Re: OT Sigma 18-35/1.8
Far less less than a 31LTD. On 19 August 2014 23:26, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Aug 19, 2014, at 12:17 AM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: the Sigma 18-35/1.8 is a killer lens I like my Pentax A 28/2.8, but what does this lens cost? -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net You keep on learning and learning, and pretty soon you learn something no one has learned before. - Richard Feynman -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 Sigma 18-35/1.8
Bryan I've been using it mainly on a K5IIs and occasionally on a K3, focus is pretty snappy even in marginal light on either body, I also have the USB dock which I've not yet used to fine tune the focus points but it seems pretty accurate so far and I've been using it wide open most of the time. On 20 August 2014 00:51, Bryan Jacoby bryan.jac...@gmail.com wrote: Rob -- how has the AF been performing for you? And what body are you using it on? Thanks for the update! On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 12:17 AM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: Just an update, the Sigma 18-35/1.8 is a killer lens, even used wide open, it weighs about as much as the 50-135/2.8 it seems but the extra bulk and weight is worth if for the photographic flexibility it affords. I'm finding the zoom range a little limiting but when the light is low it's superb and as it's so sharp images can be cropped with better results than a poorer longer lens covering the frame. I've also been using it in studio for group shots, damn impressive. There may be some very nice older lenses on the chopping block soon. On 9 July 2014 17:32, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: I have the earlier still Sigma 18-35 3.5-4.5 - and it is very sharp! Only issue I have found it occasionally locks up when focusing on the ist-D, but a quick reset fixes it. It should be a great lens for the shows you'll be doing, I think. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rob Studdert Sent: Tuesday, 8 July 2014 2:52 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT Sigma 18-35/1.8 Hi Guys, Well the now not so new Sigma Art series 18-35/1.8 lens is now finally available in K-mount, I picked mine up today first shipment into my local pushers this morning, I've played a little, it damn nice wide open and its build quality is superb. It's a bit big though, only slightly smaller than the DA*50-135 in stature so it has displaced my Samyang 8/3.5 and DA 35/2.8 Macro from my go-to kit for the moment. I have three shows to shoot before Sunday so it will get a good work-out in place of my Sigma 17-50/2.8, conditions permitting. I will report back on performance, particularly AF speed and lock wide open. Size comparison: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ybuc4gc4b0bejkk/AACi53mrqBwt172NjDbv9t9_a Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 Sigma 18-35/1.8
I don't normally do this but just to get an idea of what this lens can do check out this sample 10MP jpg image directly from my K5IIs, hand held, 1/13, f2.0, ISO12800 at 35mm FL, focus was the audio desk (5.5MB) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9304908/temp/IMGS00017.JPG Cheers, On 20 August 2014 08:55, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Aug 19, 2014, at 6:32 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: 28mm is actually normal on APS-c. To get to wide angle you need at least 24mm. Now the K 30mm f2.8 is better optically than almost all of the 28mm lenses Pentax made. There is a 28mm M/A at f2.0 and a K version with a different optical formula. God knows what those sell for they are pretty rare as well as being pretty fast for wide angle lenses. Also the 30 is supposed to be optically superior to them all. The f3.5 versions in the 28mm lenses in K,M,A are also supposed to be better then the f2.8 versions, though I've not ever handled any of them. I have both an A 24mm f2.8 and a K as well, both sell for three or more times more than the 28mm lenses, I bought them both when they were still relatively inexpensive. If you're looking for sharper, the f3.5 versions are that even wide open, and they are about the same price as their f2.8 brethren. However using an f3.5 manual focus wide angle lens without focusing aids makes critical focus difficult to achieve. I say that from experience as I have a 35mm f3.5 SMC Takumar that while beautifully made, and very sharp, makes looking through any viewfinder very dim, and even dimmer on those cameras actually made for them, it's really best to set hyper-focal distance and aperture on it and shoot that way. Trade-offs, trade-offs, trade-offs. Always a lot to think about. Thanks for giving me places to start, though at the moment the dizziness is such as to make me want to throw up my hands and say, “The A 28/2.8 is good enough.” But as you say, it’s effectively normal, and I’ve definitely experienced occasions on which I would like to have had a little wider field of view. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net You keep on learning and learning, and pretty soon you learn something no one has learned before. - Richard Feynman -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Happy
It's so nice to receive a genuine message of appreciation, well done. On 18 August 2014 11:41, Jeffery Johnson jefferyjohn...@photocapturesbyjeffery.com wrote: Thank you Paul via phone Jeffery Johnson Photo Captures by Jeffery http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com http://www.Facebook.com/photocapturesbyjeffery https://twitter.com/PhotoCaptures Bringing joy and happiness to lonely and depressed walls across the nation with wonderful eclectic photography and Pet photo sessions for an array of pets and their families. On 8/17/2014 7:39 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Excellent! Paul via phone On Aug 17, 2014, at 8:28 PM, Jeffery Johnson jefferyjohn...@photocapturesbyjeffery.com wrote: Normally I don't share with the list on what customers have to say but this one was a really nice email to receive. /The print arrived yesterday (wonderful packaging!) and it is perfect! I ordered it as a wedding present for friends who live here in Ohio but were recently married on the roof top of the Bridge Building. I thought this would be a beautiful reminder of their day. The print is truly gorgeous! I enjoyed looking at all of your work on the website and maybe next time I will order something for myself!// //Thank you for sharing your talents! I know our friends will love this!// //Thanks again!// //B.// / If you are interested in seeing the photo http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com/p225949251/ef141cd4 Can't believe that Summer here in the states is almost over but I must confess fall is my favorite time of year. -- Jeffery Johnson Photo Captures by Jeffery http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com http://www.Facebook.com/photocapturesbyjeffery https://twitter.com/PhotoCaptures Bringing joy and happiness to lonely and depressed walls across the nation with wonderful eclectic photography and Pet photo sessions for an array of pets and their families. -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 Video Generation
LOL, course I can understand to an extent but I find it hard to believe that whatever the other word is got past the sign commissioner, the sign maker and the installer, unless of coarse they were all one in the same ;) On 19 August 2014 11:48, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Recently spotted on a door if a rather run-down apartment building: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2014/08/the-video-generation.html?m=1 My only question: are they being ironic? Enjoy! Comments welcome. Cheers, frank “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 Sigma 18-35/1.8
Just an update, the Sigma 18-35/1.8 is a killer lens, even used wide open, it weighs about as much as the 50-135/2.8 it seems but the extra bulk and weight is worth if for the photographic flexibility it affords. I'm finding the zoom range a little limiting but when the light is low it's superb and as it's so sharp images can be cropped with better results than a poorer longer lens covering the frame. I've also been using it in studio for group shots, damn impressive. There may be some very nice older lenses on the chopping block soon. On 9 July 2014 17:32, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: I have the earlier still Sigma 18-35 3.5-4.5 - and it is very sharp! Only issue I have found it occasionally locks up when focusing on the ist-D, but a quick reset fixes it. It should be a great lens for the shows you'll be doing, I think. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rob Studdert Sent: Tuesday, 8 July 2014 2:52 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT Sigma 18-35/1.8 Hi Guys, Well the now not so new Sigma Art series 18-35/1.8 lens is now finally available in K-mount, I picked mine up today first shipment into my local pushers this morning, I've played a little, it damn nice wide open and its build quality is superb. It's a bit big though, only slightly smaller than the DA*50-135 in stature so it has displaced my Samyang 8/3.5 and DA 35/2.8 Macro from my go-to kit for the moment. I have three shows to shoot before Sunday so it will get a good work-out in place of my Sigma 17-50/2.8, conditions permitting. I will report back on performance, particularly AF speed and lock wide open. Size comparison: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ybuc4gc4b0bejkk/AACi53mrqBwt172NjDbv9t9_a Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Which to Buy
I've found that I can shoot long sequences with the K5 or K5II using 45MB/s cards without a problem but the K3 becomes bogged down using these cards so I had to buy new 95MB/s card in order to make use of the added capability of the K3. On 4 August 2014 13:27, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: As a K-5 user, the only place the K-5IIs would really be an upgrade would be in the area of auto focus. Yes, auto focus on the K-5II cameras actually works, as opposed to frustrating the hell out of you. The dynamic range, MP, high ISO capabilities are pretty much the same as the K-5. It has no AA filter so images are likely to be a bit sharper bit but, I'm not sure that it's worth the upgrade. The K-3 is by all accounts the K-5's better in everything except dynamic range where it falls just a bit short, and loses out just a bit on high ISO performance, but not by much. Auto focus is supposed to be a bit better than the K-5IIs, but pretty still close, both it and the K-5IIs however bury the original K-5 in that area. Oh yes and on paper at least you'll get about 1 more FPS with the K-3 over the K-5. The bottom line is that unless you're biggest issue with the K-5 is auto focus performance, I'm not sure that the K-5IIs would be that much of an upgrade. The K-3 offers more granularity in selecting auto focus points, (27 vs 11), has almost, equal dynamic range and high ISO capabilities as the K-5 cameras and a much greater pixel count. Now the downside. The larger pixel count is going to tax any computer you're using for image processing, unless you've got a lot of horse power to spare, oh and you'll definitely need more SD storage unless you already have two or three times what you think you need. The K-3 is maybe 10% larger and 10% heavier, and has a much higher battery drain than the K-5/II/IIs cameras. With the larger file size of the K-3 you get a linear resolution increase of about 22% What that boils down to is if you want to make a 300dpi print, the largest you can make with with the K-3 would be 13x20 vs the K-5, etc., at 10 1/4 x 16 1/2, (those sizes in inches if you want centimeters you'll have to do your own conversion). I think that you can pick up a New K-5IIs for a little as ~$650. The K-3 is still selling for about $1,100 to $1,200 at reputable dealers. What would I do? I don't know. The K-5II I own is already capable of making more than acceptable prints at 240 dpi that are larger than I can print for myself, and much larger than I can display on any high resolution output device that I own, or am likely to, in the near future. While the K-3 seems to be a great camera I have a hard time justifying it to myself. On the other hand while I love the K-5II it's just not that much of an upgrade over the K-5 unless you really need the superior auto focusing. On 8/3/2014 9:31 PM, Ralph Turner wrote: I have been a Pentax user for over 15 years and have accumulated a good number of lenses and accessories. Normally I an not perplexed about which new Pentax digital body to buy, until now. My main use of Pentax gear is for travel photography - small and lightweight lenses, reasonable sized bodies and accessories. Currently I am using a three three year old K5 and I would like to buy either a new K5iis body or a new K3. I do not need the camera for sports or kids and grandkids, just for travel. So, looking at dynamic range, high ISO challenges, MP, and somewhat the price -- what body do you recommend and why? Ralph Turner -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 Empty
Har, thanks Mark, Christine and Attila, I generally don't drink whilst shooting paid gigs but that was tempting. Cheers, On 18 July 2014 11:45, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: Cool! Rich, tony, hazy and a little unbalanced - just what a cocktail should be... On 7/12/2014 1:59 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Guys, I really don't get the change to do much more than skim through post these days and rarer still post any pics however I was in the middle of a big edit and I spied a quick grab shot I made the other night during a job. The scene just caught my eye so I caught it with the camera. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9304908/temp/IMGL49485.JPG Tech, K3 @ISO 12800 1/50s, Sigma 70-200/2.8 @200mm f2.8, in camera jpg, cropped only. Cheers, -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 Empty
Hi Guys, I really don't get the change to do much more than skim through post these days and rarer still post any pics however I was in the middle of a big edit and I spied a quick grab shot I made the other night during a job. The scene just caught my eye so I caught it with the camera. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9304908/temp/IMGL49485.JPG Tech, K3 @ISO 12800 1/50s, Sigma 70-200/2.8 @200mm f2.8, in camera jpg, cropped only. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: K5 II vs K5 IIs vs K5 vs K3
I just bought a K5IIs to replace my remaining K5 as the second camera in my kit, it's more than adequate for my needs and better than the K3 in some respects. The K5 will now be my remote camera, triggered via wireless sync to one of my main cameras. Buying L-lenses certainly doesn't mean buying best in class, a very limited investigation will now confirm that. On 12 July 2014 09:19, Bipin Gupta bip...@gmail.com wrote: We have a small group in India called ipen...@googlegroups.com. Most of us have the K-30, K-50, K-5 / K-5 II / K-5 IIs and a few K-3. I have the later Ricoh model of the K-5 bought from Henry's Toronto with the 18-135 as a kit. The K-5 II and K-5 IIs are definitely better manufactured with tighter Quality Assurance than the K-5. Also Auto Focus is much faster in low light than the K-5. There are other claims for superiority, but I am not convinced as a Techie and a Master Mechanic. The K-5 II is absolutely identical to the K-5 IIs except that it does not have the Low Pass Filter and hence produces sharper photos. I would not give Moire much prominence as it also appears on certain dresses or patterned clothing even with my K-5 - easily removed in PP. So I would go for the K-5 IIs because of the rare instances of Moire that you might encounter - note might. Every camera generation is an improvement just like new generation of human beings. You will be mighty pleased with the K-5 IIs. And if you have the moolah, jump on the K-3. Now a Pro friend of mine says - Lenses are more important than camera bodies - she buys only L lenses for her Canon 5D Mark III. Regards. Bipin. camp: Thornhill, Ontario. -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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-r gets hot
It was likely that the camera was locked up in some non-standard mode where motors were powered inappropriately. For instance if the SR circuit was malfunctioning the current drawn would likely be within the spec of the battery but the SR system may not be able to adequately dissipate the heat developed due to the fault. On 7 July 2014 11:16, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: On 7/6/2014 12:44 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 06.07.14 18:35, schrieb Zos Xavius: But yeah, damage to batteries tends to sometimes make them catch on fire. The camera was hot, not the battery. Ralf If the battery inside the camera was discharging at an excessive rate, would that cause the camera to overheat? -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
OT Sigma 18-35/1.8
Hi Guys, Well the now not so new Sigma Art series 18-35/1.8 lens is now finally available in K-mount, I picked mine up today first shipment into my local pushers this morning, I've played a little, it damn nice wide open and its build quality is superb. It's a bit big though, only slightly smaller than the DA*50-135 in stature so it has displaced my Samyang 8/3.5 and DA 35/2.8 Macro from my go-to kit for the moment. I have three shows to shoot before Sunday so it will get a good work-out in place of my Sigma 17-50/2.8, conditions permitting. I will report back on performance, particularly AF speed and lock wide open. Size comparison: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ybuc4gc4b0bejkk/AACi53mrqBwt172NjDbv9t9_a Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: VESO 2014 - Fourth of July Fireworks! - GDG
I've fond memories of watching the 4th July fireworks off your rooftop Ann :) On 6 July 2014 01:20, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Those need to come with a sound warning! :-) I watched part of Macy's on the TV with the sound off... didn't even go up on the roof this year. glad you had fun ann On 7/5/2014 09:52, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Of course I went to a party yesterday. Of course there was amazing food. Of course there were amazing people. Of course there were … https://flic.kr/p/od9L2N Fireworks! Thanks Anne Jim, it was great to see you! :-) Godfrey --- The fact that nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist. -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 1970's vintage
Stunning image Bruce :) On 27 June 2014 09:45, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I really appreciate that, Attila! Regarding skin tones, once again the colorchecker proves its worth. Its a critical part of my workflow now. On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote: Very nice skin tone. I like the processing of the highlights, bright enough without being too bright. You are setting the bar very high with this one:) On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: My pal Judi was approached by Aimée's mother who thought that her daughter was pretty and that Judi should take some pics. Judi contacted me and said let's make her look like a rockstar. I hauled some of my gear over to Judi's studio and much fun was had. Aimée in a vintage 1970's bikini ... http://pulchritude.brucemwalker.com/image/89972531362 K-3, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 50mm/f:8.0, 1/125th sec, ISO 200. Elinchrom strobe with 22 socked beauty dish above slightly left; flanked by two Westcott Apollo Strips with Neewer TT560 flashes. Comments, as always, welcome. -- -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. -- 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. -- -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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: road trip pics
Love the self timer selfie Christine, and the shop window one too :) Reading Market, Philadelphia, PA is a stunner! Cheers, On 26 June 2014 16:30, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hi Everyone: Just a few road trip pics—nothing great. We visited a lot of author homes, but unfortunately no interior photography was allowed, so I spared you the exterior shots of the houses. I do include Mark Twain’s Study—an octagon shaped building specifically built for him at his in-laws’ farm near Elmira, NY—built so he could write undisturbed during his summer visits to the farm. This building is now owned by Elmira College and located on campus. There was no student ambassador around to let us in, but I took some photos through the windows and converted to BW. They are included here. Visiting the author homes was great—fun to stand in Emerson’s study, the bedrooms where Little Women was written (Concord, MA) and that tiny women in Amherst, MA penned all those delightful poems, and, of course, seeing the Seven Gables that inspired the House of Seven Gables was fun as well (Salem, MA). Twain’s home in Hartford, CT is absolutely amazing and very well preserved, but interestingly, the Emerson family STILL owns Emerson’s home: the tour guide informed us, “We all work for the Emerson family.” Something really cool about that. Sara Orne Jewett’s house in South Berwick, ME is also a great house, but the town is not much to speak of. I’d never seen Philly, so we did all the historical stuff in one day, then left early the next for Hartford et al. Spent a few days in Boston—Freedom Trail, Boat ride, and Museum of Fine Arts—the Copley collection there is fantastic—then headed for Salem, MA. We also paid homage to author tombstones, but I spared you those photos as well, though Sleepy Hollow was amazing—many pilgrims travel to these markers and leave stones, pencils, pens, other trinkets—lots of small stones at Dickinson’s marker. Chronic dappled lighting made the markers somewhat of challenge to photograph. Famous people seem to love pretty spots near trees. We traveled for 16 days by car, moved on nearly every 1-3 days. As I look back now it was a dizzying pace, and the driving challenging: I nearly got us killed at a small round-about in Concord, MA. And we drove 12 hours straight from Elmira, NY to Chicago. The drive home started early, and we had the road nearly to ourselves, enjoying the quiet, morning fog, and the lovely tree studded hills and valleys of NY. But then a large doe jumped out in front of us. Fortunately, Darrel swerved right, the doe kept left, leaving no damage to car, person, or animal. I gushed over Darrel for his quick response, and the trip continued uneventful, that is, until we were literally 5 minutes from home. At a speed about 15 miles per hour, I turned a corner for the final 5 minute stretch home, only to have to slow down to let one of our neighborhood deer, traveling about .5 miles per hour, cross the road. Uncanny! Anyway, here are the pics! Cheers, Christine http://www.caguila.com/pdmllit/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 emails on SanDisk SDHC Card Storage Case
and conditions and the policy information for the customers has to be there on the packaging. We no longer provides the plastic cases now with the Ultra cards. If you need the cases then you can buy them from any retail or online stores. Please reply if you need any further assistance from sandisk on this issue. I give up. Thanks for reading. Bipin camp: Thornhill, Ontario -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 - Abandoned places pics
Interesting but quite a few are very photoshopped, I have a picture of that same road sign in the abandoned car shot, it sits to the edge of the highway, not in the desert. On 28 June 2014 01:42, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Some will find this fascinating... http://dashburst.com/pic/abandoned-places/ -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Just Sayin . . .
I frame too tight in camera, in live work generally it's not a problem as I'm mostly happy with my framing but shooting in studio I need to force myself to shoot looser. On 21 June 2014 21:53, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: LOL :P On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: He meant he doesn't leave them loose. So he doesn't get an opportunity to frame thoughtfully on the big screen. Crop is not a four letter word. Shit is. Paul via phone On Jun 21, 2014, at 7:33 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Zos Xavius wrote: I'm horrible at leaving compositions loose. Editors would despise me. Not at all! An editor can always crop an image that's too loose. An image that's too tight can't be fixed. -- 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 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Had an interesting talk with a pj shooter Sat.
Custom camera colour calibration, shooting RAW and working in a wide gamut colourspace will alleviate virtually all colour discrepancies between cameras. On 17 June 2014 08:20, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Collin Brendemuehl wrote: He chose Canon over Nikon because of the sensor. The feature of the sensor is the color from CMOS. Apparently he likes the old Kodak look of CMOS (as a matter of comparison) over against the Fuji look of the sensors in Nikon. I'd not read or heard anyone use that language before. But like me he's been shooting a long time. His car tag reads F8 NB THR. Sounds as if he's under the misapprehension that Nikon doesn't use CMOS sensors. I have often siad, and i may be totally wrong, but i found the Nikon colours to have that Kodak feel browns and reds, whilst (for Doug Brewer) the pentax has that Fuji feel, blues and greens. The nikon worked well foer my horse shows cause all there was is brown dirt and red in the fences. I love the look of the Pentax blue/green for my birds and landscapes. However both manufactures make a lousy shaver so thus i grew my beard. Dave Dave -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 experience DA* 16-50/2.8 not stopping down for shutter?
This is the reason I got myself a copy of the Sigma 17-70/2.8-4, very cheap and an admirable performer. A great stop-gap whilst your otherwise indispensable glass is in for service. On 15 June 2014 10:58, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Heh! :-) Inconvenient to do f:2.8 with flashes, but I can use the lens as long as I keep it between 35mm and 50mm. In a pinch I could use my 18-55 too. It would be up around f:8-11, and it's reasonably sharp there. I have to admit I'm questioning my informal policy of only owning one set of glass. Backups are a good plan in just about all aspects of life. On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: Just shoot everything wide open. Embrace the softness. ;) On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, sorry about your troubles Bruce. I don't really understand how the camera electrically controls aperture with A lenses onwards, but triggering the aperture itself is still all mechanical. I had a feeling that it might be something bad in the movement of the lever. If you are getting correct EXIF information (focal length, selected aperture, etc), then the lens is probably communicating with the camera ok. I try to keep a cheap AF 28-80 around as a beater/emergency lens. My current FA28-80 is pretty banged up and needs replaced with something slightly more robust. Hope you have something that will work out for your shoot. On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: No and no. The EXIF records what should have happened, not what I get. Zooming apparently mechanically sticks the aperture wide open. On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry to read that. Can you stop it down in DOF preview? Is the aperture recorded in EXIF data correct? On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 11:08 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I think I know the answer to this, but what the hell. I'm testing a lighting setup today. K-3 on M, remote triggered flashes for light. Settings are around 1/125th, ISO 200, f:11. So I zoom in on my test object, ~35mm, shoot, exposure is perfect. I pull the zoom out, 16mm, shoot, exposure is _wildly_ off. Lightroom suggests at least 4-5 stops overexposed, but it's madly clipped. WTF? This is repeatable. But every once in a while, like after power-cycling K-3, the exposure is right. Long story short: cleaned the contacts of both K-3 and 16-50, nothing. Swapped an 18-55 in and bingo! 100% perfect exposure at all zooms. So it looks like the DA* 16-50 is failing to stop down for the shutter under some circumstances, like very wide zoom. Has anyone else experienced this? Is it something that one can fix, eg by giving it a good smack? :-) Thanks! -- -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. -- 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. -- -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. -- 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. -- -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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: White balance
On 2 May 2014 14:06, Bryan Jacoby bryan.jac...@gmail.com wrote: It's worth repeating that any shutter speeds that don't take in an integer number of florescent color shift cycles will be tough to correct with a neutral reference (grey card, color checker, etc.) from a different frame. As the number of cycles covered by an exposure increases so does the colour stability, it's exposure periods of under a full half cycle of the mains that leads to significant colour shift problems. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: White balance
Under florescent lighting the colour changes as Godfrey suggests but to take it a little further the problem occurs mainly at shutter speeds shorter than a half cycle of the local mains frequency in the case of conventionally driven florescent lighting. CFLs and some new batons with electronic ballasts drive the tubes at a much higher frequency and so are far less problematic to shoot under. On 26 April 2014 13:26, John jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: What white balance do you have your camera set to? In many ways it doesn't matter which one you choose as long as you choose a specific one and *NOT* auto white balance. Auto white balance in the camera will change the white balance for every image. If you choose a specific white balance, even if it's the wrong one, all of the images will be the same. You get the first one color corrected and all the rest can be synchronized to it. ... until you go into another room or go outdoors. But still, you color correct the first one in the group synchronize all the rest from that group to the first one. One thing is to carry a gray-card. Get yourself one of these: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/101853-REG/Delta_22030_Gray_Card_8x10_1.html (The URL probably doesn't wrap correctly. I'm still searching for where to turn flowed text on.) Anyway, cut it into quarters carry one-quarter in your pocket. Let one of the kids hold it up for you in your first shot for the group. When it wears out, use another quarter ... until all of them are worn out. You can use the white-balance eye-dropper tool to color correct the photo that has the gray card in it then synchronize the rest of the images taken in the same light to that first one. On 4/25/2014 6:19 AM, Eric Weir wrote: I don’t understand what it is. I don’t understand how it works. In some cases I don’t know how to get the results I want. This is an album of images taken mostly in a classroom, the same classroom, the same day, over a period of about an hour and a half. https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/13974421313/in/set-72157644174507442/ As you can see, the coloring differs widely across the images. I tried to get them to come out the same without success. Since posting these I’ve gone back to the images in LR and changed the WB setting to auto and increased the exposure on a couple slightly. That gives me the best most consistent results. But “auto” leaves me completely in the dark. What could *I* have done to achieve the same results? While I’m at it, could someone please explain to me what the options under the fluorescent setting—D, N, W, L—are? I don’t see that it makes any difference what setting I use. And I generally don’t like the results I get with any fluorescent setting. Thanks, -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net Our world is a human world. - Hilary Putnam -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: 645Z specs
I'm doing a lot more studio work now so I'm thinking about it seriously, I will probably discard all but a couple of my K-mount lenses though, just retain some basic gear to shoot events for the moment and then change systems when it wears out, all my landscape and studio work I would migrate to MF. On 14 April 2014 11:12, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Apr 13, 2014, at 8:38 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Full-frame 35mm and Med format are very different type systems with relatively little overlap. I agree and see little crossover for established APS dslr users. The 645Z biggest market has to be with existing medium format users. I have a very satisfactory range of older (A*, F and FA) '35mm' lenses that would be hard/impossible to replicate in medium format if I went to medium format. That’s true, Ken. In fact, I thought about your lenses in regard to this. You do have some special glass that makes your case much different than mine. I’m just enjoying the obnoxious curmudgeon roll today:-) I seem to delight in that more and more often with the passing of every year. Paul Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com Subject: Re: 645Z specs Paul Stenquist wrote: Why would anyone want a 24 x 36 Pentax? . To be able to use existing full-frame lenses . To have access to smaller/lighter (and Med format) lenses . To be able to use lenses for the full-frame on both full-frame and APS-C bodies . To avoid needing to buy expensive full-frame glass . To have a *vastly* wider selection of lenses available (fisheye, ultra-wide and super telephoto) . To be able to use affordable lenses on occasion . To have the option of third-party glass . To have in-body image stabilization . To have smaller/lighter kit than medium format . For faster frame rate when necessary Full-frame 35mm and Med format are very different type systems with relatively little overlap. -- 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 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 Spotmatic F issue
It may also need a clean lube and adjust, the lubricants can become gummy over the years, you may also find that the shutter speeds are a little unpredictable. On 5 April 2014 20:59, Callum Gregory callum.greg...@iinet.net.au wrote: Thanks for the reply darren. Ill look into replacing the seals. I’ve had the camera open again. the bumpstop is definitely deteriorated - but to the point of no longer being sticky. I’m wondering what is the mechanism that returns the mirror to the down position??? because it randomly works every now and then. On 5 Apr 2014, at 17:16, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Callum, The bump stop is the rubber that surrounds the focusing screen. When you take the lens off you will see it at the top. They like to deteriorate and go all gooey in time. If your mirror is sticking there you will probably see evidence of the goo around the edges of the mirror itself . When this happens, the same thing is likely happening to the seals that engage the film door (bits sticking to the door edges that engage the slots in the body where the seals reside. There is a guy in the U.S. that sells seal kits (very reasonably). He used to sell on eBay but gave that up due to too many run-ins with fraud, etc. But he still sells the kits. They come with all the instructions for doing the replacement yourself. His email is: jon_good...@yahoo.com Hope that helps! Darren On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 12:44 AM, Callum Gregory callum.greg...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi, I have a Pentax Spotmatic F The mirror currently locks up. I've been told its the bump stop. I'm wondering who people have fixed this and if anyone has photos of what the inside of the camera (bumpstop in particular) should look like? Thanks, Callum -- 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. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: A few PESOs
There is a special folder called Photos in which you can create a sub then generate a public link to that sub, the engine to which the link points automatically generates a gallery with thumbs and a download link. On 3 April 2014 16:19, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Apr 2, 2014, at 9:30 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Set up a Dropbox account Larry, it costs nothing and I've never run out of bandwidth. How do they work as galleries? Or do you just upload your own html? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Card failure due to (laptop) card reader [Was: Re: K3 card failure]
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Re: Should I buy it?
