Dancing at 8mm
I was at a party at a friend's house tonight. She was telling me about a conversation she'd had, and it prompted me to put together this little gallery of dance photos. It's a shame that at f/3.5 my fisheye lens is so slow, because it can be rather fun in the way it catches so much of the action in a small room. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157640171166164/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
K35/2 used on a Sony A7
Full frame mirrorless experiences with a Pentax 35/2... http://www.dpreview.com/articles/6018399843/using-third-party-lenses-on- the-sony-a7-a7r -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --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: Dancing at 8mm
They are fun to watch. I like the results of the slowness of the lens; movement is much appreciated here. Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun 2014-01-26 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: I was at a party at a friend's house tonight. She was telling me about a conversation she'd had, and it prompted me to put together this little gallery of dance photos. It's a shame that at f/3.5 my fisheye lens is so slow, because it can be rather fun in the way it catches so much of the action in a small room. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157640171166164/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Photo from London: Baker Street Tube Station
I especially liked the moving faint figure of a (?) girl. It looks as if she was travelling in time. A ghost, in a sense... Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun 2014-01-24 Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: I'm just starting to get my photos from my trip to London sorted out. I did a lot of experimenting with long exposures and/or multiple exposures (some in-camera and some in Photoshop), both with and without HDR processes. I'm trying to work time into my photographs rather than capture a decisive moment like HCB. This first shot was one that I planned for and which turned out even better than I'd hoped. I set up in a tube station with the intention of combining multiple show-shutter-speed shots of the people on the platform with a train coming into the station. Lacking a tripod, I braced the camera on something solid (I forget exactly what), zone focused and waited for people to walk in front of the camera and for a train to arrive. Unusually and unfortunately there were few people coming through the station at that time but I did get two shots that I thought would work well together. I combined both images in Photoshop, converted to BW (which took a lot of fiddling with the color sliders to get looking just right) and added some noise. Here's the result: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7de01316+19a.jpg -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 2014 - 030 - GDG
Love it Dave On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote: Out for my walk this morning. Bright, harsh sun, a little haze in the air. Chilly at first, but warming rapidly. Some activity on the paths through Guadalupe River Park, then quiet, then ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/12139756243/ Thanks for looking. Comments always appreciated. Godfrey --- The fact that nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Photo from London: Baker Street Tube Station
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: I'm just starting to get my photos from my trip to London sorted out. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7de01316+19a.jpg -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com Super shot 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. Maple leaf.
Very nice color and texture. Since the negative space around the leaf forms a nice balance with it, I would keep it as is. On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com wrote: It was rainy outside. So, a macro :) K20D with Sigma 70mm f/28. http://celasun.wordpress.com/2014/01/25/maple-leaf/ Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. Maple leaf.
Thanks to all who watched and commented. I am very pleased that the image resonates... I do think (like Boris and Atilla) that the empty space is part of the image. It may still work cropped. However, that will be another image. Have a nice Sunday (while mine is reaching the end). Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun 2014-01-26 Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com: Very nice color and texture. Since the negative space around the leaf forms a nice balance with it, I would keep it as is. On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com wrote: It was rainy outside. So, a macro :) K20D with Sigma 70mm f/28. http://celasun.wordpress.com/2014/01/25/maple-leaf/ Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Boccie
Very nice, and I also think it would work in BW. On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 8:43 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: A boccie game beneath the town walls of Dinon: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17663752size=lg or http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17663752-lg.jpg Comments? Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Lunch 4 U
http://www.robertstech.com/images/7de017.jpg :) -- 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: Dancing at 8mm
Nicely done. Can't really judge the size of the room, through that lens it looks rather huge:) On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I was at a party at a friend's house tonight. She was telling me about a conversation she'd had, and it prompted me to put together this little gallery of dance photos. It's a shame that at f/3.5 my fisheye lens is so slow, because it can be rather fun in the way it catches so much of the action in a small room. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157640171166164/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Dancing at 8mm
Very, very creative, Larry. The mix of high and low perspectives, and the 50% mirror shot make for an interesting gallery. I really like the red with piano shot, 11451, with the blurred figure. Could be paired with Mark's recent underground shot. On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 4:35 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I was at a party at a friend's house tonight. She was telling me about a conversation she'd had, and it prompted me to put together this little gallery of dance photos. It's a shame that at f/3.5 my fisheye lens is so slow, because it can be rather fun in the way it catches so much of the action in a small room. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157640171166164/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Dancing at 8mm
Works for me, Larry. Rather interesting effect... On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I was at a party at a friend's house tonight. She was telling me about a conversation she'd had, and it prompted me to put together this little gallery of dance photos. It's a shame that at f/3.5 my fisheye lens is so slow, because it can be rather fun in the way it catches so much of the action in a small room. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157640171166164/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Unsolicited Advice
Zoltar gets around... Like your photo better than the one in this blog but as I pass by Zoltar nearly every day thought it would be nice to share.. http://evgrieve.com/2012/09/zoltar-arrives-on-st-marks-place-sees.html Unlike the blogger, I did not consider Zoltar to be a welcome addition to the corner of 2nd avenue and St Marks Place. In BIG advice was solicited, as I recall :-) ann On 1/25/2014 23:57, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Thanks, Bruce. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/25/2014 5:38:10 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, bruce.wal...@gmail.com writes: Excellent! Did Zoltar predict a good response to this shot? He should have. On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 8:25 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Taken with the Pentax X-5 on the Circus Circus Midway in Las Vegas. http://mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/advice.html Comments welcome. Marnie aka Doe ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Pentax 1.4x converter
Stanley Halpin wrote: I do not frequent the PF, I only see things there when someone here provides a link. So I have no way to evaluate the credibility of this rumor. It's been confirmed by a guy who goes by the moniker of Asahi Man on DP Review's Pentax board. Asahi Man seems to have some working relationship with Pentax: He posts very rarely on the subject of new products, usually only fairly close to release date and he's spot on with every detail he reveals. He's indicated he'll be able to try out the teleconverter (which he says Pentax is calling a Full Frame Converter) himself in two weeks. -- 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.
What is a Photograph?
An article in today’s Times that’s relevant to recent discussions: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/arts/design/with-cameras-optional-new-directions-in-photography.html?_r=0 “The iPhone, the scanner and Photoshop are yielding a daunting range of imagery, and artists mining these new technologies are making documentation of the actual world seem virtually obsolete. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Unsolicited Advice
Cool shot Dave On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 8:25 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Taken with the Pentax X-5 on the Circus Circus Midway in Las Vegas. http://mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/advice.html Comments welcome. Marnie aka Doe ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What is a Photograph?
Same goes for what is a movie? -- J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net -- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another PJ in trouble for Photoshopping
Yes, with video camera, photo op, without camera, in the wild. It did change the context. Marnie aka Doe In a message dated 1/23/2014 12:38:10 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, dario.bona...@virgilio.it writes: Hello Igor, I think the removal of the video camera makes a lot of difference in the meaning of the photo (e.g. how it is read by viewers). Without the camera, the picture looks like shot in the wild, in actual action. On the contrary, with another camera within the frame, the whole situation looks like (badly) staged or at least taken in a crowd of photojournalists. The picture can be substantially the same, but the effect on the public is much different. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What is a Photograph?
On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:26, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: Same goes for what is a movie? That one's easy. It's a sequence of photographs replayed at 14fps. On the other hand, you could, like André Bazin, ask what is cinema? Or you could go further, as the French cineastes do, and ask what is France? And from there you must ask what is French cinema? Here begins a lifetime of fascinated bafflement as you find yourself leaving the salle de projection scratching your head and asking the real question, WTF was that all about? 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: Another London shot: The Coach and Horses
Works for me. A little surreal - a stranger in a strange land. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 7 Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:39:28 -0500 From: Mark Robertspostmas...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Another London shot: The Coach and Horses Message-ID:qnq5e9l875npse1l7glbulffaro3sqi...@4ax.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7de01229-32.jpg London's first vegetarian pub! This is an HDR shot, but I kept the HDRiness as restrained as I could under the circumstances. Gotta love the look of web pavement. -- 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: What is a Photograph?
