The reason for branding it Pentax is explained in a sentence in the
international press release: 'It boasts a stylish, high-grade design
resembling PENTAX-brand SLR cameras.'
So it has to resemble a Pentax DSLR, hence the Pentax name on top of other
details.
Dario
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My desktop started becoming very flaky, which upon testing all my hard
drives I attributed to one of the external drives beginning to fail. No
such luck, apparently the CPU was giving up the ghost. Oh well. I
guess I'll just have to take this as a golden opportunity to build a new
desktop.
Another test.
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My desktop started becoming very flaky, which upon testing all my hard
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Again, received.
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Another test.
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This group looks like some sub-species of birders.
On 7/14/2014 4:25 PM, Ken Waller wrote:
One of the reasons I don't like photo workshops .
I gotta respond to this as I've attended many workshops and tours and
find most participants I've shot with don't exhibit this behavior. Sure
the first
Might get by with a good cleaning inside the case ... vacuum out the
fins on the heat sink real good. Maybe replace the cooling fan. Get the
dust off of all the other components. I managed to keep my old desktop
(the one I use for general internet) in service for a good number of
years that way.
http://twistedsifter.com/2014/07/international-drone-photography-awards/
Dan Matyola
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I like it.
As for stacking, I think it is hard to do it on such a creature without
taxidermy. :-)
I am not sure how our Dragonfly-Master-In-Residence (Mark C)
does stacking, maybe he sprays them with an instant-freeze-hair spray... ;-)
Igor
Stan Halpin Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:28:28 -0700 wrote:
Those certainly set the bar higher for finding spectacular shots. But
maybe these gadgets will be banned everywhere making these very rare
images.
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Daniel J. Matyola
danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
The lighthouses are great!
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
From the Oregon legs of my road trip.
Lighthouse in Newport Oregon
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/14669090283/in/set-72157645263976670
Sorry to be rude, but high grade design with crappy 20 pix
viewfinder and no RAW... really?
Pentax X-5 was announced approximately two years ago and I don't see
much (if any) improvements except longer zoom.
X-5 is currently 179 eur in Estonia, XG-1 price is announced 299 eur.
BR, Margus
XG-1? To borrow a line from ST:FC, Sounds Minoltish.
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Hi Ken: has this reading been specifically about the K-3 or just AWB in
general? Cheers, Christine
On Jul 14, 2014, at 10:44 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
I've been reading that using AWB should be avoided, as in general it produces
inconsistent results. It's been recommended
Ann,
Yes, I remember that cafe, we almost had a lunch there, even parked by
the door, but something prevented us from going in (I think our daughter
got asleep).
You provoked me into digging into my set of photos from the trip, and
posting these 4 photos:
http://42graphy.org/misc/2013-weed/
The
I don't want to build a new desktop system, but unfortunately after
cleaning out the fans and blowing the dust out of the nooks and crannies
then reseating the video card, the machine get's halfway through postup
and hangs if it gets that far at all. I really need a workstation that
will at
Dammit.
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Excellent shot, Stan! DOF is perfect.
Mark
On 7/14/2014 9:27 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:
Nothing fancy, no stacking etc. involved. I just sat on our dock, fired away in
continuous mode as the wind and waves pushed the reed around.
K-3, ISO 200, f/4, 1/600 (?), PK DA*200/4 Macro
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On 7/15/2014 11:35 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
I am not sure how our Dragonfly-Master-In-Residence (Mark C)
does stacking, maybe he sprays them with an instant-freeze-hair spray... ;-)
Igor
Now there's a thought...
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Thanks, Dan, Frank and Christine for the kind words!
Dan, while at that point it didn't take me too much effort to take these
photographs, indeed, sometimes it can be hard.
Like in this case:
http://42graphy.org/snapshots/ru/IMG_20131201_202926_138.html
:-)
Cheers,
Igor
Date: Fri, 11 Jul
on 2014-07-14 5:42 Collin Brendemuehl wrote
http://cnj.craigslist.org/pho/4551077274.html
i saw one at the Pentax warehouse sale last year here in Denver; often used a
smaller loupe editing photos for magazine work, and even though 90% of the work
was 35mm, these large loupes are very
Like it! I would also crop from the bottom.
Replying to this because I didn't get the original post.
On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 3:46 AM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
That's actually quite interesting.
On 7/12/2014 6:18 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
G'day all
I came across this
Hi Christine -
Its been about AWB in general.