This review is worth a read too http://www.pentaxforums.com/reviews/pentax-16-50-vs-sigma-tamron-17-50mm/introduction.html On 29 March 2014 11:41, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2014-03-28 12:09 CollinB wrote Typo: DG. I'm hesitating since it's not the newer EX. Reviews are so-so. Still, it would be an improvement over the 18-55, but I'm questioning if it fwiw, the Sigma 17-70 isn't on this list, but noting the position of the Pentax 16-45, and the fact that a used 16-45 might be cheaper than the Sigma 17-70, if 16-45 is a good range for you, consider it too http://www.dxomark.com/Reviews/Best-lenses-for-the-24-MPix-Pentax-K-3-Recommended-primes-and-zooms/Best-zoom-lenses-for-the-Pentax-K-3 -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: K3 battery life
OEM battery. However when I've bought third party batteries I've made sure to only purchase units with the same terminal voltage and capacity as they will likely be less trouble when used in a dual battery configuration. On 27 March 2014 06:13, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Good to know - thanks. Was that a Pentax or after market battery? I've got one of each and it will be interesting to see if the After market battery was worth the money savings. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com Subject: K3 battery life Hi Team, Just thought that I would mention that I managed to shoot 1578 shots on the one battery last night, there was still some power left in the grip battery and the body battery was unused. That's shooting with the rear screen off, top LCD illumination off, single point AF on the back button and JPG + RAW on a 64GB/95MB/s card. Not too bad. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio . -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 PESO: A New Leaf
Damn, nice leaf, this is what I had to deal with the other day https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9304908/temp/DSC01649.JPG On 25 March 2014 10:21, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 24/03/2014 1:07 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote: Ah, you've got the 52 f/1.2. I'm very tempted. One of my colleagues has one on order. Might get a chance to try it soon. With your delicate interpersonal skills I'm sure that you'll find a real person to shoot very soon... You aren't making me think there is much hope. bill -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 17-70 f4 and SDM motor question
above and follow the directions. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Because inquiring minds want to know (more on the 1.4x)
Thanks for the report Stan, it does look useful, but I will have to sell a K5 body to afford it :( On 21 March 2014 02:38, Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: I just did a couple of focus tests with my two slowest lenses. I won't post any results - I was just handholding on random twigs, turkeys, lawn sculptures, trees, etc. The images would tell you nothing about sharpness. All of the following using center-point focus, K-3. 1. Sigma DG 150-500mm f5-6.3 APO HSM + Pentax 1.4x TC With the Sigma at 150mm zoom (presumably f/5.0) - Sigma AF OFF: nothing happens - no AF. - Sigma AF ON: snappy AF, no searching or other bad behaviors With the Sigma at 500mm zoom (presumably f/6.3) - Sigma AF ON: Quite a bit of searching on low contrast targets (e.g., tree trunks.) Fairly quick snap to focus on a weed seed head 20 feet away against a backdrop of the river ice 150 feet away. Quick snap to focus on tree trunks across the river. - Probably usable at 500mm/6.3 when tripod mounted, looking at a stationary target with reasonably high contrast. Not sure I would try to handhold this combination to pick out flying birds above. If nothing else, the motor noise as it searched would get on my nerves. 2. Pentax FA 28-105/4-5.6 PZ (the original model of this lens) With the lens at 28mm (presumably f/4.0) - Quick albeit noisy focus on pretty much everything I looked at. (I had forgotten how noisy the AF is on non-SDM lenses! It has been awhile.) With the lens at 105mm (presumably f/5.6) [AV, dialed to wide open, f/8.0 indicated on the display] - Same results. Quick lock in on whatever targets. If anyone wants to try this on a different lens, let me know and I'll send you my shipping address and return the results to you soonest. Or stop by and play with it yourself. I will have this with me on an upcoming trip to Sweden/Norway/Denmark and any Pentaxians I encounter along the way are welcome to do a try out of the 1.4x. stan -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Pimping a different camera brand
Well, it's interesting but he's obviously never owned a Pentax, not that the Canon- or Nikon shooters that I hang about with are combative at all, they name call occasionally but that's about it. So how does thje XT-1 do in studio, manual settings set such that the ambient light is way down below that of the metered flash values? I would expect that the EVF would then be next to useless? On 21 March 2014 15:24, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: This is the kind of article I would write about the Fuji X-t1, were I a decent writer. It is accompanied by the type of photos I would put into a publication of this type, were I a decent photographer. It's a pretty enjoyable read. olafphotoblog.com/2014/03/19/no-more-excuses-fuji-x-t1-review/ bill -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
K3 battery life
Hi Team, Just thought that I would mention that I managed to shoot 1578 shots on the one battery last night, there was still some power left in the grip battery and the body battery was unused. That's shooting with the rear screen off, top LCD illumination off, single point AF on the back button and JPG + RAW on a 64GB/95MB/s card. Not too bad. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Pimping a different camera brand
LOL, careful the drool may effect the coatings :) I have access to a large studio space but it's costly, I did manage to hijack an old hotel to shoot some models in for the better part of a Saturday day when there was a distinct lack of punters, had some nice old lounges etc. Two sets of lights, two shooters, 11 models, it was busy and the punters that did show up stayed and watched! On 21 March 2014 15:52, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/03/2014 10:43 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: Well, it's interesting but he's obviously never owned a Pentax, not that the Canon- or Nikon shooters that I hang about with are combative at all, they name call occasionally but that's about it. My group teases me, but they drool on my lenses none the less. So how does thje XT-1 do in studio, manual settings set such that the ambient light is way down below that of the metered flash values? I would expect that the EVF would then be next to useless? I don't know yet. I'm not holding out a lot of hope, But the viewfinder has surprised me a couple of times. It can be set independent of the actual exposure. I'd like to try out the 56mm, but I haven't got a studio per se, I have a really ghetto space that I can use, but it's in the back of a really grotty warehouse. bill -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: K3 battery life
I didn't realise that the K7 was similar, the K3 has been pretty consistent, I've now done quite a few shoots with 1300+ images captured on it and never depleted the battery fully. I had it lock up once when I had the OEM battery in the body and a 3Rd party in the grip but since I have changed to two OEM batteries it seems to be behaving, though that could just be coincidence. On 21 March 2014 15:55, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/03/2014 10:48 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Team, Just thought that I would mention that I managed to shoot 1578 shots on the one battery last night, there was still some power left in the grip battery and the body battery was unused. That's shooting with the rear screen off, top LCD illumination off, single point AF on the back button and JPG + RAW on a 64GB/95MB/s card. Not too bad. Cheers, Yeah. I remember the first shoot I did with my K7. It just kept going and going. Finally the model and I decided we couldn't kill it. This was after half a dozen costume changes and at least 1500 pictures. I still like the K7 colours the best, but the ISO has to be kept all the way down. bill -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: High ISO: 10,000 and 16,000
I'm thinking of trying to pick up a K5IIs to replace my K5 as I still prefer the dynamics and noise characteristics of the K5 sensor over the K3. I shot a show Sunday night 1600+ shots using both the K5 and K3 set at ISO6400 in both cases. The K5 shots look best (when I could achieve focus) On 20 March 2014 08:23, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: Talking of High-ISO shooting, here yoy can find a few shots I'm quite happy with: www.dariobonazza.com/public/K5S32947.jpg (ISO 10,000) www.dariobonazza.com/public/K5S32910.jpg (ISO 16,000) That's why I don't feel the urge to go K-3. Dario -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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-5 10K
I did just this with my K3 the other day during a studio shoot and the time it took to convert to BW on-the-fly was longer than it took for the studio strobes to recharge. On 18 March 2014 18:54, Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: On 18 March 2014 08:00, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: I took the train this morning from snowy Philly to sunny New Haven to visit the aged mater. I had read this piece on TOP, and found it interesting after the long discussions of Bob W's Leica MM yearning: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2014/03/getting-into-the-bw-mindset.html So I pulled out the K-5 somewhere between New York and Stamford CT, and began seeing if I could get a monochrome image on the back display while shooting RAW+. Nope. For that matter, the Monochrome filter the owners' manual talks about doesn't seem to exist. So I gave up; but noticed that the last image was 101-0003. Not much compared to the likes of Paul and Larry, but a landmark anyway. I've had the K-5 for 1 year and 10 months. Cheers, Rick Hi Rick, I saw this too and managed to get it to work on my K5. To do it, make sure the file format is set to RAW+jpeg. Then, using the right-hand-side button in the cluster of 4 around the OK button, select the monochrome filter. This makes the jpeg monochrome; the preview image is that jpeg. And, of course, you still have the RAW image. I've got these settings programmed in to one of the user modes so I can switch in and out as I desire. Hope this helps. Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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-5 10K
My problem was that it was an experienced model who is also a dancer so I was literally missing opportunities! I couldn't believe how much is slows the camera down. On 18 March 2014 21:36, Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: Yes - it's not a fast process by any stretch of the imagination, but it hasn't bothered me too much yet. Probably says more about me than the process though... :-) Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne On 18 March 2014 21:11, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: I did just this with my K3 the other day during a studio shoot and the time it took to convert to BW on-the-fly was longer than it took for the studio strobes to recharge. On 18 March 2014 18:54, Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: On 18 March 2014 08:00, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: I took the train this morning from snowy Philly to sunny New Haven to visit the aged mater. I had read this piece on TOP, and found it interesting after the long discussions of Bob W's Leica MM yearning: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2014/03/getting-into-the-bw-mindset.html So I pulled out the K-5 somewhere between New York and Stamford CT, and began seeing if I could get a monochrome image on the back display while shooting RAW+. Nope. For that matter, the Monochrome filter the owners' manual talks about doesn't seem to exist. So I gave up; but noticed that the last image was 101-0003. Not much compared to the likes of Paul and Larry, but a landmark anyway. I've had the K-5 for 1 year and 10 months. Cheers, Rick Hi Rick, I saw this too and managed to get it to work on my K5. To do it, make sure the file format is set to RAW+jpeg. Then, using the right-hand-side button in the cluster of 4 around the OK button, select the monochrome filter. This makes the jpeg monochrome; the preview image is that jpeg. And, of course, you still have the RAW image. I've got these settings programmed in to one of the user modes so I can switch in and out as I desire. Hope this helps. Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Keep the PEFs?
