Re: The best camera

2022-07-14 Thread Henk Terhell
Alien butterflies, but where are they? (Fermi), The JWST will only produce interesting pictures of white dots and nebulous objects as well as absorption lines mostly of H and He. My Pentax gear however . Henk Op wo 13 jul. 2022 om 23:08 schreef Bill : > On Wed., Jul. 13, 2022, 1:05 p.m. Henk

Re: OT: Nikon (and Canon?)

2022-07-14 Thread Bill
There is a very western business affliction that assumes because a company isn't tge biggest in the market its a failure. It's a bullshit concept among sheep who have been brainwashed into believing rampant capitalism is one true way. Pentax as an SLR maker will do just fine as the only player in t

Re: The best camera

2022-07-14 Thread Bill
On Thu., Jul. 14, 2022, 1:56 a.m. Henk Terhell, wrote: > Alien butterflies, but where are they? > Probably trying to get over the wall. bill > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link direc

Re: The best camera

2022-07-14 Thread Alan C
Or maybe in your stomach? Alan C On 14-Jul-22 12:32 PM, Bill wrote: On Thu., Jul. 14, 2022, 1:56 a.m. Henk Terhell, wrote: Alien butterflies, but where are they? Probably trying to get over the wall. bill -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le..

OT: especially for those who also have a NIkon cool-pix - HELP!

2022-07-14 Thread ann sanfedele
DId I get your atttention? a friend gifted me a Nikon Cool Pix P520 a couple of years ago (2020) He had it since 2013.  I have been using it for occasional out door shooting or as a back up for photoing ebay stuff because te K-5 is too hard for me to hold up to my face anymore.. a couple of mont

Re: OT: especially for those who also have a NIkon cool-pix - HELP!

2022-07-14 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 14.07.22 um 14:01 schrieb ann sanfedele: " MODE DIAL IS NOT IN PROPER POSITION"  I twist the dial changing settings and it goes away.. that worked for a while.. but now twisting doesnt work. One of the possible causes is oxidation of the contact surfaces of the selector switch below this dia

Re: OT: especially for those who also have a NIkon cool-pix - HELP!

2022-07-14 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 14.07.22 um 14:19 schrieb Ralf R Radermacher: One of the possible causes is oxidation of the contact surfaces of the selector switch below this dial. Giving it some vigorus exercise might scratch this oxidation from the contacts. I had a similar prob with the rear thumbwheel of my *stDS whi

Re: OT: especially for those who also have a NIkon cool-pix - HELP!

2022-07-14 Thread ann sanfedele
I had jiggled quite a bit off and on over time .. but I worked at it more following your suggestion... I got it to work, then turning it off gave me the nasty message again then I worked more on it and got it back up! phew!  Just was too impatient!  Cant get it to go on to auto but I've pretty

PESO - Still Life in the Park

2022-07-14 Thread Rick Womer
…on a quiet afternoon last week: https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2022/July-2022/July-2022-Miscellany/i-Bx5rnD7/A (K-5, DA 17-70) Comments always appreciated. Rick -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please vis

Re: PESO - Still Life in the Park

2022-07-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
A variation on the "red shirt" technique? Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 11:38 AM Rick Womer wrote: > …on a quiet afternoon last week: > > > https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2022/July-2022/July-2022-Miscellany

Re: PESO - Still Life in the Park

2022-07-14 Thread Rick Womer
Not really. This was an existing scene, not a manufactured one. Rick > On Jul 14, 2022, at 11:58 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > A variation on the "red shirt" technique? > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > * > > > > On Thu,

Re: PESO - Still Life in the Park

2022-07-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I wasn't suggesting it was "manufactured." When photographing a scene, however, I have sometimes waited for a passerby in a colorful outfit to enter the scene to add a tiny spark of interest off to one side of the main subject. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery