RE: Fighting enablement - lens choice question

2015-10-30 Thread Malcolm Smith
Boris Liberman wrote: > Malcolm, > > Sorry to join late... > > If you *absolutely* have to have WR lens, then I think that 16-85 is > preferable. The difference between 18 and 16 mm on wide end is > significant. It will give you more interesting compositional > opportunities. The difference

RE: Fighting enablement - lens choice question

2015-10-30 Thread Malcolm Smith
Igor wrote: > Malcolm, > > I haven't used any of these lenses, but I was thinking about a similar > question. > Just in case you haven't seen this review, - it might give you some > impression of this lens, and answer some technical questions, including > some comparisons between different

RE: High tide

2015-10-30 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bob W wrote: > Not sure if this link will work, but I'll give it a try. > > High tide in Greenwich earlier today, taken with my phone. > > https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=439D213A93634DD4!105870=! > AEJ73VLiIcHsff8=album%2c Always amazed at what a phone camera can produce with the right

RE: Fighting enablement - lens choice question

2015-10-29 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bipin Gupta wrote: > Hello Malcom, choice of lenses have always been the most difficult > decision for most of us. So how do we finally decide. > Ask simple rational question like: > a) Genre of photography > b) Predominantly wide or tele user. > c) Bright or Low Light photography > d)

RE: Fighting enablement - lens choice question

2015-10-29 Thread Malcolm Smith
Darren Addy wrote: > Clearly you need to purchase both. > :) Aaah!! You mustn't make comments like that! Horrifying thought :-) Malcolm -- 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

RE: Getting the Shot

2015-10-29 Thread Malcolm Smith
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Your wife rides a three-legged horse? That must take some special > training for both of them. You realise I now have visions of landscape photographers saddling up their tripods to cross the countryside :-) Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: Fighting enablement - lens choice question

2015-10-29 Thread Malcolm Smith
Darren Addy wrote: > Rereading your original post... > I like to look at my lens line-up as a "team" that I am constantly > working to upgrade, sometimes in incremental ways. > What you are describing gives you the opportunity to upgrade yours: > The 18-55mm you have is essentially just a kit

RE: Fighting enablement - lens choice question

2015-10-29 Thread Malcolm Smith
Brian Walters wrote: > I have the 18-135 and it's become my most used lens. My 16-45 has got > very little use since I got the 18-135. Maybe my IQ standards are not > as stringent as those of other people but I have absolutely no problem > with the lens. > > Having said that, reviews suggest

RE: PESO ~ slouch

2015-10-29 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bruce Walker wrote: > Visiting Vancouver model Muirina Fae at a lighting workshop. NSFW. > > http://off-axis.brucemwalker.com/image/132039125717 > > 645Z, DFA645 55/2.8, f:7.1, 1/125th sec, 200 ISO. > > 7' Profoto parabolic umbrella front camera-right. Couple of Profoto > heads on background.

RE: Getting the Shot

2015-10-29 Thread Malcolm Smith
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > http://themetapicture.com/the-different-poses-of-a-photographer/ Regularly do the leaning on a horse trick. One of the horses my wife gets to ride is a brilliant tripod. Only tripod I've used that expects a bit of fuss and a mint or carrot piece though! Malcolm --

Fighting enablement - lens choice question

2015-10-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
I have the opportunity to add either an 18-135mm WR lens, or a 16-85mm WR lens to my collection at a discount. In the past I would have jumped to add another lens, but as I already have the 18-55mm WR & 55-300mm WR lenses, I am struggling to see what advantage I would gain by acquiring either of

Kodak Carousel slide projectors.

2015-10-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
This purchase I need to make, the only decision is which one. I have been given a number of Carousel magazines, in 80 & (I think) 140 capacity versions. My old projector isn't great and the magazines have long been lost for it, and I'm fed up feeding slides in one at a time. I have been told the

RE: Fighting enablement - lens choice question

2015-10-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Larry Colen wrote: > I'm quite interested in hearing about the relative merits and drawbacks > of all of the weather sealed lenses, as my 16-50 is my only lens in > that category. I don't generally worry too much about taking equipment out in poor conditions, WR or not, but on one occasion I got

RE: Kodak Carousel slide projectors.

2015-10-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Darren Addy wrote: > Carousel projectors were the consumer models and Ektagraphic projectors > were the better business models. > http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/faqs/faq5600.shtml Very useful, thanks. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: Kodak Carousel slide projectors.