Literally using DNG as a container for the TIFF data, you retain the benefits of DNG WRT user edits but of course it can't strictly be developed like a RAW Bayer mosaic file. On 16 March 2014 11:30, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: You can never return an RGB format to mosaiced raw data, but you can encapsulate it in DNG. Not sure what you mean by 'encapsulate it in DNG'. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com Subject: Re: Keep the PEFs? A sad misunderstanding from the early days of digital. TIFF in camera is an 8bit RGB format and essentially no better than JPEG except for the lack of compression losses. You can never return an RGB format to mosaiced raw data, but you can encapsulate it in DNG. It does benefit from some standardization, but little else. Godfrey On Mar 15, 2014, at 10:18 AM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Herb Keppler (I think it was him) did a review of the *ist-D and he said that since the camera offered TIFF as one of the image formats, that was the way to go because the TIFF standard was likely to be around for a long time and the various camera RAW formats probably not so much. I don't know if you can convert them, but I think the DNG file will encapsulate them. -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Not so interesting post at Luminous Landscape on why the Photo industry is in the dumper.
Oz rode it out pretty well, but then we have some of the worlds the most strictly imposed government banking fiduciary rules and regulations too. On 16 March 2014 11:19, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: You can always find bright spots, and yes Canada is fine, but most of Europe the notable exception being Germany, is in sorry straights, Japan has never really recovered from it's recession from 20 years ago. Anyone who believes the official numbers out of China is as delusional as well the people producing those Chinese numbers. Look at South America and the number of counties who's economies are bumping along the bottom. Most of the world Economy just simply sucks right now, and sadly doesn't look to be getting any better. I only hope that we don't drag Canada down. On 3/15/2014 4:18 PM, Bill wrote: On 15/03/2014 1:34 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: To be sure it's been a tough economy, but I also think some valid points are made, especially about lenses and image quality. Note also that it has been a tough economy primarily in the USA. Granted it is a fairly large market, but it is not the center of the universe. Canada, as an example, has sailed through the past 10 years relatively unscathed simply because of better economic policies. bill -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Keep the PEFs?
Not much excepting that you gain file type uniformity, maybe a little reduction in size and that the there is no need for sidecar files post edit. On 16 March 2014 11:43, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: What advantage is there in encapsulating a Tiff in DNG? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Keep the PEFs? Literally using DNG as a container for the TIFF data, you retain the benefits of DNG WRT user edits but of course it can't strictly be developed like a RAW Bayer mosaic file. On 16 March 2014 11:30, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: You can never return an RGB format to mosaiced raw data, but you can encapsulate it in DNG. Not sure what you mean by 'encapsulate it in DNG'. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com Subject: Re: Keep the PEFs? A sad misunderstanding from the early days of digital. TIFF in camera is an 8bit RGB format and essentially no better than JPEG except for the lack of compression losses. You can never return an RGB format to mosaiced raw data, but you can encapsulate it in DNG. It does benefit from some standardization, but little else. Godfrey On Mar 15, 2014, at 10:18 AM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Herb Keppler (I think it was him) did a review of the *ist-D and he said that since the camera offered TIFF as one of the image formats, that was the way to go because the TIFF standard was likely to be around for a long time and the various camera RAW formats probably not so much. I don't know if you can convert them, but I think the DNG file will encapsulate them. -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Not so interesting post at Luminous Landscape on why the Photo industry is in the dumper.
Enjoy http://www.apra.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx ;) On 16 March 2014 12:30, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Unlike ours your baking rules are probably rational. On 3/15/2014 8:38 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: Oz rode it out pretty well, but then we have some of the worlds the most strictly imposed government banking fiduciary rules and regulations too. On 16 March 2014 11:19, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: You can always find bright spots, and yes Canada is fine, but most of Europe the notable exception being Germany, is in sorry straights, Japan has never really recovered from it's recession from 20 years ago. Anyone who believes the official numbers out of China is as delusional as well the people producing those Chinese numbers. Look at South America and the number of counties who's economies are bumping along the bottom. Most of the world Economy just simply sucks right now, and sadly doesn't look to be getting any better. I only hope that we don't drag Canada down. On 3/15/2014 4:18 PM, Bill wrote: On 15/03/2014 1:34 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: To be sure it's been a tough economy, but I also think some valid points are made, especially about lenses and image quality. Note also that it has been a tough economy primarily in the USA. Granted it is a fairly large market, but it is not the center of the universe. Canada, as an example, has sailed through the past 10 years relatively unscathed simply because of better economic policies. bill -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- 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 newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 - Content over technicalities
I'm setting up my own shoots now, I have a slew of great models to choose from and in some cases I will offer an additional photographers position to a peer or engage less competent photographers as assistants so that they can get some experience in studio. Definitely not interested in shooting fashion, there's only so much surly I can stand in one day ;) The workshops are really well priced, generally it's of more benefit to the photographers as a quick folio building exercise so long as that's that way that you chose to work, and some do make very good use of these types of events. The downside of TFP is as soon as a model actually gets good at being a model they tend to want to get paid, and that's fair enough. So generally it's far more laborious to shoot with someone TFP than it is with paid models as they engage in workshop events. Swings and roundabouts. Time and engagement though is generally the key to securing great images, sometimes I guess it's just not a practical route. Cheers, On 16 March 2014 12:37, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 1:37 AM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: It's a good article in that it stresses the importance of connection with the subject, however I don't think that the technicalities and the interpersonal relationship between the subject and photographer are mutually exclusive, depending on the shooting environment of course. Most certainly the technical issues are still important else we'd all just use crappy smartphone cams and leave it at that. His point is, as I get it, that we need to not stop at it's technically perfect like so many of us gadget fanatics do. And in fact it's the soft gooey people issues that get you a better portrait than merely perfecting the image capturing process. The worst shoots I have been involved in were at studio workshops where the lighting was pre-set and near to perfect but the models came thick and fast. It's like a sausage factory, one model after another, one set then the next. I found that the quality of my images suffer terribly if I have no time to connect with the models, technically they may be flawless but they lack emotion and substance. That could be a special case though. Fashion photography -- if this is what it is -- is all about the _clothes_ and the not the models. The models are quite literally mannequins (which is what mannequin means in French: model) or clothes horses and they are expected to look blank, not engaging with the audience. Wait, I just re-read your paragraph: studio workshops. I see the problem here. :-) These are not designed for good photography, they are designed to optimize monetary returns to the organizers. That's my cynical take. If you want to get good shots, hire or trade with your own model and take your time. Forget these overcrowded workshops. Workshops I have attended were closer to 1-on-1. Three students, one teacher and an assistant, two models (plus MUA and hair). Total time in workshop: 6 hours. Lots of time to engage with the models, and everyone else in the session too. Got great expression from models. On 15 March 2014 01:14, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: An important lesson to learn ... http://fstoppers.com/subject-matters-kicking-technicalities-for-content -- -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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 - Content over technicalities
LOL, I will offer an additional photographers position to a peer should read more like I will often offer peer photographers a position to shoot with me not quite sure how I stuff that up so badly. On 16 March 2014 13:36, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: I'm setting up my own shoots now, I have a slew of great models to choose from and in some cases I will offer an additional photographers position to a peer or engage less competent photographers as assistants so that they can get some experience in studio. Definitely not interested in shooting fashion, there's only so much surly I can stand in one day ;) The workshops are really well priced, generally it's of more benefit to the photographers as a quick folio building exercise so long as that's that way that you chose to work, and some do make very good use of these types of events. The downside of TFP is as soon as a model actually gets good at being a model they tend to want to get paid, and that's fair enough. So generally it's far more laborious to shoot with someone TFP than it is with paid models as they engage in workshop events. Swings and roundabouts. Time and engagement though is generally the key to securing great images, sometimes I guess it's just not a practical route. Cheers, On 16 March 2014 12:37, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 1:37 AM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: It's a good article in that it stresses the importance of connection with the subject, however I don't think that the technicalities and the interpersonal relationship between the subject and photographer are mutually exclusive, depending on the shooting environment of course. Most certainly the technical issues are still important else we'd all just use crappy smartphone cams and leave it at that. His point is, as I get it, that we need to not stop at it's technically perfect like so many of us gadget fanatics do. And in fact it's the soft gooey people issues that get you a better portrait than merely perfecting the image capturing process. The worst shoots I have been involved in were at studio workshops where the lighting was pre-set and near to perfect but the models came thick and fast. It's like a sausage factory, one model after another, one set then the next. I found that the quality of my images suffer terribly if I have no time to connect with the models, technically they may be flawless but they lack emotion and substance. That could be a special case though. Fashion photography -- if this is what it is -- is all about the _clothes_ and the not the models. The models are quite literally mannequins (which is what mannequin means in French: model) or clothes horses and they are expected to look blank, not engaging with the audience. Wait, I just re-read your paragraph: studio workshops. I see the problem here. :-) These are not designed for good photography, they are designed to optimize monetary returns to the organizers. That's my cynical take. If you want to get good shots, hire or trade with your own model and take your time. Forget these overcrowded workshops. Workshops I have attended were closer to 1-on-1. Three students, one teacher and an assistant, two models (plus MUA and hair). Total time in workshop: 6 hours. Lots of time to engage with the models, and everyone else in the session too. Got great expression from models. On 15 March 2014 01:14, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: An important lesson to learn ... http://fstoppers.com/subject-matters-kicking-technicalities-for-content -- -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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 - Content over technicalities
It's a good article in that it stresses the importance of connection with the subject, however I don't think that the technicalities and the interpersonal relationship between the subject and photographer are mutually exclusive, depending on the shooting environment of course. I shoot a lot of live events these days, often something akin to live portraiture, that's an interesting twist because the artist is playing to the audience. My job is to attempt to capture the expressions of the artist on stage particularly when I see them slip out of performer mode and show that they are really loving what they are doing up there. And often when I connect with the same people one to one to shoot them in a studio environment we have an instant rapport built in part through my live images which makes the shoot far less staid and leads to more natural poses and expressions. And if the shoot has been properly designed and not rushed the resultant images often also exhibit excellent technical quality too. The worst shoots I have been involved in were at studio workshops where the lighting was pre-set and near to perfect but the models came thick and fast. It's like a sausage factory, one model after another, one set then the next. I found that the quality of my images suffer terribly if I have no time to connect with the models, technically they may be flawless but they lack emotion and substance. The last thing is that it's so easy to get caught up in the low noise, high d-range, low ISO roundabout, some of my best and most appreciated pics were shot at very high ISOs and suffer motion blur and boulder sized noise but the punters just don't care for the most part they only see the content in the image. I have given up trying to please photographers and it has let me make so many more images that I can say that I'm now truly happy with. Cheers, On 15 March 2014 01:14, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: An important lesson to learn ... http://fstoppers.com/subject-matters-kicking-technicalities-for-content -- -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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Keep the PEFs?
I'm with the convert the PEF to DNG then ditch the PEF files crowd. I don't know why they still persist with the legacy RAW format, I can see them dropping it sooner than later. On 15 March 2014 15:16, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: 1. Should I convert all the old PEF files to DNG? If you're keeping the RAW files I'd say yes. After a time period after RAW file conversion I generall delete the RAW files. 2. Should I keep backup copies of all those old PEF files, in addition to the two backups (on off site) I intend to make for the DNG files? See answer to 1. above 3. Some of the *ist-D files are .TIF files - can I, should I convert those to DNG as well? I wasn't aware you could convert .Tif files back to DNG Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: John johnsess...@yahoo.com Subject: Keep the PEFs? I'm doing a *LOT* of computer work here lately, what with the new Mac mini, rescuing old files off of my mother's old computers getting ready to add another NAS to my home network. Among other things, in line with my attempts to declutter my life, I'm contemplating revamping my photo storage and backups with the aim of reducing unnecessary duplication in those backups. I know I should keep a backup here and another off site, but I've got so many backups that I can't be sure which files are adequately backed up and which files are excessively, even OCD backups. At the beginning of 2013 I switched from PEF to DNG for my RAW file format. I have PEF files going back several years before that, with the *ist-D, the K10D and the K20D. I'm wondering if I should use Adobe's DNG converter on all those old PEF files, and IF I do should I still keep the PEF files? I would be amenable to receiving reasoned arguments (yes, I *know* it's the PDML) pro con on the subject. 1. Should I convert all the old PEF files to DNG? 2. Should I keep backup copies of all those old PEF files, in addition to the two backups (on off site) I intend to make for the DNG files? 3. Some of the *ist-D files are .TIF files - can I, should I convert those to DNG as well? -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Scott Loveless - your e-mail is compromised.