I haven't paid much attention to the color balance on my images out of the
camera - I'm still shooting AWB.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com
If you're shooting raw awb is as good as any setting, white balance only
really effects the jpeg output of the camera anyway. You can change the
white balance in whatever raw converter you're using. Now there is some
improvement in the histogram display, since it comes from the jpeg
engine,
Mt Shasta really dominates the horizon from so many vantage points in
that general area - Such a handsome volcano. The first time we went
there I titled my travel journal 101 views of Mt Shasta
I notice your © is 2014 -- did you really just go there this year?
I don't remember that souvenir
so do we :-)
C-
ann
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It reaches toward me, but doesn't quite grab me. Mostly, I think, it
lacks scale--are those rocks 5 feet high or 50 feet high? Also, the
left-hand rock loses its texture toward its middle edge; a bit of
brightening might help that.
Rick
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On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 2:19
Ann,
No, it's just that I generated the gallery just a few minutes ago, with
the default settings for 2014.
It was at the end of June 2013.
And yes, you got the rest of the idea (details) of that weedy shot.
Igor
Ann Sanfedele Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:11:14 -0700 wrote:
Mt Shasta really
From my reading, the implications of using AWB were most negative under
similar light situations but with slightly different subjects or
compositions - the white balance could vary in those cases. That was why the
recommendation was made to lock in a specific WB that would not be subject
to
On 15 Jul 2014, at 20:11, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
Mt Shasta really dominates the horizon from so many vantage points in that
general area - Such a handsome volcano. The first time we went there I
titled my travel journal 101 views of Mt Shasta
I love that style of Japanese
Pink Lady Slippers that is - Cypripedium acaule - captured in the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan on a cold rainy day last month during a weeklong shoot
of bugs blooms
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17814958
Your thoughts/comments/critique solicited
Kenneth Waller
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On 15 Jul 2014, at 20:11, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
Mt Shasta really dominates the horizon from so many vantage points in that
general area - Such a handsome volcano. The first time we went there I
titled my travel
So what you're saying, is Brian should include a nude model for scale, then.
On 7/15/2014 3:30 PM, Richard Womer wrote:
It reaches toward me, but doesn't quite grab me. Mostly, I think, it
lacks scale--are those rocks 5 feet high or 50 feet high? Also, the
left-hand rock loses its texture
Hi All,
I discovered a few rolls of undeveloped BW film that are 20-some years
old that I shot in late 1980s.
I don't expect anything extremely valuable, but some shots might have
some sentimental value.
I wonder what would be the best way of trying to develop them.
(I don't have any equipment
http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php?Film=TasmaDeveloper=mdc=Search
http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php?Film=SvemaDeveloper=mdc=Search
http://thedarkroom.com/black-and-white-prints-and-film-developing/
Hope this helps.
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org
Digital truth shall reveal all.
http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php?Film=TasmaDeveloper=mdc=SearchTempUnits=C
http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php?Film=SvemaDeveloper=mdc=SearchTempUnits=C
Constantly updated. It may not take into account the age of the film
but it's a starting
It looks like Darin sent you a couple of the same links that i did. One
thing you might look into is anti fogging agents. Not sure where I'd
look them up, but a good public library might still have some books on
the esoterica of darkroom work.
On 7/15/2014 4:29 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
Hi
That's true of every photograph.
B
On 15 Jul 2014, at 21:04, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
So what you're saying, is Brian should include a nude model for scale, then.
On 7/15/2014 3:30 PM, Richard Womer wrote:
It reaches toward me, but doesn't quite grab me. Mostly, I
You need to get a strip test done on each roll to establish the correct
processing. Pro labs used to do this, but are there any left?
On 15 Jul 2014, at 21:30, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote:
Hi All,
I discovered a few rolls of undeveloped BW film that are 20-some years
old that I
It looks like AI still does snip tests:
http://aandi.com/film-processing
AI was my lab of choice for slide film when I lived in LA. (I did my own BW.)
Rocky Mountain Film Lab is a name I've heard over the years for
developing old film, but I haven't used them:
http://www.rockymountainfilm.com/
Thanks for posting these Ken, on my recent trip to Mackinaw we saw
yellow ones which my wife loved. Unfortunately we were in a moving wagon
I got 0 photos. I will share your wonderful photo with my wife.
On 7/15/14, 3:43 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:
Message: 7
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014
my inspiration not so lofty...
