date:20160223

I've read a few previews of the K-1 at a number of different sites, and 
a lot of them make a big deal of it's backward compatibility with K and 
M lenses.  The only site that actually went into any detail was the 
Pentax Fora where they described the green button kludge.  To those of 
us who've used Pentax DSLRs this isn't a big deal they have all done 
that, since the first or second firmware update for the *ist-D.  Wide 
open metering, /that/ would be a big deal.


One of the lenses I use regularly is the M 85mm f2.0.  On film it was a 
little soft wide open especially away from the center of the frame, 
(probably because it was designed primarily for portraits), on APS-C 
digital it's pretty sharp wide open corner to corner, more than good 
enough for the resolution of up to a 16mp sensor.


Unfortunately I use it a lot in very dark available light situations, 
because it's relatively fast, and compact, (really about the same size 
as a 55mm f1.8), and using stop down metering it's really easy to run 
out of the meters e.v. range and get very bad suggestions for exposure 
using the green button.


I was really hoping to get an aperture simulator back almost entirely 
for that lens.


On 2/23/2016 9:36 PM, mail1 wrote:

Will the K-! support Pentax M series lens?

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Re: pentax/tokina 24-70/2.8

It has no aperture simulator so it supports them the same way every 
Pentax DSLR since the *ist-D has.


On 2/23/2016 9:32 PM, mail1 wrote:

The question is will the K-1 support non KA M lenses?

Jonathan

  


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I´ve tried it on K-3 and at least in that format it is great. «Kenspo» on 
Pentaxforums is almost a neighbour and he loves it for rock conserts and 
models. Very good flare control and sharpness. We will see soon if it is works 
on K-1 he claims to be the first to get one (or two).

DagT




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What’s the consensus on this lens? That’s a focal length I’m going to need, but 
i haven’t read much about it.

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Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with ...


Sorry. I hadn't bothered to go look in my camera bag. The cord is about
3 foot long.

Still it works fine. It's long enough that I can make a loop that lets
it hang from the tripod without pulling on the camera.

AFAIK, the maximum delay built into the camera using the IR remote is 3
seconds. You can combine the camera self timer delay with the
intervalometer delay. Once the intervalometer triggers the camera the
red light & beeper come on to let you know it's about to take a photo.



On 2/23/2016 7:33 PM, Ken Waller wrote:

The cable is about 10' long.


I was commenting relative to the 3 foot cord on the intervalometer in
the link you provided.


The advantage it has over the IR remote for group selfies is I can set
the delay long enough that I have time to verify it's counting down &
still WALK over to take my place in the group.


I use the camera based delay feature for that function where a red light
on the camera assure the delay is functionming.

YMMV

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- Original Message - From: "John" 
Subject: Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with ...



The cable is about 10' long. The intervalometer is large enough I won't
lose it stuffing it in a camera bag. I've lost a couple of Pentax IR
remotes that way.

The cord rolls up & I can put it in my hip pocket. It has survived the
couple of times I've forgotten it was in there when I packed my gear,
got in the car & sat on it when I drove off with no problems.

The advantage it has over the IR remote for group selfies is I can set
the delay long enough that I have time to verify it's counting down &
still WALK over to take my place in the group.


On 2/23/2016 12:18 AM, Ken Waller wrote:

1. The battery grip no longer has a slot to store it in.

Where do you store the intervalometer ?


2. It lacks range when shooting in even moderately bright light.

Looks like the intervalometer also has a short range.

Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

- Original Message - From: "John" 
Subject: Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with
...



1. The battery grip no longer has a slot to store it in.
2. It lacks range when shooting in even moderately bright light.

I've been using one of those cheap Chinese multifunction
intervalometers.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MRMQM0G/ref=s9_zwish_hd_bw_b3OSoXL_g421_i6?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER_rd_s=merchandised-search-5_rd_r=1MBTPHS8T6VZJW4W2YV2_rd_t=101_rd_p=2223214922_rd_i=3109898011



http://tinyurl.com/Interval-remote

Available in several different "brand" names & also available
locally if
you have access to a real camera store.



On 2/22/2016 1:36 PM, Ken Waller wrote:

What's wrong with using an infra red remote release?

Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

- Original Message - From: "John" 
Subject: Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with
...



I think it must be humor of some sort.

AFAIK, none of Pentax's DSLRs work with a mechanical release. I think
the last Pentax film camera that accepted a mechanical release was
the
A3000.

On 2/22/2016 12:36 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:

Silly... Either I miss some kind of a pun thread or continuation
thereof, but totally for free you can download an app (Android, at
least) that will release the shutter via IR port...

Speaking of that mill from which some say they run... I've recently
bought a wireless Qi charger for my cell phone. It was like less
than
USD 4 from AliExpress... If I did not tell you - I doubt that even
with close inspection you would be able to tell it apart from the
original Samsung piece of kit. Sturdy, same font, good build, etc...
Works like a charm, by the way...

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 7:02 AM, Igor PDML-StR 
wrote:



... Remote Shutter Cable Release...
... a simple and reliable one that looks like this:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006O3LTQQ/

"I guess I'll be putting off the purchase for a while."
;-)

Cheers,

Igor


PS. Notice the lonely "Customer Question" at the bottom. :-)
(Not from me...)







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Re: Playing with panorama and HDR

2016-02-23 Thread John Francis

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 05:06:24PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote:
> 
> 
> Alan C wrote:
> >That's an impressive scene, Larry, but it has some severe exposure
> >challenges -
> 
> Yes, it was very challenging.
> 
> >the bright yellow lights at the left & the sombre blue lights
> 
> BTW, the lights on the left are the Port of Oakland, those structures are
> what inspired the Imperial Walkers in the Star Wars movies.
> 
> >at the right. IMHO the bridge on its own is the best part. I have never
> >tried HRD so I don't know how that affects it.
> 
> HDR doesn't (or shouldn't) affect color balance.  I expect that the lights
> at the port of Oakland are "vintage technology", whether tungsten or
> Fluorescent.  The east span of the bridge is brand new, so it is likely
> illuminated with LEDs.  When it was first opened there was an LED based art
> installation on it.

There still is.

It's just recently been turned back on, and now is a permanent part of the 
bridge.

 
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Lights-are-back-Watch-the-artist-reprogram-6702471.php

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Re: OT: need a replacement laptop


On 2/23/2016 3:30 PM, Collin B wrote:

Depends on your operating system.  Some versions of MS Windows are very
picky, some like Win2K just fall back to defaults and ask for missing
drivers.  Some early versions simply hang.  Not so familiar with, but
the same holds true for different distributions of, Linux, some are a
relative joy to swap boot drives others are near impossible.


