Re: What gear is on your short list?
On 1/27/2011 7:03 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: My real objection is generalizations like equipment doesn't matter. For some shots it doesn't matter and for some it does. My opinion is that for a great majority it does make a difference. Better equipment is far less likely to be inappropriate for a particular photographic situation than lousy equipment. Steven, I am thinking of the following /almost/ real life situations: 1. Somebody talking to Picasso - Maestro, your brushes have most wonderful strokes in them. 2. Someone talking to Ferdinand Porsche - Sir, the steering wheel of your cars is so round, I cannot help but drive faster. 3. Someone talking to (well choose whatever haut couture grand master you wish) - Your needles make so wonderfully beautiful clothes... I hope you catch my drift, Steve. Equipment, IMO (not so humble) does matter only if the one who uses it knows exactly what they are doing. I cannot draw like Picasso or drive like well known Stig or even cook like chief Ramsey no matter what canvas or race track or kitchen you would put in front of me. Now, it will take great deal of self-understanding and self-honesty to realize and admit that there is a limit to the gear one is going to use to one's benefit whereas above that limit it won't be for the quality of the outcome, but for other reasons - that of collectible factor, that of social status, that of pleasure of using (buttery smooth focusing ring epithets come to mind), etc. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax/CRIS Customer Service
Congratulations. Now you are back in the saddle, which is the best thing! On 1/29/2011 5:50 PM, Jim King wrote: I documented my stupid actions which resulted in damage to my K-5 here: http://forums.dpreview.com/...forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=37414995 I sent the camera to Pentax-CRIS for repair and have been following the repair status on their website. Their estimate of $250 to make things right made me cringe! Today I got a phone call out of the blue from Pentax-CRIS advising that upon inspection of the camera, they found sensor stains, and will send me a new replacement camera at no charge! (I asked them to do that pesky focusing screen replacement for me on the new body, so I will have that cost to bear, but what a great outcome for me!) Interestingly, I had tested my K-5 shortly after the sensor stain issue blew up and did not find any evidence of that problem. Evidently they can do a more thorough inspection job in their shop than we can do in the field. Don't let anyone convince you that Pentax USA doesn't support their customers. I've made several lens and camera service work requests of them over the last 10 years, and they have (almost) always come through for me. I'm sure that some of you (are you reading this, Joe Tainter?) have not had the same good results as I have, but I can only report based on my own experience. Jim King jamesk8...@mac.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PAW Week 4
Kinda proud of this one. There's a little bonus picture there if you scroll down ;-) Big cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ both superb, and a wonderful pair. The first could be a Benetton or Gap advert - just shows: you don't need a lot of fancy lighting equipment - just a good eye, and 2 beautiful eyes. 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: PAW Week 4
I sorta agree with you /wink/. This is terrific picture. Also I'd like to second what Bob W said - no fancy gear - just good work of the most capable photographer here. On 1/30/2011 8:35 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Kinda proud of this one. There's a little bonus picture there if you scroll down ;-) Big cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.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: PAW Week 4
Beautiful! DagT Den 30. jan. 2011 kl. 07.35 skrev Christine Aguila: Kinda proud of this one. There's a little bonus picture there if you scroll down ;-) Big cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.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: Looking for an enlarger
More on enlargers... I get my Durst M600 today but I may have found something interesting as well: A Kaiser 7002 (color model). Goes up to 6x7. Does anyone have experience about Kaiser enlargers? Seems they are still in business which is good for support. Those though look like plastic made (like low end Durst). Otherwise it seems to be good stuff (looking at the manual). -- 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 KX, MX, SuperA+Motor, Z1, P30 Mamiya C330+80/2.8 Sekonic L-208 FalconEyes TE300D x2 Studio flashes 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: PAW Week 4
On 30/1/11, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Kinda proud of this one. There's a little bonus picture there if you scroll down ;-) Big cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ Killer shot. -- 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 Little Planet
My server did and is now floating in cyberspace... Toie On 30 January 2011 05:19, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I hope you don't fall off. Neat capture ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Toine to...@repiuk.nl Subject: PESO: My Little Planet In a few weeks I plan to install myself on this little planet: http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/158-my-little-planet For the panoheads: I finally solved how to shoot a nadir properly :) Toine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PAW Week 4
On 11-01-30 1:35 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Kinda proud of this one. There's a little bonus picture there if you scroll down ;-) Big cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ That's a really good portrait, Christine. I like it a lot. And the bonus makes a terrific companion to it. They'd be great in a dual-mount frame. -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What gear is on your short list?
On 1/27/2011 7:03 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: My real objection is generalizations like equipment doesn't matter. For some shots it doesn't matter and for some it does. My opinion is that for a great majority it does make a difference. Better equipment is far less likely to be inappropriate for a particular photographic situation than lousy equipment. To clarify. My previous reply to this post of yours is not directed at you, obviously, but rather offered as an opinion in the general discussion. 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: Got my new K5 today.
Oh! Congratulations! On 1/29/2011 3:30 AM, Richard D Bush wrote: I'm so happy. My K5 came to the camera store today. Tomorrow is the eve of my trip to Alexandria VA to visit my oldest, David. Batteries are charging now. I also got the add-on grip and the weather sealed 18-55 kit lens. I don't know yet what other lenses I might want for this camera. For now, I'll continue to use my 50-200 kit, although it isn't weather sealed, and other non sealed lenses in my collection. I've been following the talk on the short zoom and the 70-250. One of these might round out my basic kit. Hope to post some pictures soon of the K5. RB -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Thought of y'all tonight
On 1/29/2011 6:42 PM, Bob W wrote: you promised not to tell! B Shag'yu or shagayu meaning walking step by step or stepping. /big 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: PAW Week 4
Gorgeous. Great diffuse light. And the framing of the hood makes it very special. Well done! Paul On Jan 30, 2011, at 1:35 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Kinda proud of this one. There's a little bonus picture there if you scroll down ;-) Big cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
My first exhibition in almost 30 years
Hi all, there's a few of my prints on display at the Café Enchanté in Eben-Emael, Belgium. That's right on the Dutch border, 5 km from Maastricht and 20 km from Liège. Further info in my blog. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: My first exhibition in almost 30 years
I'm in that area next saterday. Maybe I'll treat my kids with some belgium fries. Toine 2011/1/30 Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de: Hi all, there's a few of my prints on display at the Café Enchanté in Eben-Emael, Belgium. That's right on the Dutch border, 5 km from Maastricht and 20 km from Liège. Further info in my blog. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: My first exhibition in almost 30 years
Hi all, there's a few of my prints on display at the Café Enchanté in Eben-Emael, Belgium. That's right on the Dutch border, 5 km from Maastricht and 20 km from Liège. Further info in my blog. Ralf Well done! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 first exhibition in almost 30 years
On 30/1/11, Ralf R. Radermacher, discombobulated, unleashed: Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Congrats! Are you the one on the right or the left? http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QyL2FpPJwzw/TUNIaX_vSAI/Alk/Gn- EwHsvdjQ/s1600/D-11-00223.jpg -- 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.
