Re: June PUG is up!
Thanks, Brian. There is a minor problem with this PUG. I really like your Fog Lifting but to say so might be interpreted as soliciting protectionism :-). Sorry, Bob, I had to put a smiley in here. I also really like Ann's Window. On more than just immediate level, both pictures are really alive in my eye. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:35 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: G'day' all. http://pug.komkon.org/ -- 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: Multi-dimensional enablement
I know it won't work with digital because of the sensor dimension ... bummer. Are you sure of that? Doesn't it just split the frame down the middle into a left and right image? Does the format size or the field of view make any difference? The only limitation that comes to mind is that you won't get a slide for the viewer. You'll need to print and view them by one of the other viewing methods. A nifty little piece of 3D freeware called 3DImages is here: http://images-3d.software.informer.com/ I've used it to create anaglyph prints for red/blue glasses, which it handles well and very easily. It can make pairs for stereoscopes or free viewing as well. regards, Anthony Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight (Anon) On 7 June 2011 02:11, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: Just purchased a Pentax Stereo kit on eBay. Goals: 1. I'll use it with some film for the fun of it.. I know it won't work with digital because of the sensor dimension ... bummer. 2. I wonder how well it will work with 4x5? 8x10? Some experimentation is in order ... First, shoot onto paper and see how it goes ... 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Big light bucket
somehow the proportions remind me of the sigma 200-500/2.8 2011/6/9 Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com: For a bigger light bucket, look here: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/yenJMKqKdm36wZ5baI3N-IVAR1uLUeGOz0brSBkp-SA?feat=directlink Zoomatar 240mm f1.2! Somebody shared this with the list a few years ago. Fortunately I grabbed the picture because I've long ago lost the link. regards, Anthony Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight (Anon) On 9 June 2011 11:28, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: Once in a while an odd lens shows itself. http://www.apug.org/forums/forum379/92353-big-fast-heavy-4x5-petzval-light-bucket-deluxe.html This one is 140mm f2.6. Probably not much diff on the front than a 135/2.5, but the back would be much larger to cover 4x5! 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Big light bucket
On 9 June 2011 16:10, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: somehow the proportions remind me of the sigma 200-500/2.8 Look again. That's a Pentax 6x7 hiding behind the Zoomatar, not 35mm or digital. regards, Anthony Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight (Anon) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Big light bucket
right. but still it looks disproportionately massive is what I was saying =) 2011/6/9 Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com: On 9 June 2011 16:10, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: somehow the proportions remind me of the sigma 200-500/2.8 Look again. That's a Pentax 6x7 hiding behind the Zoomatar, not 35mm or digital. regards, Anthony Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight (Anon) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: 18/06 - World Pentax Day
Yeah. BH and PF are looking to increase their FB likes. Not my cup of tea personally but then I've already deleted my FB account once before recreating it and now that facebook has added face recognition without notifying me, I am on the verge of doing it again, except this time for good. 2011/6/9 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Peter, to participate one has to have a FaceBook account. This condition seems to have been one of the reasons for a bit of a flame on PF with this regards... On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:04 AM, Peter Zalabai tim...@clancode.hu wrote: Pentaxforums is giving away a Limited lens for the WPD this year. Read more about the event at http://www.pentaxforums.com/World-Pentax-Day---June-18th,-2011-w/-Prize Cheers, .t -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 18/06 - World Pentax Day
I was thinking of contributing but I dislike even the idea of joining FB. It probably shows that I am not a potential customer of BH and a target of ther marketing dept. Oh my ;) Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 2011 - 093 - GDG
The latest now available for viewing ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5813215709/in/photostream/lightbo x/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5813215709/ Thanks for looking, comments appreciated. :-) Godfrey that's great. 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: safety and photography?
I remember my dad making a bank deposit in the '50's and we talked about his taking along a 38. I was rather surprised on my first trip to Ethiopia going to the bank in Axum to see that people had left their AK47s on the porch before going in. They were guarded by an old man with a stick. 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: Where are the rumors?
Hi Boris, I don't want to participate in growing the rumors, I'm just curious as to if there is another camera on the horizon. The Australian dollar is doing well at the moment and it's possibly a good time to buy a new camera, but if I buy one and then 2 months later they announce a camera with even better low light abilities (which is really about the only thing I can think of to add to the K-5 with the possible exception of autofocus during videos), I'd feel a little cheated. I know some people here get access to information and I was hoping to get just a little suggestion of Not this year which seems to be the consensus of opinion or maybe Just wait a few months it will be worth it. If I can't prove an upgrade is on the way by late August I will probably head out and buy a K5, but I'm more of an early adopter than buying the end of a line. Leon On 9 June 2011 15:05, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Leon, can it simply be that K-5 is good enough for like 90% of those who actively participated in rumours and pre-release discussions of K-7 and K-5? Or in other words, we don't have sufficiently many rumour perpetrators left for any rumours to get started... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: safety and photography?
2011/6/9 Bob W p...@web-options.com: I was rather surprised on my first trip to Ethiopia going to the bank in Axum to see that people had left their AK47s on the porch before going in. They were guarded by an old man with a stick. Markworthy IMO -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: safety and photography?
2011/6/9 Bob W p...@web-options.com: I was rather surprised on my first trip to Ethiopia going to the bank in Axum to see that people had left their AK47s on the porch before going in. They were guarded by an old man with a stick. If you have a gun you have to be prepared to use it. You don't have a memory; your memory has you. I doubt even all my possessions combined are worth dealing with that. Whenever you kill someone, two people die IMO -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Enabled sigma 80-200 2.8 APO DG HSM EX
Just got it off Fleabay. Is for my wife however :( Heavy bit of Glass. Very clean and smooth. James -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Enabled sigma 80-200 2.8 APO DG HSM EX
Congrats! IIRC there are two versions of that lens? if so, which one? Enjoy! Ecke 2011/6/9 sky s...@eftel.net.au: Just got it off Fleabay. Is for my wife however :( Heavy bit of Glass. Very clean and smooth. James -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: safety and photography?