Win7.
Some have said that, unlike XP (OEM), Win7 (OEM) does more than just check
computer brand.
In the past, XP HP installs moved to a Dell would not boot, but would boot
just fine on any other HP.
OEM Win7, it is said, will check other things such as BIOS s/n to determine
if it has been bootlegged.
I have not yet been able to verify that.



XP had to be re-registered with Micro$oft if certain components changed.
I remember having to do it after a motherboard crapped out on me one
time. Wasn't that hard to do, but you needed the product key.

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Re: Roadside engine


On 2/23/2016 3:17 PM, Collin B wrote:

When our boys were young I suggested to them that they watch the side of the
road (we drive cross-country annually) for car parts and see how long it
would take to build one.
They balked.  Understandably.
But every once in a while they remember this when they look and see an
engine, a transmission, a gas tank, interior section, or other piece that
clearly has no place along a highway.
I thought it would be more interesting that the old color game.
But, alas, this one has taken years to complete.




Sounds like Johnny Cash's Cadillac.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2riRAGzNzvQ


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PESO - Crazy Canuck

2016-02-23 Thread knarf

Last weekend was the Icycle 2016, Toronto's annual bicycle ice race. 

Someone forgot to tell Raymond it's not a "clothing optional" race:

http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2016/02/crazy-canuck.html?m=1

There's one in every crowd. ;-)

Hope you enjoy, comments welcome.

Cheers,

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Re: Nicole seems to be blocked again

2016-02-23 Thread Darren Addy

As she will soon see, blockage is a big problem for **many** here on
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Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with ...

2016-02-23 Thread Mark C


Thanks for the tip - I'll have to try that out.

Mark

On 2/23/2016 7:06 PM, Peter Loveday wrote:

From: Mark C
The only issue with a wireless release is lack of a bulb setting. 
AFAIK, you need a cabled release for that. Too bad the K1 does not 
have T as well as B shutter mode.


Bulb mode with IR remote works fine for me on the K3, and as far as I 
recall worked fine with previous cameras too.


I do find setting CF7 (Bulb Mode) to be 'Mode2' (press-start / 
press-stop) rather than 'Mode1' (press-and-hold) to be somewhat more 
practical with the IR remote, but it does work in either.


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Re: PESO - Violin Maker

2016-02-23 Thread ann sanfedele


what paul said
ann

On 2/23/2016 9:23 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

Very nice. The reflections complement the image.

Paul via phone


On Feb 23, 2016, at 8:59 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:

Just down the street from the Curtis Institute of Music, in Philadelphia:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18191462=lg

(K-5, DA 16-45)

Comments appreciated.

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Re: K-1 Pentax M series lens support

Of course. It supports K (Pentax smc) and M42 lenses too. But only in manual 
metering mode and using the green button to determine a shutter speed for the 
ap you set on the lens.

Paul via phone

> On Feb 23, 2016, at 9:36 PM, mail1  wrote:
> 
> Will the K-! support Pentax M series lens?
> 
> Jonathan
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RE: K-1 Pentax M series lens support

2016-02-23 Thread mail1

Will the K-! support Pentax M series lens?

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RE: pentax/tokina 24-70/2.8

2016-02-23 Thread mail1

The question is will the K-1 support non KA M lenses?

Jonathan 

 

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Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 12:33 PM
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Subject: Re: pentax/tokina 24-70/2.8

I´ve tried it on K-3 and at least in that format it is great. «Kenspo» on 
Pentaxforums is almost a neighbour and he loves it for rock conserts and 
models. Very good flare control and sharpness. We will see soon if it is works 
on K-1 he claims to be the first to get one (or two).

DagT



> 19. feb. 2016 kl. 20.18 skrev Paul Stenquist :
> 
> What’s the consensus on this lens? That’s a focal length I’m going to need, 
> but i haven’t read much about it.
> 
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Re: Nicole seems to be blocked again

2016-02-23 Thread Doug Brewer

For what it's worth, I've only ever put one person on suspension, and it 
wasn't Nicole.


About the filter, I have the ability to implement that, but early on it 
was unreliable so I just set it to nuke anything that wasn't plain text. 
Perhaps when I get a moment I can open the hood and wave a chicken at it 
again.




On 2/23/16 5:00 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:


Same as I use, Nicole. Be sure to set Mail to default to plain text only. I 
find that occasionally it switches to rich text on replies, so I always check 
the mode before sending.


A few months ago someone emailed me and offered to help Doug set up an
HTML filter on the List server so that people wouldn't need to send
plain text (basically, all formatting would get removed from email
coming in to the server and only plain text would be sent out to the
world).

I'll call Doug and see if he can try to implement that. Now that he's
coming to the real, final, ultimate end and conclusion (got that?) of
his thesis he may have time to deal with that soon.



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Re: PESO - Violin Maker

Very nice. The reflections complement the image.

Paul via phone

> On Feb 23, 2016, at 8:59 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
> 
> Just down the street from the Curtis Institute of Music, in Philadelphia:
> 
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18191462=lg
> 
> (K-5, DA 16-45)
> 
> Comments appreciated.
> 
> Rick
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PESO - Violin Maker

2016-02-23 Thread Rick Womer

Just down the street from the Curtis Institute of Music, in Philadelphia:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18191462=lg

(K-5, DA 16-45)

Comments appreciated.

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Re: Another new Ricoh camera released...

2016-02-23 Thread Brian Walters

...and there's also this:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0048564628/limited-edition-pentax-k-3-ii-to-commemorate-80-years-of-ricoh


Cheers

Brian

++
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> I know this one won’t get the same level of excitement as the K-1, but
> still…
> 
> The Ricoh WG-M2 Action Camera is available for pre-order from B (and
> presumably the outlets) @ $299.95. 
> Well under $300 as they say in the marketing world.
> 
> I bought the WG-M1 on a whim last fall when it was selling for a
> close-out price of $99.
> I don’t have, have never even held onto, a GoPro, but these WG-Mx seem to
> be an attempt to fit into the GoPro niche. Small, light weight, durable,
> waterproof, capable of video or stills or time lapse. When we went
> through the Panama Canal last fall I had one strapped to the balcony
> railing, got a nice time lapse showing us going through the first set of
> locks.
> 
> There are many strange design bugs, or features, on the WG-M1, it will be
> interesting to see if they make changes for the new version. E.g., the
> camera always without fail will be in video mode when the power is turned
> on. So you always have to fiddle with the menu to get it into still mode
> i=f that is what you want. There is similarly no memory for previous
> setting for still or video mode with respect to angle of view (zoom
> level) or much of anything else. (The zoom options are Wide, Really Wide,
> REALLY REALLY Wide.) So you turn it on, do a menu dance to set it up,
> shoot a frame or two. Slip it into your pocket, walk a few feet, see
> another photo op, do the whole process again. Very weird. Hopefully the
> WG-M2 comes with more usable interface.
> 
> stan
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Re: Playing with panorama and HDR

2016-02-23 Thread Larry Colen




Alan C wrote:

That's an impressive scene, Larry, but it has some severe exposure
challenges -


Yes, it was very challenging.


the bright yellow lights at the left & the sombre blue lights


BTW, the lights on the left are the Port of Oakland, those structures 
are what inspired the Imperial Walkers in the Star Wars movies.



at the right. IMHO the bridge on its own is the best part. I have never
tried HRD so I don't know how that affects it.