Update was Re: OT Albums to CD's
Update on the IT album to CD machine i bought. I did my first test recording Saturday, an album from an older Canadian band, Mainline, and it worked very well. WARNING this link may not be work or wife friendly: http://phrockblog3.blogspot.com/2010/12/mckenna-mendelson-mainline-bumpngrind.html Followed the manual step by step and its a pretty painless process. Quality is very good, not great but very good. I'm happy with what it can do and will start recording my older, most likely never to be released on CD albums. Dave On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:16 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: This link is from the manufacturer so should work. Its the first one on the lsit. http://www.ithomeproducts.com/product/digitize-your-memories Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: 'Near Factory Butte'
Nice photo, great contrast here. Dave On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 2:54 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12483032 Taken early May 2010 in Southeastern Utah, near Factory Butte. K20D, 70-210mm SMC Pentax F. 1/30 f16, ISO 200 on Gitzo 3530LS with Bogen mini gear head. Comments appreciated. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: peso - some geometry
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/5398657468/ Would you like to work there? Please tell me what you think especially if you do not like it :) --Sasha -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: peso - some geometry
I like it Dave On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/5398657468/ Would you like to work there? Please tell me what you think especially if you do not like it :) --Sasha -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: PAW Week 4
Love it. Well framed and great detail and expression Dave On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 1:35 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Kinda proud of this one. There's a little bonus picture there if you scroll down ;-) Big cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.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. -- 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: PAW Week 4
Very nice. stan On Jan 30, 2011, at 1:35 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Kinda proud of this one. There's a little bonus picture there if you scroll down ;-) Big cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: My first exhibition in almost 30 years
Wonderful news! Congratulations! Boris On 1/30/2011 1:55 PM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Hi all, there's a few of my prints on display at the Café Enchanté in Eben-Emael, Belgium. That's right on the Dutch border, 5 km from Maastricht and 20 km from Liège. Further info in my blog. Ralf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?
Hi all, I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo. This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by accident (somewhat joking here)). So: does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this? I've been looking, but my google-Fu is weak. thanks, Sam PS, despite self disparaging jokes, I've been taking photos for a while. I'm more of a pancake DA40 than a nifty-fifty. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What gear is on your short list?
After the meal, ask the chef what brand of pots were used because it tasted great... On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/27/2011 7:03 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: My real objection is generalizations like equipment doesn't matter. For some shots it doesn't matter and for some it does. My opinion is that for a great majority it does make a difference. Better equipment is far less likely to be inappropriate for a particular photographic situation than lousy equipment. Steven, I am thinking of the following /almost/ real life situations: 1. Somebody talking to Picasso - Maestro, your brushes have most wonderful strokes in them. 2. Someone talking to Ferdinand Porsche - Sir, the steering wheel of your cars is so round, I cannot help but drive faster. 3. Someone talking to (well choose whatever haut couture grand master you wish) - Your needles make so wonderfully beautiful clothes... I hope you catch my drift, Steve. Equipment, IMO (not so humble) does matter only if the one who uses it knows exactly what they are doing. I cannot draw like Picasso or drive like well known Stig or even cook like chief Ramsey no matter what canvas or race track or kitchen you would put in front of me. Now, it will take great deal of self-understanding and self-honesty to realize and admit that there is a limit to the gear one is going to use to one's benefit whereas above that limit it won't be for the quality of the outcome, but for other reasons - that of collectible factor, that of social status, that of pleasure of using (buttery smooth focusing ring epithets come to mind), etc. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW Week 4
Striking shot, Christine! Jack --- On Sat, 1/29/11, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: From: Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net Subject: PAW Week 4 To: pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, January 29, 2011, 10:35 PM Kinda proud of this one. There's a little bonus picture there if you scroll down ;-) Big cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Sam samthegr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo. This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by accident (somewhat joking here)). So: does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this? I've been looking, but my google-Fu is weak. iPen and iPaper.:-) Dave thanks, Sam PS, despite self disparaging jokes, I've been taking photos for a while. I'm more of a pancake DA40 than a nifty-fifty. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso's Scugog Blacksmith Shop
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: You definitely caught the cold dreary winter feeling. I'm depressed now. Then my work here is done. Off to DP review. Dave On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Looks like a fascinating place to visit. Well represented here. Paul On Jan 29, 2011, at 7:54 PM, Tim Bray wrote: I'd like to see it on a big print. A bit more contrast perhaps? -T On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 8:37 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Hey gang. The SO and I went to the casino in Part Parry over Christmas (I won) and there is a small museum on the way. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12481152 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12481172 K10D D AF 50-200 LR conversion. It was very dull out that day. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso's Scugog Blacksmith Shop
Thanks Paul and Tim Dave On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Looks like a fascinating place to visit. Well represented here. Paul On Jan 29, 2011, at 7:54 PM, Tim Bray wrote: I'd like to see it on a big print. A bit more contrast perhaps? -T On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 8:37 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Hey gang. The SO and I went to the casino in Part Parry over Christmas (I won) and there is a small museum on the way. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12481152 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12481172 K10D D AF 50-200 LR conversion. It was very dull out that day. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: My first exhibition in almost 30 years
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Hi all, there's a few of my prints on display at the Café Enchanté in Eben-Emael, Belgium. That's right on the Dutch border, 5 km from Maastricht and 20 km from Liège. Further info in my blog. Long overdue! Wish I could be there. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?
Yeah, I was starting to expect as much. The main problem with that is the iMe component, which is likely to misplace the iPaper. -Sam On Jan 30, 2011, at 8:54 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Sam samthegr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo. This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by accident (somewhat joking here)). So: does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this? I've been looking, but my google-Fu is weak. iPen and iPaper.:-) Dave thanks, Sam PS, despite self disparaging jokes, I've been taking photos for a while. I'm more of a pancake DA40 than a nifty-fifty. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Oh the joys of getting everything I wanted in 1977...
Surprised me too, because I thought it was the kind of thing either Larry or Cotty would write. I apologize if I concatenated two posts from the digest. From: P. J. Alling Funny I don't remember saying that... On 1/29/2011 4:53 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: P. J. Alling I think of my self as having had 35 years of practice being 15. I may have to get older, but *THEY* can't make me grow up! - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3411 - Release Date: 01/29/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?
On 30/01/2011 7:32 AM, Sam wrote: Hi all, I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo. This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by accident (somewhat joking here)). So: does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this? I've been looking, but my google-Fu is weak. Do you have a small note pad? -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Totally OT and don't mean nothing.
From: Jeffery Smith I give myself a haircut once a week (3/8), on Saturdays. I haven't had a real haircut since Katrina. I needed one badly in Houston, went to a barber school and, for $8 got a haircut that was worse than Ross Perot's (did he live in Houston?). I went straight to WalMart, bought some clippers, and have since sported a Gunnery Sergeant Hartman haircut. Did that for about 30 years, but not since I retired from the National Guard in 2007. Nor do I trim my mustache to standard any more. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3411 - Release Date: 01/29/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What gear is on your short list?