Bob W wrote: On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:26, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: Same goes for what is a movie? That one's easy. It's a sequence of photographs replayed at 14fps. On the other hand, you could, like André Bazin, ask what is cinema? Or you could go further, as the French cineastes do, and ask what is France? And from there you must ask what is French cinema? Here begins a lifetime of fascinated bafflement as you find yourself leaving the salle de projection scratching your head and asking the real question, WTF was that all about? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbAohexT0Ho -- 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: Another PJ in trouble for Photoshopping
Of course it is. Photographs aren't reality. Cell phones and the fact everyone has cell phones with cameras now, have turned up quite a few police abuses in the news. Bystanders take pictures. With so MANY images out there now, a photojournalist is really taking a crazy risk altering a picture. Photographers know how much reality can be altered just by what they decide to include in the frame, even without Photoshopping, but that isn't really the issue. EVERYONE knows about Photoshopping, we are all subjected to craftily photographed ads all the time. News agencies SHOULD have different standards, if they didn't, propaganda would be too darn easy. People need to trust they aren't being DELIBERATELY lied to. Or forget new agencies altogether and just assume/admit they are propaganda machines like any other Madison Ave ad company. Marnie In a message dated 1/23/2014 7:49:38 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, caka...@gmail.com writes: The problem I see is that there's a basic assumption that the photons entering the lens and recorded on the media somehow represent THE TRUTH. I believe that assumption is flawed. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What is a Photograph?
On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:40, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bob W wrote: On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:26, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: Same goes for what is a movie? That one's easy. It's a sequence of photographs replayed at 14fps. On the other hand, you could, like André Bazin, ask what is cinema? Or you could go further, as the French cineastes do, and ask what is France? And from there you must ask what is French cinema? Here begins a lifetime of fascinated bafflement as you find yourself leaving the salle de projection scratching your head and asking the real question, WTF was that all about? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbAohexT0Ho Ah, oui - très influencé par Cauliflower Mon Amour. I have forwarded zat to my French Cinema group. 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 - Boccie
Interesting arrangement of people enhanced by the long shadows. Would be a contrasty bw. As a aside, bocci is becoming popular in small towns in Iowa with bocci set-ups in the town park. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 13 Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 10:43:34 -0800 (PST) From: Rick Womerrwomer1...@yahoo.com To: Pentax Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Boccie Message-ID: 1390675414.73893.yahoomail...@web121801.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii A boccie game beneath the town walls of Dinon: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17663752size=lg or http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17663752-lg.jpg Comments? Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What is a Photograph?
On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:34, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:26, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: Same goes for what is a movie? That one's easy. It's a sequence of photographs replayed at 14fps Ahem, 24fps. Slo-mo is frowned upon. B On the other hand, you could, like André Bazin, ask what is cinema? Or you could go further, as the French cineastes do, and ask what is France? And from there you must ask what is French cinema? Here begins a lifetime of fascinated bafflement as you find yourself leaving the salle de projection scratching your head and asking the real question, WTF was that all about? 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: Pentax 1.4x converter
http://www.pentaxforums.com/news/pentax-14x-sdm-teleconverter-surfaces.html I was looking at the picture and something bothered me. The curvature of the text does not match the curvature of the tc body. The item may exist, but that picture is not of a real object. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: K35/2 used on a Sony A7
On Jan 26, 2014, at 4:03 AM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Full frame mirrorless experiences with a Pentax 35/2... http://www.dpreview.com/articles/6018399843/using-third-party-lenses-on-the-sony-a7-a7r Hmm. To my ear, this guy is making noise about things which are completely inconsequential. Most of what he calls problems are not, and the notion that it is difficult to manual focus with an EVF that has excellent focus peaking and magnification like the A7 implies that his expectations are that the camera will do all the work for him. To me, that's simply the wrong attitude: don't waste your time with lens adaptation and ANY camera if that's your expectation. But, eh?, he's a writer looking to make a buck and it's DPR. 'Nuff said. I bought a Sony A7 specifically to use with my kit of Leica R and Nikkor SLR lenses, a one-size-fits-all body that can take any SLR mount (as well as some RF mount) lenses via adapters. I know these lenses, ancient tho they are, can produce the imaging magic I wanted, and I conjectured that I need the format to see it. While I've been adapting them to other formats for a long time and they work well, they simply don't work as well as they do on their native format. I figured the format must have something to do with it. I specifically chose the A7 body over the A7r body. I figured 24 Mpixel is enough, 36 is likely too demanding for my old lenses and unnecessary anyway, and that saved me $1000. I wish they'd done the same all-magnesium construction on the A7 too, but they went composite on the front panels. Oh well. Yesterday was my first shooting walk with the camera. I'd spent time before it arrived reading the manual and figuring out how to set it up, yesterday I had two goals in mind: shake out the configuration and see how well it did with the Leica R 50 and 90 mm lenses. I shot mostly with the 90mm lens, and made some adjustments to the configuration as I went along. Aperture priority doesn't work in the context of Auto-ISO? Nonsense, it works fine. It just has a fixed floor exposure time for pushing up the ISO, and it's a little low for longer lenses. So switch to Manual then, or shutter priority (same thing with adapted lenses). Actually, Manual exposure mode is VERY usable with this camera and Auto-ISO. It's very much like TAv mode on the Pentax bodies: you set the Auto-ISO range limits, pick your shutter and aperture settings, and go shoot. The sensor is quite clean, you can easily use 100-6400 without even thinking about it, and head further into stratospheric sensitivity without worrying too much. That's six stops range on Auto-ISO, minimum. And you have EV compensation, up to 5 stops +/-, to work with. The way I've got it configured now, I only very rarely need to go into the menus and fuss about … a good thing given the crappy menu system. All the controls I need are now accessible quickly through external button presses (sometimes a bit weirdly positioned, but my fingers can adapt) or turning dials. The EVF is almost as good as the one in the E-M1 … I think the Olympus EVF optics are better. I can flip the focus magnification and peaking assists on and off easily, I can set the ISO, focus, aperture, shutter time, and EV compensation all directly, etc. The way I have the camera set up, it feels for all the world like I'm shooting with my favorite old Nikon FE2 with MD-12 motor drive—but smaller, lighter, handier, and with instantaneous viewfinder feedback pre-exposure and post-exposure review. The shutter even sounds similar. And the results? My hunch is so far working out … I think the A7 24Mpixel sensor is an very good match to the Leica R and Nikkor SLR lenses (and probably by extension to Pentax, Olympus, Canon FD, Minolta, etc, lenses). I compared some exposures made on film with the Leicaflex SL/Summicron-R 90mm combination to similar photos made with the A7 by imaging them on my full 27 computer screen. They have the same look and feel, something I didn't see adapting these lenses to smaller formats, and the corner/edge renderings (where you see the most problems with adapted lenses on FF sensors) are near-to-identical on lateral CA, 'smearing', etc. The Summilux-R 50/1.4 does about the same. I'll be testing the 24mm soon, hopefully that will hold up as well, and after that I'll be testing some of my M-mount lenses (I expect more issues as the mount registration is much shorter, adaptation is fussier*). At this point in time, I have little but praise for the A7 used for these purposes. Sure, it's a clunky little POS in some respects, and Sony would do well to hire a couple of photographers to aid in the design of camera ergonomics and menu layout, but the bottom line is that it can be configured to work very nicely indeed, and the image quality is indeed delightful. * I hear that three of my M-mount lenses do perform well on it: the Ultron 28mm f/2, the M-Rokkor 40mm f/2, and
Re: PESO: Lunch 4 U
My, this is a beautiful image, Mark. An example of exceptional compositionsal and technical skills. Jack - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 6:31 AM Subject: PESO: Lunch 4 U http://www.robertstech.com/images/7de017.jpg :) -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What is a Photograph?
