, Bob Sullivan wrote: > From: Bob Sullivan > Subject: Re: PPG quota > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 9:54 AM > Jack, > I'm paying for a premium ATT broadband connection here. > The initial splash page takes 5 seconds or so to load. > I brought up 10 recent additions in 32 seconds, one after > another. > It gets me impatient to see the little loading bar... > Regards, Bob S. > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Jack Davis > wrote: > > IF I interpret your experience with the PPG correctly, > I feel it's safe to say that I don't have the same > experience. From the time I click on PPG, select an "artist" > (myself..of course), choose a photo and have it come up is > something like 4-6 secs. > > Comcast cable connection. > > > > Jack > > > > --- On Mon, 8/31/09, Bob Sullivan > wrote: > > > >> From: Bob Sullivan > >> Subject: Re: PPG quota > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > >> Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 6:37 AM > >> Jostein, > >> On occasion, somebody here will link to the > gallery for a > >> photo. > >> I watch it post a gallery header page then spin up > more > >> internally. > >> Finally, it will look like it is going to open > something, > >> but no, > >> wait, just kidding, not yet! > >> When a picture opens it is nice. > >> I went thru all 100 of yours and they are > beautiful (and a > >> major > >> accomplishment). > >> But I'm on a high speed line in the USA suburbs > and the > >> gallery is too slow. > >> It's in the design on the Pentax side, not in the > internet > >> distribution side. > >> Regards, Bob S. > >> > >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:25 AM, AlunFoto > >> wrote: > >> > Rick, > >> > > >> > You're not connecting via dialup or mobile 3G > by any > >> chance? I really > >> > don't recognise your description... > >> > > >> > I didn't join the foray until half a year > after the > >> first invitations > >> > went out. I had read a lot of bitching from > many on > >> this list over the > >> > interface, and was very skeptical to begin > with. In > >> fact, I wrote to > >> > Pentax and suggested some improvements, both > on the > >> gallery display > >> > and the voting page. A few were incorporated > too, > >> along with other > >> > changes to improve the interface speed over > time. I > >> joined in June, > >> > btw, and the beta stage ended in September > 2007. > >> Further improvements > >> > were made later that autumn, and I don't > think it's > >> that bad anymore. > >> > I may have grown used to it too, of course. > >> > > >> > Last Thursday, btw, a colleague at work > praised the > >> site's convenient > >> > interface for browsing images. Without any > >> encouragement from me > >> > except providing the link. > >> > > >> > Jostein > >> > > >> > 2009/8/30 Rick Womer : > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> I filled in the data form for a PPG > account > >> shortly after it opened a few years ago. > >> >> > >> >> Then, I read here and elsewhere about > the > >> ridiculous review system, which has only gotten > more > >> ridiculous. > >> >> > >> >> I tried to look at people's photos, and > found the > >> interface to be slower than an Apple II in Job's > garage. > >> >> > >> >> "Screw this", I said, and have never > uploaded > >> anything. When the very few PDMLers who post > things to the > >> PPG post PESOs there, I usually run out of > patience wth the > >> incredibly slow interface long before I've seen > the photos. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Rick > >> >> > >> >> http://photo.net/photos/RickW > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> --- On Wed, 8/26/09, Bong Manayon > >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> From: Bong Manayon > >> >>> Subject: PPG quota > >> >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > >> >>> Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, > 7:44 PM > >> >>> After a long spell, I uploaded > >> >>> something in PPG and discovered that > we > >> >>> now have a quota of 1 upload a > week. Should > >> make > >> >>> voting easier... > >> >>> > >> >>> -- > >> >>> 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. > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> >> PDML@pdml.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, pleas
Re: GESO - Little Paddington laneway festival
In a message dated 8/22/2009 12:28:20 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, der...@iinet.net.au writes: A few snaps from the last day of Sydney Fashion Festival. Pleasant little street, even more pleasant afternoon http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/09/09_08/09_08_paddo/index.htm D == Interesting gallery. Like last shot best. Must be nothing more boring that to be a live mannequin. Marnie :-) - We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Spot the HCB reference
