Re: Yet another but late newcomer.
For one, you'd have about 30 years more practce under your belt. Walt Gilbert wrote: >It does have a wonderful feel to it compared to trying to manually >focus >the kit lenses that came with my K-x. The older lenses make me wish I'd > >taken up photography a long time ago. I can't help wondering how much >better I'd be as a photographer if I had started when those lenses were > >still being made. > >-- Walt > >On 3/2/2012 4:22 PM, alban bernard wrote: >> This lens always remind me how it was difficult to machine some metal >parts with micrometric precision during school hands-on sessions. It >gives some respect and taste for manufactured objects. Handling a lens >with perfectly adjusted but smooth focusing ring is really a joy in >itself. It has a strong comforting effect taking some photographs. >> >> --- On Fri, 3/2/12, Walt Gilbert wrote: >> >>> From: Walt Gilbert >>> Subject: Re: Yet another but late newcomer. >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >>> Date: Friday, March 2, 2012, 10:20 PM >>> Welcome to the list, Alban! >>> >>> I'm looking forward to seeing submissions from you and hope >>> you'll be >>> able to participate in the discussion more in the >>> future. I've gained >>> an incredible amount of knowledge and inspiration from PDML >>> and I >>> consider joining the list to be the smartest thing I've done >>> since I got >>> my K-x. >>> >>> I hope you love your 50mm/1.7 as much as I love mine. I find >>> it a >>> complete joy to shoot with. >>> >>> -- Walt >>> >>> On 3/2/2012 2:57 PM, alban bernard wrote: Hi PDMLers, I didn't dare to introduce myself earlier before I >>> uploaded my three humble shots to contribute to the PDML >>> photo annual 2011. I'm Alban Bernard, I'm French and a pentaxian since my >>> father offered me his MX and a couple of lenses on one of my >>> early christmas (Pentax 50mm f/1.7 and a Sigma 28mm f/2.8 >>> Macro as a bonus). Shooting films were a bit expensive for >>> me at that time and so I didn't use them as I would have >>> liked to. My father died in 2005, then I decided to give >>> photography a more "serious" try. Later, I purchased my >>> k200d, thanks to the pentax K mount, I was happy to reuse my >>> father lenses in a digitally upgraded set. I went to the PDML in 2009 to learn a lot. Good catch! >>> I got the inspiration and the good mood from this list even >>> if the traffic rate prevented me from reading all the good >>> post. In a certain way, reading it helped me not to be too >>> gear-addicted. ~Alban. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- Sent from my Android phone 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.
Re: OT Red underscore lines
David J Brooks wrote: >Well well. For years now whether i was writing emails or working on my >book, kept seeing these red underscore lines at various words. Well >curiosity finally got the better of me and i happened to right click >on one of these and lo and behold it was trying to tell me i could >spell a certain word differently. > >This could add a whole new dimension to my spelling classes now. You misspelled dementia. > >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. -- Sent from my Android phone 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.
Tonight's crazy idea
I was thinking about blown out sections of a photo and how it is often just one channel that clips. It seems that it would be possible to do something like content aware fill, using color balance from nearby areas, and the vallues in the non clipped channels to extrapolate in the blown out areas. A simple example might be colored stage lights, where you can see red at the edges but which look yellow, then white as channels clip. -- Sent from my Android phone 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.
Re: DA* in for repair yet again
This is one of those cases where the right thing forb Pentax to do is say this lens is a lemon and send you a new one. John Celio wrote: >Yesterday I shipped my DA* 16-50 off to Pentax/CRIS for repair. It >would focus when the focal length was wider than 28mm, but beyond that >it could never get a focus lock. Even high-contrast objects would >befuddle the thing. > >Before you suggest it was a camera problem rather than the lens, I >tested it on a K10D, K-7 and someone else's K-5. Same results every >time. I have no idea why it would behave this way. It would usually >get close to focusing properly, but the camera could never confirm >focus. Even in manual focus it wouldn't give me a focus confirmation. >Strangest problem I've ever seen. > >This is the third time I've had to send the lens in for focus-related >repair. The first two times it was because the motor had seized up. As >I've said before, this sort of performance makes me think twice about >buying an SDM lens again in the future. > >John > >-- >http://www.jacelio.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. -- Sent from my Android phone 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.
Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)
90% of the world also seems to shoot Canon. Bipin Gupta wrote: >Tethering a DSLR camera to a TV, iPad, Laptop, Projector is getting >pretty confusing, even though it should have been a bit straight >forward after this useful article. Reason for this >complication/confusion for simpletons:- >a) Some Pentax models are supported thru (i) Pentax Remote Assissant >or (ii) 3rd Party software like PK Teteher / Lightroom etc. Some are >not? Normally the supplied USB cable is used. >b) All Pentax models are supported by connecting the supplied Video >cabble - RCA or HDMI - to a TV or any gadget with these connectors. >c) Some Pentax DSLR models can connect thru WiFi cards. But generally >slow transfer rates experienced by many people? >d) The WiFi method leaves Windows users in the doldrums - the author >says sorry, you are on your own. >NOTE: If only the author, an IT Expert, had told us what is an >Automator Application for the Windows Operating System, so that we >could have Googled for a Shareware or Open Source program. >e) Other tethering methods if any. >Request an IT + Photographer Expert to educate and help us on all >aspects of tethering using Microsoft Windows, as this is what 90% of >the world uses. >Thank. Bipin - from a far away enchanting land > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: PESO: Coral
Very nice. Wild or aquarium? "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15231754 > >Comments are invitec. > >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. -- Sent from my Android phone 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.
