Re: Long Glass Adventures
Larry - Thanks for all of those suggestions - I don't mind DIY projects. Your suggestions on getting a good tripod and head for a reasonable price will inspire me to do additional tripod research. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Long Glass Adventures
> On Sep 8, 2019, at 5:42 PM, Dale H. Cook wrote: > > > Focus on that long lens is touchy, and it has little depth of field due to > its focal-length-related fixed aperture. For the next try I will move some of > the kitchen furniture to allow a shorter zoom and a wider field of view. > Getting used to this glass is a lot more work than I expected. I am also > saving up for a much better tripod and head. If you’re the sort that enjoys home hacks an important detail to know is that tripod heads screw on to a 3/8-16 (3/8 NC) thread. That means that if you can get a bit of the appropriate thread sticking up out of something solid, then that will work as your tripod base. A bit over ten years ago in my search for an inexpensive sturdy tripod base I made one out of a pneumatic manifold (one in, three out) and some plumbing bits. I did have to cut, drill and tap a small chunk of aluminum to make it work. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157605385468949 https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157619815658015 If you happen to have a metal ladder that is about the right height, you could do something so that you had the 3/8-16 threads sticking up out of the top step. Going a little lower tech you could do some hanger bolt into wood, 3/8-16 on one end and wood screw on the other. Use some 4x4 as your center column and figure out something clever as your base, and you’re good to go. I used something like these screwed into the end of dowels to make cheap ass monopods. https://www.boltdepot.com/Product-Details.aspx?product=12194=CjwKCAjwzdLrBRBiEiwAEHrAYmT5fLSZ6YGQi5UG1igB029X__mbEEm2g6axlOAmgaIeqX0Sg7fWmxoConwQAvD_BwE I’ve gone through the whole cycle of utter trash, to crappy manfrotto RC2, to slightly less crappy RC2 to finally switching to Arca-Swiss. I finally got the Induro BHD2 ballhead https://www.amazon.com/Induro-BHD2-Ballhead-39-6lb-Capacity/dp/B002SXMRWQ The RRS etc. 2” ball heads are probably sturdier, but their $200 ballheads probably aren’t. My theory was to trade brandname for size. It looks like Amazon has these on sale too. There are those who will sing the praises of name brand $600 tripod heads, but I swim in the shallower end of the financial pond and I’ve found that Benro/Induro gear is an excellent value. I spent something like $75 on their equivalent of a $200 manfrotto carbon fiber monopod which telescopes down short enough to carry in my camera bag. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Large format industrial photoigraphy from the 1980's
Really great work here: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/sep/07/black-country-blues-industrial-midlands-80s-photographs-john-myers -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-522-0174 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Long Glass Adventures
I have stolen only a little time to work with my long glass for shooting hummingbirds. During the first try my old Focal tripod (don't laugh! - I have to do this on the cheap) proved woefully inadequate to handle the load of so much lens. Results from the first session were, not surprisingly, woeful. Today I had another try, first with the old Focal, but that try ended when the tripod broke while I was moving it - it really was overloaded. In the time since the first try I found another old Focal tripod, but much beefier, at Goodwill, and it was a significant improvement. Shooting the hummingbird with the Rokinon 650-1300mm was quite a challenge. With a straight-on shot the camera was backed up against the refrigerator, and the shortest focal length that would focus on the feeder was 1100mm. That turned out to be too long a lens for a view as wide as I wanted. My favorite visitor is my only adult male, who arrived while I was still getting things framed, so I did not get a good shot. https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/images/IMGP0773.jpg After I got the shot set up I didn't get anybody on the two "flowers" closest to the camera - everybody used the back "flowers". https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/images/IMGP0792.jpg The only subjects who I got good shots of were the insects. Does anyone know what kind of wasp (or hornet) this is? https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/images/IMGP0799.jpg Focus on that long lens is touchy, and it has little depth of field due to its focal-length-related fixed aperture. For the next try I will move some of the kitchen furniture to allow a shorter zoom and a wider field of view. Getting used to this glass is a lot more work than I expected. I am also saving up for a much better tripod and head. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Shaky Bridge
Maybe they should try lubrication ! -Original Message- >From: John >Subject: Re: PESO: Shaky Bridge > >On 9/7/2019 21:02:09, P. J. Alling wrote: >> This could be fixed with signage. There's a low underpass on the former NY, >> NH, >> and Hartford, tracks where it crosses US1 in Madison CT, where tractor >> trailers >> used to regularly get their trailers either scalped or stuck. Signs were >> place >> at several locations to warn of the impending doom, and they seem to have >> worked. Hasn't been a stuck or wrecked trailer at that location in several >> years. >> > >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USu8vT_tfdw > > >> On 8/30/2019 9:28 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >>> One would think so, but until three weeks ago, this one-lane wooden bridge >>> was used daily by commuters as a link between two US highways. >>> The biggest problem was the fact that trucks would come to the bridge based >>> on their GPS directions, and them have difficulty turning around when they >>> realized they could not cross the bridge. This could cause huge back-ups. >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 7:23 AM Paul Stenquist >>> wrote: >>> A pretty scene, but obviously of another era. Paul > On Aug 30, 2019, at 1:11 AM, Alan C wrote: > > The sides don't look to bad. I suppose the real problem lies in the load bearing surface? Municipalities can't afford to take risks. > Alan C > >> On 30-Aug-19 06:23 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> For years there has been an old wooden one-lane bridge in our town over the >> NJ TRANSIT tracks. A few weeks ago, the New Jersey Department of >> Transportation suddenly announced the bridge is in poor condition, >> requiring an emergency closure. NJT, the state and other entities are >> arguing over who has the responsibility for repairing or replacing the >> crossing. In the meantime, traffic is routed through the adjoining >> neighborhoods. >> I went out look at the closure, and decided it was a bit interesting. >> >> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2019/8/30/shaky-bridge >> K-5 IIs, DA 18-135 zoom >> Comments are vid and appreciated. >> > > >-- >Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Shaky Bridge
