Re: Motherboard upgrade: Seeking advice from all (but it's probably gonna be mostly from Larry)
Can you post details, my boss would like a faster computer but hates Windows 11. Related, what's the fastest laptop that runs Windows 10? On July 5, 2024 2:14:25 PM PDT, Mark Roberts wrote: >So in the end, after doing some research based on input from the PDML, >I bought a motherboard/CPU package and a new graphics board. I spent >several hours today installing the new motherboard (the cooling system >I got for the new CPU, although far from the most extensive available, >is freakin' HUGE!) and graphics card. Here's the most amazing thing: >Windows 10 just booted right up. Yup. Recognized the new hardware and >installed drivers almost instantly. You could have knocked me over >with a feather! It's still early days but I can already tell this is >MUCH faster. Some deconvolution sharpening actions on K-1 files that >used to take minutes now take seconds. Big fun. > >Since it's been a loong time since I've refreshed this system (and >I've done too much tinkering in the interim) I'll do an OS refresh and >reinstall apps when I have more free time, just to be safe. But for >now I'm really happy. >-- >%(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@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. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Motherboard upgrade: Seeking advice from all (but it's probably gonna be mostly from Larry)
So in the end, after doing some research based on input from the PDML, I bought a motherboard/CPU package and a new graphics board. I spent several hours today installing the new motherboard (the cooling system I got for the new CPU, although far from the most extensive available, is freakin' HUGE!) and graphics card. Here's the most amazing thing: Windows 10 just booted right up. Yup. Recognized the new hardware and installed drivers almost instantly. You could have knocked me over with a feather! It's still early days but I can already tell this is MUCH faster. Some deconvolution sharpening actions on K-1 files that used to take minutes now take seconds. Big fun. Since it's been a loong time since I've refreshed this system (and I've done too much tinkering in the interim) I'll do an OS refresh and reinstall apps when I have more free time, just to be safe. But for now I'm really happy. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Size Comparison of 17 and GRiii
> On Jul 5, 2024, at 10:05 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 05.07.24 um 18:20 schrieb Godfrey DiGiorgi >> However, this is arguably my all-time favorite compact 35mm camera. It's >> full-frame 24x36 mm format... >> Minox 35GT-E >> ::https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53837228803_b43a592cb9_b.jpg > > Yep, great little camera. Remember a test in a British photo magazine saying > "The photos are so sharp you'll want to cry." :-) > > I have the 35GT version. Inherited from my father who received it from his > colleagues on the occasion of his retirement, together with the matching > flash unit. Had to have it repaired twice, over the years. I understand > they're prone to shutter probs. Gave up on it when it broke yet again. Now, > it has a place of honour on my camera ancestors' shrine. > > But, boy, did it take great photos. Here's one of mine: > > https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/fuehrerstandsmitfahrten-fotoralfbe/44923299 Very nice! The 35GT-E and 35GT-X versions improved radically on robustness and reliability. Mine has never needed anything but an occasional fresh battery. The -E gave you manual ISO settings, the -X read the ISO from the film canister. That manual control of ISO nets full control of exposure so that's what I bought. Never regretted for one instant... :D G -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: emperor dragonflies
Am 05.07.24 um 14:13 schrieb Henk Terhell: This for me is the first time I was able to shoot a pair of emperor dragonflies. Great shot but shouldn't this have a PG rating. ;-) Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Size Comparison of 17 and GRiii
Am 05.07.24 um 18:20 schrieb Godfrey DiGiorgi However, this is arguably my all-time favorite compact 35mm camera. It's full-frame 24x36 mm format... Minox 35GT-E ::https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53837228803_b43a592cb9_b.jpg Yep, great little camera. Remember a test in a British photo magazine saying "The photos are so sharp you'll want to cry." :-) I have the 35GT version. Inherited from my father who received it from his colleagues on the occasion of his retirement, together with the matching flash unit. Had to have it repaired twice, over the years. I understand they're prone to shutter probs. Gave up on it when it broke yet again. Now, it has a place of honour on my camera ancestors' shrine. But, boy, did it take great photos. Here's one of mine: https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/fuehrerstandsmitfahrten-fotoralfbe/44923299 Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog :http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio :http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos :https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: emperor dragonflies
Henk, that PML does so well - way better than my screw drive HD on the K5. Another opportunity would be when they hover. Alan C On 05-Jul-24 02:13 PM, Henk Terhell wrote: This for me is the first time I was able to shoot a pair of emperor dragonflies. Just plain luck to see them 'in copula', busy shaking off another attacking dragonfly, close to where I was standing on the edge of woods. These emperors are always very fast in flight and the only other chance to shoot one is when the female is laying eggs on the water surface. https://flic.kr/p/2q26KAT Henk -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Size Comparison of 17 and GRiii
The Pentax 17 looks like a decent camera, albeit to my eye the styling seems a little clunky and I don't understand the need for all those controls and mode settings. The choice of half-frame 35 format is interesting, memories of a lot of fine photos made with Olympus Pen EE cameras comes to mind. However, this is arguably my all-time favorite compact 35mm camera. It's full-frame 24x36 mm format... Minox 35GT-E :: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53837228803_b43a592cb9_b.jpg I bought it new in 1998, cost about $400 IIRC. The lens is excellent quality, the negatives are terrific. The only thing it lacks, for me, is a full manual exposure setting capability, but the aperture priority auto plus manual ISO setting net all the adjustability I could want. With the lens door folded, it is smooth and compact, slips nicely even into a jeans pocket. The makrolon plastic construction is very tough and difficult to scratch. A few photos of it and with it: https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=23913128%40N02=date-taken-desc=Minox+35GT-E_all=1 I wish I could find as elegant, small, and simple a digital camera as the Minox 35GT-E. G > On Jul 4, 2024, at 11:40 AM, Stanley Halpin > wrote: > > > I wanted a visual of the size of the new 17 vs. the GRiii as a way to think > about the 17 and how I might carry/use it if I had one. I couldn’t find such > a visual so I decided to do one myself… > > https://zenfolio.page.link/SYCjG -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO: emperor dragonflies
This for me is the first time I was able to shoot a pair of emperor dragonflies. Just plain luck to see them 'in copula', busy shaking off another attacking dragonfly, close to where I was standing on the edge of woods. These emperors are always very fast in flight and the only other chance to shoot one is when the female is laying eggs on the water surface. https://flic.kr/p/2q26KAT Henk -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
