Re: PESO: Jerry V.
What happened to I-IV? On Feb 12, 2013, at 9:59 PM, Walt wrote: Here's a shot I took a few nights ago of another one of our resident characters at the club where I work. This guy is one of the more cantankerous drunks we have, but once you get a handle on how to deal with him, he's a pretty good guy. Like a lot of the people I deal with, he has phrases that he tends to lean on when he's well into his cups. Hey! Lemme tell ya somethin'! And another thing! You talkin' about me? Don't start no shit! He also happens to be a really good pool shot and only seems to get better the drunker he gets. Here he is shooting a game over the weekend: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8469249067/ K-5, FA 50/1.4, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO 1600 That's a very nice shot. Some of the highlights might be a bit blown. Any particular reason that you're posting so much in BW these days? I thought it was an interesting shot because he looks a bit like a Dick Tracy character to my eye. Comments and critiques are, as always, eagerly solicited. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Jerry V.
On 2/13/2013 2:16 AM, Larry Colen wrote: What happened to I-IV? No one knows. Jerry V will only say they were the weak ones. That's a very nice shot. Some of the highlights might be a bit blown. Thanks, Larry. They seem a bit blown to me, too. I had the metering set to center-weighted average rather than spot, unbeknownst to me. Must have changed it accidentally. I may see if I can pull them down a bit in LR. Any particular reason that you're posting so much in BW these days? There's a couple of reasons, really; the primary one being that I've been shooting people more than anything else lately, and I just tend to like BW for human subjects. The other reason is that I've been doing most of my shooting at work, where the light is a dog's breakfast and the overall decor just isn't very photogenic. We're actually doing some painting tomorrow, going from what looks like an industrial white paint to a shade called Sauteed Mushroom -- http://is.gd/qextsp -- and will be stripping and waxing the floors in the next few weeks. We'll be totally classy. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)?
On 13 February 2013 18:42, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 12/2/13, DagT, discombobulated, unleashed: That would be the A*85 f/1.4. The worn exterior reminds me that it was my favorite lens for almost 15 years, and the glass is still nice because of the UV filter I used and changes when it was to full of dirt and scratches. Yup. Still have mine, still waiting for a Pentrax FF body to mount it on. I calibrated my new pano rig to use it on the other night :) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)?
On 13/2/13, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: I calibrated my new pano rig to use it on the other night :) Interesting - details? -- 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: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* partwith)?
On 2/13/2013 2:18 AM, Jostein Øksne wrote: Upgrades to optics I do use are different, of course. Like when I sold the FA*600/4 to buy a Sigma 500/4.5. There was a wait involved; a gap between sale and purchase when I seriously wondered whether I did the right thing. Out of curiosity - in your opinion how do these two lenses compare regarding image quality? 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.
OT - Printers Again - Epson P50
Anyone have an Epson P50? Views? -- 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: PESO: Jerry V.
That hair makes him look a little like a Buick hood ornament. rim shot Sounds like a familiar denizen from my pool hall history. Jack From: Walt ldott...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 9:59 PM Subject: PESO: Jerry V. Here's a shot I took a few nights ago of another one of our resident characters at the club where I work. This guy is one of the more cantankerous drunks we have, but once you get a handle on how to deal with him, he's a pretty good guy. Like a lot of the people I deal with, he has phrases that he tends to lean on when he's well into his cups. Hey! Lemme tell ya somethin'! And another thing! You talkin' about me? Don't start no shit! He also happens to be a really good pool shot and only seems to get better the drunker he gets. Here he is shooting a game over the weekend: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8469249067/ K-5, FA 50/1.4, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO 1600 I thought it was an interesting shot because he looks a bit like a Dick Tracy character to my eye. Comments and critiques are, as always, eagerly solicited. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Jerry V.
That's very good, Walt. I like the unusual framing. Did you happen to get one with more ball motion in it? That could make for a really cool shot. You'd have to drop your shutter speed down a lot. On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a shot I took a few nights ago of another one of our resident characters at the club where I work. This guy is one of the more cantankerous drunks we have, but once you get a handle on how to deal with him, he's a pretty good guy. Like a lot of the people I deal with, he has phrases that he tends to lean on when he's well into his cups. Hey! Lemme tell ya somethin'! And another thing! You talkin' about me? Don't start no shit! He also happens to be a really good pool shot and only seems to get better the drunker he gets. Here he is shooting a game over the weekend: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8469249067/ K-5, FA 50/1.4, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO 1600 I thought it was an interesting shot because he looks a bit like a Dick Tracy character to my eye. Comments and critiques are, as always, eagerly solicited. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - Printers Again - Epson P50
Wed Feb 13 08:14:23 EST 2013 Steve Cottrell wrote: Anyone have an Epson P50? Views? I don't have that printer, but I have a good garden view from my office window. I recommend that. Hope that helps, ;-) Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - Printers Again - Epson P50
On 13/2/13, Igor Roshchin, discombobulated, unleashed: I don't have that printer, but I have a good garden view from my office window. I recommend that. Hope that helps, ;-) Igor, always full of good advice ;-) Cheers! -- 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.
PESO 2013 - 22 - GDG
Another photo posted. Taken a few weeks ago, I'm slowly working through the set... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8469273097/lightbox thanks for looking, comments always appreciated. Godfrey -- a photo blog: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will*never*, part with)?
I do a lot of buying/selling and try to end up improving my overall team by doing so. But the one lens I regretted selling in that effort was the original Vivitar Series 1 Bokina (90mm f2.5 with 1:1 matched multiplier). Fortunately, I recently found the Bokina II, the improved Tokina AT-X 90mm f2.5 with 1:1 matched multiplier, and it is the PK/A (!) mount - so I've gotten that one back with improvements. I've had some fairly good stuff that I've sold along the way and *not* regretted... Pentax SMC K 85mm f1.8, SMC K 50mm f1.2, a 1957 Takumar 100mm f3.5 (that one is so rare it isn't even thought to have been produced according to the Pentax bible - that went to a collector in europe) but I don't regret selling any of them since they helped get me to where I am today. I don't own a single limited, though I *would* like the 77mm one day. I had the 35mm macro limited briefly and liked it, but don't know if I liked it enough to buy one again, especially now that I have the Sigma 28mm f1.8 macro (though that is a much larger lens, that doesn't bother me). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* partwith)?
