Re: OT: Bicycle for minimalists

I wouldn't have thought it was too difficult to have a brake lever built into the front grip. Of course you're going to put a whole lot of torque on the wrists if you brake too hard ... On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 12:35:26AM -0500, knarf wrote: > It's got a disc on the front. However releasing one'

Re: SDHC/SDXC cards speed and Pentax K-3 ii (test results)

On Sat, Dec 05, 2015 at 06:52:58PM -0500, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > The question of the card speed vs. capabilities of the camera pop-up every > so often. (Recently Larry was asking about it.) The most useful points, in my mind: 1) If you never fire off more than 23 shots in a burst (71 if you

Re: So how did I do THIS? Every JPEG looks like different processing...

I'm pretty sure the display you see on the back of the camera is produced from the (low-quality) JPEG included in every image file. On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 07:39:49PM -0600, Darren Addy wrote: > Well I have assumed my RAW files were OK, but I haven't checked yet. > Now I'm wondering. Will have to

Re: Have we slipped into an alternative universe?

On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 01:49:17PM -0600, Darren Addy wrote: > > Just think how many Pentax would sell if they were available in stores! > > Sadly, that would not be enough. The salespeople would still need to > show them (and know them) or else they are going to steer customers to > brands that t

Re: OT: Getting the Shot

I'm sure I do some of that, but in my case there's an excuse; I've been trained to keep both feet ready to use at all times. When you're trackside, photographing motorsports, the fastest way to lose your access credentials is to let one knee touch the ground. (Actually, that's only the second-fa

Re: Full Frame Fresh Pics

On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 11:10:12AM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: > Has anybody commented on the "crop" setting on the top right center dial? > I'm guessing that this is a way to keep DA lenses relevant on the Full Frame. I'd have thought that the camera would know when a crop-factor lens was mounted;

Re: A side-by-side Pixel Shift Resolution comparison with 77mm Limited atf/11

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 07:43:08AM -0400, Collin B wrote: > > Am I missing something? Can't see a difference. > > Alan C > > > Ditto > >Kenneth Waller > > I had to study it for a while. Looking at the pitting on the column the > edges are a bit sharper. Note also that white dot on the right edge

Re: Waterworld

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 10:48:31AM +0100, Bob W wrote: > I haven't been taking many pictures recently - just occasional casual snaps. > Here are a few recent ones, mainly in and around Greenwich, but a couple at > the end from a very enjoyable little bike ride in Kent this weekend: > > http://www.

Re: Snapshots from Daytona

You're getting the hang of this panning stuff - the last Friday shot before the clutch plates is pretty sharp, but has a reasonable amount of blur on the wheels. The Saturday shots of the Western Metals #88 are nice and crisp, too. I like the head-on shot of Nicole on Saturday (#34 of 58). For m

Re: Tilt-shift photography in Colbert's Late Show

On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 10:25:14PM +0100, Malcolm Smith wrote: > > The Lensbaby is a useful lens at times, but I'm glad I got it at a bargain > price. I go through phases with it and it is currently in the off season. I > would hate to own a seriously expensive lens and use it as much as the > Len

Re: The Hawk and the Owl story published

On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 05:03:29PM +1200, David Mann wrote: > On Sep 16, 2015, at 7:04 am, Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > I don't agree that's it's a sad commentary - popular papers and magazines > > have always published human interest (so to speak) stories - think of the > > number of times you've s

Re: Slides and film question.

On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 07:36:47AM +0100, Malcolm Smith wrote: > John Francis wrote: > > > While later film recorders may well have used lasers, that's not how > > the original models worked. Back in the 1980s I had access to a film > > recorder where I worked (Apoll

Re: Slides and film question.