Just seen this advert for a Renault - keep your eyes peeled! http://www.visit4info.com/advert/Everything-Else-is-History-Renault-Megane-R ange/75764 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: PPG quota
Hmm... I may well be that the difference is in expectations rather than loading speed... But then again I'm a slowish kinda guy... :-) Jostein 2009/8/31 Bob Sullivan : > Jack, > I'm paying for a premium ATT broadband connection here. > The initial splash page takes 5 seconds or so to load. > I brought up 10 recent additions in 32 seconds, one after another. > It gets me impatient to see the little loading bar... > Regards, Bob S. > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Jack Davis wrote: >> IF I interpret your experience with the PPG correctly, I feel it's safe to >> say that I don't have the same experience. From the time I click on PPG, >> select an "artist" (myself..of course), choose a photo and have it come up >> is something like 4-6 secs. >> Comcast cable connection. >> >> Jack >> >> --- On Mon, 8/31/09, Bob Sullivan wrote: >> >>> From: Bob Sullivan >>> Subject: Re: PPG quota >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >>> Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 6:37 AM >>> Jostein, >>> On occasion, somebody here will link to the gallery for a >>> photo. >>> I watch it post a gallery header page then spin up more >>> internally. >>> Finally, it will look like it is going to open something, >>> but no, >>> wait, just kidding, not yet! >>> When a picture opens it is nice. >>> I went thru all 100 of yours and they are beautiful (and a >>> major >>> accomplishment). >>> But I'm on a high speed line in the USA suburbs and the >>> gallery is too slow. >>> It's in the design on the Pentax side, not in the internet >>> distribution side. >>> Regards, Bob S. >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:25 AM, AlunFoto >>> wrote: >>> > Rick, >>> > >>> > You're not connecting via dialup or mobile 3G by any >>> chance? I really >>> > don't recognise your description... >>> > >>> > I didn't join the foray until half a year after the >>> first invitations >>> > went out. I had read a lot of bitching from many on >>> this list over the >>> > interface, and was very skeptical to begin with. In >>> fact, I wrote to >>> > Pentax and suggested some improvements, both on the >>> gallery display >>> > and the voting page. A few were incorporated too, >>> along with other >>> > changes to improve the interface speed over time. I >>> joined in June, >>> > btw, and the beta stage ended in September 2007. >>> Further improvements >>> > were made later that autumn, and I don't think it's >>> that bad anymore. >>> > I may have grown used to it too, of course. >>> > >>> > Last Thursday, btw, a colleague at work praised the >>> site's convenient >>> > interface for browsing images. Without any >>> encouragement from me >>> > except providing the link. >>> > >>> > Jostein >>> > >>> > 2009/8/30 Rick Womer : >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> I filled in the data form for a PPG account >>> shortly after it opened a few years ago. >>> >> >>> >> Then, I read here and elsewhere about the >>> ridiculous review system, which has only gotten more >>> ridiculous. >>> >> >>> >> I tried to look at people's photos, and found the >>> interface to be slower than an Apple II in Job's garage. >>> >> >>> >> "Screw this", I said, and have never uploaded >>> anything. When the very few PDMLers who post things to the >>> PPG post PESOs there, I usually run out of patience wth the >>> incredibly slow interface long before I've seen the photos. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Rick >>> >> >>> >> http://photo.net/photos/RickW >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> --- On Wed, 8/26/09, Bong Manayon >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> From: Bong Manayon >>> >>> Subject: PPG quota >>> >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >>> >>> Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 7:44 PM >>> >>> After a long spell, I uploaded >>> >>> something in PPG and discovered that we >>> >>> now have a quota of 1 upload a week. Should >>> make >>> >>> voting easier... >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> >> PDML@pdml.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. >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.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 >> PDM
Re: PESO: So, that's what it looks like...
In a message dated 8/30/2009 11:19:28 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pentko...@gmail.com writes: Been quite a while for a cat photo. Nice. Lucy has started to curl up between the keyboard and speakers to watch me type. She has yet to correct my spelling. Dave Are you sure? Take a second look at the above post. 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=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd =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.
