Re: The agony of computer upgrades

2016-03-19 Thread Mark Roberts
scanner Install Epson OCR software (which didn't ask for an install location and installed itself on the wrong drive and then took forever to relocate) Install Lightroom and re-connect to database Install Photomatix Install Ashampoo Burning Studio -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia

Re: An odd K-5 problem

2016-03-18 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: >On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 11:36 PM, Bill wrote: >> Gentlemen, remember that with the K5, the AF accuracy can be thrown off >> tremendously by the colour of the subject. > >Sort of the Donald Trump of cameras then Mark! ;-) -- Mark Roberts - Pho

Re: The agony of computer upgrades

2016-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
ime than I have most weeks. The thing is, I have way more software (and hardware - sound card, multiple scanners and multiple printers) to work with. It would take every bit as long on a Mac. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

The agony of computer upgrades

2016-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
me from CS6, some from CS5 and some from CS4). I haven't even dared count how many other apps I have to set up. Time to take up drinking, I think. (But the new computer does seem very fast and slick, so maybe this'll all be worth it.) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.

Re: OT : Success! - the r2400 is up and running! (recovery from blocked heads)

2016-03-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Great news about the fixed 2400! I hope I can get down to NYC some time this year and see some of your prints. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Canary Leg Band Proven

2016-03-12 Thread Mark Roberts
#x27;t affected I don't give a shit. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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 - Joe McAllister

2016-03-10 Thread Mark Roberts
on this. Looks like the kind of guy I'd want to meet and he seemed that way on the list. It's a shame we never met up in person. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdm

Re: OT: Amusing photos

2016-03-10 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: >and quite a few that are not at all funny - just horrible, contrived, >juvenille .. :-( > >then there is the other thing... where are the photo credits? The article itself provides the credit: They're the work of "Los Angeles-based photographer David Zaitz". But "horrible

Re: a photographer

2016-03-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Steve Cottrell wrote: >On 9/3/16, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Eagles. > >Take it easy. I just hate the fuckin' Eagles, man. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http:

Re: Impressed by the K-1 web site

2016-03-08 Thread Mark Roberts
an alphanumeric in the password. Wow. They're going to learn a hard lesson sooner or later. And I don't want my credit card number on their servers when it happens. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.

Re: PESO: Steppe Buzzard

2016-03-03 Thread Mark Roberts
"Alan C" wrote: >A steppe buzzard looking for breakfast near Sable Dam. This was a lucky >sighting of an uncommon non-breeding migrant. > >https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/25379482381/ I don't know what processing effect is causing the massive halo around the bird. But whatever it is

Re: You have an extra 24 hrs to send in your photos this year!

2016-03-01 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: >I sent an email to Mark about it but thats when he was on a trip so >maybe did not get it Nope, didn't get your email. And I didn't find out about the glitch until someone emailed me *yesterday*. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia

Re: You have an extra 24 hrs to send in your photos this year!

2016-02-29 Thread Mark Roberts
I've had a report that someone's unable to access the upload page. (Yes, someone's waited until the last *hour* to send photos in.) Anyone else unable to get it to load? http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/upload.php -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstec

Re: OT : Epson R1900 - worth going into debt for?

2016-02-29 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: >On 2/29/2016 11:37 AM, John wrote: >> Oh. That's too bad. >> >> I've occasionally found it a useful tool down here in the boonies. >> >It's just too scary hereand lots of scammign going on too Craig's List? In New York City? Nope. Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nop

Re: OT : Epson R1900 - worth going into debt for?

2016-02-28 Thread Mark Roberts
>flowers ) but possibly to make a few to sell to other of my friends here >who want a large one.. > The R2400 filled the bill - is this r1900 close enough to this to get >pretty much the same results? As long as you don't want to print any B&W the R1900 should be OK. -- Mar

Re: OT : Epson R1900 - worth going into debt for?

2016-02-28 Thread Mark Roberts
#x27;d pass on this one; it's a little too old, technology-wise. It uses pigment inks, so print longevity shouldn't be an issue, but it's an older ink set that doesn't use the multiple black inks for good B&W printing that I think you need. -- Mark Roberts - Photography

Re: You have an extra 24 hrs to send in your photos this year!

2016-02-28 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: >Christine, we need to nag the _other_ Christine, in the greater Boston >area... Nag anyone you know who hasn't sent in photos yet. :) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

You have an extra 24 hrs to send in your photos this year!

