PAW 2007 - 02 - GDG

2007-01-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
A little unusual for me, but something about this particular photo just struck a chord as being apropos right now: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/02.htm Comments, critique, tomatoslinging always appreciated. enjoy Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http:/

Re: PESO - Rally racing (was: Funny photographer's photos link)

2007-01-15 Thread Cotty
On 15/1/07, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: >Isn't riding with a world-class driver an amazing experience? >Back in 2003 I was lucky enough to get a few laps round Brands Hatch >(in the wet) in an Audi TT being driven by Roberto Moreno. In the >hairpin I felt the car begin to slide, and

Re: What's in a Pentax image file (2007 edition) ?

2007-01-15 Thread jim
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:18:01 -0500, John Francis wrote: >On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 07:28:36PM +1000, jim wrote: >> On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:51:56 -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >> Under lens ID part, it has correctly picked up both a 80-320 zoom and a >> tamron 28-300 zoom. >> I have tried an A l

Re: PESO - Rally racing

2007-01-15 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 06:41:28PM -0500, Doug Franklin wrote: > John Francis wrote: > > > I want to get dust trails, blurred wheels, cars coming over jumps, ... > > Lots of practice panning at slow shutter speeds and knowledge of the > course. :-) Yeah. I think I'm beginning to get the hang of

OT: Photo challenges

2007-01-15 Thread Mike Hamilton
I am a member of a couple of interesting photo challenges that some of you may be interested in joining. WeeklyShot - www.weeklyshot.org - members post a response to a theme, and other users may comment and rate the photos anonymously. The highest rated photos are posted on the main page. There

Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size

2007-01-15 Thread Mike Hamilton
On 1/15/07, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Mike, > > It's all relative. The K10D Pef file is actually smaller than the > *istD pef, so for me, it is a little bit of improvement. Yeah, I realize that... I was making a joke about the mistake, GB instead of MB... ;) <--- that shou

Re: 18-55 vs 16-45?

2007-01-15 Thread Boris Liberman
Diff'rent strokes indeed. Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I couple the DA14 with the FA20-35 and DA21, Paul, so the wide field > coverage is nicely covered for my uses. I love the DA14's field of > view, but even with that I use the FA20-35 at 28-35mm much more than > I use it at 20mm, and I use t

Re: what kind of soft case came with your 77mm Ltd?

2007-01-15 Thread Boris Liberman
Amita Guha wrote: > I'm finally ready to photograph my 77m Ltds. so I can sell them on > ebay. I have both a black and a silver one. I found one green soft > case that says 77/1:1.8, and one black soft case that just says Pentax > on it, with no focal length or anything. Could the black one be the

Re: Something is wrong (with my K10D)

2007-01-15 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks Patrick. Patrick Genovese wrote: > As a rule I never use the computer to delete images from the card. > > As much as possible i even avoid deleting inidividual images in camera > for 2 reasons: > a) I don't like evaluating an image on the lcd screen > b) Increases likelyhood of cor

Re: It Arrived!

2007-01-15 Thread Boris Liberman
Bill, William Robb wrote: > My 12-24 arrived today. > First impression: It sure is big. > I haven't done more than to stick it onto the camera in the store and see > how straight it stays through the zoom range. > Do they really have to be this big? > It's huge, almost as big as my 45mm 6x7 lens.

Re: 18-55 vs 16-45?

2007-01-15 Thread Russell Kerstetter
my two cents... I have not compared like you are asking for but... I do have the 18-55, which whenever I get a better lens I will most likely keep as a backup. The cost of a new one from B&H is around $100 US, plus almost everyone that buys a new camera will have one, so I doubt that the effort

Re: It Arrived!

2007-01-15 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Michael Perham" Subject: RE: It Arrived! >I would be really interested to hear your opinion of the lens once you have > had time to play with it a bit ...I am debating between this lens and the > DA > 14. Sure. I actually have both. If it ever warms up.

