OT catching up

2013-07-18 Thread Rob Studdert
hopefully for the better. Curiously the chassis of the 77LTD is high density polymer :) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9304908/temp/IMAG3228.jpg Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pent

Re: The oddest thing

2013-07-10 Thread Rob Studdert
PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml

Re: OT: Now Mozilla is getting on my nerves.

2013-06-29 Thread Rob Studdert
an idea how to make this GO THE F### AWAY!!? > > Firefox help is less than useless. I might as well be using Internet > Exploder. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please v

Re: Bracketing on the K5 with pictures of menus

2013-06-29 Thread Rob Studdert
me somewhat as I normally have the green button inactive whilst in manual mode as I find it's all too easy to hit and screw up further shots when working fast or blind (camera overhead etc). -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitt

Re: OT: Mad Scientists

2013-06-14 Thread Rob Studdert
18/probiotic-drink-feces-e-coli-e-chromi.htm Oh dear "brown for the coast is clear" -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/lis

Bracketing on the K5

2013-06-10 Thread Rob Studdert
change the bracketing to Av lies in the "green button" setting of the E-dial programming whether you have the "green button" active or not. To change it go to the E-Dial Programming menu for manual and select "TvShift". I found the solution on-line, the manual was nex

Re: Polarizers and other filters

2013-06-10 Thread Rob Studdert
and considering that the likelihood of me using one without employing a tripod is close to nil I simply shoot a bracket set then do a simple but effective mask to integrate two or more of the bracketed images, the resultant composite is generally excellent. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio)

Re: Pentax K5 does not recognize Sigma 8-16 lens

2013-06-09 Thread Rob Studdert
Hi Jos, PhotoME can be used to determine lens IDs, it can be found under Manufacture notes, Lens ID section. Lens ID: 8 + 16 + 0 + 0 Pentax Lens Type: DA or DA* Lens Name(s) of the ID: Sigma AF 70-200mm F/2.8 APO EX DG Macro II HSM -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870

Re: OT: Why are Apple such a bunch of twerps?

2013-06-08 Thread Rob Studdert
ary to use the Play interface, you can simply download the apk and install it on Android. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listin

Re: Pentax K5 does not recognize Sigma 8-16 lens

2013-06-07 Thread Rob Studdert
ill playing silly games, though, it's > anybody's guess when (if ever) Lightroom will know what to display. All my new Sigma lenses appear to provide a unique code, I have written them into PhotoMe -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Sk

Re: Ctein on Photoshop CC

2013-06-05 Thread Rob Studdert
they reap, pillage and complain like so many other software houses, they simply cant see the wood for the trees. Hopefully their actions will encourage a new wave of capable photographer biased image editing solutions from other more market sensitive and business minded vendors. -- Rob Studdert (Digital

Re: PESO: First Turn

2013-06-03 Thread Rob Studdert
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PESO Two completely unrelated shots

2013-06-03 Thread Rob Studdert
://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9304908/temp/IMGQ07902.JPG Both have EXIF data intact, the second GPS data also. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net

Re: PESO Plush Tiger

2013-06-03 Thread Rob Studdert
on my calibrated IPS monitors, I agree a square crop would probably suite the image well. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mai

Re: Adobe acknowledges cool reception

2013-06-03 Thread Rob Studdert
to > continue to drive the process past the gold-rush stage > > meanwhile i predict continued disruption of a lot of major commercial > services and software companies, Adobe included, and lots of people who will > feel disregarded or left behind Great insight and probably more tha

OT Sometimes you've just got to ask why?

2013-06-03 Thread Rob Studdert
Old Finnish People With Things On Their Heads: Amazing Photo Series http://fullym.com/old-finnish-people-with-things-on-their-heads-amazing-photo-series/ Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio

Re: Few recent PESOs

2013-06-03 Thread Rob Studdert
tly to the shot? The Nokton looks like it will serve you well, nice rendering, classic composition, great capture, the red is strange though, it's far more saturated than any other colour in the frame. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay,

Re: PESO Plush Tiger

2013-06-03 Thread Rob Studdert
ghter into a vertical format or alternately possibly add a vignette or mask and darken the entire background, this would make the subject more prevalent. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -

Re: PESO A little Pano from Vivid Sydney 2013

2013-06-03 Thread Rob Studdert
apparent depth in this image. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdm

Re: PAW weeks 21 and 22

2013-06-03 Thread Rob Studdert
ren't not gone they're just on holidays for a bit :) Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.

