Massaging K-5 RAW files
In case anyone is interested, I've updated my review with some examples of massaged K-5 images: http://enticingthelight.com/2010/12/01/review-pentax-k-5/#raw I was surprised to find out the K-5 only has 1 stop of highlight overhead because I thought my K10D had a bit more than that. I'm going to have to run that check again. At the other end of the spectrum, the shadow recovery that's possible with this camera is quite amazing. We've seen a few examples online, but until you do it yourself you don't realise just how incredible it is. I think it was Boris who wanted full size pics to compare, so there they are for his and your pixel-peeping pleasure. Cheers, —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another victory for common sense
On 8 December 2010 02:48, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11945081 Common sense would have been not needing the Information Commissioner to intervene and point out the bloody obvious in the first place (i.e., Photographhy is not a crime). But I get your point, David. —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
My thoughts on buying cameras
After my nth request on facebook for advice on what camera should I buy?, I wrote a short bit of advice on the subject this afternoon. I've got it posted at: http://www.facebook.com/notes/larry-colen/what-camera-should-i-buy/480971259242 If you're on facebook, and have thoughts, advice, or corrections on the subject, I'd appreciate your commenting there. For those people who are not facebook enabled, but still curious, or who like pontificating on general principles, this is what I wrote: Like anyone with a serious interest in photography, I often get asked for advice about what camera to buy. First of all, I know almost nothing about point and shoot cameras. The market changes every few months, and when I need a small camera I put my DA40 pancake lens on my K-x and have a pocketable camera with amazing performance. Most of my interest these days is in DSLRs, and cameras with equivalent performance. Cutting to the chase, the short answer is that if you need to ask someone what camera to get, then it pretty much doesn't matter. Just about any DSLR on the market is a better camera than you are a photographer. If you are serious about photography, what you should do is buy a used DSLR for a few hundred bucks, take photos with it for a few months. You'll be best off using it in manual mode, learning about aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and how to use the histogram and blinkies to check your exposure. After a while, you'll find out where the camera doesn't work for you, and have an idea of what you really need in performance so you'll know where you can best spend your money. There's also the chance that you'll find out that your $300 used camera works just fine for you and rather than spending $1500 on the prosumer body, you can spend that money on two or three nice lenses. Or, better yet, pizza and beer. For the long answer, the specifications that the camera companies like to spout have almost no relevance to the average person. Unless you are shooting professional sports, you don't need 7 frames per second. Unless you regularly print photos bigger than 12x16 you don't need more than 3MP (that 3, not 13, not 30). The only really relevant easily measured specification is sensor size, and that's only between sensors that were developed at about the same time. The performance difference between full frame and APS sensors is two to three years in low light sensitivity, and a factor of about three in system cost. The difference between APS and 4/3 is similar in low light sensitivity, but 4/3 costs about the same as APS. The way a camera feels in your hands is vitally important, and incredibly personal. The ergonomics of the controls and menus are also important, but people can get used to almost anything. Each brand, or lens mount system, has its own strengths and weaknesses. Likewise SLR and EVIL (Electronic Viewfinder, Interchangeable Lenses) systems each have advantages and disadvantages. Like many still photographers, I had no particular interest in the ability to take video with my DSLR, but I've been blown away by the quality of video that you can get with a big sensor and good lenses. Canon makes decent gear. I don't know a lot about the specifics, especially since I've never liked the ergonomics on any of the Canon SLRs that I've used. Then again, I've never used them long enough to get used to them and appreciate their ergonomic decisions. Canon has the big advantage of being the default brand, which means that it's easy to find gear to buy or borrow. The do not, however, work with manual focus Canon lenses. I started photography in 1973, during the time when if a pro was shooting 35mm, they were using Nikon gear. You'll generally find that if someone has been into photography for more than 20 years, most likely their DSLR is Nikon. Nikon is reputed to have the best flash system, and if you get one of their better bodies, you'll be able to use their AIS mount lenses with the same capabilities that they had on the film bodies. In addition, pre-AIS lenses can generally be adapted to work on AIS bodies, so with Nikon you've got close to 50 years worth of awesome legacy glass to choose from. Unfortunately, the low end Nikon bodies aren't so backward compatible. Sony has the cheapest full frame body on the market, and it has amazing sensor performance. It's compatible with autofocus Minolta glass. Sony has in body image stabilization. I shoot Pentax because at the time I bought my first DSLR you got the best performance for your money at the low end of the market with Pentax gear. About a year ago, i bought a Pentax K-x and have been amazed and thrilled at its performance, especially for a body that you can buy for less than $500. DxO ranks its sensor performance among the best in APS sensors, out performing $1500 cameras such as the Canon 7D. I regularly use ISO 6400 on it to photograph dancers and musicians in very
RE: K-5 Focusing Speed -- My Opinion [Scanned][Spam score:8%]
Possibly because the AF really isn't *that* bad on Pentax DSLR's, I've been using a friends N***n D300 for a while and never really noticed any major improvement in overall speed in normal ligh. Regards, John http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/johnwhittingham _ From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Miserere [miser...@gmail.com] Sent: 08 December 2010 04:51 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K-5 Focusing Speed -- My Opinion [Scanned][Spam score:8%] On 6 December 2010 09:05, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: As part of my on-going K-5 review, I updated the focusing section: http://enticingthelight.com/2010/12/01/review-pentax-k-5/#focusing My conclusions about focusing speed seem to differe from everyone else's. Opinions welcomed! Cheers, —M. I got to test out Mark's DA* 16-50mm f/2.8 this afternoon and the consensus was that the fastest cameras were, in order of increasing speed: K10D, K20D and K-5...in bright light. In low light, I found no appreciable difference between the K10D and the K-5 as far as speed or accuracy were concerned; I didn't try out the K20D in low light. I've updated the text in my review to reflect my SDM testing. I find my results curious after reading so much about the K-5's blazing AF speed. This wouldn't keep me from buying the camera as it has many other improvements, and I will note that I have never been a member of the Bash the K10D AF Club. Anybody else have a different experience to mine? —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. This e-mail and any file transmitted with it are confidential, subject to copyright and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. It may contain privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, distribution or publication is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy and delete the message and all copies from your computer. The information contained in this email may be subject to public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 or other legal duty. Any views or opinions expressed within this email are those of the author and may not necessarily reflect those of Carmel College. No contractual arrangement is intended to arise from this communication. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 -- Trees and Stars
I'm not sure if this is a high concept of I;m just high on fatigue. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20treesandstars.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax A 24mm f2.8 w/Slik U8000 tripod. Notes: The camera emphasizes colors I didn't see hence the conversion to BW, (with green filter applied), to attempt to render the scene as I experienced it. I think I failed. Resizing the image to web to web size didn't help it either. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Massaging K-5 RAW files
Miserere, have you noticed an additional bonus of shadow recovery - no purple fringing at all??? On 12/8/2010 10:33 AM, Miserere wrote: In case anyone is interested, I've updated my review with some examples of massaged K-5 images: http://enticingthelight.com/2010/12/01/review-pentax-k-5/#raw I was surprised to find out the K-5 only has 1 stop of highlight overhead because I thought my K10D had a bit more than that. I'm going to have to run that check again. At the other end of the spectrum, the shadow recovery that's possible with this camera is quite amazing. We've seen a few examples online, but until you do it yourself you don't realise just how incredible it is. I think it was Boris who wanted full size pics to compare, so there they are for his and your pixel-peeping pleasure. Cheers, —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 -- Trees and Stars
I'm not sure if this is a high concept of I;m just high on fatigue. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20treesandstars.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax A 24mm f2.8 w/Slik U8000 tripod. Notes: The camera emphasizes colors I didn't see hence the conversion to BW, (with green filter applied), to attempt to render the scene as I experienced it. I think I failed. Resizing the image to web to web size didn't help it either. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. that's a good shot - no need to talk it down. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Latest Pentax Scare: Blobs on K-5 Sensor
Well, so I paid Pentax Israel a visit this morning. After a cup of coffee (thank you, dear Pentax, it was just in time) on the house and 40 mins of wait my camera is with me again. The sensor is clean. But... These blobs that can be seen in f/11 and smaller are still there. Pentax rep suggested that I can submit my camera for deep clean that involves taking it apart, etc. It wouldn't be free of charge of course, unlike the procedure that was performed today. Since I am still to loose a shot to these blobs (11,000 clicks on my shutter count so far), I could really care less about them. So I thanked them and walked away happily. But for sake of statistics - at least one K-7 has the blobs although I cannot say with all certainty whether it came this way or it is a result of some (mis)use on my part. I am as happy a camper as one can be with K-7 these days. HTH. 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.
