date:20130304

George - a couple of questions.
a - what template did you use? Your new blog is nice and clean and simple. I 
went through all of their templates and can't figure which one you chose.
b - any problems moving stuff from Posterous? I tried the Import button, gave 
my Posterous sign-in info, and got a Tilt message about 5 seconds later.

stan

On Mar 4, 2013, at 7:00 PM, George Sinos wrote:

> With the closing of Posterous I was looking for an alternative.  After
> a bit of experimentation it looks as though I'll be sticking with
> Squarespace for now.
> 
> I've imported the old data directly from Posterous, experimented with
> a couple of different templates and have the basic blog up and
> functioning.
> 
> I particularly like the integration with Smugmug and will be looking
> into exploiting it when I put a couple of galleries there.
> 
> Along the way I had a couple of questions and they were answered
> quickly by customer support.  That's another plus.
> 
> One disadvantage is the amount of customizing that is available.  The
> temptation is to spend a lot of time messing around with stuff that
> doesn't end up making a lot of difference to the readers.  A little
> discipline will be necessary.
> 
> I'll be setting up a custom url later, but you can look at the initial
> basic blog here
> 
> 
> 
> Click on any of the photos to see them full screen.  Let me know if
> you have any difficulties or input.
> 
> Thanks, gs
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Re: color profiles

2013-03-04 Thread Brian Walters


Quoting Bruce Walker :

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Brian Walters  
 wrote:

Quoting Toine :


I lived with the simple idea that a jpg saved/exported with sRGB
profile and stripped of it's EXIF would render as sRGB.
On my system it doesn't. The other big question is if anyone else has
two different renderings displayed on that page. If not I need to read
more about color management and Windows.



I'm seeing a very slight difference - the colours of the lower image are
very slightly more muted.  But it isn't a great difference.  It doesn't look
as if the colour palette has been shifted between the images.

I'm seeing the same difference in Firefox (both with color management turned
on and with color management turned off), IE9 and Opera.


Brian, are you using an IPS monitor? The slight difference in viewing
angle will give you different contrasts on any TN monitor.





Yeah, it's a TN monitor.

Changing the angle of view does indeed show the two images to be the  
same on my system.



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Re: Update on Kodak agony

2013-03-04 Thread David Parsons

I see Polaroid batteries 4 for $1.39 at a discount store all the time
(Christmas Tree Shops for anyone in NE).

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 9:15 PM, John Mullan  wrote:
> Or Polaroid.  At least Pentax has maintained the integrity of their product
> and still makes a premium product.  The Kodak name will continue on cheap
> digital cameras and I suspect the emphasis is on cheap versus inexpensive.
> AT&T was taken over by SBC (Southwest Bell) and they have had the ex-lax
> effect on anything they have touched.  Polaroid's once proud name is  now on
> cheap electronics.
>
> jm
>
> -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola
> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 8:38 PM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: Re: Update on Kodak agony
>
>
> Or AT&T
> Dan Matyola
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Mark C  wrote:
>>
>> On 3/4/2013 12:31 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Won't be the first time a company NAME lives on after the company is dead
>>> & buried.
>>
>>
>>
>> As in the case of   Pentax?
>>
>> Mark
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Re: OT - two unrelated complaints

2013-03-04 Thread Postmaster

Charles Robinson wrote:

>On Mar 2, 2013, at 12:41 , Bruce Walker  wrote:
>> 
>> 2. Why do radio and TV ads depicting camera shutter presses still
>> insert the sound effect for a film-era motor drive? Wake up you
>> ad-creating doofuses!! It's not 1995.
>
>The sound-effect for most every digital camera (including cellphones) tends to 
>use this very same sound.  
>
>I sorta "get it" as an effect on a small electronic box so you have positive 
>feedback that the image-taking has occurred.  I DON'T 'get it' as a foley 
>effect for a non-film-era digital SLR being used on a show... then it's just 
>sloppy!

The job of the foley artists is to provide the sound the audience
expects - or whatever will emphasize the action on screen - not
provide *real* sounds. That's why we get spaceships making whooshing
sounds in the vacuum of space and handguns making the sounds of field
artillery.

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Re: OT - two unrelated complaints

The worst offenders are the NCIS and Law & Order series. To me it's not the 
shutter sound that grates, it's the motor drive film advance that drives me 
nuts (except for the older reruns). 

That, and basic camera handling technique, like not moving an inch in any 
direction, yet firing off 3 or 4 frames, and moving in closer with a zoom lens 
when all they needed to do is zoom the lens. Finally - where is the sound of 
the lens/camera auto focusing? No one ever wraps their hand around a lens 
barrel and twists it!

Garumph!

On Mar 4, 2013, at 14:59 , John Francis wrote:

>> The sound-effect for most every digital camera (including cellphones) tends 
>> to use this very same sound.  
>> 
>> I sorta "get it" as an effect on a small electronic box so you have positive 
>> feedback that the image-taking has occurred.  I DON'T 'get it' as a foley 
>> effect for a non-film-era digital SLR being used on a show... then it's just 
>> sloppy!
>> 
>> -Charles
> 
> But my DSLRs do make a somewhat similar noise when I use them.
> 
> It's only really the sound of the shutter being re-armed, and
> not a mechanical film advance, but it's the same kind of noise.
> 
> Arguing that "they got it wrong" makes me sound like one of those
> sad anorak types who complain that the motorcycle noise on a film
> sound track obviously can't be from the bike being shown, because
> the tappet noise is far too loud for anything except a Norton (or
> that the plane on screen has Rolls Royce engines, but the sound is
> of a General Electrics turbofan).
> 
> This just in - films & TV get a lot of small details wrong.


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Re: color profiles

2013-03-04 Thread Rob Studdert

On 5 March 2013 13:19, Mark Roberts  wrote:

> You realize that removing EXIF has nothing to do with color
> management?
>
> Even with an embedded ICC profile the image won't render exactly the
> same if you're viewing on one browser that is color managed and one
> that isn't (that's why we have color management). As long as you've
> exported your image in sRGB color space the difference should be
> minimal.

Some time ago I authored a page to practically illustrate this (in a clumsy way)

http://users.tpg.com.au/distudio/temp/ICC_test.html

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Re: color profiles

2013-03-04 Thread Mark Roberts

Toine wrote:

>I need some help from the wisdom of the list.
>Many photosites remove all the EXIF data. Pentax Photo Gallery is one
>of them. Another is my own site which uses a image database backend.
>The end result is this:
>
>http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/245-colorprofiles
>
>The second image is how my LR setup displays the image.
>Even worse: I only see the difference on my calibrated monitor in
>combination with Chrome. Internet Explorer has the same (wrong) colors
>for both images which would suggest IE doesn't have color management.
>
>How can I setup LR to export images which render properly without a
>color profile on both Chrome and IE

You realize that removing EXIF has nothing to do with color
management?

