PESO - Two Swans and Geese

2014-02-10 Thread knarf
Hunkering down on lake ice during a snowfall. The ice goes out quite a ways, you can barely see open water way off near the horizon: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2014/02/two-swans-and-some-geese.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. Cheers, frank “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -

Re: PESO: House on Wheels

2014-02-10 Thread Alan C
Didn't know your house was damaged. Do they build new foundations & then wheel the house into position or wheel the house out of the way before repairing the existing foundations? Moving wooden houses to new locations is not entirely fanciful - I remember a shot of a whole house on a big low-bed

Re: OT - An innovative way to pad out your portfolio

2014-02-10 Thread David Mann
On Feb 11, 2014, at 10:47 am, Brian Walters wrote: > Can't be bothered taking your own photos to illustrate your commercial > photography business? > > No problem - just buy someone else's work. > > > http://petapixel.com/2014/02/10/rant-wedding-photographer-wants-buy-good-wedding-shots-pad-p

Re: testing

2014-02-10 Thread P.J. Alling
3... 2... 1... We have liftoff! On 2/10/2014 10:17 PM, Rick Womer wrote: 1 2 3 -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to U

Re: testing

2014-02-10 Thread Bob Sullivan
Can't hear you, say again... On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Jeffery Johnson wrote: > 7 8 9 > > On 2/10/2014 9:18 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: >> >> 4 5 6 >> >> On 11 February 2014 14:17, Rick Womer wrote: >>> >>> 1 2 3 >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.n

Re: testing

2014-02-10 Thread Jack Davis
4 5 6 - Original Message - From: Rick Womer To: Pentax List Cc: Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 7:17 PM Subject: testing 1 2 3 -- 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: testing

2014-02-10 Thread Jeffery Johnson
7 8 9 On 2/10/2014 9:18 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: 4 5 6 On 11 February 2014 14:17, Rick Womer wrote: 1 2 3 -- 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: testing

2014-02-10 Thread Rob Studdert
4 5 6 On 11 February 2014 14:17, Rick Womer wrote: > 1 2 3 > > -- > 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image

testing

2014-02-10 Thread Rick Womer
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Re: OT - An innovative way to pad out your portfolio

2014-02-10 Thread P.J. Alling
On 2/10/2014 6:48 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: P.J. Alling wrote: On 2/10/2014 4:47 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Can't be bothered taking your own photos to illustrate your commercial photography business? No problem - just buy someone else's work. http://petapixel.com/2014/02/10/rant-wedding-photogr

Re: OT - An innovative way to pad out your portfolio

2014-02-10 Thread Bruce Walker
On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > P.J. Alling wrote: > >>On 2/10/2014 4:47 PM, Brian Walters wrote: >>> Can't be bothered taking your own photos to illustrate your commercial >>> photography business? >>> >>> No problem - just buy someone else's work. >>> >>> http://petapixel.

PESO: House on Wheels

2014-02-10 Thread David Mann
A cellphone snapshot on my way home from the pool. This house is on the corner at the end of our street and I've been watching with interest as they jack it up to repair the earthquake-damaged foundations. Today I was passing it on its other side and saw wheels. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/ph

Re: OT - An innovative way to pad out your portfolio

2014-02-10 Thread Mark Roberts
P.J. Alling wrote: >On 2/10/2014 4:47 PM, Brian Walters wrote: >> Can't be bothered taking your own photos to illustrate your commercial >> photography business? >> >> No problem - just buy someone else's work. >> >> http://petapixel.com/2014/02/10/rant-wedding-photographer-wants-buy-good-wedding

RE: OT - An innovative way to pad out your portfolio

2014-02-10 Thread Bob W
In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs of every head he's had the pleasure to know... ...although I strongly suspect he didn't actually do any of the haircuts, but just bought some stock photographs. So if barbers and kebab shops can do it, why not wedding photographers? B > -

Re: Sigma OS lenses

2014-02-10 Thread Rob Studdert
Yep, OS is switched off in preference to in body SR though it still adds drain to the system, I don't know that any of the current Sigma lenses use screw AF, in any case the HSM focus seems very fast compared with Pentax SDM from my albeit limited experience and the reports that I have read from ot

Re: K3 Under pressure

2014-02-10 Thread Rob Studdert
I did my Googling earlier and I am quite sure that Pentax, for its market share, is over-represented in the camera lock-up stakes. Rather than make excuses for poor performance I would the problems be diagnosed and remedied so that in the long run Pentax might claw back some market share as a seri

