Re: Advice at various stages

2018-05-09 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 10:23 AM 5/9/2018, Igor wrote: >E.g. for the people who are experts of working with studio lights, - offer >trying to do a low-light photography of dancers or photography of stage >artists (musicians, dancers, actors) in ambient and better yet dynamic light. I am far from an expert with stud

Re: Advice at various stages

2018-05-09 Thread Igor PDML-StR
I think there is such a big multitude of parameters in photography that one can learn some new aspects even after many years of experience. I am sure that even world-renown photographers can learn some new techniques in the areas of photography (genres) that they haven't worked in. So, if a p

Re: Advice at various stages

2018-05-06 Thread Ken Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Larry Colen" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2018 12:59 PM Subject: Advice at various stages On that other timesuck, someone once asked what advice you’d give to dancers that have 1-3 yea

Advice at various stages

2018-05-05 Thread Larry Colen
On that other timesuck, someone once asked what advice you’d give to dancers that have 1-3 years of experience. People could most benefit from different advice at different stages of their learning process.What advice would you give to people at different stages of learning photography? J

Re: Playing at night, K-1 various lenses, some astrotracer

2016-07-03 Thread Marco Alpert
o: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Playing at night, K-1 various lenses, some astrotracer > > Great Work, Larry! > > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> >> L

Re: Playing at night, K-1 various lenses, some astrotracer

2016-07-03 Thread Alan C
What Dan said. Alan C -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2016 6:41 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Playing at night, K-1 various lenses, some astrotracer Great Work, Larry! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On

Re: Playing at night, K-1 various lenses, some astrotracer

2016-07-03 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Great Work, Larry! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > Last night we went up towards the end of Empire Grade (between Jamison > Creek and Lockheed) to try some night photography. I wanted to try out > both astrotr

Re: Playing at night, K-1 various lenses, some astrotracer

2016-07-03 Thread Christine Aguila
I’d say you had a fantastic showing for your “experimental session.” Really fun to see these photographs. Cheers, Christine > On Jul 2, 2016, at 4:48 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > Last night we went up towards the end of Empire Grade (between Jamison Creek > and Lockheed) to try some nigh

Re: Playing at night, K-1 various lenses, some astrotracer

2016-07-03 Thread Steve Cottrell
Really good stuff Larry - very interesting! On 2/7/16, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: >This might be the nicest shot photographically. I was mostly looking to >learn the gear, but it's nice when you get something half decent out of >the attempt. > >https://www.flickr.com/photos/ella

Re: Playing at night, K-1 various lenses, some astrotracer

2016-07-02 Thread Larry Colen
Mark Stringer wrote: Those are great shots Larry. Thanks a bunch. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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: Playing at night, K-1 various lenses, some astrotracer

2016-07-02 Thread Mark Stringer
L [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2016 4:48 PM To: Pentax-Discuss List Subject: Playing at night, K-1 various lenses, some astrotracer Last night we went up towards the end of Empire Grade (between Jamison Creek and Lockheed) to try some night pho

Re: Playing at night, K-1 various lenses, some astrotracer

2016-07-02 Thread Larry Colen
Larry Colen wrote: Last night we went up towards the end of Empire Grade (between Jamison Creek and Lockheed) to try some night photography. I wanted to try out both astrotracer and the Rokinon 24/1.4 with the K-1. This might be the nicest shot photographically. I was mostly looking to learn

Playing at night, K-1 various lenses, some astrotracer

2016-07-02 Thread Larry Colen
Last night we went up towards the end of Empire Grade (between Jamison Creek and Lockheed) to try some night photography. I wanted to try out both astrotracer and the Rokinon 24/1.4 with the K-1. This might be the nicest shot photographically. I was mostly looking to learn the gear, but it'

FS Friday: various lenses

2015-05-15 Thread Charles Robinson
I have a backlog of unused lenses I'm getting rid of. Nothing exotic, so actually don't expect anyone on this list to bite on any of this, but it's worth a shot! Various Pentax lenses for sale: Autofocus: DA 50-200mm zoom - $50 F80-200mm zoom - $40 FA50 1:1.7 $150 Manual Focus