I'm clearly not saying this well. I keep saying the equivalent of A good photographer can take advantage of better equipment and folks keep translating it to good equipment will make you a better photographer. To be clear, I think the former statement is obvious, I think the latter is usually wrong, and there is a clear difference between the the two. If a good photographer can take advantage of better equipment, then equipment clearly matters because they will take the trouble to buy it. To use the car example, this is like saying, you are a fine race car driver so you should be able to set a track record in a Ford Fiesta instead of a an F1 racer. Or going into the kitchen of Chef Antoine and telling him he is a fool for buying the best cookware when a chef of his caliber clearly doesn't need it. Every photographer is stuck with the skills they have at that moment. The skills I might acquire in the future through practice are not available to me today. Therefore, for each photographer, the major remaining variable is quality of the equipment. A really good photographer can get good pictures with inferior equipment. Chances are he/she would do even better with better equipment. I admit folks, I fail to see why this idea is so controversial. The best photographers often buy the best equipment. Maybe they can overcome inferior equipment, but I simply point out that very few of them bother to take this route. On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 3:12 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/27/2011 7:03 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: My real objection is generalizations like equipment doesn't matter. For some shots it doesn't matter and for some it does. My opinion is that for a great majority it does make a difference. Better equipment is far less likely to be inappropriate for a particular photographic situation than lousy equipment. Steven, I am thinking of the following /almost/ real life situations: 1. Somebody talking to Picasso - Maestro, your brushes have most wonderful strokes in them. 2. Someone talking to Ferdinand Porsche - Sir, the steering wheel of your cars is so round, I cannot help but drive faster. 3. Someone talking to (well choose whatever haut couture grand master you wish) - Your needles make so wonderfully beautiful clothes... I hope you catch my drift, Steve. Equipment, IMO (not so humble) does matter only if the one who uses it knows exactly what they are doing. I cannot draw like Picasso or drive like well known Stig or even cook like chief Ramsey no matter what canvas or race track or kitchen you would put in front of me. Now, it will take great deal of self-understanding and self-honesty to realize and admit that there is a limit to the gear one is going to use to one's benefit whereas above that limit it won't be for the quality of the outcome, but for other reasons - that of collectible factor, that of social status, that of pleasure of using (buttery smooth focusing ring epithets come to mind), etc. 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. -- 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: Oh the joys of getting everything I wanted in 1977...
It doesn't mean I don't agree with the sentiment. I just didn't say it. On 1/30/2011 10:22 AM, John Sessoms wrote: Surprised me too, because I thought it was the kind of thing either Larry or Cotty would write. I apologize if I concatenated two posts from the digest. From: P. J. Alling Funny I don't remember saying that... On 1/29/2011 4:53 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: P. J. Alling I think of my self as having had 35 years of practice being 15. I may have to get older, but *THEY* can't make me grow up! - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3411 - Release Date: 01/29/11 -- 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: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?
On 1/30/2011 10:26 AM, William Robb wrote: On 30/01/2011 7:32 AM, Sam wrote: Hi all, I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo. This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by accident (somewhat joking here)). So: does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this? I've been looking, but my google-Fu is weak. Do you have a small note pad? He does but apparently it need batteries. -- 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: What gear is on your short list?
On 1/27/2011 7:03 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: My real objection is generalizations like equipment doesn't matter. For some shots it doesn't matter and for some it does. My opinion is that for a great majority it does make a difference. Better equipment is far less likely to be inappropriate for a particular photographic situation than lousy equipment. Equipment matters. The photographer matters MORE. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3411 - Release Date: 01/29/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What gear is on your short list?
On 1/30/2011 5:28 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I'm clearly not saying this well. I keep saying the equivalent of A good photographer can take advantage of better equipment and folks keep translating it to good equipment will make you a better photographer. To be clear, I think the former statement is obvious, I think the latter is usually wrong, and there is a clear difference between the the two. That I can easily and rather totally agree with. If a good photographer can take advantage of better equipment, then equipment clearly matters because they will take the trouble to buy it. To use the car example, this is like saying, you are a fine race car driver so you should be able to set a track record in a Ford Fiesta instead of a an F1 racer. Or going into the kitchen of Chef Antoine and telling him he is a fool for buying the best cookware when a chef of his caliber clearly doesn't need it. Every photographer is stuck with the skills they have at that moment. The skills I might acquire in the future through practice are not available to me today. Therefore, for each photographer, the major remaining variable is quality of the equipment. A really good photographer can get good pictures with inferior equipment. Chances are he/she would do even better with better equipment. Hmmm. Probably some facet of language barrier is in play here, because to me it seems you just made the logical switch again and you're advocating the the equipment is better be better than one is a photographer idea... But I digress. I admit folks, I fail to see why this idea is so controversial. The best photographers often buy the best equipment. Maybe they can overcome inferior equipment, but I simply point out that very few of them bother to take this route. Oh, right, the best photographers. True as you put it. It is just that it is rather natural to see how this rationale projects on to Boris-the-average-photog. The controversy is probably related to (if not based on) the fact that in modern times one is kind of supposed to be on top of things. It is (trying to make a car analogy here) if you came to the meet up of the gear heads with VW Golf Mk3 VR6. No matter how good is the state of the car, you would be looked down up on merely because it is not modern VW Scirocco or VW is offering now in VR6's stead... And even if you drove and outdriven all the others with your car (because you know it intimately, etc), they would still think of you in a rather special manner. This is the impression I am getting from reading the forums and other non-PDML sources. Cases to illustrate my points are most recent lenses introduced by Pentax (35/2.4 and 18-135). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Little Planet
From: Toine My server did and is now floating in cyberspace... Toie Is that why I can't get to the page? All I get is: The connection has timed out The server at www.repiuk.nl is taking too long to respond. Is this one of those Hugin style panoramas where it's warped into a little ball? - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3411 - Release Date: 01/29/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What gear is on your short list?
On 1/30/2011 5:28 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I admit folks, I fail to see why this idea is so controversial. The best photographers often buy the best equipment. Maybe they can overcome inferior equipment, but I simply point out that very few of them bother to take this route. I gotta be slow today and dense. Steve, if you wish, we can always take it off-list so as to not provoke further controversy. 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: My Little Planet
Yes it's a Little Planet projection from a 360 panorama. The server crashed, I need to repair that asap. Toine On 30 January 2011 16:38, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Toine My server did and is now floating in cyberspace... Toie Is that why I can't get to the page? All I get is: The connection has timed out The server at www.repiuk.nl is taking too long to respond. Is this one of those Hugin style panoramas where it's warped into a little ball? - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3411 - Release Date: 01/29/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?
From: Sam Hi all, I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo. This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by accident (somewhat joking here)). So: does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this? I've been looking, but my google-Fu is weak. thanks, Sam PS, despite self disparaging jokes, I've been taking photos for a while. I'm more of a pancake DA40 than a nifty-fifty. Seems like if you really wanted to get in the spirit of the thing, you'd just carry a little pocket notebook and a pen and write them down. Probably less of a distraction from photography than fiddling with the iPhone. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3411 - Release Date: 01/29/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW Week 4
Really nice - and I love the bonus picture... not too surprising to see they look like they could be the same kid :-) ann Christine Aguila wrote: Kinda proud of this one. There's a little bonus picture there if you scroll down ;-) Big cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - A Plateful of Lamingtons
Those look a lot more yummy than vege-mite (aside to Tan ;-) ) ann Brian Walters wrote: The Lamington is an Australian icon so it just wouldn't be Australia Day without a few. Here's a plateful of small ones. Delicious! http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP9465peso.html Not the sharpest photo I've ever taken but I had had several glasses of red beforehand. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What gear is on your short list?
