Re: Opinions

[Boris Liberman]

Bob, here is my take on the matter.

I am seeing the half headless person and the reflection of the man's 
face which together look somewhat intriguing. However most of the frame 
is filled with the whatever garb the half headless man is wearing. The 
reflection on it does not help - I almost don't see it.


So, I don't quite get it what you were trying to say and thus I don't 
really like this photograph. May be if more surrounding context was 
given on the bottom - the right heaviness of the frame wouldn't be that 
distracting...


Hope at least some of my mumbling makes sense to you.

Boris


On 3/17/2014 1:12 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote:

I'd be interested to hear your reaction this photo, please:



Love it or hate it, I don't mind, but if you have an opinion I'd love to hear 
why you think whatever it is you think about it.

Thanks,
B




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Re: OT: Lets play a game

[Bill]

On 17/03/2014 6:59 PM, John wrote:

On 3/15/2014 4:23 PM, Bill wrote:

Listen to the song linked here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb3nicduLfM

Then guess why it relates to me.

bill



I'm guessing you're not a Hoyt Axton fan, don't play a Rickenbacker 381
or smoke dope ...

So, could it be that you have no willpower & the guy who owns the camera
store beat you up and took all your lunch money?



Right answer, but Bob S beat you to it and got the prize.

bill

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Re: PESO: Wire Walker

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Actually, this circus has only one clown.

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


On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 9:11 PM, John  wrote:
> Too many clowns does not a real circus make.
>
>
> On 3/16/2014 6:42 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote:
>>
>> We in the U.S. get to see circus acts all the time in Washington !
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>>>
>>> From: Alan C 
>>> Subject: Re: PESO: Wire Walker
>>>
>>> Concentration personified! Well caught, Dan. We only get to see circus
>>> acts
>>> on TV.
>>>
>>> Alan C
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Daniel J. Matyola
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 7:02 AM
>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>>> Subject: PESO: Wire Walker
>>>
>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17709055
>>> Kr, smc DA 50 mm F 1.8
>>> Comments are invited.
>>>
>>> Dan Matyola
>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>
>>
>>
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PESO: A nice surprise

[Jeffery Johnson]

We had a pleasant surprise while back visiting Mount Olivet Cemetery 
here in Nashville TN. It was signs of Spring.


Saucer Magnolia Blooms On Tree
http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com/p893991559/e2a0aea2e

A Lone Yellow Daffodil or growing up we called them Buttercups
http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com/p893991559/e108125da

Don't worry Ann it is safe to view the two links as they are not the 
actual cemetery and the gallery they are in is for flowers and blooms.


Nice to see Spring.
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Photo Captures by Jeffery 

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Re: PESO: Product Photography

[Mark C]

Very cool stack focusing methodology...

Mark

On 3/10/2014 7:32 PM, Bill wrote:

I just don't know what to say about this.
The subject is chock full of awesome

http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/pictures/xt-1pron1.html

Technical: 13 image focus stack, K3, 100mm f/2.8WR macro at f/4.5.

enjoy

bill




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Re: Opinions

[John]

On 3/16/2014 7:12 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:

I'd be interested to hear your reaction this photo, please:



Love it or hate it, I don't mind, but if you have an opinion I'd love to hear 
why you think whatever it is you think about it.

Thanks,
B



It has a few interesting layers, but it doesn't hold my interest for 
very long.


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Re: PESO: Old Film- warning: OT: No Pentax content.

[John]

On 3/16/2014 4:51 PM, Bill wrote:

On 16/03/2014 12:15 PM, Attila Boros wrote:

I hope the same thing can be done with the K3 and a Flucard.

So you take pictures of Kodak film with a Fuji camera? Hmmm :)




I am a fan of subtle irony.
I should toss the stuff, but Mr. Nostalgia is saying hang on to it even
though it's useless. The still sealed box is carrying a 1983 expiry date.

bill




I still have a bunch of 110 film for the Pentax 110, and it includes
several Kodachrome 64. I don't figure they're any more useless than the
color negative film I still have for it.