Re: GESO: USA roadtrip 2014, various galleries

2015-01-05 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Sun, 4 Jan 2015 11:06:05 -0500 Bruce Walker wrote: > >I love that Medicine Mound gas station. Quite a trip, Jan! Thanks Bruce, and yes it was quite a trip ... Regards, JvW >On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Jan van Wijk wrote: >> I have finally processed the 3500 images taken on a 3 week 4000

Re: GESO: USA roadtrip 2014, various galleries

2015-01-05 Thread Jan van Wijk
Thanks Paul, On Sun, 04 Jan 2015 09:43:24 -0600 Paul wrote: > >Nice gallery. It's always fun to see a travelogue of ole Rt 66 And it was a lot of fun traveling down that road too! Regards, JvW >-p > >On 1/4/2015 7:48 AM, Jan van Wijk wrote: >>I have finally processed the 3500 images taken on a

Re: GESO: USA roadtrip 2014, various galleries

2015-01-04 Thread Bruce Walker
cago. > > Apart from typical route 66 stuff, I was searching for vintage cars (rusted > wrecks), > bridges, watertowers, ghost towns and derelict buildings, oh and avoiding > Interstates :) > > > Over time, I will add some mo

Re: GESO: USA roadtrip 2014, various galleries

2015-01-04 Thread Paul
recks), bridges, watertowers, ghost towns and derelict buildings, oh and avoiding Interstates :) Over time, I will add some more (themed) galleries with images from various trips. Enjoy! Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfse

Re: GESO: USA roadtrip 2014, various galleries

2015-01-04 Thread Jan van Wijk
Thanks Bob, Now need to plan for that southern part sometime :) On Sun, 4 Jan 2015 08:48:37 -0600 Bob Sullivan wrote: > >A nice representation of old Rt 66. > -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com Flickr : jvw_pentax -- PDML Pe

Re: GESO: USA roadtrip 2014, various galleries

2015-01-04 Thread Bob Sullivan
cago. > > Apart from typical route 66 stuff, I was searching for vintage cars (rusted > wrecks), > bridges, watertowers, ghost towns and derelict buildings, oh and avoiding > Interstates :) > > > Over time, I will add some mo

GESO: USA roadtrip 2014, various galleries

2015-01-04 Thread Jan van Wijk
add some more (themed) galleries with images from various trips. Enjoy! Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com Flickr : jvw_pentax -- This email was Anti Virus checked by Astaro Security Gateway. http

Re: PESO's various, Spring, etc.

2014-04-06 Thread Alan C
I must thank you all for sharing the wonderful shots of flowers, ducks, etc. which make their appearance in spring. Of course, I have seen them in books before but never the real thing. My sole experience of snow was in Oct 1979 on the Long Tom mountain pass. There are several places in SA where

FS: Lots of Promaster HGX filters, various sizes

2014-02-27 Thread CollinB
And a Heliopan 72mm thrown in for good measure. http://stores.ebay.com/presuppapologetics?_trksid=p2047675.l2563 -- 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 dire

Re: K-3 Samples at various ISOs

2013-10-30 Thread Darren Addy
tp://www.imaging-resource.com/IMCOMP/COMPS01.HTM > Dario > > -Messaggio originale- From: Paul Stenquist > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 6:03 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: K-3 Samples at various ISOs > > > I likewise couldn't find mention of t

Re: K-3 Samples at various ISOs

2013-10-30 Thread Dario Bonazza
This is for doing comparisons: http://www.imaging-resource.com/IMCOMP/COMPS01.HTM Dario -Messaggio originale- From: Paul Stenquist Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 6:03 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K-3 Samples at various ISOs I likewise couldn't find mention of t

Re: K-3 Samples at various ISOs

2013-10-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
I likewise couldn't find mention of the AA filter mode in the EXIF data. Use of the Sigma lens is fine by me. Appears to be good glass. Interesting that the ISO 12,800 exposure was done with noise reduction turned off. And it's quite good. I can't say for sure, but at a glance it appears to be l

Re: K-3 Samples at various ISOs

2013-10-30 Thread Darren Addy
Looking at the EXIF, a couple of observations... 1) They used a SIGMA lens? 2) Where in the EXIF is the info regarding the selectable AA filter? It seems to be that any evaluation of K-3 image quality needs to specify if that was OFF, or MODE 1 or MODE 2 (so that we can judge the differences betwe

