Re: Pentax 17

2024-06-18 Thread Bill
On 6/18/2024 12:47 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 18/06/2024 05:05 BST John Francis wrote: On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 04:03:50PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: On Jun 17, 2024, at 3:57 PM, Bill wrote: It looks a lot more complete than I was expecting. A lot more usable than I was expecting. A li

Re: Pentax 17

2024-06-18 Thread mike wilson
> On 18/06/2024 14:03 BST Bill wrote: > > > On 6/18/2024 12:47 AM, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 18/06/2024 05:05 BST John Francis wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 04:03:50PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > >>> > On Jun 17, 2024, at 3:57 PM, Bill wrote: > > It looks a

Re: Pentax 17

2024-06-18 Thread Comcast
> On Jun 18, 2024, at 9:03 AM, Bill wrote: > > The problem with the camera from the POV of the PDML isn't the camera, it's > that we are all too fucking old. The target market isn't a bunch of people in > God's waiting room. > > bill Exactly. I am most likely using the cameras I will die wi

Re: Pentax 17

2024-06-18 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 17.06.24 um 22:42 schrieb Bob W PDML: £499 in the UK. To me, it doesn't look like a Pentax and, even worse, it doesn't look like something that should cost 500 quid. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.

Re: Pentax 17

2024-06-18 Thread Bill
On 6/18/2024 7:11 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 18/06/2024 14:03 BST Bill wrote: On 6/18/2024 12:47 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 18/06/2024 05:05 BST John Francis wrote: On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 04:03:50PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: On Jun 17, 2024, at 3:57 PM, Bill wrote: It looks a lot m

Re: Pentax 17

2024-06-18 Thread Bob W PDML
> On 18 Jun 2024, at 16:01, Bill wrote: > >  > […] > Now I don't sit on the Ricoh board of directors, but then nobody who posts > here does either, and to be blunt, the target market for this camera are > people who are half a century younger than the average age of the soon to be > crated an

Re: Pentax 17

2024-06-18 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 18.06.24 um 16:15 schrieb Bob W PDML: 35mm landscape is the best format for shooting coffins. MARK! -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog :http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio :http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos :https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/7

Re: Motherboard upgrade: Seeking advice from all (but it's probably gonna be mostly from Larry)

2024-06-18 Thread Larry Colen
I wish I could help, but I haven't been keeping up. I've just been buying used mac gear from a friend with a shop in Santa Cruz (Pacific Macs). A couple other people on the list have built up new machines in the past year and would know better than me what to look for. A while back the mobo in m

Re: Motherboard upgrade: Seeking advice from all (but it's probably gonna be mostly from Larry)

2024-06-18 Thread Toine
Any major brand is ok (MSI, Asus, Asrock). I would pick Intel, one of the last generation (13th 14th). i7 is fast enough, i9 runs very hot and needs max power. add 32Gb Ram or more. I would go for a liquid cooler on an i7 or i9. Peak power is simply too much for most air coolers (I ruined an i7 on

Re: Motherboard upgrade: Seeking advice from all (but it's probably gonna be mostly from Larry)

2024-06-18 Thread Larry Colen
Yeah, I would expect that a new GPU would give you the most bang for your buck. If you can upgrade the CPU without upgrading your MOBO, that would give a good boost with less risk of finding out that your new mobo doesn't support some bus that one of your old cards needs, or suchlike. It w

Another UK pano

2024-06-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Just discovered 5 images on my hard drive that I forgot to stitch after our Cumbria Way walk. Here's the result: https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/53800935843/in/album-72177720317448943/ -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Penta

Re: Motherboard upgrade: Seeking advice from all (but it's probably gonna be mostly from Larry)

2024-06-18 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 10:59:05PM +0200, Toine wrote: > Any major brand is ok (MSI, Asus, Asrock). I would pick Intel, one of the > last generation (13th 14th). i7 is fast enough, i9 runs very hot and > needs max power. add 32Gb Ram or more. I would go for a liquid cooler on an > i7 or i9. Peak po

Re: Motherboard upgrade: Seeking advice from all (but it's probably gonna be mostly from Larry)

2024-06-18 Thread Mark Roberts
John Francis wrote: >On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 10:59:05PM +0200, Toine wrote: >> Last but not least: add a nvidia GPU, something like a >> RTX 3060 at minimum. Lightroom, photoshop etc all use the GPU. Denoise >> drops from 9 minutes to 9 sec on an rtx3060 > >If you do go for a 3060, though, you're

K-3 repair update

2024-06-18 Thread Larry Colen
I just heard from Precision, my K-3III has been repaired and shipped, it should arrive back here on Monday. As to the superzoom, I just ordered an 18-250 off of Ebay for about $85 with shipping and tax. Despite the WR of the 18-270 I never really liked it as much as the 18-250 it replaced, and

Re: Motherboard upgrade: Seeking advice from all (but it's probably gonna be mostly from Larry)

2024-06-18 Thread Bill
I did a new build last year based on a Gigabyte Aorus MB and Aorus video card. I chose the MB because it supported 4 x M.2 cards on the MB which are significantly faster than anything going through the SATA buss. The only other card I attached to the MB is the video card, but there are many slo