Actually, I think this has been in general rather even-tempered discussion. ;-) You, Boris, are always courteous. I don't think I'm switching positions. The argument is based on a comparison of two situations. These two situations are a single photographer of varying skills with each of two sets of equipment, one set being noticeably higher quality than the other.. I am trying to show that quality of equipment does matter in most situations. This means that the same photographer will, on the average, do better with the higher quality equipment. The language issue may be that the comparison does not imply absolute quality. An absolute duffer may not be helped by anything. A novice with some natural ability may do better with a camera with better exposure and AF. (I suspect that the better the photographer the more difference the equipment will make (at least up to a certain point), but this is ancillary to my main point.) In other words, I'm not saying that good equipment will produce good work, I'm simply saying it will produce better work on the average. This is definitely putting me in the mood to write my test. ;-) On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/30/2011 5:28 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I admit folks, I fail to see why this idea is so controversial. The best photographers often buy the best equipment. Maybe they can overcome inferior equipment, but I simply point out that very few of them bother to take this route. I gotta be slow today and dense. Steve, if you wish, we can always take it off-list so as to not provoke further controversy. 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. -- 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: What gear is on your short list?
Amen, brother. We are in agreement. ;-) On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:31 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: On 1/27/2011 7:03 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: My real objection is generalizations like equipment doesn't matter. For some shots it doesn't matter and for some it does. My opinion is that for a great majority it does make a difference. Better equipment is far less likely to be inappropriate for a particular photographic situation than lousy equipment. Equipment matters. The photographer matters MORE. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3411 - Release Date: 01/29/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PESO - A Plateful of Lamingtons
With a name like Lamington, you'd think they'd be made out of lamb. On 1/30/2011 10:51 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Those look a lot more yummy than vege-mite (aside to Tan ;-) ) ann Brian Walters wrote: The Lamington is an Australian icon so it just wouldn't be Australia Day without a few. Here's a plateful of small ones. Delicious! http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP9465peso.html Not the sharpest photo I've ever taken but I had had several glasses of red beforehand. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- 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: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?
On 30/1/11, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: Probably less of a distraction from photography than fiddling with the iPhone. You'd be surprised Boris - in some appa entering data is faster than doing it with pad and pen /winkwinkwink/ -- 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: What gear is on your short list?
BTW, since we are discussing equipment, I just bought my wife a new camera. Her old PS had seen hard use and the trip to Africa hadn't helped. I took advantage of the $100 price tag on the Optio I-10. She takes pictures primarily of people in good light (or uses the flash), so the noise issues with the Optio shouldn't matter too much. It came in Friday, although since I had sent it to my office I didn't see it until today. Damn, this thing is tiny. Smaller than my cell phone. I have not idea how good it is yet but it certainly would be no burden in the pocket. I didn't like the Altoids Optios since I just couldn't seem to hold them steady. I wonder if SR helps with that problem here. BTW, It doesn't quite fit in the Altoids tin. On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Amen, brother. We are in agreement. ;-) On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:31 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: On 1/27/2011 7:03 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: My real objection is generalizations like equipment doesn't matter. For some shots it doesn't matter and for some it does. My opinion is that for a great majority it does make a difference. Better equipment is far less likely to be inappropriate for a particular photographic situation than lousy equipment. Equipment matters. The photographer matters MORE. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3411 - Release Date: 01/29/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 -- 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: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?
Beg pardon?! On 1/30/2011 5:59 PM, Cotty wrote: On 30/1/11, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: Probably less of a distraction from photography than fiddling with the iPhone. You'd be surprised Boris - in some appa entering data is faster than doing it with pad and pen /winkwinkwink/ -- 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: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?
On 30/1/11, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: You'd be surprised Boris - in some appa entering data is faster than doing it with pad and pen /winkwinkwink/ Apologies///winkwinkwink should read: You'd be surprised Boris, in some instances entering data on an iPhone is faster than doing it with paper and pen... /winkwinkwinkwink (got one os those annoying muscle spasms on my eyelid right now.) -- 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: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?
On 30/1/11, Sam, discombobulated, unleashed: I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo. This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by accident (somewhat joking here)). So: does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this? I've been looking, but my google-Fu is weak. thanks, Sam Hi Sam, This is the only one I know of: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photo-tools-pro/id374359605?mt=8 -- 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: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Sam samthegr...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, I was starting to expect as much. The main problem with that is the iMe component, which is likely to misplace the iPaper. -Sam Sorry, i just could not resist. I kept my film records with pen and paper and prayed i would not misplace them. Dave On Jan 30, 2011, at 8:54 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Sam samthegr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo. This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by accident (somewhat joking here)). So: does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this? I've been looking, but my google-Fu is weak. iPen and iPaper.:-) Dave thanks, Sam PS, despite self disparaging jokes, I've been taking photos for a while. I'm more of a pancake DA40 than a nifty-fifty. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: Oh the joys of getting everything I wanted in 1977...
On 30/1/11, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: Surprised me too, because I thought it was the kind of thing either Larry or Cotty would write. You go get im Lar, you're closer. -- 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 first exhibition in almost 30 years
Great, Ralf wish I could see it - gonna show us the pics on line? ann Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Hi all, there's a few of my prints on display at the Café Enchanté in Eben-Emael, Belgium. That's right on the Dutch border, 5 km from Maastricht and 20 km from Liège. Further info in my blog. Ralf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 first exhibition in almost 30 years
Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: wish I could see it - gonna show us the pics on line? You've seen them all, except one which I don't have online. These three on one wall: http://www.fotoralf.de/fotos/pages/0242_ougreepano_neu_101119.html http://www.fotoralf.de/fotos/pages/0241_D-10-08558.html http://www.fotoralf.de/fotos/pages/0095_14860635.html And this plus another one on the second wall: http://www.fotoralf.de/fotos/pages/0110_15219468.html I selected this one because they have an in-house chip shop. Actually, the night shots look a lot better on screen. These industrial night scenes are awfully difficult to print, they always look much flatter on paper and they're not really at their best in a place with rather dim lighting. Has anyone here ever printed digital photos as transparencies for mounting in light boxes? Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:27 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Sam samthegr...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, I was starting to expect as much. The main problem with that is the iMe component, which is likely to misplace the iPaper. -Sam Sorry, i just could not resist. I kept my film records with pen and paper and prayed i would not misplace them. No problem David. I enjoy a little humor. After the joke has been made, tho, it gets a little stale. So you other jokesters, who were neither original nor helpful, I curse you to an eternity of PDML threads in which Kenny Boy is highly praised, you are taunted by rumors of pentax full frame cameras which never come to fruition, and Larry constantly invokes naked images of himself. And may your only photographic subject be a cormorant. To Cotty, thanks for the pointer. That app is exactly what I was looking for. $10 is probably a little steep for me. So paper and pencil will have to do. Sam --- Sam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - New York's Finest
Don Guthrie wrote: Message: 1 Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:33:18 -0500 From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - New York's Finest Message-ID: 4d438a7e.5010...@nyc.rr.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-Snaps-2011/15389206_z3saz/1/1170648583_22b8L/Large with my ist D - yesterday. ann _ In my town they give tickets and tow the cars that look like that. This is my street - http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-Snaps-2011/15389206_z3saz/1/1171397973_8mgjL/Large seriously, after the first storm the City took a shellacking from we the people for not getting the job done, they actually improved radically by the time the storm that produced this amount in a few hours time a couple of days ago. All the parking rules were suspended. And for sure people were admonished not to drive at all. Great picture, colors too, not always easy in a snow scene...DG That's thanks to the AWB on the ist D 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: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?
http://www.anoto.com/the-pen-2.aspx Yeah, I was starting to expect as much. The main problem with that is the iMe component, which is likely to misplace the iPaper. -Sam On Jan 30, 2011, at 8:54 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Sam samthegr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo. This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by accident (somewhat joking here)). So: does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this? I've been looking, but my google-Fu is weak. iPen and iPaper.:-) Dave thanks, Sam PS, despite self disparaging jokes, I've been taking photos for a while. I'm more of a pancake DA40 than a nifty-fifty. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?
