Re: OT. SSD query

2014-05-08 Thread John
Maxing out RAM would probably offer the *most* bang-for-the-buck for Photoshop. There's an advantage to having a separate physical drive for Photoshop's scratch disk. Doesn't seem to matter whether it's SSD or traditional spinning platter.

Re: OT. SSD query

2014-05-08 Thread Steve Cottrell
Prices are falling nicely now, when I got a Samsung 250GB SSD last year it was 130 GBP, now down to about 100: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-250GB-Basic-Solid-State/dp/B00E391OX6/ ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1399537090sr=8-1keywords=samsung+ssd http://tinyurl.com/lce2ktw My son had one first in his

Re: 2 Pesos : NSFMJ :-)

2014-05-08 Thread Mark C
What pretty green eyes! Nice shot! Mark On 5/7/2014 12:44 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Been a while since I posted anything - haven't really been in shooting mode except for the necessary ebay images. Ashley and friend

Re: PESO -- When life gives you lemons.

2014-05-08 Thread Mark C
Nice! On 5/7/2014 5:51 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20lemonclams.html Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/smc Pentax FA 43mm Limited. Notes: I hadn't used the DXOMark film pack filters in a while so I gave this the Kodachrome 25 treatment.

Re: GESO - April Flowers II

2014-05-08 Thread Mark C
Thanks, Ken! It seems like the late spring has resulted in a short and fast changing wildflower season here. On 5/7/2014 11:59 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Well done Mark ! Great captures as usual. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From:

Re: GESO - April Flowers II

2014-05-08 Thread Mark C
Thanks Alan! Based on the conversion rate I just pulled up - R46,000 would be an outrageously high price for this lens. One sold recently on ebay in a no-reserve auction for around $1,700 but there are routinely much higher asking prices. I do wish that a longer(150mm-200mm) macro was

Re: PESO Kat

2014-05-08 Thread Larry Colen
Now that’s a Kat photo even Mr. Johnson could like. Very nice lighting on her face. The background has issues, but it is what it is. On May 1, 2014, at 3:46 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I appreciate your opinion, John. The background is a blessing and curse. It's some

Re: GESO - April Flowers II

2014-05-08 Thread Jack Davis
When attempting to open, I get a 403 Forbidden notice. Seems I'm a suspected spammer(?) Jack - Original Message - From: Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2014 5:10:25 AM Subject: Re: GESO - April Flowers II Thanks, Ken! It seems like the late

Re: OT. SSD query

2014-05-08 Thread Eric Weir
On May 8, 2014, at 4:22 AM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: My son had one first in his Macbook, then I did mine. Ideally I wanted a 500GB but they were more than twice the price. I note the 500GB is now about 180 GBP, so will be looking at some of those for both computer and

Re: White balance

2014-05-08 Thread Eric Weir
On Apr 25, 2014, at 3:07 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: ERic - do you have the K-5? or above? I shoot a lot of my ebay stuff in mixed fluor and daylight from window and start with AWB - examine the pic and press WB to get the choices to come up, then move the settings around

Re: White balance

2014-05-08 Thread Eric Weir
On Apr 25, 2014, at 11:26 PM, John jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: You can use the white-balance eye-dropper tool to color correct the photo that has the gray card in it then synchronize the rest of the images taken in the same light to that first one. I’ll probably be asking for help with

Re: White balance

2014-05-08 Thread Eric Weir
On Apr 26, 2014, at 5:58 AM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: Under florescent lighting the colour changes as Godfrey suggests but to take it a little further the problem occurs mainly at shutter speeds shorter than a half cycle of the local mains frequency in the case of

Re: White balance

2014-05-08 Thread Eric Weir
On May 1, 2014, at 9:05 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: In difficult light, I just point the camera at a white paper towel and take a custom WB reading off of it. That seems accurate enough. Thanks, Bill.

