Re: PESO Gandalf the test victim

2014-12-30 Thread Bulent Celasun
What a beautiful reflection in his eyes! Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

Re: Sony a7ii puts the squeeze on a possible Pentax FF

2014-12-30 Thread Darren Addy
Rather than start a new OT Sony thread, I think I'll just resurrect this one. I continue to be a wee bit fascinated by what Sony is doing with their a7 line. Despite the similar naming convention, they aren't the same camera (at all) but each seem to have a radically different sensor inside and

Re: Sony a7ii puts the squeeze on a possible Pentax FF

2014-12-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Darren Addy wrote: Rather than start a new OT Sony thread, I think I'll just resurrect this one. Gosh. Thanks. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: Sony a7ii puts the squeeze on a possible Pentax FF

2014-12-30 Thread Zos Xavius
Actually most lenses that aren't retrofocus put out a fairly flat field. Longer lenses are telecentric by design. The curved sensor approach doesn't work with telecentric lenses since the light rays are all parallel. You need a matched lens to get real benefit from it and the benefit comes in

Re: Sony a7ii puts the squeeze on a possible Pentax FF

2014-12-30 Thread Darren Addy
On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 7:10 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Darren Addy wrote: Rather than start a new OT Sony thread, I think I'll just resurrect this one. Gosh. Thanks. Some people care enough to recycle reuse and some don't. :) :) :) -- Life is too short to put up

Re: PESO - Strand in Philly

2014-12-30 Thread Don Guthrie
Always something cool about pics of museum goers. I see headphones in one photo. I have tried those at some museums but headphones or those q codes for a cel phone detract from the experience. If I want more background or analysis I prefer to use other sources after my viewing. Wonder if

Re: PESO - Strand in Philly

2014-12-30 Thread John
I've always been curious what they do to sanitize the headphones between users, although not curious enough to put a pair of community headphones on my head. On 12/30/2014 12:08 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: Always something cool about pics of museum goers. I see headphones in one photo. I have tried

OT: No cat photo content ...

2014-12-30 Thread John
I don't know how the rest of you get cats to sit still for photos. My cat is a classIV clinger, and won't sit still anywhere but in my lap. She doesn't even sit still very well there. No Pentax content either AFAIK, but I saw this thought somebody might like it:

Re: PESO Gandalf the test victim

2014-12-30 Thread Wendy Beard
Yes, he is very handsome! The lighting seems very flat though - like you shot using a polarizer. Probably the type of fur he has. I'm not very familiar with cats :) Still a good photo though! Wendy On Dec 30, 2014, at 6:53 AM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Santa was especially good to me and

GESO:San Diego Safari Park

2014-12-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
A photo tour in the back of a 5 ton truck is highly recommended. http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1076716 Kids haven't had as much fun in a while. Comments or suggestions welcome. Regards, Bob S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO Gandalf the test victim

2014-12-30 Thread Bruce Walker
Wendy, the flat look would be from the light pointing straight at him from pretty much directly over my head, and his unusual fur. The Russian Blue breed has a double coat: a soft, matte undercoat, and a guard coat with silver tips. You can see a brilliant sheen around him if he's backlit, so I'll

Re: OT: No cat photo content ...

2014-12-30 Thread Bruce Walker
I simply make use of the cat who _will_ stay still. Gandalf is a cleaner. Brush him a bit, put him down, and he'll spend a minute cleaning and grooming then start looking brightly around for potential admirers. My other cat, an orange female tabby, bolts the moment she's placed on the posing

The last PAW (delurking i little).

2014-12-30 Thread DagT
Don reminded me that I haven´t said anything here for a while, and as some of you did follow the PAW I guess I should said that at last I have stopped.. Five years is enough. The pictures are here http://thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/PAW.html Time to go on. I should do something about the web site,

Another OT: Photobooks

2014-12-30 Thread John
While perusing the internet I ran across this article at Mother Jones. Thought I might share: http://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/12/favorite-photobooks-2014 Amusing myself wandering through thrift shops yesterday I ran across another complete set of the Time-Life Library of Photography.