Re: PESO - The New Canadian
Damn you Frank, that shot is annoyingly good. Put it in the queue of candidates for next year's book. frank theriault wrote: >In front of City Hall there's a skating rink. I love watching folks >that I'm guessing are new to this country. They get out there on their >new skates, slipping and sliding and falling and just having a great >time, like this young man who, by the sound of his accent, is a recent >arrival from Africa: > >http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/new-canadian.html > >Skating on ice isn't as easy as it looks, I guess... > >Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. > >cheers, >frank > >-- >"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > >-- >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 phone 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.
RE: PESO Laundry Room, comments please
I am not a pipe. Bob W wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf >Of >> Larry Colen >> >> Here's one that I just can't decide about: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6776651850/in/set- >> 72157629070296314/ >> >> A friend was doing his laundry yesterday, and this ducting caught my >> eye. I tried a few different things with it. It's hard to get the >> same interesting shade of orange I saw in the laundry room too. I >> suspect that it might just be a boring pile of shite, but since I put >a >> fair amount of effort into it, I really want to believe that it's >> actually a decent photo. >> > >Sometimes a pipe is just a pipe. > >> since I put a >> fair amount of effort into it, I really want to believe that it's >> actually a decent photo. > >M! > > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: PESO Laundry Room, comments please
Btw, if you look at the set, I did try a B&W treatment. Walt Gilbert wrote: >On 2/23/2012 11:28 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> Larry Colen wrote: >> >>> Here's one that I just can't decide about: >>> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6776651850/in/set-72157629070296314/ >>> >>> A friend was doing his laundry yesterday, and this ducting caught my >eye. >>> I tried a few different things with it. It's hard to get the same >>> interesting shade of orange I saw in the laundry room too. I >suspect >>> that it might just be a boring pile of shite, but since I put a fair >>> amount of effort into it, I really want to believe that it's >actually a >>> decent photo. >> I think there's a good photo (probably B&W) in there somewhere but >> you're going to have to work the subject more to find it. Experiment >> with different camera angles and crops. >> >> >Exactly what I was thinking. I downloaded the shot and did some >experimenting on it, but I don't know what the etiquette is on that >sort >of thing; tweaking the work of others, etc. But, I do agree it could >become a more interesting photo -- most particularly in B/W. > >-- Walt > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: prices
The D1 will work with AIS lenses? I've got some glass that I wish Icould play with more easily than messing with film. I've got film bodies I'd rather play with than my Nikon bodies. David J Brooks wrote: >On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 9:52 PM, John Sessoms >wrote: >> >> >> I don't know if they still do it, but for a while eBay wouldn't let >you look >> at the completed auctions unless you had an eBay ID and logged in. I >don't >> and don't want to, so I haven't tried to see completed auctions for >years >> and years. > >Have not tried to look at these recently, but i know in the past, i >have had little or no luck trying to access sold for prices, even with >my account.:-(, but I'll try again. > >Not sure if either the D1 or K-10 will sell locally. I have no lenses >to offer, just the bodies and that seems to be a sticky point for the >sale. > > >Dave > >> -- >> 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. -- Sent from my Android phone 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.
Re: FS Fri: *Collectors Grade* Spotmatic F, Pentax Travel Kit with SMC Takumars, more...
If you need help decluttering, just let me know. You could always store that Nikon kit at my house. Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >That's a beautiful kit, Darren. I agree with you, it shouldn't be >broken up: it would lose a lot in doing so. >Hopefully someone who appreciates it will step forward. > >Actually, I do and I would but I have so much equipment on the shelf I >just can't bring myself to do so. My uncle gifted me with a couple of >his old Nikons and lenses last weekend ... and a Polaroid SX-70 too >... never mind all the other stuff. The equipment cabinet overfloweth >once more. Sigh. > >G > >On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Darren Addy >wrote: >> I know there are some collectors lurking on this group, so wanted to >> make you aware of this sweet bit o' kit. >> http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/importedPFpics/Fkit.jpg >> >> I've seen a lot of equipment in my day, but never anything as minty >as >> this. If (today) you could step into a Time Machine and go back to >the >> mid-70s, walk into a camera store and purchase a brand new Spotmatic >F >> kit for half price, wouldn't you do it? Well, that's the opportunity >> right here: >> >> I can't bring myself to split this gorgeous kit up, so it is being >> sold complete (for less than the individual parts are worth). >> >> • Genuine Pentax Travel Kit hard case with green foam interior. >> • Spotmatic F (everything works like new, including metering) >> • SMC Takumar 55mm f1.8 with original cap (flawless) on camera >> • Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 135mm f2.5 with original front and rear >> caps and matching metal screw-in hood >> • Original zipper pouch (this is the original part of the travel kit >> usually missing) >> • Pentax AF160SA electronic flash (in original box) >> • 49mm close-up filters set for the 55mm (+1, +2, +4) in case *not >pictured >> • 58mm close-up filter set for the 135mm f2.5 (+1, +2, +4) with case >> (*case not pictured) >> • Not part of the kit, but I will include an unopened box of >> lomography color negative film (3 rolls of 36 exposure) 400 ISO >> • Original Spotmatic F manual >> >> I have a 1976 Pentax Price List and the prices of the Spotmatic F >body >> and the two lenses alone would have been $600 in 1976. (With >> inflation, that would be the equivalent of $2272 in 2010 dollars !) >> >> Priced to sell kit: $299 plus actual shipping, as I have another >> purchase to pay for (as usual... LBA is such a harsh mistress). >> >> Will be happy to ship worldwide, including to our friends in the >> Southern Hemisphere. >> More pics of individual items in the kit available, on request. >> >> Darren Addy >> Kearney, Nebraska >> >> -- >> 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. > > > >-- >Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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. -- Sent from my Android phone 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.
