Re: GESO San Francisco Lindy Exchange:
On Sep 26, 2012, at 8:36 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Didn't get all the way through them but there are some amazing photos in > there. Obviously being a dancer yourself you know the timing and can > anticipate the perfect moment to snap. > > Wonderful stuff. Thank you. Those photos are the one percenters. I shot about 4200 frames last weekend. For my facebook snapshot albums I winnowed them down to about 600 frames, trying to have decent coverage of all the events, and of as many dancers and all of the musicians. I narrowed that down to about 200 in sets on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157631567605816/ I'd like to narrow the "best of" set down a bit more, but having spent way too much time over the past week sorting, rating and processing, it's impossible for me to look at them objectively. > > Perhaps you should have used a flash though... I did use a flash. If you look carefully, you can probably even tell which photos I used one on. If I'm the sort of guy who will eat bacon on Yom Kippur, I'm not going to be afraid to use a flash, even at a dance, when it's appropriate to do so. -- 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 Ford
On Sep 26, 2012, at 8:22 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Like the fourth one best. Those orange highlights are weird but oddly work > well with the black or grey matt. There are several rat rods around painted black primer with orange highlights. > > Well shot. Thank you. > > Cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Larry Colen > Sent: September 26, 2012 9/26/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Subject: PESO Ford > > Between rescuing two damsels in distress today, I took a few shots of this > relic parked in front of the thrift store in downtown Felton: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8025866914/ > > set of 4: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157631626251196/ > -- > 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. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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: So, I have this Spotmatic...
Oh, thanks for the help John, lovely to hear from you! Are you guys going to be enjoying Riverfire from your lovely vantage point this weekend? Tan.x -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Coyle Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 2:39 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: So, I have this Spotmatic... Tan - Joseph McAllister has covered just about every point, but there is one more thing. All my Spotmatics don't have the magic needle film loading mechanism, each has the slotted take-up spool. Just push the tongue of the film down into any one of the slots, until the end pokes through the other side. Ensure the film is flat down on the sprocket roller (to the left of the take up spool). I tend to turn the take up spool by hand (remember it turns clock-wise - i.e. backwards!) to make sure it is tight. Close the back and wind on until you get frame 1 showing in the frame counter window If the film isn't being taken up the release lever button on the left top will not revolve. I do have a dummy film cartridge with a roll of blank film (processed) you can use to practice with if you like. HTH John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tanya Love Sent: Wednesday, 26 September 2012 6:23 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: So, I have this Spotmatic... ...that my father-in-law gave me a while back. It comes with a super tak 135mm, 28mm, and 50mm and Hanimex 2x teleconverter. I thought I'd get it out and have a play with a roll of film at the Brisbane Riverfire Festival this weekend. The thing has screwmount lenses! WTF! Where's the metering on it?! How do I even open the back to put the film in?! How the heck did they do it back in the "old days" anyways?! Crap, I'm spent, think I'm going to put it back in the display cabinet! Too bloody funny! And here I was thinking I was like, all hip and stuff! Think I'll just pack the K5, new 12-24mm and a tripod instead! Lol. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
So, I have this Spotmatic
Hey Tanya, (my grand daughter too is Tanya), if you ain't ever going to use the Spotmatic with all the M42 screw mount lenses, just send them to me. The one I have broke anyway and can't be repaired for want of parts, even though externally it is like new. Being a master mechanic perhaps I can canabalise parts and make my old lady well again. Regards. Bipin. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...
On 26/09/2012 20:42, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of mike wilson On 25/09/2012 14:15, Mark Roberts wrote: A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in today's money. From the same source a 1986 LX (body only at UK price but US currency) would be $8407.99. about $84.01 in US prices then. I think I paid about £400- for each of my LXes. I would imagine only someone named Croesus would have paid full retail price at that point. -- No fixed Adobe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: So, I have this Spotmatic...
Tan - Joseph McAllister has covered just about every point, but there is one more thing. All my Spotmatics don't have the magic needle film loading mechanism, each has the slotted take-up spool. Just push the tongue of the film down into any one of the slots, until the end pokes through the other side. Ensure the film is flat down on the sprocket roller (to the left of the take up spool). I tend to turn the take up spool by hand (remember it turns clock-wise - i.e. backwards!) to make sure it is tight. Close the back and wind on until you get frame 1 showing in the frame counter window If the film isn't being taken up the release lever button on the left top will not revolve. I do have a dummy film cartridge with a roll of blank film (processed) you can use to practice with if you like. HTH John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tanya Love Sent: Wednesday, 26 September 2012 6:23 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: So, I have this Spotmatic... ...that my father-in-law gave me a while back. It comes with a super tak 135mm, 28mm, and 50mm and Hanimex 2x teleconverter. I thought I'd get it out and have a play with a roll of film at the Brisbane Riverfire Festival this weekend. The thing has screwmount lenses! WTF! Where's the metering on it?! How do I even open the back to put the film in?! How the heck did they do it back in the "old days" anyways?! Crap, I'm spent, think I'm going to put it back in the display cabinet! Too bloody funny! And here I was thinking I was like, all hip and stuff! Think I'll just pack the K5, new 12-24mm and a tripod instead! Lol. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Life's Greatest Pleasures?
Where did I make him out to be a bad guy? I spoke to him one of the times I was at GFM and he is a very personable, pleasant fellow. He's a very good photographer who has come up with or adapted an idea and uses it along with his other tools to take very unique and beautiful photos. I have a problem with those who think he cheats or breaks or bends the rules; he does no such thing. My personal preference is to take nature photos completely in their natural surroundings, as found. He brings a mini-studio and enhances his subjects before shooting them. Nothing wrong or unethical about that. I am still puzzled what I said that makes you think I think he's a "bad guy"? cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Bob Sullivan Sent: September 26, 2012 9/26/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures? Frank, I believe that I talked to Charles at GFM this year. He's not really the bad guy you make him out to be. He did post an 'over the top' drops photo that won a prize, but freely shared all his tricks the next year. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:22 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Well, I did actually ask the young lady if I could take a photo of her book, > coffee and muffin. That's more than I usually do... > > My reference with the backdrop and glycerin was (as some no doubt recognized) > a reference to a certain Mr. Brazwell (sp?), a perennial winner in the Nature > Photography Contest ay GFM. Brought along a little collapsing frame and > velvet backdrops of various colours, sprayed glycerine on flowers and leaves > for the "just after a rainfall" look and away he went; won every year. Shot > with Pentax for a while iirc. Was on this list for a while (may still lurk > for all I know). > > Lots of jealous people thought it was against the rules but it clearly wasn't. > > And it looked very good. He was very good at it - and I guess he still is. > Probably still goes to GFM (sadly I don't). Probably still wins. Mark? Doug? > Anyone else at GFM? Charles still around? > > So your scrim story reminded me of him. > > Easy to do in a forest, not so much in an urban setting. > > ;-) > > cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Bruce Walker > Sent: September 26, 2012 9/26/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Subject: Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures? > > My tongue was very firmly in my cheek when I suggested a lighting mod, > Frank. But you knew that didn't you? :-) > > I had a crazy mental image of a woman settling in with her coffee and > muffin when she's suddenly surrounded by technicians. Two guys are > erecting a portable 4x8 foot scrim, one is spraying her food with > glycerine. A makeup artist and hairstylist pounce and transform her. > Finally Frank leans in, shoots a few frames, smiles at the woman and > exits along with the assistants. Woman absently bites her muffin, > grimaces and spits it out. Fade. > > Hey if Bruce Gilden can spring up and flash people in NY, why not? > > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:04 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com > wrote: >> Not going to comment on the scrim. I takes my photos as I find 'em. >> Collapsible scrims? What's next: velvet backdrops and spray bottles of >> glycerin? >> >> Sheesh! >> >> ;-) >> >> Okay, on the gustatory issue: Please be aware that those are not my coffee >> or muffin. They belong to the hands of the lovely young lady at the next >> table. >> >> For me, generally speaking, espresso is a stand-alone beverage. No need for >> cake, cookies, pastry or sweets. >> Like you I will have baked goods or pastry with a regular coffee. Not the >> chocolate chip muffin in the photo, however; it's not vegan. >> >> :-) >> >> Thanks for the comment and thanks to everyone else who looked and commented. >> >> cheers, >> frank >> >> "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- >> Christopher Hitchens >> >> --- Original Message --- >> >> From: Bruce Walker >> Sent: September 25, 2012 9/25/12 >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >> Subject: Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures? >> >> Ditto what Peter says. I do like the shot though. >> >> Next time you go there, Frank, take a collapsible scrim with you to >> control the glare and let you raise the exposure so we can see the >> muffin properly. I'll come with you if you need an assistant. Mmm, >> chocolate. >> >> On a more technical note: don't you find that pairing a muffin with an >> espresso means that you run out of liquid long before you finish the >> muffin? It's usually three or four sips or one quick swallow and that >> espresso is done. >> >> I'd rather have a cup of coffee with that chocolate muffin. With an >> espresso, it should be a biscotti, I think. >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at
RE: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures?
I know what you look like. The bloke on the train didn't look as miserable as you. After I posted that about the dream I thought about the Freudian interpretation of dreaming about trains, pipes, and men with big bowler hats, and decided I probably ought to get some therapy. Either that or start going on Pride Parades dressed only in lederhosen and little downy, white wings. B > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > knarftheria...@gmail.com > > That was me on the train smoking the pipe. You didn't know it was me > because you never met me... > > > From: Bob W > Sent: September 26, 2012 9/26/12 > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" > Subject: RE: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures? > > > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf > > Of Steven Desjardins > > > > Don't try it. I took up the pipe when I quit cigarettes and got > > hooked on it for 10 years. Cigarettes taste pretty flat after a > pipe. > > > > by a strange coincidence I dreamt last night that I was on a train and > some guy in one of the seats near me lit a pipe and somehow managed to > smoke it surreptitiously. > > Then a very large and unpleasant Orangeman > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Order) with tattoos of King Billy > on his arm took my seat and wouldn't get out when I objected. > > 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: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures?
Frank, I believe that I talked to Charles at GFM this year. He's not really the bad guy you make him out to be. He did post an 'over the top' drops photo that won a prize, but freely shared all his tricks the next year. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:22 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Well, I did actually ask the young lady if I could take a photo of her book, > coffee and muffin. That's more than I usually do... > > My reference with the backdrop and glycerin was (as some no doubt recognized) > a reference to a certain Mr. Brazwell (sp?), a perennial winner in the Nature > Photography Contest ay GFM. Brought along a little collapsing frame and > velvet backdrops of various colours, sprayed glycerine on flowers and leaves > for the "just after a rainfall" look and away he went; won every year. Shot > with Pentax for a while iirc. Was on this list for a while (may still lurk > for all I know). > > Lots of jealous people thought it was against the rules but it clearly wasn't. > > And it looked very good. He was very good at it - and I guess he still is. > Probably still goes to GFM (sadly I don't). Probably still wins. Mark? Doug? > Anyone else at GFM? Charles still around? > > So your scrim story reminded me of him. > > Easy to do in a forest, not so much in an urban setting. > > ;-) > > cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Bruce Walker > Sent: September 26, 2012 9/26/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Subject: Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures? > > My tongue was very firmly in my cheek when I suggested a lighting mod, > Frank. But you knew that didn't you? :-) > > I had a crazy mental image of a woman settling in with her coffee and > muffin when she's suddenly surrounded by technicians. Two guys are > erecting a portable 4x8 foot scrim, one is spraying her food with > glycerine. A makeup artist and hairstylist pounce and transform her. > Finally Frank leans in, shoots a few frames, smiles at the woman and > exits along with the assistants. Woman absently bites her muffin, > grimaces and spits it out. Fade. > > Hey if Bruce Gilden can spring up and flash people in NY, why not? > > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:04 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com > wrote: >> Not going to comment on the scrim. I takes my photos as I find 'em. >> Collapsible scrims? What's next: velvet backdrops and spray bottles of >> glycerin? >> >> Sheesh! >> >> ;-) >> >> Okay, on the gustatory issue: Please be aware that those are not my coffee >> or muffin. They belong to the hands of the lovely young lady at the next >> table. >> >> For me, generally speaking, espresso is a stand-alone beverage. No need for >> cake, cookies, pastry or sweets. >> Like you I will have baked goods or pastry with a regular coffee. Not the >> chocolate chip muffin in the photo, however; it's not vegan. >> >> :-) >> >> Thanks for the comment and thanks to everyone else who looked and commented. >> >> cheers, >> frank >> >> "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- >> Christopher Hitchens >> >> --- Original Message --- >> >> From: Bruce Walker >> Sent: September 25, 2012 9/25/12 >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >> Subject: Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures? >> >> Ditto what Peter says. I do like the shot though. >> >> Next time you go there, Frank, take a collapsible scrim with you to >> control the glare and let you raise the exposure so we can see the >> muffin properly. I'll come with you if you need an assistant. Mmm, >> chocolate. >> >> On a more technical note: don't you find that pairing a muffin with an >> espresso means that you run out of liquid long before you finish the >> muffin? It's usually three or four sips or one quick swallow and that >> espresso is done. >> >> I'd rather have a cup of coffee with that chocolate muffin. With an >> espresso, it should be a biscotti, I think. >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 10:59 PM, P. J. Alling >> wrote: >>> I assume that's chocolate, which is undeniably one of life's great >>> pleasures. However while the glare off the table can be forgiven, the >>> blacks are too blocked to convey an inviting texture to the pastry and the >>> coffee cup needs a bit more separation from it's shadow/reflection in the >>> saucer . Aside from that the composition is quite pleasing. >>> >>> >>> On 9/24/2012 9:51 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I suppose there could be a huge debate on what life's greatest pleasures really are but a good book, a muffin and an espresso would be a consideration for me: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/lifes-greatest-pleasures.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Don't lose h
RE: PESO 2012 - Balda photos - GDG
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Tim Bray > > Nice shots, Mr G. > > My Dad's original camera, and one I shot with for a few years as a kid, > was a Balda "Baldini". Here are some of its pictures, the oldest from > 1953: > > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/11/04/FSS > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/11/25/FSS > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/01/13/FSS > that shot of the Meander River Trading Post is really nice. 1956, huh? I might have been a foetus when that was taken. 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: GESO San Francisco Lindy Exchange:
Didn't get all the way through them but there are some amazing photos in there. Obviously being a dancer yourself you know the timing and can anticipate the perfect moment to snap. Wonderful stuff. Perhaps you should have used a flash though... cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Larry Colen Sent: September 26, 2012 9/26/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: GESO San Francisco Lindy Exchange: Here is my first cut at my 46 best photos from the Lindy Exchange about a week ago. I've posted a few of these already: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157631631427532/ I have a few examples that show why the K-5 is such an amazing camera: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8027991101/in/set-72157631631427532 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8027917037/in/set-72157631631427532 At first blush, these two shots seem a bit rough. Consider that they were shot at 1/100 f/3.2 ISO 800 And for example, this shot of the dancers, was shot at 1/30 f/1.8 ISO12,800: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8027915854 The practical dynamic range of this camera continues to gobsmack me. There wasn't enough light to easily photograph the dancers, and I'm pulling reasonable images of the dancers, while exposing for musicians under stage lights. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Back yard jays
The second one is terrific. The first one might be if the tip of the head weren't cut off. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: David J Brooks Sent: September 26, 2012 9/26/12 To: Pentax Discuss , Petch Dianne , Barbara Brooks , Harry Bolton , David Button , Darryl Button Subject: Peso Back yard jays Hey all Its been a while since the jays have been in abundance in the back yard. We have gone from two to about six or seven, so i got the K-5 out Tuesday. Up, up and a way: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16485834 You started with out me.?? http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16485835 K-5, D FA 50-200 AF360 -0.5 fill Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Worn Down - A Self Portrait
Don't worry, I always listen to my doctors. ;-) And I always let Judy wait on me when she insists. ;-) Thanks to all for the comments. As I said earlier I was just surprised at how miserable I looked. I know I was pretty cranky on Sunday but I had no idea how everything was being shown on my face. Now I need to take a happy self portrait to balance it out. ;-) cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Ann Sanfedele Sent: September 26, 2012 9/26/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: PESO - Worn Down - A Self Portrait On 9/26/2012 18:27, David J Brooks wrote: > Thats quite good Frank. Orther than the magenta cast. Don't see Magenta cast on my nice new monitor... just blown-out finger.. Kinda reminds me > of Saturday morning at GFM:-) > > Dave Oh, yeah... I remember that look too! But he wasn't in quite such pain back then... Frank, just be good and do what doc says and let Judy wait on you ann > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:44 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com > wrote: >> I was at Jet Fuel cafe in Toronto on Sunday morning. A friend of mine just >> got a Samsung Galaxy S III and we were comparing it to my S II. I was >> fooling around with mine a bit and "flipped" the camera around and took my >> own photo. >> >> Didn't think much of it until I looked at it again tonight. This was after >> two sleepless, painful nights since my accident. I am shocked at how bad I >> looked: >> >> >> http://www.photoshop.com/users/knarftheriault/assets/789af21513e448b5927d53aebf499270 >> >> *http://tinyurl.com/8moy833* >> >> Can't imagine what having a chronic ailment must do to a person. >> >> I have been told that sometimes the subjects of my street photos are not >> portrayed in a good light. I guess part of me wants to show that I can do >> the same for myself when I am down in the dumps. >> >> Don't worry though. Feeling much better now. A proper diagnosis and knowing >> what I am dealing with (along with a sling for my arm!) have alleviated the >> pain considerably. >> >> :-) >> >> cheers, >> frank >> >> >> >> "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- >> Christopher Hitchens >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.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 Ford
Like the fourth one best. Those orange highlights are weird but oddly work well with the black or grey matt. Well shot. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Larry Colen Sent: September 26, 2012 9/26/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: PESO Ford Between rescuing two damsels in distress today, I took a few shots of this relic parked in front of the thrift store in downtown Felton: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8025866914/ set of 4: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157631626251196/ -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S.