You'd be surprised Boris - in some appa entering data is faster than doing it with pad and pen /winkwinkwink/ Apologies///winkwinkwink should read: You'd be surprised Boris, in some instances entering data on an iPhone is faster than doing it with paper and pen... /winkwinkwinkwink (got one os those annoying muscle spasms on my eyelid right now.) do you mean your iLid? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: What gear is on your short list?
my cooking improved enormously when I bought decent pots After the meal, ask the chef what brand of pots were used because it tasted great... On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/27/2011 7:03 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: My real objection is generalizations like equipment doesn't matter. For some shots it doesn't matter and for some it does. My opinion is that for a great majority it does make a difference. Better equipment is far less likely to be inappropriate for a particular photographic situation than lousy equipment. Steven, I am thinking of the following /almost/ real life situations: 1. Somebody talking to Picasso - Maestro, your brushes have most wonderful strokes in them. 2. Someone talking to Ferdinand Porsche - Sir, the steering wheel of your cars is so round, I cannot help but drive faster. 3. Someone talking to (well choose whatever haut couture grand master you wish) - Your needles make so wonderfully beautiful clothes... I hope you catch my drift, Steve. Equipment, IMO (not so humble) does matter only if the one who uses it knows exactly what they are doing. I cannot draw like Picasso or drive like well known Stig or even cook like chief Ramsey no matter what canvas or race track or kitchen you would put in front of me. Now, it will take great deal of self-understanding and self-honesty to realize and admit that there is a limit to the gear one is going to use to one's benefit whereas above that limit it won't be for the quality of the outcome, but for other reasons - that of collectible factor, that of social status, that of pleasure of using (buttery smooth focusing ring epithets come to mind), etc. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?
On 30/1/11, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: do you mean your iLid? eBahgum! -- 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.
GESO and VESO - basketball
A friend's daughter plays college basketball. Her team was in town to play a local team, so I had a chance to shoot a game from the floor. I haven't shot a basketball game since I was in high school. Cameras have changed a lot since then, and it seems like the game moves a lot faster. (Maybe I'm just moving slower.) School gyms are dark, but this one seemed darker than average. The whole game was shot at an ISO higher than I would have liked and a shutter speed that was slower than I would have liked. Even so, the shots were slightly underexposed and had more than a bit of noise. ACR and Photoshop helped a bit. Anyway, I had a lot of fun and learned a lot. Here are a few shots from the game. http://www.georgesphotos.net/Sports/Peru-at-CSM/15641640_5qHtc Here's a link to a short video generated with Animoto. http://www.georgesphotos.net/Sports/PeruVideo/15642206_HmiQr#1172123932_6T6QP-A-LB gs George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.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: What gear is on your short list?
Let me spin this another way: The limiting factor in the quality of the pictures I take is not the quality of the camera I take them with. However, quite likely some combination of longer lenses and faster lenses/senses would allow me to take some pictures that at the moment I just can't take. - Tim On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: my cooking improved enormously when I bought decent pots After the meal, ask the chef what brand of pots were used because it tasted great... On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/27/2011 7:03 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: My real objection is generalizations like equipment doesn't matter. For some shots it doesn't matter and for some it does. My opinion is that for a great majority it does make a difference. Better equipment is far less likely to be inappropriate for a particular photographic situation than lousy equipment. Steven, I am thinking of the following /almost/ real life situations: 1. Somebody talking to Picasso - Maestro, your brushes have most wonderful strokes in them. 2. Someone talking to Ferdinand Porsche - Sir, the steering wheel of your cars is so round, I cannot help but drive faster. 3. Someone talking to (well choose whatever haut couture grand master you wish) - Your needles make so wonderfully beautiful clothes... I hope you catch my drift, Steve. Equipment, IMO (not so humble) does matter only if the one who uses it knows exactly what they are doing. I cannot draw like Picasso or drive like well known Stig or even cook like chief Ramsey no matter what canvas or race track or kitchen you would put in front of me. Now, it will take great deal of self-understanding and self-honesty to realize and admit that there is a limit to the gear one is going to use to one's benefit whereas above that limit it won't be for the quality of the outcome, but for other reasons - that of collectible factor, that of social status, that of pleasure of using (buttery smooth focusing ring epithets come to mind), etc. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 08:32:20AM -0500, Sam wrote: So: does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this? Doesn't the iPhone have a simple voice memo app? Of course you could always leave yourself a voice mail message. If you stick with using film, you might put an MX-S in your long-term plans; it imprints that information on the film (either between the sprocket holes, or on the 37th frame). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?
On 30 January 2011 13:32, Sam samthegr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo. This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by accident (somewhat joking here)). So: does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this? I've been looking, but my google-Fu is weak. Use the iPhone's camera to take a quick snap of the SLR's aperture shutter settings after each photo. Not only will that get you the data you wanted, but a date/timestamp and possibly GPS data are thrown into the mix for free. -- 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.
Re: PAW Week 4
That's a wonderful shot. The eyes are amazing, but that fur hood is a deceivingly nice frame. The second shot is also good, just don't show it next tot he first one. On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 1:35 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Kinda proud of this one. There's a little bonus picture there if you scroll down ;-) Big cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.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. -- 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: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?
On 30/1/11, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: Doesn't the iPhone have a simple voice memo app? Yes it does. That's an option. Of course, with DSLRs you can often record the voice memo directly onto the exposed frame - I could do this with the 1DmII. With, film the correct procedure would be to jot down the info onto a notelet and photograph it on an adjacent frame to the actual frame of the scene ;) -- 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.
PESO- Winter Reflections
The Rouge is a mighty river at the point where it empties into Lake Erie, but 50 miles or so north in Bloomfield Hills, it's a small creek. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12496732size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?
And then there is a variation on the cinematographers approach: have an assistant with chalk board write down and display the relevant info, include that in the frame or in a follow-on image. stan On Jan 30, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Cotty wrote: On 30/1/11, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: Doesn't the iPhone have a simple voice memo app? Yes it does. That's an option. Of course, with DSLRs you can often record the voice memo directly onto the exposed frame - I could do this with the 1DmII. With, film the correct procedure would be to jot down the info onto a notelet and photograph it on an adjacent frame to the actual frame of the scene ;) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW Week 4-- !!!Akira is a BOY!!!