HDR doesn't (or shouldn't) affect color balance.  I expect that the 
lights at the port of Oakland are "vintage technology", whether tungsten 
or Fluorescent.  The east span of the bridge is brand new, so it is 
likely illuminated with LEDs.  When it was first opened there was an LED 
based art installation on it.







-Original Message- From: Larry Colen
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 3:04 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss List
Subject: Playing with panorama and HDR

As you might be able to tell, I'm making some progress on my backlog of
unprocessed photos from January and February.

Some night time photos of the east span of the Bay Bridge: here is an
HDR panorama (shot with an FA*80-200 at 143mm):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/24571628644/in/album-72157664284597889/


Processed at 6Kx903 pixels:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/24575655653/sizes/o

The full set:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157664284597889/




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Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with ...

2016-02-23 Thread Ken Waller


The cable is about 10' long.


I was commenting relative to the 3 foot cord on the intervalometer in the 
link you provided.



The advantage it has over the IR remote for group selfies is I can set
the delay long enough that I have time to verify it's counting down &
still WALK over to take my place in the group.


I use the camera based delay feature for that function where a red light on 
the camera assure the delay is functionming.


YMMV

Kenneth Waller
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- Original Message - 
From: "John" 

Subject: Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with ...



The cable is about 10' long. The intervalometer is large enough I won't
lose it stuffing it in a camera bag. I've lost a couple of Pentax IR
remotes that way.

The cord rolls up & I can put it in my hip pocket. It has survived the
couple of times I've forgotten it was in there when I packed my gear,
got in the car & sat on it when I drove off with no problems.

The advantage it has over the IR remote for group selfies is I can set
the delay long enough that I have time to verify it's counting down &
still WALK over to take my place in the group.


On 2/23/2016 12:18 AM, Ken Waller wrote:

1. The battery grip no longer has a slot to store it in.

Where do you store the intervalometer ?


2. It lacks range when shooting in even moderately bright light.

Looks like the intervalometer also has a short range.

Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

- Original Message - From: "John" 
Subject: Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with ...



1. The battery grip no longer has a slot to store it in.
2. It lacks range when shooting in even moderately bright light.

I've been using one of those cheap Chinese multifunction 
intervalometers.


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MRMQM0G/ref=s9_zwish_hd_bw_b3OSoXL_g421_i6?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER_rd_s=merchandised-search-5_rd_r=1MBTPHS8T6VZJW4W2YV2_rd_t=101_rd_p=2223214922_rd_i=3109898011


http://tinyurl.com/Interval-remote

Available in several different "brand" names & also available locally if
you have access to a real camera store.



On 2/22/2016 1:36 PM, Ken Waller wrote:

What's wrong with using an infra red remote release?

Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

- Original Message - From: "John" 
Subject: Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with
...



I think it must be humor of some sort.

AFAIK, none of Pentax's DSLRs work with a mechanical release. I think
the last Pentax film camera that accepted a mechanical release was the
A3000.

On 2/22/2016 12:36 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:

Silly... Either I miss some kind of a pun thread or continuation
thereof, but totally for free you can download an app (Android, at
least) that will release the shutter via IR port...

Speaking of that mill from which some say they run... I've recently
bought a wireless Qi charger for my cell phone. It was like less than
USD 4 from AliExpress... If I did not tell you - I doubt that even
with close inspection you would be able to tell it apart from the
original Samsung piece of kit. Sturdy, same font, good build, etc...
Works like a charm, by the way...

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 7:02 AM, Igor PDML-StR 
wrote:



... Remote Shutter Cable Release...
... a simple and reliable one that looks like this:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006O3LTQQ/

"I guess I'll be putting off the purchase for a while."
;-)

Cheers,

Igor


PS. Notice the lonely "Customer Question" at the bottom. :-)
(Not from me...)





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Re: K1 price in Australia - pre-order at $2899

2016-02-23 Thread Philip Northeast


That is more like it, started to get tempted



Philip Northeast

www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au

On 24/02/2016 9:38 AM, Paul Ewins wrote:

Got an email from CRK this morning letting me know that I could pre-order the 
K1. Out of curiosity  followed the link ( https://pentax.com.au/products/19568 
) and the price appears to have dropped already. Perhaps they have paid 
attention to the comments on FB and the like.


Paul Ewins
Melbourne, Australia



On 24 Feb 2016, at 6:00 AM, John  wrote:

By then we'll probably be looking at the K-1 II.

On 2/23/2016 2:30 AM, Bipin Gupta wrote:

What can we say about Australia and Australian Greedy Sellers mate?

That is AUD 700 over - outrageous.

And if you go by the trend for the Pentax K20D to the K-3 II street
prices fall by more than half.

The K-5 IIs fell to just USD 320 (minused all the Free stuff) form the
MSRP of USD 1200!!! 

So for me the wait for the Black Friday / Cyber Monday / Boxing Day /
Xmas / New Year Sale is not too distant,
even up to circa 2017. By which time all the bugs would have been eradicated.

Good Luck mate.
Regards.
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Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with ...

2016-02-23 Thread Peter Loveday


From: Mark C
The only issue with a wireless release is lack of a bulb setting. AFAIK, 
you need a cabled release for that. Too bad the K1 does not have T as well 
as B shutter mode.


Bulb mode with IR remote works fine for me on the K3, and as far as I recall 
worked fine with previous cameras too.


I do find setting CF7 (Bulb Mode) to be 'Mode2' (press-start / press-stop) 
rather than 'Mode1' (press-and-hold) to be somewhat more practical with the 
IR remote, but it does work in either.


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OT -- So my prediction that no one would ever release a Mirrorless camera that took SLR lenses was wrong.

Looks like Sigma has introduced a pair of Mirrorless cameras into their 
SA mount system.  Unlike Pentax the cameras don't look to be designed by 
Mark Newson and do have actual EFVs, (viewfinders), built into their 
bodies.


Unlike the truly bizarre looking Quatro fixed lens cameras they've been 
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Another new Ricoh camera released...

2016-02-23 Thread Stanley Halpin

I know this one won’t get the same level of excitement as the K-1, but still…

The Ricoh WG-M2 Action Camera is available for pre-order from B (and 
presumably the outlets) @ $299.95. 
Well under $300 as they say in the marketing world.