Sorry to read this, Paul. I feel I can put myself in your predicament. I can't relate a like story, but I can sense and understand your disappointment with the failure of such a faithful tool. Hope it's back soon and ready to provide another 20,000 beautiful frames. Jack From: Paul Stenquist To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 5:29 PM Subject: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S. The SDM motor of my workhorse lens seems to have failed after what must be about 20,000 frames. Not too bad, although I guess it shouldn't ever fail on an expensive lens that is marketed as a premium product. A few weeks back I started getting intermittent focus failures. Unmounting the lens and turning the focus barrel manually would wake it up again. I had a couple assignments, so I held onto it, figuring I'd send it out when the weather started to get bad. But at yesterday's shoot it failed completely. Couldn't get a shot off. That was inconvenient as hell, since I didn't have another lens between 135 and 400, and the Mopar Action editor likes the look I get in the 200 to 250 range. But I made do with the 50-135 and the A 400. That 400 is getting harder to focus as my eyes age, so I shot numerous frames of each shot, refocusing after every couple. Should have hung onto the DA 50-200 as a spare, but I sold it to help cover the cost of the DA* lens. In any case, I hope C.R.I.S. has the part. Don't want to go through the kind of ordeal that accompanied my K-5 repair in July. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO Tasha and Friends -- the rest of the story
Did they shoot it with DSLRs? Great Gallery. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:35 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > The wrap party must have been amazing. > > ;-) > > Cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Bruce Walker > Sent: September 26, 2012 9/26/12 > To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List > Subject: GESO Tasha and Friends -- the rest of the story > > If you enjoyed my "Tasha and Friend" PESO Saturday, then here's just > the gallery for you ... > > http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/sets/72157631606597351/ > > I was freely roaming the production set (a producer's basement) of > this indie horror/comedy/puppet movie scheduled for 2013 release. > > This flick is coming from the same team that created "The Post-Lifers" > (2011), a zombie mockumentary that's touring all the indie film > festivals this year. If you can, I urge you to see it. It's hilarious > and really, really well done. Here's their IMDB & Facebook pages: > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2133348/ > https://www.facebook.com/thepostlifers > http://postlifeproductions.ca/ > > > All gallery shots: K20D, mostly DA*55/1.4, a few DA*16-50/2.8. Post in > Lightroom 4.1. > > Comments welcome. > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso Back yard jays
It looks like he stepped backwards and fell off. Great shot. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > On 9/26/2012 20:58, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >> I like "You started without me." Fun stuff. >> Paul > > me too! > ann > > >> On Sep 26, 2012, at 8:44 PM, David J Brooks wrote: >> >>> Hey all >>> >>> Its been a while since the jays have been in abundance in the back >>> yard. We have gone from two to about six or seven, so i got the K-5 >>> out Tuesday. >>> >>> >>> Up, up and a way: >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16485834 >>> >>> You started with out me.?? >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16485835 >>> >>> K-5, D FA 50-200 AF360 -0.5 fill >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> -- >>> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >>> www.caughtinmotion.com >>> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >>> York Region, Ontario, Canada >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- 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: Mileage on a K5 shutter
Yikes. That's an expensive malfunction. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:21 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> Just curious, Dave. What way did you deviate from the average. > > My D2H shutter blew up at around 4000 > > Dave >> >> Thanks for the feedback folks. I decided not pursue this particular >> used K5. I may wait and see what "you're the beta tester" problesm >> will arise with the new K5 II and K30 and then buy later ;-) >> >> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:28 PM, David J Brooks wrote: >>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:29 AM, David Parsons >>> wrote: About 13% of the nominal rated life of the shutter. The rated life 100,000 actuations. Like any other rating, it's an average, and not a countdown to failure. >>> >>> Tell that to my D2H:-) >>> >>> Dave On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > Looking at a used K5 with 13K actuations on the shutter. In good > shape other wise. How much wear is this, really? > > -- > 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. -- 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > > -- > 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: "student" cameras still film?
What gets me about those listings is that they usually over $100 in the Boston area. A 35 year old camera that regularly goes for $125. I stopped looking for Pentax on CL because it's so ridiculous. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:48 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > I still see film cameras like the K1000 and MX listed for > sale as "student" cameras. Question is are they still using > film cameras rather than digital in photography classes in > high schools and colleges? Seems like a basic DSLR would be > more appropriate in today's day and age. > > - > J.C.O'Connell > hifis...@gate.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. -- 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: "student" cameras still film?
We have two sections of film photography each at W&L. They use the two 8 person darkrooms. They always fill up. They use a lot of Pentax film camera, two of which I donated. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Bong Manayon wrote: > There are two programs in the school I teach in > (http://www.dls-csb.edu.ph); one is a multi-media arts program (MMA) a > sort of generic track and a photography specific (AB Photo) program. > The MMA has long gone digital but has a black and white photo elective > (which I teach). The AB Photo has a Alternative Processing subject > which taught salt paper prints, albumen then we recently incorporated > black & white into it since that is now "alternative" given that > digital is mainstream. There is also large format photography. > > Right now we are suffering from a shortage of black and white film, > our only supplier is Fuji and someone from another school bought the > existing 35mm stock (I managed to buy a bulk of the 120). Wet > printing is done for demo purposes since the quality of paper we have > here is iffy. For final plates and exhibits we go hybrid and scan the > negatives. > > "Student" film cameras is a sliding issue since most have DSLRs to > begin with and may dabble only in film cam for a particular subject > (we have Nikon loaners--all in bad shape). Eventually some actually > discover film and invest in their own; but in the meantime I have a > group of students bringing their Dianas... > > Bong > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> While my niece was taking photography in high-school (2 years) they >> gave them 35mm film cameras (I don't know what make). The curriculum >> was big on old-school methods and basics. They even did stuff like >> photograms. >> >> As far as I know they did not graduate to digital cameras. The niece >> has one though, as I made sure of that. I very nice K-x. :-) >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:48 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: >>> I still see film cameras like the K1000 and MX listed for >>> sale as "student" cameras. Question is are they still using >>> film cameras rather than digital in photography classes in >>> high schools and colleges? Seems like a basic DSLR would be >>> more appropriate in today's day and age. >>> >>> - >>> J.C.O'Connell >>> hifis...@gate.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. >> >> >> >> -- >> -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. > > > > -- > 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - From a Position of Power
yeah...! ann On 9/26/2012 22:15, frank theriault wrote: Having a camera downtown during the week is fun: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/from-position-of-power.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: PESO - From a Position of Power
Why do I feel like I'm in trouble when I see those two? On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > The upper gentleman looks very, very serious. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:15 PM, frank theriault > wrote: >> Having a camera downtown during the week is fun: >> >> http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/from-position-of-power.html >> >> Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. >> >> cheers, >> frank >> >> -- >> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - From a Position of Power
The upper gentleman looks very, very serious. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:15 PM, frank theriault wrote: > Having a camera downtown during the week is fun: > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/from-position-of-power.html > > Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso Back yard jays
On 9/26/2012 20:58, Paul Stenquist wrote: I like "You started without me." Fun stuff. Paul me too! ann On Sep 26, 2012, at 8:44 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Hey all Its been a while since the jays have been in abundance in the back yard. We have gone from two to about six or seven, so i got the K-5 out Tuesday. Up, up and a way: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16485834 You started with out me.?? http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16485835 K-5, D FA 50-200 AF360 -0.5 fill Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO - From a Position of Power
Having a camera downtown during the week is fun: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/from-position-of-power.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Enablement: LR4
O boy O boy, a chance to talk about storage strategies. Thanks to those who outlined theirs, there was some thought-provoking stuff in there. Here’s mine. I have a folder named “Current” on my small fast SSD boot disk. I have a hierarchy /-MM on a big slow old-fashioned disk drive. I always import into Current on the small fast boot disk. That’s where they live while I’m actually working on them, discarding duds, etc. When there are several months worth of photos built up there, I run through the oldest couple of months, do a quick keywording pass, and move them (with Lightroom, so it can keep the catalog pointers right) into the appropriate /-MM. Keywording is definitely faster when you do a few hundred in a row, the Lr keyword picker remembers what you’ve been using. Not claiming it’d work for anyone else, but it sure is easy to understand and remember. -T On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Walt wrote: > Hi all! > > Finally, after years of using Picasa, IrfanView and a few Photoshop plugins, > I finally decided to break down and get some decent image editing software > for my new setup. It's definitely going to take a while to get comfortable > with it. I've checked out a few of the tutorial videos at the Adobe website, > which were reasonably helpful, and wonder if anyone can suggest some others > that would be worth taking a look at. > > Any suggestions, tips, and/or advice 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: DA 35 & DA 55-300 on film
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Tim Bray wrote: > Nice pix! Maybe a little dark? -T Are they? Can someone confirm? I just bought a new monitor and have not gotten use to it (Viewsonic LED). Btw, thank you all for your comments. Cheers! Bong -- Bong Manayon http://bong.manayon.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: "student" cameras still film?
There are two programs in the school I teach in (http://www.dls-csb.edu.ph); one is a multi-media arts program (MMA) a sort of generic track and a photography specific (AB Photo) program. The MMA has long gone digital but has a black and white photo elective (which I teach). The AB Photo has a Alternative Processing subject which taught salt paper prints, albumen then we recently incorporated black & white into it since that is now "alternative" given that digital is mainstream. There is also large format photography. Right now we are suffering from a shortage of black and white film, our only supplier is Fuji and someone from another school bought the existing 35mm stock (I managed to buy a bulk of the 120). Wet printing is done for demo purposes since the quality of paper we have here is iffy. For final plates and exhibits we go hybrid and scan the negatives. "Student" film cameras is a sliding issue since most have DSLRs to begin with and may dabble only in film cam for a particular subject (we have Nikon loaners--all in bad shape). Eventually some actually discover film and invest in their own; but in the meantime I have a group of students bringing their Dianas... Bong On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > While my niece was taking photography in high-school (2 years) they > gave them 35mm film cameras (I don't know what make). The curriculum > was big on old-school methods and basics. They even did stuff like > photograms. > > As far as I know they did not graduate to digital cameras. The niece > has one though, as I made sure of that. I very nice K-x. :-) > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:48 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: >> I still see film cameras like the K1000 and MX listed for >> sale as "student" cameras. Question is are they still using >> film cameras rather than digital in photography classes in >> high schools and colleges? Seems like a basic DSLR would be >> more appropriate in today's day and age. >> >> - >> J.C.O'Connell >> hifis...@gate.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. > > > > -- > -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. -- 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.
