Re: Strange thing
Mark C wrote: >I feel your pain, Ann. > >It seemed that one solution to the "reply to list" issue would be to >customize Thunderbird so "reply to list" is on the message toolbar, next >to "reply to message". But I've been unable to get that to work - I pull >the reply to list button onto the tool bar and it looks just as it >should as long as I'm in customize mode. But once I revert to normal >operating mode it disappears. Only to reappear when I go back into >customize mode. > >I've begun experimenting with new mail clients. So far Opera Mail and >Mail Bird have been busts for me, but there are plenty of others out there. Or you can just go back to the previous version of Thunderbird: http://www.oldapps.com/thunderbird.php -- 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.
Re: PESO A Lady in the Pines
Paul Stenquist wrote: >https://www.photo.net/photo/18403955/lady-cardinal-in-the-pine Ooh, nice. Beautiful plumage. Perhaps she's "pining" for the fjords? (I'll show myself out...) -- 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.
Another New Hampshire PESO
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e104506.jpg K-1 with DA 55-300 -- 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.
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Ken Waller wrote: >Very nice collection Mark. > >Was there a specific reason you presented them in B+W ? > >And were the water shots long shutters or multiple exposures? I rendered than in B&W because I tend to "see" that kind of scene, indeed that whole part of the country, in B&W. I discovered it quite accidentally: After returning from my first photo trip there I was completely unimpressed by what I saw on my screen when I looked at my shots. For many of them I couldn't imagine why I had pressed the shutter. Then, a few weeks later, I tried rendering one in B&W and it just came alive. WHen I went through the rest of the photos they all "worked" in B&W in a way that they simply hadn't in color. I grew up shooting B&W film and tend to "see" certain kinds of photographic scenes that way even now. They're all long shutter speed (from 1/4 second to 20 seconds, IIRC). Oh, and the ones that look as if I were sitting on a rock in the middle of a raging river were actually taken while sitting on a rock in the middle of a raging river. Climbing out there with several thousand dollars worth of camera gear was nerve-wracking to say the least. (All shots taken with the K-1 and either the FA 20/2.8 or the FA 31/1.8 Limited.) >>http://www.robertstech.com/temp/nh2017/index.html -- 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.
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http://www.robertstech.com/temp/nh2017/index.html -- 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.
Google's getting into the on-demand photo book printing business
https://petapixel.com/2017/06/26/look-googles-20-photo-book-hands-review/ I thought this might be worth a look as an alternative to Blurb for doing the PDML Photo Annual. After all, with Google's resources they'd surely be able to do better than Blurb's high prices, right? Wrong. They're even more expensive than Blurb. Oh well. -- 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.
PESO: Another Cambridge shot
Church Yard >From our trip to the UK last month. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e101836.jpg K1 and 31 f/1.8 Limited -- 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.
Re: reply list, reply list!
John wrote: >Click "Help | About Thunderbird" and check your version level. > >I'm still on 45.8.0 & I'm not seeing the problem either. I saw the >complaints & decided to delay installing the "upgrade" to 52.1.1. Repeat after me: "Never be an early adopter". -- 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.
Re: PESO 2017 - 070,074 - GDG
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 8:55 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > >> Intestine shots > >It takes a lot of guts to say something like that. Dave's not exactly lily-livered. -- 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.
Re: PESO: Cambridge Cyclist
Larry Colen wrote: >I forgot to ask whether it was hand held. With anyone else I'd be sure >they used a tripod. I braced the camera on a low stone wall. So not handheld but not tripod either. I usually do my long exposure street photography this way, with "improvised tripods". -- 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.
Re: Cambridge Cyclist
Ken Waller wrote: >Nice and interesting capture Mark - but if it were mine I'd title it Ghost >Rider. Ooh! Too clichéd for me! :-) >> From our trip to the UK last month. >> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e102010.jpg >> K1, FA 20/2.8, ISO 400, 1.15 @ f/22 -- 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.
PESO: Cambridge Cyclist
>From our trip to the UK last month. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e102010.jpg K1, FA 20/2.8, ISO 400, 1.15 @ f/22 -- 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.
Re: anybody there? testing
I'll have a few PESO's and a GFM report soon but I'm still kinda recovering from my travels at the moment. (Did I mention that Doug Brewer passed on his cold to me at the mountain?) -- 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.
Re: Fwd: Re: Which long lens would you rather have
P. J. Alling wrote: >This reply to list thing is really annoying. Time to switch email clients. -- 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.
Re: Back Home from Grandfather Mountain.
Good to see you at the mountain, John. It was a really good weekend. I'm at my friend's place in Ashe county (about 50 miles from GFM) and got thoroughly soaked on the ride here. The phrase "biblical proportions" pretty well describes the downpour I rode through. I'm hoping for better weather for the next two days of travel back to Boston. Motorcycle travel is not for wimps! One sad note to the weekend: Don Nelson, former Pentax rep and pretty much the founder of the PDML (at least he was the one who decided to turn it over to Doug Brewer) died on Saturday. He'd been in poor health for a few years and had a stroke a week ago. It would be difficult to overstate Don's influence on the PDML as a whole and several of its members, myself included, in particular. He'll be greatly missed. -- 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.