Probably spoofed sender address On 13 March 2014 14:50, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I thought the PDML server scrubs out all attachments. Over the 17 years or so that I've followed the PDML and its predecessors, I've gotten several 'PDML' emails with attachments, Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Scott Loveless - your e-mail is compromised. I thought the PDML server scrubs out all attachents. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I should have said attachments - I mis read the email. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: John johnsess...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Scott Loveless - your e-mail is compromised. How do you look at PESOs then? On 3/12/2014 7:44 PM, Ken Waller wrote: I don't open any links that appear with pdml email. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org Subject: Attn: Scott Loveless - your e-mail is compromised. Scott, It appears that either your e-mail account @rocketmail.com is compromised or you have a virus and that account is used to channel spam through it to all the people whose address appears in your mailbox. PDMLers: you may want to avoid clicking on the link(s) that appear in the e-mails arriving to you from Scott Loveless' account. I am not sure if he is currently reading the list, so, if somebody is connected to him via FB or other channels, you may want to warn him about the problem. Igor -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: DST and O-GPS
I did exactly that on a shoot with two bodies a few weeks back and was too lazy to fix it after the fact so my gallery when sorted by date was all over the place. On 10 March 2014 06:48, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I've been bitten by this before. When I set up my K-5 to update the time from GPS, and it sets it to non-DST. I tried looking in the manual for the Daylight Savings Time setting, but it wasn't in the index. What you need to do is go into world time, then go into the city and enable, or disable DST there. It's one of those annoyances that bites me when I'm using two cameras, and one is an hour off of the other. -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Want
It looks very nice by all accounts, but I can't justify owning that plus the 31LTD and the DA35 macro so I'm just going to get the 18-35/1.8 when if finally ships here ;) On 10 March 2014 07:57, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/898839-REG/Sigma_340109_35mm_f_1_4_DG_HSM.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Suggestions for Anti-virus software?
Comodo is very good, you can use it to easily manage and notify you of outgoing traffic too. On 9 March 2014 19:20, Philip Northeast rnort...@bigpond.net.au wrote: I use comodo dragon on my mac mini http://www.comodo.com Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au On 9/03/2014 6:34 pm, P.J. Alling wrote: I don't know anything about AV software for Macs but I do know they have have a hosts file and I'm pretty sure it's called hosts. On 3/9/2014 1:04 AM, John wrote: I mentioned here before that I have acquired a Mac Mini that's supposed to be a little home recording studio. I'm getting ready to un-box it and set it up, and I already know I'm going to have to connect it to the internet for software authentication. (I've been reading the manual ... gives a whole new meaning to fine print.) Anyway, I know Macs aren't supposed to get viruses, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. So, before I take the plunge plug it in, I'd like suggestions for anti-virus software for the Mac. Also, do Macs have a hosts file? On Windoze, I use a robust hosts file to block unwanted SPAM Malware 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Fuji X-T1
I personally know two photogs that now shoot the Df, both do superb low light work, I wish Pentax had something that good as I'm often hamstrung for shutter speed shooting what I do even pushing the ISO to 12800 using fast glass. On 10 March 2014 12:37, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 09/03/2014 3:54 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I've got the K-5 II, and am often surprised at how annoyed I am by its shortcomings. It has sensor performance that is the stuff of science fiction. It has the best low light autofocus of any camera I've ever owned, better than the K-5 which was better than the D600. But because it can't focus quickly on moving targets at 2EV or darker, and because it gets rather noisy over ISO 8000, I find myself grumbling. I doubt very much if the noise on the Fuji is any better than the K5. What it does have is really destructive high ISO noise reduction that can't be turned off, only toned down. I really think if you want excellent low light AF combined with excellent high ISO performance, one of the low MP FF Nikons is the way to go. I suspect the Df would be ideal for what you do, and if you wait a year, they will be giving them away. The Nikon crowd thinks they are butt ugly (which they are). However, as a low light camera I suspect it is superb. bill -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Sometimes Time doesn't fly
After touting the virtues of the modern Sigma lens my work horse Sigma 17-50/2.8 started playing up last night during a fairly important shoot. The zoom ring now sticks periodically at a point which makes it difficult to use in the flurry of a stage event :( I bought a 17-70/2.8-4 to tide me over whilst the other is being repaired as Pentax and Sigma lenses are handled by the same distributor here and they are not know for their rush to repair gear. On 8 March 2014 21:16, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/7/2014 11:43 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I bumped my DA* 60-250 when I took a spill last August. It was in a soft lens case and there was no apparent damage, but the next time I used it the images were soft in places. Did a brick wall test and discovered that the focus field was no longer flat. Evidently, the elements had been knocked out of alignment. Sent it to CRIS. They told me it would have to go to Japan since they didn't have the right tools to work on that lens. They said it would take about eight weeks. I told them that worked for me since I could get by without it until the auto show in January, at which point I would like to have it. It came back to me in December. I repeated the brick wall test, and while it was better, it was still a bit soft on the left side of the frame. Sent my test pics to CRIS. They said sent the lens back to us. I did; they tested as well and agreed with my finding. They then contacted Japan. Japan said it was within spec. I disagreed vehemently. With some help from Ricoh marketing, and pushing from CRIS, Japan agreed to replace the lens. And Ricoh marketing loaned by a 17-70 and 16-45 to tide me over. It took another eight weeks for Pentax to send the replacement. Today, it faintly arrived, almost exactly six months from the day I first sent the old lens in for repair. But I'm very appreciative of the help from Ricoh and CRIS, and I can't really fault Pentax. They replaced a lens that had been damaged with a new one. Although I would think they should have been able to repair the old one satisfactorily. Seems the 16-50 is not only hard to assemble at the factory, it's tough to repair as well. Tested the new one and set the fine focus adjustment. I'm now good to go. So I shot a clock. Like many other clocks it's inscribed Tempus Fugit. Fugettaboutit. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17702140size=lg Paul, do I understand correctly, that you refer to DA* 16-50 although in the beginning of your message (fully quoted for your convenience :-) ), you mentioned DA* 60-250? -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 2014 - 057 - GDG
Very nice! On 8 March 2014 02:25, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote: Back at the park on a Saturday morning, this one in late January. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/12990907264/ Enjoy! Thanks for looking. BTW: let me know if this does not display nicely on your system. Be sure to include system specifics ... what OS, what browser, etc. Thanks! Godfrey --- The fact that nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist. -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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-3 wonkiness
Hi Stan, Looking at various reports I'm pretty sure that the K3 has some way to go before the firmware is as robust as the K5, I've seen multiple reports of the shutter actuation going crazy (not happened to me yet), total system lock-ups when using a battery in the grip and body (I've experienced this first hand) and with your report and my issue with the memory card problem it is difficult to have great trust in the camera. I just bought a large 95MB/s card and I'll see how the camera behaves with that for the moment but I have to keep using it because the poor auto-focus system in the K5 just loses me so many images. Cheers, Rob On 5 March 2014 07:29, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Not a biggie since i haven't lost anything yet, but this was a bit disturbing... So I carry two K-3's, A and B. A is used more often, it hangs from a wrist strap. B stays in the backpack or sometimes around my neck if I am switching back and forth between wide and long for example. I occasionally chimp, primarily to check the RGB histograms to make sure I haven't inadvertently changed a setting and put myself out of range. Today on my A camera I was noticing a strange color cast on the LCD. After a few more shots I became convinced that something was wonky, switched to the B camera and went on. I just downloaded the shots from camera A via Lightroom. As long as Lightroom was displaying thumbnails based on the in-camera jpg rendering, the color balance was way off still. But once LR rendered previews, built from the RAW data, everything looks just fine. So, the jpg portion of my K-# processor has a random variable color-balance problem, but the basic DNG capture is just fine. To be clear, there is not a consistent color balance bias toward too much green in the jpg's for example. Rather, it is off in a random way for each shot. Since I only shoot DNG and don't capture jpeg's in parallel, the good news here far outweighs the bad. But still unsettling... stan -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Save me from my desire...
Bruce all the screw-on colour filters still work similarly to how they did in the days of silver halides on acetate ;) On 5 March 2014 13:40, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Yikes! I looked up the going rate and and thought, Hmm. That's a K-3, a new computer, and several nice guitars! On 3/4/2014 4:17 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: Does anyone here have any experience of using the Leica Monochrom, and cares to tell all? I am about to cash in a matured savings account, and the Leica site is doing nasty things to my mind, like Fanny Ardant doing a slow striptease in my door jamb... http://uk.leica-camera.com/photography/m_system/m_monochrom/ B --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: K3 card failure
After analyzing all the cards fairly thoroughly it appears that the card in slot 1 wasn't written to at all in that session and the card in slot 2 was written to but became corrupt through the shoot. The spare card in the grip was already previously formatted (in the same camera but earlier) and worked fine. I don't check much during a shoot, just a little chimping at the outset to ensure that I'm not clipping highlights. I have the rear screen turned off and the top screen illumination controlled by the RAW button, so I don't keep an eagle eye on the top panel, I did just expect it to work stupidly. It was dire lighting last night too, I shot the whole show at ISO8000 with the lenses open to f2.8 and barely made 1/100s for the most part, reasonable results IMO considering the lighting but as good as perfect for what was needed by the producers. So all good in the end, had me more than a little stressed though as it was a cornerstone shoot. Thanks for the feedback. Cheers, On 3 March 2014 13:31, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/03/2014 7:39 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I only had a single brand new SanDisk 32Gig 45mb/s Extreme (like Rob's) to start with, which is the one that experienced this problem. I bought a second identical one, formatted both in camera, and have been using them together without a hitch since. I wasn't about to toss the card considering the price and that it was likely only a soft formatting issue of some kind. But by enabling dual-write I figured I was safe to continue going to see what would happen. The other dumb question, of course, is can the files be transferred by plugging the camera directly into a computer? I tried that. The Mac saw the exact same bad format and did the same unmount fail. To the computer, the K-3 on a USB cable is simply a card reader. Sadly. -- -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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: K3 card failure
I should add that I have subsequently deep formatted all my cards in a computer then formatted them in camera, hopefully I won't get a re-run, crossing fingers. On 3 March 2014 22:53, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: After analyzing all the cards fairly thoroughly it appears that the card in slot 1 wasn't written to at all in that session and the card in slot 2 was written to but became corrupt through the shoot. The spare card in the grip was already previously formatted (in the same camera but earlier) and worked fine. I don't check much during a shoot, just a little chimping at the outset to ensure that I'm not clipping highlights. I have the rear screen turned off and the top screen illumination controlled by the RAW button, so I don't keep an eagle eye on the top panel, I did just expect it to work stupidly. It was dire lighting last night too, I shot the whole show at ISO8000 with the lenses open to f2.8 and barely made 1/100s for the most part, reasonable results IMO considering the lighting but as good as perfect for what was needed by the producers. So all good in the end, had me more than a little stressed though as it was a cornerstone shoot. Thanks for the feedback. Cheers, On 3 March 2014 13:31, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/03/2014 7:39 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I only had a single brand new SanDisk 32Gig 45mb/s Extreme (like Rob's) to start with, which is the one that experienced this problem. I bought a second identical one, formatted both in camera, and have been using them together without a hitch since. I wasn't about to toss the card considering the price and that it was likely only a soft formatting issue of some kind. But by enabling dual-write I figured I was safe to continue going to see what would happen. The other dumb question, of course, is can the files be transferred by plugging the camera directly into a computer? I tried that. The Mac saw the exact same bad format and did the same unmount fail. To the computer, the K-3 on a USB cable is simply a card reader. Sadly. -- -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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: K3 card failure
