OT: Interesting sunset photo
It's amazing what you can snap with a suitable vantage point. http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/08/sunset-above-the-atlantic-ocean.html 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.
More pathology
Tonight, there was a blues/fusion dance at 418, the space I asked about processing images from. There was no band, and the room was lit with the blue LED spots, and with some red incandescent bulbs. In some ways, the lighting was even more bizarre than it was on the band Saturday night. It does seem, however, that there is some interesting creative potential for photographs taken in light with super saturated, imbalanced colors. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157631172113850/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
On Aug 20, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: What would be the best, most affordable option -- best bang for the lowest buck -- for the wider landscapes? All I really care about is the focal length and IQ -- everything else is mere window dressing as far as I'm concerned. I'm essentially looking for something very common and highly regarded. It seems to me that the least expensive way to get wide angles and high image quality is to stitch multiple exposures together in a panorama. Put the 50mm prime on your camera, mount it on the tripod in vertical orientation and when you take a bunch of photos and stitch them together, you even get higher resolution than you would with a wide angle lens. If you want to go all out, you calculate the nodal point, bend some steel into a 90 degree bracket, drill a hole at the nodal point, buy a 1/4-20 nut and you are golden. Mount it on the K100, and you get landscapes with the colors of the K100 sensor, the field of view of a wide angle, and better resolution than the K-5. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Sigma 70-300
Hi Darren, I have the Sigma 70-300 /4-5.6 APO DG, I like its sharpness and I made some very nice macro's with it (it has a macro switch for 200-300mm) It is bulky but supprisingly light weight. Recently I did a comparitive test with some lenses a had that covered 200mm. I took pictures at following conditions: only at 200mm, distance 3m, tripod, mirror up (2 sec pre time), 400ISO, K5 My opinion pixel peeping the pictures: Pentax and Tamron 28-200 @ F5.6 and F8 Okay (T and P very simular) Pentax A 70-210 @ 5.6 sharp maybe the best of all @5.6, @F8 very sharp DA 50-200 @f5.6 not good @ F8 improved a lot but no A70-210 Sigma 18-200 F8 quite good not worse than 50-200 Sigma 70-300 @ 5.6 and F8 nicely sharp SMC-M 80-200 not so nice Sigma 28-200 F8 quite good, F5.6 bad Sigma 135-400 @5.6 very good, maybe the best, @ F8 super Pentax F80-200 not bad I will never sell my Sigma 70-300 at usual prices Greetz, Jos On 20-8-2012 20:12, David J Brooks wrote: Went to the local Henrys today to get some Epson 2400 inks and the Pentax remote F. I asked a few questions about the 55-300 and he steered me to a lens on sale till Aug 31st. The Sigma 70-300. Its on sale for $199 down from $299. I was surprised at the low price, but we tooks a few in store photos with it and i'm impressed with the IQ. Anyone using this one, comments. He said he had one for his Nikon, but i find salesmen always have what they are trying to sell. He did show me some photos on his iPhone that he claimed were taken with it, and they looked good on the small screen. 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.
Flame ahead Re: PESO: Ugli Fungi
Dan, I have to make a comment. Bob, Ann and Jeffrey's posts were pretty amusing. It is what keeps a list enlivening to read. From a neutral Aussie point of view, I immediately saw James Carville as a somewhat dangerous and bulbous mushroom to be approached with caution. Did not see any political propaganda in the least. Yes, I do follow American politics closely, and I do know who James Carville is. I was just waiting for the Mary Matalin joke. Lighten up, dude. And take more interesting photos, ok? On 20/08/2012 11:24 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: If you guys want to hijack this list for propagation of your political views, please at least label your posts as OT Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: Carville teaches at my alma mater, and I assume that he lives near the park. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On Aug 20, 2012, at 12:12 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele On 8/19/2012 19:33, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jeffery Smith Down here this has been the wettest summer in recent memory, though most of the US has been drought-prone. It hasn't stopped raining all day today. This has led to a population explosion of mushrooms (actually, poisonous toadstools, I think) around the city. I've run into some fairy rings of them at Audubon Park, but didn't have my camera(!). Last week was even more annoying. James Carville jogged past me in the park, and me without a camera. is he some kind of poisonous toadstool? B quite the opposite :-) ann The one Democrat who sticks it to the Republicans on a regular basis. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - In the Flow
I have the same rule, and the same one to be broken. Love the tonal separation on his profile, and apropos of the recent pedal discussion, that focus on this feet. Works for me. On 20/08/2012 11:59 AM, frank theriault wrote: I kind of broke a personal rule (or, more accurately, guideline) here. I don't like to photograph people from behind. However, of the three shots I got of this guy (I was bracketing) this one was the most dynamic and gives the best feeling of speed: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/08/in-flow.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: More pathology
This one is very groovy http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/7829610438/ You have an iconic t-shirt design on the left there. On 21/08/2012 5:59 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Tonight, there was a blues/fusion dance at 418, the space I asked about processing images from. There was no band, and the room was lit with the blue LED spots, and with some red incandescent bulbs. In some ways, the lighting was even more bizarre than it was on the band Saturday night. It does seem, however, that there is some interesting creative potential for photographs taken in light with super saturated, imbalanced colors. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157631172113850/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso: I Hear the Train A'Comin'
Excellent shot Dave On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-2ZB3pxc/0/X2/train-X2.jpg -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - The Three Caballeros
Nice portrait shot Dave On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:59 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I originally started talking to the fellow with the boater; I wanted to get the hat for Real Canadians Wearing Real Hats (haven't posted on that blog in months). However they wanted me to get all three of them, three young men out on the town (this was taken outside of Parkdale's Cadillac Lounge): http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/08/the-three-caballeros.html I thought it was kind of fun. Hopefully you do, too. Comments always welcome. Got hat guy's e-mail address, and I'm sending him a copy right now. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: It seems to me that the least expensive way to get wide angles and high image quality is to stitch multiple exposures together in a panorama. Put the 50mm prime on your camera, mount it on the tripod in vertical orientation and when you take a bunch of photos and stitch them together, you even get higher resolution than you would with a wide angle lens. If you want to go all out, you calculate the nodal point, bend some steel into a 90 degree bracket, drill a hole at the nodal point, buy a 1/4-20 nut and you are golden. Mount it on the K100, and you get landscapes with the colors of the K100 sensor, the field of view of a wide angle, and better resolution than the K-5. Frankly, if that was my strategy for getting ultrawide shots, I think I'd miss more than I got. - In some cases, because the circumstances (weather, light) change before I can get everything set up and execute the panorama - In other cases, because I'm disinclined or prohibited from carrying a tripod where I'm going - In other cases, because I'm not sufficiently sold on a shot (in advance) to go through the effort -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
The dream cruise pics
My take on the dream cruise, including 20 photos. The one example I posted here didn't make the cut, probably because the Maserati isn't a typical dream cruise machine. http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/the-woodward-dream-cruise-rediscovers-its-strut/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The dream cruise pics
Nice work! and I love that pink Bel-Air - though I prefer it in Aqua :-) ann On 8/21/2012 07:34, Paul Stenquist wrote: My take on the dream cruise, including 20 photos. The one example I posted here didn't make the cut, probably because the Maserati isn't a typical dream cruise machine. http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/the-woodward-dream-cruise-rediscovers-its-strut/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax X-5 photos leaked
No, I believe it is a Super Q that takes K-mount lenses in AF. The idea, from Pentax's viewpoint is to sell more lenses. Pentax is doubling down on the Q (as well they should). A near Q with an AF K-mount and this range of normal lens is going to be awesome. It is the perfect time to make people take another look (beyond their prejudices) at the original Q model (now selling for $399) and then this one. The small sensor gives you all kinds of advantages with its extremely high DOF, especially for macro. If this is a Q with an autofocus K-mount then Pentax is going to sell a million DFA 100mm Macros to go with it. On a Q sensor that gives you the whole bug in focus (not merely a slice) and at the other end it gives you a 560mm super telephoto (all in one lens). The thing they are going to have going against them is all the people who still don't get the Q. This guy certainly gets it. This camera is using a slightly larger Sony Exmor-R than the Q has...1/2.8 Think iPhone's sensor only much larger. This is going to be a macro birder's dream camera (along with everything in between). It is also going to be another camera that no understands and Pentax takes a bashing for, at least initially. But this one is a Winner with a capital W. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax X-5 photos leaked
This guy certainly gets it link: http://www.seriouscompacts.com/f90/pentax-q-real-world-user-review-11773/index4.html#post91442 You'll find Pinholecam on seriouscompacts.com and pentaxforums.com On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: No, I believe it is a Super Q that takes K-mount lenses in AF. The idea, from Pentax's viewpoint is to sell more lenses. Pentax is doubling down on the Q (as well they should). A near Q with an AF K-mount and this range of normal lens is going to be awesome. It is the perfect time to make people take another look (beyond their prejudices) at the original Q model (now selling for $399) and then this one. The small sensor gives you all kinds of advantages with its extremely high DOF, especially for macro. If this is a Q with an autofocus K-mount then Pentax is going to sell a million DFA 100mm Macros to go with it. On a Q sensor that gives you the whole bug in focus (not merely a slice) and at the other end it gives you a 560mm super telephoto (all in one lens). The thing they are going to have going against them is all the people who still don't get the Q. This guy certainly gets it. This camera is using a slightly larger Sony Exmor-R than the Q has...1/2.8 Think iPhone's sensor only much larger. This is going to be a macro birder's dream camera (along with everything in between). It is also going to be another camera that no understands and Pentax takes a bashing for, at least initially. But this one is a Winner with a capital W. -- The key to seeing the world's soul, and in the process wakening one's own, is to get over the confusion by which we think that fact is real and imagination an illusion. It is the other way around. -Thomas Moore, Original Self -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Interesting sunset photo
Amazing indeed! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:20 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: It's amazing what you can snap with a suitable vantage point. http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/08/sunset-above-the-atlantic-ocean.html 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Sigma 70-300
Thanks for that Dave On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:47 AM, Jos from Holland jos_from_holl...@onsnet.nu wrote: Hi Darren, I have the Sigma 70-300 /4-5.6 APO DG, I like its sharpness and I made some very nice macro's with it (it has a macro switch for 200-300mm) It is bulky but supprisingly light weight. Recently I did a comparitive test with some lenses a had that covered 200mm. I took pictures at following conditions: only at 200mm, distance 3m, tripod, mirror up (2 sec pre time), 400ISO, K5 My opinion pixel peeping the pictures: Pentax and Tamron 28-200 @ F5.6 and F8 Okay (T and P very simular) Pentax A 70-210 @ 5.6 sharp maybe the best of all @5.6, @F8 very sharp DA 50-200 @f5.6 not good @ F8 improved a lot but no A70-210 Sigma 18-200 F8 quite good not worse than 50-200 Sigma 70-300 @ 5.6 and F8 nicely sharp SMC-M 80-200 not so nice Sigma 28-200 F8 quite good, F5.6 bad Sigma 135-400 @5.6 very good, maybe the best, @ F8 super Pentax F80-200 not bad I will never sell my Sigma 70-300 at usual prices Greetz, Jos On 20-8-2012 20:12, David J Brooks wrote: Went to the local Henrys today to get some Epson 2400 inks and the Pentax remote F. I asked a few questions about the 55-300 and he steered me to a lens on sale till Aug 31st. The Sigma 70-300. Its on sale for $199 down from $299. I was surprised at the low price, but we tooks a few in store photos with it and i'm impressed with the IQ. Anyone using this one, comments. He said he had one for his Nikon, but i find salesmen always have what they are trying to sell. He did show me some photos on his iPhone that he claimed were taken with it, and they looked good on the small screen. 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: Flame ahead Re: PESO: Ugli Fungi