Re: Macro recommendation
Raynox 150 on one of your primes. Or look around for a used adaptall macro Collin Brendemuehl wrote: >While almost everything that I'm shooting looks great with just the >18-55 >there are some small items which would look much better with a macro >lens. >Small bearings come out just "ok" but we want a little bit of >improvement. >I'm thinking of bringing in my FA28-80 macro just to see how well it >performs. >Another option is the A50/2.8 macro. >But what are some other options that you think I should consider? > >Sincerely, > >Collin Brendemuehl >"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot >lose" >-- Jim Elliott > > > > > > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: What would you do with a 50 1.2
I'd use it for my low light photography. I may need to use live view to focus it. It would be very interesting to use it with a noughty one, wigh should have sufficient low light sensitivity and a fully functional live view. John Celio wrote: >I have an A 50mm 1.2 sitting around collecting dust. I don't have good >enough vision to focus manually with my K-5, and I don't trust the >focus indicator, so I rarely use the lens. After yesterday's >discussions of future lenses from Pentax and my discovery of how much >it goes for on eBay, I'm considering selling it to pay for future >purchases. > >I'd like to put it to work a little before I make up my mind, but am >running short on inspiration lately, so I thought I'd post an informal >survey: > >What would you do with a 50 1.2? > >John > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: Slow List?
Or out taking photos? Or maybe asleep in bed? Matthew Hunt wrote: >On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 12:28 PM, P. J. Alling > wrote: > >> No content. >> (Ironic). > >Yeah, I had an 8 hour gap before your email. This morning I made >changes to the email settings for my domains, so the silence from the >PDML was unsettling. > >I guess everyone's off salivating over the D800, or reloading the >Pentax rumor sites. > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: Technical difficulties - K-5/battery
My problem was that when I'd try to take a picture it would turn off, but yours sounds like a more common problem. In any case if it's not a battery, it's probably a power supply. Contact Pentax, or CRIS and see if you can get things lined up before sending it in. Christine Nielsen wrote: >Hi all, Happy Monday. > >What do you make of this... > >Shooting at my daughter's gymnastics meet yesterday, I noticed my >battery was starting to get low. I had an extra in my bag, so I >switched it out. I took a shot, and then all kinds of clicking >started to happen. It wasn't taking pics on its own, though that's >what it sounded like... Maybe it was the sound of the mirror going up >& down, I'm not sure... but it was all very odd. It seemed like the >AF wasn't working, and once the clicking started, I couldn't get it to >shoot. I shut off the camera, and turned it back on, to see if that >would help. Nope. Each initial shot inspired a new round of random >clicks and non-responsiveness, > >I took out the battery, and put the first one back in. This seemed to >solve the problem, and I was able to continue as usual. I have yet to >review the images, though... fingers crossed that the card isn't >fried > >Still, I am left with lingering concerns Should I consider that >battery (Pentax brand) a goner? I certainly don't feel comfortable >putting it back into the camera... Has the camera been damaged in some >way, deep in the electronic guts? What about the lens? Is it taking >longer now to display the review image, or is it just my >imagination??? Ugh. > >Larry... didn't you have a misbehaving battery situation not that long >ago? > >Thanks for any thoughts... > >:) >-c > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: You are not a photographer
I think that the view too many people have is that nobody but them is a real photographer. It's funny how competitive people can be about an activity where the output is almost entirely subjective. It seems that any time someone posts a series of photos, the distribution of which ones other people choose as favorites is almost flat. Doug Brewer wrote: >On 2/4/12 1:00 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: >> >> On Feb 4, 2012, at 12:42 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote: >> >>> A lady holds a Canon DSLR with the caption " You are not a >photographer. >>> You just have an over priced camera". >>> This is the silliest thought / caption I have seen. The reality: >while on a trip >>> to Europe / UK /Spain last year August, I saw many tourists from >Japan& >>> China - guided group tour - holding Pentax KX and KR DSLRs. >Surprisingly >>> a lot of them were young girls, some even in their teens. >>> Hey, if I have the moolah and a hunger for photography, even as a >learner, >>> why should I not buy a DSLR? >>> Bipin. Bangalore, India. >> >> I wonder where this reverse snobbery comes from? Making fun of >someone because they want to use a decent tool for the job? >> Reminds me of my brother. In his late teens he took a year off from >school, was working as a surveyor in the Bolivian wilds. His camera was >an Argus C-3 rangefinder (probably because that is what my grandmother >used.) So the truck they were in got stuck and then overturned while >trying to ford a flooded river. His camera bag was drowned, when >eventually recovered the camera was too full of river grit to be >cleanable. So his next time in La Paz he went looking for another >rangefinder, wound up buying a Leica M-2 because that is all that was >available. So there you have this young kid with a professional's >camera. Back then, I don't think he received much ridicule. Later on >(ME-Super era) he moved to Pentax gear and since then nobody can accuse >him of professional pretensions! >> >> stan > >I think the point here, Stan, is not that she has a camera that costs >whatever,but the view that, to too many people, all you need to be a >photographer is a good camera. > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: Portfolio project
