On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 21:17:29 -0400 Steven Desjardins wrote:
The 15-45 2.8 for $300 is REALLY tempting. I'd like to read some
reviews first, however.
I will get that one for sure, I have the 01 standard (43mm eq) and the fisheye,
so I am really
lacking some longer autofocus lens.The specs look
I want to get a good 2x TC for my pentax a* 300/4 lens.
Anybody know which model is the best (2x-L?) or maybe
a non pentax model? thanks in advance...
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Thanks, Ann, Steve and Frank. Here is the same scene just a bit later:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16543037
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
H I jsut saw the handicapped
That is a valid point
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 6:23 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Iconic pictures of the WORLD, rather than iconic images of photography.
From: knarftheriault
These things are fun if for no other
From: Jeffery Johnson
Okay I just did an experiment and it appears that when I go to reply to
someone I still have to change format to plain text for it to appear on
the list. If no one saw my thank yous for all the comments on the
gallery I posted I didn't realize they were not going through to
From: Ann Sanfedele
I just got this email...
Hi Ann,
It's David Siegel the husband of Andrea Siegel, a Scrabble player you
may remember from 30+ years ago. In Friday's Daily News there is a
picture that you took about 30 years ago of our daughter Caryn that
appeared in Time magazine, as I'm
Nice set there. I like 5722 and 5734
Dave
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
A small gallery of eight pics that will eventually go in my It Happened on
Woodward gallery. This was an experiment in shooting from a single spot --
sitting on the stoop
As it turns out, John, the photo wasn't mine.
They used a photo of her someone else took a few years later.
While I was on the phone with the city desk the father sent me
a scan of the article. I guess his gray cells are in worse shape than mine.
The issue was not that they printed without
I had a FA* 300 f/2.8 which had a recessed rear lens and, therefore, would
accommodate the 1.4L T/C. I understood that the L was the better of the
T/C's. (?)
Jack
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I've entered contests that limited my retained image rights only to photo
credit, but allowed the contest sponsors freedom to otherwise use the image at
their discretion.
Obviously, in this case your retained photo credit rights (?) were ignored.
Jack
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Wish I'd read this post prior to sending my retard comments.
Hope your recovery is generous.
Jack
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Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 7:57 AM
Subject: Re: stolen pic - it finally
While they are iconic pictures of the world and world events they are
also iconic images of photography and specific photographers.
and should each have mentioned the photographer, even if they were owned
by news services for whom the photographers were working for at the time.
Some of these
Double check the Migrant Mother - I think that was Dorothea Lange. Same
group of photographers - pix for the FSA.
-p
On 10/28/2012 10:34 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
While they are iconic pictures of the world and world events they are
also iconic images of photography and specific
Well, I figured this was a good chance to try the newly added focus
peaking on the Q with an old MF lens. The K 28 is now a fair
telephoto (154 eq.). Also, the old lenses make the Q REALLY front
heavy.
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
Seven
A2X-S or A1.4X-S. The L has a long front snout, and it won't work with the
300/4.
Paul
On Oct 28, 2012, at 8:22 AM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote:
I want to get a good 2x TC for my pentax a* 300/4 lens.
Anybody know which model is the best (2x-L?) or maybe
a non pentax model? thanks
The L is better for lenses with the recessed rear element. But the S is also a
very good optic and is the only conveyer that will work with lenses that don't
have a deeply recessed rear element. I believe the A 300-4 requires the S
version, as does the A400-5.6.
Paul
On Oct 28, 2012, at 11:04
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Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: Best 2x teleconvertor for smc pentax-a* 300/4
I had a FA* 300 f/2.8 which had a recessed rear lens and, therefore, would
I thought the S and L models stood for short and long lenses.
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That's true in general, but there are specific exceptions. Pentax used to have
a compatibility chart on their website. I'm not positive about the 300/4, but i
think it's an S, like the 400/5.6.
Paul
On Oct 28, 2012, at 3:10 PM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote:
I thought the S and L
http://www.igorcamera.com/pentax.htm
Igor has a 1.4x-L available
Sincerely,
Collin Brendemuehl
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Pentaxforums posted a quick comparison between the K-5 and the K-5IIs
http://www.pentaxforums.com/news/pentax-k-5-iis-vs-k-5-sample-photos.html
Which reminded me of something I've been wondering about. Rather than doing
anti-aliasing optically, wouldn't it be possible to have a special setting
So, you'd have sensor based IS trying to keep the sensor stable during
an exposure, and at the same time, moving the sensor to introduce AA?
