Re: PESO: Winter Dream

2014-01-28 Thread Attila Boros
Thanks, Rob. I'm pleased with the image quality. The UI could be better as you remarked on FB, but it doesn't bother me that much. It definitely added to the number of shots, it's really small and pocketable so I can keep it always with me without any problem. This was the primary reason for me to

Re: PESO - Surf's Up!

2014-01-28 Thread Attila Boros
Very nice! You caught that wave at the best moment. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:12 AM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Several days of high winds and cool temps make for quite spectacular stuff down at the Lake. I'll do a GESO later but for now:

Re: PESO - J. Mo

2014-01-28 Thread Attila Boros
Excellent portrait! Very charismatic face. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 5:45 AM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Justin is a photographer friend who was taking pictures at a bike messenger race last weekend. I think he has a very interesting face:

Re: PESO - Tattered in the Fog

2014-01-28 Thread Attila Boros
The repeated pattern works well, and I like distant ships disappearing in the fog. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Marco Alpert ma...@alpert.com wrote: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo14/peso1.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco --- http://www.alpert.com/marco --

OT - Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!

2014-01-28 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 28/1/14, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: Everyone else is welcome too, of course :-) http://www.fujirumors.com/wake-up-its-real-x-t1-announced-live-blogging- press-realease-pre-orders-and-more/ A digital LX? (Yeah, I know it's only APS-C, but this is a legitimate question.) Yes it

Re: OT - Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!

2014-01-28 Thread Boris Liberman
Well, but arguably, sir, you get to keep your hat uneaten... On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 28/1/14, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: Everyone else is welcome too, of course :-)

Re: OT - Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!

2014-01-28 Thread Boris Liberman
Well, but arguably, sir, you get to keep your hat uneaten... On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 28/1/14, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: Everyone else is welcome too, of course :-)

Re: PESO - Tattered in the Fog

2014-01-28 Thread Jack Davis
Looks like a good day to lay at anchor. Has a nice quiet feel. Jack From: Marco Alpert ma...@alpert.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 10:15 PM Subject: PESO - Tattered in the Fog

Re: Pentax 1.4x converter

2014-01-28 Thread Mark Roberts
New information: Asahi Man says the new teleconverter is an update of one designed under Hoya (in 2008) but never put into production. He also indicates there are considerable electronics inside the converter which will necessitate firmware updates for cameras to be able to sue it. -- PDML

Re: OT - Slide scanner advice

2014-01-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
I too have the Epson V500. For an inexpensive flatbed, it does an excellent job on transparencies and negatives. Here’s a scan of a 6x6 BW neg. The photo.net page on which this pic resides is comprised almost entirely of scans made on the V500, many from 35mm transparencies. Most of the quality

Re: Pentax 1.4x converter

2014-01-28 Thread Bruce Walker
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 2:55 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:40:19AM -0500, Ken Waller wrote: - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Pentax 1.4x converter On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Matthew Hunt

Re: PESO - Tattered in the Fog

2014-01-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Very fine, Marco. Wonderful delicate rendering. Wants to be a print. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 1:15 AM, Marco Alpert ma...@alpert.com wrote: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo14/peso1.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco --- http://www.alpert.com/marco -- PDML

Re: PESO - J. Mo

2014-01-28 Thread Bruce Walker
A terrific portrait, Frank. Should become his social networking profile pic. My only observation is I feel it's a tad too in-your-face. I think pulled back more would be desirable -- he looks a a little disembodied to me for some reason. I'm thinking it's because of the square crop. On Mon, Jan

Re: K3 owners: Focus peaking?

2014-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
VERY useful feature for astrophotography. (Focusing on a bright star or planet gives you pinpoint stars). One would THINK that you just turn the focuser as far as you can, but most lenses are like Buzz Lightyear - they go to infinity and beyond! On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:47 AM, Stanley Halpin

Re: Pentax 1.4x converter

2014-01-28 Thread CollinB
He probably didn't want to do endoscopes. That's just an innuendo. Its also a slippery slope Will these endoscope jokes ever be behind us? We have not touched bottom. I think you've put your finger on it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: What is a Photograph?

