Glad Gonz took my comnent the way I intended. The more the merrier. :-)
Jostein
Den 28. februar 2017 16.53.14 CET, skrev ann sanfedele :
>Ok - have to ask - why is 42 ironic? please 'splain it to me
>
>ann
>
>On 2/28/2017 10:00 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
>> On 28/2/17, Jostein Øksne, discombobul
Beaten only by the record (vinyl) and the film. But the radio series.
You should give it a whirl, if the opportunity occurs. The other stuff may have
spoiled it for you but it was exceptional for the time and holds up well.
> On 28 February 2017 at 19:58 Bob W-PDML wrote:
>
>
> It's very
Does that mean we are Deep Thought? (Looks around) Naahh
> On 28 February 2017 at 13:36 Jostein Øksne wrote:
>
>
> Number of photographers is now 42.
> Jostein
>
> Den 28. februar 2017 14.10.17 CET, skrev Mark Roberts
> :
> >The upload page is at http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/uplo
On 1/3/17, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed:
>Theme: Geometric Shapes in Nature
It snow joke this.
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Here is a quick panorama from the top of SnowBird ski resort near Salt
Lake City in UT:
http://42graphy.org/misc/2017-02-panoramaSnowBird-small.jpg
I am thinking if I should cut a bit the building on the RHS.
All comments are welcome.
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John wrote:
Is it a grip or a battery-grip? I thought the KP came with a set of
interchangeable grips.
The LX had an accessory grip, but I don't remember it being that expensive.
That's like $300.
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Battery grip.
The other grips come in small, medium and large. I can see p
I, unfortunately missed the deadline. I was thinking it was midnight tonight.
:-/
> On Feb 28, 2017, at 6:39 PM, John wrote:
>
> Happily this year I was not struggling to meet the deadline ... nor
> straggling.
>
> On 2/28/2017 8:10 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
>> The upload page is at http://www.
Ah! thanks for that Larry --
Once I saw it as a book I turned it upsdie down...
ann
On 2/28/2017 9:00 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
ann sanfedele wrote:
oh ggeez another Hitchhiker ref.. it's like a never read it.. and I did
- but, well, actually I didn't read it I listened to someone else read
it..
I keep a large hunk of rip-stop, about a meter wide by 2.5 meters
long, folded in my kit bag when I shoot on location. I can tape it up
over a window to get lovely diffuse light for portraits. It cost me
under ten bucks.
I thought that if you created a box from white foamcore, cut "windows"
in it
Mark C wrote:
Does anyone here have advice about selecting LED lights for studio work?
These seem to do pretty well:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K4J1S0W/
I haven't noticed any weirdness in the color, but I mostly use them for
macros rather than portraiture. Interestingly, when I dro
Looks pretty, pretty damned cold.
Rick Womer wrote:
Well, it wasn’t really a snow day a couple of weeks ago. The forecast 4-6
inches turned out to be an inch, and most of it was gone by late afternoon. I
had taken my camera to work with me, though.
If the navigation is awkward, it’s the new
I think he's talking about the battery grip, seems about the right
price. The grip for the K-5/7 still sells for a bit more than the grip
for a K-3 which was a bargain when it was first introduced.
On 2/28/2017 9:23 PM, John wrote:
Is it a grip or a battery-grip? I thought the KP came with a
Stan, I've been using the O-ME53 for about 10 years. Had the rubber
fall apart on two of them. I'm pretty sure that it will vignette
heavily on a Full Frame viewfinder. Of course it won't effect the
photo, but it will make evaluating composition a bit of a pain. I found
it very helpful manu
Well, it wasn’t really a snow day a couple of weeks ago. The forecast 4-6
inches turned out to be an inch, and most of it was gone by late afternoon. I
had taken my camera to work with me, though.
If the navigation is awkward, it’s the new photo.net.
https://www.photo.net/photo/18357967/way-to
John wrote:
>Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. 42 is the answer to the ultimate
>question - Life, the Universe & Everything.
My favorite bit in that part was when the computer says it's going to
reveal the ultimate answer to the ultimate question of Life, the
Universe and Everything and the Philo
You probably listened to the radio play. I think that was the original
format. The books, TV series & movie all came later.
On 2/28/2017 12:04 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
oh ggeez another Hitchhiker ref.. it's like a never read it.. and I
did - but, well, actually I didn't read it I listened to s
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. 42 is the answer to the ultimate
question - Life, the Universe & Everything.
On 2/28/2017 10:53 AM, ann sanfedele wrote:
Ok - have to ask - why is 42 ironic? please 'splain it to me
ann
On 2/28/2017 10:00 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 28/2/17, Jostein Øksne,
Happily this year I was not struggling to meet the deadline ... nor
straggling.
On 2/28/2017 8:10 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
The upload page is at http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/upload.php
and it shuts down at midnight GMT tonight (that's 7:00 p.m. U.S. east
coast time and 4:00 p.m. U.S. west
Is it a grip or a battery-grip? I thought the KP came with a set of
interchangeable grips.
The LX had an accessory grip, but I don't remember it being that
expensive. That's like $300.