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Re: PESO: A Breakfast Fit For A Monarch

[Rick Womer]

That is an unusual and beautiful monarch shot, I think.

Rick
 
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- Original Message -
From: David Mann 
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Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 5:12 PM
Subject: PESO: A Breakfast Fit For A Monarch

I was all ready to take a clichéd shot of a butterfly sunning itself but I came 
too close and scared it off.  It landed on the lemon tree in a very 
inconvenient place but I managed to get this photo through the leaves.  I've 
cropped it a bit from the original.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/787/#peso

K10D, FA100mm f/2.8 Macro

Cheers,
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Re: Keep the PEFs?

[John]

If I had known then what I know now, I'd have been shooting RAW from the
get-go. But I didn't, so I didn't.

I don't blame him for it. I think he gave what he believed was good advice
based on what he knew at the time.


On 3/15/2014 1:56 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

A sad misunderstanding from the early days of digital. TIFF in camera
is an 8bit RGB format and essentially no better than JPEG except for
the lack of compression losses.

You can never return an RGB format to mosaiced raw data, but you can
encapsulate it in DNG. It does benefit from some standardization, but
little else.

Godfrey


On Mar 15, 2014, at 10:18 AM, John  wrote:

Herb Keppler (I think it was him) did a review of the *ist-D and he
said that since the camera offered TIFF as one of the image
formats, that was the way to go because the TIFF standard was
likely to be around for a long time and the various camera RAW
formats probably not so much.

I don't know if you can convert them, but I think the DNG file
will encapsulate them.




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Re: GESO: Croc Antics

[Rick Womer]

I think he ought to try riding the croc.
 
Rick


- Original Message -
From: John 
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Cc: 
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: GESO: Croc Antics

On 3/15/2014 7:32 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
> On 15 Mar 2014, at 18:46, "Alan C"  wrote:
>>
>> This 2½m croc was feeding on small fish flopping their way across a
>> causeway under a few cm of water. As we approached, it dived for
>> cover but immediately climbed back onto the causeway after we had
>> crossed. The Goliath Heron standing nearby was obviously afraid to
>> try its luck at fishing!
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/sets/72157642392353525/
>>
>
> That second shot in particular is fantastic. The whole set would have
> been better still if you could have someone to stand next to the
> croc, for scale.
>
> B
>

Are you volunteering?

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Re: PESO: Wire Walker

[John]

Too many clowns does not a real circus make.

On 3/16/2014 6:42 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote:

We in the U.S. get to see circus acts all the time in Washington !


-Original Message-

From: Alan C 
Subject: Re: PESO: Wire Walker

Concentration personified! Well caught, Dan. We only get to see circus acts
on TV.

Alan C

-Original Message-
From: Daniel J. Matyola
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 7:02 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: PESO: Wire Walker

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17709055
Kr, smc DA 50 mm F 1.8
Comments are invited.

Dan Matyola
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Re: OT: Lets play a game

[John]

On 3/15/2014 4:23 PM, Bill wrote:

Listen to the song linked here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb3nicduLfM

Then guess why it relates to me.

bill



I'm guessing you're not a Hoyt Axton fan, don't play a Rickenbacker 381 
or smoke dope ...


So, could it be that you have no willpower & the guy who owns the camera 
store beat you up and took all your lunch money?


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Re: GESO: Croc Antics

[John]

On 3/15/2014 7:32 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:

On 15 Mar 2014, at 18:46, "Alan C"  wrote:


This 2½m croc was feeding on small fish flopping their way across a
causeway under a few cm of water. As we approached, it dived for
cover but immediately climbed back onto the causeway after we had
crossed. The Goliath Heron standing nearby was obviously afraid to
try its luck at fishing!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/sets/72157642392353525/



That second shot in particular is fantastic. The whole set would have
been better still if you could have someone to stand next to the
croc, for scale.

B



Are you volunteering?

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Re: metz question

[John]

On 3/16/2014 1:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

I can't get my mecablits 58 af2 to work as a dumb slave in servo mode.

