Re: nanda devi/ milam glacier trek photos
Must have been a very enjoyable trip. I especially liked the portraits. Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun 2012/5/23 Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com: hi, a large gallery, but hopefully the thumbnail view would let you see what you want to see: https://picasaweb.google.com/117979942681874882460/Nandadevi do let me know what you like and what you don't thanks, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: nanda devi/ milam glacier trek photos
fantastic shots - what a great adventure! B -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Subash Sent: 23 May 2012 02:33 To: PDML Subject: nanda devi/ milam glacier trek photos hi, a large gallery, but hopefully the thumbnail view would let you see what you want to see: https://picasaweb.google.com/117979942681874882460/Nandadevi do let me know what you like and what you don't thanks, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: nanda devi/ milam glacier trek photos
On Wed, 23 May 2012 07:57:48 +0100 Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: what a great adventure! it was. thanks Bob, Bulent, Cotty, Larry and Steve. appreciate it... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESO - Another Tree Swallow
From: frank theriault I may like this tree swallow more than the one from a few days ago ~except~ for that bright yellow oof bit in the bottom left. Do you think it's too much of a distraction, or can you live with it? I'd be very curious to get the reaction of the list: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/another-tree-swallow.html Thanks in advance. Hope you enjoy. cheers, frank It's not a distraction for me. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: nanda devi/ milam glacier trek photos
Absolutely terrific gallery, Subash! All are well composed, pleasing images. Jack - Original Message - From: Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 6:33 PM Subject: nanda devi/ milam glacier trek photos hi, a large gallery, but hopefully the thumbnail view would let you see what you want to see: https://picasaweb.google.com/117979942681874882460/Nandadevi do let me know what you like and what you don't thanks, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Nesting by the Yacht Club
From: knarftheriault I believe that I forgot a hyphen. And a couple of letters. It is in fact a red-necked grebe. Named Bubba. ;-) Okay, now that I've pissed off everyone south of the Mason Dixon Line, let me thank all who looked and commented. Glad you liked it. Cheers, frank Frank, You wound me deeply. Why would I be pissed off. Don't you know we southerners don't get mad ... 8-D -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: Word vertical image alignment
I need to vertically align a row of pics in a table cell. But it won't work. Text alignment with pics will work horizontally but not vertically. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Word vertical image alignment
Collin Brendemuehl wrote: I need to vertically align a row of pics in a table cell. But it won't work. Text alignment with pics will work horizontally but not vertically. Are you trying to do with CSS or in the HTML? Could you show a sample of the code you're trying? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Word vertical image alignment
Collin Brendemuehl wrote: I need to vertically align a row of pics in a table cell. But it won't work. Text alignment with pics will work horizontally but not vertically. Oops. Ignore first message: I missed the word Word and thought you were talking webspeak. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
Come on Pentax! How else are you shaving costs? Talk about making yourself look cheap. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
If optically the lens is above average to superb, looks like a good value to me, given the price. Those who want higher quality and spend more can opt for the DA * 55mm. Choices are good I think. My 2 cents. :) -- Kent Brede http://kentonbrede.com/ On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: Come on Pentax! How else are you shaving costs? Talk about making yourself look cheap. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: nanda devi/ milam glacier trek photos
Excellent work. Dynamic scenery and fascinating shots of the residents. Well done. Paul On May 22, 2012, at 9:33 PM, Subash wrote: hi, a large gallery, but hopefully the thumbnail view would let you see what you want to see: https://picasaweb.google.com/117979942681874882460/Nandadevi do let me know what you like and what you don't thanks, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Rumor of a new intro Pentax Body
On May 22, 2012, at 13:59, John Sessoms wrote: Yeah, I could see it being in between K-3 K-z, but I just don't see it as the K-5's successor. From the specs, the only RAW format it offers is DNG. K-5: RAW (PEF, DNG), JPG (EXIF 2.21), DCF 2.0 compliant, DPOF, PIM III K-r: RAW (PEF, DNG), JPG (EXIF 2.21), DCF 2.0, DPOF, Print Image Matching III K-30: RAW (DNG), JPG (EXIF 2.3), DCF 2.0 compliant, DPOF, PIM III ..which brings to mind this question: Why bother with the PEF RAW format at all anymore? Is there a single benefit? -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: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
On May 23, 2012, at 8:25, Tom C wrote: Come on Pentax! How else are you shaving costs? Talk about making yourself look cheap. I have no complaints with the nice crisp images coming from my all-plastic DA 35 f2.4. It seems to be holding up quite well and frankly I don't give a rat's patootie what the mount is made of as long as it works. And it does. -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: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
I imagine plastic can be pretty durable but it just seems to me that the part of the lens that mates up against the metal mount on the body should be made of like material. Surely the price of a metal ring is not extravagantly high. If a plastic ring cost a penny and and a metal ring $5 (which I doubt), it would still be worth it. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-5 and Sigma 300 f4 APO, again
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: Not sure what going on, the lens worked very well with the istD and k-10d. Any thoughts?? Dave If it's not the SR going crazy Like P.J. suggested, then I'd say you have a loose lens element in the lens. That picture reminds me of a lens I partially took apart to clean the diaphragm blades, and then couldn't remember the correct sequence for the rear 3 elements. I tried various combinations, and the least crap one (though incorrect) produced photos like that. It only happens with this lens, so i'm thinking SR might be ok. I ll see if i can spot anything loose, maybe a trip to Gentec for them to have a look. Dave Cheers, —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Another Tree Swallow
No distraction here , but then again, what whats that, ok be right over. Dave On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:14 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I may like this tree swallow more than the one from a few days ago ~except~ for that bright yellow oof bit in the bottom left. Do you think it's too much of a distraction, or can you live with it? I'd be very curious to get the reaction of the list: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/another-tree-swallow.html Thanks in advance. Hope you enjoy. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: First PESO in a long while
Very lovely Dave On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Hiking in New Hapmshire (Mount Monadnock) a few days ago, we saw some fine painted Trilliums. Herre's the best photo of the lot: Hiking in New Hampshire a few days ago: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/index.htm (Getting ready for nature photography at GFM) -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-30 vs K-5
