scavenger photos
all local (3 are domestic), two taken today, all taken in last 5 days http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/3510446/1/scavenger%2020110404?h=4ea1cb thanks Larry it was fun -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
7 news tomorrow night for Aussies...
Awesome update everyone! I am going to be on 7 news tomorrow night to talk about The Constellations Project! Me and my trusty K7 will be walking around Grantham working and showing what the project is all about! They are promoting it tonight during Winners and Losers so keep your eyes peeled.j Not sure if it will be national or just Queensland, but keep an eye out regardless! Tan.x. Tanya Love Photographer www.lovebytes.com.au www.facebook.com/LoveBytesPhoto www.loveandsoul.com.au m: 0458 006 740 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 buy three
On Apr 4, 2011, at 9:01 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Lately, I've been dreaming of a motorbike with a sidecar. Cheers, Christine A friend of mine has an Ural, which is basically a prewar BMW with sidecar, where the Russians looted the factory after the war, brought it to Russia, and have been making them, essentially unchanged since the end of WWII. Sidecars definitely get points for cool, they're also apparently scary as hell to drive. - Original Message - From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 6:23 PM Subject: Re: peso buy three That's an old HD Servicar. I wonder if it still ran? Trikes are getting more popular; they might get some money for that thing. Nice shot(s) BTW. On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: My only question is whether there will be any comments without puns, before the inevitable paronomasia commences. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5589996235/in/set-72157626305573197/ -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
Scavenger hunt urls
I tried to grep the urls for all the scavenger hunt photos into one file. It turns out that my new mail server isn't as user friendly as my old one when it comes to searching through email, so the list isn't as clean as I'd like. I'm inclined to suggest that in the future, we just set up a free flickr account where everyone can just post them in one place. Anyways, this is what I've got, albeit with a bit of other random stuff mixed in. http://annsan.smugmug.com/Other/PDML-Scavenger-hunt/16460181_SXwcL http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Scavenger040411/index.html http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=ypgdb385pypw7fhbsite=www.wisestamp.com/email-install http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1001899 http://photo.net/photos/RickW http://polipix.posterous.com http://twitter.com/walt_gilbert http://waltgilbert.posterous.com http://www.caguila.com/caguila/k5testcolor/content/IMGP0683_1_large.html http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/3510446/1/scavenger%2020110404?h=4ea1cb http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/sets/72157626423384212/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5584784918/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5587263146/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5587266368/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/ http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157626422823888/ http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157626423183364/ http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/waltergilbert http://www.studio1941.com/scavenger/index.html -- 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: Damned customs - F 85 Soft
On Apr 4, 2011, at 10:24 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 4/4/2011 21:29, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: It is damn near impossible to find anyone who actually shoots with it, posts pictures on the web and admits it. The lens should be in my hands tomorrow morning, I will just have to see first-hand. kris This http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=11097full=1 is one of my all time favorite pictures. Took it with F85 soft, tripod and all... That's what it looks like through the viewfinder of my K100. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I think it's a cell phone advertisement.
On Apr 4, 2011, at 10:01 PM, William Robb wrote: On 04/04/2011 10:52 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Wanna share? On 4/4/2011 11:42 PM, William Robb wrote: Whatever it is, I found it quite wonderful. Damn. I hate it when I do that.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_CDLBTJD4M Was the music Bach? -- 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. -- 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: Nooks and Crannies [K-5 + DA15, FA*24, FA31]
On 4/4/2011 22:47, Andrew Allen wrote: Hi Pentaxians Here is a recent street series photographed primarily in urban St. Louis with three of my favorite lenses - and of course my favorite camera, the K-5. Comments/questions welcome. http://andrewallenphoto.com/p379560305 -Andy The urban disconnect is fantastic. The last one I am not certain I understand correctly or completely. The rest are good but I've seen similar photos from you before. Without disrespect, Andy, I'd rather see more photos like The urban disconnect than those of urban decay. Offered merely as an opinion. 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: More Pentax quality grief
On 4/4/2011 22:02, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: The OK button of my, or rather Michael's, K10D has stopped working. Just got the cost estimate for the repair: 310,45 euros! My DS gave up after 4 years (rear thumbwheel erratic, repair too expensive), the K10D, 4 1/2 years old, is now beyond economical repair, my K-7 had been exchanged by the dealer and #2 needed a new trigger button after less than a year, and I'm at my 4th K-5 and counting... Is this just a strain of bad luck or is Pentax' quality really going down the drain? Or is an average economic lifetime of a mere 4 1/2 years for a DSLR a normal thing nowadays? Ralf Ralf, without going into your financial situation I should point out that 4+ years for a DSLR is a lot. I cannot possibly know how much Michael is shooting with his K10D, but I think that half the declared guaranteed number of shutter actuations is not bad at all on my book. My K10D has 23,000+ clicks and doing as good as it was when I bought it back in 2006. I hope it will do as many clicks more before it finally expires. I cannot possibly disagree that QC does not appear improving over the years, but then so does the complexity of the cameras. I don't think you could outright deny that other manufacturers are completely trouble free too. Yet I certainly can relate to your frustration. These things are certainly not peanuts. 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.