Is there something obvious that I'm likely missing?



Yeah, you should'a bought some old 285HVs when you had a chance.  8-D

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Re: OT: Shelfie for Cyclists

[John]

I thought camp coffee was what Adam West serves at his house?

On 3/15/2014 7:42 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Isn't  Camp coffee mostly Chickory?
Dan Matyola
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On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 7:37 PM, Bob W-PDML  wrote:

It's a type of espresso machine that takes Camp coffee.

B


On 15 Mar 2014, at 18:52, "Christine Aguila"  wrote:

To the non-cyclist, Frank, I have no idea what you're talking about. :-). I 
mean what's a grouppo?  :-). Cheers, Christine

Sent from my iPad


On Mar 15, 2014, at 1:40 PM, knarf  wrote:

Old-school Frejus track with what looks like full Campy Pista gruppo and Brooks 
saddle. Sweet!

That wall hanger is brilliant.

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
frank


On 15 March, 2014 11:28:12 AM EDT, Christine Aguila  
wrote:
Thought our PDML cyclists might enjoy a gander at this solution for
storing your bikes.  Kind of cool.
Cheers, Christine


http://www.gizmag.com/shelfie-store-bike-seat-weight/31217/pictures#1


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Re: OT: Shelfie for Cyclists

[John]

Off the top of my head SWAG, the "Fejus track" is the frame, "Campy 
Pista gruppo" is the gears (IIRC, there's a brand called Campagnola) and 
the "Brooks saddle" is the seat.


Don't know which bike he's referring to, because there's 7 images of 
bikes on that "shelfie", but I'll go with #6 of 7.


How'd I do without Googling anything?

On 3/15/2014 2:51 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:

To the non-cyclist, Frank, I have no idea what you're talking about. :-). I 
mean what's a grouppo?  :-). Cheers, Christine

Sent from my iPad


On Mar 15, 2014, at 1:40 PM, knarf  wrote:

Old-school Frejus track with what looks like full Campy Pista gruppo and Brooks 
saddle. Sweet!

That wall hanger is brilliant.

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
frank


On 15 March, 2014 11:28:12 AM EDT, Christine Aguila  
wrote:
Thought our PDML cyclists might enjoy a gander at this solution for
storing your bikes.  Kind of cool.
Cheers, Christine


http://www.gizmag.com/shelfie-store-bike-seat-weight/31217/pictures#1


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Re: PESO - Regarding Henry

[Rick Womer]

Nice composition! I like it. I also like the AGO, a lot!

Rick
 
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Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 8:10 PM
Subject: PESO - Regarding Henry

Taken last autumn. The title's ironic:

http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2014/03/regarding-henry.html?m=1

Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.

Cheers,
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K-5 10K

[Rick Womer]

I took the train this morning from snowy Philly to sunny New Haven to visit the 
aged mater.  I had read this piece on TOP, and found it interesting after the 
long discussions of Bob W's Leica MM yearning:

http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2014/03/getting-into-the-bw-mindset.html


So I pulled out the K-5 somewhere between New York and Stamford CT, and began 
seeing if I could get a monochrome image on the back display while shooting 
RAW+. Nope. For that matter, the Monochrome filter the owners' manual talks 
about doesn't seem to exist.  

So I gave up; but noticed that the last image was 101-0003. Not much compared 
to the likes of Paul and Larry, but a landmark anyway. I've had the K-5 for 1 
year and 10 months.