Derby, there are many places where politics and political humor can be discussed among those who wish to do so. I have participated in other internet groups that once were lively and dynamic, and provided a valuable exchange of information and ideas, but have been torn apart by the injection of off-topic political diatribes and arguments. Those fora still exist, but the levels of participation and enthusiasm are but a fraction of what they once were. I have no desire to be a censor. Please note that I did not object to the posts, but only requested that any posts that deviate into political commentary be clearly marked as OT:. I thought that a reasonable enough request. Your mileage may vary. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:54 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Dan, I have to make a comment. Bob, Ann and Jeffrey's posts were pretty amusing. It is what keeps a list enlivening to read. From a neutral Aussie point of view, I immediately saw James Carville as a somewhat dangerous and bulbous mushroom to be approached with caution. Did not see any political propaganda in the least. Yes, I do follow American politics closely, and I do know who James Carville is. I was just waiting for the Mary Matalin joke. Lighten up, dude. And take more interesting photos, ok? On 20/08/2012 11:24 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: If you guys want to hijack this list for propagation of your political views, please at least label your posts as OT Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: Carville teaches at my alma mater, and I assume that he lives near the park. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On Aug 20, 2012, at 12:12 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele On 8/19/2012 19:33, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jeffery Smith Down here this has been the wettest summer in recent memory, though most of the US has been drought-prone. It hasn't stopped raining all day today. This has led to a population explosion of mushrooms (actually, poisonous toadstools, I think) around the city. I've run into some fairy rings of them at Audubon Park, but didn't have my camera(!). Last week was even more annoying. James Carville jogged past me in the park, and me without a camera. is he some kind of poisonous toadstool? B quite the opposite :-) ann The one Democrat who sticks it to the Republicans on a regular basis. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: The dream cruise pics
Thanks for the report! We were at the other end of the state and I couldn't manage the trip down. Maybe next year . . . stan Sent from my iPad On Aug 21, 2012, at 7:34 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: My take on the dream cruise, including 20 photos. The one example I posted here didn't make the cut, probably because the Maserati isn't a typical dream cruise machine. http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/the-woodward-dream-cruise-rediscovers-its-strut/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
Pentax X-5 photos leaked
Hate him, or Really hate him, RiceHigh is early with a leak: ricehigh.blogspot.com The pics are probably accurate, but I don't think the description probably is. This is your K-5 upgrade. -- The key to seeing the world's soul, and in the process wakening one's own, is to get over the confusion by which we think that fact is real and imagination an illusion. It is the other way around. -Thomas Moore, Original Self -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax X-5 photos leaked
I haven't done the math, but I'm guessing around 4x. That makes the kit lens a 16-400mm in 35mm FOV equivalency. Think iPhone quality sensor only LARGER instead of so much smaller than APS-C. Even Pentax Full Frame buyers are going to own an X-5. It is like the Ultimate 4x Teleconverter for all their existing Good Glass. (Has to be Good Glass because smaller sensor pixel pitch makes them more susceptible to CA). They are going to sell a million DFA 100mm Macros and Limited to go on this lens, once people understand. This is absolutely BRILLIANT and suddenly makes all the RD that Pentax did on the slow-selling Q look like sheer genius. They now own three sweet spots with the best camera (and glass): APS-C with the K-5, 1/2.8 with the X-5, and 1/2.3 with the Q. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax X-5 photos leaked
On Aug 21, 2012, at 7:29, Darren Addy wrote: Hate him, or Really hate him, RiceHigh is early with a leak: ricehigh.blogspot.com The pics are probably accurate, but I don't think the description probably is. This is your K-5 upgrade. PS Superzoom. -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: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
Walt, I have some lenses that I am willing to loan out. Tamron 300/5.6. M100/4 macro M28/2.8 (second edition, same as the A but w/o the A setting) 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: Pentax X-5 photos leaked
On Aug 21, 2012, at 8:16, Darren Addy wrote: I haven't done the math, but I'm guessing around 4x. That makes the kit lens a 16-400mm in 35mm FOV equivalency. I see no mechanism/switch/whatever for removing the lens. The promo refers to the camera itself (not the supplied lens) as a 26x Ultrazoom Point and Shoot. I think you're stuck with that lens on there. -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: Pentax X-5 photos leaked
On Aug 21, 2012, at 5:46 AM, Darren Addy wrote: No, I believe it is a Super Q that takes K-mount lenses in AF. The idea, from Pentax's viewpoint is to sell more lenses. I don't see any sort of a lens release button on the pictures. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Mailing list change?
Tim - I noticed the same thing and had been chalking it up to gmail. For a while, I would see re: on replies in the message list. When I opened the message gmail would display the full thread with the original subject line at the top of the list. Now I don't even see the re: in the message list. Don't know where it's coming from, I had just figured it was gmail. gs George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:52 PM, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: I suspect that the proliferation of mailing apps on a proliferation of operating systems across a proliferation of platforms is the reason for whatever non-standard behaviour you may notice on any particular day. The old reason was that digest subscribers were cutting and pasting from a digest into a new mail (when they don't is when you see a mail titled as a digest number). regards, Anthony On 21 August 2012 12:27, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: Lots and lots of messages are showing up that are continuations of previous threads, but without a “Re:” in the subject line. Is this a change in my gmail, or in the list software, or what? It’s sort of annoying, when I get behind on PDML, I only visit each thread once, which is pretty easy if you skip threads labeled “Re:” Or maybe I’m just imagining this? -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: Pentax X-5 photos leaked
It's a bridge camera. Superzoom non-detachable lens. On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Actually, I sort of missed the lens. 4.0 to 105mm ? 4mm. Clearly this is not a full frame. On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Hate him, or Really hate him, RiceHigh is early with a leak: ricehigh.blogspot.com The pics are probably accurate, but I don't think the description probably is. This is your K-5 upgrade. -- The key to seeing the world's soul, and in the process wakening one's own, is to get over the confusion by which we think that fact is real and imagination an illusion. It is the other way around. -Thomas Moore, Original Self -- The key to seeing the world's soul, and in the process wakening one's own, is to get over the confusion by which we think that fact is real and imagination an illusion. It is the other way around. -Thomas Moore, Original Self -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: More pathology
On Aug 21, 2012, at 5:44 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Oh yeah! This is teetering dangerously close to being Fine Art, Larry. You better watch out. I doubt my work even qualifies as art, and I'm at least a gallery exhibit and a pretentious artist statement from any of those photos being fine art. Really fun shots. Thanks. On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 6:03 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: This one is very groovy http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/7829610438/ Thanks. I'm not sure why blown out blue goes straight to white, when there is no red or green in the signal. You have an iconic t-shirt design on the left there. On 21/08/2012 5:59 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Tonight, there was a blues/fusion dance at 418, the space I asked about processing images from. There was no band, and the room was lit with the blue LED spots, and with some red incandescent bulbs. In some ways, the lighting was even more bizarre than it was on the band Saturday night. It does seem, however, that there is some interesting creative potential for photographs taken in light with super saturated, imbalanced colors. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157631172113850/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax X-5 photos leaked
It is obvious that it is non-changeable lens: words 16 megapixels are written on the lens. (and as couple of people mentioned, - no lens release button is visible) Igor On Aug 21, 2012, at 5:46 AM, Darren Addy wrote: No, I believe it is a Super Q that takes K-mount lenses in AF. The idea, from Pentax's viewpoint is to sell more lenses. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
You can rent various Pentax wide angle lenses for two weeks for well under $50 at borrowlenses.com. Cost varies by lens and length of rental period. http://www.borrowlenses.com/category/penax_wide_angle I'm not sure how long you'll be gone, but this seems like a good way to use a high quality lens for not much money. gs George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Peter Loveday pe...@loveday.org wrote: Are there any friendly local PDML'ers you could hit up for a loan of a lens for the trip? I'd offer, but i think going via Australia is probably a bit more of a detour than you'd want to take... - Peter -Original Message- From: Walt Gilbert Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:26 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . . . . . and give me your thoughts. Say you're going to be leaving for the Black Hills of South Dakota in a little over a month and have an extremely limited budget. I'm quite literally saving up the quarters from my tips (along with everything else that I can) to finance it. But, you want to make sure that you get some images worthy of the trip. I'll be taking all of my camera bodies with me -- K-x, K20D, K100D Super -- and plan to use my Promaster 70-300 as a zoom, at least one of my 50mm primes, and I'd like to have something wider for landscapes. I have a Takumar 28/2.8, but it's really a pretty crappy lens compared to the others. What would be the best, most affordable option -- best bang for the lowest buck -- for the wider landscapes? All I really care about is the focal length and IQ -- everything else is mere window dressing as far as I'm concerned. I'm essentially looking for something very common and highly regarded. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- 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. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2197 / Virus Database: 2437/5210 - Release Date: 08/19/12 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
On Aug 21, 2012, at 4:22 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: It seems to me that the least expensive way to get wide angles and high image quality is to stitch multiple exposures together in a panorama. Put the 50mm prime on your camera, mount it on the tripod in vertical orientation and when you take a bunch of photos and stitch them together, you even get higher resolution than you would with a wide angle lens. If you want to go all out, you calculate the nodal point, bend some steel into a 90 degree bracket, drill a hole at the nodal point, buy a 1/4-20 nut and you are golden. Mount it on the K100, and you get landscapes with the colors of the K100 sensor, the field of view of a wide angle, and better resolution than the K-5. Frankly, if that was my strategy for getting ultrawide shots, I think I'd miss more than I got. I didn't say that it was the best way, I just said that it was the cheapest way. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: More pathology
- Doctor, when I do this, it hurts... - Don't do that! ;-) I experimented a bit taking photos in the ambient mixed blue or blue and red light 1-2 years ago, albeit not in as dark space as in your case. If you are curious, - take a look here: The first few photos here: http://42graphy.org/swing/rachel-jan2011/ and a bunch of photos here: http://42graphy.org/swing/abp-2010/a-thursday/ Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