The difference in detail between the 12 and 14-bit images is far from minimal. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:17 PM Subject: Re: K-30 vs K-5 In practice the difference is minimal. http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/nikon-d300-d3-14-bit-versus-12-bit.html Bit depth does not equal stops of DR. On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On May 22, 2012, at 3:43 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2012-05-22 11:31 Rick Womer wrote I think another big difference will be the 12 v. 14 bit/channel RAW--I suspect those extra bits in the K-5 are where the great DR lives. that concerns me too, but somehow dxomark rates the dynamic range of the K 01 12.9 Evs vs 14.1 Evs for K-5 — just over a stop of difference rather than the two stops that the data path would support, but still a significant difference (it would seem odd that 12 bits can support almost 13 stops of dynamic range; i suspect that some sort of dynamic range compression is used, or that i don't understand dxomark's measurement system) I think that it can measure 13 stops of dynamic range, but with only 12 bits of resolution. In other words, the fewest photons it can sense is 100, but anything between 100 and 200 (actually 300?) will read as 0x0001. The most that it can read before clipping is 819200 photons, but it reads that os 0x0FFF (4095). Meanwhile a 14 bit A/D with 13bits of dynamic range would read 100 photons as 0x0002, and 819200 photons as 0x3FFF (16,383), or it would have a resolution of 50 photos per bit of least resolution. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
While I agree that the DA L lenses smack of cheapness, I also think that is the point. They are gateway lenses that are designed to nudge someone who bought a camera with only the kit lens(es) into the world of LBA and specifically the world of PRIME lenses. Once you have spent $200-$300 for a lens, spending $500-600 doesn't look quite as formidable the psyche. If Pentax is making a mistake, it is in making the inexpensive line perform so well in the IQ department that the user feels no need to ever upgrade. I think enough people are happy with their 35mm f2.4, for example, that they don't feel the need to spend the extra for an f2.0, ever. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: South Downs Way
I really enjoyed these. The mud pic is certainly disgusting. The misty and sunny day pics are beautiful. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 2:09 AM Subject: GESO: South Downs Way Hi all - I've been a bit quiet lately owing to being in the wilds of Hampshire and Sussex. Lots to catch up on by the looks of it. Karin and I walked the South Downs Way, a 100 mile footpath from Winchester to Eastbourne on the South coast. We did it over 10 days with an extra day in Lewes, the county town of East Sussex. Here's a flavour with a picture from each day: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/SouthDownsWay1/PAD/ Cheers, Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
On May 23, 2012, at 9:18, Darren Addy wrote: If Pentax is making a mistake, it is in making the inexpensive line perform so well in the IQ department that the user feels no need to ever upgrade. I think enough people are happy with their 35mm f2.4, for example, that they don't feel the need to spend the extra for an f2.0, ever. Ding ding! We have a winnah! I'm exactly one of those users. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Another Tree Swallow
Frank, That's an excellent bird shot. I can live with the yellow patch, but it does draw attention/contrast to the gray above and to the right. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 9:14 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I may like this tree swallow more than the one from a few days ago ~except~ for that bright yellow oof bit in the bottom left. Do you think it's too much of a distraction, or can you live with it? I'd be very curious to get the reaction of the list: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/another-tree-swallow.html Thanks in advance. Hope you enjoy. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: First PESO in a long while
I like this very much. It's soothing. We have a lot of the standard three-petal trillium in Michigan, it's our state flower and a protected species. But all that I've scene here, including quite a few in my yard, are pure white. This sample, which is obviously a close relative of trillium, is quite elegant. Paul On May 22, 2012, at 2:01 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Hiking in New Hapmshire (Mount Monadnock) a few days ago, we saw some fine painted Trilliums. Herre's the best photo of the lot: Hiking in New Hampshire a few days ago: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/index.htm (Getting ready for nature photography at GFM) -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Rumor of a new intro Pentax Body
I saw no advantage to PEF and my Pentax cameras are all set to shoot DNG. I have a vague memory that there might have been a difference in buffering between the two but I wasn't worried about it. One of the minor annoyances of shooting with my non-Pentax cameras is having to do the extra step of converting to DNG. gs George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On May 22, 2012, at 13:59, John Sessoms wrote: Yeah, I could see it being in between K-3 K-z, but I just don't see it as the K-5's successor. From the specs, the only RAW format it offers is DNG. K-5: RAW (PEF, DNG), JPG (EXIF 2.21), DCF 2.0 compliant, DPOF, PIM III K-r: RAW (PEF, DNG), JPG (EXIF 2.21), DCF 2.0, DPOF, Print Image Matching III K-30: RAW (DNG), JPG (EXIF 2.3), DCF 2.0 compliant, DPOF, PIM III ..which brings to mind this question: Why bother with the PEF RAW format at all anymore? Is there a single benefit? -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: Rumor of a new intro Pentax Body
Charles Robinson wrote: On May 22, 2012, at 13:59, John Sessoms wrote: Yeah, I could see it being in between K-3 K-z, but I just don't see it as the K-5's successor. From the specs, the only RAW format it offers is DNG. K-5: RAW (PEF, DNG), JPG (EXIF 2.21), DCF 2.0 compliant, DPOF, PIM III K-r: RAW (PEF, DNG), JPG (EXIF 2.21), DCF 2.0, DPOF, Print Image Matching III K-30: RAW (DNG), JPG (EXIF 2.3), DCF 2.0 compliant, DPOF, PIM III ..which brings to mind this question: Why bother with the PEF RAW format at all anymore? Is there a single benefit? Nope. It's gone and good riddance as far as I'm concerned. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Word vertical image alignment
Image alignment or text alignment or both? Multiple images in one cell or one image per cell vertically. Maybe you could post a screen shot of what you have along with some more specifics. -p On 5/23/2012 8:10 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: I need to vertically align a row of pics in a table cell. But it won't work. Text alignment with pics will work horizontally but not vertically. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- 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: First PESO in a long while
Paul Stenquist wrote: I like this very much. It's soothing. We have a lot of the standard three-petal trillium in Michigan, it's our state flower and a protected species. But all that I've scene here, including quite a few in my yard, are pure white. This sample, which is obviously a close relative of trillium, is quite elegant. I'm told that the four leaf quadrilliums are exactly the same species as trilliums but are just individual mutants, like four-leaf clovers. This is the second one I've ever seen, the first being on Grandfather Mountain (where Jim Morton told me he found a five-petal quintilium once!) -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO One more trillium
From a foray into the wilds of Minnesota a couple weeks ago... http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/images/IMGP1822.jpg Comments critiques welcome -p -- 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.