Re: PESO: Convex and Concave
Nice, really nice. The in focus foreground is a bit too busy (with that green, etc.). --Sasha On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:43 AM, wrote: > In a message dated 8/31/2009 7:00:49 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > rf.sulli...@gmail.com writes: > Dan, > That's a nice catch! I love the concave ones... > Regards, Bob S. > == > What he said. > > Marnie aka Doe ;-) If I have my concave and convex right. > > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Daniel J. Matyola > wrote: >> We have had a very wet summer here. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9715953 >> >> Comments and criticisms welcome. >> >> Dan Matyola > > > - > 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=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd > =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: So, that's what it looks like...
In a message dated 8/30/2009 9:36:49 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, fotor...@gmx.de writes: ...when Nikodemus holds his siesta behind my laptop. Only visible because I had not yet reconnected the computer after yesterday's trip to Belgium. Usually, you'll just hear him snore. Click on picture to enlarge. http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com/2009/08/so-sieht-das-also-aus.html Enjoy, Ralf === Heh. What an un-Ralf-like shot. Probably warm back there. 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=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd =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.
Re: PESO 2009 - 154,155 - GDG
In a message dated 8/30/2009 1:57:36 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ramar...@mac.com writes: A cool morning after a couple of days of intense heat and uncomfortable nights ... http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/154-155-tree-and-bench Comments always appreciated. Thanks for looking! Godfrey == Nice. Although I have to admit I like the article a bit more than the photos. 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=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd =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.
Re: Yee Haw & other Pentax Stuff
In a message dated 8/29/2009 9:21:51 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, cagu...@earthlink.net writes: I was at Central Camera today & on display in the window is a 300mm Takumar screw mount lens, f4, I believe, for $349. IIRC there was a tripod mount attached as well. Contact info can be found at the link below--if anyone is interested. I'm sure if you call they'll tell you all about the 300mm in the window. Just an FYI http://www.centralcamera.com/home.php And I finally got the DA 40mm, f2.8. Yee Haw! Just a little miscellaneous photo whimsy here. 1st 2 were taken with the DA21mm & last four with DA40mm. http://www.caguila.com/caguila/misc1/ whimsical comments welcome :-) Cheers, Christine The loop shot is fantastic. Movement against apparent non-movement. Great catch. And the walking bag shot is funny, good timing. Well done. 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=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd =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.
Re: PPG quota
Jack, I'm paying for a premium ATT broadband connection here. The initial splash page takes 5 seconds or so to load. I brought up 10 recent additions in 32 seconds, one after another. It gets me impatient to see the little loading bar... Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > IF I interpret your experience with the PPG correctly, I feel it's safe to > say that I don't have the same experience. From the time I click on PPG, > select an "artist" (myself..of course), choose a photo and have it come up is > something like 4-6 secs. > Comcast cable connection. > > Jack > > --- On Mon, 8/31/09, Bob Sullivan wrote: > >> From: Bob Sullivan >> Subject: Re: PPG quota >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >> Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 6:37 AM >> Jostein, >> On occasion, somebody here will link to the gallery for a >> photo. >> I watch it post a gallery header page then spin up more >> internally. >> Finally, it will look like it is going to open something, >> but no, >> wait, just kidding, not yet! >> When a picture opens it is nice. >> I went thru all 100 of yours and they are beautiful (and a >> major >> accomplishment). >> But I'm on a high speed line in the USA suburbs and the >> gallery is too slow. >> It's in the design on the Pentax side, not in the internet >> distribution side. >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:25 AM, AlunFoto >> wrote: >> > Rick, >> > >> > You're not connecting via dialup or mobile 3G by any >> chance? I really >> > don't recognise your description... >> > >> > I didn't join the foray until half a year after the >> first invitations >> > went out. I had read a lot of bitching from many on >> this list over the >> > interface, and was very skeptical to begin with. In >> fact, I wrote to >> > Pentax and suggested some improvements, both on the >> gallery display >> > and the voting page. A few were incorporated too, >> along with other >> > changes to improve the interface speed over time. I >> joined in June, >> > btw, and the beta stage ended in September 2007. >> Further improvements >> > were made later that autumn, and I don't think it's >> that bad anymore. >> > I may have grown used to it too, of course. >> > >> > Last Thursday, btw, a colleague at work praised the >> site's convenient >> > interface for browsing images. Without any >> encouragement from me >> > except providing the link. >> > >> > Jostein >> > >> > 2009/8/30 Rick Womer : >> >> >> >> >> >> I filled in the data form for a PPG account >> shortly after it opened a few years ago. >> >> >> >> Then, I read here and elsewhere about the >> ridiculous review system, which has only gotten more >> ridiculous. >> >> >> >> I tried to look at people's photos, and found the >> interface to be slower than an Apple II in Job's garage. >> >> >> >> "Screw this", I said, and have never uploaded >> anything. When the very few PDMLers who post things to the >> PPG post PESOs there, I usually run out of patience wth the >> incredibly slow interface long before I've seen the photos. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Rick >> >> >> >> http://photo.net/photos/RickW >> >> >> >> >> >> --- On Wed, 8/26/09, Bong Manayon >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> From: Bong Manayon >> >>> Subject: PPG quota >> >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >> >>> Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 7:44 PM >> >>> After a long spell, I uploaded >> >>> something in PPG and discovered that we >> >>> now have a quota of 1 upload a week. Should >> make >> >>> voting easier... >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> 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. >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >> PDML@pdml.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. >> > >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.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 dir
Re: Climate camp
In a message dated 8/30/2009 2:55:05 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, p...@web-options.com writes: A climate camp has set up on Blackheath, a couple of miles from where I live. This is where Wat Tyler's peasants' revolt came to a sticky end in 1381, and the Cornish Rebellion came to an end in 1497, so there are some nice historical resonances and continuity with the tradition of protest. I went up there yesterday evening to have a look. Here's one of my pictures; I'll try and post a few more later today: http://www.web-options.com/L1001029.jpg == Nice shot, sort of has a "sounding taps" feel to it. Interesting articles, thanks. 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=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd =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.
Re: GESO: redscapes
it is sea and rocks, negative seen On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 6:45 PM, wrote: > In a message dated 8/30/2009 4:24:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > lukastr...@gmail.com writes: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamoneki/sets/72157622058961371/ > > spotmatic sp II > zeiss flektogon 35 2.4 > fuji 100 > negative > > > === > Interesting. Close ups of the planet, Mars. With a spotmatic no less. ;-) > > What are they exactly? > > 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=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd > =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: GESO: redscapes
In a message dated 8/30/2009 4:24:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, lukastr...@gmail.com writes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamoneki/sets/72157622058961371/ spotmatic sp II zeiss flektogon 35 2.4 fuji 100 negative === Interesting. Close ups of the planet, Mars. With a spotmatic no less. ;-) What are they exactly? 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=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd =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.
Re: Dome in the Mist
Actually, I think it is more of a "buckyball" than a golf ball. This one is definitely run by NASA, on the property of the Pacific Missile Range: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9718995 I would not be surprised to find that it also works for the PMR> Dan > It looks very similar to the 'golf balls' at Menwith Hill and at > Fylingdales, both in Yorkshire. They are/were run by the NSA I think (not > NASA) and were part of the nuclear early warning system. I think they still > have golf balls at Menwith Hill, but at Fylingdale they seem to have > replaced them with enormous wedges of Wensleydale cheese. > > Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Convex and Concave
In a message dated 8/31/2009 7:00:49 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, rf.sulli...@gmail.com writes: Dan, That's a nice catch! I love the concave ones... Regards, Bob S. == What he said. Marnie aka Doe ;-) If I have my concave and convex right. On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > We have had a very wet summer here. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9715953 > > Comments and criticisms welcome. > > Dan Matyola - 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=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd =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.
Re: Peso Sawdust in colour
In a message dated 8/31/2009 4:52:12 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pentko...@gmail.com writes: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=930272 Same spots but slightly different angles. D1 , 35-70 F2.8, minor LR adjustments. Dave = Interesting shots, but far prefer the B&W. Has the proper "old timey" feel to it. Marnie aka Doe :-) Maybe even a little sepia? - 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=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd =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.