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I was rather surprised on my first trip to Ethiopia going to the bank in Axum to see that people had left their AK47s on the porch before going in. They were guarded by an old man with a stick. B Some of your life experiences may make a good book, Bob. And you know - you do have a way with words... -- 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: Enabled sigma 80-200 2.8 APO DG HSM EX
umm. I don't know. it doesn't have OS it is 70-200mm 1:2.8 II macro hsm if that helps. Is that good or bad James On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 10:35:49 +0200, Ecke PDML wrote: Congrats! IIRC there are two versions of that lens? if so, which one? Enjoy! 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: Enabled sigma 80-200 2.8 APO DG HSM EX
if it says II it is the newer version which I guess is usually good =) I believe though that there is a pro grade and a consumer grade version but I have no idea which letter soup denotes which... I am saving all my pennies for (amongst other unobtainium) a DA*60-250 so I haven't really been looking at other lenses at all. but let me put it this way, more lenses are always good unless you're fresh out of LBA clinic andyour camera wears an electronic lens mount shackle =) 2011/6/9 sky s...@eftel.net.au: umm. I don't know. it doesn't have OS it is 70-200mm 1:2.8 II macro hsm if that helps. Is that good or bad James On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 10:35:49 +0200, Ecke PDML wrote: Congrats! IIRC there are two versions of that lens? if so, which one? Enjoy! 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Screened in
I like that very much. --Original Message-- From: Tim Bray Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List ReplyTo: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Peso Screened in Sent: Jun 9, 2011 12:54 AM Now that is a good picture; at once elegant and surprising. -T On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:14 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Lucy this morning http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13345830 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.
enablement feedback FA 28-105/3.2-4.5
looks OK, is in good shape, no zoom sliding and build quality seems ok - focus ring has about a millimeter of axial play after af locks but that may be normal. zoom ring is a snug fit, I can move it ever so slightly if I try and there is nothing rattling when I shake it. glass is clean and clear, too =) Cheers Ecke (happy camper) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - The Butcher Shop
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:12 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Good one. Thanks, Dave! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Squatter's Rights
I've thought about getting of photo.net, but I have a couple thousand pics there. If I did leave, I'd go to smugmug. Paul On Jun 9, 2011, at 12:51 AM, Tim Bray wrote: Lovely picture, very strong. You might want to consider migrating off photo.net, its pages look kind of dingy these days and the ads seem really obtrusive. But maybe that's just me. -T On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13275436size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: enablement feedback FA 28-105/3.2-4.5
I'm glad for your, Ecke. I wasn't that successful. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: looks OK, is in good shape, no zoom sliding and build quality seems ok - focus ring has about a millimeter of axial play after af locks but that may be normal. zoom ring is a snug fit, I can move it ever so slightly if I try and there is nothing rattling when I shake it. glass is clean and clear, too =) Cheers Ecke (happy camper) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Enabled sigma 80-200 2.8 APO DG HSM EX
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: I believe though that there is a pro grade and a consumer grade version but I have no idea which letter soup denotes which... -- If I grok sigma letter soup rightly, EX means pro grade all the way through. 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: 18/06 - World Pentax Day
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: Yeah. BH and PF are looking to increase their FB likes. Not my cup of tea personally but then I've already deleted my FB account once before recreating it and now that facebook has added face recognition without notifying me, I am on the verge of doing it again, except this time for good. Recently I passed by a eCompany that would sell FB likes. Like (pun intended) you pay them some bucks and they guarantee you so many more FB likes. That would literally making money out of nothing. Later that day I concocted a joke that money does not grow in trees, but it does grow on binary trees. -- 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: June PUG is up!
Brian, thanks for the intro. Let me then say, take a look at your 'Fog Lifting', which is a fascinating landscape. Henk Op 9-6-2011 0:35, Brian Walters schreef: G'day' all. http://pug.komkon.org/ (If you see the previous gallery when you click that link, refresh the page in your browser). Some great stuff there and I can't pick a favourite but you really have to take a look at Henk's Hi, I'm your new neighbour!... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: enablement feedback FA 28-105/3.2-4.5
Well I've yet to take some test shots but I appreciate your caring =) Perhaps you and I should start a business - I buy lenses here, return bad and keep good samples, and you sell those there at a huge premium =) 2011/6/9 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: I'm glad for your, Ecke. I wasn't that successful. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: looks OK, is in good shape, no zoom sliding and build quality seems ok - focus ring has about a millimeter of axial play after af locks but that may be normal. zoom ring is a snug fit, I can move it ever so slightly if I try and there is nothing rattling when I shake it. glass is clean and clear, too =) Cheers Ecke (happy camper) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Enabled sigma 80-200 2.8 APO DG HSM EX
Great! short for EXcellent maybe =) 2011/6/9 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: I believe though that there is a pro grade and a consumer grade version but I have no idea which letter soup denotes which... -- If I grok sigma letter soup rightly, EX means pro grade all the way through. 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: 18/06 - World Pentax Day
so true. they probably have an army of professional FB likers on their payroll. likely the same people who build WoW accounts etc... 2011/6/9 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: Yeah. BH and PF are looking to increase their FB likes. Not my cup of tea personally but then I've already deleted my FB account once before recreating it and now that facebook has added face recognition without notifying me, I am on the verge of doing it again, except this time for good. Recently I passed by a eCompany that would sell FB likes. Like (pun intended) you pay them some bucks and they guarantee you so many more FB likes. That would literally making money out of nothing. Later that day I concocted a joke that money does not grow in trees, but it does grow on binary trees. -- 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.
