> On Jun 5, 2024, at 4:09 PM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 06, 2024 at 12:42:39AM +0200, Ralf R Radermacher wrote:
>> Am 06.06.24 um 00:09 schrieb John Francis:
>>> Maybe it's time to add a section to the PUG for images created with
>>> non-Pentax
>>> gear. Or maybe it isn't - I don't know hom many other non-Pentax using
>>> PDMLers
>>> are still around.
>>
>> What keeps you from posting photos shot while you were using Pentax gear?
>>
>> I haven't been able to take any new photos for the last two years and my
>> days as a 'picture taking' photographer are over but I still have tens of
>> thousands of RAW and scanned analog photos to sift through and quite a few
>> to publish.
>
> Nothing stops me from posting old photographs - I shoot significantly less
> than some people here, so I've got every digital image I took available.
> (And boxes of slides, negatives, etc., very few of which have been scanned).
> But that doesn't help me get to be a better photographer. I sometimes used
> the PUG topic as a way to prompt myself out of my comfort zone and try some
> shots I'd never have thought of myself. Much of the time it didn't result
> in anything I wanted to show anybody else, but there were occasions when I
> came up with something I was pleased with, and even a few times when I ended
> up with an image I felt was worth submitting.
I see a couple of options.
You could use the PUG as an excuse to grab the K-5 and give it some exercise.
I know that the 16-50 doesn't like to be left fallow too long, the K-5 probably
prefers to get a bit of exercise now and then too.
You could put the PK adapter on the OM-1 and get some shots using Pentax glass.
You could start an APUG, alternative PUG. Perhaps one with a simplified user
interface that required less moderation, but some sort of password (could be
the monthly topic) to keep spammers out.
You could just enjoy the photos that other people do post, that were taken with
Pentax gear.
I kind of feel guilty that I never get around to even looking for something to
post in the PUG, even though I often look at it and realize I already have a
very topical image in my collection.
Is there a list anyplace of all of the historical PUG topics?
LRC
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