Re: OT: Medium format for 500 Bucks?
Maybe slightly off topic but I should warn you all about fotodiox. They sold me an adaptor (Hasselblad lens to Contax 645 body) which was useless. They said they will replace it. After some further masseges (me reminding, them lying), they never did replace. Another friend from the US (a PN member) shared the same experience. You have been warned. Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun 2013/3/7 David Mann dmann...@gmail.com: On Mar 7, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: ..all you need is a Sony NEX: http://fotodioxpro.com/index.php/vizelex-rhinocam-for-sony-nex-e-mount-cameras.html It's ugly and basically it stitches together a series of exposures to make a single large image. I guess you could do it manually, but this automates the process. I bet it's still faster than scanning medium format slides. I've just reanimated my old slide scanning project this week. The 6x7s are taking about 20-25 minutes each :( Mainly because the Scanhancer costs a bit of light so I need to crank up the exposure to compensate, plus I'm using 8x oversampling. So I guess it's largely my own fault. I'm only getting the raw data for now, will worry about spotting dust some other day if I decide to actually do anything with the files. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Medium format for 500 Bucks?
Quoting Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com: Maybe slightly off topic but I should warn you all about fotodiox. They sold me an adaptor (Hasselblad lens to Contax 645 body) which was useless. They said they will replace it. After some further masseges (me reminding, them lying), they never did replace. Another friend from the US (a PN member) shared the same experience. You have been warned. That's an unfortunate experience but, just to give another perspective, I've bought a couple of Fotodiox adapters for my Q and they work fine. I bought them through Amazon. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ 2013/3/7 David Mann dmann...@gmail.com: On Mar 7, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: ..all you need is a Sony NEX: http://fotodioxpro.com/index.php/vizelex-rhinocam-for-sony-nex-e-mount-cameras.html It's ugly and basically it stitches together a series of exposures to make a single large image. I guess you could do it manually, but this automates the process. I bet it's still faster than scanning medium format slides. I've just reanimated my old slide scanning project this week. The 6x7s are taking about 20-25 minutes each :( Mainly because the Scanhancer costs a bit of light so I need to crank up the exposure to compensate, plus I'm using 8x oversampling. So I guess it's largely my own fault. I'm only getting the raw data for now, will worry about spotting dust some other day if I decide to actually do anything with the files. 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: March PUG is up!!
Quoting Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org: I am surprised that nobody had a picture of Pentax camera body parts... I was tempted, but had neither time nor disassembled bodies. :-) Interesting gallery! Thank you, Brian for putting it together! I hope you are getting back to norm. Slowly...slowly :) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ Igor Tue Mar 5 17:32:16 EST 2013 Brian Walters wrote: Not a large gallery but a very diverse range of interpretations of Body Parts. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Broken Ankle Update (good news)
Good luck, and speedy recovery! Alex On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:51 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: In for x-rays today. Ankle reduction worked as hoped. Bone healing where it should be. Old splint (partial cast) off. New full cast on. Still not a walking cast but I'm getting used to these crutches so that's ok. More x-rays in three weeks and then a walking cast. Three weeks in a walking cast and I should be good to go. Best news today: no surgery! (Yay!) Other news: got an inside job at my courier company. Permanent. Started yesterday. Frank's not a bike messenger anymore. Cheers, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Insuring your photo gear...
I've had renters insurance for the past 20 years, auto insurance either with or through the same company. Being afraid what an excess camera equipment rider might cost, I did not get one. Turns out as long as I'm not making a living with all my kit, it doesn't matter. Now if the house had burned down, they may get a bit tight about that gear as an added replacement expense, after all, it would ALL be gone, as well as tens of thousands of slides and negatives. So I've always chosen complete and comparable replacement coverage with no thought about what was covered. The insurance company rules under that coverage is to limit you to new and current replacement. If not available new, you must buy as you can find it and be reimbursed. I had portable computers, cameras, and lenses of the cameras I used from the sixties to this 1992 theft, i.e.: screw mount. My insurance company replaced everything with current tech, PZ-1p, and some of the top FA lenses at the time, including a Tamron 300mm ƒ2.8 AF to replace my old stovepipe 600mm off brand. Including the computers and software, the toll reached $14,500. Stolen out of my VW Westfalia at Bumbershoot. Everything replaced. In 2008 I had most all that equipment stolen out of my Dodge Minivan (except the 300mm Tamron), including all my 67 gear. I had several inventories I had made over the years going back to the 70s and 90s, which I sent copies of to the insurance company, as well as empty boxes the gear had come in over the years. Whenever I move people are always saying get rid of those empty boxes because they do take up a bit of space. Don't do it. Leave the serial number cards in them too. Whether an insurance claim or selling on eBay or PDML, it makes a big difference in value, the Ins. Co. notes you take care of your gear and respect it. So this last theft Geico replaced everything I could think of that had been in the car. Only this time they substituted DA* and DA and D FA lenses and two digital bodies. 2009 prices were a lot lower than they are now, so between my adding some dollars to get a better lens than they were offering in a couple of incidents, they did not skimp. I asked for filters to replace the ones I kept on my lenses, and they placed a BW regular or slim for anything below 20mm lens length. Some of the things I wanted to replace were no longer available new, so when I found a ref-converter A they reimbursed me for it. Same with some other smaller items and older but usable Pentax gear. Between their purchases and those I got reimbursed for it came to over $16,000.00. No hassles, no questions. I basically traded a spreadsheet inventory for all new gear. I had no rider for cameras or computers. My renters insurance at that time was costing me $21 month, and I'd only had it for 5 months. By 2012 my rate had gone up to $30 a mo.; after I moved into this large house from on apartment my monthly went up to $39 month. When asked why the big jump they said a: I had moved into a different insurance zone (more remote, less fire and police protection) and b: they can now raise my rates taking my 2008 loss into consideration. Still, I feel $480 a year is cost effective for all my possessions. I'm paying almost $1200 a year for auto insurance even though I've not had a chargeable accident since 1982, almost half of what my car payments are per annum. On Mar 6, 2013, at 22:53 , Igor Roshchin wrote: On Mar 6, 2013, at 9:06 PM, Darren Addy wrote: I've never bothered with doing anything special to insure my photo gear in the past but I'm not reaching the point where I think I'd better consider doing so. I don't know a lot about the subject however. I was hoping for some pointers. I'd like to be insured against theft and also equipment damage in the case of an accident. (I take a camera bag back and forth with me to work almost every day). Is there something special that I must do to get this covered under my homeowner's policy and my auto policy Joseph McAllister jo...@mac.com It seems that I need to stop my mind running off at the fingertips. — Mike Wilson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Insuring your photo gear...
Thanks to all for the suggestions and tips, so far. I happen to have State Farm for both my homeowners and autos, so I will start there. Thanks 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: March PUG is up!!
Brian - glad you are on the mend and were feeling good enough to do the PUG Fun gallery - Note that there were three pix of car body parts - expected that from a couple of sources :-) and liked those all very much, especially the Dag-like one of Paul Sorenson and Jan's disappearing mutt. I almost joined Patrick in submitting one of dressmaker dummy parts but couldn't find the one I was thinking of. ann On 3/7/2013 04:32, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org: I am surprised that nobody had a picture of Pentax camera body parts... I was tempted, but had neither time nor disassembled bodies. :-) Interesting gallery! Thank you, Brian for putting it together! I hope you are getting back to norm. Slowly...slowly :) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ Igor Tue Mar 5 17:32:16 EST 2013 Brian Walters wrote: Not a large gallery but a very diverse range of interpretations of Body Parts. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Snowy Bush
Thanks Bob! I like the one with the house in the background the best of those... I'm not getting to see much stuff like that this year. By the time I get out the door in the late morning, any snow around here has become dirty slush. ann On 3/6/2013 21:13, Stan Halpin wrote: Thanks Bob. Looks like a midwestern snow! I love it. stan On Mar 6, 2013, at 7:26 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Don, Ann, Stan and John, I don't know whats up with Picasa, and Google+ is not to cooperative about giving me a url to share. :-( I put the photo up on Photo.net for you. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17010272size=lg also another look http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17010273size=lg As per Bruce's comment, I adjusted exposure here by 1/4 stop. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Bob - I can't get to that shot - when I open the link it gives me a bunch of shots - none of which are a snow-covered bush. I did the open in browser routine - that usually works . puzzling ann On 3/6/2013 14:54, Don Guthrie wrote: Bob, I love soft snow that collects on the branches like that. Nice example here. Does seem a bit dark on my monitor. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 6 Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 12:27:56 -0600 From: Bob Sullivanrf.sulli...@gmail.com To: PDMLpdml@pdml.net Subject: Snowy Bush Message-ID: caodncb2aretemjexvpc-fjuf9-fj3ed3jsatazasc1nujic...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Here's the Burning Bush in our back yard. It is normally a perch for birds on the way to the feeders. Yesterday it was a snow catcher. We got about 10 inches with no wind. By midday, it looked like this. https://plus.google.com/photos/115638976374047590388/albums?banner=pwagpsrc=pwrd1#photos/115638976374047590388/albums/posts/5852297435667697474 By evening, it became big, broad clumps of snow hanging there. It's all headed east. Good Luck, Bob S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: OT: Medium format for 500 Bucks?