en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS
Sometimes one has to forgo precious posessions to acquire others. I just sold my FA* 600/4 to raise money for a package of 645 optics that emerged on a Norwegian forum: 645N camera house 645FA 45/2.8 645FA 75/2.8 645FA 120/4 macro 645FA* 300/4 645FA 400/5.6 LowePro SuperTrekker The price matched what I got from the sale, so in balance I believe I made a bargain. Even if it was tough to see the 600 leave the household. I don't plan to hold on to everything in the 645 package. I have to ruminate a little on exactly what to keep, but the 645N and the 75/2.8 will be put up for sale shortly. Contact me off list if interested. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Damned customs - F 85 Soft
This http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=11097full=1 is one of my all time favorite pictures. Took it with F85 soft, tripod and all... Boris Beautiful. A welcome distraction from this sharpness trumps everything world. kris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: sometimes being good isn't good ;)
On 4/3/2011 15:40, Cory Waters wrote: But, of course, LBA is strong. The 60-250 calls. But it might be the 55-300 that answers. Boris is trying to copy the hand motion of Ben Kenobi when Ben and Luke were visiting the Mos Eisley for the first time... Boris is looking at you intently and chanting: You don't need 60-250. You don't need a faster or a longer lens... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: More Pentax quality grief
On 5 April 2011 17:56, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: I cannot possibly disagree that QC does not appear improving over the years, but then so does the complexity of the cameras. I don't think you could outright deny that other manufacturers are completely trouble free too. Yet I certainly can relate to your frustration. These things are certainly not peanuts. Where this argument falls flat is that the vast majority of the problems reported, ie wonky mirrors, sticky buttons, failing rotary actuators, motors/gears/clutches in lenses, spots on sensors are all generally of mechanical nature. None of these issues are involve significantly more complex systems than Pentax used to be able to execute so successfully prior to their foray into DSLR production. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Quite an LX kit...
Now I know how to offer my collection of LX's and kit. WOW! On Apr 4, 2011, at 08:09 , Darren Addy wrote: Now that the auction is over, I thought I would post this for those that didn't see it: http://cgi.ebay.com/Pentax-LX-SLR-Film-Camera-Collection-/230601513108?pt=Film_Camerashash=item35b0ebd894#ht_4096wt_1039 or http://bit.ly/hrMVqV Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com There is no off position to the genius switch. Genius can, however, be observed as insanity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Damned customs - F 85 Soft
On Apr 5, 2011, at 1:01 AM, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: This http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=11097full=1 is one of my all time favorite pictures. Took it with F85 soft, tripod and all... Boris Beautiful. A welcome distraction from this sharpness trumps everything world. Welcome to the PDML where clarity of vision is more important than clarity of photos. kris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS
On 4/5/2011 10:59, AlunFoto wrote: Sometimes one has to forgo precious posessions to acquire others. I just sold my FA* 600/4 to raise money for a package of 645 optics that emerged on a Norwegian forum: 645N camera house 645FA 45/2.8 645FA 75/2.8 645FA 120/4 macro 645FA* 300/4 645FA 400/5.6 LowePro SuperTrekker Odd, I thought that at least 75, 120 and 300 you had in your other rucksack when we visited you... But I digress... 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: More Pentax quality grief
On 4/5/2011 11:06, Rob Studdert wrote: Where this argument falls flat is that the vast majority of the problems reported, ie wonky mirrors, sticky buttons, failing rotary actuators, motors/gears/clutches in lenses, spots on sensors are all generally of mechanical nature. None of these issues are involve significantly more complex systems than Pentax used to be able to execute so successfully prior to their foray into DSLR production. Well, Rob, it is correct what you say but consider these points: * K7 and consequently K5 offer both faster shutters and more silent mirror mechanisms. Although falling under same mechanical category for most part, these are new features. * I don't know what kind of complexity, especially with regard to manufacturing mechanical tolerances, is introduced by 100% viewfinder. * Pentax like everyone is still about reducing manufacturing costs... It has to be factored in to the equation. But I certainly agree that things such as buttons or control wheels all should function 120% perfect. Finally, sad as it is, and as dead as any other dead horse over here, the fact that Pentax is no longer Pentax, but rather Hoya-Pentax has to be considered as well. Again, I am not offering excuses and quite sorry ones at that. I am offering an explanation as to why this is all may be happening... 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: Damned customs - F 85 Soft
On 4/5/2011 11:01, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: Beautiful. A welcome distraction from this sharpness trumps everything world. kris Thanks. I still regret (now a bit more) parting with this lens... By the way, my hunt for soft filter produced no results that I could have stayed with. 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: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS
As I said, some stuff will be sold off again. The 120mm and 300 you saw in my bag are manual focus, so they're more likely candidates. You also saw an A-45/2.8 that I sold a couple of years ago. Interesting to see how your memory works, Boris. :-) Wanna buy a 645N? Jostein 2011/4/5 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On 4/5/2011 10:59, AlunFoto wrote: Sometimes one has to forgo precious posessions to acquire others. I just sold my FA* 600/4 to raise money for a package of 645 optics that emerged on a Norwegian forum: 645N camera house 645FA 45/2.8 645FA 75/2.8 645FA 120/4 macro 645FA* 300/4 645FA 400/5.6 LowePro SuperTrekker Odd, I thought that at least 75, 120 and 300 you had in your other rucksack when we visited you... But I digress... 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. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Choosing long telephoto lens
On Apr 4, 2011, at 11:39 , Theodore Beilby wrote: Most of my aircraft in flight shots were taken with my F 100 - 300 hand held. Those of you who know me know that I have very shaky hands. Sometimes, I hang my monopod under the camera. I do this with the head locks loose so the monopod is free to swing if I want to go to portrait orientation. I do not extend the leg, it is just there for mass to overcome the tendency for the camera to be moved. It seems to help me be more steady but does get some strange looks from other photographers. I don't know if anyone has ever used this technique before but I have used it this way many times. I've tried that, but the combination of weights tires one quickly. The lightest anti-shake trick I've used was something I read long ago in some photo magazine. Buy yourself a 1/4 20 eye bolt, the shortest thread length you can find (not important, just neater) and tie eight feet of most any kind of heavyweight string to the bolt. Put the string in your pocket Mount that bolt on your camera's tripod socket. When you are ready to shoot something that needs that steadying, pull the string out of your pocket and drop it on the ground. Hold the camera a bit lower of where you usually do. Step on the string, raise the camera so there is some, but not much, tension on the string, and shoot! That little bit of tug can overcome at least some of the photographer's unsteadiness. And it weighs nothing. There are a couple in my bag all the time. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com http://gallery.me.com/jomac -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: More Pentax quality grief
Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: But I certainly agree that things such as buttons or control wheels all should function 120% perfect. ...which they patently don't. The troubles aren't with 100% mirrors or other complex features but with the most basic knobs and buttons. Their trigger button problems go back as far as my Program A and P50 of... well... when? 20 years ago or is it even more? 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: Damned customs - F 85 Soft
On Apr 5, 2011, at 1:24 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 4/5/2011 11:01, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: Beautiful. A welcome distraction from this sharpness trumps everything world. kris Thanks. I still regret (now a bit more) parting with this lens... By the way, my hunt for soft filter produced no results that I could have stayed with. By filters do you mean physical filters? Because I think that taking sharpness out of a photo is something that could be done trivially easily in digital post processing. 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. -- 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.