2014-01-28 Thread Eactivist
Googled, cool. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/27/2014 7:42:01 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, p...@paper-ape.com writes: on 2014-01-26 23:10 eactiv...@aol.com wrote Interesting. Never heard of that, at all. see if your library has any books of Man Ray's work -- PDML

Re: OT - Slide scanner advice

2014-01-28 Thread Eactivist
I have an older Epson flatbed scanner and it did a good job on slides. I was quite happy with it. I still have it, but it's packed up now and offhand I don't know the model number. The only problem I had was dust. That's a problem with all scanners, I guess. With a flatbed, more. I was

Re: Peso: Duck Soup Redo

2014-01-28 Thread Eactivist
Looks good, Jack. Well it was duck soup, i.e. foggy. Marnie aka Doe :-) Like the title, BTW. In a message dated 1/27/2014 11:49:40 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, jdavi...@yahoo.com writes: Marnie, decided to try your Punch Up idea. Think I rather prefer this version. Thanks for suggestion.

Re: PESO - Looking at the big world

2014-01-28 Thread Eactivist
Hey, I like that. (Contemplating some mismatched socks.) Marnie :-) Too bad re matching re kid. Oh, well, they grow up too quick. Heh. In a message dated 1/27/2014 9:44:00 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, s...@komkon.org writes: Marnie, I agree, probably, if the top of the windows were

Re: PESO - Tattered in the Fog

2014-01-28 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
In a message dated 1/27/2014 10:15:19 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, ma...@alpert.com writes: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo14/peso1.html Like very much, Marco! Lovely shapes hovering ethereally in the mists. Archetypal … beautiful. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Pentax 1.4x converter

2014-01-28 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
He probably didn't want to do endoscopes. That's just an innuendo. Its also a slippery slope Will these endoscope jokes ever be behind us? We have not touched bottom. I think you've put your finger on it. Hmm. That must be the end. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Surf's Up!

2014-01-28 Thread Eactivist
Br. Nice one. Marrnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/27/2014 5:12:44 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2014/01/surfs-up.html?m=1 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Slide scanner advice

2014-01-28 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
For simple, low quality, show-on-Facebook-or-put-them-on-TV captures, something like this ImageLab FS9T 9 MegaPixel Slide and Negative Scanner (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/747956-REG/ImageLab_FS9T_FS9T_9_MegaPixel_Slide.html), $55 from BH Photo, would probably work very well. As an

Re: Pentax 1.4x converter

2014-01-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Jan 28, 2014, at 10:28 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote: He probably didn't want to do endoscopes. That's just an innuendo. Its also a slippery slope Will these endoscope jokes ever be behind us? We have not touched bottom. I think you've put your finger on

Re: PESO - Tattered in the Fog

2014-01-28 Thread Eactivist
Very minimalist of course. Nice fog. Rendering is not bad. I waver on liking. (I sort of feel it needs a tad more of a focal pt -- like the closer one a bit darker. But that is just me.) Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/27/2014 10:15:19 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, ma...@alpert.com

Re: Pentax 1.4x converter

2014-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
Remind me never to be the butt of your jokes. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote: He probably didn't want to do endoscopes. That's just an innuendo. Its also a slippery slope Will these endoscope jokes ever be behind us? We have not touched

Re: OT - Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!

2014-01-28 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Looks like a nicely designed body, similar aesthetic to the Nikon Df with many discrete dials, buttons and knobs. I hope it has an up to date EVF (on par with the Sony A7/A7r or Olympus E-M1) and feels good in the hand. I know Fuji's lenses are generally quite good; they're building up a decent

Re: K3 owners: Focus peaking?

2014-01-28 Thread Stanley Halpin
OK, you jogged my memory. Shortly after my K-3 arrived, I did a shot of the moon with my 300mm lens IIRC. I remember fiddling with the LiveView focus peaking, giving up and going to manual. With that single flat bright element, focus peaking didn’t seem to be the way to go. I couldn't see the

Re: Peso: Duck Soup Redo

2014-01-28 Thread Jack Davis
Yes! Thanks for comments and, again, for suggestion. You even got the foggy (soupy) connection. Jack ;-) - Original Message - From: eactiv...@aol.com eactiv...@aol.com To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 7:06 AM Subject: Re: Peso: Duck Soup Redo Looks good, Jack.

