Re: OT: NHRA drag race shooting tips?
Thanks, Jeffery. I plan to get a good variety of shots -- people (I suspect there'll be quite a few models there promoting products from racing team sponsors), cars, and all the other kinds of things you see when you're in a crowd of thousands. I do want to try and capture some of the race action, but some of those cars are moving over 300 mph within 1/4 mile. I think it'll be a fun challenge, but I've never been to an NHRA event before, so I have no idea what to expect. I may borrow a good tripod from a friend since mine is utter crap and I've always preferred shooting hand-held for the mobility factor. -- Walt On 5/27/2012 11:34 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: Hi Walt, I'm admittedly not into drag racing, and would probably rely on shooting people pictures moments before the race rather than the cars. Or the audience. If the focus is on the cars, I might try a solid tripod and long shutter speeds. Probably not too helpful, but it't the thought that counts. :-) Jeffery Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On May 27, 2012, at 23:11, Walt Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, First, please forgive my lack of participation in the list of late, in the event it caused any sleepless nights among this peculiar throng of photographers great and small. Life has just been busy, the weather inhospitable, and I have been too tired, lazy and mired in a photographic rut -- so, I haven't had any shots to share. That said, come the end of September I'll be going to the NHRA drag races in St. Louis. I've taken plenty of shots at drag races, but nothing like the ones that'll be happening that day. But, from what I understand, I'll be in a good place for taking photos -- assuming I have a clue what I'm doing, which is no small caveat. I know a few of the guys on the list have a lot of experience shooting motorsports, so I figured I'd ask for any pointers on how to get interesting shots. One of the main drawbacks of the drag races I've shot before is the sheer monotony of the photos given the limited number of vantage points available from which to shoot. Most of the shots I've taken in the past have been from the starting line, where I try to capture the action at take-off -- the warped tire walls, wheel stands, etc. I suspect the NHRA cars are going to be more of a challenge in that aspect, given that they'll be moving a whole lot faster off the line. So, any pointers on how to get decent images out of this opportunity will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for any input y'all might have! -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: LX... got one
Hi! Thanks for the tip... Wondering, how I forgot about them, but I bet they charge serious money for any work by now :( Luckily, the LX I got should hold up fine for some time. But I'll start saving now for future SLA... Camera Savings Account, anyone? :) Dmitry On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 1:56 AM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: You got it right. I sent a non-functioning Rolleicord and a non-functioning Konica III to them, and they came back to me in perfect working order. And the price was reasonable. I don't know if they do digital well, but they do wonders with mechanical. Jeffery Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On May 28, 2012, at 0:30, Dmitry Gromov grom...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 1:14 AM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: No matter what the issue, Essex in NJ seems to make it right when locals say they can't. Are you talking about Essex Camera repair? Never used them, however remember them being advertised by Popular Photography... If not - could you please decipher your note for me? :) Dmitry -- //DG LOC(NJ) //* -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- //DG LOC(NJ) //* -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: card FAIL?
Yes, I use SanDisk cards and have had no problems with them in my M8. B Hmmm. Sounds like a camera problem. On May 27, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: I seem to always buy SanDisk, and not one of them will work in a Leica M8. I just ordered a Kingston in hopes that it will work. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 27, 2012, at 7:04 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I've had two Transcend cards fail almost right away. Transcends that didn't fail immediately seem okay. But I'm most fond of Sandisk Extreme. Never had one fail. The 16 gig card that I now use most often has about 20,000 exposures on it. I'm going to stick with Sandisk going forward. Paul On May 27, 2012, at 4:55 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Ah geez... noted! :) -c On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Eric Featherstone eric.featherst...@gmail.com wrote: On 27 May 2012 21:37, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: For the record, it was a PNY Professional 8gb Class 10 card... Honestly, I've never paid too close attention to the cards, beyond size, and I do look for class 10s these days. I do have some SanDisk Extremes, too... and a couple of others I've picked up in drugstores in emergencies... Maybe it's time to pay attention... For what it's worth, the only cards I've had fail were PNY, and both of mine failed. -- Eric -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: card FAIL?
Bypassing all the card failure talk for a moment, Christine, let's talk rapid shooting with the K-5. I've been stymied a few times when I was shooting RAW+JPEG with JPEG at 4 stars and large image size (the two JPEG conditions you can adjust) and the camera set on 'Continuous - Hi Speed. The camera will shoot quite a few shots under the circumstances, I don't know the limits at the moment. Once you stop shooting, the writing can go on for quite some time, though it should let you shoot some more frames as the buffer gets emptied. Turning the camera on off while the camera is writing it's buffers to card seems to me to be a good way to corrupt the data being written, even to the point where, like an old floppy, the writing of the directory gets corrupted. At that point it makes sense that the camera may tell you it has '0' room left on it, as the card cannot tell the camera what it has because it doesn't know itself. Try hooking the card up to your computer and see if it mounts to the desktop. If it does, format it as a Mac or PC removable device, as you would a USB memory stick. If you can do that, putting it back in the camera and formatting it again (not erase - format) may salvage it. Next thing to try is to see if the maker of the card has a downloadable software program to save the data on a corrupted SD card like SanDisk does. I may be anal, but as I purchased them (SanDisks, usually from Costco) I went on the SanDisk site and registered them to my account. Comes in handy when they fail years later - you might even get a free replacement. I had two of my 1 TB Iomega Mac Minidisks fail in the past six months. Turns out I had gotten extended warranty on them because I had registered them right away when I bought them. Like Pentax's offer for a 3 year vs a 1 year warranty if you register the piece within 30 days or some-such. Anyway, both drives extended warranties are up July 1st. So Monday, off they go for replacement which, except for shipping to Iomega, is much cheaper than buying a couple of replacement drives and sticking them in the Iomega cases. Gook Luck with all this - Jos. J. McAllister Optimist Extraordinair On May 27, 2012, at 11:36 , Christine Nielsen wrote: Yesterday I was trying to catch a few shots of my guy in action at the state division track meet. I had my trusty k-5 plus 50-135 combo. I had just reformatted the sd card, and took some pics, just to chimp. So far, so good. The race started -- the one mile event -- and I shot off a burst as the runners came past me. Since they have to travel another 400 meters before they come around again, I took the opportunity to peek at what I got... only the previews weren't yet available. OK, I wait but the little red light stayed on... and wouldn't go off... and now here the runners come again (66 seconds later) crap, there they go, and still my camera is hung up. No shooting, no previews, just a little red light. I turn off the camera. Red light remains, and on the top lcd screen, the image remaining count still shows, approx 216 shots left. Then, I forget exactly what I did -- probably turned it off on, swore at it a few times, and cheered for my runner -- but in the end, memory card error on the back screen, and a remaining image count now at 0. And then the race was over. I've never had a memory card fail on me this way... it was traumatic! I think it's just the card -- I popped another one in, and there were no other problems. Does this behavior fit the profile of sd card failures you've known? How much worse do you think I made the situation with my frantic button-pushing? ;) Thanks, -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. If it doesn’t excite you, This thing that you see, Why in the world, Would it excite me? —Jay Maisel Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: card FAIL?
If I thought Leica would make it right, I would have sent it back in a heartbeat. If you aren't a pro, they don't return your phone calls. Great glass, but if you cannot convince them that you are a professional photographer, you don't exist. Over the years, I have bought about $40,000 of Leica cameras and lenses. I'll never buy another Leica product, nor will I recommend one. There are alternatives. I'm sure that I could fabricate a web presence that suggested I was a pro, but why stoop to that? If Leica feels that they can exist supporting only pro photographers while f*cking amateurs, let's see how that works for them. I'll stick with Pentax before I ever buy Leica again. I'll shoot with Sigma exclusively before I ever consider Leica again. By the way, the Fuji X100 is really sweet, and it recognizes SD cards, And if it didn't, Fuji would make it right, even if you are an amateur. Jeffery Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On May 28, 2012, at 1:33, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Yes, I use SanDisk cards and have had no problems with them in my M8. B Hmmm. Sounds like a camera problem. On May 27, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: I seem to always buy SanDisk, and not one of them will work in a Leica M8. I just ordered a Kingston in hopes that it will work. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 27, 2012, at 7:04 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I've had two Transcend cards fail almost right away. Transcends that didn't fail immediately seem okay. But I'm most fond of Sandisk Extreme. Never had one fail. The 16 gig card that I now use most often has about 20,000 exposures on it. I'm going to stick with Sandisk going forward. Paul On May 27, 2012, at 4:55 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Ah geez... noted! :) -c On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Eric Featherstone eric.featherst...@gmail.com wrote: On 27 May 2012 21:37, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: For the record, it was a PNY Professional 8gb Class 10 card... Honestly, I've never paid too close attention to the cards, beyond size, and I do look for class 10s these days. I do have some SanDisk Extremes, too... and a couple of others I've picked up in drugstores in emergencies... Maybe it's time to pay attention... For what it's worth, the only cards I've had fail were PNY, and both of mine failed. -- Eric -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: card FAIL?
on 2012-05-27 20:23 Jeffery Smith wrote I final note…the guys on the LUG told me that I should have been using Transcend cards (which were the cheapest SD cards at BHPhoto at the time). I bought some. They didn't work in the Leica, nor did they work more than a few weeks in the Pentax. I think they are considered to be one-use cards, like Depends undergarments. anecdotal evidence on this type of product is worth about as much as those Depends; i've used Transcend, ADATA and now Team — cheapo brands — without problems; if i have problems, how could i possibly know it is the brand's fault? unless there are subsidiary arrangements i don't know of it seems like Samsung is the only company actually manufacturing NAND flash chips and controllers and selling SD cards; the reset are labeling and distribution companies; there may be variations, but all the effort at building brand loyalty seems a bit of a farce to 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: card FAIL?