Re: Recommendation For Portable Storage Device

2007-01-15 Thread Amita Guha
I can vouch for both the CompactDrive and the Epson devices - I have an Epson P-4000 now. The CompactDrive is a great no-nonsense option, like Bruce said. The Epsons have the best screens of any device out there, if you care about that sort of thing. One nice thing about the CompactDrive is that it

Re: OT - another one from England

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
But rigid discipline can yield big dividends. Paul On Jan 15, 2007, at 10:25 PM, Simon King wrote: > They're hardened criminals now... > > On 1/15/07, Paul Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Sounds like they've already had their stiff punishment. >> >> -P >> >> Bob W wrote: >>> That should giv

RE: OT - another one from England

2007-01-15 Thread Simon King
They're hardened criminals now... On 1/15/07, Paul Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds like they've already had their stiff punishment. > > -P > > Bob W wrote: > > That should give them somewhere to hang their wet towels. > > > > They must have been inspired by living so close to Winnersh

Re: what kind of soft case came with your 77mm Ltd?

2007-01-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
Sorry, my fault. I just looked at the black 31mm case. It has gold lettering on the side for the 31mm lens. The 77 and 43 are all black, no identification, just a big PENTAX. Regards, Bob S. On 1/15/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry to have to correct you Bob. > But my blac

Re: what kind of soft case came with your 77mm Ltd?

2007-01-15 Thread Paul
My black 77 has Pentax on the bag also. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sorry to have to correct you Bob. > But my black 31 case has PENTAX and underneath it '31/1:1.8'. > My black 77 case only has PENTAX on it. > > My cases for my silver 31 and 77 are not with me but in Florida. > > Ciao, > > Cesar >

Re: what kind of soft case came with your 77mm Ltd?

2007-01-15 Thread cesar_abdul
Sorry to have to correct you Bob. But my black 31 case has PENTAX and underneath it '31/1:1.8'. My black 77 case only has PENTAX on it. My cases for my silver 31 and 77 are not with me but in Florida. Ciao, Cesar Panama City, Florida in Baltimore, Maryland -Original Message- >From: Ami

Re: what kind of soft case came with your 77mm Ltd?

2007-01-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
Amita, All the black limited lenses have black case with no writing on them. The black case would be for the black 77mm limited. Regards, Bob S. On 1/15/07, Amita Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm finally ready to photograph my 77m Ltds. so I can sell them on > ebay. I have both a black and a

RE: It Arrived!

2007-01-15 Thread Michael Perham
I would be really interested to hear your opinion of the lens once you have had time to play with it a bit ...I am debating between this lens and the DA 14. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William Robb Sent: January 15, 2007 3:58 PM To: Pentax

Re: OT - another one from England

2007-01-15 Thread Perry Pellechia
Don't you think you are being too hard on them? On 1/15/07, Paul Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds like they've already had their stiff punishment. > > -P > > Bob W wrote: > > That should give them somewhere to hang their wet towels. > > > > They must have been inspired by living so clo

Re: what kind of soft case came with your 77mm Ltd?

2007-01-15 Thread Amita Guha
Thanks very much, Bob! :) Amita On 1/15/07, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amita, > All the black limited lenses have black case with no writing on them. > The black case would be for the black 77mm limited. > Regards, Bob S. > > On 1/15/07, Amita Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I

Re: PESO: Last Apples

2007-01-15 Thread Mark Cassino
Rick Womer wrote: > What attracted me was the low, warm December light on > the apples, and the deep shadows. I like what Mark > did with the shot, except that it makes it look too > much like September rather than December. Something > in between would probably be ideal. Ahhh - I did not under

Re: Changing finder screen of K10D

2007-01-15 Thread cesar_abdul
On 15/1/07, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > >Pentax has announced the 645. They've also indicated there will be a > >top of the line addition to the K series. My hat awaits on the dining table ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty Hey, I have seen his hat - nothing as nice as mine, but still

Re: PESO - Rally racing (was: Funny photographer's photos link)

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Okay, that's backwards. Erik's wife is Stirling's sister. I'm sure of that because Stirling's sister looks a lot like Stirling. I remember thinking it was a better look for a man than a woman. Paul On Jan 15, 2007, at 8:11 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Stirling Moss was a frequent visitor at Saa

Re: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Ken. On Jan 15, 2007, at 7:45 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: > Four & five work for me Paul. The color in four & the placement of > Townsend > in five. > > I stomped around my place with the same ice but didn't spot anything I > thought worthwhile to photograph. > > Kenneth Waller > > - Or

Re: PESO - Michigan Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Bruce Dayton
I really love this one: http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/2007/070115/IMGP2630.htm Would love to see it bigger. Very nice work as usual. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, January 15, 2007, 3:54:42 PM, you wrote: MC> Following in Paul's footsteps here, I took a few shots of the ice sto

Re: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Bruce. Yes, I can imaging Missouri gets a lot of this. Generally, it's too cold here for ice storms, but this has been a warm winter. As you know, it has to be right around 32 degrees F for this to happen. The precipitation comes down as rain and freezes when it hits the tree branche

what kind of soft case came with your 77mm Ltd?