Re: The PDML Holiday Tradition

2014-12-30 Thread DagT
Nice, I have been mentioned without being quoted :-) DagT 25. des. 2014 kl. 02.38 skrev Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: Happy holidays all! I just picked up Lisa from the hospital (yeah, working till 8:30 on Christmas eve) so the celebrations can begin here. Here's for all of

PESO: Route des quais Freycinet 9 et 10

2014-12-30 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
More lens testing in Dunkirk harbour, now with my new smc DA 1.8/50 mm. This little bugger is so sharp that my good old SMC-M 1.4/50 mm will now be retired to the shelf with the Contarex, the Pentax P50, and other good companions of years past. http://www.fotoralf.be/temp/D-14-04292enf.jpg

Re: The PDML Holiday Tradition

2014-12-30 Thread Mark Roberts
DagT wrote: Nice, I have been mentioned without being quoted :-) You're meta. ;-) Here's for all of you: http://www.robertstech.com/quote.htm -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: The last PAW (delurking i little).

2014-12-30 Thread Bruce Walker
I guess I should said that at last I have stopped. So Dag, you are taking minimalism to the next level? :) I enjoyed going back through that gallery. A fine achievement. On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 3:17 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: Don reminded me that I haven´t said anything here for a

Re: PESO: Route des quais Freycinet 9 et 10

2014-12-30 Thread Bruce Walker
Marvelous shot, Ralf. On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Ralf R Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de wrote: More lens testing in Dunkirk harbour, now with my new smc DA 1.8/50 mm. This little bugger is so sharp that my good old SMC-M 1.4/50 mm will now be retired to the shelf with the Contarex, the

Update: Eric Weir still can't post to PDML

2014-12-30 Thread John
I got another note from Eric Weir that he still can't post to PDML. He says he's had help from ATT technical support they tell him everything is good on their equipment. They asked him ... he asked me ... and I'll ask here Is there anyone who can check to see if messages from him are being

OT - test of mailing from an unsubscribed address

2014-12-30 Thread Bruce Walker
See Subject. -- 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: The last PAW (delurking i little).

2014-12-30 Thread Bulent Celasun
Thanks for reminding. I have just spent some time browsing. Well worth it... Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

Re: Update: Eric Weir still can't post to PDML

2014-12-30 Thread Bruce Walker
John -- and Eric -- I just tested: an email to the list from an unsubscribed address just disappears silently into the bit-bucket. I expect this is an expedient anti-spam measure. If messages were being blocked by the server, they would (should) be bounced back to Eric after a time. The server

Re: Update: Eric Weir still can't post to PDML

2014-12-30 Thread Bruce Walker
One other thing. Can Eric verify his subscription at the web page, http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Login using the form at the very bottom of the page where it says or change your subscription options. And if so he should enable the Receive acknowledgement mail when you send mail

Test

2014-12-30 Thread Eric Weir
Just subscribed with my gmail address. Testing to see if it works. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net Our world is a human world. - Hilary Putnam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Test

2014-12-30 Thread David J Brooks
seems to have made it to PDML Canada Dave On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Eric Weir eric.e.w...@gmail.com wrote: Just subscribed with my gmail address. Testing to see if it works. -- Eric Weir Decatur,

Attempt to resubscribe

2014-12-30 Thread Eric Weir
On Dec 30, 2014, at 4:39 PM, pdml-boun...@pdml.net wrote: An attempt was made to subscribe your address to the mailing list pdml@pdml.net. You are already subscribed to this mailing list. So, yes, I was subscribed under the address that’s not working.