From: Darren Addy For about the same money one could have a Gigapan, which is subject to the same limitations I mention above. The main difference is that with the Gigapan you are stitching a series of images taken with a DSLR and lens, where with the new Fotodiox you are using the NEX as a back to whatever medium format lens you choose (or 4x5 camera you choose). It is an interesting idea. I look forward to seeing how well it works in actual practice. For someone who doesn't already own a NEX (or medium format lenses) it is a lot of stuff to purchase and being able to take a single medium format digital exposure still has many advantages over it. Another advantage to Gigapan ... I can't get fotodioxpro.com to come up. When the link was first posted, all I got was a page full of MySQL errors. This morning, Firefox can't find the server. Maybe later. I'm saving money for something else anyway. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Insuring your photo gear...
It's also available as a rider to your automobile insurance. In either case, be aware of your deductible. The first $300 - $500 may be out of pocket anyway. If you're a pro with lots of high dollar equipment, you can join ASMP or PPA and take advantage of their special insurance deals. AFAIK, the only thing you have to do to become a ASMP/PPA pro is join up and pay your annual dues. From: David Parsons Typically, you add a rider to your policy. Couple extra bucks a months for $XX coverage. Depending on your policy, it will be for either replacement value or dollar amount. One thing to keep in mind is that business use will usually invalidate coverage. On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I've never bothered with doing anything special to insure my photo gear in the past but I'm not reaching the point where I think I'd better consider doing so. I don't know a lot about the subject however. I was hoping for some pointers. I'd like to be insured against theft and also equipment damage in the case of an accident. (I take a camera bag back and forth with me to work almost every day). Is there something special that I must do to get this covered under my homeowner's policy and my auto policy (or is there separate coverage that one purchases). I really should know about such things at my age, but I don't. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Anybody still shoot with an LX ?
I tripped across a cosmetically gorgeous LX body (FA finder) yesterday and it seemed to be priced right, so I impulsively purchased it (long distance). *After* doing so, I started doing a little research on it. : ) It appears that I may have taken a bit of a gamble, since it looks like a lot can go wrong with these things and a full CLA from Eric (pentaxs.com) is going to run $160-200 (!). It won't arrive until next Tuesday, so I have a lot of time to fret. : \ I believe that I bought it reasonably enough that even if I did nothing to it I could turn around and sell it for at least what I gave for it, as it sits, so I don't think I have anything big to worry about. I'm hopeful that I can put in a mirror bumper pad and seals in the film back (myself) and be good to go, but that remains to be seen. I was hoping that those of you with an LX (or experience with them) might tell me what sort of issues you had with them (if any) and your impression of where the LX stands in the Pentax film body family. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Win8 adoption rate is below Vista's
Some Thursday schadenfreude: Numbers are in and Windows 8 is looking like an epic fail. But we here at the PDML test center knew that already. :) http://www.zdnet.com/five-reasons-why-windows-8-has-failed-712104/ -- -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 - Win8 adoption rate is below Vista's
Microsoft never fails. My partner is looking for a new PC. It is impossible to find one without Windows 8. Take it o9r leave it. Microsoft forces the PC manufacturers to sell new computers only with Windows 8, and most PC users lack the time and information to do anything byt accept what they are offered and suffer through it. Windows 8 will be extremely profitable for Microsoft. They have the industry muscle to ensure that. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Some Thursday schadenfreude: Numbers are in and Windows 8 is looking like an epic fail. But we here at the PDML test center knew that already. :) http://www.zdnet.com/five-reasons-why-windows-8-has-failed-712104/ -- -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: Anybody still shoot with an LX ?
LX is a wonderful camera. All your digitals will feel like fat pigs in comparison. The exposure metering is masterful, and the range of viewfinder accessories is outstanding. If you are lucky, somebody else fixed the sticky mirror. When you get the camera, don't just fire off some shutter snaps. The camera won't have been exercised in about one week. Take the lens off, winde the shutter, and watch in the front as you fire. If the mirror does a little hesitation before it rises, go to Eric. I've tried to get it done cheaply only to have the problem still haunt me. I have a number of LX's and each has gotten a CLA. If you are really lucky, you might get a very late model without the problem. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I tripped across a cosmetically gorgeous LX body (FA finder) yesterday and it seemed to be priced right, so I impulsively purchased it (long distance). *After* doing so, I started doing a little research on it. : ) It appears that I may have taken a bit of a gamble, since it looks like a lot can go wrong with these things and a full CLA from Eric (pentaxs.com) is going to run $160-200 (!). It won't arrive until next Tuesday, so I have a lot of time to fret. : \ I believe that I bought it reasonably enough that even if I did nothing to it I could turn around and sell it for at least what I gave for it, as it sits, so I don't think I have anything big to worry about. I'm hopeful that I can put in a mirror bumper pad and seals in the film back (myself) and be good to go, but that remains to be seen. I was hoping that those of you with an LX (or experience with them) might tell me what sort of issues you had with them (if any) and your impression of where the LX stands in the Pentax film body family. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Win8 adoption rate is below Vista's
On Thu, Mar 07, 2013, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: My partner is looking for a new PC. It is impossible to find one without Windows 8. Take it o9r leave it. Microsoft forces the PC manufacturers to sell new computers only with Windows 8, and most PC users lack the time and information to do anything byt accept what they are offered and suffer through it. This seems to be factually incorrect: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=svo27p1model_id=vostro-270c=usl=ens=sohocs=ussoho1 Not to mention the option of getting a Linux box -- 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: Anybody still shoot with an LX ?
On 07/03/2013 9:14 AM, Darren Addy wrote: I tripped across a cosmetically gorgeous LX body (FA finder) yesterday and it seemed to be priced right, so I impulsively purchased it (long distance). *After* doing so, I started doing a little research on it. : ) It appears that I may have taken a bit of a gamble, since it looks like a lot can go wrong with these things and a full CLA from Eric (pentaxs.com) is going to run $160-200 (!). It won't arrive until next Tuesday, so I have a lot of time to fret. : \ I believe that I bought it reasonably enough that even if I did nothing to it I could turn around and sell it for at least what I gave for it, as it sits, so I don't think I have anything big to worry about. I'm hopeful that I can put in a mirror bumper pad and seals in the film back (myself) and be good to go, but that remains to be seen. I was hoping that those of you with an LX (or experience with them) might tell me what sort of issues you had with them (if any) and your impression of where the LX stands in the Pentax film body family. Ah, the LX. A wonderful camera that may as well have been designed and built by the Fiat car company. So, what can go wrong with an LX? Pretty much everything. Other than the aforementioned rubber bumper that turns to goo, you can have problems with ALL of the seals in the camera. The back door seals can turn to jelly, as can the top mirror bumpers. In addition to that, the aperture cam follower resistor is prone to corrosion, as is the ISO resistor. (exemplified by really flaky exposures in outomatic). In addition, the TTL flash control is beyond useless in all but the most controlled circumstances, useless to the point that although I owned three of them, it was the K1000 that I used professionally at weddings. I couldn't depend on the LX to fire the flash. All three of mine went into the shop on a bi-yearly basis with something or other wrong. The last time, I sent all three of them off in one box, hoping against hope that they would get lost in the mail and I could replace them with something else with the insurance money. Alas, it was not to be, and eventually, they were all shipped back to me. I love the LX, but I don't miss it. 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: OT - Win8 adoption rate is below Vista's
On 07/03/2013 10:21 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Thu, Mar 07, 2013, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: My partner is looking for a new PC. It is impossible to find one without Windows 8. Take it o9r leave it. Microsoft forces the PC manufacturers to sell new computers only with Windows 8, and most PC users lack the time and information to do anything byt accept what they are offered and suffer through it. This seems to be factually incorrect: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=svo27p1model_id=vostro-270c=usl=ens=sohocs=ussoho1 Not to mention the option of getting a Linux box When I was looking for a laptop for my wife, to replace the one that I bought in 2004, I was unable to get a Win7 box from the company I prefer to do business with (NCIX.com) I ended up getting a Win8 machine and putting a skin on it so that it emulates WinXP. It seems to work, and neither my wife no I are geeky enough to care about what's going on inside the thing. 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.
Under the microscope (For Mark C.)