Off to GFM
I'm still down in Thomasville, Georgia at the moment but I'll be heading up to Grandfather Mountain for the Nature Photography Weekend first thing tomorrow morning. I should get there late Wednesday afternoon and have a chance to do some photography of my own on Thursday before my official duties begin. I just talked to Doug Brewer on the phone and it seems he'll also be arriving tomorrow afternoon. So there's no telling what kind of trouble we'll get up to. Details (and possibly photographs) will follow as they happen. -- 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 Don't tailgate
On Mon, 29 May 2017 03:37:05 -0700, you wrote: >Some people seem to get real cranky about tailgaters: >https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/34832545411/in/album-72157684406304735/ That's very off-topic for this list: Those people are clearly cannon shooters. -- 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: Semi-OT: Maybe ... STATUS UPDATE
On Sun, 28 May 2017 15:39:12 -0400, John wrote: >Egghead finally coughed up a page full of refurbished laptops with >Windows 7 Professional 64bit installed. > >If I still end up having to replace the Toshiba, my NEW plan is to get >one of these. Linux can wait until I can no longer get Windows 7. That's the most sensible idea yet. -- 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 - 28-light shootout: comprehensive LED light test
Bruce Walker wrote: >For all the engineering and technically minded, possibly anally >retentive, nit-picky, attention-to-details oriented list members, this >is the article of the month for you ... Larry? Larry? You out there? >http://nofilmschool.com/2017/04/2017-led-light-shootout ;-) -- 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.
Re: Pentax sighting
David J Brooks wrote: >On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Mark Roberts > wrote: >> Zos Xavius wrote: >> >>>On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Mark Roberts >>> wrote: >>>> A few days ago when I was crossing the Milennium Bridge in London I >>>> saw someone at the end of the bridge shooting with a Pentax DSLR and >>>> the 15mm Limited. Using a tripod, no less. Proper photographer, that. >>>> >>>Tripods are for wimps. ;) >> >> You wouldn't say that if you'd hiked up Grandfather Mountain with me >> while carrying one! > >Which is why i watch from the parking lot What we need is to get Cesar "Sherpa" Matamoros to come back to the mountain again. -- 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.
Re: Pentax sighting
Zos Xavius wrote: >On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Mark Roberts > wrote: >> A few days ago when I was crossing the Milennium Bridge in London I >> saw someone at the end of the bridge shooting with a Pentax DSLR and >> the 15mm Limited. Using a tripod, no less. Proper photographer, that. >> >Tripods are for wimps. ;) You wouldn't say that if you'd hiked up Grandfather Mountain with me while carrying one! -- 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.
Re: PESO: Lt Dan
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >Thanks, Bob. > >We all had Nicknames -- or "handles" as they were called. We painted >"Black Max" and "Cossack" on our airplane, which was one of the very few to >bear the number 13. In reality, he was "Max Gross" because when he took >his semiannual flight physical, the flight surgeon would ask the corpsman >"What's the max weight allowed for a 6'0" flight crew," and would then >write in that number (ie, the max gross weight.) I was the Mad Russian, >because in boot camp, the redneck drill sergeant asked what the hell kind >of name "Matalooa" was, and when I said it was Rusyn, he responded: "I >knew it, I knew it, your're a Mad Rooshian spy sent here to f*** up my >mind." I certainly hope you lived up to expectations and f***ed up his mind. -- 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.
Pentax sighting
A few days ago when I was crossing the Milennium Bridge in London I saw someone at the end of the bridge shooting with a Pentax DSLR and the 15mm Limited. Using a tripod, no less. Proper photographer, that. -- 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.