Re: K-3 Samples at various ISOs

2013-10-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very good news. The noise level is acceptable even at 12,800, and the detail at lower ISOs is outstanding. Paul On Oct 30, 2013, at 11:46 AM, Zos Xavius wrote: > PS...meant to give a link...SORRY > > http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/pentax-k3/pentax-k3A7.HTM > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at

Re: K-3 Samples at various ISOs

2013-10-30 Thread Zos Xavius
PS...meant to give a link...SORRY http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/pentax-k3/pentax-k3A7.HTM On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Zos Xavius wrote: > 6400 looks very good. Ladies and gentleman: We have a winner! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/

K-3 Samples at various ISOs

2013-10-30 Thread Zos Xavius
6400 looks very good. Ladies and gentleman: We have a winner! -- 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-30 in-camera RAW histogram approximation (UniWB, various tweaks)

2013-05-31 Thread Larry Colen
On May 22, 2013, at 2:50 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > BTW, I shoot strictly RAW, no +JPEG, WB usually fixed at Cloudy, JPEG > configuration at factory defaults or close to. I stick to a 16-bit > post-processing workflow. I'm a stickler for image quality. Likewise > > Now elsewhere you have expla

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

2013-05-23 Thread Walt
On 5/23/2013 3:36 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 23 May 2013 17:44, Larry Colen wrote: You can spend ages trying to calculate the perfect exposure. Using incident and spot meters. Chimping the histogram and exposing to the right. Or, you could get pretty close to the right exposure, guessing as w

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

2013-05-23 Thread John Sessoms
From: Walt It's amazing anyone ever took a decent digital photo before ETTR or UniWB were devised, really. Angels. Pin. Dancing. -- 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

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

2013-05-23 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
: May 23, 2013 5/23/13 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: Pentax K-30 in-camera RAW histogram approximation (UniWB, various tweaks) On 23 May 2013 17:44, Larry Colen wrote: > You can spend ages trying to calculate the perfect exposure. Using incident > and spot meters. C

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

2013-05-23 Thread Rob Studdert
On 23 May 2013 17:44, Larry Colen wrote: > You can spend ages trying to calculate the perfect exposure. Using incident > and spot meters. Chimping the histogram and exposing to the right. Or, > you could get pretty close to the right exposure, guessing as well as you can > on your camera, then b

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

2013-05-23 Thread Larry Colen
ogram. It's a really great > > exposure -- and a very good looking plant too, by the way. > > > > An _excellent_ exposure. > > The fact that it is an excellent exposure is because I've taken > about 8 shots with various compensation levels and selected this on

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

2013-05-22 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
This RAW image is pretty much perfectly exposed. Emphasis on > _perfectly_. No clipping of highlights; trace clipping of shadows; > data spread nicely across the entire histogram. It's a really great > exposure -- and a very good looking plant too, by the way. > > An _excellent

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

2013-05-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Matthew Hunt wrote: >On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:08 PM, Mark Roberts > wrote: > >> What was arguably his most famous photograph (Moonrise Over Hernandez) was >> taken >> without using the zone system. Without even using a light meter, in fact. > >"It is difficult to make prints from this negative

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

2013-05-22 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:08 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > What was arguably his most famous photograph (Moonrise Over Hernandez) was > taken > without using the zone system. Without even using a light meter, in fact. "It is difficult to make prints from this negative that I truly like." - Ansel A

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

2013-05-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Walker wrote: >I'm willing to bet that the blinkies are calculated from the JPEG though. I'd bet you'd win that bet! ;-) Seriously, the people obsessing over the accuracy of their post-shot histograms are just the 21st-century equivalent of the Ansel Adams disciples fretting over every nua

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

2013-05-22 Thread Bruce Walker
I'm willing to bet that the blinkies are calculated from the JPEG though. On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > I'd like to ask a question. Under Record menu, screen 5, (on my K-5, > but I know other models have this same feature), there are Instant > Review options. One of them i

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

2013-05-22 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: > On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 12:50 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > The "underexposure" is exactly the problem: in most cases although > the JPEG (or the embedded JPEG in the RAW that we see the histogram > for) is overexposed, t

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

2013-05-22 Thread Darren Addy
I'd like to ask a question. Under Record menu, screen 5, (on my K-5, but I know other models have this same feature), there are Instant Review options. One of them is "Bright/Dark Area", which when ON will cause your blown out highlights to blink on the LCD screen. I always thought that this meant

