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Larry Colen wrote:

>I'm not entirely sure what was the point going from the K30 to the K50.

Overcoming the fugly design of the K30 was probably the main
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Re: Rumors were Pentax releasing 5 cameras this year..

2013-06-13 Thread Tim Øsleby

K50 is +1EV ISO-sensitivity.

And it is Eye-Fi card enabled, whatever that means.
I thought Eye-Fi cards could be used in every camera. Been using it in
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2013/6/13 Mark Roberts :
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>>I'm not entirely sure what was the point going from the K30 to the K50.
>
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Re: PESO - Portrait of a Tree Swallow

Enjoyed very much, Frank. Remarkable how detailed this is after your
severe crop; contrast and colour are strong. Excellent pose too.

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:32 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
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> I really didn't like what he was sitting on and most of the background sucked 
> (even more than what you see here) but it seemed sharp enough to crop in 
> tight so that's what I did. This is less than 20% of the original frame:
>
>  http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/06/portrait-of-tree-swallow.html?m=1
>
> I'm happy enough with the detail all things considered. And of course I love 
> tree swallows anyway, pretty little things that they are.
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> Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.
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Re: PESO - Portrait of a Tree Swallow

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:43 PM, P.J. Alling
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> Dammit Frank, your bird photos are becoming annoyingly good, I can't hate
> you more than I already do, and not burst a blood vessel.

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Re: PESO - Wilkinsons point pavilion

What Paul said. That's gorgeous, Philip.

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
> Well done. Would serve nicely on their website or in their brochure.
>
> Paul
> On Jun 11, 2013, at 8:32 PM, Philip Northeast  wrote:
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>> A new stage in the development at the GASP offer unusual views over the river
>>
>> http://abouttas.com/2013/06/wilkinsons-point-pavilion/
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Re: GESO The Brawley

2013-06-13 Thread Derby Chang

That's a terrific set. The lighting looks natural. Staff look 
attractively natural too.


And you have your pics in the wall. Is it a permanent exhibit? Kudos


On 13/06/2013 10:18 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:

So I landed a paying gig last weekend. I was to document the opening
of a new club: show off the facilities, catch the opening night band,
dancing, drinking, and try to snap some of the staff too. Here's a
small set of 12 of the more interesting shots (of the 74 finals
delivered to The Brawley brass):

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjG1qjie   The Brawley Opening

All taken with my K20D, DA* 55, DA* 16-50 & DA* 50-135.

The first three staff shots (wait, bar, kitchen) were lit with a used
$30 AF200T in an 18" softbox on a monopod, gelled 1/2 CTO, and wielded
by my able assistant (my wife). I precomputed the flash exposure
assuming a fixed rough distance to the subjects, then set the shutter
to let in ambient room light about two stops below the key. When WB
adjusted for the orange gel, the background goes a blue tint to give
it that cool look.

The west wing and patio shots are HDR, as you've likely guessed --
apologies in advance. I used Nik HDR Pro and it's pretty good, but I'm
not really an HDR kinda guy. I just figured these facilities shots
would benefit from that Marketing Imperative where Over The Top just
isn't good enough. :-)

Most of the dark club dancing and band shots were taken at ISO 3200.
In the past I dismissed that as useless on the K20D but they clean up
nicely with Nik Dfine, so I'm coming to rely on it now. (It even
removes colour banding well so I'm going to go back and revisit some
of my "lost" K100Ds shots.)


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Re: GESO: Grandfather Mountain 2013

Very beautiful work, Mark. Atic Window Tunnel is a standout for me. So
is Boone Fork #1412.


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Mark Roberts
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> I've put up a little gallery of shots from this year's Nature
> Photography Weekend. Nothing earth-shattering but it'll give you a
> feel for what we do there.
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RE: Non-news story of the day: Kodak not making acetate

2013-06-13 Thread John Sessoms


From: Mark Roberts

There's a bit of panic going around the web as Kodak has announced
they're going to cease manufacture of acetate film base. They're not
stopping FILM production, they're just no longer manufacturing their
own acetate to make it with.


That's kind of ironic, because I thought Kodak had stopped making film a
year or so back.

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Re: Non-news story of the day: Kodak not making acetate

John Sessoms wrote:

>From: Mark Roberts
>> There's a bit of panic going around the web as Kodak has announced
>> they're going to cease manufacture of acetate film base. They're not
>> stopping FILM production, they're just no longer manufacturing their
>> own acetate to make it with.
>
>That's kind of ironic, because I thought Kodak had stopped making film a
>year or so back.

They stopped production of all slide film about a year and a half ago.
Now it's just B&W negative and color negative film. The motion picture
industry is all that's keeping the production lines running enough to
be profitable now. When movies go all digital that'll probably be the
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Re: GESO The Brawley

2013-06-13 Thread Steve Cottrell

On 12/6/13, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed:

>http://flic.kr/s/aHsjG1qjie   The Brawley Opening

Great job Bruce!

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Re: Non-news story of the day: Kodak not making acetate

2013-06-13 Thread Darren Addy

I imagine that there is *a lot* of film being put in freezers by some
people in Hollywood (which would be sort of artificially inflating the
demand seen right now), but yeah - the writing is on the wall.
If you haven't yet seen the documentary "Side by Side" I highly
recommend it. Trailer and outtakes here:
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr1l1NgQH4s
Outtakes playlist: http://goo.gl/gimEu

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Mark Roberts
 wrote:
> John Sessoms wrote:
>
>>From: Mark Roberts
>>> There's a bit of panic going around the web as Kodak has announced
>>> they're going to cease manufacture of acetate film base. They're not
>>> stopping FILM production, they're just no longer manufacturing their
>>> own acetate to make it with.
>>
>>That's kind of ironic, because I thought Kodak had stopped making film a
>>year or so back.
>
> They stopped production of all slide film about a year and a half ago.
> Now it's just B&W negative and color negative film. The motion picture
> industry is all that's keeping the production lines running enough to
> be profitable now. When movies go all digital that'll probably be the
> end for film.
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Re: Non-news story of the day: Kodak not making acetate

2013-06-13 Thread George Sinos

The full version of "Side by Side" is on Netflix streaming and can
also be viewed for free on Amazon Instant video if you are an Amazon
Prime member.

I watched it a while back and thought it was interesting.

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On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Darren Addy  wrote:
> I imagine that there is *a lot* of film being put in freezers by some
> people in Hollywood (which would be sort of artificially inflating the
> demand seen right now), but yeah - the writing is on the wall.
> If you haven't yet seen the documentary "Side by Side" I highly
> recommend it. Trailer and outtakes here:
> Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr1l1NgQH4s
> Outtakes playlist: http://goo.gl/gimEu
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> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Mark Roberts
>  wrote:
>> John Sessoms wrote:
>>
>>>From: Mark Roberts
 There's a bit of panic going around the web as Kodak has announced
 they're going to cease manufacture of acetate film base. They're not
 stopping FILM production, they're just no longer manufacturing their
 own acetate to make it with.
>>>
>>>That's kind of ironic, because I thought Kodak had stopped making film a
>>>year or so back.
>>
>> They stopped production of all slide film about a year and a half ago.
>> Now it's just B&W negative and color negative film. The motion picture
>> industry is all that's keeping the production lines running enough to
>> be profitable now. When movies go all digital that'll probably be the
>> end for film.
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Re: Non-news story of the day: Kodak not making acetate

2013-06-13 Thread P.J. Alling

No that will be the end for Kodak film.  Film was profitable at lower 
volumes in the past, it will be again, however you can't run a factory 
designed to produce 5 billion square feet of a product a week, (just for 
example, I don't know the actual numbers), when demand is 5 thousand 
square feet a week.  You can however run a factory designed for 5 
thousand feet a week profitably.  That varies from product to product 
however, some machines can be mothballed until you need them quite 
nicely.  A film plant, probably not. The biggest problem is 
distribution, and the internet seems to be designed for niche products.