morning HOYA fix
Some years ago I bought a coffee pot by eva solo (http://www.evasolo.com/productinfo/567590/), its life was short in a house with kids and a cat but the metal/rubber parts survived the fall so I have been using those with a bottle of plum wine wrapped in a towel ever since. Those break too but are easy (and pleasant) to replace. Usually I have been washing off all the labels but haven't done it this time. So every morning when I rinse it I am greeted with this: http://foto.ri-ki.lv/details.php?image_id=37 kris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: RE-35 flexisensor
On Apr 4, 2011, at 13:34 , John Sessoms wrote: From: David Parsons Have you ever seen a digital back? They are at least an inch thick. It's certainly possible to do, but I can't imagine any way that it would economical. Would you pay a couple thousand dollars to use an old film camera worth $20 (or even $200)? What do you do with cameras that don't have removable backs? How to you bypass the camera winder interlock when it is in a different place on different cameras? If they could actually make this flexisensor thingy work and bring the price down to where it didn't cost much more than a high end memory card, I'd buy one for my LX. Probably wouldn't be too hard to replace the spring loaded platen on one of my LX Digital or Analog Dial Data backs with a FF sensor, and cram the electronics into the fairly large battery and clock box. Expand the Dial Data Back's compartment to cover the whole back if need be, Use the power from the motor drive's battery pack. Piece of cake! If it doesn’t excite you, This thing that you see, Why in the world, Would it excite me? —Jay Maisel Joseph McAllister pentax...@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: Damned customs - F 85 Soft
On Apr 5, 2011, at 01:38 , Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 5, 2011, at 1:24 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 4/5/2011 11:01, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: Beautiful. A welcome distraction from this sharpness trumps everything world. kris Thanks. I still regret (now a bit more) parting with this lens... By the way, my hunt for soft filter produced no results that I could have stayed with. By filters do you mean physical filters? Because I think that taking sharpness out of a photo is something that could be done trivially easily in digital post processing. But, the 85 Soft does not diminish the sharpness of the photo. It merely provides varying degrees of 'fog' around the sharp image. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com The Big Bang was silent, and invisible in it's beginning moments. — from the Pentaxian's thoughts on particle physics, so far. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 7 news tomorrow night for Aussies...
Foxtel IQ has been programmed... :-) Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne On 5 April 2011 16:11, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: Awesome update everyone! I am going to be on 7 news tomorrow night to talk about The Constellations Project! Me and my trusty K7 will be walking around Grantham working and showing what the project is all about! They are promoting it tonight during Winners and Losers so keep your eyes peeled.j Not sure if it will be national or just Queensland, but keep an eye out regardless! Tan.x. Tanya Love Photographer www.lovebytes.com.au www.facebook.com/LoveBytesPhoto www.loveandsoul.com.au m: 0458 006 740 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Damned customs - F 85 Soft
On Apr 5, 2011, at 2:05 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: On Apr 5, 2011, at 01:38 , Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 5, 2011, at 1:24 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 4/5/2011 11:01, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: Beautiful. A welcome distraction from this sharpness trumps everything world. kris Thanks. I still regret (now a bit more) parting with this lens... By the way, my hunt for soft filter produced no results that I could have stayed with. By filters do you mean physical filters? Because I think that taking sharpness out of a photo is something that could be done trivially easily in digital post processing. But, the 85 Soft does not diminish the sharpness of the photo. It merely provides varying degrees of 'fog' around the sharp image. All of my digital signal processing classes were nearly 30 years ago, so I don't have the mathematical chops to do it today, but that's still just a simple 2-d transform, possibly using a high pass filter for edge detection. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com The Big Bang was silent, and invisible in it's beginning moments. — from the Pentaxian's thoughts on particle physics, so far. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: More Pentax quality grief
On 4/5/2011 11:37, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: ...which they patently don't. The troubles aren't with 100% mirrors or other complex features but with the most basic knobs and buttons. Their trigger button problems go back as far as my Program A and P50 of... well... when? 20 years ago or is it even more? Makes me feel particularly young... Seriously however, I haven't yet experienced any significant mechanical failure of any of 4 DSLRs that I have/had... But it does not mean that they are faultless. 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: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS
On 4/5/2011 11:26, AlunFoto wrote: As I said, some stuff will be sold off again. The 120mm and 300 you saw in my bag are manual focus, so they're more likely candidates. You also saw an A-45/2.8 that I sold a couple of years ago. Interesting to see how your memory works, Boris. :-) Wanna buy a 645N? Jostein No, thank you... I don't think I can afford what will inevitably come after that... My memory works in most peculiar ways, I am aware of that... 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: More Pentax quality grief
On Apr 5, 2011, at 2:58 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 4/5/2011 11:37, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: ...which they patently don't. The troubles aren't with 100% mirrors or other complex features but with the most basic knobs and buttons. Their trigger button problems go back as far as my Program A and P50 of... well... when? 20 years ago or is it even more? Makes me feel particularly young... Seriously however, I haven't yet experienced any significant mechanical failure of any of 4 DSLRs that I have/had... But it does not mean that they are faultless. Most of the problems I've had were with a piece of equipment made slightly over 50 years ago, and came without a warranty. 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. -- 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: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS
On Apr 5, 2011, at 1:26 AM, AlunFoto wrote: As I said, some stuff will be sold off again. The 120mm and 300 you saw in my bag are manual focus, so they're more likely candidates. You also saw an A-45/2.8 that I sold a couple of years ago. Interesting to see how your memory works, Boris. :-) Wanna buy a 645N? I'd love to. But I can't, and won't. -- 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: Damned customs - F 85 Soft
On 4/5/2011 11:38, Larry Colen wrote: By filters do you mean physical filters? Because I think that taking sharpness out of a photo is something that could be done trivially easily in digital post processing. Yes, exactly that, pieces of material that you put in front of the lens. I think that you overestimate the artistic value of digital post processing, especially high pass filters and 2D transforms... 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: Why do you shoot?