Cheers,

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Re: PESO: Wire Walker

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Thanks, Don.
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On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Don Guthrie  wrote:
> Great photo and composition especially for an ad hoc photo.
> pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:
>>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 01:02:50 -0400
>>
>> From: "Daniel J. Matyola"
>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>> Subject: PESO: Wire Walker
>> Message-ID:
>>
>> 
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>>
>>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17709055
>> Kr, smc DA 50 mm F 1.8
>> Comments are invited.
>>
>> Dan Matyola
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>
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Re: Opinions

[Bob W-PDML]

On 17 Mar 2014, at 00:01, "Steve Cottrell"  wrote:
> 
> On 16/3/14, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
>> I'd be interested to hear your reaction this photo, please:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Love it or hate it, I don't mind, but if you have an opinion I'd love to
>> hear why you think whatever it is you think about it.
> 
> Love it.
> 
> BW enters his abstract phase ;-)
> 
> Nice work.
> 
> PS Stef is looking at a part time job down your neck of the woods at an
> indoor karting centre. He was asking about Greenwich...I said 'I know a
> man who knows'
> 

Greenwich is full of students and very lively - he'd enjoy it here, or in 
Deptford even.

There's a karting centre just by the Thames Barrier - is that the one?

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Re: PESO: Fallen Tree

[Bob W-PDML]

On 17 Mar 2014, at 18:40, "Alan C"  wrote:
> 
> Had the misfortune of a large Mopane tree falling across my lawn on Wed. It 
> had rotted off just below ground level. In this early morning shot lurks a 
> camouflaged spectator. Sensitive viewers should look with caution! Cut half 
> of it up today.

Are you allowed to do that to cats?

> Counting the rings puts its age at roughly 60 years so it germinated about 
> the time the Town of Phalaborwa was established.
> 
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/13224564775/lightbox/
> 

Shame to lose the tree - did you get fruit from it? Nice garden, too.

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RE: Opinions

[Bob W]

> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Coyle
> 
> To be honest, it does nothing for me.  Additionally:
> There is no strong focal point
> The right-hand side is blown out (on my monitor at least).
> There is a confused out-of-focus area on the left hand side, which seems
to
> contain a pair of socks
> hung over a rail.   Does not contribute to the shot, IMO.
> 
> Sorry to be totally negative, this one is so far removed from your other
work
> in standard and content.
> 

No need to apologise. I'm not the sort of person who asks for opinions then
gets upset when they are negative. 

It is indeed far from the type of thing I normally post, and that is one of
the reasons why I asked people to comment. 

I will itemise it. I took it yesterday morning in the Café Rouge in York,
which Rick is familiar with, while I was having my morning espresso. It's
one of a series that I took because I liked the raking sunlight, the shadows
and confusion of reflections and people outside.

The person in the foreground is a woman, shielding her eyes from the sun as
she looks outside at or for something. The dark circles are the shadows of
the word 'Croque', from 'Croque Monsieur', although they could easily have
been the shadows of the Mysterons! The man reflected in the window was
sharing the table with her, and I assume that they are married to each
other. The 'socks' - which I hadn't noticed until you pointed them out, and
which I thought was funny - are the black paint and blacker shade of a
doorway on the other side of the street, running into the black hair of the
passer-by.

On my screens nothing is washed out, and there's no clipping in Lightroom.

You and Steve H both said 'noir'; Darren mentioned Dali; others have used
words like 'unsettling' and 'intriguing', as well as 'a mess' and so on,
which are all very interesting comments.

When I saw it I thought it looked like a film still, something from which
people would construct a narrative. It also has a strong element of collage,
to me. However, I thought I might be making something out of a sow's ear, so
I thought I'd throw it out there.

Over the last few weeks we have studied Godard's film 'Pierrot le Fou',
which I love, so perhaps I am photographing while under the influence. The
film engendered a very lively discussion at the class last week, and I
thought it was very interesting that people who can accept Picasso, and Pop
Art and other 'difficult' stuff in traditional media struggle with Godard,
who is doing a similar thing with cinema. Pierrot le Fou plays with
narrative structure, and is a collage - a mess, if you like - with intent,
and malice aforethought. It is an extraordinarily rich film, which positions
itself in all sorts of ways, not least in opposition to traditional
Hollywood cinema. 

Now, as it happens, on Saturday night I went to see '12 Years a Slave' which
has been getting rave reviews, 3 Oscars including Best Picture, and so on.
And whilst I enjoyed the film I came away rather disappointed because I
don't think it has much depth beyond the story-telling and the obvious
"wasn't slavery a bad thing!". I'd be very surprised if in 50 years' time
people are still talking and writing about it. I'd be very surprised if
people are still talking and writing about it in one years' time. Yet Godard
lasts.