I saw this gallery of snowflakes on weather.com this morning and thought that overall Mark's photos are much better. http://www.weather.com/news/science/snowflakes-under-microscope-20130306 What is interesting is the technique used in that case. It's indeed a micrscope. You can see the last three photos showing the setup. I suspect the setup might be responsible for some uneven focus over the field of view. It looks like the DOF is very shallow. 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.
totally OT help wanted
Guys - Do you do Crossword puzzles and/or acrostics? can you write code ? for windoze Xp platform ? write me off list please :-) Then I'll explain thanks, ann annsan.smugmug.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: OT - Win8 adoption rate is below Vista's
We were previously advised that Home Premium Windows 7 does not work well in an office environment, and apparently is not fully compatible with the network we are using. In any event, both our consultant and Dell are showing us only Windows 8 machines. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 07, 2013, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: My partner is looking for a new PC. It is impossible to find one without Windows 8. Take it o9r leave it. Microsoft forces the PC manufacturers to sell new computers only with Windows 8, and most PC users lack the time and information to do anything byt accept what they are offered and suffer through it. This seems to be factually incorrect: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=svo27p1model_id=vostro-270c=usl=ens=sohocs=ussoho1 Not to mention the option of getting a Linux box -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Bird Feeder
1st my Mon laugh and now my Thurs. smile. Dan I think your slice of life photos from this year's trip are excellent. Sort of off street photography. Oh and thanks for reminding me to fill my bird feeder. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 8 Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 00:49:44 -0500 From: Daniel J. Matyoladanmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Bird Feeder Message-ID: caomwt1ydoddc3pz9nyya97+5cc8yc6b8ftxcrocufccbhry...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16998935size=md Comments are invited Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - shrine inhabitants
Yes an assault of color and media. Not much fashion sense either. Yet sort of charming in a way. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 10 Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 02:08:21 -0500 (EST) From: Igor Roshchins...@komkon.org To:PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - shrine inhabitants Message-ID:201303070708.r2778l6l058...@trantor.komkon.org It's just an unusual combination of things, colors, etc. that I saw and couldn't pass. It's still grabbing my sight. http://42graphy.org/misc/Japan/_IR39969.jpg Taken in Nara, Japan. All comments and critique are welcome. 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:Under the microscope (For Mark C.)
Yes Igor, I saw that too and was equally disappointed. I Guess Mark has spoiled us. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 5 Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 11:33:49 -0500 (EST) From: Igor Roshchins...@komkon.org To:PDML@pdml.net Subject: Under the microscope (For Mark C.) Message-ID:201303071633.r27gxnnb078...@trantor.komkon.org I saw this gallery of snowflakes on weather.com this morning and thought that overall Mark's photos are much better. http://www.weather.com/news/science/snowflakes-under-microscope-20130306 What is interesting is the technique used in that case. It's indeed a micrscope. You can see the last three photos showing the setup. I suspect the setup might be responsible for some uneven focus over the field of view. It looks like the DOF is very shallow. 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 - Win8 adoption rate is below Vista's
On 07/03/2013 10:58 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: We were previously advised that Home Premium Windows 7 does not work well in an office environment, and apparently is not fully compatible with the network we are using. In any event, both our consultant and Dell are showing us only Windows 8 machines. The Home versions of Windows don't like to be fully networked. They can be set up for file sharing easily enough, but that seems to be about it. If you want full networking, you need to go with the premium or pro editions. Apparently, Microsoft isn't making this easy, but if you go with Win8 Professional (whatever the top end version is), you can downgrade to Windows 7 if you have a legit copy that OS available on a disc. Unless you are well and truly into computer geekery, get the top end Win 8 OS, it should play nice on your network, and then put a classic shell on it. http://www.classicshell.net It works, and it takes all of the Windows 8 pain away, while at the same time leaving in some of the nice features that Windows 8 inherited from Window 7. 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: Insuring your photo gear...
Your gonna have to call your insurance agents to find out the details. I had to buy a special rider on my home insurance to cover my $25000 worth of photo gear (mostly lenses). Dont remember the cost but it wasnt too bad. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Darren Addy Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 9:06 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Insuring your photo gear... I've never bothered with doing anything special to insure my photo gear in the past but I'm not reaching the point where I think I'd better consider doing so. I don't know a lot about the subject however. I was hoping for some pointers. I'd like to be insured against theft and also equipment damage in the case of an accident. (I take a camera bag back and forth with me to work almost every day). Is there something special that I must do to get this covered under my homeowner's policy and my auto policy (or is there separate coverage that one purchases). I really should know about such things at my age, but I don't. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - bliss
Interesting... a cat baying at the moon. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 9:46 AM Subject: PESO - bliss 100% cat content; sorry. http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8529502292/lightbox/ K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 39mm, f/4.0, 1/100th, ISO 400 Lr 4.4 Lit by a 45W CFL (200W tungsten equiv.) in a Fotodiox 36 softbox umbrella, camera-left. -- -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: Anybody still shoot with an LX ?
On 7/3/13, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: So, what can go wrong with an LX? Pretty much everything. Yup. Mark! -- 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 - Lunch with Glen
I was looking at your image, not your spelling, Frank; and the image is excellent. The OOF person passing in the background adds something, and the main subjects are great. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, March 1, 2013 6:29 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Lunch with Glen Shit. Spelled his name wrong. It should be Glenn. Sigh... Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Sent: March 1, 2013 3/1/13 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Lunch with Glen I really like that image, especially the way the two figures on the bench are back-to-back. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 3:15 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Glen Gould is commemorated with a statue in front of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation HQ here in Toronto. He worked closely with the CBC throughout his career even after he went into near-seclusion for the last decade and a half of his too-short life. I absolutely love this sculpture but I am not certain that most passersby know or care who the heck this weird guy on the bench is. Anyway this couple is enjoying a brief repast with him even if Glen himself seems unimpressed with the intrusion: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/03/lunch-with-glen.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
Epson P50 mono prints and Solid State Disks
Just a quick report re my new Espon P50 printer. Working really well with lovely quality. 7dayshop.com are doing Ilford Galerie paper again so downloaded a profile and been getting great results. As for the mono, went on a few forums (fora?) and found some advice about dialing out magenta manually on BW printing. It is working a treat and I now have a good workaround for printing mono without the magenta cast. Excellent. The printer is nice, has a pseudo-carbon fibre lid, and the DVD printing system is lush. Very pleased. As an aside, my son's 2008 Macbook (not pro) was getting very lumpy under 10.8 (Mountain Lion) and so we got him a 250 GB Samsung SSD from Amazon (£127) and installed it last night. The difference is astonishing. It has transformed his Mac and smiles all around. I'm going to do same for my 2006 MBP soon. We're upping his RAM from current 2 to max 8GB later so it will be ready for his photo duties at Uni in Sept. He's using the CS6 trial now, and as he qualifies for the education pricing, a substantial saving from full price. And one of my clients has just told me that they are rebranding - and will I have time to go through their whole video library and edit in the new logos, and output master QT's and web MP4's ? 2013, loving you. -- 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: OT - Win8 adoption rate is below Vista's
Thanks. Others have recommended the shell. I would do that in a New York Minute, but my partner is less inclined to modify what he is sold. I will have to work on him. G I am sticking with Windows 7 on my work desktop, although I prefer to use my Mac machines when I can. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 07/03/2013 10:58 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: We were previously advised that Home Premium Windows 7 does not work well in an office environment, and apparently is not fully compatible with the network we are using. In any event, both our consultant and Dell are showing us only Windows 8 machines. The Home versions of Windows don't like to be fully networked. They can be set up for file sharing easily enough, but that seems to be about it. If you want full networking, you need to go with the premium or pro editions. Apparently, Microsoft isn't making this easy, but if you go with Win8 Professional (whatever the top end version is), you can downgrade to Windows 7 if you have a legit copy that OS available on a disc. Unless you are well and truly into computer geekery, get the top end Win 8 OS, it should play nice on your network, and then put a classic shell on it. http://www.classicshell.net It works, and it takes all of the Windows 8 pain away, while at the same time leaving in some of the nice features that Windows 8 inherited from Window 7. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 here's one for Cotty
On 4/3/13, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: Never mind his hat, here's the full frame camera that Cotty wants: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8530803182/ Nice but actually not! Wouldn't mind one of these though: http://www.eberlefilm.com/files/alexa_internet.jpg -- 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: OT - Win8 adoption rate is below Vista's
On 07/03/2013 11:47 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Thanks. Others have recommended the shell. I would do that in a New York Minute, but my partner is less inclined to modify what he is sold. I will have to work on him. G I am sticking with Windows 7 on my work desktop, although I prefer to use my Mac machines when I can. Dan Matyola The nice thing about classic shell is that it isn't a modification, per se, it is just a program that runs in the Windows environment, and can be removed as easily as it is installed. Does he install any programs at all? Technically, installing Microsoft Word, or a third party browser such as Firefox would be a modification by your partner's criteria. 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: PESO: Bird Feeder