Re: White balance

2014-05-08 Thread Eric Weir
On May 2, 2014, at 12:35 AM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: As the number of cycles covered by an exposure increases so does the colour stability, it's exposure periods of under a full half cycle of the mains that leads to significant colour shift problems. Thanks, Rob. However,

Re: White balance

2014-05-08 Thread Eric Weir
On May 2, 2014, at 12:31 PM, Bryan Jacoby bryan.jac...@gmail.com wrote: In Lightroom, if you select a bunch of photos and turn on auto synch any change you make in one photo will be applied to others. So you have one photo with a white balance card in it, and then a bunch of other photos

Re: White balance

2014-05-08 Thread Eric Weir
On Apr 25, 2014, at 10:31 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: White balance has to do with matching the colour response of your editing software with the colour temperature of the dominant light source in your scene. You need to know that the usual light source suspects all give

Re: OT. SSD query

2014-05-08 Thread Bill
On 07/05/2014 11:48 PM, David Mann wrote: Is there any advantage to having a separate physical drive for PS swap when you're using an SSD? So far, I've done it because of drive capacities. However, San Disc seems to have a nice 480gb drive that would do for both my C drive and swap if there

Re: OT. SSD query

2014-05-08 Thread Eric Weir
Again, I have a 251 GB MacBook Air. I’m running close exhausting available capacity and expect to be doing more shooting than I have heretofore. I take it I could move all my LR off the machine external hard disks. The question then is what do I do when I’m away from home and don’t have access

Re: PESOS: Hands on with the 645Z and some other stuff

2014-05-08 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks for the update John. You know it's real when one of us can see and touch it. There a photo in the stream of you with the 645Z.. Looks good - you should buy one! Regards, Bob S. On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 9:40 PM, John jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I actually have something on topic for once!

Re: PESOS: Hands on with the 645Z and some other stuff

2014-05-08 Thread Paul
So nice to see a display case full of Pentax/Ricoh products. We're fortunate here in the MKE area to have three decent brick and mortar photo stores, but they keep pushing Nikon and Canon. When I ask about Pentax I get the same answer...we can order one for you. They've not stocked Pentax

OT - Live feed from ISS

2014-05-08 Thread Steve Cottrell
watching this on and off - a live HD feed from the ISS. http://m.ustream.tv/channel/iss-hdev-payload If screen is grey, it's either a point at which no feed available, or briefly changing cameras If black, it's on the dark side. Currently just coming into sunrise! Amazing :-) -- Cheers,

Re: GESO - April Flowers II

2014-05-08 Thread Bob Sullivan
Mark, Very nice images. So warm here now the flowers will be lost soon. What are you using to stack your image in that last one? Regards, Bob S. On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: Wrapping up last month's wildflower shooting...

contact list

2014-05-08 Thread jdavisf8
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Fwd: GESO - April Flowers II (Mark C.?)

2014-05-08 Thread Jack Davis
- Forwarded Message - From: Davis, Jack jdavi...@comcast.net To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2014 5:37:30 AM Subject: Re: GESO - April Flowers II When attempting to open, I get a 403 Forbidden notice. Seems I'm a suspected spammer(?) Jack - Original Message -

Re: OT - Live feed from ISS

2014-05-08 Thread Stanley Halpin
Thanks Cotty. And you can go here to get a context for what you are seeing: http://www.isstracker.com stan On 8 May 2014, at 09:59, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: watching this on and off - a live HD feed from the ISS. http://m.ustream.tv/channel/iss-hdev-payload If screen is

Re: OT - Live feed from ISS

2014-05-08 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 8/5/14, Stanley Halpin, discombobulated, unleashed: Thanks Cotty. And you can go here to get a context for what you are seeing: http://www.isstracker.com Perfect! Thanks! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --

Re: OT. SSD query

2014-05-08 Thread John
I believe the only thing Lightroom *has* to have on the local hard-drive is the catalog. The actual photos themselves can reside on any drive although it might be a chore keeping the catalog in sync if you have more than one external drive. Not impossible, just work. On 5/8/2014 9:39 AM, Eric

Re: GESO - April Flowers II

2014-05-08 Thread Mark C
Sorry about that, Jack. I sometimes block IP addresses in htaccess and must of added yours by mistake. (Unless you are in China in which case I have tried to block all IP addresses.) I pruned the list so hopefully it will work now. On 5/8/2014 8:37 AM, Jack Davis wrote: When attempting to

Re: PESOS: Hands on with the 645Z and some other stuff

2014-05-08 Thread John
I would love to have paying work enough that would allow me to justify buying one. On 5/8/2014 9:43 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Thanks for the update John. You know it's real when one of us can see and touch it. There a photo in the stream of you with the 645Z.. Looks good - you should buy one!

XFINITY Connect

2014-05-08 Thread Jack Davis
http://calendar.comcast.net/xcon/#emails/2 Sent from my iPhone -- 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: PESOS: Hands on with the 645Z and some other stuff

2014-05-08 Thread John
I talked to the owners of both local stores around here a couple of years back about why they were no longer carrying Pentax and both of them told me the same thing ... They would stock Pentax if they could get Pentax accept their orders. This was back just about the time Hoya acquired Pentax.