Maybe the old Tokina RMC 17mm f/3.5. If you can find one it should be very cheap. I would prefer the DA18-55 II for the best price/performance. Toine On 21 August 2012 00:56, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: . . . and give me your thoughts. Say you're going to be leaving for the Black Hills of South Dakota in a little over a month and have an extremely limited budget. I'm quite literally saving up the quarters from my tips (along with everything else that I can) to finance it. But, you want to make sure that you get some images worthy of the trip. I'll be taking all of my camera bodies with me -- K-x, K20D, K100D Super -- and plan to use my Promaster 70-300 as a zoom, at least one of my 50mm primes, and I'd like to have something wider for landscapes. I have a Takumar 28/2.8, but it's really a pretty crappy lens compared to the others. What would be the best, most affordable option -- best bang for the lowest buck -- for the wider landscapes? All I really care about is the focal length and IQ -- everything else is mere window dressing as far as I'm concerned. I'm essentially looking for something very common and highly regarded. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- 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: Peso: I Hear the Train A'Comin'
Haven't been in the Convention Center in at least 10 years, so I didn't recognize the mural. I may have to pay a visit. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:32 AM Subject: Re: Peso: I Hear the Train A'Comin' Thanks for the comments. The mural is in the Philadelphia Convention center, part of which is an old train station. Igor: There was too much distracting stuff down there so I had to crop it. On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 7:16 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Excellent shot Dave On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-2ZB3pxc/0/X2/train-X2.jpg -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
Well, that's good to know. I guess maybe I am over-preparing a bit. But, this could turn out to be a once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing, so I just have the better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it mentality. I'll probably temper it a little between now and then. -- Walt On 8/20/2012 10:47 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: And I really don't want to miss out on a great shot because I just didn't have the lens readily available. I spent a week in the Badlands photographing and except for some prarie dogs, there wasn't any fast moving targets that required having lenses pre mounted. I mostly shot a 28-80 3.5-4.5 F a 70-210 4 - 5.6 F. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . . Well, I was thinking there may be third-party lenses that might make the cut, so I thought that might make it semi-OT. But, since they'd be K-mounts, I guess I was just being a little extra cautious. I wanted to carry three bodies just to make sure I have a fairly long zoom for wildlife, one of my 50's for great sharpness and bokeh, and a wider-angle for the landscapes -- all on a body for ready access. I don't mind carrying the extra weight much. And I really don't want to miss out on a great shot because I just didn't have the lens readily available. Besides, I'm a bit smitten at the images that K100D Super puts out; there's just something about the sensor on that thing that I just love. I do have the DA 18-55 and thought about using it. I just wondered if there might be a nice, affordable short prime that would out-perform it. If there isn't really one that justifies the outlay, then that's probably the route I'll take. Thanks, Bruce! -- Walt On 8/20/2012 6:04 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: OT? What could possibly be more *on-topic* than questions about Pentax photo equipment? :-) Why take the K100D Super when you've got a K20 and K-x along? It'll just add weight. Have you not got a DA 18-55 kit lens? I'd use that for wide landscapes myself. It's a darned sharp lens. And small and light too. On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: . . . and give me your thoughts. Say you're going to be leaving for the Black Hills of South Dakota in a little over a month and have an extremely limited budget. I'm quite literally saving up the quarters from my tips (along with everything else that I can) to finance it. But, you want to make sure that you get some images worthy of the trip. I'll be taking all of my camera bodies with me -- K-x, K20D, K100D Super -- and plan to use my Promaster 70-300 as a zoom, at least one of my 50mm primes, and I'd like to have something wider for landscapes. I have a Takumar 28/2.8, but it's really a pretty crappy lens compared to the others. What would be the best, most affordable option -- best bang for the lowest buck -- for the wider landscapes? All I really care about is the focal length and IQ -- everything else is mere window dressing as far as I'm concerned. I'm essentially looking for something very common and highly regarded. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- 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: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
On 8/21/2012 3:27 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Aug 20, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: What would be the best, most affordable option -- best bang for the lowest buck -- for the wider landscapes? All I really care about is the focal length and IQ -- everything else is mere window dressing as far as I'm concerned. I'm essentially looking for something very common and highly regarded. It seems to me that the least expensive way to get wide angles and high image quality is to stitch multiple exposures together in a panorama. Put the 50mm prime on your camera, mount it on the tripod in vertical orientation and when you take a bunch of photos and stitch them together, you even get higher resolution than you would with a wide angle lens. If you want to go all out, you calculate the nodal point, bend some steel into a 90 degree bracket, drill a hole at the nodal point, buy a 1/4-20 nut and you are golden. Mount it on the K100, and you get landscapes with the colors of the K100 sensor, the field of view of a wide angle, and better resolution than the K-5. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est I've thought about trying my hand at stitching in the past. I may well give it a whirl at some point on this trip. Is there any particular pano stitching software you recommend? -- 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: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
On 8/20/2012 8:19 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2012-08-20 16:56 Walt Gilbert wrote [...] and I'd like to have something wider for landscapes. I have a Takumar 28/2.8, but it's really a pretty crappy lens compared to the others. What would be the best, most affordable option -- best bang for the lowest buck -- for the wider landscapes? All I really care about is the focal length and IQ i like my 16-45 pretty well, but perhaps that's because it's all i have wider than 24mm; it is not a fine lens, but it is a very useful lens however, your budget is tight enough, and the trip sounds short enough, that i'd consider renting a lens; i can't recommend a rental service, but i've considered it myself; most i've seen carry only Pentax lenses in K-mount but at least one (cameralensrentals.com) carries some Sigma; at borrowlenses.com i see 16-50/2.8, 12-24/4, 14/2.8 and 15/4 the 14/2.8 was cheapest at $38 for two weeks (again, not recommending, just checking prices) Thanks, Steve. I'd given rental some thought, too -- and that does seem like a pretty good option if it comes down to that. I was more or less hoping there might be an abundance of cheap, shorter glass out there that are great performers along the lines of the 50mm primes I've come to love so much. The price for the 14/2.8 rental certainly sounds reasonable, though. I just wonder if there are any places like that in the area. Seems like there ought to be, given the amount of photography that goes on up there. I'll have to check into that. -- 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: Mailing list change?
I think I may be the only current *actively posting* digest subscriber. I've never seen anyone else get bitched out for screwing up the threading. I try to pay attention to the subject line when I post a reply manually put the RE: in if it's not already there. From: Anthony Farr I suspect that the proliferation of mailing apps on a proliferation of operating systems across a proliferation of platforms is the reason for whatever non-standard behaviour you may notice on any particular day. The old reason was that digest subscribers were cutting and pasting from a digest into a new mail (when they don't is when you see a mail titled as a digest number). regards, Anthony On 21 August 2012 12:27, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: Lots and lots of messages are showing up that are continuations of previous threads, but without a ?Re:? in the subject line. Is this a change in my gmail, or in the list software, or what? It?s sort of annoying, when I get behind on PDML, I only visit each thread once, which is pretty easy if you skip threads labeled ?Re:? Or maybe I?m just imagining this? -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: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
Thanks, Toine! I'll look into that one and see if I can find a nice deal. I really would like to have a decent short prime -- one that's better than my Tak 28/2.8. But, if I can't come up with one, I suppose my 18-55 will be fine. -- Walt On 8/21/2012 9:34 AM, Toine wrote: Maybe the old Tokina RMC 17mm f/3.5. If you can find one it should be very cheap. I would prefer the DA18-55 II for the best price/performance. Toine On 21 August 2012 00:56, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: . . . and give me your thoughts. Say you're going to be leaving for the Black Hills of South Dakota in a little over a month and have an extremely limited budget. I'm quite literally saving up the quarters from my tips (along with everything else that I can) to finance it. But, you want to make sure that you get some images worthy of the trip. I'll be taking all of my camera bodies with me -- K-x, K20D, K100D Super -- and plan to use my Promaster 70-300 as a zoom, at least one of my 50mm primes, and I'd like to have something wider for landscapes. I have a Takumar 28/2.8, but it's really a pretty crappy lens compared to the others. What would be the best, most affordable option -- best bang for the lowest buck -- for the wider landscapes? All I really care about is the focal length and IQ -- everything else is mere window dressing as far as I'm concerned. I'm essentially looking for something very common and highly regarded. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- 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: Re: Re: Reponses Photo on what to expect
From: Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com It's not often that logic and Pentax appear together in the same thought. Mark! LOL. That's sort of what if say about rap. Rap and music do not belong in the same sentence unless the words 'is not' is between them. I screwed up the Re:'s on this post on purpose. 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: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
Thank you, Collin! I may very well take you up on one or more of those and will happily pay the shipping when the time comes and I still haven't come up with anything. I very much appreciate the offer! -- Walt On 8/21/2012 8:29 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: Walt, I have some lenses that I am willing to loan out. Tamron 300/5.6. M100/4 macro M28/2.8 (second edition, same as the A but w/o the A setting) 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: Pentax X-5 photos leaked
From: Darren Addy No, I believe it is a Super Q that takes K-mount lenses in AF. The idea, from Pentax's viewpoint is to sell more lenses. It says right in the blog that it's a super-zoom point shoot. Previous Pentax 'X' cameras: X70 http://www.dpreview.com/products/pentax/compacts/pentax_x70 X90 http://www.dpreview.com/products/pentax/compacts/pentax_x90 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax X-5 photos leaked
Yep, well I've been convinced that this is not an interchangable lens camera (and that it is the same sensor size as the Q), which means that they used some of their Q knowledge to make it. I guess it confuses me that they make the Q and K-01 interchangeable lens but no viewfinder, and then make this camera (which clearly has some kind of viewfinder in addition to live view), but make it non-interchangeable lens. Guess that also mean that they could leave out the expensive dust removal system. Still has Shake Reduction (SR). Presumably it has Focus Peaking (something I wish they would add to the Q firmware). I really don't know why they would engineer a 4-105mm for a Q-sized sensor and then not offer it in a Q-mount (assuming the flange to sensor distance of the Q is the same as the X-5, which may be a wrong assumption). Another thing that would be a handy firmware introduction (for all Pentax AF cameras) would be a button that could be programmed to focus any AF lens to hyperfocal distance and then read out the min/max distances on the LCD. If nothing else, this gives me greater hope that Q development is alive and well (not abandoned). The more megapixels you put on that size of a sensor the more sensitive it is going to be to CA. You either have to deal with that in post (for RAW) or maybe Pentax is working on a way to correct for it in-camera like they have for the noise issue of the smaller sensor. Not smoking anything. Just high on Pentax Life, friends! : ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
I have to admit that it is a little hard to put oneself in your shoes because your objectives seem at odds with each other. You started off saying you wanted wide (for landscapes) and then say that f3.5 is too slow for you. Few landscapes are shot wide open, and most wide lenses are going to be slower than f3.5 unless you are spending an ungodly amount of money. All of your cameras are APS-C so 28 isn't really wide at all. 24 only equiv. to the old 35mm wide. It is surprising you don't have a kit lens in your stable, if only for the 18mm end. I think the lens you really want and would be in love with once you had it, is the Sigma EX 10-20mm (15-30mm equiv. FOV on APS-C) You can find them used for around $350 (that's what I got mine for a couple of years ago) to $400, for the f4.-5.6 version. Feast your eyes on what it can do: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/lens-clubs/84539-sigma-10-20mm-club.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.
