PESO -- Forested Trail

2007-08-17 Thread Mike Hamilton
http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/2007/08/17/forested-trail-pacific-rim- national-park/ Once again, a photo from my trip to Vancouver Island. This was actually in our campground, Green Point. It's probably the best campground I've ever stayed in - very large, secluded sites, and gorgeous surr

Re: Peso, my next truck, one for Steady

2007-08-17 Thread John Francis
You should take a look at the Blastolene Brothers stuff: http://www.blastolene.com/Blastolene_Cars.htm Here's a shot of "Sneaky Pete" at Pacific Coast Dream Machines http://www.panix.com/~johnf/temp/SneakyPete.jpg and here's "Big Bertha" http://www.panix.com/~johnf/temp/BigBertha

Re: K10D AS system

2007-08-17 Thread Thibouille
I guess those are probably only "FA lenses without AF." 2007/8/17, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Comparing the charts on the Ka and Kfa pages on Boz's site to the > picture of the MZ60 it appears that the MZ60 is missing the m1 and m2 > contacts from the Ka specification. That implies that t

Re: OT: Website hosting

2007-08-17 Thread Doug Franklin
Mark Roberts wrote: > pair.com - great service. I also use pair.com and have had good service. I don't know if their associated PairNIC service can register .ca domains, but you don't have to use the same vendor for hosting that you use for domain registration. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- P

RE: Peso, my next truck, one for Steady

2007-08-17 Thread Anthony Farr
Very cool. I've been waiting years to see somebody give that treatment to a prime mover, but what I really want to see is a roadster body, or even a woody wagon, rendered in uber scale. Regards, Anthony Farr -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf O

Re: Pentaxian.com

2007-08-17 Thread Jack Davis
I received an email asking for my reasons for choosing to be a Pentaxian. A photo was invited, but not required. I gather all those who's work appears in the Pentax Gallery were invited to participate. Jack --- Mike Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pentax is really stepping up the marketing

Re: My Flickr portfolio

2007-08-17 Thread Bob Shell
On Aug 17, 2007, at 3:09 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > It seems that they want me to sign in to look at your portfolio. > Since I > have no real interest in joining Flicker, I guess I'll always be in > the > dark. It's free to join, only takes a few minutes, and there are lots of great portfol

Re: My Flickr portfolio

2007-08-17 Thread Bob Shell
On Aug 17, 2007, at 4:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I joined and had a look. Nice work. I like the young woman in the > woods very much. Also the first shot with the patterned lower body. Thanks! Glad you liked them. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/ma

Re: The "wet" Dream Cruise

2007-08-17 Thread Brendan MacRae
Thanks all for the nice comments. Yes, for web viewing or small prints these would be fine. I edited these in Aperture. I tweaked most of them to properly set the highlights in the histogram and adjusted the brightness. -Brendan --- Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David J Brooks wro

Pentaxian.com

2007-08-17 Thread Mike Hamilton
Pentax is really stepping up the marketing these days - check out Pentaxian.com and our (can PDML claim him?) very own Godfrey is front and center on their splash page! Looks like more will come to view on Sept 6, 2007. Mike -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mai

Re: OT: Website hosting

2007-08-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Mike Hamilton wrote: >I only use my webspace for my Wordpress photoblog - so I need a UNIX >host with SQL database. Shared hosting is fine, and I require .ca >domain hosting. Bandwidth and storage demands are fairly light. > >Any suggestions? pair.com - great service. -- PDML Pentax-Dis

Re: The "wet" Dream Cruise

2007-08-17 Thread Doug Franklin
David J Brooks wrote: > You under estimate your self, and iso 800. > > I love this one: > http://www.primelensphoto.com/boatshow/large-4.html I'd have to agree with that. The image quality is surprisingly good for ISO 800, at least at web size. I like the shots themselves, too. -- Thanks, Dou

Re: The "wet" Dream Cruise

2007-08-17 Thread Brian Walters
I agree with Dave. If you aren't happy with these, you are hard to please. :-)> My favourite is also picture-4.jpg. The catch-lights on the chrome give it real sparkle. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au

Re: PESO Monhegen Tug

2007-08-17 Thread Brian Walters
Nice composition and I like the rusty colouring - pity about the dust spots on the sky :-) I suppose the only problem is that it's difficult to appreciate the scale of the image. Without knowing the image title, it could be a photo of an old tin can (actually I suppose in some way, that's

Re: filters - slim vs. non-slim - at what angle?