Even with an embedded ICC profile the image won't render exactly the
same if you're viewing on one browser that is color managed and one
that isn't (that's why we have color management). As long as you've
exported your image in sRGB color space the difference should be
minimal.

 
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Re: test2

2013-03-04 Thread George Sinos

Over the last few days my messages had not been showing up.  It turned
out that my email had somehow switched out of the plain text mode.  I
switched it back and things are now working again.

Thanks, gs
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On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> Test received
>
> Dan Matyola
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>
>
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:48 PM, George Sinos  wrote:
>> test2
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Re: Update on Kodak agony

2013-03-04 Thread John Mullan

Or Polaroid.  At least Pentax has maintained the integrity of their product 
and still makes a premium product.  The Kodak name will continue on cheap 
digital cameras and I suspect the emphasis is on cheap versus inexpensive. 
AT&T was taken over by SBC (Southwest Bell) and they have had the ex-lax 
effect on anything they have touched.  Polaroid's once proud name is  now on 
cheap electronics.


jm

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Or AT&T
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On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Mark C  wrote:

On 3/4/2013 12:31 PM, John Sessoms wrote:




Won't be the first time a company NAME lives on after the company is dead
& buried.



As in the case of   Pentax?

Mark

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Re: color profiles

2013-03-04 Thread Rob Studdert

On 5 March 2013 06:42, Toine  wrote:

> How can I setup LR to export images which render properly without a
> color profile on both Chrome and IE

The most practical way is to calibrate your monitor to sRGB standard
output, the following link has a good lay explanation

http://www.artstorm.net/journal/2009/07/color-management-wide-gamut-dell-2408/

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Re: PESO - The Ice Emperor

It is a fun and effective image, snow flakes and all.
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On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:10 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
 wrote:
> I was looking through the photos I took at Toronto's annual ice race one last 
> time and saw this one.
>
> Alberto won four years consecutively about ten years ago. He is still fast 
> (made the semi-finals this year) but he knows winning again is a very long 
> shot (all the right people would have to fall). Still, he shows up every 
> year, races hard and just has a great time. A few people dress up but the Ice 
> Emperor has the best costume each year.
>
> I know I showed a few others of him in earlier GESOs but this gives a good 
> look at his costume and his character:
>
>  http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/03/the-ice-emperor.html?m=1
>
> Too bad about the two oof snowflakes in his face; what can you do?  ;-)
>
> Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome.
>
> Cheers,
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Re: Update on Kodak agony

Or AT&T
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On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Mark C  wrote:
> On 3/4/2013 12:31 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Won't be the first time a company NAME lives on after the company is dead
>> & buried.
>
>
> As in the case of   Pentax?
>
> Mark
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Re: test2

Test received

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Re: color profiles

2013-03-04 Thread Mark C

The two images look the same to me on my calibrated monitor using both 
Firefox (color managed) and Internet Explorer. On my non-calibrated 
machine (which uses the monitors default sRGB peofile as proxy for 
actual calibration) they look the same in Firefox, Opera and IE.


I asked about calibration a while back and learned that IE is not color 
managed. Firefox is but you have to enable it. There were a couple other 
color managed browsers but I forget which were color managed since I use 
firefox anyhow (and simply had to turn CM on.)


Mark

On 3/4/2013 4:43 PM, Toine wrote:

I lived with the simple idea that a jpg saved/exported with sRGB
profile and stripped of it's EXIF would render as sRGB.
On my system it doesn't. The other big question is if anyone else has
two different renderings displayed on that page. If not I need to read
more about color management and Windows.

Toine

On 4 March 2013 21:01, Bruce Walker  wrote:

I believe this should be as simple as ensuring that you always select Color
Space: sRGB under File Settings when you export images for publishing.
Since the default colour space is assumed to be sRGB when none is provided,
your images should render the same with or without EXIF.

But then life is never simple is it? :)

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Toine  wrote:

I need some help from the wisdom of the list.
Many photosites remove all the EXIF data. Pentax Photo Gallery is one
of them. Another is my own site which uses a image database backend.
The end result is this:

http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/245-colorprofiles

The second image is how my LR setup displays the image.
Even worse: I only see the difference on my calibrated monitor in
combination with Chrome. Internet Explorer has the same (wrong) colors
for both images which would suggest IE doesn't have color management.

How can I setup LR to export images which render properly without a
color profile on both Chrome and IE

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Re: color profiles

2013-03-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi

They look identical to me ... OS X Mountain Lion in Safari, Chrome and Firefox.

G

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 3:00 PM, John Coyle  wrote:
> I can't see a difference between them Toine - I use a Dell monitor which has 
> been calibrated.
>
>
> John Coyle
> Brisbane, Australia
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Toine
> Sent: Tuesday, 5 March 2013 5:42 AM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: color profiles
>
> I need some help from the wisdom of the list.
> Many photosites remove all the EXIF data. Pentax Photo Gallery is one of 
> them. Another is my own
> site which uses a image database backend.
> The end result is this:
>
> http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/245-colorprofiles
>
> The second image is how my LR setup displays the image.
> Even worse: I only see the difference on my calibrated monitor in combination 
> with Chrome. Internet
> Explorer has the same (wrong) colors for both images which would suggest IE 
> doesn't have color
> management.
>
> How can I setup LR to export images which render properly without a color 
> profile on both Chrome and
> IE
>
> Toine
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Re: PESO - The Ice Emperor

That's an ice portrait, Frank.



Great expression, and I really like the way you framed him too. A
photo fit for a King! :)

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:10 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
 wrote:
> I was looking through the photos I took at Toronto's annual ice race one last 
> time and saw this one.
>
> Alberto won four years consecutively about ten years ago. He is still fast 
> (made the semi-finals this year) but he knows winning again is a very long 
> shot (all the right people would have to fall). Still, he shows up every 
> year, races hard and just has a great time. A few people dress up but the Ice 
> Emperor has the best costume each year.
>
> I know I showed a few others of him in earlier GESOs but this gives a good 
> look at his costume and his character:
>
>  http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/03/the-ice-emperor.html?m=1
>
> Too bad about the two oof snowflakes in his face; what can you do?  ;-)
>
> Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome.
>
> Cheers,
> frank
>
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Re: OT - two unrelated complaints

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Bob W  wrote:
>> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Charles Robinson
>> >
>> > 2. Why do radio and TV ads depicting camera shutter presses still
>> > insert the sound effect for a film-era motor drive? Wake up you
>> > ad-creating doofuses!! It's not 1995.
>> >
>>
>> The sound-effect for most every digital camera (including cellphones)
>> tends to use this very same sound.
>>
>> I sorta "get it" as an effect on a small electronic box so you have
>> positive feedback that the image-taking has occurred.  I DON'T 'get it'
>> as a foley effect for a non-film-era digital SLR being used on a
>> show... then it's just sloppy!
>>
>
> Since a digital SLR doesn't really have a natural sound of its own the way a
> film SLR does, it has to be silent or invented. If you're going to invent it
> then almost any sound will do, like mobile phone ringtones. But putting in
> the sound of a farting badger, or a group of medieval nights going "Ni!"
> would be silly. It makes sense to have it sound like the thing it replaced,
> just as people still use the effect of a needle scratching a vinyl disk for
> sound coming to a sudden crash, even though most people under about 40 may
> never have used a vinyl record player, and may not even know what the sound
> originally signified.

