Really nice shots Dave. When I saw Tottenham to Uxbridge, I wondered
whether you'd visited London (UK) and not told anyone:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/standard-tube-map.pdf
(grid squares B7 and A1)
Chris
On 7 October 2013 23:56, David J Brooks wrote:
> Back in May i did a steam trai
On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 07:57:32AM +0200, Alan C wrote:
> Travel brochure stuff - the girls are really getting into it. Soon
> you'll be able to sit back & watch.
Yes, very nice. I think you've managed to create the accessory for your
camera that perfectly automates the the process of taking phot
A nice abstract which doesn't need explanation.
Chris
On 6 October 2013 21:49, Rick Womer wrote:
> Another taken on my way home from work:
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17545064&size=lg
>
> or
>
> http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17545064-lg.jpg
>
>
> (K-5, FA 28/2.8)
>
> It's a bit
Maybe you'll be able to, but it will be a bit hard for the rest of us
to comment every day though!
Impressed so far.
Chris
On 11 October 2013 01:33, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> One a day on this project ... I wonder whether I can keep it going.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/10198371
Galia's is superb, Anat has chosen a good subject and done it well.
Oh, and the old man's contribution isn't too shabby either.
Cheers, Chris
On 11 October 2013 12:35, Boris Liberman wrote:
> Hi!
>
> We seem to mostly have processed the pics from our vacation. So I plan to
> post a series of PES
>From our trip to Cromarty and the Black Isle last week.
Taken with the Fuji X-Pro 1 with a Pentax (yes, really!) A28 f2.8.
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Cromarty/CromartyViews/slides/DSCF4790.html
If you're interested, there's a whole GESO behind it and in the "out
and about" section there are th
Travel brochure stuff - the girls are really getting into it. Soon you'll be
able to sit back & watch.
Alan
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Subject: Anat, Galia, Boris PESO - Vacation Day 1
Hi!
We seem to mo
On 11/10/2013 1:57 PM, Doug Brewer wrote:
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Carry on, then.
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On Oct 12, 2013, at 1:54 PM, knarf wrote:
> Another BMX shot from the Eighth Street Skate Park. This fellow was one of
> the "outsiders" who drove into New Toronto from the east end. As I mentioned
> earlier, there was a friendly competition and some pretty good riding.
>
> I like wheelies bec
On Oct 12, 2013, at 3:28 PM, Mark C wrote:
> I have the A* 300 f4 and have to say that while it can be very good, it falls
> short of being a truly excellent lens. It also falls short in the close focus
> department. (Or maybe that should be that it falls long in the close focus
> department.)
Well, I just did some test framings (never actually pushed the shutter
button) in my dining room with the A* 300 f4. It's a jewel of a lens in
terms of build and cosmetics, that's for sure, but the 4 meter / 13 foot
minimum focusing distance is still a challenge. While i have hung onto
this len
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 09:04:33PM -0700, Jack Davis wrote:
> An exceptionally sharp action shot. Actually, if it were level, the impact
> would be even greater.
Just FYI, when discussing bicycle stunts, impact may not be the best word to
use.
> Well caught, Frank.
Agreed.
>
> Jack
>
>
>
An exceptionally sharp action shot. Actually, if it were level, the impact
would be even greater.
Well caught, Frank.
Jack
On Friday, October 11, 2013 6:12 PM, Bruce Walker
wrote:
That's just about perfect: great contrast, form, a bit of motion blur.
Excellent!
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 8:54
Cool!
Clear,
frank
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
>One a day on this project ... I wonder whether I can keep it going.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/10198371915/lightbox
>
>enjoy! comments appreciated.
>
>Godfrey - godfreydigio...@me.com
“Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic A
Lovely, Paul, all of them.
Cheers,
frank
Paul Sorenson wrote:
>On display at our local Historical Society's Applefest last
>weekend...unfortunately, the owner wasn't around to close the hood for
>me. Think it's a 1935...
>
>http://studio1941.com/applefest/index.html
>
>3947 printed as a 13x19
Agree with Dan.
Cheers,
frank
"Daniel J. Matyola" wrote:
>All very well done, Boris.