On 1/26/2014 11:34 AM, Bob W wrote: On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:26, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: Same goes for what is a movie? That one's easy. It's a sequence of photographs replayed at 14fps. On the other hand, you could, like André Bazin, ask what is cinema? Or you could go further, as the French cineastes do, and ask what is France? And from there you must ask what is French cinema? Here begins a lifetime of fascinated bafflement as you find yourself leaving the salle de projection scratching your head and asking the real question, WTF was that all about? B As long as Brigitte Bardot was in it, I dont care. -- J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net -- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Unsolicited Advice
I see the reflection Change floating by his head as his unsolicited advice. I don't want to, thanks very much. :-) It was definitely solicited in Big. I got a kick out of Zoltar, so retro. Thanks for looking. Marnie :-) I guess he was rather famous re blog. In a message dated 1/26/2014 7:40:03 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, ann...@nyc.rr.com writes: Zoltar gets around... Like your photo better than the one in this blog but as I pass by Zoltar nearly every day thought it would be nice to share.. http://evgrieve.com/2012/09/zoltar-arrives-on-st-marks-place-sees.html Unlike the blogger, I did not consider Zoltar to be a welcome addition to the corner of 2nd avenue and St Marks Place. In BIG advice was solicited, as I recall :-) ann On 1/25/2014 23:57, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Thanks, Bruce. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/25/2014 5:38:10 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, bruce.wal...@gmail.com writes: Excellent! Did Zoltar predict a good response to this shot? He should have. On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 8:25 PM,eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Taken with the Pentax X-5 on the Circus Circus Midway in Las Vegas. http://mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/advice.html Comments welcome. Marnie aka Doe ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Boccie
Looks like a really strenuous sport. :-) I long for a closer up shot, myself. HTH, Marnie In a message dated 1/25/2014 10:43:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, rwomer1...@yahoo.com writes: A boccie game beneath the town walls of Dinon: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17663752size=lg or http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17663752-lg.jpg Comments? Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Ceremony
It's a bad photo. Please ignore. Thanks! frank Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Dunno, Knarf. Is it a weasel? Feather boa? Rick On Jan 24, 2014, at 11:41 PM, knarf wrote: Toby with furry friend: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2014/01/ceremony.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: February PUG - Countdown
I missed the last few PUGs even those for which I had appropriate images. This will be tough, I don't have any feathered friends only acquaintances... On 1/25/2014 4:07 PM, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all ..and Happy Australia Day to my fellow Aussies. There's but a few days left for submissions for the February PUG - only a couple so far. Theme: Feathered Friends 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 or lens used is Pentax. * If you embed a colour space in the image, it should be sRGB to ensure that the image is displayed correctly on line. -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: K35/2 used on a Sony A7
Interesting read Godders, many thanks! On 26/1/14, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: Hmm. To my ear, this guy is making noise about things which are completely inconsequential. Most of what he calls problems are not, and the notion that it is difficult to manual focus with an EVF that has excellent focus peaking and magnification like the A7 implies that his expectations are that the camera will do all the work for him. To me, that's simply the wrong attitude: don't waste your time with lens adaptation and ANY camera if that's your expectation. But, eh?, he's a writer looking to make a buck and it's DPR. 'Nuff said. I bought a Sony A7 specifically to use with my kit of Leica R and Nikkor SLR lenses, a one-size-fits-all body that can take any SLR mount (as well as some RF mount) lenses via adapters. I know these lenses, ancient tho they are, can produce the imaging magic I wanted, and I conjectured that I need the format to see it. While I've been adapting them to other formats for a long time and they work well, they simply don't work as well as they do on their native format. I figured the format must have something to do with it. I specifically chose the A7 body over the A7r body. I figured 24 Mpixel is enough, 36 is likely too demanding for my old lenses and unnecessary anyway, and that saved me $1000. I wish they'd done the same all- magnesium construction on the A7 too, but they went composite on the front panels. Oh well. Yesterday was my first shooting walk with the camera. I'd spent time before it arrived reading the manual and figuring out how to set it up, yesterday I had two goals in mind: shake out the configuration and see how well it did with the Leica R 50 and 90 mm lenses. I shot mostly with the 90mm lens, and made some adjustments to the configuration as I went along. Aperture priority doesn't work in the context of Auto-ISO? Nonsense, it works fine. It just has a fixed floor exposure time for pushing up the ISO, and it's a little low for longer lenses. So switch to Manual then, or shutter priority (same thing with adapted lenses). Actually, Manual exposure mode is VERY usable with this camera and Auto- ISO. It's very much like TAv mode on the Pentax bodies: you set the Auto- ISO range limits, pick your shutter and aperture settings, and go shoot. The sensor is quite clean, you can easily use 100-6400 without even thinking about it, and head further into stratospheric sensitivity without worrying too much. That's six stops range on Auto-ISO, minimum. And you have EV compensation, up to 5 stops +/-, to work with. The way I've got it configured now, I only very rarely need to go into the menus and fuss about ... a good thing given the crappy menu system. All the controls I need are now accessible quickly through external button presses (sometimes a bit weirdly positioned, but my fingers can adapt) or turning dials. The EVF is almost as good as the one in the E- M1 ... I think the Olympus EVF optics are better. I can flip the focus magnification and peaking assists on and off easily, I can set the ISO, focus, aperture, shutter time, and EV compensation all directly, etc. The way I have the camera set up, it feels for all the world like I'm shooting with my favorite old Nikon FE2 with MD-12 motor drive--but smaller, lighter, handier, and with instantaneous viewfinder feedback pre-exposure and post-exposure review. The shutter even sounds similar. And the results? My hunch is so far working out ... I think the A7 24Mpixel sensor is an very good match to the Leica R and Nikkor SLR lenses (and probably by extension to Pentax, Olympus, Canon FD, Minolta, etc, lenses). I compared some exposures made on film with the Leicaflex SL/Summicron-R 90mm combination to similar photos made with the A7 by imaging them on my full 27 computer screen. They have the same look and feel, something I didn't see adapting these lenses to smaller formats, and the corner/edge renderings (where you see the most problems with adapted lenses on FF sensors) are near-to-identical on lateral CA, 'smearing', etc. The Summilux-R 50/1.4 does about the same. I'll be testing the 24mm soon, hopefully that will hold up as well, and after that I'll be testing some of my M-mount lenses (I expect more issues as the mount registration is much shorter, adaptation is fussier*). At this point in time, I have little but praise for the A7 used for these purposes. Sure, it's a clunky little POS in some respects, and Sony would do well to hire a couple of photographers to aid in the design of camera ergonomics and menu layout, but the bottom line is that it can be configured to work very nicely indeed, and the image quality is indeed delightful. * I hear that three of my M-mount lenses do perform well on it: the Ultron 28mm f/2, the M-Rokkor 40mm f/2, and the M-Rokkor 90mm f/4. If this is true, given that the mount adapter is much shorter and these lenses much shorter than the SLR lenses, it seems I will then
Re: What is a Photograph?
Go you one better -- What is reality? My definition: a photograph is art and/or documentary or somewhere in between. (Thinking of the Photojournalism thread.) Physical objects are easy. A chair is a chair. A photo of a chair is a photo of a chair. But what is a war/a protest march/an airplane crash/a massive flood/a political meeting? And what are photographs of those events? It all becomes subjective rather quickly. Marnie aka Doe ;-) I've never been able to come up with a good definition for reality, myself. In a message dated 1/26/2014 9:06:21 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, p...@web-options.com writes: On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:34, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:26, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: Same goes for what is a movie? That one's easy. It's a sequence of photographs replayed at 14fps Ahem, 24fps. Slo-mo is frowned upon. 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: Unsolicited Advice
On 1/26/2014 12:39, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: I see the reflection Change floating by his head as his unsolicited advice. I don't want to, thanks very much. :-) Here I am, sign shooter, and i missed that... but in my defense it being written in that funny font and in reverse - I didn't see it as anything but a form. ann It was definitely solicited in Big. I got a kick out of Zoltar, so retro. Thanks for looking. Marnie :-) I guess he was rather famous re blog. In a message dated 1/26/2014 7:40:03 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, ann...@nyc.rr.com writes: Zoltar gets around... Like your photo better than the one in this blog but as I pass by Zoltar nearly every day thought it would be nice to share.. http://evgrieve.com/2012/09/zoltar-arrives-on-st-marks-place-sees.html Unlike the blogger, I did not consider Zoltar to be a welcome addition to the corner of 2nd avenue and St Marks Place. In BIG advice was solicited, as I recall :-) ann On 1/25/2014 23:57, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Thanks, Bruce. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/25/2014 5:38:10 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, bruce.wal...@gmail.com writes: Excellent! Did Zoltar predict a good response to this shot? He should have. On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 8:25 PM,eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Taken with the Pentax X-5 on the Circus Circus Midway in Las Vegas. http://mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/advice.html Comments welcome. Marnie aka Doe ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: What is a Photograph?