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

2013-05-22 Thread Darren Addy
A PentaxForums thread on this subject: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-dslr-discussion/68043-finally-camera-raw-histogram.html On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 8:09 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: > Just to jump in here > > > On 5/22/13 12:24 PM, Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: > >> Now off-topic a li

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

2013-05-22 Thread John Francis
Yep. In reality, there is precisely one degree of freedom for exposure. You have just one thing you can do - overexpose/underexpose compared to what your metering system tells you what the "correct" exposure is. Anything you see on the back of the camera (histogram, flashing pixels for over/unde

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

2013-05-22 Thread Doug Brewer
Just to jump in here On 5/22/13 12:24 PM, Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: Now off-topic a little bit to describe my personal context in all this: * I perfectly understand that what makes the difference between a "good" and "ordinary" photo is mainly composition (and to a less extent the

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

2013-05-22 Thread Paul Stenquist
result in PhotoShop. And given the exposure latitude and high ISO noise levels of the K30 or K-5, it's a piece of cake. > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > - Original Message - From: "Charles Robinson" > Subject: Re:

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

2013-05-22 Thread Walt
It's amazing anyone ever took a decent digital photo before ETTR or UniWB were devised, really. -- Walt On 5/22/2013 5:41 PM, Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 12:50 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Now elsewhere you have explained that you want to doctor or calibrate your histogr

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

2013-05-22 Thread kwaller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Charles Robinson" Subject: Re: Pentax K-30 in-camera RAW histogram approximation (UniWB,various tweaks) On May 22, 2013, at 11:41 , Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Charles Robinson

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

2013-05-22 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 12:50 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Now elsewhere you have explained that you want to doctor or calibrate > your histogram in aid of calculating exposures for doing ETTR. You > might want to consider that ETTR is considered by many to be no longer > relevant and even harmful. I

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

2013-05-22 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 12:50 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: The "underexposure" is exactly the problem: in most cases although the JPEG (or the embedded JPEG in the RAW that we see the histogram for) is overexposed, the actual RAW data is under exposed, to the point that almost 2

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

2013-05-22 Thread Gerrit Visser
Excellent article. Thank you Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 5:51 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Pentax K-30 in-camera RAW histogram approximation (UniWB, various tweaks) On Wed

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

2013-05-22 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Ciprian Dorin Craciun >> wrote: >>> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: For the K30 (and K5), there is so much

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

2013-05-22 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
k if you > read a lot of discussions on the Internet. It is perfectly clear to me that photography is an experimental and empirical endeavor, and not a controlled laboratory experiment. :) > Thom Hogan writes quite a bit about UniWB in his guides for the > various Nikon camera mode

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

2013-05-22 Thread Charles Robinson
On May 22, 2013, at 11:41 , Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: >> However - in real-world shooting: I've been shooting RAW since about March >> of 2008 - starting with my K10D, then the K7, and now the K5. I've never >> had a problem with

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

2013-05-22 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
this. I've done exactly this: * I've shot one RAW at some scene with both shadows and highlights (i.e. from inside the room out the window, in a not very sunny day); * then I've played with various contrast and "high/low key adj" settings and saved a JPEG from **e

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

2013-05-22 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Ciprian Dorin Craciun > wrote: >> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: >>> >>> For the K30 (and K5), there is so much exposure latitude that if you're >>> really worried about oversatura

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

2013-05-22 Thread George Sinos
goals. If that's what you enjoy, by all means do it. I'm just saying that photography is a much less precise pursuit than you might think if you read a lot of discussions on the Internet. Thom Hogan writes quite a bit about UniWB in his guides for the various Nikon camera models. To paraphr

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

2013-05-22 Thread Boris Liberman
Hello and welcome. If my memory does not fail me (which it might), you're a new poster, at least in de-lurked sense of the word. Few points: 1. It seems this article is targeted at the people who're willing to spend their time tinkering with the gear. Without any disrespect to you and to the

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

2013-05-22 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: >> >> For the K30 (and K5), there is so much exposure latitude that if you're >> really worried about oversaturation, just "underexpose" by a stop.. or two.. >> or three.. a