Re: Another shot from London - Curious Incident

2014-01-28 Thread John
On 1/27/2014 7:14 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Miserere wrote: On 27 January 2014 12:26, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/london1/7de01340.html If you've followed the news from London in the past couple of months you'll get the title... I have

Re: Pentax 1.4x converter

2014-01-28 Thread Larry Colen
These jokes could have been funny but this list just wrecked em. On January 28, 2014 7:53:03 AM PST, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Jan 28, 2014, at 10:28 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote: He probably didn't want to do endoscopes. That's just an

PESO: Only In Vegas II

2014-01-28 Thread Eactivist
Okay, ann will come along and tell me they have Denny's like this on the East Coast, heh, BUT... this is the only Denny's I've ever seen with a bar. And a FULL bar, nonetheless. ;-) It is normally a very prosaic restaurant, and serves breakfast all day. So I guess at this place you can get

Re: OT - Slide scanner advice

2014-01-28 Thread John
On 1/28/2014 12:49 AM, Ken Waller wrote: I have a friend that asked me to recommend a scanner that he could buy that would be able to scan slides. He's not interested in large files and only wants to archive for possible digital projection - no printing. Any suggestion from list members for

Re: Pentax 1.4x converter

2014-01-28 Thread John
On 1/28/2014 9:24 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: New information: Asahi Man says the new teleconverter is an update of one designed under Hoya (in 2008) but never put into production. He also indicates there are considerable electronics inside the converter which will necessitate firmware updates for

Re: PESO: Only In Vegas II

2014-01-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
Colorful, entertaining photo. I like it. Paul On Jan 28, 2014, at 11:27 AM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Okay, ann will come along and tell me they have Denny's like this on the East Coast, heh, BUT... this is the only Denny's I've ever seen with a bar. And a FULL bar, nonetheless. ;-) It

Re: PESO: Only In Vegas II

2014-01-28 Thread Miserere
Marnie, I've been to a few Denny's in the Midwest...but you are quite right that none of them had a full bar (or even a partial bar!), and neither did they look like a strip club :-) Cheers, --M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for

Re: PESO: Only In Vegas II

2014-01-28 Thread Larry Colen
First of all, it's a great photo, I like the composition and the color. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:10:31PM -0500, Miserere wrote: Marnie, I've been to a few Denny's in the Midwest...but you are quite right that none of them had a full bar (or even a partial bar!), and neither did they look

Re: PESO: Only In Vegas II

2014-01-28 Thread Eactivist
Thanks, should have mentioned I shot it with the Pentax X-5. Marnie aka Doe :-) And it's just a for fun shot. In a message dated 1/28/2014 9:15:01 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, pnstenqu...@comcast.net writes: Colorful, entertaining photo. I like it. Paul On Jan 28, 2014, at 11:27 AM,

Re: PESO: Only In Vegas II

2014-01-28 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jan 28, 2014, at 10:27 , eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Okay, ann will come along and tell me they have Denny's like this on the East Coast, heh, BUT... this is the only Denny's I've ever seen with a bar. And a FULL bar, nonetheless. ;-) It is normally a very prosaic restaurant, and

Re: PESO: Only In Vegas II

2014-01-28 Thread Attila Boros
Nice bright colors. Could be a good advert for them. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 6:27 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Okay, ann will come along and tell me they have Denny's like this on the East Coast, heh, BUT... this is the only Denny's I've ever seen with a bar. And a FULL bar, nonetheless.

These retro camera ads are classically hilarious

2014-01-28 Thread Henk Terhell
Times they are changing: http://readwrite.com/2014/01/27/vintage-camera-ads-instagram#awesm=~ougFq7oHrOpfnW or: http://goo.gl/q3023A Henk -- 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

Re: PESO: Only In Vegas II

2014-01-28 Thread Jack Davis
I imagine, like all other Denny's, the floor tries to pull your shoes off and there is an oder that could be used to train cadaver dogs. Jack - Original Message - From: eactiv...@aol.com eactiv...@aol.com To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 8:27 AM Subject: PESO:

PESO: Winter in the Park

2014-01-28 Thread Attila Boros
Fresh snow was falling today, so I took a detour on my way home from the office. http://500px.com/photo/59282266 Taken with Sony RX100 II. -- 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

Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!