2016-02-27 Thread Mark Roberts
d that she submission page goes off line at midnight GMT (that's 7:00 p.m. east coast time in the U.S.) on the evening of the 29th. We can always use more photos. Thanks, Yer humble editor -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Mock Wellken

2016-02-25 Thread Mark Roberts
future, he >be referenced as Mock Wellken. Seconded. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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: NY Times this morning

2016-02-25 Thread Mark Roberts
Richard Klein wrote: >This picture? >http://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/02/25/world/europe/MIGRANTS-RFR/MIGRANTS-RFR-superJumbo.jpg >Credit: Marko Djurica/Reuters That's it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the P

NY Times this morning

2016-02-25 Thread Mark Roberts
I haven't found a link to an online version yet, but the photo on page 1 of today's New York Times is wonderful. Not your usual photojournalism photo (though it is one), it looke like more of an art shot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.ne

Re: pentax/tokina 24-70/2.8

2016-02-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: >The other explanation is that to the vast majority of their customers an >aperture simulator is about as useful as being able to use a hand crank >to start their car if the battery is dead. Nailed it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/

Anyone heard from Ted Beilby?

2016-02-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Ted sent in 3 pshots for the PDML Photo Annual but they're unusable for technical reasons. I asked him to upload again but haven't had any reply to my email. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit th

Re: pentax/tokina 24-70/2.8

2016-02-24 Thread Mark Roberts
It's worth noting that we are likely to see even the remaining mechanical diaphragm actuation lever eliminated in the future and all interaction between the camera body taking place through electronic communication. Nikon is already moving in that direction and making lenses with built-in electroni

Re: pentax/tokina 24-70/2.8

2016-02-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: >Leaving the aperture simulator off probably leads to some lens sales, >as it makes using the K and M versions somewhat cumbersome, thereby >encouraging upgrades. On the other hand, I don’t think a lot of >users care. In my opinion, the camera works fine without it. On

Re: Nicole seems to be blocked again

2016-02-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >Same as I use, Nicole. Be sure to set Mail to default to plain text only. I >find that occasionally it switches to rich text on replies, so I always check >the mode before sending. A few months ago someone emailed me and offered to help Doug set up an HTML filter on t

Re: OT: need a replacement laptop

2016-02-23 Thread Mark Roberts
"Collin B" wrote: >>Depends on your operating system. Some versions of MS Windows are very >>picky, some like Win2K just fall back to defaults and ask for missing >>drivers. Some early versions simply hang. Not so familiar with, but >>the same holds true for different distributions of, Linu

Re: Roadside engine

2016-02-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Jack Davis wrote: >Oh shit! *That's* where I left my engine! > >Tell your wife immediately, Mark! Not until we get home. (She's pushing the car at the moment...) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Lightroom for Android now supports raw files

2016-02-22 Thread Mark Roberts
some situations. http://petapixel.com/2016/02/22/lightroom-android-2-0-worlds-first-end-end-mobile-raw-app/ -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDM

Re: Please check my math regarding lenses

2016-02-22 Thread Mark Roberts
nal images, my >guess is that the results with the two lenses will be very close, Well, that is, after all, the reason Sigma made that lens. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listi

Re: Cool architectural photography. Pentax 67, I think.

2016-02-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts wrote: >http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/feb/22/building-the-brutal-barbican-peter-bloomfield Note: It could, of course, be another 6x7 format camera, but they each have a slightly different frame outline and the corners in the shots here look like those of

Cool architectural photography. Pentax 67, I think.

2016-02-22 Thread Mark Roberts
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/feb/22/building-the-brutal-barbican-peter-bloomfield -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: Roadside engine

2016-02-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Oh shit! *That's* where I left my engine! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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 fo

PDML Photo Annual 2016 - One Week Left!

2016-02-21 Thread Mark Roberts
years. When we first started doing this it was routing for me to have to deal with massive blown highlights, multiple sensor dust spots, horrible Photoshop jobs and more. Everyone's higher skill levels are making the job much easier these days. Thanks! -- Mark Roberts - Phot

Re: Ken Rockwell on the K-1

2016-02-20 Thread Mark Roberts
th. Now I realize he's a waste of oxygen as well. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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: Ah, the K-1 ...

