Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips
Tue Jan 29 20:01:51 EST 2013 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I needed to update to an Intel-based system to run LR3. I did ... I'm glad I did, and a bottom end new system was much much faster than my old PowerPC top of the line system. I don't blame Adobe for making their business decisions. Although I wasn't pleased to buy a new system at that time, I do what I need to in the context of the tools I want to use. I didn't need to update to LR3 at the time, but it was worth doing it for other reasons. Sitting around being angry at Adobe is just a waste of time and energy. You don't want to use their software? Go use something else. There are plenty of options. Godfrey, you are making an assumption, and a wrong one (even if you only used those words as a colloquial expression). I am not sitting around. I am busy with too many things to be just sitting or even to be bothered with upgrading 2-3-year old systems just for using LR4 while everything else I need runs just fine.[*] I choose to be running LR3. By making their business decisions, Adobe created a few inconveniences for me, but those are small enough to avoid rushing with upgrades or changing the workflow (in any way). The costs of upgrades are not negligibly low, and the alternative costs (my time) are prohibitively high at the moment. (See a brief sketch of those below, in my response to Zos.) Obviously, I will upgrade my systems, but when I decide, not Adobe. - [*] Moreover, there is a danger that some older software that I still need might not run or even install on the new system. - But Adobe inconvenienced me enough that I am happy to yell at them publically, even though in this case it won't lead to any tangible result. But, maybe it would cause a bit of a resonance somewhere, and next time, they would think for a bit longer before making their decisions. Besides, I despise when people (like Mr. Kelby) are using fallacies to defend their decisions and are very arrogant about that. Overall, I have a very diverse opinion about Adobe. On one hand, there are several good software solutions created (or acquired) by Adobe, including LR. On another hand, every so often, I encounter something that the company does in an awkward way that creates some inconvenience for me as a customer. That doesn't preclude me from using their software, but often, I find my ways around their idiosyncrasies. Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Tue Jan 29 20:11:12 EST 2013 Zos Xavius wrote: Lr4 is a huge improvement over 3. Bzz.. and a huge resource hog.. And the last time I checked, LR4 was still running slower than LR3. (I don't know if they fixed that with 4.3) XP is no longer supported ... Sir, you didn't read what I suggested to read, and you didn't bother to check your facts. So, you fall into the trap of committing the same fallacy as Mr. Kelby. MS is still oficially providing extended support for WinXP (SP3) until April 8, 2014. That is more than 1 year away from now (and more than 2 years from when Adobe abandoned WinXP). Seriously do yourself a favor and upgrade. A cheap 300 pc is likely better than anything that had xp installed on it originally. I appreciate your concern and your desire to help, but... You make conclusions based on wrong assumptions. You can choose to buy cheap PCs every 2 years (and complain about your problems), or you can buy well-balanced system with carefully picked _reliable_ components and have it running for much longer. There are at least two issues/differences here: 1. reliability of a cheap PC (Will it still work in 4-5 years? Are you willing to deal with premature hardware problems?) and 2. ability to run and (more importantly, -) install certain software on a newer OS. If you are only playing games and running software that you upgrade every year anyway, the first scenario might be fine. If you need continuity and need certain software of particular versions (and on the same computer), then the second scenario is the way to go. Some software may not run on Win 7, or its installation may not be available anymore (if it installs itself over the net, from the manufacturer's server). And I have those. And this is just one reason. Also, I don't have time to reinstall every 2 years all the software I need on the desktop. Needless to say, a $300 PC is unlikely to support two monitors at a reasonable rate. As far as your wifes laptop not running windows 7...if you put at least a gig or two of ram in the machine (rather cheap upgrade I might add) Zos, if you read my message more carefully, you would have realized that I was talking about a _netbook_. Netbooks (at least before 2011, those that came with WinXP) typically came with 1GB or 2GB of RAM, and the limit was either 1 or 2 GB. In my case, I have 2GB, and that's all what is supported. So, your comment about the memory is irrelevant. But
Re: Anyone owns Metz 52 AF-1 flash unit?
Thanks for _quite_ reply should read Thanks for _quick_ reply... One can have only so much tea in the morning... On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:06 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for quite reply, Zos... I just looked up e-bay and it seems these Metz 54 mz-4i flashes go for 400 and upwards... I have Metz 40 mz-2 flash which supports older SCA modules... It cannot do P-TTL. It is reliable but it is big and it is heavy. According to BHPhoto (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/325242-REG/Metz_MZ_54240S_mecablitz_54MZ_4_TTL_Shoe.html) this flash weighs 480 g without batteries... That's too much to me... I think that Metz 52AF1 is good balance as it both does native remote P-TTL (which is something I might need to use) and it weight only 340 g. Finally I can buy it brand new here for about USD 350 which will naturally give me local warranty. I could buy Metz 50AF1 for USD 300 but I think I'd like to have this touch screen interface because I think it is easier to use... Boris On 1/29/2013 9:19 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: If you ask me the metz 54mz-4I is one of the best deals on the market. You can find basically new copies on ebay for 200 or so. You do need to get the pentax foot and upgrade it potentially to the latest firmware. That is kinda pricey @ 80. You can alternatively just use a standard hotshoe connector and run the flash full auto and manually plug in focal length and iso. The auto mode is superb and extremely accurate (within +/- 1/3 EV). You can forget about all the p-ttl problems. No annoying preflash either. This flash is also system independant...in fact its the last modular system from metz. You cannot optically slave, but a cheap wireless transmitter fixes that problem. I never used p-ttl and I always had consistent, competent exposures. Highly recommended. My flash bulb blew a couple of weeks ago (I have loads of equipment problems atm), but I love that flash so much I'm willing to pay the 165 or so to refurbish it. The lcd panel is nice and the controls are fairly intuitive. Just a suggestion Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I am considering replacing my older Metz flash with this modern unit. It has touch screen interface and seems to be pretty darn good in terms of functionality/price ratio. Do any of the honored list members have this flash and can share with me their experience? Thanks. Boris -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax Photo Gallery Question
Brian, In Firefox, you can click on Tools-Page Info, then, in the new window, choose Media tab. You can click on the jpegs in the list, while looking at the image in the Media Preview box at the bottom. Then, you can either use Save as (if you need to save your image), or right-click on the URL in the list and choose Copy. E.g. Bong's image that he used as an example has this URL: http://c759846.r46.cf2.rackcdn.com/gallery/2013/01/20239377_1358055741_K53277BWppg.jpg HTH, Igor On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Brian Walters apathyman at lyons-ryan.org wrote: A quick question for PPG users. Is there any way to link directly to an image in the gallery or download an image from the gallery? It was possible in the old PPG but I can't find a way with the new PPG. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Rather good The Image Deconstructed
I love this stuff. A situation that is actually a bit routine, and isn't even particularly photogenic. I would have picked the mirror shot as the headliner, but that wouldn't tell the story I suppose. It's the people that make the story anyhow. http://www.imagedeconstructed.com/post/spotlight-on-meryl-schenker -- 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.