- Original Message - From: Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net Out of curiosity - in your opinion how do these two lenses compare regarding image quality? The 600 has very good contrast, and that's about the only feature where it scores higher than the Sigma, in my experience. AF is fast and precise with both lenses, but I find that the Sigma has better rendering of detail, and responds better to stopping down beyond f/5.6 if you have to. 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: PESO 2013 - 22 - GDG
On Feb 13, 2013, at 9:06 , Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote: Another photo posted. Taken a few weeks ago, I'm slowly working through the set... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8469273097/lightbox Love it! Dead simple and calming. -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: So this really seems to hoover big time. (Kind of long),
Unfortunately not. the Professional range seems to have been Dr0pped entirely. The stuff I have is product number IGSGPG7US Ilford has IGSGPG9 listed as a discontinued product. Now the US tacked on the end of the product number probably just means that the packaging was meant for export to the United States, but heck I've been using this paper with minor changes in packaging for I don't know 15 years maybe. When I first started I bought some from a Camera store. It was very good but kind of expensive. I was delighted to discover it was available at a considerable discount at the warehouse buying club I had joined at a considerable discount. Two years ago they had a sale and I stocked up, which was good because the club stopped stocking it at the local store. On 2/13/2013 2:25 AM, Jostein Øksne wrote: Could it be a naming issue? http://www.ilford.com/en/support/galerie-packaging/ Jostein - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Now I like the Galerie Gloss it makes nice prints, which is good because I bought a sizable amount of it a couple of years ago at a very good price. So I tootled over to Ilford's website to download the profiles for the Canon, and... I can't find the product. It's disapeared. It's not even listed under it's product number as a discontinued item. -- 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: PESO 2013 - 22 - GDG
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8469273097/lightbox Nice! If it were me, I probably would have opened up one more stop for a bit more background blur (to emphasize the fog). -- 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: PESO 2013 - 22 - GDG
Ditto what Charles said. On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Feb 13, 2013, at 9:06 , Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote: Another photo posted. Taken a few weeks ago, I'm slowly working through the set... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8469273097/lightbox Love it! Dead simple and calming. -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. -- -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: PESO 2013 - 22 - GDG
Godfrey, As I opened the link, my first few-second impression was: great! That was because of the combination (juxtaposition) of the crisp Foreground and foggy background. At the same time, my thought was: this photo is so not-Godfrey. Analyzing what made me thinking this way, I think it is the saturated colors and high contrast of the foreground (leaves, grass at the bottom left, the trees themselves). Most of your photos tend to be softer in tonal appearance. But after I've been looking at this photo for a minute or two, I started thinking that the front tree is a bit too intrusive (to my taste). Almost to the extent that I would have preferred only the fogged trees from the background... At least that's what I would have wanted if I were to hang it on the wall. I was thinking about the painting by Ivan Shishkin Fog in the forest: http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/ivan-shishkin/fog-in-the-forest The second association is with the painting by I. Aivazovsky Foggy morning in Neapol: http://www.bibliotekar.ru/rusAyvaz/11.htm My apology for disecting your photo this way (or, rather, my impression from it). Thanks for showing it. Igor On Wed, Feb 13, 2013, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8469273097/lightbox -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: So this really seems to hoover big time. (Kind of long),
How about this...find the existing product that most closely matches the surface of the paper you have and run some test prints with your paper using that icm profile. I actually get better prints using the R1800 profiles with my R800 printer. Maybe something similar will work for different papers as well. -p On 2/13/2013 10:03 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Unfortunately not. the Professional range seems to have been Dr0pped entirely. The stuff I have is product number IGSGPG7US Ilford has IGSGPG9 listed as a discontinued product. Now the US tacked on the end of the product number probably just means that the packaging was meant for export to the United States, but heck I've been using this paper with minor changes in packaging for I don't know 15 years maybe. When I first started I bought some from a Camera store. It was very good but kind of expensive. I was delighted to discover it was available at a considerable discount at the warehouse buying club I had joined at a considerable discount. Two years ago they had a sale and I stocked up, which was good because the club stopped stocking it at the local store. On 2/13/2013 2:25 AM, Jostein Øksne wrote: Could it be a naming issue? http://www.ilford.com/en/support/galerie-packaging/ Jostein - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Now I like the Galerie Gloss it makes nice prints, which is good because I bought a sizable amount of it a couple of years ago at a very good price. So I tootled over to Ilford's website to download the profiles for the Canon, and... I can't find the product. It's disapeared. It's not even listed under it's product number as a discontinued item. -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Ian McLagan
Charles, That's a nice photo. I seldom happen to be in Austin on a week day, but I will consider stopping by The Lucky Lounge should I be there Thursday night (and have time). Thanks for sharing! Igor On Tue, Feb 12, 2013, Charles Robinson wrote: The wife and I took in a free show on Thursday while visiting Austin, TX. Ian McLagan is a keyboardist who use to play with The Faces, as well as doing some work with The Rolling Stones. He lives in the Austin area now and does regular Thursday-night shows for free (!!). Fun, funny and entertaining guy. With the K5, I was able to shoot in relative darkness, at almost-full-zoom, with the 50-200 kit lens and STILL get relatively decent results (I hadn't brought my concert lenses with me). Not bad for ISO6400. I'm very very pleased with this camera. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2013/austin/content/K5__4303_large.html -Charles -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Adorama: Last call on K-5 bodies $739
...and free shipping. http://www.adorama.com/IPXK5.html That's $10 less than Beach Camera is offering them through Amazon. Adorama also has a used one for $649. The K-5 is such a great camera... if you've been on the fence, this is the same body that was a grand not that long ago and there still isn't an APS-C camera that can surpass it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Snow Day (messenger content)
Frank, I am still amazed that getting around on bikes in that weather would be practical, snowmobiles yes but 2 wheelers wow. Oh picture looked fine to my eyes. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 7 Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:16:57 + (UTC) From:knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com To:PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Snow Day (messenger content) Message-ID: 1005858462.5769.1360729025604.javamail.se...@ap8.p2.fra.samsungsocialhub.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Another photo from last Friday's storm. Three o'clock on a Friday afternoon at a major downtown intersection and almost no cars. Usually Yonge and Queen would have a bit more traffic. Lots of people stayed home and lots of businesses closed early. There were a few messengers still out, though: http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2013/02/snow-day.html?m=1 With the bright background I set the exposure compensation for +1.7 EV and that gave good results, I think. Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. Cheers, frank If the world were clear, art would not exist. -- Albert Camus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Any PDMLers in Cleveland area?
I don't suppose that there are any PDMLers in the Cleveland area that would be willing to ship something that is being sold for local pickup only? They are in a Cleveland suburb. If you *might* drop me a line, please. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Jerry V.
Looks like an actor from the tv series Sopranos. I like the photo and its composition. You may a genre niche all to yourself here. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 10 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:59:30 -0600 From: Waltldott...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Jerry V. Message-ID:511b2bc2.2060...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Here's a shot I took a few nights ago of another one of our resident characters at the club where I work. This guy is one of the more cantankerous drunks we have, but once you get a handle on how to deal with him, he's a pretty good guy. Like a lot of the people I deal with, he has phrases that he tends to lean on when he's well into his cups. Hey! Lemme tell ya somethin'! And another thing! You talkin' about me? Don't start no shit! He also happens to be a really good pool shot and only seems to get better the drunker he gets. Here he is shooting a game over the weekend: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8469249067/ K-5, FA 50/1.4, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO 1600 I thought it was an interesting shot because he looks a bit like a Dick Tracy character to my eye. Comments and critiques are, as always, eagerly solicited. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Adorama: Last call on K-5 bodies $739
Seconded. I paid the same amount Adorama is asking for their used body (and just passed the 10,000-actuation mark on the shutter over the weekend), and I'm well-nigh ecstatic. -- Walt On 2/13/2013 11:06 AM, Darren Addy wrote: ...and free shipping. http://www.adorama.com/IPXK5.html That's $10 less than Beach Camera is offering them through Amazon. Adorama also has a used one for $649. The K-5 is such a great camera... if you've been on the fence, this is the same body that was a grand not that long ago and there still isn't an APS-C camera that can surpass it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Jerry V.
Yeah, some of the guys give him hell about his hair from time to time. At which point he says, Hey! Don't start no shit, now! -- Walt On 2/13/2013 7:21 AM, Jack Davis wrote: That hair makes him look a little like a Buick hood ornament. rim shot Sounds like a familiar denizen from my pool hall history. Jack From: Walt ldott...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 9:59 PM Subject: PESO: Jerry V. Here's a shot I took a few nights ago of another one of our resident characters at the club where I work. This guy is one of the more cantankerous drunks we have, but once you get a handle on how to deal with him, he's a pretty good guy. Like a lot of the people I deal with, he has phrases that he tends to lean on when he's well into his cups. Hey! Lemme tell ya somethin'! And another thing! You talkin' about me? Don't start no shit! He also happens to be a really good pool shot and only seems to get better the drunker he gets. Here he is shooting a game over the weekend: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8469249067/ K-5, FA 50/1.4, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO 1600 I thought it was an interesting shot because he looks a bit like a Dick Tracy character to my eye. Comments and critiques are, as always, eagerly solicited. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Jerry V.
Thanks, Bruce. I only got a couple of shots and the other was framed completely differently -- he was at the near-end of the table, obscuring most of it. I'm going to try getting the hang of getting more ball motion. That occurred to me while I was editing this photo in post. I wonder how much lower I'd have to drop the shutter speed to get a good sense of the motion? I can get fairly decent (but inconsistent) results hand-held at 1/30, but that's focusing on a relatively static subject. I was surprised at how difficult it was to shoot the action on a pool table compared to drag racing. Of course, the shutter speed at a drag race is obviously much, much higher. But, still, timing pool shots was much harder than I'd have expected. -- Walt On 2/13/2013 8:21 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: That's very good, Walt. I like the unusual framing. Did you happen to get one with more ball motion in it? That could make for a really cool shot. You'd have to drop your shutter speed down a lot. On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a shot I took a few nights ago of another one of our resident characters at the club where I work. This guy is one of the more cantankerous drunks we have, but once you get a handle on how to deal with him, he's a pretty good guy. Like a lot of the people I deal with, he has phrases that he tends to lean on when he's well into his cups. Hey! Lemme tell ya somethin'! And another thing! You talkin' about me? Don't start no shit! He also happens to be a really good pool shot and only seems to get better the drunker he gets. Here he is shooting a game over the weekend: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8469249067/ K-5, FA 50/1.4, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO 1600 I thought it was an interesting shot because he looks a bit like a Dick Tracy character to my eye. Comments and critiques are, as always, eagerly solicited. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -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: PESO: Jerry V.
Thanks, Don. I need to come up with a good name for the genre. /Trou dans le mur/, maybe? After all, the place where I work could be fairly described as such, and that shot (as well as the first LeeAnn shot I took) were literally taken through a hole in the wall between the bar and the pool room. -- Walt On 2/13/2013 11:10 AM, Don Guthrie wrote: Looks like an actor from the tv series Sopranos. I like the photo and its composition. You may a genre niche all to yourself here. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 10 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:59:30 -0600 From: Waltldott...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Jerry V. Message-ID:511b2bc2.2060...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Here's a shot I took a few nights ago of another one of our resident characters at the club where I work. This guy is one of the more cantankerous drunks we have, but once you get a handle on how to deal with him, he's a pretty good guy. Like a lot of the people I deal with, he has phrases that he tends to lean on when he's well into his cups. Hey! Lemme tell ya somethin'! And another thing! You talkin' about me? Don't start no shit! He also happens to be a really good pool shot and only seems to get better the drunker he gets. Here he is shooting a game over the weekend: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8469249067/ K-5, FA 50/1.4, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO 1600 I thought it was an interesting shot because he looks a bit like a Dick Tracy character to my eye. Comments and critiques are, as always, eagerly solicited. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Jerry V.