On 6/13/2013 9:51 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:

John Sessoms wrote:


From: Mark Roberts

There's a bit of panic going around the web as Kodak has announced
they're going to cease manufacture of acetate film base. They're not
stopping FILM production, they're just no longer manufacturing their
own acetate to make it with.

That's kind of ironic, because I thought Kodak had stopped making film a
year or so back.

They stopped production of all slide film about a year and a half ago.
Now it's just B&W negative and color negative film. The motion picture
industry is all that's keeping the production lines running enough to
be profitable now. When movies go all digital that'll probably be the
end for film.
  



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Re: Rumors were Pentax releasing 5 cameras this year..

2013-06-13 Thread P.J. Alling

I didn't think it was fugly, but I did think it had been designed by 
Warner Bro.s for Marvin the Martian...


Pentax was just trying to be fashion forward, remember it was released 
about the same time as the K-01, and the in house guys had something to 
prove, though I'm not quite sure what that was.


On 6/13/2013 7:47 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:

Larry Colen wrote:


I'm not entirely sure what was the point going from the K30 to the K50.

Overcoming the fugly design of the K30 was probably the main
motivation.
  



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Re: Rumors were Pentax releasing 5 cameras this year..

2013-06-13 Thread P.J. Alling

It's a bullet point, like "caffeine" free root beer, or ginger ale, both 
of which have always been caffeine free.  It seems that all cameras that 
can accept Eye-Fi cards have always been Eye-Fi enabled...


On 6/13/2013 8:01 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote:

K50 is +1EV ISO-sensitivity.

And it is Eye-Fi card enabled, whatever that means.
I thought Eye-Fi cards could be used in every camera. Been using it in
my K-5 for some time now.
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2013/6/13 Mark Roberts :

Larry Colen wrote:


I'm not entirely sure what was the point going from the K30 to the K50.

Overcoming the fugly design of the K30 was probably the main
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EyeFi

2013-06-13 Thread CollinB

I see from the most recent Pentax email ad that they have built a
relationship with EyeFi.


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Re: Non-news story of the day: Kodak not making acetate

Darren Addy wrote:

>I imagine that there is *a lot* of film being put in freezers by some
>people in Hollywood (which would be sort of artificially inflating the
>demand seen right now), 

Not likely to be enough to affect overall demand, really: The biggest
demand isn't from filmmakers shooting with film but for making the
thousands and thousands of *prints* that are distributed to movie
theatres. Once digital projection becomes the norm it'll be over.

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*pod wanking (was Re: PESO: Nightshot - American Pie III)

2013-06-13 Thread Aahz Maruch

On Wed, Jun 05, 2013, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
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> I compromise and settle for a monopod. it works almost as well as a
> tripod but its quicker in usage.

On my Alaska cruise a couple of weeks ago, I brought along a monopod and
two bean bags.  Didn't really use any of them -- conditions were always
terrible for anything other than handheld high shutter speeds.  (The one
event I really planned to use the monopod got canceled -- small-group
photography walk to a glacier -- because weather delayed us enough to
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Pentax dealers in the Bay Area?

I'm supposed to photograph a friend's wedding Saturday.  Technically, I'm 
supposed to photograph her surfing to the ceremony on the beach.
As I mentioned, my camera has a bit of an issue at the moment. 
I also just found out that due to refinancing my home loan, I'm getting
a big bump in my cashflow (no house payment until August).
I was ready to say WTF, and just go to San Jose Camera and buy a K-5 II,
assuming that their price wasn't too far off of B&H.
All that they have are K30s. 

I don't suppose that there are any stores near San Jose, that actually
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Re: Pentax dealers in the Bay Area?

2013-06-13 Thread Paul Stenquist

Have B&H overnight one to you. What you save buying there will probably cover 
the shipping.


On Jun 13, 2013, at 2:45 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:

> I'm supposed to photograph a friend's wedding Saturday.  Technically, I'm 
> supposed to photograph her surfing to the ceremony on the beach.
> As I mentioned, my camera has a bit of an issue at the moment. 
> I also just found out that due to refinancing my home loan, I'm getting
> a big bump in my cashflow (no house payment until August).
> I was ready to say WTF, and just go to San Jose Camera and buy a K-5 II,
> assuming that their price wasn't too far off of B&H.
> All that they have are K30s. 
> 
> I don't suppose that there are any stores near San Jose, that actually
> have the K-5 II in stock?
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Re: Pentax dealers in the Bay Area?

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 03:10:19PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote:
> Have B&H overnight one to you. What you save buying there will probably cover 
> the shipping.

yeah, and their price dropped $100 overnight.

Although, San Jose Camera's prices aren't too far off of B&H, apart from sales 
tax.

> 
> 
> On Jun 13, 2013, at 2:45 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> > I'm supposed to photograph a friend's wedding Saturday.  Technically, I'm 
> > supposed to photograph her surfing to the ceremony on the beach.
> > As I mentioned, my camera has a bit of an issue at the moment. 
> > I also just found out that due to refinancing my home loan, I'm getting
> > a big bump in my cashflow (no house payment until August).
> > I was ready to say WTF, and just go to San Jose Camera and buy a K-5 II,
> > assuming that their price wasn't too far off of B&H.
> > All that they have are K30s. 
> > 
> > I don't suppose that there are any stores near San Jose, that actually
> > have the K-5 II in stock?
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Re: GESO The Brawley

Thanks, Frank. They _say_ they love the shots, but The Brawley's
owners have been running off their feet since the beginning of May
getting the club ready and then opening (Phil, the owner/manager,
practically lives there), so I don't think they've had a chance to
really appreciate them yet. But I got my cheque, so there can't be any
show-stoppers. :-)

As Gerrit mentioned, The Brawley is a few streets east of Kipling on
The Queensway, north side. Have you been around long enough to recall
a club called OV's? It's that building. OV's was there for 15 years
but gradually turned into a place so dark and seedy that bikers would
avoid it. Then it was renovated with new management and became a
family friendly place called Hollywood, ran into financial trouble
after a few years and now it's renewed as The Brawley.