On 2/27/2017 11:35 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote:
I thought you might be amused to hear I got an e-mail telling me
I'm not sure what the terminology is, but I know AF-c with a single point
selected and a nine point range seems to work best for critters in the brush.
I'll take a look at my camera tomorrow and confirm. Autofocus is tricky and
occasional misses in a busy environment are inevitable.
Paul via p
That's a good idea. Several years ago I bought some white nylon and
stapled it to a couple old 16 x 20 wooden frames - basically a DYI
diffuser. I wish I had hung onto them - tossed them when purging the
house of excess stuff.
On 2/28/2017 6:34 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
Mark, here's an alternat
P. J. Alling wrote:
There seems to be an echo in here.
You can say that again.
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ann sanfedele wrote:
oh ggeez another Hitchhiker ref.. it's like a never read it.. and I did
- but, well, actually I didn't read it I listened to someone else read
it..
perhaps more would have stuck if I had see the print...
and it was back in the 80's on Public radio.. sigh
If you heard it
On Wed, Mar 1, 2017, at 11:50 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
> I thought that I had a good candidate but it appears that it was man
> made.
Well, there are already a couple of submissions that might not pass the
'nature' test if strictly applied (ie - they are achieved from nature
but through human inte
> On Feb 28, 2017, at 4:43 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
>
> Hi Stan,
>
> Are you using single-point focus? I can usually slip around branches to shoot
> a bird in the bush if I carefully place the focus point on the bird’s head.
> With multi-point focus, the camera will always lock onto whatever
KC = LX sheesh!
Paul via phone
> On Feb 28, 2017, at 7:54 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
>
> I've found the K-1 quite easy to focus manually, and my vision is no longer
> good. I'll have to try it vs. the KC one of these days, but I think it will
> compare favorably. Of course I haven't used my KC
I've found the K-1 quite easy to focus manually, and my vision is no longer
good. I'll have to try it vs. the KC one of these days, but I think it will
compare favorably. Of course I haven't used my KC in 15 years, and my memory
might be failing me.
Paul via phone
> On Feb 28, 2017, at 7:49 PM
I thought that I had a good candidate but it appears that it was man made.
On 2/28/2017 7:24 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
G'day all
I'll be closing submissions on Friday evening (Mar 3) - Sydney time.
Theme: Geometric Shapes in Nature
As usual submit here:
http://pug.komkon.org/submit/
Full Su
I am of the opinion that a good manual focus screen is invaluable
because AF just sucks under those circumstances. Too bad Pentax no
longer makes a good manual focus screen.
On 2/28/2017 4:22 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote:
On Feb 28, 2017, at 3:58 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
… I just went through th
I think I liked celery better...
On 2/28/2017 3:14 PM, Ken Waller wrote:
Should be "So Pentax cameras/users are the answer to every thing"!
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
- Original Message - From: "Ken Waller"
Subject: Re: PDML 2017 Book Upload - last
G'day all
I'll be closing submissions on Friday evening (Mar 3) - Sydney time.
Theme: Geometric Shapes in Nature
As usual submit here:
http://pug.komkon.org/submit/
Full Submission Guidelines here:
http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html
Cheers
Brian
+++
Mark, here's an alternate diffusion suggestion: white rip-stop nylon
fabric from the fabric store. Quite cheap, very white, and fairly heat
resistant. It's essentially what soft boxes use.
On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 5:55 PM, Mark C wrote:
> I'm just doing desktop macro work with a couple of goose n
I'm just doing desktop macro work with a couple of goose neck desk
lights and small pieces of white foam core for reflectors. Incandescent
bulbs are an option but the heat is a concern. I currently use wax paper
to diffuse the lighting - would need to rethink that approach with hot
lights. In t
Another one from my early morning walk a couple of weeks ago (actually it's the
next pic I took).
This old jetty has fallen into a state of disrepair and has been declared
unsafe. There are more modern facilities at the yacht club a few minutes walk
away so it's probably being left to decay.
Hi Stan,
Are you using single-point focus? I can usually slip around branches to shoot a
bird in the bush if I carefully place the focus point on the bird’s head. With
multi-point focus, the camera will always lock onto whatever is in the
foreground.
Paul
> On Feb 28, 2017, at 4:22 PM, Stanley
Jos de Fotograaf wrote:
You're right: the hood is permanently attached. Your suggestion to
remove it completely will be my back-up solution if my cutting fails.
The front lens is extremely ball shaped, that makes it vulnerable in
practical use.
My step one will be to cut away from the hood ju
> On Feb 28, 2017, at 3:58 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
>
> … I just went through the photos of one of the bands from this weekend,
> having shot a bit with the 80-200 on the K-3, with wider primes on the K-1
> that night, and was reminded of just how well the K-3 can focus on
> microphones.
>
Co
It was better before
> On 28 Feb 2017, at 20:16, Ken Waller wrote:
>
> Should be "So Pentax cameras/users are the answer to every thing"!
>
> Kenneth Waller
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
>
> - Original Message - From: "Ken Waller"
> Subject: Re: PDML 2017 Book Uplo
Should be "So Pentax cameras/users are the answer to every thing"!
