The camera only weighs as much as two K-3s, the lenses however...
I'll regularly carry one body and 20-35mm, 43mm limited, 70-210mm
(Vivitar S1 2.8~4.0), and an A or M * 300 f4.0. Let's add up the weight
there, .54 lbs + .34 lbs + 1.9 lbs 1.87 lbs which gives a grand total of
6.65 lbs or a bit
Fascinating read. Feel free to send it to me if you require a second
opinion.
Alan C
-Original Message-
From: Stanley Halpin
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 7:57 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Reflections on using the Pentax 645Z [Part 2]
[continued from a previous “Part 1”
Since the battery pack puts out a known voltage, wouldn't it be rather
trivial to take a DC adapter and just splice it onto a matching plug??
On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 10:23 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote:
> Thanks, Bruce, Bruce & Paul!
>
> I was aware of the battery pack... and that might be just the
Thanks for the writeup Stan. It only weights as much as 2 K-3s huh? I
carry a K-5 IIs and a K-3 with grips all the time and I don't find it
to be such a big deal really. I bet this would even fit in my domke
f-2. You really need to stop making me want one. :)
On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 12:57 AM, Stanl
[continuing my comments…]
• I still calibrate my FOV in terms of the old 35mm format. When deciding
whether to mount the 20-40mm on my K-3, I think of it in terms of its
equivalency to the FOV of a 35mm lens with a 30-60mm zoom. In that context,
note that the 645Z sensor is not a “full-frame”se
As you may recall, a few months ago I sold a bunch of my K-mount and APS-C gear
and applied the proceeds toward the purchase of a Pentax 645Z. This is my story…
--
Comments/reflection on my experience to date with the 645Z
I’ve had my 645Z for about 3 months now. What follows is m
I did try RawTherapee it was traumatic. My first install failed.
On the second, every, and I do mean every, time I attempted to open a
K20D PEF. The procedure would be right click on file, choose
RawTherapee to open file, and then depending on the whim of the Gods the
splash screen would app
[continued from a previous “Part 1” due to excess verbosity and PDML limits on
size of posting.]
Part 2: What is it like to use it (and is it worth the price?)
In the above listing of some “positive” and “negative” observations on the
645Z, I think there are more “-“ items than “+” items. But d
Hi!
I have neglected my (photo) blog since early summer this year... The
Google+ is far easier in terms of me being lazy to go through my own
organization of blog posts... And also we had other events that
prevented me from being as active photographically as I've used to be.
So here are sev
On 12/7/2014 18:53, P.J. Alling wrote:
I'll just ignore what everyone else has said and answer here.
Such ignorance won't give you bliss, sir :-).
There have been enough stories, even here, about Lightroom users wanting
to for one reason or another wanting to find their original files but
not
On 06/12/2014 5:12 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
The greasy spot on the ground where the horse used to be isn't a smoking
crater yet, so I might as well pull out my flogger and join the fun.
I am amused by people complaining about the lightroom folder/directory
structure, because I find that one of its
Thanks, Bruce, Bruce & Paul!
I was aware of the battery pack... and that might be just the ticket if I were
out shooting weddings & such, but I was looking for a solution for more of a
studio space... Easier to just plug in there than mess around with batteries,
etc.
And wouldn't I like some
A friend of mine does Chinese calligraphy. He asked me to photograph
him doing so on his girlfriend.
She's nude, though no naughty bits are visible in this photo, but it
still may be NSFW for many workplaces.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/15785019008/
--
Larry Colen l...@red4est.com
When I first noticed this, I thought Moxie moved their Headquarters from
Maine to Connecticut, (for those of you who don't know Moxie®, is a,
truly, old fashioned, carbonated soft drink, and a New England
tradition, the best thing I can say for it is that drinking Moxie®
builds character, sort
Time well spent! I like the rendering and the round frame. How did you shoot it
and render it?
Rick
On Dec 7, 2014, at 8:44 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> Sitting, waiting. I find it hard not to do something.
>
> https://flic.kr/p/qkjbjC
>
> Comments always appreciated.
>
> Godfrey
> ---
>
Sitting, waiting. I find it hard not to do something.
https://flic.kr/p/qkjbjC
Comments always appreciated.
Godfrey
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I think it has to do with my using the Gmail app rather than the iOS Mail app.
Rick
On Dec 6, 2014, at 10:11 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:
>
> On Dec 6, 2014, at 10:09 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:
>
>> Plain text?