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

2013-05-22 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: > However - in real-world shooting: I've been shooting RAW since about March of > 2008 - starting with my K10D, then the K7, and now the K5. I've never had a > problem with "not knowing what I get". The images largely just work, > espec

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

2013-05-22 Thread Darren Addy
Thanks for sharing a link to your photo-related links page! That should keep me occupied for a while. : ) On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >> I'd like to thank Ciprian for his question, without which I would have

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

2013-05-22 Thread Charles Robinson
On May 22, 2013, at 11:24 , Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: > >> Otherwise it seems to me like so much fussing and stressing to "get the >> right histogram" that you've forgotten that the reason you have a camera is >> to take photos. > >:) Yup. I agree. > >However picture this, when sh

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

2013-05-22 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > I'd like to thank Ciprian for his question, without which I would have > been unaware of UniWB. After a bit of reading ( > http://www.malch.com/nikon/UniWB.html ) I can see why some bother to > try it, :) No problem. A little bit of s

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

2013-05-22 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: > On May 22, 2013, at 09:37 , Ciprian Dorin Craciun > wrote: >>I've been struggling twice so far to obtain the so called "UniWB" >> on a Pentax K-30, but without any "real" success so far. > > I'm sorry that I don't have any help for y

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

2013-05-22 Thread Darren Addy
I'd like to thank Ciprian for his question, without which I would have been unaware of UniWB. After a bit of reading ( http://www.malch.com/nikon/UniWB.html ) I can see why some bother to try it, however for the way I work I'm afraid it would cause more problems than it would solve. I tend to shoot

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

2013-05-22 Thread Charles Robinson
On May 22, 2013, at 10:52 , Matthew Hunt wrote: > > UniWB, as I understand it, is an effort to find a set of camera > settings (white balance, etc.) that makes the displayed histogram come > as close as possible to this ideal. > Ugh - sounds like a lot of work. For the K30 (and K5), there is s

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

2013-05-22 Thread Matthew Hunt
When you view the histogram on your camera, the histogram is based on the JPEG rendering of the photo, even if you're shooting raw. That means that the R,G,B channels shift relative to each other based on the white balance setting, the saturation point changes based on the contrast, etc., even thou

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

2013-05-22 Thread Charles Robinson
On May 22, 2013, at 09:37 , Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: >Hello all! > >I've been struggling twice so far to obtain the so called "UniWB" > on a Pentax K-30, but without any "real" success so far. > I'm sorry that I don't have any help for you on this other than to ask: why? It sound

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

2013-05-22 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
Hello all! I've been struggling twice so far to obtain the so called "UniWB" on a Pentax K-30, but without any "real" success so far. Has anyone been able to succeed at this? (And maybe share a raw photo that has the appropriate WB settings?) I've tried the method described on h

Various odds and ends from Pentax (useful[?] accessories)

2012-04-24 Thread Igor Roshchin
I came across a bunch of things by Pentax or related to Pentax. Some of them might be of interest to some PDMLers... For those who want to couple a scope to a digital camera (Optio, not a DSLR): http://www.adorama.com/PXUA1.html I wonder if there is something specific to Optio, or it can be used

Re: PESO - Snow in various colours

2010-12-29 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 12:56 PM, AlunFoto wrote: > Just pertaining to the recent discussion on rendering of snow. I was > out shooting some today, and saw this one: > > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-282 > > There is blue from the sky in the shadows, and a peachlike colour i

Re: PESO - Snow in various colours

2010-12-28 Thread Boris Liberman
Not sure about colors, but the play of lines and shadows pleases my eyes. On 12/28/2010 7:56 PM, AlunFoto wrote: Just pertaining to the recent discussion on rendering of snow. I was out shooting some today, and saw this one: http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-282 There is blu

Re: PESO - Snow in various colours

2010-12-28 Thread Christine Aguila
Wow, very pretty, Jostein. Love it! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "AlunFoto" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 11:56 AM Subject: PESO - Snow in various colours Just pertaining to the recent discussion on renderin

Re: PESO - Snow in various colours

2010-12-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
AlunFoto wrote: Just pertaining to the recent discussion on rendering of snow. I was out shooting some today, and saw this one: http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-282 There is blue from the sky in the shadows, and a peachlike colour in the low sun. No saturation or vibrance a