Taking another go on the subject. Just recently I've been reviewing my pictures from some years ago. Notably, in 2005 Jostein came here and we drove to the forests new Haifa University. I think the place is called Little Switzerland or something like this. Last autumn we had devastating fire that practically turned this place and many others to ashes. Suddenly my pictures gather additional emotional value that I couldn't possibly have thought of 6 years ago. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans
On 4/1/2011 14:31, Bob W wrote: vegans won't be able to use plastics made from feathers. This may not be easy to identify. B Heck, this is far more complex and frustrating that rules of kosher... 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.
reviewing pictures on PPG
I think that the first I heard of PPG was on the DPR Pentax SLR forum with people either bemoaning photos that had been rejected, or celebrating photos that had been accepted. The consensus seemed to be that voting on PPG was done by simpletons with a strong preference for cliche, and vivid colors. Or something like that. I was finally able to submit some more photos, after which I decided to do some voting. If the voting on PPG is done by simpletons who love cliche, then it's because they are the only people whose brains wouldn't turn to soggy gruel by looking at the entries. In half an hour I looked at more flower pictures on PPG than I have in two years of reading PDML. And if it's not a flower, dear God, it's a building. A large, majestic building, perfectly centered in the frame, or a wide angle view of a magnificent interior, replete with a baroque domed ceiling. Almost every one of those pictures is technically perfect, taken with few flaws and less imagination. -- 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: reviewing pictures on PPG
On 4/5/2011 13:28, Larry Colen wrote: Almost every one of those pictures is technically perfect, taken with few flaws and less imagination. You gotta be having a bad luck streak, Larry. Albeit not all of them, but routinely I find about 10% of shots from my PPG voting stream to be very good to excellent. In fact, I quite like voting for PPG. Call me absent minded cliche loving simpleton if you wish -- this is not serious. 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: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS
did I mention that beside a place in my heart you also have one on my hate list? enjoy Ecke 2011/4/5 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Sometimes one has to forgo precious posessions to acquire others. I just sold my FA* 600/4 to raise money for a package of 645 optics that emerged on a Norwegian forum: 645N camera house 645FA 45/2.8 645FA 75/2.8 645FA 120/4 macro 645FA* 300/4 645FA 400/5.6 LowePro SuperTrekker The price matched what I got from the sale, so in balance I believe I made a bargain. Even if it was tough to see the 600 leave the household. I don't plan to hold on to everything in the 645 package. I have to ruminate a little on exactly what to keep, but the 645N and the 75/2.8 will be put up for sale shortly. Contact me off list if interested. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: reviewing pictures on PPG
Did I forget to mention the vignette effects? On Apr 5, 2011, at 3:31 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 4/5/2011 13:28, Larry Colen wrote: Almost every one of those pictures is technically perfect, taken with few flaws and less imagination. You gotta be having a bad luck streak, Larry. Albeit not all of them, but routinely I find about 10% of shots from my PPG voting stream to be very good to excellent. There are quite a lot of excellent photos, that all pretty much look alike. There are definitely a few keepers in there. And, almost all of them, taken on their own merits are very good to excellent. It's just that so many of them are so similar. Interestingly I've seen about five different pictures of airplanes with smoke trails titled sky. In fact, I quite like voting for PPG. Call me absent minded cliche loving simpleton if you wish -- this is not serious. :-) 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. -- 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: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans
2011/4/1 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: I can see it now. All the health food stores will be advertising 100% all natural vegan polyethylene. maybe. but I've yet to see a vegan eat polyethylene. on the other hand who says the oil used to make their plastic now is fauna free? imho using something that would otherwise be disposed of is good. no matter what. plus by not eating chicken vegans for all practical purposes make sure no feathers are plucked on their behalf. hence at least until chickens are raised for plastic and their meat is disposed of, plastic will still be ethically safe for vegans. of course this is non-vegan opinion so YVMMV (your vegan mileage may vary) cheers ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I was amused to see this ad on facebook
2011/4/5 Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm: So, would that be a Penton or a Cantax? A Pentax with a Canoprism instead of the usual Canon with a pentaprism of course. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: More Pentax quality grief
Most of the problems I've had were with a piece of equipment made slightly over 50 years ago, and came without a warranty. one that can be made in minutes by cheap unskilled labor? well what do you expect? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS
On 4/5/2011 13:37, eckinator wrote: did I mention that beside a place in my heart you also have one on my hate list? enjoy Ecke Like you apparently have two hearts - one for love and one for hate... So then, Ecke, sir, you're not an earthling, but rather a time lord from that planet, what is its name again? 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: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS
2011/4/5 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Like you apparently have two hearts - one for love and one for hate... So then, Ecke, sir, you're not an earthling, but rather a time lord from that planet, what is its name again? Boris, my friend it is much simpler than that. my heart is the duct tape that holds together the bright side and the dark side of the force. or the universe? metaphorically speaking anyway =) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: More Pentax quality grief
On Apr 5, 2011, at 3:49 AM, eckinator wrote: Most of the problems I've had were with a piece of equipment made slightly over 50 years ago, and came without a warranty. one that can be made in minutes by cheap unskilled labor? By my calculations it was about 380,000 minutes, though only about the last day of the process is usually referred to as labor. I do expect that while the initial assembly likely took less than an hour, the technicians involved may object to the term unskilled. well what do you expect? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: More Pentax quality grief
2011/4/5 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: By my calculations it was about 380,000 minutes, though only about the last day of the process is usually referred to as labor. I do expect that while the initial assembly likely took less than an hour, the technicians involved may object to the term unskilled. by initial assembly you mean rod and barrel injection molding? if that takes less than an hour, unskilled is the word for it =P -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Hasselblad lenses on Pentax DSLRs
2011/4/4 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: But do you have those 'Blad lenses, Bulent? if I am not mistaken, blad means something not so pleasant in russian. pun intended, gospodin liberman? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Tilt-shift lenses or adaptors
I'm looking into getting a T/S lens. I don't care much if not Pentax or if I need an adaptor. However I care about price. Those things are usually very pricey. I might even accept a Canon lens, if it is what I need to get Tilt/shift. I know Pentax only did a Shift but no tilt. If anybody has an 'affordable' way of doing this, please speak ;) -- 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: More Pentax quality grief
On Apr 5, 2011, at 4:14 AM, eckinator wrote: 2011/4/5 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: By my calculations it was about 380,000 minutes, though only about the last day of the process is usually referred to as labor. I do expect that while the initial assembly likely took less than an hour, the technicians involved may object to the term unskilled. by initial assembly you mean rod and barrel injection molding? if that takes less than an hour, unskilled is the word for it =P I have never discussed that aspect of the process with them. As to the rest, I was only in the factory once, it was quite dark, and being very young at the time, I don't really remember any of it. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Hasselblad lenses on Pentax DSLRs
On 4/5/2011 14:16, eckinator wrote: 2011/4/4 Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com: But do you have those 'Blad lenses, Bulent? if I am not mistaken, blad means something not so pleasant in russian. pun intended, gospodin liberman? Nope, the word you might be thinking of is different and absolutely no pun was intended. 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.