On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:48 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
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> That's a wonderful set, Bruce! Your patrons must be very pleased with them.
>
> Where's The Brawley anyway?
>
> cheers,
> frank
>
> --- Original Message ---
>
> From: Bruce Walker 
> Sent: June 12, 2013 6/12/13
> To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List 
> Subject: GESO The Brawley
>
> So I landed a paying gig last weekend. I was to document the opening
> of a new club: show off the facilities, catch the opening night band,
> dancing, drinking, and try to snap some of the staff too. Here's a
> small set of 12 of the more interesting shots (of the 74 finals
> delivered to The Brawley brass):
>
> http://flic.kr/s/aHsjG1qjie   The Brawley Opening
>
> All taken with my K20D, DA* 55, DA* 16-50 & DA* 50-135.
>
> The first three staff shots (wait, bar, kitchen) were lit with a used
> $30 AF200T in an 18" softbox on a monopod, gelled 1/2 CTO, and wielded
> by my able assistant (my wife). I precomputed the flash exposure
> assuming a fixed rough distance to the subjects, then set the shutter
> to let in ambient room light about two stops below the key. When WB
> adjusted for the orange gel, the background goes a blue tint to give
> it that cool look.
>
> The west wing and patio shots are HDR, as you've likely guessed --
> apologies in advance. I used Nik HDR Pro and it's pretty good, but I'm
> not really an HDR kinda guy. I just figured these facilities shots
> would benefit from that Marketing Imperative where Over The Top just
> isn't good enough. :-)
>
> Most of the dark club dancing and band shots were taken at ISO 3200.
> In the past I dismissed that as useless on the K20D but they clean up
> nicely with Nik Dfine, so I'm coming to rely on it now. (It even
> removes colour banding well so I'm going to go back and revisit some
> of my "lost" K100Ds shots.)
>
>
> Comments welcome, as always.
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Re: Non-news story of the day: Kodak not making acetate

2013-06-13 Thread Darren Addy

That's a good point, Mark.

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Mark Roberts
 wrote:
> Darren Addy wrote:
>
>>I imagine that there is *a lot* of film being put in freezers by some
>>people in Hollywood (which would be sort of artificially inflating the
>>demand seen right now),
>
> Not likely to be enough to affect overall demand, really: The biggest
> demand isn't from filmmakers shooting with film but for making the
> thousands and thousands of *prints* that are distributed to movie
> theatres. Once digital projection becomes the norm it'll be over.
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Re: OT: Another windfall/enablement


Looks great, Paul! Thanks for the pointer!

-- Walt

On 6/12/2013 7:03 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote:
Create an album with jAlbum and save it to your hard drive, then you 
can show the album pix using a web browser.


http://jalbum.net/en/

-p

On 6/12/2013 12:45 PM, Walt wrote:

Hi all,

At some point over the past few weeks, I apparently had a lucky
horseshoe kicked up my ass. Seems I won in a drawing for a laptop last
week -- nothing special to be sure, but hey -- FREE!

It's smaller than my main laptop, and thus, more convenient to carry
around with me. So, with that in mind, does anyone have any suggestions
with regard to presenting a portfolio on it? It's a Compaq 15.8", and
the display isn't exactly Retina-quality, I suspect. But I'd like to
have a way for someone to easily navigate through a relatively small
collection of my better work and make it look reasonably professional.
It would have to be stored locally, so I can show it when there may not
be an internet connection available. I like Picasa's picture viewer OK,
but wonder if there might be something better out there.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

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Re: GESO The Brawley

Thank you, Gerrit.

Re East Wing, you've sharp eyes! :-) Yes, eight of my Postmodern
Pinups and an acrylic of Louise' are on display in the club for the
next 8 weeks. Phil wanted Louise and I to be the first in the door on
soft-opening day and when we arrived L noted the blank walls. Phil has
agreed to let her curate the space and she'll be rotating artists
through there. But I was able to get something up that very afternoon
and they seem to love them, so everyone's happy.

Blues gigs will be happening, don't worry. So far it's been different
groups each Friday and Sunday, an oldies dance Saturday, and I expect
some of our fave blues bands to rotate in. Sometimes there's a $5
cover now, but that's not a bad thing. It's Little Peter and The
Consuls this Sunday which we'll try to make as we know the bassist.

High ISO is the name of the game there, so your K-5 will rock it. You
won't need any FL longer than 135mm as you can easily get near the
stage. Even a fast 50mm will get great results.


On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 7:26 AM, Gerrit Visser  wrote:
> Good captures of the mood. Jive shows activity without making you focus on
> details.
> East Wing has some familiar looking snaps on the wall? Should it be labelled
> Wall of Fame? :-)
>
> Aretha-esque really captures the live music feel.
>
> I hope there will be Sunday blues gigs again! High ISO shots would work
> great for those.
>
> Gerrit
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker
> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 8:18 PM
> To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List
> Subject: GESO The Brawley
>
> So I landed a paying gig last weekend. I was to document the opening of a
> new club: show off the facilities, catch the opening night band, dancing,
> drinking, and try to snap some of the staff too. Here's a small set of 12 of
> the more interesting shots (of the 74 finals delivered to The Brawley
> brass):
>
> http://flic.kr/s/aHsjG1qjie   The Brawley Opening
>
> All taken with my K20D, DA* 55, DA* 16-50 & DA* 50-135.
>
> The first three staff shots (wait, bar, kitchen) were lit with a used
> $30 AF200T in an 18" softbox on a monopod, gelled 1/2 CTO, and wielded by my
> able assistant (my wife). I precomputed the flash exposure assuming a fixed
> rough distance to the subjects, then set the shutter to let in ambient room
> light about two stops below the key. When WB adjusted for the orange gel,
> the background goes a blue tint to give it that cool look.
>
> The west wing and patio shots are HDR, as you've likely guessed -- apologies
> in advance. I used Nik HDR Pro and it's pretty good, but I'm not really an
> HDR kinda guy. I just figured these facilities shots would benefit from that
> Marketing Imperative where Over The Top just isn't good enough. :-)
>
> Most of the dark club dancing and band shots were taken at ISO 3200.
> In the past I dismissed that as useless on the K20D but they clean up nicely
> with Nik Dfine, so I'm coming to rely on it now. (It even removes colour
> banding well so I'm going to go back and revisit some of my "lost" K100Ds
> shots.)
>
>
> Comments welcome, as always.
>
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Re: Pentax dealers in the Bay Area?

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 03:10:19PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote:
> Have B&H overnight one to you. What you save buying there will probably cover 
> the shipping.

After much dithering, I finally decided, WTF, I was probably going to go for a 
K-5II eventually anyways, for the better focus, logged into B&H, and noticed 
that
I missed their same day ship time by 20 minutes.

I guess that my credit card made its saving throw.

> 
> 
> On Jun 13, 2013, at 2:45 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> > I'm supposed to photograph a friend's wedding Saturday.  Technically, I'm 
> > supposed to photograph her surfing to the ceremony on the beach.
> > As I mentioned, my camera has a bit of an issue at the moment. 
> > I also just found out that due to refinancing my home loan, I'm getting
> > a big bump in my cashflow (no house payment until August).
> > I was ready to say WTF, and just go to San Jose Camera and buy a K-5 II,
> > assuming that their price wasn't too far off of B&H.
> > All that they have are K30s. 
> > 
> > I don't suppose that there are any stores near San Jose, that actually
> > have the K-5 II in stock?
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Re: Pentax dealers in the Bay Area?

2013-06-13 Thread Paul Sorenson

Amazon has it for $990. Overnight shipping if you order in the next 2
hours...

http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-16-3-DSLR-Body-Black/dp/B009JPEISW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1371155157&sr=8-4&keywords=pentax+k-5II

http://tinyurl.com/k68ghef

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On 6/13/2013 3:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 03:10:19PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote:

Have B&H overnight one to you. What you save buying there will probably cover
the shipping.