Bob, I assume you meant that digital point&shoots don't have an
intrinsic sound. dSLRs all have a very audible signature from the
shutter and mirror. Yes, even the K-5. :-)

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test2

2013-03-04 Thread George Sinos

test2

George Sinos

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Re: OT: new K-5

2013-03-04 Thread John Francis

On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 04:22:44PM -0500, Stan Halpin wrote:
> I just got a new K-5 (keychain version). I think it looks "interesting" 
> slotted into the hot shoe on my real K-5 (though the attachment does not seem 
> very secure). It came with the kit lens, 18-55mm; other lenses are available, 
> I don't think I will buy any, though I am tempted by the 70mm! Thanks to John 
> Celio for providing the original link. 
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-Capsule-Mini-Camera-Keychains/dp/B006YY3YRM/

I picked up a few of these, too (though not the full set)

They can be seen, together with their big brothers, here:

http://www.jfwaf.com/temp/MiniPentax.jpg



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Re: Update on Kodak agony

2013-03-04 Thread Mark C


On 3/4/2013 12:31 PM, John Sessoms wrote:



Won't be the first time a company NAME lives on after the company is 
dead & buried.


As in the case of   Pentax?

Mark

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Re: Two small Q Gesos

2013-03-04 Thread Mark C

If it is still under warranty hopefully they will just send you a new 
one. I know what you mean about not trusting it but I've had a few 
cameras go back for repairs and never had any follow up issues. Best yet 
if they replace it with a new one under warranty.

Mark

On 3/4/2013 12:10 PM, Don Guthrie wrote:
Thanks Mark. I left it idle w/o batteries for several days but it 
actually got worse. Originally it would light up briefly but never 
long enough to hit menu. Now with fresh batteries - Nothing.
I am packing it up to ship to AZ today, after collecting the correct 
forms and receipts.  I have too much invested and it was too much fun 
to abandon. But once bit how will I trust it ever again. I was 
thinking of investing in that second zoom too.

However the whole experience has me looking at the Oly OM-D. Oh well 
tech is so much fun.

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Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:27:29 -0500
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I'm sorry to hear that your Q is having problems. I bought my whole Q
setup used and never thought about having to use the warranty -
hopefully that option is available to you. I have heard of cases where
leaving the batteries out for an extended period of time helped resolve
problems, but is likely a long shot.

Good luck and hope you are Q'd up again soon!

Mark

On 2/28/2013 11:55 AM, Don Guthrie wrote:

>Mark, thanks for the look and comments. Yes 150mm in a very small
>package. The color has a certain smoothness but I am on kind of a B&W
>kick at the moment.
>
>Unfortunately Q now refuses to turn on regardless of lens or battery
>changes.
>Anybody know where I would send it to be fixed?
>
>pdml-requ...@pdml.net  wrote:

>>Message: 11
>>Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:28:33 -0500
>>From: Mark C
>>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>>Subject: Re: Two small Q Gesos
>>Message-ID:<512eb2c1.4080...@charter.net>
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>>
>>I like the first banana shot (great light on that) and the bike 
in the
>>snow. The cafe' (?) shots are good as well and I tend to like the 
color

>>ones better for some reason. The 28mm was equivalent to ~150mm on a
>>standard 35mm frame. It seems to have captured a lot of detail in 
all
>>the shots. The deep depth of field is apparent in the cafe shots, 
but

>>not objectionable to me.
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>On 2/25/2013 11:41 AM, Don Guthrie wrote:
>>> >Here are two sets of photos taken over the weekend using the 
Pentax Q
>>> >and a Pentax 28mm 2.8 lens via a cheap adapter. Some people 
and some
>>> >objects. I tried a 50mm but it was too long to be usable 
except for

>>> >bird photos.
>>> >
>>> >Comments welcomed.
>>> >
>>> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/valdon/sets/72157632828391581/
>>> >
>>> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/valdon/sets/72157632828370481/
>>> >

>
>

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Thanks, Toine and Brian. Over the weekend I realized that I have a
couple of Lens-baby close up lenses that are 37mm in diameter, so I
ordered the step down ring to test them out. I put the lens baby
diopters on the 15-45 zoom with a little tape and tried it, but it did
not seem too promising. It still seemed to be worth the $4 for the ring
to test it properly, though. I will probably wind up with the Raynox, as
it seems to get good reviews and is a multi-element lens, probably
better corrected. So I also got a ring for it and a 40.5 to 49mm step up
so I can use one of my existing polarizers on the Q. Now i need to find
a bag big enough to hold all this stuff but still a lot smaller than my
standard bags!

Mark

On 3/3/2013 5:01 AM, Toine wrote:

Yes a regular 40.5 to 43 step up ring.

The first four in this set are from the 15-45 and the raynox. Wide
open it's already ok. I'll try to get some proper macro shots in the
field today.

http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/new-mainmenu-81

My M50 macro is sharper on Q. I would like to test the DA35 macro on
the Q. I need the official Pentax Q adapter.

On 3 March 2013 06:24, Mark C wrote:

Toine - the Raynox sounds like a worthy addition for macro work. I had been
toy with the idea of just using a 50mm macro plus adapter, but the 15-45
zoom has me re-thinking that. I see that the Raynox is configured to work
with 52 - 67mm lens objectives. How do you mount the Raynox onto the 40.5 mm
Q lenses? Does a 40.5 to 52mm step up ring do it or do you need some sort of
adapter?

Thanks

Mark

On 3/2/2013 5:03 AM, Toine wrote:

My 15-45 arrived this morning. First test shots amazed me. Very sharp
and very little CA. My Q kit is now complete (01 02 03 06 and a raynox
250 for macro). The raynox 250 on the 15-45 @45 looks like a winner.

Toine

On 2 March 2013 00:08, Mark C wrote:

I ordered the 06 Telephoto zoom last week, and it arrived last night.
This
is just another marvelous little Q lens - it retracts to be not much
larger
than the normal zoom, but to use it you have to turn the zoom ring to
extend
the front element a bit, so while in use it is maybe an inch longer than
the
standard zoom. The 15 to 45mm zoom range is equivalent to about 85 - 250
on
a full frame 35mm body. The two zooms, normal prime and fish eye make for
a
nice little (very little) kit. And at f2.8 you can even get some bokeh
with
this lens.

A quick test shot -

http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/2013/03/01/pentax-q-06-telephoto-zoom?blog=9

Looking forward to using it!

Mark

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PESO - The Ice Emperor

2013-03-04 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com

I was looking through the photos I took at Toronto's annual ice race one last 
time and saw this one.