Re: PESO More Vivid

2013-06-02 Thread Rob Studdert
ld be about 168Mpixels, that should be interesting :) Cheers -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUB

Re: PESO More Vivid

2013-06-02 Thread Rob Studdert
response! Just showed it > to my husband, Darrel, and he loved it too!!! lovely work, Rob! Thanks Christine, glad you both liked the image, I promise that I will take you there when you come to visit (and anyone else who finds there way down-under too) :) Thanks to all who were patient enoug

Re: PESO: Fledgling Robin II

2013-06-02 Thread Rob Studdert
got it's foot caught in a loose thread in an old towel. I came out to a racket and had capture the bird then cut the thread off it's foot :( -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pen

PESO More Vivid

2013-05-31 Thread Rob Studdert
urce is 2MP jps) that the process yields (sorry about the strategically placed copyright labels) Be warned the image is quite large in file size ~14MB https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9304908/temp/Harbour%20Pano%20from%20the%20Cahill.jpg The rig: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9304908/tem

Re: PESO A little Pano from Vivid Sydney 2013

2013-05-31 Thread Rob Studdert
mage there is just water in the foreground. I might post a copy later in the day. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailma

Re: PESO: Nightshot - American Pie III

2013-05-31 Thread Rob Studdert
ink > Paul mentioned, I might rotate it a bit to square it up but that's about it. > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson > > > -- > PDML Pen

Re: PESO A little Pano from Vivid Sydney 2013

2013-05-31 Thread Rob Studdert
did go by indeed, if we went under the southern end of the bridge then on towards the Rock we would have passed the piers for sure. The V is still going strong but probably not getting as much work as it used to as are few of my Pentax lenses because I tend to be shooting my Sigma zooms mostly these

Re: Sick

2013-05-30 Thread Rob Studdert
line drives, fortunately I had only backed it up a week back but it still took a few hours to rebuild the thumbnails as I had shot several thousand images and needed to re-index a stack of off-line media. I won't do that again in a hurry. Best of luck with your new improved back-up regime. Cheer

Re: OT: Flash enablement

2013-05-30 Thread Rob Studdert
than the flash sync speed gives you a bit of > ambient light and some motion blur against the flash-frozen bit. Excellent basic "how to" Bob -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML P

Re: PESO: Nightshot - American Pie III

2013-05-30 Thread Rob Studdert
and an interesting view to boot. I like the vapors on the right, you could potentially use a longer lens and shoot that little area as a subject of its own. I wasn't sure about the car headlight dissecting the frame but actually i think it works well in the image intended or not. Very cool! Ch

Re: PESO A little Pano from Vivid Sydney 2013

2013-05-29 Thread Rob Studdert
the vertical angle of view isn't optimal, I should revisit the spot and use a tripod I think. Thanks for all who viewed and especially those who commented too. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa:

PESO A little Pano from Vivid Sydney 2013

2013-05-29 Thread Rob Studdert
Hi Team, I recently put this image (cropped) on my FB page, here it is uncropped and somewhat larger: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9304908/temp/IMG504322%20-%20IMG504324.jpg Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter

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2013-05-28 Thread Rob Studdert
On 28 May 2013 10:20, David J Brooks wrote: > http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2013-steam1/album/index.html#steam8-2750.jpg > > Full gallery(14 shots) here: > http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2013-steam1/album/index.html Gorgeous shot of the loco Dave, perfect in B&W and lovely re

Re: PESO x2 Trailer & A dog's life

2013-05-28 Thread Rob Studdert
On 28 May 2013 10:01, Bruce Walker wrote: > Couple of streeties ... > > http://flic.kr/p/euR544 Trailer > http://flic.kr/p/euTp6j A dog's life > > K20D, DA* 55/1.4 @ f:8, 1/400th, ISO 400 Har, that's some trailer, cute pics. :) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Stud