Re: Test

2014-12-30 Thread Eric Weir
Thanks, Dave. At least this will work. Now if ATT/Yahoo can get things figured out with the address I normally use. On Dec 30, 2014, at 4:47 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: seems to have made it to PDML Canada Dave On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Eric Weir

Re: Test

2014-12-30 Thread Bruce Walker
And even the decidedly unfashionable Mississauga portion of PDML Canada. On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:47 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: seems to have made it to PDML Canada Dave On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Eric Weir eric.e.w...@gmail.com wrote: Just subscribed with my gmail

Re: Test

2014-12-30 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: seems to have made it to PDML Canada Okey dokey here too. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: No cat photo content ...

2014-12-30 Thread David J Brooks
I usually wait until they go asleep and then let them sneak up on me. Dave On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 1:05 PM, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: I don't know how the rest of you get cats to sit still for photos. My cat is a classIV clinger, and won't sit still anywhere but in my lap. She doesn't

Re: OT: No cat photo content ...

2014-12-30 Thread Bruce Walker
If I wait until the skittish one is napping under a blanket I can sneak up and corner her to get something like this ... https://500px.com/photo/64961589/cozy-by-bruce-walker On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:49 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I usually wait until they go asleep and then

Re: Update: Eric Weir still can't post to PDML

2014-12-30 Thread Eric Weir
On Dec 30, 2014, at 3:57 PM, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: I got another note from Eric Weir that he still can't post to PDML. He says he's had help from ATT technical support they tell him everything is good on their equipment. They asked him ... he asked me ... and I'll ask here

Re: Update: Eric Weir still can't post to PDML

2014-12-30 Thread Eric Weir
On Dec 30, 2014, at 3:57 PM, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: I got another note from Eric Weir that he still can't post to PDML. He says he's had help from ATT technical support they tell him everything is good on their equipment. They asked him ... he asked me ... and I'll ask here

Re: Update: Eric Weir still can't post to PDML

2014-12-30 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com: John -- and Eric -- I just tested: an email to the list from an unsubscribed address just disappears silently into the bit-bucket. I expect this is an expedient anti-spam measure. Maybe I'm not understanding what is meant by disappearing into the

Re: OT: No cat photo content ...

2014-12-30 Thread David J Brooks
i play dead http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15069472 Dave On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: If I wait until the skittish one is napping under a blanket I can sneak up and corner her to get something like this ...

Re: The last PAW (delurking i little).

2014-12-30 Thread DagT
Thanks! Apart from not taking pictures, Yes :-) I still need the silence of a good picture. DagT 30. des. 2014 kl. 21.52 skrev Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com: I guess I should said that at last I have stopped. So Dag, you are taking minimalism to the next level? :) I enjoyed

Re: PESO: Route des quais Freycinet 9 et 10

2014-12-30 Thread Jack Davis
Nice exposure, Ralf! Jack - Original Message - From: Ralf R Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 12:44:30 PM Subject: PESO: Route des quais Freycinet 9 et 10 More lens testing in Dunkirk harbour, now with my new smc DA

Re: GESO:San Diego Safari Park

2014-12-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
It's a great place, isn't it? Thanks for sharing those great images. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: A photo tour in the back of a 5 ton truck is highly recommended.

Re: The PDML Holiday Tradition

2014-12-30 Thread Bob W-PDML
You have become a metaPDMLer B On 30 Dec 2014, at 20:25, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: Nice, I have been mentioned without being quoted :-) DagT 25. des. 2014 kl. 02.38 skrev Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: Happy holidays all! I just picked up Lisa from the hospital (yeah,

Re: GESO:San Diego Safari Park

2014-12-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks Dan, the kids really wanted to go for the interaction with the animals. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: It's a great place, isn't it? Thanks for sharing those great images. Dan Matyola

Re: Update: Eric Weir still can't post to PDML

2014-12-30 Thread steve harley
On 2014-12-30 14:55 , Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com: John -- and Eric -- I just tested: an email to the list from an unsubscribed address just disappears silently into the bit-bucket. I expect this is an expedient anti-spam measure. Maybe I'm not