Tokina AT-X 828 AF PRO 80-200mm f/2.8 question
I've got my first pro lens in this range, but at first blush I'm not very impressed with it. I'm not sure if there is something wrong with it (it makes a noise when I rotate it, which I don't think is Good). Before I send it in for service, I'd like to try the front/back focus adjustment. However, I'm not sure I understand the whole process yet and whether the K-5 can remember this lens. Does anyone know if this lens has a Lens ID that communicates with the body so the setting can be remembered? If doing the adjustment doesn't solve the problems, I'm going to have to see what it will cost to get this thing serviced. I've read good reports about this lens, and although it is heavy that's a property of its construction and the big glass it contains to get you the constant f2.8. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
Or in my case the D-FA 100mm f2.8. When I use it, the limiting factor in the quality of the photos is so obviously me not the lens. -T On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On May 23, 2012, at 9:18, Darren Addy wrote: If Pentax is making a mistake, it is in making the inexpensive line perform so well in the IQ department that the user feels no need to ever upgrade. I think enough people are happy with their 35mm f2.4, for example, that they don't feel the need to spend the extra for an f2.0, ever. Ding ding! We have a winnah! I'm exactly one of those users. -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.
Drop the rumor language
http://pentaximaging.com/dslr/K-30_Black Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
If Pentax is making a mistake, it is in making the inexpensive line perform so well in the IQ department that the user feels no need to ever upgrade. I think enough people are happy with their 35mm f2.4, for example, that they don't feel the need to spend the extra for an f2.0, ever. Unless their lens mount wears out. ;-) Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: York PDML?
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: On 20 May 2012 16:30, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Our travel plans are gradually turning from liquid phase to a gel, and we're going to be in York (as in UK, not Pennsylvania!*) 16-17 June. I'd love to get together with some PDMLers, if any are available. Sadly I won't be able to make it. Have a good time without me... I'm standing here on the corner of Market and State Rt. 74. Been here for hours. Where the hell is everyone? -- Scott Loveless Camp Hill, PA USA 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: Peso Trilliums
For those who aren’t students of the plant, the blossoms start out white and then turn pink/violet; if you look closely at David’s second shot, you can see the pink blush starting to set in. -T On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 8:03 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Morning all. Went on a Trillium hunt last weekend and found a few places new to me: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15773892 Purplish Trillium http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15773893 Double white K-5, D FA 50 f2.8 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.
Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
Lenses are a long term investment, at least they used to be, plastic on a bearing surface implies the opposite. No matter what plasticizers are lost over time and the material becomes brittle and subject to cracking. Eventually something important will break. Heat will exacerbate this process. If the lens was cheap enough to be disposable that would be fine but it's not really. On 5/23/2012 10:02 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: On May 23, 2012, at 8:25, Tom C wrote: Come on Pentax! How else are you shaving costs? Talk about making yourself look cheap. I have no complaints with the nice crisp images coming from my all-plastic DA 35 f2.4. It seems to be holding up quite well and frankly I don't give a rat's patootie what the mount is made of as long as it works. And it does. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: If Pentax is making a mistake, it is in making the inexpensive line perform so well in the IQ department that the user feels no need to ever upgrade. I think enough people are happy with their 35mm f2.4, for example, that they don't feel the need to spend the extra for an f2.0, ever. Unless their lens mount wears out. ;-) At US$249, it's $50 more than the FA50/1.4 cost just 3 years ago. Relatively speaking, with today's nincompoop-directed pricing scheme, it's a veritable bargain. -- Scott Loveless Camp Hill, PA USA 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: PESO One more trillium
Nice, Paul! Position of blossoms and well chosen background allow for a variety of crops Also, like the exposure. Jack - Original Message - From: Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 8:52 AM Subject: PESO One more trillium From a foray into the wilds of Minnesota a couple weeks ago... http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/images/IMGP1822.jpg Comments critiques welcome -p -- 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.
PESO More Trillium
It's trillium day on the PDML. Here's a patch in my yard. I moved two plants here that were endangered by a neat-freak neighbor armed with a rake a half dozen years ago or so. In this spot, they get a cover of several inches of leaves every winter, which trillium loves, and they've thrived. I have four groupings of this size or larger, up from just two little blooms twenty years ago. Our white trillium do turn pink just before they expire, but I think the variety Mark showed displays color for all or much of its bloom time. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15774272size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO One more trillium
Nice shot. That's a variety I've never seen. Beautiful. Paul On May 23, 2012, at 11:52 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: From a foray into the wilds of Minnesota a couple weeks ago... http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/images/IMGP1822.jpg Comments critiques welcome -p -- 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: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
Tom C wrote: If Pentax is making a mistake, it is in making the inexpensive line perform so well in the IQ department that the user feels no need to ever upgrade. I think enough people are happy with their 35mm f2.4, for example, that they don't feel the need to spend the extra for an f2.0, ever. Unless their lens mount wears out. ;-) See? It's a win-win situation! -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO One more trillium
Paul Sorenson wrote: From a foray into the wilds of Minnesota a couple weeks ago... http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/images/IMGP1822.jpg Lovely! That's a variety called Wake Robin by the way. The one I showed is a Painted Trillium. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
on 2012-05-23 10:03 Tim Bray wrote Or in my case the D-FA 100mm f2.8. When I use it, the limiting factor in the quality of the photos is so obviously me not the lens. i feel like i'm missing a subtle point — that lens is not in the same class as the ones in discussion -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
on 2012-05-23 7:34 Kenton Brede wrote If optically the lens is above average to superb, looks like a good value to me, given the price. Those who want higher quality and spend more can opt for the DA * 55mm. at least superficially it appears to be similar optical formula to the 50/1.7 series — anyone know more? since the A 50/1.7 and siblings are compact and excellent lenses in fairly good supply, it is interesting to see Pentax positioning lenses as if there is no used market, while at the same time the K-mount and legacy glass are one of the brand's strengths -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Word vertical image alignment
on 2012-05-23 7:10 Collin Brendemuehl wrote I need to vertically align a row of pics in a table cell. But it won't work. Text alignment with pics will work horizontally but not vertically. a row of pics in a single cell, or one per cell? the latter would probably give you more control i was good at this once, but i don't use Word any more; generally you have to fuss with it a lot to get precision in Word; possibly look at the cropping and runaround settings (whatever MS calls these) as a last resort you could also try importing it into LibreOffice or OpenOffice, which are also quite fussy, but might be different enough to solve the problem; i have created very precise templates with graphics in OpenOffice -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-30 vs K-5
on 2012-05-23 8:15 Rick Womer wrote The difference in detail between the 12 and 14-bit images is far from minimal. - Original Message - From: David Parsonsparsons.da...@gmail.com In practice the difference is minimal. http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/nikon-d300-d3-14-bit-versus-12-bit.html i concur with Rick – the link you sent, David, shows the highlights to be similar, but there's a very substantial difference in the shadow detail; that would mean a lot to me in practical terms of course it's not the same system, but the dxomark ratings and anecdotal evidence seem to support the same conclusion for the Sony sensor used by Pentax -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: First PESO in a long while
on 2012-05-22 21:22 Mark Roberts wrote 2 - Bloody 'ell, I *just* now noticed that this isn't a trillium - it's a quadrillium (a mutant with four petals and four leaves)! I didn't notice while I was shooting it and I've been looking at the photo without noticing for days. I've only ever seen one before and that was on Grandfather Mountain a few years ago. um, that was so obvious i was going to ask WTF? it is a lucky photo, and a sweet composition -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: York PDML?