2015-10-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bruce Walker wrote: > Have you considered getting the slides scanned and using an LCD > projector? > > Old Kodak Carousel's are the crankiest and most problematic machines > around. I have two of them in the basement (I think; though I haven't > seen them in a while and they may have crawled

RE: Fighting enablement - lens choice question

2015-10-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
P.J. Alling wrote: > From what I understand the 18-85 WR is a superior lens of it's type in > every way, except manual focusing, in that respect it takes after the > FA 17-70, which gives all the tactile feedback of a, I was going to say > dead fish, but that actually give tactile feedback, the

RE: Fighting enablement - lens choice question

2015-10-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Darren Addy wrote: > I'm not sure where the "discount" is coming from, or how much of a > discount it is, but if it is sizeable enough that you could turn around > and sell the lens and make a profit - it would be worth doing just for > the "free money" aspect of it. In that case, I would look

RE: Kodak Carousel slide projectors.

2015-10-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Collin B wrote: > I periodically find good later units like the 5200 in the $20 range. > Don't know how much of a hurry you are in ... > > Watch CL. A bargain on occasion there as well. I take a look occasionally in local auction houses; I'd like one before Christmas ideally. Malcolm --

RE: PESO: Cotty's Front Door

2015-10-21 Thread Malcolm Smith
Mark Roberts wrote: > From the inside looking out. > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc01537.jpg I really like these sort of abstract images. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

RE: PESO - Quietus

2015-10-21 Thread Malcolm Smith
Frank Theriault wrote: > Marking the passing of another summer (if we haven't marked it yet): > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/10/quietus.html Really nice capture which marks this time of the year. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: Peso-November Moon

2015-10-16 Thread Malcolm Smith
Jack Davis wrote: > This shot in Nov. 2002. LX with A*300mmf/2.8. Shot the moon (a few > times from our back patio) using a 1.4L Pentax T/C and tobacco colored > filter. > As many of you will remember. the LX would allow you to rewind the film > to a desired frame. I did so and went to Gray

RE: PESO - Service with a Smile

2015-10-16 Thread Malcolm Smith
Frank Theriault wrote: > Would you buy an e-cigarette from this man? > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2015/10/service-with-smile.html > > Would you buy one from anyone? > > BTW, his scowl was there before he saw me and my camera. I think he's > just a scowling type of guy. No! It's a

RE: Peso-Gray Heron

2015-10-16 Thread Malcolm Smith
Jack Davis wrote: > Back to the maudlin drum beat. This seems a comfortable composition of > a Gray Heron who was just a little beyond the detail fetching K- > 3/DA55~300. > (The eye is the slightest bit visible in the tif version.) > > Comments appreciated. > > J > >

RE: A Pentax DP thread worth reading...

2015-10-11 Thread Malcolm Smith
Darren Addy wrote: > Confession: I've never pored over the manual to fully understand my > cameras. (It is a testament to Pentax that they make things intuitive > enough to figure out how to get good images (at least for someone who > already understands the basic principles from shooting film

RE: October PUGgery now up!!

2015-10-07 Thread Malcolm Smith
Rick Womer wrote: > I'd give Darren's "Sand Sower" the nod as my favorite this month. > Ken's "Lighthouse" is close behind, but lists to the left. Malcolm's > "Thistles" is also close behind, though the shot could use a bit more > contrast. Great gallery as usual, but my two favourites just

RE: Fwd: Your photo has been selected for photo of the day at Photo.net

2015-10-02 Thread Malcolm Smith
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > I have posted on Photo.net for many years, and never knew that the had > a "photo of the day," and now I got two of 'um. I am still awaiting > the cash award that certainly goes with the honor, however. Worthy winner alright. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

RE: Watermarked pictures for display on the internet.

2015-10-02 Thread Malcolm Smith
John wrote: > I don't watermark, but that doesn't mean that you (or anyone else > shouldn't). > > I'm in the "You should only watermark images when you think it will > deter some unscrupulous asshole from stealing them" camp ... although > it doesn't seem like it actually does deter them. > > I

RE: Watermarked pictures for display on the internet.

2015-10-02 Thread Malcolm Smith
Sandy Harris wrote: > There are ways to watermark that are quite hard to detect or remove. > Quoting text I wrote most of at : > http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Steganography#Digital_watermarking > > Encryption is often used as one of the steps in steganographic hiding > of information. Consider

RE: Watermarked pictures for display on the internet.

