Re: GFM NPW 2010 - head count
On Jan 7, 2010, at 8:27 AM, Cotty wrote: On 5/1/10, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm thinking maybe a 39 tooth small ring might help a lot. Come for a curry with my mate and I and that sentence will be obsolete :-) Just watch out for jealous women... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8444245.stm Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Snow event
On Jan 7, 2010, at 6:47 AM, Bob W wrote: http://www.web-options.com/IMAG0026.jpg http://www.web-options.com/IMAG0028.jpg http://www.web-options.com/IMAG0035.jpg http://www.web-options.com/IMAG0038.jpg I like the third one best but I'd prefer it without the flag pole. I am so glad I was sent to the UK during spring/summer. It's not usually horrible like this. It's usually horrible in different ways. 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: Snow event
On Jan 7, 2010, at 6:47 AM, Bob W wrote: http://www.web-options.com/IMAG0026.jpg http://www.web-options.com/IMAG0028.jpg http://www.web-options.com/IMAG0035.jpg http://www.web-options.com/IMAG0038.jpg I like the third one best but I'd prefer it without the flag pole. I am so glad I was sent to the UK during spring/summer. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I'm done with models
2009/12/31 William Robb war...@gmail.com: I've had it. Too high maintenance. Too frustrating. Too much drama. And here's me trying to get into doing more of that stuff... This past year has been incredibly frustrating for me. I had wanted to hone some of my studio skills, which are getting decidedly rusty. I arranged about a dozen shoots during the entire year, five happened, none were especially satisfactory. Last minute cancelleations, flakes, models not prepared to shoot (cancelling after they walked in the door) was more the norm than shooting. I shot this on my kitchen counter last night. Personally, I think it's one of the better pictures I've taken this year, and I didn't have to wait for a no show. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/newer_still/4362.html Well the lighting is spot on. Nice one. I think I'm going to spend 2010 shooting rocks, flowers, blades of grass and old wrecked buildings and cars. No... The portait studio is closed until further notice. I'm done with that crap. Wear a beret, shoot dog shit and market it as fine art maybe? DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Smoothie
That is an excellent environmental portrait. I love her interaction with the camera. IMO it's much better than the candid stuff of yours where the subject is unaware. Cheers, Dave 2010/1/5 P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Another Key West pic from this past April: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10450970size=lg K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8, f56, 1/125, ISO 200, + 1/2 stop exposure comp, 31mm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Subversive Activities
2010/1/6 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: Must be some sort of meeting or convention. Probably commies or socialists. They drive scooters, don't they? http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/01/subversive-activities.html ;-) I understand motorcycle gangs are a bit of a problem in Canada. I suspect the worst thing you'd have to fear from the riders of these piglets is a recital of really bad poetry. Or something. DS PS I like it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Spotted in a tree near Gunnedah
Marsupial. Not bear. Cheers, Mr Pedantic ;-) 2010/1/7 P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Love it! A teddy bear:-) Excellent work. Paul On Jan 6, 2010, at 12:48 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 12/31/2009 1:31:25 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, christ...@skofteland.net writes: Gunnedah bills itself as the Koala Capital of the World. I was on a drive through the country with my father-in-law and two of his friends when we spotted this guy. It's been raining here for the past week so the sky is kinda crappy but the little guy was kinda cute. http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/2009/12/koala-capital-of-world.html Enjoy. -- Christian = That's not a bird! :-) Really nice shot. Marnie aka Doe - 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Romance is not dead!
2010/1/6 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: At least, not in the midwest http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpps/news/offbeat/iowa-man-spells-out-wife's-birthday-message-in-manure_5415058 But if flowers and stuff grow there, it'll be kinda' sweet. I guess. DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO fun and games
2010/1/6 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/sledge Taken with a camera and a couple of lenses. That looks like fun. We do a similar thing on beach sand dunes and a esky lid. DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Anybody else planning on signing up for Godfrey's class this weekend?
In the hopes of better success with lightroom, I'm planning on signing up for Godfrey's lightroom class this weekend. I was wondering if any other pdmlers were going to be there. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 mushrooms at night
Nice lighting. I'd suggest a crop to remove that white piece in the LLH corner. DS 2010/1/6 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: This year, mushrooms have been popping up in my yard like, well, like mushrooms. One stump has four or five varieties. Since it's right outside my front door, it keeps distracting me with opportunities to play with my macro lens. I really wanted to take some photos of the mushrooms today, but I was right at the tail end of a home improvement project. Have you ever noticed how occasionally home repairs seem to take a little bit longer than expected? I was noticing this on what my have been my eighth last trip to the hardware store. I was bummed that I didn't get a chance to photograph the mushrooms today before it got dark. When I finished the project at about 9:30 tonight, I decided to grab my strobes and give it a try at night. I should have realized that when you throw a metric buttload of photons at a subject, that can improve the quality of the photos. Here's one I particularly like: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4249761021/sizes/o/ From this set: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157623150326000/ Which has a few I shot during the day on Sunday as well. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: peso mushrooms at night
On Jan 7, 2010, at 12:55 AM, David Savage wrote: Nice lighting. Thanks. I'd suggest a crop to remove that white piece in the LLH corner. I did a virtual copy and tried that crop, it does seem to be a bit of an improvement. DS 2010/1/6 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: This year, mushrooms have been popping up in my yard like, well, like mushrooms. One stump has four or five varieties. Since it's right outside my front door, it keeps distracting me with opportunities to play with my macro lens. I really wanted to take some photos of the mushrooms today, but I was right at the tail end of a home improvement project. Have you ever noticed how occasionally home repairs seem to take a little bit longer than expected? I was noticing this on what my have been my eighth last trip to the hardware store. I was bummed that I didn't get a chance to photograph the mushrooms today before it got dark. When I finished the project at about 9:30 tonight, I decided to grab my strobes and give it a try at night. I should have realized that when you throw a metric buttload of photons at a subject, that can improve the quality of the photos. Here's one I particularly like: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4249761021/sizes/o/ From this set: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157623150326000/ Which has a few I shot during the day on Sunday as well. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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'm done with models
2010/1/7 David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com: Wear a beret, shoot dog shit and market it as fine art maybe? Mark! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: flamingo crossing
Yeah, fun shot indeed =) Cheers Ecke 2010/1/5 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: That's classic, Paul. Nice Florida streetscape! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 1:13 PM Subject: PESO: flamingo crossing I'm looking through some of the pics I shot while on a job in Key West last April. Really haven't had time to do that until now. Here's one that caught my eye. K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 19mm, ISO 200, f5.6 @ 1/750th http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10447314size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Anybody else planning on signing up for Godfrey's class this weekend?
I did, but missed the plane. :) Well, no, not seriously. But it would have been fun to pop over, of course. Jostein 2010/1/7 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: In the hopes of better success with lightroom, I'm planning on signing up for Godfrey's lightroom class this weekend. I was wondering if any other pdmlers were going to be there. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Snow event
2010/1/6 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: On 6/1/10, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: Make sure you have good tyres, mate. Drive save. BF Goodrich All Terrain T/A http://www.tyre-pictures.com/BFGoodrich/AllTerrainTAKO.jpg best in the business :-) I trust you to select well. Much better than I would anyway... :-) I just have this little pet anxiety over groove depth and tyre performance. That's what's in good for me... Over here, by the way, we are having a peculiar case with all-weather tyres and non-studded winter tyres. The studded tyres are frowned upon because they erode the tarmac, creating a dust and pollution problem. So if you want to use them you have to pay extra fees (£100 per season). The result is that most people have converted to non-studded tyres. However, where studs roughens the ice, the non-studded ones will polish it. And currently we see an increase in accidents caused by people losing the road grip. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photographers Ephemeris
John Sessoms wrote: At my weekly brunch this morning someone mentioned a small free-ware application called the Photographer's Ephemeris. Requires Adobe AIR, which I think you should already have if you're using Photoshop or Lightroom. http://stephentrainor.com/tools I downloaded the program and am taking a first look - haven't even finished reading the instructions, but I'm already impressed enough I thought I'd pass it along. It uses Google maps and locates a point on them. You can place the point around anywhere you want it. It's not locked to the streets like streetview is. I plugged in my own address and it locates the point right in the middle of my property. FROM your chosen point it shows a graphic line to the sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset for any chosen date, along with the times, azimuth and percentage of illumination for the moon. There's an advanced view that allows you to show the line to the sun and the moon for any time during a chosen date. Want to know where you need to stand to get the full moon framed by the mile high swinging bridge at GFM? What time and what dates? Want to know if you can get the sunrise framed in the attic window? You want to catch the full moon (quarter moon, new moon) rising or setting over some landscape feature? The program can tell you exactly where to stand (within the limits of google maps ~ a couple of meters most places.) The only lack I'm aware of is it doesn't appear to have a print function, but I was told you can use print screen function under Windows (or however the Mac does it) and paste it from the clipboard). Nice find. I passed it along to the dpreview Pentax forum. Thanks. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Anybody else planning on signing up for Godfrey's class this weekend?
I wish I could, 'cause somehow I am certain that Godfrey is very good at explaining things, which is IMO the basis for good teaching. On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: In the hopes of better success with lightroom, I'm planning on signing up for Godfrey's lightroom class this weekend. I was wondering if any other pdmlers were going to be there. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Smoothie
Thanks Dave. And thanks to all who commented or had a look. Paul On Jan 7, 2010, at 3:37 AM, David Savage wrote: That is an excellent environmental portrait. I love her interaction with the camera. IMO it's much better than the candid stuff of yours where the subject is unaware. Cheers, Dave 2010/1/5 P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Another Key West pic from this past April: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10450970size=lg K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8, f56, 1/125, ISO 200, + 1/2 stop exposure comp, 31mm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Anybody else planning on signing up for Godfrey's class this weekend?
On 7/1/10, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: In the hopes of better success with lightroom, I'm planning on signing up for Godfrey's lightroom class this weekend. I was wondering if any other pdmlers were going to be there. Say hi to Gertrude for me ;-) -- 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: Snow event
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: We're still having a snow event here in London, but it's nasty wet horrible stuff, not the lovely fluffy stuff we had in February last year. I expect the Inuit have a few choice words for it. I've had the day off today to deal with some stuff in Central London. Once I'd completed that it was a pleasure to walk the half-empty streets in the snow. Trafalgar Square looks particularly beautiful when there are few people around - it gives you the chance to appreciate the architecture. Here are some photos taken today with my phone: http://www.web-options.com/IMAG0026.jpg http://www.web-options.com/IMAG0028.jpg http://www.web-options.com/IMAG0035.jpg http://www.web-options.com/IMAG0038.jpg I especially like the last one. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO - It Must Be Art...