After much dithering, I finally decided, WTF, I was probably going to go for a
K-5II eventually anyways, for the better focus, logged into B&H, and noticed
that
I missed their same day ship time by 20 minutes.

I guess that my credit card made its saving throw.

On Jun 13, 2013, at 2:45 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

I'm supposed to photograph a friend's wedding Saturday. Technically, I'm
supposed to photograph her surfing to the ceremony on the beach.
As I mentioned, my camera has a bit of an issue at the moment.
I also just found out that due to refinancing my home loan, I'm getting
a big bump in my cashflow (no house payment until August).
I was ready to say WTF, and just go to San Jose Camera and buy a K-5 II,
assuming that their price wasn't too far off of B&H.
All that they have are K30s.

I don't suppose that there are any stores near San Jose, that actually
have the K-5 II in stock?

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Re: GESO The Brawley

Thanks so much, Derby. I really dislike the usual staff shots of them
all standing in an awkward group with forced smiles in front of the
beer posters and was determined to do better.

The two wait staff, Julia and Thomas, had just arrived for their first
ever shift there on Sunday morning. Before they'd even served a
customer I had them posing for me. And they proved to be naturals at
it and we had a lot of fun.

Megan behind the bar was a tougher case. She was ticked that the night
staff had messed up her careful arrangement of glassware in the
fridges, and the draught supply lines for the most popular beer were
screwed up so it wasn't pouring right. I got about three chances to
capture her before we lost her attention; the first two were
underexposed but #3 was good enough, although soft.


My pinup pics are there for two months then we'll rotate in another artist.

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Derby Chang  wrote:
> That's a terrific set. The lighting looks natural. Staff look attractively
> natural too.
>
> And you have your pics in the wall. Is it a permanent exhibit? Kudos
>
>
>
> On 13/06/2013 10:18 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
>>
>> So I landed a paying gig last weekend. I was to document the opening
>> of a new club: show off the facilities, catch the opening night band,
>> dancing, drinking, and try to snap some of the staff too. Here's a
>> small set of 12 of the more interesting shots (of the 74 finals
>> delivered to The Brawley brass):
>>
>> http://flic.kr/s/aHsjG1qjie   The Brawley Opening
>>
>> All taken with my K20D, DA* 55, DA* 16-50 & DA* 50-135.
>>
>> The first three staff shots (wait, bar, kitchen) were lit with a used
>> $30 AF200T in an 18" softbox on a monopod, gelled 1/2 CTO, and wielded
>> by my able assistant (my wife). I precomputed the flash exposure
>> assuming a fixed rough distance to the subjects, then set the shutter
>> to let in ambient room light about two stops below the key. When WB
>> adjusted for the orange gel, the background goes a blue tint to give
>> it that cool look.
>>
>> The west wing and patio shots are HDR, as you've likely guessed --
>> apologies in advance. I used Nik HDR Pro and it's pretty good, but I'm
>> not really an HDR kinda guy. I just figured these facilities shots
>> would benefit from that Marketing Imperative where Over The Top just
>> isn't good enough. :-)
>>
>> Most of the dark club dancing and band shots were taken at ISO 3200.
>> In the past I dismissed that as useless on the K20D but they clean up
>> nicely with Nik Dfine, so I'm coming to rely on it now. (It even
>> removes colour banding well so I'm going to go back and revisit some
>> of my "lost" K100Ds shots.)
>>
>>
>> Comments welcome, as always.
>>
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Re: GESO The Brawley

Thank you Dan, Darren, Ken, Marco, Brian and Steve!  And thanks also
to everyone else who had a look.

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> Whoa!  Very nicely done there, Bruce.
>
> Dan Matyola
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>
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Bruce Walker  wrote:
>> So I landed a paying gig last weekend. I was to document the opening
>> of a new club: show off the facilities, catch the opening night band,
>> dancing, drinking, and try to snap some of the staff too. Here's a
>> small set of 12 of the more interesting shots (of the 74 finals
>> delivered to The Brawley brass):
>>
>> http://flic.kr/s/aHsjG1qjie   The Brawley Opening
>>
>> All taken with my K20D, DA* 55, DA* 16-50 & DA* 50-135.
>>
>> The first three staff shots (wait, bar, kitchen) were lit with a used
>> $30 AF200T in an 18" softbox on a monopod, gelled 1/2 CTO, and wielded
>> by my able assistant (my wife). I precomputed the flash exposure
>> assuming a fixed rough distance to the subjects, then set the shutter
>> to let in ambient room light about two stops below the key. When WB
>> adjusted for the orange gel, the background goes a blue tint to give
>> it that cool look.
>>
>> The west wing and patio shots are HDR, as you've likely guessed --
>> apologies in advance. I used Nik HDR Pro and it's pretty good, but I'm
>> not really an HDR kinda guy. I just figured these facilities shots
>> would benefit from that Marketing Imperative where Over The Top just
>> isn't good enough. :-)
>>
>> Most of the dark club dancing and band shots were taken at ISO 3200.
>> In the past I dismissed that as useless on the K20D but they clean up
>> nicely with Nik Dfine, so I'm coming to rely on it now. (It even
>> removes colour banding well so I'm going to go back and revisit some
>> of my "lost" K100Ds shots.)
>>
>>
>> Comments welcome, as always.
>>
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Re: PAW179 - Swimming in the rain

2013-06-13 Thread DagT

Thanks Brian, Paul, Bob W, Ann and Bruce!

On the other hand the stones is a balance to the dark left side. I did try to 
avoid them first, though...

The "boring" part was just because I suddenly realized there there is a lot of 
water and swimming in my pictures, especially this time of the year :-)

DagT

13. juni 2013 kl. 07:52 skrev Brian Walters :

> Quoting DagT :
> 
>> Sorry for boring you with another one.
>> http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html
>> Pentax K-5, DA*16-50@21mm, 1/50s, f/4.5, ISO100,
> 
> 
> Really nice.  The subtle colour palette works well here.
> 
> The rocks on the right are a little distracting but it's a minor point.
> 
> 
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Re: Rumors were Pentax releasing 5 cameras this year..

2013-06-13 Thread Collin Brendemuehl

Pessimist!  They just released > 120 at one shot!


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Re: Pentax dealers in the Bay Area?

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 03:28:23PM -0500, Paul Sorenson wrote:
> Amazon has it for $990.  Overnight shipping if you order in the next
> 2 hours...
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-16-3-DSLR-Body-Black/dp/B009JPEISW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1371155157&sr=8-4&keywords=pentax+k-5II
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/k68ghef

I damn near went for it.  That's the IIs from electronics basket, which has the 
K-5ii 
for $780, but they don't ship the plain II through Amazon, so I wouldn't be 
able to get
it tomorrow.  

Oh well.  

the price will probably drop a bit more in the next week or two.  
Besides, I still have the K-x.