OK, that's interesting because when I have replaced the slot 1 card without the slot 2 card being at capacity the subsequent shots started to accumulate immediately on the first card again as far as I can recall. On 4 March 2014 07:34, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: I had an interesting card-glitch today though nothing as costly and dramatic as yours Rob. Evenings while traveling I download from cards to my laptop, with a copy via Lightroom to an external drive. For this trip I had thought that I would NOT format the cards, but just leave the shots to accumulate; after all, my total for a couple of weeks is seldom more than 60-70 Gb, and with two cameras, four 32Gb cards I figured I would have no issue. Last night, as I approached capacity on card #1 in body #1, I changed my mind. After downloading from both bodies, I formatted the cards in slots 1 and 2 on both bodies. So today I did a bunch of shooting. Downloaded images from card #1 in body #1, but found nothing on card #1, body #2. Huh? I know I used body #2 at least some of the time! For some odd reason that has no apparent meaning for me, body #2 wrote only to card #2, bypassing the perfectly good card in slot #1. Nothing lost, but those images just not where I had expected them to be. stan On Mar 2, 2014, at 8:14 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: Thanks guys, still coming to terms with the issue. The cards were all genuine Sandisk, Extreme 32GB 45MB/s, one new and one old and an earlier Extreme 32GB 30MB/s card, none of which ever gave me the remotest hint of a problem when used in two K5 bodies. Not happy. Cheers, On 3 March 2014 11:44, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry to hear of your difficulties, Rob. May I ask what brand the cards are? As you may know SanDisk offers a recovery software. In addition to that, there are these: http://download.cnet.com/SDHC-Card-Recovery-Pro/3000-2248_4-75904835.html http://sd-card-format-recovery.soft112.com/ http://www.reclaime.com/library/memory-card-recovery.aspx No personal experience with any of them. Good luck. On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I'm very sorry to hear this, Rob. I wonder if you are seeing a similar issue to what I saw very early on. I shot some stuff and returning home I couldn't unload my card because it couldn't be read in my Mac. The Mac unmounted the card shortly after insertion saying it had damaged formating. And I couldn't convince the Disk Utility to repair it either. Can you see the card content when inserted into the K-3? What I determined was that I had failed to reformat the SD card immediately after purchase. After reformating (in-camera) that card and another of the same type that I purchased later I have not had any further problems after thousands of frames taken. After this incident I did switch the K-3 to dual (ie redundant) write mode and I always have two cards inserted. I wasn't going to take any more chances. :-( BTW, sadly I lost the content of that damaged formating card. I could see the images when the card was in the K-3 but nothing I did allowed me to extract that data, even over a USB cable. I was sorely pissed off. Something I never tried doing was to mount the card under Windows and use format repair utilities on it. I regret failing to try that but it didn't occur to me at the time. I hope you have better luck. On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: Well I'm just about toast if my card recovery doesn't go well, I shot a show last night, a fairly important one in fact and of three card used in the K3 only one is readable. The one card is a month or two old and the others I have had for a while and operated without a problem. All cards were formatted in camera before the gig so should be error free. I have the K3 set up to cascade from card 1 to 2 and when card two was full I replaced card 1 with an empty card and that's the only one that I can read. All 32 GB cards so 64GB of images are lost in the ether currently, feeling a bit ill and somewhat less than complimentary about the reliability of the K3 :( -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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. -- -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. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE
K3 card failure
Well I'm just about toast if my card recovery doesn't go well, I shot a show last night, a fairly important one in fact and of three card used in the K3 only one is readable. The one card is a month or two old and the others I have had for a while and operated without a problem. All cards were formatted in camera before the gig so should be error free. I have the K3 set up to cascade from card 1 to 2 and when card two was full I replaced card 1 with an empty card and that's the only one that I can read. All 32 GB cards so 64GB of images are lost in the ether currently, feeling a bit ill and somewhat less than complimentary about the reliability of the K3 :( -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: K3 card failure
Thanks guys, still coming to terms with the issue. The cards were all genuine Sandisk, Extreme 32GB 45MB/s, one new and one old and an earlier Extreme 32GB 30MB/s card, none of which ever gave me the remotest hint of a problem when used in two K5 bodies. Not happy. Cheers, On 3 March 2014 11:44, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry to hear of your difficulties, Rob. May I ask what brand the cards are? As you may know SanDisk offers a recovery software. In addition to that, there are these: http://download.cnet.com/SDHC-Card-Recovery-Pro/3000-2248_4-75904835.html http://sd-card-format-recovery.soft112.com/ http://www.reclaime.com/library/memory-card-recovery.aspx No personal experience with any of them. Good luck. On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I'm very sorry to hear this, Rob. I wonder if you are seeing a similar issue to what I saw very early on. I shot some stuff and returning home I couldn't unload my card because it couldn't be read in my Mac. The Mac unmounted the card shortly after insertion saying it had damaged formating. And I couldn't convince the Disk Utility to repair it either. Can you see the card content when inserted into the K-3? What I determined was that I had failed to reformat the SD card immediately after purchase. After reformating (in-camera) that card and another of the same type that I purchased later I have not had any further problems after thousands of frames taken. After this incident I did switch the K-3 to dual (ie redundant) write mode and I always have two cards inserted. I wasn't going to take any more chances. :-( BTW, sadly I lost the content of that damaged formating card. I could see the images when the card was in the K-3 but nothing I did allowed me to extract that data, even over a USB cable. I was sorely pissed off. Something I never tried doing was to mount the card under Windows and use format repair utilities on it. I regret failing to try that but it didn't occur to me at the time. I hope you have better luck. On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: Well I'm just about toast if my card recovery doesn't go well, I shot a show last night, a fairly important one in fact and of three card used in the K3 only one is readable. The one card is a month or two old and the others I have had for a while and operated without a problem. All cards were formatted in camera before the gig so should be error free. I have the K3 set up to cascade from card 1 to 2 and when card two was full I replaced card 1 with an empty card and that's the only one that I can read. All 32 GB cards so 64GB of images are lost in the ether currently, feeling a bit ill and somewhat less than complimentary about the reliability of the K3 :( -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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. -- -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. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: K3 card failure
Camera couldn't read them either, I have a third card in the grip so I change out card #1 when they are both full. On 3 March 2014 12:20, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/03/2014 6:22 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: BTW, sadly I lost the content of that damaged formating card. I could see the images when the card was in the K-3 but nothing I did allowed me to extract that data, even over a USB cable. I was sorely pissed off. If the camera could read them, did you try to process the files in camera and have it write to new files which might be usable?? Also, would it be better to replace both cards at the same time rather than just one? bill -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: K3 card failure
I should add I have yet to need a fourth 32GB card for one camera in a two camera shoot (the other camera also contains a Sandisk 32GB 45MB/s card). On 3 March 2014 13:20, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: Camera couldn't read them either, I have a third card in the grip so I change out card #1 when they are both full. On 3 March 2014 12:20, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/03/2014 6:22 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: BTW, sadly I lost the content of that damaged formating card. I could see the images when the card was in the K-3 but nothing I did allowed me to extract that data, even over a USB cable. I was sorely pissed off. If the camera could read them, did you try to process the files in camera and have it write to new files which might be usable?? Also, would it be better to replace both cards at the same time rather than just one? bill -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 - Goodbye Oxford Tavern
Nice shot of Stephen :) On 26 February 2014 22:10, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: The Oxford Tavern was an institution. Cheap beer and food, strippers, and a loyal following. Last year, it was sold, and there was a story behind it. http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/poles-apart-topless-bar-set-to-lose-sleaze-factor-20130720-2qb0d.html My friend was trying to photograph the story of the pub long before the pub was even for sale. She only got permission in the last 48 hours before it closed. http://au.blurb.com/b/5115919-goodbye-oxford-tavern I went to the opening tonight. Terrific show. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/14/02/goodbyeoxford/index.html The edit is a bit sloppy on my part, but I'm not apologising. I had fun -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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-100D vs K-30 -- Noise at high ISO?
Same for me K-x stopped me using the *ist D (permanently) and the K20D, but later I bought 2 x K5 and sold everything else, the K-x was a great little camera, the first camera on which I could really dial up the ISO and feel like I wasn't ruining the shot. On 20 February 2014 09:26, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Feb 19, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Margus Männik mar...@eol.ee wrote: Sorry for a late reply, K30 is very un-noisy compared to K100D. I just took a look at my written reviews and sample images of both cameras. K30 images at ISO3200 are quite OK. K100D images do have visible digital noise and (depending on lighting conditions) may even have visible horizontal bands. There are also big differences in color accuracy and dynamic range. I'd say that Pentax K-r was the first to have greatly improved image quality at high ISO values. And K30 is a bit better than K-r. K-x was the one that made the big leap. When I got my K-x I nearly stopped using my K20. When I got my K-5 I kept the K-x and sold the K20. The K-r has some big functional advantages over the K-x, and a lot of small performance advantages. But, anything made after the K-x will be a huge improvement over the K100. BR, Margus On 9.02.2014 4:16, Glen Berry wrote: This is going to be a difficult question to answer without showing comparison images, but can anyone give me some sort of idea how noisy a K-30 is, compared to the much older K-100D? One of the things that bugs me the most about the older cameras like the K-100D, is the very noticeable noise at higher ISO's. With every step above ISO 200, I can notice additional noise in the image. I think ISO 3200 is horrible. I've read comments from folks who had much newer DSLR's of various brands, and some of those folks seem content with ISO 3200 on THEIR camera, and I think I've even read a few mentions of folks being satisfied with ISO 6400 for certain applications. So, how good is the K-30 with regards to high ISO noise, and try to compare it to an older model like the K-100D if you can. I'm hoping the K-30 will let me shoot a few stops higher ISO without sacrificing quality. Would that likely be correct? Thanks, Glen -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 pinup photo shoot
I don't know much about Pinup genre but this is a really lovely honest portrait http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/12596340163/ On 18 February 2014 07:50, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: A friend thought that would be fun to set up a pinup photo shoot at her house, with people to do hair, makeup etc. and asked me to be one of the photographers. Sorry Frank, all of the primary models were women, though we had a couple guys on hand as extras. I tried shooting with a high key background, used white board from home depot for the floor and white seamless for the back. I didn't have enough light on the back, so I had issues to deal with in post. Also the seams between the floor panels needed to be dealt with in post. I did discover that I could drag the spot remover in lightroom to remove a line, so that made things easier. I was never really happy with my lighting, but it wasn't a total failure. Lighting was a 7' umbrella on the model (no fill light and just the room as fill reflector) and a smaller softbox on the background. Since the stage was in a corner, I only had one side, and the front for setting up lights. I shot about 1300 frames, and narrowed it down a bit for this set: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157641128305303/ Comments and suggestions on improving the lighting appreciated. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Anti virus spyware programs
I use my firewall in the OS to control the flow of information outwards more than inwards which is pretty much all the simple hardware firewall in the router does (I also have a DMZ and hardware firewall though). On 15 February 2014 00:37, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote: I'm using Kaspersky Anti-virus, it's small and fast. Not running a firewall on windoze, I have an ADSL modem / router for that. -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Anti virus spyware programs
I second John's suggestion but I use Comodo firewall instead of the MS product, far more configurable. On 13 February 2014 18:23, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: Bill, if you are using Windows 7 or later, MS Security Essentials does a pretty good job, without needing anything more. I also use Trend Micro's Titanium Maximum Security on older Pc's, and I have not had a virus slip through for a very long time. Of course, I'm also careful about what I open in email or download from anywhere! HTH John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bill Sent: Thursday, 13 February 2014 2:19 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT: Anti virus spyware programs After a decade at least of not running any sort of antivirus, I am giving some thought to installing some sort of anti virus/spyware program. What's the consensus on what is a good but not bloated AV program. The last one I ran was a Norton program that was almost worse than getting a virus, so if they have suddenly become good, it might take some convincing. bill -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Sigma OS lenses
With my K5 and Sigma 70-200/2.8 non-OS with the rear screen off and af on the rear button plus saving RAW+jpg I can regularly get over 1000 shots to a single battery :) On 13 February 2014 08:50, Jan van Wijk pen...@dfsee.com wrote: Hi Rob, On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:54:16 +1100 Rob Studdert wrote: Jan, only one of my Sigma lenses has OS and I don't use it as it's a 17-50mm and offeres no advantage over in body SR but it does work. Yes, I guess for sucg a short lenas there is little difference ... That said the electronics required to stabilize the moving internal element still use power so the OS lenses are more power hungry then their non-OS counter-parts. Certainly true yes, and it IS noticable, but I stll got several hundreds shots from a single K5 battery. And I really like the 'stabilized' viewfinder at 500mm :) Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Stop Presses! Sigma announces lens for Pentax mount
Hi John, yes it is, it's referring to the new Art series lens. On 12 February 2014 07:22, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Must be an updated version. I already have a Sigma 30mm f/1.4. It's a very nice lens. On 2/11/2014 11:04 AM, Miserere wrote: The 30mm f/1. 4: http://photorumors.com/2014/02/10/sigma-announced-30mm-f1-4-dc-hsm-lens-for-pentax-and-sony-cameras/ Is it me our has it been a while since any 3rd party lenses came out in K mount? Cheers, --M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Sigma OS lenses
Jan, only one of my Sigma lenses has OS and I don't use it as it's a 17-50mm and offeres no advantage over in body SR but it does work. That said the electronics required to stabilize the moving internal element still use power so the OS lenses are more power hungry then their non-OS counter-parts. On 12 February 2014 09:06, Jan van Wijk pen...@dfsee.com wrote: Hi Collin, On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:39:37 -0500 CollinB wrote: Anyone here shooting them? I looking at the 70-300 and 150-500. Nice. No screw AF. I have been using using the 50-500mm for well over a year now. Unlike Rob (Studdert that is :) mine seems to perform fairly well at 500mm, wich is where I use it most. I prefer to use the in-lens stabilization over the in-body, since that gives you uch better feedsback, the image in the viewfinder is stabilized too, and you usually 'see' it locking in ... Have used it exclusively with the K5 (sold now), still to be tested/used on the new K3 Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- This email was Anti Virus checked by Astaro Security Gateway. http://www.astaro.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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: A small epiphany...