Re: Mini PDML Oxford
I can confirm that PDML Oxford and the outing to the Trout Inn was splendid. Good company, good food and drink in a good setting. I'll have photos later but I don't know how much later. We have a final day in London before flying back to the States. Then I'll be preparing for the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend. I'm not sure how much time I'll have for sorting through my UK photos in between. -- 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: PDML London
On Mon, 8 May 2017 18:17:37 -0400, you wrote: >Except I don't think you can get soft-serve ice cream from the Pope-mobile. Well *we* can't but small children might be able to. You know how it is with priests and kids... -- 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 London - Part 2
Lisa and I just had a splendid evening drinking Belgian beer with Bob W. in the Dovetail in Islington (see the latest PDML Photo Annual for my photo from the Dovetail, taken last year). We talked about most of you behind your backs. We had much fun and even got Lisa to recount the story of "Harry and the Leg" (it's a pathologist thing so you probably don't want to know). We're off to Cambridge for a day tomorrow. Some photos may follow... -- 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: PDML London
On Sun, 7 May 2017 15:26:56 -0400, you wrote: >love the first one of those When I first viewed it on my laptop I thought "that looks like a very 'Annsan' photo!" Seems I was right. ;-) >On 5/7/2017 5:47 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> We went to the Tate Modern to catch the last day of the exhibit of the >> Elton John collection and it is as good as Bob said it was. Very well >> done. >> >> I also took a few photos in and around the Tate. Here's a couple: >> >> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/tate1.jpg >> >> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/tate2.jpg -- 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: (large) GESO: another trek in the himalayas
On Mon, 8 May 2017 09:43:08 +0530, Subash wrote: >https://500px.com/subashjeyan/galleries/roopkund-and-pindari-trek Very enjoyable gallery! I must do one of those treks one day. -- 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 my list buds of a certain age, especially :-) special road trip
On Sun, 7 May 2017 12:45:09 -0400, you wrote: >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXKt0qhFN-Y > >This one sounds like he's got a front-right wheel bearing that needs to >be checked. And who amongst us doesn't? -- 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: PDML London
We went to the Tate Modern to catch the last day of the exhibit of the Elton John collection and it is as good as Bob said it was. Very well done. I also took a few photos in and around the Tate. Here's a couple: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/tate1.jpg http://www.robertstech.com/temp/tate2.jpg -- 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: PDML London
On Sun, 7 May 2017 09:43:12 +0100, you wrote: >Thanks for the photo. It was good to meet up, but what did I tell you about >hanging around ice cream vans to take pictures? You told me "that's what Cotty does all the time", right? -- 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 London
Had a nice meet-up with Bob W and Chris M yesterday. Walked around Hyde Park for a bit and then enjoyed some libations at a nearby pub. Here's Chris with his venerable MX and 28mm f/2.8 http://www.robertstech.com/temp/chris_m.jpg I didn't get a photo of Bob, though I did take a snap of his car: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/bobs_car.jpg -- 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: UKPDML Equipment List
On Fri, 5 May 2017 20:59:08 -0400 (GMT-04:00), you wrote: >Curious as to carrying both the FA 20/2.8 and the 21mm f3.2. What am I >missing? The 21 makes a great walkaround lens for use with the K-01. The 20 is for the K-1. -- 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: UKPDML Equipment List
Steve Cottrell wrote: >On 5/5/17, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>We're just about to set off to the airport for this year's UK >>adventure. Meeting with Bob W. and Chris & Karen Mitchell on Saturday, >>Cotty next Thursday. I've set the equipment list for this journey: >>K-1 >>FA 20/2.8 >>The three *real* Limited lenses - 43mm/31mm/77mm >>K-01 >>21mm f/3.2 >>DA-L 55-300 > >How's your biceps. MASSIVE! Actually, that's a pretty manageable kit, especially if you only carry one camera body and 2 or three lenses at a time (which is how I usually work it). One of the great things about the K-1 is that the size and weight of fast FF zooms has made me rediscover my good prime lenses. -- 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.
Re: UKPDML Equipment List
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >Have a great trip, Mark! I hope to get over there towards the end of the >Summer to see those folks too! You should have timed it for now! It would be great to have a big US/UK meet-up. Perhaps some other time... -- 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.
UKPDML Equipment List
We're just about to set off to the airport for this year's UK adventure. Meeting with Bob W. and Chris & Karen Mitchell on Saturday, Cotty next Thursday. I've set the equipment list for this journey: K-1 FA 20/2.8 The three *real* Limited lenses 43mm/31mm/77mm K-01 21mm f/3.2 DA-L 55-300 Pictures to follow (eventually) -- 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.
Re: The annual has landed
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >I just received my copy of the annual. Just out of curiosity, which version did you buy? -- 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.
Re: The annual has landed
Paul Stenquist wrote: >To my great surprise, its here. I opted for delivery by mule train, the >cheapest option, but the UPS guy just dumped it at my front door. Looking >forward to spending time with it when my work day ends. Hope you enjoy it, Paul. I think you will :-) I just found out mine are scheduled to arrive on Saturday when I'll be in London quaffing pints of beer with Chris Mitchell and Bob W. Of course, I've already got the test print so I know what's in there, but it would have been nice to see the final edit before vacation. -- 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.
Re: Photo Annuals starting to ship
David J Brooks wrote: >On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 11:56 AM, wrote: >> Mark Roberts wrote: >> >>>...and as an indication of how many copies a typical Blurb book sells, >>>we've made their "best sellers" list after selling 15 copies in a >>>week. :-) >>> >>>We're #15, assuming they're listed in order of sales. >> >> http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/popular >> >> And since I have the hardcover and paperback versions listed as >> separate books, that's based on LESS than 15 books sold! >> (Or "fewer" than 15, if you want to be pedantic about it...) > >I don't./:-) Oh come on, Dave. You know you want to... > >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.
Re: Photo Annuals starting to ship
...and as an indication of how many copies a typical Blurb book sells, we've made their "best sellers" list after selling 15 copies in a week. :-) We're #15, assuming they're listed in order of sales. -- 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.