Re: contact list

2014-05-08 Thread John
Whasup list? On 5/8/2014 10:48 AM, jdavi...@comcast.net wrote: -- 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: PDML Book: Any interest in a deluxe edition?

2014-05-08 Thread Boris Liberman
Sorry for late reply. I may be interested. In my practice the second best paper is the best one... It has this ever so slightly warm tone that I personally quite like. Boris On 5/4/2014 9:11 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Blurb has several options for paper quality in their books. In the past we've

Re: PESOS: Hands on with the 645Z and some other stuff

2014-05-08 Thread Charles Robinson
On May 8, 2014, at 08:55 , Paul pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: So nice to see a display case full of Pentax/Ricoh products. We're fortunate here in the MKE area to have three decent brick and mortar photo stores, but they keep pushing Nikon and Canon. When I ask about Pentax I get the same

Re: XFINITY Connect

2014-05-08 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote: http://calendar.comcast.net/xcon/#emails/2 Sent from my iPhone -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO - April Flowers II

2014-05-08 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent work. And i always learn something from you photos. I’ve seen Marsh Marigolds alongside the creek that runs through here but never knew what they were. Paul On May 7, 2014, at 11:59 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Well done Mark ! Great captures as usual. Kenneth

Re: OT. SSD query

2014-05-08 Thread steve harley
on 2014-05-08 7:39 Eric Weir wrote I take it I could move all my LR off the machine external hard disks. The question then is what do I do when I’m away from home and don’t have access to the hard drives. what i do (with Aperture) is locate the image files for my older catalogs (arranged by

Re: OT. SSD query

2014-05-08 Thread steve harley
on 2014-05-08 6:42 Eric Weir wrote Could I upgrade my SSD to 500 GB? there aren't many sources for MacBook Air SSD upgrades; OWC (macsales.com) is the one i know of offhand, but note the prices are significantly higher than for commodity SSD drives that fit regular SATA slots; scroll down

OT: Amazon patents studio photography

2014-05-08 Thread Charles Robinson
For real: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/amazons-latest-patent-is-sillier-than-the-peanut-butter-sandwich-patent/ Absolutely ridiculous. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson --

Re: GESO - April Flowers II

2014-05-08 Thread Jack Davis
You're seriously forgiven Mark, but sorry to say, am still getting a 403 message. Pls don't spend any appreciable time with it and thanks for your earlier try. Jack - Original Message - From: Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2014 9:45:21 AM

Re: OT: Amazon patents studio photography

2014-05-08 Thread John
Can you say Nucking Futs! boys 'n girls? I knew you could. On 5/8/2014 3:31 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: For real: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/amazons-latest-patent-is-sillier-than-the-peanut-butter-sandwich-patent/ Absolutely ridiculous. -Charles -- Charles Robinson -

Re: Sign of spring in Boston :)

2014-05-08 Thread Ken Waller
A really great looking ride Mark ! Being an engineer, I've always appreciated the mechanicals involved in motorcycles. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com Subject: PESO: Sign of spring in

Re: OT - Live feed from ISS

2014-05-08 Thread steve harley
on 2014-05-08 10:18 Stanley Halpin wrote Thanks Cotty. And you can go here to get a context for what you are seeing: http://www.isstracker.com just felt a whoosh as it flew within about 50km of directly overhead -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: XFINITY Connect

2014-05-08 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I c u ann On 5/8/2014 12:48, Jack Davis wrote: http://calendar.comcast.net/xcon/#emails/2 Sent from my iPhone -- 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

Re: GESO - April Flowers II

2014-05-08 Thread Ken Waller
Just got back from Traverse City. East and West Grand Traverse Bay water temp was 34 degrees F. It snowed alittle last Sunday ! Went to Leland and saw almost solid ice between Leland and The Manitou Islands - gonna be a long time before that sstuff is gone! Kenneth Waller

Re: XFINITY Connect

2014-05-08 Thread Jack Davis
Must be something about an intensive care unit, Ann? ;-) Actually, I've been messing...no, struggling with my iPhone trying to filter PDML email into a folder. I've no idea what incoherent messages may have been inadvertently sent or to whom. My geek recently spent an afternoon fiddling with

Re: XFINITY Connect

2014-05-08 Thread Stanley Halpin
Let us know if you do figure that one out. When I got my iPhone 5 I tried to set up some mail filters etc. and totally failed. stan On 8 May 2014, at 17:16, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote: Must be something about an intensive care unit, Ann? ;-) Actually, I've been messing...no,