On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 9:53 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I've never had a card fail that way, I've had the case crack and the write protect tab fall out, (why the heck do we have a feature that first appeared on floppy disks, and wasn't such a good idea then still on a solid state memory device). It sounds like a reasonable error message. The camera cannot access the card, so of course the camera will report that there is space for 0 images. That doesn't rule out that the read/write device in the camera isn't defective and somehow damaged the card, but it seems much more likely that the card simply died. Like all electronics heat stress will eventually kill it. Sandisk claims a MTBF of 1,000,000 hours, I don't know what brand you use, I could find a number for Sandisk, but that's an arithmetic average, so a card could die at any time, it just has the probability of lasting about 114 years, (if I did the math correctly). I'd like to know how that MTBF was calculated. I bet with the card mostly sitting in your backpack :) I had a card go bad, once - IIRC it was a Transcend. The camera (an *istD) was writing the images just fine, but the file wasn't (like it had a bad sector it couldn't write on). Since then, all my cards are Sandisk; and I had a Sandisk going bad, too, completely fried - but that was because of some lousy reader. Since then, all my readers are SandiskLexars :) The camera behaviour seems indeed reasonable. -- Best regards, Alex Sarbu -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Old public transportration vehicles (unicums)
http://roman.blakout.net/index.php?/category/34 ^^^ I like when chrome is shining, even though there are old rare vehicles these were surprisingly driving in on their own horse powers... -- roman.blakout.net K-5 × DA 16-45 × DA* 50-135 × FA 50 × FA 35-70 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Today's Peace Rally
Hmm. Not sure whether to take that as sarcasm or not, Steven. It's OK if I should, just don't know. On May 27, 2012, at 8:44 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: That's a really good set. Your technique and composition are excellent. On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On May 21, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: As to the protesters, I only regret I don't have my old F-4B available to pay them a visit. Very cool. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA eew...@bellsouth.net What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit. - Chief Seattle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA eew...@bellsouth.net A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. - Thomas Mann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: card FAIL?
On 2012-05-27 16:55, Christine Nielsen wrote: Ah geez... noted! On the other hand, I've got six or eight PNY cards that I've been using for 3+ years with nary a problem. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: NHRA drag race shooting tips?
St. Louis at the end of September. That would be Gateway. It's a national event, so there will be a full complement of photographers, probably fifty or more. You'll need press credentials to get into the photo area near the starting line. Generally, only a handful will shoot the amateur classes, but it fills up quickly for the pro classes, so it's good to time your arrival. From most venues I've shoot at, you need to shoot with a lens of around 200 millimeters, but it's hard to pinpoint the exact focal length you'll need as your position may depend on the number of photos and background elements. I would definitely want to work with a zoom, in my case it would be the 60-250, although something like the 80-310 would be very good as well. Shooting at a 45 degree angle or so, you'll need about f8 to maintain depth of field when focusing on the front of a funny car. Top fuel cars I used to shoot at f11 and focus on the driver. Put a high quality UV filter on your lens and bring some lens cleaner and lens cleaning cloths if you shoot top fuel and funny cars from the starting-line photographers area. You'll be getting some rubber particles on the lens on a regular basis. Usually only a few photographers are allowed to shoot near the finish line. Most often those who work for the house organ, National Dragster. When I was shooting commercials for Fram and Autolite, they let one of my camera guys camp down there, but I had to provide security in the form of extra insurance and production people to watch out for him. If you have to shoot from the stands, you'll definitely need as much focal length as you can handhold, and you might want to try to use a monopod. When the pro classes run, the spectators will all stand, so it's going to be hard to shoot. Again, you'll have better luck shooting the amateur classes, some of which can be quite entertaining. Many of the super stock cars, for example, lift the front wheels, and some are muscle car classics, such as late sixties Mopars, Chevelles, etc. Paul On May 28, 2012, at 12:11 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote: Hi all, First, please forgive my lack of participation in the list of late, in the event it caused any sleepless nights among this peculiar throng of photographers great and small. Life has just been busy, the weather inhospitable, and I have been too tired, lazy and mired in a photographic rut -- so, I haven't had any shots to share. That said, come the end of September I'll be going to the NHRA drag races in St. Louis. I've taken plenty of shots at drag races, but nothing like the ones that'll be happening that day. But, from what I understand, I'll be in a good place for taking photos -- assuming I have a clue what I'm doing, which is no small caveat. I know a few of the guys on the list have a lot of experience shooting motorsports, so I figured I'd ask for any pointers on how to get interesting shots. One of the main drawbacks of the drag races I've shot before is the sheer monotony of the photos given the limited number of vantage points available from which to shoot. Most of the shots I've taken in the past have been from the starting line, where I try to capture the action at take-off -- the warped tire walls, wheel stands, etc. I suspect the NHRA cars are going to be more of a challenge in that aspect, given that they'll be moving a whole lot faster off the line. So, any pointers on how to get decent images out of this opportunity will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for any input y'all might have! -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: LX... got one
A lot of very good camera repair services won't work on the LX. Too many parts out of production, and a lot of complexity. On May 28, 2012, at 1:56 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote: You got it right. I sent a non-functioning Rolleicord and a non-functioning Konica III to them, and they came back to me in perfect working order. And the price was reasonable. I don't know if they do digital well, but they do wonders with mechanical. Jeffery Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On May 28, 2012, at 0:30, Dmitry Gromov grom...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 1:14 AM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: No matter what the issue, Essex in NJ seems to make it right when locals say they can't. Are you talking about Essex Camera repair? Never used them, however remember them being advertised by Popular Photography... If not - could you please decipher your note for me? :) Dmitry -- //DG LOC(NJ) //* -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: card FAIL?
all my cards are sandisk and Ive never had a problem in my istDS with any of them in 5 years - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Doug Franklin Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 7:54 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: card FAIL? On 2012-05-27 16:55, Christine Nielsen wrote: Ah geez... noted! On the other hand, I've got six or eight PNY cards that I've been using for 3+ years with nary a problem. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: NHRA drag race shooting tips?
Hi Walt, On 2012-05-28 0:11, Walt Gilbert wrote: But, from what I understand, I'll be in a good place for taking photos ... It would help to know what that position is. [...] pointers on how to get interesting shots. One of the main drawbacks of the drag races I've shot before is the sheer monotony of the photos given the limited number of vantage points available from which to shoot. This goes with your earlier comment ... you are only going to have one shooting position? That's going to make it more difficult to get a lot of interesting racing shots, though it may not interfere with getting some interesting racing shots, depending on what that position is. But first off, there ought to be plenty of interesting stuff going on in the paddock (I think NHRA has open paddock, but I've never been to one of their events). Plenty of crowd action, partially (dis)assembled cars and motors, teams working on the cars, drivers confabbing with their teams, interesting juxtapositions of tools, parts, people, etc. In some ways, shooting in the paddock is akin to what I'd expect shooting in some Moroccan open air market: very colorful and dynamic; stuff changes quickly so you've got to be ready and watching; lighting will likely range from hugely bright to dim and dark; contrast will sometimes be huge, especially on a sunny day. Probably best to use fill flash in a lot of cases, especially so you can actually see the faces of people wearing hats or baseball caps. For the on-track action, that's going to be tough if you've only got one position. Use different focal lengths to get some variety without moving. Shots of single cars just going by quickly start looking the same, unless the car is doing something unusual. Try to get both cars in the shot at the same time. Also don't worry so much about getting the whole car(s) into the shot ... isolate on the cockpits, for example, if you've got the angles and focal lengths to do it. Look for the twisting effects of torque creating unusual aspects laterally (engine torque) and longitudinally (wheel torque), places where the cars typically belch flames out of the pipes. Pan with short shutter speeds (you generally want the car sharp and the wheels and background blurred). Locking the mode in manual to fix the shutter speed and aperture works best most times (reflections and stuff can mess up the automated metering). The problem here is going to be where your position is along the track. It's not so much the speed that makes life difficult, it's acceleration (or deceleration). That requires that you pan at other than a consistent speed, which is more difficult. So the second half of the thousand feet will be easier to pan than the first half, I'd guess. Set the focus point one or two to the side of where you actually want things sharp to compensate for lock time, depending on the speed with which the cars are crossing your field of view. If you have a fully manual lens, you can try trap focus, again compensating for lock time by selection of focus point. If your not using autofocus, you still have to compensate for lock time at those speeds (trip the shutter just before the stuff you want sharp comes into focus). I'm sure there's other stuff I'll think of later. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Today's Peace Rally
Eric - careful - steven said nothing sarcastic at all note the nests below just sayin ann On 5/28/2012 07:39, Eric Weir wrote: Hmm. Not sure whether to take that as sarcasm or not, Steven. It's OK if I should, just don't know. On May 27, 2012, at 8:44 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: That's a really good set. Your technique and composition are excellent. On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Eric Weireew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On May 21, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: As to the protesters, I only regret I don't have my old F-4B available to pay them a visit. Very cool. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA eew...@bellsouth.net What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit. - Chief Seattle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA eew...@bellsouth.net A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. - Thomas Mann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - farewell show
The very last photo stands out for me... ann On 5/24/2012 17:26, Derby Chang wrote: My friend Loene is moving to Georgia (USA) for a few months. Anyone know Griffin? She had one last show before she leaves. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_05/12_05_loene/index.htm TIL; shooting at 6400 is a bucket of fun -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - farewell show
Nice set, Derby! I, too, feel that the final shot of the set best captures the moment. Jack Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 6:42 AM Subject: Re: GESO - farewell show The very last photo stands out for me... ann On 5/24/2012 17:26, Derby Chang wrote: My friend Loene is moving to Georgia (USA) for a few months. Anyone know Griffin? She had one last show before she leaves. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_05/12_05_loene/index.htm TIL; shooting at 6400 is a bucket of fun -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: LX... got one
Hi! On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: A lot of very good camera repair services won't work on the LX. Too many parts out of production, and a lot of complexity. Actually, LX is on the list of serviceable cameras on their web site: http://essexcamera.com/camera_list.php?brand=PENTAX Says standard repair price $130, but I wonder how old that page is... Dmitry -- //DG LOC(NJ) //* -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Card FAIL?
Jeffery needs to buy German HAMA Cards for his German Leica Camera. I always use SanDisk Extreme Cards and these have never let me down. But in an emergency on our Europe trip, I had to go into Media Mart Cologne and buy HAMA 8 GB Class 10 Cards. They are pretty good too. Cards need to be handled with care, like you don't switch off your camera in an ongoing read / write / format operation. You don't eject it under the same conditions. And they do have a life - in terms of number of formats, read / write operation etc. And sadly they can fail suddenly too. Some cameras have (2) card slots and may be helpful. Perhaps Pentax can emulate this design. Regards. Bipin - from a far away enchanting land. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Old public transportration vehicles (unicums)
I like it as well. Nice series ofimages. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 7:21 AM, Roman Melihhov ro...@blakout.net wrote: http://roman.blakout.net/index.php?/category/34 ^^^ I like when chrome is shining, even though there are old rare vehicles these were surprisingly driving in on their own horse powers... -- roman.blakout.net K-5 × DA 16-45 × DA* 50-135 × FA 50 × FA 35-70 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: NHRA drag race shooting tips?