Re: Another OT: Photobooks

2014-12-30 Thread Bruce Walker
Here's another best-of list: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lensculture-editors-2014-photobooks-of-the-year On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 3:21 PM, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: While perusing the internet I ran across this article at Mother Jones. Thought I might share:

The PUG Continues into 2015 - January Countdown

2014-12-30 Thread Brian Walters
It's early New Year's Eve here (11:30am, actually) but I expect to be otherwise engaged around midnight so... Happy 2015 to all. Now that the turkey has been consumed, the pudding digested and eggnog imbibed (WTF is eggnog anyway??), it's time to think about the first PUG for 2015. An

Re: Update: Eric Weir still can't post to PDML

2014-12-30 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting steve harley p...@paper-ape.com: On 2014-12-30 14:55 , Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com: John -- and Eric -- I just tested: an email to the list from an unsubscribed address just disappears silently into the bit-bucket. I expect this is an expedient

Re: Update: Eric Weir still can't post to PDML

2014-12-30 Thread Bruce Walker
On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 7:28 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: On 2014-12-30 14:55 , Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com: John -- and Eric -- I just tested: an email to the list from an unsubscribed address just disappears silently into the bit-bucket. I

Re: OT: No cat photo content ...

2014-12-30 Thread Bruce Walker
I love it! :) On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:57 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: i play dead http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15069472 Dave On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: If I wait until the skittish one is napping under a

Re: The PDML Holiday Tradition

2014-12-30 Thread Bruce Walker
Never metaPDMLer I didn't like. On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: You have become a metaPDMLer B On 30 Dec 2014, at 20:25, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: Nice, I have been mentioned without being quoted :-) DagT 25. des. 2014 kl. 02.38 skrev Mark

PESO - Strand is Not for Everyone

2014-12-30 Thread Rick Womer
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17934440 (K-5, FA 24-90) Comments? Rick -- 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.

PDML Photo Annual 2015 coming soon!

2014-12-30 Thread Mark Roberts
We're on the verge of starting up the presses for the 2015 edition of the PDML Photo Annual. The process we've developed and refined since 2009 is working well, so there won't be any changes this time round: Send us three photos – one will definitely get into the book, two if you're really good or

Re: The last PAW (delurking i little).

2014-12-30 Thread Rick Womer
Dag, I've checked your PAWs every month or so. They're very, very good, and it has been fun watching your boys grow. I hope you'll keep shooting and sharing your pix, even without the rigor of a PAW. Cheers, Rick On Dec 30, 2014, at 3:17 PM, DagT wrote: Don reminded me that I haven´t said

Re: PESO - Strand is Not for Everyone

2014-12-30 Thread Bruce Walker
Oh, very good, Rick. I like it. On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 8:34 PM, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17934440 (K-5, FA 24-90) Comments? Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: The PUG Continues into 2015 - January Countdown

2014-12-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Ok boss, I'm in ann On 12/30/2014 19:33, Brian Walters wrote: It's early New Year's Eve here (11:30am, actually) but I expect to be otherwise engaged around midnight so... Happy 2015 to all. Now that the turkey has been consumed, the pudding digested and eggnog imbibed (WTF is eggnog

Re: PESO: Route des quais Freycinet 9 et 10

2014-12-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
very ominous - but I like it ann On 12/30/2014 15:44, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: More lens testing in Dunkirk harbour, now with my new smc DA 1.8/50 mm. This little bugger is so sharp that my good old SMC-M 1.4/50 mm will now be retired to the shelf with the Contarex, the Pentax P50, and other

Re: PESO - Strand is Not for Everyone

2014-12-30 Thread Rob Studdert
LOL, nice capture :) On 31 December 2014 at 12:42, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, very good, Rick. I like it. On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 8:34 PM, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17934440 (K-5, FA 24-90) Comments? Rick --