I think my head's going to explode. cheers, frank eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Go you one better -- What is reality? My definition: a photograph is art and/or documentary or somewhere in between. (Thinking of the Photojournalism thread.) Physical objects are easy. A chair is a chair. A photo of a chair is a photo of a chair. But what is a war/a protest march/an airplane crash/a massive flood/a political meeting? And what are photographs of those events? It all becomes subjective rather quickly. Marnie aka Doe ;-) I've never been able to come up with a good definition for reality, myself. In a message dated 1/26/2014 9:06:21 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, p...@web-options.com writes: On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:34, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:26, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: Same goes for what is a movie? That one's easy. It's a sequence of photographs replayed at 14fps Ahem, 24fps. Slo-mo is frowned upon. B “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What is a Photograph?
I skimmed it, there may actually be a new thought in there, but it's not worth my while to find out. On 1/26/2014 11:18 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: An article in today’s Times that’s relevant to recent discussions: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/arts/design/with-cameras-optional-new-directions-in-photography.html?_r=0 “The iPhone, the scanner and Photoshop are yielding a daunting range of imagery, and artists mining these new technologies are making documentation of the actual world seem virtually obsolete. -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Another London shot: The Coach and Horses
A fitting post processing for the subject. Moody. A vegetarian pub is also a splendid idea! Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun 2014-01-25 Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7de01229-32.jpg London's first vegetarian pub! This is an HDR shot, but I kept the HDRiness as restrained as I could under the circumstances. Gotta love the look of web pavement. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Boris PESO #03 - Grocery store and a new lens
Lovely effect from a custom made lens. Compared to a usual lens, it seems to save a lot of post processing time to reach a similar result. Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun 2014-01-25 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Hi! Have a look here: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2014/01/2014-03-grocery-store.html This shot was made with my freshly acquired soft lens. It is one of a kind lens that I ordered from a guy who makes all kinds of photography related works including some very interesting lenses. This one is Chevalier landscape lens and it was made to my custom order in a barrel with native Leica mount, though no rangefinder coupling. The focal length is 38 mm. I am very happy about the shots I've been getting from it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/borispdml/12122257096/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/borispdml/12121723156/ are two examples. Cheers! Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What is a Photograph?
I read it thoroughly. It was worth my while. On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 1:38 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I skimmed it, there may actually be a new thought in there, but it's not worth my while to find out. On 1/26/2014 11:18 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: An article in today’s Times that’s relevant to recent discussions: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/arts/design/with-cameras-optional-new-directions-in-photography.html?_r=0 “The iPhone, the scanner and Photoshop are yielding a daunting range of imagery, and artists mining these new technologies are making documentation of the actual world seem virtually obsolete. -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Boccie
Might try that. Thanks, Atilla. Rick On Jan 26, 2014, at 9:29 AM, Attila Boros wrote: Very nice, and I also think it would work in BW. On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 8:43 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: A boccie game beneath the town walls of Dinon: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17663752size=lg or http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17663752-lg.jpg Comments? Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Boccie
Sorry, Marnie, that's as close as I have. It was the arrangement of the men and their shadows that attracted me. I have action (such as it is) shots of someone tossing one of the balls, but they don't work well because the balls blend into the background. Rick On Jan 26, 2014, at 12:42 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Looks like a really strenuous sport. :-) I long for a closer up shot, myself. HTH, Marnie In a message dated 1/25/2014 10:43:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, rwomer1...@yahoo.com writes: A boccie game beneath the town walls of Dinon: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17663752size=lg or http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17663752-lg.jpg Comments? Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Boris PESO #03 - Grocery store and a new lens
I thought I replied to this yesterday but it appears I was mistaken. I like it. A lot. Proves that sharpness isn't everything. Beautifully composed and rendered. Cheers frank Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! Have a look here: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2014/01/2014-03-grocery-store.html This shot was made with my freshly acquired soft lens. It is one of a kind lens that I ordered from a guy who makes all kinds of photography related works including some very interesting lenses. This one is Chevalier landscape lens and it was made to my custom order in a barrel with native Leica mount, though no rangefinder coupling. The focal length is 38 mm. I am very happy about the shots I've been getting from it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/borispdml/12122257096/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/borispdml/12121723156/ are two examples. Cheers! Boris “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What is a Photograph?
On Jan 26, 2014, at 1:26 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I think my head's going to explode. cheers, frank Hold on Frank - I’ll be right over to take a photo of that event… I suspect it will be a subjective interpretation. stan eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Go you one better -- What is reality? My definition: a photograph is art and/or documentary or somewhere in between. (Thinking of the Photojournalism thread.) Physical objects are easy. A chair is a chair. A photo of a chair is a photo of a chair. But what is a war/a protest march/an airplane crash/a massive flood/a political meeting? And what are photographs of those events? It all becomes subjective rather quickly. Marnie aka Doe ;-) I've never been able to come up with a good definition for reality, myself. In a message dated 1/26/2014 9:06:21 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, p...@web-options.com writes: On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:34, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:26, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: Same goes for what is a movie? That one's easy. It's a sequence of photographs replayed at 14fps Ahem, 24fps. Slo-mo is frowned upon. B “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Another PJ in trouble for Photoshopping
Photographs aren't reality? Your going to have to define what you consider reality to be, Marnie. The subject of a photo is real. (I'm talking about a traditional photograph taken by a camera/lens onto a light-sensitive surface) The photo itself is most certainly real. Even if it has been manipulated or altered, it most certainly is a real, existing thing. Perhaps what you meant is that a photo is not always (or even ever) a completely accurate portrayal of the subject? That certainly isn't the same as saying photos aren't reality, because they are. It's fidelity to the photographed subject/event that's at issue. It's snowing and quite beautiful out. I'm going to go take photos now. They will be a representation/portrayal of reality, I assure you. ;-) Cheers, frank eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Of course it is. Photographs aren't reality. Cell phones and the fact everyone has cell phones with cameras now, have turned up quite a few police abuses in the news. Bystanders take pictures. With so MANY images out there now, a photojournalist is really taking a crazy risk altering a picture. Photographers know how much reality can be altered just by what they decide to include in the frame, even without Photoshopping, but that isn't really the issue. EVERYONE knows about Photoshopping, we are all subjected to craftily photographed ads all the time. News agencies SHOULD have different standards, if they didn't, propaganda would be too darn easy. People need to trust they aren't being DELIBERATELY lied to. Or forget new agencies altogether and just assume/admit they are propaganda machines like any other Madison Ave ad company. Marnie In a message dated 1/23/2014 7:49:38 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, caka...@gmail.com writes: The problem I see is that there's a basic assumption that the photons entering the lens and recorded on the media somehow represent THE TRUTH. I believe that assumption is flawed. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What is a Photograph?
I'll take a selfie of the event. That will be subject too. But it will be a representation of a real event... :-) Cheers, frank Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: On Jan 26, 2014, at 1:26 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I think my head's going to explode. cheers, frank Hold on Frank - I’ll be right over to take a photo of that event… I suspect it will be a subjective interpretation. stan eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Go you one better -- What is reality? My definition: a photograph is art and/or documentary or somewhere in between. (Thinking of the Photojournalism thread.) Physical objects are easy. A chair is a chair. A photo of a chair is a photo of a chair. But what is a war/a protest march/an airplane crash/a massive flood/a political meeting? And what are photographs of those events? It all becomes subjective rather quickly. Marnie aka Doe ;-) I've never been able to come up with a good definition for reality, myself. In a message dated 1/26/2014 9:06:21 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, p...@web-options.com writes: On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:34, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:26, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: Same goes for what is a movie? That one's easy. It's a sequence of photographs replayed at 14fps Ahem, 24fps. Slo-mo is frowned upon. B “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What is a Photograph?