Re: DA 35 & DA 55-300 on film
Nice pix! Maybe a little dark? -T On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Bong Manayon wrote: > Delurking... > > For the full frame monger: I used a DA 35/2.4 AL & a DA 55-300/4-5.8 > ED on a film camera (MZ-3+Ilford XP-2). > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/sets/72157631620661628/ > > The backstory: went shooting with my kids. When my daughter got tired > and the light was getting too low for the FA 28-105 on the MZ-3, I > swapped her DA 35. Surprised with how it worked; the next day I went > out with the DA 55-300. > > So there. > > Back lurking... > Bong > > -- > Bong Manayon > http://bong.manayon.net > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S.
Autofocus is fine for shooting cars off a tripod, which is my most critical work. It's not hard to lock onto a headlight or bumper edge. I shot a group of executive portraits for a consulting company last week and used the DA( 50-135, focusing on the close eye with a single point. Almost all were critically sharp at full magnification. Missed maybe 2 or 3 out of about 100 frames. i think you're correct about the 400/5.6 being particularly difficult to focus with the small wide-open stop. I'll have to dig out my K series 85/1.8 and shoot some pics of Grace in the studio. I'll see if my tired old right eye can still manage. I do get enough diopter correction to get a sharp focusing screen, but I'm not sure that's all that's involved. Paul On Sep 26, 2012, at 9:05 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > I think the A400/f5.6 is an exception, because its so slow. I even have > trouble with mine. Most of my MF SMCK lenses are shorter and faster like > F2.8 or faster, making them easy to MF. Having a split image screen doesnt > hurt either. I just dont like AF, it misses too much or hunts too long > ruining the decisive moment. I will concede AF is better for fast action > where its impossible to keep up manually focusing, but thats a special case. > > - > J.C.O'Connell > hifis...@gate.net > - > > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul > Stenquist > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:56 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S. > > What Bruce said. Forty years ago I could manual focus any lens, every time. > I could even pull focus on a car moving toward me. But eyes wear out faster > than old manual lenses. I had a heck of a time focusing the 400 yesterday, > particularly when working from my knees with the camera on a low tripod. > Manual focus is largely in my past. > Paul > > On Sep 26, 2012, at 8:39 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> Nothing tricky to go wrong? Yes there is: the gel-filled lenses in >> your head. That's part of my issue and why I don't do much successful >> manual focussing. I'd be in trouble without AF. >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:35 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: >>> This is one of the reasons I like my prime SMCK MF lenses. >>> Nothing tricky to go wrong, still going strong after 35 yrs. >>> Sorry to hear your having problems with your newish lens... >>> - >>> J.C.O'Connell >>> hifis...@gate.net >>> - >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Paul >>> Stenquist >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:30 PM >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> Subject: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S. >>> >>> The SDM motor of my workhorse lens seems to have failed after what must > be >>> about 20,000 frames. Not too bad, although I guess it shouldn't ever fail > on >>> an expensive lens that is marketed as a premium product. A few weeks back > I >>> started getting intermittent focus failures. Unmounting the lens and > turning >>> the focus barrel manually would wake it up again. I had a couple >>> assignments, so I held onto it, figuring I'd send it out when the weather >>> started to get bad. But at yesterday's shoot it failed completely. > Couldn't >>> get a shot off. That was inconvenient as hell, since I didn't have > another >>> lens between 135 and 400, and the Mopar Action editor likes the look I > get >>> in the 200 to 250 range. But I made do with the 50-135 and the A 400. > That >>> 400 is getting harder to focus as my eyes age, so I shot numerous frames > of >>> each shot, refocusing after every couple. Should have hung onto the DA >>> 50-200 as a spare, but I sold it to help cover the cost of the DA* lens. >>> >>> In any case, I hope C.R.I.S. has the part. Don't want to go through the > kind >>> of ordeal that accompanied my K-5 repair in July. >>> >>> Paul >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> -bmw >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, plea
Re: PESO 2012 - Balda photos - GDG
Nice shots, Mr G. My Dad's original camera, and one I shot with for a few years as a kid, was a Balda “Baldini”. Here are some of its pictures, the oldest from 1953: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/11/04/FSS http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/11/25/FSS http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/01/13/FSS On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I've been itching to take the old Balda (1955ish Baldix 6x6 folder) for a > walk since it arrived, finally had a chance to do so over the weekend. > > I loaded it with Fuji Acros 100 for testing. I made a loading mistake this > first time which cost me one frame out of the twelve. I know what I did wrong > so I'll not do that one again. > > Otherwise, the camera performed very nicely other than for opening it. The > lens standard mechanism is sticky and I think there's something bent or > slightly out of alignment in it. It opens and snaps into place properly, > eventually, but it takes a lot of careful fussing to make that happen. I'll > bring it by the camera repair shop and see what Fred can do to massage it. > Otherwise, the lens seems good, the shutter seems pretty accurate and the > images have that lovely vintage look to them ... I felt good about posting a > couple: > > #2: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8019828444/lightbox > > #6: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8019827304/lightbox > > It's a lot of fun to let go of all the bits and bytes with a camera like > this. And I still love the look of 6x6 photographs. > > Thanks for looking! Comments are always appreciated. > > Godfrey > -- > a photo blog: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S.
Since I have turned 50, my near range vision is no longer any good and I need reading glasses or bifocals now for reading, but fortunately my infinity vision (which is what a camera finder requires) is still 20-20 so I dont have any problem MF focusing even without glasses at this point. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walt Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 9:10 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S. Maybe I need to start setting aside some money for a future Lasik procedure. I truly dread the day when my eyeballs finally betray me. (Not that they haven't before, but it usually only happens around closing time.) -- Walt On 9/26/2012 7:55 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > What Bruce said. Forty years ago I could manual focus any lens, every time. I could even pull focus on a car moving toward me. But eyes wear out faster than old manual lenses. I had a heck of a time focusing the 400 yesterday, particularly when working from my knees with the camera on a low tripod. Manual focus is largely in my past. > Paul > > On Sep 26, 2012, at 8:39 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> Nothing tricky to go wrong? Yes there is: the gel-filled lenses in >> your head. That's part of my issue and why I don't do much successful >> manual focussing. I'd be in trouble without AF. >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:35 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: >>> This is one of the reasons I like my prime SMCK MF lenses. >>> Nothing tricky to go wrong, still going strong after 35 yrs. >>> Sorry to hear your having problems with your newish lens... >>> - >>> J.C.O'Connell >>> hifis...@gate.net >>> - >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul >>> Stenquist >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:30 PM >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> Subject: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S. >>> >>> The SDM motor of my workhorse lens seems to have failed after what must be >>> about 20,000 frames. Not too bad, although I guess it shouldn't ever fail on >>> an expensive lens that is marketed as a premium product. A few weeks back I >>> started getting intermittent focus failures. Unmounting the lens and turning >>> the focus barrel manually would wake it up again. I had a couple >>> assignments, so I held onto it, figuring I'd send it out when the weather >>> started to get bad. But at yesterday's shoot it failed completely. Couldn't >>> get a shot off. That was inconvenient as hell, since I didn't have another >>> lens between 135 and 400, and the Mopar Action editor likes the look I get >>> in the 200 to 250 range. But I made do with the 50-135 and the A 400. That >>> 400 is getting harder to focus as my eyes age, so I shot numerous frames of >>> each shot, refocusing after every couple. Should have hung onto the DA >>> 50-200 as a spare, but I sold it to help cover the cost of the DA* lens. >>> >>> In any case, I hope C.R.I.S. has the part. Don't want to go through the kind >>> of ordeal that accompanied my K-5 repair in July. >>> >>> Paul >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> -bmw >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S.
Maybe I need to start setting aside some money for a future Lasik procedure. I truly dread the day when my eyeballs finally betray me. (Not that they haven't before, but it usually only happens around closing time.) -- Walt On 9/26/2012 7:55 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: What Bruce said. Forty years ago I could manual focus any lens, every time. I could even pull focus on a car moving toward me. But eyes wear out faster than old manual lenses. I had a heck of a time focusing the 400 yesterday, particularly when working from my knees with the camera on a low tripod. Manual focus is largely in my past. Paul On Sep 26, 2012, at 8:39 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Nothing tricky to go wrong? Yes there is: the gel-filled lenses in your head. That's part of my issue and why I don't do much successful manual focussing. I'd be in trouble without AF. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:35 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: This is one of the reasons I like my prime SMCK MF lenses. Nothing tricky to go wrong, still going strong after 35 yrs. Sorry to hear your having problems with your newish lens... - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:30 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S. The SDM motor of my workhorse lens seems to have failed after what must be about 20,000 frames. Not too bad, although I guess it shouldn't ever fail on an expensive lens that is marketed as a premium product. A few weeks back I started getting intermittent focus failures. Unmounting the lens and turning the focus barrel manually would wake it up again. I had a couple assignments, so I held onto it, figuring I'd send it out when the weather started to get bad. But at yesterday's shoot it failed completely. Couldn't get a shot off. That was inconvenient as hell, since I didn't have another lens between 135 and 400, and the Mopar Action editor likes the look I get in the 200 to 250 range. But I made do with the 50-135 and the A 400. That 400 is getting harder to focus as my eyes age, so I shot numerous frames of each shot, refocusing after every couple. Should have hung onto the DA 50-200 as a spare, but I sold it to help cover the cost of the DA* lens. In any case, I hope C.R.I.S. has the part. Don't want to go through the kind of ordeal that accompanied my K-5 repair in July. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso Back yard jays
Bluejays, for all their aggression, are really handsome birds. "You Started Without Me?" captures them very nicely. Have you considered hanging some fake ivy over the brickwork to give it a more "natural" look when you're shooting the jays? I think it might add a little something to your images, so long as it looks relatively realistic. -- Walt On 9/26/2012 7:44 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Hey all Its been a while since the jays have been in abundance in the back yard. We have gone from two to about six or seven, so i got the K-5 out Tuesday. Up, up and a way: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16485834 You started with out me.?? http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16485835 K-5, D FA 50-200 AF360 -0.5 fill 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: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S.
I think the A400/f5.6 is an exception, because its so slow. I even have trouble with mine. Most of my MF SMCK lenses are shorter and faster like F2.8 or faster, making them easy to MF. Having a split image screen doesnt hurt either. I just dont like AF, it misses too much or hunts too long ruining the decisive moment. I will concede AF is better for fast action where its impossible to keep up manually focusing, but thats a special case. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:56 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S. What Bruce said. Forty years ago I could manual focus any lens, every time. I could even pull focus on a car moving toward me. But eyes wear out faster than old manual lenses. I had a heck of a time focusing the 400 yesterday, particularly when working from my knees with the camera on a low tripod. Manual focus is largely in my past. Paul On Sep 26, 2012, at 8:39 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Nothing tricky to go wrong? Yes there is: the gel-filled lenses in > your head. That's part of my issue and why I don't do much successful > manual focussing. I'd be in trouble without AF. > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:35 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: >> This is one of the reasons I like my prime SMCK MF lenses. >> Nothing tricky to go wrong, still going strong after 35 yrs. >> Sorry to hear your having problems with your newish lens... >> - >> J.C.O'Connell >> hifis...@gate.net >> - >> >> -Original Message- >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul >> Stenquist >> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:30 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S. >> >> The SDM motor of my workhorse lens seems to have failed after what must be >> about 20,000 frames. Not too bad, although I guess it shouldn't ever fail on >> an expensive lens that is marketed as a premium product. A few weeks back I >> started getting intermittent focus failures. Unmounting the lens and turning >> the focus barrel manually would wake it up again. I had a couple >> assignments, so I held onto it, figuring I'd send it out when the weather >> started to get bad. But at yesterday's shoot it failed completely. Couldn't >> get a shot off. That was inconvenient as hell, since I didn't have another >> lens between 135 and 400, and the Mopar Action editor likes the look I get >> in the 200 to 250 range. But I made do with the 50-135 and the A 400. That >> 400 is getting harder to focus as my eyes age, so I shot numerous frames of >> each shot, refocusing after every couple. Should have hung onto the DA >> 50-200 as a spare, but I sold it to help cover the cost of the DA* lens. >> >> In any case, I hope C.R.I.S. has the part. Don't want to go through the kind >> of ordeal that accompanied my K-5 repair in July. >> >> Paul >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Back yard jays
I like "You started without me." Fun stuff. Paul On Sep 26, 2012, at 8:44 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > Hey all > > Its been a while since the jays have been in abundance in the back > yard. We have gone from two to about six or seven, so i got the K-5 > out Tuesday. > > > Up, up and a way: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16485834 > > You started with out me.?? > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16485835 > > K-5, D FA 50-200 AF360 -0.5 fill > > Dave > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S.