Re: Savanna, Illinois

2013-05-28 Thread Rob Studdert
gt; > http://www.caguila.com/savanna/index.html I love #2 and #3 is damn good too. :) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/l

Re: Car Show

2013-05-27 Thread Rob Studdert
On 27 May 2013 13:33, Bill wrote: > anyway, enjoy my little gallery, and comments are joyfully accepted. I did, glad that you're enjoying your new toy :) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio

Re: OT The way we talk about photographs

2013-05-27 Thread Rob Studdert
o it do shield themselves from the anxiety of dropping a cherished opinion. ( ironic again, I know. ) [Reference: Vital Lies Simple Truths, Daniel Goleman - the psychologist of Emotional Intelligence theory. ] Cheers" CommenterjoeLocation Date and timeMay 26, 2013, 3:23PM -- Rob Studdert (Di

Re: PESO: Custer County Supercell

2013-05-27 Thread Rob Studdert
east of the hamlet of Westerville, > Nebraska. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8850051008/ > > Hope you enjoy it. A great "capture" and powerful image :) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter,

Re: Sick

2013-05-27 Thread Rob Studdert
, is there possibly a way that you may be able to do file recovery on the local drive? Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.n

OT The Sydney opera House lit up all pretty :)

2013-05-25 Thread Rob Studdert
Hi Team, This is what they have done to the Opera House this year for the Annual vivid festival: https://vimeo.com/66892937 Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: GESO City snaps

2013-05-25 Thread Rob Studdert
st in front of the Harbour Bridge with the Royal Botanical Gardens at the rear. Cheers,Rob -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

Re: GESO Lichenscapes

2013-05-25 Thread Rob Studdert
ther :) The problem was that I was working at about f5.6 min due to the lack of tripod/rush, so DOF was limited so on many of the subjects which have quite a bit of depth so the plane of focus needed to be selected to make best use of the relatively limited DOF. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital

Re: Pentax K-30 in-camera RAW histogram approximation (UniWB, various tweaks)

2013-05-23 Thread Rob Studdert
s of the shot are generally of far less consequence than the content/subject matter. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: PESO: Bartending's Dark Side

2013-05-20 Thread Rob Studdert
27;s difficult to believe that it's real. Well done on getting down and dirty in their faces as they were having their ritual face off, technically you couldn't ask for more really. Amazing. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Sk

Re: OT Well Flickr has gone and screwed the pooch

2013-05-20 Thread Rob Studdert
ugh to deal with the layout. Much like what Google did to Picasaweb, I'm not liking it, when you have various aspect ratios the images get gives weird weights so that they all lock together to make the page consistent, a choice of page layout would be nice, it could be that difficult to accomm

Re: Kodak Instamatic, 50th anniversary

2013-05-20 Thread Rob Studdert
On 21 May 2013 10:02, P.J. Alling wrote: > No fingerprints... Yeah, I guess so, they are totally obscured by the dimple pattern, clever! -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Disc

Re: PANO: VIEW LOOKING N FROM TABLE MOUNTAIN

2013-05-20 Thread Rob Studdert
On 20 May 2013 22:35, Alan C wrote: > Having seen those impressive panos from Rob Studdert, I decided to give it a > go using some old Olympus Compact images. I used to do "composite" photos > years ago by physically cutting & pasting but this is my first attempt in &g

Re: Pentax FF DSLR is vaporware?

2013-05-19 Thread Rob Studdert
ere's really nothing to get over. It might happen, it might not, personally I don't really care any longer. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net h

Re: Pentax FF DSLR is vaporware?

2013-05-19 Thread Rob Studdert
of most any lens designed to cover a FF lens and note the fall off in resolution/contrast 2/3 from the centre of the frame, the APS sensors very conveniently disregard this area of poor performance. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitte

Re: Pentax FF DSLR is vaporware?

2013-05-19 Thread Rob Studdert
ve when used on a full frame body. Secondly people will pixel peep 100%, make judgements and proclaim a lens good or bad without considering magnification factor or final print sizes. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Pica

Re: Things come apart

2013-05-19 Thread Rob Studdert
On 20 May 2013 01:05, mike wilson wrote: > I have a houseful of stuff that looks like that. Once took a microscope > apart to the level of separating the lens elements. Photograph it and it'll become art :) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours

Re: PESO - Biker Down

2013-05-19 Thread Rob Studdert
On 20 May 2013 11:40, Paul Stenquist wrote: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17343678&size=lg Of his own volition fortunately :) Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML

Re: Pentax FF DSLR is vaporware?