> 
> -p
> 
> On 6/13/2013 3:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
> >On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 03:10:19PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote:
> >>Have B&H overnight one to you. What you save buying there will probably 
> >>cover the shipping.
> >
> >After much dithering, I finally decided, WTF, I was probably going to go for 
> >a
> >K-5II eventually anyways, for the better focus, logged into B&H, and noticed 
> >that
> >I missed their same day ship time by 20 minutes.
> >
> >I guess that my credit card made its saving throw.
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>On Jun 13, 2013, at 2:45 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> >>
> >>>I'm supposed to photograph a friend's wedding Saturday.  Technically, I'm
> >>>supposed to photograph her surfing to the ceremony on the beach.
> >>>As I mentioned, my camera has a bit of an issue at the moment.
> >>>I also just found out that due to refinancing my home loan, I'm getting
> >>>a big bump in my cashflow (no house payment until August).
> >>>I was ready to say WTF, and just go to San Jose Camera and buy a K-5 II,
> >>>assuming that their price wasn't too far off of B&H.
> >>>All that they have are K30s.
> >>>
> >>>I don't suppose that there are any stores near San Jose, that actually
> >>>have the K-5 II in stock?
> >>>
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Chinon AF macro 28-80

2013-06-13 Thread Collin Brendemuehl

Picked one up cheap today.
K-mount, but that's where the compatibility ends.
No aperture ring.  So I put it on macro and shot the K5 @ f22 with the
flash.
Really not a bad image.
But I don't think I'll keep it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/sets/72157634107994141/


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Re: Rumors were Pentax releasing 5 cameras this year..

2013-06-13 Thread kwaller


I'm not entirely sure what was the point going from the K30 to the K50.


To have something 'new' on the market. 


The need for 'change' in the eyes of the consumer appears to have sped up.

Kenneth Waller
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Subject: Re: Rumors were Pentax releasing 5 cameras this year..



Larry Colen wrote:


I'm not entirely sure what was the point going from the K30 to the K50.


Overcoming the fugly design of the K30 was probably the main
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June PUG is up

2013-06-13 Thread Brian Walters


G'day all

Another fine gallery with a range of interpretations of the theme.  My  
favourites - Bruce's 'Trio', Mark's 'Oak Opening', Ken's 'The Forest  
for the Trees' and Toine's 'Fresh Green'.


As usual, you'll find the gallery here:

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Re: June PUG is up

Who knew there are so many ways to see trees? :-)

Brian, your Windswept made me "wow" out loud. I also love Chris'
Autumn in Paris and P.J.'s Pines. Great stuff!

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Brian Walters  wrote:
> G'day all
>
> Another fine gallery with a range of interpretations of the theme.  My
> favourites - Bruce's 'Trio', Mark's 'Oak Opening', Ken's 'The Forest for the
> Trees' and Toine's 'Fresh Green'.
>
> As usual, you'll find the gallery here:
>
> http://pug.komkon.org/
>
> (you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous Gallery there)
>
> Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's not
> infallible.  So, if you made a submission and you don't see it in the
> gallery, let me know.
>
> +
>
> We have two galleries lined up for July:
>
> 'Temptation' - closing date 30 June. No submissions so far.
>
> 'Open Gallery' - closing date 15 July.  Two submissions so far.
>
>
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>
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Re: June PUG is up

2013-06-13 Thread Ann Sanfedele




On 6/13/2013 18:49, Bruce Walker wrote:

Who knew there are so many ways to see trees? :-)

Brian, your Windswept made me "wow" out loud. I also love Chris'
Autumn in Paris and P.J.'s Pines. Great stuff!

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Brian Walters  wrote:

G'day all

Another fine gallery with a range of interpretations of the theme.  My
favourites - Bruce's 'Trio',


These three for me... and Pat's November in the Park..
 Mark's 'Oak Opening', Ken's 'The Forest for the

Trees' and Toine's 'Fresh Green'.


Because those are the gee I wish I had been there then
Both Mark's and Ken's remind me of woodlands taken by Ketchum and Porter

I wish i had done better for this theme, but my most recent "Best"s of 
category were taken with the dark side Rebel or on slides I was too

distracted to dig for that were poorly scanned.

ann



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Re: Pentax dealers in the Bay Area?

2013-06-13 Thread Jack Davis

Larry, at one time, there was a fairly complete camera shop in Los Gatos. 
Bought a Pentax lens there about 6 or 7 yrs ago.
Sorry I don't recall the street.

Jack


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From: Larry Colen 
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Cc: 
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: Pentax dealers in the Bay Area?

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 03:28:23PM -0500, Paul Sorenson wrote:
> Amazon has it for $990.  Overnight shipping if you order in the next
> 2 hours...
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-16-3-DSLR-Body-Black/dp/B009JPEISW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1371155157&sr=8-4&keywords=pentax+k-5II
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/k68ghef

I damn near went for it.  That's the IIs from electronics basket, which has the 
K-5ii 
for $780, but they don't ship the plain II through Amazon, so I wouldn't be 
able to get
it tomorrow.  

Oh well.  

the price will probably drop a bit more in the next week or two.  
Besides, I still have the K-x.

> 
> -p
> 
> On 6/13/2013 3:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
> >On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 03:10:19PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote:
> >>Have B&H overnight one to you. What you save buying there will probably 
> >>cover the shipping.
> >
> >After much dithering, I finally decided, WTF, I was probably going to go for 
> >a
> >K-5II eventually anyways, for the better focus, logged into B&H, and noticed 
> >that
> >I missed their same day ship time by 20 minutes.
> >
> >I guess that my credit card made its saving throw.
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>On Jun 13, 2013, at 2:45 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> >>
> >>>I'm supposed to photograph a friend's wedding Saturday.  Technically, I'm
> >>>supposed to photograph her surfing to the ceremony on the beach.
> >>>As I mentioned, my camera has a bit of an issue at the moment.
> >>>I also just found out that due to refinancing my home loan, I'm getting
> >>>a big bump in my cashflow (no house payment until August).
> >>>I was ready to say WTF, and just go to San Jose Camera and buy a K-5 II,
> >>>assuming that their price wasn't too far off of B&H.
> >>>All that they have are K30s.
> >>>
> >>>I don't suppose that there are any stores near San Jose, that actually
> >>>have the K-5 II in stock?
> >>>
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RE: June PUG is up

Another tremendous gallery (that I missed again; "the road to hell," and all 
that...).

Always hard to pick a favourite with so much quality and diversity but Ann's 
stood out. It's the reflection, I think. Beautiful colours and composition. 
Love it!

cheers,
frank

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From: Brian Walters 
Sent: June 13, 2013 6/13/13
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Subject: June PUG is up

G'day all

Another fine gallery with a range of interpretations of the theme.  My  
favourites - Bruce's 'Trio', Mark's 'Oak Opening', Ken's 'The Forest  
for the Trees' and Toine's 'Fresh Green'.

As usual, you'll find the gallery here:

http://pug.komkon.org/

(you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous Gallery there)

Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's not  
infallible.  So, if you made a submission and you don't see it in the  
gallery, let me know.

+

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'Temptation' - closing date 30 June. No submissions so far.

'Open Gallery' - closing date 15 July.  Two submissions so far.


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RE: June PUG is up

Oops!