Alberto won four years consecutively about ten years ago. He is still fast 
(made the semi-finals this year) but he knows winning again is a very long shot 
(all the right people would have to fall). Still, he shows up every year, races 
hard and just has a great time. A few people dress up but the Ice Emperor has 
the best costume each year.

I know I showed a few others of him in earlier GESOs but this gives a good look 
at his costume and his character:

 http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/03/the-ice-emperor.html?m=1

Too bad about the two oof snowflakes in his face; what can you do?  ;-)

Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome.

Cheers,
frank  

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RE: color profiles

2013-03-04 Thread John Coyle

I can't see a difference between them Toine - I use a Dell monitor which has 
been calibrated.


John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia



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Subject: color profiles

I need some help from the wisdom of the list.
Many photosites remove all the EXIF data. Pentax Photo Gallery is one of them. 
Another is my own
site which uses a image database backend.
The end result is this:

http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/245-colorprofiles

The second image is how my LR setup displays the image.
Even worse: I only see the difference on my calibrated monitor in combination 
with Chrome. Internet
Explorer has the same (wrong) colors for both images which would suggest IE 
doesn't have color
management.

How can I setup LR to export images which render properly without a color 
profile on both Chrome and
IE

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Re: OT - two unrelated complaints

2013-03-04 Thread John Francis

On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 11:42:49AM -0600, Charles Robinson wrote:
> On Mar 2, 2013, at 12:41 , Bruce Walker  wrote:
> > 
> > 2. Why do radio and TV ads depicting camera shutter presses still
> > insert the sound effect for a film-era motor drive? Wake up you
> > ad-creating doofuses!! It's not 1995.
> > 
> 
> The sound-effect for most every digital camera (including cellphones) tends 
> to use this very same sound.  
> 
> I sorta "get it" as an effect on a small electronic box so you have positive 
> feedback that the image-taking has occurred.  I DON'T 'get it' as a foley 
> effect for a non-film-era digital SLR being used on a show... then it's just 
> sloppy!
> 
>  -Charles

But my DSLRs do make a somewhat similar noise when I use them.

It's only really the sound of the shutter being re-armed, and
not a mechanical film advance, but it's the same kind of noise.

Arguing that "they got it wrong" makes me sound like one of those
sad anorak types who complain that the motorcycle noise on a film
sound track obviously can't be from the bike being shown, because
the tappet noise is far too loud for anything except a Norton (or
that the plane on screen has Rolls Royce engines, but the sound is
of a General Electrics turbofan).

This just in - films & TV get a lot of small details wrong.

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Re: color profiles

The two images look identical to me on my calibrated IPS display, via Chrome.


On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Toine  wrote:
> I lived with the simple idea that a jpg saved/exported with sRGB
> profile and stripped of it's EXIF would render as sRGB.
> On my system it doesn't. The other big question is if anyone else has
> two different renderings displayed on that page. If not I need to read
> more about color management and Windows.
>
> Toine
>
> On 4 March 2013 21:01, Bruce Walker  wrote:
>> I believe this should be as simple as ensuring that you always select Color
>> Space: sRGB under File Settings when you export images for publishing.
>> Since the default colour space is assumed to be sRGB when none is provided,
>> your images should render the same with or without EXIF.
>>
>> But then life is never simple is it? :)
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Toine  wrote:
>>> I need some help from the wisdom of the list.
>>> Many photosites remove all the EXIF data. Pentax Photo Gallery is one
>>> of them. Another is my own site which uses a image database backend.
>>> The end result is this:
>>>
>>> http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/245-colorprofiles
>>>
>>> The second image is how my LR setup displays the image.
>>> Even worse: I only see the difference on my calibrated monitor in
>>> combination with Chrome. Internet Explorer has the same (wrong) colors
>>> for both images which would suggest IE doesn't have color management.
>>>
>>> How can I setup LR to export images which render properly without a
>>> color profile on both Chrome and IE
>>>
>>> Toine
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Re: color profiles

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Brian Walters  wrote:
> Quoting Toine :
>
>> I lived with the simple idea that a jpg saved/exported with sRGB
>> profile and stripped of it's EXIF would render as sRGB.
>> On my system it doesn't. The other big question is if anyone else has
>> two different renderings displayed on that page. If not I need to read
>> more about color management and Windows.
>
>
> I'm seeing a very slight difference - the colours of the lower image are
> very slightly more muted.  But it isn't a great difference.  It doesn't look
> as if the colour palette has been shifted between the images.
>
> I'm seeing the same difference in Firefox (both with color management turned
> on and with color management turned off), IE9 and Opera.

Brian, are you using an IPS monitor? The slight difference in viewing
angle will give you different contrasts on any TN monitor.

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Re: Pentax open box sale in Denver

2013-03-04 Thread steve harley


on 2013-03-02 21:03 Aahz Maruch wrote

The 105mm is "too big" as in "too long focal length" or "too big to
carry"?


my Sigma 105mm EX macro is too big/heavy to carry regularly (for me); i do 
carry it when i think i may want it


the DA 100mm macro is significantly smaller and lighter than my Sigma, so i 
have considered switching, but it hasn't been a priority (the Sigma came to me 
at a rather groovy price)



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Re: color profiles

2013-03-04 Thread Brian Walters


Quoting Toine :


I lived with the simple idea that a jpg saved/exported with sRGB
profile and stripped of it's EXIF would render as sRGB.
On my system it doesn't. The other big question is if anyone else has
two different renderings displayed on that page. If not I need to read
more about color management and Windows.




I'm seeing a very slight difference - the colours of the lower image  
are very slightly more muted.  But it isn't a great difference.  It  
doesn't look as if the colour palette has been shifted between the  
images.


I'm seeing the same difference in Firefox (both with color management  
turned on and with color management turned off), IE9 and Opera.



Cheers

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Toine

On 4 March 2013 21:01, Bruce Walker  wrote:

I believe this should be as simple as ensuring that you always select Color
Space: sRGB under File Settings when you export images for publishing.
Since the default colour space is assumed to be sRGB when none is provided,
your images should render the same with or without EXIF.

But then life is never simple is it? :)

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Toine  wrote:

I need some help from the wisdom of the list.
Many photosites remove all the EXIF data. Pentax Photo Gallery is one
of them. Another is my own site which uses a image database backend.
The end result is this:

http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/245-colorprofiles

The second image is how my LR setup displays the image.
Even worse: I only see the difference on my calibrated monitor in
combination with Chrome. Internet Explorer has the same (wrong) colors
for both images which would suggest IE doesn't have color management.

How can I setup LR to export images which render properly without a
color profile on both Chrome and IE

Toine

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Re:Did some exploring yesterday....

2013-03-04 Thread Zos Xavius

Thanks everyone  for  the  nice  comments.  I  shot  most  of   these at  an 
old union  railroad shop that has been  mostly  cleared out  now. The church  
was about a quarter mile  away. These were done in mckeesport, pa which is 
pretty close to the city. This urbex group  is  going to be a gold mine if we 
keep going to places like  this.