Walt, You've got a K-5! You can stretch the iso to 3200 or 6400 and get good shots in the dark. And that shutter speed with shake reduction can go to 1/20th or 1/10th. That should get you ball and cue motion but shaarp people. Do some testing. You CAN push the limits with the K-5! (Nice image of a colorful character too. Love the hand holding the cue on left.) Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Bruce. I only got a couple of shots and the other was framed completely differently -- he was at the near-end of the table, obscuring most of it. I'm going to try getting the hang of getting more ball motion. That occurred to me while I was editing this photo in post. I wonder how much lower I'd have to drop the shutter speed to get a good sense of the motion? I can get fairly decent (but inconsistent) results hand-held at 1/30, but that's focusing on a relatively static subject. I was surprised at how difficult it was to shoot the action on a pool table compared to drag racing. Of course, the shutter speed at a drag race is obviously much, much higher. But, still, timing pool shots was much harder than I'd have expected. -- Walt On 2/13/2013 8:21 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: That's very good, Walt. I like the unusual framing. Did you happen to get one with more ball motion in it? That could make for a really cool shot. You'd have to drop your shutter speed down a lot. On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a shot I took a few nights ago of another one of our resident characters at the club where I work. This guy is one of the more cantankerous drunks we have, but once you get a handle on how to deal with him, he's a pretty good guy. Like a lot of the people I deal with, he has phrases that he tends to lean on when he's well into his cups. Hey! Lemme tell ya somethin'! And another thing! You talkin' about me? Don't start no shit! He also happens to be a really good pool shot and only seems to get better the drunker he gets. Here he is shooting a game over the weekend: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8469249067/ K-5, FA 50/1.4, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO 1600 I thought it was an interesting shot because he looks a bit like a Dick Tracy character to my eye. Comments and critiques are, as always, eagerly solicited. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -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: Adorama: Last call on K-5 bodies $739
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013, Darren Addy wrote: The K-5 is such a great camera... if you've been on the fence, this is the same body that was a grand not that long ago and there still isn't an APS-C camera that can surpass it. Not even the K-5 IIs? -- 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: PESO: Jerry V.
Thank you, Bob! I really do need to get used to using the K-5. I've only put a little over 100 shots on it since I got it. Mostly, I've been taking it to work with me and taking candids and casual portraits when the opportunity presents itself. When the skies clear up and we get some decent photo-walk weather, I should be able to give it a better workout. Also, I'm actually going to be off work this Friday (for once!), so I may get out and try my hand at a little night life photography around some of the local haunts. -- Walt On 2/13/2013 11:37 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Walt, You've got a K-5! You can stretch the iso to 3200 or 6400 and get good shots in the dark. And that shutter speed with shake reduction can go to 1/20th or 1/10th. That should get you ball and cue motion but shaarp people. Do some testing. You CAN push the limits with the K-5! (Nice image of a colorful character too. Love the hand holding the cue on left.) Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Bruce. I only got a couple of shots and the other was framed completely differently -- he was at the near-end of the table, obscuring most of it. I'm going to try getting the hang of getting more ball motion. That occurred to me while I was editing this photo in post. I wonder how much lower I'd have to drop the shutter speed to get a good sense of the motion? I can get fairly decent (but inconsistent) results hand-held at 1/30, but that's focusing on a relatively static subject. I was surprised at how difficult it was to shoot the action on a pool table compared to drag racing. Of course, the shutter speed at a drag race is obviously much, much higher. But, still, timing pool shots was much harder than I'd have expected. -- Walt On 2/13/2013 8:21 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: That's very good, Walt. I like the unusual framing. Did you happen to get one with more ball motion in it? That could make for a really cool shot. You'd have to drop your shutter speed down a lot. On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a shot I took a few nights ago of another one of our resident characters at the club where I work. This guy is one of the more cantankerous drunks we have, but once you get a handle on how to deal with him, he's a pretty good guy. Like a lot of the people I deal with, he has phrases that he tends to lean on when he's well into his cups. Hey! Lemme tell ya somethin'! And another thing! You talkin' about me? Don't start no shit! He also happens to be a really good pool shot and only seems to get better the drunker he gets. Here he is shooting a game over the weekend: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8469249067/ K-5, FA 50/1.4, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO 1600 I thought it was an interesting shot because he looks a bit like a Dick Tracy character to my eye. Comments and critiques are, as always, eagerly solicited. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -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: Adorama: Last call on K-5 bodies $739
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013, Darren Addy wrote: The K-5 is such a great camera... if you've been on the fence, this is the same body that was a grand not that long ago and there still isn't an APS-C camera that can surpass it. Not even the K-5 IIs? That depends. The IIs seems to outperform the K-5 in two major ways: 1) Low light autofocus. If you take a lot of photos in a room where it is too dark to read, this can be big advantage. If not, it's probably not something that you'd notice much. 2) It seems as if it has a titch better resolution on the sensor. We are already talking sensors with pixel densities where diffraction could be an issue at commonly used f/stops. Sensor resolution that pushes the performance of many lenses. In other words if you have also spent $700 on a tripod, and at least that on a good lens, and you do everything right, and you print your photos at 20x30 inches, and look at them from six inches away, you'll notice the difference between the K-5 and the IIs. However, if you're planning on buying a K-5 IIs and want a backup body that is usually indistinguishable, even going past ISO 6400 :-), this could be a damn good deal. I don't know what it would cost to rent a K30 for your trip, but there are a lot of good arguments that buying a K-5 at this price would be a better deal. A good chunk of the price would be covered by not having to rent a K30, and the UI will be pretty much identical to the IIs, so you don't get the cognitive dissonance going from one to the other. Also, rather than spending a month or so learning the quirks of the K-x, then having to relearn the tricks for the IIs, you're optimizing your learning. Also, if you decide that you really can't live without a katzeye focusing screen, you can mount one in it. For that matter, I've put a lot of mileage on my K-5. Make me an offer and I might be interested in trading you mine and some cash for a brand new one, dropping your cost even further. -- l...@red4est.com via squirrelmail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO 2013 - 22 - GDG
Thanks for all the comments and compliments! No problem 'dissecting' photos like this, Igor. As long as you're talking to the photo, your impressions, etc: that's what I'm looking to hear. The works you pointed to are a bit more impressionistic-romantic, pictorialist for lack of a better term—they remind me of the softness of Monet's paintings of water scenes. I was more interested in the sharp way that details stood out in the soft light and tully fog, and thrilled to see how this old Leitz lens rendered them as my imagination saw them. :-) thanks again! Godfrey On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: As I opened the link, my first few-second impression was: great! That was because of the combination (juxtaposition) of the crisp Foreground and foggy background. At the same time, my thought was: this photo is so not-Godfrey. Analyzing what made me thinking this way, I think it is the saturated colors and high contrast of the foreground (leaves, grass at the bottom left, the trees themselves). Most of your photos tend to be softer in tonal appearance. But after I've been looking at this photo for a minute or two, I started thinking that the front tree is a bit too intrusive (to my taste). Almost to the extent that I would have preferred only the fogged trees from the background... At least that's what I would have wanted if I were to hang it on the wall. I was thinking about the painting by Ivan Shishkin Fog in the forest: http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/ivan-shishkin/fog-in-the-forest The second association is with the painting by I. Aivazovsky Foggy morning in Neapol: http://www.bibliotekar.ru/rusAyvaz/11.htm My apology for dissecting your photo this way (or, rather, my impression from it). Thanks for showing it. Igor On Wed, Feb 13, 2013, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8469273097/lightbox -- 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: Adorama: Last call on K-5 bodies $739
on 2013-02-13 10:06 Darren Addy wrote ...and free shipping. http://www.adorama.com/IPXK5.html That's $10 less than Beach Camera is offering them through Amazon. bizarre price fluctuations at this stage in product cycle; i bought mine in December for $660 shipped from BuyDig (which is said to be equivalent to Beach) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Blizzard at my house a question re: cameras in winter
on 2013-02-10 21:09 Christine Nielsen wrote http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets/72157632736739251/with/8464137448/ nice little photo essay I learned long ago that it's a good idea, after being out in the cold with your camera, to bag it up in a ziploc then let it come to room temp for a couple of hours before using/retrieving sd card, etc. All in the name of preventing condensation/moisture from getting into the camera messing with the electronics, etc.. Here's what I wonder: 1) How many of you do this? i don't, but Denver has a pretty dry climate; i am a little cautious when i walk into a more humid building; extreme example was the tropical greenhouse at Denver Botanic Gardens recently; camera was cold and it fogged the filter right away; i cleared it with a lens pen, waited a few minutes, cleared it again and was okay, but the filter warms up faster than the lens body, so i know as i focused (A 50/1.7 lens) some humid air would get in, but not a lot on such a small lens; around here i can rely on the dry climate to re-desiccate the lens, but elsewhere it could be trouble if i'm not using the camera, i keep it in the camera bag when changing environments (currently using a Timbuk2 Snoop XS and happy with it) 2) For a weatherproof camera, like the k-5, is this less necessary? Especially when combined with a WR lens...? even if it is sealed something has to happen to the air that's displaced inside a lens as the elements move; unless no air is displaced (true for some designs?), WR simply inhibits dust and droplets, humidity can still enter; just speculating, but i think the worst outcome would be if you managed to get very humid air into the lens, then left it for weeks or months -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Jerry V.