Photo Annuals starting to ship
I just received notification that the books I ordered last week shipped yesterday. I might have them by the end of the week. -- 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.
Re: Are there any coupon codes working today
Larry Colen wrote: >Every coupon code I've found working today so far has only worked if >you're the person who made the book. Last I checked, I'm not Mark. Blurb seems to have really dedicated themselves to squeezing as much as they can from non-authors who buy their products. I'd suggest trying to get several people together for a bulk order. Then I can place the order and get it shipped wherever it needs to go. Time to start looking to an alternative to Blurb for next year's book. -- 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.
GESO: MotoGP in Austin, TX
It's been a busy week with the end of the semester coinciding with the release of the PDML Photo Annual, so it's taken me a long time to throw together a gallery of photos from last week's race. It's a bit rough and hurried but it should give you an idea of what the event was like. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/AustinMotoGP2017/ Equipment was the K-1 and K-5 for bodies, the K-1 being used with the FA*300/2.8 and a Sigma EX 1.4x teleconverter. The K-5 was used with the DA 12-24 and the DA-L 55-300. Things I learned: It's much easier shooting these events when you have press credentials. Bob Capa was right: If your pictures aren't good enough you aren't close enough. It's much harder shooting these events when you have press credentials. It's work. You can't stop and enjoy the race. And you have a shedload of images to sort through, edit and upload on a short deadline. Always have your gear organized well before the event. I meant to take the Pentax F 1.7x teleconverter but grabbed the Sigma by mistake. I could have used the extra reach of the 1.7x and I think the Pentax is a little sharper. The Pentax is definitely faster focusing (I can actually notice a difference between the faster bikes/riders and the slower ones because the slower ones are more likely to be in focus!) No matter how good your gear is this kind of photography takes skill. Practice is vital for this kind of work and I very much noticed how out of practice I am. My race day photos would have been much better if I'd bought a three day pass and photographed all the practice and qualifying sessions first just a couple of days practice would have helped me get back a lot of my motorsports photography technique. Still a fun weekend. -- 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.
Re: 2017 PDML PHOTO ANNUAL NOW AVAILABLE
Jostein Øksne wrote: >Looks fantabulous as always! >Giggled when I noticed that thanks to Mike W. I have about two and a thirds >pictures in the book this year. :-) I noticed that, too! -- 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.
2017 (2018) PDML Photo Calendar now available
Not leaving it until the last minute this year... http://www.lulu.com/commerce/index.php?fBuyContent=20859806 -- 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.
Re: more book questions
David J Brooks wrote: >I have been asked to try and find these answers. I have a ticket in >with Blurb but have not heard back in several days so i thought id >just toss them out and see if anyone can offer guidance. > >Dave please look into these items >2. Find out if the Blurb logo with phrase as seen on other Blurb >photo book (Otter Lake), which says The Blurb-provided designs and >graphic elements are copyright Blurb Inc., 2009, and they added, >This book was created using the blurb creative publishing service. >The book author retains sole copyright to his or her contributions to >this book. Is this the only alternative wording? Daves photo books >donnt have this phrase, and perhaps when you change up Blurb >templates, its not applicable? All that text can be changed or removed if you like. The only thing you can't remove is the Blurb logo. >3. Check to see if there are discount codes in Blurb that apply >equally to hard and soft cover in one order. Yes, you can apply the same discount code to everything in your order, even a mix of different books and book types. >4. Indicate how Blurb handles colour correction, if available. >Daves photo book image requirements were: max size 2000 x 3000, with >no sharpening. Blub doesn't handle color correction Their workflow is not color managed. This is why you have to make sure your images are in sRGB color space (if Blurb were color managed they'd be able to understand and print any color space). >5. Check Blurbs cost of print proof. How will that affect us? >Concerns that proof for colour calibration on selected Blurb paper may >alter the bulk orders quality control. They don't officially do proof prints. What you have to do is order one book then make changes and upload it as a new book. Repeat if necessary (though I've been doing this for so long I never need to make any changes after one round of corrections). -- 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.
Re: August Solar Eclipse
https://xkcd.com/1828/ -- 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.
Re: E-BOOKS: 2017 PDML PHOTO ANNUAL NOW AVAILABLE
Stanley Halpin wrote: >1. I love the cover design! Wait till you see some of the interior pages like section dividers, chapter headers, etc. that aren't shown in the preview. ;-) -- 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.
E-BOOKS: 2017 PDML PHOTO ANNUAL NOW AVAILABLE
Electronic book versions now available: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/ Both PDF and EPUB formats. -- 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.
Re: 2017 PDML PHOTO ANNUAL NOW AVAILABLE
Stanley Halpin wrote: >Thanks Mark! The fine print: > >> Offer valid through April 27, 2017 (11:59 p.m. local time). Valid only for >> magazines and trade books uploaded to and purchased through your own >> account. > >I will wait and see if there is a more general May 1st offer, I think I can >restrain myself that long. See if any of the options here work: https://www.retailmenot.com/view/blurb.com -- 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.
