Re: This pisses me off!
I suspect that W10 might use the Edge mechanicals for various UI things. The reason that you can't choose to not install it is because then without it your file viewer or suchlike won't work. When it comes down to it, a browser is just a means of looking at files, and it's arguably a lot more efficient to have everything in one place rather than having a bunch of different programs with overlapping functionality. > On Jul 26, 2020, at 10:30 PM, John Francis wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 05:30:04PM -0400, John wrote: >> I just installed the most recent Micro$oft "Security" Update and it >> installed their edge browser without my permission. >> >> According to what I found on the internet, if you're running Windows 10 it >> cannot be removed. > > It might install it, but that doesn't mean it gets set as your default > browser. > Of course if you're dumb enough to click on the button they offer when they're > telling you about the wonderful new options you can get by using their browser > I assume it will go right ahead and do that, but I can't be certain about > that, > because I declined to click on that button. I still have my default browser > of > choice. I'm sure some other Microsoft software will insist on opening up Edge > if I ask it to display a web page, but so far I haven't run into that - those > Microsoft Apps I use most (Visual Studio and Excel/Word) still open up my way. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: This pisses me off!
On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 05:30:04PM -0400, John wrote: > I just installed the most recent Micro$oft "Security" Update and it > installed their edge browser without my permission. > > According to what I found on the internet, if you're running Windows 10 it > cannot be removed. It might install it, but that doesn't mean it gets set as your default browser. Of course if you're dumb enough to click on the button they offer when they're telling you about the wonderful new options you can get by using their browser I assume it will go right ahead and do that, but I can't be certain about that, because I declined to click on that button. I still have my default browser of choice. I'm sure some other Microsoft software will insist on opening up Edge if I ask it to display a web page, but so far I haven't run into that - those Microsoft Apps I use most (Visual Studio and Excel/Word) still open up my way. -- 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.
Neowise etc.
I though my comet hunting was over on Friday night, but last night the skies were unusually clear, so despite the moon being up late I drove up one of the local logging roads I had recently discovered and got some decent shots of the comet, and astrolandscape in general. I'm afraid that I don't have the requisite skill and tools to get these photos exactly right, particulary when working on my laptop, but they do show promise. In addition to comet Neowise and some clear views of the milky way, there was enough meteor activity I even had a meteor photobomb a photo of M31. Neowise over Newport https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/50157642391/in/album-72157715253117593/ Tree and Milky Way https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/50157878817/in/album-72157715253117593/ meteoric photobomb https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/50157645491/in/album-72157715253117593/ full set https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157715253117593 I hope y'all enjoy them. I was sure missing my K-1 last night. The K-3 is a very competent camera, and I've actually been considering that the new APS flagship in many ways could out perform the K-1 (with technology that has a couple of Moore's law cycles advantage), but sometimes you just need the wider field of view from a bigger sensor. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What PENTAX Values Most in Future Cameras - more info on new APS-C flagship
When I need that feature on my dslr I have a Ref Con A, which I seldom use and a tall enough tripod so I don’t have to stoop over. -Original Message- >From: Henk Terhell >Subject: Re: What PENTAX Values Most in Future Cameras - more info on new >APS-C flagship > >A flip out screen is extremely useful in taking pictures of flowers and >mushrooms or critters close to the ground. Also for landscapes when on a >tripod. >For me this is one of the most valued features of my K-1. > >Henk > >Op 2020-07-23 om 18:07 schreef Ken Waller: >> I have a Nikon Coolpix camera with a flip out/up view screen, and while I’ve >> used the feature a few times it would not be a deal killer if a camera I was >> interested in didn’t have the feature. >> >> >> -Original Message- >>> From: "P. J. Alling" >>> Subject: Re: What PENTAX Values Most in Future Cameras - more info on new >>> APS-C flagship >>> >>> I don't know, I think I'd buy it, a flippy screen is just something else >>> to break, though I can see it's usefulness in some circumstances. >>> >>> The new Prism looks like it could be duplicated by just using a O-ME53 >>> which I've been using since I got my *ist-Ds. It's not perfect but it >>> does give a view pretty close to an LX with a standard prism finder. >>> Probably not the highest viewfinder magnification, but good enough. >>> >>> I'm just glad that they haven't abandoned the high end APS-C DSLR segment. >>> >>> On 7/22/2020 10:18 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: The button on the back on the left side above the panel shows no symbol or text. Perhaps it is attached to a spring for the panel to open. Selling a new top camera with a fixed panel will be a mission impossible. Henk Op 2020-07-22 om 15:16 schreef Pete McIntosh: > > At 20:21 in the 2nd video there's a good shot of the back. The LCD > looks (to me) to be fixed. > > Ciao, > > Pete Mac in Melbourne > > >>> -- >>> Any idiot can shoot with a Canon, Nikon, or Sony, it takes a special kind >>> of idiot to use a Pentax. > > >-- >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.
darkfield correction
I thought Saturday night would be my last to go out late at night to play with cameras, but last night was uncharacteristically clear. With the plan of doing darkfield noise reduction, I took a bunch of darkfield images. Looking at the results, I'm going to need it. Can people recommend good mac software that I can point dark field files at groups of raw images and which will also give DNGs out? -- 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.
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On 7/26/2020 12:41:13, Mark Roberts wrote: David J Brooks wrote: saved a photo using DNG files and some c=B&W sliders in LR vers 6 https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/50154848698/in/dateposted-public/ original https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/50155405621/in/dateposted-public/ Does "fuzzy" refer to the cat or the photo? Cats are fuzzy, photos are blurry. -- 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.
This pisses me off!