2007-08-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 17, 2007, at 9:25 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > What is the widest angle of view for which there is no vignetting > with regular (non-slim) filters? > In particular, I am considering B+W MRC (72mm) CP. > Would the regular (non-slim) version cause vignetting with a lens > at 18mm > on a digi

magnifiying eyepiece O-ME53

2007-08-17 Thread George Sinos
Last night I picked up the eyepiece magnifier for the K10D. I've been having a harder time with fine focus lately and I thought it might help. It enlarges the viewfinder image by about 20%. The instruction sheet mentions the possibility of vignetting in the corners, but it looks fine to me. It

Re: My Flickr portfolio

2007-08-17 Thread pnstenquist
I joined and had a look. Nice work. I like the young woman in the woods very much. Also the first shot with the patterned lower body. Paul -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'd love to see your pics, but Flickr says you have to be a member. > Paul >

Candlelight after sunset

2007-08-17 Thread Roman
http://roman.blakout.net/?year=2007&s=0&category=info&blog=20070817223538 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: The "wet" Dream Cruise

2007-08-17 Thread keith_w
Brendan MacRae wrote: > Here's a DC of another type...on water. > > The Tahoe Yacht Club puts this on every year. This was > my first. > > Overall, it was a bit of a bust. I'm not happy with > the digital pics. Nothing against the K10D...it was > user error. I filled an SD card at ISO 800...DOH!

Re: My Flickr portfolio

2007-08-17 Thread pnstenquist
I'd love to see your pics, but Flickr says you have to be a member. Paul -- Original message -- From: Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have been a member of Flickr for a while but only recently was > motivated to put up a portfolio there. > > Advisory: I do a l

Re: My Flickr portfolio

2007-08-17 Thread P. J. Alling
It seems that they want me to sign in to look at your portfolio. Since I have no real interest in joining Flicker, I guess I'll always be in the dark. Bob Shell wrote: > I have been a member of Flickr for a while but only recently was > motivated to put up a portfolio there. > > Advisory: I d

My Flickr portfolio

2007-08-17 Thread Bob Shell
I have been a member of Flickr for a while but only recently was motivated to put up a portfolio there. Advisory: I do a lot of nudes. Don't look if you'll be offended. http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/?saved=1 Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.n

Re: K10D AS system

2007-08-17 Thread David J Brooks
On 8/17/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I expect. Northern Scitland was part of the > North American landmass, Wonder if they dranksingle malt Scitch Dave > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equin

Re: PESO Monhegen Tug

2007-08-17 Thread David J Brooks
Nice angle. Maybe a tad less sky, in my opinion. Dave On 8/16/07, John Graves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ann, > > I don't know if this is rocky enough but it is a fixture on Monhegen. I > remember climbing over it 50 years ago. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhg2/ > > I have re-edited the T

Re: The "wet" Dream Cruise

2007-08-17 Thread David J Brooks
You under estimate your self, and iso 800. I love this one: http://www.primelensphoto.com/boatshow/large-4.html Dave On 8/17/07, Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a DC of another type...on water. > > The Tahoe Yacht Club puts this on every year. This was > my first. > > Overall,

The "wet" Dream Cruise

2007-08-17 Thread Brendan MacRae
Here's a DC of another type...on water. The Tahoe Yacht Club puts this on every year. This was my first. Overall, it was a bit of a bust. I'm not happy with the digital pics. Nothing against the K10D...it was user error. I filled an SD card at ISO 800...DOH! Also, it was really crowded, the boats

Re: K10D AS system

2007-08-17 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "John Sessoms" Subject: RE: K10D AS system > It's an interesting article, but there's one thing I didn't understand. > If memory serves, the other end of the English Channel is open to the > Atlantic Ocean. > > What kept the water out at that end? Perhaps

Re: filters - slim vs. non-slim - at what angle?