Yes apparently it's yet to be delivered in Pentax mount, at least they are releasing this one for us. Cheers, On 9 February 2014 14:58, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Rob, I noticed that one two months ago, and even asked about it here, on PDML: http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2013-December/365953.html Unfortunately, Adorama and BH still have it listed as available for preorder. The price tag is also rather steep, although it is less expensive than Pentax FA 31/1.8. Igor Sat Feb 8 16:13:26 EST 2014 Rob Studdert wrote: The Sigma fast wide angle for APSc users to covet would be the Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM, I haven't had the opportunity to use one yet (wrong mount) but in the hand and build wise I have never seen anything as fine from Pentax. http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/sigma-18-35-1-8 -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: K3 Under pressure
On 10 February 2014 16:26, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I see. I should point out that I have no clue as to how conductive of heat are the internals of the Pentax cameras and how heat conductive is the outer shell. I was merely suggesting that if too many shots were shot and it overheated, and somehow the sub-system that was supposed to notice that malfunctioned, it could have lead to the described behavior - the camera would take a shot, but down the imaging pipe it would refuse to write it to card (which by the way is significant source of heat, if I am not mistaken). Never happened to any of my Pentax cameras, yet. On 2/9/2014 6:15 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Sun, Feb 09, 2014, Boris Liberman wrote: That sucks. Rob, can it possibly have to do with heat? Considering that my similar experience with a K-5 II happened while I was freezing outdoors in Alaska, I don't think so... (Just to be clear, not literally freezing, although it was quite chilly and windy.) -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: K3 Under pressure
Hi Guys, The room was air conditioned so quite cool and I certainly wasn't shooting at rates that I have in the past using both of my K5 bodies with the same lenses and batteries. The lens was a Sigma but still this problem shouldn't occur and a little searching on the much maligned PF reveals that my case is not isolated. Both the shutter release system and the battery management system should have been ironed out by now. I did have some similar problems with my K5's in the early firmware releases. Cheers, On 10 February 2014 20:46, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: On 10 February 2014 16:26, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I see. I should point out that I have no clue as to how conductive of heat are the internals of the Pentax cameras and how heat conductive is the outer shell. I was merely suggesting that if too many shots were shot and it overheated, and somehow the sub-system that was supposed to notice that malfunctioned, it could have lead to the described behavior - the camera would take a shot, but down the imaging pipe it would refuse to write it to card (which by the way is significant source of heat, if I am not mistaken). Never happened to any of my Pentax cameras, yet. On 2/9/2014 6:15 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Sun, Feb 09, 2014, Boris Liberman wrote: That sucks. Rob, can it possibly have to do with heat? Considering that my similar experience with a K-5 II happened while I was freezing outdoors in Alaska, I don't think so... (Just to be clear, not literally freezing, although it was quite chilly and windy.) -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I'm Back
Wow, nice locations, looks like fun, I must do it over an extended period one time at least, I doubt somehow that I would be able to limit my image count to 1 or so though :) On 9 February 2014 22:36, sup8pdct sup8p...@clubtelco.com wrote: I am back after traveling for almost 12 months. Here is a map type of thingy of where we stayed during the trip, Some places were a day, some 2 weeks. Less then 4% were caravan parks. The rest was either national parks or free camping. http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u626/sup8pdct/camps_zps3ec552b5.jpg My wife broke her camera in a remote spot in the northwest region. It was either save the camera or save her face and serious injury. She refuses to put the strap around her neck as it annoys the living hell out or her, so she was carrying it. Her foot got caught on a rock while getting over a pile of rocks. The camera (K5) went sailing through the air and hit a rock ripping the lens mount clean off the body. I put it back on again when we got back to camp without joining the wire up and it still worked, tho no telling when the screws will rip out again with a big lens or a minor fall. Off to the camera repair place soon with it. She also dropped it a few days earlier on to rocks. maybe that weakened it a little. Mine is fine tho it took a tumble out of the 4X4 and broke the 77mm skylight filter on the 16-50 2.8. Again, the wife was at fault. tho i didn't put it back in the camera bag so will still blame her ;) She is now asking 'can we go again, please?' The trip wasn't long enough, but pressing matters like seams to get in the way. I took something like 10,000 images on the trip. One or two may be good enough to get somewhere in comps. James -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: K3 Under pressure
I did my Googling earlier and I am quite sure that Pentax, for its market share, is over-represented in the camera lock-up stakes. Rather than make excuses for poor performance I would the problems be diagnosed and remedied so that in the long run Pentax might claw back some market share as a serious camera brand. Currently it's decidedly second class given, media coverage, professional uptake, services limitations, rental options and third party support and on top of that unreliability doesn't help. On 11 February 2014 04:18, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: A bit of Googling will show you that freezing (requiring removing the battery) is a problem for EVERY brand of DSLR. Rick On Feb 10, 2014, at 04:55 , Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 09.02.14 17:13, schrieb Aahz Maruch: That's what happened to me with a K-5 II as well (although I think I was shooting bracketed). This is, just like the sticking trigger button, an eternal problem that I've had with all my Pentax DSLRs (*istDS, K10, K7, K5). Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Sigma OS lenses
Yep, OS is switched off in preference to in body SR though it still adds drain to the system, I don't know that any of the current Sigma lenses use screw AF, in any case the HSM focus seems very fast compared with Pentax SDM from my albeit limited experience and the reports that I have read from others. On 11 February 2014 08:39, CollinB coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: Anyone here shooting them? I looking at the 70-300 and 150-500. Nice. No screw AF. -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: testing
4 5 6 On 11 February 2014 14:17, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: 1 2 3 -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
K3 Under pressure
Hi Team, I shot my first gig tonight using the K3, focus was much improved however unfortunately it had a solid lock-up at a critical stage in the performance, K5 came to the rescue but not after I'd missed half the action. The camera would do everything to seem like it was shooting but the card write LED never lit and even though I could get into the menus when I hit the review key I just got a waiting symbol. I was using a 30MB/s card, current firmware, grip, two batteries and a Sigma lens and shooting pretty solidly in bursts (single shot mode). Only removing the grip and camera battery was I able to remedy the problem. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: K3 Under pressure
Thanks for the feedback, I'll persevere for the moment, I have three big shows to shoot in the next two weeks so I'll see how it goes. Cheers, On 9 February 2014 06:10, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: Sounds like an actuator, not a detector. B On 8 Feb 2014, at 18:51, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Well, at least Ricoh hasn't screwed up the USD (User Stress Detector) chip. Rick On Feb 8, 2014, at 9:16 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Team, I shot my first gig tonight using the K3, focus was much improved however unfortunately it had a solid lock-up at a critical stage in the performance, K5 came to the rescue but not after I'd missed half the action. The camera would do everything to seem like it was shooting but the card write LED never lit and even though I could get into the menus when I hit the review key I just got a waiting symbol. I was using a 30MB/s card, current firmware, grip, two batteries and a Sigma lens and shooting pretty solidly in bursts (single shot mode). Only removing the grip and camera battery was I able to remedy the problem. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: A small epiphany...
The Sigma fast wide angle for APSc users to covet would be the Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM, I haven't had the opportunity to use one yet (wrong mount) but in the hand and build wise I have never seen anything as fine from Pentax. http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/sigma-18-35-1-8 On 9 February 2014 02:09, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Hi Darren, Unlike some PDMLers, I don't have hate toward Sigma lenses. I haven't had too many, but in my most recent experience, I've used 24/1.8, purchased from a kind fellow PDMLer (who kindly allowed me to testdrive it before making the decision). I wanted it for being a fast wide-angle lens, and used it for two purposes: 1. some low-light photos of musicians and dancers: e.g. http://42graphy.org/swing/rachel-jan2011/ 2. photographs of my child: a) when I needed a short distance (so that I can be close) and when I didn't want to use the flash (and I imposed a ban on flash photographs in the first month). Since most of the time, I was using it wide open, or maybe closed down just a step (to 2.0), I was not using it at its sharpest. I was satisfied with its performance but not overly impressed. In contrast, in the past month, I used FA-31/1.8 for some low light shooting, and it performs much better when wide open. In particular, the rendering of colors is much more interesting, although not as spectacular as that of the 77/1.8. I think even FA 35/2.0 performs somewhat (probably just slightly) better wide open than Sigma 24/1.8 even at 2.0. I think (and I was warned about it by th previous lens owner) Sigma 24/1.8 performs much better from about f/2.4-2.8. Igor Fri Feb 7 23:25:30 EST 2014 Darren Addy wrote: Straightening up my workshop this weekend I saw these three boxes http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/12376451995/ and was struck by the sudden epiphany that virtually ALL of my favorite images were produced with one of these three lenses. As a Pentax DSLR owner I have, admittedly, not owned any of the proverbial really good Pentax AF glass but I am more than pleased with these three lenses. Only the 28mm f1.8 was purchased new (for $399 from a retailer selling on eBay). The 10-20mm was found on Craigslist for $350 and the Bigma was purchased from a PDML-er who was switching to Nikon NEX. All 3 are superb performers, IMHO. With the proviso that owner satisfaction is better with the 28mm f1.8 than its wider focal length siblings, I can heartily recommend the Sigma EX series to my Pentax-shooting brethren. -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Another K-3
Old thread, but just got my first K3. What the hell were they thinking re the Info button, concept is good, options provided are poorly thought out. Menu changes make sense on the whole I think, gone is the extended ISO range caper, but ISO 100 lowest? And what's with changing the position of the AF button on the body radically and leaving the AF button on the grip where the old one used to be :( The K5 design was great in the respect that you could flip from landscape to portrait mode using the grip and basically all the buttons were in essentially the same place. Goddamn this thing better nail focus. On 23 December 2013 01:26, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 21/12/2013 9:54 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/12/2013 8:48 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: You're going through the exact same upgrade path as I. I'm still struggling with a few adaptations, but totally loving it and you will too. Eg: I had to turn off that annoyingly persistent Info screen, and I haven't found a way to call it up on demand, so I just have to live without I guess. Don't you just press the Info button? Turns out I meant what they call the Status Screen. There's no way to call that up quickly, ie in a button push. As Stan outlines: press Info, Info again, arrow over to Status Screen, OK. Not an operation I'm going to do on a whim, and certainly not while I'm in the middle of shooting. This is something they could fix easily by allowing the user to choose which screen comes up when the info button is pressed. Right now it defaults to the menu screen, they could just as easily make it default to the last screen viewed (menu, status or level). The few quibbles I have with the K3 relate to this sort of behaviour on the part of the camera. bill -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Dropbox question
Godfrey is correct, I mount web pages using the Public folder in DB folder tree, right-click/control-click the folder then copy public link, also you can simply export a set of pics to a folder, copy that folder to the Photos folder in the DB folder tree and right-click/control-click the folder share DB link. This will copy a link to your clipboard to a publicly accessible automatically generated gallery page using the images contained in the folder like the following example: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5mgjwjmb9oag2s9/_jOHE508TK On 5 February 2014 18:48, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote: Rick, This is how I do it. Working on OS X: - Create the gallery in the Lightroom Web module as you want it - Click the Export button in the bottom corner - Using the file navigation dialog, go to the Desktop - Give the gallery a name, for example PESO2014 - Click OK Lightroom will assemble all the bits and pieces into a folder named what you input above on the Desktop. - Go to the Dropbox folder on your system - Drag the gallery folder you created with Lightroom into the Public folder Dropbox will transfer the folder and all its contents to the web for you. Once it's done .. - Open the Dropbox folder on your computer - Control-click (right-click if you have the mouse set up that way) on the index.html file in the web gallery folder - Choose the Copy Public Link command from the drop down menu: e.g.: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25268645/web_gallery_link_via_dropbox.jpg You can paste that link in an email to share it. For example, https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25268645/PESO2014/index.html That's it, you're done. Godfrey On Feb 4, 2014, at 4:57 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: A few people here post pix and galleries via Dropbox. How? I have a small gallery created with LR4 I'd like to share, and I've uploaded it to Dropbox; but nowhere can I find how to share it. -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 1.4x converter
I have to agree, $600 is pretty rich but so are most of Pentax's glass offerings, I guess that's why I tend towards Sigma now. On 6 February 2014 11:54, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: Really Mark? You expected it to be more expensive still? Jeez, I thought $600 for a 1.4x TC was eye gouging enough already. Cheers, --M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 5 February 2014 18:32, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bruce Walker wrote: So now we know: $599.95 PR from Ricoh quoted by dpreview contradicts some of asahi man's info. Won't work with cameras older than K-7. Cameras will need firmware update. http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/02/05/ricoh-announces-hd-pentax-da-af-1-4x-aw-rear-converter That explains the firmware update that just came out, doesn't it? Price is around what I expected. perhaps even a little lower than I expected. Hope it's good! -- 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 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 1.4x converter
The Canon Lens EF 1.4X III Extender retails (from a shop that doesn't deep discount) at AU$529 inc 10% GST or about US$475 On 6 February 2014 14:33, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Rob Studdert wrote: On 6 February 2014 11:54, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: Really Mark? You expected it to be more expensive still? Jeez, I thought $600 for a 1.4x TC was eye gouging enough already. I have to agree, $600 is pretty rich but so are most of Pentax's glass offerings, I guess that's why I tend towards Sigma now. $600 is right around the price of the Canon equivalent. I thought it might be a little pricier. To do a teleconverter *right* (especially in this age of pixel peeping) can't be cheap. -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Another K-3
Thank Bruce, I hope it delivers what I need, I'm getting busier and I really need AF to be more accurate and reliable. On 6 February 2014 10:07, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: It does. Nail focus, that is. (My recent studio shoot, ambient room light only -- between flashes that is -- which amounted to two CFLs in the far corners and some window light, and not one out of focus shot in 4 hours of shooting.) Congrats, Rob. You'll enjoy it. On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: Old thread, but just got my first K3. What the hell were they thinking re the Info button, concept is good, options provided are poorly thought out. Menu changes make sense on the whole I think, gone is the extended ISO range caper, but ISO 100 lowest? And what's with changing the position of the AF button on the body radically and leaving the AF button on the grip where the old one used to be :( The K5 design was great in the respect that you could flip from landscape to portrait mode using the grip and basically all the buttons were in essentially the same place. Goddamn this thing better nail focus. On 23 December 2013 01:26, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 21/12/2013 9:54 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/12/2013 8:48 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: You're going through the exact same upgrade path as I. I'm still struggling with a few adaptations, but totally loving it and you will too. Eg: I had to turn off that annoyingly persistent Info screen, and I haven't found a way to call it up on demand, so I just have to live without I guess. Don't you just press the Info button? Turns out I meant what they call the Status Screen. There's no way to call that up quickly, ie in a button push. As Stan outlines: press Info, Info again, arrow over to Status Screen, OK. Not an operation I'm going to do on a whim, and certainly not while I'm in the middle of shooting. This is something they could fix easily by allowing the user to choose which screen comes up when the info button is pressed. Right now it defaults to the menu screen, they could just as easily make it default to the last screen viewed (menu, status or level). The few quibbles I have with the K3 relate to this sort of behaviour on the part of the camera. bill -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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. -- -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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 - Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!