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Re: PAW Week 4
Great capture! Both images could be of the same person they share so many facial features. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net Subject: PAW Week 4 Kinda proud of this one. There's a little bonus picture there if you scroll down ;-) Big cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.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: My first exhibition in almost 30 years
On Jan 30, 2011, at 3:55 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Hi all, there's a few of my prints on display at the Café Enchanté in Eben-Emael, Belgium. That's right on the Dutch border, 5 km from Maastricht and 20 km from Liège. Congratulations! Either you were very young at your last exhibition, or you're a lot older than I guessed by your work. For some reason, I had pictured you as in your mid thirties, maybe forties. Maybe I think of wandering about and taking photos in the middle of the night as something done by younger guys. Further info in my blog. Will people be able to see them during the day, or only after dark? Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: GESO and VESO - basketball
Nice shots George, but the black players are truely problematic. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:46 AM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: A friend's daughter plays college basketball. Her team was in town to play a local team, so I had a chance to shoot a game from the floor. I haven't shot a basketball game since I was in high school. Cameras have changed a lot since then, and it seems like the game moves a lot faster. (Maybe I'm just moving slower.) School gyms are dark, but this one seemed darker than average. The whole game was shot at an ISO higher than I would have liked and a shutter speed that was slower than I would have liked. Even so, the shots were slightly underexposed and had more than a bit of noise. ACR and Photoshop helped a bit. Anyway, I had a lot of fun and learned a lot. Here are a few shots from the game. http://www.georgesphotos.net/Sports/Peru-at-CSM/15641640_5qHtc Here's a link to a short video generated with Animoto. http://www.georgesphotos.net/Sports/PeruVideo/15642206_HmiQr#1172123932_6T6QP-A-LB gs George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.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: PESO - New York's Finest
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: Re: PESO - New York's Finest Don Guthrie wrote: Message: 1 Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:33:18 -0500 From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - New York's Finest Message-ID: 4d438a7e.5010...@nyc.rr.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-Snaps-2011/15389206_z3saz/1/1170648583_22b8L/Large with my ist D - yesterday. ann _ In my town they give tickets and tow the cars that look like that. This is my street - http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-Snaps-2011/15389206_z3saz/1/1171397973_8mgjL/Large seriously, after the first storm the City took a shellacking from we the people for not getting the job done, they actually improved radically by the time the storm that produced this amount in a few hours time a couple of days ago. All the parking rules were suspended. And for sure people were admonished not to drive at all. The news buzz I got was that it was the result of the workers not plowing making the city look bad. Great picture, colors too, not always easy in a snow scene...DG That's thanks to the AWB on the ist D 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: peso - some geometry
On Jan 29, 2011, at 9:51 AM, Sasha Sobol wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/5398657468/ Would you like to work there? Please tell me what you think especially if you do not like it :) I like it, but don't love it. I suspect that it may work better in color which would help the various elements stand out. The lighting looks a little bit flat. Another think to try, in black and white would be to go all kodalith on it. whack out the contrast until everything is black, or white, no grey tones. That is also one of those photos that I would be inclined to at least try looking at upside down. --Sasha -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: PAW Week 4
Big thanks Everyone! Generous comments are much appreciated. The off-camera frame was a tad dark around the eyes--a bit drab, so I did a light tweak to brighten them up a bit. This tweak was a bit to bright because it effected the nice modeling highlight of the nose on the original version, but I found an acceptable happy medium. I'm disappointed about the lower and upper left corners; wish it didn't have the white of the background and I would have liked the coat near his lip to be just a tad lower, but what are you going to do. :-) What is amazing about the shot is the shutter speed: 1/6 of a sec @ f 6.3 ISO 400. Gotta love shake-reduction--and big time respect for the FA 50mm f 1.4--what a powerhouse for the money. Big cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?
Look for a 'list manager' app. There are at least a dozen available. While a dedicated app might implement all of this for you, why bother with that? Any simple flat database or list app can be set up to do it so trivially it's not worth worrying about. Design a list that will allow you to create new entries with a timestamp includes fields to enter ISO, Aperture, Shutter Speed from a popup list and free-text notes. That way your in-field experience is - Snap photo - click new entry - enter aperture, iso, shutter time ... add a note if desirable. If the list can remember the last settings for an entry when it creates a new entry, so much the better. In the absence of even a list manager, just use the default notepad app. Create the list with tabs between the fields and a return at the end of each entry. Synchronize that back to the computer and insert it into a spreadsheet ... done. On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 5:32 AM, Sam samthegr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo. This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by accident (somewhat joking here)). So: does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this? I've been looking, but my google-Fu is weak. thanks, Sam PS, despite self disparaging jokes, I've been taking photos for a while. I'm more of a pancake DA40 than a nifty-fifty. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: What gear is on your short list?
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com Subject: RE: What gear is on your short list? .my cooking improved enormously when I bought decent pots But were they better ? . After the meal, ask the chef what brand of pots were used because it tasted great... On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/27/2011 7:03 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: My real objection is generalizations like equipment doesn't matter. For some shots it doesn't matter and for some it does. My opinion is that for a great majority it does make a difference. Better equipment is far less likely to be inappropriate for a particular photographic situation than lousy equipment. Steven, I am thinking of the following /almost/ real life situations: 1. Somebody talking to Picasso - Maestro, your brushes have most wonderful strokes in them. 2. Someone talking to Ferdinand Porsche - Sir, the steering wheel of your cars is so round, I cannot help but drive faster. 3. Someone talking to (well choose whatever haut couture grand master you wish) - Your needles make so wonderfully beautiful clothes... I hope you catch my drift, Steve. Equipment, IMO (not so humble) does matter only if the one who uses it knows exactly what they are doing. I cannot draw like Picasso or drive like well known Stig or even cook like chief Ramsey no matter what canvas or race track or kitchen you would put in front of me. Now, it will take great deal of self-understanding and self-honesty to realize and admit that there is a limit to the gear one is going to use to one's benefit whereas above that limit it won't be for the quality of the outcome, but for other reasons - that of collectible factor, that of social status, that of pleasure of using (buttery smooth focusing ring epithets come to mind), etc. 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: What gear is on your short list?
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com Subject: Re: What gear is on your short list? ?Let me spin this another way: The limiting factor in the quality of the pictures I take is not the quality of the camera I take them with. However, quite likely some combination of longer lenses and faster lenses/senses would allow me to take some pictures that at the moment I just can't take. Obviously, longer /or faster lenses are not necessarily better. - Tim On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: my cooking improved enormously when I bought decent pots After the meal, ask the chef what brand of pots were used because it tasted great... On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/27/2011 7:03 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: My real objection is generalizations like equipment doesn't matter. For some shots it doesn't matter and for some it does. My opinion is that for a great majority it does make a difference. Better equipment is far less likely to be inappropriate for a particular photographic situation than lousy equipment. Steven, I am thinking of the following /almost/ real life situations: 1. Somebody talking to Picasso - Maestro, your brushes have most wonderful strokes in them. 2. Someone talking to Ferdinand Porsche - Sir, the steering wheel of your cars is so round, I cannot help but drive faster. 3. Someone talking to (well choose whatever haut couture grand master you wish) - Your needles make so wonderfully beautiful clothes... I hope you catch my drift, Steve. Equipment, IMO (not so humble) does matter only if the one who uses it knows exactly what they are doing. I cannot draw like Picasso or drive like well known Stig or even cook like chief Ramsey no matter what canvas or race track or kitchen you would put in front of me. Now, it will take great deal of self-understanding and self-honesty to realize and admit that there is a limit to the gear one is going to use to one's benefit whereas above that limit it won't be for the quality of the outcome, but for other reasons - that of collectible factor, that of social status, that of pleasure of using (buttery smooth focusing ring epithets come to mind), etc. 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: Is photojournalism relevant anymore?