I bought the WG-M1 on a whim last fall when it was selling for a close-out 
price of $99.
I don’t have, have never even held onto, a GoPro, but these WG-Mx seem to be an 
attempt to fit into the GoPro niche. Small, light weight, durable, waterproof, 
capable of video or stills or time lapse. When we went through the Panama Canal 
last fall I had one strapped to the balcony railing, got a nice time lapse 
showing us going through the first set of locks.

There are many strange design bugs, or features, on the WG-M1, it will be 
interesting to see if they make changes for the new version. E.g., the camera 
always without fail will be in video mode when the power is turned on. So you 
always have to fiddle with the menu to get it into still mode i=f that is what 
you want. There is similarly no memory for previous setting for still or video 
mode with respect to angle of view (zoom level) or much of anything else. (The 
zoom options are Wide, Really Wide, REALLY REALLY Wide.) So you turn it on, do 
a menu dance to set it up, shoot a frame or two. Slip it into your pocket, walk 
a few feet, see another photo op, do the whole process again. Very weird. 
Hopefully the WG-M2 comes with more usable interface.

stan


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K1 price in Australia - pre-order at $2899

2016-02-23 Thread Paul Ewins

Got an email from CRK this morning letting me know that I could pre-order the 
K1. Out of curiosity  followed the link ( https://pentax.com.au/products/19568 
) and the price appears to have dropped already. Perhaps they have paid 
attention to the comments on FB and the like. 


Paul Ewins
Melbourne, Australia


> On 24 Feb 2016, at 6:00 AM, John  wrote:
> 
> By then we'll probably be looking at the K-1 II.
> 
> On 2/23/2016 2:30 AM, Bipin Gupta wrote:
>> What can we say about Australia and Australian Greedy Sellers mate?
>> 
>> That is AUD 700 over - outrageous.
>> 
>> And if you go by the trend for the Pentax K20D to the K-3 II street
>> prices fall by more than half.
>> 
>> The K-5 IIs fell to just USD 320 (minused all the Free stuff) form the
>> MSRP of USD 1200!!! 
>> 
>> So for me the wait for the Black Friday / Cyber Monday / Boxing Day /
>> Xmas / New Year Sale is not too distant,
>> even up to circa 2017. By which time all the bugs would have been eradicated.
>> 
>> Good Luck mate.
>> Regards.
>> Bipin
>> from the IT Capital of the world - Bangalore.
>> 
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Re: OT: need a replacement laptop

I would expect that to work, taking a working boot drive from one 
machine to a second with entirely different hardware would be a 
different story.  A clean install means installing all the software 
again as well.  I can't find half the disks for software I was using 3 
years ago.


On 2/23/2016 4:55 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

"Collin B"  wrote:


Depends on your operating system.  Some versions of MS Windows are very
picky, some like Win2K just fall back to defaults and ask for missing
drivers.  Some early versions simply hang.  Not so familiar with, but
the same holds true for different distributions of, Linux, some are a
relative joy to swap boot drives others are near impossible.

Win7.
Some have said that, unlike XP (OEM), Win7 (OEM) does more than just check
computer brand.
In the past, XP HP installs moved to a Dell would not boot, but would boot
just fine on any other HP.
OEM Win7, it is said, will check other things such as BIOS s/n to determine
if it has been bootlegged.
I have not yet been able to verify that.

I used Dell OEM installation disc for Win 7 to re-install the OS on my
HP laptop. I used the original HP license number and it installed
perfectly. It verified with Microsoft and everything.





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Re: Nicole seems to be blocked again

2016-02-23 Thread Mark Roberts

Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:

>Same as I use, Nicole. Be sure to set Mail to default to plain text only. I 
>find that occasionally it switches to rich text on replies, so I always check 
>the mode before sending. 

A few months ago someone emailed me and offered to help Doug set up an
HTML filter on the List server so that people wouldn't need to send
plain text (basically, all formatting would get removed from email
coming in to the server and only plain text would be sent out to the
world).

I'll call Doug and see if he can try to implement that. Now that he's
coming to the real, final, ultimate end and conclusion (got that?) of
his thesis he may have time to deal with that soon.

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Re: Butte Gate

Thanks, Ann. Asphalt with the usual granules (perhaps some gravel as well)
along the shoulder.
Thanks for commenting. I'll fiddle with the light some.

J


- Original Message -
From: "ann sanfedele" 
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 12:59:19 PM
Subject: Re: Butte Gate

I'd actually like the whole thing to be a bit darker -  otherwise - nice 
geology and geometry :-)

Don, the sliver isn't road.. it's gravel -next to- the pavement.  You'd 
think Id been there, right?   I have, pretty much..
maybe not that exact spot (Jack can send precise coordinates and route 
names and who knows?) but have spent
a fair amount of time inthe general area.

ann

On 2/23/2016 11:16 AM, Donald Guthrie wrote:
> Jack I really like this landscape photo. & RE: the composition article 
> I think it has great elements depth etc.
> My one niggle is the sliver of road. Darker? Maybe cut down to just a 
> hint of the road. Anyway my kind of picture - good post.
>
> On 2/22/16 3:40 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 20:41:06 + (UTC)
>> From: Jack Davis
>> To: PDML
>> Subject: Butte Gate
>> Message-ID:
>> <294217398.3445017.1456173666496.javamail.zim...@comcast.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>>
>>
>>
>> Beat and battered Sutter Buttes access gate.
>> Showing some character.
>>
>> C appreciated.
>>
>> J
>>
>> http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=1028
>>
>>
>
>


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Re: OT: need a replacement laptop

2016-02-23 Thread Mark Roberts

"Collin B"  wrote:

>>Depends on your operating system.  Some versions of MS Windows are very 
>>picky, some like Win2K just fall back to defaults and ask for missing 
>>drivers.  Some early versions simply hang.  Not so familiar with, but 
>>the same holds true for different distributions of, Linux, some are a 
>>relative joy to swap boot drives others are near impossible.
>
>Win7.
>Some have said that, unlike XP (OEM), Win7 (OEM) does more than just check
>computer brand.
>In the past, XP HP installs moved to a Dell would not boot, but would boot
>just fine on any other HP.
>OEM Win7, it is said, will check other things such as BIOS s/n to determine
>if it has been bootlegged.
>I have not yet been able to verify that.

I used Dell OEM installation disc for Win 7 to re-install the OS on my
HP laptop. I used the original HP license number and it installed
perfectly. It verified with Microsoft and everything.


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Re: Nicole seems to be blocked again

2016-02-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi

Same as I use, Nicole. Be sure to set Mail to default to plain text only. I 
find that occasionally it switches to rich text on replies, so I always check 
the mode before sending. 

As aside, using the iCloud web Mail client always fails as you cannot force it 
to send plain text. The iOS Mail app usually works if set to reply with plain 
text, but will output as rich text if the reply contains any recognized HTML 
links or graphics. On iOS you can also use the PlainText app to send to the 
PDML successfully. 