Signage only works if it’s read and obeyed ! -Original Message- >From: "P. J. Alling" >Subject: Re: PESO: Shaky Bridge > >This could be fixed with signage. There's a low underpass on the former >NY, NH, and Hartford, tracks where it crosses US1 in Madison CT, where >tractor trailers used to regularly get their trailers either scalped or >stuck. Signs were place at several locations to warn of the impending >doom, and they seem to have worked. Hasn't been a stuck or wrecked >trailer at that location in several years. > >On 8/30/2019 9:28 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> One would think so, but until three weeks ago, this one-lane wooden bridge >> was used daily by commuters as a link between two US highways. >> The biggest problem was the fact that trucks would come to the bridge based >> on their GPS directions, and them have difficulty turning around when they >> realized they could not cross the bridge. This could cause huge back-ups. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 7:23 AM Paul Stenquist >> wrote: >> >>> A pretty scene, but obviously of another era. >>> >>> Paul >>> On Aug 30, 2019, at 1:11 AM, Alan C wrote: The sides don't look to bad. I suppose the real problem lies in the load >>> bearing surface? Municipalities can't afford to take risks. Alan C > On 30-Aug-19 06:23 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > For years there has been an old wooden one-lane bridge in our town over >>> the > NJ TRANSIT tracks. A few weeks ago, the New Jersey Department of > Transportation suddenly announced the bridge is in poor condition, > requiring an emergency closure. NJT, the state and other entities are > arguing over who has the responsibility for repairing or replacing the > crossing. In the meantime, traffic is routed through the adjoining > neighborhoods. > I went out look at the closure, and decided it was a bit interesting. > > >>> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2019/8/30/shaky-bridge > K-5 IIs, DA 18-135 zoom > Comments are vid and appreciated. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >-- >America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. >America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. > - P.J. O'Rourke > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Shaky Bridge
That is not the problem with our bridge. The Shaky Bridge goes OVER the railroad tracks, rather than under the bridge. the overhead height is unlimited, but the bridge is narrow, and the approaches are not straight. The limitations are the weight-bearing capacity of the tiny bridge and the fact that there is no room to turn entering and leaving the bridge. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Sep 7, 2019 at 10:45 PM John wrote: > On 9/7/2019 21:02:09, P. J. Alling wrote: > > This could be fixed with signage. There's a low underpass on the former > NY, NH, > > and Hartford, tracks where it crosses US1 in Madison CT, where tractor > trailers > > used to regularly get their trailers either scalped or stuck. Signs > were place > > at several locations to warn of the impending doom, and they seem to > have > > worked. Hasn't been a stuck or wrecked trailer at that location in > several years. > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USu8vT_tfdw > > > > On 8/30/2019 9:28 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> One would think so, but until three weeks ago, this one-lane wooden > bridge > >> was used daily by commuters as a link between two US highways. > >> The biggest problem was the fact that trucks would come to the bridge > based > >> on their GPS directions, and them have difficulty turning around when > they > >> realized they could not cross the bridge. This could cause huge > back-ups. > >> > >> Dan Matyola > >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 7:23 AM Paul Stenquist > > >> wrote: > >> > >>> A pretty scene, but obviously of another era. > >>> > >>> Paul > >>> > On Aug 30, 2019, at 1:11 AM, Alan C wrote: > > The sides don't look to bad. I suppose the real problem lies in the > load > >>> bearing surface? Municipalities can't afford to take risks. > Alan C > > > On 30-Aug-19 06:23 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > For years there has been an old wooden one-lane bridge in our town > over > >>> the > > NJ TRANSIT tracks. A few weeks ago, the New Jersey Department of > > Transportation suddenly announced the bridge is in poor condition, > > requiring an emergency closure. NJT, the state and other entities are > > arguing over who has the responsibility for repairing or replacing > the > > crossing. In the meantime, traffic is routed through the adjoining > > neighborhoods. > > I went out look at the closure, and decided it was a bit > interesting. > > > > > >>> > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2019/8/30/shaky-bridge > > K-5 IIs, DA 18-135 zoom > > Comments are vid and appreciated. > > > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Shaky Bridge
Am 08.09.19 um 03:02 schrieb P. J. Alling: This could be fixed with signage. There's a low underpass on the former NY, NH, and Hartford, tracks where it crosses US1 in Madison CT, where tractor trailers used to regularly get their trailers either scalped or stuck. Signs were place at several locations to warn of the impending doom, and they seem to have worked. So, you appear to have more sensible truck drivers or they at least can read. We have here in Cologne what the locals call the "idiots' bridge" which regularly gets hit by trucks, The council have tried it all: signs, blinking lights, the lot. Has alleviated the problem somewhat but there is still the occasional champion who gets stuck. Next, we've had to restrict one of the two motorway bridges across the Rhine to trucks above 3.5 tons for the time it takes to build a new one. Signs were happily ignored, mainly by foreign drivers. So where cameras to fine the offenders which were ignored again because perpetrators were out of the country long before they could be caught. In the end, they had to install weighbridges and automatic barriers. Even those are sometimes crashed through but at least they sort out most of them now. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