>
>Dan Matyola
>http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>
>
>On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Boris Liberman
>wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> We seem to mostly have processed the pics from our vacation. So I
>plan
The M* and A* 300mm f4 lenses were the smallest and lightest of their
class and three of the front 4 elements in the front group are ED
glass. It was, I believe, before Internal Focusing had come into use.
In optical design, something has to give, and the Pentax optical
designers decided (wisely I
Frank, the biker in your "Wheelie" PESO really stands out from the OoF
background, in a way that is almost "3D." I don't know how to achieve
that effect myself, but it is impressive when it does work.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:03 PM,
I have the A* 300 f4 and have to say that while it can be very good, it
falls short of being a truly excellent lens. It also falls short in the
close focus department. (Or maybe that should be that it falls long in
the close focus department.) I use the 1.7x converter on an A*400 f2.8
and it i
I like it Dan.
Nice colours, solid composition, interesting photo.
Cheers,
frank
"Daniel J. Matyola" wrote:
>https://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2013/10/11/dollar-and-up
>Comments are invited.
>
>Dan Matyola
>http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
“Analysis kills
You're right, Bruce. He needs to pop out a bit more, doesn't he?
Thanks for your comments.
I think I'm done with this one...
Cheers,
frank
Bruce Walker wrote:
>I love the composition and the rider's form. It's too bad that he's a
>little hard to see against the dark foliage.
>
>On Thu, Oct 10,
Quoting Larry Colen :
On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 08:12:29AM +1000, John Coyle wrote:
Godfrey is right in that selling a good camera with a crap kit lens
is a stupid way to go - I
Pairing the K-3 with the 18-135 will guarantee that you never need to use
the anti-aliasing function.
Seriously tho
That's just about perfect: great contrast, form, a bit of motion blur.
Excellent!
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 8:54 PM, knarf wrote:
> Another BMX shot from the Eighth Street Skate Park. This fellow was one of
> the "outsiders" who drove into New Toronto from the east end. As I mentioned
> earlier,
On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 08:24:06AM +1100, Rob Studdert wrote:
> [ . . . . ] I still have the A300/2.8 which
> although unwieldy is a great lens when you need the speed and reach
> and combined with the 1.7AF TC it becomes an excellent AF combo.
That's about what I posted while Doug wasn't acceptin
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 02:30:53PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 08:24:06AM +1100, Rob Studdert wrote:
> > There's a big difference in optical capabilities between these three
> > lenses, the 300/4 variants are positively soft compared to the
> > A300/2.8, having owned and use
Nice, Frank. I really like the way the bike and the rider stand out
from the background, with an almost 3-D effect.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 8:54 PM, knarf wrote:
> Another BMX shot from the Eighth Street Skate Park. This fellow was o
Another BMX shot from the Eighth Street Skate Park. This fellow was one of the
"outsiders" who drove into New Toronto from the east end. As I mentioned
earlier, there was a friendly competition and some pretty good riding.
I like wheelies because they tend to go slower than when they get airborn
On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 08:12:29AM +1000, John Coyle wrote:
> Godfrey is right in that selling a good camera with a crap kit lens is a
> stupid way to go - I
Pairing the K-3 with the 18-135 will guarantee that you never need to use
the anti-aliasing function.
Seriously though, they could pair it
Thanks, Marnie -- and thanks again. :)
-- Walt
On 10/11/2013 4:24 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
Like the second photograph, effectively done against dark tree.
Glad the story eventually had a happy ending.
Marnie aka Doe :-)
In a message dated 10/10/2013 11:08:16 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time
Godfrey is right in that selling a good camera with a crap kit lens is a stupid
way to go - I
understand why the Australian distributors used to insist on selling Pentax
bodies as a kit with a
dreadful Sigma 28-80 lens, because they were also the Sigma distributors.
I've never thought that
the
On 12 October 2013 08:30, Larry Colen wrote:
> I know that the A* 200/2.8 is a wonderful lens, and am curious how the
> DA* 200/2.8 compares optically.
I would be interested too, the FA*200/2.8 is a slightly better lens
than the A*200/2.8 too, from what I gather the FA and DA lenses are
similar
I love the composition and the rider's form. It's too bad that he's a
little hard to see against the dark foliage.