Re: PESO: Convex and Concave
Thanks, Bob! Dan On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Dan, > That's a nice catch! I love the concave ones... > Regards, Bob S. > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Daniel J. Matyola > wrote: >> We have had a very wet summer here. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9715953 >> >> Comments and criticisms welcome. >> >> Dan Matyola >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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: There are no crazy people in Nebraska
In a message dated 8/31/2009 6:48:42 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, desjard...@wlu.edu writes: I apologize on behalf of my country. = Don't do that. Then we have to do it ALL the time -- monthly, daily, hourly. Too much work. Marnie ;-) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob W Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 5:32 AM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: OT: There are no crazy people in Nebraska http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7673591.stm - 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=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd =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.
Re: More Lyndsaye
My mileage does vary :-) I like the heavy juvelery, it ballanses her nipples, makes the picture more office friendly if you see what I mean. Lovely lightening BTW. -- MaritimTim 2009/8/30 Christine Aguila : > Hi William: Excellent rendering and light. Overall, lovely work. A minor > quibbit: the jewelry seems too heavy to me. Maybe a lighter more elegant > piece next time. YMMV though. Probably just personal preference. Cheers, > Christine > > > > - Original Message - From: "William Robb" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 10:50 AM > Subject: PESO: More Lyndsaye > > >> Something a little different from what I normally post. >> Please note: >> Contains boobies. >> >> http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/lyndsaye/artlynds1.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Cropping & Printing - What Do You Do?
Like Qimage? http://www.ddisoftware.com/qimage/ wendy On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > I wish LR had an option of mixing of several photos and several sizes > on one page easily (i.e. "drop and drag" type of interface, where you can > line-up and resize photos easily - with the mouse). > > 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: Yee Haw & other Pentax Stuff
On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:15:12 -0500 "Christine Aguila" wrote: > And I finally got the DA 40mm, f2.8. Yee Haw! Just a little > miscellaneous photo whimsy here. 1st 2 were taken with the DA21mm & > last four with DA40mm. > > http://www.caguila.com/caguila/misc1/ hi christine, lovely set. especially love the first one... regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Yee Haw & other Pentax Stuff
Christine Aguila wrote: And I finally got the DA 40mm, f2.8. Yee Haw! Just a little miscellaneous photo whimsy here. 1st 2 were taken with the DA21mm & last four with DA40mm. http://www.caguila.com/caguila/misc1/ whimsical comments welcome :-) Cheers, Christine That first one is totally HCB-worthy -- I love it! -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PPG quota
IF I interpret your experience with the PPG correctly, I feel it's safe to say that I don't have the same experience. From the time I click on PPG, select an "artist" (myself..of course), choose a photo and have it come up is something like 4-6 secs. Comcast cable connection. Jack --- On Mon, 8/31/09, Bob Sullivan wrote: > From: Bob Sullivan > Subject: Re: PPG quota > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 6:37 AM > Jostein, > On occasion, somebody here will link to the gallery for a > photo. > I watch it post a gallery header page then spin up more > internally. > Finally, it will look like it is going to open something, > but no, > wait, just kidding, not yet! > When a picture opens it is nice. > I went thru all 100 of yours and they are beautiful (and a > major > accomplishment). > But I'm on a high speed line in the USA suburbs and the > gallery is too slow. > It's in the design on the Pentax side, not in the internet > distribution side. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:25 AM, AlunFoto > wrote: > > Rick, > > > > You're not connecting via dialup or mobile 3G by any > chance? I really > > don't recognise your description... > > > > I didn't join the foray until half a year after the > first invitations > > went out. I had read a lot of bitching from many on > this list over the > > interface, and was very skeptical to begin with. In > fact, I wrote to > > Pentax and suggested some improvements, both on the > gallery display > > and the voting page. A few were incorporated too, > along with other > > changes to improve the interface speed over time. I > joined in June, > > btw, and the beta stage ended in September 2007. > Further improvements > > were made later that autumn, and I don't think it's > that bad anymore. > > I may have grown used to it too, of course. > > > > Last Thursday, btw, a colleague at work praised the > site's convenient > > interface for browsing images. Without any > encouragement from me > > except providing the link. > > > > Jostein > > > > 