Ann, I did love yours, but I actually meant to pick Bob Sullivan's as my 
favourite (hence the reference to reflections).

cheers,
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From: Brian Walters 
Sent: June 13, 2013 6/13/13
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
Subject: June PUG is up

G'day all

Another fine gallery with a range of interpretations of the theme.  My  
favourites - Bruce's 'Trio', Mark's 'Oak Opening', Ken's 'The Forest  
for the Trees' and Toine's 'Fresh Green'.

As usual, you'll find the gallery here:

http://pug.komkon.org/

(you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous Gallery there)

Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's not  
infallible.  So, if you made a submission and you don't see it in the  
gallery, let me know.

+

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'Temptation' - closing date 30 June. No submissions so far.

'Open Gallery' - closing date 15 July.  Two submissions so far.


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Re: Pentax dealers in the Bay Area?

In information theory terms, the amount of entropy in your message is
perilously close to zero.

:-)

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Jack Davis  wrote:
> Larry, at one time, there was a fairly complete camera shop in Los Gatos. 
> Bought a Pentax lens there about 6 or 7 yrs ago.
> Sorry I don't recall the street.
>
> Jack
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Larry Colen 
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
> Cc:
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 2:42 PM
> Subject: Re: Pentax dealers in the Bay Area?
>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 03:28:23PM -0500, Paul Sorenson wrote:
>> Amazon has it for $990.  Overnight shipping if you order in the next
>> 2 hours...
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-16-3-DSLR-Body-Black/dp/B009JPEISW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1371155157&sr=8-4&keywords=pentax+k-5II
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/k68ghef
>
> I damn near went for it.  That's the IIs from electronics basket, which has 
> the K-5ii
> for $780, but they don't ship the plain II through Amazon, so I wouldn't be 
> able to get
> it tomorrow.
>
> Oh well.
>
> the price will probably drop a bit more in the next week or two.
> Besides, I still have the K-x.

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Re: Pentax dealers in the Bay Area?

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 04:59:57PM -0700, Jack Davis wrote:
> Larry, at one time, there was a fairly complete camera shop in Los Gatos. 
> Bought a Pentax lens there about 6 or 7 yrs ago.
> Sorry I don't recall the street.

Both Los Gatos and Los Altos camera stores are gone.  We are left
with San Jose Camera and Keeble and Shuchat. 


> 
> Jack
> 
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: Larry Colen 
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
> Cc: 
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 2:42 PM
> Subject: Re: Pentax dealers in the Bay Area?
> 
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 03:28:23PM -0500, Paul Sorenson wrote:
> > Amazon has it for $990.  Overnight shipping if you order in the next
> > 2 hours...
> > 
> > http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-16-3-DSLR-Body-Black/dp/B009JPEISW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1371155157&sr=8-4&keywords=pentax+k-5II
> > 
> > http://tinyurl.com/k68ghef
> 
> I damn near went for it.  That's the IIs from electronics basket, which has 
> the K-5ii 
> for $780, but they don't ship the plain II through Amazon, so I wouldn't be 
> able to get
> it tomorrow.  
> 
> Oh well.  
> 
> the price will probably drop a bit more in the next week or two.  
> Besides, I still have the K-x.
> 
> > 
> > -p
> > 
> > On 6/13/2013 3:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
> > >On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 03:10:19PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote:
> > >>Have B&H overnight one to you. What you save buying there will probably 
> > >>cover the shipping.
> > >
> > >After much dithering, I finally decided, WTF, I was probably going to go 
> > >for a
> > >K-5II eventually anyways, for the better focus, logged into B&H, and 
> > >noticed that
> > >I missed their same day ship time by 20 minutes.
> > >
> > >I guess that my credit card made its saving throw.
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>On Jun 13, 2013, at 2:45 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>I'm supposed to photograph a friend's wedding Saturday.  Technically, I'm
> > >>>supposed to photograph her surfing to the ceremony on the beach.
> > >>>As I mentioned, my camera has a bit of an issue at the moment.
> > >>>I also just found out that due to refinancing my home loan, I'm getting
> > >>>a big bump in my cashflow (no house payment until August).
> > >>>I was ready to say WTF, and just go to San Jose Camera and buy a K-5 II,
> > >>>assuming that their price wasn't too far off of B&H.
> > >>>All that they have are K30s.
> > >>>
> > >>>I don't suppose that there are any stores near San Jose, that actually
> > >>>have the K-5 II in stock?
> > >>>
> > >>>--
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Re: PESO - Mike Does Air

Thanks, Bruce! I found skateboarders can be "shy" (meaning they get upset when 
they see my camera) but when I saw Mike I thought my bikey-ness might get a 
good icebreaker - which it was.

I got a few other good ones but nothing uber-spectacular. I hope to get up 
there again.

It's at Birmingham and Eighth in New Toronto if you're ever in the area...

Thanks to everyone who looked and to those who commented.

Cheers,
frank 

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From: Bruce Walker 
Sent: June 12, 2013 6/12/13
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
Subject: Re: PESO - Mike Does Air

That's some serious air all right. That looks like a pretty cool place
to hang out too. I like!

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:05 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
 wrote:
> There was a bike at the local skatepark on the weekend. I chatted with him 
> for a bit and he agreed to let me take a few pix. Huge background issues on 
> most of them due to spectators gathering but this one was okay (would have 
> preferred to see some face):
>
>  http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2013/06/mike-does-air.html?m=1
>
> Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome.
>
> Cheers,
> frank
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Re: PESO - Portrait of a Tree Swallow

He was perched on a butt-ugly sheet-metal sign. Really would have ruined the 
photo to leave any of it in there I think.

In retrospect I think leaving in the top of his pink legs was a mistake. Just a 
distraction, I think. It was such a severe crop I was really leery of going 
smaller but now I am rethinking that.

Might try a different crop tonight. Or not; might just work on a new photo. 
We'll see.

Thanks to those who commented. And to those who looked. Much appreciated.

Cheers,
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From: David Mann 
Sent: June 13, 2013 6/13/13
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
Subject: Re: PESO - Portrait of a Tree Swallow

On Jun 13, 2013, at 2:32 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:

> I really didn't like what he was sitting on and most of the background sucked 
> (even more than what you see here) but it seemed sharp enough to crop in 
> tight so that's what I did. This is less than 20% of the original frame:
> 
> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/06/portrait-of-tree-swallow.html?m=1

I'd still like to see his feet but despite that it's a very nice photo.  The 
birds I try to photograph don't sit still.

Cheers,
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Re: PAW179 - Swimming in the rain

Late commenting but I really liked it a great deal. 

As always.

;-)

cheers,
frank

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From: DagT 
Sent: June 13, 2013 6/13/13
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
Subject: Re: PAW179 - Swimming in the rain

Thanks Brian, Paul, Bob W, Ann and Bruce!

On the other hand the stones is a balance to the dark left side. I did try to 
avoid them first, though...

The "boring" part was just because I suddenly realized there there is a lot of 
water and swimming in my pictures, especially this time of the year :-)

DagT

13. juni 2013 kl. 07:52 skrev Brian Walters :

> Quoting DagT :
> 
>> Sorry for boring you with another one.
>> http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html
>> Pentax K-5, DA*16-50@21mm, 1/50s, f/4.5, ISO100,
> 
> 
> Really nice.  The subtle colour palette works well here.
> 
> The rocks on the right are a little distracting but it's a minor point.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cheers
> 
> Brian
> 
> ++
> Brian Walters
> Western Sydney Australia
> http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
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RE: GESO: Grandfather Mountain 2013

Damn you, Roberts, those are gorgeous!