On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 8:11 PM, knarf wrote:
> Not as sharp as I would have liked but the height of this jump makes up for
> it, for me at least. This is Mike, certainly the best j
On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 08:24:06AM +1100, Rob Studdert wrote:
> There's a big difference in optical capabilities between these three
> lenses, the 300/4 variants are positively soft compared to the
> A300/2.8, having owned and used both. I still have the A300/2.8 which
> although unwieldy is a grea
Like the second photograph, effectively done against dark tree.
Glad the story eventually had a happy ending.
Marnie aka Doe :-)
In a message dated 10/10/2013 11:08:16 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
ldott...@gmail.com writes:
Welp! As some of you may remember, I was recently bitten by the guit
There's a big difference in optical capabilities between these three
lenses, the 300/4 variants are positively soft compared to the
A300/2.8, having owned and used both. I still have the A300/2.8 which
although unwieldy is a great lens when you need the speed and reach
and combined with the 1.7AF T
That's a beauty, too!
Looks like it has the natural gloss finish, which I like a lot, too.
I would say that guitars are not happy when kept in cases for weeks at a
time, but what the hell do I know about how to treat a guitar?
Enjoy!
-- Walt
On 10/11/2013 10:26 AM, Jan van Wijk wrote:
Hi
https://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2013/10/11/dollar-and-up
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Carry on, then.
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Even on the sidelines at a sporting event I'll take the 1 stop hit, save
my back a little and take the f4.0. So the other shooters with the f2.8
glass will laugh and point at me, when they're in traction, I'll visit
them at the hospital.
On 10/11/2013 11:26 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
It depends
Darren Addy wrote:
>If I had the discretionary income I would discreetly purchase this bad baby:
>Pentax-A* 300mm f2.8
>
>http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Manual-Focus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-PK060090145530?r=FE
Good price, too (if it's in good condition).
--
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On Oct 8, 2013, at 8:05 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
>>> All that really matters for display on a computer screen is the number of
>>> pixels UNLESS you're using a page layout app that understands the density
>>> and renders it. I set my web resolution JPEGs to 72ppi out of habit, but it
>>> d
I thought that Nikon had revamped their entire line and naming
convention. Two different lines were combined and the successor to the
D300 was in one of the D series cameras. I don't think that there
will be a D400 because NIKON put it's capabilities into a lower line
body at a lower cost
Hi Walt,
On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 08:49:44 -0500 Walt wrote:
>
>I really like that Eastman 722, Jan. It has the cutaway design that I like,
>even though I never get down to that end of the fretboard.
I like the cutaway too, but mine does NOT have that.
The cutaway is on the AC722CE, the one with buil
It depends what you are into. With its ED glass and internal focusing
it would make a super astrophotography lens and it would be best
mounted to a German Equatorial Mount or onto a telescope with a driven
fork mount. It would also be great with a monopod or tripod on the
sideline of a sporting eve
And for a little over 1/5th of that price have the A*300 4.0 or a little
over 1/6 the M* when they're available, and if you really want the feel
for carrying around f2.8 long glass you can get the [K} 300mm f4.0,
(available at KEH for less than 1/10 the price, which even though it's a
big heavy
On 11/10/2013, Matthew Hunt wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 9:09 AM, mike wilson
> wrote:
>
>> Flickr is fornicated to extinction if it thinks that this was taken
>> with a 300mm:
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/tempete_de_pixel/5601521256/
>
> Flickr doesn't "think" that. It's a keyword search.
I do my best to simply ignore the hype and silliness, find the data, and
understand it.
The K-3 looks to have some interesting specs and features. The AA simulation is
one of them, a 24 MPixel sensor isn't anything particularly new or fascinating.
Let's hope it doesn't make Larry sad and hasn'
I really like that Eastman 722, Jan. It has the cutaway design that I
like, even though I never get down to that end of the fretboard.
They didn't have any of those in the shop where I got mine, otherwise
that might have been my choice. Though, I don't know if one would have
fit within my budg
excuse me. i need to wipe up some drool.
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
> If I had the discretionary income I would discreetly purchase this bad baby:
> Pentax-A* 300mm f2.8
>
> http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Manual-Focus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-PK060090145530?r=FE
On 2013-10-10 17:51, Darren Addy wrote:
[...] it is controversial to call it a satisfying one, thanks
to those who commit visual attrocities in its name.