...because I have no idea what the hell it means: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/01/it-must-be-art.html Seen affixed to an apartment building wall here in Toronto. Guerrilla artists, perhaps? Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Subversive Activities
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:40 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/1/6 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: Must be some sort of meeting or convention. Probably commies or socialists. They drive scooters, don't they? http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/01/subversive-activities.html ;-) I understand motorcycle gangs are a bit of a problem in Canada. I suspect the worst thing you'd have to fear from the riders of these piglets is a recital of really bad poetry. Or something. I think I saw a set of bongos strapped to one of the seats... ;-) Thanks, Dave, and thanks to everyone else who commented. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: open message for Bill R.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 1:00 AM, Thomas Cakalic caka...@gmail.com wrote: I'll take all of that weather you have... makes for fantastic photography... Take the geese too, please. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO 2010 - 001, 003 - GDG
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: The Slow Time ... http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/the-slow-time Comments always welcome, thanks for looking. Godfrey O! These are amazing - actually prefer the colour (for the composition, I think). cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Support
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:33 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, Revisiting some old shots and came across this one from my trip to Canada/GFM in '07. Taken during a refuelling stop at Incheon international airport, Republic of Korea: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/4251219804 Direct Link (~) http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4020/4251219804_86d5e88c68_o.jpg K10D, DA 16-45mm f4 @ 45mm, 1/10 @ f5.6, ISO 200 Very nice composition, wonderful rendering. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Lightroom printing on an Epson 870
I've always had difficulties with colors in printing on my old Epson 870 photo printer. I don't do it very often, and learned how to 'get along' with Photoshop Elements for prints. Now I would like to make my new system easier and more foolproof. I've calibrated the monitor, but was very disappointed printing out of Lightroom. The steel gray minivan I photographed showed up like it was under a heatlamp. I had a red or magenta cast on a photo taken in sunlight. Not at all close to the original. The Epson 870 might be 5 years old? Resolution is satisfactory, but colors wander. Depending on what glossy photo paper I put in the printer, I get different cast shades. HP Epson glossy papers are not the answer and I have a bunch generic glossy paper from Staples (because the first 50 sheets I bought from them worked out so well). I hear you guys talk about selecting a paper profile from the printer and I'm jealous. I don't have any profiles to select from and I suspect the printer is too old. I've recently looked into creating some profiles, but thought I'd ask for your collective wisdom. 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: Shot Counter
WOW, that's about as bad a key stroke shot as I've taken. However, you might have given me credit for getting the o right.(?) A bit scary at that. 8-( Jock --- On Wed, 1/6/10, Thomas Cakalic caka...@gmail.com wrote: From: Thomas Cakalic caka...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Shot Counter To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 8:33 PM Yeah, thanks Rod. :-) D B are PRETTY far apart on the keyboard Jazk. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks, Rod. I'm grateful for the information and will take a bit of time later to apply it. I'm not concerned as to whether the same body and lens were returned to me, of that I'm certain. I would like to return the image count to something close to what is true for obvious reasons. With all the advice I'm being given, I now feel that outcome is possible. Thanks all, Jack --- On Wed, 1/6/10, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: From: Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Shot Counter To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 5:13 PM On 07/01/2010, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I checked both serial numbers first thing upon their return. I called Pentax customer service to let them know about the question and their preliminary response was the implication that the information might have been a result of using a high count memory card by the repair service. They made a note to follow up. Whatever the cause, I mentioned the repair service advised that regardless of the reason, they wouldn't be able to turn the counter back. Obviously, it won't matter unless I decide to sell it, but I let Pentax know I am displeased and anxious to learn the cause. Hi Jack, The shot number, ie the one that is used as the image file mane can be reset, it can also be set to any number. The internal shutter counter is the only number that can't be altered, it's an up counter and should register every shutter activation whatever the operating mode. The internal shutter count value can be determined using an application such as PhotoME as has been mentioned, just compare shots prior to the camera being sent for repair to those shot after. There should be some advance on the counter but I would find it hard to believe that the shutter would have been activated more than a few hundred times during the repair/testing. PhotoME also reports an Internal Serial Number under the Manufacturer notes section, this number I would expect should not differ if the camera is the one you sent for repair. Cheers, -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - It Must Be Art...
I have no idea either. I have to add that I didn't feel busted when I read it..a good thing! Jack --- On Thu, 1/7/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - It Must Be Art... To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 5:26 AM ...because I have no idea what the hell it means: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/01/it-must-be-art.html Seen affixed to an apartment building wall here in Toronto. Guerrilla artists, perhaps? Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shot Counter
Thanks much Graydon. How would I be able to name an image on the memory card? Thanks, Jack --- On Wed, 1/6/10, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: From: Graydon o...@uniserve.com Subject: Re: Shot Counter To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 5:06 PM On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 04:57:41PM -0800, Jack Davis scripsit: [snip] Obviously, it won't matter unless I decide to sell it, but I let Pentax know I am displeased and anxious to learn the cause. You can set the shot counter to anything by: rename an image file on the memory card to imgp.dng or _igp.dng sticking this memory card in the camera power on the camera take a picture power off the camera remove the memory card rename that image file to whatever number is one less than the number you want put the card back in the camera take a picture voila! (Haven't actually done this, but it's a logical consequence of resets to the higher value if there's a higher value on the card). My current K20D shot counter value is the nicely symmetrical 3553; I can't remember how many times the counter has been around, though; it's either twice or thrice. The 3553 is not an indication of relatively low usage. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
-37ºC
That's how cold it is this morning. Gads I hate winter. 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: -37ºC
I bet. 2010/1/7 William Robb war...@gmail.com: That's how cold it is this morning. Gads I hate winter. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: -37ºC
I have, somewhere here, a Polaroid shot of the weather net work red screen in January of 1996. It was -46C i believe, no wind chill. By the time i drove from our cabin in Longlac to the office, it had dipped to -52C, no wind. I got out of the truck, pounded a wood stake in the ground, just to say i worked at -52.;-) We were pipe lining for Transcanada at the time and we had to wait until it ~warmed up~ to -35 C before they could weld. Dave On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:29 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: That's how cold it is this morning. Gads I hate winter. 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. -- 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: Shot Counter
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Thomas Cakalic caka...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, thanks Rod. :-) D B are PRETTY far apart on the keyboard Jazk. Not for me:-) Dave Brooks On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks, Rod. I'm grateful for the information and will take a bit of time later to apply it. I'm not concerned as to whether the same body and lens were returned to me, of that I'm certain. I would like to return the image count to something close to what is true for obvious reasons. With all the advice I'm being given, I now feel that outcome is possible. Thanks all, Jack --- On Wed, 1/6/10, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: From: Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Shot Counter To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 5:13 PM On 07/01/2010, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I checked both serial numbers first thing upon their return. I called Pentax customer service to let them know about the question and their preliminary response was the implication that the information might have been a result of using a high count memory card by the repair service. They made a note to follow up. Whatever the cause, I mentioned the repair service advised that regardless of the reason, they wouldn't be able to turn the counter back. Obviously, it won't matter unless I decide to sell it, but I let Pentax know I am displeased and anxious to learn the cause. Hi Jack, The shot number, ie the one that is used as the image file mane can be reset, it can also be set to any number. The internal shutter counter is the only number that can't be altered, it's an up counter and should register every shutter activation whatever the operating mode. The internal shutter count value can be determined using an application such as PhotoME as has been mentioned, just compare shots prior to the camera being sent for repair to those shot after. There should be some advance on the counter but I would find it hard to believe that the shutter would have been activated more than a few hundred times during the repair/testing. PhotoME also reports an Internal Serial Number under the Manufacturer notes section, this number I would expect should not differ if the camera is the one you sent for repair. Cheers, -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Anybody else planning on signing up for Godfrey's class this weekend?
I would if i could,;-) Dave On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:55 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: In the hopes of better success with lightroom, I'm planning on signing up for Godfrey's lightroom class this weekend. I was wondering if any other pdmlers were going to be there. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: open message for Bill R.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:29 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 1:00 AM, Thomas Cakalic caka...@gmail.com wrote: I'll take all of that weather you have... makes for fantastic photography... Take the geese too, please. Henny Youngman never had success with that one either Frank. Dave cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - It Must Be Art...
Thats three of us that have the beats me look.;-) Dave On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:26 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: ...because I have no idea what the hell it means: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/01/it-must-be-art.html Seen affixed to an apartment building wall here in Toronto. Guerrilla artists, perhaps? Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lightroom printing on an Epson 870
Bob, I don't have the 870, and i never had any success printing from Elements, but, my Epson 2400 came with paper profiles for a ll of the various Epson papers. I select the paper i want in LR print. Also when i do a print page setup i make sure i let PS colour manage. I can say, that for about 75% of the time LR prints out pretty well, especially my IR shots. I have your problem the other 25%. I printed off some Santa claus parade shots of a friend grand kid, and the jacket colour was different in all 3, but was correct on screen. Dave On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: I've always had difficulties with colors in printing on my old Epson 870 photo printer. I don't do it very often, and learned how to 'get along' with Photoshop Elements for prints. Now I would like to make my new system easier and more foolproof. I've calibrated the monitor, but was very disappointed printing out of Lightroom. The steel gray minivan I photographed showed up like it was under a heatlamp. I had a red or magenta cast on a photo taken in sunlight. Not at all close to the original. The Epson 870 might be 5 years old? Resolution is satisfactory, but colors wander. Depending on what glossy photo paper I put in the printer, I get different cast shades. HP Epson glossy papers are not the answer and I have a bunch generic glossy paper from Staples (because the first 50 sheets I bought from them worked out so well). I hear you guys talk about selecting a paper profile from the printer and I'm jealous. I don't have any profiles to select from and I suspect the printer is too old. I've recently looked into creating some profiles, but thought I'd ask for your collective wisdom. 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: PESO 2010 - 001, 003 - GDG
Thats lovely. Hard to believe fall colours when we are under 2' of snow.;-) Dave On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: The Slow Time ... http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/the-slow-time Comments always welcome, thanks for looking. Godfrey -- http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com I have a few seats available for this weekend's workshop still! January 9-10 :: Lightroom: Starting In The Middle (Saturday 3-6pm, Sunday 11-5pm) Offered at the Media Center, 900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, California, USA For more information and registration see the website http://www.midpenmedia.org/ or call Dave Sorokach (650-494-8686) at the Media Center or email me directly. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Wide angle for K-X?
there is no true normal, normal is not an exact defintion of a focal length, and 50mm was what came with many many slrs for many years, one could argue that that was normal, not 43mm or 55mm on film -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:21 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Wide angle for K-X? On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:47 PM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: right on the 35, but the 28 is wider than most anything called normal in the old days, I recall when 55mm on 35mm film was normal. Regardless, the K24/3.5 is pretty damn good too, which I forgot to mention... -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) 28mm is a 42mm-e on APS-C, pretty much exactly the same as Pentax's 43mm 'true normal' and right on the 40-45mm normal range that was typical for fixed-lens RF's and PS's back in the day as well as being moderately common in SLR's from the mid-70's on. A 35 is a long normal on APS-C. 55mm as a normal was only ever an abberation of 60's SLR designs, as it was a bit easier to design for a SLR mount than 50mm that had been the the 'normal' for 35mm since the original Leica was introduced in the late 1920's. Many systems never even had a 55 normal or only had exotic 55's (usually an f1.2 or a macro). 55's as the standard on SLR's only lasted about 15 years from the early 60's to the late 70's, which was also when 40's and 45's became increasingly common as normals from Leica, Minolta, Nikon, Zeiss (Contax) Olympus and Pentax. Canon, Olympus and Nikon only did exotic 55's. 35mm has traditionally had a longer normal than other formats, due to Oskar Barnack's taste in lenses. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Wide angle for K-X?