As an addendum to my previous message, let me add that shooting drag racing is somewhat different than shooting other motorsports. You don't have to rely on blur to create interest. In fact, pans of top fuel cars and funny cars are very hit and miss, because a shutter speed that produces lots of wheel rotation will also give you an image that appears soft overall, because the cars vibrate at a very high frequency. Pans of amateur class cars can be nice from a spot about 100 feet from the starting line. A 200 mm lens and a shutter speed of 1/30th is usually effective there. Some of the best spectator pics I've seen have been shot from the grandstands near the finish line during the first qualifying session on Friday afternoon. At that time, the stands won't be full, and the cars will be on the edge. During the first session, there will be a lot of finish line fires and explosions, as the teams try to sort out the conditions.The last session on Saturday evening is a good one as well, as it's the chance to make the show and the cars will be on overkill. At the finish line, what you want is detail, so shooting at 1/1000 of a second or faster is fine. Most often the chutes will be starting to come out as the cars cross the finish line and flames and engine parts may be coming out as well. At minimum, there will be lots of fuel vapor and smoke. All that makes for interesting, sometimes extremely dramatic, detail. You will want to pan, even at that speed, because you're not going to get a 300 mph car in frame any other way. If you want to try for some blur and wheel rotation at the finish line, shoot at 1/250th. You'll get about a half a rotation of the rear wheels at that speed and a full rotation of the front wheels. But the real killer finish-line shots I've seen were crisp, high shutter-speed pics. Manual focus is most effective here as you can predict the position of the car as it crosses the line. Just look for the tire tracks left by previous cars and focus on the finish line tire track intersection closest to you. All of the drivers will try to stay in the groove. If you want some interesting shots away from the track, you'll need a pit pass. If you have spectator-side tickets, you can buy a pit-side pass at the track. The fuel teams warm up their cars wearing gas masks, and it takes a crew of four or five to do the job. That can make an interesting pic. But fans will start lining up at the edge of a pit space when they think a team is getting ready to warm the car, so you have to anticipate to get a good front-row spot. BTW, if the wind is blowing your way, you'll soon find out why the crew wears gas masks:-). Paul On May 28, 2012, at 7:58 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: St. Louis at the end of September. That would be Gateway. It's a national event, so there will be a full complement of photographers, probably fifty or more. You'll need press credentials to get into the photo area near the starting line. Generally, only a handful will shoot the amateur classes, but it fills up quickly for the pro classes, so it's good to time your arrival. From most venues I've shoot at, you need to shoot with a lens of around 200 millimeters, but it's hard to pinpoint the exact focal length you'll need as your position may depend on the number of photos and background elements. I would definitely want to work with a zoom, in my case it would be the 60-250, although something like the 80-310 would be very good as well. Shooting at a 45 degree angle or so, you'll need about f8 to maintain depth of field when focusing on the front of a funny car. Top fuel cars I used to shoot at f11 and focus on the driver. Put a high quality UV filter on your lens and bring some lens cleaner and lens cleaning cloths if you shoot top fuel and funny cars from the starting-line photographers area. You'll be getting some rubber particles on the lens on a regular basis. Usually only a few photographers are allowed to shoot near the finish line. Most often those who work for the house organ, National Dragster. When I was shooting commercials for Fram and Autolite, they let one of my camera guys camp down there, but I had to provide security in the form of extra insurance and production people to watch out for him. If you have to shoot from the stands, you'll definitely need as much focal length as you can handhold, and you might want to try to use a monopod. When the pro classes run, the spectators will all stand, so it's going to be hard to shoot. Again, you'll have better luck shooting the amateur classes, some of which can be quite entertaining. Many of the super stock cars, for example, lift the front wheels, and some are muscle car classics, such as late sixties Mopars, Chevelles, etc. Paul On May 28, 2012, at 12:11 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote: Hi all, First, please forgive my lack of participation in the list of late, in the event
Re: LX... got one
On May 28, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Dmitry Gromov wrote: Hi! On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: A lot of very good camera repair services won't work on the LX. Too many parts out of production, and a lot of complexity. Actually, LX is on the list of serviceable cameras on their web site: http://essexcamera.com/camera_list.php?brand=PENTAX Says standard repair price $130, but I wonder how old that page is… Good to know. Paul Dmitry -- //DG LOC(NJ) //* -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Old public transportration vehicles (unicums)
Those are some beautiful buses. Cool pictures. -T On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 4:21 AM, Roman Melihhov ro...@blakout.net wrote: http://roman.blakout.net/index.php?/category/34 ^^^ I like when chrome is shining, even though there are old rare vehicles these were surprisingly driving in on their own horse powers... -- roman.blakout.net K-5 × DA 16-45 × DA* 50-135 × FA 50 × FA 35-70 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Today's Peace Rally
The comment was Dan Matyola's, not Steve's. Dan is an ex fighter pilot, so he has license to wing it once in awhile. His remark was perhaps a bit rash but less incendiary than many of the signs held by the protesters (who were protesting a NATO meeting, chaired by Obama, where the topic of discussion was Afghanistan withdrawal). Paul On May 28, 2012, at 7:39 AM, Eric Weir wrote: Hmm. Not sure whether to take that as sarcasm or not, Steven. It's OK if I should, just don't know. On May 27, 2012, at 8:44 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: That's a really good set. Your technique and composition are excellent. On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On May 21, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: As to the protesters, I only regret I don't have my old F-4B available to pay them a visit. Very cool. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA eew...@bellsouth.net What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit. - Chief Seattle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA eew...@bellsouth.net A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. - Thomas Mann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
Shooting 45 12-year-olds: advice sought
Since the Little League’s “real photographer” is unavailable, I’ve been asked to shoot the annual portrait of the 45 “graduating” 12-year-old players and get 5x7’s made for them. Group shot, not portraits. I’ve never done anything remotely like this and if anyone here has, advice would be welcome. Not just cameras but composition/procedure/whatever. It’ll be on the grass by the traditional-looking scoreboard. This will be the K-5. My thinking is that even if we can squeeze them into 3 rows (and it may just be 2), it’s a pretty wide shot. So I’m thinking of my wide lenses, the 21mm Limited and 30mm Sigma f1.4. My *sharpest* lenses are the 100mm Macro and 50-135, but I don’t think either are gonna work in this scenario.This is where having the 18-55 might be useful... Anyhow, any wisdom would be greatly appreciated. -T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: card FAIL?
on 2012-05-28 1:01 Joseph McAllister wrote I had two of my 1 TB Iomega Mac Minidisks fail in the past six months. [...] So Monday, off they go for replacement which, except for shipping to Iomega, is much cheaper than buying a couple of replacement drives and sticking them in the Iomega cases. fwiw it's somewhat more likely the cases (power supply or driver board) and not the drives that have failed -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: card FAIL?
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Cards do fail, very occasionally, but it's rare. Buy premium quality cards - Sandisk Extreme, Lexar pro, etc - for reduced incidence of failures. I've never had a card fail. G I've had one card to fail. First symptom was the computer would not read the card when I tried to download the images. When I put the card back into the camera and tried to view the images on the LCD, I got the memory card error message. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shooting 45 12-year-olds: advice sought
Would think the 30mm Sigma would serve nicely. Will there be bleachers to allow seating in three rows? Will you have directional options to take advantage of sunlight? You may need to use defused flash to light up faces under the bill of their caps. Tallest to the back..etc. Post the results. Tim. Best of luck! Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com - Original Message - From: Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 8:42 AM Subject: Shooting 45 12-year-olds: advice sought Since the Little League’s “real photographer” is unavailable, I’ve been asked to shoot the annual portrait of the 45 “graduating” 12-year-old players and get 5x7’s made for them. Group shot, not portraits. I’ve never done anything remotely like this and if anyone here has, advice would be welcome. Not just cameras but composition/procedure/whatever. It’ll be on the grass by the traditional-looking scoreboard. This will be the K-5. My thinking is that even if we can squeeze them into 3 rows (and it may just be 2), it’s a pretty wide shot. So I’m thinking of my wide lenses, the 21mm Limited and 30mm Sigma f1.4. My *sharpest* lenses are the 100mm Macro and 50-135, but I don’t think either are gonna work in this scenario. This is where having the 18-55 might be useful... Anyhow, any wisdom would be greatly appreciated. -T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Today's Peace Rally
The comment was Dan Matyola's, not Steve's. Dan is an ex fighter pilot, so he has license to wing it once in awhile. His remark was perhaps a bit rash but less incendiary than many of the signs held by the protesters (who were protesting a NATO meeting, chaired by Obama, where the topic of discussion was Afghanistan withdrawal). Paul Yes but ostensibly, those in the country's armed forces serve and and/or fight to protect individuals' freedoms and, among other things, the right to dissent and disagree. I always note a certain irony then, when exercising those rights is looked upon with disdain by those who work to secure them.. What good is a right if one is not free to exercise it? I'm certainly not picking on Dan or anyone else. Just pointing this 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: card FAIL?
Where did you purchase the camera? They're required to make it good. There's a thing called a Warranty of Merchantability, which means that unless the camera was specifically sold as is or defective, you can use it for its intended purpose, i.e. as a camera. If you cannot, the vendor must either replace it with a functional camera or refund your money. From: Jeffery Smith Can't. It refuses to format a card that it thinks is write protected. But it would read the firmware update. Jeffery Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On May 27, 2012, at 22:33, ma...@redwoodhorses.com wrote: Are you formatting the card with the camera? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: card FAIL?
BHPhoto. They told me to contact Leica. Leica replaced the camera after several months of unreturned phone calls (I contacted their president). The second camera was also defective. After another month of unreturned phone calls, I put it in a drawer. If you aren't a pro photographer, Leica shows no responsibility for defective equipment. I'll still shoot film in my other Leica bodies. I hate to lose access to all of those lenses, and have thought about buying a Sony NEX and an adapter. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 28, 2012, at 11:14 AM, John Sessoms wrote: Where did you purchase the camera? They're required to make it good. There's a thing called a Warranty of Merchantability, which means that unless the camera was specifically sold as is or defective, you can use it for its intended purpose, i.e. as a camera. If you cannot, the vendor must either replace it with a functional camera or refund your money. From: Jeffery Smith Can't. It refuses to format a card that it thinks is write protected. But it would read the firmware update. Jeffery Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On May 27, 2012, at 22:33, ma...@redwoodhorses.com wrote: Are you formatting the card with the camera? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Today's Peace Rally
on 2012-05-28 9:37 Paul Stenquist wrote The comment was Dan Matyola's, not Steve's. Dan is an ex fighter pilot, so he has license to wing it once in awhile. His remark was perhaps a bit rash but less incendiary than many of the signs held by the protesters (who were protesting a NATO meeting, chaired by Obama, where the topic of discussion was Afghanistan withdrawal). Dan said it was a joke, but if it was he should think how it would go over in response to Tim's query about how to shoot 45 12-year-olds … -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: LX... got one
Hi! On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: A lot of very good camera repair services won't work on the LX. Too many parts out of production, and a lot of complexity. Actually, LX is on the list of serviceable cameras on their web site: http://essexcamera.com/camera_list.php?brand=PENTAX Says standard repair price $130, but I wonder how old that page is... Dmitry I would call or email them. That list also includes Auto 110. I contacted them a couple of years back about one I wanted repaired, and they were no longer repairing Auto 110s at that time. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: LX... got one
Hi! On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 12:37 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Hi! On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: A lot of very good camera repair services won't work on the LX. Too many parts out of production, and a lot of complexity. Actually, LX is on the list of serviceable cameras on their web site: http://essexcamera.com/camera_list.php?brand=PENTAX Says standard repair price $130, but I wonder how old that page is... Dmitry I would call or email them. That list also includes Auto 110. I contacted them a couple of years back about one I wanted repaired, and they were no longer repairing Auto 110s at that time. I'll definitely email them tomorrow morning and report here once I get response. Dmitry -- //DG LOC(NJ) //* -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: card FAIL?