G

> On Feb 23, 2016, at 12:57 PM, Nicole Jacque  wrote:
> 
> The built in Apple Mail program.
> 
>> On Feb 22, 2016, at 4:55 PM, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
>> 
>> Nicole, what email program are you using?

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Re: Butte Gate

2016-02-23 Thread ann sanfedele

I'd actually like the whole thing to be a bit darker -  otherwise - nice 
geology and geometry :-)


Don, the sliver isn't road.. it's gravel -next to- the pavement.  You'd 
think Id been there, right?   I have, pretty much..
maybe not that exact spot (Jack can send precise coordinates and route 
names and who knows?) but have spent

a fair amount of time inthe general area.

ann

On 2/23/2016 11:16 AM, Donald Guthrie wrote:
Jack I really like this landscape photo. & RE: the composition article 
I think it has great elements depth etc.
My one niggle is the sliver of road. Darker? Maybe cut down to just a 
hint of the road. Anyway my kind of picture - good post.


On 2/22/16 3:40 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:

Message: 5
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 20:41:06 + (UTC)
From: Jack Davis
To: PDML
Subject: Butte Gate
Message-ID:
<294217398.3445017.1456173666496.javamail.zim...@comcast.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8



Beat and battered Sutter Buttes access gate.
Showing some character.

C appreciated.

J

http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=1028








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Re: Nicole seems to be blocked again

2016-02-23 Thread Nicole Jacque

The built in Apple Mail program.

> On Feb 22, 2016, at 4:55 PM, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
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> Nicole, what email program are you using?
> 
> 
> Igor
> 
> Sent from mobile phone
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> 
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Re: Roadside engine

2016-02-23 Thread Larry Colen




Collin B wrote:

When our boys were young I suggested to them that they watch the side of the
road (we drive cross-country annually) for car parts and see how long it
would take to build one.
They balked.  Understandably.
But every once in a while they remember this when they look and see an
engine, a transmission, a gas tank, interior section, or other piece that
clearly has no place along a highway.
I thought it would be more interesting that the old color game.
But, alas, this one has taken years to complete.


Cue Johnny Cash.






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Re: Refuge Eagle

Thanks for the comments and 
suggestion, Rick. Actually I shot this with a buddy in mind who wanted to
know if I happened to have seen any
eagles there lately.
Since I had it, I felt the 'list' should
see it as well.
Thanks for comments, Rick.
J

Sent from my iPhone

> On Feb 23, 2016, at 12:20 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
> 
> Too much clutter, Jack. Just have the bird hold still while you prune
> those branches in front of it, and shoot again!
> 
> Rick
> http://photo.net/photos/RickW
> 
> 
>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 6:52 AM, Jack Davis  wrote:
>> Totally agree, Ann.
>> Guess I'm experiencing a dry spell.
>> J
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Feb 21, 2016, at 9:07 PM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I think you had one before that was better, Jack
>>> ann
>>> 
>>> 
 On 2/21/2016 7:25 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
 
 A bit better eagle effort, perhaps.
 
 C?
 
 J
 
 Same; K-3 W/55~300
 
 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=1026
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Re: pentax/tokina 24-70/2.8

2016-02-23 Thread DagT

I´ve tried it on K-3 and at least in that format it is great. «Kenspo» on 
Pentaxforums is almost a neighbour and he loves it for rock conserts and 
models. Very good flare control and sharpness. We will see soon if it is works 
on K-1 he claims to be the first to get one (or two).

DagT



> 19. feb. 2016 kl. 20.18 skrev Paul Stenquist :
> 
> What’s the consensus on this lens? That’s a focal length I’m going to need, 
> but i haven’t read much about it.
> 
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Re: OT: need a replacement laptop

2016-02-23 Thread Collin B

>Depends on your operating system.  Some versions of MS Windows are very 
>picky, some like Win2K just fall back to defaults and ask for missing 
>drivers.  Some early versions simply hang.  Not so familiar with, but 
>the same holds true for different distributions of, Linux, some are a 
>relative joy to swap boot drives others are near impossible.

Win7.
Some have said that, unlike XP (OEM), Win7 (OEM) does more than just check
computer brand.
In the past, XP HP installs moved to a Dell would not boot, but would boot
just fine on any other HP.
OEM Win7, it is said, will check other things such as BIOS s/n to determine
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I have not yet been able to verify that.


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Re: Refuge Eagle

2016-02-23 Thread Rick Womer

Too much clutter, Jack. Just have the bird hold still while you prune
those branches in front of it, and shoot again!

Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW


On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 6:52 AM, Jack Davis  wrote:
> Totally agree, Ann.
> Guess I'm experiencing a dry spell.
> J
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Feb 21, 2016, at 9:07 PM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
>>
>> I think you had one before that was better, Jack
>> ann
>>
>>
>>> On 2/21/2016 7:25 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
>>>
>>> A bit better eagle effort, perhaps.
>>>
>>> C?
>>>
>>> J
>>>
>>> Same; K-3 W/55~300
>>>
>>> http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=1026
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Re: OT: need a replacement laptop

Depends on your operating system.  Some versions of MS Windows are very 
picky, some like Win2K just fall back to defaults and ask for missing 
drivers.  Some early versions simply hang.  Not so familiar with, but 
the same holds true for different distributions of, Linux, some are a 
relative joy to swap boot drives others are near impossible.


On 2/23/2016 3:14 PM, Collin B wrote:

My computer died.  HP G6-1A32NR.
Would like to find an identical unit and just put my HD in it.  So it won't
have to come with one.
(Have not been able to figure out if I can just move the HD to another HP of
similar vintage & specs.)
If anyone knows of one of these in good working order ... tx.





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Re: Roadside engine

2016-02-23 Thread Collin B

When our boys were young I suggested to them that they watch the side of the
road (we drive cross-country annually) for car parts and see how long it
would take to build one.
They balked.  Understandably.
But every once in a while they remember this when they look and see an
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I thought it would be more interesting that the old color game.
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OT: need a replacement laptop

2016-02-23 Thread Collin B

My computer died.  HP G6-1A32NR.
Would like to find an identical unit and just put my HD in it.  So it won't
have to come with one.
(Have not been able to figure out if I can just move the HD to another HP of
similar vintage & specs.)
If anyone knows of one of these in good working order ... tx.


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Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with ...


The cable is about 10' long. The intervalometer is large enough I won't
lose it stuffing it in a camera bag. I've lost a couple of Pentax IR
remotes that way.

The cord rolls up & I can put it in my hip pocket. It has survived the
couple of times I've forgotten it was in there when I packed my gear,
got in the car & sat on it when I drove off with no problems.

The advantage it has over the IR remote for group selfies is I can set
the delay long enough that I have time to verify it's counting down &
still WALK over to take my place in the group.