2009/8/30 Rick Womer : > >> > >> > >> I filled in the data form for a PPG account > shortly after it opened a few years ago. > >> > >> Then, I read here and elsewhere about the > ridiculous review system, which has only gotten more > ridiculous. > >> > >> I tried to look at people's photos, and found the > interface to be slower than an Apple II in Job's garage. > >> > >> "Screw this", I said, and have never uploaded > anything. When the very few PDMLers who post things to the > PPG post PESOs there, I usually run out of patience wth the > incredibly slow interface long before I've seen the photos. > >> > >> > >> > >> Rick > >> > >> http://photo.net/photos/RickW > >> > >> > >> --- On Wed, 8/26/09, Bong Manayon > wrote: > >> > >>> From: Bong Manayon > >>> Subject: PPG quota > >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > >>> Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 7:44 PM > >>> After a long spell, I uploaded > >>> something in PPG and discovered that we > >>> now have a quota of 1 upload a week. Should > make > >>> voting easier... > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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. > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.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. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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: Har ki dun trek photos
On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:15:28 -0400 David J Brooks wrote: > Womderful series of photos. > > This one i like a lot. > > http://picasaweb.google.co.in/pdml.live/HKD#5374129055267831010 thanks Dave, appreciate it... regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Yee Haw & other Pentax Stuff
So Christine, I see we have you fully participating in the PDML. I think Pentax should pay us a bounty on each new member. It's a terrific way to sell gear. (Nice pictures, by the way. I love the 1st one with the scarf!) Perhaps we should open an AA branch, call it 'Credit Cards Anomous'. "Hi, my name is Bob and I've got an LBA addiction." Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 09:15:35AM -0500, Christine Aguila wrote: >> >> From: "Larry Colen" >> >Congratulations. I'm sure that you'll love that lens, it quickly >> >became one of my favorites. Frankly, unless I need the speed, or the >> >wider angle of view, I'll even grab it rather than my FA31. >> >> You do realize this is all your fault--remember our beer at Hopleaf? :-) >> Cheers, Christine > > I remember, and I suspected as much. > > I suspect that the most effective way Pentax could increase their > sales of lenses is to sponsor events where people can play with each > other's gear, go shooting and see the cool toys that other people > have. > > > -- > The first step is learning to take great photos, > the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good. > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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 Sawdust in colour
Dave, I do like that better in color, but that's just me... Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 6:51 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=930272 > > Same spots but slightly different angles. > > D1 , 35-70 F2.8, minor LR adjustments. > > > Dave > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Convex and Concave
Dan, That's a nice catch! I love the concave ones... Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > We have had a very wet summer here. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9715953 > > Comments and criticisms welcome. > > Dan Matyola > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: More Lyndsaye
Bill, Very nice. I love the lighting. It makes the boobies stand out. I would be tempted to photoshop the skin imperfection on the cheek just left of the nose. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Hi William: Excellent rendering and light. Overall, lovely work. A minor > quibbit: the jewelry seems too heavy to me. Maybe a lighter more elegant > piece next time. YMMV though. Probably just personal preference. Cheers, > Christine > > > > - Original Message - From: "William Robb" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 10:50 AM > Subject: PESO: More Lyndsaye > > >> Something a little different from what I normally post. >> Please note: >> Contains boobies. >> >> http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/lyndsaye/artlynds1.html >> >> Techie stuff >> >> K-7, ISO 100. >> 77mm lens at f/5.6 >> Lit by one beauty dish from camera left. >> Monochromed in Photoshop. >> >> Enjoy. >> >> William Robb >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: There are no crazy people in Nebraska
I apologize on behalf of my country. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob W Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 5:32 AM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: OT: There are no crazy people in Nebraska http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7673591.stm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Yee Haw & other Pentax Stuff