Hi! On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: BHPhoto. They told me to contact Leica. Leica replaced the camera after several months of unreturned phone calls (I contacted their president). The second camera was also defective. After another month of unreturned phone calls, I put it in a drawer. If you aren't a pro photographer, Leica shows no responsibility for defective equipment. Why not to try and recover your money with small claims court or something and put them for some other good use (Pentax gear)? Dmitry -- //DG LOC(NJ) //* -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: card FAIL?
After months of trying to get Leica to return an email or phone call, I was so burnt out I just decided to put it behind me as a very costly mistake. I was literally calling the service manager every 15 minutes for hours at a time only to be told by his secretary (every 15 minutes) that He just stepped away from his desk. They have very effective obstacles. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 28, 2012, at 11:55 AM, Dmitry Gromov wrote: Hi! On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: BHPhoto. They told me to contact Leica. Leica replaced the camera after several months of unreturned phone calls (I contacted their president). The second camera was also defective. After another month of unreturned phone calls, I put it in a drawer. If you aren't a pro photographer, Leica shows no responsibility for defective equipment. Why not to try and recover your money with small claims court or something and put them for some other good use (Pentax gear)? Dmitry -- //DG LOC(NJ) //* -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 GESO - Fuji came through
On 26/5/12, Steven Desjardins, discombobulated, unleashed: I like the photographer shot. Fuji is funny company; great products with design or IQ flaws. A little more practice and they will be really good. Steve, are you putting in for a replacement X10 sensor? I'm in 2 minds. I do have the orbs but they are so small they don't bother me at all. I still might though -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shooting 45 12-year-olds: advice sought
I would use the 21mm. Depth of field is going to be more of an issue than sharpness when doing a group photo like this, and the wider lens will thus better serve you. Another random thought - take along a 3x5 or 4x6 card with a rectangle cut-out in 5x7 proportions: you can use that as a viewing/composition aid when arranging the mob of kids so that you don't have a bunch of wasted empty space in the frame when you crop and print the 5x7's. stan On May 28, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Tim Bray wrote: Since the Little League’s “real photographer” is unavailable, I’ve been asked to shoot the annual portrait of the 45 “graduating” 12-year-old players and get 5x7’s made for them. Group shot, not portraits. I’ve never done anything remotely like this and if anyone here has, advice would be welcome. Not just cameras but composition/procedure/whatever. It’ll be on the grass by the traditional-looking scoreboard. This will be the K-5. My thinking is that even if we can squeeze them into 3 rows (and it may just be 2), it’s a pretty wide shot. So I’m thinking of my wide lenses, the 21mm Limited and 30mm Sigma f1.4. My *sharpest* lenses are the 100mm Macro and 50-135, but I don’t think either are gonna work in this scenario.This is where having the 18-55 might be useful... Anyhow, any wisdom would be greatly appreciated. -T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: card FAIL?
I'd say that's a problem with your dealer, assuming you did not buy directly from Leica. Over here I would take the camera to the dealer and he has the legal responsibility to sort things out because my sale contract is with him, not with his suppliers. If he pisses people off he quickly gets a bad name and goes out of business. My dealers have always been very good, and if I'd spent that much money with them I'd expect at least a leave it to your imagination every time I walked into the shop. B If I thought Leica would make it right, I would have sent it back in a heartbeat. If you aren't a pro, they don't return your phone calls. Great glass, but if you cannot convince them that you are a professional photographer, you don't exist. Over the years, I have bought about $40,000 of Leica cameras and lenses. I'll never buy another Leica product, nor will I recommend one. There are alternatives. I'm sure that I could fabricate a web presence that suggested I was a pro, but why stoop to that? If Leica feels that they can exist supporting only pro photographers while f*cking amateurs, let's see how that works for them. I'll stick with Pentax before I ever buy Leica again. I'll shoot with Sigma exclusively before I ever consider Leica again. By the way, the Fuji X100 is really sweet, and it recognizes SD cards, And if it didn't, Fuji would make it right, even if you are an amateur. Jeffery Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On May 28, 2012, at 1:33, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Yes, I use SanDisk cards and have had no problems with them in my M8. B Hmmm. Sounds like a camera problem. On May 27, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: I seem to always buy SanDisk, and not one of them will work in a Leica M8. I just ordered a Kingston in hopes that it will work. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 27, 2012, at 7:04 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I've had two Transcend cards fail almost right away. Transcends that didn't fail immediately seem okay. But I'm most fond of Sandisk Extreme. Never had one fail. The 16 gig card that I now use most often has about 20,000 exposures on it. I'm going to stick with Sandisk going forward. Paul On May 27, 2012, at 4:55 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Ah geez... noted! :) -c On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Eric Featherstone eric.featherst...@gmail.com wrote: On 27 May 2012 21:37, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: For the record, it was a PNY Professional 8gb Class 10 card... Honestly, I've never paid too close attention to the cards, beyond size, and I do look for class 10s these days. I do have some SanDisk Extremes, too... and a couple of others I've picked up in drugstores in emergencies... Maybe it's time to pay attention... For what it's worth, the only cards I've had fail were PNY, and both of mine failed. -- Eric -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 GESO - Fuji came through
I like the photographer shot. Fuji is funny company; great products with design or IQ flaws. A little more practice and they will be really good. Steve, are you putting in for a replacement X10 sensor? I'm in 2 minds. I do have the orbs but they are so small they don't bother me at all. I still might though it sounds as though you're on HRT... You should get the replacements - it will affect the resale value when the time comes. B -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shooting 45 12-year-olds: advice sought
Oh, and one other thing. You'll have problems with tall kids blocking the short kids, etc. It can help if you tell them over and over if you can't see the camera, you need to move. If you can't see the camera, the camera can't see you. stan On May 28, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Tim Bray wrote: Since the Little League’s “real photographer” is unavailable, I’ve been asked to shoot the annual portrait of the 45 “graduating” 12-year-old players and get 5x7’s made for them. Group shot, not portraits. I’ve never done anything remotely like this and if anyone here has, advice would be welcome. Not just cameras but composition/procedure/whatever. It’ll be on the grass by the traditional-looking scoreboard. This will be the K-5. My thinking is that even if we can squeeze them into 3 rows (and it may just be 2), it’s a pretty wide shot. So I’m thinking of my wide lenses, the 21mm Limited and 30mm Sigma f1.4. My *sharpest* lenses are the 100mm Macro and 50-135, but I don’t think either are gonna work in this scenario.This is where having the 18-55 might be useful... Anyhow, any wisdom would be greatly appreciated. -T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shooting 45 12-year-olds: advice sought
You'll want to use the shortest lens you have that doesn't produce visible distortion, 24mm would be ideal, the 21 is probably too wide to be acceptable, so it looks like the 30mm is it. The sharpest lens isn't required since the output is only going to be a 5x7, any lens with reasonable sharpness and contrast will be good enough. Try too get a look at the shots taken in the past to see what the regular guy did for composition, it'll give you a rough guide of what they want. On 5/28/2012 11:42 AM, Tim Bray wrote: Since the Little League’s “real photographer” is unavailable, I’ve been asked to shoot the annual portrait of the 45 “graduating” 12-year-old players and get 5x7’s made for them. Group shot, not portraits. I’ve never done anything remotely like this and if anyone here has, advice would be welcome. Not just cameras but composition/procedure/whatever. It’ll be on the grass by the traditional-looking scoreboard. This will be the K-5. My thinking is that even if we can squeeze them into 3 rows (and it may just be 2), it’s a pretty wide shot. So I’m thinking of my wide lenses, the 21mm Limited and 30mm Sigma f1.4. My *sharpest* lenses are the 100mm Macro and 50-135, but I don’t think either are gonna work in this scenario.This is where having the 18-55 might be useful... Anyhow, any wisdom would be greatly appreciated. -T -- 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: Today's Peace Rally
On 5/28/2012 12:33 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2012-05-28 9:37 Paul Stenquist wrote The comment was Dan Matyola's, not Steve's. Dan is an ex fighter pilot, so he has license to wing it once in awhile. His remark was perhaps a bit rash but less incendiary than many of the signs held by the protesters (who were protesting a NATO meeting, chaired by Obama, where the topic of discussion was Afghanistan withdrawal). Dan said it was a joke, but if it was he should think how it would go over in response to Tim's query about how to shoot 45 12-year-olds … Much satisfaction would be found there but society frowns on such behavior. -- 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: Shooting 45 12-year-olds: advice sought
Tim, as of recently I've been doing my school shooting with DA* 16-50. Prior to that it was Sigma 24-60 and before that Tamron 28-75. I suggest you start with Sigma 30/1.4 (you will appreciate the sharpness and the relative lack of distortion towards the borders of the frame). If it ain't enough, you can swap to DA 21. I think 18-55 may be problematic unless you intend to do your shooting at ample daylight at f/6.3-f/8. If at all possible, I do suggest you bring 50-135 too, as if you have enough room, it may prove to be your best bet. Boris On 5/28/2012 18:42, Tim Bray wrote: Since the Little League’s “real photographer” is unavailable, I’ve been asked to shoot the annual portrait of the 45 “graduating” 12-year-old players and get 5x7’s made for them. Group shot, not portraits. I’ve never done anything remotely like this and if anyone here has, advice would be welcome. Not just cameras but composition/procedure/whatever. It’ll be on the grass by the traditional-looking scoreboard. This will be the K-5. My thinking is that even if we can squeeze them into 3 rows (and it may just be 2), it’s a pretty wide shot. So I’m thinking of my wide lenses, the 21mm Limited and 30mm Sigma f1.4. My *sharpest* lenses are the 100mm Macro and 50-135, but I don’t think either are gonna work in this scenario.This is where having the 18-55 might be useful... Anyhow, any wisdom would be greatly appreciated. -T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Today's Peace Rally
I found some of the NATO meeting protesters despicable. Why come to a protest wearing goggles and a bandanna over your face, and another over your hair? Only reason I can imagine is that you intend to damage property, and you want to keep your identity a secret. That's hardly the peaceful expression of dissent and disagreement. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: The comment was Dan Matyola's, not Steve's. Dan is an ex fighter pilot, so he has license to wing it once in awhile. His remark was perhaps a bit rash but less incendiary than many of the signs held by the protesters (who were protesting a NATO meeting, chaired by Obama, where the topic of discussion was Afghanistan withdrawal). Paul Yes but ostensibly, those in the country's armed forces serve and and/or fight to protect individuals' freedoms and, among other things, the right to dissent and disagree. I always note a certain irony then, when exercising those rights is looked upon with disdain by those who work to secure them.. What good is a right if one is not free to exercise it? I'm certainly not picking on Dan or anyone else. Just pointing this 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: NHRA drag race shooting tips?
