Peso - one for Ralf :-)

2009-08-28 Thread ann sanfedele
Again - from Roosevelt Island http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-New-York/2564371_i3HHm/1/633193442_Aakk9/Large http://tinyurl.com/lgpnnv ann http://annsan.smugmug.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSU

Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-08-28 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:54 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > FF Systems can achieve higher image quality despite using > inferior "average" lenses. Lens cost can be less with FF systems > because the lens doesn't have to be as good with > a FF system as it does for a APS-C system for same or even bett

Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-08-28 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > John Francis wrote: > >>I expect a mid-life kicker (a K-7n?) in perhaps eighteen months. But >>that's likely to sell for not a lot more than the K-7, which by then >>will probably be selling a bit cheaper that it is today. > > Nothing with an

Re: What's half way between Pittsburgh and Boston?

2009-08-28 Thread Gonz
Timewise, I would say Port Jervis/Matamoras. We used to live in Pittsburgh and traveled to Boston all the time. It takes more time to go through the populated parts of the trip, i.e. NY, Connecticut and Mass. The PA part is a breeze by comparison, hence you are going to travel further for the sa

Re: FA* 85mm f1.4 - Grab or pass ?

2009-08-28 Thread Gonz
This is one of the sharpest lenses for digital or film for that matter. If the price is reasonable, get it. I will never part with mine. The bokeh is amazing tool. On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Patrick Genovese wrote: > Hi , > > I have the opportunity to acquire a used FA 85 f1.4 but in Like

Re: peso - Brittany

2009-08-28 Thread Sasha Sobol
Thanks to everyone. I think I am gonna keep both b&w and color versions. I prefer b&w, but yellow and blue are so nice... I am not great at retouching, so I will just give her what I got and she can clone/stamp it herself. I tried to retouch her face and I think I did it awfully bad. It looks so un

RE: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-08-28 Thread J.C. O'Connell
FF Systems can achieve higher image quality despite using inferior "average" lenses. Lens cost can be less with FF systems because the lens doesn't have to be as good with a FF system as it does for a APS-C system for same or even better system image quality. Similar to the reason even a mediorce l

Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-08-28 Thread Graydon
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 09:46:51PM -0400, John Francis scripsit: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 08:12:31PM -0400, Graydon wrote: [snip] > > > The next Pentax bodies will be sold on (low) price, not on features. > > > > They're busy staking out "small", "tough", and "good value" as their > > chunk of th

Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-08-28 Thread Graydon
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:14:07PM -0400, Mark Roberts scripsit: > John Francis wrote: > >I expect a mid-life kicker (a K-7n?) in perhaps eighteen months. But > >that's likely to sell for not a lot more than the K-7, which by then > >will probably be selling a bit cheaper that it is today. > > Not

Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-08-28 Thread Mark Roberts
John Francis wrote: >I expect a mid-life kicker (a K-7n?) in perhaps eighteen months. But >that's likely to sell for not a lot more than the K-7, which by then >will probably be selling a bit cheaper that it is today. Nothing with an APS-C sensor is ever likely to sell for much over $1000 by next

Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-08-28 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 08:12:31PM -0400, Graydon wrote: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 07:55:00PM -0400, John Francis scripsit: > > > What next flagship? I don't expect anything better than the K-7 to > > show up for at least the next 3 to 5 years. Beyond that is too far > > away to be making any ki

Re: OT GESO: Decoder Ring (w/ Bridezilla and Seekae)

2009-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Derby Chang wrote: Decoder Ring, rightly lauded for their gorgeous Somersault soundtrack, have gone back to an all-instrumental outfit. Not that "instrumental" music quite accurately describes what they do. What an an epic set. All three bands boundary-riding the post-rock paddock. http://

Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-08-28 Thread paul stenquist
I agree. And the Pentax investment in lenses for APS-C suggests that they'll continue in that direction. My K7 and K20 do everything I want them to do, and I expect future offerings will be only better. Paul On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:12 PM, Graydon wrote: On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 07:55:00PM -0400

Re: curing myself of Facebook

2009-08-28 Thread Eactivist
PS NEVER heard of Marnie - We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: curing myself of Facebook

2009-08-28 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/28/2009 3:32:17 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ann...@nyc.rr.com writes: What happened , too, was too many people wanted to be my "friend" who I never heard of or forgot I'd met lol anyway - I feel FREE ann I tried Twitter for a while. But I felt I had very l