What Bruce said. Forty years ago I could manual focus any lens, every time. I could even pull focus on a car moving toward me. But eyes wear out faster than old manual lenses. I had a heck of a time focusing the 400 yesterday, particularly when working from my knees with the camera on a low tripod. Manual focus is largely in my past. Paul On Sep 26, 2012, at 8:39 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Nothing tricky to go wrong? Yes there is: the gel-filled lenses in > your head. That's part of my issue and why I don't do much successful > manual focussing. I'd be in trouble without AF. > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:35 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: >> This is one of the reasons I like my prime SMCK MF lenses. >> Nothing tricky to go wrong, still going strong after 35 yrs. >> Sorry to hear your having problems with your newish lens... >> - >> J.C.O'Connell >> hifis...@gate.net >> - >> >> -Original Message- >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul >> Stenquist >> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:30 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S. >> >> The SDM motor of my workhorse lens seems to have failed after what must be >> about 20,000 frames. Not too bad, although I guess it shouldn't ever fail on >> an expensive lens that is marketed as a premium product. A few weeks back I >> started getting intermittent focus failures. Unmounting the lens and turning >> the focus barrel manually would wake it up again. I had a couple >> assignments, so I held onto it, figuring I'd send it out when the weather >> started to get bad. But at yesterday's shoot it failed completely. Couldn't >> get a shot off. That was inconvenient as hell, since I didn't have another >> lens between 135 and 400, and the Mopar Action editor likes the look I get >> in the 200 to 250 range. But I made do with the 50-135 and the A 400. That >> 400 is getting harder to focus as my eyes age, so I shot numerous frames of >> each shot, refocusing after every couple. Should have hung onto the DA >> 50-200 as a spare, but I sold it to help cover the cost of the DA* lens. >> >> In any case, I hope C.R.I.S. has the part. Don't want to go through the kind >> of ordeal that accompanied my K-5 repair in July. >> >> Paul >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard
Nice photos and car but the car would look better with stock rims/hubcaps on it. Im not a fan of big wheels on vintage autos... - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:18 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard Thanks Bob. And thanks to all who commented or had a look. Paul On Sep 26, 2012, at 3:38 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Paul, > Thanks for the extra info on the car. That's a great shot. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Shot a car today at what is left of the Packard Proving >> grounds in Shelby, Michigan: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483795 >> >> The car was a 1959 Chrysler Imperial two-seat roadster -- a car that never exacted, save in one man's fantasy. The proving ground venue just happened to be handy and aesthetically a nice match for the car. Here it is in front of the old Packard garage: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483792&size=lg >> >> And smoking the hides on the remains of the Packard test track, which was once a 2 1/2- mile oval (if memory serves me). All that remains is a few hundred feet of track and guardrail: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483794&size=lg >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Autographer (wearable camera) - not entirely OT
At $650 US to buy one, it will be a similar cult to the Leica one, I'd say. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > The ultimate "spray and pray" approach. I'm sure it's bound to get > some nice shots. Obviously not for me; taking the shots is my hobby. > I doubt it will supplant cell phone cameras, and most people are not > going to want to go through all those shots. Could be a cult thing, I > guess. > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >> Don't know what I really think of this: >> http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/09/24/omg-life-creates-autographer-wearable-automatic-camera >> but I saw it shortly after viewing this neat instructional video >> http://cinematography-howto.wonderhowto.com/how-to/make-time-lapse-video-with-dslr-and-intervalometer-269678/ >> and it gave me an idea: >> >> It would be interesting to wear the Pentax Q around one's neck and >> just have it set to take images with its built-in intervalometer while >> walking around the streets or something (hands-off). People would >> pretty much ignore a camera that doesn't have the wearer's hands on >> it. This idea would work for any camera with a built-in intervalometer >> (like the K-5) but it think it probably becomes a little more >> problematic (in multiple ways) to handle the larger the camera in this >> way. The built-in intervalometer can take up to 999 images, so you'd >> have to do the math to determine how often to have it take a photo for >> the length of time you wanted it to "run" (also your card capacity and >> whether you were shooting JPEG or RAW/+). >> >> Another (related) idea would be to use this to create time-lapse video >> from still shots. Imagine walking through a crowded rush hour city >> sidewalk and into a cafe shooting this way at 1 image every 3 seconds. >> That's 20 frames per minute and if you put that together (for example >> in QuickTime Pro) at 20 fps you have a 1 minute of real life = 1 >> second of your time-lapse video. 1 hour of real life = 1 minute of >> time-lapse video. >> >> Think this is dumb or does it have merit? >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.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. -- -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: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S.
Id be in trouble without MF. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:40 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S. Nothing tricky to go wrong? Yes there is: the gel-filled lenses in your head. That's part of my issue and why I don't do much successful manual focussing. I'd be in trouble without AF. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:35 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > This is one of the reasons I like my prime SMCK MF lenses. > Nothing tricky to go wrong, still going strong after 35 yrs. > Sorry to hear your having problems with your newish lens... > - > J.C.O'Connell > hifis...@gate.net > - > > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul > Stenquist > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:30 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S. > > The SDM motor of my workhorse lens seems to have failed after what must be > about 20,000 frames. Not too bad, although I guess it shouldn't ever fail on > an expensive lens that is marketed as a premium product. A few weeks back I > started getting intermittent focus failures. Unmounting the lens and turning > the focus barrel manually would wake it up again. I had a couple > assignments, so I held onto it, figuring I'd send it out when the weather > started to get bad. But at yesterday's shoot it failed completely. Couldn't > get a shot off. That was inconvenient as hell, since I didn't have another > lens between 135 and 400, and the Mopar Action editor likes the look I get > in the 200 to 250 range. But I made do with the 50-135 and the A 400. That > 400 is getting harder to focus as my eyes age, so I shot numerous frames of > each shot, refocusing after every couple. Should have hung onto the DA > 50-200 as a spare, but I sold it to help cover the cost of the DA* lens. > > In any case, I hope C.R.I.S. has the part. Don't want to go through the kind > of ordeal that accompanied my K-5 repair in July. > > Paul > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S.
you could also buy a 200 or 250mm F4 prime as a backup to fill the gap between 135 and 400. Pentax 200mm F4 prime are cheap. I think vivitar made a 250mm F4.5 which is also cheap. If you must have a zoom there was a tokina at-x 100-300 F4 that is superb. Cost more than a prime though. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:30 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S. The SDM motor of my workhorse lens seems to have failed after what must be about 20,000 frames. Not too bad, although I guess it shouldn't ever fail on an expensive lens that is marketed as a premium product. A few weeks back I started getting intermittent focus failures. Unmounting the lens and turning the focus barrel manually would wake it up again. I had a couple assignments, so I held onto it, figuring I'd send it out when the weather started to get bad. But at yesterday's shoot it failed completely. Couldn't get a shot off. That was inconvenient as hell, since I didn't have another lens between 135 and 400, and the Mopar Action editor likes the look I get in the 200 to 250 range. But I made do with the 50-135 and the A 400. That 400 is getting harder to focus as my eyes age, so I shot numerous frames of each shot, refocusing after every couple. Should have hung onto the DA 50-200 as a spare, but I sold it to help cover the cost of the DA* lens. In any case, I hope C.R.I.S. has the part. Don't want to go through the kind of ordeal that accompanied my K-5 repair in July. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S.
Nothing tricky to go wrong? Yes there is: the gel-filled lenses in your head. That's part of my issue and why I don't do much successful manual focussing. I'd be in trouble without AF. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:35 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > This is one of the reasons I like my prime SMCK MF lenses. > Nothing tricky to go wrong, still going strong after 35 yrs. > Sorry to hear your having problems with your newish lens... > - > J.C.O'Connell > hifis...@gate.net > - > > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul > Stenquist > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:30 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S. > > The SDM motor of my workhorse lens seems to have failed after what must be > about 20,000 frames. Not too bad, although I guess it shouldn't ever fail on > an expensive lens that is marketed as a premium product. A few weeks back I > started getting intermittent focus failures. Unmounting the lens and turning > the focus barrel manually would wake it up again. I had a couple > assignments, so I held onto it, figuring I'd send it out when the weather > started to get bad. But at yesterday's shoot it failed completely. Couldn't > get a shot off. That was inconvenient as hell, since I didn't have another > lens between 135 and 400, and the Mopar Action editor likes the look I get > in the 200 to 250 range. But I made do with the 50-135 and the A 400. That > 400 is getting harder to focus as my eyes age, so I shot numerous frames of > each shot, refocusing after every couple. Should have hung onto the DA > 50-200 as a spare, but I sold it to help cover the cost of the DA* lens. > > In any case, I hope C.R.I.S. has the part. Don't want to go through the kind > of ordeal that accompanied my K-5 repair in July. > > Paul > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -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: "student" cameras still film?
While my niece was taking photography in high-school (2 years) they gave them 35mm film cameras (I don't know what make). The curriculum was big on old-school methods and basics. They even did stuff like photograms. As far as I know they did not graduate to digital cameras. The niece has one though, as I made sure of that. I very nice K-x. :-) On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:48 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > I still see film cameras like the K1000 and MX listed for > sale as "student" cameras. Question is are they still using > film cameras rather than digital in photography classes in > high schools and colleges? Seems like a basic DSLR would be > more appropriate in today's day and age. > > - > J.C.O'Connell > hifis...@gate.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. -- -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: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S.
This is one of the reasons I like my prime SMCK MF lenses. Nothing tricky to go wrong, still going strong after 35 yrs. Sorry to hear your having problems with your newish lens... - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:30 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S. The SDM motor of my workhorse lens seems to have failed after what must be about 20,000 frames. Not too bad, although I guess it shouldn't ever fail on an expensive lens that is marketed as a premium product. A few weeks back I started getting intermittent focus failures. Unmounting the lens and turning the focus barrel manually would wake it up again. I had a couple assignments, so I held onto it, figuring I'd send it out when the weather started to get bad. But at yesterday's shoot it failed completely. Couldn't get a shot off. That was inconvenient as hell, since I didn't have another lens between 135 and 400, and the Mopar Action editor likes the look I get in the 200 to 250 range. But I made do with the 50-135 and the A 400. That 400 is getting harder to focus as my eyes age, so I shot numerous frames of each shot, refocusing after every couple. Should have hung onto the DA 50-200 as a spare, but I sold it to help cover the cost of the DA* lens. In any case, I hope C.R.I.S. has the part. Don't want to go through the kind of ordeal that accompanied my K-5 repair in July. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
DA* 60-250 to C.R.I.S.
The SDM motor of my workhorse lens seems to have failed after what must be about 20,000 frames. Not too bad, although I guess it shouldn't ever fail on an expensive lens that is marketed as a premium product. A few weeks back I started getting intermittent focus failures. Unmounting the lens and turning the focus barrel manually would wake it up again. I had a couple assignments, so I held onto it, figuring I'd send it out when the weather started to get bad. But at yesterday's shoot it failed completely. Couldn't get a shot off. That was inconvenient as hell, since I didn't have another lens between 135 and 400, and the Mopar Action editor likes the look I get in the 200 to 250 range. But I made do with the 50-135 and the A 400. That 400 is getting harder to focus as my eyes age, so I shot numerous frames of each shot, refocusing after every couple. Should have hung onto the DA 50-200 as a spare, but I sold it to help cover the cost of the DA* lens. In any case, I hope C.R.I.S. has the part. Don't want to go through the kind of ordeal that accompanied my K-5 repair in July. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Mileage on a K5 shutter
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > Just curious, Dave. What way did you deviate from the average. My D2H shutter blew up at around 4000 Dave > > Thanks for the feedback folks. I decided not pursue this particular > used K5. I may wait and see what "you're the beta tester" problesm > will arise with the new K5 II and K30 and then buy later ;-) > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:28 PM, David J Brooks wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:29 AM, David Parsons >> wrote: >>> About 13% of the nominal rated life of the shutter. >>> >>> The rated life 100,000 actuations. Like any other rating, it's an >>> average, and not a countdown to failure. >> >> Tell that to my D2H:-) >> >> Dave >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Steven Desjardins >>> wrote: Looking at a used K5 with 13K actuations on the shutter. In good shape other wise. How much wear is this, really? -- 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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: PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard
Thanks Bob. And thanks to all who commented or had a look. Paul On Sep 26, 2012, at 3:38 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Paul, > Thanks for the extra info on the car. That's a great shot. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Paul Stenquist > wrote: >> Shot a car today at what is left of the Packard Proving >> grounds in Shelby, Michigan: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483795 >> >> The car was a 1959 Chrysler Imperial two-seat roadster -- a car that never >> exacted, save in one man's fantasy. The proving ground venue just happened >> to be handy and aesthetically a nice match for the car. Here it is in front >> of the old Packard garage: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483792&size=lg >> >> And smoking the hides on the remains of the Packard test track, which was >> once a 2 1/2- mile oval (if memory serves me). All that remains is a few >> hundred feet of track and guardrail: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483794&size=lg >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Worn Down - A Self Portrait
On 9/26/2012 18:27, David J Brooks wrote: Thats quite good Frank. Orther than the magenta cast. Don't see Magenta cast on my nice new monitor... just blown-out finger.. Kinda reminds me of Saturday morning at GFM:-) Dave Oh, yeah... I remember that look too! But he wasn't in quite such pain back then... Frank, just be good and do what doc says and let Judy wait on you ann On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:44 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I was at Jet Fuel cafe in Toronto on Sunday morning. A friend of mine just got a Samsung Galaxy S III and we were comparing it to my S II. I was fooling around with mine a bit and "flipped" the camera around and took my own photo. Didn't think much of it until I looked at it again tonight. This was after two sleepless, painful nights since my accident. I am shocked at how bad I looked: http://www.photoshop.com/users/knarftheriault/assets/789af21513e448b5927d53aebf499270 *http://tinyurl.com/8moy833* Can't imagine what having a chronic ailment must do to a person. I have been told that sometimes the subjects of my street photos are not portrayed in a good light. I guess part of me wants to show that I can do the same for myself when I am down in the dumps. Don't worry though. Feeling much better now. A proper diagnosis and knowing what I am dealing with (along with a sling for my arm!) have alleviated the pain considerably. :-) cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: GPS menu on RAW/Fx button (was: Annoying glitch)
On 26 September 2012 20:56, Jan van Wijk wrote: > Good find! > >>I just checked, and setting raw/fx to astrotracer is actually useful Yeah, great tip, thanks -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
On 25 September 2012 04:06, Darren Addy wrote: > Regarding the $2000 Pentax-A* 135mm f1.8. Some say it is one of the 4 > or 5 best lenses Pentax has ever made, but I would love to see a > comparison between it and the K 135mm f2.5 (or the same optics in the > S-M-C Takumar 135mm f2.5 (version 2). *That* is a stellar lens (albeit > without "A" functionality) that is a FRACTION of the weight and cost. Having owned the Pentax-A* 135mm f1.8 and the K 135mm f2.5 concurrently along side the V Lanthar 125/2.5 I can confidently say that the Lanthar was better than the f1.8 wide open and the f1.8 at any aperture did not perform as well as the Lanthar. And at f1.8 the contrast and resolution was so poor that it was little point using it at that stop. The K2.5 was a nice lens but even stopped down had inferior resolution to the other lenses. I think that the Pentax-A* 135mm f1.8's legendary status is more to do with its relative rarity than its actual real world performance. I only still own the Lanthar, I couldn't justify retaining the other two lenses. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: "student" cameras still film?