My humble submission to Larry's Scavenger Hunt
http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Cavengerhunts/Larrys-Scavenger-Hunt/16469794_YC8zm#1239410613_xVTE6 I actually sent this yesterday. Another post lost in the wilds of pdml.com -- 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: Damned customs - F 85 Soft
On 11-04-05 5:14 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 5, 2011, at 2:05 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: On Apr 5, 2011, at 01:38 , Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 5, 2011, at 1:24 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 4/5/2011 11:01, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: Beautiful. A welcome distraction from this sharpness trumps everything world. kris Thanks. I still regret (now a bit more) parting with this lens... By the way, my hunt for soft filter produced no results that I could have stayed with. By filters do you mean physical filters? Because I think that taking sharpness out of a photo is something that could be done trivially easily in digital post processing. But, the 85 Soft does not diminish the sharpness of the photo. It merely provides varying degrees of 'fog' around the sharp image. All of my digital signal processing classes were nearly 30 years ago, so I don't have the mathematical chops to do it today, but that's still just a simple 2-d transform, possibly using a high pass filter for edge detection. Two points about that. The lens does a 3D transform. By the time you get the image, the sensor has removed the directional information and all you get to work with is a 2D plane with colour and luminance information. All spatial info is lost. If *all* the information available from the light was recorded by the sensor, you could do away with the lens entirely. You could simply expose the sensor through the empty lens mount and recreate the scene later with digital signal processing. (I read of some recent research work to do just that.) So there's stuff going on in glass-space that you simply cannot replicate in post-processing. But the second point is that you can do a pretty good PP fake of this soft lens effect. The Orton effect isn't identical, but looks quite similar. -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: My humble submission to Larry's Scavenger Hunt
And as you can see, I took Ann's comment as a bit more of a joke than she meant it ;-) On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Cavengerhunts/Larrys-Scavenger-Hunt/16469794_YC8zm#1239410613_xVTE6 I actually sent this yesterday. Another post lost in the wilds of pdml.com -- 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: PAW--Week 13-Skateboarding on the Picasso
You know, the from line in Gmail was appearing as Christ. .. Christ. I knew the Almighty shot Pentax. On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: See what you mean about distracting backgrounds, Ken. Just having a little fun with framing. Thanks for the feedback! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 5:18 PM Subject: Re: PAW--Week 13-Skateboarding on the Picasso In the first capture focus exposure wise it appears you got it, but the two boarders don't work for me. A variation of the action boarder alone would be more appealing IMO. The second last capture have a somewhat distracting background for me. The third one is better, but I wish he was more to the leaft against a simplier background. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net Subject: PAW--Week 13-Skateboarding on the Picasso These kids were cute. http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ 4 shot gallery--check out #2 http://www.caguila.com/caguila/k5testskateboard/ Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: My humble submission to Larry's Scavenger Hunt
On 11-04-05 8:12 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Cavengerhunts/Larrys-Scavenger-Hunt/16469794_YC8zm#1239410613_xVTE6 I actually sent this yesterday. Another post lost in the wilds of pdml.com Great shots, Steve. I especially enjoyed your Frank-style grab. With that you have earned the right to sign your shots Nevets. :) -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: PESO: Stadium Sun
On 11-04-05 1:13 AM, Tim Bray wrote: Lots of wires! http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2011/04/04/-big/IMG_0535.jpg.html -T I like the effect, Tim. Nice! My only issue is I think t'would be improved without the cloud URC. -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.
OT: We are Grandparents!!
http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_u3uwa#1240778972_X2KTU-L-LB Let the fun begin!! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Tilt-shift lenses or adaptors
Lensbabies? 2011/4/5 Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com: I'm looking into getting a T/S lens. I don't care much if not Pentax or if I need an adaptor. However I care about price. Those things are usually very pricey. I might even accept a Canon lens, if it is what I need to get Tilt/shift. I know Pentax only did a Shift but no tilt. If anybody has an 'affordable' way of doing this, please speak ;) -- 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. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!