Re: 2017 PDML PHOTO ANNUAL NOW AVAILABLE
For anyone coming to Grandfather Mountain this year I could get together a bulk purchase if there's a demand. Discuss. -- 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.
2017 PDML PHOTO ANNUAL NOW AVAILABLE
Paperback: http://www.blurb.com/b/7900764-pdml-photo-annual-2017-paperback Hardcover, both dust jacket and imagewrap versions: http://www.blurb.com/b/7900822-pdml-photo-annual-2017-hardcover As always be sure to check at https://www.retailmenot.com/view/blurb.com for discount codes. I had success with CHEERSUSA for a 35% discount, but that may only be for your own books. Even if it works it's only good through Thursday, 27 April (which is why I put in some overtime to get the books online today). The e-book versions, PDF and EPUB, should be available tomorrow. -- 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.
PDML Photo Annual: Almost there!
Just finishing up the last bits of this year's book. I think it should be uploaded and available tomorrow (Thursday, 27 April). This will be too late for me to order any copies to bring to the UK (I'll be there May 6-13) but I could get some to bring to the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend (June 2-4) and of course for anyone in/near/visiting the Boston area any time. Buying two or books at once saves tremendously on shipping, so keep that in mind if you can team up with anyone. -- 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.
Re: August Solar Eclipse
John Sessoms wrote: >The lens is a Sigma AF 300mm f/2.8. I have a matching Sigma 1.4x >tele-converter for it. > >https://www.pentaxforums.com/userreviews/sigma-300mm-f2-8-apo-ex-dg.html > >The Astrozap filters come in various diameters. They're actually for >small telescopes. Do they make them in small sizes for big telephotos that take drop-in filters? -- 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.
A shot from the weekend
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e100967small.jpg Valentino Rossi stalking Dani Pedrosa (shortly before making the pass). More later. Maybe. I'm still in Austin and have a pile of work to do when I get home. -- 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: UPDATE: PDML Photo Annual
ann sanfedele wrote: >Feed him some hush puppies and slaw, Gonz :-) Beer is vegetarian. -- 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: UPDATE: PDML Photo Annual
Gonz wrote: >Mark, lets get together when you are here in Austin if you'd like. I >don't know how busy you are or where you are staying, but let me buy >you a beer at least or come have BBQ at my house. I'll see what I can do. I'll be staying at my brother's place (somewhere on the north side of Austin) and time will be at a premium, given the short length of my visit (I'll obviously be at the races all day on Sunday). And I'm vegetarian, so you needn't bother with a barbeque! -- 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.
UPDATE: PDML Photo Annual
I just got word that the test print is done and is being shipped today. I should get it on Monday or Tuesday, I'm guessing. I'm still working on the eBook versions and I'll have to take time off from that to travel this weekend (to go to the Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas! http://www.motogp.com/en/event/Americas) When I get back on Tuesday I just have to make thr revisions/edits to the book, upload the final version, finish the eBook and deal with the end of the semester and finals before departing for the UK. Piece of cake... -- 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 member
michaelc wrote: >I would like to introduce myself to the forum. My name is Michael Costello >and I am >from Saskatchewan Canada. I shoot a K3 and am looking forward to learning >from you >fellow members Welcome! Don't believe anything Cotty says. -- 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.
Single Malt Scotch. Photography. There's a good combination!
OK, it's pure marketing gimmick. But it's pure marketing gimmick involving fine photographers (Annie Liebowitzt excepted). https://petapixel.com/2017/04/14/macallans-masters-photography-whiskies-feature-famous-photogs/ -- 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.
Re: PDML Photo Annual: Almost there!
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >Will we be able view some of it online? In a couple of weeks, if all goes well. -- 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.
Re: PDML Photo Annual: Almost there!
It's done and uploaded. As soon as I verify a test print we'll be ready to ship. -- 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.
PDML Photo Annual: Almost there!
Doug sent me the foreword today and I've got it all formatted and pasted in place. And I also finished up the Global Health Initiative update section. So... the only thing left to do is the back cover. I need to shoot a photo for the design I have in mind but I think I'll be able to get that taken care of tomorrow. With a little luck I should be able to upload the book and order a test print tomorrow evening (Sunday). -- 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.
Re: new appreciation
By the way, I just had a meeting this afternoon with Irini Albanti from the Global Health Initiative this afternoon. She's sent me some material on the activities they've been involved with in the past year so I should be able to get the book finished up by weekend. keep yer fingers crossed. -- 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.
Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners
Steve Cottrell wrote: >On 7/4/17, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>The 2012 MacBook Pro should have a Firewire 800 port & I found a SCSI to >>Firewire adapter at Amazon >> >>https://www.amazon.com/Systems-FR1SX-FireWire-Converter-IEEE1394/dp/ >B6BANR > >WOW those FR1SX doodads are bloody expensive. Not if you buy the one I'm not using any more... Email me. -- 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.
Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners
Larry Colen wrote: >Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> It is far more practical if you have several dozens or even hundreds of >> frames to scan is to wrap them up and send them off to someone like >> http://www.scancafe.com They'll do as good a job as you will 90-98% of the >> time and whatever they charge is a FAR better use of your money and time >> than buying a scanner. >> > >My grief with scancafe is that it costs twice as much to get tiffs as it >does to get jpegs. Sure, I'm mostly interested in the quick scan to see >which photos are worth going deep and getting good scans, but it's no >more work to scan them as Tiff as jpeg. Good point. (Though I'd be willing to pay the extra if the TIFFs are 16-bit. -- 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.
Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners
Doug Brewer wrote: >I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera >and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some >of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe >scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide scanners. > >So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you have >gone down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. I'd >appreciate any guidance. I picked up a Minolta "Scan Dual IV" on eBay a few months ago. Less than a hundred bucks. -- 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.
Re: Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend
Bob Sullivan wrote: >John, Your last 6 emails were spam to me. Regards, Bob S. The problem is Yahoo. Yahoo has a terrible reputation for having spam sent from their network, making it as difficult as possible for people to report it and doing nothing about it when it is reported. -- 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: Hybrid hard drives, anyone?
Paul in MKE wrote: >It's time to upgrade the hard drive in my computer and I'm looking at a >hybrid - a standard hard drive with a small built-in solid state drive. >Has anyone had any experience with this? Are they really faster/better >than a old-fashioned spinny drive or is it just hype? In the clunky old laptop I keep at school I replaced the original hard drive with a hybrid one. It got noticeably, though not dramitically, peppier. Seems like a good value to me: Most of the speed increase of an SSD but with much more storage space for the money. -- 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: Controversy around McCurry
Philip Northeast wrote: >Are McCurry's efforts as bad as this one? > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/essays/vanRiper/030409.htm Some are worse, believe it or not. -- 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.
Re: GFM 2017 registration is open
Bob Sullivan wrote: >On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 11:46 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > >> On 3/4/17, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >> >You can sign up for the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography >> >Weekend now. It's June 2-4 this year. Doug and I will of course be >> >there judging the photo contest. It'd be nice to see more PDML >> >presence this year. >> >https://grandfather.com/events/nature-photography-weekend-2017/ >> >> What, The Donald hasn't signed an executive order banning it ?? >> >The Donald has called for EXTREEM vetting for anyone who plans to attend >from outside the USA. >So does this mean you're going to be in attendance this year? Cotty likes a bit of extreme vetting every now and then. -- 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.
GFM 2017 registration is open
You can sign up for the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend now. It's June 2-4 this year. Doug and I will of course be there judging the photo contest. It'd be nice to see more PDML presence this year. https://grandfather.com/events/nature-photography-weekend-2017/ -- 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.
PSEO; Old photo I think I like
I just came across this old photo in my archives and something struck me about it. I can't really pinpoint why but I kinda like it. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7de01361.jpg Trafalgar square, 2015 Pentax k-5 and 21mm f/3.2 Limited -- 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.
Re: Have you submitted? -- April PUG - 20th Anniversary (end of March today!)
I'll tell you what, "have you submitted?" sounds a bit Orwellian, doesn't it? ;-) -- 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.
Re: Photo books question
David J Brooks wrote: >On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 2:43 PM, Mark Roberts > wrote: >> Dave, for your purposes (and likely time commitment) I'd recommend you >> download Blurb's "Booksmart" software and work with one of their >> built-in templates. You'll have the quickest learning curve and lowest >> frustration level that way. > >Mark do you great your own borders and theme for our books.? I'm Yep. The book is all assembled in InDesign. It has a long, steep learning curve and many foibles. -- 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.
Re: Photo books question
Dave, for your purposes (and likely time commitment) I'd recommend you download Blurb's "Booksmart" software and work with one of their built-in templates. You'll have the quickest learning curve and lowest frustration level that way. -- 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.
Re: Advice for a newly minted photographer
Go to a library and look at books of photography. Lots of them. Then decide what kind of photography you'd like to try. Street photography? Landscapes? Fashion? Wildlife? Look at as many genres as you can and decide what you'll like to pursue. Always remember that you can change your mind in a month or a year or ten years, but pick one to start. Ask around about what kind of kit suits your chosen interest and go buy some secondhand stuff at B&H, Adorama or KEH. Then start shooting lots of pictures. -- 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.
PDML Photo Annual update (21 March)
After a couple of phone calls and a couple of emails we've made the selections for photos that will be in this year's book. A small handful may change when we get to pairing them up together in spreads, but that's not very likely. I've got the theme chosen and the overwhelming majority of the design work done, somewhat to my surprise. After weeks of panicked work while feeling myself to be falling hopelessly behind schedule I suddenly find myself all caught up. Don't worry my ability to fall behind yet again will doubtless reassert itself shortly. For now, I just have to pair up the images as best I can and start building the spreads in InDesign. Mostly grunt work. Of course, there's always the issue of getting Doug to write the foreword... -- 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.