I'm studying part-time at a college equivalent level and they have been all digital here for around five years. I think the darkrooms became extra studio space. According to the lecturers the biggest downside is the loss of the contact sheet. With students shooting hundreds of frames a week the lecturers can only view what the students think is worth seeing and potentially interesting images may get left behind because the student can't see the value in them. With a couple of contact sheets they can see all of the work quite quickly. In every other respect digital makes life easier and the learning quicker, except of course for that whole Photoshop thing. Paul Ewins Melbourne, Australia On 27/09/2012, at 9:48 AM, "J.C. O'Connell" wrote: > I still see film cameras like the K1000 and MX listed for > sale as "student" cameras. Question is are they still using > film cameras rather than digital in photography classes in > high schools and colleges? Seems like a basic DSLR would be > more appropriate in today's day and age. > > - > J.C.O'Connell > hifis...@gate.net > - > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
"student" cameras still film?
I still see film cameras like the K1000 and MX listed for sale as "student" cameras. Question is are they still using film cameras rather than digital in photography classes in high schools and colleges? Seems like a basic DSLR would be more appropriate in today's day and age. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.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: Elizabeth Street Gallery
Love them all (as I always do) but especially the first one and the photo of the children looking at the bunnies hanging by their ears. They'll have nightmares about that for years, followed by decades of therapy but it's a great shot! cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Derby Chang Sent: September 26, 2012 9/26/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Elizabeth Street Gallery I got a quick heads-up on this last week before the Art and About opening. Only had a bit of time to grab a snap (http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_09/12_09_sydneylife/01.htm) but looking at it in better light it is outstanding. Entertaining vid up on the 'tube this week. Andrew Quilty is the man. Amazing family the Quiltys (I use to work with on of his cousins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwGm9ZGPcHc -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
GESO San Francisco Lindy Exchange:
Here is my first cut at my 46 best photos from the Lindy Exchange about a week ago. I've posted a few of these already: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157631631427532/ I have a few examples that show why the K-5 is such an amazing camera: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8027991101/in/set-72157631631427532 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8027917037/in/set-72157631631427532 At first blush, these two shots seem a bit rough. Consider that they were shot at 1/100 f/3.2 ISO 800 And for example, this shot of the dancers, was shot at 1/30 f/1.8 ISO12,800: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8027915854 The practical dynamic range of this camera continues to gobsmack me. There wasn't enough light to easily photograph the dancers, and I'm pulling reasonable images of the dancers, while exposing for musicians under stage lights. -- 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: GESO Tasha and Friends -- the rest of the story
The wrap party must have been amazing. ;-) Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Bruce Walker Sent: September 26, 2012 9/26/12 To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List Subject: GESO Tasha and Friends -- the rest of the story If you enjoyed my "Tasha and Friend" PESO Saturday, then here's just the gallery for you ... http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/sets/72157631606597351/ I was freely roaming the production set (a producer's basement) of this indie horror/comedy/puppet movie scheduled for 2013 release. This flick is coming from the same team that created "The Post-Lifers" (2011), a zombie mockumentary that's touring all the indie film festivals this year. If you can, I urge you to see it. It's hilarious and really, really well done. Here's their IMDB & Facebook pages: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2133348/ https://www.facebook.com/thepostlifers http://postlifeproductions.ca/ All gallery shots: K20D, mostly DA*55/1.4, a few DA*16-50/2.8. Post in Lightroom 4.1. Comments welcome. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: 2013 will be the year of the Great Comets
You just wet your pants and it's visible in daylight. That's more information than I really need, thank you very much. ;-) So the Russians discovered this comet, eh? Sounds just like back in the cold war. No matter what we in the West ~really invented~ they claimed to have invented it first. From the television to the light bulb to being first to orbit the earth. Wait, they really were in space first. Oh well. This comet really does sound amazing. Hope we'll be able to see it in New Toronto... ;-) cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Toine Sent: September 26, 2012 9/26/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: OT: 2013 will be the year of the Great Comets Wow, I think I just wet my pants. Visible in daylight! Toine On 26 September 2012 16:10, Darren Addy wrote: > If you have ever wanted to get into astrophotography, you have reason > to "gear up" now. I don't know if it is making national news yet, but > a comet was just days ago discovered by a couple of Russian > astronomers that appears to have all of the ingredients to be one of > the greatest comets in our lifetimes, and maybe one of the greatest in > human civilization's history. > http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1209/25comet/ > > Normally it takes a while after discovery to calculate an accurate > orbit, but this comet was found on pre-discovery sky surveys (where it > was previously overlooked as a comet) and so they have 9 months of > data (over 50 orbital datapoints). What makes it incredible is the > nearness with which it is going to skim past the sun (.012 AU) and > then the nearness with which is flies past the earth (.4 AU). This > comet has the chance of being visible in a broad daylight sky, > brighter than the moon. This will be an incredible object from Nov. to > Jan. in 2013/2014. Currently, this comet is known by the following > designation: C/2012 S1 (ISON) > > If you want to hang out with the comet nerds, including at least one > of the discoverers of this comet: > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comets-ml/ > > Before this, we were looking forward to another great comet in the > Spring of 2013 (known by the designation C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS ) This > comet alone would be enough to make most comet lovers wet their pants, > as it is expected to flirt with negative visual magnitudes in March > 2013: http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/2011L4/2011L4.html but it > has now been joined by a very big brother that looks to wildly > overshadow it. > > 2013 is going to be a once-in-a-lifetime year for comets. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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: Mileage on a K5 shutter
Just curious, Dave. What way did you deviate from the average. Thanks for the feedback folks. I decided not pursue this particular used K5. I may wait and see what "you're the beta tester" problesm will arise with the new K5 II and K30 and then buy later ;-) On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:28 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:29 AM, David Parsons > wrote: >> About 13% of the nominal rated life of the shutter. >> >> The rated life 100,000 actuations. Like any other rating, it's an >> average, and not a countdown to failure. > > Tell that to my D2H:-) > > Dave >> >> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >>> Looking at a used K5 with 13K actuations on the shutter. In good >>> shape other wise. How much wear is this, really? >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > 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: Autographer (wearable camera) - not entirely OT
The ultimate "spray and pray" approach. I'm sure it's bound to get some nice shots. Obviously not for me; taking the shots is my hobby. I doubt it will supplant cell phone cameras, and most people are not going to want to go through all those shots. Could be a cult thing, I guess. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > Don't know what I really think of this: > http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/09/24/omg-life-creates-autographer-wearable-automatic-camera > but I saw it shortly after viewing this neat instructional video > http://cinematography-howto.wonderhowto.com/how-to/make-time-lapse-video-with-dslr-and-intervalometer-269678/ > and it gave me an idea: > > It would be interesting to wear the Pentax Q around one's neck and > just have it set to take images with its built-in intervalometer while > walking around the streets or something (hands-off). People would > pretty much ignore a camera that doesn't have the wearer's hands on > it. This idea would work for any camera with a built-in intervalometer > (like the K-5) but it think it probably becomes a little more > problematic (in multiple ways) to handle the larger the camera in this > way. The built-in intervalometer can take up to 999 images, so you'd > have to do the math to determine how often to have it take a photo for > the length of time you wanted it to "run" (also your card capacity and > whether you were shooting JPEG or RAW/+). > > Another (related) idea would be to use this to create time-lapse video > from still shots. Imagine walking through a crowded rush hour city > sidewalk and into a cafe shooting this way at 1 image every 3 seconds. > That's 20 frames per minute and if you put that together (for example > in QuickTime Pro) at 20 fps you have a 1 minute of real life = 1 > second of your time-lapse video. 1 hour of real life = 1 minute of > time-lapse video. > > Think this is dumb or does it have merit? > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures?
That was me on the train smoking the pipe. You didn't know it was me because you never met me... Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Bob W Sent: September 26, 2012 9/26/12 To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" Subject: RE: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures? > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Steven Desjardins > > Don't try it. I took up the pipe when I quit cigarettes and got hooked > on it for 10 years. Cigarettes taste pretty flat after a pipe. > by a strange coincidence I dreamt last night that I was on a train and some guy in one of the seats near me lit a pipe and somehow managed to smoke it surreptitiously. Then a very large and unpleasant Orangeman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Order) with tattoos of King Billy on his arm took my seat and wouldn't get out when I objected. B > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:41 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com > wrote: > > Never tried a pipe. Nor a ~good~ cigar. Smoked cheap cigars and I > always found them nasty. > > > > Even though I quit tobacco (cigarettes) long ago K have always been > curious about pipes and (good) cigars. Not curious enough to try either > though... > > > > ;-) > > > > cheers, > > frank > > > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." > > -- Christopher Hitchens > > > > --- Original Message --- > > > > From: Steven Desjardins > > Sent: September 25, 2012 9/25/12 > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > > Subject: Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures? > > > > Chocolate, coffee, and once upon a time pipe tobacco. > > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:06 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> Thanks, Peter. That's the kind of constructive criticism that I find > particularly helpful! > >> > >> And it was, I believe, a chocolate chip muffin. > >> > >> :-) > >> > >> cheers, > >> frank > >> > >> "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." > >> -- Christopher Hitchens > >> > >> --- Original Message --- > >> > >> From: "P. J. Alling" > >> Sent: September 24, 2012 9/24/12 > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > >> Subject: Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures? > >> > >> I assume that's chocolate, which is undeniably one of life's great > >> pleasures. However while the glare off the table can be forgiven, > >> the blacks are too blocked to convey an inviting texture to the > >> pastry and the coffee cup needs a bit more separation from it's > >> shadow/reflection in the saucer . Aside from that the composition is > quite pleasing. > >> > >> On 9/24/2012 9:51 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > >>> I suppose there could be a huge debate on what life's greatest > pleasures really are but a good book, a muffin and an espresso would be > a consideration for me: > >>> > >>> > >>> http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/lifes-greatest- > pleasures.h > >>> tml?m=1 > >>> > >>> Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> frank > >>> > >>> > >>> "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without > proof." > >>> -- Christopher Hitchens > >> > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.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. > > > > -- > 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Life's Greatest Pleasures?
Well, I did actually ask the young lady if I could take a photo of her book, coffee and muffin. That's more than I usually do... My reference with the backdrop and glycerin was (as some no doubt recognized) a reference to a certain Mr. Brazwell (sp?), a perennial winner in the Nature Photography Contest ay GFM. Brought along a little collapsing frame and velvet backdrops of various colours, sprayed glycerine on flowers and leaves for the "just after a rainfall" look and away he went; won every year. Shot with Pentax for a while iirc. Was on this list for a while (may still lurk for all I know). Lots of jealous people thought it was against the rules but it clearly wasn't. And it looked very good. He was very good at it - and I guess he still is. Probably still goes to GFM (sadly I don't). Probably still wins. Mark? Doug? Anyone else at GFM? Charles still around? So your scrim story reminded me of him. Easy to do in a forest, not so much in an urban setting. ;-) cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Bruce Walker Sent: September 26, 2012 9/26/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures? My tongue was very firmly in my cheek when I suggested a lighting mod, Frank. But you knew that didn't you? :-) I had a crazy mental image of a woman settling in with her coffee and muffin when she's suddenly surrounded by technicians. Two guys are erecting a portable 4x8 foot scrim, one is spraying her food with glycerine. A makeup artist and hairstylist pounce and transform her. Finally Frank leans in, shoots a few frames, smiles at the woman and exits along with the assistants. Woman absently bites her muffin, grimaces and spits it out. Fade. Hey if Bruce Gilden can spring up and flash people in NY, why not? On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:04 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Not going to comment on the scrim. I takes my photos as I find 'em. > Collapsible scrims? What's next: velvet backdrops and spray bottles of > glycerin? > > Sheesh! > > ;-) > > Okay, on the gustatory issue: Please be aware that those are not my coffee or > muffin. They belong to the hands of the lovely young lady at the next table. > > For me, generally speaking, espresso is a stand-alone beverage. No need for > cake, cookies, pastry or sweets. > Like you I will have baked goods or pastry with a regular coffee. Not the > chocolate chip muffin in the photo, however; it's not vegan. > > :-) > > Thanks for the comment and thanks to everyone else who looked and commented. > > cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Bruce Walker > Sent: September 25, 2012 9/25/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Subject: Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures? > > Ditto what Peter says. I do like the shot though. > > Next time you go there, Frank, take a collapsible scrim with you to > control the glare and let you raise the exposure so we can see the > muffin properly. I'll come with you if you need an assistant. Mmm, > chocolate. > > On a more technical note: don't you find that pairing a muffin with an > espresso means that you run out of liquid long before you finish the > muffin? It's usually three or four sips or one quick swallow and that > espresso is done. > > I'd rather have a cup of coffee with that chocolate muffin. With an > espresso, it should be a biscotti, I think. > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 10:59 PM, P. J. Alling > wrote: >> I assume that's chocolate, which is undeniably one of life's great >> pleasures. However while the glare off the table can be forgiven, the >> blacks are too blocked to convey an inviting texture to the pastry and the >> coffee cup needs a bit more separation from it's shadow/reflection in the >> saucer . Aside from that the composition is quite pleasing. >> >> >> On 9/24/2012 9:51 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> I suppose there could be a huge debate on what life's greatest pleasures >>> really are but a good book, a muffin and an espresso would be a >>> consideration for me: >>> >>> >>> http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/lifes-greatest-pleasures.html?m=1 >>> >>> Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> frank >>> >>> >>> "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- >>> Christopher Hitchens >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > -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 d
RE: Mileage on a K5 shutter
based on reports of various failures of Pentax DSLRS, it seems that the focal plane shutter may not be the weak link in the useful life of the body. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David J Brooks Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 6:28 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Mileage on a K5 shutter On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:29 AM, David Parsons wrote: > About 13% of the nominal rated life of the shutter. > > The rated life 100,000 actuations. Like any other rating, it's an > average, and not a countdown to failure. Tell that to my D2H:-) Dave > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> Looking at a used K5 with 13K actuations on the shutter. In good >> shape other wise. How much wear is this, really? >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > Nice set, the last one being the money shot. What a nice car. Totally Dave > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Paul Stenquist > wrote: >> Shot a car today at what is left of the Packard Proving >> grounds in Shelby, Michigan: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483795 >> >> The car was a 1959 Chrysler Imperial two-seat roadster -- a car that never >> exacted, save in one man's fantasy. The proving ground venue just happened >> to be handy and aesthetically a nice match for the car. Here it is in front >> of the old Packard garage: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483792&size=lg >> >> And smoking the hides on the remains of the Packard test track, which was >> once a 2 1/2- mile oval (if memory serves me). All that remains is a few >> hundred feet of track and guardrail: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483794&size=lg >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > 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: Mileage on a K5 shutter
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:29 AM, David Parsons wrote: > About 13% of the nominal rated life of the shutter. > > The rated life 100,000 actuations. Like any other rating, it's an > average, and not a countdown to failure. Tell that to my D2H:-) Dave > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> Looking at a used K5 with 13K actuations on the shutter. In good >> shape other wise. How much wear is this, really? >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > 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. -- 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: Enablement: LR4
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 1:46 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > >> See that was my problem. My file would be 9-8-12-wedding and >> subfolders of NEF and JPG. When i imported the folder i would juts ask >> for nefs to be lodaed, not realizing until just recently, that that >> was the folder now, nef ,not 9-8-12-wedding, nef > > I think what you may want is: > > In the Lightroom Library module, find the "nef" folder under Folders > on the left side of the screen. Right-click on "nef" and pick "Show > Parent Folder". Repeat until you're happy with the number of levels > shown. I'll try that thanks 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: Enablement: LR4
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:43 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > I was responding to the suggestion that it is wrong-headed to insist on > organizing files rather than just relying on LightRoom's keywording. But you turned that into an attack on the product: "It's LightRoom that's being tyrannical with its demand that everything be organized by keywords." Lightroom does not require any particular organization on disk. Lightroom does not require you to use keywords at all. There is no tyrrany. I'm tired of seeing people scared away from from quality product because they read false claims that it "makes you" work in some particular way. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Enablement: LR4
If you presume that you'll always be using LR, and that the catalog structure will be able to be read by any future software that you may end up using, then it's true that you don't need to organize on disk. I prefer to future proof and organize files on the disk. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Bob W wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> John Sessoms >> >> Y'all act as if you have to choose between key wording & hierarchical >> folders. >> > > Not at all - people can do both if they want to. John of Occam wouldn't > though, and nor do I. > > B > >> From: "Bob W" >> >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf >> >> Of Walt >> >> >> >> I'll be sure to keep in mind the keyword stuff. But, sadly, I'm just >> >> horrible about doing stuff like that -- it's a procrastination >> thing, >> >> I guess. >> >> >> >> Thankfully, I don't have many older photos, so it won't be a huge >> >> deal >> >> -- at least until I put off adding keywords to my newer images for >> so >> >> long that it gets to be too much of an ordeal to mess with. ;) >> >> >> > >> > If you do the basic keywords (who, what, where, why) at the time you >> > import the pictures you can avoid the procrastination problem. The >> > keyword entry box is on the right hand panel of the import dialog. >> > >> > Keywords are more helpful and more flexible than deriving a folder >> > structure, and it doesn't take any longer to use them. For example, >> if >> > your folder structure is say \Holidays\Paris\Cafe de Rostand\Fifi\, >> > just enter the keywords holidays, paris, Caf? de Rostand and fifi >> > instead (I would make caf? a separate keyword). >> > >> > You're liberated from the tyranny of the fixed structure, and the >> > problem of what to do with something that belongs in more than one >> > folder, For example if Fifi also belongs in Family\Nieces\Pretend\ >> and >> > in Mistresses\No longer\ you just include as keywords family, nieces, >> > etc. You can search on any equal or proper subset of the keywords, in >> > any order, rather than having to find your way through all the levels >> > of a folder structure that you will lose track of. >> > >> > You can put keywords themselves in hierarchies if you want, although >> I >> > stopped doing that a long time ago. For example, Europe > France > >> > Paris, Europe > France > Lyon, Europe > Germany > Neuschwanstein. If >> > you then keyword something as Neuschwanstein it will turn up in >> > searches for Europe, without you having to put Europe as a keyword >> > against the picture, and any search for France will include both >> Paris and Lyon. >> > >> > The problem, for me, is maintaining the hierarchies and also making >> > sure that what you are doing is a real, genuine, hierarchy, and >> that's >> > not always obvious until it's too late. A keyword can belong to more >> > than one hierarchy, I think, so it's slightly better than a folder >> > structure in >> > (most) hierarchical file systems. >> > >> > B >> > >> > B >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- 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.