PESO: PDML at Grandfather Mountain 2011
Everyone who stayed around to the bitter end for the group photo. I was told it's the 10th anniversary. I don't really know, it's only my third time. I apologize in advance if I've gotten any of the names wrong. Please let me know and I'll make the necessary correction. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/5815090734 Next year either someone else who knows what they're doing can shoot the group photo or someone needs to remind me to get everyone in the shade or everyone in the sun. In my defense, sunshiny weather at Grandfather Mountain is an unfamiliar phenomenon and I haven't learned how to deal with it. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3689 - Release Date: 06/08/11 -- 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: OT: International ATT Ads
That is incorrect. I worked with the old ATT for decades. It was a great client to work for, and their service was first class. When divestiture occurred, the operating telephone companies were divided up geographically into small units. Over the years, the baby bells consolidated. Verizon is one of the largest of these new entities, and in some ways the closest to the old Ma Bell. The research and other telecommunications companies were largely spun off as Lucent, which has since imploded. What remained was designed to be a manufacturing company, aimed at the computer markets, primarily business computers. Their products were horrible, however, and ATT collapsed. They sold off most of their computer business, and bought a small wireless company which they rebranded as ATT wireless. That company was totally unrelated to the old telecom, and clashed with the corporate culture. Another of the old telecoms was Southwestern Bell, which grew faster than Verizon and eventually became the largest provided of land line phones. After the new ATT spun off its cell phone company as ATT wireless, what little was left of the old giant was sold to Southwestern, which mostly acquired its rights to the ATT name and logo. Finally, Southwestern bought the failing ATT Wireless, which always was a separate company, and merged it into what was then called the New ATT. That company shares virtually none of the personnel or corporate culture off the old ATT, which for all practical purposes disappeared decades ago. By most independent evaluations, Verizon has the best cell phone service in the US, and the new ATT the worst. The latter was supported for years by its exclusive contract with Apple for the iPhone, but now both market that very popular product. ATT and Verizon together dominate the telephone business of the US. If they were to merge, that would in some respect resurrect the old Giant, but one can never put Humpty-Dumpty together again. Dan On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:53 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Daniel J. Matyola It's the same ATT that was left after being forced to divest the local operating companies ... which for the most part they've acquired once again. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: PDML at Grandfather Mountain 2011
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 8:46 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/5815090734 Mark needs more gray in his beard. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Sensor Dust Removal
A few minutes ago I tried activating the ultra sonic Dust Removal on the K5 for the first time, but detect no vibration. Have tried it several times, changed to a fully charges battery and..nothing. Hate to send it in for this, but it's under warranty and is supposed to work. Anyone else had such a problem? Any suggestions? I do intend to call Pentax Customer Service this AM, but thought I'd first mine the extreme depth of talent available in the PDML. Thanks! Jack -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 18/06 - World Pentax Day
From: Boris Liberman On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: Yeah. BH and PF are looking to increase their FB likes. Not my cup of tea personally but then I've already deleted my FB account once before recreating it and now that facebook has added face recognition without notifying me, I am on the verge of doing it again, except this time for good. Recently I passed by a eCompany that would sell FB likes. Like (pun intended) you pay them some bucks and they guarantee you so many more FB likes. That would literally making money out of nothing. Later that day I concocted a joke that money does not grow in trees, but it does grow on binary trees. I refuse to use FaceBook. My introduction to Facebook for Photographers was 3 days of marketing presentations that all boiled down to how to evade FaceBook's TOS to become friends with school kids so you could beat them up and steal their lunch money. Or worse yet, USE your new friends to beat up other kids and steal their lunch money for you. I ain't gonna' have nothin' to do that. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3689 - Release Date: 06/08/11 -- 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: 18/06 - World Pentax Day
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:12 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I refuse to use FaceBook. Take it or leave it, John, but like written in Hebrew letters meaning to like something on Facebook/Twitter or some such seemingly is becoming a new word in the language here... -- 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: Where are the rumors?
On 09/06/2011 1:28 AM, Leon Altoff wrote: Hi Boris, I don't want to participate in growing the rumors, I'm just curious as to if there is another camera on the horizon. The Australian dollar is doing well at the moment and it's possibly a good time to buy a new camera, but if I buy one and then 2 months later they announce a camera with even better low light abilities (which is really about the only thing I can think of to add to the K-5 with the possible exception of autofocus during videos), I'd feel a little cheated. I know some people here get access to information and I was hoping to get just a little suggestion of Not this year which seems to be the consensus of opinion or maybe Just wait a few months it will be worth it. If I can't prove an upgrade is on the way by late August I will probably head out and buy a K5, but I'm more of an early adopter than buying the end of a line. When I was talking to the rep last month, he mentioned that the K5 would be taking them through to 2012 at least. I wouldn't expect another camera for a year or so. -- 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: safety and photography?
On 2011-06-09 3:19, Bob W wrote: I remember my dad making a bank deposit in the '50's and we talked about his taking along a 38. I was rather surprised on my first trip to Ethiopia going to the bank in Axum to see that people had left their AK47s on the porch before going in. They were guarded by an old man with a stick. Photo or it didn't happen. :-) That /is/ one of the funniest things I've heard in a long time, though. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Sensor Dust Remioval II
Is it possible that it is working, but since it's termed ultra sonic it's not emitting a sound humans can hear? Jack -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Sensor Dust Removal
On 09/06/2011 7:07 AM, Jack Davis wrote: A few minutes ago I tried activating the ultra sonic Dust Removal on the K5 for the first time, but detect no vibration. Have tried it several times, changed to a fully charges battery and..nothing. Hate to send it in for this, but it's under warranty and is supposed to work. Anyone else had such a problem? Any suggestions? I do intend to call Pentax Customer Service this AM, but thought I'd first mine the extreme depth of talent available in the PDML. Thanks! Jack I can't hear the dust removal in mine, but my dog seems able to. I think perhaps it really is an ultrasonic vibration. Certainly it is more refined than the hammering method that the K10 and K20 used. -- 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: Sensor Dust Removal
The K-5 dust removal uses a piezoelectric device, not the sensor-shaking type of other Pentax DSLR's. You cannot detect it while it works. Dario - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 3:07 PM Subject: Sensor Dust Removal A few minutes ago I tried activating the ultra sonic Dust Removal on the K5 for the first time, but detect no vibration. Have tried it several times, changed to a fully charges battery and..nothing. Hate to send it in for this, but it's under warranty and is supposed to work. Anyone else had such a problem? Any suggestions? I do intend to call Pentax Customer Service this AM, but thought I'd first mine the extreme depth of talent available in the PDML. Thanks! Jack -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. - Nessun virus nel messaggio. Controllato da AVG - www.avg.com Versione: 10.0.1382 / Database dei virus: 1513/3689 - Data di rilascio: 08/06/2011 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Sensor Dust Removal
Thanks on both you, Dario and Bill!! Good news! Jack --- On Thu, 6/9/11, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: From: Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it Subject: Re: Sensor Dust Removal To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, June 9, 2011, 6:23 AM The K-5 dust removal uses a piezoelectric device, not the sensor-shaking type of other Pentax DSLR's. You cannot detect it while it works. Dario - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 3:07 PM Subject: Sensor Dust Removal A few minutes ago I tried activating the ultra sonic Dust Removal on the K5 for the first time, but detect no vibration. Have tried it several times, changed to a fully charges battery and..nothing. Hate to send it in for this, but it's under warranty and is supposed to work. Anyone else had such a problem? Any suggestions? I do intend to call Pentax Customer Service this AM, but thought I'd first mine the extreme depth of talent available in the PDML. Thanks! Jack -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. - Nessun virus nel messaggio. Controllato da AVG - www.avg.com Versione: 10.0.1382 / Database dei virus: 1513/3689 - Data di rilascio: 08/06/2011 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: 18/06 - World Pentax Day
On 09/06/2011 12:48 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote: It probably shows that I am not a potential customer of BH and a target of ther marketing dept. Oh my ;) If I'm buying grey market, I tend to use Adorama. Nothing really wrong with BH, but Henry Posner (their face on the internet) can be a bit of a dick, and that colours my attitude towards giving his employer money. -- 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: Where are the rumors?