What does 'mechanical AA do that the optical method doesn't do? What
would be the advantage of it?
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Larry Colen
On Oct 28, 2012, at 12:48 PM, David Parsons wrote:
So, you'd have sensor based IS trying to keep the sensor stable during
an exposure, and at the same time, moving the sensor to introduce AA?
What does 'mechanical AA do that the optical method doesn't do? What
would be the advantage of
http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html
OT equipment: Fujifilm x100, 23mm, 1/35s, f/2,0, ISO200.
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Thank you, Dave, Ann and Frank! :-)
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 3:34 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Excellent photo!
You've captured the cold, clinical feel of a waiting/examination area,
complete with half-hearted attempt to cozy things up with a lonely little
Dag,
Nice idea, but I don't think it works.
You need more in focus leaves, and less out of focus trees/lawn.
Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 3:05 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote:
http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html
OT equipment: Fujifilm x100, 23mm, 1/35s,
Understood.
My Iconic pictures of the WORLD response was to Frank's not a single
HCB? St. Ansel? Steichen? - history represented by photographs; not a
history of photography. As such, they should have been chronological and
they should have been attributed.
Migrant Mother is by Dorothea
I tried for many,many hours to make this work some years ago.
Eventually, I gave up and accepted that my TOC first line would read
Table of contents..1
AFAIK, MS never fixed it.
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On 28/10/2012 1:50 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Oct 28, 2012, at 12:48 PM, David Parsons wrote:
So, you'd have sensor based IS trying to keep the sensor stable during
an exposure, and at the same time, moving the sensor to introduce AA?
What does 'mechanical AA do that the optical method
I've got the A-1.4X-S, A1.4 X-L A2.0 X-L
I very seldom use the 2.0X-L use the A-1.4X-S the most - on my 300mm f4.5
FA. I've shot both X-L convertors on my 600 FA with very good results.
Both the X-L convertors will not fit my 300 f4.5 due to their extended
length or 'nose' at the mounting
On Oct 28, 2012, at 3:26 PM, William Robb wrote:
On 28/10/2012 1:50 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Oct 28, 2012, at 12:48 PM, David Parsons wrote:
So, you'd have sensor based IS trying to keep the sensor stable during
an exposure, and at the same time, moving the sensor to introduce AA?
Larry Colen wrote:
I thought that what an AA filter did was specifically to blur the image on
the
order of a pixel width so that no transition was narrower than a pixel.
I.e.
acting as a low pass filter to ensure that there are no patterns of a
higher
frequency than the sampling rate.
The
On 28/10/2012 4:39 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Oct 28, 2012, at 3:26 PM, William Robb wrote:
On 28/10/2012 1:50 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Oct 28, 2012, at 12:48 PM, David Parsons wrote:
So, you'd have sensor based IS trying to keep the sensor stable during
an exposure, and at the same time,
On 28/10/2012 4:43 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote:
Larry Colen wrote:
I thought that what an AA filter did was specifically to blur the
image on the
order of a pixel width so that no transition was narrower than a
pixel. I.e.
acting as a low pass filter to ensure that there are no patterns of a
On Oct 28, 2012, at 3:52 PM, William Robb wrote:
On 28/10/2012 4:43 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote:
Larry Colen wrote:
I thought that what an AA filter did was specifically to blur the
image on the
order of a pixel width so that no transition was narrower than a
pixel. I.e.
acting as a low
On 28/10/2012 5:05 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Oct 28, 2012, at 3:52 PM, William Robb wrote:
On 28/10/2012 4:43 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote:
Larry Colen wrote:
I thought that what an AA filter did was specifically to blur the
image on the
order of a pixel width so that no transition was narrower
On 10/28/2012 16:23, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Dag,
Nice idea, but I don't think it works.
You need more in focus leaves, and less out of focus trees/lawn.
Regards, Bob S.
I agree - while I like the quirkiness of it, it was hard to look at
might not be the amount of sharp but the placement ?
On Oct 28, 2012, at 4:18 PM, William Robb wrote:
You are still missing that what you are describing is camera shake, while
what an AA filter does is more akin to a very mild soft focus filter.
And the difference is that a soft focus filter works in two dimensions rather
than one?