2016-02-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Steve Cottrell wrote: >On 18/2/16, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Now it's just a matter of booking plane fare so I can be there when >>Cotty eats his hat. ];-) > >Maybe a Chinese hat then ;-) Perhaps a hat made from a bran muffin? -

Re: K1 ordered

2016-02-19 Thread Mark Roberts
t crop to a "mere" 15MP APS-C format is icing on the cake for the K-1. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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: Camera size has the K-1 available for comparison.

2016-02-19 Thread Mark Roberts
e a smaller camera results in tiny >buttons to press. Nothing wrong with a Pentax 67 sized camera. I agree completely. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net t

Re: K1 ordered

2016-02-18 Thread Mark Roberts
llars had turned out to be $2500. I must say I'm pretty stunned. (And yes, they seem to be taking advantage of third-party lensmakers' recent lack of support for Pentax and assuming they'll be able to make up money in selling lenses.) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedi

Re: Camera size has the K-1 available for comparison.

2016-02-18 Thread Mark Roberts
weighs 1010 grams. > >For comparison, the Pentax 67 was >177 x101 x91. and weighed 1290 grams. When I get a K-1 I'll post a photo of it next to my 67. Should be interesting. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDM

Re: The Full-Frame "Thursday" rumour

2016-02-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Darren Addy wrote: >I'd appreciate a link to the source of this info (when you get a moment) Steve. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentax-k-1/ Chart at bottom of page. >On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 1:07 AM, steve harley wrote: >> On 2016-02-17 23:03 , Philip Northeast wrote: >>> >>> I tried mounti

Re: The Full-Frame "Thursday" rumour

2016-02-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Matthew Hunt wrote: >On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Mark Roberts > wrote: > >> Here's a question I haven't seen asked (or answered) yet: How will the >> zoom head on flash units like my AF540FGZ respond to the K-1 and its >> wider field of view (for the

Re: The Full-Frame "Thursday" rumour

2016-02-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Here's a question I haven't seen asked (or answered) yet: How will the zoom head on flash units like my AF540FGZ respond to the K-1 and its wider field of view (for the same focal length) than APS-C cameras? I would hope either the camera or the flash makes the necessary adjustments without the e

Re: A photograph that lies without being faked

2016-02-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Bulent Celasun wrote: >Interesting. > >I believe it is unethical. No idea whether it should be considered >legal or not. Even if it's illegal I kind of think a $22,000 fine is silly. It's not as if anyone's going to be fooled by this photo and buy the house online, sight unseen. All the photo ca

A photograph that lies without being faked

2016-02-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Check it out: http://petapixel.com/2016/02/16/real-estate-photo-illegal-false-advertising/ I'm pretty sure that there's no Photoshop involved here: The photographer just got very close with a wide angle lens and then positioned the camera fairly low to the ground. (You can see from other photos tha

Re: I'm back

2016-02-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: >I've been unable to post from my phone due to comcast's out of control >servers. >Since I'm in the hospital that meant I couldn't post or reply at all. >(Comcast still liked messages from my home desktop. Very odd.) In any case I >unsubscribe from my Comcast address and

Re: The Full-Frame "Thursday" rumour

2016-02-17 Thread Mark Roberts
DagT wrote: >It´s here :-) >http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentax-k-1 It's also here: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1223123-REG/pentax_k_1_dslr_camera_body.html Available for pre-order. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pent

Re: Introduction (and re-de-lurking)

2016-02-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Nicole Jacque wrote: >Every time I see the 'cormorant' on Larry's t-shirt, I do a double take, >because it looks like a race track map to me... Ooh. Which track? (Former racer here.) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pent

Re: Hat eating time?

2016-02-17 Thread Mark Roberts
John wrote: >On 2/17/2016 12:20 PM, mike wilson wrote: >>> On 17 February 2016 at 14:45 "P.J. Alling" >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> The most important part, the size comparison between the K-1 and K-3. >> >> Nope, not important at all. Does it have a thing that shall not be named? > >I don't see one

Re: OT - Fury as Adobe software deletes files

2016-02-17 Thread Mark Roberts
d Adobe's HDR is so inferior to Photomatix I don't care about that either. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the li

Re: OT - Fury as Adobe software deletes files

2016-02-17 Thread Mark Roberts
my hardware, >it's just buggy. I'm on Lightroom 5.4 and plan to stay there for the foreseeable future. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSU

Re: Saul Leiter Exhibition and Annsan

2016-02-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W-PDML wrote: >I'll buy you a bitter in CBGB if you like. If they don't sell bitter then a >blonde beer should do it They don't sell bitter or blond beer, I'm afraid. Closed around 2006. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUB

The Full-Frame "Thursday" rumour

2016-02-15 Thread Mark Roberts
on Facebook for the official K-1 unveiling at 6:00 p.m. (German time) on Thursday and they give the location as being Pentax Ricoh Imaging in Hamburg. That's pretty damned specific... -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdm

PDML Photo Annual - two weeks left

2016-02-15 Thread Mark Roberts
, etc. and I've even got most of the section divider art done now. I'm very pleased with how it's looking so far and you'll want to have your photos featured in this one! If you're a PDML newbie email me for details. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia w

Re: Photo Processing On An Older Laptop

2016-02-13 Thread Mark Roberts
o time. I bought one last year when I purchased a refurbed laptop. It installed (and validated as legit with Microsoft) fine. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNS

Re: PESO - 'Bird of Chrome'

2016-02-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Ken Waller wrote: >Thanks John. >Mark Roberts led me to a web site that identified it as from a 1939 12 >cylinder Packard. By the way: If any of you reading this ever find yourselves near Warren, Ohio (and I can't think of anything that might occasion such circumstances, short of

Re: F to FA lens electronic differences

2016-02-11 Thread Mark Roberts
"Collin B" wrote: >I've forgotten -- what's the real difference, electronically that is? >How does the body see them differently? I think the only difference is that the "F" lenses don't have MTF information in the chip in the lens the way the FA lenses do. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDM

Re: Slide Copying With Bellows

2016-02-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Kim Tang wrote: >Thanks Malcom and Darren and all who answered. > >I was browsing archive and saw Darren was experimenting with Pentax Bellows >II. > >Did you ever get it to work? Have yet to watch video. > >I most likely do scanner, as it seems easiest. In case you haven't seen these: http

Re: PRSO: Bikini Blonde

2016-02-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Rick Womer wrote: >On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 3:59 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >>> >>> I've been inundated by cheap puns, but then again I started it. >> >> You started a real brew-ha-ha. >> >It must be a bitter pils to swallow. A stout-hearted chap like Larry can take it

Workin' on the PDML Photo Annual

2016-02-10 Thread Mark Roberts
since I'm teaching Graphic Design 1 this semester, I'll be using this to provide examples for my students — and getting their reactions, feedback and suggestions; this is a sharp group of kids I get to work with this time. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.

Re: PESO - 'Bird of Chrome'

2016-02-08 Thread Mark Roberts
BTW: This is a useful site for identifying hood ornaments: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/hood-ornament-identifiaction-guide.html -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/list

Re: PESO - 'Bird of Chrome'

2016-02-08 Thread Mark Roberts
ne at the Packard Museum in Warren, Ohio: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d701027.jpg -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please vi

Re: Is lightroom doing some sort of tone mapping?

2016-02-08 Thread Mark Roberts
ghtroom the Curves control didn't >>> behave the way a real Curves adjustment would: Adding a control point >>> in the center and moving it up or down often drives the extremes into >>> clipping, which shouldn't be possible with a real Curves tool. -- Mark

Re: February PUG - 'Black and White' - is UP

2016-02-07 Thread Mark Roberts
>http://pug.komkon.org/ Great stuff, as usual. How about if you participants in the PUG also send in some shots for the Photo Annual? :-) As usual, the page is here: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/upload.php -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -

Re: Two Pesos from today's walk

2016-02-06 Thread Mark Roberts
that the neghborhood fought to keep) > >https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2016-and-all-that/i-TPv8Xjb/A > >and this observation on 2nd street > >https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2016-and-all-that/i-WJ4sDXx/A That second one is br

Re: Is lightroom doing some sort of tone mapping?

2016-02-05 Thread Mark Roberts
g like this for a while now. Even in earlier versions of Lightroom the Curves control didn't behave the way a real Curves adjustment would: Adding a control point in the center and moving it up or down often drives the extremes into clipping, which shouldn't be possible with a real Cur

Re: PESO: (Un)Wired

2016-02-03 Thread Mark Roberts
John wrote: >And a sad commentary on them at that, that you can't even get away from >the internet by laying around on the beach in a tropical paradise. You can get away from the internet anywhere in the world. All it takes is willpower. -- Mark Roberts - Photography &

Re: Converting bad SDM to screw drive AF

2016-02-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Kim Tang wrote: > > >> In other words: Demand for used gear drives up the prices of used >> gear. Which in turn makes the purchase of new gear a relatively >> smaller step up, economically. > >> If a particular new lens costs $1000 and the used equivalent costs >> $500 then buying used is an