OT GESO - Australia Day
Not Pentax, but since Rob was there, I'll show my feeble car shots. I'm not much of a car person, but I liked the Brazil Messerschmitt http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/01/australiaday/index.html -- 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.
Re: GESO Mannequins, when they're at home
The last Raiders of the Lost Ark shot made it for me. Good Twilight Zone material On 28/01/2013 12:42 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: [* Possibly NSFW, See below ... *] You can blame Frank for this project. :-) http://www.behance.net/gallery/Mannequins-when-theyre-at-home/6868595 or http://goo.gl/P7nzw if the long one broke. Back in September Frank posted a PESO of some broken mannequins at a store in his neighborhood. I asked him the address as I'd been looking for an inexpensive mannequin to use for lighting tests. Sure enough, the store, Then Again Vintage, had a small number of mannequins left over from a sale, and I bought one. The clerk mentioned that they had way more stuff at the main warehouse. That turned out to be a significant understatement! As you'll see when you look at the gallery. All shots: K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 SDM, Tav, 1/60th, ISO ranges 200 - 3200. Lightroom 4.3, Photoshop CS5. All ambient light, handheld. * I hate to need to mention this, but better safe than sorry. Many images depict flesh coloured, undraped female mannequin torsos. If displaying plastic boobies on your screen might be a concern, don't scroll down from the initial image. Yes, the 1st image is 100% safe. * Comments welcome, of course. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Venice
Excellent! A wonderful gallery of pics, of which you can hardly pick one as the best of the bunch because they all deserve that. Dario -Messaggio originale- From: Jostein Øksne Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10:32 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: GESO - Venice http://www.alunfoto.no/temp/Venezia/ As usual, very few pictures of people, but you'll know it was a PDML event by the last image. Shot with Q and 645D. Warm thanks to Dario who joined us for a good round of... well you've seen his pictures... :-) We had a great time! Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. - Nessun virus nel messaggio. Controllato da AVG - www.avg.com Versione: 2013.0.2890 / Database dei virus: 2639/6066 - Data di rilascio: 29/01/2013 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Venezia
Then count me on, again! :-) Dario -Messaggio originale- From: Jostein Øksne Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 7:12 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Venezia Fun series, Dario. I think you captured the mood nicely. That thing about the coffee was Linns idea though. :-) It was a great pleasure to finally meet you in person! Hope we can do it again some time. We're probably not quite done with Venice just yet... :-) Jostein - Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 2:41 PM Subject: Venezia Hi all! Yesterday I met those folks in Venice, and it was a nice gathering for sure. Just see by yourself here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/ Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. - Nessun virus nel messaggio. Controllato da AVG - www.avg.com Versione: 2013.0.2890 / Database dei virus: 2639/6058 - Data di rilascio: 25/01/2013 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Vertigo
Asian + photographer + woman = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2269568/Woman-ledge-Artist-creates-vertigo-inducing-images-perched-precariously-skyscrapers-world.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO Mannequins, when they're at home
I was thinking The Matrix when I saw it, but Raiders definitely. Thanks, Derby! On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 4:13 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: The last Raiders of the Lost Ark shot made it for me. Good Twilight Zone material On 28/01/2013 12:42 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: [* Possibly NSFW, See below ... *] You can blame Frank for this project. :-) http://www.behance.net/gallery/Mannequins-when-theyre-at-home/6868595 or http://goo.gl/P7nzw if the long one broke. Back in September Frank posted a PESO of some broken mannequins at a store in his neighborhood. I asked him the address as I'd been looking for an inexpensive mannequin to use for lighting tests. Sure enough, the store, Then Again Vintage, had a small number of mannequins left over from a sale, and I bought one. The clerk mentioned that they had way more stuff at the main warehouse. That turned out to be a significant understatement! As you'll see when you look at the gallery. All shots: K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 SDM, Tav, 1/60th, ISO ranges 200 - 3200. Lightroom 4.3, Photoshop CS5. All ambient light, handheld. * I hate to need to mention this, but better safe than sorry. Many images depict flesh coloured, undraped female mannequin torsos. If displaying plastic boobies on your screen might be a concern, don't scroll down from the initial image. Yes, the 1st image is 100% safe. * Comments welcome, of course. -- -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. -- -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: Vertigo
Love the concept, but they are oversharpened to a degree that hurts my eyes On 30/01/2013 9:15 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote: Asian + photographer + woman = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2269568/Woman-ledge-Artist-creates-vertigo-inducing-images-perched-precariously-skyscrapers-world.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Venice
Beautiful street work, even if the streets are water. Vendors work late in Venice On 30/01/2013 8:32 AM, Jostein Øksne wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/temp/Venezia/ As usual, very few pictures of people, but you'll know it was a PDML event by the last image. Shot with Q and 645D. Warm thanks to Dario who joined us for a good round of... well you've seen his pictures... :-) We had a great time! Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Anyone owns Metz 52 AF-1 flash unit?
Yuh my 54 is blown. I saw them going for 200 on flea bay. Though that might have been a bit presumptious. They are rather desirable due to their system independence. Either way the cheapest option for me is to have mine fixed, so that is what I will do. I've long considered switching to a flash that does p-ttl as a remote slave, but quite honestly I would prefer to use flash manually off camera and I use m primes a lot when shooting portraits, so p-ttl is out of the question anyways. The autothyristor on the metz is very, very good and the diffuser takes it out to 20mm. Its not enough for a room sized group, but I'm more than happy with it for most of my needs. The small reflector flash is useful too. I must admit it is a large and heavy flash. I have considered making a hammerhead style bracket for it before. Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for _quite_ reply should read Thanks for _quick_ reply... One can have only so much tea in the morning... On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:06 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for quite reply, Zos... I just looked up e-bay and it seems these Metz 54 mz-4i flashes go for 400 and upwards... I have Metz 40 mz-2 flash which supports older SCA modules... It cannot do P-TTL. It is reliable but it is big and it is heavy. According to BHPhoto (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/325242-REG/Metz_MZ_54240S_mecablitz_54MZ_4_TTL_Shoe.html) this flash weighs 480 g without batteries... That's too much to me... I think that Metz 52AF1 is good balance as it both does native remote P-TTL (which is something I might need to use) and it weight only 340 g. Finally I can buy it brand new here for about USD 350 which will naturally give me local warranty. I could buy Metz 50AF1 for USD 300 but I think I'd like to have this touch screen interface because I think it is easier to use... Boris On 1/29/2013 9:19 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: If you ask me the metz 54mz-4I is one of the best deals on the market. You can find basically new copies on ebay for 200 or so. You do need to get the pentax foot and upgrade it potentially to the latest firmware. That is kinda pricey @ 80. You can alternatively just use a standard hotshoe connector and run the flash full auto and manually plug in focal length and iso. The auto mode is superb and extremely accurate (within +/- 1/3 EV). You can forget about all the p-ttl problems. No annoying preflash either. This flash is also system independant...in fact its the last modular system from metz. You cannot optically slave, but a cheap wireless transmitter fixes that problem. I never used p-ttl and I always had consistent, competent exposures. Highly recommended. My flash bulb blew a couple of weeks ago (I have loads of equipment problems atm), but I love that flash so much I'm willing to pay the 165 or so to refurbish it. The lcd panel is nice and the controls are fairly intuitive. Just a suggestion Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I am considering replacing my older Metz flash with this modern unit. It has touch screen interface and seems to be pretty darn good in terms of functionality/price ratio. Do any of the honored list members have this flash and can share with me their experience? Thanks. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: resale value of an almost-3-year-old K7?