2007-01-15 Thread Amita Guha
I'm finally ready to photograph my 77m Ltds. so I can sell them on ebay. I have both a black and a silver one. I found one green soft case that says 77/1:1.8, and one black soft case that just says Pentax on it, with no focal length or anything. Could the black one be the one for the black 77mm? I

Re: PESO: When a girl needs a nap

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
You're welcome, Tim. Thanks for looking. Paul On Jan 15, 2007, at 7:22 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: > Thanks for brightening our day Paul. > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paul > Stenqu

Re: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Mark. On Jan 15, 2007, at 6:42 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: > NPaul Stenquist wrote: >> We had an ice storm in Michigan today. Shot some pics this morning >> and >> again this afternoon. The first is with the K85/1.8, the second is >> with >> the Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro, and the last t

Re: PESO - Michigan Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
So you got whacked as well. I like the frozen bud the most. Like you said, the landscapes can't be fully appreciated at web sizes, but I can imagine that they're very nice printed at large size. I like the lights shining through the ice as well. Good stuff. Paul On Jan 15, 2007, at 6:54 PM, M

Re: PESO - Rally racing (was: Funny photographer's photos link)

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Stirling Moss was a frequent visitor at Saab press events. His wife is Erik Carlson's sister. Erik is the Saab driver who preceded Blomquist and made the marque a force to be reckoned with in rallying. Erik's nickname was Erik "on the roof" Carlson. A big bear of a man, Erik, with his navig

Re: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Kenneth Waller
Four & five work for me Paul. The color in four & the placement of Townsend in five. I stomped around my place with the same ice but didn't spot anything I thought worthwhile to photograph. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Christian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PESO: Ic

Re: OT - another one from England

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Sorenson
Sounds like they've already had their stiff punishment. -P Bob W wrote: > That should give them somewhere to hang their wet towels. > > They must have been inspired by living so close to Winnersh Triangle, > and in a Forest school. That sort of Carry On is bound to get the > boys' imaginations r

Re: PESO - Michigan Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Kenneth Waller
Mark, I really like "Near Wolf Lake" - portrait. If it were mine I'd crop out about half the sky above the tallest tree. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PESO - Michigan Ice Storm > Following in Paul's footsteps here, I took a few

Re: PESO: Last Apples

2007-01-15 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks for all the comments! This was a difficult shot, because the market was crowded, there weren't many apples (what you see is what there was), and the apples were surrounded by clutter. I played with the shot a while, and tried the fisheye, but other shots worked less well than this one. Wh

Re: Funny photographer's photos link

2007-01-15 Thread Kenneth Waller
A number of years ago, I was invited to the Baja 500. When asked where I'd most like to view the race I said I'd like to be in the passenger seat of a chase (called a pre-runner)vehicle. Since ford was sponsoring several entries, I teamed up with a Baja driver in a chase vehicle for John Swift.

Re: PESO - Couple of recent ones

2007-01-15 Thread keith_w
Bruce Dayton wrote: > No titles, hopefully that won't detract too much. > > > Pentax K10D, DA 16-45/4, Handheld > ISO 100, 1/45 sec @ f/6.7 > http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4243.htm > > > Pentax *istD, A 70-210/4, Handheld > ISO 400, 1/350 sec @ f/8 > http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_3477

Re: OT - another one from England

2007-01-15 Thread Kenneth Waller
Have you all heard about the pentax user who took his Viagra mixed in a glass of water? . . . . . . He wanted a stiff drink. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT - another one from England > On 15/1/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashe

RE: PESO: When a girl needs a nap

2007-01-15 Thread Tim Øsleby
Thanks for brightening our day Paul. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: 14. januar 2007 18:57 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: When a girl needs a nap When a girl

Re: PESO - Michigan Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Mark Dalal
From: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Following in Paul's footsteps here, I took a few shots of the ice storm > on the western part of the state today. > > I went for the wide angle landscape which is not too effective at web > size, but is my favorite of the day (some photos just don't work