Nice shot Walt. You can get good ball motion at 1/30th in most cases. This pic was shot at 1/30th, f3.2, ISO 6400 with the K-5 and DA* 16-50 at 24mm: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16915275size=lg On Feb 13, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Bruce. I only got a couple of shots and the other was framed completely differently -- he was at the near-end of the table, obscuring most of it. I'm going to try getting the hang of getting more ball motion. That occurred to me while I was editing this photo in post. I wonder how much lower I'd have to drop the shutter speed to get a good sense of the motion? I can get fairly decent (but inconsistent) results hand-held at 1/30, but that's focusing on a relatively static subject. I was surprised at how difficult it was to shoot the action on a pool table compared to drag racing. Of course, the shutter speed at a drag race is obviously much, much higher. But, still, timing pool shots was much harder than I'd have expected. -- Walt On 2/13/2013 8:21 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: That's very good, Walt. I like the unusual framing. Did you happen to get one with more ball motion in it? That could make for a really cool shot. You'd have to drop your shutter speed down a lot. On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a shot I took a few nights ago of another one of our resident characters at the club where I work. This guy is one of the more cantankerous drunks we have, but once you get a handle on how to deal with him, he's a pretty good guy. Like a lot of the people I deal with, he has phrases that he tends to lean on when he's well into his cups. Hey! Lemme tell ya somethin'! And another thing! You talkin' about me? Don't start no shit! He also happens to be a really good pool shot and only seems to get better the drunker he gets. Here he is shooting a game over the weekend: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8469249067/ K-5, FA 50/1.4, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO 1600 I thought it was an interesting shot because he looks a bit like a Dick Tracy character to my eye. Comments and critiques are, as always, eagerly solicited. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Jerry V.
Thanks, Paul. You certainly got great motion in that shot! I suspect with the new, darker paint in the pool room, shooting in aperture priority with the same settings (ISO 1600, f/2.8) I'd get pretty close to a 1/30 shutter speed. Or, I could just shoot in TAv -- something I never did much of with my K20D. Pool hall shooting seems like the ideal situation for that shooting mode, now that I think about it. -- Walt On 2/13/2013 12:14 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Nice shot Walt. You can get good ball motion at 1/30th in most cases. This pic was shot at 1/30th, f3.2, ISO 6400 with the K-5 and DA* 16-50 at 24mm: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16915275size=lg On Feb 13, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Bruce. I only got a couple of shots and the other was framed completely differently -- he was at the near-end of the table, obscuring most of it. I'm going to try getting the hang of getting more ball motion. That occurred to me while I was editing this photo in post. I wonder how much lower I'd have to drop the shutter speed to get a good sense of the motion? I can get fairly decent (but inconsistent) results hand-held at 1/30, but that's focusing on a relatively static subject. I was surprised at how difficult it was to shoot the action on a pool table compared to drag racing. Of course, the shutter speed at a drag race is obviously much, much higher. But, still, timing pool shots was much harder than I'd have expected. -- Walt On 2/13/2013 8:21 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: That's very good, Walt. I like the unusual framing. Did you happen to get one with more ball motion in it? That could make for a really cool shot. You'd have to drop your shutter speed down a lot. On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a shot I took a few nights ago of another one of our resident characters at the club where I work. This guy is one of the more cantankerous drunks we have, but once you get a handle on how to deal with him, he's a pretty good guy. Like a lot of the people I deal with, he has phrases that he tends to lean on when he's well into his cups. Hey! Lemme tell ya somethin'! And another thing! You talkin' about me? Don't start no shit! He also happens to be a really good pool shot and only seems to get better the drunker he gets. Here he is shooting a game over the weekend: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8469249067/ K-5, FA 50/1.4, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO 1600 I thought it was an interesting shot because he looks a bit like a Dick Tracy character to my eye. Comments and critiques are, as always, eagerly solicited. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -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.
OT -- A rant about Canon.
Only a small rant, but... Well I've been an HP guy as far as printers are concerned for a long time. It used to be that HP's customer service was exemplary, and their products were very good. In fact in spite of it's dying faster than any other HP printer I've ever owned the output from the HP8550 was usually better than I could reasonably expect from a custom lab at least 80% of the time. True you had to take extra care because it was easy to get muddy results in shadows but with the right files and treatment it was able to produce great looking images, (unless you wanted BW which it kind of sucked at). However if your wanted information on what your printer did you could figure out what family it was in and HP even acknowledged that a Printers with different model numbers were essentially the same printer. So a solution for one printer in that family will work with the rest. Try to get that information out of Cannon! I've got a pixma iX6520, there's also an ix6530, 40, 50, 60, 70... They all look the same they all have the same specifications and seem to use the same drivers, but there is nothing to indicate that a solution that will work with one will work with any of the others. AAA! -- 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: So this really seems to hoover big time. (Kind of long),
That is what I'm going to try, but it's feaking annoying, especially as I've just finished watching a Ilford puff piece I found while searching for information on my paper, on how they keep their old products supported for new printers... On 2/13/2013 11:59 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: How about this...find the existing product that most closely matches the surface of the paper you have and run some test prints with your paper using that icm profile. I actually get better prints using the R1800 profiles with my R800 printer. Maybe something similar will work for different papers as well. -p On 2/13/2013 10:03 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Unfortunately not. the Professional range seems to have been Dr0pped entirely. The stuff I have is product number IGSGPG7US Ilford has IGSGPG9 listed as a discontinued product. Now the US tacked on the end of the product number probably just means that the packaging was meant for export to the United States, but heck I've been using this paper with minor changes in packaging for I don't know 15 years maybe. When I first started I bought some from a Camera store. It was very good but kind of expensive. I was delighted to discover it was available at a considerable discount at the warehouse buying club I had joined at a considerable discount. Two years ago they had a sale and I stocked up, which was good because the club stopped stocking it at the local store. On 2/13/2013 2:25 AM, Jostein Øksne wrote: Could it be a naming issue? http://www.ilford.com/en/support/galerie-packaging/ Jostein - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Now I like the Galerie Gloss it makes nice prints, which is good because I bought a sizable amount of it a couple of years ago at a very good price. So I tootled over to Ilford's website to download the profiles for the Canon, and... I can't find the product. It's disapeared. It's not even listed under it's product number as a discontinued item. -- 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: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)?
On 2013-02-12 15:57, DagT wrote: That would be the A*85 f/1.4. The worn exterior reminds me that it was my favorite lens for almost 15 years, and the glass is still nice because of the UV filter I used and changes when it was to full of dirt and scratches. For me it would be the FA* 200/2.8 ... and the F* 300/4.5 unless someone offers to give me a F* or FA* 300/2.8 (I surely can't justify buying one) ... and the FA* 80-200/2.8 if I can ever afford to get one in the first place. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Adorama: Last call on K-5 bodies $739
The price has been drifting lower since last July. I've seen it hitting $699. various places since December, (wish I'd caught that $660 price since it's below my current buy threshold, Oh well). On 2/13/2013 1:09 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2013-02-13 10:06 Darren Addy wrote ...and free shipping. http://www.adorama.com/IPXK5.html That's $10 less than Beach Camera is offering them through Amazon. bizarre price fluctuations at this stage in product cycle; i bought mine in December for $660 shipped from BuyDig (which is said to be equivalent to Beach) -- 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: Adorama: Last call on K-5 bodies $739
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: I don't know what it would cost to rent a K30 for your trip, but there are a lot of good arguments that buying a K-5 at this price would be a better deal. A good chunk of the price would be covered by not having to rent a K30, and the UI will be pretty much identical to the IIs, so you don't get the cognitive dissonance going from one to the other. Also, rather than spending a month or so learning the quirks of the K-x, then having to relearn the tricks for the IIs, you're optimizing your learning. The K-30 is renting about the same as a K-5. But that's not the point: only reason I'd rent a K-30 is if Stef decides she prefers the K-30, otherwise I'm renting two K-5 IIs. The whole reason I decided to rent for the trip is because my experience with the Panasonic G3 made it pretty clear that my normal photo style isn't oriented toward an ILC's bulk and weight these days. I'm making an exception for this trip, but I don't want to spend the money for body *and* lenses for something that's likely once in a lifetime. Plus it took me several months to get around to getting rid of the G3, so buying and then selling isn't something I want to deal with this time around. If this trip ends up being so much fun that I want to buy a K-5 after all -- well, it was a learning experience. ;-) Anyway, my original post was mostly a joke about electronics upgrade cycles. -- 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: Adorama: Last call on K-5 bodies $739
It is amusing to think back on how long I thought I'd use my K-x before I'd finally have to upgrade. I mean, I was actually worried about the shutter life at one point! -- Walt On 2/13/2013 12:59 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: Anyway, my original post was mostly a joke about electronics upgrade cycles. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)?