On Jan 28, 2013, at 13:11 , Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: That's pretty torn up. On pf, good looking k-7s are going for 400. I personally wouldn't ask for more than 300 on a body like that. Especially because it likely needs a good cla. You can upload images to pf and use their exif tool to see the actuations. I did this recently and was shocked to see my year old k7 @ over 30k. http://www.myshuttercount.com Interesting! 24,656 in 2.5 years. Approximately what I'd guessed. What's funny is there are only just over 10,000 K7 images in Lightroom, so my keep-to-toss ratio is just under 50%. And I've probably kept twice as many as I should have! -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: YIKES!
You gotta love pentax for being different. :) Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I received an email from Pentax this morning, offering to sell me a purple camera, or a pink and green camera: http://jmtrk.thinkbigsolutions.com/w.aspx?j=280218503m=F0EC00E1F2FA48BC8BB4F0C2D6EE4322 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: YIKES!
I'm hurt, Pentax never sends me love letters. On 1/30/2013 1:17 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I received an email from Pentax this morning, offering to sell me a purple camera, or a pink and green camera: http://jmtrk.thinkbigsolutions.com/w.aspx?j=280218503m=F0EC00E1F2FA48BC8BB4F0C2D6EE4322 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- Buy a Leica to get the full “Leica Experience”, (a quick reduction of funds in the bank account). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
SD Card Survey
Howdy, Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD cards, and I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using, particularly people with K-5/K-30. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ * * * Red meat isn't bad for you, fuzzy green meat is bad for you. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: YIKES!
Match your camera to your style -- sure, makes a lot of sense. Don't bother matching it your technical requirements, subject matter or anything so prosaic. So what have they got for a guy who generally styles himself (if you can call it that) in well-worn jeans, a checked cotton shirt and sneakers? Hmmm, not covered there. Maybe a boring old SLR in boring old black with some boring black lenses. Hmph! On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I received an email from Pentax this morning, offering to sell me a purple camera, or a pink and green camera: http://jmtrk.thinkbigsolutions.com/w.aspx?j=280218503m=F0EC00E1F2FA48BC8BB4F0C2D6EE4322 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -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: SD Card Survey
Welcome aboard, Aahz! SanDisk Extreme 16GB is my choice. You can't get any safer and reliable than that. I also have some older 8 GB and 4 GB Extremes but they mostly just gather kit-bag lint as I've never filled-up the 16 GB on a shoot. On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: Howdy, Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD cards, and I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using, particularly people with K-5/K-30. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ * * * Red meat isn't bad for you, fuzzy green meat is bad for you. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: SD Card Survey
I use class 10 8gb cards. They are dirt cheap. On a k-5 I get like 230 shots or so. When one runs full I just pop another in. If one fails I lost 10 bux and some pictures. That's almost the equivalent of 10 rolls of film so that should be enough for a lot of people. Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: Howdy, Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD cards, and I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using, particularly people with K-5/K-30. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips
Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO - Australia Day
Great stuff, Derby. Really like the cops lined up under the sale banner. Is the Messerschmitt that 3-wheeler? That's very cool. I was going to comment on how grainy some of the shots looked as I'm used to zero noise in outside daylight, and then I noticed the tag: Bronica 645 and Tri-X. :-) On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 4:10 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Not Pentax, but since Rob was there, I'll show my feeble car shots. I'm not much of a car person, but I liked the Brazil Messerschmitt http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/01/australiaday/index.html -- 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. -- -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: SD Card Survey
I've have Patriot and Kingston 16gb plus some Patriot LX 32gb cards, speed class 10 if possible. I buy cheap stuff, less than $1 per gb, sometimes $.50 per gb at Frys. The cards hold a lot of pictures (300+ each), and are tiny. I get nervous having so many per card. Take a laptop and download to it. If you shoot like Larry, you'll have lots of pictures. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: Howdy, Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD cards, and I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using, particularly people with K-5/K-30. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ * * * Red meat isn't bad for you, fuzzy green meat is bad for you. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. Un-hip to say more. -- -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: SD Card Survey
On 1/30/2013 1:57 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: Howdy, Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD cards, and I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using, particularly people with K-5/K-30. I'm still using a K20D but the for what it's worth I use a couple of 8 Gig PNY class 10 that are my primary storage. For backup I have a selection of 2 and 4 gig Class 6 PNY and Sandisk cards. I don't really see any difference in performance between the Sandisk and PNY cards of the same class, except that when newly formatted, the K20D reports that the PNY cards can record one more image than the Sandisk cards of the same size. You might want to look into 16 Gig sized cards, to have a reasonable amount of storage per card, based on the difference in file size between the K-5 and K20D. I find that I can store about 330 K20D images on an 8 gig card. (funny how spoiled you get, how did I ever get along limited to just 36 exposures on a roll of film, when did that become unreasonable). -- Buy a Leica to get the full “Leica Experience”, (a quick reduction of funds in the bank account). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
Welcome, Aahz! Galia (my daughter) is using 16GB SanDisk card. I think it is SD Extreme or whatever. I am using Patriot LX 64GB SDXC card (which is total accident, really, as it was bought for a very different purpose). In order to use it reliably, I had to upgrade firmware of both our K-5 to version 1.13 (I think it is the very latest one). Otherwise, every now and then the resulting image would come out unreadable by the camera itself and garbled in my LightRoom. The link to my card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220496 On 1/30/2013 8:57 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: Howdy, Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD cards, and I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using, particularly people with K-5/K-30. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips
Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. Un-hip to say more. Until then I was in agreementorso I thought. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be merciful (maybe!). In my K-5 I usually use SanDisk Extreme 8GB cards. They hold about 300 DNG files (a lot more than the camera says it will hold when you first turn it on). I don't like putting too many eggs in one basket, and since I'm not doing high-volume shoots (such as a big wedding) I rarely have to change cards. Recently I bought an Extreme Pro 90MB/s card, and compared write and read speeds with a 45MB/s card in the K-5. There was no difference, except that the faster card cost twice as much. Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:57 PM Subject: SD Card Survey Howdy, Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD cards, and I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using, particularly people with K-5/K-30. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ * * * Red meat isn't bad for you, fuzzy green meat is bad for you. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: YIKES!