Thanks, Don. I refer to them as beach photography. G I must relocate my bird feeders this year. They have increasingly come under attack by the local deer herds. When the deer invade our property, not only do they make a mess of the feeders and the shrubbery, but they taunt my dog, and induce him to chase them into the woods, which is undesirable. I need to move them away from the house and pool, except of course for the hummingbird feeders, which I keep as close as possible. This is the year I will finally capture an image of one of those sneaky devils! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola Oh and thanks for reminding me to fill my bird feeder. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 8 Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 00:49:44 -0500 From: Daniel J. Matyoladanmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Bird Feeder Message-ID: caomwt1ydoddc3pz9nyya97+5cc8yc6b8ftxcrocufccbhry...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16998935size=md Comments are invited Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - Win8 adoption rate is below Vista's
It's still possible to buy Windows 7 machines, but it's a bit more difficult. It depends on just what you want to buy. The latest Ultrabooks, for example, are very difficult to find with anything except Windows 8. That includes Dell's XPS 13. The current model, with 1920x1080 resolution, only seems to come that way. But I just bought (last week) the 1366x768 version (which is good enough for most purposes on a 13 screen) with Windows 7 Professional. Buying an end-of-line model, rather than the latest-and-greatest, can be a lot easier on the wallet, too. (As noted, Windows 7 Professional is what you need if you want to use this machine in a full-on business environment. I'm not sure what the restictions are with the Home versions; I know that with Windows XP the Home versions were limited in the number of machines they were able to see on a network.) I just used Dell as an example; other product lines are similar. The story for notebooks is much the same; while most manufacturers have Windows 7 machines available, but you have to dig around a bit to find them, and you might not be able to get the aboslutely latest hardware. With a desktop it's a lot more likely you'll still be able to buy one with Windows 7 on it, and there should be less hardware limitations. On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 11:58:34AM -0500, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: We were previously advised that Home Premium Windows 7 does not work well in an office environment, and apparently is not fully compatible with the network we are using. In any event, both our consultant and Dell are showing us only Windows 8 machines. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 07, 2013, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: My partner is looking for a new PC. It is impossible to find one without Windows 8. Take it o9r leave it. Microsoft forces the PC manufacturers to sell new computers only with Windows 8, and most PC users lack the time and information to do anything byt accept what they are offered and suffer through it. This seems to be factually incorrect: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=svo27p1model_id=vostro-270c=usl=ens=sohocs=ussoho1 Not to mention the option of getting a Linux box -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - shrine inhabitants
I particularly like the 3 'Paddington Bear's. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Yes an assault of color and media. Not much fashion sense either. Yet sort of charming in a way. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 10 Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 02:08:21 -0500 (EST) From: Igor Roshchins...@komkon.org To:PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - shrine inhabitants Message-ID:201303070708.r2778l6l058...@trantor.komkon.org It's just an unusual combination of things, colors, etc. that I saw and couldn't pass. It's still grabbing my sight. http://42graphy.org/misc/Japan/_IR39969.jpg Taken in Nara, Japan. All comments and critique are welcome. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Stitching photos into 3D (yes, 3D)
Darren, I follow a GMO railroad historical society. One member got hold of a 3D printer and has been producing HO scale structures for sale to the group. He apparently has CAD on the computer for a number of them. Hard to believe this is all happening, or economically feasible. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: This is severely OT, but as it relates to photography, I thought some might be interested. I'm beginning to learn about 3D printing. My employer owns a big expensive 3d printer, but the hobbiest 3d printer is now starting to really catch on. It is estimated that in a number of years, 50% of homes will have a 3d printer. Sound familiar? It wasn't that many years ago that few thought that a large percentage of homes would have a use for a computer either. If you are new to the concept of 3d printing, here are some videos that explain it: http://www.afinia.com/support/product-videos So here is the part that is really amazing. Blowing my mind, even. Let's say you want to replicate something to make with your 3d printer. You have to have someone draw it up for you with a 3d design program (time consuming/expensive). Or you have to have a 3d scanner that can scan the part and automatically create that 3d file for you (expensive). But AutoDesk (the makers of AutoCAD) have a FREE program called 123D Catch that will allow you take photographs of an object (from all around and up and down) and then stitch them into a 3d rotatable object. This has to be seen to be believed. If you don't watch only one YouTube video today, make it this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aU2s85Zw3A http://www.123dapp.com/catch Available as a web app, for your iPhone/iPad, or for your XP or Win7 PC. Just to show you what is possible. Here is a sculpture Head of a horse of Selene Acropolis, Athens, 438-432 BC It was photographed at the British Museum and the photos stitched together in 123D Catch. Now anybody can have one: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:32228 Artist's full story here: http://www.cosmowenman.com/2012London3DPrintShow.html I have seen the future and we are already there. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Anybody still shoot with an LX ?
Try this. http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/technology/topBodies/index.html Alan -- From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 5:14 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Anybody still shoot with an LX ? I tripped across a cosmetically gorgeous LX body (FA finder) yesterday and it seemed to be priced right, so I impulsively purchased it (long distance). *After* doing so, I started doing a little research on it. : ) It appears that I may have taken a bit of a gamble, since it looks like a lot can go wrong with these things and a full CLA from Eric (pentaxs.com) is going to run $160-200 (!). It won't arrive until next Tuesday, so I have a lot of time to fret. : \ I believe that I bought it reasonably enough that even if I did nothing to it I could turn around and sell it for at least what I gave for it, as it sits, so I don't think I have anything big to worry about. I'm hopeful that I can put in a mirror bumper pad and seals in the film back (myself) and be good to go, but that remains to be seen. I was hoping that those of you with an LX (or experience with them) might tell me what sort of issues you had with them (if any) and your impression of where the LX stands in the Pentax film body family. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Stitching photos into 3D (yes, 3D)
I can see it now. Me: Eric, I need the thingamabob that fits into the doohicky on my K-5 Mk XVII. Eric: OK, point your browser to pentaxparts.3D.net/doohicky-thingamabob-K5VII23727, hit the Purchase and Download button. You'll get the template to print a new part and installation instructions. Me: Thanks. I can't believe people used to have to send stuff out for repair. stan On Mar 7, 2013, at 1:01 PM, Darren Addy wrote: This is severely OT, but as it relates to photography, I thought some might be interested. I'm beginning to learn about 3D printing. My employer owns a big expensive 3d printer, but the hobbiest 3d printer is now starting to really catch on. It is estimated that in a number of years, 50% of homes will have a 3d printer. Sound familiar? It wasn't that many years ago that few thought that a large percentage of homes would have a use for a computer either. If you are new to the concept of 3d printing, here are some videos that explain it: http://www.afinia.com/support/product-videos So here is the part that is really amazing. Blowing my mind, even. Let's say you want to replicate something to make with your 3d printer. You have to have someone draw it up for you with a 3d design program (time consuming/expensive). Or you have to have a 3d scanner that can scan the part and automatically create that 3d file for you (expensive). But AutoDesk (the makers of AutoCAD) have a FREE program called 123D Catch that will allow you take photographs of an object (from all around and up and down) and then stitch them into a 3d rotatable object. This has to be seen to be believed. If you don't watch only one YouTube video today, make it this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aU2s85Zw3A http://www.123dapp.com/catch Available as a web app, for your iPhone/iPad, or for your XP or Win7 PC. Just to show you what is possible. Here is a sculpture Head of a horse of Selene Acropolis, Athens, 438-432 BC It was photographed at the British Museum and the photos stitched together in 123D Catch. Now anybody can have one: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:32228 Artist's full story here: http://www.cosmowenman.com/2012London3DPrintShow.html I have seen the future and we are already there. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Anybody still shoot with an LX ?
If I was going to buy another mf body, I would get an mx personally. I like the lx, but it has its share of faults. I would consider an mz-s if the mount wasn't crippled For now my cheap zx-7 works wonderfully and has an uncrippled mount. It came with an fa 28-80 that I've grown to like and I paid a whole $15 for it in practically new condition Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: Try this. http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/technology/topBodies/index.html Alan -- From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 5:14 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Anybody still shoot with an LX ? I tripped across a cosmetically gorgeous LX body (FA finder) yesterday and it seemed to be priced right, so I impulsively purchased it (long distance). *After* doing so, I started doing a little research on it. : ) It appears that I may have taken a bit of a gamble, since it looks like a lot can go wrong with these things and a full CLA from Eric (pentaxs.com) is going to run $160-200 (!). It won't arrive until next Tuesday, so I have a lot of time to fret. : \ I believe that I bought it reasonably enough that even if I did nothing to it I could turn around and sell it for at least what I gave for it, as it sits, so I don't think I have anything big to worry about. I'm hopeful that I can put in a mirror bumper pad and seals in the film back (myself) and be good to go, but that remains to be seen. I was hoping that those of you with an LX (or experience with them) might tell me what sort of issues you had with them (if any) and your impression of where the LX stands in the Pentax film body family. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Stitching photos into 3D (yes, 3D)
It sounds that you read that 1943 story by Ray Bradbury, Doodad. The sign on the shop said: THINGUMABOBS DOODADS WHATCHAMACALLITS HINKIES FORMODALDAFRAYS HOOTINANNIES GADGETS DOOHINGIES :-) Igor Thu Mar 7 13:52:24 EST 2013 Stan Halpin wrote: I can see it now. Me: Eric, I need the thingamabob that fits into the doohicky on my K-5 Mk XVII. Eric: OK, point your browser to pentaxparts.3D.net/doohicky-thingamabob-K5VII23727, hit the Purchase and Download button. You'll get the template to print a new part and installation instructions. Me: Thanks. I can't believe people used to have to send stuff out for repair. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Anybody still shoot with an LX ?