On 3 February 2014 08:18, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: If camera makers opened up their firmware, then I'd probably be able to end up with a 98% perfect camera for no extra money, but nobody listens to Thom Hogan, let alone to me :-/ Cheers, Amen, the Sony RX100.. could benefit greatly by having photographers input to the design of the UI :( -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Winter Dream
Very nice! How are you finding the camera? Would you say it has taken shots/work away from your DSLR or has it just added to the number of shots that you make? I have been taking more shots overall since I acquired the camera and lugging about a back-pack that I'm often reticent/unable to delve into less often. Cheers, On 28 January 2014 06:05, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote: There's still cold around here, but at least now it's pretty:) http://1x.com/photo/460677 Taken with Sony RX100 II. -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 - how to avoid Facebook image mangling
Facebook clobbers metadata in any case. The best method to preserve image quality apart from saving as PNG is to stick to the FB standard image dimensions to limit the effect of resizing engines. https://www.facebook.com/CoverPhotoSize?filter=2 On 24 January 2014 10:13, Bruce bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: When you create an album to upload to, there is an option to make it Hi-Res. All images uploaded to it are not mangled as badly. -- Bruce Sent from my iPad On Jan 23, 2014, at 11:57 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Photoshelter posted a nice article on how to get around the terrible quality-mangling compression artifacts that Facebook introduces when you upload images there. Curiously, the easy answer is upload PNG files! Very counterintuitive, but apparently it helps. http://blog.photoshelter.com/2014/01/facebook-photos-look-bad-diy-solution-fix -- -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. -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 - Saw an Olympus OM-D in the Wild Today
On 24 January 2014 09:47, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: So, I spoke with the camera's owner. To my surprise, he was complaining about the AF in low light. ... go figure! ;-) LOL, he obviously hadn't used a Pentax ;) Given that I was shooting a K5 with good f2.8 and was having terrible problems with focus as my friend was shooting away using the OM-D E-M1 without trouble I can only relay what I experienced first hand. The OM-D E-M1 owner has Pentax kit as well but he is retiring the Pentax gear. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 - Big (and I mean *Big*) Duck
Hi Brian, fun capture, was he the one that was in Darling Harbour
2013? Cheers, Rob
On 20 January 2014 17:14, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
Quoting Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com:
Nicely portrayed!
Did you see the big duck I posted here a while back?
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17508279
No - I missed that one.
That quacker certainly gets around!
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org
wrote:
I thought about using this image for the February PUG ('Feathered
Friends').
Then I remembered it doesn't have feathers...
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP5002-K5-1peso.html
http://tinyurl.com/kg3sewr
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Re: PESOs: polar vortex + window
Amazing images. On 11 January 2014 12:21, Bruce bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: I second that. -- Bruce Sent from my iPad On Jan 10, 2014, at 11:18 AM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Beautiful! Stunning work! Cheers, frank Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Hi all happy new year! “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 - 'The Photographer's Eye'
Thanks guys, just bought it, will return with my critique in a few weeks (after the slow boat has delivered it from the UK) :) On 10 January 2014 07:32, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote: I also have that book and can wholeheartedly recommend to anyone. Best book I've read on composition by far. On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Just finished an interesting read - The Photographer's Eye by Michael Freeman. An excellent read about subtle and not so subtle elements involved in the composition of a photographic image. ..how you build a picture, what a picture consists of, how shapes are related to each other, how spaces are filled, how the whole thing must have a kind of unity. While I've collected alot of ideas, over my years in photography, about compositions, I learned alot from this book about things I didn't know or knew but didn't know why they worked. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: It's not the camera
My laptop screen re is 1366 x 768, it's nearly impossible to edit images on but I persist as I have 2 x 27 and 1 x 24 screens on the desk at my office. On 10 January 2014 12:14, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Have you ever noticed that the more money someone has invested in photo gear, the more likely they are to say It's not the camera, it's the photographer? So, if it's not the camera, now that K-3 prices have dropped a bit, why do I want a K-3 so badly? It's not like I'll get any better photos. Seriously though, I really am planning on waiting to see what the next thing they have in store is before committing. On the subject of spending money on gear, I ended up returning my 13 macbook pro. It turns out that the screen was just too small for comfortably editing photos. It turns out that there are three versions of the 15 available (at least refurbbed). 1) The retina screen is the only one available at stores. You lose a firewire port, but gain a second thunderbolt port. You lose the optical drive and get an HDMI port. The big drawback, other than cost, is that the memory is soldered in, so you pay the apple tax on RAM, since you can't upgrade on your own. 2) Low res 1440x900 pixels 3) High res 1680x1050, this seems to be the one to get, but the inexpensive ones seem to be gone from the apple store as of today, all of the ones left charge the apple tax on memory and drive. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: DxO recommends lenses for the K-3
Yeah, the 17-50/2.8 is almost permanently on my #2 body, it's pretty good. On 9 January 2014 10:37, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: DxO measured a whack of glass for sharpness and stuff on the K-3 and also compared to how they look on the K-5. Are you sitting down? Best lens for both prime and zoom category is a Sigma ... http://www.dxomark.com/Reviews/Best-lenses-for-the-24-MPix-Pentax-K-3-Recommended-primes-and-zooms No big surprise: the good lenses all measure as sharper on the K-3. If you have a DA* 55/1.4 on your K-3: suhweet! (As you will have discovered for yourself by now anyway.) They haven't yet measured the DA* 50-135/2.8, the DA* 60-250/4, or any FA Ltd's, so that may change the chart. -- -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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Goodbye, Cameras
The RX100II is Wifi enabled and has a companion app for smart phones :) On 6 January 2014 16:16, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: That's right. Especially that nowadays being connected (aka being able to upload your next selfie to facebook or whatever) matters more than being photographically endowed, so to speak. On 1/5/2014 12:57 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: My Sony RX100II is truly pocket-able and has an integrated 28/1.8 equivalent lens, the Panasonic is very small but you still need to add a lens but in both cases neither are even close to replacing an SLR for so many types of photography that I do. I use the camera in my Android phone exensively too but again only within its limitations. You have to know what the gear can do in order to use it effectively, for most people a PS is sufficient and for an increasing many the camera in their phone has proved to be more than adequate but that's not going to make top end DSLRs any less relevant. On 5 January 2014 06:32, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Aahz, I have to very respectfully disagree. Have a look on Voigtlander Nokton 40/1.4. Given its speed, it is positively very small. And to boot it naturally covers the so called full frame. The Pentax 40/2.8 pancake is also very small. So you can have small (not iPhone small though) lenses and cameras... On 1/4/2014 9:22 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Sat, Jan 04, 2014, Boris Liberman wrote: My point is that miniaturization is reaching yet another level. And this camera unlike iPhone's and plethora of Android devices is seriously real deal. Yes and no -- real glass requires real weight and bulk. I agree that most people (who don't care about DOF, macro, or large prints) will stick with phone cameras. No surprise, really. -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 Lens profile for Photoshop CS6 - help wanted
Jens shift lens correction is problematic, it's best done dynamically because the lens correction routines assume that the distortions are predictable as generally the lens characteristics are based on the effecive centre of the lens being at the centre of the frame. If a lens is tilted or shifted this is no longer the case. Instead you can use a program such as Hugin which allows you to set control points on vertical or horizontal elements in the frame which can then facilitate remapping of the frame in order to negate distortions. On 5 January 2014 22:21, Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote: Hello list Doing a Photo project photographing Buildings. I have been using two lenses: SMC PENTAX SHIFT 1:3.5/28mm Sigma EX 10-20mm 1:4.5-5.6 DC Using Photoshop CS6 I discovered that CS6 has a lens correction filter, which Works brilliantly for the Sigma lens (I'm using the filter for the Sigma HSM version), that is included in the CS6 lens filter data base. Unfortunatlely the old shift lens is not mentioned in the filter list. Does anyone know if and how I may import the filter for the Pentax shift lens? Thanks in adcvance Regards Jens, Denmark -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Goodbye, Cameras
My Sony RX100II is truly pocket-able and has an integrated 28/1.8 equivalent lens, the Panasonic is very small but you still need to add a lens but in both cases neither are even close to replacing an SLR for so many types of photography that I do. I use the camera in my Android phone exensively too but again only within its limitations. You have to know what the gear can do in order to use it effectively, for most people a PS is sufficient and for an increasing many the camera in their phone has proved to be more than adequate but that's not going to make top end DSLRs any less relevant. On 5 January 2014 06:32, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Aahz, I have to very respectfully disagree. Have a look on Voigtlander Nokton 40/1.4. Given its speed, it is positively very small. And to boot it naturally covers the so called full frame. The Pentax 40/2.8 pancake is also very small. So you can have small (not iPhone small though) lenses and cameras... On 1/4/2014 9:22 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Sat, Jan 04, 2014, Boris Liberman wrote: My point is that miniaturization is reaching yet another level. And this camera unlike iPhone's and plethora of Android devices is seriously real deal. Yes and no -- real glass requires real weight and bulk. I agree that most people (who don't care about DOF, macro, or large prints) will stick with phone cameras. No surprise, really. -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: DPReview readers love the K-3
Paul my mainstay lenses are now all Sigma, 10-20/3.5, 17-50/2.8, 70-200/2.8 and 50/1.4, they are all fast and quiet using HSM focusing, they are very well built and have excellent image quality. Notably they are all far better value than their equivalent Pentax counterparts though none offer weather sealing (which is a non-issue for me). I still have 4 Limited lenses but apart from my 35/2.8LTD macro they only find their way into my kit for very specific purposes. I would like the Pentax 60-250/4 but I can't justify the price given its comparatively slow speed. On 5 January 2014 09:16, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Jan 4, 2014, at 1:39 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Attila, you have to realize that this Sigma has nothing on the market to compare it to. DA* 16-50 is a different lens. It has WR, it is wider and longer as far as zoom range goes, while Sigma boasts tremendous image quality and the USB dock so that you could play with your copy to your heart liking. I'm not buying Sigma and I'm not re-buying DA* 16-50. But I very much would like Pentax to do something rather unlimited and produce a lens that will compete with Sigma in IQ dept face to face. Have you compared teh Sigma and the 16-50? The latter, when properly assembled, has very good image quality. Paul On 1/3/2014 3:27 PM, Attila Boros wrote: Seems like Sigma is putting out some nice lenses lately. But this is bigger and heavier than the DA* 16-50mm, and has a smaller zoom range. Would like to see some comparison between the two lenses. On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 7:10 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Also the lens of the year is sigma 18-35/1.8... Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On January 3, 2014 4:55:31 AM Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/01/02/best-gear-of-2013-the-results-are-in/11 The Pentax K-3 was an early front-runner in this poll, and blazed through to a convincing victory, garnering an impressive 31.4% of the total vote. Strangely, stablemates the K-50 and K-500 got almost no love, but the capable, innovative K-3 was your pick for best DSLR/SLT of 2013 by a landslide. Which probably means we should get going with our full review, right? We'll get right on it. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ * * * Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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. -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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 Pentax CES Display...
Hi Paul, excellent new. I have a good friend there exhibiting so I'll ask if he can take a shot if he ends up at the display. Cheers, Rob On 3 January 2014 15:07, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I certainly remember the shot. Particularly well exposed. Congratulations. Jack - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 4:34 PM Subject: Re: The Pentax CES Display... We know that guy :-) Terrific for ya, Paul ann On 1/2/2014 16:34, Walt wrote: Wonderful, Paul -- both the news and the photo. Congratulations on the selection! -- Walt On 1/2/2014 2:35 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: ...will include one of my photos—“Birmingham Gentleman.” The Ricoh marketing people chose it after perusing the Pentax Gallery, and I provided a 50 meg. tiff file. I believe they made a rather large print of it. Most of you probably recall the pic. It was on the landing page of the Pentax Gallery for quite a few years, and it’s been seen here before. It’s on photo.net as well: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3451662size=lg If anyone plans on attending the CES, I’d love to see a photo of the booth. Best, Paul -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Coolest email I've gotten in a while...
Brilliant :) On 20 December 2013 13:47, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: Just got this in my inbox: Dear Charles, my name is Wolfgang Flür, I was a Kraftwerk member from 1973-1986 (all albums / tours), the electro drummer. Today I have found your photos from us of the 1981 Computerworld tour in Bremen and am so what of excited. You are a very good photographer I find. My quest is if I can use some for them for my website like a little slideshow for instance for all Kraftwerk fans and include your photographer's name of course. Would be very nice to hear positive from you. Are you still living in Germany? Very best greetings, merry Christmas and happy new year to you and your family, Wolfgang Flür WOW! -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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