Eh, it's like computers, you have to buy when you are ready, not when the camera you really want is ready. If you keep waiting, you'll never get one. You can always sell and upgrade when the new camera comes out. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Leon Altoff leon.alt...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Boris, I don't want to participate in growing the rumors, I'm just curious as to if there is another camera on the horizon. The Australian dollar is doing well at the moment and it's possibly a good time to buy a new camera, but if I buy one and then 2 months later they announce a camera with even better low light abilities (which is really about the only thing I can think of to add to the K-5 with the possible exception of autofocus during videos), I'd feel a little cheated. I know some people here get access to information and I was hoping to get just a little suggestion of Not this year which seems to be the consensus of opinion or maybe Just wait a few months it will be worth it. If I can't prove an upgrade is on the way by late August I will probably head out and buy a K5, but I'm more of an early adopter than buying the end of a line. Leon On 9 June 2011 15:05, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Leon, can it simply be that K-5 is good enough for like 90% of those who actively participated in rumours and pre-release discussions of K-7 and K-5? Or in other words, we don't have sufficiently many rumour perpetrators left for any rumours to get started... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.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: Where are the rumors?
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:19 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: When I was talking to the rep last month, he mentioned that the K5 would be taking them through to 2012 at least. I wouldn't expect another camera for a year or so. There's a rumour that Sony will be announcing 24 MP APS-C sensor soon enough. There is no knowing if this is correct and if Pentax will get their hands on this sensor and when. I feel like siding with Godfrey here - K-5 is quite fine and although there are things to improve, they're mostly bug fixing. -- 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: 18/06 - World Pentax Day
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:30 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: If I'm buying grey market, I tend to use Adorama. Nothing really wrong with BH, but Henry Posner (their face on the internet) can be a bit of a dick, and that colours my attitude towards giving his employer money. Not trying to defend BH in any way, but I do marvel at your use of expletives, William. Sometimes it is bloody hilarious or even fucking unbelievable... But then again, we are on the different sides of Great Linguistic Divide anyway... -- 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: GESO: Driftwood Triptych
Wonderful patterns, subtle and pleasing colors. I like them very much. Dan On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:27 AM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: Details of a big driftlog: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2011/06/08/Driftwood-Triptych -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Enabled sigma 80-200 2.8 APO DG HSM EX
If I remember correctly as for the Sigma 70-200/2.8, here are the different modern versions: - 70-200/2.8 EX DG - 70-200/2.8 EX DG Macro II (a bit less good than the former) - 70-200/2.8 EX DG Macro HSM (which really wasn't HSM in its Pentax version but often refered as being HSM in shops) - 70-200/2.8 EX DG Macro HSM II (indeed HSM in Pentax version this time) - 70-200/2.8 DG Macro HSM OS (why not EX, I dunno but OS means internal stabilization like Canon IS). 2011/6/9 Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com: Great! short for EXcellent maybe =) 2011/6/9 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: I believe though that there is a pro grade and a consumer grade version but I have no idea which letter soup denotes which... -- If I grok sigma letter soup rightly, EX means pro grade all the way through. 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. -- 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: Where are the rumors?
- Mensaje original - De: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com There's a rumour that Sony will be announcing 24 MP APS-C sensor soon enough. There is no knowing if this is correct and if Pentax will get their hands on this sensor and when. I feel like siding with Godfrey here - K-5 is quite fine and although there are things to improve, they're mostly bug fixing. Boris, I would like to hear a bit more about the K5 'bugs' that you mention. As you know I am considering to upgrade, although recently I am not sure if I should move to yet another DSLR (very similar in weight and bulk to my current K20D) or take a more seriously look at the mirrorless world despite my EVF allergy. I am looking for similar IQ in a more compact package with the bonus of a better video mode (I don't shoot to much viedo but that's partly because i am lazy to carry also my miniDV camera, that is is also starting to fail in its mechanical side). Regards, Jaume -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Where are the rumors?
On Jun 9, 2011, at 10:35 AM, Jaume Lahuerta wrote: - Mensaje original - De: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com There's a rumour that Sony will be announcing 24 MP APS-C sensor soon enough. There is no knowing if this is correct and if Pentax will get their hands on this sensor and when. I feel like siding with Godfrey here - K-5 is quite fine and although there are things to improve, they're mostly bug fixing. Boris, I would like to hear a bit more about the K5 'bugs' that you mention. As you know I am considering to upgrade, although recently I am not sure if I should move to yet another DSLR (very similar in weight and bulk to my current K20D) or take a more seriously look at the mirrorless world despite my EVF allergy. I am looking for similar IQ in a more compact package with the bonus of a better video mode (I don't shoot to much viedo but that's partly because i am lazy to carry also my miniDV camera, that is is also starting to fail in its mechanical side). Regards, Jaume I've racked up 20,000 frames on a K5, and I'm not aware of any bugs, but perhaps they elude me due to my work methods. I also use it quite a bit for video and find it excellent in that regard, although I'm not an accomplished video shooter by any means. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Multi-dimensional enablement
On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 04:02:44PM +1000, Anthony Farr wrote: I know it won't work with digital because of the sensor dimension ... bummer. Are you sure of that? Doesn't it just split the frame down the middle into a left and right image? Does the format size or the field of view make any difference? Yes, it makes a difference, but not one impossible to overcome. The adapter is designed to produce left and right images covering the same field of view on one frame of film. Just using that on a smaller sensor will lose the left third of the field of view from one half, and the right third of the field of view from the other. This means the only part of the field of view in both parts is the central third. The way to compensate for that is simple; use a lens which covers the same field of view on the smaller sensor as the lens for which the adapter was designed when it is used on a full-frame sensor. I believe the adapter was designed for use with a 50mm or 55mm lens. That means you should use something like a 35mm lens on APS-C, I'd expect anything in the 31mm - 40mm range would work just fine. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 2011 - 093 - GDG
That is a riot! A great find, and very well executed. Dan On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: The latest now available for viewing ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5813215709/in/photostream/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5813215709/ Thanks for looking, comments appreciated. :-) Godfrey -- 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. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: June PUG is up!
On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:35:14 +1000 Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: G'day' all. http://pug.komkon.org/ (If you see the previous gallery when you click that link, refresh the page in your browser). Some great stuff there and I can't pick a favourite but you really have to take a look at Henk's Hi, I'm your new neighbour!... I notice that I noted the wrong lens on my shot it was the last shot I took with the 18-55 before switching to the 100 mm macro Naomi's shot charms me because I see her not my wrinkled eye. George V's Garden cat can watch work for hours... the leading lines in Filip's shot really work well for me this morning and finally Brian W's Fog Lifting is wonderful. I want to have taken it and have it on a wall and be able to say my house is in the fog just over 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: Where are the rumors?