Interesting, my complaint with the set was the lack of diversity. David Parsons wrote: >On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Paul Ewins >wrote: >> I think the individual images are just fine, it is just that they are >all very different. A portfolio needs to feel cohesive, and there is >more to it than just the subject matter. Your portfolio has colour and >monochrome, verticals and horizontals, square and rectangular crops, >closeups and full length, dark backgrounds and light backgrounds. There >is nothing wrong with mixing styles in a portfolio, but as much as >possible you should try and harmonise things. If most of your >portfolio has one look and an image departs from that look you have to >justify it being there. > >I understand and agree, mixing styles was something that we were >advised about, but I don't think that I've found a dominant style to >my portraits yet. I get bored with a single look too. > >> >> How are you displaying it? If they are mounted prints then format may >be more of an issue than mono vs colour. If it is to be projected then >the reverse might be true. For projection the order is really important >too, since the viewer might not be able to back and forth as they >please (i.e. if shown to a group of people). For mounted prints the >order is still important, but you might want to start and finish with >strong images, or have contrasting images side by side. > >They were projected for the club, but I tried to work the order in a >way that made sense. The general progression is from young to old. I >also tried to group the scenes and styles together. Beach with beach, >B&W together, even the direction of the main lighting. I knew that >the pictures wouldn't be printed or go in a book, but I did try to >group them as if they would be. > >> >> Don't think i'm the expert however, it is just that this is what I am >learning in my photo course and it is still very fresh in my mind. I >have just started second year and will have to hand in two printed >portfolios by mid-year, all shot from scratch, and I only have half an >idea for one of them. >> >Thank you for the thoughts. This was the first time I've ever tried >to put together a collection like this and it was tougher than I >thought it might be. Many of these were also pulled from my existing >files, and not purpose shot for the portfolio. > >> Good luck with it, >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> On 04/02/2012, at 12:07 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 2/3/2012 4:55 PM, David Parsons wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/sets/72157629121933767/ My camera club has been doing something new since last year. We've been working on portfolios. It's a tough challenge because some of >my favorite shots were winnowed out because they just didn't fit with >the theme, in my case portraiture. I don't have a huge library of portraits, but I have enough to make >it difficult to decide which ones to include. It also re-affirmed my feeling that portraiture is where the majority of my growth will be over the next several years. It is my goal to eventually have a studio doing portraiture, but I have plenty of time for that. >>> >>> I can see a definite progression in your work. You started out with >the key light on the right, and then moved it to the left. >>> >>> -- >>> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (from dos4est) >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > >-- >David Parsons Photography >http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com > >Aloha Photographer Photoblog >http://alohaphotog.blogspot.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. -- Sent from my Android phone 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.
Re: PESO - Glorious Dead
Powerful juxtaposition, and photographically well done. frank theriault wrote: >http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/01/glorious-dead.html > >Comments always welcome. > >cheers, >frank > >-- >"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: When your motto is don't be evil, just maybe you are.
It seems that the big change is that rather than aggregating data from each product separately, they aggregate them together. My only surprise is that they didn't already do this, especially with their insistance of one account for everything. If you don't want this to happen, have separate google accounts for different products. If you aren't paying for something, you are what's being sold. "P. J. Alling" wrote: >*http://preview.tinyurl.com/7jn8rdj > >Makes me glad that pretty much the only Google service I use is Gmail. > >(I usually search through startpage). > >Nobody should ever send me any e-mail they don't expect the whole world > >to eventually be able to read. PJ, email is sent in the clear. It's not quite like the old bangpath days, but it has always been possible for someone on any computer on the path, or connected to the same network, to read your email. Expecting privacy in email is like expecting privacy on a cell phone call on a public street, or on CB radio. >* > >-- >Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to >avoid a lengthily search. > > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: How would you answer THIS question?