Re: OT - An innovative way to pad out your portfolio

2014-02-10 Thread P.J. Alling
The unnamed advertiser is refreshingly honest, in a horrible way. There have been numberless cases of photographer appropriating others work without paying for it. This guy is at least kind of honest. On 2/10/2014 4:47 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Can't be bothered taking your own photos to illust

Re: New camera

2014-02-10 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Yes, it's a breech-lock mount. Godfrey On Feb 10, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: >> On Feb 8, 2014, at 20:50 , CollinB wrote: >> >> Got a Canon 7 rangefinder today. Never had one before. >> Can't figure out how to remove the lens. 50/1.4 >> Might be nice to try with a m39 ada

Re: PESO Lanterns and Landscape

2014-02-10 Thread Jack Davis
I, agree Paul Nice background. Jack - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 10:58 AM Subject: PESO Lanterns and Landscape I’m intrigued by the idea that the out of focus background elements can sometimes be the sub

Re: I'm Back

2014-02-10 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting sup8pdct : I am back after traveling for almost 12 months. Here is a map type of thingy of where we stayed during the trip, Some places were a day, some 2 weeks. Less then 4% were caravan parks. The rest was either national parks or free camping. http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums

OT - An innovative way to pad out your portfolio

2014-02-10 Thread Brian Walters
Can't be bothered taking your own photos to illustrate your commercial photography business? No problem - just buy someone else's work. http://petapixel.com/2014/02/10/rant-wedding-photographer-wants-buy-good-wedding-shots-pad-portfolio/ http://tinyurl.com/mrwmz4f -- Cheers Brian +++

Re: ZX / MZ Question

2014-02-10 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Bob W-PDML : On 10 Feb 2014, at 21:13, "John" wrote: On 2/10/2014 3:49 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting "P.J. Alling" : By the time it was in any way viable as a technology, DSLRs had already taken over the market. The original IIRC called Silicon Film had a 2.8x crop factor, 1.3

Sigma OS lenses

2014-02-10 Thread CollinB
Anyone here shooting them? I looking at the 70-300 and 150-500. Nice. No screw AF. -- 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 Grace and her Grandma

2014-02-10 Thread Bob Sullivan
Paul, Tell your wife not to be so camera shy. We expect to see someone who is age appropriate for a Grandma! Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Yes; Gracie's expression makes the image special. > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljma

Re: ZX / MZ Question

2014-02-10 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 10 Feb 2014, at 21:13, "John" wrote: > >> On 2/10/2014 3:49 PM, Brian Walters wrote: >> Quoting "P.J. Alling" : >> >>> By the time it was in any way viable as a technology, DSLRs had >>> already taken over the market. The original IIRC called Silicon Film >>> had a 2.8x crop factor, 1.3mp im

Re: ZX / MZ Question

2014-02-10 Thread John
On 2/10/2014 3:49 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting "P.J. Alling" : By the time it was in any way viable as a technology, DSLRs had already taken over the market. The original IIRC called Silicon Film had a 2.8x crop factor, 1.3mp images were to be produced with the "cartridge" having only enou

Re: ZX / MZ Question

2014-02-10 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting "P.J. Alling" : By the time it was in any way viable as a technology, DSLRs had already taken over the market. The original IIRC called Silicon Film had a 2.8x crop factor, 1.3mp images were to be produced with the "cartridge" having only enough memory to store ~64 images, and s

Re: New camera

2014-02-10 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 8, 2014, at 20:50 , CollinB wrote: > Got a Canon 7 rangefinder today. Never had one before. > Can't figure out how to remove the lens. 50/1.4 > Might be nice to try with a m39 adapter. According to this: http://www.cameramanuals.org/canon_pdf/canon_7_bell_&_howell.pdf There is a silv

Re: ZX / MZ Question

2014-02-10 Thread P.J. Alling
By the time it was in any way viable as a technology, DSLRs had already taken over the market. The original IIRC called Silicon Film had a 2.8x crop factor, 1.3mp images were to be produced with the "cartridge" having only enough memory to store ~64 images, and supported only certain models o

Re: PESO Lanterns and Landscape

2014-02-10 Thread Alan C
Yes, very intriguing. The illusion is created by the way the shape of the bottom part of the tree fits the shape of the lamp bracket. Alan C -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 8:58 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO Lanterns and Landscap

PESO Lanterns and Landscape

2014-02-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
I’m intrigued by the idea that the out of focus background elements can sometimes be the subject while the in-focus foreground plays accompaniment. This image attempts that to some small degree. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17679206&size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.

