Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-14 Thread Sam L
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: They made it because it was easy and there are some who will take great delight in picking up a $50 M50.17 at KEH and have it be  a really fast lens with a 275 fov.  Even at that, it still won't be that big and you

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-13 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 9/13/2011 12:36 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: You might consider taking that approach when you disagree with my histrionics in the future. BTW, I've never read Walt Gilbert's comments in the past, he's not participated in any useful way in this discussion between me and Anthony Farr, so he

When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter and such)

2011-09-13 Thread Dario Bonazza
To me, high-ISO performance and dynamic range are paramount and are the single most important feature in choosing a SLR these days. Here are some typical pictures I had to take two days ago: ISO 12,800, FA 24-90mm @ 35mm f/4, 1/13s: www.dariobonazza.com/public/K5_23830x.jpg As you can see, above

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter and such)

2011-09-13 Thread Larry Colen
On 9/13/2011 12:21 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: To me, high-ISO performance and dynamic range are paramount and are the single most important feature in choosing a SLR these days. Here are some typical pictures I had to take two days ago: ISO 12,800, FA 24-90mm @ 35mm f/4, 1/13s:

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter and such)

2011-09-13 Thread Steven Desjardins
This is a big problem facing manufacturers. Some folks never shoot at those isos and don't want to pay, either in money or size/weight, to have that capacity. OTOH, it makes sense for many enthusiasts to have a DSLR and a MSC for the appropriate occasions. What is miss most when using my mu43

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter and such)

2011-09-13 Thread Fernando
Dario, I'm not participating of the high ISO discussion, but those first two shots are awesome. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 3:21 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: To me, high-ISO performance and dynamic range are paramount and are the single most important feature in choosing a SLR

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter and such)

2011-09-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The fact that some people desperately need/want higher sensitivity cameras to achieve the photographs they want to make is not in question. The statement I made is that the *obsession* with ultra-high sensitivity as single point of focus for whether a camera is good or bad is ridiculous. I stand

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter and such)

2011-09-13 Thread Bruce Walker
Ditto and ditto! On 11-09-13 10:29 AM, Fernando wrote: Dario, I'm not participating of the high ISO discussion, but those first two shots are awesome. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 3:21 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: To me, high-ISO performance and dynamic range are paramount

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter andsuch)

2011-09-13 Thread Dario Bonazza
Larry Colen wrote: I photograph a lot of dancers in low light, fortunately they seem to move slower than the ones that you photograph. I usually shoot performers, rather than dancers. In this case, she was doing a roll. And often you are allowed to use flash, it seems. ISO 10,000, DA*

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter andsuch)

2011-09-13 Thread Dario Bonazza
Steven Desjardins wrote: This is a big problem facing manufacturers. Some folks never shoot at those isos and don't want to pay, either in money or size/weight, to have that capacity. There are plenty of cameras where pixel count prevail against dynamic range and high-ISO performance. 99%

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter andsuch)

2011-09-13 Thread Dario Bonazza
Fernando wrote: Dario, I'm not participating of the high ISO discussion, but those first two shots are awesome. ISO 12,800, FA 24-90mm @ 35mm f/4, 1/13s: www.dariobonazza.com/public/K5_23830x.jpg As you can see, above shooting data were not enough for freezing action and getting the subject

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter andsuch)

2011-09-13 Thread Dario Bonazza
with everything, especially the last sentence ;-) Dario - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 5:13 PM Subject: Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter andsuch

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter andsuch)

2011-09-13 Thread Dario Bonazza
Tritto! Dario - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 5:20 PM Subject: Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter andsuch) Ditto and ditto! On 11-09-13 10:29

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter andsuch)

2011-09-13 Thread Steven Desjardins
You'd think the different camera approach would work, but companies are afraid of creating a camera that sacrifices high iso performance for some other feature and then have the reviews clobber them for not having high iso performance. I would really like high iso performance because sometimes I

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter andsuch)

2011-09-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I'm sorry, Steven, but I can't find a reference to what MSC stands for. Can you elucidate? Thanks! On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: You'd think the different camera approach would work, but companies are afraid of creating a camera that sacrifices

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter and such)

2011-09-13 Thread steve harley
On 2011-09-13 01:21 , Dario Bonazza wrote: To me, high-ISO performance and dynamic range are paramount and are the single most important feature in choosing a SLR these days. Here are some typical pictures I had to take two days ago: cool examples; i am still in the old world equipment-wise,