I don't hate HDR, itself. I hate the way it seems most frequently to be
(ab)used.
--
Doug "Lefty" Franklin
NutDriver Racing
http://NutDri
> On 10/8/2013 2:07 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
>> Thom Hogan muses on the K-3 and calls it what Nikon should be offering
>> as a replacement to the D300.
>> http://www.dslrbodies.com/newsviews/meanwhile-meet-the-pentax.html
>>
>> In it, he makes a cogent defense of the APS-C for serious
>> photographer
I don't think Hogan was saying anything about the K-3 in particular.
In the Nikon world the D300/300s is quite old and he has been saying
that its replacement, dubbed the D400, is quite overdue. He's
actually poking Nikon by pointing out that Pentax put together a
camera with a very nice collectio
All very well done, Boris.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
> Hi!
>
> We seem to mostly have processed the pics from our vacation. So I plan to
> post a series of PESOs each featuring one photograph of each photo
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 9:09 AM, mike wilson wrote:
> Flickr is fornicated to extinction if it thinks that this was taken
> with a 300mm:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/tempete_de_pixel/5601521256/
Flickr doesn't "think" that. It's a keyword search. The person who
uploaded it applied that keywor
Clearly true. However, Flickr doesn't make this stuff up. It reads the
tags assigned to the image. If somebody is lazy with their copy &
paste (or for some other reason is not accurate in the use of their
tags) then you are going to get incorrect results. That image has a
"smc P-A 300mm F2.8 ED (IF
On 11/10/2013, Darren Addy wrote:
> If I had the discretionary income I would discreetly purchase this bad
> baby:
> Pentax-A* 300mm f2.8
>
> http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Manual-Focus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-PK060090145530?r=FE
>
> http://www.flickriver.com/lenses/pentax/smcpa300mmf28e
All well composed and interesting.
Enjoyed the peek.
Jack
On Friday, October 11, 2013 4:36 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
We seem to mostly have processed the pics from our vacation. So I plan
to post a series of PESOs each featuring one photograph of each
photographer :-).
So here comes t
Nice pics. I like "Maastricht", very pleasant view.
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Pentax-A* 300mm f2.8
http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Manual-Focus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-PK060090145530?r=FE
http://www.flickriver.com/lenses/pentax/smcpa300mmf28edif/
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Peter, let me try to explain. I seem to have grown to sincerely dislike
all too often seen on the internet ocassions when following the
announcement (and sometimes even following relatively reliable rumors)
people start proclaiming very loud claims.
E.g. K-3 is not revolutionary for the indust
Hi!
We seem to mostly have processed the pics from our vacation. So I plan
to post a series of PESOs each featuring one photograph of each
photographer :-).
So here comes the first day:
http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2013/10/2013-41-vacation-day-1.html
Boris
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Haven't ordered yet, will wait a decent interval, say a week or two. No need to
be an early adopter . . .
Actually, I need to factor in the purchase of new computer at the same time.
But am pretty sure I'll have one before the end of the year.
stan
On Oct 11, 2013, at 12:06 AM, Boris Liberma
Got it - reply on its way.
On Oct 11, 2013, at 12:04 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
> Stan,
>
> There should be an off-list message in your mailbox.
>
> Please have a look.
>
> Boris
>
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On Oct 11, 2013, at 6:01 PM, knarf wrote:
> First time I came to Toronto to visit in 1968 all the streetcars looked like
> this. Montreal had closed their last tram line around 1960 so these seemed
> very antiquated and anachronistic to my 12 year old eyes.
We had trams until 1954 which is way
On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 13:07:41 -0500 Walt wrote:
>
>Welp! As some of you may remember, I was recently bitten by the guitar bug, so
>I went out and got a Lâg Tramontane T66D, which struck me as a hell
>of a guitar for the money. And I loved it.
>
>Fast-forward two weeks, and . . . well:
>
>http://ww
Thanks, Frank!
It needs some adjustment, but once I get it right, it's going to be a
great little guitar. :)
-- Walt
On 10/11/2013 12:11 AM, knarf wrote:
Ouch and yay!
That Jasmine is lovely to look at. If it plays as nice it's a keeper for sure!
Good score!
Cheers,
frank
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