Thanks for all these helpful tips, Paul! I'm still not exactly sure where I'm going to be located, but I do believe I'll have a pit pass. I checked the NHRA site for their media credentials policy and it turned out to be a good bit more restrictive than I'd hoped. So, it looks like I'll be shooting from the stands -- though, I'm told I'll be in a good location, near the starting line. I'll most likely use my 70-300, which sounds suitable according to your advice, even though it's not my sharpest lens. Many thanks for taking the time to respond! The advice is very much appreciated. -- Walt On 5/28/2012 10:28 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: As an addendum to my previous message, let me add that shooting drag racing is somewhat different than shooting other motorsports. You don't have to rely on blur to create interest. In fact, pans of top fuel cars and funny cars are very hit and miss, because a shutter speed that produces lots of wheel rotation will also give you an image that appears soft overall, because the cars vibrate at a very high frequency. Pans of amateur class cars can be nice from a spot about 100 feet from the starting line. A 200 mm lens and a shutter speed of 1/30th is usually effective there. Some of the best spectator pics I've seen have been shot from the grandstands near the finish line during the first qualifying session on Friday afternoon. At that time, the stands won't be full, and the cars will be on the edge. During the first session, there will be a lot of finish line fires and explosions, as the teams try to sort out the conditions.The last session on Saturday evening is a good one as well, as it's the chance to make the show and the cars will be on overkill. At the finish line, what you want is detail, so shooting at 1/1000 of a second or faster is fine. Most often the chutes will be starting to come out as the cars cross the finish line and flames and engine parts may be coming out as well. At minimum, there will be lots of fuel vapor and smoke. All that makes for interesting, sometimes extremely dramatic, detail. You will want to pan, even at that speed, because you're not going to get a 300 mph car in frame any other way. If you want to try for some blur and wheel rotation at the finish line, shoot at 1/250th. You'll get about a half a rotation of the rear wheels at that speed and a full rotation of the front wheels. But the real killer finish-line shots I've seen were crisp, high shutter-speed pics. Manual focus is most effective here as you can predict the position of the car as it crosses the line. Just look for the tire tracks left by previous cars and focus on the finish line tire track intersection closest to you. All of the drivers will try to stay in the groove. If you want some interesting shots away from the track, you'll need a pit pass. If you have spectator-side tickets, you can buy a pit-side pass at the track. The fuel teams warm up their cars wearing gas masks, and it takes a crew of four or five to do the job. That can make an interesting pic. But fans will start lining up at the edge of a pit space when they think a team is getting ready to warm the car, so you have to anticipate to get a good front-row spot. BTW, if the wind is blowing your way, you'll soon find out why the crew wears gas masks:-). Paul On May 28, 2012, at 7:58 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: St. Louis at the end of September. That would be Gateway. It's a national event, so there will be a full complement of photographers, probably fifty or more. You'll need press credentials to get into the photo area near the starting line. Generally, only a handful will shoot the amateur classes, but it fills up quickly for the pro classes, so it's good to time your arrival. From most venues I've shoot at, you need to shoot with a lens of around 200 millimeters, but it's hard to pinpoint the exact focal length you'll need as your position may depend on the number of photos and background elements. I would definitely want to work with a zoom, in my case it would be the 60-250, although something like the 80-310 would be very good as well. Shooting at a 45 degree angle or so, you'll need about f8 to maintain depth of field when focusing on the front of a funny car. Top fuel cars I used to shoot at f11 and focus on the driver. Put a high quality UV filter on your lens and bring some lens cleaner and lens cleaning cloths if you shoot top fuel and funny cars from the starting-line photographers area. You'll be getting some rubber particles on the lens on a regular basis. Usually only a few photographers are allowed to shoot near the finish line. Most often those who work for the house organ, National Dragster. When I was shooting commercials for Fram and Autolite, they let one of my camera guys camp down there, but I had to provide security in the form of extra insurance and production people to watch out for him. If you have to shoot from
Re: Today's Peace Rally
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: I found some of the NATO meeting protesters despicable. Why come to a protest wearing goggles and a bandanna over your face, and another over your hair? Only reason I can imagine is that you intend to damage property, and you want to keep your identity a secret. That's hardly the peaceful expression of dissent and disagreement. Regards, Bob S. I *have* to believe that your imagination is a little better than that and that with a little effort you can come up with multiple reasons that, particularly in today's environment, one might wish to conceal one's identity at a protest (many of them non-despicable, if not out-right reasonable.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: NHRA drag race shooting tips?
On 5/28/2012 7:20 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: Hi Walt, On 2012-05-28 0:11, Walt Gilbert wrote: But, from what I understand, I'll be in a good place for taking photos ... It would help to know what that position is. I'm not absolutely certain on that, but from what I was told, I'll only be about 50' from the starting line in the stands. I have no idea how much leeway you have to walk around with a camera once you're in your seats. though. [...] pointers on how to get interesting shots. One of the main drawbacks of the drag races I've shot before is the sheer monotony of the photos given the limited number of vantage points available from which to shoot. This goes with your earlier comment ... you are only going to have one shooting position? That's going to make it more difficult to get a lot of interesting racing shots, though it may not interfere with getting some interesting racing shots, depending on what that position is. But first off, there ought to be plenty of interesting stuff going on in the paddock (I think NHRA has open paddock, but I've never been to one of their events). Plenty of crowd action, partially (dis)assembled cars and motors, teams working on the cars, drivers confabbing with their teams, interesting juxtapositions of tools, parts, people, etc. In some ways, shooting in the paddock is akin to what I'd expect shooting in some Moroccan open air market: very colorful and dynamic; stuff changes quickly so you've got to be ready and watching; lighting will likely range from hugely bright to dim and dark; contrast will sometimes be huge, especially on a sunny day. Probably best to use fill flash in a lot of cases, especially so you can actually see the faces of people wearing hats or baseball caps. My understanding is that I will have a pit pass and access to the paddock area and I'm really looking forward to getting some great detail shots of engines and such. For the on-track action, that's going to be tough if you've only got one position. Use different focal lengths to get some variety without moving. Shots of single cars just going by quickly start looking the same, unless the car is doing something unusual. Try to get both cars in the shot at the same time. Also don't worry so much about getting the whole car(s) into the shot ... isolate on the cockpits, for example, if you've got the angles and focal lengths to do it. Look for the twisting effects of torque creating unusual aspects laterally (engine torque) and longitudinally (wheel torque), places where the cars typically belch flames out of the pipes. Pan with short shutter speeds (you generally want the car sharp and the wheels and background blurred). Locking the mode in manual to fix the shutter speed and aperture works best most times (reflections and stuff can mess up the automated metering). The problem here is going to be where your position is along the track. It's not so much the speed that makes life difficult, it's acceleration (or deceleration). That requires that you pan at other than a consistent speed, which is more difficult. So the second half of the thousand feet will be easier to pan than the first half, I'd guess. Set the focus point one or two to the side of where you actually want things sharp to compensate for lock time, depending on the speed with which the cars are crossing your field of view. If you have a fully manual lens, you can try trap focus, again compensating for lock time by selection of focus point. If your not using autofocus, you still have to compensate for lock time at those speeds (trip the shutter just before the stuff you want sharp comes into focus). I'm sure there's other stuff I'll think of later. Thanks for all the tips, Doug! I got pretty decent at getting starting line shots at the local drag strip, but those cars don't accelerate anywhere near as quickly as the top fuel dragsters and funny cars at an NHRA event, so I figure that ought to be a challenge. It's been a while since I took any drag racing shots, so I figure I'll take a lot of bad shots before I get the hang of it. I took a look around the NHRA photo archives for some inspiration, and have lots of time to bone up between now and then. Just being at the event will be a lot of fun, so I won't be too disappointed if I don't come back with a world-beater shot. But, it would be nice to have something to show for it when I get back home. Thanks again for the advice! -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shooting 45 12-year-olds: advice sought
On 28/05/2012 11:22 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: Oh, and one other thing. You'll have problems with tall kids blocking the short kids, etc. It can help if you tell them over and over if you can't see the camera, you need to move. If you can't see the camera, the camera can't see you. Any time I'm shooting large groups, I find a perch that puts me above them, be it a ladder, a set of bleachers, or whatever. I'm not averse to backing up a quite a distance if I need to in order to get a higher point of view. I once shot a large group picture (a hundred or so Army Cadets) with an 85mm lens (on APS-C digital) because I had backed up that far to get my vantage point. If the photographer is above the group, it is much easier to ensure that everyone will be visible. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Today's Peace Rally
On 28/05/2012 11:47 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: I found some of the NATO meeting protesters despicable. Why come to a protest wearing goggles and a bandanna over your face, and another over your hair? Only reason I can imagine is that you intend to damage property, and you want to keep your identity a secret. That's hardly the peaceful expression of dissent and disagreement. Consider the potential ramifications if your employer (for example) doesn't agree with your political views as you make them known in a protest. You might be exercising your right to free speech at the expense of your livelihood. In the very polarized climate of hate that is pervading your country, there are many very good reasons for why a dissenter may want to hide his or her identity, while at the same time registering his or her disagreement with the policies of the day. The world isn't above persecuting dissenters. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Card FAIL?