On 2/12/13 1:03 PM, Darren Addy wrote: I thought it might be an interesting discussion to ask the PDML assembled, the following question: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)? I have the feeling some interesting stories, images, and who-knows-what-else might come from this thread. Depending upon everyone's participation (of course) it has the potential to be a whopper of a thread. I'd like the discussion to include anything everything, from manual focus screwmount lenses up to the latest technology. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to pop some popcorn in anticipation of the coming show. I still regret getting rid of my FA* 80-200/2.8 to feed my motorcycle Jones. One I won't get rid of is my FA35/2AL. Some folks think it isn't anything special, but I've gotten good use out of it, and if I can ever afford the FF it will go back to being 35mm again. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Adorama: Last call on K-5 bodies $739
On 2/13/2013 1:59 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Feb 13, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: I don't know what it would cost to rent a K30 for your trip, but there are a lot of good arguments that buying a K-5 at this price would be a better deal. A good chunk of the price would be covered by not having to rent a K30, and the UI will be pretty much identical to the IIs, so you don't get the cognitive dissonance going from one to the other. Also, rather than spending a month or so learning the quirks of the K-x, then having to relearn the tricks for the IIs, you're optimizing your learning. The K-30 is renting about the same as a K-5. But that's not the point: only reason I'd rent a K-30 is if Stef decides she prefers the K-30, otherwise I'm renting two K-5 IIs. The whole reason I decided to rent for the trip is because my experience with the Panasonic G3 made it pretty clear that my normal photo style isn't oriented toward an ILC's bulk and weight these days. I'm making an exception for this trip, but I don't want to spend the money for body *and* lenses for something that's likely once in a lifetime. Plus it took me several months to get around to getting rid of the G3, so buying and then selling isn't something I want to deal with this time around. If this trip ends up being so much fun that I want to buy a K-5 after all -- well, it was a learning experience. ;-) Anyway, my original post was mostly a joke about electronics upgrade cycles. Well, if you're going to resist LBA I'm not sure how we're going to do our job. -- 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: Adorama: Last call on K-5 bodies $739
On 2/13/2013 1:33 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Well, if you're going to resist LBA I'm not sure how we're going to do our job. I think it's time for an intervention of sorts. Perhaps an Auditing. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Adorama: Last call on K-5 bodies $739
The K-30 is not really even close to the K-5, specs-wise. K-5 is 14-bits per pixel K-30 is 12-bits per pixel That's not just a number, that translates to a 1.1EV improvement in dynamic range for the K-5 over the K-30 (which is significant). K-5's pixel pitch is 4.81 K-30's pixel pitch is 3.18 That has to mean more noise at equiv. ISOs Comparing the K-5 with the K-5iis, here is a guy who argues against the removal of the anti-alias filter. I think his car/brakes analogy is a very bad one, but not so sure about the point he's making otherwise: http://www.martin-doppelbauer.de/foto/tippstricks/aliasfilter/index.html His conclusion is that: Digital cameras without aliasing filters are cameras with a built-in design flaw and driven my marketing only. Other than that, the purported AF improvement is so marginal that I really can't see anybody saying with a straight face that the K-5IIS body is worth $450 more than the K-5 body. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Adorama: Last call on K-5 bodies $739
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: K-5's pixel pitch is 4.81 K-30's pixel pitch is 3.18 That has to mean more noise at equiv. ISOs That is in error--a DxO brain fart. It's the same megapixels in the same size sensor, so the pixel pitch is obviously the same. http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-k-30/201327-k-30-lower-pixel-pitch-than-k-5-k-01-a.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: PESO: Jerry V.
+1 for TAv. I use it quite often with my K20D. I shifted the ISO ceiling up to 3200 as well. With your K-5 you should set the ceiling way up at 25K or thereabouts I'd think. I'd try a shutter down around 1/2 sec for really long ball trails -- at least a few attempts anyway. Your timing would have be dead on, and I'd think that capturing that initial break would be most fun. On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Paul. You certainly got great motion in that shot! I suspect with the new, darker paint in the pool room, shooting in aperture priority with the same settings (ISO 1600, f/2.8) I'd get pretty close to a 1/30 shutter speed. Or, I could just shoot in TAv -- something I never did much of with my K20D. Pool hall shooting seems like the ideal situation for that shooting mode, now that I think about it. -- Walt On 2/13/2013 12:14 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Nice shot Walt. You can get good ball motion at 1/30th in most cases. This pic was shot at 1/30th, f3.2, ISO 6400 with the K-5 and DA* 16-50 at 24mm: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16915275size=lg On Feb 13, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Bruce. I only got a couple of shots and the other was framed completely differently -- he was at the near-end of the table, obscuring most of it. I'm going to try getting the hang of getting more ball motion. That occurred to me while I was editing this photo in post. I wonder how much lower I'd have to drop the shutter speed to get a good sense of the motion? I can get fairly decent (but inconsistent) results hand-held at 1/30, but that's focusing on a relatively static subject. I was surprised at how difficult it was to shoot the action on a pool table compared to drag racing. Of course, the shutter speed at a drag race is obviously much, much higher. But, still, timing pool shots was much harder than I'd have expected. -- Walt On 2/13/2013 8:21 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: That's very good, Walt. I like the unusual framing. Did you happen to get one with more ball motion in it? That could make for a really cool shot. You'd have to drop your shutter speed down a lot. On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a shot I took a few nights ago of another one of our resident characters at the club where I work. This guy is one of the more cantankerous drunks we have, but once you get a handle on how to deal with him, he's a pretty good guy. Like a lot of the people I deal with, he has phrases that he tends to lean on when he's well into his cups. Hey! Lemme tell ya somethin'! And another thing! You talkin' about me? Don't start no shit! He also happens to be a really good pool shot and only seems to get better the drunker he gets. Here he is shooting a game over the weekend: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8469249067/ K-5, FA 50/1.4, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO 1600 I thought it was an interesting shot because he looks a bit like a Dick Tracy character to my eye. Comments and critiques are, as always, eagerly solicited. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -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. -- -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: Adorama: Last call on K-5 bodies $739
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: K-5's pixel pitch is 4.81 K-30's pixel pitch is 3.18 That has to mean more noise at equiv. ISOs That is in error--a DxO brain fart. It's the same megapixels in the same size sensor, so the pixel pitch is obviously the same. http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-k-30/201327-k-30-lower-pixel-pitch-than-k-5-k-01-a.html Yep, you are right about that. Emily Litella voice: Never mind! http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_men0gvYILY1qk16kc.jpg : ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Printers Again - Epson P50
On 13 February 2013 13:14, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Anyone have an Epson P50? Views? I've had one for 3 or 4 years and have found it to be excellent for both text and good, high quality A4 prints using genuine Epson inks. Quite economical to run too. Of course, it's rubbish at BW though... Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Jerry V.