Autographer (wearable camera) - not entirely OT
Don't know what I really think of this: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/09/24/omg-life-creates-autographer-wearable-automatic-camera but I saw it shortly after viewing this neat instructional video http://cinematography-howto.wonderhowto.com/how-to/make-time-lapse-video-with-dslr-and-intervalometer-269678/ and it gave me an idea: It would be interesting to wear the Pentax Q around one's neck and just have it set to take images with its built-in intervalometer while walking around the streets or something (hands-off). People would pretty much ignore a camera that doesn't have the wearer's hands on it. This idea would work for any camera with a built-in intervalometer (like the K-5) but it think it probably becomes a little more problematic (in multiple ways) to handle the larger the camera in this way. The built-in intervalometer can take up to 999 images, so you'd have to do the math to determine how often to have it take a photo for the length of time you wanted it to "run" (also your card capacity and whether you were shooting JPEG or RAW/+). Another (related) idea would be to use this to create time-lapse video from still shots. Imagine walking through a crowded rush hour city sidewalk and into a cafe shooting this way at 1 image every 3 seconds. That's 20 frames per minute and if you put that together (for example in QuickTime Pro) at 20 fps you have a 1 minute of real life = 1 second of your time-lapse video. 1 hour of real life = 1 minute of time-lapse video. Think this is dumb or does it have merit? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Enablement: LR4
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 1:46 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > See that was my problem. My file would be 9-8-12-wedding and > subfolders of NEF and JPG. When i imported the folder i would juts ask > for nefs to be lodaed, not realizing until just recently, that that > was the folder now, nef ,not 9-8-12-wedding, nef I think what you may want is: In the Lightroom Library module, find the "nef" folder under Folders on the left side of the screen. Right-click on "nef" and pick "Show Parent Folder". Repeat until you're happy with the number of levels shown. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Enablement: LR4
From: Matthew Hunt It's LightRoom that's being tyrannical with its demand that everything be organized by keywords. Keyword the hell out of everything, but leave the folder structure the way that makes sense to you. That way, when LightRoom crashes & burns, you'll still know where your photos are. LightRoom's utility is directly proportional to how easily it allows me to organize photos the way *I* want them organized. At worst, Lightroom makes in no harder to put your files where you want them on disk. (Put them where you want them, then add them to the catalog in place.) At best, it makes it easier, by letting you import them in a systematic way (e.g. /MM/shootname, if a system like that works for you.) I don't understand the implication that Lightroom somehow prevents you from organizing files on disk however you'd like. I was responding to the suggestion that it is wrong-headed to insist on organizing files rather than just relying on LightRoom's keywording. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Enablement: LR4
On Sep 26, 2012, at 3:36 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: David J Brooks >> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Walt wrote: >>> Thanks for the advice, Larry! >>> >>> I've always imported my RAW files into directories with a -MM-DD naming >>> convention, >> >> See that was my problem. My file would be 9-8-12-wedding and >> subfolders of NEF and JPG. When i imported the folder i would juts ask >> for nefs to be lodaed, not realizing until just recently, that that >> was the folder now, nef ,not 9-8-12-wedding, nef >> >> Live and learn >> >> Dave > > You should still have the original folders. AFAIK, LR doesn't actually > move anything, it just makes a database of virtual folders and points to > where the photos physically reside. John, as Bob W. pointed out, all folders are virtual. File names, folder names, directory names, sub-directory names - they are all just part of an addressing scheme that allows the OS to find the address header in a file. Said file potentially residing in many little pieces scattered across your drive, with each fragment ending in a pointer to the next fragment. Most often, a given file is contiguous, but with an older drive that has experienced many writes/rewrites/deletions, stuff gets fragmented. Hence the need for utilities that defrag hard drives. LR works with the resident OS. If you rename a folder or file in LR, the folder or file is renamed. The OS knows that and if you do a directory sort, for example, you will see your folder or file under its new name. Or should I say it's new name? Yes, LR keeps track of file locations in its data base, just as the OS does. Different algorithms and heuristics possibly, but the same function. In a restaurant with bilingual staff, you can order your food in either language and get the same food. On your computer you can use LR or the OS to find/move/rename your files and you get the same result. Use whichever language you are more comfortable with, or, if you are bilingual, use whichever happens to be more appropriate for the task at hand. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Enablement
On 26/9/12, DagT, discombobulated, unleashed: >We are going for a holiday and although they offered me a preproduction >K-r I bought a Fujifilm x100 instead as a backup camera (I don¨t need >another system camera). > >The x100 is really nice. Compact and light, sharp lens and it looks very >similar to my first camera, Olympus 35RC from the 70s. Aperture ring >around the lens, shutter speed dial on top and even a threaded hole in >the shutter button for the old fashioned cable release. > >The most interesting part for me is the viewfinder. For those who don´t >know the x100 view finder is a mixture where you can choose between the >old type glass viewfinder with frame and some information, and an EVF. I >find that I like the EVF a lot, even if it lags a bit on this camera. It >is nice to see the effect of the exposure compensation in the >viewfinder. I think the focus screens of the K-5 (and most other new >cameras) is not very good with large aperture lenses as you neither are >able to get an impression of the out of focus background nor the precise >focus. I've briefly handled Bob W's X100 and it feels so good in the hands. I am seriously considering a black X100 to go with my X10 :) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT Enablement
I sent the K-5 for cleaning and focus adjustment along with the DA40 for repairs, and when the part for the lens finally appeared they found that the K-5 had "stains" and the sensor should be changed. So it will be gone for three more weeks. We are going for a holiday and although they offered me a preproduction K-r I bought a Fujifilm x100 instead as a backup camera (I don¨t need another system camera). The x100 is really nice. Compact and light, sharp lens and it looks very similar to my first camera, Olympus 35RC from the 70s. Aperture ring around the lens, shutter speed dial on top and even a threaded hole in the shutter button for the old fashioned cable release. The most interesting part for me is the viewfinder. For those who don´t know the x100 view finder is a mixture where you can choose between the old type glass viewfinder with frame and some information, and an EVF. I find that I like the EVF a lot, even if it lags a bit on this camera. It is nice to see the effect of the exposure compensation in the viewfinder. I think the focus screens of the K-5 (and most other new cameras) is not very good with large aperture lenses as you neither are able to get an impression of the out of focus background nor the precise focus. So actually I´m starting to hope for an EVF K-3. What-you-see-is-what-you-get finder and maybe even more compact, and the same great lenses. DagT -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Enablement: LR4
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > John Sessoms > > > Someone mentioned "the tyranny of physical hierarchies", which I think > gets it just backwards. that would be me. > The physical hierarchies allow me to be the > boss over the software. My photos are where I want them to be; where I > told the computer to put them. > No they're not. The system decides where they go. The catalogue in the file system is just a way of labelling them in a way that humans can read - the folder structure is essentially part of the name, like william\jefferson\clinton - and a very inflexible way since you have to know how to navigate through the hierarchy to get at something. Windows only provides one label, which is even more inflexible. Some file systems provide a means of assigning a file to several hierarchies (ie, giving it several names), which is a bit more flexible. > It's LightRoom that's being tyrannical with its demand that everything > be organized by keywords. it doesn't demand anything of the sort. There's absolutely no requirement whatsoever to use keywords. As you mentioned above, if you want to organise your pictures in a folder structure outside of LR you can do so, and LR handles it with ease. > Keyword the hell out of everything, but leave > the folder structure the way that makes sense to you. That way, when > LightRoom crashes & burns, you'll still know where your photos are. > > LightRoom's utility is directly proportional to how easily it allows me > to organize photos the way *I* want them organized. You can use it to organise them anyway you like, or not organise them at all. It's up to you. 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: Enablement: LR4
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:36 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > It's LightRoom that's being tyrannical with its demand that everything > be organized by keywords. Keyword the hell out of everything, but leave > the folder structure the way that makes sense to you. That way, when > LightRoom crashes & burns, you'll still know where your photos are. > > LightRoom's utility is directly proportional to how easily it allows me > to organize photos the way *I* want them organized. At worst, Lightroom makes in no harder to put your files where you want them on disk. (Put them where you want them, then add them to the catalog in place.) At best, it makes it easier, by letting you import them in a systematic way (e.g. /MM/shootname, if a system like that works for you.) I don't understand the implication that Lightroom somehow prevents you from organizing files on disk however you'd like. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESO Tasha and Friends -- the rest of the story
If you enjoyed my "Tasha and Friend" PESO Saturday, then here's just the gallery for you ... http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/sets/72157631606597351/ I was freely roaming the production set (a producer's basement) of this indie horror/comedy/puppet movie scheduled for 2013 release. This flick is coming from the same team that created "The Post-Lifers" (2011), a zombie mockumentary that's touring all the indie film festivals this year. If you can, I urge you to see it. It's hilarious and really, really well done. Here's their IMDB & Facebook pages: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2133348/ https://www.facebook.com/thepostlifers http://postlifeproductions.ca/ All gallery shots: K20D, mostly DA*55/1.4, a few DA*16-50/2.8. Post in Lightroom 4.1. Comments welcome. -- -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: PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard
Paul, Thanks for the extra info on the car. That's a great shot. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Shot a car today at what is left of the Packard Proving > grounds in Shelby, Michigan: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483795 > > The car was a 1959 Chrysler Imperial two-seat roadster -- a car that never > exacted, save in one man's fantasy. The proving ground venue just happened to > be handy and aesthetically a nice match for the car. Here it is in front of > the old Packard garage: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483792&size=lg > > And smoking the hides on the remains of the Packard test track, which was > once a 2 1/2- mile oval (if memory serves me). All that remains is a few > hundred feet of track and guardrail: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483794&size=lg > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Enablement: LR4
From: David J Brooks On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Walt wrote: Thanks for the advice, Larry! I've always imported my RAW files into directories with a -MM-DD naming convention, See that was my problem. My file would be 9-8-12-wedding and subfolders of NEF and JPG. When i imported the folder i would juts ask for nefs to be lodaed, not realizing until just recently, that that was the folder now, nef ,not 9-8-12-wedding, nef Live and learn Dave You should still have the original folders. AFAIK, LR doesn't actually move anything, it just makes a database of virtual folders and points to where the photos physically reside. Just re-import them and make LightRoom use an appropriate naming/keywording/organizing convention. Someone mentioned "the tyranny of physical hierarchies", which I think gets it just backwards. The physical hierarchies allow me to be the boss over the software. My photos are where I want them to be; where I told the computer to put them. It's LightRoom that's being tyrannical with its demand that everything be organized by keywords. Keyword the hell out of everything, but leave the folder structure the way that makes sense to you. That way, when LightRoom crashes & burns, you'll still know where your photos are. LightRoom's utility is directly proportional to how easily it allows me to organize photos the way *I* want them organized. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Enablement: LR4
On 9/26/2012 2:19 PM, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walt My current inclination is to go ahead and stick with both, as there are times when I like to access my images with applications other than Lightroom (Picasa, IrfanView, etc.) simply because they perform some tasks a little more handily than LR appears to (at least at first blush): Cropping, resizing, accessing some of the old .8BF filters that I still like using, et. al. that makes sense, but bear in mind that LR doesn't make any changes to the original file. When you use it to crop, all it's doing is, in effect, putting a mask over the original and enlarging it. And resizing isn't really a LR concept - size is only applied when you export a jpg, tiff or whatever, or build a web page or book. Again, the original isn't changed. So if you changed something in LR, then worked on the original in another application you probably wouldn't see the changes you'd made in LR. If you then went back into LR the changes you'd made before using the external application would be applied over a different baseline, and I'd guess 'the result is undefined' as programming manuals used to say. So if you'll be working with external apps then you'll probably need to export from LR and work on a copy. If you don't re-import it in LR afterwards then you'll need to use a different filing system. B Picasa does essentially the same thing unless you do a "Save" from within its interface -- and even then, it'll make a backup copy of the original image (which is nice, and has saved me on more than one occasion after some ham-handed editing). I used to do my RAW editing in Picasa, then export a full-sized jpg into a different "Picasa Exports" directory, which opens on the desktop when the export completes, and from there I could do the work with the old .8BF filters in IrfanView. Right now, the biggest advantage I see in LR is the 16-bit/channel color, which I've never had before. The one complaint I have with LR, though, is that the slider controls seem a tad balky -- likely due to the fact that I only have 4 GB RAM. Beyond that, it's pretty wonderful, I have to say. I find that I regularly use Windows Explorer's thumbnail view to find specific photos and use the context menu to open them in those other applications. Keeping my old hierarchical directories would keep that process fairly simple, and adopting the keywording aspect in LR would simplify the process within LR itself. It may be a tad more cumbersome than necessary, but as a matter of keeping old habits to make things more convenient across the board with regard to my already established workflow, it strikes me that I probably shouldn't completely abandon my old ways. At least not until I've gotten more comfortable with and reliant on LR. -- Walt On 9/26/2012 1:50 PM, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Y'all act as if you have to choose between key wording & hierarchical folders. Not at all - people can do both if they want to. John of Occam wouldn't though, and nor do I. B From: "Bob W" From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walt I'll be sure to keep in mind the keyword stuff. But, sadly, I'm just horrible about doing stuff like that -- it's a procrastination thing, I guess. Thankfully, I don't have many older photos, so it won't be a huge deal -- at least until I put off adding keywords to my newer images for so long that it gets to be too much of an ordeal to mess with. ;) If you do the basic keywords (who, what, where, why) at the time you import the pictures you can avoid the procrastination problem. The keyword entry box is on the right hand panel of the import dialog. Keywords are more helpful and more flexible than deriving a folder structure, and it doesn't take any longer to use them. For example, if your folder structure is say \Holidays\Paris\Cafe de Rostand\Fifi\, just enter the keywords holidays, paris, Caf? de Rostand and fifi instead (I would make caf? a separate keyword). You're liberated from the tyranny of the fixed structure, and the problem of what to do with something that belongs in more than one folder, For example if Fifi also belongs in Family\Nieces\Pretend\ and in Mistresses\No longer\ you just include as keywords family, nieces, etc. You can search on any equal or proper subset of the keywords, in any order, rather than having to find your way through all the levels of a folder structure that you will lose track of. You can put keywords themselves in hierarchies if you want, although I stopped doing that a long time ago. For example, Europe > France > Paris, Europe > France > Lyon, Europe > Germany > Neuschwanstein. If you then keyword something as Neuschwanstein it will turn up in searches for Europe, without you having to put Europe as a keyword against the picture, and any search fo