Miss GFM...

Cheers,
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Subject: GESO: Grandfather Mountain 2013

I've put up a little gallery of shots from this year's Nature
Photography Weekend. Nothing earth-shattering but it'll give you a
feel for what we do there.

http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2013/

 
-- 
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Re: Pentax dealers in the Bay Area?

Bruce Walker wrote:

>In information theory terms, the amount of entropy in your message is
>perilously close to zero.

Kinda sums up the PDML!
 
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Re: Pentax dealers in the Bay Area?

2013-06-13 Thread John Mullan

Shutterbug in Santa Rosa was my source, I don't know what their current 
Pentax status is.


JM


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I'm supposed to photograph a friend's wedding Saturday.  Technically, I'm
supposed to photograph her surfing to the ceremony on the beach.
As I mentioned, my camera has a bit of an issue at the moment.
I also just found out that due to refinancing my home loan, I'm getting
a big bump in my cashflow (no house payment until August).
I was ready to say WTF, and just go to San Jose Camera and buy a K-5 II,
assuming that their price wasn't too far off of B&H.
All that they have are K30s.

I don't suppose that there are any stores near San Jose, that actually
have the K-5 II in stock?

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Re: June PUG is up

2013-06-13 Thread Ann Sanfedele


Well they are both red buds!

I liked Bob's as well - but wanted to crop out the bland sky.. and the 
bottom edge and make it a pano with just the reflections and the 
redbuds. (pretending, for the moment, that it _was- mine :-)


ann

On 6/13/2013 20:19, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:

Oops!

Ann, I did love yours, but I actually meant to pick Bob Sullivan's as my 
favourite (hence the reference to reflections).

cheers,
frank

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Subject: June PUG is up

G'day all

Another fine gallery with a range of interpretations of the theme.  My
favourites - Bruce's 'Trio', Mark's 'Oak Opening', Ken's 'The Forest
for the Trees' and Toine's 'Fresh Green'.

As usual, you'll find the gallery here:

http://pug.komkon.org/

(you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous Gallery there)

Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's not
infallible.  So, if you made a submission and you don't see it in the
gallery, let me know.

+

We have two galleries lined up for July:

'Temptation' - closing date 30 June. No submissions so far.

'Open Gallery' - closing date 15 July.  Two submissions so far.


Submit here:

http://pug.komkon.org/submit/

Submission Guidelines here:

http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html

The main requirements are:
* Max. pixel dimensions: 800 x 800 pixels
* Max file size: 300k
* Third party equipment is acceptable provided either the camera body
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PESO 2013 - 051 - GDG

2013-06-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi

Out and about on my Saturday morning walk last weekend ...

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/9039021230/

Why does a cheap camera and a pinhole make me so happy?

Godfrey

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PESO: Mark B. (Another workplace shot)

Here's another portrait from down at the ol' salt mine -- a man named 
Mark. He's about as nice and polite a man as you could ever hope to meet.


We nearly lost him about a year and a half ago in a car accident. He 
spent a good amount of time at Vanderbilt University Hospital undergoing 
surgeries before going through about three months of physical therapy. 
He's fortunate in a lot of ways -- from being alive at all to having all 
his limbs.


http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/9036796687/
K-5, M-28/2.8, ISO 200, 1/160 sec, f/?

I'm not altogether pleased with the exposure or sharpness, and will 
probably return to the shot at some point in the future for further 
processing. But, I rarely see Mark these days, so I wanted to be sure to 
get at least one shot of him.


-- Walt

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Re: GESO The Brawley


Love them, Bruce!

Just flat-out crazy about the soft light in the first four shots. I 
still haven't gotten a soft box yet, but that's the next item on the list!


Of course, now that I've started using flash, I have a whole new reason 
to hate you.


-- Walt

On 6/12/2013 7:18 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:

So I landed a paying gig last weekend. I was to document the opening
of a new club: show off the facilities, catch the opening night band,
dancing, drinking, and try to snap some of the staff too. Here's a
small set of 12 of the more interesting shots (of the 74 finals
delivered to The Brawley brass):

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjG1qjie   The Brawley Opening

All taken with my K20D, DA* 55, DA* 16-50 & DA* 50-135.

The first three staff shots (wait, bar, kitchen) were lit with a used
$30 AF200T in an 18" softbox on a monopod, gelled 1/2 CTO, and wielded
by my able assistant (my wife). I precomputed the flash exposure
assuming a fixed rough distance to the subjects, then set the shutter
to let in ambient room light about two stops below the key. When WB
adjusted for the orange gel, the background goes a blue tint to give
it that cool look.

The west wing and patio shots are HDR, as you've likely guessed --
apologies in advance. I used Nik HDR Pro and it's pretty good, but I'm
not really an HDR kinda guy. I just figured these facilities shots
would benefit from that Marketing Imperative where Over The Top just
isn't good enough. :-)

Most of the dark club dancing and band shots were taken at ISO 3200.
In the past I dismissed that as useless on the K20D but they clean up
nicely with Nik Dfine, so I'm coming to rely on it now. (It even
removes colour banding well so I'm going to go back and revisit some
of my "lost" K100Ds shots.)


Comments welcome, as always.

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Re: paw week 23-dog

There's this really cool "flow" from the pooch's nose up towards the left of 
the frame following the open eye and ear and along his back. Meanwhile the 
other eye and ear are "closed".

Not explaining it well but it's cool. Rendering is really effective, too; it 
emphasizes that "flow".

Wonderful shot!

cheers,
frank

--- Original Message ---

From: Christine Aguila 
Sent: June 13, 2013 6/13/13
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
Subject: Re: paw week 23-dog

Thanks.  No, didn't watch hockey--though I see that they are in the 2nd 
overtime.  It's tied 3/3.  Go Blackhawks, but I'm going to bed.  :-).  Cheers, 
Christine



On Jun 12, 2013, at 6:03 PM, Christine Nielsen  wrote:

> Great expression on that pooch, and I like the high-key treatment --
> looks almost like a pencil sketch to me.
> 
> :)
> -c
> 
> ps: you watching any hockey tonight, Christine...?  ;)
> 
> On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Christine Aguila  
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>> Tried a little high key rendering here.  Cheers, Christine
>> 
>> http://www.caguila.com/paw2013/content/_IGP6109_large.html
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PESO - Sailboat and Cormorant

A cheap and transparent attempt to garner the cover shot for next year's Annual:

 http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/06/sailboat-and-cormorant.html?m=1

Seriously, hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome.

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Re: GESO The Brawley

2013-06-13 Thread Ann Sanfedele


I've had company for a few days - but you can thank me too, now :-)

Bruce, excellent job!
Your career as an "events' photographer is on its way!
(you have my sympathy :-) )

ann

On 6/13/2013 16:41, Bruce Walker wrote:

Thank you Dan, Darren, Ken, Marco, Brian and Steve!  And thanks also
to everyone else who had a look.

