Re: December PUG is up!

2017-12-07 Thread Ken Waller
My count was only National Parks. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "ann sanfedele" Subject: Re: December PUG is up! I made a distinction between parks and monuments and such in listing my 40... I was using the list on line of

Re: Pentax Spotted

2017-12-07 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 05:06:35PM -0600, PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com wrote: > Here is something to brighten your evening, night, morning > > https://www.facebook.com/PhotoCapturesbyJeffery/posts/1499730210096658 Is that a Limited lens that bunny has there? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDM

Re: OT: Coffee

2017-12-07 Thread steve harley
On 2017-12-04 16:13 , Bob W-PDML wrote: Coffee is good. It's one of the few real pleasures in life that actually helps prevent rather than induce gout, so one the few earthly pleasures remaining to me on my road to martyrdom. Compared to me Simeon Stylites lived a life of sybaritic esurience.

Pentax Spotted

2017-12-07 Thread PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com
Here is something to brighten your evening, night, morning https://www.facebook.com/PhotoCapturesbyJeffery/posts/1499730210096658 Do let me know if you were able to view it. -- Jeffery Johnson | Photo Captures by Jeffery http://www.PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com /Diverse range of photography Artist

Re: December PUG is up!

2017-12-07 Thread ann sanfedele
I made a distinction between parks and monuments  and such in listing my 40... I was using the list on line of the 59 that Ddan was using as well, and I presume, was Ken... Gosh, getting into National Monuments and historical thingys that are not specifically parks would, I imagine, increase a

Re: December PUG is up!

2017-12-07 Thread ann sanfedele
I didn't know about GFM becoming a State Park,  Blue RIdge isn't a National Park - according to list I saw recent. I think you _can_ see Smokey mountains in distance from tippy top of Grandfather mt... ann On 12/7/2017 3:03 PM, John wrote: Great Smokey Mountains NP is a bit far to be seen fr

Re: OT: Coffee

2017-12-07 Thread John
Actually, tasted worse than most Starbucks coffee I've had. Much worse. On 12/7/2017 15:38, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: In other words, it tasted like StarBuck$ coffee. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 2:28 PM, John wrote: Bad coffee. Harsh, s

Re: K1 DNG's in Lightroom 6?

2017-12-07 Thread John
The Camera Raw that came with Photoshop CS6 Extended Edition handles K1 .dng files with no problem. I think Lightroom 6.6.1 is more recent. On 12/7/2017 13:01, Jan van Wijk wrote: Hi all, I finally bit the bullet on getting a K1, now that it comes with a 300 Euro cashback in december. It should

Re: December PUG is up!

2017-12-07 Thread John
Actually, most of those (not including cemeteries) *are* part of the National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/hfc/carto/PDF/NPSmap2.pdf On 12/6/2017 16:05, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I just googled the official list, and check off 25 I have visited. That does not, of course, include national m

Re: December PUG is up!

2017-12-07 Thread John
One of the better ideas we've given the world. Glad to see the idea has caught on in other countries. On 12/6/2017 14:47, Ken Waller wrote: These National Parks are a great resource for the U. S. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- Science - Questions we may nev

Re: OT: Coffee

2017-12-07 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
In other words, it tasted like StarBuck$ coffee. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 2:28 PM, John wrote: > Bad coffee. Harsh, scorched tasting & really bitter. > >> >>> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listi

Re: December PUG is up!

2017-12-07 Thread John
I won't bore y'all with all the crap that's been going on why I didn't get around to submitting anything for this PUG when National Parks was a natural fit for me. Instead here's one I could have and probably should have submitted. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/4531053717/lightbox/ C

Re: K1 DNG's in Lightroom 6?

2017-12-07 Thread Henk Terhell
I also couldn't find lens profiles for a number of my old lenses such as FA 35/2.0 FA 28/2.8 and FA 80-320 though these are all recognized when filtering on metadata. Henk Op 2017-12-07 om 21:10 schreef l...@red4est.com: On December 7, 2017 11:30:11 AM PST, Henk Terhell wrote: Jan, Good d

Re: December PUG is up!

2017-12-07 Thread John
And crows are a lot smarter than pigeons. On 12/6/2017 09:50, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: "While it is unlikely Sam recognized me" Don't be so sure, Ann. I read a scientific paper on city pigeons, where it was demonstrated that the definitely recognized human faces, and can retain the memories fo

Re: December PUG is up!

2017-12-07 Thread John
They knew they were eventually going to lose the land because of rising property taxes, so they sold most of it to the state to become a park. They retained a concession to run the attraction as a non-profit environmental education facility, but it's also under NC State Park rules (which is why th

Re: K1 DNG's in Lightroom 6?

2017-12-07 Thread lrc
On December 7, 2017 11:30:11 AM PST, Henk Terhell wrote: >Jan, > >Good decision. >I have the K-1,  I shoot in DNG and develop with Lightroom 6.0. >My only problem is that there is no lens profile for the D FA 28-105. My gripe is that there is no profile for the fa 50/1.4 >Maybe I should update

Re: Site of the PDML group show featured on Atlas Obscura

2017-12-07 Thread mike wilson
I'm astonished it survived the shame of displaying one of my efforts. But they were more forgiving times. > On 07 December 2017 at 13:54 Doug Brewer wrote: > > > DANK Haus article: > > https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dank-haus-german-american-cultural-center?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=

Re: December PUG is up!

2017-12-07 Thread John
Great Smokey Mountains NP is a bit far to be seen from GFM. OTOH, the Blue Ridge Parkway's Glenn Cove Viaduct is on Grandfather Mountain and it's only a mile from the GFM entrancegate to the Blue Ridge Parkway access from US-221. On 12/6/2017 10:20, ann sanfedele wrote: GFM is private land... b

Re: December PUG is up!