Re: Punting

2009-08-28 Thread Derby Chang
Cotty wrote: I was going to label this OT, except that a few PDMLers met recently in Oxford to photograph, and ended up down by the river. As it happens I was there a couple of weeks ago to film our weather presenter learning how to punt. Proud of this one as it's all off the shoulder except the

Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-08-28 Thread Graydon
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 07:55:00PM -0400, John Francis scripsit: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 07:03:48PM -0400, Miserere wrote: > > 2009/8/28 Mark Roberts : > > > In June at GFM I said I expected full-frame to hit the $2000 price > > > point in 2010. Seems I was off the mark a bit. This means we might

Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-08-28 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:55 PM, John Francis wrote: > > What next flagship?  I don't expect anything better than the K-7 to > show up for at least the next 3 to 5 years.  Beyond that is too far > away to be making any kind of predictions. > > The next Pentax bodies will be sold on (low) price, not

Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-08-28 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 07:03:48PM -0400, Miserere wrote: > 2009/8/28 Mark Roberts : > > > > In June at GFM I said I expected full-frame to hit the $2000 price > > point in 2010. Seems I was off the mark a bit. This means we might see > > full-frame at actual street prices around $1500 by next summ

Re: peso - Brittany

2009-08-28 Thread Derby Chang
Sasha Sobol wrote: I need your advice - color or bw? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864313344/in/set-72157622040375943/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864310112/in/set-72157622040375943/ The full set (small): http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/sets/72157622040375943/ Thanks, --Sasha

Re: OT - Naked Bust at the Met

2009-08-28 Thread Derby Chang
Bruce Walker wrote: Zach Hyman's model runs into a streak of bad luck: gets arrested for public lewdness. http://is.gd/2DUtR -bmw That's great. Even funnier, the NYP pixelates her bottom D -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: Photographers are terrorists

2009-08-28 Thread Derby Chang
Larry Colen wrote: I'm catching up on irregular webcomic, which I feel is on a par with XKCD http://xkcd.com for both humor and geekiness. Though David Morgan-Mar does a much better job of explaining the science and math in the postscripts. Most of the episodes are photos of legos, but this one i

OT GESO: Decoder Ring (w/ Bridezilla and Seekae)

2009-08-28 Thread Derby Chang
Decoder Ring, rightly lauded for their gorgeous Somersault soundtrack, have gone back to an all-instrumental outfit. Not that "instrumental" music quite accurately describes what they do. What an an epic set. All three bands boundary-riding the post-rock paddock. http://members.iinet.net.au

Re: GESO - Little Paddington laneway festival

2009-08-28 Thread Derby Chang
Christine Aguila wrote: Love it! http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/09/09_08/09_08_paddo/10.htm Fun! You know those big pillows are a great idea! http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/09/09_08/09_08_paddo/13.htm No doubt he made the ladies notice :-) http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/09/09_

Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-08-28 Thread Miserere
2009/8/28 Mark Roberts : > > In June at GFM I said I expected full-frame to hit the $2000 price > point in 2010. Seems I was off the mark a bit. This means we might see > full-frame at actual street prices around $1500 by next summer. Exactly, which makes me wonder if Pentax can justify asking $1,

Re: curing myself of Facebook

2009-08-28 Thread ann sanfedele
paul stenquist wrote: II don't love Facebook, but I need it. For one, it keeps me in touch with groups of friends in several different cities. I also use it as a promotional tool, since a number of my clients are also on my friends list. And as an advertising professional, I have to keep

Special on Ilford Gold Fibre Silk

2009-08-28 Thread paul stenquist
Atlex.com has a special on the above outstanding photo paper. Fifty sheets of 13 x 19 are going for $96.14 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 direct

Re: curing myself of Facebook

2009-08-28 Thread paul stenquist
II don't love Facebook, but I need it. For one, it keeps me in touch with groups of friends in several different cities. I also use it as a promotional tool, since a number of my clients are also on my friends list. And as an advertising professional, I have to keep up with the social netw

Re: curing myself of Facebook

2009-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
Facebook has its plusses and minuses, as do each of the social networking sites. I avoided it for years, but when I got dragged onto it, found that it was the defacto communications channel for the vast majority of my "normal" friends, especially the ones under 40. Most of the geeks and freaks ar

Re: curing myself of Facebook

2009-08-28 Thread Charles Robinson
On Aug 28, 2009, at 16:09, Igor Roshchin wrote: Heh! I don't exist on Facebook, and I've never have. Counterpoint: I *do* exist there, and I love it. So there. :-) Having gone to an International school the last two years of high school, I've got friends scattered across the globe. It

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-28 Thread Doug Franklin
George Sinos wrote: I have to agree with Paul on this one. The general advice in the photo world is to turn off SR/VR/IS when the camera is supported or when panning. In reality, I've almost always forget to turn it off, and haven't ever had an image degraded because of it. Now, I just leave i

Re: curing myself of Facebook

2009-08-28 Thread Igor Roshchin
Heh! I don't exist on Facebook, and I've never have. Igor On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:38 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Just couldn't cope with it... email is my preferred method of communicating > when a phone call is not possible (which is > my FAVORITE type of communication) > > so for those of

Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-08-28 Thread Mark Roberts
Miserere wrote: >I'm surprised nobody's commented on this yet. Or did I miss the thread? > >http://www.dpreview.com/news/0908/09082705sonya850.asp > >It's basically the same as the A900, only 2fps slower and a slightly >smaller VF (98% vs 100%). Will Canikon follow suit by releasing $2k FF >camera

Re: Pentax Jubilee coming up!

2009-08-28 Thread Joseph McAllister
Sorry Bertil, but Asahi Pentax did not make it to their 90th anniversary. On Aug 28, 2009, at 09:35 , Bertil Holmberg wrote: Read in foto magazine that Asahi Pentax will celebrate its 90th year in November. Any ideas about new suitable products in that time frame? A gold plated K-7 to wi

Re: More updates to Brian Walter's blog

2009-08-28 Thread Bob Sullivan
Yes, pretty pictures... Bob S. On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Some great stuff here! > > http://www.blognow.com.au/gowest/ > > Cheers, Christine > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRI

Re: peso - Brittany

2009-08-28 Thread Joseph McAllister
Sasha Sobol wrote: I need your advice - color or bw? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864313344/in/set-72157622040375943/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864310112/in/set-72157622040375943/ The full set (small): http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/sets/72157622040375943/ Thanks, --Sasha

Re: Photographers are terrorists

2009-08-28 Thread Charles Robinson
On Aug 28, 2009, at 14:01, Larry Colen wrote: I'm catching up on irregular webcomic, which I feel is on a par with XKCD http://xkcd.com for both humor and geekiness. Though David Morgan-Mar does a much better job of explaining the science and math in the postscripts. Most of the episodes are pho

Re: photographing outdoor car shows

2009-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 01:27:47PM -0400, Adam Maas wrote: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:14 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > > > > I'd have stayed with Mazda if they'd had a model comparable to the Focus > > Wagon, but the Mazda 5 just wouldn't do it. Would have meant a big sacrifice > > in gas mileage. > >

RE: Photographers are terrorists

2009-08-28 Thread Bob W
How ridiculous. > > I'm catching up on irregular webcomic, which I feel is on a > par with XKCD http://xkcd.com for both humor and geekiness. > Though David Morgan-Mar does a much better job of explaining > the science and math in the postscripts. Most of the episodes > are photos of legos,

Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-08-28 Thread Adam Maas
Canon's announcement is tuesday. The 7D, 18MP and speed-oriented, not much cheaper than the 5DmII. not much else has leaked. Panasonic is also expected to have an announcement on tuesday, with the next Micro 4/3rds body (the GF1, a compact version with external EVF) and 2-3 m43 primes including th

OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-08-28 Thread Miserere
I'm surprised nobody's commented on this yet. Or did I miss the thread? http://www.dpreview.com/news/0908/09082705sonya850.asp It's basically the same as the A900, only 2fps slower and a slightly smaller VF (98% vs 100%). Will Canikon follow suit by releasing $2k FF cameras (or adjusting the pric

Photographers are terrorists

2009-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
I'm catching up on irregular webcomic, which I feel is on a par with XKCD http://xkcd.com for both humor and geekiness. Though David Morgan-Mar does a much better job of explaining the science and math in the postscripts. Most of the episodes are photos of legos, but this one is a photo of himself:

RE: Pentax Jubilee coming up!