2007-08-17 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Igor, Wouldn't it partly depend on the design of the lens? Basically if the diameter of the housing (barrel) for the elements were much larger than the glass, then a thicker filter might be used? Seems like it would be more lens specific than just focal length to me. -- Bruce Friday,

Re: Website hosting

2007-08-17 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Mike Hamilton" Subject: OT: Website hosting > > I only use my webspace for my Wordpress photoblog - so I need a UNIX > host with SQL database. Shared hosting is fine, and I require .ca > domain hosting. Bandwidth and storage demands are fairly light. > > A

OT: Website hosting

2007-08-17 Thread Mike Hamilton
So I've had my website with a Webserve.ca for 2 years now, and my contract is up at the end of September. Up to now, I've had no problems with them. Recently (the past 2 months) my ftp access has been terrible. The Live Support has stopped working for me, and the email based help is so s

Re: PESO: Thursday Night Dream Cruise

2007-08-17 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Brendan. -- Original message -- From: Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Really like the roadster pic. > > Good one. > > -Brendan > --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I decided to go for a crisper look tonight. Switched > > to the FA 35

Re: Peso, my next truck, one for Steady

2007-08-17 Thread frank theriault
On 8/16/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6314756 > > This was in the parade yesterday. I had heard of this International > pick up truck. > > Think we ccould get all three of us to GFM in it next year, Mark and Frank. That thing puts a Hummer

Re: PESO: Thursday Night Dream Crise

2007-08-17 Thread Brendan MacRae
Really like the roadster pic. Good one. -Brendan --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I decided to go for a crisper look tonight. Switched > to the FA 35/2 > so I could get closer and used the 540 Pentax flash > in trailing > curtain synch mode. Exposures were 1.4 second. > Paul >

Re: Peso, my next truck, one for Steady

2007-08-17 Thread frank theriault
On 8/16/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not sure it would hold all our gear, though... > ;-) I travel light... ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdm

filters - slim vs. non-slim - at what angle?

2007-08-17 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hello! What is the widest angle of view for which there is no vignetting with regular (non-slim) filters? In particular, I am considering B+W MRC (72mm) CP. Would the regular (non-slim) version cause vignetting with a lens at 18mm on a digital SLR (1.5x crop)? Thanks, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Disc

RE: K10D AS system

2007-08-17 Thread John Sessoms
It's an interesting article, but there's one thing I didn't understand. If memory serves, the other end of the English Channel is open to the Atlantic Ocean. What kept the water out at that end? From: "Bob W" > Bob W wrote: > > > >> > > My house is at the apex (?) of the large oxbow in the

Re: PESO: Thursday Night Dream Crise

2007-08-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Mark Roberts > Paul Stenquist wrote: >> I decided to go for a crisper look tonight. Switched to the FA 35/2 >> >so I could get closer and used the 540 Pentax flash in trailing >> >curtain synch mode. Exposures were 1.4 second. >> >Paul >> > >> >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6315

Re: PESO: Thursday Night Dream Crise

2007-08-17 Thread frank theriault
On 8/16/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I decided to go for a crisper look tonight. Switched to the FA 35/2 > so I could get closer and used the 540 Pentax flash in trailing > curtain synch mode. Exposures were 1.4 second. > Paul > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6315560&s

Discount battery link

2007-08-17 Thread David J Brooks
A while back i typed in a link to a Canadian website for discount batteries, but did not work. I must have typed it in wrong, but here is the one that works. http://interbatteries.ca/ Good prices and the batteries have worked well that i bought. Four EN-4 Nikon D1/D1H batteries and one Pentax K

Re: PESO - Summer Delight

2007-08-17 Thread pnstenquist
Excellent shot. You could easily select the rear window area to brighten the child a bit if you wish. Paul -- Original message -- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://tinyurl.com/2oh7lf > > http://bp2.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RsWNTV2id9I/Al