>>
>> stan
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>
> No problem. It must have to do with your ISP Rick
Nice pics. The first two are my favorites.
Paul
> On Dec 7, 2014, at 7:59 PM, Mark C wrote:
>
> The first photo is great - excellent candidate for a photo caption contest!
> The rest are fine too and show folks having a great time - but the first is a
> standout just due to its eccentricity.
>
The first photo is great - excellent candidate for a photo caption
contest! The rest are fine too and show folks having a great time - but
the first is a standout just due to its eccentricity.
Not among your selections but in the photo.net steam I like "Knee Pads
Required" and "Sparky" (is he
Malcolm -
1- If you are not invested in one piece of software or another, or one
workflow vs another, then the question is simply "Which is better for me
- LR or PS?" If you are invested in a particular workflow then the
question becomes "Do the advantages of LR over PS (or vice versa)
justif
Great kids portrait, Christine!
As Paul mentioned, no AC adapter for the Pentax flashes.
I think the TR battery pack is very much overpriced, and you'd be much
better off with monolights. The Elinchrom D-Lites are well-priced in
kits. You are in the USA, are you not? Then the Paul C Buff series a
There is a TR-power pack that works with the 540. I have and have used it for
weddings. It takes 6 'C' batteries and clips on your belt. It recycles much
faster than the 'AA' batteries in the flash. You can also quick change the C
batteries when they get low. It works pretty well. If you n
Nice kid pic. No AC adapter for the Pentax flash that I’m aware of. There is a
battery pack power unit that uses 8 C cells, but I’ve found that it doesn’t
speed up recycling by a large amount. The best option for you might be a set of
110 powered moonlights. You can get a pair with stands and um
I may give Lightroom a try again one of these days, but I don’t have a lot of
time to devote to experimentation. I pretty much work all day every day and
don’t have the energy to continue at night. Most of my photography is for work
and I have a lot of confidence in my PS workflow. But I use it
Rather austere! 8=(
Jack
- Original Message -
From: "Rick Womer"
To: "PDML"
Sent: Sunday, December 7, 2014 11:29:39 AM
Subject: PESO - Vader Hall
Well, the University of Pennsylvania knows it as Huntsman Hall, but "Vader
Hall" and "Deathstar Hall" were applied to it mid-way through co
Hello & Happy Holidaze to one & all
I'm sorry it's been a while since I've been around... life has gotten
busy and photographic inspiration has been scarce, it seems. So it
goes. Hope all is well with you?
I think I already know the answer to my question (no), but here goes:
does anyone know
Thanks to Jack, Ann, Jeffery, Don, Bruce and John for the comments, both pro
and con the light. Much appreciated.
(And special thanks to Ann for mentioning Elliott Erwitt, no matter how
tangentially.)
- Marco
On Dec 6, 2014, at 7:00 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
> Clever! And beautifully rendered.
Time Warner Roadrunner is acting up this -morning- afternoon, so I
thought I'd join the parade.
I had trouble retrieving email & the WWW is completely down.
I'm in the "wait ten minutes and call us back" phase of "we reauthorized
your modem; reboot your router and if that doesn't fix the probl
Thanks Don, David & Paul for commenting.
The Goldfinch is probably the most common bird around my area.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
- Original Message -
From: "Don Guthrie"
Subject: Re: PESO - Giving you the Bird
I had know idea the Robin was a st
Bob W wrote:
> I think you'd do well to buy one or two of the books about LR and spend
> a weekend working your way through them. There are really 3 major
> topics to consider and they feedback into each other to some extent:
>
> 1. What is your storage (and back-up) strategy. In my experience it
Well, the University of Pennsylvania knows it as Huntsman Hall, but "Vader
Hall" and "Deathstar Hall" were applied to it mid-way through construction.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17920246&size=lg
(K-5, DA 40/2.8 LTD)
Comments appreciated!
Rick
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I'm just saying what I've seen reported. I don't use Lightroom, if you
'd like to give a full rebuttal to what others have said have at it. I
don't really have a dog in that fight. I looked at what it does and
decided I could do without it. In fact I used RSE until I upgraded to a
camera tha
Bob W-PDML wrote:
>You can't blame LR for not being able to find the files any more than you can
>blame a librarian if some misguided reader moves all the Jeffery Archer novels
>into the Great Literature section.
Just as I'm wrapping up the 2014 Quotations List!
--
Mark Roberts - Photography
On 7 Dec 2014, at 16:53, P.J. Alling wrote:
>
> I'll just ignore what everyone else has said and answer here.