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter andsuch)

2011-09-13 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 13, 2011, at 8:54 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: Larry Colen wrote: I photograph a lot of dancers in low light, fortunately they seem to move slower than the ones that you photograph. I usually shoot performers, rather than dancers. In this case, she was doing a roll. And often you

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter andsuch)

2011-09-13 Thread Steven Desjardins
Mirrorless System Camera. Sorry, I thought I had written it out at some point but I didn't. It's the acronym that BH has settled on for mu43, Nex, etc. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: I'm sorry, Steven, but I can't find a reference to what MSC

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter and such)

2011-09-13 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 13, 2011, at 8:13 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The fact that some people desperately need/want higher sensitivity cameras to achieve the photographs they want to make is not in question. The statement I made is that the *obsession* with ultra-high sensitivity as single point of

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter andsuch)

2011-09-13 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-09-13 2:51 PM, Larry Colen wrote: for some reason in low light even my K-5 has a really tough time focusing the Sigma 20/1.8. Which is annoying because I got it because I needed a fast/wide lens for low light. I believe this is a generic focusing issue, ie not limited to Pentax.

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter andsuch)

2011-09-13 Thread Dario Bonazza
steve harley wrote: as an example of this going the other way i note your later message that focus is your next most important factor after ISO/d-range, but you don't elaborate ... in my case i have almost abandoned autofocus -- not just macro work but most of my shooting now relies on manual

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter and such)

2011-09-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
Great work, Dario! HIgh ISO performance and low noise are important to me as well. What's more, the low noise levels of the K5 also yields a better image at ISOs as low as 400. As I'm sure you know, excellent noise control isn't all about low light shooting. Paul On Sep 13, 2011, at 3:21 AM,

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter andsuch)

2011-09-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: steve harley wrote: as an example of this going the other way i note your later message that focus is your next most important factor after ISO/d-range, but you don't elaborate ... in my case i have almost

Re: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter andsuch)

2011-09-13 Thread Dario Bonazza
Here are some 'old' new pics in the same series: 1/13s is not enough for freezing action during a roll: www.dariobonazza.com/public/K5_23830x.jpg (ISO 12,800, FA 24-90mm @ 35mm f/4, 1/13s) Then I tried a slightly higher speed, thanks to higher ISO: www.dariobonazza.com/public/K5_23835x.jpg

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-12 Thread Dario Bonazza
Anthony Farr wrote: The rest of the world may be irrelevant to you, but it's relevant to the rest of the world. Hell, you're in the rest of the world from where I stand. Mark! Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-12 Thread Steven Desjardins
Sure thing, it doesn't bother me. Then again my hide is a bit thicker than some of the delicate souls on this list. This is why I blame Larry for everything by default. On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Sep 11, 2011, at 6:01 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-12 Thread P. J. Alling
On 9/11/2011 10:32 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 8:28 PM

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 4:22 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Often Godfrey seems to believe that the world revolves around him.  I guess we're all guilty of that, but Godfrey often seems to be less self aware, especially when feelings begin to run high. What always perplexes

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-12 Thread Anthony Farr
On 12 September 2011 06:01, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On 11-09-11 1:07 PM, Anthony Farr wrote: Here's a photograph with some serious shadow banding: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UZHmptXW4qsffklRS3lX_aAuqTB9pnndhHCi9-Fvgfs?feat=directlink Here's my repair:

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-12 Thread Anthony Farr
On 13 September 2011 10:15, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: What always perplexes me is why you and so many others prefer to talk about me rather than the subject I'm trying to have a discussion with someone about. It doesn't matter what they say as long as they're talking about

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-12 Thread P. J. Alling
On 9/12/2011 8:15 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 4:22 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Often Godfrey seems to believe that the world revolves around him. I guess we're all guilty of that, but Godfrey often seems to be less self aware, especially when

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-12 Thread Rob Studdert
On 13 September 2011 10:57, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 9/12/2011 8:15 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 4:22 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com  wrote: Often Godfrey seems to believe that the world revolves around him.  I guess we're all

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-12 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 9/12/2011 7:15 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 4:22 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Often Godfrey seems to believe that the world revolves around him. I guess we're all guilty of that, but Godfrey often seems to be less self aware, especially when

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 5:57 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote (in part): Unfortunately Godfrey your opinion is often the subject.  You expand your desires to cover the whole world and contract the desires of others to cover only themselves making your opinion the only correct