Jeffery Sir, I believe you have to be persistent in making your point and ensuring you get a perfectly working product, as European Laws are stricter than North America. I too am a Leica user - my family since 1938 - and have never had a problem unresolved by these guys. Perhaps my position as an Advisor in one of the largest conglomerates in the Middle East may have helped, but I believe this is not true. And you say you bought the Gear from BH, who cannot shirk their prime responsibility and pass the buck on to you. You should send your gear to BH under US Law and tell them to sweat it put with Leica, as you bought the camera from BH and not Leica. Ofcourse under the RMA of BH you may ship it to the Leica Service Center in the US or in Europe directly, as advised by BH. Sorry friend, but I see the weak link in you. Regards. Bipin - from a far away enchanting land. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Today's Peace Rally
From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com I found some of the NATO meeting protesters despicable. Why come to a protest wearing goggles and a bandanna over your face, and another over your hair? Only reason I can imagine is that you intend to damage property, and you want to keep your identity a secret. That's hardly the peaceful expression of dissent and disagreement. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: The comment was Dan Matyola's, not Steve's. Dan is an ex fighter pilot, so he has license to wing it once in awhile. His remark was perhaps a bit rash but ?less incendiary than many of the signs held by the protesters (who were protesting a NATO meeting, chaired by Obama, where the topic of discussion was Afghanistan withdrawal). Paul Yes but ostensibly, those in the country's armed forces serve and and/or fight to protect individuals' freedoms and, among other things, the right to dissent and disagree. I always note a certain irony then, when exercising those rights is looked upon with disdain by those who work to secure them.. What good is a right if one is not free to exercise it? I'm certainly not picking on Dan or anyone else. Just pointing this out. Tom C. I'm not defending them, their beliefs or their actions, only making the point that that they have the right to such. Wearing goggles and a bandanna is not in itself a crime. Even acting like a total obnoxious idiot is not a crime necessarily. Damaging property would be. I can think of any number of reasons a person may wish to remain anonymous. First off, what if my employer was the type that would take prejudicial action against me simply because I held a different view than his? I frequently refrain from expressing my beliefs or viewpoints at work for precisely that reason. Because you never know. Pentax sucks. ;-) 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.
Card FAIL?
Yep, Dmitry is right. Here in India we have Consumer Courts, where the charge is peanuts and you do not require Lawyers to represent you. There is something similar in Europe, and Jeffrey needs to explore these avenues instead of excusing himself with Burnt Out obstacles. Get hold of BH dammit, by their x, and let them sweat it out with Leica Europe. Regards. Bipin - from a far away enchanting land. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Fw: Shooting 45 12-year-olds: advice sought
A couple of additional thoughts. Place the tallest of the tallest in the center of the back row and do the same with the other row(s). Count down the shutter release and with each shot ask if anyone didn't see the flash go off. If not, they blinked. Tell them not to break and run after each shot as you are going to pull up and review each shot, looking for closed eyes..etc. Make room on one end for the coach. Don't think you need to be advised, but take along a couple lenses and camera bodies. Jack - Forwarded Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 9:03 AM Subject: Re: Shooting 45 12-year-olds: advice sought Would think the 30mm Sigma would serve nicely. Will there be bleachers to allow seating in three rows? Will you have directional options to take advantage of sunlight? You may need to use defused flash to light up faces under the bill of their caps. Tallest to the back..etc. Post the results. Tim. Best of luck! Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com - Original Message - From: Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 8:42 AM Subject: Shooting 45 12-year-olds: advice sought Since the Little League’s “real photographer” is unavailable, I’ve been asked to shoot the annual portrait of the 45 “graduating” 12-year-old players and get 5x7’s made for them. Group shot, not portraits. I’ve never done anything remotely like this and if anyone here has, advice would be welcome. Not just cameras but composition/procedure/whatever. It’ll be on the grass by the traditional-looking scoreboard. This will be the K-5. My thinking is that even if we can squeeze them into 3 rows (and it may just be 2), it’s a pretty wide shot. So I’m thinking of my wide lenses, the 21mm Limited and 30mm Sigma f1.4. My *sharpest* lenses are the 100mm Macro and 50-135, but I don’t think either are gonna work in this scenario. This is where having the 18-55 might be useful... Anyhow, any wisdom would be greatly appreciated. -T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On 5/28/2012 12:33 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2012-05-28 9:37 Paul Stenquist wrote The comment was Dan Matyola's, not Steve's. Dan is an ex fighter pilot, so he has license to wing it once in awhile. His remark was perhaps a bit rash but less incendiary than many of the signs held by the protesters (who were protesting a NATO meeting, chaired by Obama, where the topic of discussion was Afghanistan withdrawal). Dan said it was a joke, but if it was he should think how it would go over in response to Tim's query about how to shoot 45 12-year-olds ? Much satisfaction would be found there but society frowns on such behavior. Military humor differs greatly from civilian humor. Even so, with the number of clenched-fist images and other leftist revolutionary displays going on recently, what used to be the virtue of opposing those who oppose liberty is now considered hateful or some other such nonsense. Today we memorialize those who have served. We do not honor those who disgrace their service for liberty or the liberty that they defended. 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: Card FAIL?
I have ordered several other cards made by someone other than SanDisk. I did some searching on the 'net, and it appears that the manager of service at Leica is no longer employed by them (Bob Fisk). If the new cards don't work, I'll call Leica and see what my options are. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 28, 2012, at 1:35 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote: Yep, Dmitry is right. Here in India we have Consumer Courts, where the charge is peanuts and you do not require Lawyers to represent you. There is something similar in Europe, and Jeffrey needs to explore these avenues instead of excusing himself with Burnt Out obstacles. Get hold of BH dammit, by their x, and let them sweat it out with Leica Europe. Regards. Bipin - from a far away enchanting land. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Today's Peace Rally
Tom, The employment issue might be relevant. You could wear a hat, sunglasses, and a hospital mask as a disguise, but the goggles are teargas protection, maybe the bandanna as well. I was in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention of '68. I think these people wanted to recreate that atmosphere this year. I praise the Chicago Police Department for being cool despite the taunting and attempts to provoke them for media coverage. This was a media event. The Vietnam War protests were a different thing altogether. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com I found some of the NATO meeting protesters despicable. Why come to a protest wearing goggles and a bandanna over your face, and another over your hair? Only reason I can imagine is that you intend to damage property, and you want to keep your identity a secret. That's hardly the peaceful expression of dissent and disagreement. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: The comment was Dan Matyola's, not Steve's. Dan is an ex fighter pilot, so he has license to wing it once in awhile. His remark was perhaps a bit rash but ?less incendiary than many of the signs held by the protesters (who were protesting a NATO meeting, chaired by Obama, where the topic of discussion was Afghanistan withdrawal). Paul Yes but ostensibly, those in the country's armed forces serve and and/or fight to protect individuals' freedoms and, among other things, the right to dissent and disagree. I always note a certain irony then, when exercising those rights is looked upon with disdain by those who work to secure them.. What good is a right if one is not free to exercise it? I'm certainly not picking on Dan or anyone else. Just pointing this out. Tom C. I'm not defending them, their beliefs or their actions, only making the point that that they have the right to such. Wearing goggles and a bandanna is not in itself a crime. Even acting like a total obnoxious idiot is not a crime necessarily. Damaging property would be. I can think of any number of reasons a person may wish to remain anonymous. First off, what if my employer was the type that would take prejudicial action against me simply because I held a different view than his? I frequently refrain from expressing my beliefs or viewpoints at work for precisely that reason. Because you never know. Pentax sucks. ;-) 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: Today's Peace Rally
On 5/28/2012 12:33 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2012-05-28 9:37 Paul Stenquist wrote The comment was Dan Matyola's, not Steve's. Dan is an ex fighter pilot, so he has license to wing it once in awhile. His remark was perhaps a bit rash but less incendiary than many of the signs held by the protesters (who were protesting a NATO meeting, chaired by Obama, where the topic of discussion was Afghanistan withdrawal). Dan said it was a joke, but if it was he should think how it would go over in response to Tim's query about how to shoot 45 12-year-olds ? Much satisfaction would be found there but society frowns on such behavior. Military humor differs greatly from civilian humor. Even so, with the number of clenched-fist images and other leftist revolutionary displays going on recently, what used to be the virtue of opposing those who oppose liberty is now considered hateful or some other such nonsense. Today we memorialize those who have served. We do not honor those who disgrace their service for liberty or the liberty that they defended. In light of the modern revolutionary agenda, peace rallies do not promote peace. They only denigrate current leadership and its military ventures. We saw it here with W in office the protests were plentiful. But Obama was not protested despite the fact that he followed the Bush timeline. That was no accident. 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: card FAIL?