Re: PESO: Last Apples

2007-01-15 Thread Mark Cassino
There is a nice luminous feel to the light and the apples are well presented, but the contrast is too great and the shadows too deep to my eye. It's a matter of taste, but if you pull it into Photoshop and give the shadows a healthy whack in adjustments->shadows and highlights you can make the

Re: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Doug Franklin
Paul Stenquist wrote: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458250&size=lg Kinda like this one ... http://NutDriver.org/FrozenTree.jpg Shot on film, probably MZ-S, could be any almost lens I owned at the time. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Recommendation For Portable Storage Device

2007-01-15 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Mark, CompactDrive and HyperDrive are the same thing, so I would go with a HyperDrive at www.hyperdrive.com. I have had my CompactDrive for quite a long time and have been happy with it. I picked it specifically because of the fast download time and long battery life for the downloads. No

It Arrived!

2007-01-15 Thread William Robb
My 12-24 arrived today. First impression: It sure is big. I haven't done more than to stick it onto the camera in the store and see how straight it stays through the zoom range. Do they really have to be this big? It's huge, almost as big as my 45mm 6x7 lens. The guy at the camera store said it was

Re: Gotta Go ....

2007-01-15 Thread Amita Guha
Best wishes, Shel! Amita -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Bruce Dayton
Well, I like them all the best. Very cool looking, but reminds me of living in Missouri and dealing with freezing rain storms. I'm glad that I can look at your work, rather than seeing if first hand. Nice shots! -- Bruce Monday, January 15, 2007, 1:32:55 PM, you wrote: PS> We had an ice sto

PESO - Michigan Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Mark Cassino
Following in Paul's footsteps here, I took a few shots of the ice storm on the western part of the state today. I went for the wide angle landscape which is not too effective at web size, but is my favorite of the day (some photos just don't work at 600 pixels across.) The other shots were pli

Re: PESO: Last Apples

2007-01-15 Thread Bruce Dayton
Not quite there for me. Not sure why, but the composition just doesn't do it. Maybe a different angle, or different amount of apples showing or something. I think you need to show more than one basket of apples and somehow the table to help convey the title you have picked. Maybe the fisheye zo

Re: Funny photographer's photos link

2007-01-15 Thread mike wilson
Bob W wrote: > > >>True. But some of them just show a group of photographers at work. >>I don't see what's particularly noteworthy about a truck fitted out >>with a multi-tier photographer stand; I presume it's for covering >>something like a marathon or other event run on city streets. >> >

Re: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Mark Cassino
NPaul Stenquist wrote: > We had an ice storm in Michigan today. Shot some pics this morning and > again this afternoon. The first is with the K85/1.8, the second is with > the Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro, and the last two are with the DA > 50-200. All on the K10D. > http://www.photo.net/photod

Re: Recommendation For Portable Storage Device

2007-01-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I'm still using and happy with the Espon P2000. Fast enough, beautiful review screen, economical on power. No support for SDHC yet, however, so I stick with 2G capacity SD cards. Godfrey On Jan 15, 2007, at 2:15 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: > My X's Drive II is back to having problems reading SD

Re: PESO - Rally racing

2007-01-15 Thread Doug Franklin
Christian wrote: > Stig is awesome, but I'd prefer the company of Michele Mouton, going up > Pike's Peak in the Sport Quattro. :-) Not without a parachute! ;-) -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Couple of recent ones

2007-01-15 Thread Bruce Dayton
Thanks for the comments and the angle about titles. Glad you liked a couple of these. -- Bruce Monday, January 15, 2007, 11:41:40 AM, you wrote: GD> On Jan 14, 2007, at 8:25 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: >> No titles, hopefully that won't detract too much. GD> I generally prefer photos without t

Re: Gotta Go ....

2007-01-15 Thread keith_w
Brendan MacRae wrote: > Good luck, and then some, Shel. > > -Brendan > --- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The doctor called me yesterday and wants me to go >> into the hospital for >> some tests. I'll be leaving in a couple of hours >> and will be away for a >> short while. I us

Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size

2007-01-15 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Mike, It's all relative. The K10D Pef file is actually smaller than the *istD pef, so for me, it is a little bit of improvement. -- Bruce Monday, January 15, 2007, 10:15:26 AM, you wrote: MH> On 1/15/07, Dario Bonazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> PEF = 10 GB >> DNG = 16 GB MH> Yikes!