Re: How to cheat & win with Photoshop
Gonz wrote: >Moon was photoshopped in? Looks like it, not consistent with >sunrise/sunset and clouds... What, you mean you can't have the sun setting (or rising) almost directly *behind* a full moon? I am shocked, shocked! -- 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.
Re: PESO: (Another) Blast from the past
Mark Roberts wrote: >One more from the 2004 Nature Photography Weekend. > >http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d401352.jpg BTW: ist-D and the SMC 25mm f/3.5 (That's Knarf in the far right foreground - waving a roll of FILM!) -- 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.
PESO: (Another) Blast from the past
One more from the 2004 Nature Photography Weekend. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d401352.jpg -- 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.
Re: PESO: Blast from the past
Steve Cottrell wrote: >On 19/3/17, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>For those of you not astute enough to subscribe to my ineffably >>sublime Facebook feed: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/gfm2004.jpg > >Who is the dude between Bill Owens And TVV ? No idea. I also don't know who's the guy just in front of and below TV. The guy behind the post on the left is Cory Waters (I checked other photographs). Jostein was present that weekend but not in the photo. Don't think Dave Brooks was there that year. Cotty has the definitive account: http://www.seeingeye.tv/pages/gfm04.html -- 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.
PESO: Blast from the past
For those of you not astute enough to subscribe to my ineffably sublime Facebook feed: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/gfm2004.jpg -- 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.
Re: Interesting Lens
Bob W-PDML wrote: >> On 15 Mar 2017, at 21:06, John Francis wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 04:50:03PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1325637-REG/irix_il_15bs_pk_15mm_blackstone_lens_for.html >> >> Hmmm. Neutrino coating? How do they get the neutrinos to stop? > >Charm. They keep them there with gluon. That's a strange way of doing it. -- 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.
PDML Photo Annual update
Sorry I've been silent for a while but you know how life intervenes on things... We've got all the photos saved and organized and we've almost finished making the selections. I'm in the middle of Spring Break but, as you may have heard, also in the middle of a major storm hitting the east coast. It's turned out to be not quite as bad as feared but I still spent most of the day shoveling wet, heavy snow out of the driveway. I've got the theme for this year's book settled and most (but not all) of the typography sorted. In the next couple of days I'll try to get through to Doug Brewer for a final consult on photo selection. In the meantime I'll be working my way through the graphic design of the main section header pages and assorted other oddities. (It's gonna be really cool. Trust me.) In short, things are proceeding as usual: I've started out in a deep fit of depression, not knowing how this thing will ever come together, and proceeded on to a sudden fit of inspiration leading into the oppressive weight of the onerous workload ahead and the panic of not knowing if Doug will deliver his Foreword on time, to be followed eventually by the exhilaration of the release of the final publication. That's the plan, anyway. -- 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.
Re: Anyone ever turned a room into a camera obscura?
Bob W-PDML wrote: >There's a purpose-built camera obscura here in Greenwich, by the Royal >Observatory. It's fascinating to watch. The light enters through a cupola and >is reflected onto a round viewing table. I believe it may be possible to >rotate the cupola to change the view. > >I can't imagine it being too difficult to rig something up, provided you can >get the blackout material. Yes, I've been to see the one in Greenwich. And a couple of others, too. What I really need to know is about techniques/materials for blacking out the room and, most importantly, what size aperture (hole) I should use. -- 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.
Anyone ever turned a room into a camera obscura?
I'm thinking of making a room-sized camera obscura as an experiment for my Digital Photography I class. Anyone ever tried it? -- 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.
Re: OT: BBC News: Night-time in America's small towns
ann sanfedele wrote: >Love the photos -- annoyed that the town names are not specified My thoughts exactly. >>> Night-time in America's small towns >>> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-39040237> >>> Photographer Daniel Freeman's nocturnal journey around the United States. -- 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.
Re: CQ -- April PUG theme 20th anniversary -- please reach out!
Larry Colen wrote: >On March 6, 2017 5:19:53 AM PST, Igor PDML-StR wrote: >> >>-.-. --.- > >Igor, you're such a ham! > > >>-.-. --.- The Morse the merrier! -- 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.
Re: CQ -- April PUG theme 20th anniversary -- please reach out!
In the PDML Photo Annual archives I have a few photos by the late Bill Owens. How abut if I submit one of them in his memory? He was a long time contributor to the PDML and a good guy in general. (He was the one who alerted me to the existence of the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend, in fact.) -- 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.
Re: CQ -- April PUG theme 20th anniversary -- please reach out!
Mark Roberts wrote: >Bill wrote: > >>On 3/7/2017 6:10 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >>> On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 7:01 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >>> >>>> For a fee i will NOT contact Brad Dobo,. >> >>Too late. >>I also found Mafud/Greene. > >Mafud/Greene/Ramsey Doug told me he also subscribed to the PDML under several other aliases, albeit briefly. -- 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.