Re: Converting bad SDM to screw drive AF

2016-02-02 Thread Mark Roberts
"Collin B" wrote: >>We all spend what we may spend on camera gear and that can be different for >each. I was hoping to say >>that buying used saves us money, but does that equal helping Pentax? What >if most of used Pentax gear is >>sold to fund switch to other brands? Then used purchases do no

Re: OT: "Stand development" of B&W film

2016-02-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Gasha wrote: >Hi all, > >Semi stand-in is the way to go. >I got some interesting results (also some craps with Lucky film), and at >least 2 cases, when top 1/4 part was with different contrast (perhaps >temperature difference). > >Rodinal 1:100 works great. Just do one inversion after 10-15 min

Re: Photoshop + Minecraft = Nikon contest winner!

2016-02-01 Thread Mark Roberts
ing". >> On Feb 1, 2016, at 10:34 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: >> >> On 2/1/2016 7:56 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >>> http://petapixel.com/2016/01/29/nikon-awards-prize-to-badly-shopped-photo-hilarity-ensues/ >>> >> >> The amazing thing is there are

Re: Photoshop + Minecraft = Nikon contest winner!

2016-02-01 Thread Mark Roberts
Sorry. It was "Minecraft", not "World of Warcraft". (Some computer game thingy. Whatever.) >http://petapixel.com/2016/01/29/nikon-awards-prize-to-badly-shopped-photo-hilarity-ensues/ > >-- >Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia >www.robertste

Photoshop + World of Warcraft = Nikon contest winner!

2016-02-01 Thread Mark Roberts
http://petapixel.com/2016/01/29/nikon-awards-prize-to-badly-shopped-photo-hilarity-ensues/ -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, pl

Re: Land Rover Pentax Content

2016-01-29 Thread Mark Roberts
e body, though with different features that caused TINY variations in overall dimensions (due to different gaskets, I suppose?): 2-3mm in width and less than 1mm in height. Check out Boz's page: http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/bodies/film_K/index.html -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia ww

Re: Land Rover Pentax Content

2016-01-29 Thread Mark Roberts
ting in the viewfinder) as well as DOF preview and a self-timer lever that would be visible in that photo. The KM and K2 don't have the aperture window but do have the self-timer and DOF preview. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Di

Re: Question? Battery Grip for K-5II etc.

2016-01-28 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Sorenson wrote: >I bought one of the third party grips from Amazon and had no trouble with it. >Sold it to Mark Roberts when I got a K-3. Yep. That grip works well. Not *quite* as nicely made as the real Pentax item – stiffer control wheels and no weather sealing – but it's

C'mon boys and girls, cough up your photos!

2016-01-28 Thread Mark Roberts
We've had a bit of a lull in submissions for the PDML Photo Annual. Get your photos uploaded now and avoid the last-minute rush (end of February)! The upload page is here: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/upload.php Thanks! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailma

Re: My K-7 is dying

2016-01-27 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: >I love my K-5 - mine was gotten as a refurbished - had it since July 2013 - > >stick around I bought my K-5 in 2011, which I believe is when it first appeared. I don't shoot as many frames as some but I certainly give my cameras more than their fair share of abuse — my K-5

Re: OT - Watch ya FONTs, ma lil' pony!

2016-01-26 Thread Mark Roberts
John wrote: >On 1/25/2016 8:06 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> steve harley wrote: >> >>> On 2016-01-25 16:20 , Igor PDML-StR wrote: >>>> I know that some PDMLers are interested in the copyrights issues. >>>> >>>> I thought that this stor

Re: A potato

2016-01-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W-PDML wrote: >http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35399467/irish-potato-picture-sells-for-75 Shoulda just mailed it. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/26/mystery-potato-parcel-mail-a-spud -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -

Re: OT - Watch ya FONTs, ma lil' pony!