Peso: I Hear the Train A'Comin'
Wow that's cool. Good photography there. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 2 Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:43:52 -0400 From: Steven Desjardinsdrd1...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Peso: I Hear the Train A'Comin' Message-ID: CALqig0hv+kMa=YgAC7D10NTRRaW3D0NXEh9adZdr5N_pmN=g...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-2ZB3pxc/0/X2/train-X2.jpg -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
That's most likely what'll happen. I was just hoping there might be a glut of some great short lens out there that everyone has in their kit just because they're so great and readily available. -- Walt On 8/20/2012 10:39 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote: Borrow something. Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: . . . and give me your thoughts. Say you're going to be leaving for the Black Hills of South Dakota in a little over a month and have an extremely limited budget. I'm quite literally saving up the quarters from my tips (along with everything else that I can) to finance it. But, you want to make sure that you get some images worthy of the trip. I'll be taking all of my camera bodies with me -- K-x, K20D, K100D Super -- and plan to use my Promaster 70-300 as a zoom, at least one of my 50mm primes, and I'd like to have something wider for landscapes. I have a Takumar 28/2.8, but it's really a pretty crappy lens compared to the others. What would be the best, most affordable option -- best bang for the lowest buck -- for the wider landscapes? All I really care about is the focal length and IQ -- everything else is mere window dressing as far as I'm concerned. I'm essentially looking for something very common and highly regarded. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- 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: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
Thanks, George. I'll be sure to check out the rental option between now and then. I was hoping I might be able to buy a nice, older lens for a really cheap price -- maybe even get one on an old film body. I've got my eyes peeled for all kinds of opportunities. I'd much prefer to have one for keeps, but if that's not possible, then rental would be an obvious alternative. -- Walt On 8/21/2012 8:53 AM, George Sinos wrote: You can rent various Pentax wide angle lenses for two weeks for well under $50 at borrowlenses.com. Cost varies by lens and length of rental period. http://www.borrowlenses.com/category/penax_wide_angle I'm not sure how long you'll be gone, but this seems like a good way to use a high quality lens for not much money. gs George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Peter Loveday pe...@loveday.org wrote: Are there any friendly local PDML'ers you could hit up for a loan of a lens for the trip? I'd offer, but i think going via Australia is probably a bit more of a detour than you'd want to take... - Peter -Original Message- From: Walt Gilbert Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:26 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . . . . . and give me your thoughts. Say you're going to be leaving for the Black Hills of South Dakota in a little over a month and have an extremely limited budget. I'm quite literally saving up the quarters from my tips (along with everything else that I can) to finance it. But, you want to make sure that you get some images worthy of the trip. I'll be taking all of my camera bodies with me -- K-x, K20D, K100D Super -- and plan to use my Promaster 70-300 as a zoom, at least one of my 50mm primes, and I'd like to have something wider for landscapes. I have a Takumar 28/2.8, but it's really a pretty crappy lens compared to the others. What would be the best, most affordable option -- best bang for the lowest buck -- for the wider landscapes? All I really care about is the focal length and IQ -- everything else is mere window dressing as far as I'm concerned. I'm essentially looking for something very common and highly regarded. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- 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. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2197 / Virus Database: 2437/5210 - Release Date: 08/19/12 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
re: PESO - The Three Caballeros
Good street portrait, I like the attitude. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 6 Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:59:17 -0400 From: frank theriaultknarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail ListPDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - The Three Caballeros Message-ID: calosnqja8xjszchbf5tzyvrmu_ypimzajhytr6c95tx58fn...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I originally started talking to the fellow with the boater; I wanted to get the hat for Real Canadians Wearing Real Hats (haven't posted on that blog in months). However they wanted me to get all three of them, three young men out on the town (this was taken outside of Parkdale's Cadillac Lounge): http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/08/the-three-caballeros.html I thought it was kind of fun. Hopefully you do, too. Comments always welcome. Got hat guy's e-mail address, and I'm sending him a copy right now. cheers, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax X-5 photos leaked
Sorry I'm feeling prankish today so take what I say in that light. :) I guess it confuses me that they make the Q and K-01. Yes that confuses me also. I really don't know why they would engineer a 4-105mm for a Q-sized sensor. I don't know why they would engineer a Q. I'm sure it takes fine images for it's size but it was doomed from the start up against much larger sensor IC lens cameras at a lower price. If nothing else, this gives me greater hope that Q development is alive and well (not abandoned). If Pentax were to be developing a Q replacement instead of a FF it would be shocking. :) Tom C. -- ___ PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net End of PDML Digest, Vol 76, Issue 159 * -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
On 8/21/2012 11:01 AM, Darren Addy wrote: I have to admit that it is a little hard to put oneself in your shoes because your objectives seem at odds with each other. You started off saying you wanted wide (for landscapes) and then say that f3.5 is too slow for you. Few landscapes are shot wide open, and most wide lenses are going to be slower than f3.5 unless you are spending an ungodly amount of money. That's a damned good point I hadn't thought about. Though, one of the reasons I'd like a wider lens with larger maximum aperture is that I'd also like to use it for close-focusing shots in relatively low light. Though, in that case, I suppose I could always just use one of my 50's. All of your cameras are APS-C so 28 isn't really wide at all. 24 only equiv. to the old 35mm wide. It is surprising you don't have a kit lens in your stable, if only for the 18mm end. I actually do have one, but I'm just not that crazy about it. I loved it when I first got it, but then I discovered the wonderful world of primes and it's sat mostly unused ever since. Maybe I'll get it out and give it another try to see if I can like it again. I think the lens you really want and would be in love with once you had it, is the Sigma EX 10-20mm (15-30mm equiv. FOV on APS-C) You can find them used for around $350 (that's what I got mine for a couple of years ago) to $400, for the f4.-5.6 version. Feast your eyes on what it can do: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/lens-clubs/84539-sigma-10-20mm-club.html That does look like an awfully nice lens. I may have to put that on my maybe someday list, along with the Bigma. -- 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.