2014-01-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Nice, but I won't buy one until they come out with a Full Frame model. Wah, wah, wah! ;-) On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:42 AM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: Everyone else is welcome too, of course :-)

Re: Pentax 1.4x converter

2014-01-28 Thread P.J. Alling
On 1/28/2014 9:45 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 2:55 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:40:19AM -0500, Ken Waller wrote: - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Pentax 1.4x converter On Mon, Jan 27,

Re: OT - Slide scanner advice

2014-01-28 Thread steve harley
on 2014-01-27 22:49 Ken Waller wrote I have a friend that asked me to recommend a scanner that he could buy that would be able to scan slides. He's not interested in large files and only wants to archive for possible digital projection - no printing. Any suggestion from list members for such a

Re: Pentax 1.4x converter

2014-01-28 Thread Ken Waller
He also indicates there are considerable electronics inside the converter which will necessitate firmware updates for cameras to be able to sue it. So that will sounds like it will prevent full feature usage on non digital camera bodies. Kenneth Waller

Re: Pentax 1.4x converter

2014-01-28 Thread Ken Waller
These jokes could have been funny but this list just wrecked em. Rectum, hell it dam near kills them. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: Re: Pentax 1.4x converter These jokes could have

Re: Pentax 1.4x converter

2014-01-28 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Pentax 1.4x converter On 1/28/2014 9:45 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 2:55 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On

Re: PESO: Only In Vegas II

2014-01-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
This time - this one - you got me - absolutely only in Las Vegas - or, perhaps Reno :-) Someone else will have to spot the same thing elsewhere - there isn't one here, far as i know, that looks like THAT Nice shot.. ann On 1/28/2014 11:27, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Okay, ann will come along

Re: Pentax 1.4x converter

2014-01-28 Thread Mark Roberts
Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: On 1/28/2014 9:45 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 2:55 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:40:19AM -0500, Ken Waller wrote: - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com Subject:

Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!

2014-01-28 Thread P.J. Alling
Kind of looks like someone took parts of Sony's new FF mirrorless, and the Olympus OM-D, (doesn't matter which one really), and built a new camera out of the parts around an APS-C sensor. From the front it looks a lot like a nice compact film SLR from the late 80's before AutoFocus took

Re: Pentax 1.4x converter

2014-01-28 Thread CollinB
Ah shit. So Hoya fired the guy who created my fave lens, the DA* 55/1.4. Unbelievable. What a bunch of maroons. He probably didn't want to do endoscopes. That's just an innuendo. Its also a slippery slope Will these endoscope jokes ever be behind us? We have not touched bottom. We've

Re: OT - Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!

2014-01-28 Thread Miserere
For those that are wondering, a size comparison with the K-3: http://j.mp/1f8Xz5k Pretty similar from the front, but take a look from the top; big difference there. And Cotty, I assume you saw the EVF size comparison on the DPR preview:

GESO - Fisheye for dances -- Need your opinion to choose

2014-01-28 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi All, I am posting this GESO for two reasons: 1. To share my use of 8mm fisheye lens for dances (as I promised to Larry): http://42graphy.org/misc/fisheye-dfx/ The first 10 or so photos - are what I consider interesting and of reasonable quality. The rest are of marginal quality, but they

Re: PESO: Only In Vegas II

2014-01-28 Thread Igor Roshchin
Marnie, that's a great, colorful shot! I like it! Now, please excuse me if I were to spoil your finding by telling that there are other (very few though) Denny's restaurants that feature a [full] bar. E.g.: http://www.yelp.com/biz/dennys-ontario-3 (Ontario, CA[lifornia])

Re: GESO - Fisheye for dances -- Need your opinion to choose

2014-01-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Interesting set of shots. But honestly, the single that grabs me is 9100. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Hi All, I am posting this GESO for two reasons: 1. To share my use of 8mm fisheye lens for dances (as I promised to Larry):

Re: Pentax 1.4x converter

2014-01-28 Thread P.J. Alling
On 1/28/2014 2:17 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 1/28/2014 9:45 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 2:55 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:40:19AM -0500, Ken Waller wrote: - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com Subject:

RE: OT - Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!