Re: PESO - Snow in various colours

2010-12-28 Thread Jack Davis
Subtle serenity. Pleasing feel to it, Jostein! Jack --- On Tue, 12/28/10, AlunFoto wrote: > From: AlunFoto > Subject: PESO - Snow in various colours > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 9:56 AM > Just pertaining to the recent > dis

Re: PESO - Snow in various colours

2010-12-28 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jostein, Lovely picture. I've come to love the color added by brush as in the left side of your shot. The meandering stream with a bit of steam it a plus too. Lovely time of day. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:56 AM, AlunFoto wrote: > Just pertaining to the recent discussion on ren

Re: PESO - Snow in various colours

2010-12-28 Thread David J Brooks
Lovely. Nice work on the shadows Dave On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 12:56 PM, AlunFoto wrote: > Just pertaining to the recent discussion on rendering of snow. I was > out shooting some today, and saw this one: > > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-282 > > There is blue from the sky

PESO - Snow in various colours

2010-12-28 Thread AlunFoto
Just pertaining to the recent discussion on rendering of snow. I was out shooting some today, and saw this one: http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-282 There is blue from the sky in the shadows, and a peachlike colour in the low sun. No saturation or vibrance added. Jostein --

Lens comparisons: various at 55mm and 135mm

2010-12-21 Thread Stan Halpin
There was a recent discussion here about the DA* 55/1.4 and a question raised about how it might compare with the other Pentax 55mm lens, an early PK 55/1.8. And I had nothing better to do except grade papers and assign final grades for the semester, so I did some comparisons. The contenders -

Impressions from various photo papers

2010-07-10 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi All, I tried two new papers this weekend. One is Harman Matt FB Mp (Fibre Matte), and the other one is Premier Velvet BW. I am underwhelmed by the former one, while the latter one looks really good. I had a problem with Harman Matt FB Mp. The ink seems to chip off from its surface relatively

Re: Adapting Various Mount Vintage Lenses to Various Mount DSLR?

2009-11-25 Thread Sandy Harris
On 11/25/09, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > Anybody know of any good websites/forums/ > other resource discussing/covering vintage > lens adaptations of various > makes: Pentax m42/Pentax K/ Nikon/Canon FD/ Minolta md/ > Olympus mf/ Konica, etc to the various DSLRS > o

Re: Adapting Various Mount Vintage Lenses to Various Mount DSLR?

2009-11-25 Thread eckinator
resource discussing/covering vintage >> lens adaptations of various >> makes: Pentax m42/Pentax K/ Nikon/Canon FD/ Minolta md/ >> Olympus mf/ Konica, etc to the various DSLRS >> on the Market Today? e.g. Pentax, Sony, Canon, >> Nikon, Olympus 4/3 micro 4/3, etc? >&g

Re: Adapting Various Mount Vintage Lenses to Various Mount DSLR?

2009-11-25 Thread eckinator
http://www.novoflex.com/en/products/adapters/ lookee here =) 2009/11/25 J.C. O'Connell : > Anybody know of any good websites/forums/ > other resource discussing/covering vintage > lens adaptations of various > makes: Pentax m42/Pentax K/ Nikon/Canon FD/ Minolta md/ > Olympu

Adapting Various Mount Vintage Lenses to Various Mount DSLR?

2009-11-25 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Anybody know of any good websites/forums/ other resource discussing/covering vintage lens adaptations of various makes: Pentax m42/Pentax K/ Nikon/Canon FD/ Minolta md/ Olympus mf/ Konica, etc to the various DSLRS on the Market Today? e.g. Pentax, Sony, Canon, Nikon, Olympus 4/3 micro 4/3, etc

Re: light tent was Re: FS: Various Pentax items

2009-01-30 Thread wendy beard
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:04:19 -0500 >> wendy beard wrote: >> >>> I need a light tent :-) >> > http://www.backcountrygear.com/catalog/tentdetail.cfm?PRODUCTS__productID=IN2100 > > > -- Ah, thanks... Wendy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Li

Re: light tent was Re: FS: Various Pentax items

2009-01-30 Thread Larry Colen
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:26:40PM -0500, Paul Stenquist wrote: # You're right. Of course I was trying to be humorous, which I rarely # manage well. But after posting it occurred to me that a tent like this # isn't far off the mark. A white one would work just fine. I saw the humor, and the fa