Alongside all of that, I look at modern Magnum photographers like Paolo
Peregrin, Jonas Bendiksen, Alex Majoli and others who are doing really
interesting things, and I look at my pictures and I think to myself 'my
pictures are in a timewarp'. They're often nicely composed and interesting,
but in a classical way, and I'm rather bored with them, just as I'm rather
bored with the type of cinema that gives best picture to films like '12
Years a Slave', and no-one seems to be doing anything as interesting as
'Pierrot le Fou'.

So, there it is. Thanks for your thoughts, and if anyone wants to post more,
please do - all very gratefully received, and read with interest.

B

 
> I'd be interested to hear your reaction this photo, please:
> 
> 
> 
> Love it or hate it, I don't mind, but if you have an opinion I'd love to
hear why
> you think whatever it is you think about it.
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Re: Opinions

[mike wilson]

On 16/03/2014, Bob W-PDML  wrote:
> I'd be interested to hear your reaction this photo, please:
>
> 
>
> Love it or hate it, I don't mind, but if you have an opinion I'd love to
> hear why you think whatever it is you think about it.

It's the sort of image that makes me wonder what is just outside of the frame.

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Re: PESO: Fallen Tree

[Jeffery Johnson]

Sorry that should be hope there wasn't damage.

On 3/17/2014 1:51 PM, Jeffery Johnson wrote:
Oh my goodness. Do hope there was damage to your home. Are you going 
to be creative with it or just saw it up?


On 3/17/2014 1:39 PM, Alan C wrote:
Had the misfortune of a large Mopane tree falling across my lawn on 
Wed. It had rotted off just below ground level. In this early morning 
shot lurks a camouflaged spectator. Sensitive viewers should look 
with caution! Cut half of it up today. Counting the rings puts its 
age at roughly 60 years so it germinated about the time the Town of 
Phalaborwa was established.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/13224564775/lightbox/

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Re: PESO: Fallen Tree

[Jeffery Johnson]

Oh my goodness. Do hope there was damage to your home. Are you going to 
be creative with it or just saw it up?


On 3/17/2014 1:39 PM, Alan C wrote:
Had the misfortune of a large Mopane tree falling across my lawn on 
Wed. It had rotted off just below ground level. In this early morning 
shot lurks a camouflaged spectator. Sensitive viewers should look with 
caution! Cut half of it up today. Counting the rings puts its age at 
roughly 60 years so it germinated about the time the Town of 
Phalaborwa was established.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/13224564775/lightbox/

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PESO: Fallen Tree

[Alan C]

Had the misfortune of a large Mopane tree falling across my lawn on Wed. It 
had rotted off just below ground level. In this early morning shot lurks a 
camouflaged spectator. Sensitive viewers should look with caution! Cut half 
of it up today. Counting the rings puts its age at roughly 60 years so it 
germinated about the time the Town of Phalaborwa was established.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/13224564775/lightbox/

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Re: metz question

[Larry Colen]

On Mar 17, 2014, at 11:10 AM, Igor Roshchin  wrote:

> 
> Sun Mar 16 01:47:01 EDT 2014
> Larry Colen wrote:
> 
>> I can't get my mecablits 58 af2 to work as a dumb slave in servo mode.
> 
> I've used mine (however, not af2, but the previous version, "af") as a
> slave activated by the built-in flash without any problem.
> 
>> Is there something obvious that I'm likely missing?
> Obviously, you are missing your flash working as a slave.
> :-)
> 
> 
> On a serious note, - I have only one thought: what do you have it
> activated by? TTL flash or PTTL one?
> I don't know how it is done, but it is designed not to go off with the
> PTTL's pre-flash. I wonder if your problem may somehow be related to
> this, e.g. if your "main" unit doesn't do the preflash.
> And, I assume you've made sure it sees the "master's" flash very well.
> 
> Rather than that, - your flash might just have rebelled against slavery.
> (Especially after your calling it "a dumb”.)