On 4/5/2011 16:26, Walter Hamler wrote: http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_u3uwa#1240778972_X2KTU-L-LB Let the fun begin!! Walt Congratulations!!! Does it mean then that it is you on the right? 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: PUG - Kodachrome Memories Fading Fast
P. J. Alling wrote: I wish I could come up with a good Kodachrome slide image; but every thing is in storage, or the K25 plugin I found didn't produce crap. I thought I'd have no end of choice for this a few weeks back, but it was dependent on winning a bid (yet another attempt) on a Nikon Coolscan, which I lost. I've lost a couple more since. I think I got my Manfrotto tripod on the 32nd auction I bid in. One of these days, one will come up within budget and I will have many hours of capturing slides digitally. I'll be a spectator of the PUG this month. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: reviewing pictures on PPG
I remember voting over images that looked very much like a bulk upload of holiday snaps. That was before the weekly limit was introduced. However I still find that the type of pictures submitted has a distinct seasonal flavour. Tuned to the Northern hemisphere, for most part. So right now it's spring flowers. In a month it'll be birds. In September it's travel shots, and in October there are autumn colours to thirteen by the dozen. It could be a subission strategy, I suppose, to stay a bit ahead of the game by submitting seasonal pictures from last year just before the season starts. Jostein 2011/4/5 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: Did I forget to mention the vignette effects? On Apr 5, 2011, at 3:31 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 4/5/2011 13:28, Larry Colen wrote: Almost every one of those pictures is technically perfect, taken with few flaws and less imagination. You gotta be having a bad luck streak, Larry. Albeit not all of them, but routinely I find about 10% of shots from my PPG voting stream to be very good to excellent. There are quite a lot of excellent photos, that all pretty much look alike. There are definitely a few keepers in there. And, almost all of them, taken on their own merits are very good to excellent. It's just that so many of them are so similar. Interestingly I've seen about five different pictures of airplanes with smoke trails titled sky. In fact, I quite like voting for PPG. Call me absent minded cliche loving simpleton if you wish -- this is not serious. :-) 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!
*YAY* Congrats, Walt. Jostein 2011/4/5 Walter Hamler hamlerwal...@gmail.com: http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_u3uwa#1240778972_X2KTU-L-LB Let the fun begin!! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!
Congratulations!! Best wishes to all. -p On 4/5/2011 8:26 AM, Walter Hamler wrote: http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_u3uwa#1240778972_X2KTU-L-LB Let the fun begin!! Walt -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS
Jostein, You are very diciplined and not sentimental about your equipment. If I had the big digital, I might sell the FA* 600/4 too. Did it go to a good home? Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:59 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Sometimes one has to forgo precious posessions to acquire others. I just sold my FA* 600/4 to raise money for a package of 645 optics that emerged on a Norwegian forum: 645N camera house 645FA 45/2.8 645FA 75/2.8 645FA 120/4 macro 645FA* 300/4 645FA 400/5.6 LowePro SuperTrekker The price matched what I got from the sale, so in balance I believe I made a bargain. Even if it was tough to see the 600 leave the household. I don't plan to hold on to everything in the 645 package. I have to ruminate a little on exactly what to keep, but the 645N and the 75/2.8 will be put up for sale shortly. Contact me off list if interested. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Nooks and Crannies [K-5 + DA15, FA*24, FA31]
My favorite is the Urban Disconnect. A fine shot with a strong sense of place and mood. Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:51 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 4/4/2011 22:47, Andrew Allen wrote: Hi Pentaxians Here is a recent street series photographed primarily in urban St. Louis with three of my favorite lenses - and of course my favorite camera, the K-5. Comments/questions welcome. http://andrewallenphoto.com/p379560305 -Andy The urban disconnect is fantastic. The last one I am not certain I understand correctly or completely. The rest are good but I've seen similar photos from you before. Without disrespect, Andy, I'd rather see more photos like The urban disconnect than those of urban decay. Offered merely as an opinion. 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 12 catch-up
On 3/27/2011 19:51, Christine Aguila wrote: I'm at week 12, but didn't post weeks 9, 10, 11, 12 to the list. Not great stuff, but despite being sick, I kept up. I did try for the Perigee-Super-Moon (week 11). Darrel I went to Montrose Beach area. The shots are really more landscapey than moony. Nothing great, but I was there for the try :-). Just posting for the record. I'm glad I'm doing this, but it's not easy. Sometimes come Saturday I haven't taken a shot, and I start thinking about some new pose I can try to get Darrel to agree to. I actually might try for a self-portrait for next week--if nothing interesting finds its way into my camera. Cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ If you hadn't have told, I couldn't possibly imagine that you were being sick taking these pictures. Nothing really to fault. Just be sure not to repeat the flu experience, Christine. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Balconies
On 3/29/2011 04:18, Rick Womer wrote: Another from Paris. I love the combination of stone facades, wrought iron balconies, and flowers. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12868902size=lg (K7, DA 50-200) Rick Remind me to take you to some somewhat similar 'hoods of Tel Aviv if you get to cross the waters... 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: Fishing...
On 3/29/2011 09:25, Bulent Celasun wrote: ... really! http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12879576size=md Bulent No kiddin' :-). Sorry Bob, I had to use a smiley. 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: reviewing pictures on PPG
On 4/5/2011 16:37, AlunFoto wrote: It could be a subission strategy, I suppose, to stay a bit ahead of the game by submitting seasonal pictures from last year just before the season starts. Jostein Now you spoiled it completely. Remember, we have a list archive that is public on the internet... 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: Spring
On 3/28/2011 18:51, John Sessoms wrote: INSTALLING SPRING... ░ 33% DONE. Install delayedplease wait. Installation failed. Please try again. Thankfully, we're having yet another front of rain here... Boris (from the land of BIOS, in a manner of speaking) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!
Walt, Good for you and congratulations to the parents! We envy you. Regards, Bob Lynn S. On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Walter Hamler hamlerwal...@gmail.com wrote: http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_u3uwa#1240778972_X2KTU-L-LB Let the fun begin!! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Damned customs - F 85 Soft
Bruce Walker wrote: Two points about that. The lens does a 3D transform. By the time you get the image, the sensor has removed the directional information and all you get to work with is a 2D plane with colour and luminance information. All spatial info is lost. If *all* the information available from the light was recorded by the sensor, you could do away with the lens entirely. You could simply expose the sensor through the empty lens mount and recreate the scene later with digital signal processing. (I read of some recent research work to do just that.) So there's stuff going on in glass-space that you simply cannot replicate in post-processing. But the second point is that you can do a pretty good PP fake of this soft lens effect. The Orton effect isn't identical, but looks quite similar. I think the 85 Soft is one of those lenses deliberately designed with a lot of spherical aberration, which does strike me as something that would be very difficult to recreate in software. I've come up with a pretty good soft-focus emulation recipe for Photoshop. I'll try to post it in a day or two. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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: Damned customs - F 85 Soft
On 4/5/2011 17:01, Mark Roberts wrote: I've come up with a pretty good soft-focus emulation recipe for Photoshop. I'll try to post it in a day or two. Mark, if by any chance it could be re-created in LightRoom, I'd be most thankful for the recipe. 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: Damned customs - F 85 Soft
On 4/5/2011 17:01, Mark Roberts wrote: I've come up with a pretty good soft-focus emulation recipe for Photoshop. I'll try to post it in a day or two. Mark, if by any chance it could be re-created in LightRoom, I'd be most thankful for the recipe. Boris Damn you all and I only just unpacked the thing... :) kris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I think it's a cell phone advertisement.