Wonderful shots (insert standard "I hate you" comment here). I find the first one to be especially striking. The DA limiteds are nifty lenses. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 12:15 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Yee Haw & other Pentax Stuff I was at Central Camera today & on display in the window is a 300mm Takumar screw mount lens, f4, I believe, for $349. IIRC there was a tripod mount attached as well. Contact info can be found at the link below--if anyone is interested. I'm sure if you call they'll tell you all about the 300mm in the window. Just an FYI http://www.centralcamera.com/home.php And I finally got the DA 40mm, f2.8. Yee Haw! Just a little miscellaneous photo whimsy here. 1st 2 were taken with the DA21mm & last four with DA40mm. http://www.caguila.com/caguila/misc1/ whimsical comments 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PPG quota
Jostein, On occasion, somebody here will link to the gallery for a photo. I watch it post a gallery header page then spin up more internally. Finally, it will look like it is going to open something, but no, wait, just kidding, not yet! When a picture opens it is nice. I went thru all 100 of yours and they are beautiful (and a major accomplishment). But I'm on a high speed line in the USA suburbs and the gallery is too slow. It's in the design on the Pentax side, not in the internet distribution side. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:25 AM, AlunFoto wrote: > Rick, > > You're not connecting via dialup or mobile 3G by any chance? I really > don't recognise your description... > > I didn't join the foray until half a year after the first invitations > went out. I had read a lot of bitching from many on this list over the > interface, and was very skeptical to begin with. In fact, I wrote to > Pentax and suggested some improvements, both on the gallery display > and the voting page. A few were incorporated too, along with other > changes to improve the interface speed over time. I joined in June, > btw, and the beta stage ended in September 2007. Further improvements > were made later that autumn, and I don't think it's that bad anymore. > I may have grown used to it too, of course. > > Last Thursday, btw, a colleague at work praised the site's convenient > interface for browsing images. Without any encouragement from me > except providing the link. > > Jostein > > 2009/8/30 Rick Womer : >> >> >> I filled in the data form for a PPG account shortly after it opened a few >> years ago. >> >> Then, I read here and elsewhere about the ridiculous review system, which >> has only gotten more ridiculous. >> >> I tried to look at people's photos, and found the interface to be slower >> than an Apple II in Job's garage. >> >> "Screw this", I said, and have never uploaded anything. When the very few >> PDMLers who post things to the PPG post PESOs there, I usually run out of >> patience wth the incredibly slow interface long before I've seen the photos. >> >> >> >> Rick >> >> http://photo.net/photos/RickW >> >> >> --- On Wed, 8/26/09, Bong Manayon wrote: >> >>> From: Bong Manayon >>> Subject: PPG quota >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >>> Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 7:44 PM >>> After a long spell, I uploaded >>> something in PPG and discovered that we >>> now have a quota of 1 upload a week. Should make >>> voting easier... >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.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. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: in the woods
a grab, i am no good at posing anything, letalone people, but i did bring her to the place, so i take some credit for that :) On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > Love the way you set the framing trees up to conform with the woman's pose, > Luka. > > Posed, or a grab? > > > On Aug 29, 2009, at 10:18 , Luka Knezevic-Strika wrote: > >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamoneki/3867754586/ >> >> pentax spotmatic sp II >> super takumar 135 2.5 >> fuji 100 >> nikon ls-1000 > > Joseph McAllister > pentax...@mac.com > > “ The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.” > — Kevan Olesen > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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: redscapes
rocks and sea, as negative intended them to look :) thanks all On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:50 PM, Toine wrote: > Great textures. I like it. What is it, rocks? > > 2009/8/30 Luka Knezevic-Strika : >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamoneki/sets/72157622058961371/ >> >> spotmatic sp II >> zeiss flektogon 35 2.4 >> fuji 100 >> negative >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.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: Barging Pentax
The DS is still my most used and least appreciated camera. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 10:51 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Barging Pentax "the right camera is the one you got." :-) look forward to seeing some pix. On Sunday, August 30, 2009, Cotty wrote: > Well, funny how events turn. I'm going to a Dutch barge rally at Bisham > (near Marlow on the Thames) today and I'm doing a couple-page spread > feature on one of the barges/crews so will need some pics. The only > decent stills (!) camera we have left in the house is the lil old *ist > Ds and 18-55. I spent an hour last night re-adapting the K15mm 3.5 back > to K mount from EOS, so I now have several lenses to use including that > and the A*85 1.4 (both in stop-down mode as they have no aperture levers :) > > I might even post a PESO . > > > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- 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: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000