That purple is ~so~ you, Dan. - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:17 PM Subject: YIKES! I received an email from Pentax this morning, offering to sell me a purple camera, or a pink and green camera: http://jmtrk.thinkbigsolutions.com/w.aspx?j=280218503m=F0EC00E1F2FA48BC8BB4F0C2D6EE4322 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be merciful (maybe!). I assume that anyone who associates with Larry can deal with the rest of us. I mostly use a Sandisk Extreme 16 GB and a HP 32 GB card in my K10D. Large, high-quality cards like the Sandisk Extreme are so inexpensive now that I see little reason to skimp. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 02:05:42PM -0500, Bruce Walker wrote: Welcome aboard, Aahz! SanDisk Extreme 16GB is my choice. You can't get any safer and reliable than that. I've only got the Ultras, not the Extreme. I started off with 8GBs when I bought my K-5, but when I was in Texas in November for the USGP I picked up a couple of the 16GB cards just in case. At that time the Extremes (45 MB/s, rather than the 30MB/s Ultras) were a lot more expensive, but nowadays both seem to be around $1/GB. Today I'd buy the Extremes. The K-5 might not be able to make use of the extra speed, but maybe your next camera will ... Larger capacity cards mean you don't have to change them as often (a serious consideration in adverse conditions, or at big events), but it's putting a lot more images at risk should the card fail. I agree with Bruce that 16GB is a good compromise. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 02:45:37PM -0500, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be merciful (maybe!). I assume that anyone who associates with Larry can deal with the rest of us. We'll find out - Aahz will be trying the heft of my K-5 60-250 this weekend. So if we don't hear from him after that perhaps immunity to Larry doesn't mean that everybody else in the PDML is acceptable. Does anyone have a link to the spectacular shot of an Alaskan glacier that was posted here some time ago? I'd guess it was a Denali shot by Ken Waller, but my Google-fu is weak today. I think the shot was taken with the 600/f4. P.S. Aahz - don't believe anything Frank or Cotty or various Bobs say ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. Un-hip to say more. Until then I was in agreementorso I thought. Poppy coccyx! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
Camera gear investment: a few thousand bucks Once in a lifetime cruise: many thousands of bucks I use class 10 8gb cards. They are dirt cheap. [...] If one fails I lost 10 bux and some pictures. Priceless! On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: I use class 10 8gb cards. They are dirt cheap. On a k-5 I get like 230 shots or so. When one runs full I just pop another in. If one fails I lost 10 bux and some pictures. That's almost the equivalent of 10 rolls of film so that should be enough for a lot of people. Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: Howdy, Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD cards, and I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using, particularly people with K-5/K-30. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. Un-hip to say more. I think you're being a bit spineless, not shouldering more responsibility for this 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: SD Card Survey
Better to lose 8gb worth of pictures than 32just sayinoften when I need a card only radio shack is close and I need one that day so rather than pay their insane prices I just buy a reasonable 8gb. Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Camera gear investment: a few thousand bucks Once in a lifetime cruise: many thousands of bucks I use class 10 8gb cards. They are dirt cheap. [...] If one fails I lost 10 bux and some pictures. Priceless! On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: I use class 10 8gb cards. They are dirt cheap. On a k-5 I get like 230 shots or so. When one runs full I just pop another in. If one fails I lost 10 bux and some pictures. That's almost the equivalent of 10 rolls of film so that should be enough for a lot of people. Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: Howdy, Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD cards, and I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using, particularly people with K-5/K-30. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: SD Card Survey
SanDisk class 4 8GB sdhc card, holds more than enough shots from my istDS and seems fast enough for the camera. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Zos Xavius Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 3:17 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: SD Card Survey Better to lose 8gb worth of pictures than 32just sayinoften when I need a card only radio shack is close and I need one that day so rather than pay their insane prices I just buy a reasonable 8gb. Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Camera gear investment: a few thousand bucks Once in a lifetime cruise: many thousands of bucks I use class 10 8gb cards. They are dirt cheap. [...] If one fails I lost 10 bux and some pictures. Priceless! On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: I use class 10 8gb cards. They are dirt cheap. On a k-5 I get like 230 shots or so. When one runs full I just pop another in. If one fails I lost 10 bux and some pictures. That's almost the equivalent of 10 rolls of film so that should be enough for a lot of people. Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: Howdy, Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD cards, and I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using, particularly people with K-5/K-30. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: SD Card Survey
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, Rick Womer wrote: It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be merciful (maybe!). What is this mercy of which you speak? Recently I bought an Extreme Pro 90MB/s card, and compared write and read speeds with a 45MB/s card in the K-5. There was no difference, except that the faster card cost twice as much. That's exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks! (And also to everyone participating in this thread.) I'm already using a 16GB Extreme in my P7100, good to have confirmation that the slow writes are the camera and not the card (which is what I expected per various reviews). -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ * * * Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
I think that tbe last time I bought sandisk extreme the best value were the 32GB cards. They have the advantage of not needing to swap them out often. Copy your raw files to external drives each day and keep a spare copy of the files on the cards until you get home. Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: Howdy, Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD cards, and I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using, particularly people with K-5/K-30. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
However faster card s offload to the computer faster. Make sure you get a fast card reader though. Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, Rick Womer wrote: It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be merciful (maybe!). What is this mercy of which you speak? Recently I bought an Extreme Pro 90MB/s card, and compared write and read speeds with a 45MB/s card in the K-5. There was no difference, except that the faster card cost twice as much. That's exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks! (And also to everyone participating in this thread.) I'm already using a 16GB Extreme in my P7100, good to have confirmation that the slow writes are the camera and not the card (which is what I expected per various reviews). -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
On Jan 30, 2013, at 13:05 , Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Welcome aboard, Aahz! SanDisk Extreme 16GB is my choice. You can't get any safer and reliable than that. I'm with Bruce on this. Takes a lot to fill 16GB. I've only ever done it at very long concerts. Brand-name makes a difference. I had a Centon 16GB Class 10 card which was in every way slower than my Sandisk Ultra-II 4-gig Class 4 Stick with the SanDisk Extremes 16GB and you'll be happy. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips
Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. Un-hip to say more. I think you're being a bit spineless, not shouldering more responsibility for this I for one respect his decision to toe the line on this issue. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: YIKES!