There is no spoon 2010/1/7 J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net: there is no true normal, normal is not an exact defintion of a focal length, and 50mm was what came with many many slrs for many years, one could argue that that was normal, not 43mm or 55mm on film -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:21 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Wide angle for K-X? On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:47 PM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: right on the 35, but the 28 is wider than most anything called normal in the old days, I recall when 55mm on 35mm film was normal. Regardless, the K24/3.5 is pretty damn good too, which I forgot to mention... -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) 28mm is a 42mm-e on APS-C, pretty much exactly the same as Pentax's 43mm 'true normal' and right on the 40-45mm normal range that was typical for fixed-lens RF's and PS's back in the day as well as being moderately common in SLR's from the mid-70's on. A 35 is a long normal on APS-C. 55mm as a normal was only ever an abberation of 60's SLR designs, as it was a bit easier to design for a SLR mount than 50mm that had been the the 'normal' for 35mm since the original Leica was introduced in the late 1920's. Many systems never even had a 55 normal or only had exotic 55's (usually an f1.2 or a macro). 55's as the standard on SLR's only lasted about 15 years from the early 60's to the late 70's, which was also when 40's and 45's became increasingly common as normals from Leica, Minolta, Nikon, Zeiss (Contax) Olympus and Pentax. Canon, Olympus and Nikon only did exotic 55's. 35mm has traditionally had a longer normal than other formats, due to Oskar Barnack's taste in lenses. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Wide angle for K-X?
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:07 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: There is no spoon Explains why my soup drips off the fork. 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 2010 - 001, 003 - GDG
On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:48 -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: The Slow Time ... http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/the-slow-time Comments always welcome, thanks for looking. Very nice, Godfrey. Stunning colors and the rendering of the fog is terrific! Excellent work. 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.
Re: OT: open message for Bill R.
From Underground Weather: Friday Night Mostly clear. Dangerously cold wind chills. Lows around 12 below. [-24°C] Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Wind chill readings 20 below to 30 [-34° C] below zero after midnight. Saturday Sunny. Dangerously cold wind chills. Highs around 5.[-15°C] Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Wind chill readings 25 below to 35 below zero in the morning. I agree about the scenic potential, but these are not what I consider ideal weather to be outside taking photos. stan On Jan 7, 2010, at 12:00 AM, Thomas Cakalic wrote: I'll take all of that weather you have... makes for fantastic photography... On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Stan Halpin wrote: Dear Bill, I can't begin to tell you how very much we appreciate your loan of Canadian weather. The brisk air, the clean white snow, it is all wonderful. However, in fairness to you, I would like to return your loan at this time. Sincerely, Stan p.s. If you happen to see Frank, please let him know that we are onto him, and will be sending his geese back to him very soon. Thanks, Stan. Made my evening. :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Shot Counter
Jack, Take the memory card you had in the camera before you sent it for repair. Put it back in camera. The next shot should have the next number in the sequence and the camera will be back to normal. Alternatively, take a new next image, say IMGP9822. Remove the card to your computer. Rename the image to IMGP3700. Re-install the card and your next image will be labeled IMGP3701. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks much Graydon. How would I be able to name an image on the memory card? Thanks, Jack --- On Wed, 1/6/10, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: From: Graydon o...@uniserve.com Subject: Re: Shot Counter To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 5:06 PM On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 04:57:41PM -0800, Jack Davis scripsit: [snip] Obviously, it won't matter unless I decide to sell it, but I let Pentax know I am displeased and anxious to learn the cause. You can set the shot counter to anything by: rename an image file on the memory card to imgp.dng or _igp.dng sticking this memory card in the camera power on the camera take a picture power off the camera remove the memory card rename that image file to whatever number is one less than the number you want put the card back in the camera take a picture voila! (Haven't actually done this, but it's a logical consequence of resets to the higher value if there's a higher value on the card). My current K20D shot counter value is the nicely symmetrical 3553; I can't remember how many times the counter has been around, though; it's either twice or thrice. The 3553 is not an indication of relatively low usage. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Lightroom printing on an Epson 870
Epson's web site support page shows an icc profile for that printer and Epson Color Life paper. That's probably about the same as Epson glossy photo paper. However, the profile is old and it might not work with a late-model OS, but it's free so worth a try. Print as Dave described below with PS or LR managing color. In the print box make sure color management is turned off. Paul On Jan 7, 2010, at 10:00 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Bob, I don't have the 870, and i never had any success printing from Elements, but, my Epson 2400 came with paper profiles for a ll of the various Epson papers. I select the paper i want in LR print. Also when i do a print page setup i make sure i let PS colour manage. I can say, that for about 75% of the time LR prints out pretty well, especially my IR shots. I have your problem the other 25%. I printed off some Santa claus parade shots of a friend grand kid, and the jacket colour was different in all 3, but was correct on screen. Dave On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: I've always had difficulties with colors in printing on my old Epson 870 photo printer. I don't do it very often, and learned how to 'get along' with Photoshop Elements for prints. Now I would like to make my new system easier and more foolproof. I've calibrated the monitor, but was very disappointed printing out of Lightroom. The steel gray minivan I photographed showed up like it was under a heatlamp. I had a red or magenta cast on a photo taken in sunlight. Not at all close to the original. The Epson 870 might be 5 years old? Resolution is satisfactory, but colors wander. Depending on what glossy photo paper I put in the printer, I get different cast shades. HP Epson glossy papers are not the answer and I have a bunch generic glossy paper from Staples (because the first 50 sheets I bought from them worked out so well). I hear you guys talk about selecting a paper profile from the printer and I'm jealous. I don't have any profiles to select from and I suspect the printer is too old. I've recently looked into creating some profiles, but thought I'd ask for your collective wisdom. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shot Counter
Hey! I don't fool around with small mistakes. I take full advantage of my ineptitude! Jack --- On Thu, 1/7/10, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Shot Counter To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 6:48 AM On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Thomas Cakalic caka...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, thanks Rod. :-) D B are PRETTY far apart on the keyboard Jazk. Not for me:-) Dave Brooks On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks, Rod. I'm grateful for the information and will take a bit of time later to apply it. I'm not concerned as to whether the same body and lens were returned to me, of that I'm certain. I would like to return the image count to something close to what is true for obvious reasons. With all the advice I'm being given, I now feel that outcome is possible. Thanks all, Jack --- On Wed, 1/6/10, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: From: Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Shot Counter To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 5:13 PM On 07/01/2010, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I checked both serial numbers first thing upon their return. I called Pentax customer service to let them know about the question and their preliminary response was the implication that the information might have been a result of using a high count memory card by the repair service. They made a note to follow up. Whatever the cause, I mentioned the repair service advised that regardless of the reason, they wouldn't be able to turn the counter back. Obviously, it won't matter unless I decide to sell it, but I let Pentax know I am displeased and anxious to learn the cause. Hi Jack, The shot number, ie the one that is used as the image file mane can be reset, it can also be set to any number. The internal shutter counter is the only number that can't be altered, it's an up counter and should register every shutter activation whatever the operating mode. The internal shutter count value can be determined using an application such as PhotoME as has been mentioned, just compare shots prior to the camera being sent for repair to those shot after. There should be some advance on the counter but I would find it hard to believe that the shutter would have been activated more than a few hundred times during the repair/testing. PhotoME also reports an Internal Serial Number under the Manufacturer notes section, this number I would expect should not differ if the camera is the one you sent for repair. Cheers, -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lightroom printing on an Epson 870
Hi Bob: At the Epson web site, this was the only ICC Profile I could find for a printer called 870, but it's created for Color Life paper, which I've never heard of http://tinyurl.com/d6ftj , so I don't know what this is all about. Also, in Lightroom, make sure you do the following when printing from the print module: -click Page Set Up -click Properties -Under Media Settings look for Mode, then click Custom. From the dropdown menu choose the following: Off(No Color Adjustment) In the Lightroom Print module, scroll down to Profile, choose paper profile. I looked through all the printer names, and I only found the above profiles for the Epson Stylus 870. Custom made profiles might be the way to go if you don't want to upgrade your printer, but since I've never had any profiles made, I wouldn't know what company to suggest. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 7:47 AM Subject: Lightroom printing on an Epson 870 I've always had difficulties with colors in printing on my old Epson 870 photo printer. I don't do it very often, and learned how to 'get along' with Photoshop Elements for prints. Now I would like to make my new system easier and more foolproof. I've calibrated the monitor, but was very disappointed printing out of Lightroom. The steel gray minivan I photographed showed up like it was under a heatlamp. I had a red or magenta cast on a photo taken in sunlight. Not at all close to the original. The Epson 870 might be 5 years old? Resolution is satisfactory, but colors wander. Depending on what glossy photo paper I put in the printer, I get different cast shades. HP Epson glossy papers are not the answer and I have a bunch generic glossy paper from Staples (because the first 50 sheets I bought from them worked out so well). I hear you guys talk about selecting a paper profile from the printer and I'm jealous. I don't have any profiles to select from and I suspect the printer is too old. I've recently looked into creating some profiles, but thought I'd ask for your collective wisdom. 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: Lightroom printing on an Epson 870
Also, have you done nozzle decogging whatever other general utilities you might have to clean heads etc. You need to do this, especially if you haven't printed in a long time. Worth a try, no? Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 7:47 AM Subject: Lightroom printing on an Epson 870 I've always had difficulties with colors in printing on my old Epson 870 photo printer. I don't do it very often, and learned how to 'get along' with Photoshop Elements for prints. Now I would like to make my new system easier and more foolproof. I've calibrated the monitor, but was very disappointed printing out of Lightroom. The steel gray minivan I photographed showed up like it was under a heatlamp. I had a red or magenta cast on a photo taken in sunlight. Not at all close to the original. The Epson 870 might be 5 years old? Resolution is satisfactory, but colors wander. Depending on what glossy photo paper I put in the printer, I get different cast shades. HP Epson glossy papers are not the answer and I have a bunch generic glossy paper from Staples (because the first 50 sheets I bought from them worked out so well). I hear you guys talk about selecting a paper profile from the printer and I'm jealous. I don't have any profiles to select from and I suspect the printer is too old. I've recently looked into creating some profiles, but thought I'd ask for your collective wisdom. 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: Probably as OT as anything can be...
In a message dated 1/5/2010 11:51:08 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, p...@web-options.com writes: ...but if you're looking for somewhere for your holidays in 2012, why not visit a Royal Borough? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8442153.stm Whatever that means... Hopefully it will quadruple the value of my house, to the levels of the other 3 RBs. Royal Bob === Means your house can now wear a crown. Marnie aka Doe :-) - 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.
Re: OT: open message for Bill R.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: From Underground Weather: Friday Night Mostly clear. Dangerously cold wind chills. Lows around 12 below. [-24°C] Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Wind chill readings 20 below to 30 [-34° C] below zero after midnight. Saturday Sunny. Dangerously cold wind chills. Highs around 5.[-15°C] Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Wind chill readings 25 below to 35 below zero in the morning. I agree about the scenic potential, but these are not what I consider ideal weather to be outside taking photos. We do.;-) Dave stan On Jan 7, 2010, at 12:00 AM, Thomas Cakalic wrote: I'll take all of that weather you have... makes for fantastic photography... On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Stan Halpin wrote: Dear Bill, I can't begin to tell you how very much we appreciate your loan of Canadian weather. The brisk air, the clean white snow, it is all wonderful. However, in fairness to you, I would like to return your loan at this time. Sincerely, Stan p.s. If you happen to see Frank, please let him know that we are onto him, and will be sending his geese back to him very soon. Thanks, Stan. Made my evening. :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- 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 - Fleas
In a message dated 12/9/2009 6:58:54 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, rwomer1...@yahoo.com writes: That's what they sell in flea markets, right? This was taken in a street market in Basel. The curved line of glasses against the books appealed to me. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10204536size=lg (K10D and DA 16-45) Rick = Nice shot. Just needs some wine in the glasses (and some cheese). Marnie aka Doe :-) - 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.
Re: -37ºC
Impressive, guys. Don't think I've experienced much colder than around -20C. Lasse From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 4:46 PM Subject: Re: -37ºC I have, somewhere here, a Polaroid shot of the weather net work red screen in January of 1996. It was -46C i believe, no wind chill. By the time i drove from our cabin in Longlac to the office, it had dipped to -52C, no wind. I got out of the truck, pounded a wood stake in the ground, just to say i worked at -52.;-) We were pipe lining for Transcanada at the time and we had to wait until it ~warmed up~ to -35 C before they could weld. Dave On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:29 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: That's how cold it is this morning. Gads I hate winter. 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: Trafalger Square, That's in London, right?
In a message dated 12/24/2009 10:49:50 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, caka...@gmail.com writes: I'm not a number, I'm a free man and so are you all. Tom == Well, actually, no I am a woman. Marnie :-) But the sentiment is mostly right. - 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.
Re: Shot Counter
On 2010-01-07 08:20 , Bob Sullivan wrote: Jack, Take the memory card you had in the camera before you sent it for repair. Put it back in camera. The next shot should have the next number in the sequence and the camera will be back to normal. don't you have to force it to roll over first (beyond to 0001)? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Snow event
On 2010-01-07 03:17 , AlunFoto wrote: 2010/1/6 Cottycotty...@mac.com: BF Goodrich All Terrain T/A those are _off-road_ truck tires; they might also be good in snow, but they won't fit my old SAAB Over here, by the way, we are having a peculiar case with all-weather tyres and non-studded winter tyres. The studded tyres are frowned upon because they erode the tarmac, creating a dust and pollution problem. So if you want to use them you have to pay extra fees there was a time when i'd have liked the option to pay that fee -- i hand pulled the studs from all four of my my studded Nokian Hakkepelittas because while Colorado allows studs, i had just moved to Minnesota where they are banned; now i drive very little and just replaced a newer 13-year-old set of Hakkepelittas; i don't stud them any more even though i'm back in Colorado because i drive so little i often keep the snow tires on into the summer a bit -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A giant leap... some advice welcome
Thanks, Ken. Yes, I have started looking into a number of How to:s and tutorials. I will also start to compare what the Bridge browser has to offer. I've been very satisfied in using ACDSee for more than ten years. Regarding the RAW converter, I actually still haven't been shooting much RAW, but now may be the time to start doing it. And it's typical that you run into some basic screen layout issues that annoys you. Made me go back to PS5 where I've got the layout I like... Has there been any other particular improvements of the use of tools and filters? Lasse From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:01 PM Subject: Re: A giant leap... some advice welcome Hi Lasse, I'm still on CS2, having arrived here a while back from PS 5 then PS 7. You'll really appreciate all the additions from PS 5. A few that I use alot (and can remember) are: + the browser - Adobe Bridge + the RAW convertor + highlight/shadow adjustment + ability to scroll multiple images at the same time It might be helpful to get a book on CS4. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Lasse Karlsson ma20...@aland.net Subject: A giant leap... some advice welcome Hi all, I hope everyone is well and not badly struck by the cold weather in many parts of the world. Up here in Scandinavia, people are mostly enjoying a proper winter, which we haven't seen for quite a few years. Anyway, there has ocurred a very small step for the art of photography, but a giant leap to me... After having been using Photoshop 5 uptil now, Santa has enabled me to start working with PS CS4. This means that I haven't been following or learned about the new versions or upgrades of PS since the v. 5. As a way to start to learn what new there is to me, I thought I'd ask those of you who have been using later versions, if you maybe could point to or list some of the new features and improvements since v.5, which you have found particularly useful to your work and which may be the most obvious improvements to me (if you can recall that far back at all... ) ). One obvious thing I already learned, is that I definitely have to get myself a new, more powerful computer... Any pointers or advice welcome. Thanks, Lasse -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photographers Ephemeris
In a message dated 1/6/2010 1:59:17 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, jsessoms...@nc.rr.com writes: At my weekly brunch this morning someone mentioned a small free-ware application called the Photographer's Ephemeris. Requires Adobe AIR, which I think you should already have if you're using Photoshop or Lightroom. http://stephentrainor.com/tools This is cool, thanks for sharing. Marnie aka Doe :-) - 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.
Re: peso mushrooms at night
In a message dated 1/5/2010 11:28:59 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, l...@red4est.com writes: Here's one I particularly like: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4249761021/sizes/o/ From this set: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157623150326000/ Which has a few I shot during the day on Sunday as well. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est === First is very nice. Of the group, second link, especially like #3. You've given me an idea. :-) Marnie aka Doe - 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.
Re: A giant leap... some advice welcome
On Jan 7, 2010, at 11:50 AM, Lasse Karlsson wrote: Thanks, Ken. Yes, I have started looking into a number of How to:s and tutorials. I will also start to compare what the Bridge browser has to offer. I've been very satisfied in using ACDSee for more than ten years. Regarding the RAW converter, I actually still haven't been shooting much RAW, but now may be the time to start doing it. And it's typical that you run into some basic screen layout issues that annoys you. Made me go back to PS5 where I've got the layout I like... Has there been any other particular improvements of the use of tools and filters? Far too many to mention, and many that I'm not aware of. But there are certainly some much more useful filters. Smart Sharpen, to name one, allows much more effective and specific sharpening than Unsharp Mask, although both can be useful. The Photo Filters are great for correcting white balance issues when you don't shoot RAW. The noise reduction filters in CS4 are pretty much the equal of add-on software solutions. One of my favorite tool improvements is the seeing eye of the clone tool. It shows you exactly where you're placing cloned material. This is great when you need perfect alignment for edges or lines. The BW conversion function is much more sophisticated than before, and allows you to adjust the grey values of six colors individually. And much more. Paul Lasse From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:01 PM Subject: Re: A giant leap... some advice welcome Hi Lasse, I'm still on CS2, having arrived here a while back from PS 5 then PS 7. You'll really appreciate all the additions from PS 5. A few that I use alot (and can remember) are: + the browser - Adobe Bridge + the RAW convertor + highlight/shadow adjustment + ability to scroll multiple images at the same time It might be helpful to get a book on CS4. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Lasse Karlsson ma20...@aland.net Subject: A giant leap... some advice welcome Hi all, I hope everyone is well and not badly struck by the cold weather in many parts of the world. Up here in Scandinavia, people are mostly enjoying a proper winter, which we haven't seen for quite a few years. Anyway, there has ocurred a very small step for the art of photography, but a giant leap to me... After having been using Photoshop 5 uptil now, Santa has enabled me to start working with PS CS4. This means that I haven't been following or learned about the new versions or upgrades of PS since the v. 5. As a way to start to learn what new there is to me, I thought I'd ask those of you who have been using later versions, if you maybe could point to or list some of the new features and improvements since v.5, which you have found particularly useful to your work and which may be the most obvious improvements to me (if you can recall that far back at all... ) ). One obvious thing I already learned, is that I definitely have to get myself a new, more powerful computer... Any pointers or advice welcome. Thanks, Lasse -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Subversive Activities
The situation is even worse in the UK, where the phone booths have joined the scooters! http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9969239size=lg Rick --- On Wed, 1/6/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail..com wrote: Must be some sort of meeting or convention. Probably commies or socialists. They drive scooters, don't they? http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/01/subversive-activities.html ;-) Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photographers Ephemeris
Nice... Thanks. Tom On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:58 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: At my weekly brunch this morning someone mentioned a small free-ware application called the Photographer's Ephemeris. Requires Adobe AIR, which I think you should already have if you're using Photoshop or Lightroom. http://stephentrainor.com/tools I downloaded the program and am taking a first look - haven't even finished reading the instructions, but I'm already impressed enough I thought I'd pass it along. It uses Google maps and locates a point on them. You can place the point around anywhere you want it. It's not locked to the streets like streetview is. I plugged in my own address and it locates the point right in the middle of my property. FROM your chosen point it shows a graphic line to the sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset for any chosen date, along with the times, azimuth and percentage of illumination for the moon. There's an advanced view that allows you to show the line to the sun and the moon for any time during a chosen date. Want to know where you need to stand to get the full moon framed by the mile high swinging bridge at GFM? What time and what dates? Want to know if you can get the sunrise framed in the attic window? You want to catch the full moon (quarter moon, new moon) rising or setting over some landscape feature? The program can tell you exactly where to stand (within the limits of google maps ~ a couple of meters most places.) The only lack I'm aware of is it doesn't appear to have a print function, but I was told you can use print screen function under Windows (or however the Mac does it) and paste it from the clipboard). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: -37ºC
David Savage wrote: I bet. 2010/1/7 William Robb war...@gmail.com: That's how cold it is this morning. Gads I hate winter. Bill, in 3 more years, you'll be catching up to MY age, and I hate Winter, too. I grew up just south of Lake Erie, and got to know the lake effect snows. Drifts, packed snow/ice that stayed all Winter... that was then, middle third of the 20th century. Then I moved to So Cal, where [Praise BE!] I see no snow or sub-freezing weather. That was back in '58, and it was the best move I ever made. I once felt -33° in Iowa, but I was traveling thru. I kept going. :-D Best to ya! keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shot Counter
No, I think it's any number you start with. That's how I remember it working on the K-10. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:36 AM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: On 2010-01-07 08:20 , Bob Sullivan wrote: Jack, Take the memory card you had in the camera before you sent it for repair. Put it back in camera. The next shot should have the next number in the sequence and the camera will be back to normal. don't you have to force it to roll over first (beyond to 0001)? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Shot Counter
It depends on the relevant memory menu setting. Dario - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 7:14 PM Subject: Re: Shot Counter No, I think it's any number you start with. That's how I remember it working on the K-10. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:36 AM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: On 2010-01-07 08:20 , Bob Sullivan wrote: Jack, Take the memory card you had in the camera before you sent it for repair. Put it back in camera. The next shot should have the next number in the sequence and the camera will be back to normal. don't you have to force it to roll over first (beyond to 0001)? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: K20D - Hot pixel ?
That looks like the most bizarre sensor defect imaginable.
On 1/6/2010 4:03 PM, Ken Waller wrote:
Resent with URL to image defect http://tinyurl.com/5wxjf
Kenneth Waller
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- Original Message - From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com
Subject: K20D - Hot pixel ?
After approx 3850 images, my K20D started producing a defect in the
images, not related to SD card or battery charge. It occurs at all
ISO's, all lenses, shutter speeds apertures. Interestingly it is
not apparent in live view.
I've run the pixel mapping routine several time with no affect on
this spot.
It evidences itself as a noticeable bright spot near the RH edge of
the image (in landscape orientation), with a vertical black line from
top to bottom running thru the spot.
Its close enough to the RH edge that it can be cropped out with only
a small loss of image size, but I don't want to have to crop every
image.
The body will probably find its way to Pentax Repair, but I thought
I'd get some input from the collective minds on the list. Depending
on the cost to repair, this may push me into getting a K7.
Your thoughts are welcomed
Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
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PDML book update: 1 week in
One week into the submittal period for the 2010 book we're off to a splendid start. If what we've received so far is any indication, the 2010 book will be even better than last year's edition. Upload your best shots of 2009 at http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/pdmlbook.php Oh, and as an addition to the web version of last year's book I've added a Flash version for the Flashophiles. I generated it through Lightroom, which offers only limited customization, so the images are in alphabetical order (by file name) rather than in the order in which they appear in the book. Still looks pretty good: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/2008/flash.html HTML only: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/2008/flash.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: PDML book update: 1 week in
Looks good. Actually had a hard time finding three worthy of sending in. I narrowed it down to six images, and then picked the three i liked the best. I then changed them when Liz said she liked the other three better. Dave On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: One week into the submittal period for the 2010 book we're off to a splendid start. If what we've received so far is any indication, the 2010 book will be even better than last year's edition. Upload your best shots of 2009 at http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/pdmlbook.php Oh, and as an addition to the web version of last year's book I've added a Flash version for the Flashophiles. I generated it through Lightroom, which offers only limited customization, so the images are in alphabetical order (by file name) rather than in the order in which they appear in the book. Still looks pretty good: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/2008/flash.html HTML only: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/2008/flash.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. -- 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: Shot Counter
I doubt it. They just tested it with a card that had a shot on it
labeled with a number around 9800+ They probably shot 50-100 shots to
test the camera so you got 9900.
To set it back use this procedure.
1.) Put an take a shot. on a clean sd card.
2.) On you PC/MAC/whatever flavor of LINIX/UNIX mount the card and
renumber it to .xxx
3.) Put that card back into the camera take a two shots.
Now all the photos you take will be in the \DCIM\200PENTX directory,
but the new number will be 0001.xxx
4.) Take the card back to the computer and get rid of that directory and
make sure there's a file in the 100PENTX directory numbered
53xx.xxx. Basically one number before the frame you want the
counter to start at. (and yes I ended that sentence badly).
5.) Put the card back into the camera an make an exposure.
At this point your frame counter will be back to where you want it. The
internal counter shutter counter won't agree, but it doesn't agree now
most likely.
On 1/6/2010 4:26 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
I mentioned having received my K20 and 16~45 back from Pentax repair a couple
days ago.
I noticed the K20 shot counter now indicates 9900 frames and upon checking some
images found that it showed 'prox 5300 at the time it was sent in.
K20D repair record; Replaced body bayonet mount.
Repaired autofocus drive unit.
Adjusted to manufacturers specifications.
General check and clean.
16~45 repair record: Replaced lens bayonet mount.
Replaced main barrel.
Repaired focus mechanism.
Adjusted to manufacturers specifications.
General check and clean.
I checked the K20 serial number when returned.
Pentax repair says they have no way of turning the counter back, but will check
into it a advise. I asked for a phone call when they have an answer.
Could an internal component have been installed from a used body. This is
what I told them concerned me. Don't even know if that's possible.
I'll post their answer.
Any thoughts?
Jack
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Re: Wide angle for K-X?
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:06 AM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: there is no true normal, normal is not an exact defintion of a focal length, and 50mm was what came with many many slrs for many years, one could argue that that was normal, not 43mm or 55mm on film -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) A 'True Normal' is a lens with the focal length approximately equal to the diagonal of the format, for 35mm this is an approximately 43mm lens. Normal does have a standard definition of focal length, but 35mm (and 645 MF) generally ignore this for a slightly longer 'normal'. And yes, 50mm is the traditional normal length for 35mm, but it is not a 'true normal' in any respect, it was chosen solely because Oskar Barnack liked a longer normal. -- 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: K20D - Hot pixel ?
I hypothesize that we are seeing the first visible evidence of a
miniature black hole. The Large Hadron Collider started operating some
bit over a year ago and experienced operating anomalies.
An excerpt from a science website reads:
That is not to say that the new collider might not actually create
mini-black holes, as no one knows for sure what will emerge from the
debris of the LHC collisions. Black holes are thought to represent the
ultimate state of compressed matter, with gravity so powerful that any
bit of matter, and even light, would be sucked inexorably inwards with
no chance for escape if it gets too close to the black hole's
boundary.
In their study of the matter, Steve Giddings of the University of
California at Santa Barbara and Michelangelo Mangano of the European
Organization for Nuclear Research (the parent laboratory where LHC
operates) look at what happens if there existed a type of black hole,
one we'd be concerned about, that could not only survive but would
continue to grow to a macroscopic size in a time shorter than billions
of years
Ken, I recall you recently stating that as time passes it has become
more tiring to lug your photo gear into the field. Considering the
super-massive properties of even miniature black holes, there could be
a correlation.
The white ring of light around the black center could be evidence of
super-heated photons being compressed as they approach the event
horizon. And the 2-dimensional vertical black line indicates the force
lines that have trapped and locked the black hole in the sensor
matrix.
Black holes are perhaps the most profound and mysterious objects
we've imagined. Being able to create and study them should teach us a
lot. In particular, it can teach us about how quantum mechanics can be
reconciled with gravity; it could allow us to explore extra dimensions
of space and time; and it may tell us something about an ultimate
unified theory of physics.
All things concerned Ken, I consider you very very lucky.
Tom C.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:41 AM, P. J. Alling
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
That looks like the most bizarre sensor defect imaginable.
On 1/6/2010 4:03 PM, Ken Waller wrote:
Resent with URL to image defect http://tinyurl.com/5wxjf
Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
- Original Message - From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com
Subject: K20D - Hot pixel ?
After approx 3850 images, my K20D started producing a defect in the
images, not related to SD card or battery charge. It occurs at all ISO's,
all lenses, shutter speeds apertures. Interestingly it is not apparent in
live view.
I've run the pixel mapping routine several time with no affect on this
spot.
It evidences itself as a noticeable bright spot near the RH edge of the
image (in landscape orientation), with a vertical black line from top to
bottom running thru the spot.
Its close enough to the RH edge that it can be cropped out with only a
small loss of image size, but I don't want to have to crop every image.
The body will probably find its way to Pentax Repair, but I thought I'd
get some input from the collective minds on the list. Depending on the cost
to repair, this may push me into getting a K7.
Your thoughts are welcomed
Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
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Re: Weather
Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: On Jan 1, 2010, at 3:41 AM, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: Then she complained that my macro shot of a pomegranate seed looked like somebody's liver. Everyone is a critic. And it will do no good to explain your artistic intent - if she doesn't get it, she just doesn't get it. Oh, I didn't bother to explain my artistic intent, but I did take the second or two to explain that it was a pomegranate seed ... Her take on it amused me more than anything else, though I did later decide that shot didn't have enough contrast and found one lit from a different angle that I liked better. Hopefully she makes good cake and cookies, and then you can her overlook her other shortcomings... Pie more than cake and cookies, and random dinner-type stuff, and quite yummy (plus, raiding her kitchen for snacks gives me access to hummus and halloumi and those wrinkly, dark-as-Darth-Vader's-soul, bitter olives I like so much, and other things I never have enough slack for in my grocery budget to buy for myself. Now if I could wean her off of conservative cable news programs ... Happy New Year and best wishes for a swift recovery! Thanks. I'm still holed up here for a little longer because Mom has heat and my house doesn't at the moment, but I'm feeling much better than I had been. I've made it to the last two band rehearsals (we have a gig Saturday), and my bandmates tell me I look and sound better than I did _before_ I got the flu that brought along the pneumonia as a hitchiker. Still bloody tired though. -- Glenn -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Snow event
Watching the daily reruns of the 2010 Dakar (being run in South America) I was surprised to hear the announcer state that all the trucks cars were on BFG t(y)ires. BFG has a good reputation in the states for their t(y)ires, but I wasn't aware they had a significant presence elsewhere. GO ROBBIE ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Snow event 2010/1/6 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: On 6/1/10, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: Make sure you have good tyres, mate. Drive save. BF Goodrich All Terrain T/A http://www.tyre-pictures.com/BFGoodrich/AllTerrainTAKO.jpg best in the business :-) I trust you to select well. Much better than I would anyway... :-) I just have this little pet anxiety over groove depth and tyre performance. That's what's in good for me... Over here, by the way, we are having a peculiar case with all-weather tyres and non-studded winter tyres. The studded tyres are frowned upon because they erode the tarmac, creating a dust and pollution problem. So if you want to use them you have to pay extra fees (£100 per season). The result is that most people have converted to non-studded tyres. However, where studs roughens the ice, the non-studded ones will polish it. And currently we see an increase in accidents caused by people losing the road grip. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lightroom printing on an Epson 870
2010-Jan 7:: Bob Sullivan to PDML I've always had difficulties with colors in printing on my old Epson 870 photo printer. I don't do it very often, and learned how to 'get along' with Photoshop Elements for prints. Now I would like to make my new system easier and more foolproof. I've calibrated the monitor, but was very disappointed printing out of Lightroom. The steel gray minivan I photographed showed up like it was under a heatlamp. I had a red or magenta cast on a photo taken in sunlight. Not at all close to the original. The Epson 870 might be 5 years old? Resolution is satisfactory, but colors wander. Depending on what glossy photo paper I put in the printer, I get different cast shades. HP Epson glossy papers are not the answer and I have a bunch generic glossy paper from Staples (because the first 50 sheets I bought from them worked out so well). I hear you guys talk about selecting a paper profile from the printer and I'm jealous. I don't have any profiles to select from and I suspect the printer is too old. I've recently looked into creating some profiles, but thought I'd ask for your collective wisdom. Regards, Bob S. Hi Bob, The goal of a color managed workflow is that what you see on the screen can be matched through the use of display calibration and profiling across systems and out to printers, utilizing paper profiles. The Epson Photo 870 was the 'narrow' carriage variant of the Epson Photo 1270 (I still own one of those..). On Mac OS X, and on Windows too I imagine, the paper profiles for a range of standard papers are installed with the driver package. Additional paper profiles are available from the Epson website as well as from third party paper vendors and paper manufacturers (Atlex, InkjetArt, Hahnemühle, Ilford, Harman, etc). How many varieties of paper profiles are available is hard to say ... I haven't looked too hard. But the absolutely important thing to realize is that the color management system is *critical* on specifically what printer and printer settings, what inks and what paper you are using in conjunction with the paper profiles. One you understand that, you will see that it is important that you follow a rigorous set of setup steps to get exactly the right settings for your printing use. Once you do that, printing with high fidelity from the screen becomes pretty easy and very consistent. If you substitute third party inks or alternative papers, no matter how similar they might appear to the Epson inks and whatever reference paper you want to choose, color management fails. So ... hardware config: - Calibrate and profile your monitor. For a Windows system, it is probably best to choose targets like 110 cd/mm^2 Luminance, 2.2 gamma, white point 6500K. (My targets on Mac OS X are 110 L, 1.8 gamma, 5500K white point.) Be sure the monitor profile generated by this calibration and profiling step is installed and chosed by the OS preference set up. - Be sure your Epson 870 printer driver is up to date and the full Epson package for the printer is installed for your OS version. Be sure that you're using original Epson ink cartridges in the printer and that the heads are clean. Be sure you're using Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper as a reference starting point. Now you can go into Lightroom and start working. Lightroom takes no application setup for the working colorspace, it's automatic: it always promotes all operations to 16bits per channel and uses a ProPhoto RGB gamma 2.2 colorspace. Presuming that you've imported and adjusted a photo to be exactly the way you want to print it, click on it in the grid and go to the Print module. 1- In the Template Browser, click on the Lightroom template to Maximize Size. This is a starting point. note: Mac OS X and Windows vary a little in how they present the printer settings. Mac OS X has traditionally used the notion of two settings phases, the Page Setup and the Printer Settings, where Windows has traditionally combined them. Both are continuing to change, so read the next two steps and interpret them for your specific OS/printer interfaces. I write them as Mac OS X v10.5.6 instructions, but the concepts are similar on all versions of both OSes. 2a- Lower left corner, click on the Page Setup button. Here you will choose your printer, choose the paper size and feed type as well as the paper orientation. Click OK. 2b- Lower left corner, click on the Print Settings button. This brings up the printer drivers' interface. In my version of the driver, I pick first Print Settings from the popup menu. I set media type: Premium Glossy Photo Paper mode: advanced settings print quality: Photo-1440 dpi halftoning: High Quality halftoning Then I pick Color Management from the popup menu. I set No Color Adjustment Now click the Save button. What this has done is to record the printer driver's settings for Lightroom, organizing which printer queue, which paper size and orientation, what media
Re: Lightroom printing on an Epson 870
In my experience with older Epson printers, if you're using Epson paper inks on an Epson printer you shouldn't need custom profiles. Sound like there is something amiss in your set up. - like are you using the monitor calibration profile ? Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com Subject: Lightroom printing on an Epson 870 I've always had difficulties with colors in printing on my old Epson 870 photo printer. I don't do it very often, and learned how to 'get along' with Photoshop Elements for prints. Now I would like to make my new system easier and more foolproof. I've calibrated the monitor, but was very disappointed printing out of Lightroom. The steel gray minivan I photographed showed up like it was under a heatlamp. I had a red or magenta cast on a photo taken in sunlight. Not at all close to the original. The Epson 870 might be 5 years old? Resolution is satisfactory, but colors wander. Depending on what glossy photo paper I put in the printer, I get different cast shades. HP Epson glossy papers are not the answer and I have a bunch generic glossy paper from Staples (because the first 50 sheets I bought from them worked out so well). I hear you guys talk about selecting a paper profile from the printer and I'm jealous. I don't have any profiles to select from and I suspect the printer is too old. I've recently looked into creating some profiles, but thought I'd ask for your collective wisdom. 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 2010 - 001, 003 - GDG
Same here, I was surprised to still see the fallen leaves ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO 2010 - 001, 003 - GDG Thats lovely. Hard to believe fall colours when we are under 2' of snow.;-) Dave On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: The Slow Time ... http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/the-slow-time Comments always welcome, thanks for looking. Godfrey -- http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com I have a few seats available for this weekend's workshop still! January 9-10 :: Lightroom: Starting In The Middle (Saturday 3-6pm, Sunday 11-5pm) Offered at the Media Center, 900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, California, USA For more information and registration see the website http://www.midpenmedia.org/ or call Dave Sorokach (650-494-8686) at the Media Center or email me directly. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Wide angle for K-X?
You mean we've been forked. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Wide angle for K-X? On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:07 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: There is no spoon Explains why my soup drips off the fork. 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: Shot Counter
I'm not Graydon, but you mount it on your computer and rename it like
any other file.
On 1/7/2010 9:13 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
Thanks much Graydon. How would I be able to name an image on the memory card?
Thanks,
Jack
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Subject: Re: Shot Counter
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net
Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 5:06 PM
On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 04:57:41PM
-0800, Jack Davis scripsit: [snip]
Obviously, it won't matter unless I decide to sell it,
but I let
Pentax know I am displeased and anxious to learn the
cause.
You can set the shot counter to anything by:
rename an image file on the memory card to imgp.dng or
_igp.dng
sticking this memory card in the camera
power on the camera
take a picture
power off the camera
remove the memory card
rename that image file to whatever number is one less than
the number
you want
put the card back in the camera
take a picture
voila!
(Haven't actually done this, but it's a logical consequence
of resets
to the higher value if there's a higher value on the
card).
My current K20D shot counter value is the nicely
symmetrical 3553; I
can't remember how many times the counter has been around,
though; it's
either twice or thrice. The 3553 is not an indication
of relatively low
usage.
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Whingeing about workflow
At the family Christmas party, my brother's father-in-law (there's gotta be a shorter way to say that) asked about my photography and whether I did it for money, and I commented that if I were any good at the _marketing_, I'd do it for money. He asked me to round up a sampling of my work and he'd see whether he could do anything to help with the marketing angle. So I've been going through a lot of my recent-ish backlog, picking out portfolio-worthy shots to edit into shape. (When I go back home, I'll fire up the scanner; here at Mom's house, I'm going by what I have on hand on CF cards, CD, and cluttering up my laptop's hard drive.) The first step, of course, is to decide which photos are worth spending any time on. I'm also trying to get some of these folders of photos moved off onto CD to free up space on the laptop. So I'm going through lots of images, deciding which to copy (well, hard-link) to the possible portfolio candidates folder to take a closer look at later and maybe fire up GIMP on. And it strikes me that when I'm going through a collection of photos where I tried different angles and lighting on the same subject, or where I shot lots of frames of some event, that culling the duds and picking out which of the good shots to consider redundant ... was a whole lot easier when I was sorting through a stack of 4x6 glossy proofs that I could easily shuffle, look at in twos and threes next to each other, etc. I haven't found an approach yet that feels anywhere near as smooth or natural on the computer. And that's even before we get into the whole business with corrections and adjustments the folks at the lab did for me when I was paying somebody to develop and print. (OTOH, an awful lot of film from the last couple of years before I got the *istD is still in the freezer waiting for me to be able to afford to have somebody develop and print it, so even though digital is a lot more work, I'm actually _seeing_ what I've shot instead of tossing it in the freezer to hopefully see someday.) At the aforementioned Christmas party, folks saw me shooting with a Fancy Camera (i.e. not a PS, and with a big ol' flash unit stuck on the shoe), and asked when they'd see the pictures. So I made an effort to winnow that evening's shots and tweak (crop/levels/etc.) the good ones in time to hand a CD to my brother two days later when I knew he'd be stopping by. I didn't keep close track, but it was something like 16 hours of editing for one party worth (three or four hours) of mostly casual shooting[*]. I'm sure I'll get faster at this as I go on. But I suspect that choosing a subject, composing the shot, working out lighting, and operating the camera will all continue to count as The Easy Part. (Maybe I need to team up with somebody who doesn't like taking photos but loves editing them, and whose aesthetic closely resembles mine.) In the meantime, I guess I ought to crawl through the mailing list archives for advice on digital workflow and tools that I skipped over before. Anyhow, I just felt a need to whine about how long this instant technology is taking me. Now to get back to editing instead of whining for a while ... -- Glenn [*] I did go into Serious Photographer mode to try to capture the smokestack on the cardboard-box hotel my nepphew made out of the box a gigantic flat-screen television had come in -- my brother stuck a humidifier inside so the mist would come out the chimney and look like smoke. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 fun and games
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Non-whiny addendum to whine
After complaing about how much work digital photography is, I should probably also reflect on how grateful I am to have the tools with which to _do_ this work: the *istD (that I have not forgotten I still owe money for), lenses I never would have been able to afford on my own, and the PowerBook handed down from a bandmate who upgraded (I can run GIMP just fine on my Linux machines at home, but wouldn't be able to do this from my Mom's house w/o the laptop). So yeah, the only reason I know how much work this is, is because I'm fortunate enough to have the tools to do the work in the first place. -- Glenn -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Wide angle for K-X?
I let this pass before, since there's not any point in arguing with
someone who /knows/ /everything/ .
True normal is a convention. That convention is the normal focal lenght
is the diagonal of the film or in modern day sensor format. Most non
35mm cameras with fixed lenses have a normal focal lenght that follows
that rule. For 6x9 it's 105mm or if you prefer inches 2 1/4 x 3 1/4
works out to about 4 inches, 4x5 is approximately a 6 inch lens as as
examples. If you look at most any fixed camera made by any manufacturer
in the last 100 years you'll find that the manufacturer fitted it with a
normal lens. That's been the definition since at least the turn of
the last century.
There are historical reasons that 50~58mm lenses were sold as normal
lenses on interchangeable lens 35mm cameras, but that was an exception
to the general rule. Because of this there was some bleed over from the
interchangeable lens category to fixed lens 35mm cameras. Even with
that a lot of fixed lens35mm cameras were manufactured with 40-45mm lenses.
35mm SLRs are not the end all and be all of photography.
With that I'll say no more on the subject, at least not in this thread.
On 1/7/2010 10:06 AM, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
there is no true normal, normal is not an exact defintion of a focal
length, and 50mm was what came with many many slrs for many years, one
could argue that that was normal, not 43mm or 55mm
on film
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Subject: Re: Wide angle for K-X?
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:47 PM, J.C. O'Connellhifis...@gate.net
wrote:
right on the 35, but the 28 is wider than most
anything called normal in the old days, I recall
when 55mm on 35mm film was normal. Regardless,
the K24/3.5 is pretty damn good too, which I forgot
to mention...
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28mm is a 42mm-e on APS-C, pretty much exactly the same as Pentax's 43mm
'true normal' and right on the 40-45mm normal range that was typical for
fixed-lens RF's and PS's back in the day as well as being moderately
common in SLR's from the mid-70's on. A 35 is a long normal on APS-C.
55mm as a normal was only ever an abberation of 60's SLR designs, as it
was a bit easier to design for a SLR mount than 50mm that had been the
the 'normal' for 35mm since the original Leica was introduced in the
late 1920's. Many systems never even had a 55 normal or only had exotic
55's (usually an f1.2 or a macro). 55's as the standard on SLR's only
lasted about 15 years from the early 60's to the late 70's, which was
also when 40's and 45's became increasingly common as normals from
Leica, Minolta, Nikon, Zeiss (Contax) Olympus and Pentax. Canon, Olympus
and Nikon only did exotic 55's.
35mm has traditionally had a longer normal than other formats, due to
Oskar Barnack's taste in lenses.
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Re: Shot Counter
On 08/01/2010, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I doubt it. They just tested it with a card that had a shot on it labeled with a number around 9800+ They probably shot 50-100 shots to test the camera so you got 9900. To set it back use this procedure. 1.) Put an take a shot. on a clean sd card. 2.) On you PC/MAC/whatever flavor of LINIX/UNIX mount the card and renumber it to .xxx 3.) Put that card back into the camera take a two shots. Now all the photos you take will be in the \DCIM\200PENTX directory, but the new number will be 0001.xxx 4.) Take the card back to the computer and get rid of that directory and make sure there's a file in the 100PENTX directory numbered 53xx.xxx. Basically one number before the frame you want the counter to start at. (and yes I ended that sentence badly). 5.) Put the card back into the camera an make an exposure. At this point your frame counter will be back to where you want it. The internal counter shutter counter won't agree, but it doesn't agree now most likely. That's essentially how I've done it to bring replacement bodies into line with my existing image numbers. Once the new number has been adopted by the camera you can re-enable the memory function and it won't lose track again. -- 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.
Re: K20D - Hot pixel ?
Thanks to all for looking. Apparently it is not a wide spread defect. Doug - The shot of the defect is from a Tiff that was made directly from the RAW capture (DNG). On other images, the black line (column) is constant in width color. I've printed off the mailing label boxed the body - I'll mail it tomorrow. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com Subject: Re: K20D - Hot pixel ? On 2010-01-06 17:08, Charles Robinson wrote: On Jan 6, 2010, at 15:03, Ken Waller wrote: Resent with URL to image defect http://tinyurl.com/5wxjf That is really, really weird. That is really strange. Is the lower crop from PEF or JPG? Is it full one-for-one-pixel resolution from the original? The circular white part looks entirely too circular. There's some curious artifacting inside the black spot that's inside the white spot. The black column seems to fade back almost to normal colors by the bottom of the image, but to be about full strength at the top edge. If you zoom in enough (like 10:1) you can see that the black line fades completely away as it intersects with the white spot. The black could be from the effects of a failure at one pixel on the pixels around it at either the hardware or the software. Can you shoot something like a Chromakey background (pretty uniform color across the frame)? Can you provide an 800% or so zoom of the original resolution that only includes that white spot, in GIF or PNG format to avoid JPEG's machinations? -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML book update: 1 week in
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Re: Wide angle for K-X?
But is there a fork?
On 1/7/2010 10:07 AM, David Savage wrote:
There is no spoon
2010/1/7 J.C. O'Connellhifis...@gate.net:
there is no true normal, normal is not an exact defintion of a focal
length, and 50mm was what came with many many slrs for many years, one
could argue that that was normal, not 43mm or 55mm
on film
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Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:21 PM
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Subject: Re: Wide angle for K-X?
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:47 PM, J.C. O'Connellhifis...@gate.net
wrote:
right on the 35, but the 28 is wider than most
anything called normal in the old days, I recall
when 55mm on 35mm film was normal. Regardless,
the K24/3.5 is pretty damn good too, which I forgot
to mention...
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28mm is a 42mm-e on APS-C, pretty much exactly the same as Pentax's 43mm
'true normal' and right on the 40-45mm normal range that was typical for
fixed-lens RF's and PS's back in the day as well as being moderately
common in SLR's from the mid-70's on. A 35 is a long normal on APS-C.
55mm as a normal was only ever an abberation of 60's SLR designs, as it
was a bit easier to design for a SLR mount than 50mm that had been the
the 'normal' for 35mm since the original Leica was introduced in the
late 1920's. Many systems never even had a 55 normal or only had exotic
55's (usually an f1.2 or a macro). 55's as the standard on SLR's only
lasted about 15 years from the early 60's to the late 70's, which was
also when 40's and 45's became increasingly common as normals from
Leica, Minolta, Nikon, Zeiss (Contax) Olympus and Pentax. Canon, Olympus
and Nikon only did exotic 55's.
35mm has traditionally had a longer normal than other formats, due to
Oskar Barnack's taste in lenses.
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Re: A giant leap... some advice welcome
I'm sure there are many, many more improvements over PS 5, but I've been using CS2 for so long I can't recall what was missing in PS 5. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: A giant leap... some advice welcome On Jan 7, 2010, at 11:50 AM, Lasse Karlsson wrote: Thanks, Ken. Yes, I have started looking into a number of How to:s and tutorials. I will also start to compare what the Bridge browser has to offer. I've been very satisfied in using ACDSee for more than ten years. Regarding the RAW converter, I actually still haven't been shooting much RAW, but now may be the time to start doing it. And it's typical that you run into some basic screen layout issues that annoys you. Made me go back to PS5 where I've got the layout I like... Has there been any other particular improvements of the use of tools and filters? Far too many to mention, and many that I'm not aware of. But there are certainly some much more useful filters. Smart Sharpen, to name one, allows much more effective and specific sharpening than Unsharp Mask, although both can be useful. The Photo Filters are great for correcting white balance issues when you don't shoot RAW. The noise reduction filters in CS4 are pretty much the equal of add-on software solutions. One of my favorite tool improvements is the seeing eye of the clone tool. It shows you exactly where you're placing cloned material. This is great when you need perfect alignment for edges or lines. The BW conversion function is much more sophisticated than before, and allows you to adjust the grey values of six colors individually. And much more. Paul Lasse From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:01 PM Subject: Re: A giant leap... some advice welcome Hi Lasse, I'm still on CS2, having arrived here a while back from PS 5 then PS 7. You'll really appreciate all the additions from PS 5. A few that I use alot (and can remember) are: + the browser - Adobe Bridge + the RAW convertor + highlight/shadow adjustment + ability to scroll multiple images at the same time It might be helpful to get a book on CS4. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Lasse Karlsson ma20...@aland.net Subject: A giant leap... some advice welcome Hi all, I hope everyone is well and not badly struck by the cold weather in many parts of the world. Up here in Scandinavia, people are mostly enjoying a proper winter, which we haven't seen for quite a few years. Anyway, there has ocurred a very small step for the art of photography, but a giant leap to me... After having been using Photoshop 5 uptil now, Santa has enabled me to start working with PS CS4. This means that I haven't been following or learned about the new versions or upgrades of PS since the v. 5. As a way to start to learn what new there is to me, I thought I'd ask those of you who have been using later versions, if you maybe could point to or list some of the new features and improvements since v.5, which you have found particularly useful to your work and which may be the most obvious improvements to me (if you can recall that far back at all... ) ). One obvious thing I already learned, is that I definitely have to get myself a new, more powerful computer... Any pointers or advice welcome. Thanks, Lasse -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
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Re: K20D - Hot pixel ?
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Tom C caka...@gmail.com Subject: Re: K20D - Hot pixel ? I hypothesize that we are seeing the first visible evidence of a miniature black hole. The Large Hadron Collider started operating some bit over a year ago and experienced operating anomalies. An excerpt from a science website reads: That is not to say that the new collider might not actually create mini-black holes, as no one knows for sure what will emerge from the debris of the LHC collisions. Black holes are thought to represent the ultimate state of compressed matter, with gravity so powerful that any bit of matter, and even light, would be sucked inexorably inwards with no chance for escape if it gets too close to the black hole's boundary. In their study of the matter, Steve Giddings of the University of California at Santa Barbara and Michelangelo Mangano of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (the parent laboratory where LHC operates) look at what happens if there existed a type of black hole, one we'd be concerned about, that could not only survive but would continue to grow to a macroscopic size in a time shorter than billions of years Ken, I recall you recently stating that as time passes it has become more tiring to lug your photo gear into the field. Considering the super-massive properties of even miniature black holes, there could be a correlation. The white ring of light around the black center could be evidence of super-heated photons being compressed as they approach the event horizon. And the 2-dimensional vertical black line indicates the force lines that have trapped and locked the black hole in the sensor matrix. Black holes are perhaps the most profound and mysterious objects we've imagined. Being able to create and study them should teach us a lot. In particular, it can teach us about how quantum mechanics can be reconciled with gravity; it could allow us to explore extra dimensions of space and time; and it may tell us something about an ultimate unified theory of physics. All things concerned Ken, I consider you very very lucky. Me too. At least I didn't get sucked into your explanation;- I guess I'll have to stay at a Holiday Inn express again! Tom C. On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:41 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: That looks like the most bizarre sensor defect imaginable. On 1/6/2010 4:03 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Resent with URL to image defect http://tinyurl.com/5wxjf Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com Subject: K20D - Hot pixel ? After approx 3850 images, my K20D started producing a defect in the images, not related to SD card or battery charge. It occurs at all ISO's, all lenses, shutter speeds apertures. Interestingly it is not apparent in live view. I've run the pixel mapping routine several time with no affect on this spot. It evidences itself as a noticeable bright spot near the RH edge of the image (in landscape orientation), with a vertical black line from top to bottom running thru the spot. Its close enough to the RH edge that it can be cropped out with only a small loss of image size, but I don't want to have to crop every image. The body will probably find its way to Pentax Repair, but I thought I'd get some input from the collective minds on the list. Depending on the cost to repair, this may push me into getting a K7. Your thoughts are welcomed Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Wide angle for K-X?
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Re: Trafalger Square, That's in London, right?
Have you checked your social security card lately?
On 1/7/2010 11:36 AM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 12/24/2009 10:49:50 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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I'm not a number, I'm a free man and so are you all.
Tom
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Well, actually, no I am a woman.
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Re: Wide angle for K-X?
I guess this answers my question.
On 1/7/2010 10:10 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:07 AM, David Savageozsav...@gmail.com wrote:
There is no spoon
Explains why my soup drips off the fork.
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Re: Shot Counter
On 1/7/2010 11:36 AM, steve harley wrote:
On 2010-01-07 08:20 , Bob Sullivan wrote:
Jack,
Take the memory card you had in the camera before you sent it for
repair. Put it back in camera. The next shot should have the next
number in the sequence and the camera will be back to normal.
don't you have to force it to roll over first (beyond to 0001)?
Pretty much. I know from experience that needs to be done.
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Re: Shot Counter
On 1/7/2010 11:36 AM, steve harley wrote:
On 2010-01-07 08:20 , Bob Sullivan wrote:
Jack,
Take the memory card you had in the camera before you sent it for
repair. Put it back in camera. The next shot should have the next
number in the sequence and the camera will be back to normal.
don't you have to force it to roll over first (beyond to 0001)?
Actually I don't know if this works with the K20D, but with the *ist-Ds
I accidentally set the counter back to zero right after a firmware
upgrade IIRC. Doesn't seem like a practical solution.
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Re: Whingeing about workflow
Glenn, Lightroom can help you cut that time down, but Kodachrome slides were a lot easier. The colors on the slides were the colors in projection and there was no tweaking. Now I go out and shoot 250 images in a few hours and bring them back to the laptop, for hours of editing. Drives the wife crazy on vacations... Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 1:51 PM, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. dgl...@panix.com wrote: At the family Christmas party, my brother's father-in-law (there's gotta be a shorter way to say that) asked about my photography and whether I did it for money, and I commented that if I were any good at the _marketing_, I'd do it for money. He asked me to round up a sampling of my work and he'd see whether he could do anything to help with the marketing angle. So I've been going through a lot of my recent-ish backlog, picking out portfolio-worthy shots to edit into shape. (When I go back home, I'll fire up the scanner; here at Mom's house, I'm going by what I have on hand on CF cards, CD, and cluttering up my laptop's hard drive.) The first step, of course, is to decide which photos are worth spending any time on. I'm also trying to get some of these folders of photos moved off onto CD to free up space on the laptop. So I'm going through lots of images, deciding which to copy (well, hard-link) to the possible portfolio candidates folder to take a closer look at later and maybe fire up GIMP on. And it strikes me that when I'm going through a collection of photos where I tried different angles and lighting on the same subject, or where I shot lots of frames of some event, that culling the duds and picking out which of the good shots to consider redundant ... was a whole lot easier when I was sorting through a stack of 4x6 glossy proofs that I could easily shuffle, look at in twos and threes next to each other, etc. I haven't found an approach yet that feels anywhere near as smooth or natural on the computer. And that's even before we get into the whole business with corrections and adjustments the folks at the lab did for me when I was paying somebody to develop and print. (OTOH, an awful lot of film from the last couple of years before I got the *istD is still in the freezer waiting for me to be able to afford to have somebody develop and print it, so even though digital is a lot more work, I'm actually _seeing_ what I've shot instead of tossing it in the freezer to hopefully see someday.) At the aforementioned Christmas party, folks saw me shooting with a Fancy Camera (i.e. not a PS, and with a big ol' flash unit stuck on the shoe), and asked when they'd see the pictures. So I made an effort to winnow that evening's shots and tweak (crop/levels/etc.) the good ones in time to hand a CD to my brother two days later when I knew he'd be stopping by. I didn't keep close track, but it was something like 16 hours of editing for one party worth (three or four hours) of mostly casual shooting[*]. I'm sure I'll get faster at this as I go on. But I suspect that choosing a subject, composing the shot, working out lighting, and operating the camera will all continue to count as The Easy Part. (Maybe I need to team up with somebody who doesn't like taking photos but loves editing them, and whose aesthetic closely resembles mine.) In the meantime, I guess I ought to crawl through the mailing list archives for advice on digital workflow and tools that I skipped over before. Anyhow, I just felt a need to whine about how long this instant technology is taking me. Now to get back to editing instead of whining for a while ... -- Glenn [*] I did go into Serious Photographer mode to try to capture the smokestack on the cardboard-box hotel my nepphew made out of the box a gigantic flat-screen television had come in -- my brother stuck a humidifier inside so the mist would come out the chimney and look like smoke. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: -37ºC
Think you're a tough guy, huh? How about this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8445831.stm Situated in an area of Siberia nicknamed Stalin's Death Ring (a former destination for political exiles), Oymyakon boasts an average winter temperature of -45C, with a one-time world record low of -71.2C. It is home to several hundred people, and until recently a single hotel with no hot water and an outside toilet. ... Nothing grows there, a single shop provides the town's provisions and with jobs in short supply most locals resort to reindeer-breeding, hunting and ice-fishing for their livelihoods. Ironically, Oymyakon means non-freezing water, situated as it is to a nearby hot spring. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David J Brooks Sent: 07 January 2010 14:46 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: -37ºC I have, somewhere here, a Polaroid shot of the weather net work red screen in January of 1996. It was -46C i believe, no wind chill. By the time i drove from our cabin in Longlac to the office, it had dipped to -52C, no wind. I got out of the truck, pounded a wood stake in the ground, just to say i worked at -52.;-) We were pipe lining for Transcanada at the time and we had to wait until it ~warmed up~ to -35 C before they could weld. Dave On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:29 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: That's how cold it is this morning. Gads I hate winter. 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. -- 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: Whingeing about workflow
2010/1/7 D. Glenn Arthur Jr. dgl...@panix.com: [...] Anyhow, I just felt a need to whine about how long this instant technology is taking me. Now to get back to editing instead of whining for a while ... -- Glenn D. Glenn, Maybe this could be a good starting point? http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Photography-Practices-Workflow-Handbook/dp/0240810953/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1262897515sr=8-1 jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shot Counter
OK so I just did it on a K-20.
I went into the memory card and changed the last image from
IMGP4794.DGN to IMGP4799.DGN
I put the card back into the K-20 and the next shot is IMGP4800.DGN
On the Menu under Memory, I have File No. checked.
Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:34 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
On 1/7/2010 11:36 AM, steve harley wrote:
On 2010-01-07 08:20 , Bob Sullivan wrote:
Jack,
Take the memory card you had in the camera before you sent it for
repair. Put it back in camera. The next shot should have the next
number in the sequence and the camera will be back to normal.
don't you have to force it to roll over first (beyond to 0001)?
Actually I don't know if this works with the K20D, but with the *ist-Ds I
accidentally set the counter back to zero right after a firmware upgrade
IIRC. Doesn't seem like a practical solution.
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PESO - Bok Choy
Been working on decisions for my PDML Book entries, not an easy task (down to 7, getting outside opinions). I have to say, the pictures from last year are outstanding and I can only hope in my wildest dreams to be half as good as the work presented there. As for the PESO...a visit to NYC provided some opportunities. This was shot from the hip as we walked down Canal. http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dNsP3V3BJCQH7Ddugc0BKw?feat=directlink Comments, critiques welcome! -- Thanks! Ed http://picasaweb.google.com/ewkphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Short tele complement to DA16-45?
Definitely get a DA70. It's amazing lens. BR, Margus gldnbearz wrote: Let's say you have a DA16-45. Love the colors, love the 16mm, don't mind the reverse zoom ring, but it's just a *little* short at 45mm. Already have the DA 55-300 or 50-135. Options for when I don't want to use the long tele zooms (usually I'm indoors need just a little more reach, but I can't walk up to the subject): 1) get a DA 17-70 to replace 16-45 (pros: longer zoom range, SDM quietness, same constant f/4 as the 16-45, has a normal zoom ring, has a rebate since I bought the K-7; cons: heavier larger than the 16-45, it's SDM only; long term SDM reliability, some users complain of softness btwn 50-70mm) 2) get a DA 70 (pros: small size, complements the DA 21 DA40, slightly better in low light at f/2.4; cons: funky lens cap/hood combination, price?) If you have the DA16-45, what is your short tele option? I'm not looking to replace the 16-45; it works and it's been a great bang for the buck. I've been going back forth on this for a bit and would like to see what others think. TIA, Pat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