On Jan 28, 2011, at 9:07 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: (I have some uncharitable views towards the owners and direction of today's newspapers and magazines, but I'll keep those views to myself for now :-)) I think that uncharitable is a good word for this, because the news is now looked at as a profit center. -- 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: What gear is on your short list?
For those that think better equipment makes a photographer better (and assuming he would then take better images) I throw this out for you to tell me how 'better' equipment would make this a better photo. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12483032 Taken with K20D, 70-210mm SMC Pentax F. 1/30 f16, ISO 200 on Gitzo 3530LS with Bogen mini gear head, other than the tripod, not exactly hi end gear. the K20D is not 'as good' as say a K-5, the 70-210 Pentax is good but not a superior lens. Do I need a better camera body or lens or what and what effect will they have on this image. Should I have taken the money I spent on 2 weeks in Utah and bought better equipment? ; - ) Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What gear is on your short list?
If you'd taken it with a Leica, the cognoscenti would admire its stochastic intransigence. -T On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: For those that think better equipment makes a photographer better (and assuming he would then take better images) I throw this out for you to tell me how 'better' equipment would make this a better photo. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12483032 Taken with K20D, 70-210mm SMC Pentax F. 1/30 f16, ISO 200 on Gitzo 3530LS with Bogen mini gear head, other than the tripod, not exactly hi end gear. the K20D is not 'as good' as say a K-5, the 70-210 Pentax is good but not a superior lens. Do I need a better camera body or lens or what and what effect will they have on this image. Should I have taken the money I spent on 2 weeks in Utah and bought better equipment? ; - ) Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?
On Jan 30, 2011, at 5:32 AM, Sam wrote: Hi all, I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo. This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by accident (somewhat joking here)). So: does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this? I've been looking, but my google-Fu is weak. If I wanted to do this with my android, I'd take a picture of the camera showing the settings. The exif in the android picture would also show location (geotagging) as well as time and date. I might also take a second shot, mimicing the film photo, to make it easy to connect the two. thanks, Sam PS, despite self disparaging jokes, I've been taking photos for a while. I'm more of a pancake DA40 than a nifty-fifty. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?
On Jan 30, 2011, at 8:26 AM, Cotty wrote: On 30/1/11, Sam, discombobulated, unleashed: I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo. This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by accident (somewhat joking here)). So: does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this? I've been looking, but my google-Fu is weak. thanks, Sam Hi Sam, This is the only one I know of: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photo-tools-pro/id374359605?mt=8 The iPhone doesn't have a simple text editor that you can just write that info down in? -- 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. -- 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: My first exhibition in almost 30 years
Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Jan 30, 2011, at 3:55 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Hi all, there's a few of my prints on display at the Café Enchanté in Eben-Emael, Belgium. That's right on the Dutch border, 5 km from Maastricht and 20 km from Liège. Congratulations! Either you were very young at your last exhibition, or you're a lot older than I guessed by your work. I make no secret of my age. I'll be 57, this fall. Maybe I think of wandering about and taking photos in the middle of the night as something done by younger guys. I used to spend my nights with other things, when I was younger. ;-) Still, we industry photographerscome in all shapes, forms, and ages. Have a look at this gallery: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/970937 That kid just turned 17. Will people be able to see them during the day, or only after dark? Mainly after dark, at this time of year. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What gear is on your short list?
If you had a K-5 you could print it bigger, if you had a 645D you could print it even bigger than that. On 1/30/2011 4:45 PM, Ken Waller wrote: For those that think better equipment makes a photographer better (and assuming he would then take better images) I throw this out for you to tell me how 'better' equipment would make this a better photo. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12483032 Taken with K20D, 70-210mm SMC Pentax F. 1/30 f16, ISO 200 on Gitzo 3530LS with Bogen mini gear head, other than the tripod, not exactly hi end gear. the K20D is not 'as good' as say a K-5, the 70-210 Pentax is good but not a superior lens. Do I need a better camera body or lens or what and what effect will they have on this image. Should I have taken the money I spent on 2 weeks in Utah and bought better equipment? ; - ) Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- 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: What gear is on your short list?
You realize that stochastic intransigence is another way of saying random stubbornness. On 1/30/2011 4:47 PM, Tim Bray wrote: If you'd taken it with a Leica, the cognoscenti would admire its stochastic intransigence. -T On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Ken Wallerkwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: For those that think better equipment makes a photographer better (and assuming he would then take better images) I throw this out for you to tell me how 'better' equipment would make this a better photo. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12483032 Taken with K20D, 70-210mm SMC Pentax F. 1/30 f16, ISO 200 on Gitzo 3530LS with Bogen mini gear head, other than the tripod, not exactly hi end gear. the K20D is not 'as good' as say a K-5, the 70-210 Pentax is good but not a superior lens. Do I need a better camera body or lens or what and what effect will they have on this image. Should I have taken the money I spent on 2 weeks in Utah and bought better equipment? ; - ) Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: What gear is on your short list?
Better equipment quite obvkously wouldn't make much difference here. The shot is in full sun and presents no huge equipment challenges. However, if taken with an inferior lens that lacked sharpness it wouldn't be as nice as it is. And it is quite nice. And of course if it were to be used on a billboard, taking it with a medium format camera would probably yield a better result for that purpose. However, the point some have been trying to make is that there are situations that can tax one's equipment. For example, I was unable to achieve decent results in the very dim lighting of the pool hall with either the K20 or the K7. In fact, the K20 wouldn't even lock focus in that light, and the ISO 6400 pics from both cameras were quite noisy. The K-5, being better suited to lo-light photography in terms of both noise and autofocus, allowed me to take better photos. I find this a silly discussion. Of course, better equipment won't always help one take better photos. But there are times when it will. What could possibly be more obvious? Paul On Jan 30, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Ken Waller wrote: For those that think better equipment makes a photographer better (and assuming he would then take better images) I throw this out for you to tell me how 'better' equipment would make this a better photo. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12483032 Taken with K20D, 70-210mm SMC Pentax F. 1/30 f16, ISO 200 on Gitzo 3530LS with Bogen mini gear head, other than the tripod, not exactly hi end gear. the K20D is not 'as good' as say a K-5, the 70-210 Pentax is good but not a superior lens. Do I need a better camera body or lens or what and what effect will they have on this image. Should I have taken the money I spent on 2 weeks in Utah and bought better equipment? ; - ) Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?