A tosser Darren Addy wrote: >I thought it would be amusing to hear your answer to this tweet that I >saw this morning... (it was retweeted by a film proponent/processor). > >"When i look at a photo, I always need to find out if film or digital. >If digital, appeal of photo goes down. What does that make me? A >snob?" > >Looking forward to your thoughts/responses. >:) > >Darren Addy >Kearney, Nebraska > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: New Pentax EVIL rumor, with specs
Also, why a new 40/2.8 when the da40 is so awesome unless it's a new mount? Bipin Gupta wrote: >Hello John, surely you have lenses (6) inches or smaller, being a >seasoned Pentaxian. Why can't you go in to this event with the K-5 >Body and lens(es) in separate bags. I have done this many times - body >in my coat pocket and lens(es) in a carry on bag. Surely the K-5 is a >mighty midget compared to many other cameras. Give it a try old chap. >Regards. Bipin. > >As for the Pentax EVIL rumour, why would one buy a K-5 like speced >camera when the K-5 is pretty small itself. See no fun in using an >electronic viewfinder, if it has one. Lenses and compatibility w/o an >AF adapter still remains a big mystery, even though the rumour says >K-mount. > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: New Pentax EVIL rumor, with specs
I can see a few reasons. The kx is right on the verge of pocketability, the k5 is slightly too large. A little smaller and a better shape could make a big difference. Face recognition on focus It could be cheaper to build Manual focus in low light The k5 doesn't have a lot of gaps in its performance that will be fixed by huge leaps in the same form factor. EVIL has an entirely different set of inherent strengths and weaknesses. It's like the crescent tool company coming out with pliers and complaining that they aren't any better at removing nuts than the adjustable wrench you own. You are not the intended customer. I also find it funny that half the list gets a priapism over the new fuji, wishing it had a sensor as good as the K5 and was able to use pentax glass, but at the possibility that Pentax is coming out with a camera that will, then the sky is falling. If it's not what I think I want, then there is obviously no market for it. Tom C wrote: >> > >http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/hot-pentax-k-01-mirrorless-camera-coming-soon/ >> >> More... >> >> >http://m.techradar.com/news/photography-video-capture/pentax-k-01-mirrorless-camera-revealed-in-february--1056080 >> >> -- >> Bong Manayon >> http://bong.manayon.net >> > >If true, does anyone else have a bit of a problem understanding this >strategy? > >Assuming I had a K-5, what would induce me to buy a mirrorless system >that is essentially in all other respects, a K-5? And likely without >the weather-sealing and 100% viewfinder? > >If I had the choice of upgrading from a K-7 to a K-5 or the >as-described camera, it would be a K-5. > >I was hoping for a clear reason to upgrade over and above a K-5. > >Tom C. > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: So wrong
I'd say that it's right up there with cat photos. Seriously a lot of the same arguments against coloring photos could be made against photos as art, rather than painting. Did Dylan get upset when the Byrds or Hendrix did better versions of his songs? If someone colorized my van when it was parked on the street I'd be upset. If someone started with one of my photos for their own artwork I'd be flattered. If they went and sold it, I would want a cut of the action. Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > >On 1/19/2012 23:38, Kenneth Waller wrote: >> >> >> What's next? Will she produce B&W images from someones color prints? >> >> Seems wrong to me. she should go out and produce some original work >of her own ! > >I think I'm in this camp too... Remember the film colorization mess a >few years back?? > >I think it's fine for people to hand tint their _own_ photos, but >no matter how skilled she is at doing these they are iconic news >photos and it seems so unnecessary. Especially when most of thes >photos >were produced when color photography existed. And before that, there >were paintings in color... bringing the color into bW photos for a >documentary purpose alone, hmm, maybe ok... but this is art for arts >sake it seems, and not her own, as Ken said. I just can't wrap by old >brain around this. > >I think I saw some of her work at the Met recently and it pissed me off > >then, too. > >ann > > >> >> -Original Message- >>> From: steve harley >> >>> Subject: Re: So wrong >>> >>> on 2012-01-19 01:14 Peter Jordan wrote Why? >http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2088611/Swedish-artist-Sanna-Dullaway-injected-colour-host-historic-photographs.html >>> >>> i enjoyed them; if nothing else, she's bringing attention to certain >topics; >>> her technique is good, but i think her art is more in the selection >of photos >>> and the paradox of drawing us in to the reality of the photos by >"faking" the color >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- Sent from my Android phone 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.
Re: PESO: Maui Girl
Very nicely shot and rendered. It helps me appreciate the natural beauty of hawaii. I'd like to see her more prominantly, could you crop down a bit tighter, maybe just into one of the corners? "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote:m >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14955235 > >Just hangin' loose, local style, at Iao Stream. > >Comments are 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. -- Sent from my Android phone 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.