2009-08-28 Thread Bob W
> > Read in foto magazine that Asahi Pentax will celebrate its > 90th year in November. > > Any ideas about new suitable products in that time frame? > > A gold plated K-7 to win perhaps, or some silver models to > purchase ;-) > I expect they'll release the Pentax XC Bob -- PDML Pentax-

RE: OT - Naked Bust at the Met

2009-08-28 Thread Bob W
> > Zach Hyman's model runs into a streak of bad luck: gets > arrested for public lewdness. > > http://is.gd/2DUtR > That's a great story - I love the guard's answer. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the P

Re: BTW, I *am* back in Boston

2009-08-28 Thread Miserere
2009/8/28 Mark Roberts : > Having spent almost three weeks on the road, bouncing between > Pittsburgh and Rochester but spending most of my time painting and > fixing the house in Pittsburgh to make it presentable for sale, I > finally arrived back in Boston Yesterday. I put a lot of miles on my >

RE: curing myself of Facebook

2009-08-28 Thread Bob W
> > Just couldn't cope with it... email is my preferred method of > communicating when a phone call is not possible (which is my > FAVORITE type of communication) > > so for those of you who are on it, please don't invite me > back - just don't want to do it > > ann Well said. There ar

Re: PESO: Tangled up in blue

2009-08-28 Thread Keith Whaley
paul stenquist wrote: Thanks Marnie. I like them as well. I'm generally not fond of photos of other people's art. I find it dishonest in a way. But I couldn't pass these up. Paul "When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe" http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9694749 Apologies to

Re: peso - Brittany

2009-08-28 Thread Cotty
On 28/8/09, Sasha Sobol, discombobulated, unleashed: >I need your advice - color or bw? > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864313344/in/set-72157622040375943/ >http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864310112/in/set-72157622040375943/ Black and white. Smidgen too much headroom. Excellent! --

Re: OT - Microsoft cannot Photoshop

2009-08-28 Thread Mark Roberts
John Sessoms wrote: >From: Igor Roshchin >> No comments are needed: >> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10317763-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/ms-poor-ps > >Tempest in a teapot. That's kind of what I thought. Would anyone have complained if Microsoft ha

Re: curing myself of Facebook

2009-08-28 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
lol ... I understand, Ann. FB is a bit hectic and has a ridiculous UI imo. I don't take it seriously. On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:38 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Just couldn't cope with it... email is my preferred method of communicating > when a phone call is not possible (which is > my FAVORITE

curing myself of Facebook

2009-08-28 Thread ann sanfedele
Just couldn't cope with it... email is my preferred method of communicating when a phone call is not possible (which is my FAVORITE type of communication) so for those of you who are on it, please don't invite me back - just don't want to do it ann as in ann sanfedele http://annsan.smugm

Re: OT - Microsoft cannot Photoshop

2009-08-28 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/28/2009 10:31:26 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jsessoms...@nc.rr.com writes: Tempest in a teapot. Tell me this ... WHICH HEAD was actually comped in? The black guy in the U.S. ad or the white guy in the East European ad? = US ads have as many races as possibl

Re: OT - Microsoft cannot Photoshop

2009-08-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: Igor Roshchin No comments are needed: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10317763-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 or http://tinyurl.com/ms-poor-ps Tempest in a teapot. Tell me this ... WHICH HEAD was actually comped in? The black guy in the U.S. ad or the white guy in the Ea

Re: peso - Brittany

2009-08-28 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/28/2009 12:55:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, sa...@asobol.com writes: I need your advice - color or bw? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864313344/in/set-72157622040375943/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864310112/in/set-72157622040375943/ The full set (small): h

Re: photographing outdoor car shows

2009-08-28 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:14 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > > I'd have stayed with Mazda if they'd had a model comparable to the Focus > Wagon, but the Mazda 5 just wouldn't do it. Would have meant a big sacrifice > in gas mileage. > Which is kinda ironic given that the Focus Wagon is long-discontinued

Re: photographing outdoor car shows

2009-08-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: Doug Franklin Paul Stenquist wrote: > The Mazda 6 launch ran late last year. The zoom zoom kid appeared only > in the first spot where the car drove into a stadium. It was a head > scratcher. Someone told me later that it was meant to say there was a > new player in the arena. The rest o

Re: peso - Brittany

2009-08-28 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Sasha, For this one, I prefer the color version. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, August 28, 2009, 12:54:21 AM, you wrote: SS> I need your advice - color or bw? SS> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864313344/in/set-72157622040375943/ SS> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864310112/i

RE: PESO - Modern-day Sisyphus

2009-08-28 Thread John Sessoms
Originally posted May 21, 2009. Found it in the PDML Archives. From: "Desjardins, Steve" Great shot. I don't remember seeing it either. Maybe it's one of those quantum space-time causality paradoxes. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Beh

Re: the web: what are the 5 must go to photo sites each day ?