Hmm. I may just have to put a zoom on and haul the ol' tripod out with me to work one night. I could probably set it up and do the break shots myself using the timer. The multi-exposure function could yield some interesting results, too. H... -- Walt On 2/13/2013 1:52 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: +1 for TAv. I use it quite often with my K20D. I shifted the ISO ceiling up to 3200 as well. With your K-5 you should set the ceiling way up at 25K or thereabouts I'd think. I'd try a shutter down around 1/2 sec for really long ball trails -- at least a few attempts anyway. Your timing would have be dead on, and I'd think that capturing that initial break would be most fun. On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Paul. You certainly got great motion in that shot! I suspect with the new, darker paint in the pool room, shooting in aperture priority with the same settings (ISO 1600, f/2.8) I'd get pretty close to a 1/30 shutter speed. Or, I could just shoot in TAv -- something I never did much of with my K20D. Pool hall shooting seems like the ideal situation for that shooting mode, now that I think about it. -- Walt On 2/13/2013 12:14 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Nice shot Walt. You can get good ball motion at 1/30th in most cases. This pic was shot at 1/30th, f3.2, ISO 6400 with the K-5 and DA* 16-50 at 24mm: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16915275size=lg On Feb 13, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Bruce. I only got a couple of shots and the other was framed completely differently -- he was at the near-end of the table, obscuring most of it. I'm going to try getting the hang of getting more ball motion. That occurred to me while I was editing this photo in post. I wonder how much lower I'd have to drop the shutter speed to get a good sense of the motion? I can get fairly decent (but inconsistent) results hand-held at 1/30, but that's focusing on a relatively static subject. I was surprised at how difficult it was to shoot the action on a pool table compared to drag racing. Of course, the shutter speed at a drag race is obviously much, much higher. But, still, timing pool shots was much harder than I'd have expected. -- Walt On 2/13/2013 8:21 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: That's very good, Walt. I like the unusual framing. Did you happen to get one with more ball motion in it? That could make for a really cool shot. You'd have to drop your shutter speed down a lot. On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a shot I took a few nights ago of another one of our resident characters at the club where I work. This guy is one of the more cantankerous drunks we have, but once you get a handle on how to deal with him, he's a pretty good guy. Like a lot of the people I deal with, he has phrases that he tends to lean on when he's well into his cups. Hey! Lemme tell ya somethin'! And another thing! You talkin' about me? Don't start no shit! He also happens to be a really good pool shot and only seems to get better the drunker he gets. Here he is shooting a game over the weekend: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8469249067/ K-5, FA 50/1.4, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO 1600 I thought it was an interesting shot because he looks a bit like a Dick Tracy character to my eye. Comments and critiques are, as always, eagerly solicited. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -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. -- -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: PESO: Jerry V.
+1 for TAv. I use it quite often with my K20D. I shifted the ISO ceiling up to 3200 as well. With your K-5 you should set the ceiling way up at 25K or thereabouts I'd think. I have come to the conclusion that for most situations TAv is The. Right. Way. To. Do. Auto. Exposure. I can see some reasons for hyperprogam, but in any situation you know what shutter speed and aperture will work for you, and you almost always want the best sensitivity that will work. I've lost uncounted photos by trying to preserve ISO, and very few because the ISO was too high. I recently posted the shot that I took where TAv gave me 25,600 and it was a little noisy. I'd try a shutter down around 1/2 sec for really long ball trails -- at least a few attempts anyway. Your timing would have be dead on, and I'd think that capturing that initial break would be most fun. On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Paul. You certainly got great motion in that shot! I suspect with the new, darker paint in the pool room, shooting in aperture priority with the same settings (ISO 1600, f/2.8) I'd get pretty close to a 1/30 shutter speed. Or, I could just shoot in TAv -- something I never did much of with my K20D. Pool hall shooting seems like the ideal situation for that shooting mode, now that I think about it. -- Walt On 2/13/2013 12:14 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Nice shot Walt. You can get good ball motion at 1/30th in most cases. This pic was shot at 1/30th, f3.2, ISO 6400 with the K-5 and DA* 16-50 at 24mm: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16915275size=lg On Feb 13, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Bruce. I only got a couple of shots and the other was framed completely differently -- he was at the near-end of the table, obscuring most of it. I'm going to try getting the hang of getting more ball motion. That occurred to me while I was editing this photo in post. I wonder how much lower I'd have to drop the shutter speed to get a good sense of the motion? I can get fairly decent (but inconsistent) results hand-held at 1/30, but that's focusing on a relatively static subject. I was surprised at how difficult it was to shoot the action on a pool table compared to drag racing. Of course, the shutter speed at a drag race is obviously much, much higher. But, still, timing pool shots was much harder than I'd have expected. -- Walt On 2/13/2013 8:21 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: That's very good, Walt. I like the unusual framing. Did you happen to get one with more ball motion in it? That could make for a really cool shot. You'd have to drop your shutter speed down a lot. On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a shot I took a few nights ago of another one of our resident characters at the club where I work. This guy is one of the more cantankerous drunks we have, but once you get a handle on how to deal with him, he's a pretty good guy. Like a lot of the people I deal with, he has phrases that he tends to lean on when he's well into his cups. Hey! Lemme tell ya somethin'! And another thing! You talkin' about me? Don't start no shit! He also happens to be a really good pool shot and only seems to get better the drunker he gets. Here he is shooting a game over the weekend: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8469249067/ K-5, FA 50/1.4, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO 1600 I thought it was an interesting shot because he looks a bit like a Dick Tracy character to my eye. Comments and critiques are, as always, eagerly solicited. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -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. -- -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. -- l...@red4est.com via squirrelmail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Blizzard at my house a question re: cameras in winter
Thanks, Bruce. I hadn't even thought about flash...probably because I've really never taken it out in the cold, but I will keep that in mind... On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Great gallery, Christine. Yes, I do the camera warmup thing, mainly by leaving it in the closed kit bag for an hour or so. Other non-sealed stuff I put in baggies while they warm up; flashes, etc. Been okay so far. On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Hi all, The past few days have provided a nice break in the usual action around here. I took the camera out yesterday, along with my shovel, thinking I'd get a few neighborhood scenes... Well, it was harder than I thought it would be, just getting out of my own yard... though I did consider strapping some tennis rackets to my boots as snowshoes... Anyway, a few shots here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets/72157632736739251/with/8464137448/ Now for my question... I learned long ago that it's a good idea, after being out in the cold with your camera, to bag it up in a ziploc then let it come to room temp for a couple of hours before using/retrieving sd card, etc. All in the name of preventing condensation/moisture from getting into the camera messing with the electronics, etc.. Here's what I wonder: 1) How many of you do this? 2) For a weatherproof camera, like the k-5, is this less necessary? Especially when combined with a WR lens...? Thanks for your thoughts... :) -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. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Jerry V.
On 2/13/2013 2:22 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I have come to the conclusion that for most situations TAv is The. Right. Way. To. Do. Auto. Exposure. I would use it more often, but I've just developed the habit of shooting in Av in the relatively brief time I've been shooting, at the expense of developing a good feel for shutter speed. That's something I need to work on, anyway. And, I guess if there's anything to be said for being a whippersnapper, it's that bad habits haven't had a chance yet to become too deeply ingrained. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house a question re: cameras in winter
Thanks, Frank. That doofus in the shorts (!) is my son. And he would be highly offended if he knew you called him a jogger. lol. :) -c On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:51 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Nice shots. Sixteen inches, eh? That's about six more.than us. Nice snowfall. What's with the jogger? Not good for the knees to be uncovered like that. ;-) Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net Sent: February 10, 2013 2/10/13 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: GESO: Blizzard at my house a question re: cameras in winter Hi all, The past few days have provided a nice break in the usual action around here. I took the camera out yesterday, along with my shovel, thinking I'd get a few neighborhood scenes... Well, it was harder than I thought it would be, just getting out of my own yard... though I did consider strapping some tennis rackets to my boots as snowshoes... Anyway, a few shots here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets/72157632736739251/with/8464137448/ Now for my question... I learned long ago that it's a good idea, after being out in the cold with your camera, to bag it up in a ziploc then let it come to room temp for a couple of hours before using/retrieving sd card, etc. All in the name of preventing condensation/moisture from getting into the camera messing with the electronics, etc.. Here's what I wonder: 1) How many of you do this? 2) For a weatherproof camera, like the k-5, is this less necessary? Especially when combined with a WR lens...? Thanks for your thoughts... :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Blizzard at my house a question re: cameras in winter
Alan, That's funny... Nick would be pleased to know that his exploits are entertaining fellow runners in South Africa, is it? It was just a quick sprint up down the block for the camera -- very chilly, and very messy, out there. :) -c On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Alan Cole c...@lantic.net wrote: I posted your image of a runner in the snow at my running club's Valentine function last night. People were amazed considering it was still 30°C in Phalaborwa at 5pm. Many people here have never seen snow or experienced very cold weather. If we ever have snow, it would have to be Baked Alaska. Alan -- From: Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 6:09 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: GESO: Blizzard at my house a question re: cameras in winter Hi all, The past few days have provided a nice break in the usual action around here. I took the camera out yesterday, along with my shovel, thinking I'd get a few neighborhood scenes... Well, it was harder than I thought it would be, just getting out of my own yard... though I did consider strapping some tennis rackets to my boots as snowshoes... Anyway, a few shots here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets/72157632736739251/with/8464137448/ Now for my question... I learned long ago that it's a good idea, after being out in the cold with your camera, to bag it up in a ziploc then let it come to room temp for a couple of hours before using/retrieving sd card, etc. All in the name of preventing condensation/moisture from getting into the camera messing with the electronics, etc.. Here's what I wonder: 1) How many of you do this? 2) For a weatherproof camera, like the k-5, is this less necessary? Especially when combined with a WR lens...? Thanks for your thoughts... :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house a question re: cameras in winter
Thanks for looking, Steve thanks for your thoughts. Thanks, too, for the heads up on the Timbuk2 bag... we have several of their messengers now I see they have the camera insert available to purchase separately... Hmmm... :) -c On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 1:12 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2013-02-10 21:09 Christine Nielsen wrote http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets/72157632736739251/with/8464137448/ nice little photo essay I learned long ago that it's a good idea, after being out in the cold with your camera, to bag it up in a ziploc then let it come to room temp for a couple of hours before using/retrieving sd card, etc. All in the name of preventing condensation/moisture from getting into the camera messing with the electronics, etc.. Here's what I wonder: 1) How many of you do this? i don't, but Denver has a pretty dry climate; i am a little cautious when i walk into a more humid building; extreme example was the tropical greenhouse at Denver Botanic Gardens recently; camera was cold and it fogged the filter right away; i cleared it with a lens pen, waited a few minutes, cleared it again and was okay, but the filter warms up faster than the lens body, so i know as i focused (A 50/1.7 lens) some humid air would get in, but not a lot on such a small lens; around here i can rely on the dry climate to re-desiccate the lens, but elsewhere it could be trouble if i'm not using the camera, i keep it in the camera bag when changing environments (currently using a Timbuk2 Snoop XS and happy with it) 2) For a weatherproof camera, like the k-5, is this less necessary? Especially when combined with a WR lens...? even if it is sealed something has to happen to the air that's displaced inside a lens as the elements move; unless no air is displaced (true for some designs?), WR simply inhibits dust and droplets, humidity can still enter; just speculating, but i think the worst outcome would be if you managed to get very humid air into the lens, then left it for weeks or months -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - Printers Again - Epson P50
On 13/2/13, Chris Mitchell, discombobulated, unleashed: I've had one for 3 or 4 years and have found it to be excellent for both text and good, high quality A4 prints using genuine Epson inks. Quite economical to run too. Of course, it's rubbish at BW though... Thanks Chris! -- 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.