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: Bypassing all the card failure talk for a moment, Christine, let's talk rapid shooting with the K-5. Ok, let's! :) I've been stymied a few times when I was shooting RAW+JPEG with JPEG at 4 stars and large image size (the two JPEG conditions you can adjust) and the camera set on 'Continuous - Hi Speed. The camera will shoot quite a few shots under the circumstances, I don't know the limits at the moment. Once you stop shooting, the writing can go on for quite some time, though it should let you shoot some more frames as the buffer gets emptied. Yes, I have experienced this as well... though I don't usually shoot RAW +, just RAW, but the same thing happens when I shoot off several bursts in quick succession... it does need time to catch up. This time, it seemed to be taking extra-long... I couldn't have taken more than 6 or 8 shots, and it was hung up for over a minute (based on quarter mile splits...). Turning the camera on off while the camera is writing it's buffers to card seems to me to be a good way to corrupt the data being written, even to the point where, like an old floppy, the writing of the directory gets corrupted. At that point it makes sense that the camera may tell you it has '0' room left on it, as the card cannot tell the camera what it has because it doesn't know itself. I accept that my panicky button pushing likely made things worse... at least, if there had been any chance of images being written to the card eventually, I effectively put a stop to that. Argh. Try hooking the card up to your computer and see if it mounts to the desktop. If it does, format it as a Mac or PC removable device, as you would a USB memory stick. If you can do that, putting it back in the camera and formatting it again (not erase - format) may salvage it. It does mount to the desktop... and on it appear two images. Well, one image, fully formed... the other looks to be the start of an image, represented only by the DNG icon, no preview, a file containing 0kb. So, there you have it. The first image was the chimp, the next, must have been the first of the burst. Next thing to try is to see if the maker of the card has a downloadable software program to save the data on a corrupted SD card like SanDisk does. We do have something like that on hand -- my next step. I may be anal, but as I purchased them (SanDisks, usually from Costco) I went on the SanDisk site and registered them to my account. Comes in handy when they fail years later - you might even get a free replacement. Will keep that in mind for my future (near future) purchases... Thanks! -c I had two of my 1 TB Iomega Mac Minidisks fail in the past six months. Turns out I had gotten extended warranty on them because I had registered them right away when I bought them. Like Pentax's offer for a 3 year vs a 1 year warranty if you register the piece within 30 days or some-such. Anyway, both drives extended warranties are up July 1st. So Monday, off they go for replacement which, except for shipping to Iomega, is much cheaper than buying a couple of replacement drives and sticking them in the Iomega cases. Gook Luck with all this - Jos. J. McAllister Optimist Extraordinair On May 27, 2012, at 11:36 , Christine Nielsen wrote: Yesterday I was trying to catch a few shots of my guy in action at the state division track meet. I had my trusty k-5 plus 50-135 combo. I had just reformatted the sd card, and took some pics, just to chimp. So far, so good. The race started -- the one mile event -- and I shot off a burst as the runners came past me. Since they have to travel another 400 meters before they come around again, I took the opportunity to peek at what I got... only the previews weren't yet available. OK, I wait but the little red light stayed on... and wouldn't go off... and now here the runners come again (66 seconds later) crap, there they go, and still my camera is hung up. No shooting, no previews, just a little red light. I turn off the camera. Red light remains, and on the top lcd screen, the image remaining count still shows, approx 216 shots left. Then, I forget exactly what I did -- probably turned it off on, swore at it a few times, and cheered for my runner -- but in the end, memory card error on the back screen, and a remaining image count now at 0. And then the race was over. I've never had a memory card fail on me this way... it was traumatic! I think it's just the card -- I popped another one in, and there were no other problems. Does this behavior fit the profile of sd card failures you've known? How much worse do you think I made the situation with my frantic button-pushing? ;) Thanks, -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
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It was indeed my comment, and was meant to be a bit of black humor. Believe me, at my age, I would do more harm to myself than anyone else. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: On 5/28/2012 12:33 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2012-05-28 9:37 Paul Stenquist wrote The comment was Dan Matyola's, not Steve's. Dan is an ex fighter pilot, so he has license to wing it once in awhile. His remark was perhaps a bit rash but less incendiary than many of the signs held by the protesters (who were protesting a NATO meeting, chaired by Obama, where the topic of discussion was Afghanistan withdrawal). Dan said it was a joke, but if it was he should think how it would go over in response to Tim's query about how to shoot 45 12-year-olds ? Much satisfaction would be found there but society frowns on such behavior. Military humor differs greatly from civilian humor. Even so, with the number of clenched-fist images and other leftist revolutionary displays going on recently, what used to be the virtue of opposing those who oppose liberty is now considered hateful or some other such nonsense. Today we memorialize those who have served. We do not honor those who disgrace their service for liberty or the liberty that they defended. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: card FAIL?
From: Jeffery Smith After months of trying to get Leica to return an email or phone call, I was so burnt out I just decided to put it behind me as a very costly mistake. I was literally calling the service manager every 15 minutes for hours at a time only to be told by his secretary (every 15 minutes) that He just stepped away from his desk. They have very effective obstacles. Regards, Jeffery I wouldn't even have wasted a month on Leica. I'd call them one time. If they won't stand behind their merchandise FUCK 'EM! I'd have returned it to BH for a refund. IF BH didn't want to provide that refund, I would have contacted the NY State Attorney General's Office ... among others. I would also have contacted my credit card company and disputed the charge. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: card FAIL?
BH is very good about defective merchandise. I always call them first. Paul On May 28, 2012, at 5:35 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Jeffery Smith After months of trying to get Leica to return an email or phone call, I was so burnt out I just decided to put it behind me as a very costly mistake. I was literally calling the service manager every 15 minutes for hours at a time only to be told by his secretary (every 15 minutes) that He just stepped away from his desk. They have very effective obstacles. Regards, Jeffery I wouldn't even have wasted a month on Leica. I'd call them one time. If they won't stand behind their merchandise FUCK 'EM! I'd have returned it to BH for a refund. IF BH didn't want to provide that refund, I would have contacted the NY State Attorney General's Office ... among others. I would also have contacted my credit card company and disputed the charge. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Today's Peace Rally
From: Darren Addy On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: I found some of the NATO meeting protesters despicable. Why come to a protest wearing goggles and a bandanna over your face, and another over your hair? Only reason I can imagine is that you intend to damage property, and you want to keep your identity a secret. That's hardly the peaceful expression of dissent and disagreement. Regards, ?Bob S. I *have* to believe that your imagination is a little better than that and that with a little effort you can come up with multiple reasons that, particularly in today's environment, one might wish to conceal one's identity at a protest (many of them non-despicable, if not out-right reasonable.) One thing to always keep in mind. If you're at the planning session for any kind of demonstration, the guy who wants you to plant a bomb blow something up is the FBI's informant. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PAW125 - Chips
http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA*50-135mm@135, 1/6s (hand held!), f/2.8, ISO100. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW125 - Chips
I love the look on his face. Nice capture. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 5:47 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA*50-135mm@135, 1/6s (hand held!), f/2.8, ISO100. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Memorial Day
The oldest veteran at our local Memorial Day Parade: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15807094 Comments are welcome. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Memorial Day
Dan, that's a great photo - talk about ironic juxtaposition. ann On 5/28/2012 17:52, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: The oldest veteran at our local Memorial Day Parade: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15807094 Comments are welcome. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Memorial Day
Excellent. On May 28, 2012, at 5:52 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: The oldest veteran at our local Memorial Day Parade: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15807094 Comments are welcome. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Today's Peace Rally
on 2012-05-28 11:47 Bob Sullivan wrote I found some of the NATO meeting protesters despicable. Why come to a protest wearing goggles and a bandanna over your face, and another over your hair? Only reason I can imagine is that you intend to damage property, and you want to keep your identity a secret. That's hardly the peaceful expression of dissent and disagreement. i have seen that garb at many rallies, always a minority, and part of much more varied exuberant expression; i think few, if any, of them are planning violence; if they are, they'd be considered infiltrators i think if one feels sincerely that one is confronting oppressive power, the ninja garb is a symbol that has meaningful rationales; to me (though i don't wear it) it seems to symbolize the negation of identity, or if you feel threatened by it, it gets across a message about the perceived threat from the target of the protest; and as others have noted it can represent group identity, adding a sociological as well as a political meaning when you ask them, you get a wide variety of answers; for example: Ninjas have been present for centuries, exerting justice and seeking the truth, said one protester. Members say the costume has many meanings. It's kind of a joke and a symbol of fun and games, said member John Monroe. http://kezi.com/page/237217 i don't think most wear masks or bandanas for anonymity, btw, because i often see them expose their faces, or fail to hide other clearly identifying marks -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Cheap lens score of the day
Now that I have kids sharing my old Pentax cameras (son has my K10D, daughter my K200D), I have loaned out a bit of my collection to help them be flexible. Found today (and purchased) on Craigslist: 18-55 kit and 50-200 kit lens for a total of: $75. Yay! I'm not much of a telephoto person, I'd rather shoot wide. So the 50-200 is perfect for those rare occasions. And it's tiny/lightweight. My son gets my Tamron 28-200 which I've never really loved. The kit is for me, when I want to go in party mode with the K7. My daughter has had my kit lens for the past two years. At that price, I couldn't resist! -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: Cheap lens score of the day
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: Found today (and purchased) on Craigslist: 18-55 kit and 50-200 kit lens for a total of: $75. ... I'm not much of a telephoto person, I'd rather shoot wide. So the 50-200 is perfect for those rare occasions. And it's tiny/lightweight. My son gets my Tamron 28-200 which I've never really loved. The 50-200 is tiny, lightweight, and surprisingly sharp. There are two pictures in the PDML photo annual from a couple of years ago, that I took with that lens. :-) -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Form over Function
Louis L. Sullivan would be aghast: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/form-over-function.html http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/form-over-function.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Today's Peace Rally
On 5/28/2012 5:41 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Darren Addy On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: I found some of the NATO meeting protesters despicable. Why come to a protest wearing goggles and a bandanna over your face, and another over your hair? Only reason I can imagine is that you intend to damage property, and you want to keep your identity a secret. That's hardly the peaceful expression of dissent and disagreement. Regards, ?Bob S. I *have* to believe that your imagination is a little better than that and that with a little effort you can come up with multiple reasons that, particularly in today's environment, one might wish to conceal one's identity at a protest (many of them non-despicable, if not out-right reasonable.) One thing to always keep in mind. If you're at the planning session for any kind of demonstration, the guy who wants you to plant a bomb blow something up is the FBI's informant. Not always, that's only true when you get caught. -- 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 - Form over Function
That is one hell of a bike! Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 6:41 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Louis L. Sullivan would be aghast: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/form-over-function.html http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/form-over-function.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A look at Cuba through the lenses...
That's a sweet project. The young photogs are great! All young people should be encouraged to read, write, think, and take photosThanks for posting. Cheers, Christine On May 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Darren Addy wrote: of some young photographers who live there: http://www.100cameras.org/cuba This post is not intended to be political or editorial in any way. I thought it was an interesting look into a country that few of us may have seen in person. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Being a Tourist in Italy
On May 25, 2012, at 8:49 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: We have been to Italy four times, for a week each. Don't try to hit too many cities; the joy of Italy is relaxing in a piazza sipping espresso or limoncello and just enjoying life. Oh, gosh, that sounds wonderful! I want to go! Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW125 - Chips
Excellent Dave On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 5:47 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA*50-135mm@135, 1/6s (hand held!), f/2.8, ISO100. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: OT: NHRA drag race shooting tips?
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: That said, come the end of September I'll be going to the NHRA drag races in St. Louis. I've taken plenty of shots at drag races, but nothing like the ones that'll be happening that day. But, from what I understand, I'll be in a good place for taking photos -- assuming I have a clue what I'm doing, which is no small caveat. -- Walt Attending an NHRA drag race is on my bucket list. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Form over Function
Awesome, Frank. Well spotted and grabbed too! On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 6:41 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Louis L. Sullivan would be aghast: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/form-over-function.html http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/form-over-function.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Composing a Photobook
Thanks for the heads up. http://aperture.org/pbr/ here's the link to the blog about the PBR. Cheers, Christine On May 21, 2012, at 8:53 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: Revisiting a discussion that comes up here from time to time: the differences between a good and a not-so-good photobook. Or, how to go beyond a collection of good photographs to achieve a good book. The Aperture Foundation, publishers of Aperture Magazine, last fall began publishing a Photobook Review as a supplement to the magazine. PBR-2, included with the May issue of Aperture, has two articles on sequencing the photobook. Good stuff for those interested in this topic. Discussions of narrative flow, comparisons/contrasts with films and music and literature, the use of examples like Walker Evan's American Photographs (1938), etc. Bad news is that you may not be able to read these unless you a) subscribe to Aperture or b) visit the Aperture Gallery (NYC) or c) Copies will also soon be available through our distribution partners, namely the Milan Image Art Fair, the School of Visual Arts [NYC], and the Cleveland Museum of Art, when they open their exhibition DIY: Photographers Books. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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
a large gallery, but hopefully the thumbnail view would let you see what you want to see: https://picasaweb.google.com/117979942681874882460/Nandadevi Subash, these are beautiful--especially, the people portraits. You're a photographer with a great eye for subject, composition, and technique. I loved looking at your excellent gallery! Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW124 - Candyfloss?