2017-12-07 Thread John
Grandfather Mountain is not a national park, however the Blue Ridge Parkway that runs across the shoulder of GFM *IS*. Grandfather Mountain used to be a private attraction, but recently (2015 I think) Hugh Morton's heirs donated the land to the State of North Carolina and GFM is now a North Carol

Re: K1 DNG's in Lightroom 6?

2017-12-07 Thread Henk Terhell
Jan, Good decision. I have the K-1,  I shoot in DNG and develop with Lightroom 6.0. My only problem is that there is no lens profile for the D FA 28-105. Maybe I should update LR 6 to its latest version but with recent horror stories that version 6 is automatically upgraded to CC I have delayed

Re: OT: Coffee

2017-12-07 Thread John
Bad coffee. Harsh, scorched tasting & really bitter. On 12/7/2017 14:19, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Does that mean they had bad coffee, or edible food? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 2:18 PM, John wrote: On 12/5/2017 12:08, Daniel J. Maty

Re: OT: Coffee

2017-12-07 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Does that mean they had bad coffee, or edible food? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 2:18 PM, John wrote: > On 12/5/2017 12:08, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> I HATE to eat at McDonald's, but their coffee is dependably quite good, >> all >> ov

Re: OT: Coffee

2017-12-07 Thread John
On 12/5/2017 12:08, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I HATE to eat at McDonald's, but their coffee is dependably quite good, all over the world. Certainly better than StarBuck$. The one exception I've found so far was the McDonald's at the Frankfort airport in Germany. -- Science - Questions we ma

GESO: Hasselblad vs Pentax lens "test"

2017-12-07 Thread Stanley Halpin
So my father-in-law did a lot of photography and had a lot of gear. Many years ago I was visiting, I was doing some shots with my Pentax 645. He pulled out his Hasselblad and played with it a bit (but no shots.) I commented that I knew of an adapter would let me use his lenses on my camera. No c

Re: K1 DNG's in Lightroom 6?

2017-12-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Jan van Wijk wrote: >Hi all, > >I finally bit the bullet on getting a K1, now that it comes with a 300 Euro >cashback in december. It should arrive tomorrow, with the DFA 28-105 mm. > >At the moment I am using the K3 and its DNG files with Lightroom 6.6.1 >and I THINK that should work for the K1

Re: K1 DNG's in Lightroom 6?

2017-12-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
You're good to go. https://helpx.adobe.com/si/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html G > On Dec 7, 2017, at 10:01 AM, Jan van Wijk wrote: > > Hi all, > > I finally bit the bullet on getting a K1, now that it comes with a 300 Euro > cashback in december. It should arrive tomorro

Re: K1 DNG's in Lightroom 6?

2017-12-07 Thread Matthew Hunt
The K-1 is supported in Lightroom 6.5.1 and later, so you should be good. Here's the support page listing the version required for every camera: https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Jan van Wijk wrote: > Hi all, > > I finall

K1 DNG's in Lightroom 6?

2017-12-07 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi all, I finally bit the bullet on getting a K1, now that it comes with a 300 Euro cashback in december. It should arrive tomorrow, with the DFA 28-105 mm. At the moment I am using the K3 and its DNG files with Lightroom 6.6.1 and I THINK that should work for the K1 as well (with somewhat large

Re: Site of the PDML group show featured on Atlas Obscura

2017-12-07 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I have the Atlas Obscura. I read entry entry, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 8:54 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: > DANK Haus article: > > https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dank-haus-german-america > n-cultural-center?ut

Re: Site of the PDML group show featured on Atlas Obscura

2017-12-07 Thread P. J. Alling
Yes, but is the PDML website featured? On 12/7/2017 8:54 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: DANK Haus article: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dank-haus-german-american-cultural-center?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=atlas-page -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was

Re: Now you don't even have to get it right

2017-12-07 Thread P. J. Alling
And the most important part is "artificially" degraded images. That's not the way digital images usually fail, especially Jpegs.  Each byte depends on the one before while it's being read, and one bad byte can and usually does make the all the following bytes undecipherable if they are readabl

Re: OT Californian Fires

2017-12-07 Thread ann sanfedele
beyond awful.. so sorry, Brian... ann On 12/7/2017 1:32 AM, Brian Walters wrote: Hoping any PDMLers in the LA area are safe. The fires look terrifying. Our dear friends Jo & Byron lost their house at Casitas Springs near Ojai. We had stayed with them during our 2013 trip to the west coast.

Site of the PDML group show featured on Atlas Obscura

2017-12-07 Thread Doug Brewer
DANK Haus article: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dank-haus-german-american-cultural-center?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=atlas-page -- 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 abo

Re: OT Californian Fires

2017-12-07 Thread Alan C
I just saw it on the TV news. Terrible scenes. Just like we had in Knysna last year & in Sydney a few years ago. Man is so helpless against the forces of nature. Alan C -Original Message- From: Jack Davis Sent: 7 December, 2017 1:49 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT Cali

Re: OT Californian Fires

2017-12-07 Thread Jack Davis
Sad! J Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 6, 2017, at 10:32 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > Hoping any PDMLers in the LA area are safe. The fires look terrifying. > > Our dear friends Jo & Byron lost their house at Casitas Springs near Ojai. We > had stayed with them during our 2013 trip to the west

Re: Now you don't even have to get it right

2017-12-07 Thread Jostein
Yes you do. The article says nothing about saving a photographer's sorry ass. It's only about restoring artificially degraded images. And it's not perfect even for that. "The research team, which included members from the University of Bern in Switzerland, tested their algorithm by taking hig