Re: PESO - American Wall / American Grafiti

2007-01-15 Thread mike wilson
Doesn't the US navy have seals? The picture has a very strong military flavour Kenneth Waller wrote: >>Must be the Great Seal of the United States. > > > Na. Shel took the image in California, therefore it must be great seal of > California. > > Kenneth Waller > > - Original Messa

Re: PESO - Rally racing

2007-01-15 Thread Doug Franklin
John Francis wrote: > I want to get dust trails, blurred wheels, cars coming over jumps, ... Lots of practice panning at slow shutter speeds and knowledge of the course. :-) -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Changing finder screen of K10D

2007-01-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
"Oh Well" Department Prior to doing anything, I made a few exposures of a standardized test target with the K10D to check the histogram in both CW Averaging and Evaluative Metering modes. (Forgot to do Spot mode ... I hardly use it very much and expected it would be the same...) I pulled th

Re: PESO - Rally racing (was: Funny photographer's photos link)

2007-01-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 15, 2007, at 3:08 PM, John Francis wrote: > Isn't riding with a world-class driver an amazing experience? > Back in 2003 I was lucky enough to get a few laps round Brands Hatch > (in the wet) in an Audi TT being driven by Roberto Moreno. In the > hairpin I felt the car begin to slide, and

Re: finally put my hands on K10D...

2007-01-15 Thread Thibouille
SDHC too :) 2007/1/15, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Peter, > I had two of the Ds, with no hot pixels to speak of. > I'm using a K10D, but think the Ds is a great way into Pentax digital. > Make sure you get the download off the Pentax USA site. > It will upgrade the Ds functions to a Ds2 (2

Re: PESO - Couple of recent ones

2007-01-15 Thread Bruce Dayton
Thanks Bob. Glad that you enjoyed looking back. If there is something you want, let me know, I'll get you a copy. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, January 15, 2007, 8:10:56 AM, you wrote: BS> Bruce, BS> You've been busy again! The bridge is great stuff. BS> I looked thru all the shots from

Re: PESO - Rally racing

2007-01-15 Thread Christian
Paul Stenquist wrote: > Yes, it was amazing. Blomquist worked that car constantly. His > shifting, pedal work and steering reminded me of someone typing. He > was executing several control functions per second. He was constantly > on the edge, Oversteering through the corners, nailing the thr

Re: PESO - Rally racing (was: Funny photographer's photos link)

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yes, it was amazing. Blomquist worked that car constantly. His shifting, pedal work and steering reminded me of someone typing. He was executing several control functions per second. He was constantly on the edge, Oversteering through the corners, nailing the throttle at exactly the right m

Re: PESO - Rally racing (was: Funny photographer's photos link)

2007-01-15 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 05:39:33PM -0500, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Twenty-five years ago I had a chance to ride with Stig Blomquist in > his Saab rally car. I got quite a few shots of him driving on a dirt > test course in the Saab proving grounds. I'll have to see if I can > find them. > Paul

Re: OT - another one from England

2007-01-15 Thread Cotty
On 15/1/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: >They must have been inspired by living so close to Winnersh Triangle, >and in a Forest school. That sort of Carry On is bound to get the >boys' imaginations racing. They can expect a stiff punishment (and the >eternal admiration of their peers!), but

Re: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Jack. Yes, I had to tiptoe down the front stairs. Walking on ice is no fun. Paul On Jan 15, 2007, at 5:38 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > Lived in Iowa for about 25 years and these shots remind me of both the > beauty and hazards of ice storms. > These days, I would break my face (and camera) try

Re: PESO: Hogafication

2007-01-15 Thread Juan Buhler
> But - my Holga lens has the plastic lens element in the front of the > assembly, with the aperture behind it. Did you re-arrange things somehow? Yes, in order to get it to focus to infinity. Can you focus correctly without putting the lens closer to the film plane? > Any sample shots on line w

Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size

2007-01-15 Thread David J Brooks
Thats what i get for being in a hurry to get home. LOL Dave Quoting Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > It's easy--I don't have a K10D yet! > > --- David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> How are you opening PEF files. My dng converter on >> the ibook is the >> newest, but won't recognise

Re: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Jack Davis
Lived in Iowa for about 25 years and these shots remind me of both the beauty and hazards of ice storms. These days, I would break my face (and camera) trying to navigate in such conditions. All shots well caught. Jack --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We had an ice storm in Michig