Just keep standing there, Scott--you're only a month early. Face northwest and we'll be about 3000 miles to your right. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 12:16 PM Subject: Re: York PDML? On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: On 20 May 2012 16:30, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Our travel plans are gradually turning from liquid phase to a gel, and we're going to be in York (as in UK, not Pennsylvania!*) 16-17 June. I'd love to get together with some PDMLers, if any are available. Sadly I won't be able to make it. Have a good time without me... I'm standing here on the corner of Market and State Rt. 74. Been here for hours. Where the hell is everyone? -- Scott Loveless Camp Hill, PA USA 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: South Downs Way
On 21 May 2012 15:29, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Fantastic look of England! Love Ipg1000--beautiful, but the entire gallery is great! Cheers, Christine Thanks Christine. That bit of the coast is spectacular and it's really surprising, in this health and safety paranoid world, that there are no barriers or fences at the edge. At the highest point there's a 650ft sheer drop into the English Channel and dog walkers and school parties are happily walking along the edge. They seem lose very few each year. But it is a favourite place for suicides though... Karin hates heights so she walked as far away from the edge as she could and I didn't really manage to sneak as close as I'd liked to get more dramatic shots without getting her bothered. Oh well, I'll have to go back on my own one day. Cheers, Chris On May 21, 2012, at 1:09 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote: Hi all - I've been a bit quiet lately owing to being in the wilds of Hampshire and Sussex. Lots to catch up on by the looks of it. Karin and I walked the South Downs Way, a 100 mile footpath from Winchester to Eastbourne on the South coast. We did it over 10 days with an extra day in Lewes, the county town of East Sussex. Here's a flavour with a picture from each day: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/SouthDownsWay1/PAD/ Cheers, Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: nanda devi/ milam glacier trek photos
On 23 May 2012 02:33, Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com wrote: hi, a large gallery, but hopefully the thumbnail view would let you see what you want to see: https://picasaweb.google.com/117979942681874882460/Nandadevi do let me know what you like and what you don't thanks, subash Excellent gallery Subash. While the landscapes are spectacular, like Frank says, it's the people shots that do it for me. You've really caught their characters. Cheers, Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Word vertical image alignment
Screen cap of the issue http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/7256805322/in/photostream Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: South Downs Way
I swear that someday there will be decaying fences around every hazard in nature. No one will bother to maintain them because no one will visit a site hazardous enough to need to be fenced. On 5/23/2012 1:30 PM, Chris Mitchell wrote: On 21 May 2012 15:29, Christine Aguilachrist...@caguila.com wrote: Fantastic look of England! Love Ipg1000--beautiful, but the entire gallery is great! Cheers, Christine Thanks Christine. That bit of the coast is spectacular and it's really surprising, in this health and safety paranoid world, that there are no barriers or fences at the edge. At the highest point there's a 650ft sheer drop into the English Channel and dog walkers and school parties are happily walking along the edge. They seem lose very few each year. But it is a favourite place for suicides though... Karin hates heights so she walked as far away from the edge as she could and I didn't really manage to sneak as close as I'd liked to get more dramatic shots without getting her bothered. Oh well, I'll have to go back on my own one day. Cheers, Chris On May 21, 2012, at 1:09 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote: Hi all - I've been a bit quiet lately owing to being in the wilds of Hampshire and Sussex. Lots to catch up on by the looks of it. Karin and I walked the South Downs Way, a 100 mile footpath from Winchester to Eastbourne on the South coast. We did it over 10 days with an extra day in Lewes, the county town of East Sussex. Here's a flavour with a picture from each day: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/SouthDownsWay1/PAD/ Cheers, Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 One more trillium
Nice! Wonderful color on this specimen. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: From a foray into the wilds of Minnesota a couple weeks ago... http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/images/IMGP1822.jpg Comments critiques welcome -p -- 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: Peso Trilliums
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: For those who aren’t students of the plant, the blossoms start out white and then turn pink/violet; if you look closely at David’s second shot, you can see the pink blush starting to set in. -T I did not know that. Dave On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 8:03 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Morning all. Went on a Trillium hunt last weekend and found a few places new to me: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15773892 Purplish Trillium http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15773893 Double white K-5, D FA 50 f2.8 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO One more trillium
Both trillium shots are great, such detail Dave On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: From a foray into the wilds of Minnesota a couple weeks ago... http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/images/IMGP1822.jpg Comments critiques welcome -p -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Boris PESO #12 - Morning sparring
That is a wonderful capture and a strong compostion. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Boris, I like it, but wish the animals were more prominent. What about cropping out the bottom 1/6, the left 1/3, and a bit off the top; then playing with the curves to boost the contrast? Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:11 PM Subject: Boris PESO #12 - Morning sparring We're back from a weekend spent with my former classmate from Moscow at Ein Gedi which is just by the Dead Sea. Here is a PESO: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2012/05/peso-2012-19-morning-sparring.html Be brutal and honest and usual. Thanks in advance. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Nesting by the Yacht Club
Nice image. I like the abstract feeling caused by the ripple disruption of the reflections. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Not quite right Frank, the reflections make it an outstanding picture! Message: 11 Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 21:09:33 -0400 From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Nesting by the Yacht Club Message-ID: calosnql608ng5hvbdzqtsvmhxnwsnuc3pjwzfm7-wwa2-c8...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 This redneck grebe's nest is near the Lakeshore Yacht Club. I thought the reflections of the masts made for an interesting picture: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/nesting-by-yacht-club.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 eclipse from this side of the world.