Meant to say it will be subjective, too... Cheers frank Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: On Jan 26, 2014, at 1:26 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I think my head's going to explode. cheers, frank Hold on Frank - I’ll be right over to take a photo of that event… I suspect it will be a subjective interpretation. stan eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Go you one better -- What is reality? My definition: a photograph is art and/or documentary or somewhere in between. (Thinking of the Photojournalism thread.) Physical objects are easy. A chair is a chair. A photo of a chair is a photo of a chair. But what is a war/a protest march/an airplane crash/a massive flood/a political meeting? And what are photographs of those events? It all becomes subjective rather quickly. Marnie aka Doe ;-) I've never been able to come up with a good definition for reality, myself. In a message dated 1/26/2014 9:06:21 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, p...@web-options.com writes: On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:34, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:26, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: Same goes for what is a movie? That one's easy. It's a sequence of photographs replayed at 14fps Ahem, 24fps. Slo-mo is frowned upon. B “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 4 U
has that mid evil feel to it Dave On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/images/7de017.jpg :) -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: February PUG - Countdown
Quoting P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: I missed the last few PUGs even those for which I had appropriate images. This will be tough, I don't have any feathered friends only acquaintances... Acquaintances are fine. Even colleagues will do... Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On 1/25/2014 4:07 PM, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all ..and Happy Australia Day to my fellow Aussies. There's but a few days left for submissions for the February PUG - only a couple so far. Theme: Feathered Friends 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 or lens used is Pentax. * If you embed a colour space in the image, it should be sRGB to ensure that the image is displayed correctly on line. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Environmental protection for 120 film.
For anyone still shooting with their Pentax 67 or film 645 MM minis are back for Valentines day. The 1.08 oz tube is a pretty good fit for a roll of 120 film, just a bit long. However compared to tubes for 120 film sold online the price is right, and you get free candy. -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What is a Photograph?
We aim to please. Marnie aka Doe ;-) In a message dated 1/26/2014 10:26:53 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: I think my head's going to explode. cheers, frank eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Go you one better -- What is reality? My definition: a photograph is art and/or documentary or somewhere in between. (Thinking of the Photojournalism thread.) Physical objects are easy. A chair is a chair. A photo of a chair is a photo of a chair. But what is a war/a protest march/an airplane crash/a massive flood/a political meeting? And what are photographs of those events? It all becomes subjective rather quickly. Marnie aka Doe ;-) I've never been able to come up with a good definition for reality, myself. In a message dated 1/26/2014 9:06:21 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, p...@web-options.com writes: On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:34, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:26, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: Same goes for what is a movie? That one's easy. It's a sequence of photographs replayed at 14fps Ahem, 24fps. Slo-mo is frowned upon. B “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Lunch 4 U
Is that as opposed to lesser evil or greater evil. On 1/26/2014 2:34 PM, David J Brooks wrote: has that mid evil feel to it Dave On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/images/7de017.jpg :) -- 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. -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 4 U
Not fond of the rendering, looks a little too plastic to me, but I like the shot. Marnie aka Doe Take all comments with a grain of salt. :-) In a message dated 1/26/2014 6:31:22 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, postmas...@robertstech.com writes: http://www.robertstech.com/images/7de017.jpg :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Lunch 4 U
David J Brooks wrote: On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/images/7de017.jpg :) has that mid evil feel to it Dave Brooks, the Zen Master of the PDML. -- 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: Another PJ in trouble for Photoshopping
Yup, the below. Marnie These kinds of discussion give me headaches too, so flippancy is my tendency. :-) In a message dated 1/26/2014 11:25:59 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: Perhaps what you meant is that a photo is not always (or even ever) a completely accurate portrayal of the subject? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. Maple leaf.
O, nice. Good placement in frame and nice details and all that stuff. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/25/2014 9:13:56 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, bulent.cela...@gmail.com writes: It was rainy outside. So, a macro :) K20D with Sigma 70mm f/28. http://celasun.wordpress.com/2014/01/25/maple-leaf/ Bulent -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Another PJ in trouble for Photoshopping
What we have here is photographer as witness and photograph as testimony. Modifying the photograph to removing an element with Photoshop even if it's just to make the image cleaner supposedly strikes at the credibility of the witness. I also know from personal experience that an editor can crop a photograph to completely change the story, or ignore it entirely. On 1/26/2014 2:25 PM, knarf wrote: Photographs aren't reality? Your going to have to define what you consider reality to be, Marnie. The subject of a photo is real. (I'm talking about a traditional photograph taken by a camera/lens onto a light-sensitive surface) The photo itself is most certainly real. Even if it has been manipulated or altered, it most certainly is a real, existing thing. Perhaps what you meant is that a photo is not always (or even ever) a completely accurate portrayal of the subject? That certainly isn't the same as saying photos aren't reality, because they are. It's fidelity to the photographed subject/event that's at issue. It's snowing and quite beautiful out. I'm going to go take photos now. They will be a representation/portrayal of reality, I assure you. ;-) Cheers, frank eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Of course it is. Photographs aren't reality. Cell phones and the fact everyone has cell phones with cameras now, have turned up quite a few police abuses in the news. Bystanders take pictures. With so MANY images out there now, a photojournalist is really taking a crazy risk altering a picture. Photographers know how much reality can be altered just by what they decide to include in the frame, even without Photoshopping, but that isn't really the issue. EVERYONE knows about Photoshopping, we are all subjected to craftily photographed ads all the time. News agencies SHOULD have different standards, if they didn't, propaganda would be too darn easy. People need to trust they aren't being DELIBERATELY lied to. Or forget new agencies altogether and just assume/admit they are propaganda machines like any other Madison Ave ad company. Marnie In a message dated 1/23/2014 7:49:38 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, caka...@gmail.com writes: The problem I see is that there's a basic assumption that the photons entering the lens and recorded on the media somehow represent THE TRUTH. I believe that assumption is flawed. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Another PJ in trouble for Photoshopping
Well said. M ak D In a message dated 1/26/2014 1:20:27 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, webstertwenty...@gmail.com writes: What we have here is photographer as witness and photograph as testimony. Modifying the photograph to removing an element with Photoshop even if it's just to make the image cleaner supposedly strikes at the credibility of the witness. I also know from personal experience that an editor can crop a photograph to completely change the story, or ignore it entirely. On 1/26/2014 2:25 PM, knarf wrote: Photographs aren't reality? Your going to have to define what you consider reality to be, Marnie. The subject of a photo is real. (I'm talking about a traditional photograph taken by a camera/lens onto a light-sensitive surface) The photo itself is most certainly real. Even if it has been manipulated or altered, it most certainly is a real, existing thing. Perhaps what you meant is that a photo is not always (or even ever) a completely accurate portrayal of the subject? That certainly isn't the same as saying photos aren't reality, because they are. It's fidelity to the photographed subject/event that's at issue. It's snowing and quite beautiful out. I'm going to go take photos now. They will be a representation/portrayal of reality, I assure you. ;-) Cheers, frank eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Of course it is. Photographs aren't reality. Cell phones and the fact everyone has cell phones with cameras now, have turned up quite a few police abuses in the news. Bystanders take pictures. With so MANY images out there now, a photojournalist is really taking a crazy risk altering a picture. Photographers know how much reality can be altered just by what they decide to include in the frame, even without Photoshopping, but that isn't really the issue. EVERYONE knows about Photoshopping, we are all subjected to craftily photographed ads all the time. News agencies SHOULD have different standards, if they didn't, propaganda would be too darn easy. People need to trust they aren't being DELIBERATELY lied to. Or forget new agencies altogether and just assume/admit they are propaganda machines like any other Madison Ave ad company. Marnie In a message dated 1/23/2014 7:49:38 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, caka...@gmail.com writes: The problem I see is that there's a basic assumption that the photons entering the lens and recorded on the media somehow represent THE TRUTH. I believe that assumption is flawed. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Unsolicited Advice
Actually, I mentioned it because I was surprised *you* didn't catch it. Heh. I suppose because it is reversed, it could mean don't change. Anyway, I've decided to take it that way. Marnie aka Doe :-) Thanks for taking a second look. In a message dated 1/26/2014 10:25:52 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, ann...@nyc.rr.com writes: On 1/26/2014 12:39, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: I see the reflection Change floating by his head as his unsolicited advice. I don't want to, thanks very much. :-) Here I am, sign shooter, and i missed that... but in my defense it being written in that funny font and in reverse - I didn't see it as anything but a form. ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 2014 - 030 - GDG
Nice! Exuberant. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/25/2014 1:09:39 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, godfreydigio...@me.com writes: Out for my walk this morning. Bright, harsh sun, a little haze in the air. Chilly at first, but warming rapidly. Some activity on the paths through Guadalupe River Park, then quiet, then ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/12139756243/ Thanks for looking. Comments always appreciated. Godfrey --- The fact that nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: What is a Photograph?
