burkphoto wrote:
I would agree with that. I can remember scrolling through a few pages of new topics every day. This site seemed a lot more active nine years ago when I joined. Many of the active users I read back then are no longer here.
I joined here a few months before you did.
A member asked a question about a particular lens on a particular camera. I had that combination, so I made a point of taking several pictures when we went to the 4H Fair that evening. I made a mistake - I didn’t check the “keep original” box, so he may not have gotten the information he needed. In any case, another newcomer criticized my choice of subjects; I counted to ten. When I came back, several “old timers” had defended me. From that experience, and several others, I learned that no matter what I was thinking when I show a photo, others will find
something to criticize.
Admin treats this as a regular job. If something is posted on Saturday {as was the case with my 4-H photo}, he may not react until Monday afternoon. The result is poor ‘moderation’. I took a several year “vacation” from this place and now feel much better. Others may have permanently left because of the viciousness that can happen.
SuperflyTNT wrote:
How about a “Mundane Snapshot” category? That would really clean things up.
“Snapshot” is in the mind of the beholder.
Leinik wrote:
Ricoh has become a "digital service company" (from its own words in their 2023 report) that goes far far beyond printers and copiers. I am not sure Pentax (that does not even show as such in the report) is going to employ that many new workers anyway. Pentax and Ricoh cameras are just a way for the company to remain "visible" in a specific market where Pentax used to be a major player (Spotmatic SLRs, and even Pentax 6x7), but it is definitely not what makes it run now.
Our discussion will not change how they are run. Pentax has had a series of U-tube ‘programs’ about their film project, beginning with one that assured viewers the digital wouldn’t be affected - but some western users aren’t convinced. We shall see what happens this coming year. My usage probably not be affected - I’m not aware of anything from them I would want to get. I expect your usage won’t be affected.
This discussion has no connection to Z-mount lenses.
Leinik wrote:
Yes but my point was a response to the opinion that they could survive only focusing on the Japanese market. Besides Ricoh is not just Pentax (the GR line and much more).
Ricoh produces mostly printers of course, but their annual reports have ‘called out’ Pentax cameras.
Pentax does focus on their Japanese customers. I doubt if they would hire you if you’d want to change that. Ricoh’s top management seems to be satisfied at how Pentax is run.
twowindsbear wrote:
The first flash I bought, ca 1968, was a Honeywell auto strobonar 770 and it was automatic. I used it for about a year & traded it in for a Honeywell 880 that used a 510v external battery, also automatic.
I had a “Honeywell” flash around 1975. it woke me up by an acrid smell. Around that time, they stopped having built-in batteries.
Leinik wrote:
Yes but you were talking of flexibility which exactly why smart phones are so popular and have killed point & shoots (the best camera often happening to be the one you have with you). ;o)
We are talking about someone who has plans to have a DSLR or MILC with him. That is more important than the general trend. Last night I photographed a family infront of the church’s Christmas tree with their iPhone, just after I had taken a photo of it with my own camera. It all depends what you have available.
Leinik wrote:
These days I doubt that a camera and lens company (with the R&D involved with digital) can survive long just focusing on its national market unless they heavily invest in local advertising but this can only last for so long (not mentioning that Pentax is not the only Japanese player and the others, especially Canon, have bigger budgets to do exactly the same thing).
The annual reports from Ricoh show them to be profitable.
Leinik wrote:
How is that? Most cell-phone cameras now have got "zoom" possibilities, some real zooms or different lenses, others false "digital" zoom that is in fact cropping.
The phone cameras I’m aware of have seperate lenses and use software to get some sights. Not the same thing as what a DSLR or MILC can do.
SuperflyTNT wrote:
There’s no “depends”. It’s a fact. Although I guess the goal is to remain relevant and compete in today’s market.
They have featured Japanese artist after Japanese artist who continue to use film. Many of them use Medium Format - enough to make me wonder if they might produce a Medium Format camera in parallel to a 35mm camera. Pentax’s main market remains in Japan, and their main interest is to serve that market - they really don’t care what the rest us think, but we are welcome to purchase their products.
gvarner wrote:
I used a flatbed scanner, an Epson V600, to digitize and then used Photoshop Elements to organize and edit. Its Organizer data base allows me to change the date on the photo for the date scanned to the date taken. A feature that I really like. It’s three levels in the Editor - Quick, Guided, and Advanced - provided an easy learning curve for editing. Scanning at a resolution of 600 works well if you don’t intend to print much bigger than 5x7 or 8x12. Some may different opinions about that choice of resolution.
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I’ve used Epson scanners. My main issue is what I call ‘the halo effect’ - bright areas tend to “bleed” over into darker areas. I saw this prominently in a picture of our daughters wearing pink hoods.
GLSmith wrote:
I went back & checked the date...the other variable I deal with is haze & salt air as the pad is basically a few hundred yards off the ocean
So much talk about the atmosphere. Sports doesn’t involve a giant blow-torch, which has to have disturbed the atmosphere.
genocolo wrote:
Use your cell phone and enjoy your family time rather than screwing around with multiple lenses.
That is why he would use a single zoom lens - which is much more flexible than the camera in a typical cell phone.
Leinik wrote:
"But TTL stands for "thru the lens" so the flash self-metering option is something different."
TTL works both for camera and flash (if connected one way or the other to camera data [exposure]). You are confusing auto-flash (when the flash makes decisions according to the light it receives (through its sensor) without taking into consideration any information from the camera), and TTL flash when the flash is informed in real time by the camera according the light it measures through its lens.
TTL flash has been around since the 1980s with new advancements in camera light-metering and communication between lens, camera AND flash. The information gathered by the camera THROUGH THE LENS during exposure is transmitted to the flash and controls its intensity/duration. Even Leica added TTL to its line of M6 (and name M6 versus M6 TTL engraved on the camera hot shoe) when this started to be possible in their range-finders (and they were far from being the first ones to do that!!!), please update your knowledge base here.
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I’m not sure when “Auto flash” became available, but it was available for all cameras and didn’t require a special flash or a special link between flash and camera. When our first grand-daughter was born about a year ago, I {admittedly as a stunt} took a photo of her using the same “auto” flash I had used to routinely photograph her Mother. Next weekend we’ll be going for her first birthday; this time I may photograph with the same flash
and camera I had used with her Mother.
bobbyjohn wrote:
Next section I'd like to see removed from Main is "Flowers" or "Plants" or "Horticulture"...anything to remove all those from Main and put them separate. Presently all those overrun the Main.
In general, this material doesn’t belong in “Main” - they are “Gallery” material.
GLSmith wrote:
U can download a free app called "SuperCluster" for either Android or IPhone. It will give you the status of any launch as well as a link for voice, what the cargo is places to view the launch, what rocket is going etc
but nothing beats watching a real takeoff ‘live’. Many years ago, my family camped out on the beach to see a Gemini launch - then it was canceled at the last moment, and we saw it on TV - what a disappointment!!