Doesn't the iPhone have a simple voice memo app? Yes it does. That's an option. Of course, with DSLRs you can often record the voice memo directly onto the exposed frame - I could do this with the 1DmII. With, film the correct procedure would be to jot down the info onto a notelet and photograph it on an adjacent frame to the actual frame of the scene ;) the problem there is that you then have to write down the 2nd exposure details and photograph them; then write done those details and, well, you can probably see where this is going. To be honest, I've never understand why people write this information down after the event, and especially why they publish this information with their pictures. I can't see how anyone else can benefit - I've never looked at a photograph and wondered what aperture and shutter speed was used, and I've no idea what to do with the information when people provide it. The only value that I know of in having this information is when I write it down before I take the photograph, as part of a trial or test plan. For example, I want to understand a bit more about the Voigtlander 75mm lens I bought a couple of months ago, so I have planned a series of shots, and noted down the apertures I want to use to test different things. I'll use these as my script, noting alongside them what I want to know, and later when the shots are done make notes of what actually happened. This has value to me, whereas wandering around doing general photography, then noting the technicals never has. And, while we're on the subject, looking for an app that does it strikes me as a classic example of techno overkill. 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: What gear is on your short list?
You can always burn dinner in good pans. You can drive you Porsche into the wall. You can also drop drop your K5on your foot and break your toe. These are isolated incidents, however, and not averages across many situations. On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Better equipment quite obvkously wouldn't make much difference here. The shot is in full sun and presents no huge equipment challenges. However, if taken with an inferior lens that lacked sharpness it wouldn't be as nice as it is. And it is quite nice. And of course if it were to be used on a billboard, taking it with a medium format camera would probably yield a better result for that purpose. However, the point some have been trying to make is that there are situations that can tax one's equipment. For example, I was unable to achieve decent results in the very dim lighting of the pool hall with either the K20 or the K7. In fact, the K20 wouldn't even lock focus in that light, and the ISO 6400 pics from both cameras were quite noisy. The K-5, being better suited to lo-light photography in terms of both noise and autofocus, allowed me to take better photos. I find this a silly discussion. Of course, better equipment won't always help one take better photos. But there are times when it will. What could possibly be more obvious? Paul On Jan 30, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Ken Waller wrote: For those that think better equipment makes a photographer better (and assuming he would then take better images) I throw this out for you to tell me how 'better' equipment would make this a better photo. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12483032 Taken with K20D, 70-210mm SMC Pentax F. 1/30 f16, ISO 200 on Gitzo 3530LS with Bogen mini gear head, other than the tripod, not exactly hi end gear. the K20D is not 'as good' as say a K-5, the 70-210 Pentax is good but not a superior lens. Do I need a better camera body or lens or what and what effect will they have on this image. Should I have taken the money I spent on 2 weeks in Utah and bought better equipment? ; - ) Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
Re: Is photojournalism relevant anymore?
Wasn't is always? Most major papers worked on a for profit basis, and went out of business when they didn't make money. These days here are so many sources competing for your attention. Remember yellow journalism? Sensationalism has become the norm, unfortunately. On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Jan 28, 2011, at 9:07 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: (I have some uncharitable views towards the owners and direction of today's newspapers and magazines, but I'll keep those views to myself for now :-)) I think that uncharitable is a good word for this, because the news is now looked at as a profit center. -- 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. -- 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: PESO rope on dock at night
needs a little more forward DOF on the rop IMO but I like your composition cheers ecke 2011/1/29 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: This is probably my one real keeper from my midnight photo walk: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5397800784/in/set-72157625804246179/ For obvious reasons, it is a lot sharper than the photos of the sea otter swimming in the harbor. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?
totally what bob said - always published aperture and speed in my posterous for those who care but never knew why cheers ecke 2011/1/30 Bob W p...@web-options.com: Doesn't the iPhone have a simple voice memo app? Yes it does. That's an option. Of course, with DSLRs you can often record the voice memo directly onto the exposed frame - I could do this with the 1DmII. With, film the correct procedure would be to jot down the info onto a notelet and photograph it on an adjacent frame to the actual frame of the scene ;) the problem there is that you then have to write down the 2nd exposure details and photograph them; then write done those details and, well, you can probably see where this is going. To be honest, I've never understand why people write this information down after the event, and especially why they publish this information with their pictures. I can't see how anyone else can benefit - I've never looked at a photograph and wondered what aperture and shutter speed was used, and I've no idea what to do with the information when people provide it. The only value that I know of in having this information is when I write it down before I take the photograph, as part of a trial or test plan. For example, I want to understand a bit more about the Voigtlander 75mm lens I bought a couple of months ago, so I have planned a series of shots, and noted down the apertures I want to use to test different things. I'll use these as my script, noting alongside them what I want to know, and later when the shots are done make notes of what actually happened. This has value to me, whereas wandering around doing general photography, then noting the technicals never has. And, while we're on the subject, looking for an app that does it strikes me as a classic example of techno overkill. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What gear is on your short list?
to put the thread back on topic: 60-250 k-5 + grip 50-135 and on my wish list DA*8-16 and a buyer for my DA 18-250, just repaired for € 122 with just under 2 years pentax warranty left cheers ecke 2011/1/30 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: You can always burn dinner in good pans. You can drive you Porsche into the wall. You can also drop drop your K5on your foot and break your toe. These are isolated incidents, however, and not averages across many situations. On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Better equipment quite obvkously wouldn't make much difference here. The shot is in full sun and presents no huge equipment challenges. However, if taken with an inferior lens that lacked sharpness it wouldn't be as nice as it is. And it is quite nice. And of course if it were to be used on a billboard, taking it with a medium format camera would probably yield a better result for that purpose. However, the point some have been trying to make is that there are situations that can tax one's equipment. For example, I was unable to achieve decent results in the very dim lighting of the pool hall with either the K20 or the K7. In fact, the K20 wouldn't even lock focus in that light, and the ISO 6400 pics from both cameras were quite noisy. The K-5, being better suited to lo-light photography in terms of both noise and autofocus, allowed me to take better photos. I find this a silly discussion. Of course, better equipment won't always help one take better photos. But there are times when it will. What could possibly be more obvious? Paul On Jan 30, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Ken Waller wrote: For those that think better equipment makes a photographer better (and assuming he would then take better images) I throw this out for you to tell me how 'better' equipment would make this a better photo. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12483032 Taken with K20D, 70-210mm SMC Pentax F. 1/30 f16, ISO 200 on Gitzo 3530LS with Bogen mini gear head, other than the tripod, not exactly hi end gear. the K20D is not 'as good' as say a K-5, the 70-210 Pentax is good but not a superior lens. Do I need a better camera body or lens or what and what effect will they have on this image. Should I have taken the money I spent on 2 weeks in Utah and bought better equipment? ; - ) Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA*50-135@135mm 1/800s, f/7.1, ISO200 DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?
On 30/1/11, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: The iPhone doesn't have a simple text editor that you can just write that info down in? Of course. -- 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: PESO - Boiler
Thanks, Steve. And thanks to all who looked. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:10 -0500, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I like this a lot. On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 1:45 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:46 -0600, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Composition and texture outstanding, Brian. Cheers, Christine Thanks, Christine. I've been sitting on this one for a while. Couldn't quite make up my mind about it. Cheers Brian -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