Re: Kodak and the 645D sensor
I made it up, but I think I did a pretty good job. Maybe if we spread it around enough someone at Ricoh will decide the idea has merit. I did hear the rumor of the mirrorless 645, so I used that as some of it. John Sessoms wrote: >From: Larry Colen > >> This subject line is fodder for great fantasies around which to spin >> rumors: >> >> Ricoh is in negotiations to buy Kodak, or their sensor business, so >> that they can get the 645D sensors at cost. This will enable them to >> drop the price of the 645D to $7,000. Meanwhile, they are working on >> developing the "E-mount", a large diameter mount big enough for >> medium format, but with mirrorless registration distances. The first >> camera to come out will be the 645E, which will initially have two >> adapter modules, one for 645 mount lenses, and one for K mount. The >> adapter will have an integral SDM style motor that will drive a >> focusing screw. They are working on licensing agreements with a third >> party to develop adapters for other medium format and 35mm based SLR >> mounts, including pentax 6x7. Their hasselblad adapter will allow >> use of either the lenses internal shutter, or the camera's focal >> plane. >> >> The second body, in early stages of development, will be the 362E, a >> mirrorless 36x24mm sensor. > > >Just out of idle curiosity, have you heard this rumor or are you making > >this rumor up? > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: 1 day, 3 sets, 3 pesos
Thank you. "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >I very much like the sense of action in the first image, Larry. >Dan Matyola >http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > >On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 4:24 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> Yesterday, on of the members of our dojo tested for his shodan (first >black belt). At one point the instructors told his partner to attack >him with a golf club tube, as if it was a bat, stick or whatever. When >accused of having too much fun swinging it at Dave, Nicole admitted to >having watched too much Star Wars: >> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6665703527/in/set-72157628790064197/ >> >> I finished processing the photos from Dave's test in time to see a >couple of bands, that friends are in, play at Don Quixote's. A local >Mexican restaurant that gets some surprisingly big name bands, for a >small venue in a town that until a couple of years ago only had one >stop light. >> >> The first band was a Doobie Brothers cover band: >> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6665720109/in/set-72157628790115531/ >> >> The second band, South 46, is an Allman Brothers cover band: >> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6665731547/in/set-72157628790115531/ >> >> The lighting at Don Quixotes, like most small clubs, can be very >challenging. Very hot on the red channel, and the bass and keyboard >players ended up way off on the side, where they don't get much light. >> >> >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. -- Sent from my Android phone 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.
Re: Party photos
Thanks. The noise is just the way it came out of the camera. That's part of the beauty of the k-5 is the quality of the noise is such that it usually isn't objectionable. Jack Davis wrote: >These put me there. Could almost hear the music. >Did you shop the noise? > >Jack > > > >From: Larry Colen >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2012 10:44 PM >Subject: Party photos > >I got a few photos at the party last night. The room was mostly lit by >a few strands of colored lights. > >I'm amused that I shoot at bars that have colored gels on the lights, >and the photos just end up looking crappy, I go to a house party, they >just throw a few strings of lights out, and they make for some cool and >interesting colors in the photos. It was tough as all get out to >photograph, too dark for autofocus, the light would change a lot >depending on direction, and I couldn't just put the camera on auto >exposure or it would totally blow out the dominant channel. These were >all shot with the K-5 and FA31, usually at f/1.8, ISO 8000-12,800 and >1/20-1/60, and manually focused as much by luck as by skill. >Of course the photos a friend specifically requested (552 & 576) are >of dubious sharpness. > >http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157628675276189/ >or for the exif >http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157628675276189/ > >I had a few people expressing surprise at my getting photos without >using a flash. It's a situation where it's really hard to beat the >K-5. The only cameras with better sensors for low light, have bigger >sensors, which means less depth of field for the angle of view (though >the FA31 with a full frame version of the K-5 would be hard to beat), >and none of them have SR on anything faster than f/2.8 (unless the 645D >will outperform the K-5 at high ISO in stupid low light and there is >fast glass available for it). > >-- >Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > >-- >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. -- Sent from my Android phone 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.
Re: The problem with modern camera design
If you are using a lens like the 16-50 you can rotate and zoom at the same time, and fix the axis or rotation about the lens. John Celio wrote: >Earlier tonight I was having some fun photographing holiday lights when >I >realized something: now that pretty much all cameras have a much >smaller >left shoulder than film cameras of old, the lens is no longer in the >center >of the body. This means that if you rotate your camera as if you were >turning a steering wheel, the lens moves in a circle rather than >rotating in >one spot. > >I realize this doesn't affect many people, but when I was rotating my >camera >while taking long exposures of light strands, I could never get the >lens to >be at the center of rotation, and that was frustrating. > >So I came home and took a few dozen photos of my cats. Welcome to 2012. > >John > >-- >http://www.jacelio.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. -- Sent from my Android phone 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.