RE: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi [...] Overall, though, this obsession with ultra high ISO settings and the desire for noiseless results is, to me, utter and complete nonsense. Mark! And I kind of agree with you. It's always seemed to

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Anthony Farr
On 11 September 2011 18:31, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi [...] Overall, though, this obsession with ultra high ISO settings and the desire for noiseless results is, to me, utter and complete

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread David Savage
On 11 September 2011 16:31, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi [...] Overall, though, this obsession with ultra high ISO settings and the desire for noiseless results is, to me, utter and complete

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Sep 11, 2011, at 1:19 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: I couldn't find a camera with the 10MP Panasonic sensor that could reach iso6400. Olympus 410 and above, 510 and above and the Panasonic DMC-L10 all top out at

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Anthony Farr
regards, Anthony    Of what use is lens and light     to those who lack in mind and sight                                                (Anon) On 11 September 2011 15:19, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: Easy to obtain higher ISOs: set the highest and underexpose by the

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Anthony Farr
On 11 September 2011 21:31, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: regards, Anthony Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight (Anon) Please forgive me for starting with my sig. It was but a simple cut paste

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Mark Roberts
David Savage wrote: I actually use the D700's high ISO a lot (many of my star shots make use of that cameras capabilities), so for me the desire for low noise @ high ISO isn't complete nonsense. Actually, I was about to mention you as an example of someone who really does need and use high ISO.

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 6:41 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: David Savage wrote: I actually use the D700's high ISO a lot (many of my star shots make use of that cameras capabilities), so for me the desire for low noise @ high ISO isn't complete nonsense. Actually, I was about to

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 4:31 AM, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: But I don't see that it's about obsession with speed, it's about defining a camera's limits of performance. It's not like the good ole days when we could throw a faster film into a camera on spec, if a digital camera

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
BTW, Anthony, why are you debating about low-end Olympus DSLRs on the PDML list? -- Godfrey   godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Anthony Farr
On 12 September 2011 00:21, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: BTW, Anthony, why are you debating about low-end Olympus DSLRs on the PDML list? -- Dario mused that he'd like to see an m43 MILC with a Sony sensor. He expressed the view that Sony's superior sensor technology would blow

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate, silliness

2011-09-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 6:41 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: David Savage wrote: I actually use the D700's high ISO a lot (many of my star shots make use of that cameras capabilities), so for me the desire for low noise @ high ISO isn't complete nonsense.

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Anthony Farr
On 12 September 2011 00:20, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: I've never seen this shadow banding stuff, or at least I don't recognize what you mean. Can you provide an example? You'r very lucky to have never seen it. Google has heard of it. You'll find plenty of references there.

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate, silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Anthony Farr
On 12 September 2011 01:25, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: All *obsession* is ridiculous ... except for my own of course. Exactly. Obsession is a character flaw in other people. I, on the other hand, am passionate about certain matters. regards, Anthony    Of what use is lens

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Anthony Farr
On 12 September 2011 00:20, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: There were never any 35mm films with ISO 800 or above that were as grainless as most people obsessed with ultra high ISO sensitivity seem to want to see these days. Nearly any DSLR class sensor camera made since 2004

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 10, 2011, at 10:19 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Overall, though, this obsession with ultra high ISO settings and the desire for noiseless results is, to me, utter and complete nonsense. I only ever use my computer to write plain ASCII text, so this desire for fast clocks speeds and

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-09-11 3:18 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sep 10, 2011, at 10:19 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Overall, though, this obsession with ultra high ISO settings and the desire for noiseless results is, to me, utter and complete nonsense. I only ever use my computer to write plain ASCII text, so

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-09-11 1:07 PM, Anthony Farr wrote: On 12 September 2011 00:20, Godfrey DiGiorgigdigio...@gmail.com wrote: I've never seen this shadow banding stuff, or at least I don't recognize what you mean. Can you provide an example? You'r very lucky to have never seen it. Google has heard of it.