According to Books in Print, more books are now published with a title
that begins with '101' than '100'. They usually describe or discuss a
list of items, such as 101 Ways to... or 101 Questions and Answers
About... . This marketing tool is used to imply that
Little beauties, Ken.
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
Pink Lady Slippers that is - Cypripedium acaule - captured in the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan on a cold rainy day last month during a weeklong shoot
of bugs blooms
Well next time you're there, let Hiroshige be your guide:
http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/hiroshige/36_views_fuji_1858/fuji_1858.htm
I utterly loathe, despise, hate and condemn all books whose title is along the
lines of '500 X you must Y before you die'. I will never read, let alone buy, a
book
On 14/7/14, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:
Think yourself lucky - it could have been far worse. After being caught
in a torrential storm I decided my cotton cycling shorts were a bad
choice, so I bought my first ever 'cuissard' or lycra bib shorts.
Imagine Borat in his mankini, but with
Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 14/7/14, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:
Think yourself lucky - it could have been far worse. After being caught
in a torrential storm I decided my cotton cycling shorts were a bad
choice, so I bought my first ever 'cuissard' or lycra bib shorts.
Imagine Borat in
on 2014-07-15 15:26 Ann Sanfedele wrote
Some books have taken this marketing scheme even further with titles that begin
with '102', '103', or '1001'
it's not just books; many media outlets are pushing articles such as 17
hottest places in Denver to get your mojo on
apparently round numbers
There is an app for that. Seriously. I don't have it loaded anymore, but I did
at one point have an iPhone app that had development times etc for huge
varieties of film with many different chemicals. Once I realized how slim the
chances were that I might actually once again develop any film, it
Consider cutting off the first six inches and developing that first. It should
give you a base for better development of the rest.
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Moi aussi - my title was tongue-in-cheek -
but you knew tht didn't you?
I had a Hiroshige print in my paws once - actually, in my home -
but it was my then husband's inheritance, not mine, and so it
stayed with him. It was the waves, not the mountain..
My ex was a great-great grandson of
Bob W-PDML wrote:
I will never read, let alone buy, a book like that, unless it's '500
Bucket-list books you must burn before you go postal'.
I think you should start writing *that* book immediately.
Because if you don't I will.
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On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 9:15 PM, Mark Roberts
postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
What confuses me about this is that I thought Ricoh was going to have
the Ricoh brand on compacts and the Pentax brand on SLRs. I wonder why
they decided to call this one a Pentax.
I suppose you gotta draw the
On 15/07/2014 9:45 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
Those certainly set the bar higher for finding spectacular shots. But
maybe these gadgets will be banned everywhere making these very rare
images.
I can see their use being restricted, but an outright ban is probably
not possible.
bill
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On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 7:41 PM, John Celio
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On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 9:15 PM, Mark Roberts
postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
What confuses me about this is that I thought Ricoh was going to have
the Ricoh brand on compacts and the Pentax brand on SLRs. I
G'day all
A few comments suggested a bit of cropping might improve this image.
I've listened, so here's a revised version. Rick also suggested
brightening the left hand side a tad, so I've done that as well.
(sorry PJ, I couldn't find a nude model to provide scale).
What do you think?
Quoting John Celio neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com:
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/2746892255/ricoh-announces-pentax-xg-1-superzoom
What confuses me about this is that I thought Ricoh was going to have
the Ricoh brand on compacts and the Pentax brand on SLRs. I wonder why
they decided to call
It is excellent in BW--I prefer it to the color version.
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote:
Thanks, David!
J
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To: PDML pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Monday,
I like the first one. The other two need their shadows lifted.
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Christine Aguila
christ...@caguila.com wrote:
Very nice. I like the space needle and I really like the third one with the
jogger! Cheers, Christine
On Jul
Also in southeaster Center City Philly:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17808399
(K-5, DA 50-200)
Comments appreciated!
Rick
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I still prefer the original by rather a lot.
- Marco
On Jul 15, 2014, at 5:33 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
G'day all
A few comments suggested a bit of cropping might improve this image. I've
listened, so here's a revised version. Rick also suggested brightening the
left hand side a
I don't think it matters at all - both nice
ann
On 7/15/2014 20:33, Brian Walters wrote:
G'day all
A few comments suggested a bit of cropping might improve this image.