Re: PESO - Summer Delight

2007-08-17 Thread David J Brooks
I'm totally satisfied. Well done and good eye Dave On 8/17/07, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://tinyurl.com/2oh7lf > > http://bp2.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RsWNTV2id9I/AlA/uzNk7A3uEKc/s1600-h/aug17.jpg > > This is still a work in progress - however I'm sufficiently sati

OT: Monitors

2007-08-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: "David Savage" > G'day All > > So last night I'm reading the PDML, surfing the web & trying to get my > repaired PC back up to date, when all of a sudden my CRT main monitor > makes a sound & flickers like it's decided it needs to degauss. When > the screen comes back to life I've got these v

Re: K10D AS system

2007-08-17 Thread P. J. Alling
Comparing the charts on the Ka and Kfa pages on Boz's site to the picture of the MZ60 it appears that the MZ60 is missing the m1 and m2 contacts from the Ka specification. That implies that the values of m1 and m2 will always be assumed by the MZ60. It could be that no A lens will work with the

Re: PESO - Summer Delight

2007-08-17 Thread P. J. Alling
Nice conversion, Hum, the occupants don't seem to be particularly delighted. frank theriault wrote: > http://tinyurl.com/2oh7lf > > http://bp2.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RsWNTV2id9I/AlA/uzNk7A3uEKc/s1600-h/aug17.jpg > > This is still a work in progress - however I'm sufficiently satisfied >

Re: PESO: Thursday Night Dream Cruise

2007-08-17 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Dave. As Mark pointed out, only the red Tudor is trailing curtain. You can tell by the way the streaks follow the car rather than preceding it. The yellow roadster is conventional synch, but the car was moving too slowly to create much of a blur in either direction. Paul -- O

Re: PESO - Summer Delight

2007-08-17 Thread Jack Davis
Lighting is exceptional! Very well rendered by my standards. Jack --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://tinyurl.com/2oh7lf > > http://bp2.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RsWNTV2id9I/AlA/uzNk7A3uEKc/s1600-h/aug17.jpg > > This is still a work in progress - however I'm sufficien

Re: PESO: Thursday Night Dream Crise

2007-08-17 Thread David J Brooks
Great stuff Paul. I'll have to play with that trailing curtain stuff now. Dave On 8/16/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I decided to go for a crisper look tonight. Switched to the FA 35/2 > so I could get closer and used the 540 Pentax flash in trailing > curtain synch mode. Expos

PESO - Summer Delight

2007-08-17 Thread frank theriault
http://tinyurl.com/2oh7lf http://bp2.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RsWNTV2id9I/AlA/uzNk7A3uEKc/s1600-h/aug17.jpg This is still a work in progress - however I'm sufficiently satisfied with it to show it here. Comments always welcome. thanks, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -He

Re: PESO: Thursday Night Dream Crise

2007-08-17 Thread pnstenquist
Hi Stan, Thanks for looking. Yeah, I see the two arms. It even looks like the guy on the right is driving. Glad you enjoyed your trip. Unfortunately, the rest of the world is discovering Traverse City and the peninsula. There's an article in the NY Times today about Mario B, the famous TV chef w

Re: PESO: Thursday Night Dream Crise

2007-08-17 Thread pnstenquist
You're right. I noticed when I got home that I had accidentally moved the flash mode switch to high speed. I assumed it was after I put the equipment away. But looking at the pic again I realize it wasn't in trailing curtain for that shot, which, by the way, was my last. Paul -- Ori

Re: PESO: Thursday Night Dream Crise

2007-08-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: >I decided to go for a crisper look tonight. Switched to the FA 35/2 >so I could get closer and used the 540 Pentax flash in trailing >curtain synch mode. Exposures were 1.4 second. >Paul > >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6315560&size=lg >http://photo.net/photodb

RE: K10D AS system

2007-08-17 Thread Bob W
> > Bob W wrote: > > > My house is at the apex (?) of the large oxbow in the centre of the > > picture. > > Dude, without even looking at the photo, you're toast. Oxbows might > even be worse than alluvial plains (I think that's the term) for > flooding. If you're going to live next to a river