That purple is snazzy! I recently bought the previous generation (WG-2) red one; depending on how it works out for me on my upcoming cruise, I may switch up to the purple. stan On Jan 30, 2013, at 1:17 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I received an email from Pentax this morning, offering to sell me a purple camera, or a pink and green camera: http://jmtrk.thinkbigsolutions.com/w.aspx?j=280218503m=F0EC00E1F2FA48BC8BB4F0C2D6EE4322 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESO: Another Venice series
Here´s some of my pictures from the trip: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/Venice%202013/Venice%202013.html I even added proof that Jostein and I (as well as Linn and Amund) met Dario :-) 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.
Moonrise
Strictly speaking a video not a photo but, um, wow: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130130.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Travel
From: Bob W 1. The most wonderful thing I discovered in all of my travels is the joy of coming home to a bathroom that has the right kind of toilet paper. Luxury to have TP at all in some places. In the Ras Hotel in Addis Ababa when I was there you had to ask the toilet paper lady, sitting outside, to let you have some before you went in. You get 3 sheets, and have to spend a lot of time persuading her that this is not going to be adequate. Especially after some types of Ethiopian food. There are young lads in the streets who sell the stuff, one sheet at a time. When I used to travel to those kinds of places, I always carried my own personal supply in my ruck-sack. Come to think of it, I still carry an emergency supply in my automobile, and it's easy enough to look see if the amenities are adequate to my needs before committing myself. For those who are unfamiliar with driving in the U.S., we drive on the right side of the road, so traffic circles naturally flow to the right (counter-clockwise). Here's an interesting challenge then: http://www.itv.com/news/west/2012-10-09/40-years-of-swindons-magic-roundabo ut/ It helps if you have a PhD in celestial mechanics, and a sound understanding of the 3-body problem. B Hmmm? No problem. I'd just mount a large flag on my front bumper so everyone will know I'm a crazy American driver and get out of my way. Cue Benny Hill music! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips
Quoting Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. Un-hip to say more. I think you're being a bit spineless, not shouldering more responsibility for this I for one respect his decision to toe the line on this issue. Me too. He certainly knee-ded to do that. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com Subject: Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. Un-hip to say more. I think you're being a bit spineless, not shouldering more responsibility for this I for one respect his decision to toe the line on this issue. Kneed I say anymore. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax Photo Gallery Question
Quoting Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org: Brian, In Firefox, you can click on Tools-Page Info, then, in the new window, choose Media tab. You can click on the jpegs in the list, while looking at the image in the Media Preview box at the bottom. Then, you can either use Save as (if you need to save your image), or right-click on the URL in the list and choose Copy. E.g. Bong's image that he used as an example has this URL: http://c759846.r46.cf2.rackcdn.com/gallery/2013/01/20239377_1358055741_K53277BWppg.jpg HTH, Indeed it did. Works like a charm. Thanks, Igor. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Brian Walters apathyman at lyons-ryan.org wrote: A quick question for PPG users. Is there any way to link directly to an image in the gallery or download an image from the gallery? It was possible in the old PPG but I can't find a way with the new PPG. -- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
John Francis wrote: Does anyone have a link to the spectacular shot of an Alaskan glacier that was posted here some time ago? I'd guess it was a Denali shot by Ken Waller, but my Google-fu is weak today. I think the shot was taken with the 600/f4. I think you're referring to the one he sent in for the PDML Photo Annual 2011. There's a smallish version on line at http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/2011/gallery/pdml017.html -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips
kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. Un-hip to say more. I think you're being a bit spineless, not shouldering more responsibility for this I for one respect his decision to toe the line on this issue. Kneed I say anymore. Right. Don't stick your neck out. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Did Pentax announce anything interesting while I was gone?
From: Darren Addy On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 2:01 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Hmmm? Hold on to your hat because CP+ is only days away. The Pentax booth is right next to the Nikon booth. Largest booths belong to Nikon Canon 2nd largest booths belong to Olympus Sony 3rd largest booths belong to Pentax FujiFilm http://www.pentaxforums.com/news/cp-plus-2013-pentax.html#more Just before I headed out I noticed the Tiger Direct store in Raleigh has the blue K-30 in stock. It was the first time I'd actually seen a Pentax camera on display in a long time. While I was out at the Grand Canyon, I did meet other Pentax shooter, an old guy from Japan shooting with a Stormtrooper K-x, and a couple of young kids (also from Japan) sharing a K-10D. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips
Just hold your head high. Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. Un-hip to say more. I think you're being a bit spineless, not shouldering more responsibility for this I for one respect his decision to toe the line on this issue. Kneed I say anymore. Right. Don't stick your neck out. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Venice
From: Jostein ?ksne http://www.alunfoto.no/temp/Venezia/ As usual, very few pictures of people, but you'll know it was a PDML event by the last image. Shot with Q and 645D. Warm thanks to Dario who joined us for a good round of... well you've seen his pictures... :-) We had a great time! Jostein Very nice. I especially like the fishmonger (fiskehandler). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
Quoting Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: John Francis wrote: Does anyone have a link to the spectacular shot of an Alaskan glacier that was posted here some time ago? I'd guess it was a Denali shot by Ken Waller, but my Google-fu is weak today. I think the shot was taken with the 600/f4. I think you're referring to the one he sent in for the PDML Photo Annual 2011. There's a smallish version on line at http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/2011/gallery/pdml017.html ...or possibly this one in the PUG from August 2011: http://pug.komkon.org/11aug/slides/KW-NorthFace-B+W.html -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Did Pentax announce anything interesting while I was, gone?