2009-08-28 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/28/2009 2:10:38 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, dm...@bluemoon.net.nz writes: If I have to make the list up to 5, well it wouldn't be PDML without cat photos. http://www.catoftheday.com/ http://icanhascheezburger.com/ Cheers, Dave === You've got a little nasty str

Re: peso - Brittany

2009-08-28 Thread Sasha Sobol
Thanks to everyone. Seems bw wins. --Sasha On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Hi Sasha:  BW--love the BW!  Cheers, Christine > > > > - Original Message - From: "Sasha Sobol" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 2:54 AM > Subject: peso

More updates to Brian Walter's blog

2009-08-28 Thread Christine Aguila
Some great stuff here! http://www.blognow.com.au/gowest/ Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Brittany

2009-08-28 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Sasha: BW--love the BW! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Sasha Sobol" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 2:54 AM Subject: peso - Brittany I need your advice - color or bw? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864313344/in/set-7215762204

Re: photographing outdoor car shows

2009-08-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
No, it doesn't. On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:30 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: paul stenquist wrote: All the Mazda advertising you see here is developed and produced by Americans for the American market. Doner Advertising in Southfield, Michigan and Irvine, California is their agency. That apparently d

Re: peso - Brittany

2009-08-28 Thread P. J. Alling
Color, but I can't give you a reason why, exactly. Sasha Sobol wrote: I need your advice - color or bw? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864313344/in/set-72157622040375943/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864310112/in/set-72157622040375943/ The full set (small): http://www.flickr.com/ph

BTW, I *am* back in Boston

2009-08-28 Thread Mark Roberts
Having spent almost three weeks on the road, bouncing between Pittsburgh and Rochester but spending most of my time painting and fixing the house in Pittsburgh to make it presentable for sale, I finally arrived back in Boston Yesterday. I put a lot of miles on my Triumph (aka "The Red Menace") duri

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-28 Thread George Sinos
I have to agree with Paul on this one. The general advice in the photo world is to turn off SR/VR/IS when the camera is supported or when panning. In reality, I've almost always forget to turn it off, and haven't ever had an image degraded because of it. Now, I just leave it on and foget about i

OT - Naked Bust at the Met

2009-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Zach Hyman's model runs into a streak of bad luck: gets arrested for public lewdness. http://is.gd/2DUtR -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 directi

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-28 Thread Leon Altoff
Boris, You comment about auto focus being slow in Live View. You can set the K7 to use the standard autofocus detectors rather than Contrast AF. It removes the live view image for a split second, but it's a lot quicker than waiting for contrast AF to do it's thing. -- Leon 2009/8/27 Boris Li

Re: photographing outdoor car shows

2009-08-28 Thread Doug Franklin
paul stenquist wrote: All the Mazda advertising you see here is developed and produced by Americans for the American market. Doner Advertising in Southfield, Michigan and Irvine, California is their agency. That apparently doesn't always translate into them knowing how to communicate their me

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-28 Thread paul stenquist
Gotta read my posts before I hit the send key! That should have said "And personal experimentation is always the best way to arrive at the truth." On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:29 AM, paul stenquist wrote: Read carefully Peter. The note on page 308 is a troubleshooting guide that tells you what to

Re: Mark Roberts spotted in Boston

2009-08-28 Thread Mark Roberts
Desjardins, Steve wrote: >Geez, I thought he had a Triumph Tiger not a Panda . . . Pandas traditionally perform better in small, sand-covered courses. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: peso - Brittany

2009-08-28 Thread Cory Waters
No question: B&W CW Sasha Sobol wrote: I need your advice - color or bw? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864313344/in/set-72157622040375943/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864310112/in/set-72157622040375943/ The full set (small): http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/sets/7215762204037

Re: peso - Brittany

2009-08-28 Thread paul stenquist
BW. The lighting appears mixed on the color shot. Pretty girl, nice pic. Paul On Aug 28, 2009, at 3:54 AM, Sasha Sobol wrote: I need your advice - color or bw? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864313344/in/ set-72157622040375943/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864310112/in/ set-721576