On 2/23/2016 12:18 AM, Ken Waller wrote:

1. The battery grip no longer has a slot to store it in.

Where do you store the intervalometer ?


2. It lacks range when shooting in even moderately bright light.

Looks like the intervalometer also has a short range.

Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

- Original Message - From: "John" 
Subject: Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with ...



1. The battery grip no longer has a slot to store it in.
2. It lacks range when shooting in even moderately bright light.

I've been using one of those cheap Chinese multifunction intervalometers.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MRMQM0G/ref=s9_zwish_hd_bw_b3OSoXL_g421_i6?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER_rd_s=merchandised-search-5_rd_r=1MBTPHS8T6VZJW4W2YV2_rd_t=101_rd_p=2223214922_rd_i=3109898011


http://tinyurl.com/Interval-remote

Available in several different "brand" names & also available locally if
you have access to a real camera store.



On 2/22/2016 1:36 PM, Ken Waller wrote:

What's wrong with using an infra red remote release?

Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

- Original Message - From: "John" 
Subject: Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with
...



I think it must be humor of some sort.

AFAIK, none of Pentax's DSLRs work with a mechanical release. I think
the last Pentax film camera that accepted a mechanical release was the
A3000.

On 2/22/2016 12:36 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:

Silly... Either I miss some kind of a pun thread or continuation
thereof, but totally for free you can download an app (Android, at
least) that will release the shutter via IR port...

Speaking of that mill from which some say they run... I've recently
bought a wireless Qi charger for my cell phone. It was like less than
USD 4 from AliExpress... If I did not tell you - I doubt that even
with close inspection you would be able to tell it apart from the
original Samsung piece of kit. Sturdy, same font, good build, etc...
Works like a charm, by the way...

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 7:02 AM, Igor PDML-StR 
wrote:



... Remote Shutter Cable Release...
... a simple and reliable one that looks like this:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006O3LTQQ/

"I guess I'll be putting off the purchase for a while."
;-)

Cheers,

Igor


PS. Notice the lonely "Customer Question" at the bottom. :-)
(Not from me...)





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Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with ...


Only for something like the Pentax Bellows A that has a dual-cable that
stops down the lens before tripping the shutter.

Anyway, that's my opinion.

On 2/23/2016 12:49 PM, Alex Sarbu wrote:

Is there any (real) advantage of old-style, mechanical cable releases
compared to the electronic ones?
Just curious.

Alex (I have a CS-205 somewhere...)

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 6:27 PM, Mark C  wrote:

I use various IR remotes for snowflakes and stacked macros and literally
have taken tens of thousands of exposures with them in recent years. The
only problem I had was when I upgraded to the K3 and found that some third
party remotes were unreliable with it.  I think they cost a couple dollars
apiece. The genuine Pentax remote and my phone have been 100% reliable.

The only issue with a wireless release is lack of a bulb setting. AFAIK, you
need a cabled release for that. Too bad the K1 does not have T as well as B
shutter mode.


On 2/22/2016 4:40 PM, Brian Walters wrote:


On Tue, Feb 23, 2016, at 05:36 AM, Ken Waller wrote:


What's wrong with using an infra red remote release?



Everything, in my opinion.  They are the most unreliable gadgets ever
invented, especially when you're working off a tripod while trying to
concentrate on capturing a particular moment and trying to line up the
damn thing with the IR receiver.

The moment you want to capture arrives, you press the button on the
release... press again ...press again... nothing!  You take your eye
away from the viewfinder to concentrate on lining up the remote and
eventually it fires - but the object you want to capture is already in
the next county.

You might have guessed.  I loath the things.

Anyway - most manufactures seem to agree and are building wifi apps that
allow use of a smartphone instead.  Much better!


Cheers

Brian

++
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Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/





Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

- Original Message -
From: "John" 
Subject: Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with ...



I think it must be humor of some sort.

AFAIK, none of Pentax's DSLRs work with a mechanical release. I think
the last Pentax film camera that accepted a mechanical release was the
A3000.

On 2/22/2016 12:36 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:


Silly... Either I miss some kind of a pun thread or continuation
thereof, but totally for free you can download an app (Android, at
least) that will release the shutter via IR port...

Speaking of that mill from which some say they run... I've recently
bought a wireless Qi charger for my cell phone. It was like less than
USD 4 from AliExpress... If I did not tell you - I doubt that even
with close inspection you would be able to tell it apart from the
original Samsung piece of kit. Sturdy, same font, good build, etc...
Works like a charm, by the way...

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 7:02 AM, Igor PDML-StR 
wrote:



... Remote Shutter Cable Release...
... a simple and reliable one that looks like this:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006O3LTQQ/

"I guess I'll be putting off the purchase for a while."
;-)

Cheers,

Igor


PS. Notice the lonely "Customer Question" at the bottom. :-)
(Not from me...)



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Re: K1 price in Australia


By then we'll probably be looking at the K-1 II.

On 2/23/2016 2:30 AM, Bipin Gupta wrote:

What can we say about Australia and Australian Greedy Sellers mate?

That is AUD 700 over - outrageous.

And if you go by the trend for the Pentax K20D to the K-3 II street
prices fall by more than half.

The K-5 IIs fell to just USD 320 (minused all the Free stuff) form the
MSRP of USD 1200!!! 

So for me the wait for the Black Friday / Cyber Monday / Boxing Day /
Xmas / New Year Sale is not too distant,
even up to circa 2017. By which time all the bugs would have been eradicated.

Good Luck mate.
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I'm BAAAAAAAAAK


... although y'all probably didn't even know I was gone.

Computer was fine when I went to bed last night, but dead as a Norwegian
Blue this morning.

Fortunately for me, it was only the power supply had crapped out.

The case is an old one that is almost compliant with modern ATX
standards. It's an early ATX/micro-ATX design. There was a small metal
shelf that helped position the power supply that kept the new power
supply's screw holes from lining up. Worrying that off took up most of
the time.


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Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with ...

2016-02-23 Thread Alex Sarbu

Is there any (real) advantage of old-style, mechanical cable releases
compared to the electronic ones?
Just curious.

Alex (I have a CS-205 somewhere...)