I’m trying to trigger it off of studio flashes.

I ended up giving up and using an external optical trigger shoe.


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Re: metz question

[Igor Roshchin]

Sun Mar 16 01:47:01 EDT 2014
Larry Colen wrote:

> I can't get my mecablits 58 af2 to work as a dumb slave in servo mode.

I've used mine (however, not af2, but the previous version, "af") as a
slave activated by the built-in flash without any problem.

> Is there something obvious that I'm likely missing?
Obviously, you are missing your flash working as a slave.
:-)


On a serious note, - I have only one thought: what do you have it
activated by? TTL flash or PTTL one?
I don't know how it is done, but it is designed not to go off with the
PTTL's pre-flash. I wonder if your problem may somehow be related to
this, e.g. if your "main" unit doesn't do the preflash.
And, I assume you've made sure it sees the "master's" flash very well.

Rather than that, - your flash might just have rebelled against slavery.
(Especially after your calling it "a dumb".)

Cheers,

Igor



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Re: Opinions

[steve harley]

on 2014-03-16 17:12 Bob W-PDML wrote

I'd be interested to hear your reaction this photo, please:



Love it or hate it, I don't mind, but if you have an opinion I'd love to hear 
why you think whatever it is you think about it.


my reactions at first sight: noir, uncomfortable, mundane; taking more time, 
it's a bit intriguing, mostly in concept, but i don't really enjoy it; i don't 
like how the face is cut off


perhaps the most resonance comes from the two expressions of the face(s?); 
there is a slight puzzle of what is the hand doing; looks like holding a comb, 
but the fingers aren't gripping


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Re: K-3 mirrior problems

[Bill]

On 17/03/2014 10:36 AM, P.J. Alling wrote:



Nikon is finally admitted the oil splatter issue with the D600.



http://www.shanghaidaily.com/metro/society/Nikon-ordered-to-withdraw-faulty-cameras/shdaily.shtml 



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Re: K-3 mirrior problems

[P.J. Alling]

Didn't some K-5s have this problem as well?

Just further proof that in the modern world final quality control is the 
end user.  Ricoh will fix the problem eventually.


Nikon is finally admitted the oil splatter issue with the D600. Though I 
don't know if Canon ever admitted that there was a problem with the top 
display backlight, (caused metering problems), on one of their full 
frame models.  Every manufacturer seems to have these issues.  The 
Pentax problem seems to be in the programming as the mirror box on the 
K-3 is supposed to be a new design.  The Nikon a bad run of shutters, 
the Canon a design issue.  I think I'd rather have the software issue, 
it's easier to fix.


On 3/16/2014 2:26 PM, David J Brooks wrote:

The PF has a survey to send to Ricoh

http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/254464-k3-crazy-mirror-sickness-mirror-flapping-lockup-report-yours-here.html

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Re: Kitten Warning ... For Ann mostly ;-)

[steve harley]

on 2014-03-16 22:44 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote

Couple of kittens in our back yard…

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25268645/kittens/index.html

enjoy!


did enjoy

unless you have reason to believe otherwise, the mother and kittens may be 
feral; if so, and you may already know this, there are groups that can help in 
various ways, including possibly finding homes for the kittens (they can be 
domesticated if caught at the right time) and spay & release for the mom; you 
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Re: PESOs: At the London Velodrome

[Don Guthrie]

Great shot of the building and I love the overhead of the cyclists.

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Continuing the cycling theme, we went to the Velodrome in London on
Friday. It's a fantastic part of the Olympics 2012 legacy and the
architecture is memorable:
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/LondonVelodrome/slides/DSCF5701.html

The racing was excellent and I managed to get a few reasonable shots
from my seat. Here's one:
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/LondonVelodrome/slides/DSCF5752.html

Star of the evening was Laura Trott, but she must have been going too
fast as all of my shots of her are blurred...