A soft
Point taken, John, but if I emphasize PICTURES instead of world... ;-)
Besides, the WORLD includes nature, landscapes, cityscapes. Those things seem
under-represented in this group.
That being said I agree with many of the choices they made. What irks me most
is the lack of attribution. That
Nice set.
Cheers,
frank
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Sent: October 27, 2012 10/27/12
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: GESO: downtown on an autumn afternoon
A small gallery of eight pics that will eventually go in my It Happened on
Cool!
cheers,
frank
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Sent: October 28, 2012 10/28/12
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Subject: PAW147 - Another autumn picture
http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html
OT equipment: Fujifilm x100, 23mm, 1/35s,
That works really well.
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 12:31 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks, Bruce!
I titled it from a line in a Kids in the Hall skit in which Don McKellor
played a messenger. The narrator described him as (among other things) a
ginsu knife of
I hope everyone on the East Coast remains OK.
Ann, I was calling just to how you are..Joe
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on 2012-10-28 17:40 Larry Colen wrote
A soft focus filter gives more of a guassian distribution to a point signal
rather than a linear one?
the mechanical AA could be moving the sensor in a circle of one pixel diameter
(or something similar) at a rate of one revolution per shutter speed
an
Grace was talking to a few of our friends at the farmers market. Shot the
audience this time:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16552188size=lg
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Couldn't pass her up. She had a look.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16552181
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Seeing in books is so much better than nothing, though. :-)
Thanks for the reference, Derby. Interesting body of work.
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 4:50 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote:
Having one of my doldrums, not feeling much in the mood for shooting (and
there was plenty to shoot
On Oct 28, 2012, at 5:15 PM, steve harley wrote:
on 2012-10-28 17:40 Larry Colen wrote
A soft focus filter gives more of a guassian distribution to a point signal
rather than a linear one?
the mechanical AA could be moving the sensor in a circle of one pixel
diameter (or something
Pictures of the aforesaid teleconverters, from the first stop anyone
should make with a question abou all thngs Pentax K.
http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/teleconverters/A2X-L.html
http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/teleconverters/A2X-S.html
On 10/28/2012 2:10 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
I thought the S
Paul, I will agree with you on this one. Joe
Couldn't pass her up. She had a look.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16552181
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Frank, This is very nice the way it is..Joe
The title is from a Kids in the Hall video. I know I've been showing
a lot of messenger shots lately, but I like this one. Had to leave it
in colour. In fact, used curves quite a bit:
No green that I can see, Tim. I even examined it in Ps.
My Spydey sense is tingling for you to adjust. :-)
It did benefit from having the white level lifted up a few percent.
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote:
Good portrait.
Either I need to
Nice. He should be pleased, Frank.
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:16 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Brendan is bike messenger who needed a portrait done. Saw my camera and
asked, so I obliged:
http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/10/brendan.html?m=0
Just an
On 28/10/2012 5:40 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Oct 28, 2012, at 4:18 PM, William Robb wrote:
You are still missing that what you are describing is camera shake, while what
an AA filter does is more akin to a very mild soft focus filter.
And the difference is that a soft focus filter works
Paul,
Nice group shot.
They look charmed by Grace,
but so are we.
Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
Grace was talking to a few of our friends at the farmers market. Shot the
audience this time:
You gave him some personality. Fun and friendly.
Paul
Paul
On Oct 28, 2012, at 8:59 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Nice. He should be pleased, Frank.
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:16 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Brendan is bike messenger who
jn289 wrote:
I hope everyone on the East Coast remains OK.
We're battening down the hatches here in Boston. We're not expected to
get hit as hard as NYC and other cities farther south but it's hard to
be sure how bad it's going to be. The college has cancelled classes
for tomorrow so I can stay
Pentax also has a 1.7 AF Convertor which is not bad. The 2x L will
not work with the 300 A F4. You will have to use the 2x S. I have the
300 A F4 and I will use the 2x S or the 1.7 AF. I also sometime use a
Vivitar 2x macro convertor..The L convertors are nice to use with the
300 mm F2.8 and
On Oct 28, 2012, at 17:45 , Larry Colen wrote:
On Oct 28, 2012, at 5:15 PM, steve harley wrote:
on 2012-10-28 17:40 Larry Colen wrote
A soft focus filter gives more of a guassian distribution to a point signal
rather than a linear one?
the mechanical AA could be moving the sensor in
Well, PA. NJ. and NY are expecting very bad weather. Earlier today I
was up on the roof cleaning the rain gutters as we have a lot trees
on our property and just hoping they remain standing. In the past
years we lost a cherry tree and a weeping willow tree. ..Joe
jn289 wrote:
I hope
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote:
On Oct 28, 2012, at 17:45 , Larry Colen wrote:
Whether the idea works or not, I'd wager it's patentable.