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 6:27 PM, Mark C  wrote:
> I use various IR remotes for snowflakes and stacked macros and literally
> have taken tens of thousands of exposures with them in recent years. The
> only problem I had was when I upgraded to the K3 and found that some third
> party remotes were unreliable with it.  I think they cost a couple dollars
> apiece. The genuine Pentax remote and my phone have been 100% reliable.
>
> The only issue with a wireless release is lack of a bulb setting. AFAIK, you
> need a cabled release for that. Too bad the K1 does not have T as well as B
> shutter mode.
>
>
> On 2/22/2016 4:40 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016, at 05:36 AM, Ken Waller wrote:
>>>
>>> What's wrong with using an infra red remote release?
>>
>>
>> Everything, in my opinion.  They are the most unreliable gadgets ever
>> invented, especially when you're working off a tripod while trying to
>> concentrate on capturing a particular moment and trying to line up the
>> damn thing with the IR receiver.
>>
>> The moment you want to capture arrives, you press the button on the
>> release... press again ...press again... nothing!  You take your eye
>> away from the viewfinder to concentrate on lining up the remote and
>> eventually it fires - but the object you want to capture is already in
>> the next county.
>>
>> You might have guessed.  I loath the things.
>>
>> Anyway - most manufactures seem to agree and are building wifi apps that
>> allow use of a smartphone instead.  Much better!
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> ++
>> Brian Walters
>> Western Sydney Australia
>> http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Kenneth Waller
>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
>>>
>>> - Original Message -
>>> From: "John" 
>>> Subject: Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with ...
>>>
>>>
 I think it must be humor of some sort.

 AFAIK, none of Pentax's DSLRs work with a mechanical release. I think
 the last Pentax film camera that accepted a mechanical release was the
 A3000.

 On 2/22/2016 12:36 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
>
> Silly... Either I miss some kind of a pun thread or continuation
> thereof, but totally for free you can download an app (Android, at
> least) that will release the shutter via IR port...
>
> Speaking of that mill from which some say they run... I've recently
> bought a wireless Qi charger for my cell phone. It was like less than
> USD 4 from AliExpress... If I did not tell you - I doubt that even
> with close inspection you would be able to tell it apart from the
> original Samsung piece of kit. Sturdy, same font, good build, etc...
> Works like a charm, by the way...
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 7:02 AM, Igor PDML-StR 
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> ... Remote Shutter Cable Release...
>> ... a simple and reliable one that looks like this:
>> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006O3LTQQ/
>>
>> "I guess I'll be putting off the purchase for a while."
>> ;-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Igor
>>
>>
>> PS. Notice the lonely "Customer Question" at the bottom. :-)
>> (Not from me...)
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Re: Anyone heard from Joseph McAllister?

Not a word, and there are no recent posts on his Facebook timeline.
Paul
> On Feb 23, 2016, at 12:07 PM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
> 
> I sent an email off list but not had a reply.
> 
> Anyone heard from him lately or know anything?
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Anyone heard from Joseph McAllister?

2016-02-23 Thread Steve Cottrell

I sent an email off list but not had a reply.

Anyone heard from him lately or know anything?

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Re: Butte Gate


Appreciated remarks, Don. Thanks!
I'll consider perhaps shading the road
a bit.
J
Sent from my iPhone

> On Feb 23, 2016, at 8:16 AM, Donald Guthrie  wrote:
> 
> Jack I really like this landscape photo. & RE: the composition article I 
> think it has great elements depth etc.
> My one niggle is the sliver of road. Darker? Maybe cut down to just a hint of 
> the road. Anyway my kind of picture - good post.
> 
>> On 2/22/16 3:40 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 20:41:06 + (UTC)
>> From: Jack Davis
>> To: PDML
>> Subject: Butte Gate
>> Message-ID:
>><294217398.3445017.1456173666496.javamail.zim...@comcast.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Beat and battered Sutter Buttes access gate.
>> Showing some character.
>> 
>> C appreciated.
>> 
>> J
>> 
>> http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=1028
>> 
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Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with ...

2016-02-23 Thread Mark C

I use various IR remotes for snowflakes and stacked macros and literally 
have taken tens of thousands of exposures with them in recent years. The 
only problem I had was when I upgraded to the K3 and found that some 
third party remotes were unreliable with it.  I think they cost a couple 
dollars apiece. The genuine Pentax remote and my phone have been 100% 
reliable.


The only issue with a wireless release is lack of a bulb setting. AFAIK, 
you need a cabled release for that. Too bad the K1 does not have T as 
well as B shutter mode.


On 2/22/2016 4:40 PM, Brian Walters wrote:

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016, at 05:36 AM, Ken Waller wrote:

What's wrong with using an infra red remote release?


Everything, in my opinion.  They are the most unreliable gadgets ever
invented, especially when you're working off a tripod while trying to
concentrate on capturing a particular moment and trying to line up the
damn thing with the IR receiver.

The moment you want to capture arrives, you press the button on the
release... press again ...press again... nothing!  You take your eye
away from the viewfinder to concentrate on lining up the remote and
eventually it fires - but the object you want to capture is already in
the next county.

You might have guessed.  I loath the things.

Anyway - most manufactures seem to agree and are building wifi apps that
allow use of a smartphone instead.  Much better!


Cheers

Brian

++
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Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/





Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

- Original Message -
From: "John" 
Subject: Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with ...



I think it must be humor of some sort.

AFAIK, none of Pentax's DSLRs work with a mechanical release. I think
the last Pentax film camera that accepted a mechanical release was the
A3000.

On 2/22/2016 12:36 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:

Silly... Either I miss some kind of a pun thread or continuation
thereof, but totally for free you can download an app (Android, at
least) that will release the shutter via IR port...

Speaking of that mill from which some say they run... I've recently
bought a wireless Qi charger for my cell phone. It was like less than
USD 4 from AliExpress... If I did not tell you - I doubt that even
with close inspection you would be able to tell it apart from the
original Samsung piece of kit. Sturdy, same font, good build, etc...
Works like a charm, by the way...

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 7:02 AM, Igor PDML-StR 
wrote:


... Remote Shutter Cable Release...
... a simple and reliable one that looks like this:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006O3LTQQ/

"I guess I'll be putting off the purchase for a while."
;-)

Cheers,

Igor


PS. Notice the lonely "Customer Question" at the bottom. :-)
(Not from me...)


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Re: Butte Gate

2016-02-23 Thread Donald Guthrie

Jack I really like this landscape photo. & RE: the composition article I 
think it has great elements depth etc.
My one niggle is the sliver of road. Darker? Maybe cut down to just a 
hint of the road. Anyway my kind of picture - good post.


On 2/22/16 3:40 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:

Message: 5
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 20:41:06 + (UTC)
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To: PDML
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Message-ID:
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Beat and battered Sutter Buttes access gate.
Showing some character.

C appreciated.

J

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Re: K1 price in Australia


There's always another bug...

On 2/23/2016 2:30 AM, Bipin Gupta wrote:

What can we say about Australia and Australian Greedy Sellers mate?

That is AUD 700 over - outrageous.

And if you go by the trend for the Pentax K20D to the K-3 II street
prices fall by more than half.

The K-5 IIs fell to just USD 320 (minused all the Free stuff) form the
MSRP of USD 1200!!! 

So for me the wait for the Black Friday / Cyber Monday / Boxing Day /
Xmas / New Year Sale is not too distant,
even up to circa 2017. By which time all the bugs would have been eradicated.