RE: Enablement: LR4
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Walt > > My current inclination is to go ahead and stick with both, as there are > times when I like to access my images with applications other than > Lightroom (Picasa, IrfanView, etc.) simply because they perform some > tasks a little more handily than LR appears to (at least at first > blush): Cropping, resizing, accessing some of the old .8BF filters that > I still like using, et. al. that makes sense, but bear in mind that LR doesn't make any changes to the original file. When you use it to crop, all it's doing is, in effect, putting a mask over the original and enlarging it. And resizing isn't really a LR concept - size is only applied when you export a jpg, tiff or whatever, or build a web page or book. Again, the original isn't changed. So if you changed something in LR, then worked on the original in another application you probably wouldn't see the changes you'd made in LR. If you then went back into LR the changes you'd made before using the external application would be applied over a different baseline, and I'd guess 'the result is undefined' as programming manuals used to say. So if you'll be working with external apps then you'll probably need to export from LR and work on a copy. If you don't re-import it in LR afterwards then you'll need to use a different filing system. B > I find that I regularly use Windows > Explorer's thumbnail view to find specific photos and use the context > menu to open them in those other applications. Keeping my old > hierarchical directories would keep that process fairly simple, and > adopting the keywording aspect in LR would simplify the process within > LR itself. > > It may be a tad more cumbersome than necessary, but as a matter of > keeping old habits to make things more convenient across the board with > regard to my already established workflow, it strikes me that I > probably shouldn't completely abandon my old ways. At least not until > I've gotten more comfortable with and reliant on LR. > > -- Walt > > On 9/26/2012 1:50 PM, Bob W wrote: > >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf > >> Of John Sessoms > >> > >> Y'all act as if you have to choose between key wording & > hierarchical > >> folders. > >> > > Not at all - people can do both if they want to. John of Occam > > wouldn't though, and nor do I. > > > > B > > > >> From: "Bob W" > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On > Behalf Of Walt > > I'll be sure to keep in mind the keyword stuff. But, sadly, I'm > just horrible about doing stuff like that -- it's a > procrastination > >> thing, > I guess. > > Thankfully, I don't have many older photos, so it won't be a huge > deal > -- at least until I put off adding keywords to my newer images for > >> so > long that it gets to be too much of an ordeal to mess with. ;) > > >>> If you do the basic keywords (who, what, where, why) at the time > you > >>> import the pictures you can avoid the procrastination problem. The > >>> keyword entry box is on the right hand panel of the import dialog. > >>> > >>> Keywords are more helpful and more flexible than deriving a folder > >>> structure, and it doesn't take any longer to use them. For example, > >> if > >>> your folder structure is say \Holidays\Paris\Cafe de Rostand\Fifi\, > >>> just enter the keywords holidays, paris, Caf? de Rostand and fifi > >>> instead (I would make caf? a separate keyword). > >>> > >>> You're liberated from the tyranny of the fixed structure, and the > >>> problem of what to do with something that belongs in more than one > >>> folder, For example if Fifi also belongs in Family\Nieces\Pretend\ > >> and > >>> in Mistresses\No longer\ you just include as keywords family, > >>> nieces, etc. You can search on any equal or proper subset of the > >>> keywords, in any order, rather than having to find your way through > >>> all the levels of a folder structure that you will lose track of. > >>> > >>> You can put keywords themselves in hierarchies if you want, > although > >> I > >>> stopped doing that a long time ago. For example, Europe > France > > >>> Paris, Europe > France > Lyon, Europe > Germany > Neuschwanstein. > If > >>> you then keyword something as Neuschwanstein it will turn up in > >>> searches for Europe, without you having to put Europe as a keyword > >>> against the picture, and any search for France will include both > >> Paris and Lyon. > >>> The problem, for me, is maintaining the hierarchies and also making > >>> sure that what you are doing is a real, genuine, hierarchy, and > >> that's > >>> not always obvious until it's too late. A keyword can belong to > more > >>> than one hierarchy, I think, so it's slightly better than a folder > >>> structure in > >>> (most) hierarchical file systems. > >>> > >>> B > >>> > >>> B > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDM
Re: Enablement: LR4
My current inclination is to go ahead and stick with both, as there are times when I like to access my images with applications other than Lightroom (Picasa, IrfanView, etc.) simply because they perform some tasks a little more handily than LR appears to (at least at first blush): Cropping, resizing, accessing some of the old .8BF filters that I still like using, et. al. I find that I regularly use Windows Explorer's thumbnail view to find specific photos and use the context menu to open them in those other applications. Keeping my old hierarchical directories would keep that process fairly simple, and adopting the keywording aspect in LR would simplify the process within LR itself. It may be a tad more cumbersome than necessary, but as a matter of keeping old habits to make things more convenient across the board with regard to my already established workflow, it strikes me that I probably shouldn't completely abandon my old ways. At least not until I've gotten more comfortable with and reliant on LR. -- Walt On 9/26/2012 1:50 PM, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Y'all act as if you have to choose between key wording & hierarchical folders. Not at all - people can do both if they want to. John of Occam wouldn't though, and nor do I. B From: "Bob W" From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walt I'll be sure to keep in mind the keyword stuff. But, sadly, I'm just horrible about doing stuff like that -- it's a procrastination thing, I guess. Thankfully, I don't have many older photos, so it won't be a huge deal -- at least until I put off adding keywords to my newer images for so long that it gets to be too much of an ordeal to mess with. ;) If you do the basic keywords (who, what, where, why) at the time you import the pictures you can avoid the procrastination problem. The keyword entry box is on the right hand panel of the import dialog. Keywords are more helpful and more flexible than deriving a folder structure, and it doesn't take any longer to use them. For example, if your folder structure is say \Holidays\Paris\Cafe de Rostand\Fifi\, just enter the keywords holidays, paris, Caf? de Rostand and fifi instead (I would make caf? a separate keyword). You're liberated from the tyranny of the fixed structure, and the problem of what to do with something that belongs in more than one folder, For example if Fifi also belongs in Family\Nieces\Pretend\ and in Mistresses\No longer\ you just include as keywords family, nieces, etc. You can search on any equal or proper subset of the keywords, in any order, rather than having to find your way through all the levels of a folder structure that you will lose track of. You can put keywords themselves in hierarchies if you want, although I stopped doing that a long time ago. For example, Europe > France > Paris, Europe > France > Lyon, Europe > Germany > Neuschwanstein. If you then keyword something as Neuschwanstein it will turn up in searches for Europe, without you having to put Europe as a keyword against the picture, and any search for France will include both Paris and Lyon. The problem, for me, is maintaining the hierarchies and also making sure that what you are doing is a real, genuine, hierarchy, and that's not always obvious until it's too late. A keyword can belong to more than one hierarchy, I think, so it's slightly better than a folder structure in (most) hierarchical file systems. B B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO Ford
On Sep 26, 2012, at 6:37 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > hmmm > I like this one the best of the set.. > 20120925-LRC76572.jpg Thanks. > > Too much background clutter to get a shot of the whole car? There were two issues. The first was background clutter. Now that I think about it, I could try going back at night and shooting it with a flash. Not only will there be fewer cars, as in none, in the parking lot around it, and the sign won't be in front of it, but by using a flash and taking advantage of the inverse square law, you won't be able to see ugly buildings in the background. The other issue is that while I was taking those photos, Zab called me to say that a friend had left a desperate plea on my facebook page that her car was broken down by the side of the road forty miles from home. I ended up going home, hooking the trailer to my van and driving out to Gilroy to rescue her. Yesterday was quite the day. I was on my way home after another friend texted me that she needed emergency help with a broken toilet. > would have liked to have seen it :-) That is easily rectified. On my way home from breakfast, I swung by and took a few more shots for you: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157631626251196/ My guess is that it is a Model A pickup. > > ann > > On 9/26/2012 04:10, Larry Colen wrote: >> Between rescuing two damsels in distress today, I took a few shots of this >> relic parked in front of the thrift store in downtown Felton: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8025866914/ >> >> set of 4: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157631626251196/ >> -- >> 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. -- 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: PAW142 - Balloon
Thanks Rick, and Dave, Ann, Bruce, Steve and knarf :-) I´ll have to wait a week before the next one. We are taking the kids to Santorini on saturday. It will be the first vacation without a Pentax for 33 years, because the K-5 is on its way to Japan to get a new sensor. It was in for cleaning when the service guy found stains. Weak, but still present. DagT Den 25. sep. 2012 kl. 19:44 skrev Rick Womer: > Wonderful shot! The color contrast, the texture contrast, and the geometric > contrast work together beautifully. > > Cheers, > > Rick > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > - Original Message - > From: DagT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 6:17 PM > Subject: PAW142 - Balloon > > http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html > K-5, DA21mm, 1/160s, f/11, ISO400. > > DagT > http://www.thrane.name/ > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Enablement: LR4
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > John Sessoms > > Y'all act as if you have to choose between key wording & hierarchical > folders. > Not at all - people can do both if they want to. John of Occam wouldn't though, and nor do I. B > From: "Bob W" > >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf > >> Of Walt > >> > >> I'll be sure to keep in mind the keyword stuff. But, sadly, I'm just > >> horrible about doing stuff like that -- it's a procrastination > thing, > >> I guess. > >> > >> Thankfully, I don't have many older photos, so it won't be a huge > >> deal > >> -- at least until I put off adding keywords to my newer images for > so > >> long that it gets to be too much of an ordeal to mess with. ;) > >> > > > > If you do the basic keywords (who, what, where, why) at the time you > > import the pictures you can avoid the procrastination problem. The > > keyword entry box is on the right hand panel of the import dialog. > > > > Keywords are more helpful and more flexible than deriving a folder > > structure, and it doesn't take any longer to use them. For example, > if > > your folder structure is say \Holidays\Paris\Cafe de Rostand\Fifi\, > > just enter the keywords holidays, paris, Caf? de Rostand and fifi > > instead (I would make caf? a separate keyword). > > > > You're liberated from the tyranny of the fixed structure, and the > > problem of what to do with something that belongs in more than one > > folder, For example if Fifi also belongs in Family\Nieces\Pretend\ > and > > in Mistresses\No longer\ you just include as keywords family, nieces, > > etc. You can search on any equal or proper subset of the keywords, in > > any order, rather than having to find your way through all the levels > > of a folder structure that you will lose track of. > > > > You can put keywords themselves in hierarchies if you want, although > I > > stopped doing that a long time ago. For example, Europe > France > > > Paris, Europe > France > Lyon, Europe > Germany > Neuschwanstein. If > > you then keyword something as Neuschwanstein it will turn up in > > searches for Europe, without you having to put Europe as a keyword > > against the picture, and any search for France will include both > Paris and Lyon. > > > > The problem, for me, is maintaining the hierarchies and also making > > sure that what you are doing is a real, genuine, hierarchy, and > that's > > not always obvious until it's too late. A keyword can belong to more > > than one hierarchy, I think, so it's slightly better than a folder > > structure in > > (most) hierarchical file systems. > > > > B > > > > B > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Enablement: LR4
