On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 08:28:26AM -0500, Paul Stenquist wrote: # Welcome aboard. You probably won't find as much information here as on # dpreview, but you won't find as much misinformation either. Nor as # much angst. You will find plenty of information about beer, scotch and # the unseemly personal habits of list members. # Paul
OK, I can dig that. I'm not Michael Jackson, but I've been known to sip a wee dram now and then. Here are some shots from this year's Whiskymas: http://flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157611643033071/ # # On Jan 28, 2009, at 7:33 AM, Jack Davis wrote: # # >Glad you've moved to our side. ;) # >Very much look forward to your work and advice. # > # >Jack # > # > # >--- On Tue, 1/27/09, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: # > # >>From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> # >>Subject: New guy, Introduction # >>To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> # >>Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 10:56 PM # >>Howdy folks, # >> # >>I joined the list this afternoon, after meeting John # >>Francis at a # >>photo-meetup lunch I instigated. Some of you may know me as # >>"ellarsee" # >>on the dpreview pentax forum. Ellarsee is just a funny way # >>of spelling # >>LRC, my initials (and part of my destiny to be an # >>Electrical Engineer, # >>but I digress, often). # >> # >>My involvement with photography seems to be a very common # >>profile. In # >>1973, when I was 12, Dad got a Spotmatic II and taught me # >>some of the # >>basics. I'd frequently play with the camera, setting up # >>shots, # >>exposure etc. but rarely actually taking any shots. # >>Someplace, there's # >>a print of my first photograph, but I haven't seen it # >>in a while. The # >>following summer, I took photography in summer school and # >>learned the # >>basics of darkroom work. My first camera was an Argus C3, # >>which I # >>still have. That September I got a used Minolta SRT-101. # >>Sometime # >>around then, Dad and I set up a darkroom which I spent a # >>lot of time # >>in over the next several years, until my folks got divorced # >>and Mom # >>rented out the downstairs apartment. # >> # >>I had intermittent darkroom access in college, but after I # >>lost access # >>to a darkroom, photography became something I did, but not # >>seriously. Lest this post rival a Norse saga in length, # >>I'll skip # >>forward to November 2007 when I bought my K100D super. I # >>almost got a # >>Nikon D40 but when I found out about the Pentax, came to # >>the # >>conclusion that even if Pentax didn't have any # >>offerings at the top # >>end, what they did offer gave a lot more for the money than # >>Nikon. I'm # >>afraid that I've never shot a Canon SLR that "felt # >>good in my # >>hands". The plan was that the K100 and kitlens should # >>be enough to # >>last me a couple years until the performance that I wanted # >>was # >>"affordable". My favorite lens on 35 had been the # >>Vivitar 28-105 and # >>the kit lens was not too far from the equivalent range. # >> # >>One of my key reasons for getting a DSLR rather than # >>replacing my # >>stolen FZ50 was low light performance. The following # >>weekend, I # >>determined that the kit lens just simply was not fast # >>enough. Cutting # >>to the chase, the next week I spent more than I had on my # >>camera and # >>kit lens on an FA 31 limited. # >> # >>The past year has been a pretty typical one of spending # >>stupid amounts # >>of money on toys. A few very nice lenses, and quite a few # >>inexpensive # >>used ones. My latest gear acquisition is a katzeye focusing # >>screen # >>which to someone who grew up with manual focus, is like # >>growning an # >>arm back. When I'm not exhibiting fiscal # >>irresponsibility, I'm working # >>on the theory that the best way to learn from your mistakes # >>is to make # >>sure that you make a lot of them. So, I've been # >>shooting a lot of # >>photos, basically whenever I can find a few minutes to play # >>with my # >>camera, and 40,000 frames later probably have almost a # >>dozen that I # >>don't need to ashamed of. # >> # >>I've been posting pictures on my flickr account: # >>http://flickr.com/ellarsee # >> # >>Since I do a lot of blues dancing ( # >>http://fridaynightblues.com ) and # >>nobody else has much luck shooting dancers in the # >>ridiculously low # >>light environment, I've been working on that, # >>experimenting with both # >>IR flash with my K100 and an FZ20 I had converted to IR. # >> # >>I tend to keep my 18-250 on the camera as my "Ready # >>for anything # >>lens", but when I can I prefer to shoot with a prime. # >>I'm currently # >>toying with getting a DA40 to see how close to a # >>"carry in a coat # >>pocket" sized camera I can get. I've also toyed # >>with the idea of the # >>43 or the 21, but while the 40 is just over my threshold of # >>financial # >>pain, the other two are quite a bit over. # >> # >>I was wondering if anyone in the San Jose/Santa Cruz/Bay # >>Area had any # >>of those lenses and would be interested in getting together # >>so I could # >>try them out before spending money on one. # >> # >>Another Pentax related question is that I have a friend who # >>lives in # >>Sacramento who is very interested in the K2000, but who # >>would much # >>rather try one out before buying it. Does anyone know of # >>any stores # >>in her area where she could check one out? # >> # >> Larry # >> # >> # >>-- # >> It's not the steps in the dance, it's the # >>dance in the steps. # >>Larry Colen [email protected] # >>http://www.red4est.com/lrc # >> # >> # >>-- # >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List # >>[email protected] # >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net # >>to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link # >>directly above and follow the directions. # > # > # > # > # >-- # >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List # >[email protected] # >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net # >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above # >and follow the directions. # # # -- # PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List # [email protected] # http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net # to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and # follow the directions. -- It's not the steps in the dance, it's the dance in the steps. 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