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-28 Thread paul stenquist
Read carefully Peter. The note on page 308 is a troubleshooting guide that tells you what to do if shake reduction doesn't work. It says that when panning or shooting at night with slow shutter speeds, it may not work. In other words, SR won't eliminate shake in a slow shutter pan. I alread

Re: peso - Brittany

2009-08-28 Thread Jack Davis
B&W. Simply better suited to her intense pose. Jack --- On Fri, 8/28/09, Sasha Sobol wrote: > From: Sasha Sobol > Subject: peso - Brittany > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Friday, August 28, 2009, 12:54 AM > I need your advice - color or bw? > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/386

Re: photographing outdoor car shows

2009-08-28 Thread paul stenquist
All the Mazda advertising you see here is developed and produced by Americans for the American market. Doner Advertising in Southfield, Michigan and Irvine, California is their agency. Paul On Aug 27, 2009, at 10:46 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: Although I don't think "biza

Re: peso - Brittany

2009-08-28 Thread Eckehard Wegner
tough one. 51/49 in favor of color cheers ecke 2009/8/28 Sasha Sobol : > I need your advice - color or bw? > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864313344/in/set-72157622040375943/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864310112/in/set-72157622040375943/ > > The full set (small): > http://www.fl

Re: peso - Brittany

2009-08-28 Thread Toine
I would vote for b&w Toine 2009/8/28 Sasha Sobol : > I need your advice - color or bw? > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864313344/in/set-72157622040375943/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864310112/in/set-72157622040375943/ > > The full set (small): > http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobo

Re: peso - Brittany

2009-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Sasha Sobol wrote: I need your advice - color or bw? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864313344/in/set-72157622040375943/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864310112/in/set-72157622040375943/ The full set (small): http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/sets/72157622040375943/ Thanks, --Sasha

Re: the web: what are the 5 must go to photo sites each day ?

2009-08-28 Thread David Mann
On Aug 28, 2009, at 3:51 AM, Bran Everseeking wrote: I have never gotten into rss. seems a good way to keep up with PPG while avoiding that nasty flash interface. I use RSS to pick up a handful of news feeds. Really just aggregating the press-release aggregators from within my mail program

Re: Eagle on Brian Walter's Travel Blog

2009-08-28 Thread Sasha Sobol
Thanks, good reading and great photos! --Sasha On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Wonderful images, and a great blog. > > Dan > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Christine  Aguila > wrote: >> Brian has updated his travel blog, and there's a lovely picture of an eagle >>

Re: geso, texas trip preview

2009-08-28 Thread Boris Liberman
The lightning and stars shots are pretty remarkable... Boris Larry Colen wrote: I'm about to hit an insanely busy stretch at work, so I don't know when I'll be able to process all of my shots from last week's roadtrip. I did a quick run through, picking a few of the more promising ones, with qu

Re: email from Katzeye was (Still no split-image screen for the K-7?)

2009-08-28 Thread Sasha Sobol
Bummer, I am on their list for about a month already. And they do not send me such encouraging e-mails :( --Sasha On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Just received this message from Katzeye! > > "Hi Christine! > > > Thank you very much for your inquiry.  Actually, there is

peso - Brittany

2009-08-28 Thread Sasha Sobol
I need your advice - color or bw? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864313344/in/set-72157622040375943/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3864310112/in/set-72157622040375943/ The full set (small): http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/sets/72157622040375943/ Thanks, --Sasha -- PDML Pentax-Discu

Re: My K-7 WB weirdness continues

2009-08-28 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 27, 2009, at 19:50 , Joseph Tainter wrote: Boris wrote: "I've posted two full PEFs on my web site. The time difference between them is like 5 mins. The light was coming from the window and the sun was fairly up in the sky for 7:10am or thereabouts. "Initially, the little brain locked it

Re: very unusal K-7 promotional video

2009-08-28 Thread mike wilson
Sasha Sobol wrote: Deathmatch is funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbGNATqdeoc&feature=related Missed that one. I'm still not sure I've seen all of them. Seems to be St Petersburg - where the importer is based. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Sasha Sobol wrote: This is cool! On

Re: the web: what are the 5 must go to photo sites each day ?

2009-08-28 Thread mike wilson
John Celio wrote: http://riotclitshave.livejournal.com/ I don't think even the site title would get past our filtering system. I'm certainly not going to try. It's a play on "right-click save." Sometimes there are NSFW photos on that LJ, but the woman who posts there has pretty good tast