On Jan 26, 2014, at 1:03 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Go you one better -- What is reality? My definition: a photograph is art and/or documentary or somewhere in between. (Thinking of the Photojournalism thread.) And according to some of the art museum curators interviewed for the Times article, it doesn’t necessarily involve a camera or lens. An example would be a photographic image made by arranging objects on a scanner, then printing the resulting digital file. But no one is really trying to provide a firm answer, just raising the question. Paul Physical objects are easy. A chair is a chair. A photo of a chair is a photo of a chair. But what is a war/a protest march/an airplane crash/a massive flood/a political meeting? And what are photographs of those events? It all becomes subjective rather quickly. Marnie aka Doe ;-) I've never been able to come up with a good definition for reality, myself. In a message dated 1/26/2014 9:06:21 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, p...@web-options.com writes: On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:34, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: On 26 Jan 2014, at 16:26, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: Same goes for what is a movie? That one's easy. It's a sequence of photographs replayed at 14fps Ahem, 24fps. Slo-mo is frowned upon. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What is a Photograph?
Yes I found that part intriguing. Hadn't thought about it, now I might try it. (i.e. scanner image/collage). Marnie aka Doe :-) It was an interesting article, Paul. In a message dated 1/26/2014 1:27:16 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, pnstenqu...@comcast.net writes: And according to some of the art museum curators interviewed for the Times article, it doesn't necessarily involve a camera or lens. An example would be a photographic image made by arranging objects on a scanner, then printing the resulting digital file. But no one is really trying to provide a firm answer, just raising the question. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: FS Friday: Vivitar Series One 70-210 f/2.8-4.0 (Version 3 - Komine)
If you do a Google search on Mark Roberts Vivitar the first actual, (not advert.) result is this page... http://www.robertstech.com/vivitar.htm I'd buy Mark's copy but I've already got my own. It's the last third party lens I'd part with as long as I'm shooting Pentax. On 1/25/2014 8:20 PM, Miserere wrote: I first heard of you, Mark, through your page on these lenses, where you listed the ins and outs of all the different versions. Does this page still exist? Nostalgia indeed, Larry. Cheers, —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 24 January 2014 17:10, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Clearing out space and putting away pennies for future purchases. This is the third and best version of the 70-210 Vivitar Series 1. It's in Pentax KA mount, so no Green Button metering necessary. Gets up to 1:2.5 magnification in macro mode and is very sharp. Includes original Vivitar front lens cap and cheap Pentax rear lens cap. $60.00 plus actual shipping costs. -- 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. -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Photo from London: Baker Street Tube Station
Liked on FB, but wanted you to know I *really* like this shot. Sort of all the items boiled down to their basic ingredients type of shot. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/24/2014 6:04:23 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, postmas...@robertstech.com writes: I'm just starting to get my photos from my trip to London sorted out. I did a lot of experimenting with long exposures and/or multiple exposures (some in-camera and some in Photoshop), both with and without HDR processes. I'm trying to work time into my photographs rather than capture a decisive moment like HCB. This first shot was one that I planned for and which turned out even better than I'd hoped. I set up in a tube station with the intention of combining multiple show-shutter-speed shots of the people on the platform with a train coming into the station. Lacking a tripod, I braced the camera on something solid (I forget exactly what), zone focused and waited for people to walk in front of the camera and for a train to arrive. Unusually and unfortunately there were few people coming through the station at that time but I did get two shots that I thought would work well together. I combined both images in Photoshop, converted to BW (which took a lot of fiddling with the color sliders to get looking just right) and added some noise. Here's the result: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7de01316+19a.jpg -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Is this photo reminiscent of Paul's?
Yeah, what ann said. The DOF hoovers. Paul would never mess up that bad. Marnie aka Doe Being lady-like as I sometimes am. In a message dated 1/23/2014 1:19:38 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, ann...@nyc.rr.com writes: Following a link from a recently posted here article, I saw the photo of an old man here: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2012/05/friday-happy-hour-portraits-of-life-over-80-more/ and it caused some mixed thoughts. To me, it looked like a copy-cat one (20 years later) of the famous Paul's photo, albeit not on par with the original: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3451662size=lg Am I the only one who has such a reaction? Igor I would say yes, you are likely the only one. and what a terrible photograph! ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Dancing at 8mm
I wonder if it was a conversation with D-a? At DFX, I took a bunch of shots with the 8mm fisheye, and I showed them to her, saying that I hadn't seen anybody else using fisheye for swing/blues dances. And she found your photos circa March of 2013, so I stood corrected. I think some shots are quite interesting there. Shots from below (or above) have some better potential, specifically, ending in 35 56, maybe 127. What I think is important is that in most cases you need to choose the main object (as it is done in 904,346,701,035, 007, etc.), and concentrate on it. In most cases, overview does not work that well. I hope to get to work on my photos with the 8mm fisheye and show them here soon. Igor On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 4:35 AM, Larry Colen lrc at red4est.com wrote: I was at a party at a friend's house tonight. She was telling me about a conversation she'd had, and it prompted me to put together this little gallery of dance photos. It's a shame that at f/3.5 my fisheye lens is so slow, because it can be rather fun in the way it catches so much of the action in a small room. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157640171166164/ -- Larry Colen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Nocturnal construction
Cool shot, sort of looks like they are building with tinker toys or something. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 12/18/2013 6:58:04 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, rwomer1...@yahoo.com writes: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17629072size=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 Snow storm
I realize this is belated, but what the heck. Better you than me, re snow. I really like that, a very painterly shot. Marnie aka Doe :-) Or charcoal or something. In a message dated 12/22/2013 9:50:56 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, pentax1...@gmail.com writes: About 8 inches of snow here last night. This is what my back yard looks like this morning. http://studio1941.com/images/B-W-Back-Yard-web.jpg -p -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Dancing at 8mm
On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 04:47:48PM -0500, Igor Roshchin wrote: I wonder if it was a conversation with D-a? :-) Last night was Paul's birthday party. At DFX, I took a bunch of shots with the 8mm fisheye, and I showed them to her, saying that I hadn't seen anybody else using fisheye for swing/blues dances. And she found your photos circa March of 2013, so I stood corrected. Despite my reputation for profligate posting, Most of my dance photos don't even end up on flickr at all. And I actually post a very small percentage of my flickr photos, so there's a very good chance that I hadn't posted them. There's also a very good chance that if I had posted them to PDML, you were rather busy with your new long term houseguest and hadn't seen them. I think some shots are quite interesting there. Thanks. I bought the lens on a lark, thinking of it as one step up from a lensbaby, and have found it far more useful as a real lens than I ever expected. Shots from below (or above) have some better potential, specifically, ending in 35 56, maybe 127. What I think is important is that in most cases you need to choose the main object (as it is done in 904,346,701,035, 007, etc.), and concentrate on it. In most cases, overview does not work that well. You need to get obnoxiously close to your subject. But it is excellent for showing context, particularly in a small room. I hope to get to work on my photos with the 8mm fisheye and show them here soon. I'm looking forward to it. Igor On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 4:35 AM, Larry Colen lrc at red4est.com wrote: I was at a party at a friend's house tonight. She was telling me about a conversation she'd had, and it prompted me to put together this little gallery of dance photos. It's a shame that at f/3.5 my fisheye lens is so slow, because it can be rather fun in the way it catches so much of the action in a small room. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157640171166164/ -- Larry Colen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESO: Me racing
Not photos by me, but photos of me racing the half-iron distance event* at the Challenge Wanaka triathlon festival. There aren't many nicer places to suffer. 8 pics in the set. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/gallery/52/#geso Cheers, Dave * Technically I can't call it a half-ironman because of trademarks... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Is this photo reminiscent of Paul's?
The rendering is also horrible. That's really a nasty bit of work. Cheers, frank eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Yeah, what ann said. The DOF hoovers. Paul would never mess up that bad. Marnie aka Doe Being lady-like as I sometimes am. In a message dated 1/23/2014 1:19:38 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, ann...@nyc.rr.com writes: Following a link from a recently posted here article, I saw the photo of an old man here: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2012/05/friday-happy-hour-portraits-of-life-over-80-more/ and it caused some mixed thoughts. To me, it looked like a copy-cat one (20 years later) of the famous Paul's photo, albeit not on par with the original: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3451662size=lg Am I the only one who has such a reaction? Igor I would say yes, you are likely the only one. and what a terrible photograph! ann “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO Snow storm
Lovely! Cheers, frank eactiv...@aol.com wrote: I realize this is belated, but what the heck. Better you than me, re snow. I really like that, a very painterly shot. Marnie aka Doe :-) Or charcoal or something. In a message dated 12/22/2013 9:50:56 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, pentax1...@gmail.com writes: About 8 inches of snow here last night. This is what my back yard looks like this morning. http://studio1941.com/images/B-W-Back-Yard-web.jpg -p “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What is a Photograph?