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate, silliness

2011-09-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bruce Walker On 11-09-11 3:18 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sep 10, 2011, at 10:19 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Overall, though, this obsession with ultra high ISO settings and the desire for noiseless results is, to me, utter and complete nonsense. I only ever use my computer to write plain

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I really don't care much what Google has heard of. I just want to see what the issue is. Sorry, trying to look at a JPEG image at this size is just about useless to see shadow banding ... I can't see anything from comparing the unprocessed image to the processed one with these tools other than

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: That was then and this is now.  I'm not comparing my camera's performance against film in 2001, I'm comparing it against its direct competitors sold at the same time. So why was this reference to film brought up at

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I only ever use my computer to write plain ASCII text, so this desire for fast clocks speeds and graphical interfaces, to me, utter and complete nonsense. So stick with a Linux or UNIX system running in the terminal. Why

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Anthony Farr
On 12 September 2011 09:43, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: I really don't care much what Google has heard of. I just want to see what the issue is. I suggested Google to illustrate that it was a known issue, not something I'd invented for the sake of an argument. Sorry, trying to

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 11, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I only ever use my computer to write plain ASCII text, so this desire for fast clocks speeds and graphical interfaces, to me, utter and complete nonsense. So stick

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: That was an unanticipated consequence of the permissions that I'd set for this album.  The direct links to the pictures don't let you navigate away from them to other restricted pictures.  If you want to toggle between

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate, silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Steven Desjardins
Wow. Another escalation of tangental rhetoric. if you look at the mu43 forums or rumor sites, you do see some that have elevated the high iso issue to the former status of MP. It can be pretty maddening simply because they can't see past it. Of course it matters for most and for some it's

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: ... Oh come on Godfrey, you know that wasn't meant as an attack. The way you wrote it could be considered an ad hominem attack. As long as you want to comment on my writing style, I'll comment on yours, ok? ... your writing

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 11, 2011, at 6:01 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: ... Oh come on Godfrey, you know that wasn't meant as an attack. The way you wrote it could be considered an ad hominem attack. As long as you want to comment on my

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: I

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Ken Waller
I really don't care much what Google has heard of. I just want to see what the issue is. Mark ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Anthony Farr
On 12 September 2011 09:55, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: So why was this reference to film brought up at all? Films have not changed substantively since 1996 or so. Now, now, Godfrey, you're not trying to mess with my mind are you? You brought up the subject of comparison with

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-11 Thread Anthony Farr
On 12 September 2011 10:51, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: Is the version of Camera Raw that you are using running process 2010 or process 2003 code? That could be the issue you're seeing. The Camera Raw raw conversion routines were significantly improved with the introduction of

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-10 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: ... It's my opinion that the Panasonic 10MP 4/3 sensor, with its poor low-light performance, was the weak link in full sized FourThirds cameras.  At least when Kodak made DSLR sensors there was competition and choice,

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-10 Thread Steven Desjardins
They made it because it was easy and there are some who will take great delight in picking up a $50 M50.17 at KEH and have it be a really fast lens with a 275 fov. Even at that, it still won't be that big and you just throw it in a bag and pull it out on occasion. Anyone who buys this camera is

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-10 Thread Anthony Farr
On 11 September 2011 06:27, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: It's an interesting opinion being that no Micro-FourThirds cameras were ever made with the 10Mpixel sensor, all were the 12.3Mpixel sensor. Actually, that was my point as well. I wrote, They didn't make that mistake a

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-10 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: I couldn't find a camera with the 10MP Panasonic sensor that could reach iso6400.  Olympus 410 and above, 510 and above and the Panasonic DMC-L10 all top out at iso1600.  The Olympus E-3 tops out at iso3200, but its

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-09 Thread mike wilson
On 09/09/2011 01:07, William Robb wrote: On 08/09/2011 3:16 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 9/8/2011 3:38 PM, William Robb wrote: On 08/09/2011 1:25 PM, Sam L wrote: Yet I have never seen anything quite as retarded. It is a little bit like mounting a race engine to a bicycle. If you bought

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: Sam L On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:46 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: Just to see how it looks: http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20110905_475272.html Dario Obviously pentax has to make an adapter from K to Q mount. Yet I have never seen anything quite as retarded.