RE: GESO - Men at work
Don't worry, I understand. The photos were actually pretty much superfluous. In theory, I was going to get something productive accomplished today, so I didn't spend the time I could/should have to edit down the set. As it turns out the twenty minute run to the hardware store to pick up a part for my compressor ended up being almost four hours and runs to four different shops. It's quite possible that at the last store I got a shot of the moon and venus that doesn't suck. "knarftheria...@gmail.com" wrote: >Just to make certain we're on the same page here, I didn't say or mean >to imply that your initial post was prolix, just that you seemed to use >too many photos to tell your story. > >Just so we're clear. > >:-) > >cheers, >frank > >--- Original Message --- > >From: "Larry Colen, l...@red4est.com (From Droid)" >Sent: December 28, 2011 12/28/11 >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > > >To be completely accurate, I probably could have said what I wanted >with about two sentences: The water main burst in front of my house on >Christmas eve and flooded the floor of one of my sheds. They fixed the >pipe today. > >-- >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 phone 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.
RE: GESO - Men at work
"knarftheria...@gmail.com" wrote: >If I might be so bold, I think you could have said what you seem to >have wanted to say in about half the photos or less. There are several >photos that I thought were duplicates and only upon close inspection >did I realize that they were different. To be completely accurate, I probably could have said what I wanted with about two sentences: The water main burst in front of my house on Christmas eve and flooded the floor of one of my sheds. They fixed the pipe today. But, since I had taken snapshots to show friends I'd been discussing it with on facebook, I figured that I might as well share them here. > >Each photo is competent and well-crafted, but as a group there are just >too many of them IMHO. If any of the photos qualify as welll crafted, then I already exceeded my goals of the set. > >OTOH you did warn us that these may be about something other than >artistic expression. I will take it as a compliment that you even consider a set of my crappy snaps as worthy of artistic critique. > >;-) > >cheers, >frank > >--- Original Message ---i > >From: Larry Colen >Sent: December 27, 2011 12/27/11 >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >Subject: GESO - Men at work > >I frequently enjoy photographing people in the trades at work. >Particularly when heavy machinery is involved. >http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/isets/72157628592911783/ > >I don' know whether this is particularly convenient because it's in >front of my house, or particularly inconvenient because it's a busted >water main, in front of my house. > >On Whiskymas Eve, about Midnight, Zab was putting some stuff in the >parts department, the shed under my garage, and stepped into several >inches of water on the floor. > >The pictures above, btw, are much more "what's going on in my life" >rather than any sort of artistic expression. > >-- >Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > >-- >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. -- Sent from my Android phone 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.
Re: How do you get an AF540 to stay in manual mode?
I always have the camera in M when using the flash. Even when I want p-ttl. Otherwise you have no control over anything. For some reason the camera would also only sync to 1/90 last night too. Dario Bonazza wrote: >Basically, the logic behind this is if you want manual exposure, you >have to >put the whole chain (camera+flash) on M. >Dario > >- Original Message - >From: "Dario Bonazza" >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 12:12 PM >Subject: Re: How do you get an AF540 to stay in manual mode? > > >> Or M, of course! >> Dario >> >> - Original Message - >> From: "Dario Bonazza" >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 12:10 PM >> Subject: Re: How do you get an AF540 to stay in manual mode? >> >> >>> Set X on the mode dial. This is what mine does. >>> Dario >>> >>> - Original Message - >>> From: "Larry Colen" >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >>> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 10:43 AM >>> Subject: How do you get an AF540 to stay in manual mode? >>> >>> I'm trying some things out with my new ring flash adapter. I want >my AF-540 in manual mode. Unless I have the shoe tightened way down, it won't go into >anything but p-ttl and sb. Once I crank down on the mount I can get it to go into M, but as >soon as I start to press the shutter, it goes into p-ttl. Is there any way to put an AF-540 into manual mode, so that it >stays? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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. - Nessun virus nel messaggio. Controllato da AVG - www.avg.com Versione: 2012.0.1901 / Database dei virus: 2109/4700 - Data di rilascio: 24/12/2011 >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> - >>> Nessun virus nel messaggio. >>> Controllato da AVG - www.avg.com >>> Versione: 2012.0.1901 / Database dei virus: 2109/4700 - Data di >>> rilascio: 24/12/2011 >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> - >> Nessun virus nel messaggio. >> Controllato da AVG - www.avg.com >> Versione: 2012.0.1901 / Database dei virus: 2109/4700 - Data di >rilascio: >> 24/12/2011 >> > > >-- >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 phone 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.