PESO - Omaha Stormchasers
A few members of the Omaha Camera Club spent Saturday evening at the Omaha Stormchaser's game. The Stormchasers are the farm team for the KC Royals and were called the Omaha Royals for many years. When they moved from Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha to the much smaller Werner Park in Papillion, they changed the name. There was a contest for the fans to suggest the new name and one of the finalists was The Omahahogs. Saturday was What-if night and the team was clad in Omahahog uniforms and caps. It was a fun night, topped off by the Stormchasers clinching the division title and followed up by a fireworks display. A bit more on-topic, I spent the night experimenting with pano and other wide aspect ration shots, a little HDR and a few fireworks shots. There's one pano here http://georges.posterous.com/photo-night-at-omaha-stormchasers and you can click through the link in the blog to see the whole Smugmug gallery. gs George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso: I Hear the Train A'Comin'
Thanks for the comments. The mural is in the Philadelphia Convention center, part of which is an old train station. Igor: There was too much distracting stuff down there so I had to crop it. On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 7:16 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Excellent shot Dave On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-2ZB3pxc/0/X2/train-X2.jpg -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
From: Walt Gilbert Well, I was thinking there may be third-party lenses that might make the cut, so I thought that might make it semi-OT. But, since they'd be K-mounts, I guess I was just being a little extra cautious. I wanted to carry three bodies just to make sure I have a fairly long zoom for wildlife, one of my 50's for great sharpness and bokeh, and a wider-angle for the landscapes -- all on a body for ready access. I don't mind carrying the extra weight much. And I really don't want to miss out on a great shot because I just didn't have the lens readily available. It doesn't work that way. Three bodies with three different lenses mounted just makes it nine times more likely that when a once in a lifetime opportunity to make a prize-winning photo occurs, the only one you can get your hands on is going to be the wrong one. BEEN there, DONE that - didn't even win a T-shirt for a consolation prize. And that's not even the worst that could happen: http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.446389!/img/httpImage/image.jpg Besides, I'm a bit smitten at the images that K100D Super puts out; there's just something about the sensor on that thing that I just love. I do have the DA 18-55 and thought about using it. I just wondered if there might be a nice, affordable short prime that would out-perform it. If there isn't really one that justifies the outlay, then that's probably the route I'll take. Nice and short are relatively achievable. Affordable is another matter entirely. The key words here are one that justifies the outlay under the circumstances you specify. Actually, nice and short didn't even look too promising from a quick check of KEH. They aren't showing many lenses wider than 28mm, and none of what they *are* showing is going to meet any reasonable definition of affordable. The 18-55 is a good lens. Make that a GREAT lens if you already have one, which knocks AFFORDABLE over the 400' fence, and right out of the ballpark. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
On 8/21/2012 9:45 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Walt Gilbert Well, I was thinking there may be third-party lenses that might make the cut, so I thought that might make it semi-OT. But, since they'd be K-mounts, I guess I was just being a little extra cautious. I wanted to carry three bodies just to make sure I have a fairly long zoom for wildlife, one of my 50's for great sharpness and bokeh, and a wider-angle for the landscapes -- all on a body for ready access. I don't mind carrying the extra weight much. And I really don't want to miss out on a great shot because I just didn't have the lens readily available. It doesn't work that way. Three bodies with three different lenses mounted just makes it nine times more likely that when a once in a lifetime opportunity to make a prize-winning photo occurs, the only one you can get your hands on is going to be the wrong one. BEEN there, DONE that - didn't even win a T-shirt for a consolation prize. And that's not even the worst that could happen: http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.446389!/img/httpImage/image.jpg Besides, I'm a bit smitten at the images that K100D Super puts out; there's just something about the sensor on that thing that I just love. I do have the DA 18-55 and thought about using it. I just wondered if there might be a nice, affordable short prime that would out-perform it. If there isn't really one that justifies the outlay, then that's probably the route I'll take. Nice and short are relatively achievable. Affordable is another matter entirely. The key words here are one that justifies the outlay under the circumstances you specify. Actually, nice and short didn't even look too promising from a quick check of KEH. They aren't showing many lenses wider than 28mm, and none of what they *are* showing is going to meet any reasonable definition of affordable. The 18-55 is a good lens. Make that a GREAT lens if you already have one, which knocks AFFORDABLE over the 400' fence, and right out of the ballpark. You make a very valid and strong point, John. I noticed what you did at KEH. There really wasn't anything in the BGN bin shorter than 28mm. I still have about a month before I have to pull the trigger on anything. If something great comes up between now and then, then I'll jump on it. But, in the meantime, I do have the 18-55 to fall back on. Thanks! -- 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: Pentax X-5 photos leaked
Darren, interesting thoughts. Is there verification that it has inter-changeable lens? I have played around with Pen 4/3s and if I had money to throw away he Q might be useful I never looked at it seriously. If this new one is PS I have an older Nikon with articulating screen that is my least used camera. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 6 Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:46:24 -0500 From: Darren Addypixelsmi...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax X-5 photos leaked Message-ID: caeqabgstsoim1dazvc6uua9mwgj53-44ecvdn9y4jxqcw1o...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 No, I believe it is a Super Q that takes K-mount lenses in AF. The idea, from Pentax's viewpoint is to sell more lenses. Pentax is doubling down on the Q (as well they should). A near Q with an AF K-mount and this range of normal lens is going to be awesome. It is the perfect time to make people take another look (beyond their prejudices) at the original Q model (now selling for $399) and then this one. The small sensor gives you all kinds of advantages with its extremely high DOF, especially for macro. If this is a Q with an autofocus K-mount then Pentax is going to sell a million DFA 100mm Macros to go with it. On a Q sensor that gives you the whole bug in focus (not merely a slice) and at the other end it gives you a 560mm super telephoto (all in one lens). The thing they are going to have going against them is all the people who still don't get the Q. This guy certainly gets it. This camera is using a slightly larger Sony Exmor-R than the Q has...1/2.8 Think iPhone's sensor only much larger. This is going to be a macro birder's dream camera (along with everything in between). It is also going to be another camera that no understands and Pentax takes a bashing for, at least initially. But this one is a Winner with a capital W. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Reponses Photo on what to expect
On 8/21/12 11:15 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: The team of French magazine Réponses Photo is either always well informed or particularly good at guessing. Their prognosis ahead of Photokina in earlier years have usually been spot on. Here's what they predict for this year's show: | All logic suggests that Pentax will stick to the APS-C format | with successors for the K-r and the K-5. The development | of a series of cameras and lenses for 24 x 36, in between | the APS-C series and the medium-format 645D, is | apparently not on the agenda. Tough luck. Then again: no full format, no temptation. ;-) Ralf It's not often that logic and Pentax appear together in the same thought. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
I do know one other Pentaxian who lives locally, though he's not a PDML'er. I'll see what he has and is willing to loan out for a few days. I'm not sure he's got much glass at all, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to ask. I do appreciate the offer, though. Is it true that the focusing rings turn the other way on Aussie lenses? ;) -- Walt On 8/20/2012 10:15 PM, Peter Loveday wrote: Are there any friendly local PDML'ers you could hit up for a loan of a lens for the trip? I'd offer, but i think going via Australia is probably a bit more of a detour than you'd want to take... - Peter -Original Message- From: Walt Gilbert Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:26 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . . . . . and give me your thoughts. Say you're going to be leaving for the Black Hills of South Dakota in a little over a month and have an extremely limited budget. I'm quite literally saving up the quarters from my tips (along with everything else that I can) to finance it. But, you want to make sure that you get some images worthy of the trip. I'll be taking all of my camera bodies with me -- K-x, K20D, K100D Super -- and plan to use my Promaster 70-300 as a zoom, at least one of my 50mm primes, and I'd like to have something wider for landscapes. I have a Takumar 28/2.8, but it's really a pretty crappy lens compared to the others. What would be the best, most affordable option -- best bang for the lowest buck -- for the wider landscapes? All I really care about is the focal length and IQ -- everything else is mere window dressing as far as I'm concerned. I'm essentially looking for something very common and highly regarded. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- 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: The dream cruise pics
From: Ann Sanfedele Nice work! and I love that pink Bel-Air - though I prefer it in Aqua :-) ann On 8/21/2012 07:34, Paul Stenquist wrote: My take on the dream cruise, including 20 photos. The one example I posted here didn't make the cut, probably because the Maserati isn't a typical dream cruise machine. http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/the-woodward-dream-cruise-rediscovers-its-strut/ The caption says that Paul's 55 Bel Air is right behind it. For some reason, I thought Paul's car *was* the Aqua color version. Obviously from the photo, it is NOT. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Flame ahead Re: PESO: Ugli Fungi
I've concluded that it's generally better to mix photography with one's politics than to mix politics with one's photography. -- Walt On 8/21/2012 7:56 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Derby, there are many places where politics and political humor can be discussed among those who wish to do so. I have participated in other internet groups that once were lively and dynamic, and provided a valuable exchange of information and ideas, but have been torn apart by the injection of off-topic political diatribes and arguments. Those fora still exist, but the levels of participation and enthusiasm are but a fraction of what they once were. I have no desire to be a censor. Please note that I did not object to the posts, but only requested that any posts that deviate into political commentary be clearly marked as OT:. I thought that a reasonable enough request. Your mileage may vary. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:54 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Dan, I have to make a comment. Bob, Ann and Jeffrey's posts were pretty amusing. It is what keeps a list enlivening to read. From a neutral Aussie point of view, I immediately saw James Carville as a somewhat dangerous and bulbous mushroom to be approached with caution. Did not see any political propaganda in the least. Yes, I do follow American politics closely, and I do know who James Carville is. I was just waiting for the Mary Matalin joke. Lighten up, dude. And take more interesting photos, ok? On 20/08/2012 11:24 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: If you guys want to hijack this list for propagation of your political views, please at least label your posts as OT Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: Carville teaches at my alma mater, and I assume that he lives near the park. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On Aug 20, 2012, at 12:12 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele On 8/19/2012 19:33, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jeffery Smith Down here this has been the wettest summer in recent memory, though most of the US has been drought-prone. It hasn't stopped raining all day today. This has led to a population explosion of mushrooms (actually, poisonous toadstools, I think) around the city. I've run into some fairy rings of them at Audubon Park, but didn't have my camera(!). Last week was even more annoying. James Carville jogged past me in the park, and me without a camera. is he some kind of poisonous toadstool? B quite the opposite :-) ann The one Democrat who sticks it to the Republicans on a regular basis. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Omaha Stormchasers
Great shot. I lived in Omaha for 7 years. Wonderful city. Miss it more all the time. Went to the old Rosenblatt, but haven't had a chance to see the new park yet. 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: The dream cruise pics
On Aug 21, 2012, at 7:34 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: My take on the dream cruise, including 20 photos. The one example I posted here didn't make the cut, probably because the Maserati isn't a typical dream cruise machine. http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/the-woodward-dream-cruise-rediscovers-its-strut/ Nice car shots and a fun entertaining article. Nicely done! Thanks. Tom -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax X-5 photos leaked
It depends on three things 1.) Quality of the lens, 2.) Quality of the firmware, 3.) Processing speed, otherwise it's just another me to ZLR with cosmetics to make it look like a K-5. Let's face it, if it's just another PS camera the market is saturated with them. Now I have to go shower, after visiting Ricewhine. On 8/21/2012 8:46 AM, Darren Addy wrote: No, I believe it is a Super Q that takes K-mount lenses in AF. The idea, from Pentax's viewpoint is to sell more lenses. Pentax is doubling down on the Q (as well they should). A near Q with an AF K-mount and this range of normal lens is going to be awesome. It is the perfect time to make people take another look (beyond their prejudices) at the original Q model (now selling for $399) and then this one. The small sensor gives you all kinds of advantages with its extremely high DOF, especially for macro. If this is a Q with an autofocus K-mount then Pentax is going to sell a million DFA 100mm Macros to go with it. On a Q sensor that gives you the whole bug in focus (not merely a slice) and at the other end it gives you a 560mm super telephoto (all in one lens). The thing they are going to have going against them is all the people who still don't get the Q. This guy certainly gets it. This camera is using a slightly larger Sony Exmor-R than the Q has...1/2.8 Think iPhone's sensor only much larger. This is going to be a macro birder's dream camera (along with everything in between). It is also going to be another camera that no understands and Pentax takes a bashing for, at least initially. But this one is a Winner with a capital W. -- Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthly 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: Mailing list change?