On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 03:06:33PM +0100, Malcolm Smith wrote: > Matthew Hunt wrote: > > > My understanding was that commercial film recorders didn't work by > > projecting an image and photographing it, but rather by directly > > exposing dots onto the film using tiny sources of light. Think of h

Re: OT: Cryptic Clue

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 11:15:54PM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 10:54 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > "Tate" is so Britain... :-) > > Tate is what Brits mistake for art. You mean things like Roy Lichtenstein's comic book illustrations? :-) I remember the Tate as wh

Re: OT: Cryptic Clue

Yep - took me less than 5 seconds to get that one. Ace (expert) + Tate (gallery) = Acetate (film) On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 03:25:33PM -0400, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > You've got me curious, so, I googled. > That crossword appeared in Daily Mail and Irish Daily Mail.. > > The proposed answer i

Re: OT - USB 3.0 PITA

On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 02:09:49PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > > Toine wrote: > >I would cut the metal strips with a tin snip. something like: > >http://german-hand-tools.com/images/066R-15-250_offen.jpg > > > >Once the PCI card is inserted apply some duck tape from the inside to > >restore air

Re: OT: Biking with Karin and Chris

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 09:46:11PM +0100, Bob W wrote: > Here's my side of the story. Any resemblance between Chris's pictures and > mine is purely coincidental. > > > > B That countryside brings back memories from almost 50 years ago! My mother had

Re: Seeing double

On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 11:03:12PM -0400, Rick Womer wrote: > Is anybody else having their messages duplicated in their inboxes? > Is anybody else having their messages duplicated in their inboxes? > > Rick > Rick Not for PDML. But I am seeing that for some other mail (mostly junk). -- PDML P

Re: Lens Woes

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 02:53:03PM -0400, John wrote: > > Y'all keep an eye peeled for any Tokina ATX PRO 28-70mm f/2.8 AF in > Pentax Kaf mount please & let me know if you see one available. Have you considered the Pentax FA* 28-80/f2.8 ? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://

Re: How do the different subdirectories work on the SD card?

The *ist-D definitely did it. In fact it pretty much had to; with FAT16 formatting of the media cards you could only have a maximum of 512 files in a single folder. FAT16 had a maximum partition size of 2GB, but that wasn't a problem back in those days; it was only towards to the end of its life

Re: OT: Cryptic Clue

Almost ... (you left out one letter; very important in a cryptic clue) c[irca] a m[ille, or thousand] eras On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 08:10:16PM +0100, Bob W-PDML wrote: > C(irca) m eras... > > > > > On 8 Jun 2015, at 13:04, Alan C wrote: > > > > Here's one I liked from the Sunday paper: > >

Re: Countries defined by one sentence

Drop bears, surely? On Sat, Jun 06, 2015 at 09:50:20AM +0200, Jostein ?ksne wrote: > I thought it referred to the rabbits. :-) > Jostein > > -Opprinnelig melding- From: Brian Walters > Sent: Friday, June 5, 2015 12:00 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT: Countries defined

Re: OT: Does anyone here have the Olympus OM-D E-M10?

On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 02:15:53PM -0500, Charles Robinson wrote: > I'm considering it as a second body, something more "point and shoot" that is > small enough to carry around more regularly than the K5 with the 16-50. Kit > is going right now for about $500 which seems great but I was wonderin

Re: New law: exposure as a legal tender

On Sat, May 02, 2015 at 12:26:15AM -0500, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > Read it: > http://beezlystreet.com/2015/04/28/exposure-now-legal-tender-for-photographers/ > > Igor Thanks for the link, Igor! Although I prefer this one: http://beezlystreet.com/2015/03/21/silly-old-tossers-banned-from-being

Re: K-50 + primes: Crazy good deal.

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:49:32AM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Also trivia: My mum still has my original ist-D (which cost me > $1500.00!) and as far as I know it's still working. I've got the > optional battery grip for it around here somewhere, too. Only $1500? You got a deal! I'm pretty s

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 01:33:44PM -0600, steve harley wrote: > On 2015-04-24 6:25 , Darren Addy wrote: > >It is possible, assuming that the flash would only use 25% of full > >manual power on the 4 consecutive shots. > > i would think each of the 4 exposures would require the nominal amount of >

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

es will be taken and the shutter will close > and mirror come down again afterwards (making it feel something like a > 1/2 second exposure). > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 4:14 PM, John Francis wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 05:35:59AM -0400, Glen Berry wrote: > >> Yea

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 05:35:59AM -0400, Glen Berry wrote: > Yeah, in the other K-3 II thread, I had mentioned this myself. I suppose > they could do something where each of the four sub-exposures gets 1/4 of the > total flash power, with the flash firing a total of 4 times for each > resolution-e

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 12:46:59PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > What would be really nifty would be the option of getting all three or four > low resolution raw files in addition to the superresolution final file, on > the off chance the merge doesn't work, you'd still have unmerged files that >

Re: kaleidoscope reaches prototype stage

On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 07:16:44PM -0600, steve harley wrote: > On 2015-03-28 17:35 , Larry Colen wrote: > >Set of photos showing construction here: > >https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157651606646662/ > > of course the image a kaleidoscope produces is pretty deterministic, at > least

Re: What does everyone now use?