OT - Mamiya Cxxx TLRs and TLR in general
Got myself (not arrived yet) a Mamiya C330 TLR (with 80/2.8) for a couple reasons: * I want to do film * Medium format * 6x4,5 is bigger than 35mm but if going MF, just do it completely. 6x4,5 is somewhat small IMO * The challenge of using a TLR, waist level finder (although prism is available as well) * The challenge of square format, 6x6 * Interchangeable lenses on a TLR (quite rare) * Mechanical beast, easier to repair than electronic ones if it needs to. Now, I know Darren have one, he wrote so a couple weeks ago. Darren and others, what could you advise as for usage of such cameras? Like usage with or without tripod, what kind of subjects, 120 film handling etc. Thank you much. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ ... Laptop: Macbook 13 Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Latest Pentax Scare: Blobs on K-5 Sensor
Well, so I paid Pentax Israel a visit this morning. After a cup of coffee (thank you, dear Pentax, it was just in time) on the house and 40 mins of wait my camera is with me again. The sensor is clean. But... These blobs that can be seen in f/11 and smaller are still there. Pentax rep suggested that I can submit my camera for deep clean that involves taking it apart, etc. It wouldn't be free of charge of course, unlike the procedure that was performed today. how old is your k-5? Surely it is still within warranty, so if there are 'blobs' that shouldn't be there they should be fixing them under warranty, not trying to make you pay to have them removed. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
BW film home made processing... now that is cheap (+smartphone helpful apps)
Just understood how cheaper it was to process film in house. Got material from my brother, just needed the chemical part. Got developper + fixer for 30 Euros, dunno if it is about a right price or not... I can process 40 35mm films with that, compared to 6 euros per film when dropped to my reseller. Ouch ! BTW, just found out there're a couple nice apps helping, at least on iPhone. The Massive Dev Chart, ( http://www.digitaltruth.com ) is available with complete database of developper/film times, stopwatch etc. Very impressive. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ ... Laptop: Macbook 13 Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Latest Pentax Scare: Blobs on K-5 Sensor
On 12/9/2010 12:24 PM, Bob W wrote: how old is your k-5? Surely it is still within warranty, so if there are 'blobs' that shouldn't be there they should be fixing them under warranty, not trying to make you pay to have them removed. B Bob, it is K-7 and it is 1 year 3 months old. I cannot possibly prove to Pentax Israel that this is a defect to be fixed under warranty and not a result of some unfortunate action on my part. The warranty is 2 years, so I have 9 more month left, give or take. It will involve major amount of nerve cell burned on my part and very questionable benefit thereafter. At the moment, this camera is well put together and everything works as it should. If, e.g. they put it back together badly, which is probable, I will have major grief on my hands. At the moment I can still shoot and be happy. You're theoretically right, but I don't think I can put your suggestion to practice. /sad face/ 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: At least they're my photos
On 12/8/2010 9:41 AM, Larry Colen wrote: From one of the costume contests as part of the dance workshop last weekend. Not my best work, and it would have been nice if I'd actually gotten photo credits, but my photos none the less: http://www.thefeast.com/sanfrancisco/shopping/FEAST-SHOP-SF-Photos-The-Golden-Gate-Pin-Up-Contest-111493864.html -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est Congratulations. But why no credits nonetheless??? 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: OT: Russian names required.
Hello All, I'd like to thank everyone for their ideas both on and off the list. Those that were not useful made us smile, though I'm not sure we have a conclusion as yet. We now have a better idea of Russian names and will investigate the names of the bells at our tower as well to see if any of them fit the bill (though I know one is called Thomas and that doesn't fit at all). Leon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Massaging K-5 RAW files
You could turn on highlight correction. It will probably give you 2 stops of highlight overhead and with the low shadow noise on K-5 there is little to loose. Stig Vidar Hovland Fra: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] p#229; vegne av Miserere [miser...@gmail.com] Sendt: 8. desember 2010 09:33 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Massaging K-5 RAW files I was surprised to find out the K-5 only has 1 stop of highlight overhead because I thought my K10D had a bit more than that. I'm going to have to run that check again. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO -- Trees and Stars
On 12/9/2010 12:16 PM, Bob W wrote: that's a good shot - no need to talk it down. B Peter, I agree with Bob. It's a good shoot indeed. No need to say anything except basically present it as it speaks well for itself. 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: BW film home made processing... now that is cheap (+smartphone helpful apps)
Welcome to the club!!! I discovered these nice things about 5 years ago. So far used only Rodinal, but i hope to try also Ilfosol. Gasha Thibouille wrote: Just understood how cheaper it was to process film in house. Got material from my brother, just needed the chemical part. Got developper + fixer for 30 Euros, dunno if it is about a right price or not... I can process 40 35mm films with that, compared to 6 euros per film when dropped to my reseller. Ouch ! BTW, just found out there're a couple nice apps helping, at least on iPhone. The Massive Dev Chart, ( http://www.digitaltruth.com ) is available with complete database of developper/film times, stopwatch etc. Very impressive. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: BW film home made processing... now that is cheap (+smartphone helpful apps)
I know it's a bit 'old school' but I use an app on my Palm called Foto Timer, http://www.jan-exner.de/software/fototimer.html it allows interval setting (for inversions etc.) with alarms. It also allows chained processes with pauses etc, so you can chain multiple processes used with a pause in between each. If anyone is still using a Palm it's well worth a download. Drew. Just understood how cheaper it was to process film in house. Got material from my brother, just needed the chemical part. Got developper + fixer for 30 Euros, dunno if it is about a right price or not... I can process 40 35mm films with that, compared to 6 euros per film when dropped to my reseller. Ouch ! BTW, just found out there're a couple nice apps helping, at least on iPhone. The Massive Dev Chart, ( http://www.digitaltruth.com ) is available with complete database of developper/film times, stopwatch etc. Very impressive. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ ... Laptop: Macbook 13 Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Massaging K-5 RAW files
I found that highlight correction yields quite a bit more overhead, but I haven't really needed it. I don't test, but I do shoot a lot. And after shooting more than 1000 frames with the k-5, I find that I almost never encounter a histogram that touches the edges of the scale in either direction, so I have plenty of latitude to work with. Paul On Dec 8, 2010, at 5:50 AM, SV Hovland wrote: You could turn on highlight correction. It will probably give you 2 stops of highlight overhead and with the low shadow noise on K-5 there is little to loose. Stig Vidar Hovland Fra: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] p#229; vegne av Miserere [miser...@gmail.com] Sendt: 8. desember 2010 09:33 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Massaging K-5 RAW files I was surprised to find out the K-5 only has 1 stop of highlight overhead because I thought my K10D had a bit more than that. I'm going to have to run that check again. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: BW film home made processing... now that is cheap (+smartphone helpful apps)
Old school is a timer on the wall, an interval stopwatch, or counting silently to yourself:-). Paul On Dec 8, 2010, at 7:01 AM, d...@rileyelf.free-online.co.uk wrote: I know it's a bit 'old school' but I use an app on my Palm called Foto Timer, http://www.jan-exner.de/software/fototimer.html it allows interval setting (for inversions etc.) with alarms. It also allows chained processes with pauses etc, so you can chain multiple processes used with a pause in between each. If anyone is still using a Palm it's well worth a download. Drew. Just understood how cheaper it was to process film in house. Got material from my brother, just needed the chemical part. Got developper + fixer for 30 Euros, dunno if it is about a right price or not... I can process 40 35mm films with that, compared to 6 euros per film when dropped to my reseller. Ouch ! BTW, just found out there're a couple nice apps helping, at least on iPhone. The Massive Dev Chart, ( http://www.digitaltruth.com ) is available with complete database of developper/film times, stopwatch etc. Very impressive. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ ... Laptop: Macbook 13 Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO - Black and White Madonnas
I wish I had a bit more detail in the black ones (maybe a bit of fill might have helped?). Oh well... Spotted in a feminist bookstore here in Toronto: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/12/black-and-white-madonnas.html 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: PAW48 - Crowd
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 9:46 AM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, DA15mm, 1/90s, f/5.6, ISO800 Outstanding! 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 - Another Guy with a Big Furry Hat
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 8:09 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Frank, this should make a great winter series, as long as you don't get chased by a mad hatter. PS the kids seem to like those hats that look like work socks around here. Yeah, kids are wearing those around here, too. Looking for one for this series. No one's going to chase me, because part of this game is that I always ask permission first. Don't know why, it's just the way I've decided to do it. Thanks for the comment, 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: PESO - Into the Calm
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I really like this one. Although I think a better title is Wake Up. ;-) groan ;-) Thanks, Steve, and thanks to everyone else who commented. Much appreciated. 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 - Into the Calm
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 3:11 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: You're getting to be annoyingly good at nature photography. What's next landscapes? If it pisses you off, it's worth working on landscapes. ;-) Thanks for the comment! 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.
DA 35mm F2.4 out in the (snow) fields
http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20101208141649 ^^^ After stormy weeks of heavy snow there is finally a shed of light and I'm out with DA35mm, out in the snowfields to finish lens review in pictures... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: DA 35mm F2.4 out in the (snow) fields
Roman, did you use some kind of fill flash that bounced off the very small snow flakes? Lovely photographs... Especially looking outside my window - +25C and sun shining all over the skies... Boris On 12/8/2010 2:36 PM, Roman Melihhov wrote: http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20101208141649 ^^^ After stormy weeks of heavy snow there is finally a shed of light and I'm out with DA35mm, out in the snowfields to finish lens review in pictures... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Black and White Madonnas
Frank, if you have LightRoom, you could use gradient filter tool to apply very gentle +Ev correction to both left and right hand sides of the shot. Boris On 12/8/2010 2:29 PM, frank theriault wrote: I wish I had a bit more detail in the black ones (maybe a bit of fill might have helped?). Oh well... Spotted in a feminist bookstore here in Toronto: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/12/black-and-white-madonnas.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: DA 35mm F2.4 out in the (snow) fields
Very nice. It does look like some sparkles sprinkled on the snow. On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Roman, did you use some kind of fill flash that bounced off the very small snow flakes? Lovely photographs... Especially looking outside my window - +25C and sun shining all over the skies... Boris On 12/8/2010 2:36 PM, Roman Melihhov wrote: http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20101208141649 ^^^ After stormy weeks of heavy snow there is finally a shed of light and I'm out with DA35mm, out in the snowfields to finish lens review in pictures... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Massaging K-5 RAW files
It could be really hard to know which ones to delete. I certainly would have tossed the original. On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 7:11 AM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I found that highlight correction yields quite a bit more overhead, but I haven't really needed it. I don't test, but I do shoot a lot. And after shooting more than 1000 frames with the k-5, I find that I almost never encounter a histogram that touches the edges of the scale in either direction, so I have plenty of latitude to work with. Paul On Dec 8, 2010, at 5:50 AM, SV Hovland wrote: You could turn on highlight correction. It will probably give you 2 stops of highlight overhead and with the low shadow noise on K-5 there is little to loose. Stig Vidar Hovland Fra: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] p#229; vegne av Miserere [miser...@gmail.com] Sendt: 8. desember 2010 09:33 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Massaging K-5 RAW files I was surprised to find out the K-5 only has 1 stop of highlight overhead because I thought my K10D had a bit more than that. I'm going to have to run that check again. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 : snowing in Paris
it's been snowing for some time and I shot from my window ... I like the unusual frame but you might not http://www.flickr.com/photos/la_meduse/5243352309/#/photos/la_meduse/5243352309/lightbox/ dominique -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: My thoughts on buying cameras
Larry Colen wrote: Canon makes decent gear. I don't know a lot about the specifics, especially since I've never liked the ergonomics on any of the Canon SLRs that I've used. Then again, I've never used them long enough to get used to them and appreciate their ergonomic decisions. Canon has the big advantage of being the default brand, which means that it's easy to find gear to buy or borrow. The do not, however, work with manual focus Canon lenses. Well, but, they DO work with Pentax manual focus lenses with an adaptor... If they didn't I wouldn't have met you in Chicago :-) They don't autofocus, of course . And it doesn't tell you the real opening you shot at on the exif ... thanks to Cotty for revealing this possibility . ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Massaging K-5 RAW files
On Dec 8, 2010, at 2:33, Miserere wrote: In case anyone is interested, I've updated my review with some examples of massaged K-5 images: http://enticingthelight.com/2010/12/01/review-pentax-k-5/#raw Fascinating stuff, but holy hell whatever is serving up your websites is slwww. :-( -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO : snowing in Paris
Madame RD wrote: it's been snowing for some time and I shot from my window ... I like the unusual frame but you might not http://www.flickr.com/photos/la_meduse/5243352309/#/photos/la_meduse/5243352309/lightbox/ dominique I _kinda_ like it looks like you shot from a (moving?) seat of a car... or a bus hmmm but I like the shot overall , more intersting than the other snow shots... Did you look at it at all cropped a bit ? I think I might have cropped a sliver off the top and enough off the left side and bottom to have the edges of the frame sharp... the elements in the photo are nice. and I reay like this shot of clouds (extra l's intentional) http://www.flickr.com/photos/la_meduse/5243352309/lightbox/ ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Massaging K-5 RAW files
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2010, at 2:33, Miserere wrote: http://enticingthelight.com/2010/12/01/review-pentax-k-5/#raw Fascinating stuff, but holy hell whatever is serving up your websites is slwww. :-( It loaded quickly for me... fully rendered in 2 or 3 seconds (on a fast corporate network in the 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: Good/Bad news about my all-green K-7
On Dec 7, 2010, at 22:35, Christine Aguila wrote: On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 7:03 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/new_standards_holiday_show/index.html Love this one! Great expression and composition! http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/new_standards_holiday_show/content/IMGP6951_large.html Probably my favorite shot, too. Just for the fun of it, here it is straight out of the camera: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/IMGP6951.jpg This is a very fine set, Charles. Rendering looks good. Exposure looks good. Excellent work. Cheers, Christine Thanks, Christine! I'm glad I didn't just pack the broken camera into the bag and sit this one out, photographically speaking. ..Although part of my motivation to keep going was that the gentleman behind the bass had put me (and daughter) on the list to get in and I felt I owed him. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Russian names required.
It has probably already been said, but it doesn't really matter what you name a cat as they will never come when you call it. As for Thomas, there's always Thomasina. jm -Original Message- From: Leon Altoff Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 5:46 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Russian names required. Hello All, I'd like to thank everyone for their ideas both on and off the list. Those that were not useful made us smile, though I'm not sure we have a conclusion as yet. We now have a better idea of Russian names and will investigate the names of the bells at our tower as well to see if any of them fit the bill (though I know one is called Thomas and that doesn't fit at all). Leon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Massaging K-5 RAW files
On 12/8/2010 4:49 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: It loaded quickly for me... fully rendered in 2 or 3 seconds (on a fast corporate network in the US). Less than 10 seconds here in my office in Ramat Gan. 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: Massaging K-5 RAW files
On Dec 8, 2010, at 8:49, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2010, at 2:33, Miserere wrote: http://enticingthelight.com/2010/12/01/review-pentax-k-5/#raw Fascinating stuff, but holy hell whatever is serving up your websites is slwww. :-( It loaded quickly for me... fully rendered in 2 or 3 seconds (on a fast corporate network in the US). Hmm... I'm at a U.S. ISP with a multi-gigabit feed to the Internet and approximately a 40-megabit connection into the office segment. I'll try it again later, maybe something was just gumming up the works. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Massaging K-5 RAW files
On 12/8/2010 4:51 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: Hmm... I'm at a U.S. ISP with a multi-gigabit feed to the Internet and approximately a 40-megabit connection into the office segment. I'll try it again later, maybe something was just gumming up the works. -Charles You're now a hated man, Charles /grin/. 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: 10th GFM-PDML Anniversary
Did not know it was the 10th, but, I am planning on going. The main reason i missed the past two years was the bus company i was with had a bonus if you did not miss any days. The company i had to go work with this year does not have these things, so there is nothing to hold me back from a week vacation other than the fact its and expensive 4 days.:-) Although it would be great to see the gang again., If not possibly the PJ weekend. Dave On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Just wondering: who's going? Is there hope for a big do? 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. -- 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: Massaging K-5 RAW files
On Dec 8, 2010, at 8:54, Boris Liberman wrote: On 12/8/2010 4:51 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: Hmm... I'm at a U.S. ISP with a multi-gigabit feed to the Internet and approximately a 40-megabit connection into the office segment. I'll try it again later, maybe something was just gumming up the works. -Charles You're now a hated man, Charles /grin/. It does distort my perspective, though. I immediately assume that a slow-loading page is due to the other end - sometimes there can be routing issues or any number of other factors that slow it up. The main page loaded just like that but the full-sized images (like that AMAZING 6-stop-underexposure recovery image) were taking a long time to render. Better the 2nd time around. The amount of available shadow recovery on the K5 will push me over the edge whenever this camera gets close to $1000. Wow. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Massaging K-5 RAW files
On 12/8/2010 4:58 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: The amount of available shadow recovery on the K5 will push me over the edge whenever this camera gets close to $1000. Wow. -Charles I seem to be having another change of mind. K-7 seems to work and K10D seems to work too. My most recent experiments with low light show that K-7 is not spectacular but very decent, especially with the help of Topaz Denoise. I will probably wait just like you plan to, to see what level of prices K-5 settles in once our usual outlets start offering it. Presently it is either in Coming soon or To be announced state except one shop which has the reputation of stay a cannon shot away from it. 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: 10th GFM-PDML Anniversary
Christine, what is GFM? And what are you hoping to go to? Just curious. Thanks, Kent On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Just wondering: who's going? Is there hope for a big do? Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Massaging K-5 RAW files
I've never noticed Miserere's site being slow to load. Ted The eye of the viewer becomes the eye of the Photographer. Albert Maysles -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Mamiya Cxxx TLRs and TLR in general
Congrats on your purchase! The Mamiya TLR has a special place in my heart. I was given two C33s by the wife of a cousin. They were her father's wedding cameras and he had died of a massive heart attack. It was a very generous gift and put my on the path to professional photography, for a time. I later added an older Mamiyaflex (C3) with a kit of lenses, so had a 65mm, 80mm, 135mm and 180mm in the stable. I never had a prism, but did have porrofinders, which use mirrors rather than prism. I have waist level finders for them, but rarely used them, except in the camera room where the built in magnifier would allow for close examination of the ground glass for focusing when on a tripod. As far as tips, I can't think of many. One would be to scribe lines (or add thin tape) to the ground glass in a tic-tac-toe pattern to show you the 6x4.5 vertical and horizontal borders. Shooting, composing, and printing square is fine, but if you want something to fit in a standard frame it is nice to know where your edges are. Secondly, I'd advise the use of hoods on your lenses (you can fashion your own fairly easily). The lack of multi-coating on older lenses will benefit from the forgotten use of a lens hood. Your C330 has the ability to use 220 or 120 film (24 exposures, rather than 12). Which can be very nice - fewer film changes. I believe on the C330 you just rotate a plate inside the back to move the camera from 120 to 220 capability - effects the film counter mostly. The main thing to keep in mind when using a TLR is the parallax problem between the taking lens and the seeing lens. This is really only an issue when shooting close. (By the way the Mamiya TLR is superb at shooting close with its built-in bellows system. You can really rack the lens out there.) When you do an indicator will drop down in the finder to show you where the true top of the frame is (assuming you have set the lens focal length correctly on the camera - there is a knob for that purpose). That's nice to know, but you are losing the bottom of the frame completely (out of the viewfinder). Your other option (for tripod mounted shots) is to use a parallax corrector, which is essentially a scissors jack that lets you compose and then raise the camera to move the taking lens to the postion that the seeing lens was. Then you take the shot. This camera is also superb for double/multiple exposures, so if that is an area that interests you (like it does lomo shooters). To do that, don't crank the film advance... just cock the shutter on the lens manually and trip the shutter manually. This technique can be combined with masks in front of the lens, which we used in weddings for the old couple looking down on their own candlelit wedding ceremony shots. You can laugh now, but it was a big seller. :) The other big strength of this camera is that it is SO quiet. No mirror flopping, just the tiniest snip of the leaf shutter. This is a big plus for being as unobtrusive as possible (as is the waist level, should you take advantage of it. Photographer looking down is less noticable than photographer looking through a camera pointed at someone.) While it is a big camera, using it at waist level unobtrusively would make it a good medium format street photography camera. The leaf shutter has another huge advantage over focal plane shutters, which is flash sync at any shutter speed. (No curtain exposing the frame in sections, requiring a certain minimum shutter speed). The reasons for wanting to do this will probably be lost on most younger shooters today, but (for example) it allows you to use fill flash outdoors without getting the artificial look of too much flash fill. Google leaf shutter and sync at any shutter speed to learn more. Wanna see something really clever? I plan on trying this, since I have more than one body: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiffytumbleweed/3436321854/in/faves-pixelsmithy/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Mamiya Cxxx TLRs and TLR in general
I had one back in the 70's. It's a big camera, a bit harder to handle than a Rollei TLR because of the size of the body and the location of the focusing knobs. I would opt for a tripod. It's pretty hard to do any sort of street photography with a TLR viewfinder. You'll need a light meter (which are getting harder to find these days). Jeffery On Dec 8, 2010, at 4:19 AM, Thibouille wrote: Got myself (not arrived yet) a Mamiya C330 TLR (with 80/2.8) for a couple reasons: * I want to do film * Medium format * 6x4,5 is bigger than 35mm but if going MF, just do it completely. 6x4,5 is somewhat small IMO * The challenge of using a TLR, waist level finder (although prism is available as well) * The challenge of square format, 6x6 * Interchangeable lenses on a TLR (quite rare) * Mechanical beast, easier to repair than electronic ones if it needs to. Now, I know Darren have one, he wrote so a couple weeks ago. Darren and others, what could you advise as for usage of such cameras? Like usage with or without tripod, what kind of subjects, 120 film handling etc. Thank you much. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ ... Laptop: Macbook 13 Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Massaging K-5 RAW files
On 8 December 2010 05:14, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Miserere, have you noticed an additional bonus of shadow recovery - no purple fringing at all??? That was the first thing I noticed: No purple fringing. Of course, had I remembered to turn on the CA correction feature there should have been no PF anyway. —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Massaging K-5 RAW files
On Dec 8, 2010, at 11:12 AM, Miserere wrote: On 8 December 2010 05:14, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Miserere, have you noticed an additional bonus of shadow recovery - no purple fringing at all??? That was the first thing I noticed: No purple fringing. Of course, had I remembered to turn on the CA correction feature there should have been no PF anyway. Is CA correction for jpeg only, or does it work with RAW files? Paul —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Russian names required.
My cat comes when the electric can opener calls her. Jeffery On Dec 8, 2010, at 8:50 AM, John Mullan wrote: It has probably already been said, but it doesn't really matter what you name a cat as they will never come when you call it. As for Thomas, there's always Thomasina. jm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Mamiya Cxxx TLRs and TLR in general
I had Mamiyaflex C2 and a C220. I always wanted the C330, which has some sort of parallax correction, so the upper lens shows you the frame for the lower lens. Shot with the TLR for many years and made quite a bit of money with it. I used just the 80mm lens for most of that time, but later added the 250mm. It takes a while to get used to seeing things reversed in the viewinder. That was especially difficult shooting pans of race cars, because they came through my viewfinder from the wrong end! But it was a great camera, and the lenses were excellent for the time. Paul On Dec 8, 2010, at 5:19 AM, Thibouille wrote: Got myself (not arrived yet) a Mamiya C330 TLR (with 80/2.8) for a couple reasons: * I want to do film * Medium format * 6x4,5 is bigger than 35mm but if going MF, just do it completely. 6x4,5 is somewhat small IMO * The challenge of using a TLR, waist level finder (although prism is available as well) * The challenge of square format, 6x6 * Interchangeable lenses on a TLR (quite rare) * Mechanical beast, easier to repair than electronic ones if it needs to. Now, I know Darren have one, he wrote so a couple weeks ago. Darren and others, what could you advise as for usage of such cameras? Like usage with or without tripod, what kind of subjects, 120 film handling etc. Thank you much. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ ... Laptop: Macbook 13 Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: A little music for the Holiday Season
There was no nudity, just a bit of cleavage. It was in bad taste, but not really sexual. Just a very short flick of a Boob trying to play a song with her boobs and a straw. Dan On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 2:25 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: This video has been removed as a violation of YouTube's policy on nudity or sexual content. It didn't last long. On 12/7/2010 1:34 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: This woman has real talent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVpjHXPT1ocfeature=player_embedded Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Mamiya Cxxx TLRs and TLR in general
As I recall, the C330 deals with parallax by having a needle enter the viewfinder field, cropping part of the field that would be cropped due to parallax. Not very sophisticated, but it worked. Jeffery On Dec 8, 2010, at 10:25 AM, P N Stenquist wrote: I had Mamiyaflex C2 and a C220. I always wanted the C330, which has some sort of parallax correction, so the upper lens shows you the frame for the lower lens. Shot with the TLR for many years and made quite a bit of money with it. I used just the 80mm lens for most of that time, but later added the 250mm. It takes a while to get used to seeing things reversed in the viewinder. That was especially difficult shooting pans of race cars, because they came through my viewfinder from the wrong end! But it was a great camera, and the lenses were excellent for the time. Paul On Dec 8, 2010, at 5:19 AM, Thibouille wrote: Got myself (not arrived yet) a Mamiya C330 TLR (with 80/2.8) for a couple reasons: * I want to do film * Medium format * 6x4,5 is bigger than 35mm but if going MF, just do it completely. 6x4,5 is somewhat small IMO * The challenge of using a TLR, waist level finder (although prism is available as well) * The challenge of square format, 6x6 * Interchangeable lenses on a TLR (quite rare) * Mechanical beast, easier to repair than electronic ones if it needs to. Now, I know Darren have one, he wrote so a couple weeks ago. Darren and others, what could you advise as for usage of such cameras? Like usage with or without tripod, what kind of subjects, 120 film handling etc. Thank you much. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ ... Laptop: Macbook 13 Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: A little music for the Holiday Season
Wow! It didn't even get close to nudity or sexual content. I was comfortable enough with it to post it on my Facebook page, and I'm relatively prudish when it comes to the content I'll put on it. Far be it from me to tell YouTube what they can post, but that video didn't violate their *stated* terms. Geez. -- Walt On 12/8/2010 1:25 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: This video has been removed as a violation of YouTube's policy on nudity or sexual content. It didn't last long. On 12/7/2010 1:34 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: This woman has real talent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVpjHXPT1ocfeature=player_embedded Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Farmacia
I'm not sure what you mean by both. Farmacia itself is a digital image, but yes, it is soft, partly because I was wlking by, and had to snap quickly between vehicles that were blocking my view of the storefront. If the other you looked at was Eggsperiment, that indeed is an old scan of a print of a Spotmatic image,taken with a close-up lens on top of my 50 mm screwmount f 1.4 lens. Thanks for looking and commenting. Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 11:46 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi Dan: Both are fun, but both show a little soft on my monitor. These are scanned, no? Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 8:11 PM Subject: PESO: Farmacia http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=34 Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: A little music for the Holiday Season
I've seen things on YouTube in the past that contained a hell of a lot more prurient interest than what was described. How to be nude. May still be posted for all I know, it originally had no protections at all. On 12/8/2010 11:36 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Wow! It didn't even get close to nudity or sexual content. I was comfortable enough with it to post it on my Facebook page, and I'm relatively prudish when it comes to the content I'll put on it. Far be it from me to tell YouTube what they can post, but that video didn't violate their *stated* terms. Geez. -- Walt On 12/8/2010 1:25 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: This video has been removed as a violation of YouTube's policy on nudity or sexual content. It didn't last long. On 12/7/2010 1:34 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: This woman has real talent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVpjHXPT1ocfeature=player_embedded Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Massaging K-5 RAW files
On 8 December 2010 11:21, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Dec 8, 2010, at 11:12 AM, Miserere wrote: On 8 December 2010 05:14, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Miserere, have you noticed an additional bonus of shadow recovery - no purple fringing at all??? That was the first thing I noticed: No purple fringing. Of course, had I remembered to turn on the CA correction feature there should have been no PF anyway. Is CA correction for jpeg only, or does it work with RAW files? Paul As far as I'm aware, it works on RAW files too. —M. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: A little music for the Holiday Season
Indeed. I just ran a search for a video someone sent me years ago that was vastly more provocative than the one Daniel linked, and it's still up -- along with several others featuring the same subject. Oh, well. I guess YouTube is like any bureaucracy ... your fortunes lie in the mood of whoever you happen to make contact with that day. -- Walt On 12/8/2010 11:08 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: I've seen things on YouTube in the past that contained a hell of a lot more prurient interest than what was described. How to be nude. May still be posted for all I know, it originally had no protections at all. On 12/8/2010 11:36 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Wow! It didn't even get close to nudity or sexual content. I was comfortable enough with it to post it on my Facebook page, and I'm relatively prudish when it comes to the content I'll put on it. Far be it from me to tell YouTube what they can post, but that video didn't violate their *stated* terms. Geez. -- Walt On 12/8/2010 1:25 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: This video has been removed as a violation of YouTube's policy on nudity or sexual content. It didn't last long. On 12/7/2010 1:34 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: This woman has real talent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVpjHXPT1ocfeature=player_embedded Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: BW film home made processing... now that is cheap (+smartphone helpful apps)
Tri-X in D-76 is pretty forgiving, you can soup in a bathroom and pretty much time it with your pulse. Learned to do that in a Photojournalism course taught by a semi-retried Photo-Editor from the Providence Journal. Except for the fact that that the film used was 35mm rather than 4x5 it was a technique that wouldn't have been alien to Weegee. Let me see now, what was my point... Oh, yes. Pick a film and developer combination, and learn it, until getting constant results is second nature. Then branch out. On 12/8/2010 5:27 AM, Thibouille wrote: Just understood how cheaper it was to process film in house. Got material from my brother, just needed the chemical part. Got developper + fixer for 30 Euros, dunno if it is about a right price or not... I can process 40 35mm films with that, compared to 6 euros per film when dropped to my reseller. Ouch ! BTW, just found out there're a couple nice apps helping, at least on iPhone. The Massive Dev Chart, ( http://www.digitaltruth.com ) is available with complete database of developper/film times, stopwatch etc. Very impressive. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 10th GFM-PDML Anniversary
Kenton Brede wrote: what is GFM? http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=58 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Supporting the (Pentax) cause
On Dec 7, 2010, at 5:12 PM, John Celio wrote: I suggested a Pentax Optio W90, and they decided to go with that. Curious about this camera. Casual skimming of reviews, which may have been casually composed, had it only so so. I thought it was what Subash took on his bike hike to Subsequent viewings of his stuff suggested otherwise. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 : snowing in Paris
Le 08/12/10 15:44, Ann Sanfedele a écrit : Madame RD wrote: it's been snowing for some time and I shot from my window ... I like the unusual frame but you might not http://www.flickr.com/photos/la_meduse/5243352309/#/photos/la_meduse/5243352309/lightbox/ dominique I _kinda_ like it looks like you shot from a (moving?) seat of a car... or a bus hmmm but I like the shot overall , more intersting than the other snow shots... Did you look at it at all cropped a bit ? I think I might have cropped a sliver off the top and enough off the left side and bottom to have the edges of the frame sharp... the elements in the photo are nice. and I reay like this shot of clouds (extra l's intentional) http://www.flickr.com/photos/la_meduse/5243352309/lightbox/ ann thanks ...that's the view from my window. I don't know how I managed to get such a frame . my window is the usual Paris window (narrow bith square panes ) and there was a piece of furniture in the way so I had to bend forward in an awkard position.. I usually straighten the pics or crop but I didn't this time . I liked its weird quality . I'm very glad you enjoyed the clouds . they are one of my pet topics and I really enjoyed myself while in the Alps ; they had the most extraordinary colours . dominique in Paris with 10cm snow on the streets ... total panic ! lol -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
More Additions to the Pentax Photo Gallery
Hi all, Well, I've had a couple more images accepted into the Pentax Photo Gallery, making it a grand total of eight, and thought I'd share with the group. The two most recent are the ostrich (Maybelline) and the fawn (Trepidation). I still have one more shot pending, though I'm not entirely encouraged that it'll be accepted. It's the one I shared here a while back -- some foliage against a blue sky and wispy clouds that really didn't seem to have a well defined point of focus which I titled Ablaze. I mostly liked it for the colors and figured I'd see if they agreed. Anyhoo ... here's the link: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/waltergilbert Now, to go through my archives and see if there's anything else worth submitting. Best, Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 10th GFM-PDML Anniversary
Christine, Where did you find out it was the 10th anniversary? Lynn and I will probably go again although.. I would like to see a get together in Michigan or maybe even Toronto when the photographers are available. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Just wondering: who's going? Is there hope for a big do? Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 10th GFM-PDML Anniversary
I would really love to attend, though it depends on my fortunes over the course of the next few months. If things take a drastic turn, count me in. If things stay the same, it'll be a long shot. If one more domino falls -- well, *maybe* I'll be able to attend the 20th anniversary gathering. -- Walt On 12/8/2010 12:08 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Just wondering: who's going? Is there hope for a big do? 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.
Picasa
I have a flikr account. I've been thinking about setting up another account where people in the community I work in could share photos, and was wondering about Picasa for that. Probably more people already have Goggle accounts and it would give me an opportunity to get a feel for the two different sites. Question: Do you have to install the Picasa software on your system if all you want to do us put photos on the site? -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Supporting the (Pentax) cause
Well, it's a compact PS, so it's not going to produce SLR-quality images, but it's been getting rave reviews in camera and tech mags, so Pentax must have done something right. John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/jacelio Original Message Subject: Re: Supporting the (Pentax) cause From: Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net Date: Wed, December 08, 2010 10:52 am To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net On Dec 7, 2010, at 5:12 PM, John Celio wrote: I suggested a Pentax Optio W90, and they decided to go with that. Curious about this camera. Casual skimming of reviews, which may have been casually composed, had it only so so. I thought it was what Subash took on his bike hike to Subsequent viewings of his stuff suggested otherwise. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: 10th GFM-PDML Anniversary
Bob Sullivan wrote: Christine, Where did you find out it was the 10th anniversary? From me! 2001 was the first year we had a PDML meet at GFM. There were just a handful of us: http://www.robertstech.com/images/gfm2001.jpg Back row: Bill Owens, JeepGirl, John DeLoach, Tom Van Veen Front row: Phyllis Owens, Doug Brewer, Moi, Don Nelson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Picasa
On 8 December 2010 18:10, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I have a flikr account. I've been thinking about setting up another account where people in the community I work in could share photos, and was wondering about Picasa for that. Probably more people already have Goggle accounts and it would give me an opportunity to get a feel for the two different sites. Question: Do you have to install the Picasa software on your system if all you want to do us put photos on the site? No, no need. You can upload via the picasa web interface if I recall correctly, or there are Lightroom plug-ins by Jeffrey Fried such that you can upload to picasa (or flickr amongst others) directly from within Lightroom. http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies -- Eric -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
FYI - Sale for OPtio W90 (Was: Supporting the (Pentax) cause)
I guess, I don't have that personal brand loyalty (short of owning 1 SLR (+1 my wife's), 2 DSLRs, 8 lenses (including 2 TCs), and 3 3rd-party lenses with the k-mount), - I never purchased any PS from Pentax. Every time I was looking for one, - the Pentax model fell short either on features/functionality (e.g. the lens is not wide enough), or on the quality. I almost purchased the retro-looking one a few years back, (was it 555 or 777?) but then i learned that the image quality was so-so, and decided against it. In any case, - for those who are interested, - it looks like BuyDig.com has W90 at $189, which is some $30 below that at BH. Igor - Original Message - From: John Celio ntax at neovenator.com I suggested a Pentax Optio W90, and they decided to go with that. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 : snowing in Paris
it's been snowing for some time and I shot from my window ... I like the unusual frame but you might not http://www.flickr.com/photos/la_meduse/5243352309/#/photos/la_meduse/52 43352309/lightbox/ [...] thanks ...that's the view from my window. I don't know how I managed to get such a frame . my window is the usual Paris window (narrow bith square panes ) and there was a piece of furniture in the way so I had to bend forward in an awkard position.. I usually straighten the pics or crop but I didn't this time . I liked its weird quality . I'm very glad you enjoyed the clouds . they are one of my pet topics and I really enjoyed myself while in the Alps ; they had the most extraordinary colours . dominique in Paris with 10cm snow on the streets ... total panic ! lol I like the picture - it is atmospheric, unusual and interesting. Somehow I imagined you living somewhere more Haussmannien, but this picture reminds me of the excellent movie On Connait La Chanson, where she buys a beautiful modern apartment with a view over Paris only to discover that another apartment block will be built which hides the view... La meduse also reminds me of the film, because the director, Resnais, has meduses (jelly fish) floating around on the screen after the discovery! B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Fw: PPG
Forwarded to feed morbid curiosity. Jack --- On Wed, 12/8/10, photogallery___PAIC_MKT photogall...@pentax.com wrote: From: photogallery___PAIC_MKT photogall...@pentax.com Subject: RE: PENTAX Photogallery Contact Us Form To: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 9:47 AM Hi Jack, There are over 40,000 images in the Gallery and 342 in the Collection. There are 5557 artists however I'm unsure how many have images approved. Unfortunately I don't have easy access to all of the information but I hope that this helps! Best, PPG -Original Message- From: Jack Davis [mailto:jdavi...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 4:00 PM To: photogallery___PAIC_MKT Subject: PENTAX Photogallery Contact Us Form The following email was sent from the Contact Us form in the Artist interface of the Pentax Photogallery site. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Supporting the (Pentax) cause
On Dec 8, 2010, at 1:10 PM, John Celio wrote: Well, it's a compact PS, so it's not going to produce SLR-quality images, but it's been getting rave reviews in camera and tech mags, so Pentax must have done something right. Thanks, John. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Picasa
On Dec 8, 2010, at 1:17 PM, Eric Featherstone wrote: No, no need. You can upload via the picasa web interface if I recall correctly, or there are Lightroom plug-ins by Jeffrey Fried such that you can upload to picasa (or flickr amongst others) directly from within Lightroom. http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies Thanks, Eric -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: More Additions to the Pentax Photo Gallery
Just took a very pleasing look. Excellent, Walt. Jack --- On Wed, 12/8/10, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: From: Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com Subject: More Additions to the Pentax Photo Gallery To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 9:58 AM Hi all, Well, I've had a couple more images accepted into the Pentax Photo Gallery, making it a grand total of eight, and thought I'd share with the group. The two most recent are the ostrich (Maybelline) and the fawn (Trepidation). I still have one more shot pending, though I'm not entirely encouraged that it'll be accepted. It's the one I shared here a while back -- some foliage against a blue sky and wispy clouds that really didn't seem to have a well defined point of focus which I titled Ablaze. I mostly liked it for the colors and figured I'd see if they agreed. Anyhoo ... here's the link: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/waltergilbert Now, to go through my archives and see if there's anything else worth submitting. Best, Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Mamiya Cxxx TLRs and TLR in general
I had the C330 for a bit way back in the 1970s. There is a 'top of frame' indicator needle. As you focus closer, it drops to show where the top of the frame for a given focusing distance would be. So you focus and frame, then raise the camera vertically to put the top edge of the frame along the indicator line. The shift is only large when you're working in the very close range, for a normal to wide lens. With the tele lenses it becomes a bit more significant ... best to frame a little loose. Plenty of negative to work with so shoot loose and crop ... :-) Mamiya made a gizmo for the tripod that worked with the indicator too. The indicator had a scale of numbers, IIRC, and you could easily raise the camera with gizmo to the number once you achieved proper focus. For me, the C330 was always a tripod camera. Held with pistol grip and porroflex viewfinder, it was a large and heavy beast to tote around. For any hand-held work, I far preferred a Rolleiflex TLR (which had a more sophisticated parallax compensation built into the viewfinder system albeit for a fixed lens with a more limited close focusing range). On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@bellsouth.net wrote: As I recall, the C330 deals with parallax by having a needle enter the viewfinder field, cropping part of the field that would be cropped due to parallax. Not very sophisticated, but it worked. Jeffery On Dec 8, 2010, at 10:25 AM, P N Stenquist wrote: I had Mamiyaflex C2 and a C220. I always wanted the C330, which has some sort of parallax correction, so the upper lens shows you the frame for the lower lens. Shot with the TLR for many years and made quite a bit of money with it. I used just the 80mm lens for most of that time, but later added the 250mm. It takes a while to get used to seeing things reversed in the viewinder. That was especially difficult shooting pans of race cars, because they came through my viewfinder from the wrong end! But it was a great camera, and the lenses were excellent for the time. Paul On Dec 8, 2010, at 5:19 AM, Thibouille wrote: Got myself (not arrived yet) a Mamiya C330 TLR (with 80/2.8) for a couple reasons: * I want to do film * Medium format * 6x4,5 is bigger than 35mm but if going MF, just do it completely. 6x4,5 is somewhat small IMO * The challenge of using a TLR, waist level finder (although prism is available as well) * The challenge of square format, 6x6 * Interchangeable lenses on a TLR (quite rare) * Mechanical beast, easier to repair than electronic ones if it needs to. Now, I know Darren have one, he wrote so a couple weeks ago. Darren and others, what could you advise as for usage of such cameras? Like usage with or without tripod, what kind of subjects, 120 film handling etc. Thank you much. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ ... Laptop: Macbook 13 Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 10th GFM-PDML Anniversary
On 8/12/10, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Just wondering: who's going? Is there hope for a big do? Cheers, Christine Well, at this moment there's an outside possibility. I'll know closer the time. If I do, will most likely have my SO with me as she wants to see what all the fuss is about! Looking 50-50 from where I'm sat but 6 months can see a lot of water under the bridge, and we are expecting a flood! -- 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: 10th GFM-PDML Anniversary
I think you mean http://www.robertstech.com/images/pdml2001.jpg On 12/8/2010 1:15 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Bob Sullivan wrote: Christine, Where did you find out it was the 10th anniversary? From me! 2001 was the first year we had a PDML meet at GFM. There were just a handful of us: http://www.robertstech.com/images/gfm2001.jpg Back row: Bill Owens, JeepGirl, John DeLoach, Tom Van Veen Front row: Phyllis Owens, Doug Brewer, Moi, Don Nelson -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: More Additions to the Pentax Photo Gallery
That is a very nice gallery, Walter. The detail on the ostrich is very impressive. My favorite, however, is A tiger at rest. The colors and composition are just stunning. Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Well, I've had a couple more images accepted into the Pentax Photo Gallery, making it a grand total of eight, and thought I'd share with the group. The two most recent are the ostrich (Maybelline) and the fawn (Trepidation). I still have one more shot pending, though I'm not entirely encouraged that it'll be accepted. It's the one I shared here a while back -- some foliage against a blue sky and wispy clouds that really didn't seem to have a well defined point of focus which I titled Ablaze. I mostly liked it for the colors and figured I'd see if they agreed. Anyhoo ... here's the link: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/waltergilbert Now, to go through my archives and see if there's anything else worth submitting. Best, Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: More Additions to the Pentax Photo Gallery
Thank you, Jack! Glad you enjoyed it. :-) -- Walt On 12/8/2010 12:28 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Just took a very pleasing look. Excellent, Walt. Jack --- On Wed, 12/8/10, Walter Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: From: Walter Gilbertldott...@gmail.com Subject: More Additions to the Pentax Photo Gallery To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 9:58 AM Hi all, Well, I've had a couple more images accepted into the Pentax Photo Gallery, making it a grand total of eight, and thought I'd share with the group. The two most recent are the ostrich (Maybelline) and the fawn (Trepidation). I still have one more shot pending, though I'm not entirely encouraged that it'll be accepted. It's the one I shared here a while back -- some foliage against a blue sky and wispy clouds that really didn't seem to have a well defined point of focus which I titled Ablaze. I mostly liked it for the colors and figured I'd see if they agreed. Anyhoo ... here's the link: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/waltergilbert Now, to go through my archives and see if there's anything else worth submitting. Best, Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: At least they're my photos
Larry, It's always nice to see your own photos used. I don't know if that's the event where they asked you to be the official photographer. Whenever I am negotiating about my photos with the event organizers (or whoever asks to use my photos), - I explicitly discuss the name credit. It could be a paid photo (but then often it is not paid at the full commercial rate), or a free one/donated, where I do it for a good cause - in case of community events. If you haven't negotiated otherwise, - you may want to mention this to the organizers explicitly, - it is possible that they just didn't pay attention to that. You maybe curious to learn that the photographer who was shooting photos for Lindyfest for several years (and those a nice photos), - got pissed by the lack of name credit anywhere (brochures, website). Last year she refused to take photos. I think the organizers learned the lesson - now you can see the proper name credit everywhere, - but maybe it's too late. I am curious to see who will be doing it 2011. (Although, the guy who was taking it this year was good, - I liked his photos; actually he does it in a style similar to mine.) Cheers, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Russian names required.
On 7/12/10, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: Replied off list. Bit long - can they just call it 'Replied' for short? -- 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: My thoughts on buying cameras
I started to write a humorous look at this called Godfrey's Guide To Buying Cameras or How I Spent A Lot Of Money Selling Camera Equipment, but it got too complicated. When asked what camera should I buy? nowadays, I usually ask what camera someone has and why they want to buy a new camera. In most cases, they don't need a camera, they need kicker to make photographs again. The buying disease spread by marketing and tech reviews and specification websites has done its job ... everyone believes a new camera will make their photographs great. I tell them to take the money they'd spend for a new camera and buy a plane ticket to Tibet instead. Sell everything but whatever camera they have now and one lens, then spend two months taking 10,000 photos with it. When they get home, they'll either know exactly what camera they should buy or they'll realize they don't need a new camera at all. Few take me up on my advice. ;-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: More Additions to the Pentax Photo Gallery
Thank you very much, Dan! Having a mimosa tree in the front yard does have its benefits. They really provide a nice backdrop when they're in bloom. And, if you catch the butterflies early in the season, before they get all beaten up and start losing pieces of their wings, they make wonderful subjects. I have one other shot of a black swallowtail (possibly a pipevine?) I may submit as well. There's something iffy about it to me, but I'll upload it to Flickr and post a PESO to get opinions on it. Thanks agan! -- Walt On 12/8/2010 12:57 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: That is a very nice gallery, Walter. The detail on the ostrich is very impressive. My favorite, however, is A tiger at rest. The colors and composition are just stunning. Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Walter Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Well, I've had a couple more images accepted into the Pentax Photo Gallery, making it a grand total of eight, and thought I'd share with the group. The two most recent are the ostrich (Maybelline) and the fawn (Trepidation). I still have one more shot pending, though I'm not entirely encouraged that it'll be accepted. It's the one I shared here a while back -- some foliage against a blue sky and wispy clouds that really didn't seem to have a well defined point of focus which I titled Ablaze. I mostly liked it for the colors and figured I'd see if they agreed. Anyhoo ... here's the link: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/waltergilbert Now, to go through my archives and see if there's anything else worth submitting. Best, Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: At least they're my photos
On Dec 8, 2010, at 10:59 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Larry, It's always nice to see your own photos used. I don't know if that's the event where they asked you to be the official photographer. Yup. And I only got in a few dances each night because of it. Whenever I am negotiating about my photos with the event organizers (or whoever asks to use my photos), - I explicitly discuss the name credit. It could be a paid photo (but then often it is not paid at the full commercial rate), or a free one/donated, where I do it for a good cause - in case of community events. I talked with the folks involved and cleared up the misunderstanding, and it has been fixed. -- 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.
lightroom question, sorting by autofocus
I'm going over my photos from the event, and ran across a whole series of shots that were perfectly focused, on the microphone. I'd love to be able to sort photos on whether they were autofocused or manually focused to see if it was me, or the camera, blowing it. Is there a way to do this? I didn't see it, but could well have missed it. -- 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: 10th GFM-PDML Anniversary
On Dec 8, 2010, at 1:01 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Christine, Where did you find out it was the 10th anniversary? Lynn and I will probably go again although.. I would like to see a get together in Michigan or maybe even Toronto when the photographers are available. Regards, Bob S. Good idea Bob, but it needn't be either/or. Why not do a progressive party? Start in Michigan, then a quick jaunt over the boarder into Canada as far as the Toronto megapolis . . . stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 10th GFM-PDML Anniversary
What Cotty said. I never know until the last minute. Paul On Dec 8, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Cotty wrote: On 8/12/10, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Just wondering: who's going? Is there hope for a big do? Cheers, Christine Well, at this moment there's an outside possibility. I'll know closer the time. If I do, will most likely have my SO with me as she wants to see what all the fuss is about! Looking 50-50 from where I'm sat but 6 months can see a lot of water under the bridge, and we are expecting a flood! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO: A Swallowtail in Respite
Hi all, Here's another butterfly shot I'm considering submitting to the PPG and thought I'd get some opinions on beforehand. I'm just a tad iffy on it, as it just doesn't strike me as particularly vivid -- something I'm partial to in my butterfly images. Of course, it's a matter of taste -- which is why I thought I'd get input from the list. Anyway, here it is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5244166815/#/ Comments, critiques, suggestions, and gift certificates from KEH eagerly accepted. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: A Swallowtail in Respite
Oops ... forgot the deets: K-x, Asahi Takumar 135/2.5, ISO 200, 1/320, Aperture priority, unknown aperture setting. On 12/8/2010 1:38 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, Here's another butterfly shot I'm considering submitting to the PPG and thought I'd get some opinions on beforehand. I'm just a tad iffy on it, as it just doesn't strike me as particularly vivid -- something I'm partial to in my butterfly images. Of course, it's a matter of taste -- which is why I thought I'd get input from the list. Anyway, here it is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5244166815/#/ Comments, critiques, suggestions, and gift certificates from KEH eagerly accepted. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: A Swallowtail in Respite
The PPG offerings continue to include an extremely large number of butterflies. Such a number tends to numb the voter to the point of being difficult to overcome, thus placing such images at somewhat of a disadvantage.(?) This image, however, I feel is unique enough to have a good chance at making it in. Even though there it rather more going on in the background than it would really need, I'd enter it. Jack yes --- On Wed, 12/8/10, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: From: Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: A Swallowtail in Respite To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 11:45 AM Oops ... forgot the deets: K-x, Asahi Takumar 135/2.5, ISO 200, 1/320, Aperture priority, unknown aperture setting. On 12/8/2010 1:38 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, Here's another butterfly shot I'm considering submitting to the PPG and thought I'd get some opinions on beforehand. I'm just a tad iffy on it, as it just doesn't strike me as particularly vivid -- something I'm partial to in my butterfly images. Of course, it's a matter of taste -- which is why I thought I'd get input from the list. Anyway, here it is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5244166815/#/ Comments, critiques, suggestions, and gift certificates from KEH eagerly accepted. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: My thoughts on buying cameras
I tell them to take the money they'd spend for a new camera and buy a plane ticket to Tibet instead. Sell everything but whatever camera they have now and one lens, then spend two months taking 10,000 photos with it. When they get home, they'll either know exactly what camera they should buy or they'll realize they don't need a new camera at all. Few take me up on my advice. ;-) Hmm. When I first decided to go to Ethiopia I had an MX and maybe 2 lenses. I decided I needed a back-up body so I bought a Super-A. Then I decided I needed some back-up lenses, which meant having to have several primes to cover the range of my lenses. All this kit needed a secure case which would go on top of a bus, so I had to have a Pelican case. Of course it would be ludicrous not to take a tripod too, so I had to buy one of those. My original idea had been to go scuba-diving when I was there, but I was lucky enough to learn before I bought all the underwater equipment that Ethiopia has no coast. The experiences of that first trip convinced me for the second one that I needed more robust equipment, and the main and back-up cameras should be the same. So I had to buy 2 LXs. Obviously that meant I needed several focusing screens and prism heads, just in case, as well as better quality lenses than I had before - such as the A* 85mm and 135mm. And because I might see some wildlife I needed a 400mm lens and teleconverter. Somewhere in between time I joined the PDML, which did nothing to restrain me. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Massaging K-5 RAW files
The last 2 images are amazing. I don't see any PF in the second one. Is this a jpg with CA correction enabled? Can I download the RAW files to play? A cash back has landed here and now I'm thinking about a K5. The ugly spots on the sensor stop me from visiting the local pusher. Toine On 8 December 2010 09:33, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: In case anyone is interested, I've updated my review with some examples of massaged K-5 images: http://enticingthelight.com/2010/12/01/review-pentax-k-5/#raw I was surprised to find out the K-5 only has 1 stop of highlight overhead because I thought my K10D had a bit more than that. I'm going to have to run that check again. At the other end of the spectrum, the shadow recovery that's possible with this camera is quite amazing. We've seen a few examples online, but until you do it yourself you don't realise just how incredible it is. I think it was Boris who wanted full size pics to compare, so there they are for his and your pixel-peeping pleasure. Cheers, —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
Ned plugs Mark's book and PDML
http://nedbunnell.posterous.com/pentax-photo-book-for-the-holidays-0 Mark was wondering if they'd received the book he sent, and here's the answer. The book looks even better in person than it did online, unlike some of us. You're getting pretty good at book layout, Mark...and setting the bar very high for yourself for the upcoming PDML Annual. We expect nothing but 10% more than the best :-) —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Ned plugs Mark's book and PDML
Well, now ... that's quite nice! -- Walt On 12/8/2010 2:20 PM, Miserere wrote: http://nedbunnell.posterous.com/pentax-photo-book-for-the-holidays-0 Mark was wondering if they'd received the book he sent, and here's the answer. The book looks even better in person than it did online, unlike some of us. You're getting pretty good at book layout, Mark...and setting the bar very high for yourself for the upcoming PDML Annual. We expect nothing but 10% more than the best :-) —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: A Swallowtail in Respite
Thanks, Jack. I think you hit upon why I was iffy on that shot. It's not so much the lack of vividness, but the fact that the butterfly itself is somewhat bland in comparison to the mimosa tree. Hmm ... come to think of it, maybe I should have named it Mimosa Tree with a Butterfly on it. -- Walt On 12/8/2010 2:00 PM, Jack Davis wrote: The PPG offerings continue to include an extremely large number of butterflies. Such a number tends to numb the voter to the point of being difficult to overcome, thus placing such images at somewhat of a disadvantage.(?) This image, however, I feel is unique enough to have a good chance at making it in. Even though there it rather more going on in the background than it would really need, I'd enter it. Jackyes --- On Wed, 12/8/10, Walter Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: From: Walter Gilbertldott...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: A Swallowtail in Respite To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 11:45 AM Oops ... forgot the deets: K-x, Asahi Takumar 135/2.5, ISO 200, 1/320, Aperture priority, unknown aperture setting. On 12/8/2010 1:38 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, Here's another butterfly shot I'm considering submitting to the PPG and thought I'd get some opinions on beforehand. I'm just a tad iffy on it, as it just doesn't strike me as particularly vivid -- something I'm partial to in my butterfly images. Of course, it's a matter of taste -- which is why I thought I'd get input from the list. Anyway, here it is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5244166815/#/ Comments, critiques, suggestions, and gift certificates from KEH eagerly accepted. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: A Swallowtail in Respite
Walt, I think the strength of the image is the black butterfly. I might do some cropping, especially on the right side. Jack --- On Wed, 12/8/10, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: From: Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: A Swallowtail in Respite To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 12:28 PM Thanks, Jack. I think you hit upon why I was iffy on that shot. It's not so much the lack of vividness, but the fact that the butterfly itself is somewhat bland in comparison to the mimosa tree. Hmm ... come to think of it, maybe I should have named it Mimosa Tree with a Butterfly on it. -- Walt On 12/8/2010 2:00 PM, Jack Davis wrote: The PPG offerings continue to include an extremely large number of butterflies. Such a number tends to numb the voter to the point of being difficult to overcome, thus placing such images at somewhat of a disadvantage.(?) This image, however, I feel is unique enough to have a good chance at making it in. Even though there it rather more going on in the background than it would really need, I'd enter it. Jackyes --- On Wed, 12/8/10, Walter Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: From: Walter Gilbertldott...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: A Swallowtail in Respite To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 11:45 AM Oops ... forgot the deets: K-x, Asahi Takumar 135/2.5, ISO 200, 1/320, Aperture priority, unknown aperture setting. On 12/8/2010 1:38 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, Here's another butterfly shot I'm considering submitting to the PPG and thought I'd get some opinions on beforehand. I'm just a tad iffy on it, as it just doesn't strike me as particularly vivid -- something I'm partial to in my butterfly images. Of course, it's a matter of taste -- which is why I thought I'd get input from the list. Anyway, here it is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5244166815/#/ Comments, critiques, suggestions, and gift certificates from KEH eagerly accepted. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Ned plugs Mark's book and PDML
Excellent! Kudos to Mark. Paul On Dec 8, 2010, at 3:20 PM, Miserere wrote: http://nedbunnell.posterous.com/pentax-photo-book-for-the-holidays-0 Mark was wondering if they'd received the book he sent, and here's the answer. The book looks even better in person than it did online, unlike some of us. You're getting pretty good at book layout, Mark...and setting the bar very high for yourself for the upcoming PDML Annual. We expect nothing but 10% more than the best :-) —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
Ned mentions Mark
I did a quick search for this, but didn't find it. I'm about 750 messages behind in the list. I'm afraid that doing photography sometimes interferes with my reading PDML. Anyways, Ned comments on Mark's Loire valley book: http://nedbunnell.posterous.com/pentax-photo-book-for-the-holidays-0 -- 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: Ned plugs Mark's book and PDML
I wonder if Ned knows Mark recently bought a Sony A850? ;) Jack --- On Wed, 12/8/10, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: Ned plugs Mark's book and PDML To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 12:38 PM Excellent! Kudos to Mark. Paul On Dec 8, 2010, at 3:20 PM, Miserere wrote: http://nedbunnell.posterous.com/pentax-photo-book-for-the-holidays-0 Mark was wondering if they'd received the book he sent, and here's the answer. The book looks even better in person than it did online, unlike some of us. You're getting pretty good at book layout, Mark...and setting the bar very high for yourself for the upcoming PDML Annual. We expect nothing but 10% more than the best :-) —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
