Re: Fastpack 350 arrived from China

Larry Colen wrote: . I'd love to find something vaguely resembling a "six pack carton" that would fit in the top section for carrying lenses, or other things, up there, but better protected from each other and better organized. I just realized that one of my small camera bags, a lowepro edit

Re: No Pentax News I'm Afraid...

Sounds good, Cotty! That Nikon 17-35 is supposed to be quite the nice lens, even as delivered, for still work. I doubt I'll ever go for one but it would work well on the D750 or F6. :-) I received notice that my Marc Newsom Pentax K-01 is on the way from Japan ... Should be here in a couple

Re: New FF rumors (with commentary)

On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > "Diffraction Correction" is interesting. Anyone have any ideas on that one? The K-3 has had it since firmware 1.10. Some sort of in-camera sharpening that takes advantage of knowledge of the lens and aperture. Not sure

Re: New FF rumors (with commentary)

Darren Addy wrote: >Well, I'm sure you have seen this FF rumor (purported presentation slide): >http://photorumors.com/2015/10/15/new-slide-leaked-with-pentax-full-frame-dslr-camera-details/ It's a total fake and a badly done one at that. The graphic for the "3 layers composition" is stolen

Old School lens enablement...

Like Steve, I enjoyed some old-fashioned lens enablement today, discovering a "store" in the area that is only open for 4 hours and only on Saturdays. I paid him a visit and came away with 6 lenses and film body for $115. Interesting guy as the proprietor. He used to build film panorama cameras

Re: PESO - Death Ray!

Awesome photo! Very Buck Rogers - or is that Duck Dodgers, of the Twenty Third and a Half Century? (Colour again?) Cheers, frank On October 17, 2015 1:26:04 PM EDT, Marco Alpert wrote: >http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo15/peso21.html > >Okay, not really. It’s actually the

Re: New FF rumors (with commentary)

Yes, I've been reading the thread at dpreview and now regret posting it to this list. Friends don't let friends consume New Belgium Trippels and post to PDML. :\ On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Darren Addy wrote: > >>Well, I'm sure you have

Re: Slowing down & being creative

Well, obviously this interested no one other than me. However, I will draw your attention to the stitching portion of the YouTube video where the latest version of MS ICE (Image Composite Editor) blew me away. I haven't looked at that program for a long time, it seems. It's a free panorama stitch

New FF rumors (with commentary)

Well, I'm sure you have seen this FF rumor (purported presentation slide): http://photorumors.com/2015/10/15/new-slide-leaked-with-pentax-full-frame-dslr-camera-details/ If true... a couple of comments: At first I really wondered about the "645 lens adapter". Then I realized that all of the used

Re: New FF rumors (with commentary)

On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > Friends don't let friends consume New Belgium Trippels Yes they do. > and post to PDML. Eh, I assume at least half the posts here are under the influence. Cheers! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Death Ray!

Thanks, Frank! (Sometimes it’s just got to be color.) - Marco On Oct 17, 2015, at 5:06 PM, knarf wrote: > Awesome photo! Very Buck Rogers - or is that Duck Dodgers, of the Twenty > Third and a Half Century? > > (Colour again?) > > Cheers, > > frank > > On October

Re: New FF rumors (with commentary)

All things being equal, I’d *prefer* 36 over 42. I’d actually prefer 24 over either (on the assumption that that would provide better low light performance). Not likely, though. - Marco On Oct 17, 2015, at 5:23 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Hmmm? Well, i wonder why y'all

Re: FSF: Pentax K-3 body (1 yr old) and Collectible Pentax-M 28mm (version 2) EXC+

Update: Larry has opted to purchase the K-3, so it is no longer available and I am in K-01 mode until I receive my K-3 II. The collector's edition M28 version 2 is still available, as I type this. On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > Larry gets right of

Fastpack 350 arrived from China

It's brand new, in great shape, just as advertised. I just spent the past hour gluing fuzzy velcro into the main section so that I can put more dividers in than it normally comes with. I'd love to find something vaguely resembling a "six pack carton" that would fit in the top section for

Re: New FF rumors (with commentary)

Hmmm? Well, i wonder why y'all might need more than 36 megglepixies. I don't really find myself needing 24... Godfrey > On Oct 17, 2015, at 4:16 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > > Disappointed that the FF is a 36MP sensor (if true). That puts Pentax > back to the D800/D800E

Re: PESO - 'Bunchberry'

Interesting plant, and a pleasing and effective composition. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > Taken in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, early summer. > K3, 200mm f4.0 Ed Macro, 1/640, f11,

Re: Fastpack 350 arrived from China

Bill wrote: On 10/17/2015 5:20 PM, Larry Colen wrote: It's brand new, in great shape, just as advertised. I just spent the past hour gluing fuzzy velcro into the main section so that I can put more dividers in than it normally comes with. I'd love to find something vaguely resembling a "six

Re: Old School lens enablement...

David Mann wrote: On Oct 18, 2015, at 12:41 PM, Darren Addy wrote: In the window if his shop he has a one-of-a-kind lens produced for NASA that was HUGE. It was a 1000mm f/4, if memory serves. He's the 3rd owner of it. A friend (who is currently a Pentax Dealer in

Re: Old School lens enablement...

On Oct 18, 2015, at 12:41 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > In the window if his shop he has a one-of-a-kind lens produced for > NASA that was HUGE. It was a 1000mm f/4, if memory serves. He's the > 3rd owner of it. A friend (who is currently a Pentax Dealer in > Wyoming) was

Re: Fastpack 350 arrived from China

On 10/17/2015 5:20 PM, Larry Colen wrote: It's brand new, in great shape, just as advertised. I just spent the past hour gluing fuzzy velcro into the main section so that I can put more dividers in than it normally comes with. I'd love to find something vaguely resembling a "six pack carton"

Re: OT Peso's colour near Gilmour

Makes me want to play the banjo and squeal like a pig B > On 17 Oct 2015, at 14:55, Jack Davis wrote: > > Makes me want to throw a Hula > Popper plug. > Beautifully shot, David! > > J > > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 17, 2015, at 6:05 AM, David J Brooks

PESO - Death Ray!

http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo15/peso21.html Okay, not really. It’s actually the laser that creates the “artificial star” for Lick Observatory’s amazing adaptive optics system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_guide_star Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco ---

Re: PESO - Death Ray!

Just awesome. Thanks also for the reference; I had no idea about this kind use of a laser beam. Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/

OT Peso's colour near Gilmour

https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/22232909602/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/22058842989/ Some colour in the swamps. Taken during our Thanksgiving ATV weekend, near Bancroft Ontario X30 using Silky pix to adjust. any one using this program able to tell me how to zoom into a

Monitor enablement

I picked one of these up today for $179 at Fry's. It's an LG 25UM57-P IPS ultra wide screen monitor. I didn't actually get it for photography, but I suspect that might do a credible job. The resolution is 2560x1080, and a quick look at it the colors look pretty good. I was looking for a

Re: OT Peso's colour near Gilmour

Makes me want to throw a Hula Popper plug. Beautifully shot, David! J Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 17, 2015, at 6:05 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/22232909602/ > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/22058842989/ > > Some

Re: OT Peso's colour near Gilmour

On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > Makes me want to play the banjo and squeal like a pig Finally, someone has figured my work out. Dave > > B > >> On 17 Oct 2015, at 14:55, Jack Davis wrote: >> >> Makes me want to throw a Hula >>

Re: PESO - Death Ray!

Marco Alpert wrote: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo15/peso21.html Okay, not really. It’s actually the laser that creates the “artificial star” for Lick Observatory’s amazing adaptive optics system: Very cool. I've never seen a red beam be visible in clean air, just the green ones. But

Re: PESO - Death Ray!

Thanks, Bulent. It really is an astonishing system. We truly live in the future. - Marco On Oct 17, 2015, at 10:33 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote: > Just awesome. > > Thanks also for the reference; > I had no idea about this kind use of a laser beam. > > Bulent >

Re: PESO - Death Ray!

On Oct 17, 2015, at 11:17 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > Marco Alpert wrote: >> http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo15/peso21.html >> >> Okay, not really. It’s actually the laser that creates the “artificial star” >> for Lick Observatory’s amazing adaptive optics system: > > Very

FSF: Pentax K-3 body (1 yr old) and Collectible Pentax-M 28mm (version 2) EXC+

Larry gets right of first refusal on this, since he asked first (and I've emailed him before posting this). Planning on upgrading to the K-3 II but need the funds from the sale of the K-3 to do so... I would be willling to part with my K-3 for $549 including shipping. I think this is pretty much

Re: PESO 2015 - 166 - GDG

On 16/10/15, Paul, discombobulated, unleashed: > From "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World". The four palm trees forming a >"W" under which Durante's character had stashed the loot from the tuna >factory he had robbed. Just after he had divulged this info, lying on a hillside by his crashed car i

Re: PESO 2015 - 166 - GDG

On 17/10/15, Steve Cottrell, discombobulated, unleashed: >Just after he had divulged this info, lying on a hillside by his crashed >car i believe, his foot jerked out and hit a an old rusty bucket which >then rolled and clattered down the canyon. Gotta love Youtube

No Pentax News I'm Afraid...

...but in Other News I've bought a couple of bargain lenses. Well, I think they are bargains, anyway. One is a Canon J11X4.5 - a Standard Def TV lens that is amongst the best and widest angle zoom lenses on B4 mount ever made. When this one was brand new in about 2006 it would have retailed for