Excellent image! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: No, not the total eclipse...not in the Philippines anyway. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/7237033626/ But we did get a partial during sunrise--not willing to gamble a road trip to find a good vantage point (the weather is transitioning from dry to wet) I settled for a pedestrian footbridge near my house. There was a haze so the sun did not really appear until well above 5 degrees above the horizon missing landmarks which I could have used as a foreground. Bong -- Bong Manayon http://bong.manayon.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: peso: sunrise at nanda devi
What a spectacular mountain! Well captured and composed as well. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:00 PM, Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com wrote: hi, back from a ten-day, 150 km trek in the himalayas. one of the main destinations was the nanda devi east base camp (nanda devi, meaning 'bliss-giving goddess, is a two-peaked massif, connected by a 2km long ridge, the second highest mountain in the Indian himalayas. The west summit is higher at 25, 643 ft while the eastern summit is 24, 390 ft). it was a tough trek, of the six of us, only three made it to the nanda devi east base camp (13,800 ft). when we reached the camp, it was all white-washed out with fog. i even experienced the first snowfall of my life which lasted for about half an hour :). but the next day dawned bright and clear so we could get great views of the peaks at sunrise. two shots of the peaks from the morning, one at sunrise and another a little later (we were just about a km from the base of the mountain). the one to the right is the main, higher summit... https://picasaweb.google.com/117979942681874882460/Nandadevi?authkey=Gv1sRgCKKmiJqe9rjrbQ#5745182527882554850 https://picasaweb.google.com/117979942681874882460/Nandadevi?authkey=Gv1sRgCKKmiJqe9rjrbQ#5745182534638203106 i will be putting together a GESO a little later, meanwhile hope you enjoy these... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: nanda devi/ milam glacier trek photos
What a grand adventure! Your images are inspiring. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com wrote: hi, a large gallery, but hopefully the thumbnail view would let you see what you want to see: https://picasaweb.google.com/117979942681874882460/Nandadevi do let me know what you like and what you don't thanks, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Another Tree Swallow
That's a very strong image. The yellow patch doesn't bother me, because of its placement. If it had been more in the center of the frame, or near or behind the head, it would probably distract a lot more, but her is works. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:14 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I may like this tree swallow more than the one from a few days ago ~except~ for that bright yellow oof bit in the bottom left. Do you think it's too much of a distraction, or can you live with it? I'd be very curious to get the reaction of the list: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/another-tree-swallow.html Thanks in advance. Hope you enjoy. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Semi-OT: Sticky keys function on a Mac - PSE9
I have a friend who recently got Photoshop Elements 9 for her MacBook. I was showing her a couple of things about layers adjustments when we got to how to put a signature copyright notice on a photo. I showed her how to create a text layer, but I couldn't type any text. Instead, the letter keys all acted like I was continuously holding down the command key. If I typed the letter 't', it created a new text layer; if I typed the letter 'n' it created a new layer ... letter 'x' caused the foreground background colors to switch. Every key was activating its keyboard shortcut (if it had one) I know that Windoze has sticky keys as part of its accessibility options and that the sticky keys can be set to toggle on/off using a shortcut. Does Mac have such a sticky key function, and if so, how do you toggle it on/off? It seems like it might be something the MacBook itself was doing, because she was having trouble entering text in other programs, specifically iPhoto MS Word (she tried to type the text in Word, then cut paste it into iPhoto - without success). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
From: Darren Addy While I agree that the DA L lenses smack of cheapness, I also think that is the point. They should be inexpensive rather than cheap. To me cheap == tawdry, trashy, chintzy ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Semi-OT: Sticky keys function on a Mac - PSE9
My Mac keyboard had sticky keys, but only because I had dropped so many food crumbs in it. I finally just bought a new keyboard. If you hold it upside down and shake it, you would be amazed by w comes out. Jeffery On May 23, 2012, at 1:24 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I have a friend who recently got Photoshop Elements 9 for her MacBook. I was showing her a couple of things about layers adjustments when we got to how to put a signature copyright notice on a photo. I showed her how to create a text layer, but I couldn't type any text. Instead, the letter keys all acted like I was continuously holding down the command key. If I typed the letter 't', it created a new text layer; if I typed the letter 'n' it created a new layer ... letter 'x' caused the foreground background colors to switch. Every key was activating its keyboard shortcut (if it had one) I know that Windoze has sticky keys as part of its accessibility options and that the sticky keys can be set to toggle on/off using a shortcut. Does Mac have such a sticky key function, and if so, how do you toggle it on/off? It seems like it might be something the MacBook itself was doing, because she was having trouble entering text in other programs, specifically iPhoto MS Word (she tried to type the text in Word, then cut paste it into iPhoto - without success). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 One more trillium
Trillium sounds like a previously unknown mineral discovered in a meteorite. Jack - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 9:37 AM Subject: Re: PESO One more trillium Paul Sorenson wrote: From a foray into the wilds of Minnesota a couple weeks ago... http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/images/IMGP1822.jpg Lovely! That's a variety called Wake Robin by the way. The one I showed is a Painted Trillium. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Word vertical image alignment