2014-01-28 Thread Bob W
The camera's very nice looking, but it's still only a .77x viewfinder, so it's nothing like a digital LX. The LX had a superb viewfinder, and really for me the viewfinder is a really important part of the choice in a camera. And I'm really not interested in an EVF, however hard they push it. B

RE: PESO: Only In Vegas II

2014-01-28 Thread Bob W
some bright spark needs to go and break the Ls in Full Bar. B -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ann Sanfedele Sent: 28 January 2014 20:21 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: Only In Vegas II This time - this one - you got me -

Re: GESO - Fisheye for dances -- Need your opinion to choose

2014-01-28 Thread Ken Waller
a) rectangle b) square c) color d) color e) color f) delete g) keep Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org Subject: GESO - Fisheye for dances -- Need your opinion to choose Hi All, I am posting this

Re: GESO - Fisheye for dances -- Need your opinion to choose

2014-01-28 Thread Attila Boros
Hi Igor, On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:57 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Hi All, I am posting this GESO for two reasons: 1. To share my use of 8mm fisheye lens for dances (as I promised to Larry): http://42graphy.org/misc/fisheye-dfx/ The first 10 or so photos - are what I

Re: PESO: Only In Vegas II

2014-01-28 Thread Eactivist
Well, poop, re bar. But still... one wonders WHO would want to get married in a Denny's? LOL. Also it still leaves me wondering what a partial bar would be. Thanks, Igor. Marnie aka Doe ;-) In a message dated 1/28/2014 1:10:11 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, s...@komkon.org writes: Marnie,

Re: GESO - Fisheye for dances -- Need your opinion to choose

2014-01-28 Thread steve harley
on 2014-01-28 13:57 Igor Roshchin wrote Rectangle or square: a) http://42graphy.org/misc/fisheye-dfx/_IR09114.html and http://42graphy.org/misc/fisheye-dfx/_IR09114_1.html neither feel right to me; i'd consider cropping off the top and bottom 1/6 of rectangle (widescreen) b)

Re: K3 owners: Focus peaking?

2014-01-28 Thread steve harley
on 2014-01-27 23:47 Stanley Halpin wrote You can zoom all the way (10x?) and still do focus peaking. Not sure when that would be relevant. When you zoom, obviously you are only seeing a small portion of the scene, so either you compose with the critical element in the absolute center, or you

Re: These retro camera ads are classically hilarious

2014-01-28 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 28/1/14, Henk Terhell, discombobulated, unleashed: Times they are changing: http://readwrite.com/2014/01/27/vintage-camera-ads- instagram#awesm=~ougFq7oHrOpfnW or: http://goo.gl/q3023A Nikon S2 ! oh my -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web

Re: OT - Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!

2014-01-28 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 28/1/14, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: For those that are wondering, a size comparison with the K-3: http://j.mp/1f8Xz5k Pretty similar from the front, but take a look from the top; big difference there. And Cotty, I assume you saw the EVF size comparison on the DPR preview:

Re: OT - Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!

2014-01-28 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 28/1/14, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: And I'm really not interested in an EVF, however hard they push it. I am, slowly being won around. This one is OLED and supposedly one-tenth of the lag rate of previous incarnations... -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, ||

Re: PESO: Winter in the Park

2014-01-28 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 28/1/14, Attila Boros, discombobulated, unleashed: Fresh snow was falling today, so I took a detour on my way home from the office. http://500px.com/photo/59282266 Taken with Sony RX100 II. really nice shot mate - one minor nit, would prefer perfect symmetry on a shot that is very nearly

Re: OT - Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!

2014-01-28 Thread Bill
On 28/01/2014 2:33 PM, Miserere wrote: http://4.static.img-dpreview.com/previews/fujifilm-x-t1/images/vf-sizes.jpg?v=2721 Fuji is trying really hard to make me part with my hard-earned money... Not having seen an EVF that doesn't make me hurl, I will probably like this camera from afar.

Re: OT - Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!