At 2:23 PM -0500 3/7/13, Zos Xavius wrote: If I was going to buy another mf body, I would get an mx personally. I have a dead one. I was warned by a camera repairman who said that because the MX is so small, all of the parts are near the surface, so to speak...which makes the camera more delicate than something like a K1000. I like the lx, but it has its share of faults. I would consider an mz-s if the mount wasn't crippled Crippled? How so? For now my cheap zx-7 works wonderfully and has an uncrippled mount. It came with an fa 28-80 that I've grown to like and I paid a whole $15 for it in practically new condition Can't go wrong for $15! -- Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca http://earth.delith.com/photo_gallery.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: Epson P50 mono prints and Solid State Disks
On Mar 7, 2013, at 11:46 , Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: As an aside, my son's 2008 Macbook (not pro) was getting very lumpy under 10.8 (Mountain Lion) and so we got him a 250 GB Samsung SSD from Amazon (£127) and installed it last night. The difference is astonishing. It has transformed his Mac and smiles all around. I'm going to do same for my 2006 MBP soon. My latest laptop (15 Macbook Pro, 16GB RAM) from work came with a (not-requested by me) 500GB SSD and the speed is phenomenal. 500GB is a little light for my work, so I have archival stuff on an external 2TB USB3 drive. I'm considering swapping out the as-yet-unused optical drive for a bracket that can hold another 2.5 drive in there as well. I just read that Seagate is discontinuing production of 2.5 7200RPM drives. They see it's all going SSD. If you need high-performance, spinning oxide on metal ain't going to be what you do. My assumption is that they'll keep the slower discs around for a while for the cheapskates. -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: PESO - bliss
Ha! And with his mouth shut, no less. :-) You can see what he's really baying at here ... http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8530317086/lightbox/ On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Interesting... a cat baying at the moon. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 9:46 AM Subject: PESO - bliss 100% cat content; sorry. http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8529502292/lightbox/ K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 39mm, f/4.0, 1/100th, ISO 400 Lr 4.4 Lit by a 45W CFL (200W tungsten equiv.) in a Fotodiox 36 softbox umbrella, camera-left. -- -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: Epson P50 mono prints and Solid State Disks
That 250 GB Samsung SSD is the same drive I swapped into my 2008 iMac and it was a tremendous speed boost. Well worth the effort. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Just a quick report re my new Espon P50 printer. Working really well with lovely quality. 7dayshop.com are doing Ilford Galerie paper again so downloaded a profile and been getting great results. As for the mono, went on a few forums (fora?) and found some advice about dialing out magenta manually on BW printing. It is working a treat and I now have a good workaround for printing mono without the magenta cast. Excellent. The printer is nice, has a pseudo-carbon fibre lid, and the DVD printing system is lush. Very pleased. As an aside, my son's 2008 Macbook (not pro) was getting very lumpy under 10.8 (Mountain Lion) and so we got him a 250 GB Samsung SSD from Amazon (£127) and installed it last night. The difference is astonishing. It has transformed his Mac and smiles all around. I'm going to do same for my 2006 MBP soon. We're upping his RAM from current 2 to max 8GB later so it will be ready for his photo duties at Uni in Sept. He's using the CS6 trial now, and as he qualifies for the education pricing, a substantial saving from full price. And one of my clients has just told me that they are rebranding - and will I have time to go through their whole video library and edit in the new logos, and output master QT's and web MP4's ? 2013, loving you. -- 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. -- -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 - Broken Ankle Update (good news)
Great news all the way around ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: OT - Broken Ankle Update (good news) In for x-rays today. Ankle reduction worked as hoped. Bone healing where it should be. Old splint (partial cast) off. New full cast on. Still not a walking cast but I'm getting used to these crutches so that's ok. More x-rays in three weeks and then a walking cast. Three weeks in a walking cast and I should be good to go. Best news today: no surgery! (Yay!) Other news: got an inside job at my courier company. Permanent. Started yesterday. Frank's not a bike messenger anymore. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Medium format for 500 Bucks?
on 2013-03-07 2:30 Brian Walters wrote Quoting Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com: Maybe slightly off topic but I should warn you all about fotodiox. They sold me an adaptor (Hasselblad lens to Contax 645 body) which was useless. They said they will replace it. After some further masseges (me reminding, them lying), they never did replace. Another friend from the US (a PN member) shared the same experience. You have been warned. That's an unfortunate experience but, just to give another perspective, I've bought a couple of Fotodiox adapters for my Q and they work fine. I bought them through Amazon. that is too bad, Bulent; like Brian i too have a Fotodiox adapter that works fine (K-mount to M4/3) though it is clearly a budget item, not for hard-core use i had a worse experience with rainbowimaging another, budget brand; they sold me an obviously used (gouged, paint flaking off) M42 to M4/3 adapter, but did replace it on request; both were through Amazon (which, in the US at least, probably makes them more responsive to customers) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Broken Ankle Update (good news)
Great news indeed! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 4:50 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Great news all the way around ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: OT - Broken Ankle Update (good news) In for x-rays today. Ankle reduction worked as hoped. Bone healing where it should be. Old splint (partial cast) off. New full cast on. Still not a walking cast but I'm getting used to these crutches so that's ok. More x-rays in three weeks and then a walking cast. Three weeks in a walking cast and I should be good to go. Best news today: no surgery! (Yay!) Other news: got an inside job at my courier company. Permanent. Started yesterday. Frank's not a bike messenger anymore. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO: Red-tail
Yeah, another hawk flushed from the tree top this AM. Same hunting area, Gray Lodge CA State WA. I always appreciate my luck a little more when I can make out the eye. Even with a tiny bit of catch light. Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=679 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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-tail
Wow! Looks great on my phone. Paul via phone On Mar 7, 2013, at 5:15 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah, another hawk flushed from the tree top this AM. Same hunting area, Gray Lodge CA State WA. I always appreciate my luck a little more when I can make out the eye. Even with a tiny bit of catch light. Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=679 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Red-tail
That is an impressive image, very dynamic. I love the wing position that you captured. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah, another hawk flushed from the tree top this AM. Same hunting area, Gray Lodge CA State WA. I always appreciate my luck a little more when I can make out the eye. Even with a tiny bit of catch light. Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=679 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Red-tail
Good catch Jack! So is that CA or WA? Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah, another hawk flushed from the tree top this AM. Same hunting area, Gray Lodge CA State WA. I always appreciate my luck a little more when I can make out the eye. Even with a tiny bit of catch light. Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=679 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Red-tail
Nice capture. My luck of late the birds have taken off when I was not expecting it so have not gotten any good birds in flight. On 3/7/2013 4:15 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Yeah, another hawk flushed from the tree top this AM. Same hunting area, Gray Lodge CA State WA. I always appreciate my luck a little more when I can make out the eye. Even with a tiny bit of catch light. Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=679 -- Jeffery Johnson Photo Captures by Jeffery http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.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: Under the microscope (For Mark C.)
Mark's are better by far. The photog may be a professor, but he needs some lessons in snowflake photography. : ) -p On 3/7/2013 10:33 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: I saw this gallery of snowflakes on weather.com this morning and thought that overall Mark's photos are much better. http://www.weather.com/news/science/snowflakes-under-microscope-20130306 What is interesting is the technique used in that case. It's indeed a micrscope. You can see the last three photos showing the setup. I suspect the setup might be responsible for some uneven focus over the field of view. It looks like the DOF is very shallow. Igor -- 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: Insuring your photo gear...
On 6/3/13, David Parsons, discombobulated, unleashed: One thing to keep in mind is that business use will usually invalidate coverage. In the UK I use a specialist insurance company for my TV gear. Not much help except that my stills gear (what I have of it) is also covered. http://www.acjltd.co.uk/ -- 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: March PUG is up!!
On 6/3/13, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: G'day all Not a large gallery but a very diverse range of interpretations of Body Parts. I really like Dario's 'Hands up', 'Vintage Tail by Paul S and 'Body Part 1' by (er...) Paul S. Fun interpretation of the month is Jan's 'Just a Leg and Tail'. As usual, you'll find the gallery here: http://pug.komkon.org/ Great gallery. Hands Up by Dario - love it. -- 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: OT - Broken Ankle Update (good news)
On 5/3/13, knarftheria...@gmail.com, discombobulated, unleashed: Frank's not a bike messenger anymore. Something tells me he'll be still messing about o bikes for a few years to come!! -- 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: OT - two unrelated complaints
On 4/3/13, Postmaster, discombobulated, unleashed: 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. Very well put. -- 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: OT: Meanwhile, in Russia...