Butchered ebay listing, wrong on many counts
ebay item # 281064863261 - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house a question re: cameras in winter
HI Christine - Nice gallery of shots! WRT winter usage of cameras - I always do the zip lock thing when I bring my camera in from a day of snow crystal shooting. In that case the camera has usually been out in the cold for several hours. I do take the card out before I come in, though. I leave the lens set up all winter, but if I brought it in I'd bag it too. I don't know how much damage would be done to a camera, but condensation on the inner elements of a lens can really mess it up. I don't know how susceptible camera bodies are to damage, but I figure better safe than sorry. Mark On 2/10/2013 11:09 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Hi all, The past few days have provided a nice break in the usual action around here. I took the camera out yesterday, along with my shovel, thinking I'd get a few neighborhood scenes... Well, it was harder than I thought it would be, just getting out of my own yard... though I did consider strapping some tennis rackets to my boots as snowshoes... Anyway, a few shots here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets/72157632736739251/with/8464137448/ Now for my question... I learned long ago that it's a good idea, after being out in the cold with your camera, to bag it up in a ziploc then let it come to room temp for a couple of hours before using/retrieving sd card, etc. All in the name of preventing condensation/moisture from getting into the camera messing with the electronics, etc.. Here's what I wonder: 1) How many of you do this? 2) For a weatherproof camera, like the k-5, is this less necessary? Especially when combined with a WR lens...? Thanks for your thoughts... :) -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: Adorama: Last call on K-5 bodies $739
on 2013-02-13 11:48 P. J. Alling wrote The price has been drifting lower since last July. I've seen it hitting $699. various places since December, (wish I'd caught that $660 price since it's below my current buy threshold, Oh well). yes, that was when it hit my threshold; the overall drift downward is clear, what's odd it has bumped back up a bit, and stuck for a while; perhaps once freshness of the K-5II settled, people realized what a comparative bargain the K-5 had become and demand picked up -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Android tablets for showing photos?
When I had time, but no money, my plan had been to root a nook color for displaying photos. Out of the box, the UI on the nook sucks soggy lint. However, in reasonable light the display isn't bad. Compared to my S3, the display on the nook isn't so great either, just a bit bigger. However, now that I'm working, I'm slightly less poor financially, but completely destitute temporally. I'd like an android tablet that is good for displaying photos. Big enough that photos are reasonably easy to see. I also want to be able to point to photos in one directory, and be hand the tablet to someone without having to worry overmuch that they might accidentally see photos in another directory tree. The last is, I am sure, much more of a software than a hardware question. What tablets would fit the bill, and how much do they cost? I'm not completely dead set against iPads, but my experiences on iOS devices have not been good so far. -- l...@red4est.com via squirrelmail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: _PESO_--_Major_Snow_EventR
On Feb 9, 2013, at 11:19 , Mark Roberts wrote: l...@red4est.com wrote: You haven't yet gone to metric shitloads? The conversion factor by the way is 1.6 imperial shitloads to one metric. In the USA we use SAE shitloads, which are the smallest at 2.2 SAE per metric shitload. Call me old fashioned, but all my shitloads are Whitworth. So your shitloads are filtered. Cool! -- It's not that life is too short, it's that you're dead for so long.. — Anon Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Android tablets for showing photos?
iPad display is awesome. OS isn't much of a factor for flipping through photos. That being said my iPhone 5 is light years ahead of my moto droid 2. Paul via phone On Feb 13, 2013, at 7:26 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: When I had time, but no money, my plan had been to root a nook color for displaying photos. Out of the box, the UI on the nook sucks soggy lint. However, in reasonable light the display isn't bad. Compared to my S3, the display on the nook isn't so great either, just a bit bigger. However, now that I'm working, I'm slightly less poor financially, but completely destitute temporally. I'd like an android tablet that is good for displaying photos. Big enough that photos are reasonably easy to see. I also want to be able to point to photos in one directory, and be hand the tablet to someone without having to worry overmuch that they might accidentally see photos in another directory tree. The last is, I am sure, much more of a software than a hardware question. What tablets would fit the bill, and how much do they cost? I'm not completely dead set against iPads, but my experiences on iOS devices have not been good so far. -- l...@red4est.com via squirrelmail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Butchered ebay listing, wrong on many counts
Seems like a decent price considering its rarity! And those Tak autofocus zoom 50/1.4 lenses were said to be quite good . . . stan On Feb 13, 2013, at 5:29 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: ebay item # 281064863261 - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Android tablets for showing photos?
Larry Colen wrote: I'd like an android tablet that is good for displaying photos. Big enough that photos are reasonably easy to see. I also want to be able to point to photos in one directory, and be hand the tablet to someone without having to worry overmuch that they might accidentally see photos in another directory tree. The last is, I am sure, much more of a software than a hardware question. Yep, software issue as far as directory security goes. I use the QuickPic app and it does what you want. What tablets would fit the bill, and how much do they cost? I'm using the Toshiba Thrive (around $400 last time I checked but I'm not even sure if it's still available given how fast this technology moves). It's a 10 tablet. Good display. Has a *built in* SD card slot(yay!) Also has a *full size* USB port - and the USB does hosting, so you can attach a standard USB flash drive and move files to/from it. Also has mini USB and an HDMI port, though I've never used either of those. SO QuickPic is my image browser. I use RawDroid for viewing raw files. Opera mobile for a web browser (though I also have the default browser and Firefox installed). http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=804 -- 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: Butchered ebay listing, wrong on many counts
Stan Halpin wrote on Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:08:58 -0800: Seems like a decent price considering its rarity! And those Tak autofocus zoom 50/1.4 lenses were said to be quite good . . . And quite rare, too… Regards, Jim * Jim King jamesk8...@mac.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)?
I've got fairly pedestrian taste in lenses, I guess. I really like the FA 24-90. I bought it for my PZ-1p years ago, and even though it's not as wide on the digital bodies it's still a great, light, sharp walking-around lens. Second would come the FA 50/1.7; I'm actually using it more with digital than I did with film. Last would be the 10-17 or 17-24 fisheyes--I only want one, but the crystal ball is opaque on whether I'll ever move to full frame digital. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:03 PM Subject: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)? I thought it might be an interesting discussion to ask the PDML assembled, the following question: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)? I have the feeling some interesting stories, images, and who-knows-what-else might come from this thread. Depending upon everyone's participation (of course) it has the potential to be a whopper of a thread. I'd like the discussion to include anything everything, from manual focus screwmount lenses up to the latest technology. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to pop some popcorn in anticipation of the coming show. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Android tablets for showing photos?