Tue Apr 5 02:30:59 CDT 2011 Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 4, 2011, at 10:01 PM, William Robb wrote: On 04/04/2011 10:52 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Wanna share? On 4/4/2011 11:42 PM, William Robb wrote: Whatever it is, I found it quite wonderful. Damn. I hate it when I do that.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_CDLBTJD4M Was the music Bach? Bach's Cantata 147, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/31/mesmerizing-touch-wood-sh-08c-ad-showcases-japans-beauty-manki/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!
Yes, that's the Gramps! My wife, Margaret and Bryson Nicolos. He was born Sun, 4-3, to my son, Nathan, and his bride, Nicole, in S FL. We were there for the delivery. All are well! Walt On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 4/5/2011 16:26, Walter Hamler wrote: http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_u3uwa#1240778972_X2KTU-L-LB Let the fun begin!! Walt Congratulations!!! Does it mean then that it is you on the right? 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: Spring
John, I borrowed that nice text/graph for Facebook. I trust you don't have a copyright on it. :-) Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!
Welcome! Enjoy the ride, but fasten your seat belts!! Jack --- On Tue, 4/5/11, Walter Hamler hamlerwal...@gmail.com wrote: From: Walter Hamler hamlerwal...@gmail.com Subject: OT: We are Grandparents!! To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 6:26 AM http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_u3uwa#1240778972_X2KTU-L-LB Let the fun begin!! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!
Excellent. I hear grandchildren are more fun than children. On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Welcome! Enjoy the ride, but fasten your seat belts!! Jack --- On Tue, 4/5/11, Walter Hamler hamlerwal...@gmail.com wrote: From: Walter Hamler hamlerwal...@gmail.com Subject: OT: We are Grandparents!! To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 6:26 AM http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_u3uwa#1240778972_X2KTU-L-LB Let the fun begin!! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS
2011/4/5 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Jostein, You are very diciplined and not sentimental about your equipment. If I had the big digital, I might sell the FA* 600/4 too. Did it go to a good home? I think it ended up in the best of hands. The same guy once bought my FA*28-70/2.8. We shared hide at a eagle photography site for a couple of days two years ago, too. Nice bloke. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Excellent. I hear grandchildren are more fun than children. And, symmetrically, grandparents are more fun than parents. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I think it's a cell phone advertisement.
Thanks Bill. That was great. On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Tue Apr 5 02:30:59 CDT 2011 Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 4, 2011, at 10:01 PM, William Robb wrote: On 04/04/2011 10:52 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Wanna share? On 4/4/2011 11:42 PM, William Robb wrote: Whatever it is, I found it quite wonderful. Damn. I hate it when I do that.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_CDLBTJD4M Was the music Bach? Bach's Cantata 147, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/31/mesmerizing-touch-wood-sh-08c-ad-showcases-japans-beauty-manki/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: reviewing pictures on PPG
2011/4/5 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On 4/5/2011 16:37, AlunFoto wrote: It could be a subission strategy, I suppose, to stay a bit ahead of the game by submitting seasonal pictures from last year just before the season starts. Jostein Now you spoiled it completely. Remember, we have a list archive that is public on the internet... Nah. It requires a year's worth of dicipline. In these days of chimping, who cares to wait that long for acknowlegdement of their images? :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: More Pentax quality grief
On 2011-04-05 05:09 , Larry Colen wrote: By my calculations it was about 380,000 minutes, though only about the last day of the process is usually referred to as labor. I do expect that while the initial assembly likely took less than an hour, the technicians involved may object to the term unskilled. however the process for building the factory was developed by trial and error after 7500 attempts (counting H. sapiens only) and most of us still have problems with our buttons being pushed -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Fishing...
Actually, they used to use that method up in Rhode Island to put someone into the lake. On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/29/2011 09:25, Bulent Celasun wrote: ... really! http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12879576size=md Bulent No kiddin' :-). Sorry Bob, I had to use a smiley. 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: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS
Jostein, Speaking of an eagle hide, you might enjoy this live feed. Two eaglets hatched, one egg still there. http://www.raptorresource.org/falcon_cams/ Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:11 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/4/5 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Jostein, You are very diciplined and not sentimental about your equipment. If I had the big digital, I might sell the FA* 600/4 too. Did it go to a good home? I think it ended up in the best of hands. The same guy once bought my FA*28-70/2.8. We shared hide at a eagle photography site for a couple of days two years ago, too. Nice bloke. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: No Umbrella, No Galoshes
Thanks, Christine -- and all else who looked and commented. I went ahead and loosened up that crop for composition and I think you all were right. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5592638186/ Thanks again for the input! -- Walt On 4/4/2011 10:59 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Pretty colors, great detail, and nice bokeh, Walt. Very nice! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 9:29 PM Subject: PESO: No Umbrella, No Galoshes Hi all, Potential cliche hazard ahead! (Yet another damn bird photo.) I just thought it was amusing and hope someone else will, too. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5587610276/ Comments and suggestions welcome. I wear your scorn like silken robes. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: No Umbrella, No Galoshes
On 2011-04-05 09:56 , Walter Gilbert wrote: I went ahead and loosened up that crop for composition and I think you all were right. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5592638186/ sweet! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Spring
On 2011-03-28 11:18 , frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:51 PM, John Sessomsjsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: INSTALLING SPRING... ░ 33% DONE. Install delayedplease wait. Installation failed. Please try again. Must be a Microsoft program. It's not installing up here, either. spring installed an SSD and booted up faster than normal here in Denver; fire season is year round here now too -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS
2011/4/5 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Jostein, Speaking of an eagle hide, you might enjoy this live feed. Two eaglets hatched, one egg still there. http://www.raptorresource.org/falcon_cams/ That's interesting, thanks for posting. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Damned customs - F 85 Soft
On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 08:13:58AM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: If *all* the information available from the light was recorded by the sensor, you could do away with the lens entirely. You could simply expose the sensor through the empty lens mount and recreate the scene later with digital signal processing. (I read of some recent research work to do just that.) I've seen a presentation on it by the people doing the research. Well, they still use a primary lens, but the sensor does all sorts of other things with microlenses, etc. It's moderately impressive. But there's a tradeoff; there are only so many bits of information you can capture on any sensor. If you are using some of them to be able to recreate images in post processing, you have to give up something in exchange. You can recreate some of the 'lost' information (much as is done nowadays with Bayer sensor arrays), but not all of it. And you're still limited to what comes in through the front element. So while you can get some amount of distance and 3-D information to allow a shift of viewpoint by seeing what is different from one side of the lens to the other, you obviously can't record information on anything that is totally obscured by something between it and the camera. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!