on 2012-08-21 9:01 John Sessoms wrote I think I may be the only current *actively posting* digest subscriber. I've never seen anyone else get bitched out for screwing up the threading. i detected those who reply to digests by searching for In-reply-to: headers that include mailman; this works because the digests are sent with a mailman message-id (of course you need a tool that can do this search — good luck doing that with Gmail) searching from March through the present there is one primary culprit, plus a few occasionals; none of them are you, John — you are doing the right thing, insofar as you are a digest user, by composing new messages; you regularly get the subject lines right too, so i can induce Thunderbird to include your messages in the thread, though they cannot be placed in the correct hierarchical position -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Reponses Photo on what to expect
The team of French magazine Réponses Photo is either always well informed or particularly good at guessing. Their prognosis ahead of Photokina in earlier years have usually been spot on. Here's what they predict for this year's show: | All logic suggests that Pentax will stick to the APS-C format | with successors for the K-r and the K-5. The development | of a series of cameras and lenses for 24 x 36, in between | the APS-C series and the medium-format 645D, is | apparently not on the agenda. Tough luck. Then again: no full format, no temptation. ;-) Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: More pathology
Oh yeah! This is teetering dangerously close to being Fine Art, Larry. You better watch out. Really fun shots. On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 6:03 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: This one is very groovy http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/7829610438/ You have an iconic t-shirt design on the left there. On 21/08/2012 5:59 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Tonight, there was a blues/fusion dance at 418, the space I asked about processing images from. There was no band, and the room was lit with the blue LED spots, and with some red incandescent bulbs. In some ways, the lighting was even more bizarre than it was on the band Saturday night. It does seem, however, that there is some interesting creative potential for photographs taken in light with super saturated, imbalanced colors. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157631172113850/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -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: Pentax X-5 photos leaked
From: Darren Addy Hate him, or Really hate him, RiceHigh is early with a leak: ricehigh.blogspot.com The pics are probably accurate, but I don't think the description probably is. This is your K-5 upgrade. Probably not - 16 Megapixel, 26x Ultra-Zoom Point and Shoot Comparable to the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX200V maybe? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Flame ahead Re: PESO: Ugli Fungi
Photolitics beats poligraphy every time B -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walt Gilbert Sent: 21 August 2012 17:53 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Flame ahead Re: PESO: Ugli Fungi I've concluded that it's generally better to mix photography with one's politics than to mix politics with one's photography. -- Walt On 8/21/2012 7:56 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Derby, there are many places where politics and political humor can be discussed among those who wish to do so. I have participated in other internet groups that once were lively and dynamic, and provided a valuable exchange of information and ideas, but have been torn apart by the injection of off-topic political diatribes and arguments. Those fora still exist, but the levels of participation and enthusiasm are but a fraction of what they once were. I have no desire to be a censor. Please note that I did not object to the posts, but only requested that any posts that deviate into political commentary be clearly marked as OT:. I thought that a reasonable enough request. Your mileage may vary. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:54 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Dan, I have to make a comment. Bob, Ann and Jeffrey's posts were pretty amusing. It is what keeps a list enlivening to read. From a neutral Aussie point of view, I immediately saw James Carville as a somewhat dangerous and bulbous mushroom to be approached with caution. Did not see any political propaganda in the least. Yes, I do follow American politics closely, and I do know who James Carville is. I was just waiting for the Mary Matalin joke. Lighten up, dude. And take more interesting photos, ok? On 20/08/2012 11:24 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: If you guys want to hijack this list for propagation of your political views, please at least label your posts as OT Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: Carville teaches at my alma mater, and I assume that he lives near the park. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On Aug 20, 2012, at 12:12 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele On 8/19/2012 19:33, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jeffery Smith Down here this has been the wettest summer in recent memory, though most of the US has been drought-prone. It hasn't stopped raining all day today. This has led to a population explosion of mushrooms (actually, poisonous toadstools, I think) around the city. I've run into some fairy rings of them at Audubon Park, but didn't have my camera(!). Last week was even more annoying. James Carville jogged past me in the park, and me without a camera. is he some kind of poisonous toadstool? B quite the opposite :-) ann The one Democrat who sticks it to the Republicans on a regular basis. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
Thanks for the heads-up, Steven! I've got a little time to do a little more saving-up. If I can manage to save enough dough, I'll definitely put that in the possibilities pile. -- Walt On 8/20/2012 8:49 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: A K28 3.5. Really sharp. They can be had at KEH for a reasonable price. MF, but no big deal for landscapes. On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:19 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2012-08-20 16:56 Walt Gilbert wrote [...] and I'd like to have something wider for landscapes. I have a Takumar 28/2.8, but it's really a pretty crappy lens compared to the others. What would be the best, most affordable option -- best bang for the lowest buck -- for the wider landscapes? All I really care about is the focal length and IQ i like my 16-45 pretty well, but perhaps that's because it's all i have wider than 24mm; it is not a fine lens, but it is a very useful lens however, your budget is tight enough, and the trip sounds short enough, that i'd consider renting a lens; i can't recommend a rental service, but i've considered it myself; most i've seen carry only Pentax lenses in K-mount but at least one (cameralensrentals.com) carries some Sigma; at borrowlenses.com i see 16-50/2.8, 12-24/4, 14/2.8 and 15/4 the 14/2.8 was cheapest at $38 for two weeks (again, not recommending, just checking prices) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Pentax X-5 photos leaked
Actually, I sort of missed the lens. 4.0 to 105mm ? 4mm. Clearly this is not a full frame. On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Hate him, or Really hate him, RiceHigh is early with a leak: ricehigh.blogspot.com The pics are probably accurate, but I don't think the description probably is. This is your K-5 upgrade. -- The key to seeing the world's soul, and in the process wakening one's own, is to get over the confusion by which we think that fact is real and imagination an illusion. It is the other way around. -Thomas Moore, Original Self -- The key to seeing the world's soul, and in the process wakening one's own, is to get over the confusion by which we think that fact is real and imagination an illusion. It is the other way around. -Thomas Moore, Original Self -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: More pathology
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen On Aug 21, 2012, at 5:44 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Oh yeah! This is teetering dangerously close to being Fine Art, Larry. You better watch out. I doubt my work even qualifies as art, and I'm at least a gallery exhibit and a pretentious artist statement from any of those photos being fine art. Artist's statements? We gottem! Colen teeters dangerously between the galleried perils of finesse and the incomprehensibility of a/Art qua exhibit. In 'qualifying' his pretentions publically he adopts a position of semi-jocular modesty, using his declaration as a Renaissance / re-birthing of the fig-leaf, which denies the both the upright and the moist, replacing them with the sweat / brow / pain symbology of the plough, the furrow, and all they entail. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The dream cruise pics
Paul, Good story, excellent photos. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: My take on the dream cruise, including 20 photos. The one example I posted here didn't make the cut, probably because the Maserati isn't a typical dream cruise machine. http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/the-woodward-dream-cruise-rediscovers-its-strut/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: The dream cruise pics
Yeah, that feels more like it, Paul. ;-) Sharp image with good DOF and well written article. Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com/ - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 4:34 AM Subject: The dream cruise pics My take on the dream cruise, including 20 photos. The one example I posted here didn't make the cut, probably because the Maserati isn't a typical dream cruise machine. http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/the-woodward-dream-cruise-rediscovers-its-strut/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Road Eagle
Lebanon CT. I've got about 2000 messages in my PDML folder, I'll be poking around there for a while. Might not respond quickly or at all. On 8/19/2012 7:38 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: That actually took me by surprise.. where were you? ann On 8/19/2012 19:22, P. J. Alling wrote: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20%20roadeagle.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax F 70-210mm f4.0~5.6 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthly search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Interesting sunset photo
I always try to take a windows seat, and have my camera bag in my feet (under the seat in front), so that I can pull the camera out quickly. Sunset is my favorite subject, but it doesn't always get spectacular, it depends on the cloud structure and other circumstances. Other typical challenges include wide dynamic range, or narrow dynamic range (depending on the view and the moment). The former is due to the sun and shadows, the latter is due to the haze, which decreases the contrast. Igor On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:20 AM, David Mann wrote: It's amazing what you can snap with a suitable vantage point. http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/08/sunset-above-the-atlantic-ocean.html 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.