RE:enablement $30 ring light adapter
I've been pretty happy with the place. Http://ephotoinc.com if you talk to them tell Isabel I sent you. They are more fun to go to in person and poke around the showroom. You almost get a brick and mortar with online pricing. The stuff is cheap, just a notch above harbor freight quality. If I were a pro Id invest in better. But for my needs their light stands etc are just fine. Don Guthrie wrote: >Judging by the results that was a steal! The fact that it wastes a lot >of light may keep it from overwhelming the subject and screaming flash. > > >> Message: 12 >> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:08:37 -0800 >> From: Larry Colen >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: enablement $30 ring light adapter >> Message-ID: >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> On my way to the city I stopped at ephoto (the local importers of >cheap chinese photo gear) to pick up a set of barn doors for my studio >strobe. >> >> While I was there I splurged on one of those $30 adapters to turn a >speed light into a ring light. It eats up a lot of light, but seems to >do a decent job. These are some quick and dirty macros of the mushrooms >in my front yard: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157628496367789/ >> >> Summary: I'd rather have a real ring light strobe, but for $30 vs >$300, it'll work for now. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est >> >> >> > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: enablement $30 ring light adapter
I shot those at f/5.6. I figure that if I need more light I can always add it the way I did before and the ring from the front will add fill. Bruce Walker wrote: >You'll find that eating up a lot of light is _not_ an issue with macro >work. I've sometimes had trouble reducing the light enough on my >Pentax ring light, especially if I want shallow DoF. >On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 7:08 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> On my way to the city I stopped at ephoto (the local importers of >cheap chinese photo gear) to pick up a set of barn doors for my studio >strobe. >> >> While I was there I splurged on one of those $30 adapters to turn a >speed light into a ring light. It eats up a lot of light, but seems to >do a decent job. These are some quick and dirty macros of the mushrooms >in my front yard: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157628496367789/ >> >> Summary: I'd rather have a real ring light strobe, but for $30 vs >$300, it'll work for now. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > >-- >-bmw > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: Hot shoe extension cords
I can never remember which is which, I did a google search and the images that showed up showed th 8 pin. John Sessoms wrote: >From: Larry Colen > >> On 12/19/2011 11:27 AM, David Parsons wrote: >>> How stiff is your Cat6? Stranded Cat5 may be a better option, it's >>> designed to be used as patch cabling. If you are using solid Cat6, >>> you may find it a PITA to coil and uncoil when you need to use it. >> >> Realistically, I'd just use my pre-made patch cables, rather than >making >> my own. It seems that all I'm finding right now are the 1m extension >> cables anyways, but they're only about $17. >> >> So, I just need to find good female RJ11 jacks that would work for >this >> application. > >I think you want RJ-45; RJ-11 is the little 4 pin telephone connector. > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: Quick question, K-5 or K-7
K5 Steve Larson wrote: >Hi folks, >Amazon has the K-5 for $1099 and the K-7 for $1049. Which one should I >get? >Thanks, >Steve Larson > > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: Q v. K7
I have drawers full of 35 mm cameras that could be described like that. William Robb wrote: >On 01/12/2011 8:27 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> A page from the Pentax Forums review of the Pentax Q. This page >shows >> a comparison of images from the K7 and the Q. The K7 does better, >but >> the Q is surprisingly close. >> >> http://www.pentaxforums.com/reviews/pentax-q/shutter-raw-jpg.html > >I'm having a blast with my Q. Image quality at ISO 125 is excellent, >good enough for anything I'd want to print. At ISO 400 it's pretty much > >at the limit of what it can give decent results to, and above that it >is >done if getting a technically excellent image is your first priority. >Come to think of it, that describes my K7 to a tee. > >-- > >William Robb > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: Pentax K-5 today only for $999
I bought a couple of things from Abe's, including my fa31 and had no problems. That was about 4 years ago though. "P. J. Alling" wrote: >Abe's is one of the last of the old fashioned "Bait & Switch" houses, >which should be apparent since according to them Maine is somewhere in >Brooklyn NY. > >On 11/28/2011 11:33 AM, Darren Addy wrote: >> Abe's of Maine has it at $998 shipped (and in stock). Says "after >$300 >> instant rebate". >> Have heard mixed reactions to Abe's however. >> >> Darren Addy >> Kearney, Nebraska >> > > >-- >Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to >avoid a lengthily search. > > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: Today's dark side thrift score - a question for you guys
I could be interested too. The tab means that it works on really old nikons, does it also have the step so it works on AIS? Charles Robinson wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Ann Sanfedele >wrote: >>> Thanks for all the good info... >>> I'm going to sell it, of course - (quickly,I hope, or I might not be >able >>> to:-) ) >>> >>> Bong has first dibs (already!) >>> >>> I put pictures on my web page >>> >http://annsan.smugmug.com/Other/Things-Im-selling-directly-Not/6280507_84bVv7/1/1599425474_3Q9q582/Medium >>> >>> The 50 1.8 doesn't say "E" >>> > >Y'know, I think I have a 35mm f/2 lens at home which would go on that >camera. It's been rotting in a box at home for the past 8 years. Has >that little metal tab sticking up on it like the lens you show there. >If you have any interest (or if whoever wants to buy your camera has >any interest) I can send you some images of it and (if you care) mail >it to you. I'm making NO use of it here. > > > -Charles > >-- >Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com >Minneapolis, MN >http://charles.robinsontwins.org >http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson > > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: For those who still enjoy film/darkroom
Balsamic vinegar. Darren Addy wrote: >I believe the only way I could try that is if I used a cheese sauce as >the stop bath. > >Darren Addy >Kearney, Nebraska > >-- >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 phone 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.
Re: Crap!
Here's a reply from my phone to confirm that it works. Larry Colen wrote: > > >On 11/14/2011 6:58 PM, Miserere wrote: >> I just resent the message below from my computer... > >I find that I resent a lot of the messages from your computer. > >:-) > > >In K-9 mail, >settings >more settings >account settings >sending >message format >plain text > > >-- >Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (from dos4est) > >-- >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 phone 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.