I just installed the most recent Micro$oft "Security" Update and it installed their edge browser without my permission. According to what I found on the internet, if you're running Windows 10 it cannot be removed. Fortunately, that does not yet appear to be true if you're like me still using Windoze 7 ... at least not for now. So BEWARE! -- 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: What PENTAX Values Most in Future Cameras - more info on new APS-C flagship
A flip out screen is extremely useful in taking pictures of flowers and mushrooms or critters close to the ground. Also for landscapes when on a tripod. For me this is one of the most valued features of my K-1. Henk Op 2020-07-23 om 18:07 schreef Ken Waller: I have a Nikon Coolpix camera with a flip out/up view screen, and while I’ve used the feature a few times it would not be a deal killer if a camera I was interested in didn’t have the feature. -Original Message- From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: Re: What PENTAX Values Most in Future Cameras - more info on new APS-C flagship I don't know, I think I'd buy it, a flippy screen is just something else to break, though I can see it's usefulness in some circumstances. The new Prism looks like it could be duplicated by just using a O-ME53 which I've been using since I got my *ist-Ds. It's not perfect but it does give a view pretty close to an LX with a standard prism finder. Probably not the highest viewfinder magnification, but good enough. I'm just glad that they haven't abandoned the high end APS-C DSLR segment. On 7/22/2020 10:18 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: The button on the back on the left side above the panel shows no symbol or text. Perhaps it is attached to a spring for the panel to open. Selling a new top camera with a fixed panel will be a mission impossible. Henk Op 2020-07-22 om 15:16 schreef Pete McIntosh: At 20:21 in the 2nd video there's a good shot of the back. The LCD looks (to me) to be fixed. Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- Any idiot can shoot with a Canon, Nikon, or Sony, it takes a special kind of idiot to use a Pentax. -- 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.
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On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 12:41 PM Mark Roberts wrote: > David J Brooks wrote: > > >saved a photo using DNG files and some c=B&W sliders in LR vers 6 > > > >https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/50154848698/in/dateposted-public/ > >original > > > >https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/50155405621/in/dateposted-public/ > > Does "fuzzy" refer to the cat or the photo? > Well its not me anymore thats for sure Dave > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I ran across this interesting piece that mentions Pentax
Great story! Op 2020-07-26 om 18:36 schreef John: https://petapixel.com/2020/07/25/the-waitress-the-tarantula-the-body-in-the-bathtub-and-why-i-had-to-buy-my-girlfriend-a-new-pentax/ Humorous in a way. -- 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.
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On 7/26/2020 12:41 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: David J Brooks wrote: saved a photo using DNG files and some c=B&W sliders in LR vers 6 https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/50154848698/in/dateposted-public/ original https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/50155405621/in/dateposted-public/ Does "fuzzy" refer to the cat or the photo? "all of the above" ? ann -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks -- 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.
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David J Brooks wrote: >saved a photo using DNG files and some c=B&W sliders in LR vers 6 > >https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/50154848698/in/dateposted-public/ >original > >https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/50155405621/in/dateposted-public/ Does "fuzzy" refer to the cat or the photo? -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
I ran across this interesting piece that mentions Pentax
https://petapixel.com/2020/07/25/the-waitress-the-tarantula-the-body-in-the-bathtub-and-why-i-had-to-buy-my-girlfriend-a-new-pentax/ Humorous in a way. -- 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.
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On 26/7/20, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: >https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/50155405621/in/dateposted-public/ > >adjusted > >K-5 AF 360 flash on wrong setting LR 6 Good job Dave. -- Cheers Cotty -- 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.
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saved a photo using DNG files and some c=B&W sliders in LR vers 6 https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/50154848698/in/dateposted-public/ original https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/50155405621/in/dateposted-public/ adjusted K-5 AF 360 flash on wrong setting LR 6 Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Astro photo notes
Sure, go ahead. This is mostly just an outline to jog memory and spark discussion, but if it's helpful, have fun, and if they have any feedback etc if love to see it. On July 25, 2020 10:14:48 PM PDT, Alan C wrote: >Larry, thanks for the "tutorial". I will be getting my Astrotracer next > >week so it should help a lot. > >Is it OK for me to post on another forum? > >Alan C > >On 25-Jul-20 11:23 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> Now that Neowise is pretty much gone, I think I've learned a lot of >what I needed a week and a half ago to photograph it. On the bright >side, what I've learened so far will likely come in handy for future >attempts at photographing astronomical events. >> >> These notes are just a brain dump, I've almost certainly missed a >lot, they need to be flushed out, but I bet that with the propensity >for folks on the net to correct what they perceive as mistakes, just >posting these notes should gain me mostly helpful advice back >threefold. I won't estimate how much unhelpful advice and snide >comments I'm likely to get in addition. >> >> The earlier/more you do prep the better >> >> >> Get all gear together first >> bring masking tape to lock focus >> focus on jupiter or similar >> Bring a second tripod to aim at focus point >> bring spares >> Most important is clarity of skies >> speed of lens is almost more important than length >> Best results are astrotracer at shortest period, wish it went faster >than 10 seconds >> Ball heads suck. What I really want is tripod head that adjusts with >cranks. >> Make sure all quick release mounts point in same direction >> need a spotting scope or laser pointer mounted in hot shoe (but it >has to be precise) >> laser pointer would likely mess things up for other people >> Really need real equatorial mount >> No matter how well I do, the hubble or equivalent will do better go >for artistic >> Make a checklist: calibrate astrotracer, lock down tripod head, gear >list, right focal length for mf lenses >> Use skymaps or equivalent to scout places before hand. >> Computational photography will continue to get better, but can't go >back and reshoot, get darkfield and make raw images best >> When using astrotracer, set external intervalometer at 1 second, >> Need stacking software >> Need slideshow/timelapse software >> wide AoV of K-1 very useful, particularly for finding objects at same >focal length > > >-- >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. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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.