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: "Ken Waller"
Subject: Re: PDML 2017 Book Upload - last hours
So Pentax cameras/users are the answer to celery thing !
-
I blame the internet -et-et-et
> On 28 Feb 2017, at 20:01, P. J. Alling wrote:
>
> There seems to be an echo in here.
>
>
>> On 2/28/2017 2:56 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
>> Douglas Adams used it in his book as the answer to the question of life. He
>> chose 42 apparently because a straw poll of hi
There seems to be an echo in here.
On 2/28/2017 2:56 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
Douglas Adams used it in his book as the answer to the question of life. He
chose 42 apparently because a straw poll of his friends showed it to be the
most boring number of all. Ironically, given the success of the bo
There seems to be an echo in here.
On 2/28/2017 2:56 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
Douglas Adams used it in his book as the answer to the question of life. He
chose 42 apparently because a straw poll of his friends showed it to be the
most boring number of all. Ironically, given the success of the bo
It's very tiresome. I read it to see what all the fuss was about. Thought it
badly written and overrated.
> On 28 Feb 2017, at 17:08, ann sanfedele wrote:
>
> oh ggeez another Hitchhiker ref.. it's like a never read it.. and I did -
> but, well, actually I didn't read it I listened to someon
Douglas Adams used it in his book as the answer to the question of life. He
chose 42 apparently because a straw poll of his friends showed it to be the
most boring number of all. Ironically, given the success of the book, it has
become an interesting number. It also turns out that mathematically
Douglas Adams used it in his book as the answer to the question of life. He
chose 42 apparently because a straw poll of his friends showed it to be the
most boring number of all. Ironically, given the success of the book, it has
become an interesting number. It also turns out that mathematically
On 28/2/17, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed:
>As to why that's ironic in this context, well that's a good question
>for which 42 is most likely the answer.
Bingo!
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oh ggeez another Hitchhiker ref.. it's like a never read it.. and I
did - but, well, actually I didn't read it I listened to someone else
read it..
perhaps more would have stuck if I had see the print...
and it was back in the 80's on Public radio.. sigh
ann
On 2/28/2017 11:36 AM, Bruce Wa
A reference to THHGttG (Douglas Adams) where it is the answer to life,
the universe and everything. Trouble is nobody knows what the question
is, so it's kind of useless.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number)#The_Hitchhiker.27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy
As to why that's ironic in this context, well
I agree that tungsten bulbs are generally quite good for faithful
colour, and it's easy to colour correct for them.
OTOH, they are hot as hell. :) I once did a fashion shoot using a
cheap $40 dual head 500W garage service light that I bounced off
reflectors inside a retail store, and just about c
Thanks, Bruce. I'm not trying for exact color reproduction but just want
consistent results and reasonably rich colors. Some of the bulbs I've
tried produce muddy colors and some are difficult to adjust / color
correct. I'll continue experimenting and will take a look at the LED
panels. I too
Ok - have to ask - why is 42 ironic? please 'splain it to me
ann
On 2/28/2017 10:00 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 28/2/17, Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed:
Number of photographers is now 42.
Ironic!
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But isn't all of life ironic in some way?
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On 28/2/17, Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed:
Number of photographers is now 42.
Ironic!
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>On 28/2/17, Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>Number of photographers is now 42.
>
>Ironic!
>
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I better submit something to disturb that... :D
On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 9:00 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
> On 28/2/17, Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>Number of photographers is now 42.
>
> Ironic!
>
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>Number of photographers is now 42.
Ironic!
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Number of photographers is now 42.
Jostein
Den 28. februar 2017 14.10.17 CET, skrev Mark Roberts
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>The upload page is at http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/upload.php
>and it shuts down at midnight GMT tonight (that's 7:00 p.m. U.S. east
>coast time and 4:00 p.m. U.S. west coast time).
>
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>I sold my FA* 85/1.4 to help finance the purchase of the 31/43/77mm Limited
set way back when they first came out. I will find it hard to
>justify buying the new D FA* 85/1.4 as long as my 77/1.8 is still
functional. And the 70-200/2.8 (and 24-70/2.8) each give me additional
>capability in that ge
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Thanks, Paul.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 2:58 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
> Very nice. Ginger and Hawaii are a classic pairing. I like th shape.
>
> > On Feb 27, 2017, at 2:34 PM, Daniel J. Matyola
> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, Malcolm and Ala
And DA or DA* lenses, which are quite compact and intended for the compact
APS-C cameras.
Paul via phone
> On Feb 28, 2017, at 3:58 AM, Alan C wrote:
>
> So if you want small(er) lenses, stick to screw drive or MF?
>
> Alan C
>
> -Original Message- From: P. J. Alling
> Sent: Monday,
So if you want small(er) lenses, stick to screw drive or MF?
Alan C
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Subject: Re: D FA★ 85mm F1.4
Well they all have internal focusing motors and probably internal
aperture motors
P. J. Alling wrote:
I'm pretty sure it's the bus speed of the camera. Everything I've read
about it implies that the K-1 can only take advantage of a middling fast
card. I think the best high speed Pentax is the K-3 or K-3II maybe the
KP will clear it's buffer faster, or equal the K-3 with bett
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