On 6/9/2011 10:28, Leon Altoff wrote: Hi Boris, I don't want to participate in growing the rumors, I'm just curious as to if there is another camera on the horizon. The Australian dollar is doing well at the moment and it's possibly a good time to buy a new camera, but if I buy one and then 2 months later they announce a camera with even better low light abilities (which is really about the only thing I can think of to add to the K-5 with the possible exception of autofocus during videos), I'd feel a little cheated. I know some people here get access to information and I was hoping to get just a little suggestion of Not this year which seems to be the consensus of opinion or maybe Just wait a few months it will be worth it. I see. It is very hard to say. I think it mostly depends on the person, really. Some are content with buying whatever gear they have to choose from at the moment. Others are more of an early adopter kind. K-5 is a good, sound, solid camera. Will the next model be better - very likely. But that's entirely Captain Triviality talk. If I can't prove an upgrade is on the way by late August I will probably head out and buy a K5, but I'm more of an early adopter than buying the end of a line. I don't think an upgrade is coming within 2 months from now. Mostly I base my opinion on the fact that both K-7 and K-5 had a lot of PR going for them before they were introduced. Like the web page that showed a silhouette of a camera slowly revealing it day by day and rumours and forum flame wars (which I believe were instigated by some people who knew but were under NDA and so they played the linguistics games), etc. It is all quiet now, so it may be that K-5 is here to say for some while. 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: Where are the rumors?
On 6/9/2011 17:35, Jaume Lahuerta wrote: Boris, I would like to hear a bit more about the K5 'bugs' that you mention. I replied off-list because I don't want to start yet another flame, no matter how small or big. 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: Where are the rumors?
On 6/9/2011 18:31, Paul Stenquist wrote: I've racked up 20,000 frames on a K5, and I'm not aware of any bugs, but perhaps they elude me due to my work methods. I also use it quite a bit for video and find it excellent in that regard, although I'm not an accomplished video shooter by any means. Paul Paul, is there a way in which I can convince you to part with your DA* 16-50/2.8 for my benefit? 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: Driftwood Triptych
Well captured ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com Subject: GESO: Driftwood Triptych Details of a big driftlog: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2011/06/08/Driftwood-Triptych -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Sensor Dust Removal
Did you have visible dust before activating 'Dust Removal' ? Is the dust - if present before - still visible ? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Subject: Sensor Dust Removal A few minutes ago I tried activating the ultra sonic Dust Removal on the K5 for the first time, but detect no vibration. Have tried it several times, changed to a fully charges battery and..nothing. Hate to send it in for this, but it's under warranty and is supposed to work. Anyone else had such a problem? Any suggestions? I do intend to call Pentax Customer Service this AM, but thought I'd first mine the extreme depth of talent available in the PDML. Thanks! Jack -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Where are the rumors?
Somehow I missed the news that the K-x was being discontinued (in Japan) and is getting harder to find here. Wonder if they are planning a replacement for it or if the product line is being shrunk to small (K-r) medium (K-5) and large (645D). If there was a new model coming out, I would expect it to replace the K-x. Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Gas Sipper
Another slice o' life from Toronto: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/06/about-to-board.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Where are the rumors?
Did I miss something? I thought the K-r was the K-x replacement. -p On 6/9/2011 1:09 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Somehow I missed the news that the K-x was being discontinued (in Japan) and is getting harder to find here. Wonder if they are planning a replacement for it or if the product line is being shrunk to small (K-r) medium (K-5) and large (645D). If there was a new model coming out, I would expect it to replace the K-x. Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- 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: PESO 2011 - 093 - GDG
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5813215709/in/photostream/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5813215709/ Thanks for all your comments! :-) -- 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: safety and photography?
If you have a gun you have to be prepared to use it. You don't have a memory; your memory has you. I doubt even all my possessions combined are worth dealing with that. Whenever you kill someone, two people die IMO the possessions may not be worth killing someone for, but your dignity and right not to be pushed around may well be. I don't know if you've ever had to deal with bullies, but if you went to a boarding school, as I did, you'd observe quite quickly that the population was divided into bullies, victims and people who stood up for themselves. As long as there were people willing to be victims, there were bullies. But the bullies only ever tried it once on those of us who stood up for ourselves; even if we took a beating they found it wasn't worth their own pain to try again. Having said that, I wouldn't carry a gun or knife either, unless I really knew how to use them and was prepared to do so. It makes far more sense to learn to defend yourself with whatever is to hand. 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: Where are the rumors?
They were offered side-by-side for quite a while, so I didn't consider it a replacement, but maybe Pentax did. The K-r was introduced in Sept. 2010 and the K-x wasn't discontinued until the end of March 2011. As one author opined on his blog: It would have been a mistake to replace the K-x with a totally redesigned DSLR because of its popularity. So the Pentax K-r was born, but with the same heart, the 12.4mp CMOS sensor. I guess that is the question: Is the K-r the new entry level or is there going to be a new one below it (the spot the K-x formerly occupied)? Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: Did I miss something? I thought the K-r was the K-x replacement. -p On 6/9/2011 1:09 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Somehow I missed the news that the K-x was being discontinued (in Japan) and is getting harder to find here. Wonder if they are planning a replacement for it or if the product line is being shrunk to small (K-r) medium (K-5) and large (645D). If there was a new model coming out, I would expect it to replace the K-x. Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: safety and photography?