Re: PESO Grace and her Grandma

2014-02-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Yes; Gracie's expression makes the image special. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > K-3 with DA* 50-135/2.8, ISO 8000, f4 @ 1.50th, +0.3 exposure comp, 135mm > focal length. Grandma doesn’t like cameras, so to

Re: PESO - Is It Spring Yet?

2014-02-10 Thread knarf
I don't know how the birds that stay behind do it. Thanks for your comment, Bruce, much appreciated. And thanks to all who looked. Cheers, frank On 9 February, 2014 10:58:08 AM EST, Bruce Walker wrote: >A long one for all of us, and it ain't even half over yet. They >contrast nicely with the

Re: K3 Under pressure

2014-02-10 Thread Rick Womer
A bit of Googling will show you that freezing (requiring removing the battery) is a problem for EVERY brand of DSLR. Rick On Feb 10, 2014, at 04:55 , Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > Am 09.02.14 17:13, schrieb Aahz Maruch: > >> That's what happened to me with a K-5 II as well (although I think I wa

Re: Rim lighting on a budget

2014-02-10 Thread John
Probably not. If I ever go back to work I wouldn't have any left for my own use. On 2/10/2014 9:32 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Well, there's a potential biz for you: eBaying those things to the strobist crowd. :-) On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 9:03 PM, John wrote: On 2/9/2014 6:08 PM, Bruce Walker wrot

Re: PESO 2014 - 049 - GDG

2014-02-10 Thread John
I like the subdued, slightly desaturated colors. On 2/10/2014 1:42 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Walking back to my car on Saturday morning, the skies were slowly clearing ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/12428362353/ Thanks for looking. Comments always appreciated. Godfrey --- "

Re: Rim lighting on a budget

2014-02-10 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks, Attila. On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Attila Boros wrote: > Nice tip and very good results. > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> I just published an article on how I got the specific lighting look >> for my recent "model with flexible aluminum tubing" shots usin

Re: Rim lighting on a budget

2014-02-10 Thread Bruce Walker
Well, there's a potential biz for you: eBaying those things to the strobist crowd. :-) On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 9:03 PM, John wrote: > On 2/9/2014 6:08 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> I just published an article on how I got the specific lighting look >> for my recent "model with flexible aluminum tu

Re: Rim lighting on a budget

2014-02-10 Thread Attila Boros
Nice tip and very good results. On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > I just published an article on how I got the specific lighting look > for my recent "model with flexible aluminum tubing" shots using a > couple of really cheap flashes and DIY barn doors. > > http://blog.bruce

Re: I'm Back

2014-02-10 Thread Rob Studdert
Wow, nice locations, looks like fun, I must do it over an extended period one time at least, I doubt somehow that I would be able to limit my image count to 1 or so though :) On 9 February 2014 22:36, sup8pdct wrote: > I am back after traveling for almost 12 months. > Here is a map type of t

Re: K3 Under pressure

2014-02-10 Thread Rob Studdert
Hi Guys, The room was air conditioned so quite cool and I certainly wasn't shooting at rates that I have in the past using both of my K5 bodies with the same lenses and batteries. The lens was a Sigma but still this problem shouldn't occur and a little searching on the much maligned PF reveals tha

Re: K3 Under pressure

2014-02-10 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 09.02.14 17:13, schrieb Aahz Maruch: That's what happened to me with a K-5 II as well (although I think I was shooting bracketed). This is, just like the sticking trigger button, an eternal problem that I've had with all my Pentax DSLRs (*istDS, K10, K7, K5). Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher

Re: K3 Under pressure

2014-02-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 10 February 2014 16:26, Boris Liberman wrote: > Well, I see. I should point out that I have no clue as to how conductive of > heat are the internals of the Pentax cameras and how heat conductive is the > outer shell. > > I was merely suggesting that if too many shots were shot and it overheated

Re: A small epiphany...

2014-02-10 Thread Rob Studdert
Yes apparently it's yet to be delivered in Pentax mount, at least they are releasing this one for us. Cheers, On 9 February 2014 14:58, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > > Rob, > > I noticed that one two months ago, and even asked about it here, on > PDML: > http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2013