2016-01-25 Thread Mark Roberts
(versus the visual images made by that software, not subject to >copyright) In Europe, even the visual images made by the font software are subject to copyright. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdm

Re: A potato

2016-01-25 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W-PDML wrote: >http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35399467/irish-potato-picture-sells-for-75 He should have done it as an autochrome. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/l

Re: Snow Storm

2016-01-24 Thread Mark Roberts
The storm ended up being pretty tame here. Hope everyone in the thick of it digs out OK. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please v

Re: Snow Storm

2016-01-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Here in Boston I had *very* light snow for about an hour - not even a dusting - and then it stopped. Just started again a short while ago but still very light. Must be more on the way but it would appear that we've missed the worst of it. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & M

Re: Peso - Steady Stenquist

2016-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
d there are a lot of other great people shots on that page – https://annsan.smugmug.com/Friends-and-Family/PDMLers-in-person/) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to U

Re: PESO and a question

2016-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
veraged exposures) the places that >looked better motion blurred and keep sharp the stuff that looks best >frozen. You mean like this: http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/devon/7df0241723.html -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Disc

Re: OT: Please Do Me a Favor

2016-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: >I don’t know if I’ve been linked to any of those connection >requests, but I could have been. LinkedIn is somewhat devious >in the way they suggest connections. Not surprising. I haven't let LinkedIn know about the existence of my Facebook account or any webmail account.

Re: OT: Piecing Time Together

2016-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
cle was in response to the link Dan posted to an article about Stephen Wilkes on the National Geo page- ann On 1/19/2016 11:42 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: On 1/19/2016 11:36 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: On 1/19/2016 11:21 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: Just shoot me. Whenever how much work someone put into

Re: OT: Piecing Time Together

2016-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
On 1/19/2016 11:36 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: On 1/19/2016 11:21 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: Just shoot me. Whenever how much work someone put into a creative effort is the main thrust of a discussion about it, as if the degree of effort put forth was a qualitative measure, it's time to duck an

Re: OT: Piecing Time Together

2016-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
On 1/19/2016 11:21 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: Just shoot me. Whenever how much work someone put into a creative effort is the main thrust of a discussion about it, as if the degree of effort put forth was a qualitative measure, it's time to duck and run. Yep. Always remember: "No one cares how ha

Re: GESO 2016 - scale models - GDG

2016-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
On 1/19/2016 9:34 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: If I remember right, it was a dissimilar materials problem, > aluminum head on iron block IIRC, the same issue plagued the Triumph TR7. It's especially problematic if you use the head as a ground path because you basically have electrical current f

Re: GESO 2016 - scale models - GDG

2016-01-18 Thread Mark Roberts
On 1/18/2016 3:16 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: A couple of my 1:43 scale model cars ... Peugeot 504 and FIAT 128. https://flic.kr/s/aHsksdEE5A Cool. Next time you're in the UK you should check out St. Martin's Models, a tiny shop with an amazing assortment of this kind of thing. It's incon

London PDML meet: Mitchell Under Glass

2016-01-18 Thread Mark Roberts
...or behind glass. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e001511.jpg (Bob W. looking stern on the left.) --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pd

Re: PDML Photo Annual 2016

2016-01-17 Thread Mark Roberts
On 1/17/2016 1:23 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Hello everybody. Thanks to all who've sent photos so far. We're off to a good start, in terms of quality if not quantity. We could do with a bit more quantity, though - please don't wait until the end of February

PDML Photo Annual 2016

2016-01-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Hello everybody. Thanks to all who've sent photos so far. We're off to a good start, in terms of quality if not quantity. We could do with a bit more quantity, though - please don't wait until the end of February to submit your images; the workload is much easier for us to handle at the product

Re: The Guardian - Saul Leiter

2016-01-15 Thread Mark Roberts
On 1/15/2016 3:46 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: Damn, now I have another exhibition to go to. Tony Ray-Jones was doing similar colour work at a slightly later time in New York - I think he knew Leiter. It's collected in the recent(ish) book, American Colour 1962-1965: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pict

The Guardian - Saul Leiter

2016-01-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Some great photography here: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jan/15/made-in-manhattan-how-saul-leiter-found-beauty-in-gothams-glass-and-grime --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PD

Re: PDML in Clerkenwell (London)

2016-01-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Photos from the PDML meet-up. At the Dovetail, drinking Belgian beer: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e001501.jpg Chris Mitchell is in the center, buying the first round of drinks because I accurately cited Fawlty Towers as the source of the quotation he posted on Facebook :) His wife is just

Re: found - thanks to Pixsy :-)

2016-01-13 Thread Mark Roberts
ng-histories-coolest-streets-new-york-and-paris Oh yeah. It's a great shot and I can see why they chose it. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRI

Re: Off We Go for 2016! January PUG is UP!

2016-01-13 Thread Mark Roberts
, you will see them before long...) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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.

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