On 5/3/13, Aahz Maruch, discombobulated, unleashed: A pal posted this on a private newsgroup, since the photo is public, I'm passing it along: https://twitter.com/bobdively/status/308642609197363200/photo/1 I saw one thing in that photo and ignored everything else, and it wasn't the horse, the skier or the snow. -- 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: Red-tail
Nice of you, Paul. Thanks! Jack - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 2:20 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Red-tail Wow! Looks great on my phone. Paul via phone On Mar 7, 2013, at 5:15 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah, another hawk flushed from the tree top this AM. Same hunting area, Gray Lodge CA State WA. I always appreciate my luck a little more when I can make out the eye. Even with a tiny bit of catch light. Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=679 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Red-tail
Paul Stenquist wrote: Wow! Looks great on my phone. Quote of the decade. :) -- 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: PESO: Red-tail
Thanks, Bob! The WA is The California Dept of Fish and Wildlife's abreviation for Wildlife Area. Jack - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 2:40 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Red-tail Good catch Jack! So is that CA or WA? Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah, another hawk flushed from the tree top this AM. Same hunting area, Gray Lodge CA State WA. I always appreciate my luck a little more when I can make out the eye. Even with a tiny bit of catch light. Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=679 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Red-tail
on 2013-03-07 15:15 Jack Davis wrote Yeah, another hawk flushed from the tree top this AM. Same hunting area, Gray Lodge CA State WA. I always appreciate my luck a little more when I can make out the eye. Even with a tiny bit of catch light. Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=679 great drama and nice positioning among the twigs; yellow looks too vivid to me, or was that the early morning sun? i have a pair of flickers doing faux fights in the giant apple tree next door lately, sometimes tumbling in a ball of feathers through the bare branches, but i have little hope of catching a clear shot -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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-tail
That's really good, Jack. I like the composition and the way the wings are framing his face. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah, another hawk flushed from the tree top this AM. Same hunting area, Gray Lodge CA State WA. I always appreciate my luck a little more when I can make out the eye. Even with a tiny bit of catch light. Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=679 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - two unrelated complaints
Steve Cottrell wrote: On 4/3/13, Postmaster, discombobulated, unleashed: 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. Very well put. By the way: A couple of weeks ago the Museum of Fine Arts here in Boston did a Kubrick film festival. We went and saw (among other things) 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was even more brilliant than I remembered it. Kubrick insisted that all the shots in space have *no* sound effects because, well, it's a vacuum - except for the famous Blue Danube docking sequences there isn't even any background music. The effect is very powerful - in sound design less is often more. Here's a good article about just one scene, and it mentions the stunning sound design quite a bit: http://www.avclub.com/articles/2001-a-space-odyssey,43912/ -- 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: PESO: Red-tail
Thanks much, Dan! That's probably the luckiest aspect of it. Jack - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 2:37 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Red-tail That is an impressive image, very dynamic. I love the wing position that you captured. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah, another hawk flushed from the tree top this AM. Same hunting area, Gray Lodge CA State WA. I always appreciate my luck a little more when I can make out the eye. Even with a tiny bit of catch light. Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=679 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Red-tail
It's interesting how most are skittish and fly well pryor to my getting within reasonable range. Then there are those that absolutely will not fly regardless of how much honking, door slamming a whistling I do. Occasionally it works out. Jack - Original Message - From: Jeffery Johnson jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 2:40 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Red-tail Nice capture. My luck of late the birds have taken off when I was not expecting it so have not gotten any good birds in flight. On 3/7/2013 4:15 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Yeah, another hawk flushed from the tree top this AM. Same hunting area, Gray Lodge CA State WA. I always appreciate my luck a little more when I can make out the eye. Even with a tiny bit of catch light. Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=679 -- Jeffery Johnson Photo Captures by Jeffery http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Red-tail
That is a brilliant image. Birds in flight are extremely challenging to catch at all, let alone one as dynamic as this one. I would suggest that luck has little-or-nothing to do with it. Superb! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Meanwhile, in Russia...
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steve Cottrell On 5/3/13, Aahz Maruch, discombobulated, unleashed: A pal posted this on a private newsgroup, since the photo is public, I'm passing it along: https://twitter.com/bobdively/status/308642609197363200/photo/1 I saw one thing in that photo and ignored everything else, and it wasn't the horse, the skier or the snow. was it the same thing the crane saw? B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Stitching photos into 3D (yes, 3D)
can it print a 3D printer? -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Darren Addy Sent: 07 March 2013 18:02 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT: Stitching photos into 3D (yes, 3D) This is severely OT, but as it relates to photography, I thought some might be interested. I'm beginning to learn about 3D printing. My employer owns a big expensive 3d printer, but the hobbiest 3d printer is now starting to really catch on. It is estimated that in a number of years, 50% of homes will have a 3d printer. Sound familiar? It wasn't that many years ago that few thought that a large percentage of homes would have a use for a computer either. If you are new to the concept of 3d printing, here are some videos that explain it: http://www.afinia.com/support/product-videos So here is the part that is really amazing. Blowing my mind, even. Let's say you want to replicate something to make with your 3d printer. You have to have someone draw it up for you with a 3d design program (time consuming/expensive). Or you have to have a 3d scanner that can scan the part and automatically create that 3d file for you (expensive). But AutoDesk (the makers of AutoCAD) have a FREE program called 123D Catch that will allow you take photographs of an object (from all around and up and down) and then stitch them into a 3d rotatable object. This has to be seen to be believed. If you don't watch only one YouTube video today, make it this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aU2s85Zw3A http://www.123dapp.com/catch Available as a web app, for your iPhone/iPad, or for your XP or Win7 PC. Just to show you what is possible. Here is a sculpture Head of a horse of Selene Acropolis, Athens, 438-432 BC It was photographed at the British Museum and the photos stitched together in 123D Catch. Now anybody can have one: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:32228 Artist's full story here: http://www.cosmowenman.com/2012London3DPrintShow.html I have seen the future and we are already there. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - two unrelated complaints
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Steve Cottrell wrote: On 4/3/13, Postmaster, discombobulated, unleashed: 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. Very well put. By the way: A couple of weeks ago the Museum of Fine Arts here in Boston did a Kubrick film festival. We went and saw (among other things) 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was even more brilliant than I remembered it. Kubrick insisted that all the shots in space have *no* sound effects because, well, it's a vacuum - except for the famous Blue Danube docking sequences there isn't even any background music. The effect is very powerful - in sound design less is often more. Here's a good article about just one scene, and it mentions the stunning sound design quite a bit: http://www.avclub.com/articles/2001-a-space-odyssey,43912/ Jacques Tati, Robert Bresson and Luis Bunuel all use sound extremely well in their movies, in ways that are often only noticeable in the 2nd or 3rd viewing/hearing. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Red-tail
Very nicely captured! On 8 March 2013 09:15, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah, another hawk flushed from the tree top this AM. Same hunting area, Gray Lodge CA State WA. I always appreciate my luck a little more when I can make out the eye. Even with a tiny bit of catch light. Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=679 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PESO: Red-tail
good timing ! ann On 3/7/2013 17:15, Jack Davis wrote: Yeah, another hawk flushed from the tree top this AM. Same hunting area, Gray Lodge CA State WA. I always appreciate my luck a little more when I can make out the eye. Even with a tiny bit of catch light. Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=679 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Anybody still shoot with an LX ?
On 8 March 2013 02:14, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I'm hopeful that I can put in a mirror bumper pad and seals in the film back (myself) and be good to go, but that remains to be seen. I was hoping that those of you with an LX (or experience with them) might tell me what sort of issues you had with them (if any) and your impression of where the LX stands in the Pentax film body family. Personally I wouldn't try, it may make things worse when you send it of a CLA. I've still got two bodies, they are great cameras but yes they do have their faults though they are getting a bit old now. Many moons ago I wrote a page about LX problems (most of which I experienced as I had a heap of these bodies) which in the film days used to get a lot of hits, it can be found here: http://users.tpg.com.au/distudio/pentax_lx_problems/ Cheers, -- 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: PESO: St. Thomas - U.S. Virgin Islands
On 4 March 2013 14:34, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info 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 Very nice Stan :) -- 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: Anybody still shoot with an LX ?