Figured out who Evangelion must be from a Google search, but Krey didn't return any meaningful (to me) results. I'm afraid the cultural reference is wasted on me. From: P. J. Alling I could just Krey, I've been waiting all year for this moment! On 1/29/2013 3:03 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 3:01 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Hmmm? Oh, you bet! Exactly what you were hoping for, I'm sure! http://photorumors.com/2013/01/28/pentax-q10-evangelion-special-edition-camera/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
Does anyone have a link to the spectacular shot of an Alaskan glacier that was posted here some time ago? I'd guess it was a Denali shot by Ken Waller, Ask and you shall receive John. Is this the image you were referring to? http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16842892 It wasn't taken in Denali, but from a tour boat in Portage Lake. It was hand held with a 300mm f4.4 FA and a 1.4 teleconvertor, probably on a PZ1P or an MZ-S. Its been published in Outdoor Photographer and won first place in Epson's 'Around the World' photo contest, used in their advertising for which Epson gave me a wide format printer. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: John Francis jo...@panix.com Subject: Re: SD Card Survey On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 02:45:37PM -0500, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be merciful (maybe!). I assume that anyone who associates with Larry can deal with the rest of us. We'll find out - Aahz will be trying the heft of my K-5 60-250 this weekend. So if we don't hear from him after that perhaps immunity to Larry doesn't mean that everybody else in the PDML is acceptable. Does anyone have a link to the spectacular shot of an Alaskan glacier that was posted here some time ago? I'd guess it was a Denali shot by Ken Waller, but my Google-fu is weak today. I think the shot was taken with the 600/f4. P.S. Aahz - don't believe anything Frank or Cotty or various Bobs say ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Moonrise
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 01:32:07PM -0800, Tim Bray wrote: Strictly speaking a video not a photo but, um, wow: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130130.html Even though I spent a year in NZ, it still looks wrong to see the moon looking like that; the crater with radial lines should be near the bottom! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
Welcome aboard Aahz By now you've gotten the combined wisdom of the list on SD cards, I can only add that I only use San Disk Extreme cards but I mainly shoot 2.0 GB size - that way if I lose a card I won't be loosing hundreds of images a 2.0 GB card is nicely filled during a day of shooting for me. BTW last August I took a 9 day 'cruise' on the Inside Passage on a 62 passenger, 150' 'Expedition Boat' definitely not your typical cruise ship. I carried 3 lenses - a 300, 70-210 28-80 and a 1.4 teleconvertor -had no need for any other lenses. We went late August and had phenomenal weather - mostly sunny with temps in the low 50's to high 60's during the day. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com Subject: SD Card Survey Howdy, Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD cards, and I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using, particularly people with K-5/K-30. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ * * * Red meat isn't bad for you, fuzzy green meat is bad for you. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Moonrise
On 30/1/13, Tim Bray, discombobulated, unleashed: Strictly speaking a video not a photo but, um, wow: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130130.html That's pretty special. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Producion --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
on 2013-01-30 11:57 Aahz Maruch wrote I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using, particularly people with K-5/K-30. i don't buy the Sandisk mythology; i've been using a no-name Team 32GB Class 10 card for the last 6 months, only one month of which i've had a K-5; absolutely no problems; speed is plenty for my uses and as for risk of losing lots of images, there's no rule you have to fill the card; i've rarely even filled 8GB cards (but when i did, it was inconvenient); i got a large card for possible video use and because i occasionally use SD cards for old-fashioned sneakernet i also use an ADATA class 10 8GB card as a backup, and have used several other off brands of class 6 class 10 cards over the years; none have died and most are still in use in other cameras; only two or three times did i encounter a single corrupt image in tens of thousands of shots on my K200d -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: SD Card Survey
From: Aahz Maruch Howdy, Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD cards, and I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using, particularly people with K-5/K-30. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ * * * Red meat isn't bad for you, fuzzy green meat is bad for you. I've been using 4GB cards with the K-10D and 8GB cards with the K-20D. I'd probably go with at least 16GB cards for a K-5. Tiger Direct has a retail store here, and I get almost all of my memory cards from them. Prices on 16GB Class10 SDHC cards today are about what I paid for 4GB 8GB Class 4 cards ($12.99), and 32GB Class10 SDHC cards were $22.99. I tend to fill the cards up swap them out for the one in the battery grip before downloading them to my computer. Because of that, I prefer to have more small capacity cards on hand rather than fewer large capacity cards. That way, I will lose fewer images that way if I do manage to screw up a card. OTOH, I found an SD card in the dryer a while back that I had apparently put into my shirt pocket after downloading and it was still readable after having gone through a wash dry cycle (no bleach). So far, I've only ever had one card failure (the first 4GB CF card I bought for my *ist-D) that did not involve destruction of the plastic case Will 32GB Class10 SDHC cards work with the K-20D? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
on 2013-01-30 16:42 John Sessoms wrote Will 32GB Class10 SDHC cards work with the K-20D? i have such a card that works fine with my K200d, which came out the same year as K20d -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, Rick Womer wrote: It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be merciful (maybe!). What is this mercy of which you speak? You don't get thrown into a pun thread on your very first post. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. Un-hip to say more. I think you're being a bit spineless, not shouldering more responsibility for this I for one respect his decision to toe the line on this issue. Can anyone join this shin dig? -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. Un-hip to say more. I think you're being a bit spineless, not shouldering more responsibility for this I for one respect his decision to toe the line on this issue. Can anyone join this shin dig? Yes, but it's getting to be a conthiderable thighs. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
I use Sandisk Extreme and Sandisk Extreme Pro cards. I don't see much difference in performance with the K-5 or the Q so the Extreme would probably be the best option. I'm starting to switch from 8 gb cards to 16 gb, though I rarely fill a 16gb card in a single session. Mark On 1/30/2013 1:57 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: Howdy, Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD cards, and I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using, particularly people with K-5/K-30. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
On 1/30/2013 6:49 PM, John Sessoms wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, Rick Womer wrote: It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be merciful (maybe!). What is this mercy of which you speak? You don't get thrown into a pun thread on your very first post. Too late. -- Buy a Leica to get the full “Leica Experience”, (a quick reduction of funds in the bank account). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips
Bruce Walker wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. Un-hip to say more. I think you're being a bit spineless, not shouldering more responsibility for this I for one respect his decision to toe the line on this issue. Can anyone join this shin dig? Yes, but it's getting to be a conthiderable thighs. That's OK, I'm getting a lot of laughs from it because it's so humerus. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
Back when I was shooting with Pentax *ist DS and K10D, I had standardized on 2G Sandisk Extreme cards. Then, 2008ish onwards, I standardized on 8G Sandisk Extremes with Panasonic L1 and G1 bodies. Last year, I upgraded to 16 and 32 G Sandisk Extreme and HP Class 10s, shooting with Ricoh GXR-M and Leica M9. With a 32G card in the Leica M9, I can make about 1500 JPEG + raw, 18Mpixel exposures per card. This means I need to carry about three-four cards to cover the entirety of a three week photo trip to the UK, with double redundancy (I normally find myself shooting about 1500-2000 exposures on these trips). The funny part of this, to me anyway, is that the other cameras I carry much of the time these days take 12 exposures on a roll of 120 film. ;-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bruce Walker wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. Un-hip to say more. I think you're being a bit spineless, not shouldering more responsibility for this I for one respect his decision to toe the line on this issue. Can anyone join this shin dig? Yes, but it's getting to be a conthiderable thighs. That's OK, I'm getting a lot of laughs from it because it's so humerus. Ugh. I don't have the stomach for it, myself... ;( -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, John Sessoms wrote: Aahz: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, Rick Womer wrote: It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be merciful (maybe!). What is this mercy of which you speak? You don't get thrown into a pun thread on your very first post. The shortest distance between two puns is a straight line, of course. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ * * * Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips
On Jan 30, 2013, at 8:43 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bruce Walker wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. Un-hip to say more. I think you're being a bit spineless, not shouldering more responsibility for this I for one respect his decision to toe the line on this issue. Can anyone join this shin dig? Yes, but it's getting to be a conthiderable thighs. That's OK, I'm getting a lot of laughs from it because it's so humerus. Ugh. I don't have the stomach for it, myself... And, sooner or later, someone will need to foot the bill. 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: Did Pentax announce anything interesting while I was, gone?
It's supposedly Yiddish... On 1/30/2013 5:42 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Figured out who Evangelion must be from a Google search, but Krey didn't return any meaningful (to me) results. I'm afraid the cultural reference is wasted on me. From: P. J. Alling I could just Krey, I've been waiting all year for this moment! On 1/29/2013 3:03 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 3:01 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Hmmm? Oh, you bet! Exactly what you were hoping for, I'm sure! http://photorumors.com/2013/01/28/pentax-q10-evangelion-special-edition-camera/ -- Buy a Leica to get the full “Leica Experience”, (a quick reduction of funds in the bank account). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, l...@red4est.com wrote: Copy your raw files to external drives each day and keep a spare copy of the files on the cards until you get home. I'm expecting to rent a GoPro to sit on the ship rail for timelapse photography (plus likely other random usage for photos and video). Even a 64GB card won't hold an entire trip's worth of pictures for that, so I'm operating on the mindset that the external drives are critical (i.e. at least two of them). -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ * * * Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: resale value of an almost-3-year-old K7?
I agree with you completely. While the K-7 is limited Iif I ever broke or lost my K-5 I could get by for a while with the K-7. Maybe not so for folks who use high ISO. I do wonder how it would do converted to IR. Never thought about having the AI filter removed Mark On 1/29/2013 10:50 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: My k5 recently took a nasty fall. If it broke i know i could still take quality pictures, but with more restrictions. Lets face it. The k7 is a very competent camera with decent iq at even 1600 iso. Compare to film at the same speed and it destroys it. It represented to me a shift where digital started to beat film in nearly every aspect. It was my first dslr and i fell completely in love. I dont know if i could ever part with it. Ive been certainly thinking about converting it to ir. It would be interesting to see what resolution looks like with no aa filter too. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Crane
In Center City Philly; just for the shapes and colors: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16817614size=lg (K-5, DA 16-45) Comments always appreciated. Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
Same here: 16 G Sandusk extreme and extreme pro. I own some transcend cards as well but haven't used them for quite some time. Paul via phone On Jan 30, 2013, at 7:56 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: I use Sandisk Extreme and Sandisk Extreme Pro cards. I don't see much difference in performance with the K-5 or the Q so the Extreme would probably be the best option. I'm starting to switch from 8 gb cards to 16 gb, though I rarely fill a 16gb card in a single session. Mark On 1/30/2013 1:57 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: Howdy, Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD cards, and I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using, particularly people with K-5/K-30. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: I hate computers.
Wow, 67,251 emails. I'll never change programs. To be you with a new computer sucks... (I have my own problems with contractors, floors, and carpets.) Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:59 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: But I really have come to despise email programs. New computer, very fast. Trying (again!!) to find a program I like. Reverted to Thunderbird, which immediately downloaded 67,251 email from the PDML, and locked up. Anyway, if anything important happened over the past few days, I won't be reading about it. Gads. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
My wife presented me with a 16gb card that she had washed and dried...and it's not the first time! Each card worked fine after the wash and dry cycle. They are tougher than they look. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:42 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Aahz Maruch Howdy, Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD cards, and I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using, particularly people with K-5/K-30. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ * * * Red meat isn't bad for you, fuzzy green meat is bad for you. I've been using 4GB cards with the K-10D and 8GB cards with the K-20D. I'd probably go with at least 16GB cards for a K-5. Tiger Direct has a retail store here, and I get almost all of my memory cards from them. Prices on 16GB Class10 SDHC cards today are about what I paid for 4GB 8GB Class 4 cards ($12.99), and 32GB Class10 SDHC cards were $22.99. I tend to fill the cards up swap them out for the one in the battery grip before downloading them to my computer. Because of that, I prefer to have more small capacity cards on hand rather than fewer large capacity cards. That way, I will lose fewer images that way if I do manage to screw up a card. OTOH, I found an SD card in the dryer a while back that I had apparently put into my shirt pocket after downloading and it was still readable after having gone through a wash dry cycle (no bleach). So far, I've only ever had one card failure (the first 4GB CF card I bought for my *ist-D) that did not involve destruction of the plastic case Will 32GB Class10 SDHC cards work with the K-20D? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
K-01 Has Arrived!
Yippie! The box from BH was on my porch when I got home today - Inside was a Panda-Bear white K-01, DA-XS 40mm f 2.8, extra battery and SD card. I think this camera will be excellent for snow crsytal shots - I just put in my snow crystal setup and did some test shows. It is sleeting now and too warm for snow, but as I hoped the focus peaking made it very easy to focus despite the extreme macro and shallow DOF. As with the Q I could not get the flash to stay in manual mode. Fortunately in the last few days I cobbled together a PC cord setup that by passes the TTL functions altogether, so I can use the flash in manual no problem. Pentax has done a good job of sticking to a standard control layout, and even though the K-01 is a little different with only one control wheel, everything falls into to place very intuitively. I did have to look up how to activate focus peaking. I think that the focus peaking and ability to zoom into the frame for focusing - far more than the Pentax Q - will make this a great tool for snow crystals and other extreme macro photography. The 40mm lens is small. Haven't tested it out yet. I did put in my Mz-S and shot out a short roll of Tri-X - the vignetting looked fabulous through the finder. Discovered that the built in flash on my Mz-S is dead. Crap - these film cameras keep fading away For my specific intended purpose I thing that the K-01 will be great. It was 60F when I left for work this morning, 35F when I drove home, and high tomorrow is predicted to be 18F. (That would be 15, 2, and -8 C) Lots of snow coming so I hope to give this setup a good workout. As far as general purpose shooting goes... I have to say I look at the K-01 and think WTF? I was skeptical about the Q but the moment I picked it up it up I thought Wow! The K-01... Well Mark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info Subject: Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips On Jan 30, 2013, at 8:43 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bruce Walker wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. Un-hip to say more. I think you're being a bit spineless, not shouldering more responsibility for this I for one respect his decision to toe the line on this issue. Can anyone join this shin dig? Yes, but it's getting to be a conthiderable thighs. That's OK, I'm getting a lot of laughs from it because it's so humerus. Ugh. I don't have the stomach for it, myself... And, sooner or later, someone will need to foot the bill. Heel probably take a lot of ribbing for that. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: YIKES!