2013-05-19 Thread Rob Studdert
On 20 May 2013 10:17, Darren Addy wrote: > True, but, if i'm honest with myself i'm already cropping my APS-C > images to Pentax Q sizes. > ;) Har, I know where you're coming from, I really could have done with a 500mm lens at the airshow I attended a couple of weeks

Re: Pentax FF DSLR is vaporware?

2013-05-19 Thread Rob Studdert
make up for what you lost (or keep your > APS-C camera for just such a reason). Or you could play a little trick on yourself and crop out an APS-c sized pic (assuming similar pixel density) :) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Tw

Re: OT - This is Why Your Pictures Suck

2013-05-19 Thread Rob Studdert
es of pink they come out of the washing machine, and >>> statistics about which sorts of flooring wear them out soonest. I'm sure it >>> would sell well. >>> >>> We could call it Socks and Rugs and Socks with Holes. >> >> Why not simply "The

Re: In praise of the K5's sensor

2013-05-19 Thread Rob Studdert
ntil I get a lock. I use the centre AF point exclusively when shooting low light and I disconnect the AF from the Shutter button, and am continuously poking at the AF button until I get lock, some of my subjects don't have edges, light is often single colour and the subjects generally move cons

Re: In praise of the K5's sensor

2013-05-18 Thread Rob Studdert
In The Streets") > > It's difficult to imagine what will be available in 3 years (if Pentax is > still in business)! Very nice Charles, but you were spoiled for light there! :) At concerts I'm often shooting 200mm @ 1/20 , f2.8 ISO4000 just to get something usable! Focus i

Re: FA 77/1.8 Limited vs. Samyang 85/1.4

2013-05-18 Thread Rob Studdert
om shots of people being goofy. This is pretty much exactly my experience too, even wielding a large 80-200/2.8 zoom over a relatively short time the crowd mostly completely forgets about you. Having a camera over each shoulder seems to reassure people too for some reason, like the "big camera

Re: OT - This is Why Your Pictures Suck

2013-05-18 Thread Rob Studdert
On 19 May 2013 02:17, Bob W wrote: > And there was me thinking I was the only one who liked to dress up as a > Japanese schoolgirl at weekends! > > Hello Kitty! Now there's two images that I need to erase from my mind :( -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-41

Re: FA 77/1.8 Limited vs. Samyang 85/1.4

2013-05-18 Thread Rob Studdert
On 19 May 2013 04:40, Doug Brewer wrote: > also means you can go about the business of making pictures without all the > teeth-gnashing over what is and isn't. My teeth-gnashing re the crop sensor has always been about what was lost, ie my A16/2.8 FE sucks on APS sensor bodies. -- R

Re: Boris PESO #26 - ...

2013-05-18 Thread Rob Studdert
uot; wasn't the > optimal one! Granted that was what you were dealt, but that doesn't preclude the option of adding a little lens blur in post to just render the background a little less obvious? :) Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours

Re: PESO - street scene

2013-05-18 Thread Rob Studdert
gt; Btw - this is not coverted to bw or shot in bw - > which I can see more clearly now myself OK, I'll try that again :) Very street Ann, love the near monochrome visage and stately facade broken by the subject exiting stage right. More to come now I hope? Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Di

Re: "Street" is on

2013-05-18 Thread Rob Studdert
, will have to get off my butt and into town to see it, another of my friends, Stephen Godfrey is in there with you too. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDM

Re: PESO - street scene

2013-05-18 Thread Rob Studdert
gt; Btw - this is not coverted to bw or shot in bw - > which I can see more clearly now myself > > ann > > > > -- > 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

Re: FA 77/1.8 Limited vs. Samyang 85/1.4

2013-05-17 Thread Rob Studdert
otherwise the 10-20mm delivers the goods. Extreme portraits? -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBS

Re: OT Google+ news

2013-05-17 Thread Rob Studdert
ave discussed it with generally think it's a cacophony of ideas, difficult to navigate and post, outright confusing and simply is no competition to Facebook (even though there is a lot to dislike about FB also). Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours G

Re: FA 77/1.8 Limited vs. Samyang 85/1.4

2013-05-17 Thread Rob Studdert
and photographer. Again, simply there are no hard and fast rules as to what it the best portrait lens. Amateurs often have much better equipment than professionals, when was the last time you saw a professional taxi driver driving a Ferrari? :) Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Te

Re: OT Google+ news

2013-05-17 Thread Rob Studdert
On 18 May 2013 11:02, Mark Roberts wrote: > Rob Studdert wrote: > >>"...images are being 'auto-enhanced'" > > I'll just cut my wrists now... It's becoming more difficult to use as a photo sharing platform every day, they are determined to use thei

Re: OT - This is Why Your Pictures Suck

2013-05-17 Thread Rob Studdert
On 18 May 2013 11:00, Postmaster wrote: > knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > >>Fucking depressing. > > Agreed. Written by someone with a real superiority complex. I don't know, it might actually be about the author? -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-

OT Google+ news

2013-05-17 Thread Rob Studdert
have seen on some recent high-end smartphones." Hmmm. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRI

Re: OT - This is Why Your Pictures Suck

2013-05-17 Thread Rob Studdert
raphy is important too IMO. Probably too much said already but that's my take :) Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listin

Re: GESO - St. Bridget's Church Windows

2013-05-16 Thread Rob Studdert
Bridgets church, Shrine of the Crucifixion, choir loft, confessional) has a really nasty lighting mix, maybe you could covert the shot once for the inside and again for the exterior lit panels then recombine them in PS to provide a better overall colour balance? Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image

Re: GESO Regional Airshow

2013-05-16 Thread Rob Studdert
On 15 May 2013 15:10, Larry Colen wrote: > That's a wonderful collection of old birds! > > And the photos are nice too! Thanks Larry, I enjoyed the day. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Pi

Re: GESO Regional Airshow

2013-05-16 Thread Rob Studdert
On 15 May 2013 19:32, Bong Manayon wrote: > Is that a CA-12 Boomerang?! I believe so Bong :) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.

Re: GESO Regional Airshow

2013-05-16 Thread Rob Studdert
artwheel". > > Is "Suzy-Q" a Brewster Buffalo? Hi Paul, Glad you enjoyed the gallery, "Suzy-Q" is a CAC CA-12 Boomerang if my gallery labeling is now correct :) Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twit

Re: PESO - Panorama, Navestøylen

2013-05-15 Thread Rob Studdert
try a few transfer curve on it though, something like this? https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9304908/temp/Curves%2016052013%20122358.jpg Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO: LeeAnn W. photo shoot

2013-05-15 Thread Rob Studdert
party, you have some great images in that set, I'm sure that LeeAnn will be thrilled! Great work. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdm

Re: PESO Kanzan Dusk 2

2013-05-15 Thread Rob Studdert
ticism I would say that the only element of it that distracts me in any way is the apparent brightness of the underside of the leaves. There was obviously little option but I wonder if the shot would benefit from them being dodged a little? Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-41

Re: PESO - Richmond Bridge

2013-05-15 Thread Rob Studdert
281712@N08/8740668406/in/photostream Hi Philip, That's a very nice shot, my only (nitpicky) critisim would be the loss of texture in the brickwork far left, I wonder if you could burn it back in a little? Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours G

Re: Boris PESO #26 - ...

2013-05-15 Thread Rob Studdert
ines lead my eye to the guy in the background. I think it needs a more limited DOF to work best. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.n

Re: PESO: Portrait of a Self-Portrait

2013-05-15 Thread Rob Studdert
that I liked - as a guy is lining up his cellphone to take a > picture of himself: > > http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2013/marriage_protest_two/content/K5__0565_large.html > > There is a gallery of 40 images there if you are so inclined. Wow, well captured in all respects. C

Re: PESO - Fire on the Water

2013-05-15 Thread Rob Studdert
he bird in the last one. Oh well... > > Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Very nice Frank, you have a great location there. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO - Nightshot - "American Pie II"