Re: XFINITY Connect

2014-05-08 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
To the best of my knowledge, the iOS version of Mail does not support filtering at all. However, if your email is served by an IMAP server, you can create folders on the server and move email Godfrey On May 8, 2014, at 2:35 PM, Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Let us

Re: XFINITY Connect

2014-05-08 Thread steve harley
on 2014-05-08 15:53 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote To the best of my knowledge, the iOS version of Mail does not support filtering at all. that's right; the two workarounds i've used are 1) server-side filtering - only available from some email services (e.g. Fastmail, Apple iCloud, Gmail) 2)

Re: OT - Live feed from ISS

2014-05-08 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: watching this on and off - a live HD feed from the ISS. http://m.ustream.tv/channel/iss-hdev-payload If screen is grey, it's either a point at which no feed available, or briefly changing cameras If black, it's on the

Re: OT. SSD query

2014-05-08 Thread Eric Weir
On May 8, 2014, at 3:04 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2014-05-08 7:39 Eric Weir wrote I take it I could move all my LR off the machine external hard disks. The question then is what do I do when I’m away from home and don’t have access to the hard drives. what i do (with

Re: PESO Kat

2014-05-08 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you kindly, Larry. On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Now that’s a Kat photo even Mr. Johnson could like. Very nice lighting on her face. The background has issues, but it is what it is. On May 1, 2014, at 3:46 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com

Re: OT. SSD query

2014-05-08 Thread Eric Weir
On May 8, 2014, at 3:04 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/ depending on the particular MBA model, upgrading may speed it up significantly, or if your machine supports it, Thunderbolt-based SSD drives are starting to be less costly, and the

Re: XFINITY Connect

2014-05-08 Thread Jack Davis
A few times I've encountered a message to the effect; a filter cannot be installed on your server.(non verbatim wording) Jack - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2014 2:53:53 PM Subject: Re: XFINITY Connect To the

Re: PMC OPEN PIT (wrap up)

2014-05-08 Thread Bruce Walker
Alan, there are a few ways to reduce haze in landscape shots, though there are tradeoffs. Eg: if you are using Lightroom the Clarity slider or adjustment brush can work wonders. Nik, Topaz Labs and onOne plugins have even better clarity filters. If you don't have those but are using PSE or The

Re: XFINITY Connect

2014-05-08 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Server-side mail filtering has to be a feature offered/supported by the server you are using. The mail server at my office provides it. The one I use for my personal accounts does not. Godfrey On May 8, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote: A few times I've encountered

Re: OT: Amazon patents studio photography

2014-05-08 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2014-05-08 15:54, John wrote: Can you say Nucking Futs! boys 'n girls? I knew you could. On 5/8/2014 3:31 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: For real: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/amazons-latest-patent-is-sillier-than-the-peanut-butter-sandwich-patent/ Absolutely ridiculous.

Re: 2 Pesos : NSFMJ :-)

2014-05-08 Thread steve harley
on 2014-05-07 10:44 Ann Sanfedele wrote Ashley and friend http://annsan.smugmug.com/The-KItty-Corner/Ashley-ultimate-alpha-tabby/i-kSbLNgQ/A well i am not much of a fan of teddy bear photos, but the cat makes it safe for me right now one of our cats is treating me much like the bear in

Re: 2 Pesos : NSFMJ :-)

2014-05-08 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Ha! You'll have to watch Ashley Flosses next. I guess the flowers were NSF SH since you stripped 'em out of your reply :-) ann On 5/8/2014 23:30, steve harley wrote: on 2014-05-07 10:44 Ann Sanfedele wrote Ashley and friend

Re: 2 Pesos : NSFMJ :-)

2014-05-08 Thread steve harley
on 2014-05-08 21:41 Ann Sanfedele wrote Ha! You'll have to watch Ashley Flosses next. yeah i've watched them all, but Slither left after two - different attention spans I guess the flowers were NSF SH since you stripped 'em out of your reply :-) ah, my brain blanked it out thinking it was

Re: PMC OPEN PIT (wrap up)

2014-05-08 Thread Alan C
Many thanks for your suggestions the link, Bruce. I have Elements 10 but I'm still on a learning curve. Alan C -Original Message- From: Bruce Walker Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 1:17 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PMC OPEN PIT (wrap up) Alan, there are a few ways to