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Having said that, I wouldn't carry a gun or knife either, unless I really knew how to use them and was prepared to do so. It makes far more sense to learn to defend yourself with whatever is to hand. Like the guy with the stick. He had a stack of assault rifles to fall back on. :) -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ __o _'\,_ (*)/ (*) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: 18/06 - World Pentax Day
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:30 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: If I'm buying grey market, I tend to use Adorama. Nothing really wrong with BH, but Henry Posner (their face on the internet) can be a bit of a dick, and that colours my attitude towards giving his employer money. Not trying to defend BH in any way, but I do marvel at your use of expletives, William. Sometimes it is bloody hilarious or even fucking unbelievable... But then again, we are on the different sides of Great Linguistic Divide anyway... -- Boris a little language tip for you, Boris. Nobody says fucking unbelievable. It's always un-fuckin'-believable. Even my granny says it that way, and she's 115. 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: Sensor Dust Removal
Yes, I did see some spots. Yes, the sensor is now spotless. Had done Dust Removal several times trying to get it to work..before I found out that it was..and confirmed the absence of any spots with Dust Alert. Jack --- On Thu, 6/9/11, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com Subject: Re: Sensor Dust Removal To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, June 9, 2011, 11:02 AM Did you have visible dust before activating 'Dust Removal' ? Is the dust - if present before - still visible ? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Subject: Sensor Dust Removal A few minutes ago I tried activating the ultra sonic Dust Removal on the K5 for the first time, but detect no vibration. Have tried it several times, changed to a fully charges battery and..nothing. Hate to send it in for this, but it's under warranty and is supposed to work. Anyone else had such a problem? Any suggestions? I do intend to call Pentax Customer Service this AM, but thought I'd first mine the extreme depth of talent available in the PDML. Thanks! Jack -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Sensor Dust Removal
Glad it worked for you. I used to have dust removal activate on camera startup, but with so little dust accumulating I've dialed it back to only activate on my command. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Sensor Dust Removal Yes, I did see some spots. Yes, the sensor is now spotless. Had done Dust Removal several times trying to get it to work..before I found out that it was..and confirmed the absence of any spots with Dust Alert. Jack --- On Thu, 6/9/11, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com Subject: Re: Sensor Dust Removal To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, June 9, 2011, 11:02 AM Did you have visible dust before activating 'Dust Removal' ? Is the dust - if present before - still visible ? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Subject: Sensor Dust Removal A few minutes ago I tried activating the ultra sonic Dust Removal on the K5 for the first time, but detect no vibration. Have tried it several times, changed to a fully charges battery and..nothing. Hate to send it in for this, but it's under warranty and is supposed to work. Anyone else had such a problem? Any suggestions? I do intend to call Pentax Customer Service this AM, but thought I'd first mine the extreme depth of talent available in the PDML. Thanks! Jack -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Where are the rumors?
What would be fine for me is as follows: use and improve the Eos RT system which is a fixed translucent mirror like Sony SLT but keeps the optical VF. Add an hybrid VF a la Fuji and you have both EVF and OvF and both Phase detect af and contrast af. That would be awesome IMO. Le jeudi 9 juin 2011, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com a écrit : On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:19 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: When I was talking to the rep last month, he mentioned that the K5 would be taking them through to 2012 at least. I wouldn't expect another camera for a year or so. There's a rumour that Sony will be announcing 24 MP APS-C sensor soon enough. There is no knowing if this is correct and if Pentax will get their hands on this sensor and when. I feel like siding with Godfrey here - K-5 is quite fine and although there are things to improve, they're mostly bug fixing. -- 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. -- 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: safety and photography?
It's a simplistic explanation. Chicago's gang problems are more a result of under-enforcement and looking the other way than of class warfare. The problem existed long before the rash of foreclosures. When I taught in Chicago high schools 30 years ago, it was already fermenting. But no one wanted to get tough with the gangs, they were coddled. Disenfranchised youth was a term kicked around way back then. No one drew a line in the sand and said, you can't behave that way. Now they're paying. We're all paying. On Jun 9, 2011, at 2:14 PM, Ken Waller wrote: As Paul Harvey was want to say now here's the rest of the story on recent wilding events Thanks for posting John. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Subject: Re: safety and photography? From: Christine Aguila Chicago has been experiencing what is being called *flash mob* attacks in the downtown area and at one of the beaches that I've chosen for the beach project. You can read about it in the Chicago Sun Times article here if you want http://tiny.cc/mnkxybut in a nutshell, large groups of teenagers attack victims and steal iPods and cell phones. This is fairly new to Chicago, so the mayor and police have been vocal in reassuring Chicagoans that it's being dealt with. I'd be interested in knowing what safety strategies you employ when working in urban environments. Cheers, Christine Ran across this article with another Chicago perspective on what's going on. According to the author there's a lot more than made the news. Additionally, read down far enough into the article, and you'll find it's not just a Chicago problem. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janet-tavakoli/chicago-gang-violence-_b_873200.html We'll see if adding the angle brackets keeps the URL intact through the line wrap ... if not here's a tinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4x9qsrw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PDML at Grandfather Mountain 2011
Good to see Don looking better.. phew! ann John Sessoms wrote: Everyone who stayed around to the bitter end for the group photo. I was told it's the 10th anniversary. I don't really know, it's only my third time. I apologize in advance if I've gotten any of the names wrong. Please let me know and I'll make the necessary correction. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/5815090734 Next year either someone else who knows what they're doing can shoot the group photo or someone needs to remind me to get everyone in the shade or everyone in the sun. In my defense, sunshiny weather at Grandfather Mountain is an unfamiliar phenomenon and I haven't learned how to deal with it. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3689 - Release Date: 06/08/11 -- 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: Sensor Dust Removal
On Jun 9, 2011, at 14:39, Ken Waller wrote: Glad it worked for you. I used to have dust removal activate on camera startup, but with so little dust accumulating I've dialed it back to only activate on my command. Is there any disadvantage that anyone can think of to having it run every time on startup? That's how I have the K7 set up right now. -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: June PUG is up!
I really liked Naomi's shot with the reflection in the eye! My wife also enjoyed it. I was puzzled at first by the new neighbor (Henk Terhell), and it took a few moments to figure out what is what... Great catch! (auto-sic!) I also liked Brian's fog and Ken Waller's sunset. That sunset reminded me of my own (actually a series) with a similar idea: http://42graphy.org/galleries/1-Selected-2002-2009/100_0665.html Thanks to all PUG submitters for the viewing pleasure! Igor On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:35:14 +1000 Brian Walters wrote: G'day' all. http://pug.komkon.org/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Where are the rumors?
Of all the things the transition to DSLR has dropped on us old film folks, the hardest one for me to accept is a mirrorless camera. So I am not anticipating any new thrust into that arena by Pentax with longing. A smaller, lighter camera is for street shooting or grabs (IMHO). Though what I do most of the time is action shots of the canine variety, I think a lighter camera would accentuate my inability to hold my hands absolutely still. The weight of the K-7 helps in that regard. Of course, I have the 60-250 attached much of the time, which gives me lots of stability at the longer focal lengths because of all that weight. Joseph McAllister Pentaxian http://gallery.me.com/jomac On Jun 8, 2011, at 14:35 , John Francis wrote: I doubt if a K-5 replacement is next on the Pentax front, anyway. As others have pointed out, a mirrorless camera system seems more likely to be the next product. That, in turn, mill have an effect on the low-end DSLR market, and on the point-and-shoot market, so I would think a new model in one or both of those will come next. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: safety and photography?