I think that putting leaves or other items on a sensitized material and exposing to light, used to be called something like photogram. There was a scientific play kit that came with plastic negatives a frame to hold the paper and of course a light sensitive paper that turned sort of purple when exposed to the sun. I don't remember if there was some way to fix the image as I got the kit when I was approximately 10 years old. On 1/26/2014 4:34 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Yes I found that part intriguing. Hadn't thought about it, now I might try it. (i.e. scanner image/collage). Marnie aka Doe :-) It was an interesting article, Paul. In a message dated 1/26/2014 1:27:16 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, pnstenqu...@comcast.net writes: And according to some of the art museum curators interviewed for the Times article, it doesn't necessarily involve a camera or lens. An example would be a photographic image made by arranging objects on a scanner, then printing the resulting digital file. But no one is really trying to provide a firm answer, just raising the question. Paul -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Boris PESO #03 - Grocery store and a new lens
That's really soft. Interesting, good composition, but not really sure I like it. Marnie aka Doe :-) Take with a grain of salt. In a message dated 1/25/2014 10:13:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, bori...@gmail.com writes: Hi! Have a look here: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2014/01/2014-03-grocery-store.html This shot was made with my freshly acquired soft lens. It is one of a kind lens that I ordered from a guy who makes all kinds of photography related works including some very interesting lenses. This one is Chevalier landscape lens and it was made to my custom order in a barrel with native Leica mount, though no rangefinder coupling. The focal length is 38 mm. I am very happy about the shots I've been getting from it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/borispdml/12122257096/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/borispdml/12121723156/ are two examples. Cheers! Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Dancing at 8mm
I like these. Active and entertaining. Paul via phone On Jan 26, 2014, at 5:58 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 04:47:48PM -0500, Igor Roshchin wrote: I wonder if it was a conversation with D-a? :-) Last night was Paul's birthday party. At DFX, I took a bunch of shots with the 8mm fisheye, and I showed them to her, saying that I hadn't seen anybody else using fisheye for swing/blues dances. And she found your photos circa March of 2013, so I stood corrected. Despite my reputation for profligate posting, Most of my dance photos don't even end up on flickr at all. And I actually post a very small percentage of my flickr photos, so there's a very good chance that I hadn't posted them. There's also a very good chance that if I had posted them to PDML, you were rather busy with your new long term houseguest and hadn't seen them. I think some shots are quite interesting there. Thanks. I bought the lens on a lark, thinking of it as one step up from a lensbaby, and have found it far more useful as a real lens than I ever expected. Shots from below (or above) have some better potential, specifically, ending in 35 56, maybe 127. What I think is important is that in most cases you need to choose the main object (as it is done in 904,346,701,035, 007, etc.), and concentrate on it. In most cases, overview does not work that well. You need to get obnoxiously close to your subject. But it is excellent for showing context, particularly in a small room. I hope to get to work on my photos with the 8mm fisheye and show them here soon. I'm looking forward to it. Igor On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 4:35 AM, Larry Colen lrc at red4est.com wrote: I was at a party at a friend's house tonight. She was telling me about a conversation she'd had, and it prompted me to put together this little gallery of dance photos. It's a shame that at f/3.5 my fisheye lens is so slow, because it can be rather fun in the way it catches so much of the action in a small room. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157640171166164/ -- Larry Colen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Snow storm
Thanks Frank... Sent from my iPad On Jan 26, 2014, at 5:09 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Lovely! Cheers, frank eactiv...@aol.com wrote: I realize this is belated, but what the heck. Better you than me, re snow. I really like that, a very painterly shot. Marnie aka Doe :-) Or charcoal or something. In a message dated 12/22/2013 9:50:56 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, pentax1...@gmail.com writes: About 8 inches of snow here last night. This is what my back yard looks like this morning. http://studio1941.com/images/B-W-Back-Yard-web.jpg -p “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Snow storm
Thanks Marnie. About four additional inches of snow last night with more expected tonight. Then into the deep freeze again. High temp tomorrow forecast to be -7F...low tomorrow night -21F. -p Sent from my iPad On Jan 26, 2014, at 3:50 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: I realize this is belated, but what the heck. Better you than me, re snow. I really like that, a very painterly shot. Marnie aka Doe :-) Or charcoal or something. In a message dated 12/22/2013 9:50:56 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, pentax1...@gmail.com writes: About 8 inches of snow here last night. This is what my back yard looks like this morning. http://studio1941.com/images/B-W-Back-Yard-web.jpg -p -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Me racing
I'm out of breath just looking at 'em :-) ann On 1/26/2014 18:02, David Mann wrote: Not photos by me, but photos of me racing the half-iron distance event* at the Challenge Wanaka triathlon festival. There aren't many nicer places to suffer. 8 pics in the set. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/gallery/52/#geso Cheers, Dave * Technically I can't call it a half-ironman because of trademarks... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Melted Chocolate
I don't know what it says about me that out in the middle of the Nevada desert, about 40 minutes south from Las Vegas, I looked at the hills and saw... chocolate. Yum, yum. Heh. Pretty nothing much at all going on in this photo, but I sort of like it. http://mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/chocolate.html Comments welcome. Marnie aka Doe :-) I have a few others too, so not positive this is the best one. But, hey, it's chocolate. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Melted Chocolate
Anything involving chocolate: big win. Therefore your shot? Excellent! :-) On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 7:26 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: I don't know what it says about me that out in the middle of the Nevada desert, about 40 minutes south from Las Vegas, I looked at the hills and saw... chocolate. Yum, yum. Heh. Pretty nothing much at all going on in this photo, but I sort of like it. http://mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/chocolate.html Comments welcome. Marnie aka Doe :-) I have a few others too, so not positive this is the best one. But, hey, it's chocolate. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: FS Friday: Vivitar Series One 70-210 f/2.8-4.0 (Version 3 - Komine)
Do you still have this? I really want a version 3 and this is a fair price. On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 4:37 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: If you do a Google search on Mark Roberts Vivitar the first actual, (not advert.) result is this page... http://www.robertstech.com/vivitar.htm I'd buy Mark's copy but I've already got my own. It's the last third party lens I'd part with as long as I'm shooting Pentax. On 1/25/2014 8:20 PM, Miserere wrote: I first heard of you, Mark, through your page on these lenses, where you listed the ins and outs of all the different versions. Does this page still exist? Nostalgia indeed, Larry. Cheers, --M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 24 January 2014 17:10, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Clearing out space and putting away pennies for future purchases. This is the third and best version of the 70-210 Vivitar Series 1. It's in Pentax KA mount, so no Green Button metering necessary. Gets up to 1:2.5 magnification in macro mode and is very sharp. Includes original Vivitar front lens cap and cheap Pentax rear lens cap. $60.00 plus actual shipping costs. -- 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. -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Melted Chocolate
Nice pic. And it does look like chocolate. Paul via phone On Jan 26, 2014, at 7:26 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: I don't know what it says about me that out in the middle of the Nevada desert, about 40 minutes south from Las Vegas, I looked at the hills and saw... chocolate. Yum, yum. Heh. Pretty nothing much at all going on in this photo, but I sort of like it. http://mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/chocolate.html Comments welcome. Marnie aka Doe :-) I have a few others too, so not positive this is the best one. But, hey, it's chocolate. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Another London shot: The Coach and Horses
Agreed (for my eyes). Plus the overlaps don't match up exactly, which makes for sort of an edge with layers (right and left sides of photo). I would have to grow accustomed to that to like that effect. Marnie aka Doe :-) I feel myself turning into an old fuddy duddy as I write. In a message dated 1/24/2014 8:45:07 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: The HDR-ness of it is a bit much for these old eyes but its certainly well done. Beautifully composed, I'd like to see it in a more traditional rendering. And vegetarian! And a pub! How cool is that? 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: PESO: Dear Aussies . . .