>
> There have been enough stories, even here, about Lightroom users wanting to
> for one reason or another wanting to find their original files but not
> knowing how, as Lightroom mov
I think, perhaps, that you should be pissed at Pixmantec, or its owners, for it
was they who wanted to sell their company in order to make a boatload of money.
:-)
Godfrey
> On Dec 7, 2014, at 8:53 AM, P.J. Alling wrote:
>
> I'm still pissed at Adobe for buying Pixmantec,
--
PDML Pentax-Dis
I'll just ignore what everyone else has said and answer here.
There have been enough stories, even here, about Lightroom users wanting
to for one reason or another wanting to find their original files but
not knowing how, as Lightroom moved them somewhere, (imported them into
it's database), a
CRIS sent all of their pentax repair gear to Precision. They likely
are competent to fix the 16-45, but you should know that they are not
officially pentax anymore.
On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>
>> My bigma is currentl
Thanks, its a nice place
Dave
On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
> That first one - wow, David Lynch really does live in Stouffville. And I've
> never seen a coin-operated Beaver machine before. It's no wonder the firemen
> look so happy. Fantastic. I wanna live there.
>
> B
>
That first one - wow, David Lynch really does live in Stouffville. And I've
never seen a coin-operated Beaver machine before. It's no wonder the firemen
look so happy. Fantastic. I wanna live there.
B
> On 7 Dec 2014, at 16:10, David J Brooks wrote:
>
> Some shots from this years parade. Sm
Some shots from this years parade. Smaller this year, route is shorter aswell.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17920257
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17920258
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17920255
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17920256
K-5 Sigma 17-70 some af
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
> My bigma is currently at C.R.I.S. In Arizona.
> I'll let you know how that goes.
Thanks. I did receive a prompt reply from Sigma, asking me to attach a
JPEG showing the problem, rather than linking to Dropbox (which they
can't access). So at l
Thank you, Bulent.
What I didn't mention about the LED light was that using it let me
shift the muddy looking background into cool blues and violets by
setting the WB to 4200K, the LED's native colour temperature.
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Bulent Celasun wrote:
> Beautiful image.
>
> Than
My bigma is currently at C.R.I.S. In Arizona.
I'll let you know how that goes.
On December 5, 2014 11:31:30 AM PST, Matthew Hunt wrote:
>An update on getting my 10-20mm f/4-5.6 repaired by Sigma in
>Ronkonkoma, NY:
>
>They are impressively fast. They received the lens this Monday, and
>it's back
The greasy spot on the ground where the horse used to be isn't a smoking
crater yet, so I might as well pull out my flogger and join the fun.
I am amused by people complaining about the lightroom folder/directory
structure, because I find that one of its key advantages is being able
to set up
George Sinos wrote:
John - if you want to know where LR puts your photo, right-click on
the photo and select "show in explorer" on the menu. If you're an
apple user it'll say safari.
Lightroom tends to put my photos exactly where I tell it to when I
import them. This is only a problem whe
I believe that the. K50 has some features with live view, like focus peaking,
which the k5 lacks.
On December 3, 2014 12:10:08 PM PST, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
>Hi guys -
>I'm sorry I aven't ahd much to say the last couple of weeks and you
>really don't want to hear all the annoying details - but
My bigma is currently at C.R.I.S. In Arizona.
I'll let you know how that goes.
On December 5, 2014 11:31:30 AM PST, Matthew Hunt wrote:
>An update on getting my 10-20mm f/4-5.6 repaired by Sigma in
>Ronkonkoma, NY:
>
>They are impressively fast. They received the lens this Monday, and
>it's back
Where's the like button here?
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
> I'm a frayed knot.
>
> On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 9:34 PM, Paul Stenquist
> wrote:
>> After reading Godders message I realized that I never initiate a pdml
>> message from my phone, I only reply. So this is a test
On 7 Dec 2014, at 10:16, Malcolm Smith wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> I was almost certain I would need PS, and now I'm not sure I'll even get to
> a point where I will have a need for it at all. I'm going with LR, and I'm
> going to buy an upgrade for PSE. I will have many months of learning ahead
> of m
Boris Liberman wrote:
> Personally, I don't like the idea of cloud based personal software. I
> don't mind if it has to do with communications, but this is different.
> Adobe got hacked some time ago. Depending on what kind of personal
> information Adobe is storing about their Creative Cloud cust
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