OK - I'll play. Currently I use our little 4/3 Olympus E-PL1 about as much as I use the K-5. But that's not very much - I've hardly picked up a camera for over a year now. I'm tempted by the K-3 and the 150-450 zoom, but I'm unlikely to buy anything unless I get back into the habit of taking p

Re: I've been given a full frame camera.

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 12:47:42PM -, Malcolm Smith wrote: > > I had an ME briefly in the 1990s and for some reason, we were not friends. The ME was the only Pentax film body I owned that I didn't really like. I bought one in 1978, IIRC, as a second body to go along with my MX, but I found it

Re: Sensor size vs. depth of field: explanation of the relationship please

On Sat, Mar 07, 2015 at 11:55:07AM -0500, Mark C wrote: > > The one factor I am ignoring is the "circle of confusion" and effect that > enlarging the image itself has on the DOF of the final print and that is > not something I have never been able to grok and so won't comment on. Maybe > someo

Re: PESO Jody Smart

Good capture, Paul. You might want to fix the error in the caption (you have "... Summernatinals") On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 03:58:52PM -0500, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Another pan from the 1982 NHRA Summernationals at Englishtown, New Jersey. If > I recall correctly I shot these at a pretty stout

Re: Is my Sigma 17-70 fixable

On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 07:06:56AM -0500, David J Brooks wrote: > I dropped my k5 and sigma 17-70, about two feet, onto some hard pack > snow today at snowgolf. Lens took the hit at 45 degrees and the mount > stayed on the camera while the lens came off the mount and landed in > some snow. Fixable

Re: "whatzit" revealed..

On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 04:38:32PM -0500, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > all I remember is > fuzzy wuzzy waznit fuzzY > > ann waz he? >From the depths of my memory ... Fuzzy-wuzzy was a bear But Fuzzy-wuzzy had no hair So Fuzzy-wuzzy wusn't really fuzzy, wus he? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: New Zoom Lenses

I'd expect to see any such lens announced as a possible 'kit lens' with the new FF body. I'm with Paul, though - the newly announced item that interests me the most is the 150-450 zoom. I've got an 80-200/f2.8 that I haven't used since I got the 60-250/f4, so the 70-200 doesn't really tempt me.

Re: "Accelerated maximum aperture"

On Wed, Feb 04, 2015 at 10:52:52PM -0500, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > Does somebody know what "accelerated maximum aperture" means? My guess would be "fast" (I suspect something got lost in the translation) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.

Re: Poll

On Wed, Feb 04, 2015 at 02:28:27PM -0500, CollinB wrote: > Your top 3 Pentax film bodies, with reasons for each. > 3. MZ-S for functionality > 2. PZ-1p for ergonomics > 1. MXfor friendship I never handled the LX, but the MX served me well for many years. I bought mine in 1976, and until the

Re: Photography, art, unintentional plagiarism, ...

On Wed, Feb 04, 2015 at 01:44:02PM -0500, Bruce Walker wrote: > Check the byline: it's just Jonathan Jones finger painting in his > mashed potatoes again. Yep - Jonathan Jones is paid to stir up controversy, not to serve information. 45 years ago I used to trust the Guardian. Not today, though.

Re: OT: Go Pro

On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 04:12:00PM +, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > In broadcast TV all material is shot in interlaced (hence 1080i) and > broadcast interlaced. . . Not quite correct when talking to a US-based list member. In the US, there are two different formats used for broadcast HD TV; 720

Re: OT:Christmas Dinner

Just the two of us again this year (plus the cats ...) A fairly traditional meal - roast turkey (well, half a turkey) with roast potatoes, brussel sprouts, roast potatoes, chestnut stuffing, gravy, and caramelized cranberry and apple compote (the last is a Gordon Ramsay recipe, and very good it i

Re: V. Maier Documentary & a tiny SURPRISE!

Just checked Netflix, and "Finding Vivian Maier" is available on DVD. -- 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 above and follow the directions.

Re: Peso- Nov Hummer

On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 01:02:14AM -0800, Joseph McAllister wrote: > If I could get a sunny day I would shoot a few of the Anna's pair that stay > over. It's been below freezing going on three days, so I have to bring the > feeders in at night, rehang them in the morning. I'll put out a couple of

Re: MALACHITE KINGFISHER (Wrap up)

On Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 06:19:17AM +0200, Alan C wrote: > Thanks for all the kind comments. I had some other shots in a sequence but > this was the best. Unfortunately the FA 100-300 is soft at the long end - I > really need a better lens. > > Alan C That's a slippery slope you're starting down!

Re: K-5/BG-4 Grip Repair

My advice - don't mix-and-match AAs with the regular in-camera battery. If you're going to use AAs in the grip, then take the other battery out of the camera. If you want to be able to switch between the camera and grip battery, then get another 7.2V lithium battery to use in the grip. On Mon, O

Re: bending in the sky?

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:50:42AM -0400, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > While processing photos that had a lot of blue sky in them > (from Dallas Hot Air Balloon Festival), I noticed an interesting effect: > while LR (3.6) is loading the full preview, it is showing some lower quality > preview (from th

Re: U.S. Forest Service proposes photo permit rules (still & video)

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 06:36:08PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > > > > It strikes me as very odd that an environmentalist like Ansel Adams > > might be precluded from photographing in Yosemite (if he were alive > > today) when it was his photogr

Re: Check out this wedding photography story

Well, given that (according to the postings) he's already made her family take down negative reviews on his ?facebook? page, and he's got copies of all the correspondence to do with the terms of the booking, I don't think she'll get very far if she's dumb enough to try that. On Tue, Sep 23, 2014

Re: Get with the times (FF DSLR, etc)

On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 09:08:09AM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: > On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Alan C wrote: > > If people really want to use pre-"A" > > lenses, they can easily work in M mode and use Sunny 16 like we all did long > > ago (& waste no film). > > Pentax has actually given us a lot

Re: Getting back to the FF DSLR

On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 11:29:01AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > Using the thumbwheel for aperture and front wheel for shutter speed works > wonderfully for me. Since getting a camera with the two control wheels I > have missed using the aperture ring exactly zero times. That's about how I feel,

Re: Getting back to the FF DSLR

On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 12:59:43AM -0400, John Francis wrote: > was well-defined, but the camera-to-lens actuation could have almost > any response curve without affecting the actual exposure; the only > two sta Lost something there, apperntly (my internet connection dropped out brief

Re: Getting back to the FF DSLR

On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:02:56PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > Zos Xavius wrote: > > >Ricoh claims that the aperture mechanism used in the M/K series is not > >accurate. My experience with green button stop down metering tells me > >that there might be something to that given the liberal amounts o

Re: PESO Mini Cooper

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 05:25:14PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > > Ken Waller wrote: > > > >I test drove a new Mini Cooper 'S' - with a wide grin during most of the > >drive - it was an outrageous street car, but far too small for me on an > >everyday basis. Eventually wound up buying a New 66 Sh

Re: PESO Mini Cooper

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 10:07:13AM +1000, Philip Northeast wrote: > A real Mini Cooper on teh race track > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/27281712@N08/15016470680/ Well, mostly on the track, anyway :-) I don't think the gratuitous insult was called for, though. I've driven both the original an

Re: The PUG for 2015

On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 10:35:46AM +1000, Brian Walters wrote: > > Now to potential themes... Please feel free to suggest others: The Old and the New Tranquility And a more complicated theme: Seasonal Change -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml

Re: Pentax K-S1

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 09:07:22AM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: > Pentax has over the years seemed to become the most Japanese of the > Japanese camera companies. This camera (K-S1) seems intent on > recapturing the "smallest, lightest DSLR crown". That was my first reaction, too - this thing is tiny

Re: OT - And didn't like how photographers were treated?

On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 10:07:44PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Small minded hardly does this one justice. Wouldn't let the passenger > bring his *kids* on board with him on his early boarding status? > Beggars belief. That was my initial reaction, too. But bear in mind that this is SouthWest

Re: Way OT -- Arcane bicycle question

On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 11:11:27PM +0100, Bob W-PDML wrote: > On 24 Jul 2014, at 22:59, "Chris Mitchell" wrote: > > > >> On 24 July 2014 20:08, Bob W-PDML wrote: > >> In case anyone needs to learn how to change a tube, this guy gives a > >> pretty good lesson (although he's not as good as Chris

Re: OT: Journey to the centre of the universe

The 2007 tour actually started with a time trial in central London, from Whitehall to Westminster, past Buckingham Palace, and on to a finish along The Mall. The stage that went through Greenwich (and Woolwich & Dartford) and on to Canterbury via Maidstone, Tonbridge & Ashford was run on the fol

Re: Blue KX

On Wed, Jul 02, 2014 at 10:26:17AM -0400, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/14371715008/ > > I wouldn't own it. Would you? Nope. My MX does the same job rather better, and has been with me for close to forty years, even if it hasn't seen much use since 2003.

Re: IML1137 (Christine)

On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 11:26:03PM +, Jack Davis wrote: > > > Christine, > > I did a different crop which "may" be a consideration(?) > > J > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=777 That's close to the crop I thought of. I lost the upper line of windows (with the laund

Re: For folks in the Bay Area this weekend

Have fun - wish Zab a happy birthday from us. We're busy playing Pathfinder pretty much all day Saturday (and Sunday morning, not to mention this evening and Monday evening too). Roy will also be at our Saturday game. On Thu, Jun 05, 2014 at 12:01:06PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > It?s not Grandf

Re: OT - linguistic pet peeve in a snapshot

Or, for us true pedants, "neither has/neither is" On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 06:25:21PM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > My pet peeve as well, Igor - Alas, it seems that "less" has been taking > over and i'm told by an editor friend that it is now considered acceptable > usage. My other one is the "bo

Re: Discouraged.

On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 02:37:45PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > Bruce Walker wrote: > > >On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Mark Roberts > > wrote: > >> > >> No file format will protect against image quality loss through resizing. > > > >Vector. > > > > > > Shoulda been Dick Dastardly. I disagree

Re: Free download Perfect Effects 8

On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 11:32:38AM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: > Saw this while catching up on PetaPixel. > Haven't tried it yet (download first, try later) but there is a reason > that "FREE" is one of the most powerful words in the English language. > http://www.ononesoftware.com/landing/pe8offer/

Re: A Glass Tea

> > Russia, along with Ireland, is the last bastion of tea drinkers. . . Don't forget the Middle East. Around here (the SF Bay Area) we have a large number of middle eastern food stores (some Syrian, some Iranian, some Iraqi, and some who don't have any ethnicity discernible to a western eye).

Re: PESO: Let me see that

Too many wheels for a gig ... On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 07:04:25PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: > He's waiting for a call from his agent. Dying for a better gig. > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Daniel J. Matyola > wrote: > > Horse seems to be interested in what is on the cell phone held by th

Re: OT - the XP doomsday thing

On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 09:25:29PM -0700, John Celio wrote: > Just to add my 2?: Windows XP is an incredibly old operating system by > today's standards. Yeah, Vista and Windows 8 were/are pretty awful, > but Windows 7 is great. You really don't need to fear upgrading to 7, > especially since you c

OT - another variant on images incorporating album covers

>From today's Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2014/apr/07/classic-album-covers-in-google-street-view-in-picture -- 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 above

Re: colored strobes

On Wed, Apr 02, 2014 at 06:11:24PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > I'm interested in suggestions for ways of mounting gels . . . Dinner and a movie is the traditional approach. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the P

Re: Leopard

On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 11:20:49AM +0200, Alan C wrote: > > These are not the greatest of images but they are proof that we spotted a > Leopard ... I thought they came that way naturally! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRI

Re: Updated K-30 Firmware, then Manual Mode Disappeared!

Personally, I think the camera is doing exactly the right thing. It's warning you that, although you've set the dial to "M", it's actually going to be working in TAv mode becase "Auto ISO" is on. Presumably if you turn Auto ISO off it then shows the mode as "M". On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 10:52:59

Re: FS: SMC Pentax A 50mm f1.2

n Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:19:05AM +0200, Alan C wrote: > This rare lens popped up on Gumtree a couple of days ago. (Gumtree > is similar to eBay & also owned by PayPal.) If it's owned by PayPal, then it's actually owned by eBay. eBay owns PayPal (and is resisting attempts by a corporate raider m

Re: OT, photos of low level flying

On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 12:19:02AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > A friend on another mailing list posted this link to photos and stories > of low level flying. I am confident that at least a few people on this list > will enjoy it > > http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articl

Re: Fooling around with the 1.4X converter

He says they're all shot wide open, which would be f/5.6 (f/4 from the 60-250 at full aperture, 1.4x from the TC) On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 08:42:03PM -0400, Kenneth Waller wrote: > > Paul, any idea what the f stops were for those? > > -Original Message- > >From: Paul Stenquist > >Sent:

Re: PESO: Pushmi-Pullyu

On Sat, Mar 08, 2014 at 07:53:41AM +1300, David Mann wrote: > I've often seen this in Cathedral Square and always wanted to get a decent > photo of it. > > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/781/#peso I saw something based on a Mini some 40+ years ago. A Google image search doesn't find that one

Re: OT: iPhone photo (was: Save me from my desire...)

On Tue, Mar 04, 2014 at 06:35:30PM -0800, Bong Manayon wrote: > Speaking of shooting only monochrome/black & white, I took my class on a > field trip; we were all armed with black & white film when I saw this--it had > to be in color! So I grabbed my student's iPhone (4--I think)... > > http://w

Re: Daytona Superbird

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 01:28:37PM -0500, Doug Franklin wrote: > OK, Cotty, here's your chance! A real, honest-to-God Daytona > Superbird with an actual racing history, and a 429, is for sale. No > price listed. :) > > http://www.motorsportretro.com/2014/02/1969-dodge-charger-daytona/ > > http:/

Re: OT - An innovative way to pad out your portfolio

On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 11:41:17PM +, Bob W wrote: > In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs of every head he's had > the pleasure to know... "To have known", I believe. (I can't remember where I put my car keys, but 50-year-old lyrics? No problem!) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: zx/mz question

I've still got an MZ-S, a PZ-1p, and two MXes (one that I bought in 1976, and a black one I picked up ten years or so ago just in case, as it was getting hard to find places that worked on a MX). Those are the bodies that I believe to be in working condition. I've also got an ME, ME Super, and Su

Re: Pentax 1.4x converter

On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 07:59:51PM -0500, Stanley Halpin wrote: > > On Feb 5, 2014, at 7:45 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > > > Zooms and TCs are not a good mix. > > > > Well, we shall see if that is still true. I found my 80-200 performed adequately with either the AF1.7x or a 1.4 TC. I look fo

Re: Correction F104 not T-38

On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 07:27:02AM +, Chris Mitchell wrote: > Yep, I thought "Starfighter" when I saw it. I recall that it was > dogged by safety issues . . . Many (possibly even most) of which were caused by pilots insufficiently familiar with the aircraft, or operating with payloads and/or f

Re: Yo Cotty, check the new Fuji out!

On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 07:00:04PM +0200, Attila Boros wrote: > It's a very nice body, similar to OM-D E-M1. I don't mind EVF, the > latest iterations are quite good. Magnification could be better > though. I'm not planning to get a mirrorless system, but now it would > be a tough choice between th

Re: OT: Winter Weather Advisory.

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 11:49:37PM -0500, Ken Waller wrote: > In South East Michigan, we've already past the seasonal snowfall > average of 43 inches, with at least 2 and a half months os > additional snowfall possible. More like the snowy years here of the > 70's. While in California we're suffer

Re: Moon you again

On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 03:36:50PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 10:38:54AM -0600, Bob Sullivan wrote: > > > > Larry you'd be proud of me. > > I took 120 shots in 1/2 hour, > > then spent an hour editing to only show you one. > > I always find it hard to figure out which is

Re: OT - Delirious With Joy

On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 06:59:28PM +, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > >> > >> (*) There's "impression" and "expression". And then there is > >"expectation"... So, is there such a thing as "impectation"??? > >> > > On 8/1/14, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > > >Inspection. > > > Expe

Re: OT: Documenting the Moment

On Thu, Jan 09, 2014 at 11:21:15AM -0600, Darren Addy wrote: > > ... the problem of people who, often in an effort to feel better about > themselves, denigrate completely rational choices that other people > have a right to make for themselves. Often, such people are unwilling > (or unable) to cons

Re: OT: How Cold is it in Canada?