2014-01-28 Thread Bill
On 28/01/2014 3:29 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: If you prefer an SLR you've got to put the mirror box somewhere. The 17.7 registration distance of the X-mount keeps the camera thinner as well. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: These retro camera ads are classically hilarious

2014-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
NOW I get why my wife calls me Polaroid. (Thanks Henk). On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Henk Terhell hterh...@chello.nl wrote: Times they are changing: http://readwrite.com/2014/01/27/vintage-camera-ads-instagram#awesm=~ougFq7oHrOpfnW or: http://goo.gl/q3023A Henk -- PDML

Re: OT - Slide scanner advice

2014-01-28 Thread P.J. Alling
The V500 has been replaced with the V550, the specifications seem to be the same, the MSRP is lower as is the street price. On 1/28/2014 9:35 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I too have the Epson V500. For an inexpensive flatbed, it does an excellent job on transparencies and negatives. Here’s a

Re: PESO: Only In Vegas II

2014-01-28 Thread P.J. Alling
Getting married in a Denny's is just the kind of ironic thing that makes the rest of us despise hipsters. It's also the non ironic thing that would make me feel sad for anyone else who got married there. On 1/28/2014 5:50 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Well, poop, re bar. But still... one

Re: PESO - Surf's Up!

2014-01-28 Thread P.J. Alling
Hum, horizons straight, parts are in sharp focus, who are you and what have you done with frank? On 1/27/2014 8:12 PM, knarf wrote: Several days of high winds and cool temps make for quite spectacular stuff down at the Lake. I'll do a GESO later but for now:

Re: K3 owners: Focus peaking?

2014-01-28 Thread Stanley Halpin
On Jan 28, 2014, at 6:29 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2014-01-27 23:47 Stanley Halpin wrote You can zoom all the way (10x?) and still do focus peaking. Not sure when that would be relevant. When you zoom, obviously you are only seeing a small portion of the scene, so

Re: PESO: Winter in the Park

2014-01-28 Thread Igor Roshchin
Tue Jan 28 18:41:46 EST 2014 Steve Cottrell wrote: On 28/1/14, Attila Boros, discombobulated, unleashed: Fresh snow was falling today, so I took a detour on my way home from the office. http://500px.com/photo/59282266 Taken with Sony RX100 II. really nice shot mate - one minor nit,

Re: K3 owners: Focus peaking?

2014-01-28 Thread Mark C
I've used it on the few snow crystals I've shot this season. I don't see any differences between focus peaking on the K-3 and the K-01 or Q (the other bodies I've used with this feature). To zoom you hit the OK button and spin the rear dial for a maximum magnification of 10x. Mark On

Re: OT - Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!

2014-01-28 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W wrote: And I'm really not interested in an EVF, however hard they push it. Same for me. For now. But I expect EVF's will eventually get as good as optical viewfinders and will replace them – the elimination of the moving mirror, prism, etc. will make the cost reduction irresistible

Re: K3 owners: Focus peaking?

2014-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
Just one additional point that some may not be aware of (owners will again need to confirm this for me) but the 4 way buttons on the K-3 are allegedly 8-way buttons: If you depress two consecutive buttons at the same time you move diagonally. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Stanley Halpin

OT: Read the manual

2014-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
A short video that illustrates (with even something as simple as a hamster wheel) why it is always a good idea to read the product manual. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPVZzm1I-tM -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred

Re: OT - Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!

2014-01-28 Thread Bill
On 28/01/2014 6:16 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Bob W wrote: And I'm really not interested in an EVF, however hard they push it. Same for me. For now. But I expect EVF's will eventually get as good as optical viewfinders and will replace them – the elimination of the moving mirror, prism, etc.

Re: These retro camera ads are classically hilarious

2014-01-28 Thread J.C. O'Connell
On 1/28/2014 6:58 PM, Darren Addy wrote: NOW I get why my wife calls me Polaroid. (Thanks Henk). Polaroid? (60 seconds of excitement)? or Parloraid? ( 60 seconds of disappointment)? On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Henk Terhell hterh...@chello.nl wrote: Times they are changing:

Re: K3 owners: Focus peaking?