Don Guthrie  wrote:

>Wow! nice set. I can't find any that didn't grab me. Jealous congrats.
>
>pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:
>> Message: 12
>> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 01:01:09 -0500
>> From: Zos Xavius
>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>> Subject: Did some exploring yesterday
>> Message-ID:
>>  
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>
>> I went and saw some neat abandoned places yesterday  with my local
>> urbex group. Of course I took some pictures. There are a few I
>already
>> want to try to fix or just take down already, but what the heckI
>> must say the ability of the k-5 to pull highlights and push shadows
>> continues to astound me coming from the k-7
>>
>>
>https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.418741948214225.1073741825.108166875938402


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RE: OT - two unrelated complaints

2013-03-04 Thread Bob W

> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Charles Robinson
> >
> > 2. Why do radio and TV ads depicting camera shutter presses still
> > insert the sound effect for a film-era motor drive? Wake up you
> > ad-creating doofuses!! It's not 1995.
> >
> 
> The sound-effect for most every digital camera (including cellphones)
> tends to use this very same sound.
> 
> I sorta "get it" as an effect on a small electronic box so you have
> positive feedback that the image-taking has occurred.  I DON'T 'get it'
> as a foley effect for a non-film-era digital SLR being used on a
> show... then it's just sloppy!
> 

Since a digital SLR doesn't really have a natural sound of its own the way a
film SLR does, it has to be silent or invented. If you're going to invent it
then almost any sound will do, like mobile phone ringtones. But putting in
the sound of a farting badger, or a group of medieval nights going "Ni!"
would be silly. It makes sense to have it sound like the thing it replaced,
just as people still use the effect of a needle scratching a vinyl disk for
sound coming to a sudden crash, even though most people under about 40 may
never have used a vinyl record player, and may not even know what the sound
originally signified.

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Re: color profiles

2013-03-04 Thread Aahz Maruch

On Mon, Mar 04, 2013, Toine wrote:
>>> I need some help from the wisdom of the list.
>>> Many photosites remove all the EXIF data. Pentax Photo Gallery is one
>>> of them. Another is my own site which uses a image database backend.
>>> The end result is this:
>>>
>>> http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/245-colorprofiles
>
> I lived with the simple idea that a jpg saved/exported with sRGB
> profile and stripped of it's EXIF would render as sRGB.
> On my system it doesn't. The other big question is if anyone else has
> two different renderings displayed on that page. If not I need to read
> more about color management and Windows.

Both images look the same to me in Firefox and Opera, both Linux, but I'm
slightly colorblind...
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Re: color profiles

2013-03-04 Thread Zos Xavius

On my phone they  look  the  same. I  will  look on my  laptop  when I  get  
home.

Toine  wrote:

>I lived with the simple idea that a jpg saved/exported with sRGB
>profile and stripped of it's EXIF would render as sRGB.
>On my system it doesn't. The other big question is if anyone else has
>two different renderings displayed on that page. If not I need to read
>more about color management and Windows.
>
>Toine
>
>On 4 March 2013 21:01, Bruce Walker  wrote:
>> I believe this should be as simple as ensuring that you always select
>Color
>> Space: sRGB under File Settings when you export images for
>publishing.
>> Since the default colour space is assumed to be sRGB when none is
>provided,
>> your images should render the same with or without EXIF.
>>
>> But then life is never simple is it? :)
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Toine  wrote:
>>> I need some help from the wisdom of the list.
>>> Many photosites remove all the EXIF data. Pentax Photo Gallery is
>one
>>> of them. Another is my own site which uses a image database backend.
>>> The end result is this:
>>>
>>> http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/245-colorprofiles
>>>
>>> The second image is how my LR setup displays the image.
>>> Even worse: I only see the difference on my calibrated monitor in
>>> combination with Chrome. Internet Explorer has the same (wrong)
>colors
>>> for both images which would suggest IE doesn't have color
>management.
>>>
>>> How can I setup LR to export images which render properly without a
>>> color profile on both Chrome and IE
>>>
>>> Toine
>>>
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Re: color profiles

2013-03-04 Thread Toine

I lived with the simple idea that a jpg saved/exported with sRGB
profile and stripped of it's EXIF would render as sRGB.
On my system it doesn't. The other big question is if anyone else has
two different renderings displayed on that page. If not I need to read
more about color management and Windows.

Toine

On 4 March 2013 21:01, Bruce Walker  wrote:
> I believe this should be as simple as ensuring that you always select Color
> Space: sRGB under File Settings when you export images for publishing.
> Since the default colour space is assumed to be sRGB when none is provided,
> your images should render the same with or without EXIF.
>
> But then life is never simple is it? :)
>
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Toine  wrote:
>> I need some help from the wisdom of the list.
>> Many photosites remove all the EXIF data. Pentax Photo Gallery is one
>> of them. Another is my own site which uses a image database backend.
>> The end result is this:
>>
>> http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/245-colorprofiles
>>
>> The second image is how my LR setup displays the image.
>> Even worse: I only see the difference on my calibrated monitor in
>> combination with Chrome. Internet Explorer has the same (wrong) colors
>> for both images which would suggest IE doesn't have color management.
>>
>> How can I setup LR to export images which render properly without a
>> color profile on both Chrome and IE
>>
>> Toine
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Re: OT: new K-5


On Mar 4, 2013, at 13:22 , Stan Halpin wrote:

> I just got a new K-5 (keychain version). I think it looks "interesting" 
> slotted into the hot shoe on my real K-5 (though the attachment does not seem 
> very secure). It came with the kit lens, 18-55mm; other lenses are available, 
> I don't think I will buy any, though I am tempted by the 70mm! Thanks to John 
> Celio for providing the original link. 
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-Capsule-Mini-Camera-Keychains/dp/B006YY3YRM/

I just received the entire set this morning. Pretty neat. The lenses are even 
keyed so they (should) only be set and locked one way.

I would have the same concerns about having any of these on my camera's 
hot-shoe as I do with the GPS module. Too easy to break while installed.




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Re: PESO: St. Thomas - U.S. Virgin Islands

Even spreading the window over two 20+ inch screens, it doesn't jump up to a 
size any larger than the first jump, which occurs between 12" and 20" width. So 
it's not a limitation of your upload, but the ability of the site to 
accommodate the width.


On Mar 4, 2013, at 13:15 , Stan Halpin wrote:

> On Mar 4, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, Mar 03, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
>>> 
>>> This image is the only one(s) I have spent much time on so far, a
>>> pano stitched together from several images, cropped top and bottom
>>> to correct for my handheld inconsistencies in placement of the
>>> horizon. To follow up on a recent discussion of travel kit, this was
>>> with the DA35/2.8
>>> 
>>> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p708047941
>> 
>> This is too small for me to have an opinion.
>> -- 
> 
> Thanks for looking. I did upload a second file with twice the size, with LR 
> set for a vertical of 1600 pixels rather than 800. Still looks the same. I 
> think we are seeing either a limitation in Zenfolio's site or in my settings 
> on the site. I probably need to find a site intended for panoramas to get the 
> full effect.