On Jun 8, 2011, at 10:54 , Cotty wrote: On 8/6/11, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: My philosophy for protection is to be as large as possible Anyone approaching Mike would do well to consider the probable option of having his/her legs pulled out of his/her mouth from the inside, tied into one of those poodle-balloon shapes and tossed into a dumpster - and that's just for starters! What a bloody visceral image to ponder. Add a grinning clown for visual relief! Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com THE SENILITY PRAYER : Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, The good fortune to run into the ones I do, and The eyesight to tell the difference. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: safety and photography?
On Jun 8, 2011, at 15:34 , John Sessoms wrote: And, I have additional fall-back positions just in case. Yeah, you do… Carrying a gun! Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com “ It is still true, as was first said many years ago, that people are the only sophisticated computing devices that can be made at low cost by unskilled workers!” — Martin G. Wolf, PhD -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Where are the rumors?
On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 01:59:54PM -0700, Joseph McAllister wrote: Of all the things the transition to DSLR has dropped on us old film folks, the hardest one for me to accept is a mirrorless camera. There were mirrorless cameras long before digital came along, of course. Some people see the advent of the digital mirrorless systems more as a return to the old ways. The enthusiasm with which the X100 has been received certainly suggests that there is a market for mirrorless systems, quite apart from the success of the micro four thirds cameras. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Where are the rumors?
I really don't see the DSLR going away for quite a while. As John said, we get the small camera back with RF style mirrorless bodies. A DSLR and a MILC is a nice combo. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: Of all the things the transition to DSLR has dropped on us old film folks, the hardest one for me to accept is a mirrorless camera. So I am not anticipating any new thrust into that arena by Pentax with longing. A smaller, lighter camera is for street shooting or grabs (IMHO). Though what I do most of the time is action shots of the canine variety, I think a lighter camera would accentuate my inability to hold my hands absolutely still. The weight of the K-7 helps in that regard. Of course, I have the 60-250 attached much of the time, which gives me lots of stability at the longer focal lengths because of all that weight. Joseph McAllister Pentaxian http://gallery.me.com/jomac On Jun 8, 2011, at 14:35 , John Francis wrote: I doubt if a K-5 replacement is next on the Pentax front, anyway. As others have pointed out, a mirrorless camera system seems more likely to be the next product. That, in turn, mill have an effect on the low-end DSLR market, and on the point-and-shoot market, so I would think a new model in one or both of those will come next. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: June PUG is up!
Nice gallery. I like the oranges. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: I really liked Naomi's shot with the reflection in the eye! My wife also enjoyed it. I was puzzled at first by the new neighbor (Henk Terhell), and it took a few moments to figure out what is what... Great catch! (auto-sic!) I also liked Brian's fog and Ken Waller's sunset. That sunset reminded me of my own (actually a series) with a similar idea: http://42graphy.org/galleries/1-Selected-2002-2009/100_0665.html Thanks to all PUG submitters for the viewing pleasure! Igor On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:35:14 +1000 Brian Walters wrote: G'day' all. http://pug.komkon.org/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: 18/06 - World Pentax Day
ROTFL. I had exactly the same thought. I could even hear my inner English teacher saying it in the correcting voice. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:30 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: If I'm buying grey market, I tend to use Adorama. Nothing really wrong with BH, but Henry Posner (their face on the internet) can be a bit of a dick, and that colours my attitude towards giving his employer money. Not trying to defend BH in any way, but I do marvel at your use of expletives, William. Sometimes it is bloody hilarious or even fucking unbelievable... But then again, we are on the different sides of Great Linguistic Divide anyway... -- Boris a little language tip for you, Boris. Nobody says fucking unbelievable. It's always un-fuckin'-believable. Even my granny says it that way, and she's 115. 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. -- 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 - Gas Sipper
It looks like the old guy and bus are having a stare down. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:11 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Another slice o' life from Toronto: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/06/about-to-board.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: 18/06 - World Pentax Day
BH's Posner is a good man. He has been unjustifiably attacked by a person on this list. But his record is solid, and BH is probably the most reliable, most honest vendor in the camera biz. Paul On Jun 9, 2011, at 8:10 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: ROTFL. I had exactly the same thought. I could even hear my inner English teacher saying it in the correcting voice. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:30 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: If I'm buying grey market, I tend to use Adorama. Nothing really wrong with BH, but Henry Posner (their face on the internet) can be a bit of a dick, and that colours my attitude towards giving his employer money. Not trying to defend BH in any way, but I do marvel at your use of expletives, William. Sometimes it is bloody hilarious or even fucking unbelievable... But then again, we are on the different sides of Great Linguistic Divide anyway... -- Boris a little language tip for you, Boris. Nobody says fucking unbelievable. It's always un-fuckin'-believable. Even my granny says it that way, and she's 115. 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. -- 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.
Re: 18/06 - World Pentax Day
I don't know anything about selling Facebook likes. I have a page on Facebook for my marketing company, and I've steadily accumulated followers. It's brought me a fair amount of work. BH markets on Facebook, rather unobtrusively in my opinion. Hell, any company who has any marketing savvy whatsoever works Facebook to their advantage, Pentax among them. Facebook does push the envelope. The facial recognition thing is meant to make it easy to tag photos. It's not a plot to spy on members. But it's tweaked some the wrong way. Fortunately, one can easily opt out of it. No big deal for those who don't suffer from paranoia. Paul On Jun 9, 2011, at 7:20 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: Yeah. BH and PF are looking to increase their FB likes. Not my cup of tea personally but then I've already deleted my FB account once before recreating it and now that facebook has added face recognition without notifying me, I am on the verge of doing it again, except this time for good. Recently I passed by a eCompany that would sell FB likes. Like (pun intended) you pay them some bucks and they guarantee you so many more FB likes. That would literally making money out of nothing. Later that day I concocted a joke that money does not grow in trees, but it does grow on binary trees. -- 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.