nice to see they have their priorities straight ann On 1/30/2013 13:17, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I received an email from Pentax this morning, offering to sell me a purple camera, or a pink and green camera: http://jmtrk.thinkbigsolutions.com/w.aspx?j=280218503m=F0EC00E1F2FA48BC8BB4F0C2D6EE4322 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-01 Has Arrived!
On Jan 30, 2013, at 21:45 , Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: For my specific intended purpose I thing that the K-01 will be great. It was 60F when I left for work this morning, 35F when I drove home, and high tomorrow is predicted to be 18F. (That would be 15, 2, and -8 C) Lots of snow coming so I hope to give this setup a good workout. The K-01 almost tempted me at its most-extreme sale point. Just the 40mm alone! As for temps.. The high here tomorrow will be -1F (-18C).Tomorrow night will be down to -14F (-25.5C). So it's time to find the warm gloves. And maybe a hat! -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: resale value of an almost-3-year-old K7?
On Jan 30, 2013, at 20:27 , Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: I agree with you completely. While the K-7 is limited Iif I ever broke or lost my K-5 I could get by for a while with the K-7. Maybe not so for folks who use high ISO. I do wonder how it would do converted to IR. Never thought about having the AI filter removed (shudder) I just pictured having to go back to the K10D (which my son now uses). No! My daughter has the K200D which I got as a replacement (lemon-law, 3 strikes you're out) for a defective-after-1.5-years ist-DS. I've never used it. But I don't want to. The only non-Pentax user in our family is my wife. Maybe SHE can learn to use/love the K7? -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
I started out using Patriot SD cards, which were very cheap at Fry's. They pretty much all worked fine electrically, even after they started falling apart physically. I had decent luck with Transcend 8GB cards, but when it got down to $40 for a 32GB Sandisk Extreme, I just started going with them. -- 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: SD Card Survey
I rarely fill up even a 2G card in a single shoot. (I tend to shoot with digital much the way I shoot with medium format film ...) But, it's nice to have lots of space for the rare occasions when I will shoot a LOT in a short period of time. At the present prices, a 16 or 32 G card is just too cheap to pass by. G On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Bipin Gupta bip...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Bruce and PDMLer Friends, That is the question: why buy 16 GB Cards when you can't fill it up in a shoot?? I use mostly 8 GB + 4 GB extreme Sandisk Cards - agree they are the best, reliable and safer too as Bruce puts it. While in Cologne, Germany, I visited Media Mart, the biggest Camera Electronic super market in Europe, and bought some 8 GB HAMA 10x cards on sale. They are pretty good. As an amateur photographer it takes me literally days to fill up an 8 GB card. And if I ever loose one I have lost only 8 GB and not 16 GB. 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. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SD Card Survey
On Jan 30, 2013, at 10:59 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote: Hello Bruce and PDMLer Friends, That is the question: why buy 16 GB Cards when you can't fill it up in a shoot?? You may not fill it up in a shoot, but you could fill it up in a vacation. -- 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 - Venice
Thanks Bob. It had rained earlier in the evening on that night, so everything was still wet. It really brought the colours out. Jostein - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 12:26 AM Subject: RE: GESO - Venice Superb. I particularly like 'Under Academia-Broa', and the long shot of the Grand Canal from on top of the bridge. Canaletto finds the slow speeds on the dial. B -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jostein Øksne Sent: 29 January 2013 21:32 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: GESO - Venice http://www.alunfoto.no/temp/Venezia/ As usual, very few pictures of people, but you'll know it was a PDML event by the last image. Shot with Q and 645D. Warm thanks to Dario who joined us for a good round of... well you've seen his pictures... :-) We had a great time! Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: GESO - Venice
Thanks Bruce, The Q is definately a nice little camera. Its dynamic range falls a little short of the 645D, but hey. :-) Someone said here a while ago that the raw files are comparable with those of K20-D. I think it's almost but not quite; still close enough to demand respect. But next time I go to a city like Venice to photograph, I think I'll rather bring a K-mount outfit. The 645D and Q combination surely gives you the best of image quality and portability in separate packages, but it's inconvenient to trade one off against the other. A K-mount outfit is simply a better over-all compromise. Jostein - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 12:39 AM Subject: Re: GESO - Venice An outstanding gallery, Jostein. A testament to the Q that it's not obvious which shots were done with which camera. My fave is Private Parking, but it's a close race with all the others. On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/temp/Venezia/ As usual, very few pictures of people, but you'll know it was a PDML event by the last image. Shot with Q and 645D. Warm thanks to Dario who joined us for a good round of... well you've seen his pictures... :-) We had a great time! Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: GESO - Venice
Thanks Dario! :-) Jostein - Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 11:13 AM Subject: Re: GESO - Venice Excellent! A wonderful gallery of pics, of which you can hardly pick one as the best of the bunch because they all deserve that. Dario -Messaggio originale- From: Jostein Øksne Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10:32 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: GESO - Venice http://www.alunfoto.no/temp/Venezia/ As usual, very few pictures of people, but you'll know it was a PDML event by the last image. Shot with Q and 645D. Warm thanks to Dario who joined us for a good round of... well you've seen his pictures... :-) We had a great time! Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. - Nessun virus nel messaggio. Controllato da AVG - www.avg.com Versione: 2013.0.2890 / Database dei virus: 2639/6066 - Data di rilascio: 29/01/2013 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Venice
Thanks Derby, You think about the open shops at the Rialto bridge? I'm not entirely sure if it is a pattern, but my impression was that shops lining the common tourist pathways tended to stay open for longer. Jostein - Original Message - From: Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 12:09 PM Subject: Re: GESO - Venice Beautiful street work, even if the streets are water. Vendors work late in Venice On 30/01/2013 8:32 AM, Jostein Øksne wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/temp/Venezia/ As usual, very few pictures of people, but you'll know it was a PDML event by the last image. Shot with Q and 645D. Warm thanks to Dario who joined us for a good round of... well you've seen his pictures... :-) We had a great time! Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