Build it Larry, and they will come.
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I'm not expecting much from the actual rain, but storm surge and
streams/dams overtopping should be interesting. Parts of my town tend
to flood, but I doubt that my house will get much.
I drive for work, so we'll see how many doctor's offices actually
cancel appointments.
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012
We are also in the Boston area, to the south, along the coast... all's
pretty quiet so far. But, school has already been cancelled for
tomorrow... luckily, I was able to hide this information from the kids
until all their homework was done!
We did a pre-storm gutter clean-out, too. Lots of
So sweet.
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
Grace was talking to a few of our friends at the farmers market. Shot the
audience this time:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16552188size=lg
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Philly is shut down as of midnight: all transit stopped, all airlines' flights
cancelled, schools and colleges and universities closed, state of emergency in
effect allowing only essential travel.
I live a mile from work, so I plan to suit up in my GoreTex and trudge in. If
things are quiet
I'm lucky -- certainly Manhattan is in the path, but I'm in a part of
Manhattan is one of those places family who are in zone A would want to
come to stay, if I had any such :-)
My best friend's son and his wife are in a building in lower Manhattan
that has manditory evacuatlion but they are
David Parsons wrote:
I'm not expecting much from the actual rain, but storm surge and
streams/dams overtopping should be interesting. Parts of my town tend
to flood, but I doubt that my house will get much.
I drive for work, so we'll see how many doctor's offices actually
cancel appointments.
Nice!
cheers,
frank
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Sent: October 28, 2012 10/28/12
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: PESO - Grace's Audience
Grace was talking to a few of our friends at the farmers market. Shot the
audience this time:
Thanks, Joe!
Thanks to all who looked and commented.
Cheers,
frank
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Sent: October 28, 2012 10/28/12
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: PESO - A Ginsu Knife of Hope
Frank, This is very nice the way it is..Joe
The
I love the colors and the Greta Garbo pose.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
Couldn't pass her up. She had a look.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16552181
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Thanks, Bruce. In fact I talked to him last evening and he is pleased.
Thanks to all who took a look.
Cheers,
frank
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Sent: October 28, 2012 10/28/12
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: PESO - Brendan
Nice.
Not OT - I'm scanning slides negatives shot with Pentax, but Pentax
didn't make a scanner AFAIK, so I had to settle for Nikon - Coolscan IV
ED. I'm using my old computer that no longer has Photoshop installed to
run the scanner and saving the scanned images to my NAS drive, where I
can open
Hey, guys from the East coast! Please be safe!
On 10/29/2012 2:14 AM, jn289 wrote:
I hope everyone on the East Coast remains OK.
Ann, I was calling just to how you are..Joe
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On 10/27/2012 9:39 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
A small gallery of eight pics that will eventually go in my It
Happened on Woodward gallery. This was an experiment in shooting
from a single spot -- sitting on the stoop of a building. All shot
within about 20 minutes. A bit of fun on a day off.
Reply interspersed.
On 10/25/2012 3:33 AM, Tom C wrote:
From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com
I think that what's moral for individual human beings does not
necessarily apply to corporations. Specifically, I think that the so
called grey area is much broader for corporations than it is for
... and if you can’t be safe, take lots of pictures!
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey, guys from the East coast! Please be safe!
On 10/29/2012 2:14 AM, jn289 wrote:
I hope everyone on the East Coast remains OK.
Ann, I was calling just to how you
GOn 10/26/2012 9:59 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
It's very easy to convert PEF files (any compatible native raw files,
as a matter of fact) to DNG format in Lightroom. Just select all the
PEF files in the Library module (grid view) and then choose the
Convert to DNG command from the Library menu.
On Oct 28, 2012, at 6:17 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote:
Whether the idea works or not, I'd wager it's patentable.
Build it Larry, and they will come.
All I need is a K5-IIs, the source code to the firmware and a dev box.
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