2013-05-15 Thread Rob Studdert
erture at mid-range, optimally it should be set at the sweet spot assuming that it will provide optimum DOF. Use the cable release or a delay and prefire the mirror if possible, focus with live view and as others have said weight/dampen the tripod if possible. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Im

Re: GESO City snaps

2013-05-12 Thread Rob Studdert
On 12 May 2013 20:04, Larry Colen wrote: > I really liked 3, 4 & 5. Thanks for commenting Larry, Marnie and Paul. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Li

Re: GESO Regional Airshow

2013-05-12 Thread Rob Studdert
al perspective at the very least. Glad you enjoyed it :) Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: PESO Lightning in a bottle

2013-05-12 Thread Rob Studdert
rage and they are being used in many new architectural designs about the city. We have effectively banned filament lighting for energy conservation reasons so I assume that they get special allowances as they are effectively a decorative element. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418

Re: PESO: Farm Workshop

2013-05-12 Thread Rob Studdert
ff, it's obviously not just a collection of tools yearning to be used :) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_

Re: What's the widest closeup lens for Pentax?

2013-05-12 Thread Rob Studdert
mallest one under my A20/2.8 and got some great results albeit very close the front element :) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/list

Re: PESO - Another Sunrise

2013-05-12 Thread Rob Studdert
r this. > > Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. Very nice Frank, you have that gull trained well :) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - These eyes have seen a lot of love

2013-05-12 Thread Rob Studdert
On 12 May 2013 23:12, Doug Brewer wrote: > https://plus.google.com/u/0/115347824062413314605/posts/C5d8QZX6NMm > > Still using my K7, this time matched with the SMC-A 50mm f/1.7, handheld. Gorgeous image, beautiful woman, well shot :) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-41

Re: File numbering info

2013-05-11 Thread Rob Studdert
t sets the current 1 that I'm at so each camera has provisions for 9 shots in my library. I figured that would be enough as I have never made it to 40k images for any one body. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skyp

Re: GESO City snaps

2013-05-11 Thread Rob Studdert
On 12 May 2013 02:58, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 11/5/13, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>I had the camera rested on a post. > > Let it have a nap at some point. I have been flogging then to an extent, they had a rest last night tucked away in my safe whilst I

Re: GESO City snaps

2013-05-11 Thread Rob Studdert
On 11 May 2013 20:08, Derby Chang wrote: > > Tasty. > > What was the opening you went to? I was at the Australian having a fat yak > last night Thanks Derby, it was the opening of the CATC Design School Exhibition that I attended, I use the studio that sponsored the evening.

Re: GESO City snaps

2013-05-11 Thread Rob Studdert
On 11 May 2013 15:38, David Mann wrote: > On May 11, 2013, at 12:33 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > >> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oli7qtsju4akq98/3BY44QecmX > > I love the Opera House pic. Not sure if it's possible to take a bad photo of > that building. Thanks Dave,

GESO Regional Airshow

2013-05-10 Thread Rob Studdert
not for you. https://plus.google.com/photos/100717932944223796708/albums/5875898952737944017?banner=pwa&authkey=CPLRmbHXh4er9AE Enjoy! Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: GESO City snaps

2013-05-10 Thread Rob Studdert
pt to get in over a couple of evenings to shoot. http://www.vividsydney.com/events/categories/light/ Thanks John! Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.

Re: PESO - Detroit Blues

2013-05-10 Thread Rob Studdert
it's not so critical, the other images lend support and context. In a stand-alone image your options are more limited. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.ne

Re: Video - "Tale of Two Meters"

2013-05-10 Thread Rob Studdert
light-meters-and-how-to-properly-use-them/> > > This is said to be the first in a series of videos. Great link, thanks George. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Li

Re: IT'S HERE! Fifth PDML Photo Annual!

2013-05-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 9 May 2013 01:30, Mark Roberts wrote: > The 2013 PDML Photo Annual is now available. Thanks again for the ginormous effort from you and the team to make this happen, we have something quite unique here. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gm

Re: PESO Lightning in a bottle

2013-05-10 Thread Rob Studdert
! I shot a guitar trio in a coffee shop the other day and they had old filament lamps running at low voltage like this too, I didn't manage to shoot any however. Maybe I should next time, thanks for the push :) Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 H

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