on 2012-05-23 11:35 Collin Brendemuehl wrote Screen cap of the issue http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/7256805322/in/photostream are you trying to align the centers? that will be pretty twitchy in Word because it isn't perfectly wysiwyg (i wouldn't necessarily put them in a table cell, i'd use a graphic box) don't know what tools you have, but i would probably composite them as one image with Photoshop or use a more precise graphics app (e.g. Illustrator or InDesign) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Semi-OT: Sticky keys function on a Mac - PSE9
On May 23, 2012, at 13:24, John Sessoms wrote: I know that Windoze has sticky keys as part of its accessibility options and that the sticky keys can be set to toggle on/off using a shortcut. Does Mac have such a sticky key function, and if so, how do you toggle it on/off? Access 'System Preferences' by clicking in the Apple in the upper-left-hand corner and select 'System Preferences' from the drop-down menu. If you look under Universal Access, there is a keyboard tab. Sticky keys can be toggled on and off there. There is also the option to allow the option itself to be toggled by striking the 'shift' key 5 times in sequence. If it's not enabled there, then the issue might be that the command key is PHYSICALLY stuck (as opposed to logically) and you might have to lift up on it, or smack the key a few times to get it to clear. -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: OT: Word vertical image alignment
Steve, I'm giving Visio a serious look for improved layout. It is my favorite piece of M$ software -- especially since M$ didn't create it in the first place. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: South Downs Way
Karin and I have something in common. I always get tummy-flutters at heights. Cheers, Christine On May 23, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: On 21 May 2012 15:29, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Fantastic look of England! Love Ipg1000--beautiful, but the entire gallery is great! Cheers, Christine Thanks Christine. That bit of the coast is spectacular and it's really surprising, in this health and safety paranoid world, that there are no barriers or fences at the edge. At the highest point there's a 650ft sheer drop into the English Channel and dog walkers and school parties are happily walking along the edge. They seem lose very few each year. But it is a favourite place for suicides though... Karin hates heights so she walked as far away from the edge as she could and I didn't really manage to sneak as close as I'd liked to get more dramatic shots without getting her bothered. Oh well, I'll have to go back on my own one day. Cheers, Chris On May 21, 2012, at 1:09 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote: Hi all - I've been a bit quiet lately owing to being in the wilds of Hampshire and Sussex. Lots to catch up on by the looks of it. Karin and I walked the South Downs Way, a 100 mile footpath from Winchester to Eastbourne on the South coast. We did it over 10 days with an extra day in Lewes, the county town of East Sussex. Here's a flavour with a picture from each day: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/SouthDownsWay1/PAD/ Cheers, Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Word vertical image alignment
on 2012-05-23 13:32 Collin Brendemuehl wrote Steve, I'm giving Visio a serious look for improved layout. It is my favorite piece of M$ software -- especially since M$ didn't create it in the first place. Viso's a good choice, i should have mentioned it; i often use the comparable OmniGraffle on OS X for lightweight, presentation-oriented graphics -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Tokina AT-X 828 AF PRO 80-200mm f/2.8 question
From: Darren Addy I've got my first pro lens in this range, but at first blush I'm not very impressed with it. I'm not sure if there is something wrong with it (it makes a noise when I rotate it, which I don't think is Good). Before I send it in for service, I'd like to try the front/back focus adjustment. However, I'm not sure I understand the whole process yet and whether the K-5 can remember this lens. Does anyone know if this lens has a Lens ID that communicates with the body so the setting can be remembered? If doing the adjustment doesn't solve the problems, I'm going to have to see what it will cost to get this thing serviced. I've read good reports about this lens, and although it is heavy that's a property of its construction and the big glass it contains to get you the constant f2.8. I presume when you say it makes a noise when I rotate it, that you mean when you rotate the zoom ring? It shouldn't make any noise. It's a really sturdy, pro-quality build lens. It shows up in Photoshop as a smc PENTAX-F 35-105mm F4-5.6. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: Sometimes computers just make me crazy.
For some reason, my computers in the other room can't map my NAS. I currently have 3 computers networked. I have a Cable modem attached to a 4 port router. Attached to the router are this computer, the NAS, my big network laser printer and a cable going to a 4-port ethernet hub in the other room. Connected to that hub are my laptop my PhotoShop computer. This computer has the NAS mapped. I can access everything on the NAS from this computer. The two computers in the other room are both connected. I can get to the internet from them. I can print to the network laser printer. I had the NAS mapped as network drives on both of the computers in the other room, but a few minutes ago I found both of them showing the network drive disconnected. And now when I try to reconnect, both computers are giving me network path not found errors when I try to map the drive. I've used the disconnect command from Windoze. I've used the net use /delete command from a command prompt I've rebooted both computers, but they still won't connect to the NAS. I know I'll figure it out eventually, but in the meantime, my tenuous grip on sanity is fraying. Finished with rant! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
From: Scott Loveless On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: If Pentax is making a mistake, it is in making the inexpensive line perform so well in the IQ department that the user feels no need to ever upgrade. I think enough people are happy with their 35mm f2.4, for example, that they don't feel the need to spend the extra for an f2.0, ever. Unless their lens mount wears out. ;-) At US$249, it's $50 more than the FA50/1.4 cost just 3 years ago. Relatively speaking, with today's nincompoop-directed pricing scheme, it's a veritable bargain. For about the same price you can get a FA50/1.7; $50 more you could get the FA50/1.4 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Word vertical image alignment
For projects like this, I've found MS Publisher works much better/easier than word. -p On 5/23/2012 12:35 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: Screen cap of the issue http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/7256805322/in/photostream Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- 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.