Sigma 150mm macro lens
Hi Everyone - It finally happened - my trusty old SMC A* 200mm macro developed a problem this past weekend, and there is clearly an issue in the linkage between the arm that controls the aperture and the aperture mechanism itself. I sent it off to Pentax in hopes that they can get it fixed up, and hopefully they can. But I may as well do some contingency planning as I await to hear form them... The only viable option I see out there now is the Sigma 150mm f2.8 macro. Has anyone tried this lens? They state that it has a minimum focusing distance of 15 inches which is 1:1 magnification. So, minus the length of the lens (5 inches) it looks like there would be about 10 inches of working room. That's not bad - the 200mm macro hit about 12 inches of working room at 1:1. The D-FA 100 only has about 6 inches. Any thoughts about other options? The Sigma 180mm macro is long gone and the A* and FA* 200 macros are impossible to find. I just started playing around with my A* 300 f4 and a Canon 500D multi element close up lens - the first test were surprisingly sharp, but the range you can focus in is very small and the maximum magnification is only about .65 life-size. I plan on trying the D-FA 100 with a teleconverter this weekend, but am not optimistic. Any thoughts on the Sigma 150 or other options that might be out there? Thanks - MCC www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Sigma 150mm macro lens
Well, I recently got a good deal on a Pentax DFA-100 macro because there's the new WR variant. I bet if you hit a few Pentax dealers there'll be a few more of them out there. Mind you, it sounds like you're looking for more than 100mm. -T On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Mark Cassino markcass...@ymail.com wrote: Hi Everyone - It finally happened - my trusty old SMC A* 200mm macro developed a problem this past weekend, and there is clearly an issue in the linkage between the arm that controls the aperture and the aperture mechanism itself. I sent it off to Pentax in hopes that they can get it fixed up, and hopefully they can. But I may as well do some contingency planning as I await to hear form them... The only viable option I see out there now is the Sigma 150mm f2.8 macro. Has anyone tried this lens? They state that it has a minimum focusing distance of 15 inches which is 1:1 magnification. So, minus the length of the lens (5 inches) it looks like there would be about 10 inches of working room. That's not bad - the 200mm macro hit about 12 inches of working room at 1:1. The D-FA 100 only has about 6 inches. Any thoughts about other options? The Sigma 180mm macro is long gone and the A* and FA* 200 macros are impossible to find. I just started playing around with my A* 300 f4 and a Canon 500D multi element close up lens - the first test were surprisingly sharp, but the range you can focus in is very small and the maximum magnification is only about .65 life-size. I plan on trying the D-FA 100 with a teleconverter this weekend, but am not optimistic. Any thoughts on the Sigma 150 or other options that might be out there? Thanks - MCC www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Sensor Dust Removal
Not familiar with the K7 dust removal system. Jack --- On Thu, 6/9/11, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: From: Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com Subject: Re: Sensor Dust Removal To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, June 9, 2011, 1:18 PM On Jun 9, 2011, at 14:39, Ken Waller wrote: Glad it worked for you. I used to have dust removal activate on camera startup, but with so little dust accumulating I've dialed it back to only activate on my command. Is there any disadvantage that anyone can think of to having it run every time on startup? That's how I have the K7 set up right now. -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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 18/06 - World Pentax Day
On 6/10/2011 04:07, Paul Stenquist wrote: I don't know anything about selling Facebook likes. I have a page on Facebook for my marketing company, and I've steadily accumulated followers. It's brought me a fair amount of work. BH markets on Facebook, rather unobtrusively in my opinion. Hell, any company who has any marketing savvy whatsoever works Facebook to their advantage, Pentax among them. Facebook does push the envelope. The facial recognition thing is meant to make it easy to tag photos. It's not a plot to spy on members. But it's tweaked some the wrong way. Fortunately, one can easily opt out of it. No big deal for those who don't suffer from paranoia. Paul Replied off list. 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: 18/06 - World Pentax Day
On 6/9/2011 22:15, Bob W wrote: a little language tip for you, Boris. Nobody says fucking unbelievable. It's always un-fuckin'-believable. Even my granny says it that way, and she's 115. B Nothing can really replace good old Russian Mat. I am pretty bad in swearing in either Hebrew or English, but Russian is naturally entirely different story. 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: safety and photography?
On 6/9/2011 21:50, Bob W wrote: I don't know if you've ever had to deal with bullies, but if you went to a boarding school, as I did, you'd observe quite quickly that the population was divided into bullies, victims and people who stood up for themselves. As long as there were people willing to be victims, there were bullies. But the bullies only ever tried it once on those of us who stood up for ourselves; even if we took a beating they found it wasn't worth their own pain to try again. Indeed. The more interesting thing is that it seems (emphasis on 'seems') to me that the same thing applies just about everywhere, not just a boarding school. 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: Sigma 150mm macro lens
On 6/10/2011 05:28, Mark Cassino wrote: Any thoughts on the Sigma 150 or other options that might be out there? Mark, if you get to buy a Sigma, I will be most curious to know how you'd compare the color rendering of both lenses. Initially I did not notice it, but Tamron 28-75 and Sigma 24-60 yield different colors - Tamron being the warmer and Sigma being a bit odd for I lack words to describe it in a way that would make sense. The best I can do is say that it seems to eat up a bit of yellow and that general aspect of rendering is a bit lifeless. Not terribly so, but still... May be since introduction of Sigma 24-60 they did improve on their coatings a fair bit, I don't know but I'd certain want to hear your opinion on the matter if and when you get a Sigma. 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.
For Sale/Trade/Wanted Friday
Hi! To cut the chase, I've decided to try and get myself DA* 16-50/2.8. Here is the deal: I've FA 20/2.8 that I'd be willing to trade for DA* 16-50/2.8 (plus money from me) or I'd be willing to be enabled with DA* 16-50/2.8. It will have to be free of SDM/decentering problems. I realize it is a long shot, but still... Contact me off-list if you are interested. 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.
peso - me
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/5817343496/in/photostream Please tell me what you think. --Sasha -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Sensor Dust Removal
Is there any disadvantage that anyone can think of to having it run every time on startup? Wear tear on the mechanism and shortened battery life come to mind - seemed like a waste to me when it accumulated so little dust over time. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com Subject: Re: Sensor Dust Removal On Jun 9, 2011, at 14:39, Ken Waller wrote: Glad it worked for you. I used to have dust removal activate on camera startup, but with so little dust accumulating I've dialed it back to only activate on my command. Is there any disadvantage that anyone can think of to having it run every time on startup? That's how I have the K7 set up right now. -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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: safety and photography?
On 6/9/2011 21:50, Bob W wrote: I don't know if you've ever had to deal with bullies, but if you went to a boarding school, as I did, you'd observe quite quickly that the population was divided into bullies, victims and people who stood up for themselves. As long as there were people willing to be victims, there were bullies. But the bullies only ever tried it once on those of us who stood up for ourselves; even if we took a beating they found it wasn't worth their own pain to try again. A bully tried to take me on when I was a freshman in High School. I figured I was going to get beaten to a pulp as I was no fighter, but I wouldn't let him just victimize me. So we went out to the train station to duke it out. I took off my jacket and glasses. He came at me like a windmill and struck my head with his wrist. He didn't count on my thick skull and broke his wrist on it. I remember pulling on my jacket, suggesting he have it looked at over in the campus infirmary, and didn't miss my train home. Didn't even have a bruise. He was in a cast from elbow to hand for six weeks. No one ever tried to bully me in High School again. I was now one of the badasses. ]'-) -- 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.