I think one of the smaller formats (with interchangeable lenses) will persist. Micro 4/3 has the obvious advantage of being significantly different from typical DSLRs. I do see JCO's point that FF dslrs aren't really any bigger than their APS-C counterparts. If the pcrcie of FF comes down far enough then they will take over. OTOH, $1500 vs. $800 might be a deal breaker for enough of the market. Micro 4/3 is much smaller, however, including the lenses, and I think here is a real market for that. Look at how well the E-P1 sold, given how expensive it is. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 2:32 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000 Resolution. LPM. Register distance. Etc. Etc. There are good technical arguments both for and against full-frame. None of it makes any difference. Full-frame is about marketing, consumer needs (desires, really) and fashion. And Pentax can no more choose not to go full-frame than they could have chosen not to go digital. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Peso Sawdust in colour
http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=930272 Same spots but slightly different angles. D1 , 35-70 F2.8, minor LR adjustments. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso Sawdust
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:53 PM, paul stenquist wrote: > I'd like to see this in color. Interesting pic. > Paul It was shot with Kodak T-max B&W film Paul. I'm not that good with PS .:-) I did get some with the D1 that year in colour. I;ll dig up the files and see if i got a similar pose. I usually try and do that if i have multiple cameras with me. Dave > On Aug 30, 2009, at 10:09 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: > >> >> What he said. >> >> Marnie aka Doe :-) >> >> Nice - it's the crusty old boy in the background that makes it. Bit like >> a >> Jack Daniels advert. >> >> Bob >> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On >>> Behalf Of David J Brooks >>> Sent: 30 August 2009 11:40 >>> To: Pentax Discuss; Bill Owens >>> Cc: Home Sarah; Conley Leah; Smillie Dale >>> Subject: Peso Sawdust >>> >>> I have not been out on any photo drives for a while, so here >>> is one from the archives. >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/3869684621/ >>> >>> Markham fair, 2007, an old steam engine driven cross cut saw. >>> >>> Pentax 6x7, T-max 400, Blacks proccessing and scan. I did >>> some adjustments in LR >>> >>> Dave >> >> >> - >> We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when >> we >> created them. Albert Einstein >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Snake oil, anyone?
2009/8/31 Ralf R. Radermacher : > http://www.oleg.bg.tf/ > > Ralf > Hmm, The AF speedup is just making it fixed focus, the anti-dust just rattles the sensor, the JPEG 'improvments' just lower the quality setting. Snake Oil is a pretty good description. Ironically he basically describes the snake oil up front. -- 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: Snake oil, anyone?
> > http://www.oleg.bg.tf/ > > Ralf It must be good stuff, that guy is "the most important DSLR retailer in Stara Zagora (central Bulgaria, district of Haskovo)". That's almost like being The Man From Ulaan Bator. 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.
Snake oil, anyone?
http://www.oleg.bg.tf/ Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: More Lyndsaye
William Robb wrote: Something a little different from what I normally post. Please note: Contains boobies. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/lyndsaye/artlynds1.html Techie stuff K-7, ISO 100. 77mm lens at f/5.6 Lit by one beauty dish from camera left. Monochromed in Photoshop. Enjoy. William Robb Beautiful. I love how her pendant just touches her skin and makes that shadow on her collarbone. D -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Dome in the Mist
> Thanks, Christine. > > This place has always fascinated me. It's in a rural area of > Kauai, on the road to Waimea Canyon. I've seen it before, > but on this occasion it looked very secretive, because of the > mist and fog. Part of the dome was in bright sunlight, and > part was in the shade. > > This is just inland of the Barking Sands Pacific Missile > Range. The "No Trespassing" sign on the road identifies it > as a NASA facility, but who knows what they track . . . > It looks very similar to the 'golf balls' at Menwith Hill and at Fylingdales, both in Yorkshire. They are/were run by the NSA I think (not NASA) and were part of the nuclear early warning system. I think they still have golf balls at Menwith Hill, but at Fylingdale they seem to have replaced them with enormous wedges of Wensleydale cheese. 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: PPG quota
On 31/08/2009, AlunFoto wrote: > Rick, > > You're not connecting via dialup or mobile 3G by any chance? I really > don't recognise your description... I have been running ADSL 1.5Mb and it was clumsy and slow as a wet week to load, I do not allow any of my Browsers (IE, FF, Chrome and Safari). -- 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.