2015-10-01 Thread Malcolm Smith
Thanks for the replies, Ann, Igor & Mark, The point about theft with a watermarked image is well made. I'm not sure how practical in terms of litigation it would be for someone in one country to try and stop the use of a stolen image in another part of the world, but in many ways it's beside the

RE: And now... a fake moon photo

2015-09-30 Thread Malcolm Smith
Mark Roberts wrote: > Total composite: One shot of a normal full moon taken with a super > telephoto and then tinted red in Photoshop. Another shot of the antler > arch taken with a shorter lens. Both pasted onto a black background > with no stars. In the last six months I've attended two talks

Watermarked pictures for display on the internet.

2015-09-30 Thread Malcolm Smith
With recent discussion about pictures getting taken by unscrupulous individuals and passed off as their own, or being used in part of an image etc, what is the view of watermarking images that are posted by folk here? The views I've read seem to vary; those in the 'no' camp because you should

RE: Watermarked pictures for display on the internet.

2015-09-30 Thread Malcolm Smith
P.J. Alling wrote: > Any watermark that can't be removed or cropped off, annoys the viewer > and ruins the image. Any digital watermark that's hidden in the image > can be stripped out. But, just ask Dave Brooks, if watermarks actually > discourage theft. If you display hundreds of high class

RE: The economics of Digital photography.

2015-09-21 Thread Malcolm Smith
P.J. Alling wrote: > You know it's funny, I hadn't thought about this in a long time, but: > It was always touted that you paid more for a modern digital camera > than an equivalent film camera, up front, and saved on the cost of > processing the film over time. It just occurred to me that I

Unused Equipment, was: RE: Tilt-shift photography in Colbert's Late Show

2015-09-19 Thread Malcolm Smith
John Francis wrote: > I've got the FA* 250-600, A* 300, and FA* 80-200, none of which I've > used for a period measured in years, not months. :( Mind you, I've > hardly even picked up my K5 (and the stable of DA* zooms) in over a > year. > > I need to get off the fence and decide whether I'm

RE: Full Frame delayed to Spring 2016

2015-09-18 Thread Malcolm Smith
Brian Walters wrote: > Apparently some official details on camera specs in early October. Didn't they announce recently that some of their new lenses were being delayed as well? If so, this isn't a great surprise. There have been some stunning new FF cameras launched recently, and I fear the

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

2015-09-18 Thread Malcolm Smith
John wrote: > OR you could look for a used lensbaby in Pentax K mount if that effect > is your thing. > > IF the show is available in your region, you still can't watch it > online without a CBS subscription. I have such a lens, but to be honest it isn't as good as PS Elements for making the

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

2015-09-17 Thread Malcolm Smith
Igor PDML wrote: > It is possible that all PDMLers have known this long ago, but just in > case somebody was as ignorant about it as myself, I thought I'd share > it here. > > I just learned that tilt-and-shift effect was used in the new Colbert's > show. > Apparently, tilt-and-shift can be

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

2015-09-17 Thread Malcolm Smith
Igor PDML wrote: > Sorry, yes CBS is very selective with showing their full-videos of the > shows. There are some clips from the show on Youtube, but not the short > recurring portion where the shots of New York City are shown as those > of a miniature model of the city. A great shame, as New

RE: Any words of wisdom for slides to DSLR with bellows + slide attachment?

2015-09-11 Thread Malcolm Smith
Darren Addy wrote: > We have a web project at work that involves digitizing some 35mm > slides. > I have an Epson Perfection V600 Photo which could do the job, but I > decided to snag a Pentax Bellows II and slide attachment off of eBay > and hope to do the job with my K-3. > > By my

RE: September PUG - Now Up! Enjoy!!

2015-09-09 Thread Malcolm Smith
Finally got to see them all in peace. Excellent pictures, but four stand out for me: Portrayal - Adam Montoya Straight Ahead - Ann Sanfedele Happy Birthday To Me! - Ken Waller It Was A dark And Stormy Night - John Sessoms Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: K100D SDHC card question

2015-09-09 Thread Malcolm Smith
P.J. Alling wrote: > I think if it supports SDHC it will support the largest SDHC card, > which is 32mb IIRC. I don't know for sure, but, once again IIRC, the > K100D doesn't support the SDXD standard. I'd look it up but the U.S. > Ricoh-Immaging site which hosted the change logs for all Pentax

K100D SDHC card question

2015-09-09 Thread Malcolm Smith
Another question from the dark ages of digital photography. There was a firmware update to allow the K100D to use larger SDHC cards. Does anyone know what the biggest size card that update will support? Thanks! Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: PESO: In Step

2015-09-04 Thread Malcolm Smith
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Another Memorial Day scene: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18080162 > K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom > Comments are invited. Really well observed and framed. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: PESO: The Bravest

2015-09-02 Thread Malcolm Smith
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > New York's Bravest relaxing on the street after a building evacuation > in mid-town Manhattan: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18079203=lg > K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom > Comments are always appreciated. Not only a great moment captured, but I like the shadows

RE: PESO - 412

2015-09-02 Thread Malcolm Smith
Marco Alpert wrote: > It's a bit of one of the five fountain pen ink testing stations at last > weekend's San Francisco International Pen Show. Each station offered > 100 different inks to try. And yes, that's 500 different fountain pen > inks (who knew?). Here's a slightly wider view: > >

RE: Enablement of an older kind.

2015-09-01 Thread Malcolm Smith
John Coyle wrote: > Old it may be, but my *ist-D still knocks out perfectly good A4 size > prints if needed, and still mainly works as designed. I can no longer > zoom into a frame on the LCD screen, but otherwise everything works as > well as it did when brand new. > It was such a

RE: OT: Woo Hoo!

2015-08-31 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bob W wrote: > If you think digital cameras have been revolutionary, you ain't seen > nothin' yet. In 30+ years of motoring with all the so called improvements in technology to cars and the infrastructure, the one thing that is shameful is the standard of the road surface. If anything, this has

Enablement of an older kind.

2015-08-31 Thread Malcolm Smith
I recently got a nearly new camera for very little money. Embarrassingly little money. Camera with a couple of hundred shutter activations, all boxed as new, with all the original packing. Still works perfectly. I'll tell you that it takes a CF card and you'll know it is an *ist D. I still have a

RE: OT: Woo Hoo!

2015-08-30 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bob W wrote: And then there are all the other costs that car ownership entails. Owning a car is a modern form of slavery. Getting rid of mine was on a par with giving up smoking as far as feeling liberated is concerned. I'm not ready to give up ownership yet. I have a nine seat vehicle

RE: PESO - Patrol

2015-08-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Steve Cottrell wrote: http://www.seeingeye.tv/PESO/001.html Hopefully I can spur myself into doing some more... A familiar sight in that area and I very much like how the moment has been caught. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: Slides and film question.

2015-08-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
John Francis wrote: I've dredged a few more details out of my memory. The unit we had was a Matrix QCR, and the camera body used was a Pentax A3000. Horizontal resolution was either 2k or 4k pixels (selectable). It came with a GPIB interface, and it took several minutes to complete a single

RE: (another) film/slides question

2015-08-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Jack Davis wrote: Who does the dance, you or Camilla? My wife and I own a rescued King Charles Cavalier Spaniel (small dog) who, when laying in my path as I approach, will back up through three rooms rather than step aside. That's a lot of anxious jigging on both our parts. Me. I pick her

RE: Slides and film question.

2015-08-27 Thread Malcolm Smith
John wrote: Very optimistic. I wouldn't put money on anything being about on planet Earth 1000 years from now :-( Malcolm Even if you did, how would you collect on the bet? Life is resilient. It's a shame I won't be around to see what it's like, but I expect there will be something

RE: (another) film/slides question

2015-08-27 Thread Malcolm Smith
Ann sanfedele wrote: I could have written that one too , Malcolm. :-) But I've only had Ashley for 10 years... I was dropping things, tripping over wires, spilling coffee etc before she came along... so I can't blame her for all of it Camilla is a 9 year chocolate point Siamese. She gets a

RE: (another) film/slides question

2015-08-27 Thread Malcolm Smith
Ann sanfedele wrote: This prevents what always happens when I do the work myself... tripping over cords, dropping slides, dropping whole boxes of slides, put thumb on slide, put the slides in the stacker upside down, drop my notes... etc... burn my finger touching the projector. Sigh Set up

RE: Slides and film question.

2015-08-27 Thread Malcolm Smith
Steve Harley wrote: a company near my home, though i've not used them, has a very good reputation and does this a reasonable cost - see Presentation Slides on this page: http://www.theslideprinter.com/services/film-services/ Thanks, I've seen a few of these services, but I'm keen to have a

RE: Slides and film question.

2015-08-27 Thread Malcolm Smith
Ken Waller wrote: There use to be available an attachment for the end of the Pentax bellows unit that allowed the copying of slides by a camera/lens setup. I have one, I've used it - it worked well. Other similar devices were available from other sources. If you can find one, you could

RE: Slides and film question.

2015-08-27 Thread Malcolm Smith
John wrote: There is still a lively debate going on regarding digital vs film as a long term storage medium. When I first joined PDML back in 2009 or so, the National Register of Historic Places still required documentation photos for properties proposed for addition to and/or preservation

RE: Slides and film question.

2015-08-27 Thread Malcolm Smith
George Sinos wrote: sounds like an interesting problem and just for fun sound like great reasons to me. Kinda describes model railroading too. gs George Sinos Absolutely. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

RE: Slides and film question.

2015-08-27 Thread Malcolm Smith
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 (Apollo); we used it to make slides for images that we were submitting to SIGGRAPH. Inside was a small

RE: Slides and film question.

2015-08-27 Thread Malcolm Smith
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: A thousand years from now, when future archeologists are digging out the foundation of our civilization, they'll ask their AI, what the heck is all that old plastic stuff in the box? I think it was called film. what's it for? Recording still images. Sheesh, what a

Slides and film question.

2015-08-26 Thread Malcolm Smith
Some months ago I asked a question about how best to transfer slides to digital images. All is good with that, and the slow scanning transfer continues. Probably for several years as time allows. However, I was asked the other day how to do this the other way, transfer a digital image to a 35mm

RE: Slides and film question.

2015-08-26 Thread Malcolm Smith
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 how an inkjet printer head sprays tiny dots of ink, then imagine it

OT; Cycles and frame weight limits, was : Geso, jays in flight

2015-08-14 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bob W wrote: If it's anything like tyre pressures then it's probably good for 440lb [1]. As I understand things, to decide the maximum tyre pressure they inflate them until they burst. They then declare the maximum pressure to be half the bursting pressure. [1] Caveat: I am not a test

RE: OT; Cycles and frame weight limits, was : Geso, jays in flight

2015-08-14 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bob W wrote: That's very impressive. I've found that cycling 6-7 hours a day across France has a similar effect and you still get to eat snacks :0) That's the benefit of cycling, which has allowed me to retain a small chocolate ration in life! I'd have thought a decent mountain bike would

RE: August PUG is UP!

2015-08-11 Thread Malcolm Smith
Rick Womer wrote: I love seeing every month what different things people do with the same theme, I think this is another really strong and interesting gallery. My faves are Malcolm's Diadrant Pop Art (they look like space snakes), Pat's Foggy Beach, Brian's Yellow on Blue, and Ken's

RE: PESO - The City

2015-07-17 Thread Malcolm Smith
Rick Womer wrote: Just up the street from St. Paul's: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18049358size=lg You've posted some stunning images recently Rick, but this is my favourite so far. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: July Pug is Up!

2015-07-12 Thread Malcolm Smith
Ann sanfedele wrote: You're late - I'm super late :-) Thanks Rick - and thanks, Brian too for including mine in your hit parade Too much good stuff this month - but that doggie of Malcolm 's I think is my personal fave. Thanks Ann. That day I took pictures of the boats and the

RE: VESO Cardboard Recycling

2015-07-12 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bill wrote: This is 2:30 that you will never get back. OT for Fuji Content. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtKkQjm-yX0feature=youtube_gdata One of my friends has one of these, although it will only 'recycle' the contents rather than the packing. His lifestyle is therefore excessively

RE: Some pictures from my recent trip to France

2015-07-06 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bob W-PDML wrote: I don't drink all that much water when I'm on these trips. This time I took 2 bottles, totalling 1.5l, and often enough still had plenty left at the end of the day. My routine is generally to cycle 3 hours in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. After 1.5 hours stop for a

RE: Pentax spotted

2015-06-27 Thread Malcolm Smith
Larry Colen wrote: It's not so much that people offer him that sort of money for his photos, but that they are told that the photos are a good investment, when in reality, they are nearly guaranteed to lose money: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/business/peter-liks-recipe-for-

RE: GESO The Red Elvises at Moe's Alley

2015-06-23 Thread Malcolm Smith
Larry Colen wrote: Thanks. The most important thing is to shoot in manual and watch your histogram. It would be nice if Lightroom allowed a bit more adjustment in terms of temperature and tint, but you can extend it a bit by tweaking the slope/end point of the tone curve for specific

RE: PESO - Earwig

2015-06-22 Thread Malcolm Smith
Mark C wrote: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/earwig An earwig. Not as cute as the firefly... Comments welcome! Not as cute, true...but that detail. Really enjoying these Mark. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: GESO The Red Elvises at Moe's Alley

2015-06-22 Thread Malcolm Smith
Larry Colen wrote: This set are my favorites photographically. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157654927530252/ Very impressed. I've never tried my hand at taking pictures in this sort of light, but a couple of my friends have. From the comments they made afterwards, I've got

RE: PESO - Fire Fly

2015-06-19 Thread Malcolm Smith
Mark C wrote: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/firefly Again with the K24 f3.5. I determine magnification by photographing a metric ruler scale when I am done with the bug - in this case the frame was more than 3mm wide and less than 3.5. So - about 7x life sized. The more

RE: New Lightroom/Photoshop Features

2015-06-17 Thread Malcolm Smith
Steve Harley wrote: i don't have numbers, but i don't think that's the subscription's advantage for Adobe; i think the advantage is cash flow and roping in the users who would otherwise skip versions; the infrastructure for license verification and updates, plus the cloud storage features,

RE: PESO 'Tahquamenon Falls'

2015-06-17 Thread Malcolm Smith
Ken Waller wrote: An abstract capture of a small portion of the Upper Tahquamenon Falls in the Upper Peninsula Of Michigan. The golden water tone is due to the tannins in the water caused by the foliage along the river. PZ1P, 300mm f4.5 FA and 1.4 X-S convertor ISO 50

RE: PESO - June Bug

2015-06-17 Thread Malcolm Smith
Mark C wrote: Another run with the SMC K 24 f3.5: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/june-bug A bit busier than I would like... Approximately 5x lifesized - the shorter lens makes higher magnifications much easier to work with. Comments welcome. Another outstanding image,

RE: New Lightroom/Photoshop Features

2015-06-17 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bruce Walker wrote: Also more expensive for folks like me who only need to upgrade about every two or three major versions. It's kinda like: what if Ford decided to remove the buy option and went to a you can only lease option for all their cars. So you get upgrades frequently but you are

RE: OT - PESO - Toward the City

2015-06-14 Thread Malcolm Smith
Knarf wrote: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/06/toward-city.html?m=1 Yes, it's another bike by the lake shot. Same old crap or part of a fascinating series? - you decide LOL! Taken one day that I had an early meeting at work so I was commuting around 8am. Along the lake is actually

RE: PESO: Nasty Little Fellow

2015-06-12 Thread Malcolm Smith
Daniel J. Matyola There have been a lot of insects and arachnids in recent PESOs, so I though I would add this tarantula on display at the San Diego Zoo: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18037521size=lg K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom Comments are appreciated. Great colours but far too

RE: PESO's - a couple macros

2015-06-11 Thread Malcolm Smith
Ken Waller wrote: The common snipe fly image is really spectacular, but then it was done by Cassino ! I'm always captivated by these images. There are so many types of photography I don't get or seem to be overdone, HDR, photomerge etc. These stacked images really are something special.

RE: PESO -- Bar Belle...and dating pictures

2015-06-08 Thread Malcolm Smith
John wrote: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--- %20%20barbelle.html Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/smc Pentax FA 43mm f1.9 Limited. A wonderfully atmospheric picture, but I don't understand the culture of young ladies covering themselves with body art/tattoos. I

RE: PESO -- Bar Belle

2015-06-06 Thread Malcolm Smith
P.J. Alling wrote: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--- %20%20barbelle.html Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/smc Pentax FA 43mm f1.9 Limited. A wonderfully atmospheric picture, but I don't understand the culture of young ladies covering themselves with body art/tattoos. I

RE: Favorite June Pug

2015-06-06 Thread Malcolm Smith
Ken Waller wrote: Malcolm - late August in the U P of Michigan can be a bitch. More like late Oct/Nov in some northern states. Not like you want to be out in that kind of weather but rather be wrapped up in a book by the fireplace. I'm the odd one out here. I really don't like Summer at

RE: June PUG is up!!

2015-06-04 Thread Malcolm Smith
Another excellent selection. Two favourites for me, although it is so hard to pick them; Ken's 'Lake Superior' - because I love wet and windy days in August and I feel I'm actually there, and Eric's 'Blue Pond' because I can imagine this enlarged and framed on a wall in my house. Malcolm --

RE: 'Throw away camera'

2015-06-01 Thread Malcolm Smith
P.J. Alling wrote: Horses? Noise? You don't need noise. I had a horse bolt on me catching sight of waving cloth out of the corner of it's eye. It doesn't take much strange to get on a horses nerves. Very much aware of this; the horse my wife currently rides is terrified of domestic wheeled

RE: 'Throw away camera'

2015-05-31 Thread Malcolm Smith
Ken Waller wrote: A very creative new camera idea- not actually available now, they apparaently need seed money to make it happen. https://www.lily.camera/ In the more open patches of forest land and along certain waterway paths, I can see this being a really useful viewpoint for mountain

RE: What gear is at the top of your wish/shopping list?

2015-05-17 Thread Malcolm Smith
Ah! They joys of the internet again. Funny how the utility companies repairing their own pipes have to cut through all the other buried pipes and cables, and turn a small leak into a 'what doesn't work today' special. But I digress... A tilt shift lens. The Samyang T-S 24mm F3.5 ED UMC Tilt

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

2015-04-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
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. At least she has the camera for it to go with. After going missing after I bought it,

RE: PESO - Moth Macro

2015-04-24 Thread Malcolm Smith
Mark C wrote: A macro of a moth - probably a gypsy moth: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/moth-macro I love these focus stacked images, the detail is incredible. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

RE: New Adobe Camera RAW release a new lens I was not aware of...

2015-04-24 Thread Malcolm Smith
Brian Walters wrote: Actually this is nothing new - I'm surprised they're even offering new camera support etc for CS6. They're really trying to move users to the CC world. I wouldn't be surprised if LR 6 is the last stand-alone version. I'm surprised that LR 6 was offered as a stand-alone

RE: Uncomfortable Truth About Photography

2015-04-23 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bipin Gupta wrote: Bipin, I think I might be one of the ones who doesn't share these views. 1. It is more about equipment than we'd like to admit and smart kids. No. It really isn't. The last couple of years have shown me that. I've been playing with a K7 again in the last couple of days and

RE: Warning about LR6.0

2015-04-23 Thread Malcolm Smith
Stanley Halpin wrote: Apparently by upgrading to LR6.0 I was automagically joining the Creative Cloud. I hope that if I choose to upgrade, they will offer a CD version. Last time I logged into LR it offered what I thought was going to be an upgrade to 5, but it turned out to be a link to

RE: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming..(price)

2015-04-23 Thread Malcolm Smith
I've had an e-mail in from one of the UK dealers stating the body only option is £769, which is better than I thought it would be launched at. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

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

2015-04-22 Thread Malcolm Smith
Ralf R Radermacher wrote: ...and built-in GPS. Not enough to make me flog off my K-3 and buy the K-3 II but annoying just as well. The display of my Garmin portable is slowly dying and the clip-on GPS module for the K-3 is awfully big. Built in GPS, that's good. No more pop up flash, for me,

RE: PESO - Spadina Car 4092

2015-04-21 Thread Malcolm Smith
Frank theriault wrote: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2015/04/spadina-car-4092.html Wonderful street scene. Malcolm -- 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

RE: April PUG - Panorama - Now Up

2015-04-16 Thread Malcolm Smith
David Mann wrote: We're cropping reality every time we take a photo. Mark! However: this is also a great observation that is often overlooked. Aside from choosing the specific image of the area I am in, I now find myself in the digital age drawn to cropping from the original I've taken. I

RE: April PUG - Panorama - Now Up

2015-04-16 Thread Malcolm Smith
Alan C wrote: Quite true, but we used to crop (mask) on the enlarger too so it's nothing new, just easier. It's new to me! I used to almost exclusively use slide film - which I am now having the joy of scanning (and cropping at times) - but I have an opportunity to learn how to develop and

RE: April PUG - Panorama - Now Up

2015-04-14 Thread Malcolm Smith
Ralf R Radermacher wrote: I would stitch photos together in software to make a panorama. Which is basically the same thing a swing-lens camera does. Hence, a real panoramic image. I accept that, but I don't want another camera. I would use filters to produce I/R images. This is

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