Re: Magenta isn't a real color

2020-01-22 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Black isn't a color either, even though it was Johnny Cash's favorite color. Vantablack is supposed to be "blacker" than black. Now, MIT has made something even 10 times "blacker": https://www.dezeen.com/2019/09/24/blackest-black-mit-material-news-vantablack/ . Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/

Re: Magenta isn't a real color

2020-01-22 Thread William R
On Wed, 22 Jan 2020, 7:33 pm Larry Colen, wrote: > Here’s a rather amusingly written article on color perception > > > https://www.geeksaresexy.net/2019/12/19/did-you-know-the-color-magenta-does-not-exist/?fbclid=IwAR0Y1nc-dI_FRhso0YFMlQNrrC32LfNASV-KuMrJ54sQ9a35SOmkcaEVb10 > > I had forgotten th

Re: DFA 70-210 f4

2020-01-22 Thread William R
My understanding is that the small amount of vignetting can be mostly dealt with by removing the baffle on the back. I thought it was a really good lens, though a bit big for what it was. My copy also made 2 trips for repair to the SDM. bill On Wed, 22 Jan 2020, 7:28 pm Paul Stenquist, wrote: >

Magenta isn't a real color

2020-01-22 Thread Larry Colen
Here’s a rather amusingly written article on color perception https://www.geeksaresexy.net/2019/12/19/did-you-know-the-color-magenta-does-not-exist/?fbclid=IwAR0Y1nc-dI_FRhso0YFMlQNrrC32LfNASV-KuMrJ54sQ9a35SOmkcaEVb10 Which led me to look up impossible colors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossi

Re: DFA 70-210 f4

2020-01-22 Thread Paul Stenquist
I’ve used the 60-250 on full frame. It’s a great lens and only vignettes slightly when stopped way down at wide focal length, but it’s nothing a minor crop or a bit of PS work can’t cure. BTW, I have a nice copy to sell. Paul > On Jan 22, 2020, at 7:27 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > Ricoh has an

DFA 70-210 f4

2020-01-22 Thread Larry Colen
Ricoh has announced the 70-210 f4 https://www.dpreview.com/news/9075359506/ricoh-unveils-hd-pentax-d-fa-70-210mm-f4-ed-sdm-wr-telephoto-zoom-lens coincidentally last week at a photo club meeting I was chatting with someone about it, and I suggested the 60-250. It’s my understanding that despite

February PUG - Countdown

2020-01-22 Thread Brian W
G'day all How about getting a bit arty for Feb? Theme: "Street Art". Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ Submission Guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.or

OT: Photographer from France makes Portrait of Amrica

2020-01-22 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/gabrielsanchez/this-photographer-visited-all-50-states-to-find-the-real? Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.n