How utterly great! Congratulations, Walt! -- Walt On 4/5/2011 8:26 AM, Walter Hamler wrote: http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_u3uwa#1240778972_X2KTU-L-LB Let the fun begin!! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I think it's a cell phone advertisement.
I loved it and I didn' think I would.. (o dear, no pun intended that time) ann William Robb wrote: On 04/04/2011 10:52 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Wanna share? On 4/4/2011 11:42 PM, William Robb wrote: Whatever it is, I found it quite wonderful. Damn. I hate it when I do that.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_CDLBTJD4M -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 2011 - 051 - GDG
A new PESO ... more in the 2011 Guadalupe River Park landscape series, a little break from Communicating ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5592762804/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5592762804/ Thanks for looking, comments always appreciated. Godfrey -- a photo blog: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: scavenger photos
I guess the pussycat is the cliche/local and the last one is Knarf? The Eye has it ann steve harley wrote: all local (3 are domestic), two taken today, all taken in last 5 days http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/3510446/1/scavenger%2020110404?h=4ea1cb thanks Larry it was fun -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: scavenger photos
On 2011-04-05 10:51 , Ann Sanfedele wrote: I guess the pussycat is the cliche/local and the last one is Knarf? well all are local, the first three are within 30 feet of each other at my home; and yes the two cats are an attempt at cliché last one is a take-off on Godfrey's communicating series, but i forgot to vignette it (it also has an eye) thanks for looking -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Damned customs - F 85 Soft
On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:04:34 +0300, you wrote: On 4/5/2011 17:01, Mark Roberts wrote: I've come up with a pretty good soft-focus emulation recipe for Photoshop. I'll try to post it in a day or two. Mark, if by any chance it could be re-created in LightRoom, I'd be most thankful for the recipe. No way. It requires multiple layers. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!
On Apr 5, 2011, at 10:06, Steven Desjardins wrote: Excellent. I hear grandchildren are more fun than children. I can corroborate this. here, he smells funny and away he goes to Mom and Dad for a quick change! You can't get away with that with your OWN kids. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: reviewing pictures on PPG
wow - I disagree about the voting process... There are a lot of competent things that are boring, but enough spectacularly good stuff to make it interesting. I have to say that I've been brutal though, when it came to photos submitted by anyone who needed to expound on the beauty of their own work. gag me with a spoon - or gushing over the lenses. Every now and then there is really outstanding stuff and I only regret that I don't know whose work it is - unless, by chance, I recognize the work as that of someone I know and have already admired. They ask us to note categories when we submit, but I've yet to find a way from the main page to search by category or subject - and I'd like to. I share Bob's frustration at the way the site is set up... I've just noted yesterday that I now have 10 accepted... two of which (sorry Larry) are flowers ;-) ann Larry Colen wrote: I think that the first I heard of PPG was on the DPR Pentax SLR forum with people either bemoaning photos that had been rejected, or celebrating photos that had been accepted. The consensus seemed to be that voting on PPG was done by simpletons with a strong preference for cliche, and vivid colors. Or something like that. I was finally able to submit some more photos, after which I decided to do some voting. If the voting on PPG is done by simpletons who love cliche, then it's because they are the only people whose brains wouldn't turn to soggy gruel by looking at the entries. In half an hour I looked at more flower pictures on PPG than I have in two years of reading PDML. And if it's not a flower, dear God, it's a building. A large, majestic building, perfectly centered in the frame, or a wide angle view of a magnificent interior, replete with a baroque domed ceiling. Almost every one of those pictures is technically perfect, taken with few flaws and less imagination. -- 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: Damned customs - F 85 Soft
Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: This http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=11097full=1 is one of my all time favorite pictures. Took it with F85 soft, tripod and all... Boris Beautiful. A welcome distraction from this sharpness trumps everything world. kris How about the Soft = blurry world? IMMHO, if 'soft' is what everybody calls that lens, I'll stay away from it. Used to be, my eyes saw the world that way. I gladly paid a fair amount of money to CORRECT that deficiency. keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 humble submission to Larry's Scavenger Hunt
Dear Humble The eyes have it here too... I actually think the one you call Knarfish is more Stenquestian - nicely done. Well and you know my opinion of Disneyland (hope we don't have to get divorced) ann Steven Desjardins wrote: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Cavengerhunts/Larrys-Scavenger-Hunt/16469794_YC8zm#1239410613_xVTE6 I actually sent this yesterday. Another post lost in the wilds of pdml.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!
Paul Sorenson wrote: Congratulations!! Best wishes to all. -p what he said ann On 4/5/2011 8:26 AM, Walter Hamler wrote: http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_u3uwa#1240778972_X2KTU-L-LB Let the fun begin!! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