Re: K10D shake reduction and low light

2007-01-15 Thread DagT
It is a great tool. Under certain circumstances you can get some extreme results. This (the fifth picture I made with K10D): http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m265/dagthrane/_IGP0005.jpg was made hand held at 1s exposure time with FA50mm @ 1:1.4. It´s not completely sharp, but it was a bit

Re: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread David J Brooks
I like # 3. Looks like you got it a bit worse than us. Not much at all on the trees up this way. Roads a little slick, but it only took me 10 extra minutes to get to work. Over 450 OPP responded to accidents on our 400 series of hwys. When will folks learn to slow down when its slippery. Dav

Re: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Eric. I went blue with the temperature on the fourth one. I could have done that with all the conversions. Might revise some of them. Paul On Jan 15, 2007, at 5:11 PM, Eric Featherstone wrote: > On 15/01/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> We had an ice storm in Michigan to

Re: PESO - Rally racing (was: Funny photographer's photos link)

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Twenty-five years ago I had a chance to ride with Stig Blomquist in his Saab rally car. I got quite a few shots of him driving on a dirt test course in the Saab proving grounds. I'll have to see if I can find them. Paul On Jan 15, 2007, at 5:19 PM, John Francis wrote: > On Mon, Jan 15, 2007

Re: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Rick. Yes, we still have power. A few trees down in the neighborhood but not a lot of damage. However, I'm glad I didn't have to go to work today. Thanks for making picks. Helps me narrow it down. With previous ice storms, I sometimes got some subsequent sun. No such luck today. But

RE: PESO - Rally racing (was: Funny photographer's photos link)

2007-01-15 Thread Tom C
Nice! Tom C. >From: Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: PESO - Rally racing (was: Funny photographer's photos link) >Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:59:32 -0500 > >John Francis wrote: > > > > > Every year at this time, while I'

Re: PESO: Last Apples

2007-01-15 Thread Jack Davis
Love an image which appears to reflect my vision of true-to-life color. Very well done! Jack --- Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The last apples of the season, at the local farmer's > market in mid-December. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458065 > > ist D, FA 16-45, IS

Re: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Eric Featherstone
On 15/01/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We had an ice storm in Michigan today. Shot some pics this morning and > again this afternoon. The first is with the K85/1.8, the second is with > the Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro, and the last two are with the DA > 50-200. All on the K10D.

Re: PESO: Last Apples

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice light. They look good enough to eat:-). > > On 1/15/07, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The last apples of the season, at the local farmer's >> market in mid-December. >> >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458065 >> >> ist D, FA 16-45, ISO 200, 1/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/8, RAW,

Recommendation For Portable Storage Device

2007-01-15 Thread Mark Cassino
My X's Drive II is back to having problems reading SD cards, so it's time to get a new image storage device. I'd just as soon take the 30 gig drive out of the X's drive and put it in a new device. A while back when I mentioned the pathetically slow download time from the X's drive, there were s

Re: PESO - Rally racing (was: Funny photographer's photos link)

2007-01-15 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:59:32PM -0500, Christian wrote: > John Francis wrote: > > > > > Every year at this time, while I'm watching the Dakar rally from the > > comfort of my own living room, I wonder whether it might be fun to be > > out there as one of the event photographers. Then sanity

PESO - Rally racing (was: Funny photographer's photos link)

2007-01-15 Thread Christian
John Francis wrote: > > Every year at this time, while I'm watching the Dakar rally from the > comfort of my own living room, I wonder whether it might be fun to be > out there as one of the event photographers. Then sanity prevails ... > > I still want to get to shoot a WRC event, though. No

Re: PESO: Hogafication

2007-01-15 Thread Mark Cassino
Juan Buhler wrote: > Ah, your very own Pentax "H" Limited! > > Were you in the list back in 2000? > > http://www.jbuhler.com/HLimited/index.html > > :) Hi Juan - I must of been in one of my off list periods back when you posted that (or I just missed it) - but that looks to be pretty close to

Re: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Rick Womer
One and four are my favorites. Ice storms are beautiful to photograph but a pain to live with! Apparently you have power, though... Rick --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We had an ice storm in Michigan today. Shot some > pics this morning and > again this afternoon. The first i

Re: K10D shake reduction and low light

2007-01-15 Thread Mark Cassino
Sandy Harris wrote: > Pentax claim their shake reduction is worth "2.5 to 4 stops". Some > Canon ads describe some of their lenses as having "3-stop" or > "4-stop" IS. > > Are these claims anywhere near believable? What are actual users > of K100D or K10D finding? Here's a comparison I shot at 1

Re: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Rick Womer
One and four are my favorites. Ice storms are beautiful to photograph but a pain to live with! Apparently you have power, though... Rick --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We had an ice storm in Michigan today. Shot some > pics this morning and > again this afternoon. The first i

Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size

2007-01-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
He's using the *ist D, not the K10D, as I read it. G On Jan 15, 2007, at 2:55 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > How are you opening PEF files. My dng converter on the ibook is the > newest, but won't recognise them. > >> My ist D produces ~13 MB PEFs. My workflow is to put >> the card in a card reade

Re: PESO: Last Apples

2007-01-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
Rick, I like seeing the baskets as part of the display. (It's hard to do an artistic shot.) I find the apple in the upper left corner of the front basket a bit distracting. The color seems to fade into the background...maybe just my monitor. Regards, Bob S. On 1/15/07, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size

2007-01-15 Thread Rick Womer
It's easy--I don't have a K10D yet! --- David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How are you opening PEF files. My dng converter on > the ibook is the > newest, but won't recognise them. > > Dave > > Quoting Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Oddly, the K10D compresses the PEF files bu

Re: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Christian
Paul Stenquist wrote: > We had an ice storm in Michigan today. Shot some pics this morning and > again this afternoon. The first is with the K85/1.8, the second is with > the Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro, and the last two are with the DA > 50-200. All on the K10D. > http://www.photo.net/photodb

Re: OT - another one from England

2007-01-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
We'd say it was one boner of a mistake on this side of the pond... Bob S. On 1/15/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That should give them somewhere to hang their wet towels. > > They must have been inspired by living so close to Winnersh Triangle, > and in a Forest school. That sort of Carry

Re: Funny photographer's photos link

2007-01-15 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:12:53PM -0500, K.Takeshita wrote: > On 1/15/07 3:05 PM, "John Francis", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > True. But some of them just show a group of photographers at work. > > I don't see what's particularly noteworthy about a truck fitted out > > with a multi-tier phot

PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
We had an ice storm in Michigan today. Shot some pics this morning and again this afternoon. The first is with the K85/1.8, the second is with the Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro, and the last two are with the DA 50-200. All on the K10D. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458250&size=lg

Re: finally put my hands on K10D...

2007-01-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
Peter, I had two of the Ds, with no hot pixels to speak of. I'm using a K10D, but think the Ds is a great way into Pentax digital. Make sure you get the download off the Pentax USA site. It will upgrade the Ds functions to a Ds2 (2gig sd cards). Pentax USA has the DS2 manual if necessary. Regards,

Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size

2007-01-15 Thread Dario Bonazza
MB, of course! Dario - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 8:58 PM Subject: Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size > > On Jan 15, 2007, at 10:15 AM, Mike Hamilton wrote: > >>> PEF = 10 GB >>> DNG = 16

Re: What's in a Pentax image file (2007 edition) ?

2007-01-15 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 07:28:36PM +1000, jim wrote: > On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:51:56 -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Under lens ID part, it has correctly picked up both a 80-320 zoom and a > tamron 28-300 zoom. > I have tried an A lens and all it said was a series lens. It really said "A serie

Re: What's in a Pentax image file (2007 edition) ?

2007-01-15 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 07:59:13PM +1000, jim wrote: > Just tried a Sigma 28-90 3.5-5.6 AF zoom (macro) and show tags reported the > following. > > DNG Data: Lens Identification63 1 2 @0x032C 3 44 > > > Maybe a small adjustment is in order unless other lens report th

Re: Funny photographer's photos link

2007-01-15 Thread K.Takeshita
On 1/15/07 3:05 PM, "John Francis", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > True. But some of them just show a group of photographers at work. > I don't see what's particularly noteworthy about a truck fitted out > with a multi-tier photographer stand; I presume it's for covering > something like a marathon

Re: What's in a Pentax image file (2007 edition) ?

2007-01-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 15, 2007, at 12:48 PM, John Francis wrote: > On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 02:51:56PM -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >> Once I get it sorted out, I'll think about whether I want to put in >> the time to wrap this into a useful UI, etc. It is a largish effort >> as I will need to unwrap all t

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