OT: iMaj
For the Mac fans: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18171093 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: Semi-OT: Sticky keys function on a Mac - PSE9
From: Charles Robinson On May 23, 2012, at 13:24, John Sessoms wrote: I know that Windoze has sticky keys as part of its accessibility options and that the sticky keys can be set to toggle on/off using a shortcut. Does Mac have such a sticky key function, and if so, how do you toggle it on/off? Access 'System Preferences' by clicking in the Apple in the upper-left-hand corner and select 'System Preferences' from the drop-down menu. If you look under Universal Access, there is a keyboard tab. Sticky keys can be toggled on and off there. There is also the option to allow the option itself to be toggled by striking the 'shift' key 5 times in sequence. If it's not enabled there, then the issue might be that the command key is PHYSICALLY stuck (as opposed to logically) and you might have to lift up on it, or smack the key a few times to get it to clear. -Charles It was working fine while I was showing her how to use keyboard shortcuts I'd already suggested she take it to the Apple store and have them look at it. I told her to e-mail me later today I'd give her what answer I could come up with in the meantime. This might help. Thanks. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO One more trillium
Very nice capture ! Great light. I'd never seen one that color. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com Subject: PESO One more trillium From a foray into the wilds of Minnesota a couple weeks ago... http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/images/IMGP1822.jpg Comments critiques welcome -p -- 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: OT: Word vertical image alignment
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 07:32:21PM +, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: Steve, I'm giving Visio a serious look for improved layout. It is my favorite piece of M$ software -- especially since M$ didn't create it in the first place. +1 I've been a Visio user since it was first released (my first project was creating neater versions of all my old hand-drawn maps for ADVENT, Zork, etc.) It's still my tool of choice for a lot of things (most recently table tent cards for my wife and I at the RPG con we're going to this weekend, incorporating some artwork, details of the characters, and the images of the minitatures I mentioned in the K-5 extension tube thread). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Another Tree Swallow
A decent capture knarF, I especially like the background but the yellow blob places it in the snap shot category - without the blob it would have more of a crafted feel to it - where the image was studied and adjustments made prior to the tapping of the shutter. YMMV Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO - Another Tree Swallow That's a very strong image. The yellow patch doesn't bother me, because of its placement. If it had been more in the center of the frame, or near or behind the head, it would probably distract a lot more, but her is works. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:14 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I may like this tree swallow more than the one from a few days ago ~except~ for that bright yellow oof bit in the bottom left. Do you think it's too much of a distraction, or can you live with it? I'd be very curious to get the reaction of the list: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/another-tree-swallow.html Thanks in advance. Hope you enjoy. cheers, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
Plastic is good enough to be used in hips and knees. I'm sure that a lens mount will hold up fine. On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:20 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Lenses are a long term investment, at least they used to be, plastic on a bearing surface implies the opposite. No matter what plasticizers are lost over time and the material becomes brittle and subject to cracking. Eventually something important will break. Heat will exacerbate this process. If the lens was cheap enough to be disposable that would be fine but it's not really. On 5/23/2012 10:02 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: On May 23, 2012, at 8:25, Tom C wrote: Come on Pentax! How else are you shaving costs? Talk about making yourself look cheap. I have no complaints with the nice crisp images coming from my all-plastic DA 35 f2.4. It seems to be holding up quite well and frankly I don't give a rat's patootie what the mount is made of as long as it works. And it does. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: OT: Word vertical image alignment
on 2012-05-23 14:41 John Francis wrote I've been a Visio user since it was first released (my first project was creating neater versions of all my old hand-drawn maps for ADVENT, Zork, etc.) i used to draw such maps in ASCII on a DEC-20 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Sometimes computers just make me crazy.
On May 23, 2012, at 14:58, John Sessoms wrote: And now when I try to reconnect, both computers are giving me network path not found errors when I try to map the drive. I've used the disconnect command from Windoze. I've used the net use /delete command from a command prompt I've rebooted both computers, but they still won't connect to the NAS. I know I'll figure it out eventually, but in the meantime, my tenuous grip on sanity is fraying. First thing to try: 1. Take the cable out of the 4-port hub (please tell me it's a switch, hubs are so 1990's) 2. Plug that cable DIRECTLY into either your laptop or Photoshop PC and see if the behavior is different. Most likely you'll find (since it's what they have in common) that the problem is/was with that 4-port hub. If you STILL experience issues: 3. Take the laptop into the room with the 4-port router. Disconnect the cable that runs to the hub and plug the laptop straight into THAT port. Let us know if anything is different with any of those connections. Hope this helps. -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: OT: Sometimes computers just make me crazy.
First thing I would try is to reboot the router. Unplug the power cord on it for 30 seconds plug it back in. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Word vertical image alignment
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of steve harley on 2012-05-23 14:41 John Francis wrote I've been a Visio user since it was first released (my first project was creating neater versions of all my old hand-drawn maps for ADVENT, Zork, etc.) i used to draw such maps in ASCII on a DEC-20 I can still use a pencil 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: OT: Word vertical image alignment
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 03:37:33PM -0600, steve harley wrote: on 2012-05-23 14:41 John Francis wrote I've been a Visio user since it was first released (my first project was creating neater versions of all my old hand-drawn maps for ADVENT, Zork, etc.) i used to draw such maps in ASCII on a DEC-20 I used my flowcharting stencil and sheets from a desk pad. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Another Tree Swallow
I like it better than the other... except on my monitor the white breast of the swallow is blown out - which is weird, because my monitor tends to be dark. don't mind the yellow - I think it is a bit more interesting than the first one - like the non yellow bokeh a lot ann On 5/23/2012 16:54, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: A decent capture knarF, I especially like the background but the yellow blob places it in the snap shot category - without the blob it would have more of a crafted feel to it - where the image was studied and adjustments made prior to the tapping of the shutter. YMMV Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO - Another Tree Swallow That's a very strong image. The yellow patch doesn't bother me, because of its placement. If it had been more in the center of the frame, or near or behind the head, it would probably distract a lot more, but her is works. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:14 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I may like this tree swallow more than the one from a few days ago ~except~ for that bright yellow oof bit in the bottom left. Do you think it's too much of a distraction, or can you live with it? I'd be very curious to get the reaction of the list: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/another-tree-swallow.html Thanks in advance. Hope you enjoy. cheers, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
There's plastic and then there's plastic. A good engineering plastic is a far cry from the everyday toy plastic that most are familiar with. -Original Message- From: David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com Subject: Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount Plastic is good enough to be used in hips and knees. I'm sure that a lens mount will hold up fine. On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:20 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Lenses are a long term investment, at least they used to be, plastic on a bearing surface implies the opposite. No matter what plasticizers are lost over time and the material becomes brittle and subject to cracking. Eventually something important will break. Heat will exacerbate this process. If the lens was cheap enough to be disposable that would be fine but it's not really. On 5/23/2012 10:02 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: On May 23, 2012, at 8:25, Tom C wrote: Come on Pentax! How else are you shaving costs? Talk about making yourself look cheap. I have no complaints with the nice crisp images coming from my all-plastic DA 35 f2.4. It seems to be holding up quite well and frankly I don't give a rat's patootie what the mount is made of as long as it works. And it does. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: iMaj
And the iPod fans. And the iPad fans. And the iPhone fans. And ... Apple's Jonny Ive does a lot more than just the Mac. ;-) On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: For the Mac fans: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18171093 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. -- 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.