Re: PESO - Omaha Stormchasers
Nice, dramatic image! Igor Tue Aug 21 12:23:33 EDT 2012 George Sinos wrote: There's one pano here http://georges.posterous.com/photo-night-at-omaha-stormchasers and you can click through the link in the blog to see the whole Smugmug gallery. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
on 2012-08-21 9:39 Walt Gilbert wrote I've thought about trying my hand at stitching in the past. I may well give it a whirl at some point on this trip. Is there any particular pano stitching software you recommend? i've used Hugin Photoshop; Hugin gives you a lot of control, and is free, but has a fairly cryptic interface; i wouldn't say i've fully learned it, but after a few stabs i find it can fix my fairly warped handheld panoramas http://hugin.sourceforge.net Photoshop makes it easy, but i haven't used it a lot -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax X-5 photos leaked
Is there really anything on that body that looks like a lens release to you? You know that notiable button which on Pentax K sits in the lower right hand quadrant of the lens mount, say just about where the SR logo is. Anybody who thinks images of the Pentax X-5 represents an interchangeable design is probably smoking something I'd like to share, it would make the world a lot more pleasant. What you're looking at is a Pentax ZLR made to look like it's current top of the line SLR. A marketing move I'm surprised we haven't seen from Canon. On 8/21/2012 9:16 AM, Darren Addy wrote: I haven't done the math, but I'm guessing around 4x. That makes the kit lens a 16-400mm in 35mm FOV equivalency. Think iPhone quality sensor only LARGER instead of so much smaller than APS-C. Even Pentax Full Frame buyers are going to own an X-5. It is like the Ultimate 4x Teleconverter for all their existing Good Glass. (Has to be Good Glass because smaller sensor pixel pitch makes them more susceptible to CA). They are going to sell a million DFA 100mm Macros and Limited to go on this lens, once people understand. This is absolutely BRILLIANT and suddenly makes all the RD that Pentax did on the slow-selling Q look like sheer genius. They now own three sweet spots with the best camera (and glass): APS-C with the K-5, 1/2.8 with the X-5, and 1/2.3 with the Q. -- Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthly 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: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
From: Walt Gilbert On 8/21/2012 3:27 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Aug 20, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: What would be the best, most affordable option -- best bang for the lowest buck -- for the wider landscapes? All I really care about is the focal length and IQ -- everything else is mere window dressing as far as I'm concerned. I'm essentially looking for something very common and highly regarded. It seems to me that the least expensive way to get wide angles and high image quality is to stitch multiple exposures together in a panorama. Put the 50mm prime on your camera, mount it on the tripod in vertical orientation and when you take a bunch of photos and stitch them together, you even get higher resolution than you would with a wide angle lens. If you want to go all out, you calculate the nodal point, bend some steel into a 90 degree bracket, drill a hole at the nodal point, buy a 1/4-20 nut and you are golden. Mount it on the K100, and you get landscapes with the colors of the K100 sensor, the field of view of a wide angle, and better resolution than the K-5. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est I've thought about trying my hand at stitching in the past. I may well give it a whirl at some point on this trip. Is there any particular pano stitching software you recommend? There's a freeware program called Hugin that's supposed to be really good. http://hugin.sourceforge.net/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax X-5 photos leaked
No, if I forgot to post it here... I have been convinced now that it is not interchangable lens. I do think it will have the Q-sized sensor (since Sony does make a 16mp version) and I think the question now is: will it shoot RAW? If so, it is only the 2nd camera in its class to let you do that. I think I mis-typed in my earlier email. If you are going to develop a 4-105mm lens that can perform well on a Q-sized sensor in a bridge camera, then why not make the same optical configuration with a Q-mount? The only explanation I can think of is that the bridge camera has a much narrower flange to sensor distance. A 16MP sensor would presumably be much more sensitive to CA than the Q is, so you would think that the optical config. would work on the Q. It is hard to believe that an optical design that wide can perform well across even half the range, but I'd love to be proven wrong about that. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
On 8/21/2012 2:05 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2012-08-21 9:39 Walt Gilbert wrote I've thought about trying my hand at stitching in the past. I may well give it a whirl at some point on this trip. Is there any particular pano stitching software you recommend? i've used Hugin Photoshop; Hugin gives you a lot of control, and is free, but has a fairly cryptic interface; i wouldn't say i've fully learned it, but after a few stabs i find it can fix my fairly warped handheld panoramas http://hugin.sourceforge.net Photoshop makes it easy, but i haven't used it a lot Thanks for the tip! Freeware is my favorite! -- 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: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
On 8/21/2012 2:41 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Walt Gilbert On 8/21/2012 3:27 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Aug 20, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: What would be the best, most affordable option -- best bang for the lowest buck -- for the wider landscapes? All I really care about is the focal length and IQ -- everything else is mere window dressing as far as I'm concerned. I'm essentially looking for something very common and highly regarded. It seems to me that the least expensive way to get wide angles and high image quality is to stitch multiple exposures together in a panorama. Put the 50mm prime on your camera, mount it on the tripod in vertical orientation and when you take a bunch of photos and stitch them together, you even get higher resolution than you would with a wide angle lens. If you want to go all out, you calculate the nodal point, bend some steel into a 90 degree bracket, drill a hole at the nodal point, buy a 1/4-20 nut and you are golden. Mount it on the K100, and you get landscapes with the colors of the K100 sensor, the field of view of a wide angle, and better resolution than the K-5. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est I've thought about trying my hand at stitching in the past. I may well give it a whirl at some point on this trip. Is there any particular pano stitching software you recommend? There's a freeware program called Hugin that's supposed to be really good. http://hugin.sourceforge.net/ Thanks, John! Steve H. recommended the same software, so I figure it's got to be worth a try. -- 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: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
Just the Nikons. Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: I do know one other Pentaxian who lives locally, though he's not a PDML'er. I'll see what he has and is willing to loan out for a few days. I'm not sure he's got much glass at all, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to ask. I do appreciate the offer, though. Is it true that the focusing rings turn the other way on Aussie lenses? ;) -- Walt On 8/20/2012 10:15 PM, Peter Loveday wrote: Are there any friendly local PDML'ers you could hit up for a loan of a lens for the trip? I'd offer, but i think going via Australia is probably a bit more of a detour than you'd want to take... - Peter -Original Message- From: Walt Gilbert Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:26 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . . . . . and give me your thoughts. Say you're going to be leaving for the Black Hills of South Dakota in a little over a month and have an extremely limited budget. I'm quite literally saving up the quarters from my tips (along with everything else that I can) to finance it. But, you want to make sure that you get some images worthy of the trip. I'll be taking all of my camera bodies with me -- K-x, K20D, K100D Super -- and plan to use my Promaster 70-300 as a zoom, at least one of my 50mm primes, and I'd like to have something wider for landscapes. I have a Takumar 28/2.8, but it's really a pretty crappy lens compared to the others. What would be the best, most affordable option -- best bang for the lowest buck -- for the wider landscapes? All I really care about is the focal length and IQ -- everything else is mere window dressing as far as I'm concerned. I'm essentially looking for something very common and highly regarded. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- 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. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The dream cruise pics
Good job Paul Dave On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: My take on the dream cruise, including 20 photos. The one example I posted here didn't make the cut, probably because the Maserati isn't a typical dream cruise machine. http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/the-woodward-dream-cruise-rediscovers-its-strut/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
on 2012-08-21 7:54 Larry Colen wrote I didn't say that it was the best way, I just said that it was the cheapest way. actually, the cheapest way is to stitch hand-held shots; it works pretty well if you practice a little; pano software can compensate for a lot; i've only done a few of these, but here's my best effort yet, a 360-degree panorama taken with K200d and 16-45 at 16mm (landscape orientation); i would have loved to spend a day shooting with better equipment, but i shot this in 70 seconds during a short pause in a long hike, nine overlapping exposures in one take; i stitched with Hugin after basic adjustments in Aperture: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/az0pvpwgc5u2sda/PoL8ruqA-A#f:needlespano-500.jpg most important is to use the same exposure for each shot, and find reference points to keep your place both vertically and horizontally (and keep your camera level); also allow a fair amount of overlap from this experience i think a 20-24mm prime lens in portrait orientation would do better (at the expense of more shots, and more care needed to do it hand-held); i also learned that panoramic scenes tend to have a lot of dynamic range — i shot this at f/9, 1/640, ISO 200, but i should have used ISO 100 (and a K-5 would be a better tool for this scene) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
If shooting RAW, set all captures to the same RAW setting - anyone but auto. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: steve harley p...@paper-ape.com Subject: Re: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . . on 2012-08-21 7:54 Larry Colen wrote I didn't say that it was the best way, I just said that it was the cheapest way. actually, the cheapest way is to stitch hand-held shots; it works pretty well if you practice a little; pano software can compensate for a lot; i've only done a few of these, but here's my best effort yet, a 360-degree panorama taken with K200d and 16-45 at 16mm (landscape orientation); i would have loved to spend a day shooting with better equipment, but i shot this in 70 seconds during a short pause in a long hike, nine overlapping exposures in one take; i stitched with Hugin after basic adjustments in Aperture: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/az0pvpwgc5u2sda/PoL8ruqA-A#f:needlespano-500.jpg most important is to use the same exposure for each shot, and find reference points to keep your place both vertically and horizontally (and keep your camera level); also allow a fair amount of overlap from this experience i think a 20-24mm prime lens in portrait orientation would do better (at the expense of more shots, and more care needed to do it hand-held); i also learned that panoramic scenes tend to have a lot of dynamic range — i shot this at f/9, 1/640, ISO 200, but i should have used ISO 100 (and a K-5 would be a better tool for this scene) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The dream cruise pics
Nice take on the event. I've talked to several participants and they all stated this year's was among the best if not the best. I doubt the weather could have been better. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: The dream cruise pics My take on the dream cruise, including 20 photos. The one example I posted here didn't make the cut, probably because the Maserati isn't a typical dream cruise machine. http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/the-woodward-dream-cruise-rediscovers-its-strut/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
It's very easy to do handheld panorama shots if you are doing landscapes where there isn't something close to you that will shift with parallax. On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 7:22 AM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: It seems to me that the least expensive way to get wide angles and high image quality is to stitch multiple exposures together in a panorama. Put the 50mm prime on your camera, mount it on the tripod in vertical orientation and when you take a bunch of photos and stitch them together, you even get higher resolution than you would with a wide angle lens. If you want to go all out, you calculate the nodal point, bend some steel into a 90 degree bracket, drill a hole at the nodal point, buy a 1/4-20 nut and you are golden. Mount it on the K100, and you get landscapes with the colors of the K100 sensor, the field of view of a wide angle, and better resolution than the K-5. Frankly, if that was my strategy for getting ultrawide shots, I think I'd miss more than I got. - In some cases, because the circumstances (weather, light) change before I can get everything set up and execute the panorama - In other cases, because I'm disinclined or prohibited from carrying a tripod where I'm going - In other cases, because I'm not sufficiently sold on a shot (in advance) to go through the effort -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .
David Parsons wrote: It's very easy to do handheld panorama shots if you are doing landscapes where there isn't something close to you that will shift with parallax. Another good trick is, if there are any objects close you that might cause parallax problems, compose panoramas that put these objects all the way to the right or left so that they don't overlap consecutive frames. http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/nh2012/7dc0321417.html This was made from 4 shots, hand-held (I was shooting with my Sony A850 and held the camera horizontally rather than vertically because I decided 4 thousand pixels height would be sufficient for any prints I would be likely to make). -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The dream cruise pics
Excellent! Terrific article and car shots. On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: My take on the dream cruise, including 20 photos. The one example I posted here didn't make the cut, probably because the Maserati isn't a typical dream cruise machine. http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/the-woodward-dream-cruise-rediscovers-its-strut/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: GESO: Castells
Christine, I am glad that you had a good time in Spain / Catalonia / Barcelona area (where I live BTW). And yes, Castells are something unique to watch but unfortunately, as you may imagine, there has been some accidents in its more than centenary history. That's why they lately adopted the helmet protection for the kids that climb to the top. However, if there is a crowded base, it is much safer than it seems. I have had not the chance to go through the pictures, I am on vacations connected via 3G mobile (one of the reasons for this late reply), so I'll archive your post and revise it when I am back to the broadband at home. Regards, Jaume - Mensaje original - De: Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net CC: Enviado: Jueves 16 de agosto de 2012 5:48 Asunto: Re: GESO: Castells Yes, and the helmets on the kids are padded on the exterior, as well as interior. Safer for the other castellers that way... :) -c On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:03 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Christine Nielsen Hellooo out there! Summer vacation travels have kept me off the list for a while... did I miss anything? :) Thought I'd share a collection of shots that I took a couple of weeks ago in Spain. For the second year, we were visiting with friends who live outside of Barcelona... they participate in making Castells, or human towers. Which, near as I can tell, is a combination athletic contest, Catalan cultural event performance art. It's really quite incredible to watch. (Especially for someone from the litigious US... I was inspired to teach my Spanish friends the English idiom lawsuit waiting to happen...) People from all walks of life participate, from young to old. Indeed, the youngest are the ones climbing to the top of the towers, which can reach 8 or 9 stories high. http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets/72157631083652560/with/7789544188/ Apologies for the size of the set, it is also being shared with the participants... here's a shot that gives an idea of the Castells: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/7789543272/in/set-72157631083652560/ Another outtake - how it looks when something goes wrong... At one point, one of the towers collapsed. I managed to get a couple of shots off while I dove for cover: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/7789544188/in/set-72157631083652560 I think what I find so compelling about this activity is the closeness... everyone mashed together, feet on shoulders, hands grabbing what-have-you... talk about being on top of each other! :) -c Looks like they have the little kids wearing helmets. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - The Three Caballeros
A fine group portrait. I'm ever so slightly perturbed that middle dude's companions are softer than him. Just observing, Frank. :-) On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:59 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I originally started talking to the fellow with the boater; I wanted to get the hat for Real Canadians Wearing Real Hats (haven't posted on that blog in months). However they wanted me to get all three of them, three young men out on the town (this was taken outside of Parkdale's Cadillac Lounge): http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/08/the-three-caballeros.html I thought it was kind of fun. Hopefully you do, too. Comments always welcome. Got hat guy's e-mail address, and I'm sending him a copy right now. 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: OT: Why I hate Computers
Given the following: On Aug 17, 2012, at 14:37 , John Sessoms wrote: Given: L W M as seen by... 1 2 3 MFb 4 5 6 WFb 7 8 9 LFb I see OS choices as 4,2,9 GUI development reached its pinnacle with OS/2 v.3.0 Every change since then has been a step further down a slippery slope into hell. I don't really care how the computer gets the job done underneath where I can't see it, but leave the damn buttons alone so I know where to find them. I liked WindozeXP mainly because it's the closest Micro$oft has come so far towards achieving a GUI I'm comfortable with, i.e. I know where the damn buttons are. I don't like having to continually play button, button, who's got the button every time I want to get something done. Usability of GUI design can be graphed as y=x^2+1 where a PERFECT INTERFACE is defined as [0,0] Substitute the following values of 'x' for certain interfaces: -10 for Windoze 3.1, OS/2 v.2.1 - 2 for Windoze 95, 98, 98SE, 2K, NT4.0 0 for WindozeXP, OS/2 v.3.0 22/7 for Windoze Vista square root of -1 for MacOS 101010 for Linux I haven't made up my mind about Windoze7 yet, but I shouldn't have to reboot the damn thing 15 times just to get a week's worth of security patches installed. I think your brain is destined for Windows. A Mac user would not nor should not be forced to understand what the hell you are talking about. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Why Computers hate John
Ow Ow Ow!! That hurts my head just reading all that stuff! On Aug 17, 2012, at 15:41 , John Sessoms wrote: From: Igor Roshchin They usually enjoy working late, with the people who feel and enjoy the magic of the night. But they are forced to work from 5am (Ouch!) That's all the master's fault. So, they all decided to go on strike this morning to show him that they should not be treated like that! (And he even has the automated updates enabled, which is hurting them!) They know that he won't buy Macs, so they are safe for some time. Otherwise he'd regret the revolt from $3k machines. At least the current computers are cheaper to deal with. ... Well, FWIW the current headache was solved with only 15 reboots - 7 failed attempts to update auto-magically over 3 days, and 8 critical updates installed individually, one at a time ... So far, I've spent about $1,800 building this machine including the software I bought to run on it. Or more like I built the machine around the software I wanted to run. It does an adequate job of running Photoshop CS6 Extended Corel Painter 11. I have the complete set of Nik Filters except I still need to upgrade HDR Efex Pro to Pro2. By adequate, I mean you want it, here it is. Done. What's next? System parameters: GIGABYTE GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 Intel Z68 Motherboard, Intel Core i7-2600K Unlocked - Quad Core, 8MB L3 Cache, 1MB L2 Cache, 3.40 GHz, 32GB PC3-10666, DDR3-1333MHz RAM 12X Internal Blu-Ray Writer - BD-R SL 12X, BD-R DL 8X, BD-RE SL/DL 2X, DVD±R 16X, DVD-RAM 12X, DVD+RW 8X, DVD-RW 6X, CD-R/RW 48X, _LIGHTSCRIBE_. Hard Drives - 3 physical internal SATA drives with available ports for 4 more. Boot: Hitachi 2.5” 160GB Scratch: Hitachi 2.5” 120GB DATA: Seagate 3.5” 1.5TB Windows 7 Professional 64BIT Boot Scratch are stand-in drives until Solid State drive technology matures a bit more (meaning prices come down A LOT). The Scratch drive has nothing on it except PhotoShop's scratch file. I still want to get a good video card for it, but I had some other expenses crop up. I also want a scanner that will handle large format transparencies. I figure about another $1,000 to finish it. I don't even want to think about what it would have cost me to get a Mac with those specifications. I don't know if I could get a Mac with those specifications. That wasn't what woke me up. I was just on the verge of waking to make my regular early morning trek, when the other computer restarted itself from a Stop 0x000A. The WindowsXP startup sound is rather loud because the volume control for the speakers doesn't load until after the desktop. Micro$oft says Stop A is a driver issue, but that's BOGUS. It's a failing memory chip on one of the DIMMs. I been to *that* rodeo before! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Why Computers hate John
Aaahh. Much better. I can hear the sea from there. On Aug 17, 2012, at 19:12 , steve harley wrote: on 2012-08-17 16:41 John Sessoms wrote I don't even want to think about what it would have cost me to get a Mac with those specifications. I don't know if I could get a Mac with those specifications. you may not want to know but others might be curious … current top-end iMac is fairly similar - 3.4GHz quad i7, 32GB max RAM, *much* better GPU, and the price includes an excellent 27 display cost is $2200 (or $1870 refurbed) + $300 for 32GB third party RAM you don't have to build it; that's worth a lot to some people the storage setup is rather different; you can get dual internal drives, but i would opt for cheap externals for now and wait for Thunderbolt options to settle down; it doesn't include a Blu-ray drive (something i'd have no use for), but you can get externals -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Fine art vs portrait photographer
On Aug 16, 2012, at 22:58 , John Francis wrote: On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:51:58AM -0500, Walt Gilbert wrote: I hadn't heard that one before. Knopfler is almost as good a culture critic as he is a guitarist. Almost. I'm still trying to get my head around Knopfler's music being used for a Burger King commercial. Princess Bride? OK. But Burger King? There again, if The Who's back catalogue can provide theme music for a TV series, why shouldn't Dire Straits pick up a bit of extra cash? Even the Beatles and Pink Floyd are becoming affordable to be jingoeyed to sell products or background a TV series. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Nik Silver EFex Pro - Free Download
G'day all Silver Exfex Pro is a well-regarded Photoshop filter to help with black and white conversions. This is a legal download that might be useful to some, but there are a couple of gotchas: 1. It's Version 1 2. You have to register with Nik software, so you can expect to receive the odd email promotion in the future. 3. It's not a stand-alone program. You must have Photoshop or (I think) Lightroom. 4. The download promotion is in German which, of course, is OK if you are fluent in German. If not, go to this page to see how to get the deal for the rest of us: http://www.mostiwant.com/blog/silver-efex-pro-free-product-key-serial-number/ Note - I had a few problems at Step 3 where clicking on the download link just took me to another German page. I eventually worked out what to do. If you have the same trouble, I'll try to assist. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The dream cruise pics
On 8/21/2012 7:34 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: My take on the dream cruise, including 20 photos. The one example I posted here didn't make the cut, probably because the Maserati isn't a typical dream cruise machine. http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/the-woodward-dream-cruise-rediscovers-its-strut/ Great read and great photos - nice job, Paul! Mark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Nik Silver EFex Pro - Free Download
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: G'day all Silver Exfex Pro is a well-regarded Photoshop filter to help with black and white conversions. This is a legal download that might be useful to some, but there are a couple of gotchas: 1. It's Version 1 2. You have to register with Nik software, so you can expect to receive the odd email promotion in the future. 3. It's not a stand-alone program. You must have Photoshop or (I think) Lightroom. 4. The download promotion is in German which, of course, is OK if you are fluent in German. If not, go to this page to see how to get the deal for the rest of us: http://www.mostiwant.com/blog/silver-efex-pro-free-product-key-serial-number/ Note - I had a few problems at Step 3 where clicking on the download link just took me to another German page. I eventually worked out what to do. If you have the same trouble, I'll try to assist. -- Cheers Brian Brian, Thanks for the link. They seem to have a download for Color Efex Pro 3.0 as well. -Adam -- http://www.mountainfort.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Critter
Missed this one earlier, but that is a nice mantis shot! Mark On 8/15/2012 10:58 PM, John Sessoms wrote: He just has them folded under and they're kind of hidden from the angle I was photographing him. When he got tired of me poking the lens in his face he hopped down from the rose bush and tried to escape by climbing a maple tree. Once he got up about tripod level I was able to get a couple more good shots. Here's the other one I liked: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/7792517030/lightbox/ K20D, A* 100 f/2.8 macro @ f/5.6, 1/50 You can see the front legs are intact. From: Jack Davis Did the mower possibly cut off part its two front legs? They?appear to be somewhat incomplete. Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com/ - Original Message - From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 1:42 PM Subject: PESO: Critter I have been so uninspired I haven't even felt like picking my camera up for several months. I think the last photos I took were at GFM Nature Photography Weekend. Yesterday while I was cutting the grass, this little fellow got dumped out when I was emptying the catcher bag. I kind of scooped him up and dropped him on my rose bush so he would be out of the way. He was still hanging on the rose bush when I finished my yard work, so I went and got my camera put my A* 100 f/2.8 macro on it. I took about 50 frames before he got irritated and left. This is one of the two I'm relatively happy with: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/7790647954/lightbox/ K20D, A*100 f/2.8 macro @ f/8 and I'm not going to walk back into the other room just to see what the shutter speed was. When I was prepping it in Bridge, I noticed I've got a hot pixel that causes a sharp line to appear across the frame. I tried to clone it out, but I can see I need to go back and work on it again in some places. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Simple Pleasures
On 8/16/2012 11:22 PM, frank theriault wrote: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/08/simple-pleasures.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank Great capture, Frank! Mark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
The K-01 revisited...
Out of lurk mode... Got myself a K-01 :) http://bong.manayon.net/2012/08/the-pentax-k-01-revisited.html -- Bong Manayon http://bong.manayon.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