Replacing the bumpers is difficult enough that a lot of very good camera techs won't attempt it. Probably not a good DIY project. But that being said, the LX is a marvelous camera. I still have mine. Time to take it out for a spin again. Paul On Mar 7, 2013, at 7:18 PM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 March 2013 02:14, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I'm hopeful that I can put in a mirror bumper pad and seals in the film back (myself) and be good to go, but that remains to be seen. I was hoping that those of you with an LX (or experience with them) might tell me what sort of issues you had with them (if any) and your impression of where the LX stands in the Pentax film body family. Personally I wouldn't try, it may make things worse when you send it of a CLA. I've still got two bodies, they are great cameras but yes they do have their faults though they are getting a bit old now. Many moons ago I wrote a page about LX problems (most of which I experienced as I had a heap of these bodies) which in the film days used to get a lot of hits, it can be found here: http://users.tpg.com.au/distudio/pentax_lx_problems/ Cheers, -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Comet Pan-STARRS
I think it's supposed to have been visible already for a couple of days further north, but tonight was supposed to be the first night it would be visible around here. I've got a good viewing spot near here on the top of a dam that gives me a really low western horizon. But no joy. The sky overhead was clear, but down on the horizon was all murky crap. Oh well, tomorrow's another day. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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-tail
I did bump the yellow to help accentuate the feet and eye. I thought it also added a pleasing overall color tone as well. Appreciated comments, Steve. Thanks! - Original Message - From: steve harley p...@paper-ape.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 3:05 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Red-tail on 2013-03-07 15:15 Jack Davis wrote Yeah, another hawk flushed from the tree top this AM. Same hunting area, Gray Lodge CA State WA. I always appreciate my luck a little more when I can make out the eye. Even with a tiny bit of catch light. Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=679 great drama and nice positioning among the twigs; yellow looks too vivid to me, or was that the early morning sun? i have a pair of flickers doing faux fights in the giant apple tree next door lately, sometimes tumbling in a ball of feathers through the bare branches, but i have little hope of catching a clear shot -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Win8 adoption rate is below Vista's
From: Bruce Walker Some Thursday schadenfreude: Numbers are in and Windows 8 is looking like an epic fail. But we here at the PDML test center knew that already. :) http://www.zdnet.com/five-reasons-why-windows-8-has-failed-712104/ I don't know why he's soft-peddling 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: Stitching photos into 3D (yes, 3D)
Paging Douglas Hofstadter. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:25 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: can it print a 3D printer? -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Darren Addy Sent: 07 March 2013 18:02 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT: Stitching photos into 3D (yes, 3D) This is severely OT, but as it relates to photography, I thought some might be interested. I'm beginning to learn about 3D printing. My employer owns a big expensive 3d printer, but the hobbiest 3d printer is now starting to really catch on. It is estimated that in a number of years, 50% of homes will have a 3d printer. Sound familiar? It wasn't that many years ago that few thought that a large percentage of homes would have a use for a computer either. If you are new to the concept of 3d printing, here are some videos that explain it: http://www.afinia.com/support/product-videos So here is the part that is really amazing. Blowing my mind, even. Let's say you want to replicate something to make with your 3d printer. You have to have someone draw it up for you with a 3d design program (time consuming/expensive). Or you have to have a 3d scanner that can scan the part and automatically create that 3d file for you (expensive). But AutoDesk (the makers of AutoCAD) have a FREE program called 123D Catch that will allow you take photographs of an object (from all around and up and down) and then stitch them into a 3d rotatable object. This has to be seen to be believed. If you don't watch only one YouTube video today, make it this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aU2s85Zw3A http://www.123dapp.com/catch Available as a web app, for your iPhone/iPad, or for your XP or Win7 PC. Just to show you what is possible. Here is a sculpture Head of a horse of Selene Acropolis, Athens, 438-432 BC It was photographed at the British Museum and the photos stitched together in 123D Catch. Now anybody can have one: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:32228 Artist's full story here: http://www.cosmowenman.com/2012London3DPrintShow.html I have seen the future and we are already there. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Anybody still shoot with an LX ?
After reading this thread, I took my LX out of the display case where it lives and fired the shutter a few times to make sure the mirror wasn't sticking after quite a few years of storage with only an occasional shutter activation. It was fine at high speeds. Then I tried some slow speeds. Nothing. A moment of panic, then I remembered that when the battery dies, you lose the slower shutter speeds. I'm going to pick up a battery tomorrow and shoot a roll of Tri-X sometime soon. Paul On Mar 7, 2013, at 7:23 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Replacing the bumpers is difficult enough that a lot of very good camera techs won't attempt it. Probably not a good DIY project. But that being said, the LX is a marvelous camera. I still have mine. Time to take it out for a spin again. Paul On Mar 7, 2013, at 7:18 PM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 March 2013 02:14, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I'm hopeful that I can put in a mirror bumper pad and seals in the film back (myself) and be good to go, but that remains to be seen. I was hoping that those of you with an LX (or experience with them) might tell me what sort of issues you had with them (if any) and your impression of where the LX stands in the Pentax film body family. Personally I wouldn't try, it may make things worse when you send it of a CLA. I've still got two bodies, they are great cameras but yes they do have their faults though they are getting a bit old now. Many moons ago I wrote a page about LX problems (most of which I experienced as I had a heap of these bodies) which in the film days used to get a lot of hits, it can be found here: http://users.tpg.com.au/distudio/pentax_lx_problems/ Cheers, -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Red-tail
Appreciated comments, Bruce. The wing position is a gift of a continuous shutter. ;-) Jack - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 3:08 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Red-tail That's really good, Jack. I like the composition and the way the wings are framing his face. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah, another hawk flushed from the tree top this AM. Same hunting area, Gray Lodge CA State WA. I always appreciate my luck a little more when I can make out the eye. Even with a tiny bit of catch light. Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=679 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Red-tail
Thank you, Rod! I enjoy the sport. Jack - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 4:07 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Red-tail Very nicely captured! On 8 March 2013 09:15, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah, another hawk flushed from the tree top this AM. Same hunting area, Gray Lodge CA State WA. I always appreciate my luck a little more when I can make out the eye. Even with a tiny bit of catch light. Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=679 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Win8 adoption rate is below Vista's
I'm pretty sure you can still get Windoze7 from Newegg, Tiger Direct, etc. so you can build your own. From: Daniel J. Matyola Microsoft never fails. My partner is looking for a new PC. It is impossible to find one without Windows 8. Take it o9r leave it. Microsoft forces the PC manufacturers to sell new computers only with Windows 8, and most PC users lack the time and information to do anything byt accept what they are offered and suffer through it. Windows 8 will be extremely profitable for Microsoft. They have the industry muscle to ensure that. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Some Thursday schadenfreude: Numbers are in and Windows 8 is looking like an epic fail. But we here at the PDML test center knew that already. :) http://www.zdnet.com/five-reasons-why-windows-8-has-failed-712104/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Maori Dancer
On Wed, Mar 06, 2013, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Thanks, Igor, for looking and for commenting. You are right, of course. The routine had a lot of quick movements, and part of his body was obscured by motion blur in each of the images. I chose this one because the blur occurred in an area that did not affect the features that were of interest to me. Obviously, the blur is more distracting to others than to me, ruining the image. Actually, to me the blur makes the image; I'm a fan of taiko and this looks somewhat similar: you've captured the face rock-solid, but the blur provides the needed feel of movement. -- 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: Red-tail
Accidental..I assure you, Ann. All I need do is pick the frame I like from those I find spread on the Organizer.. Jack ;-) - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 4:10 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Red-tail good timing ! ann On 3/7/2013 17:15, Jack Davis wrote: Yeah, another hawk flushed from the tree top this AM. Same hunting area, Gray Lodge CA State WA. I always appreciate my luck a little more when I can make out the eye. Even with a tiny bit of catch light. Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=679 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Win8 adoption rate is below Vista's
I was going to suggest that, but I wonder if there will be an issue with newer machines needing drivers and kernel code that is only provided by Win8? Dell et al may have been making OS support assumptions in their latest designs. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 7:45 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I'm pretty sure you can still get Windoze7 from Newegg, Tiger Direct, etc. so you can build your own. From: Daniel J. Matyola Microsoft never fails. My partner is looking for a new PC. It is impossible to find one without Windows 8. Take it o9r leave it. Microsoft forces the PC manufacturers to sell new computers only with Windows 8, and most PC users lack the time and information to do anything byt accept what they are offered and suffer through it. Windows 8 will be extremely profitable for Microsoft. They have the industry muscle to ensure that. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Some Thursday schadenfreude: Numbers are in and Windows 8 is looking like an epic fail. But we here at the PDML test center knew that already. :) http://www.zdnet.com/five-reasons-why-windows-8-has-failed-712104/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Win8 adoption rate is below Vista's