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:

Whoa!  Very nicely done there, Bruce.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Bruce Walker  wrote:

So I landed a paying gig last weekend. I was to document the opening
of a new club: show off the facilities, catch the opening night band,
dancing, drinking, and try to snap some of the staff too. Here's a
small set of 12 of the more interesting shots (of the 74 finals
delivered to The Brawley brass):

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjG1qjie   The Brawley Opening

All taken with my K20D, DA* 55, DA* 16-50 & DA* 50-135.

The first three staff shots (wait, bar, kitchen) were lit with a used
$30 AF200T in an 18" softbox on a monopod, gelled 1/2 CTO, and wielded
by my able assistant (my wife). I precomputed the flash exposure
assuming a fixed rough distance to the subjects, then set the shutter
to let in ambient room light about two stops below the key. When WB
adjusted for the orange gel, the background goes a blue tint to give
it that cool look.

The west wing and patio shots are HDR, as you've likely guessed --
apologies in advance. I used Nik HDR Pro and it's pretty good, but I'm
not really an HDR kinda guy. I just figured these facilities shots
would benefit from that Marketing Imperative where Over The Top just
isn't good enough. :-)

Most of the dark club dancing and band shots were taken at ISO 3200.
In the past I dismissed that as useless on the K20D but they clean up
nicely with Nik Dfine, so I'm coming to rely on it now. (It even
removes colour banding well so I'm going to go back and revisit some
of my "lost" K100Ds shots.)


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RE: PESO 2013 - 051 - GDG

It's as if, released from the constraints of focusing and sharpness, have 
nothing left but pure composition.

Yeah, sounds like bullshit, but you get my drift.

;-)

Moody, ethereal, quiet. Beautiful.

Cheers,
frank

--- Original Message ---

From: Godfrey DiGiorgi 
Sent: June 13, 2013 6/13/13
To: SeePhoto Talk , "PAW Picture-A-Week project" 
, BAPhotoShooters BAPA , 
PDML List 
Subject: PESO 2013 - 051 - GDG

Out and about on my Saturday morning walk last weekend ...

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/9039021230/

Why does a cheap camera and a pinhole make me so happy?

Godfrey

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PESO: West Bay part deux

2013-06-13 Thread kwaller


Another image taken on the West Bay of Grand Traverse Bay in Michigan

K20D, 28-80mm SMC F Macro @ 70mm, 1/30 @ f 8.0, 200 ISO

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17423834

Comments appreciated.

Kenneth Waller
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Re: PESO 2013 - 051 - GDG

2013-06-13 Thread kwaller


Yeah, sounds like bullshit, but you get my drift.


Yo - MARK!

Kenneth Waller
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Subject: RE: PESO 2013 - 051 - GDG


It's as if, released from the constraints of focusing and sharpness, have 
nothing left but pure composition.



;-)

Moody, ethereal, quiet. Beautiful.

Cheers,
frank

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To: SeePhoto Talk , "PAW Picture-A-Week project" 
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, PDML List 

Subject: PESO 2013 - 051 - GDG

Out and about on my Saturday morning walk last weekend ...

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/9039021230/

Why does a cheap camera and a pinhole make me so happy?

Godfrey

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Re: PESO - Sailboat and Cormorant

2013-06-13 Thread Bob Sullivan

You just get Photoshop Frank?

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:10 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
 wrote:
> A cheap and transparent attempt to garner the cover shot for next year's 
> Annual:
>
>  http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/06/sailboat-and-cormorant.html?m=1
>
> Seriously, hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome.
>
> Cheers,
> frank
>
> Ps: for those of you who are unaware, the majestic Cormorant is the official 
> pdml mascot.
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Re: PESO - Sailboat and Cormorant

I don't understand your question.

Cheers,
frank

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From: Bob Sullivan 
Sent: June 14, 2013 6/14/13
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
Subject: Re: PESO - Sailboat and Cormorant

You just get Photoshop Frank?

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:10 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
 wrote:
> A cheap and transparent attempt to garner the cover shot for next year's 
> Annual:
>
>  http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/06/sailboat-and-cormorant.html?m=1
>
> Seriously, hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome.
>
> Cheers,
> frank
>
> Ps: for those of you who are unaware, the majestic Cormorant is the official 
> pdml mascot.
>
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Re: PESO: Mark B. (Another workplace shot)

All the photos in that set are excellent.

Walt  wrote:

>Here's another portrait from down at the ol' salt mine -- a man named 
>Mark. He's about as nice and polite a man as you could ever hope to
>meet.
>
>We nearly lost him about a year and a half ago in a car accident. He 
>spent a good amount of time at Vanderbilt University Hospital
>undergoing 
>surgeries before going through about three months of physical therapy. 
>He's fortunate in a lot of ways -- from being alive at all to having
>all 
>his limbs.
>
>http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/9036796687/
>K-5, M-28/2.8, ISO 200, 1/160 sec, f/?
>
>I'm not altogether pleased with the exposure or sharpness, and will 
>probably return to the shot at some point in the future for further 
>processing. But, I rarely see Mark these days, so I wanted to be sure
>to 
>get at least one shot of him.
>
>-- Walt

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PESO: Quittin' Time on Sunday

This was the scene just outside the club where I work (the field out 
back), just as I was getting off work on Sunday.


http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/9040002578/
K20D, SMC-A 28-135/4, ISO 400, f/4.5, 1/1000 sec

I think I really like that lens.

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Re: PESO: Mark B. (Another workplace shot)


Thank you, Larry.

Sooner or later, I'm going to put together a decent-sized collection and 
ask around the local restaurant/bars to see if someone will host an 
exhibit for me.


-- Walt

On 6/13/2013 11:47 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

All the photos in that set are excellent.

Walt  wrote:


Here's another portrait from down at the ol' salt mine -- a man named
Mark. He's about as nice and polite a man as you could ever hope to
meet.

We nearly lost him about a year and a half ago in a car accident. He
spent a good amount of time at Vanderbilt University Hospital
undergoing
surgeries before going through about three months of physical therapy.
He's fortunate in a lot of ways -- from being alive at all to having
all
his limbs.

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/9036796687/
K-5, M-28/2.8, ISO 200, 1/160 sec, f/?

I'm not altogether pleased with the exposure or sharpness, and will
probably return to the shot at some point in the future for further
processing. But, I rarely see Mark these days, so I wanted to be sure
to
get at least one shot of him.

-- Walt



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Re: PESO: Quittin' Time on Sunday

2013-06-13 Thread Philip Northeast


Lovely clour

Philip Northeast

www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au

On 14/06/13 3:29 PM, Walt wrote:

This was the scene just outside the club where I work (the field out
back), just as I was getting off work on Sunday.

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/9040002578/
K20D, SMC-A 28-135/4, ISO 400, f/4.5, 1/1000 sec

I think I really like that lens.

-- Walt



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Pentax dealers in the Bay Area?

2013-06-13 Thread Bipin Gupta

There is one more in San Mateo, Kaufmann Cameras on W 25th Ave, just
off Al Camino Real.
http://kaufmannscameras.com/

A pretty good store and very kindly old folks. I used to live some
half a mile away near the Safeway Supermarket. Bought lots of old
stuff from them.
They store a lot of Canikon stuff, and plenty of good Pentax used gear.
But nothing to beat the on-line prices, sad to say, for these Mom & Pop Stores.
Regards.
Bipin - from that far away enchanting land.

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Re: PESO: Quittin' Time on Sunday