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Re:PESO: Wire Walker

[Don Guthrie]

Great photo and composition especially for an ad hoc photo.
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http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17709055
Kr, smc DA 50 mm F 1.8
Comments are invited.

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



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Re: Poppy Shed

[Jack Davis]

Thanks, Bob and I understand their both healthy and delicious. 

Jack




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Jack,
The winter has been so bad that all I really enjoyed was the poppies.
I'm hungry for spring flowers.
Regards,  Bob S.


On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Jack Davis  wrote:
> On this glorious 77 F day, my wife and I went on a flower hunt. Found what we 
> had really been looking for; Poppies.
> Pleased to find them along the foundation of a weathering shed not too far 
> from the road.
> I did no fiddling with the shed color. Love how it came out. I could see a 
> hint of this tone, but the amount surprised me. What I did do was set about 
> 3/4 stop minus compensation so as not to have the poppies render overly 
> light. Shot at f13 and with the sensor on "Sel", moved down on the grass in 
> the center of the poppies.
>
> Comments invited.
>
> Jack

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Re: GESO's: Ecstacy, Crocs, Hibiscus & Flood

[Alan C]

Thanks to all those who looked & commented. The local weather has dried up & 
things are returning to normal apart from the new generation of potholes.


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Re: Poppy Shed

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Jack,
The winter has been so bad that all I really enjoyed was the poppies.
I'm hungry for spring flowers.
Regards,  Bob S.

On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Jack Davis  wrote:
> On this glorious 77 F day, my wife and I went on a flower hunt. Found what we 
> had really been looking for; Poppies.
> Pleased to find them along the foundation of a weathering shed not too far 
> from the road.
> I did no fiddling with the shed color. Love how it came out. I could see a 
> hint of this tone, but the amount surprised me. What I did do was set about 
> 3/4 stop minus compensation so as not to have the poppies render overly 
> light. Shot at f13 and with the sensor on "Sel", moved down on the grass in 
> the center of the poppies.
>
> Comments invited.
>
> Jack

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Re: Old Film- warning: OT: No Pentax content.

[Bill]

On 16/03/2014 9:40 PM, Ken Waller wrote:

So the film has finally been exposed




Sadly, it went in the trash last night.

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Re: Keep the PEFs?

[Mark C]

On 3/16/2014 3:02 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:



I regret not switching to DNG when I first had a chance - shot lots of 
PEFs with my K10D.


IIRC - The K10D writes uncompressed DNG's which make for pretty large 
files. I used PEF still with my K10D and then run the files through 
Adobe DNG converter.


Mark

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Re: Opinions

[Darren Addy]

It appears to me that the man on right is inside a cafe and looking
out the window into the early morning sun. The lettering on his shirt
is the shadows of the lettering that is presumably on the glass window
he is looking through. Part of what you see in the window is
reflection (the small pitcher, for example) and part is what is going
on outside (the woman walking down the sidewalk).

I think that part of what is intriguing about it is that  the pose of
the man and the fact that his eyes are cut off gives the impression
that he is looking up and out of the window, as if he is stretching to
see his expected, but tardy, breakfast partner. But the reflection in
the window has the man looking downward, disappointed, with no sign of
the hand.

It strikes me as a somewhat Salvadore Dali photograph. Certainly
anything but ordinary. Thanks for sharing it.

On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 1:59 AM, Chris Mitchell
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> I don't like it, but it's intriguing. There seems to be a lot going on
> in the reflection, but the person in the foreground dominates too
> much. Also the foreground looks washed out to me - and what are those
> black circles on the knitwear?
>
> Chris
>
> On 16 March 2014 23:12, Bob W-PDML  wrote:
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>>
>> 
>>
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>> hear why you think whatever it is you think about it.
>>
>> Thanks,
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Re: Opinions

[Chris Mitchell]

I don't like it, but it's intriguing. There seems to be a lot going on
in the reflection, but the person in the foreground dominates too
much. Also the foreground looks washed out to me - and what are those
black circles on the knitwear?

Chris

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