On 8 March 2013 02:20, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Some Thursday schadenfreude: Numbers are in and Windows 8 is looking like an epic fail. But we here at the PDML test center knew that already. :) http://www.zdnet.com/five-reasons-why-windows-8-has-failed-712104/ No surprises, even their brute force attack (elimination of W7 options) doesn't seem to be working. About time. -- 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: OT - Win8 adoption rate is below Vista's
From: Daniel J. Matyola We were previously advised that Home Premium Windows 7 does not work well in an office environment, and apparently is not fully compatible with the network we are using. In any event, both our consultant and Dell are showing us only Windows 8 machines. Dan Matyola I'd tell a consultant that if he wants to keep my business he better be offering machines that meet my requirements, or I'll take my business elsewhere. If you don't want Windoze8, tell him so. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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-tail
MY! Generous comments, Darren. I realize an extremely small percentage of barely decent images. All I can claim is that I'm stubbornly persistent. Jack - Original Message - From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 3:18 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Red-tail That is a brilliant image. Birds in flight are extremely challenging to catch at all, let alone one as dynamic as this one. I would suggest that luck has little-or-nothing to do with it. Superb! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Comet Pan-STARRS
On Thu, March 7, 2013 4:30 pm, John Sessoms wrote: I think it's supposed to have been visible already for a couple of days further north, but tonight was supposed to be the first night it would be visible around here. I've got a good viewing spot near here on the top of a dam that gives me a really low western horizon. But no joy. The sky overhead was clear, but down on the horizon was all murky crap. Oh well, tomorrow's another day. Please keep us posted. Full on clouds and rain here. -- Larry Colen 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 here's one for Cotty
From: Steve Cottrell On 4/3/13, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: Never mind his hat, here's the full frame camera that Cotty wants: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8530803182/ Nice but actually not! Wouldn't mind one of these though: http://www.eberlefilm.com/files/alexa_internet.jpg What's the advantage of the ARRI over the RED? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Another Leica Pic
Another pic from last weekend. Tri-X in the Leica iiif RD with the Summicron 50/2 Collapsible http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17014632size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Maori Dancer
Thanks, AAhz. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 06, 2013, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Thanks, Igor, for looking and for commenting. You are right, of course. The routine had a lot of quick movements, and part of his body was obscured by motion blur in each of the images. I chose this one because the blur occurred in an area that did not affect the features that were of interest to me. Obviously, the blur is more distracting to others than to me, ruining the image. Actually, to me the blur makes the image; I'm a fan of taiko and this looks somewhat similar: you've captured the face rock-solid, but the blur provides the needed feel of movement. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Epson P50 mono prints and Solid State Disks
From: Charles Robinson On Mar 7, 2013, at 11:46 , Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: As an aside, my son's 2008 Macbook (not pro) was getting very lumpy under 10.8 (Mountain Lion) and so we got him a 250 GB Samsung SSD from Amazon (?127) and installed it last night. The difference is astonishing. It has transformed his Mac and smiles all around. I'm going to do same for my 2006 MBP soon. My latest laptop (15 Macbook Pro, 16GB RAM) from work came with a (not-requested by me) 500GB SSD and the speed is phenomenal. 500GB is a little light for my work, so I have archival stuff on an external 2TB USB3 drive. I'm considering swapping out the as-yet-unused optical drive for a bracket that can hold another 2.5 drive in there as well. I just read that Seagate is discontinuing production of 2.5 7200RPM drives. They see it's all going SSD. If you need high-performance, spinning oxide on metal ain't going to be what you do. My assumption is that they'll keep the slower discs around for a while for the cheapskates. -Charles During my most recent weekly pilgrimage to my local computer store, 3TB 7200rpm Seagate drives were less than $140. The largest SSD available at a comparable price was 120GB. I think large spinning drives may hold the mass storage market for a while yet. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - two unrelated complaints
From: Mark Roberts Steve Cottrell wrote: On 4/3/13, Postmaster, discombobulated, unleashed: 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. Very well put. By the way: A couple of weeks ago the Museum of Fine Arts here in Boston did a Kubrick film festival. We went and saw (among other things) 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was even more brilliant than I remembered it. Kubrick insisted that all the shots in space have *no* sound effects because, well, it's a vacuum - except for the famous Blue Danube docking sequences there isn't even any background music. The effect is very powerful - in sound design less is often more. Here's a good article about just one scene, and it mentions the stunning sound design quite a bit: http://www.avclub.com/articles/2001-a-space-odyssey,43912/ Another amazing effect is the appearance of his rocket motors thrusters; and that his space craft move like they're in orbit, not zooming around like WWI fighter planes. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Win8 adoption rate is below Vista's
It may be a problem buying from Dell, HP, etc, but my experience so far with buying parts building my own computers is the parts supplier provides backwards compatible drivers for at least a couple of Windoze iterations. When I built my new computer last year all of the hardware manufacturers supplied drivers compatible back at least to XP. Some supported OS's as far back as Windoze2000 or NT4.0, mostly devices that were available back then. It's probably not really a problem with Dell, HP et al. From: Bruce Walker I was going to suggest that, but I wonder if there will be an issue with newer machines needing drivers and kernel code that is only provided by Win8? Dell et al may have been making OS support assumptions in their latest designs. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 7:45 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I'm pretty sure you can still get Windoze7 from Newegg, Tiger Direct, etc. so you can build your own. From: Daniel J. Matyola Microsoft never fails. My partner is looking for a new PC. It is impossible to find one without Windows 8. Take it o9r leave it. Microsoft forces the PC manufacturers to sell new computers only with Windows 8, and most PC users lack the time and information to do anything byt accept what they are offered and suffer through 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: Epson P50 mono prints and Solid State Disks
On Mar 7, 2013, at 19:51 , John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I just read that Seagate is discontinuing production of 2.5 7200RPM drives. They see it's all going SSD. If you need high-performance, spinning oxide on metal ain't going to be what you do. My assumption is that they'll keep the slower discs around for a while for the cheapskates. -Charles During my most recent weekly pilgrimage to my local computer store, 3TB 7200rpm Seagate drives were less than $140. The largest SSD available at a comparable price was 120GB. I think large spinning drives may hold the mass storage market for a while yet. Well... at 7200RPM you'll have to find another vendor. Seagate isn't going to make 'em. I don't argue that you get more storage for the buck with oxide - but the high-speed drives (7200+ RPM) are/were aimed at those looking for Performance (with a capital P) and for that you'll probably be seeing hybrid or SSD-only drives filling that niche. -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: Epson P50 mono prints and Solid State Disks
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: During my most recent weekly pilgrimage to my local computer store, 3TB 7200rpm Seagate drives were less than $140. Well... at 7200RPM you'll have to find another vendor. Seagate isn't going to make 'em. I don't argue that you get more storage for the buck with oxide - but the high-speed drives (7200+ RPM) are/were aimed at those looking for Performance (with a capital P) and for that you'll probably be seeing hybrid or SSD-only drives filling that niche. The 3 TB drive would be a 3.5 desktop drive... Seagate's only discontinuing 7200 RPM 2.5 (laptop) drives (as you said earlier). I expect the market for large-capacity, high-speed desktop drives to be robust for a while yet. There's data centers buying them by the rackful. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Epson P50 mono prints and Solid State Disks
On Mar 7, 2013, at 20:37 , Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: During my most recent weekly pilgrimage to my local computer store, 3TB 7200rpm Seagate drives were less than $140. Well... at 7200RPM you'll have to find another vendor. Seagate isn't going to make 'em. I don't argue that you get more storage for the buck with oxide - but the high-speed drives (7200+ RPM) are/were aimed at those looking for Performance (with a capital P) and for that you'll probably be seeing hybrid or SSD-only drives filling that niche. The 3 TB drive would be a 3.5 desktop drive... Seagate's only discontinuing 7200 RPM 2.5 (laptop) drives (as you said earlier). I expect the market for large-capacity, high-speed desktop drives to be robust for a while yet. There's data centers buying them by the rackful. Good point. And as I work at a data center, I know that to be true. We buy 'em by the ton, almost. I did say 2.5 drives in my initial email... :-) -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: Epson P50 mono prints and Solid State Disks
On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 03:01:40PM -0600, Charles Robinson wrote: On Mar 7, 2013, at 11:46 , Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: As an aside, my son's 2008 Macbook (not pro) was getting very lumpy under 10.8 (Mountain Lion) and so we got him a 250 GB Samsung SSD from Amazon (?127) and installed it last night. The difference is astonishing. It has transformed his Mac and smiles all around. I'm going to do same for my 2006 MBP soon. My latest laptop (15 Macbook Pro, 16GB RAM) from work came with a (not-requested by me) 500GB SSD and the speed is phenomenal. 500GB is a little light for my work, so I have archival stuff on an external 2TB USB3 drive. I'm considering swapping out the as-yet-unused optical drive for a bracket that can hold another 2.5 drive in there as well. I just read that Seagate is discontinuing production of 2.5 7200RPM drives. They see it's all going SSD. If you need high-performance, spinning oxide on metal ain't going to be what you do. My assumption is that they'll keep the slower discs around for a while for the cheapskates. -Charles I hear you. My wife just decided we needed yet another computer, so we picked up a Dell XPS 13. W7 Pro, twin-core i5 CPU and a 256GB SSD - it's fast! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