Good Luck mate.
Regards.
Bipin
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Re: OT: This Day in Photographic History

2016-02-23 Thread ann sanfedele

Odd coincidence - just yesterday I was telling someone who Ira Hayes
was.. quite by accident because

someone said "Issac Hayes" and I had misheard..

ann

On 2/23/2016 10:09 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima#/media/File:WW2_Iwo_Jima_flag_raising.jpg

FEB23 -- THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1945: U.S. flag raised on Iwo Jima

During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd
Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Division
take the crest of Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest peak and most
strategic position, and raise the U.S. flag. Marine photographer Louis
Lowery was with them and recorded the event. American soldiers
fighting for control of Suribachi’s slopes cheered the raising of the
flag, and several hours later more Marines headed up to the crest with
a larger flag. Joe Rosenthal, a photographer with the Associated
Press, met them along the way and recorded the raising of the second
flag along with a Marine still photographer and a motion-picture
cameraman.

Rosenthal took three photographs atop Suribachi. The first, which
showed five Marines and one Navy corpsman struggling to hoist the
heavy flag pole, became the most reproduced photograph in history and
won him a Pulitzer Prize. The accompanying motion-picture footage
attests to the fact that the picture was not posed. Of the other two
photos, the second was similar to the first but less affecting, and
the third was a group picture of 18 soldiers smiling and waving for
the camera. Many of these men, including three of the six soldiers
seen raising the flag in the famous Rosenthal photo, were killed
before the conclusion of the Battle for Iwo Jima in late March.

In early 1945, U.S. military command sought to gain control of the
island of Iwo Jima in advance of the projected aerial campaign against
the Japanese home islands. Iwo Jima, a tiny volcanic island located in
the Pacific about 700 miles southeast of Japan, was to be a base for
fighter aircraft and an emergency-landing site for bombers. On
February 19, 1945, after three days of heavy naval and aerial
bombardment, the first wave of U.S. Marines stormed onto Iwo Jima’s
inhospitable shores.

The Japanese garrison on the island numbered 22,000 heavily entrenched
men. Their commander, General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, had been
expecting an Allied invasion for months and used the time wisely to
construct an intricate and deadly system of underground tunnels,
fortifications, and artillery that withstood the initial Allied
bombardment. By the evening of the first day, despite incessant mortar
fire, 30,000 U.S. Marines commanded by General Holland Smith managed
to establish a solid beachhead.

During the next few days, the Marines advanced inch by inch under
heavy fire from Japanese artillery and suffered suicidal charges from
the Japanese infantry. Many of the Japanese defenders were never seen
and remained underground manning artillery until they were blown apart
by a grenade or rocket, or incinerated by a flame thrower.

While Japanese kamikaze flyers slammed into the Allied naval fleet
around Iwo Jima, the Marines on the island continued their bloody
advance across the island, responding to Kuribayashi’s lethal defenses
with remarkable endurance. On February 23, the crest of 550-foot Mount
Suribachi was taken, and the next day the slopes of the extinct
volcano were secured.

By March 3, U.S. forces controlled all three airfields on the island,
and on March 26 the last Japanese defenders on Iwo Jima were wiped
out. Only 200 of the original 22,000 Japanese defenders were captured
alive. More than 6,000 Americans died taking Iwo Jima, and some 17,000
were wounded.

Dan Matyola
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Re: OT: This Day in Photographic History

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> On Feb 23, 2016, at 10:09 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima#/media/File:WW2_Iwo_Jima_flag_raising.jpg
> 
> FEB23 -- THIS DAY IN HISTORY
> 
> 
> 1945: U.S. flag raised on Iwo Jima
> 
> During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd
> Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Division
> take the crest of Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest peak and most
> strategic position, and raise the U.S. flag. Marine photographer Louis
> Lowery was with them and recorded the event. American soldiers
> fighting for control of Suribachi’s slopes cheered the raising of the
> flag, and several hours later more Marines headed up to the crest with
> a larger flag. Joe Rosenthal, a photographer with the Associated
> Press, met them along the way and recorded the raising of the second
> flag along with a Marine still photographer and a motion-picture
> cameraman.
> 
> Rosenthal took three photographs atop Suribachi. The first, which
> showed five Marines and one Navy corpsman struggling to hoist the
> heavy flag pole, became the most reproduced photograph in history and
> won him a Pulitzer Prize. The accompanying motion-picture footage
> attests to the fact that the picture was not posed. Of the other two
> photos, the second was similar to the first but less affecting, and
> the third was a group picture of 18 soldiers smiling and waving for
> the camera. Many of these men, including three of the six soldiers
> seen raising the flag in the famous Rosenthal photo, were killed
> before the conclusion of the Battle for Iwo Jima in late March.
> 
> In early 1945, U.S. military command sought to gain control of the
> island of Iwo Jima in advance of the projected aerial campaign against
> the Japanese home islands. Iwo Jima, a tiny volcanic island located in
> the Pacific about 700 miles southeast of Japan, was to be a base for
> fighter aircraft and an emergency-landing site for bombers. On
> February 19, 1945, after three days of heavy naval and aerial
> bombardment, the first wave of U.S. Marines stormed onto Iwo Jima’s
> inhospitable shores.
> 
> The Japanese garrison on the island numbered 22,000 heavily entrenched
> men. Their commander, General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, had been
> expecting an Allied invasion for months and used the time wisely to
> construct an intricate and deadly system of underground tunnels,
> fortifications, and artillery that withstood the initial Allied
> bombardment. By the evening of the first day, despite incessant mortar
> fire, 30,000 U.S. Marines commanded by General Holland Smith managed
> to establish a solid beachhead.
> 
> During the next few days, the Marines advanced inch by inch under
> heavy fire from Japanese artillery and suffered suicidal charges from
> the Japanese infantry. Many of the Japanese defenders were never seen
> and remained underground manning artillery until they were blown apart
> by a grenade or rocket, or incinerated by a flame thrower.
> 
> While Japanese kamikaze flyers slammed into the Allied naval fleet
> around Iwo Jima, the Marines on the island continued their bloody
> advance across the island, responding to Kuribayashi’s lethal defenses
> with remarkable endurance. On February 23, the crest of 550-foot Mount
> Suribachi was taken, and the next day the slopes of the extinct
> volcano were secured.
> 
> By March 3, U.S. forces controlled all three airfields on the island,
> and on March 26 the last Japanese defenders on Iwo Jima were wiped
> out. Only 200 of the original 22,000 Japanese defenders were captured
> alive. More than 6,000 Americans died taking Iwo Jima, and some 17,000
> were wounded.
> 
> Dan Matyola
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
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OT: This Day in Photographic History

2016-02-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima#/media/File:WW2_Iwo_Jima_flag_raising.jpg

FEB23 -- THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1945: U.S. flag raised on Iwo Jima

Dan Matyola
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