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 4:31 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA70mm, 1/320s, f/16, ISO100. Great fun! Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Web site feedback - OT
I agree with Godfrey! cheers, Christine On May 25, 2012, at 6:41 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Hi Jeffrey, I like the spare layout. - Need a way to get back to the home page. - I'd like to be able to see a thumbnail array of a gallery set. Godfrey On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: After a hiatus of about 6 years, I'm rebuilding a minimalist website from the ground up. I decided to make it easy to view...on an iPad. Can some of you take a look and let me know what you think of the format? I'm not a pro, so there is nothing promotional on it. And the only gallery I have up so far is about 80 photos from the Lower 9th Ward taken after Katrina. All taken with Tri-X film with a rangefinder, so it is totally OT. The site is www.400tx.com. Thanks much, in advance. Jeffery Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Web site feedback - OT
I'm working on thumbnail galleries right now. Freeway Pro is a great web design program if you are a Mac user. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 28, 2012, at 6:40 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: I agree with Godfrey! cheers, Christine On May 25, 2012, at 6:41 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Hi Jeffrey, I like the spare layout. - Need a way to get back to the home page. - I'd like to be able to see a thumbnail array of a gallery set. Godfrey On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: After a hiatus of about 6 years, I'm rebuilding a minimalist website from the ground up. I decided to make it easy to view...on an iPad. Can some of you take a look and let me know what you think of the format? I'm not a pro, so there is nothing promotional on it. And the only gallery I have up so far is about 80 photos from the Lower 9th Ward taken after Katrina. All taken with Tri-X film with a rangefinder, so it is totally OT. The site is www.400tx.com. Thanks much, in advance. Jeffery Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Cheap lens score of the day
Quoting Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com: Now that I have kids sharing my old Pentax cameras (son has my K10D, daughter my K200D), I have loaned out a bit of my collection to help them be flexible. Found today (and purchased) on Craigslist: 18-55 kit and 50-200 kit lens for a total of: $75. Yay! I can't match that deal but I picked up an 18-135 DA last evening for a tad under $400, which is a considerable saving on the new price. It will become my walk about/travel lens. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ I'm not much of a telephoto person, I'd rather shoot wide. So the 50-200 is perfect for those rare occasions. And it's tiny/lightweight. My son gets my Tamron 28-200 which I've never really loved. The kit is for me, when I want to go in party mode with the K7. My daughter has had my kit lens for the past two years. At that price, I couldn't resist! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Hit Proof
Good one, Dan. I like the bold lines and such. Baseball Gotham! Cheers, Christine On May 27, 2012, at 11:41 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15803433 Comments are welcome Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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
Pretty! cheers, Christine On May 22, 2012, at 9:14 PM, frank theriault 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: Boris peso #21 - Rising with the sun
It needs more pop! Cheers, Christine On May 24, 2012, at 12:27 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hello. Please have a look and give me your honest and brutal say. http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2012/05/peso-2012-21-rising-with-sun.html Thanks. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Memorial Day
Wonderful! Cheers, Christine On May 28, 2012, at 4:52 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: The oldest veteran at our local Memorial Day Parade: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15807094 Comments are welcome. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Web site feedback - OT
I went the web site--price a bit pricey for me. But thanks for the heads up anyway! Cheers, Christine On May 28, 2012, at 6:44 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: I'm working on thumbnail galleries right now. Freeway Pro is a great web design program if you are a Mac user. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 28, 2012, at 6:40 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: I agree with Godfrey! cheers, Christine On May 25, 2012, at 6:41 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Hi Jeffrey, I like the spare layout. - Need a way to get back to the home page. - I'd like to be able to see a thumbnail array of a gallery set. Godfrey On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: After a hiatus of about 6 years, I'm rebuilding a minimalist website from the ground up. I decided to make it easy to view...on an iPad. Can some of you take a look and let me know what you think of the format? I'm not a pro, so there is nothing promotional on it. And the only gallery I have up so far is about 80 photos from the Lower 9th Ward taken after Katrina. All taken with Tri-X film with a rangefinder, so it is totally OT. The site is www.400tx.com. Thanks much, in advance. Jeffery Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Web site feedback - OT
The non-pro version is a fraction of the cost, and probably has 95% of the functionality. I didn't realize that when I bought the Pro version. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 28, 2012, at 7:03 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: I went the web site--price a bit pricey for me. But thanks for the heads up anyway! Cheers, Christine On May 28, 2012, at 6:44 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: I'm working on thumbnail galleries right now. Freeway Pro is a great web design program if you are a Mac user. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 28, 2012, at 6:40 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: I agree with Godfrey! cheers, Christine On May 25, 2012, at 6:41 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Hi Jeffrey, I like the spare layout. - Need a way to get back to the home page. - I'd like to be able to see a thumbnail array of a gallery set. Godfrey On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: After a hiatus of about 6 years, I'm rebuilding a minimalist website from the ground up. I decided to make it easy to view...on an iPad. Can some of you take a look and let me know what you think of the format? I'm not a pro, so there is nothing promotional on it. And the only gallery I have up so far is about 80 photos from the Lower 9th Ward taken after Katrina. All taken with Tri-X film with a rangefinder, so it is totally OT. The site is www.400tx.com. Thanks much, in advance. Jeffery Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
peso two hats
just for fun. Cheers, Christine http://www.caguila.com/twohats/content/IMGP1448_large.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Web site feedback - OT
Ah, good to know. I'm very non-pro, so might suit me just fine! Cheers, Christine On May 28, 2012, at 7:09 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: The non-pro version is a fraction of the cost, and probably has 95% of the functionality. I didn't realize that when I bought the Pro version. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 28, 2012, at 7:03 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: I went the web site--price a bit pricey for me. But thanks for the heads up anyway! Cheers, Christine On May 28, 2012, at 6:44 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: I'm working on thumbnail galleries right now. Freeway Pro is a great web design program if you are a Mac user. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 28, 2012, at 6:40 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: I agree with Godfrey! cheers, Christine On May 25, 2012, at 6:41 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Hi Jeffrey, I like the spare layout. - Need a way to get back to the home page. - I'd like to be able to see a thumbnail array of a gallery set. Godfrey On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: After a hiatus of about 6 years, I'm rebuilding a minimalist website from the ground up. I decided to make it easy to view...on an iPad. Can some of you take a look and let me know what you think of the format? I'm not a pro, so there is nothing promotional on it. And the only gallery I have up so far is about 80 photos from the Lower 9th Ward taken after Katrina. All taken with Tri-X film with a rangefinder, so it is totally OT. The site is www.400tx.com. Thanks much, in advance. Jeffery Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Form over Function
Riding it is it's own punishment. On 5/28/2012 6:41 PM, frank theriault wrote: Louis L. Sullivan would be aghast: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/form-over-function.html http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/form-over-function.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- 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: Today's Peace Rally
It was indeed my comment, and was meant to be a bit of black humor. Believe me, at my age, I would do more harm to myself than anyone else. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola I didn't catch the humor Dan. Ironic because often people don't get mine. I intended no offense with my prior comment and apologize if any was felt. 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: PESO - Form over Function
Well maybe, but on the other hand that guy has damn good form. -T On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 3:41 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Louis L. Sullivan would be aghast: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/form-over-function.html http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/form-over-function.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Today's Peace Rally
Thanks, Steve! Much appreciated. Cheers, Christine On May 27, 2012, at 7:44 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: That's a really good set. Your technique and composition are excellent. On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On May 21, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: As to the protesters, I only regret I don't have my old F-4B available to pay them a visit. Very cool. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA eew...@bellsouth.net What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit. - Chief Seattle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: peso two hats
That's fun (oh, you already said that :-) ) ann On 5/28/2012 20:14, Christine Aguila wrote: just for fun. Cheers, Christine http://www.caguila.com/twohats/content/IMGP1448_large.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 on Lr 4 being unusably slow
I don't understand why nobody has posted here about Lightroom 4 being so dog-slow. I upgraded on the weekend, went through the process of familiarizing myself with the new Develop sliders and became comfortable that its functionally a Good Thing. But: good gawd almighty is it slow! Every time I attempt to shift a slider I get a spinning pizza of death for many seconds. Sometimes I get the SPoD by simply moving the cursor a short distance. It's so damned frustrating, I'm starting to regret this upgrade and begin finding out how I can go back to Lr 3.6. Of course I Googled and discovered that legions of people are complaining about the very same thing. Dammit! Oh, then there's the issue where it warns me about incompatibilities with Ps CS5 now. They upgraded Camera RAW to 7.0, conveniently leaving CS5 at the final version of 6.7 with no hope of an upgrade. Nobody warned me that upgrading Lr to 4 meant automatically upgrading Ps to 6! Shit. Fairly pissed at Adobe right now. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT on Lr 4 being unusably slow
I upgraded to a slightly-faster computer with 8G of RAM and it was like night and day. We’ll never go back to the halcyon days of Lightroom 1 (now *that* was fast), but it’s perfectly acceptable; you just need more memory. -T On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I don't understand why nobody has posted here about Lightroom 4 being so dog-slow. I upgraded on the weekend, went through the process of familiarizing myself with the new Develop sliders and became comfortable that its functionally a Good Thing. But: good gawd almighty is it slow! Every time I attempt to shift a slider I get a spinning pizza of death for many seconds. Sometimes I get the SPoD by simply moving the cursor a short distance. It's so damned frustrating, I'm starting to regret this upgrade and begin finding out how I can go back to Lr 3.6. Of course I Googled and discovered that legions of people are complaining about the very same thing. Dammit! Oh, then there's the issue where it warns me about incompatibilities with Ps CS5 now. They upgraded Camera RAW to 7.0, conveniently leaving CS5 at the final version of 6.7 with no hope of an upgrade. Nobody warned me that upgrading Lr to 4 meant automatically upgrading Ps to 6! Shit. Fairly pissed at Adobe right now. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