OT: Word vertical image alignment
I showed Visio to my manager and he loves it. As before, I have used it since before M$ owned it. (But I never played Zork though I did cut my teeth on CP/M and Apple ][ hardware.) Now to get a couple of copies for the office ... Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
Like the stock of a Glock pistol? Or a football helmet? On May 23, 2012, at 5:47 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: There's plastic and then there's plastic. A good engineering plastic is a far cry from the everyday toy plastic that most are familiar with. -Original Message- From: David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com Subject: Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount Plastic is good enough to be used in hips and knees. I'm sure that a lens mount will hold up fine. On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:20 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Lenses are a long term investment, at least they used to be, plastic on a bearing surface implies the opposite. No matter what plasticizers are lost over time and the material becomes brittle and subject to cracking. Eventually something important will break. Heat will exacerbate this process. If the lens was cheap enough to be disposable that would be fine but it's not really. On 5/23/2012 10:02 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: On May 23, 2012, at 8:25, Tom C wrote: Come on Pentax! How else are you shaving costs? Talk about making yourself look cheap. I have no complaints with the nice crisp images coming from my all-plastic DA 35 f2.4. It seems to be holding up quite well and frankly I don't give a rat's patootie what the mount is made of as long as it works. And it does. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: First PESO in a long while
On 5/22/2012 2:01 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Hiking in New Hapmshire (Mount Monadnock) a few days ago, we saw some fine painted Trilliums. Herre's the best photo of the lot: Hiking in New Hampshire a few days ago: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/index.htm (Getting ready for nature photography at GFM) Very nice, Mark -well composed and tack sharp, the ferns at the top give it a nice sense of setting. MCC -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: First PESO in a long while
On 5/22/2012 11:08 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Beautiful! But I thought trilliums have three petals? Is this an anomaly or does this particular species have four? No matter, it's gorgeous! Quadrillium - sort of like a four leaf clover... MCC -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 More Trillium
Paul, Very nice to have those and a good capture of the group. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: It's trillium day on the PDML. Here's a patch in my yard. I moved two plants here that were endangered by a neat-freak neighbor armed with a rake a half dozen years ago or so. In this spot, they get a cover of several inches of leaves every winter, which trillium loves, and they've thrived. I have four groupings of this size or larger, up from just two little blooms twenty years ago. Our white trillium do turn pink just before they expire, but I think the variety Mark showed displays color for all or much of its bloom time. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15774272size=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.
Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
P. J. Alling wrote on Wed, 23 May 2012 09:20:38 -0700 Lenses are a long term investment, at least they used to be, plastic on a bearing surface implies the opposite. No matter what plasticizers are lost over time and the material becomes brittle and subject to cracking. Eventually something important will break. Heat will exacerbate this process. If the lens was cheap enough to be disposablethat would be fine but it's not really. It ain't neccesarily so! I'm confident that the Pentax plastic lens mount is made of a modern engineering plastic; these are heat-resistant, often self-lubricating, and do not contain volatile/migratory plasticizers. Unless subjected to severe mechanical stress it's likely that they will outlive the user… Regards, Jim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Trilliums
Dave, Those are nice. My Mother loved Trillium, but we never had any in the yard. When I see those, I think of her. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:03 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Morning all. Went on a Trillium hunt last weekend and found a few places new to me: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15773892 Purplish Trillium http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15773893 Double white K-5, D FA 50 f2.8 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.
Re: nanda devi/ milam glacier trek photos
Subash, I have to agree with Dan, very inspiring. This could be a National Geographic photo spread. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: What a grand adventure! Your images are inspiring. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com wrote: hi, a large gallery, but hopefully the thumbnail view would let you see what you want to see: https://picasaweb.google.com/117979942681874882460/Nandadevi do let me know what you like and what you don't thanks, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: iMaj
It would be nice if a certain photographic equipment company with which we are all familiar would attend to the following principle: Sir Jonathan said Apple products were tools 'and we don't want design to get in the way'. stan On May 23, 2012, at 4:12 PM, Bob W wrote: For the Mac fans: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18171093 B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO One more trillium
Paul, That's very nice and my Mom's favorite color Trillium. A wonderful specimen shot. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: From a foray into the wilds of Minnesota a couple weeks ago... http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/images/IMGP1822.jpg Comments critiques welcome -p -- 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: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount
On May 23, 2012, at 5:48 PM, James King wrote: P. J. Alling wrote on Wed, 23 May 2012 09:20:38 -0700 Lenses are a long term investment, at least they used to be, plastic on a bearing surface implies the opposite. No matter what plasticizers are lost over time and the material becomes brittle and subject to cracking. Eventually something important will break. Heat will exacerbate this process. If the lens was cheap enough to be disposablethat would be fine but it's not really. It ain't neccesarily so! I'm confident that the Pentax plastic lens mount is made of a modern engineering plastic; these are heat-resistant, often self-lubricating, and do not contain volatile/migratory plasticizers. Unless subjected to severe mechanical stress it's likely that they will outlive the user… Also possibly better at vibration dampening than metal mounts. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO- The eclipse from this side of the world.
Great Dave On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: No, not the total eclipse...not in the Philippines anyway. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/7237033626/ But we did get a partial during sunrise--not willing to gamble a road trip to find a good vantage point (the weather is transitioning from dry to wet) I settled for a pedestrian footbridge near my house. There was a haze so the sun did not really appear until well above 5 degrees above the horizon missing landmarks which I could have used as a foreground. Bong -- Bong Manayon http://bong.manayon.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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.