I've listened, so here's a revised version. Rick also suggested
brightening the left hand side a tad, so I've done that as
When unpacking boxes the other day we found a treasure trove of old photos from
my childhood that my mother had given me. I quite liked this one...
(Warning: feline content)
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/812/#peso
I'd have been 11 at the time that was taken.
Cheers,
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The cat is staying in the bag on this one it seems. I guess we'll all
have to wait till photokina.
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
Quoting John Celio neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com:
Yeah, that's kind of what I ran into in my most recent workstation
rebuild. I didn't want to build a new workstation, but XP went obsolete
I had to upgrade while Windoze7 is still available if I don't want
to get stuck with that POS Windoze8.
Existing hardware still functioned with the
If you're batch processing groups of images AWB can require more work.
On 7/15/2014 3:08 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
If you're shooting raw awb is as good as any setting, white balance only
really effects the jpeg output of the camera anyway. You can change the
white balance in whatever raw
Last month I did the RAW Showcase and I added prices to the different
framed and unframed prints. I didn't add a title or further information
on a card about the photo. On our way to a green-way to walk and create
some photo captures we stopped by a frame shop to drop off some flyers.
While at
Igor,
In your situation, I'd want a lab where I can talk to the technician
get a feel for if they're going to give the kind of custom service you
want (i.e. adjust the development time per the instructions on the box +
whatever accommodation they have to make for the film being old). For
me,
Thanks Mark. And also Igor, Jack, Dan, and others who have looked.
These little critters provide an interesting challenge and it is satisfying to
get it right occasionally!
stan
On Jul 15, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote:
Excellent shot, Stan! DOF is perfect.
Mark
Thanks to everybody who responded with suggestions.
Darren and P.J., - thanks, - I had not known that resource, it's useful.
It looks like the optimum process for both films would be Rodinal.
Stan, - thanks, - but it looks like the information on the pages linked
by Darren and P.J. is
Thank you, Bruce and Ann for your kind words!
Thanks to everybody who looked!
Igor
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:25:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org
As I mentioned in another thread, I've visited the Botanical Garden of
Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia) - about two
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/2746892255/ricoh-announces-pentax-xg-1-superzoom
What confuses me about this is that I thought Ricoh was going to have
the Ricoh brand on compacts and the Pentax brand on SLRs. I
I like the crop of the first one, but whatever you did to the
brightness, contrast, color balance or whatever it is in the second one
is better.
On 7/15/2014 8:33 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
G'day all
A few comments suggested a bit of cropping might improve this image.
I've listened, so here's a
Cutely unique.
J
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From: David Mann dmann...@gmail.com
To: PDML pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 6:23:51 PM
Subject: PESO: Tabitha Jane
When unpacking boxes the other day we found a treasure trove of old photos from
my childhood that my mother had given me.
Appreciated, Rick.
Thanks!
J
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From: Richard Womer rickpic...@gmail.com
To: PDML pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 5:37:37 PM
Subject: Re: Peso: Pennington Barn BW
It is excellent in BW--I prefer it to the color version.
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo14/peso22.html
Comments, as always, welcomed.
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ann
On 7/15/2014 21:23, David Mann wrote:
When unpacking boxes the other day we found a treasure trove of old photos from
my childhood that my mother had given me. I quite liked this one...
(Warning: feline content)
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/812/#peso
I'd have been 11 at
Wrong finger
ann
On 7/15/2014 23:40, Marco Alpert wrote:
http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo14/peso22.html
Comments, as always, welcomed.
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It's an interesting photo-story of a car cemetry in Belgium:
http://rt.com/news/172712-car-graveyard-chatillon-cemetry/
I thought some car enthusiasts on the list might like it.
Cheers,
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Bets have been placed. He's just about to launch the screwed up packet into
the bin!
Alan C
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Subject: PESO - Family Dynamics
http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo14/peso22.html
If your sensor get waterlogged.
http://eastlondon.olx.co.za/pentax-waterpump-iid-660714786
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On Jul 16, 2014, at 6:01 am, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
on 2014-07-14 5:42 Collin Brendemuehl wrote
http://cnj.craigslist.org/pho/4551077274.html
i saw one at the Pentax warehouse sale last year here in Denver; often used a
smaller loupe editing photos for magazine work, and
Quoting Alan C c...@lantic.net:
If your sensor get waterlogged.
http://eastlondon.olx.co.za/pentax-waterpump-iid-660714786
So, it's not really OT :-)
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