Quoting Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: When I had time, but no money, my plan had been to root a nook color for displaying photos. Out of the box, the UI on the nook sucks soggy lint. However, in reasonable light the display isn't bad. Compared to my S3, the display on the nook isn't so great either, just a bit bigger. However, now that I'm working, I'm slightly less poor financially, but completely destitute temporally. I'd like an android tablet that is good for displaying photos. Big enough that photos are reasonably easy to see. I also want to be able to point to photos in one directory, and be hand the tablet to someone without having to worry overmuch that they might accidentally see photos in another directory tree. The last is, I am sure, much more of a software than a hardware question. What tablets would fit the bill, and how much do they cost? I'm not completely dead set against iPads, but my experiences on iOS devices have not been good so far. While I was in hospital, my family bought me a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (16 GB, WiFi version). I have nothing to compare it with but it seems fine for displaying photos. It doesn't have a USB port built in, but you can get a couple of dongles that plug into its multi-purpose port - one provides a USB connector and the other is an SD card reader. The tablet also has a micro SD card slot. Like Mark, I use QuickPic for displaying photos. Another application that gets good reviews is Just Pictures but it has an annoying habit of resetting the screen brightness to maximum and, if there's a way of turning that 'feature' off, I haven't found it. The Galaxy Note 10.1 sells for about $500 in Oz - probably less in the US. -- 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: Sleep Like a Pirate Day
Some people have too much money. http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 3:58 PM Subject: Sleep Like a Pirate Day http://sfgate.houzz.com/ideabooks/6461212/list/10-Fabulously-Fanciful-Bedrooms/w/sid=4 -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Android tablets for showing photos?
What tablets would fit the bill, and how much do they cost? While I was in hospital, my family bought me a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (16 GB, WiFi version). I have nothing to compare it with but it seems fine for displaying photos. It doesn't have a USB port built in, but you can get a couple of dongles that plug into its multi-purpose port - one provides a USB connector and the other is an SD card reader. The tablet also has a micro SD card slot. Like Mark, I use QuickPic for displaying photos. Another application that gets good reviews is Just Pictures but it has an annoying habit of resetting the screen brightness to maximum and, if there's a way of turning that 'feature' off, I haven't found it. The Galaxy Note 10.1 sells for about $500 in Oz - probably less in the US. Interesting, thanks. I remember Tim Bray recently posted about how the screen on his new tablet (Nexus?) was so good he had to reconsider how he processed photos for display. Anybody know how the different screens compare? Also, Mark, if you shoot RAW+JPEG can you put the card from your camera in the thrive and chimp the photos on the bigger screen? -- l...@red4est.com via squirrelmail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Jerry V.
Great capture subject, just wish the background was less distracting. -Original Message- From: Walt ldott...@gmail.com Subject: PESO: Jerry V. Here's a shot I took a few nights ago of another one of our resident characters at the club where I work. This guy is one of the more cantankerous drunks we have, but once you get a handle on how to deal with him, he's a pretty good guy. Like a lot of the people I deal with, he has phrases that he tends to lean on when he's well into his cups. Hey! Lemme tell ya somethin'! And another thing! You talkin' about me? Don't start no shit! He also happens to be a really good pool shot and only seems to get better the drunker he gets. Here he is shooting a game over the weekend: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8469249067/ K-5, FA 50/1.4, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO 1600 I thought it was an interesting shot because he looks a bit like a Dick Tracy character to my eye. Comments and critiques are, as always, eagerly solicited. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Snow Day (messenger content)
On Feb 13, 2013, at 8:29 PM, Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: Man, you guys gotta be nuts to use those thin tyres in such weather... I'd guess that narrow tyres bite through the snow if it's not too thick. Mountain bikers are known to use the same principle for mud (eg cyclocross). Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT -- A rant about Canon.
On Feb 14, 2013, at 7:37 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Try to get that information out of Cannon! I've got a pixma iX6520, there's also an ix6530, 40, 50, 60, 70... They all look the same they all have the same specifications and seem to use the same drivers, but there is nothing to indicate that a solution that will work with one will work with any of the others. AAA! It's not the same printer for different regional markets, is it? Like Epson did with the 2100 / 2200. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)?
On Feb 13, 2013, at 8:11 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Can't remember, and I'm too lazy to go and look at it. You're not being lazy, you're being efficient by delegating the task of finding out to whoever wants to know. :) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)?
I don't regret having sold any of my lenses, although it did hurt a bit to do so. But I hadn't been using them since buying the 16-45 zoom and wanted to raise cash for other endeavours (uh, obsessions maybe). The one lens I have no intention of parting with is my FA 100mm f/2.8 macro. Cheers, Dave On Feb 13, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I thought it might be an interesting discussion to ask the PDML assembled, the following question: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)? I have the feeling some interesting stories, images, and who-knows-what-else might come from this thread. Depending upon everyone's participation (of course) it has the potential to be a whopper of a thread. I'd like the discussion to include anything everything, from manual focus screwmount lenses up to the latest technology. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to pop some popcorn in anticipation of the coming show. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Android tablets for showing photos?
Hard to beat the ipad IMO. I have a bunch of images on my wife's first gen ipad and they look great. Later versions of the ipad have improved screens but I've yet to see one. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: Android tablets for showing photos? When I had time, but no money, my plan had been to root a nook color for displaying photos. Out of the box, the UI on the nook sucks soggy lint. However, in reasonable light the display isn't bad. Compared to my S3, the display on the nook isn't so great either, just a bit bigger. However, now that I'm working, I'm slightly less poor financially, but completely destitute temporally. I'd like an android tablet that is good for displaying photos. Big enough that photos are reasonably easy to see. I also want to be able to point to photos in one directory, and be hand the tablet to someone without having to worry overmuch that they might accidentally see photos in another directory tree. The last is, I am sure, much more of a software than a hardware question. What tablets would fit the bill, and how much do they cost? I'm not completely dead set against iPads, but my experiences on iOS devices have not been good so far. -- l...@red4est.com via squirrelmail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Android tablets for showing photos?
On 14 February 2013 12:15, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Yep, software issue as far as directory security goes. I use the QuickPic app and it does what you want. I use QuickPic on my Android Phone too, I went through a few and it's probably the most utilitarian and least fluffy. -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* partwith)?
I'm very content with my present lens lineup - 28-80mm F, 70-210mm F, 300mm f4.5 FA,200mm f4.0 A*Macro, 600mmFA and 16-50mm f2.8 DA*. You'l have to pry the 200mm A* Macro and the 600mm FA from my cold, dead hands. even though they don't get the work out I'd like to give them. I can't justify either one financially but I wouldn't be without them. I did get rid of several screw mount lenses over the years - a 300mm f6.3 and the 20mm f4.5 eventually due to lack of auto focus. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com Subject: Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* partwith)? On 2/12/13 1:03 PM, Darren Addy wrote: I thought it might be an interesting discussion to ask the PDML assembled, the following question: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)? I have the feeling some interesting stories, images, and who-knows-what-else might come from this thread. Depending upon everyone's participation (of course) it has the potential to be a whopper of a thread. I'd like the discussion to include anything everything, from manual focus screwmount lenses up to the latest technology. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to pop some popcorn in anticipation of the coming show. I still regret getting rid of my FA* 80-200/2.8 to feed my motorcycle Jones. One I won't get rid of is my FA35/2AL. Some folks think it isn't anything special, but I've gotten good use out of it, and if I can ever afford the FF it will go back to being 35mm again. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Android tablets for showing photos?
On 13/02/2013 6:26 PM, Larry Colen wrote: When I had time, but no money, my plan had been to root a nook color for displaying photos. Out of the box, the UI on the nook sucks soggy lint. However, in reasonable light the display isn't bad. Compared to my S3, the display on the nook isn't so great either, just a bit bigger. However, now that I'm working, I'm slightly less poor financially, but completely destitute temporally. I'd like an android tablet that is good for displaying photos. Big enough that photos are reasonably easy to see. I also want to be able to point to photos in one directory, and be hand the tablet to someone without having to worry overmuch that they might accidentally see photos in another directory tree. The last is, I am sure, much more of a software than a hardware question. What tablets would fit the bill, and how much do they cost? I'm not completely dead set against iPads, but my experiences on iOS devices have not been good so far. I'm using an Asus EEE thing these days. Mostly as a glorified paperback novel, I admit, but pictures I put on it display very nicely. One of the main seeling features for me was that I can put the thing on a real keyboard and have a semblance of a computer if I desire, and the battery life, which if the keyboard is added in is close to 18 hours. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Android tablets for showing photos?
on 2013-02-13 17:26 Larry Colen wrote I'd like an android tablet that is good for displaying photos. Big enough that photos are reasonably easy to see. I also want to be able to point to photos in one directory, and be hand the tablet to someone without having to worry overmuch that they might accidentally see photos in another directory tree. The last is, I am sure, much more of a software than a hardware question. sounds like you want a sort of guest mode iOS's built-in Picture Frame does some of this; you specify a specific album or albums that can be viewed when the iPad is locked (albums can be creat; you can configure certain parameters in advance, but then it is basically a slideshow with no user control there are many other slideshow methods on iOS; i don't know of any that are locked down as you want -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: 'Red Bumper
Nice color and interesting composition. I like it. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 4:41 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Captured harborside in Petersburg, Alaska, a boat bumper on a commercial fisher. - K20D, 28-80mm SMC F, 1/2000 @ f8, 400 ISO. Thanks in advance for comments/critiques. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16887092 Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