Re: CQ -- April PUG theme 20th anniversary -- please reach out!
Bill wrote: >On 3/7/2017 6:10 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 7:01 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> >>> For a fee i will NOT contact Brad Dobo,. > >Too late. >I also found Mafud/Greene. Mafud/Greene/Ramsey -- 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.
Re: OT: Hope this goes through - more Earthlink craziness
John wrote: >Just a heads up to let y'all know I'm temporarily using Yahoo for PDML. >Which means for Gmail users, my posts will probably end up in your SPAM >folders. Switching between Yahoo and Earthlink is kind of like alternating between "frying pan" and "fire". -- 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.
Re: OT GESO - at my feet
Bob W-PDML wrote: >Thank goodness I'm not the sort of dreadful person who says "Told you so!". What sort of dreadful person are you? -- 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.
Re: PDML 2017 Book Upload - last hours
John wrote: >Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. 42 is the answer to the ultimate >question - Life, the Universe & Everything. My favorite bit in that part was when the computer says it's going to reveal the ultimate answer to the ultimate question of Life, the Universe and Everything and the Philosophers Union threatens a strike: "And who, exactly, is that going to inconvenience?" asks the computer. -- 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.
Re: PDML 2017 Book Upload - last hours
The upload page is at http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/upload.php and it shuts down at midnight GMT tonight (that's 7:00 p.m. U.S. east coast time and 4:00 p.m. U.S. west coast time). -- 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.
Re: OT -- Need to identify this font.
Eric Featherstone wrote: >On 22 February 2017 at 21:14, P. J. Alling wrote: >> https://pdml.updog.co/textsample/ >> >> Yes, I know the text in the sample is redundant. >> >> If anyone recognizes it and can point me to where it can be downloaded I'd >> appreciate the help. > >Maybe upload a screenshot to http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ Also try http://www.identifont.com/ -- 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.
Re: New standard lens on the horizon
Bill wrote: >On 2/22/2017 11:36 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> John wrote: >> >>> Or else Google translate just has a dirty mind. >>> >>> What I need explained is why new lenses are so much longer than the old >>> ones of the same focal length? >> >> Every lens design is the result of many compromises: Small vs. large, >> expensive vs. cheap, tack-sharp vs. just-sharp-enough. As sensor >> resolution (and pixel peeping) increase it pushes lens designers >> towards ever more demanding optical requirements and something has to >> give in this case it's size/weight. So we gain optical resolution >> and lose light weight and compactness. Reducing light falloff in the >> corners generally requires larger diameter lenses and in the age of >> pixel-peeping people are more critical of that than ever (which is odd >> because it's easier than ever to correct in post). > >My old A15/3.5 has a stop or more of light fall off in the corners. It >was no big deal to write an action that can be applied to those images. >I suspect it's not much more problem to teach Lightroom to apply a >correction on import, but I haven't bothered to try yet. I find myself *adding* vignetting in post much more often than correcting for it. It would be interesting to see a comparison between the original M-series 40mm f/2.8 and the DA 40/2.8 on full frame. I'll bet the coverage is just about indistinguishable. -- 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.
Re: K-1 Enablement
Mark C wrote: >I finally bit the bullet and put in an order for a K-1 today. I went >with the 28-105 lens since the 24-70 overlaps so much with the Tamron >28-75 that I already have. I'm looking forward to seeing how the K-1 >performs with some old film era lenses - the FA 50 f1.7, F28 f2.8, A* >200 macro, Sigma EX 70-200 f2.8 (1st generation) and FA 20-30 f4 zoom in >particular. I'm hoping that the first generation SIgma lens does not >have the mounting issue that the current version has (I found one >comment on Pentax Forums that said it did not, but you never know). I'm >not all that optimistic about the FA 20-35 but we'll see. > >I've been doing some more stacked macros in the past couple weeks and >the tought that I could be doing these with a much more capable camera >than my K3 just got to be over bearing... You're going to *love* the K-1. Great control layout and user interface combined with stunning image quality. I use mine primarily with the FA 20/2.8, the 31/1.8 Ltd and the 77/1.8 Ltd. I also use the FA*28-70/2.8 and 80-200/2.8 from time to time. -- 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.
Re: What can Pentax do to convince Sigma to make K mount lenses again?
Larry Colen wrote: >There was an interview in the past year or so, and I can't find it right >now, which listed two reasons. The first was the low volume of sales. >The other reason was Pentax's lack of electronic aperture controls. >Shortly thereafter Pentax announced the new electronic aperture controls. Yep. At this point Sigma is going to be designing all its premium lenses with electronically controlled aperture. The change for each lens mount they support is minimal compared to designing complete mechanically operated aperture just for one manufacturer (one with small sales volume, at that). Although it isn't clear from the photos I've seen so far it certainly looks to me as if the new D-FA 50/1.4 has no diaphragm actuation lever. -- 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.