Re: light tent was Re: FS: Various Pentax items

2009-01-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
You're right. Of course I was trying to be humorous, which I rarely manage well. But after posting it occurred to me that a tent like this isn't far off the mark. A white one would work just fine. Paul On Jan 30, 2009, at 9:18 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 06:02:36PM -0800,

Re: light tent was Re: FS: Various Pentax items

2009-01-30 Thread Larry Colen
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 06:02:36PM -0800, John Celio wrote: # >>wendy beard wrote: # >> # >>>I need a light tent :-) # >> # >http://www.backcountrygear.com/catalog/tentdetail.cfm?PRODUCTS__productID=IN2100 # # AH HAH HAH HAH HAH *SNORK* HAH HAH (etc) I missed it the first time around, but now t

Re: light tent was Re: FS: Various Pentax items

2009-01-30 Thread John Celio
wendy beard wrote: I need a light tent :-) http://www.backcountrygear.com/catalog/tentdetail.cfm?PRODUCTS__productID=IN2100 AH HAH HAH HAH HAH *SNORK* HAH HAH (etc) John (wasn't paying attention to the URL) -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/calemp http://www.cafepress

Re: light tent was Re: FS: Various Pentax items

2009-01-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:04:19 -0500 wendy beard wrote: I need a light tent :-) http://www.backcountrygear.com/catalog/tentdetail.cfm?PRODUCTS__productID=IN2100 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, pleas

light tent was Re: FS: Various Pentax items

2009-01-30 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:04:19 -0500 wendy beard wrote: > I need a light tent :-) http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-make-a-inexpensive-light-tent -- "Love" is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy c

Re: FS: Various Pentax items

2009-01-30 Thread wendy beard
Pics are up on the page (scroll down) http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/forsale I need a light tent :-) Wendy On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:39 AM, wendy beard wrote: > I'm selling a number of items. > Prices in Canadian Dollars. Shipping extra. > Feel free to make me an offer on anything. Prices men

Re: FS: Various Pentax items

2009-01-30 Thread wendy beard
I have a whole cupboard full of those but I'm saving them for a rainy day :-) On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Cotty wrote: > On 30/1/09, wendy beard, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Epson P-2000 photo storage thingy. Includes extra (aftermarket) >>battery - $CDN 150 > > I have a few thingys, hav

Re: FS: Various Pentax items

2009-01-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/1/09, wendy beard, discombobulated, unleashed: >Epson P-2000 photo storage thingy. Includes extra (aftermarket) >battery - $CDN 150 I have a few thingys, have you any watchamacallits? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.

FS: Various Pentax items

2009-01-29 Thread wendy beard
I'm selling a number of items. Prices in Canadian Dollars. Shipping extra. Feel free to make me an offer on anything. Prices mentioned are based on completed items on eBay. Photos will be coming and more detailed descriptions of condition. I just wanted to set the ball rolling. smc PENTAX FA 100mm

FS Friday: Various lenses & body

2008-07-10 Thread Mike Hamilton
At the moment, I"m having a hard time locating my card reader. My desk is a bit of a sty. I have taken photos of these items, and will provide images once I have them onto the web. FA 20-35 f/4 -- excellent condition. I purchased this new from B&H in 2006. Includes original caps, hood,

Re: PEF-support in various software

2008-06-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 8:55 PM, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 11:27 PM 17/06/2008, David J Brooks wrote: >>It would be nice, for those of us that do not want to or cannot >>afford, the upgrades, to have Adobe allow the newer raw files to work >>with CS and or CS2. >> >>I know they w

Re: PEF-support in various software

2008-06-17 Thread pnstenquist
I still use PSCS to convert my K20D files. But I shoot DNG. My work laptop (a 2 Gigahertz Intel duocore Macbook) is equipped with PS 3, but the monitor sucks. However, I may start using it more. I'm learning to compensate:-). Paul -- Original message -- From: Davi

Re: PEF-support in various software

2008-06-17 Thread David Savage
At 11:27 PM 17/06/2008, David J Brooks wrote: >It would be nice, for those of us that do not want to or cannot >afford, the upgrades, to have Adobe allow the newer raw files to work >with CS and or CS2. > >I know they won't, but it would be nice. Well they do in a roundabout way. You just have to

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