2014-01-28 Thread Bruce Walker
True. I've made (sometimes good) use of that feature. Mostly because my fingers tend to hit multiple buttons at once anyway. Damned teensy controls. Maybe that new Fuji is the right thing for me after all. Sometimes I wish I had a camera that worked like my old Praktica LTL. On Tue, Jan 28,

Enablement: Ring flash

2014-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
Had a bit of a surprise enablement today, so I thought I would share the good news. My employers own three injection molding (plastics) factories and do work for some rather large corporations. The molds for the injection molding machines are often huge and work under high temperatures and

Re: K3 owners: Focus peaking?

2014-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 7:45 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: True. I've made (sometimes good) use of that feature. Mostly because my fingers tend to hit multiple buttons at once anyway. Damned teensy controls. Maybe that new Fuji is the right thing for me after all. Sometimes I

Re: Enablement: Ring flash

2014-01-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 07:58:33PM -0600, Darren Addy wrote: He originally bought me my Metz 58 AF-1 also, so all of my on-camera flash enablement has come thanks to him. It is nice when your employer is willing to invest in the tools that help you do your job. It is even nicer to be

Re: OT - Slide scanner advice

2014-01-28 Thread P.J. Alling
Epson perfection V550. Specifications look good results will probably be adequate and the price is right, you can get one for a low as $150 and they seem to have a regular retail price of about $160. On 1/28/2014 12:49 AM, Ken Waller wrote: I have a friend that asked me to recommend a scanner

Re: Enablement: Ring flash

2014-01-28 Thread Stanley Halpin
On Jan 28, 2014, at 9:18 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 07:58:33PM -0600, Darren Addy wrote: He originally bought me my Metz 58 AF-1 also, so all of my on-camera flash enablement has come thanks to him. It is nice when your employer is willing to invest

Re: PESO: Melted Chocolate

2014-01-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That works well as an abstract, as well as a landscape. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 7:26 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: I don't know what it says about me that out in the middle of the Nevada desert, about 40 minutes south from Las

Re: These retro camera ads are classically hilarious

2014-01-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: http://readwrite.com/2014/01/27/vintage-camera-ads- instagram#awesm=~ougFq7oHrOpfnW I like the good times ad with the Honeywell PENTAX. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML

Re: Enablement: Ring flash

2014-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
Geez Larry, that is horrible news. I'll add my voice to Stan's with hopes and wishes that your period of uncertainty is short (and sweet). On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 8:43 PM, Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: On Jan 28, 2014, at 9:18 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On

Re: OT - Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!

2014-01-28 Thread Miserere
Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 28/01/2014 6:16 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Bob W wrote: And I'm really not interested in an EVF, however hard they push it. Same for me. For now. But I expect EVF's will eventually get as good as optical viewfinders and will replace them – the

Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!

2014-01-28 Thread Miserere
Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Nice, but I won't buy one until they come out with a Full Frame model. Wah, wah, wah! ;-) On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:42 AM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: Everyone else is welcome too, of course :-)

PESO: Only We

2014-01-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17667112 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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

Re: PESO - Boccie

2014-01-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I love the shadows! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: A boccie game beneath the town walls of Dinon: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17663752size=lg or

PESO - Bush

2014-01-28 Thread knarf
The lake had calmed down by the time I got there but obviously the waves were quite high the night before; this bush is atop a ledge at least ten feet up from the water edge. The water looks a tad chilly: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2014/01/bush.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.

Re: OT - Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!

2014-01-28 Thread P.J. Alling
We haven't seen a lot of cost reduction so far from using EVFs. Take for example two roughly equivalent cameras an EVF Olympus OM-D EM-1 at 16mp and the K-5II. The cameras spec sheets are very similar, weather sealed, Magnesium alloy bodies, With really about equal IQ, both have weather

Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!

2014-01-28 Thread P.J. Alling
Since the Fuji cameras were designed from the beginning with an APS-C sensor and a whole new lens mount so there is no existing base of lenses designed with a big enough image circle to cover a 24x36mm sensor, Demanding a FF solution is worse than silly. It would be like demanding that

Re: PESO - Bush

2014-01-28 Thread Jack Davis
Well done, Frank. Like the overall composition and form of the ice covered bush. Jack - Original Message - From: knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 7:46 PM Subject: PESO - Bush The lake had calmed down by the

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