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > George Sinos > > Not having a folder structure sounds like a tempting idea, but in the > rapid changing world of technology it can lead to a huge mess. > > I like Lightroom and take advantage of it's organizational features, > but my fundamental organization is still contained in the folder > structure, file naming and exif data. > > If, for some currently unforeseeable reason, I decide to use something > other than Lightroom. Or, should Adobe go away, get bought, or > otherwise stop supporting lightroom, I don't want to re-organize > everything from a zero starting point. > You wouldn't have to. The data is in the catalogue, which is a SQL database and therefore readily queryable. Even if you couldn't do it yourself, and market would quickly spring up of products which could do it for you. 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: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > mike wilson > > On 25/09/2012 14:15, Mark Roberts wrote: > > A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to > > http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 > in > > today's money. > > > > From the same source a 1986 LX (body only at UK price but US currency) > would be $8407.99. > about $84.01 in US prices then. I think I paid about £400- for each of my LXes. 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: Comet news may raise demand/prices for Pentax O-GPS1
I do not recommend clicking the following link either: if you do not have a K-r/K-5 or 645D OR if you do have one but do not want to be induced to purchase an O-GPS1. http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036&thread=39284452 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Enablement: LR4
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Walt wrote: > Thanks for the advice, Larry! > > I've always imported my RAW files into directories with a -MM-DD naming > convention, See that was my problem. My file would be 9-8-12-wedding and subfolders of NEF and JPG. When i imported the folder i would juts ask for nefs to be lodaed, not realizing until just recently, that that was the folder now, nef ,not 9-8-12-wedding, nef Live and learn Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: DA 35 & DA 55-300 on film
Joseph, Sorry, - I thought you were trying to calculate the "equivalent" aperture, while you just didn't quite remember what the aperture was. (And I was not talking about the "equivalent focal length") Thanks for the clarification. Igor Wed Sep 26 03:56:35 EDT 2012 Joseph McAllister wrote: > I'm afraid your misinterpreted what I wrote, or, I misinterpreted what > my brain was thinking. :-) > > My reference to the speed of the lens as "or thereabouts" was my saying > I am not going to go out to the car and drag the camera case out to look > at the lens to see what it's spec. is, nor am I going to hop on over to > Boz's site to see if it's listed (it is, I recall). > > For you, just this once, I will open my spreadsheet inventory and see > what I wrote: > > Pentax SMCP-FA-J 75-300mm f4.5-5.8 ED > > See. Worse than I recalled. > > What I was referring to was the total cone of light being (on most > lenses other than flat field & macro) sharper in the center than the > edges. Therefore, a FF lens on an APS sensor would be using the sharper, > cleaner part of the optical circle than the FF camera would. > > On Sep 26, 2012, at 00:21 , Igor Roshchin wrote: > > > Tue Sep 25 22:48:50 EDT 2012 > > Joseph McAllister wrote: > > > >> I have the far inferior FA-J 75-300 that came with a FF body last > >> year. FF Coverage, of course. I was surprised that it took pretty > >> damn > >> good pictures on the K-5. Another of course is that it is only using > >> the center of the image, so the best it can give for DA size. It's > >> essentially a 105-450mm f3.5-5.6 (or thereabouts) > > > > Joseph, it is incorrect. There is no "equivalent" aperture of the lens > > for a different crop factor if you are talking about the lens ability > > to let the light through (aka lens "speed"). > > So, each point of the APS sensor will get the same amount of light as > > any point on a FF sensor. > > > > What is affected by the sensor size is DOF (depth of field). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Enablement: LR4
Not having a folder structure sounds like a tempting idea, but in the rapid changing world of technology it can lead to a huge mess. I like Lightroom and take advantage of it's organizational features, but my fundamental organization is still contained in the folder structure, file naming and exif data. If, for some currently unforeseeable reason, I decide to use something other than Lightroom. Or, should Adobe go away, get bought, or otherwise stop supporting lightroom, I don't want to re-organize everything from a zero starting point. Don't get caught thinking Adobe is big and won't go away. Think about Kodak, Polaroid and several other companies that we thought would be around till the end of time. GS George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Walt wrote: >> >> It's a pretty clunky naming convention, but it helps me to identify which >> camera I shot with (my K-x is just the straight camera-assigned number, my >> K20D as WJG prepended to the camera file name, and the K100D photos I can >> usually identify fairly easily by the file size), but I've somehow always >> managed to make it work. > > Lr lets you search by EXIF meta, Walt. You don't need to create naming > conventions or even add tags for things like camera or lens. > > Left-hand side, under Catalog, select All Photographs; > Middle, in the Library Filters strip, click Metadata; > You'll see a column called Camera and all the cameras you used should > appear there. > Click one of them and all the shots taken with that camera will appear > in the thumbnails area. > > Similarly you can see all shots you took with specific lenses, and the count. > > I just let all my K100D and K20D shots intermingle in the db. I can > sort them out anytime. > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...
On 26/09/2012 6:03 AM, Postmaster wrote: It occurred to me recently that a lot of people could use memory cards just once - never delete images and when the card is full simply buy a new one - and still spend less than they would on film/processing for the same number of shots. Amazing how far we've come in so little time. I had customers who did that, They would come in and have an index print made of the card contents as well as whatever prints they wanted at the time, and off they would go. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Annoying glitch
On 26/09/2012 12:57 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sep 25, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: How have you got the RAW button programmed? It can be set to toggle RAW -> JPEG and stay that way. I have it set to RAW+ and cancel after one shot. Whoever designed the way that button works rendered it absolutely useless. Rather than it being a toggle between the way you have it set, and some other function, if you press it, it will go to an occasionally useful setting (like RAW+) but you can't set it back, or if you press it again it sets the camera to some totally brain dead and useless default (like jpeg only). I programmed it long ago to toggle from RAW to RAW so it simply can't damage anything. It's just too easy to hit by mistake. That's how I set mine. But, I just noticed that it seems to have an astrotracer mode, which could actually be very useful, considering what a pain in the ass it is to get to astrotracer mode, and how looking at a capture takes you all of the way out. There, you see? Learn to live within the design parameters of the equipment. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...
Looks like I could have bought an iPod in 1975 for $46. Damn! Wish I'd known that then. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to > http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in > today's money. > > > -- > 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. -- -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: Enablement: LR4
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Walt wrote: > > It's a pretty clunky naming convention, but it helps me to identify which > camera I shot with (my K-x is just the straight camera-assigned number, my > K20D as WJG prepended to the camera file name, and the K100D photos I can > usually identify fairly easily by the file size), but I've somehow always > managed to make it work. Lr lets you search by EXIF meta, Walt. You don't need to create naming conventions or even add tags for things like camera or lens. Left-hand side, under Catalog, select All Photographs; Middle, in the Library Filters strip, click Metadata; You'll see a column called Camera and all the cameras you used should appear there. Click one of them and all the shots taken with that camera will appear in the thumbnails area. Similarly you can see all shots you took with specific lenses, and the count. I just let all my K100D and K20D shots intermingle in the db. I can sort them out anytime. -- -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: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...
On 25/09/2012 14:15, Mark Roberts wrote: A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in today's money. From the same source a 1986 LX (body only at UK price but US currency) would be $8407.99. -- No fixed Adobe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard
Hi Ann, Thanks. It may end up in the Times -- hope so. But the shoot and an article are for an enthusiast magazine called Mopar Action. I frequently double up on these jobs, so will try to market it elsewhere as well. Paul On Sep 26, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Fun stuff ! gorgeous car - but I clicked on the first image expecting to see > the car that is in the other two shots - reading Walt's comment... > DIdn't see the other links at first so I thought he was being a wiseass :-) > > Is this for the Times? > > ann > > On 9/26/2012 02:48, Walt wrote: >> Damn, what a beautiful car! >> >> Great shots, too! >> >> -- Walt >> >> On 9/25/2012 8:56 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> Shot a car today at what is left of the Packard Proving >>> grounds in Shelby, Michigan: >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483795 >>> >>> The car was a 1959 Chrysler Imperial two-seat roadster -- a car that >>> never exacted, save in one man's fantasy. The proving ground venue >>> just happened to be handy and aesthetically a nice match for the car. >>> Here it is in front of the old Packard garage: >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483792&size=lg >>> >>> And smoking the hides on the remains of the Packard test track, which >>> was once a 2 1/2- mile oval (if memory serves me). All that remains is >>> a few hundred feet of track and guardrail: >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483794&size=lg >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: So, I have this Spotmatic...
In the form of the classic Spotmatic it appears that we have found something other than Youth that is wasted on the young. (Just kidding Tanya). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard
Thanks Christine. The car was built by a Royal Oak automotive designer. It's his vision of what a Chrysler sports car of the fifties could have been. Virgil Exner spent a lot of time with Ghia back in the day developing designs for just such a car, but none were ever executed. This car is based on a '59 Chrysler Imperial that was narrowed 8 inches and shortened by several feet. Top chopped off of course and the sports racing style windshield built. The chassis is an aftermarket product meant for building high-performance cars with Dodge Viper rear end and suspension. The engine is a 6.1-liter 2012 Dodge SRT V-8, generating about 500 horsepower. Ten thousand hours of labor invested in the effort. On Sep 26, 2012, at 9:48 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > Sweet ride, and great shots. > > The Detroit-bred car guy reading over my shoulder wants to know: > What's the story behind the car? It's a one of a kind? Was it built > that way, or did someone modify? > > :) > -c > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Paul Stenquist > wrote: >> Shot a car today at what is left of the Packard Proving >> grounds in Shelby, Michigan: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483795 >> >> The car was a 1959 Chrysler Imperial two-seat roadster -- a car that never >> exacted, save in one man's fantasy. The proving ground venue just happened >> to be handy and aesthetically a nice match for the car. Here it is in front >> of the old Packard garage: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483792&size=lg >> >> And smoking the hides on the remains of the Packard test track, which was >> once a 2 1/2- mile oval (if memory serves me). All that remains is a few >> hundred feet of track and guardrail: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483794&size=lg >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Enablement: LR4
I just don't think there's any point to maintaining hierarchical folders beyond what Lr does for you itself. If you need to find the original files, locate the image(s) in Lr, right-click and select Show in Finder. Bingo! I basically keyword all shots using something like Bob's Who/What/Where system, along with some extras like Issues (soft, oof, under/over-exposed). I do maintain hierarchical tags, but make sure they don't export meaningless parent tags so the EXIF isn't cluttered. These automatically show up in Flickr when uploaded and help folks find my shots in searches. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:29 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > Y'all act as if you have to choose between key wording & hierarchical > folders. > > From: "Bob W" >>> >>> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >>> Walt >>> >>> I'll be sure to keep in mind the keyword stuff. But, sadly, I'm just >>> horrible about doing stuff like that -- it's a procrastination thing, I >>> guess. >>> >>> Thankfully, I don't have many older photos, so it won't be a huge deal >>> -- at least until I put off adding keywords to my newer images for so >>> long that it gets to be too much of an ordeal to mess with. ;) >>> >> >> If you do the basic keywords (who, what, where, why) at the time you >> import >> the pictures you can avoid the procrastination problem. The keyword entry >> box is on the right hand panel of the import dialog. >> >> Keywords are more helpful and more flexible than deriving a folder >> structure, and it doesn't take any longer to use them. For example, if >> your >> folder structure is say \Holidays\Paris\Cafe de Rostand\Fifi\, just enter >> the keywords holidays, paris, Caf? de Rostand and fifi instead (I would >> make >> caf? a separate keyword). >> >> >> You're liberated from the tyranny of the fixed structure, and the problem >> of >> what to do with something that belongs in more than one folder, For >> example >> if Fifi also belongs in Family\Nieces\Pretend\ and in Mistresses\No >> longer\ >> you just include as keywords family, nieces, etc. You can search on any >> equal or proper subset of the keywords, in any order, rather than having >> to >> find your way through all the levels of a folder structure that you will >> lose track of. >> >> You can put keywords themselves in hierarchies if you want, although I >> stopped doing that a long time ago. For example, Europe > France > Paris, >> Europe > France > Lyon, Europe > Germany > Neuschwanstein. If you then >> keyword something as Neuschwanstein it will turn up in searches for >> Europe, >> without you having to put Europe as a keyword against the picture, and any >> search for France will include both Paris and Lyon. >> >> The problem, for me, is maintaining the hierarchies and also making sure >> that what you are doing is a real, genuine, hierarchy, and that's not >> always >> obvious until it's too late. A keyword can belong to more than one >> hierarchy, I think, so it's slightly better than a folder structure in >> (most) hierarchical file systems. >> >> B >> >> 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. -- -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: 2013 will be the year of the Great Comets
Yes! Interesting to note that the most recent daylight comet was in 1910: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_January_comet_of_1910 If you notice the box with the orbital characteristics of that 1910 comet, you will see: Perihelion = 0.128975 AU C/2012 S1 (ISON) has a calculated Perihelion of 0.012 (10 TIMES CLOSER to the sun). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...
On 9/26/12 7:45 AM, Peter Jordan wrote: OTOH, I shot 1200 frames last weekend, mainly of empty air where hummingbirds had just been. You would have fit right in with many other entrants in this last spring's contest at the GFM Nature Photo Weekend. There were a whole pile of photos of places where subjects had once been. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