Ahhh. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/23/2014 1:53:01 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, ldott...@gmail.com writes: We have one of your shepherds: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/12108419024/#large His name is Bear and he's the newest canine addition to the Gilbert household. You may have him back for the princely sum of one plug nickel. Yours truly, -- Walt (on behalf of the USA) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Another London shot: The Coach and Horses
On Jan 26, 2014, at 7:46 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Agreed (for my eyes). Plus the overlaps don't match up exactly, which makes for sort of an edge with layers (right and left sides of photo). I would have to grow accustomed to that to like that effect. Marnie aka Doe :-) I feel myself turning into an old fuddy duddy as I write. Don’t worry Marnie. I know from personal experience that it is possible to get past fuddy duddyness. I used to harbor an extreme unreasoned dislike for HDR but have come to enjoy shots like Mark’s. I leave it to others to judge whether this represents growth or mere capitulation to the inevitable. stan In a message dated 1/24/2014 8:45:07 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: The HDR-ness of it is a bit much for these old eyes but its certainly well done. Beautifully composed, I'd like to see it in a more traditional rendering. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: FS Friday: Vivitar Series One 70-210 f/2.8-4.0 (Version 3 - Komine)
Zos Xavius wrote: Do you still have this? I really want a version 3 and this is a fair price. Oh, sorry. It's gone now. I should have mentioned that. -- 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.
PESO: Plastic Farm
A bucolic scene I passed while out for an easy bike ride today. I stopped on the way back to take a photo :) http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/741/#peso 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: Environmental protection for 120 film.
I used to use those containers, they're very good. I still have them. Cheers, Dave On Jan 27, 2014, at 9:59 am, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: For anyone still shooting with their Pentax 67 or film 645 MM minis are back for Valentines day. The 1.08 oz tube is a pretty good fit for a roll of 120 film, just a bit long. However compared to tubes for 120 film sold online the price is right, and you get free candy. -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Boris PESO #03 - Grocery store and a new lens
Bulent, I am very much no expert in photoshop. And since I fully switched to LightRoom when 1.0 came out, I did not follow as far as its improvements went. So I don't know. But it seems to me that to reproduce such an effect in post from regular sharp image will be a very non-trivial and laborious task. Meanwhile I'm enjoying my soft lens :-). On 1/26/2014 8:44 PM, Bulent Celasun wrote: Lovely effect from a custom made lens. Compared to a usual lens, it seems to save a lot of post processing time to reach a similar result. Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun 2014-01-25 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Hi! Have a look here: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2014/01/2014-03-grocery-store.html This shot was made with my freshly acquired soft lens. It is one of a kind lens that I ordered from a guy who makes all kinds of photography related works including some very interesting lenses. This one is Chevalier landscape lens and it was made to my custom order in a barrel with native Leica mount, though no rangefinder coupling. The focal length is 38 mm. I am very happy about the shots I've been getting from it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/borispdml/12122257096/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/borispdml/12121723156/ are two examples. Cheers! Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Boris PESO #03 - Grocery store and a new lens
Thanks, Frank. You're being very kind. The great thing here is that as far as rendering goes, 99% was done in run-time and not in post. On 1/26/2014 9:04 PM, knarf wrote: I thought I replied to this yesterday but it appears I was mistaken. I like it. A lot. Proves that sharpness isn't everything. Beautifully composed and rendered. Cheers frank Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! Have a look here: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2014/01/2014-03-grocery-store.html This shot was made with my freshly acquired soft lens. It is one of a kind lens that I ordered from a guy who makes all kinds of photography related works including some very interesting lenses. This one is Chevalier landscape lens and it was made to my custom order in a barrel with native Leica mount, though no rangefinder coupling. The focal length is 38 mm. I am very happy about the shots I've been getting from it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/borispdml/12122257096/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/borispdml/12121723156/ are two examples. Cheers! Boris “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Boris PESO #03 - Grocery store and a new lens
Thanks, Marnie. On 1/27/2014 1:21 AM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: That's really soft. Interesting, good composition, but not really sure I like it. Marnie aka Doe :-) Take with a grain of salt. In a message dated 1/25/2014 10:13:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, bori...@gmail.com writes: Hi! Have a look here: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2014/01/2014-03-grocery-store.html This shot was made with my freshly acquired soft lens. It is one of a kind lens that I ordered from a guy who makes all kinds of photography related works including some very interesting lenses. This one is Chevalier landscape lens and it was made to my custom order in a barrel with native Leica mount, though no rangefinder coupling. The focal length is 38 mm. I am very happy about the shots I've been getting from it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/borispdml/12122257096/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/borispdml/12121723156/ are two examples. Cheers! Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: The revolution will be photographed (Ukraine)
Very long photojournalism series that seemed somewhat relevant after the current thread: http://zyalt.livejournal.com/984735.html -- 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: What is a Photograph?
Interesting. Never heard of that, at all. Marnie Still amused by exploding heads, subject photographs of said event, and/or selfies of said event, which will be an actual objective event. Or something like that. :-) In a message dated 1/26/2014 3:18:57 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, webstertwenty...@gmail.com writes: I think that putting leaves or other items on a sensitized material and exposing to light, used to be called something like photogram. There was a scientific play kit that came with plastic negatives a frame to hold the paper and of course a light sensitive paper that turned sort of purple when exposed to the sun. I don't remember if there was some way to fix the image as I got the kit when I was approximately 10 years old. On 1/26/2014 4:34 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Yes I found that part intriguing. Hadn't thought about it, now I might try it. (i.e. scanner image/collage). Marnie aka Doe :-) It was an interesting article, Paul. In a message dated 1/26/2014 1:27:16 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, pnstenqu...@comcast.net writes: And according to some of the art museum curators interviewed for the Times article, it doesn't necessarily involve a camera or lens. An example would be a photographic image made by arranging objects on a scanner, then printing the resulting digital file. But no one is really trying to provide a firm answer, just raising the question. Paul -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. Maple leaf.
Thanks, Marnie :)) Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun 2014-01-26 eactiv...@aol.com: O, nice. Good placement in frame and nice details and all that stuff. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/25/2014 9:13:56 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, bulent.cela...@gmail.com writes: It was rainy outside. So, a macro :) K20D with Sigma 70mm f/28. http://celasun.wordpress.com/2014/01/25/maple-leaf/ Bulent -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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, for Frank
It's not a nude, but if the model were a woman it would be NSFW, so perhaps this will go a short ways towards making Frank feel a bit better: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/12167313015/in/set-72157640198285216/ This was shot in the park sort of across the street from my house. After here, we caught golden hour in another spot at the edge of a field at the top of the ridge. I learned a couple things from that, golden hour can be excellent for portraits, but the dim light makes it a less than trival task on a technical level, especially when dealing with Pentax autofocus. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Hint for exposure metering for videos with Pentax DSLR
Fri Jan 24 15:04:15 EST 2014 Bruce Walker wrote: On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Igor Roshchin str at komkon.org wrote: Fri Jan 24 06:03:57 EST 2014 Steve Cottrell wrote: On 23/1/14, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: Were it I shooting video, I'd meter the scene and set the camera on manual at that setting. There's nothing more annoying than having the exposure changing throughout some footage. That goes for WB too. That's the way we do it. However, panning or tilting through from (say) dark to bright areas of subject sometimes means one has to pull some stop. Not a problem. Pulling stop, zooming *and* focus all manually and at the same time can take a couple of goes. Not a problem though. Sure, - but that's for when you are doing a planned shooting, and when you have a VIDEO camera, i.e. a camera that is designed (as opposed to _adapted_) for shooting videos. I don't know about K-3, but K-7 and K-5 are not in that league. Don't dismiss your DSLR as a high quality video tool so quickly. Entire broadcast quality television programs have been shot using DSLRs (eg House with Canon 5DmkII's). I see a lot of indie movies at festivals and when you check the credits, 9 out of 10 of them are shot on DSLRs these days. A few on film, some REDs, but largely DSLRs. Put one on a rig, add a big focus knob/gear doohickey and you can be shooting prfessional video. I know. I've seen as an educational/documentary movie was being shot using a Canon DSLR. What I was talking about is that K-5 is missing certain capabilities, e.g. possibility to change the aperture once recording is happening. And as for myself, - most of the time I don't have the opportunity (and the desire) to deal with a rig, etc. Cheers, 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.