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter (really is about lens to body size opinions)

2011-09-09 Thread Tom C
William Robb wrote: I'm gonna play the Devil's Advocate for a moment. You are certainly stating the obvious regarding size, but what is perhaps getting lost is the usability of said package. I'd happily be proven wrong, but tossing a NEX sized camera onto the back of a sizable lens, say an

Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread Dario Bonazza
Just to see how it looks: http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20110905_475272.html Dario -- 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: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 8, 2011, at 12:46 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: Just to see how it looks: http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20110905_475272.html Impressive, the way that it makes the DA40 look big: http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/img/dcw/docs/475/272/html/004.jpg.html Actually, the DA40 isn't big,

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread Anthony Farr
On 8 September 2011 17:46, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: Just to see how it looks: http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20110905_475272.html Dario What a hoot! http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/img/dcw/docs/475/272/html/005.jpg.html Good luck hand-holding that combo. Anyone

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread Dario Bonazza
I wrote: Anthony Farr wrote: What a hoot! http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/img/dcw/docs/475/272/html/005.jpg.html Good luck hand-holding that combo. Anyone know the crop factor for the Q? 5x, hence the DA 40mm acts as a 200mm at least! While the soon-to-be-announced Nikon should be

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness

2011-09-08 Thread Anthony Farr
On 8 September 2011 20:27, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: I wrote: Anthony Farr wrote: What a hoot! http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/img/dcw/docs/475/272/html/005.jpg.html Good luck hand-holding that combo. Anyone know the crop factor for the Q? 5x, hence the DA 40mm acts

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 09:46:20AM +0200, Dario Bonazza wrote: Just to see how it looks: http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20110905_475272.html Hmm. What's the set of numbers 7654321 0 on the knurled ring? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 08:01:33PM +1000, Anthony Farr wrote: On 8 September 2011 17:46, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: Just to see how it looks: http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20110905_475272.html Dario What a hoot!

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread Steven Desjardins
That may be fine. The diffraction limit for that small a sensor might be arount 2.8-4 On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:13 PM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 08:01:33PM +1000, Anthony Farr wrote: On 8 September 2011 17:46, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote:

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread Anthony Farr
On 9 September 2011 04:13, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: And that's a DA lens, so there's no aperture ring. And with no digital communication between the body and the camera, you're stuck with manual focus at full aperture :-( Here's the Bing translation of the relevent text, But

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread Sam L
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:46 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: Just to see how it looks: http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20110905_475272.html Dario Obviously pentax has to make an adapter from K to Q mount. Yet I have never seen anything quite as retarded. It is a

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread William Robb
On 08/09/2011 1:25 PM, Sam L wrote: Yet I have never seen anything quite as retarded. It is a little bit like mounting a race engine to a bicycle. If you bought the Q, you wanted a small camera. If you mount anything but a Q (or similar tiny lens), then your camera is no longer small.

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 03:25:05PM -0400, Sam L wrote: On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:46 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: Just to see how it looks: http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20110905_475272.html Dario Obviously pentax has to make an adapter from K to Q

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread P. J. Alling
The ring marked 0-7 is probably a manual stop down ring. But even with that this is an extraordinarily silly proposition. On 9/8/2011 2:13 PM, John Francis wrote: On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 08:01:33PM +1000, Anthony Farr wrote: On 8 September 2011 17:46, Dario Bonazzadario.bona...@virgilio.it

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread P. J. Alling
On 9/8/2011 3:38 PM, William Robb wrote: On 08/09/2011 1:25 PM, Sam L wrote: Yet I have never seen anything quite as retarded. It is a little bit like mounting a race engine to a bicycle. If you bought the Q, you wanted a small camera. If you mount anything but a Q (or similar tiny

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 8, 2011, at 2:16 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 9/8/2011 3:38 PM, William Robb wrote: On 08/09/2011 1:25 PM, Sam L wrote: Yet I have never seen anything quite as retarded. It is a little bit like mounting a race engine to a bicycle. If you bought the Q, you wanted a small

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread Tom C
On 08/09/2011 1:25 PM, Sam L wrote: Yet I have never seen anything quite as retarded.  It is a little bit like mounting a race engine to a bicycle. If you bought the Q, you wanted a small camera.  If you mount anything but a Q (or similar tiny lens), then your camera is no longer small.

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread William Robb
On 08/09/2011 3:16 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 9/8/2011 3:38 PM, William Robb wrote: On 08/09/2011 1:25 PM, Sam L wrote: Yet I have never seen anything quite as retarded. It is a little bit like mounting a race engine to a bicycle. If you bought the Q, you wanted a small camera. If you

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread William Robb
On 08/09/2011 4:15 PM, Tom C wrote: On 08/09/2011 1:25 PM, Sam L wrote: Yet I have never seen anything quite as retarded. It is a little bit like mounting a race engine to a bicycle. If you bought the Q, you wanted a small camera. If you mount anything but a Q (or similar tiny lens),

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 7:07 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: Except that the whole world is cumming in their pants over the NEX. That explains all the floods we're having. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to