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Re: Finally after 6 years...


On Mar 4, 2013, at 4:10 PM, Darren Addy wrote:

> I tried to download the 4.0 64-bit beta, but all I get is a 1 KB file.
> 

Either it is very efficient code or very efficient file compression!

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OT: new K-5

I just got a new K-5 (keychain version). I think it looks "interesting" slotted 
into the hot shoe on my real K-5 (though the attachment does not seem very 
secure). It came with the kit lens, 18-55mm; other lenses are available, I 
don't think I will buy any, though I am tempted by the 70mm! Thanks to John 
Celio for providing the original link. 

http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-Capsule-Mini-Camera-Keychains/dp/B006YY3YRM/

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Re: Update on Kodak agony

Reading the article, I read that it plans on "emerging" from bankruptcy in 
April, hoping to replace some number of board members. They have reached "an 
agreement" with a portion of their lien-holders which appears to either defray 
or eliminate a portion of their debt.


On Mar 4, 2013, at 09:31 , John Sessoms wrote:

> From: Igor Roshchin
>> ... if somebody cares, Kodak files a plan for emergency from Chapter 11:
>> http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=194171
>> 
>> With this much of regular loss, I am surprised it is not dead yet.
>> 
>> Igor
> 
> Won't be the first time a company NAME lives on after the company is dead & 
> buried.
> 
> Who knows? Maybe the company will still have something to do with 
> "photography", whatever that means.


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Re: PESO: St. Thomas - U.S. Virgin Islands

On Mar 4, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 03, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
>> 
>> This image is the only one(s) I have spent much time on so far, a
>> pano stitched together from several images, cropped top and bottom
>> to correct for my handheld inconsistencies in placement of the
>> horizon. To follow up on a recent discussion of travel kit, this was
>> with the DA35/2.8
>> 
>> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p708047941
> 
> This is too small for me to have an opinion.
> -- 

Thanks for looking. I did upload a second file with twice the size, with LR set 
for a vertical of 1600 pixels rather than 800. Still looks the same. I think we 
are seeing either a limitation in Zenfolio's site or in my settings on the 
site. I probably need to find a site intended for panoramas to get the full 
effect.

stan

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Re: Finally after 6 years...

2013-03-04 Thread Darren Addy

I tried to download the 4.0 64-bit beta, but all I get is a 1 KB file.

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Re: PESO: St. Thomas - U.S. Virgin Islands


On Mar 4, 2013, at 11:22 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

> Gorgeous! Made my morning.
Thanks Paul.
> (It's only about 20 in Michigan. Stay where you are!)
> 
> Paul
It is too late, I am back home in Michigan coping with layers of frozen snow 
and black ice on the driveway. But I am not complaining, this is a good place 
to be home.
 stan

> On Mar 3, 2013, at 10:34 PM, Stan Halpin  wrote:
> 
>> I am very slowly working my way through images captured on my recent 
>> trip/cruise. Rating, selecting, keywording . . .
>> This image is the only one(s) I have spent much time on so far, a pano 
>> stitched together from several images, cropped top and bottom to correct for 
>> my handheld inconsistencies in placement of the horizon. To follow up on a 
>> recent discussion of travel kit, this was with the DA35/2.8
>> 
>> stan
>> 
>> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p708047941
>> -- 


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Re: Finally after 6 years...

2013-03-04 Thread Walt


On 3/3/2013 3:34 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

It looks like Focus Magic is *finally* getting around to releasing a
64-bit version of their Photoshop plug-in. (I bought the 32-bit
version in 2007.) The beta is out now and seems to work very well in
my limited testing so far. Far better than the lame Topax InFocus I've
been using for the past couple of years.

  
I've gotten some decent results out of Focal Blade at times, but it's 
kind of a crap-shoot. I may have to try Focus Magic.


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Re: color profiles

I believe this should be as simple as ensuring that you always select Color
Space: sRGB under File Settings when you export images for publishing.
Since the default colour space is assumed to be sRGB when none is provided,
your images should render the same with or without EXIF.

But then life is never simple is it? :)

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Toine  wrote:
> I need some help from the wisdom of the list.
> Many photosites remove all the EXIF data. Pentax Photo Gallery is one
> of them. Another is my own site which uses a image database backend.
> The end result is this:
>
> http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/245-colorprofiles
>
> The second image is how my LR setup displays the image.
> Even worse: I only see the difference on my calibrated monitor in
> combination with Chrome. Internet Explorer has the same (wrong) colors
> for both images which would suggest IE doesn't have color management.
>
> How can I setup LR to export images which render properly without a
> color profile on both Chrome and IE
>
> Toine
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color profiles

2013-03-04 Thread Toine

I need some help from the wisdom of the list.
Many photosites remove all the EXIF data. Pentax Photo Gallery is one
of them. Another is my own site which uses a image database backend.
The end result is this:

http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/245-colorprofiles

The second image is how my LR setup displays the image.
Even worse: I only see the difference on my calibrated monitor in
combination with Chrome. Internet Explorer has the same (wrong) colors
for both images which would suggest IE doesn't have color management.

How can I setup LR to export images which render properly without a
color profile on both Chrome and IE

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Re: PESO: Hipster Dog at the Beach

Thanks, Don.  It certainly made me smile when I came across this dog
with the glasses.  The guy wrapped in the towel that is visible in the
image had two dogs with him, very similar in appearance and both
sporting shades.  The other dog looked so depressed and embarrassed
that I didn't even try to take his picture, even though there was a
cleaner background behind him.

Dan Matyola
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On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Don Guthrie  wrote:
> Thanks for my Mon AM laugh. Was it Elliot Erwin (sp) who specialized in this
> type of photos ? I was a fan.
>
> pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:
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>> Message: 11
>> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 00:28:57 -0500
>> From: "Daniel J. Matyola"
>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>> Subject: PESO: Hipster Dog at the Beach
>> Message-ID:
>>
>> 
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>>
>>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16998926
>>
>> Comments, criticisms and suggestions are invited.
>> Dan Matyola
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>
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Re: PESO: Approaching LAX

Thanks, Don!  I may just take your suggestion, crop out the airplane
window, and boost the image in PS to see what develops.

Actually, we landed in LAX close to noon.  I had my early morning
filter on the K-0-01.  

Dan Matyola
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On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Don Guthrie  wrote:
> Early AM? Not much traffic on the freeway. Nice picture, you could almost
> crop the plane perk it up in PS and have a pseudo pano.
>
> pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:
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>> Message: 5
>> Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 08:18:43 -0500
>> From: "Daniel J. Matyola"
>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>> Subject: PESO: Approaching LAX
>> Message-ID:
>>
>> 
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>>
>>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16996116
>>
>> Comments, criticisms and suggestions are invited.
>> Dan Matyola
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
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Re: Did some exploring yesterday....