On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 07:06:55PM -0600, Bill wrote: > On 07/01/2014 9:10 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >It was -26 C (-16 F)in Michigan last night, and it?s -24 C (-11 F) > >right now. I suspect it was quite a bit colder up Wheatfield?s way. > > > > We hit -36 on Monday morning. I'd hit it if it

Re: Interesting article on LL 'The Full-Frame Myth'

On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 12:32:32PM -0500, CollinB wrote: > on 2014-01-06 14:17 Bruce Walker wrote > > Your spam predates my net access too. I was on email (UNIX v6 PWB) in > > '79, then my company (AES Data) got limited net access in 1982 or so, > > via UUCP. For some years I was aesat!bmw (anyone

Re: OT: Cans?

On Wed, Jan 01, 2014 at 10:27:51AM -0500, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > I splurged on a duck breast for Christmas (well, I had a gift > certificate for Whole foods, so... ) cooked the yukon gold potatos > in > my small cast iron pan with the fat skin I pulled off the breast - > the freezer has a few ta

Re: What would you do (stay with Pentax, or...)

On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 01:54:20PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: > On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 06:37:21PM -0200, Juan Buhler wrote: > > > > BTW, one more thing: I might be getting an M9 to replace the M8. Not > > buying it--it's a long story, but basically I'll have an M9 to use and > > keep as long as I

Re: OT: most photographed places in the world

On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 09:58:30AM -0500, Bruce Walker wrote: > I interpret this handy heatmap as where _not_ to go ... > > http://www.sightsmap.com/ Hmm. It appears that the most photographed scene in San Jose is the sign outside the main eBay building. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: OT: Coolest email I've gotten in a while...

On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 05:11:33PM +, Bob W wrote: > > I went to see Kraftwerk at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester in 1975 when I > was a student. It was a really boring concert as far as I remember. I was there about three years earlier to see Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon tour. Tha

Re: SD Formatter

On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 11:55:16AM -0500, Kenneth Waller wrote: > I've read several places that in camera formatting is preferred over computer > formatting. That's what I do. I wouldn't bet that a camera can read a card formatted with every possible variation possible while staying within the f

Re: Enablement times two: 2 Tamron SP lenses

> to me for a very good price. As I was picking it up, he mentioned that > he had bought it from his friend John Francis. Yes. It's a great lens, and a steal at that price - I paid twice that for a lens in KEH BGN condition (with the TCs) around 15 years ago. The only reason I go

Re: OT: Cryptic Clue 2

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 04:59:38AM +, mike wilson wrote: > On 16/12/2013, Alan C wrote: > > You're obviously getting bored, so here's no. 2: > > > > "Has short Leo shot elephants on the horizon with this accessory?" (9,4) > > > > Alan C (aka Wisselstroom) > > Telephoto lens Indeed. Far too e

Re: I have to scream now... techno-trouble here

On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 01:54:18PM -0500, CollinB wrote: > >This seems to be a common misconception. For details: > >http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en > -us/recycle_bin.mspx?mfr=true > > > >On short, deleted files from local hard drives (even external ones)

Re: OT (slightly): Cryptic Clue 1

"Arrived with gunners" clues "came" + "RA". RA is an abbreviation for Royal Artillery (a regiment in the British Army), who are colloquially known as the gunners. On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 10:20:27AM +1100, Brian Walters wrote: > Quoting Alan C : > > >Yeah. You won't get off that easily next ti

Re: fanning the flames

On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 09:53:45AM -0600, Walt wrote: > > All of this calls to mind a recent discovery for me: a woman named > Susan Oliver. I just happened to see her in an episode of the Andy > Griffith Show that was on the TV at the bar where I worked and was > struck by just how beautiful a wo

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