2013-03-04 Thread Darren Addy

This thread brings up an interesting way to find photographic subjects
like this (for your area or an area that you may be travelling to).
Just google: "urban exploration" and the name of a city. You may find
some tips like this one (for Pittsburgh):
http://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2012/02/jonathon-densons-guide-to-historic-and-abandoned-pittsburgh/

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Re: OT - two unrelated complaints

2013-03-04 Thread Charles Robinson

On Mar 2, 2013, at 12:41 , Bruce Walker  wrote:
> 
> 2. Why do radio and TV ads depicting camera shutter presses still
> insert the sound effect for a film-era motor drive? Wake up you
> ad-creating doofuses!! It's not 1995.
> 

The sound-effect for most every digital camera (including cellphones) tends to 
use this very same sound.  

I sorta "get it" as an effect on a small electronic box so you have positive 
feedback that the image-taking has occurred.  I DON'T 'get it' as a foley 
effect for a non-film-era digital SLR being used on a show... then it's just 
sloppy!

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Re:Did some exploring yesterday....

Wow! nice set. I can't find any that didn't grab me. Jealous congrats.

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I went and saw some neat abandoned places yesterday  with my local
urbex group. Of course I took some pictures. There are a few I already
want to try to fix or just take down already, but what the heckI
must say the ability of the k-5 to pull highlights and push shadows
continues to astound me coming from the k-7

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.418741948214225.1073741825.108166875938402

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Re: PESO: Hipster Dog at the Beach

Thanks for my Mon AM laugh. Was it Elliot Erwin (sp) who specialized in 
this type of photos ? I was a fan.

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Message-ID:

Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16998926

Comments, criticisms and suggestions are invited.
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Re:PESO: St. Thomas - U.S. Virgin Islands

Sweet! Stan. It is sometimes hard to find a worthy subject for panos. 
Luck you & nice job.

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Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 22:34:36 -0500
From: Stan Halpin
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I am very slowly working my way through images captured on my recent 
trip/cruise. Rating, selecting, keywording . . .
This image is the only one(s) I have spent much time on so far, a pano stitched 
together from several images, cropped top and bottom to correct for my handheld 
inconsistencies in placement of the horizon. To follow up on a recent 
discussion of travel kit, this was with the DA35/2.8

stan

http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p708047941

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Re: Update on Kodak agony


From: Igor Roshchin

... if somebody cares, Kodak files a plan for emergency from Chapter 11:
http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=194171

With this much of regular loss, I am surprised it is not dead yet.

Igor


Won't be the first time a company NAME lives on after the company is 
dead & buried.


Who knows? Maybe the company will still have something to do with 
"photography", whatever that means.


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Re: paw week 9 being broke


Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

From: Paul Stenquist

Interesting by virtue of the album title. Someone needs to straighten
that man out:-). No cameras, no lenses! Nice exposure and
composition. Not sure I like the vignetting. Paul

On Mar 3, 2013, at 10:29 PM, Christine Aguila 
wrote:



cheers, christine
http://www.caguila.com/paw2013/content/_IGP5591_large.html


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Re: PESO - Two Stones, or A Thought


Nice rendering with a Zen garden look and the K20 to boot.

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Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 23:38:38 +0200
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A monochrome.

Abstraction intended!

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16997233&size=lg


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Re: Writing is hard


From: Joseph McAllister

On Mar 2, 2013, at 23:46 , Chris Mitchell wrote:


On 2 March 2013 18:24, Steve Cottrell  wrote:

On 1/3/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:


it's obviously a matter of opinion, so there is no need to state that. This
is a mailing list, not a courtroom.


I move for a recess.


I object.



Point of order!!!



I'll have ham on rye with a side of potato salad.

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Re:PAW165 - Step

Somehow this matches my mood on this Mon. AM. So I like it - sort of 
lost on the long slog to work feel.


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http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html
Pentax K-5, DA35mm macro, f/2.8, 1/60s, ISO100.

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Re: PESO: Approaching LAX

Early AM? Not much traffic on the freeway. Nice picture, you could 
almost crop the plane perk it up in PS and have a pseudo pano.

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http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16996116

Comments, criticisms and suggestions are invited.
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Re: Two small Q Gesos

Thanks Mark. I left it idle w/o batteries for several days but it 
actually got worse. Originally it would light up briefly but never long 
enough to hit menu. Now with fresh batteries - Nothing.
I am packing it up to ship to AZ today, after collecting the correct 
forms and receipts.  I have too much invested and it was too much fun to 
abandon. But once bit how will I trust it ever again. I was thinking of 
investing in that second zoom too.

However the whole experience has me looking at the Oly OM-D. Oh well 
tech is so much fun.

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I'm sorry to hear that your Q is having problems. I bought my whole Q
setup used and never thought about having to use the warranty -
hopefully that option is available to you. I have heard of cases where
leaving the batteries out for an extended period of time helped resolve
problems, but is likely a long shot.

Good luck and hope you are Q'd up again soon!

Mark

On 2/28/2013 11:55 AM, Don Guthrie wrote:

>Mark, thanks for the look and comments. Yes 150mm in a very small
>package. The color has a certain smoothness but I am on kind of a B&W
>kick at the moment.
>
>Unfortunately Q now refuses to turn on regardless of lens or battery
>changes.
>Anybody know where I would send it to be fixed?
>
>pdml-requ...@pdml.net  wrote:

>>Message: 11
>>Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:28:33 -0500
>>From: Mark C
>>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>>Subject: Re: Two small Q Gesos
>>Message-ID:<512eb2c1.4080...@charter.net>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>
>>I like the first banana shot (great light on that) and the bike in the
>>snow. The cafe' (?) shots are good as well and I tend to like the color
>>ones better for some reason. The 28mm was equivalent to ~150mm on a
>>standard 35mm frame. It seems to have captured a lot of detail in all
>>the shots. The deep depth of field is apparent in the cafe shots, but
>>not objectionable to me.
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>On 2/25/2013 11:41 AM, Don Guthrie wrote:

>>> >Here are two sets of photos taken over the weekend using the Pentax Q
>>> >and a Pentax 28mm 2.8 lens via a cheap adapter. Some people and some
>>> >objects. I tried a 50mm but it was too long to be usable except for
>>> >bird photos.
>>> >
>>> >Comments welcomed.
>>> >
>>> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/valdon/sets/72157632828391581/
>>> >
>>> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/valdon/sets/72157632828370481/
>>> >

>
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Re: Did some exploring yesterday....

2013-03-04 Thread Darren Addy

I'm sure the OP will answer, at some point, but judging from some of
his other albums I would guess that it is in the Pittsburgh, PA area.

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Charles Robinson  wrote:
> On Mar 4, 2013, at 24:01 , Zos Xavius  wrote:
>
>> I went and saw some neat abandoned places yesterday  with my local
>> urbex group. Of course I took some pictures. There are a few I already
>> want to try to fix or just take down already, but what the heckI
>> must say the ability of the k-5 to pull highlights and push shadows
>> continues to astound me coming from the k-7
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.418741948214225.1073741825.108166875938402
>>
>
> Very cool!
>
> Where is this?
>
>  -Charles
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Re: OT - two unrelated complaints


From: Mark Roberts

David Mann wrote:


On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:41 AM, Bruce Walker  wrote:


1. Why do forms that expect a credit card number reject spaces?
When you enter a credit card number in an online ordering form, it
would make sense to enter the groups of digits with spaces between so
you can easily see if you got them right. But no! As soon as you hit
Next, the form clears and you get an error message about an invalid
card number. Developers: how fucking hard is it to ignore the spaces!!
Assholes.


It's trivial and it's exactly what I'd do.  I also dislike forms that
split the CC number into four separate inputs, then when you type your
fourth digit it automatically shifts focus to the next field.  All very
good until you make a mistake and need to backspace.


Well as long as we're complaining...

Another *very* common mistake is making the user select their state
from a long drop-down list instead of just typing in the two-letter
abbreviation. Jakob Nielsen pointed out this was bad web design over
TWELVE YEARS AGO and still only a few get it right.
http://www.nngroup.com/articles/drop-down-menus-use-sparingly/

Also http://www.nngroup.com/articles/does-user-annoyance-matter/


Most forms appear to auto-fill when you type the first letter. They're 
alphabetized by the full state name rather than abbreviation, so you 
have to hit 'N' seven times to get to "NC".


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Re: PESO: St. Thomas - U.S. Virgin Islands

Gorgeous! Made my morning. (It's only about 20 in Michigan. Stay where you are!)

Paul
On Mar 3, 2013, at 10:34 PM, Stan Halpin  wrote:

> I am very slowly working my way through images captured on my recent 
> trip/cruise. Rating, selecting, keywording . . .
> This image is the only one(s) I have spent much time on so far, a pano 
> stitched together from several images, cropped top and bottom to correct for 
> my handheld inconsistencies in placement of the horizon. To follow up on a 
> recent discussion of travel kit, this was with the DA35/2.8
> 
> stan
> 
> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p708047941
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Re: PESO - Two Stones, or A Thought

2013-03-04 Thread Aahz Maruch

On Sun, Mar 03, 2013, Bulent Celasun wrote:
> 
> Abstraction intended!
> 
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16997233&size=lg

The large stone looks sort-of like an obverted head, is that intended?
Either way, nice composition!
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Re: PESO: St. Thomas - U.S. Virgin Islands

2013-03-04 Thread Aahz Maruch

On Sun, Mar 03, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
>
> This image is the only one(s) I have spent much time on so far, a
> pano stitched together from several images, cropped top and bottom
> to correct for my handheld inconsistencies in placement of the
> horizon. To follow up on a recent discussion of travel kit, this was
> with the DA35/2.8
>
> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p708047941

This is too small for me to have an opinion.
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Re: Did some exploring yesterday....

2013-03-04 Thread Charles Robinson

On Mar 4, 2013, at 24:01 , Zos Xavius  wrote:

> I went and saw some neat abandoned places yesterday  with my local
> urbex group. Of course I took some pictures. There are a few I already
> want to try to fix or just take down already, but what the heckI
> must say the ability of the k-5 to pull highlights and push shadows
> continues to astound me coming from the k-7
> 
> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.418741948214225.1073741825.108166875938402
> 

Very cool!

Where is this?

 -Charles

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Re: Finally after 6 years...

2013-03-04 Thread James King

Mark Roberts wrote on Sun, 03 Mar 2013 13:34:43 -0800:

> It looks like Focus Magic is *finally* getting around to releasing a
> 64-bit version of their Photoshop plug-in. (I bought the 32-bit
> version in 2007.) The beta is out now and seems to work very well in
> my limited testing so far. Far better than the lame Topax InFocus I've
> been using for the past couple of years.

Thanks for the heads-up, Mark.  Like you, I much preferred Focus Magic over 
other deconvolution programs and I've missed it since moving to OS X 7 and 8.  
I signed up to try the Mac beta at their website.

Regards, Jim

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Re: PESO: Dad

2013-03-04 Thread Jack Davis

Has a respectful and endearing air about it. 
Contrasts well chosen. 

Jack



From: Paul Stenquist 
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Subject: PESO: Dad

Another Leica Tri-X pic. This one at f4. The painting is my father's The pics 
on the table below are of his family and ancestors. 

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16998212
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PESO: Dad

Another Leica Tri-X pic. This one at f4. The painting is my father's The pics 
on the table below are of his family and ancestors. 

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16998212
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Re: Update on Kodak agony

2013-03-04 Thread Doug Franklin


On 2013-03-04 8:53, Igor Roshchin wrote:


... if somebody cares, Kodak files a plan for emergency from Chapter 11:
http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=194171

With this much of regular loss, I am surprised it is not dead yet.


Cue Monty Python's "Dead Parrot" sketch or the "Bring out your dead" 
scene from "Holy Grail".


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Update on Kodak agony

2013-03-04 Thread Igor Roshchin



... if somebody cares, Kodak files a plan for emergency from Chapter 11:
http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=194171

With this much of regular loss, I am surprised it is not dead yet.

Igor


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Re: Pentax open box sale in Denver

2013-03-04 Thread Igor Roshchin

Sun Mar 3 18:12:16 EST 2013
mike wilson wrote:

> On 01/03/2013 21:10, pdml at paper-ape.com wrote:
> > just back from 
> 
> 
> A Denver-based camera manufacturer?
> 
> Live and learn.

It's a camera manufacturere who has a base (one of) in Denver.
:-)

Igor


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Re: Did some exploring yesterday....

2013-03-04 Thread Jack Davis

All well composed and interesting. 
Enjoyed!

Jack

From: Zos Xavius 
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Subject: Did some exploring yesterday

I went and saw some neat abandoned places yesterday  with my local
urbex group. Of course I took some pictures. There are a few I already
want to try to fix or just take down already, but what the heckI
must say the ability of the k-5 to pull highlights and push shadows
continues to astound me coming from the k-7

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.418741948214225.1073741825.108166875938402

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Re: Did some exploring yesterday....

Interesting, especially the abandoned manufacturing equipment and church. Where 
are you located?

We've had our fill of devastation porn in the Detroit area, so in a strange 
way,  it's nice to see some from another locale. 

Paul
On Mar 4, 2013, at 1:01 AM, Zos Xavius  wrote:

> I went and saw some neat abandoned places yesterday  with my local
> urbex group. Of course I took some pictures. There are a few I already
> want to try to fix or just take down already, but what the heckI
> must say the ability of the k-5 to pull highlights and push shadows
> continues to astound me coming from the k-7
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Re: paw week 9 being broke