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February 8th, 2010, posted in General

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February 7th, 2010, posted in General
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Isis as a yearling

February 4th, 2010, posted in Horses

Here is a video of Isis (bay) and her sister Asiirah (chestnut) when they were yearlings. Hard to believe Isis will be 17 this year. Funny how her blaze took up her entire face as a youngster and how she grew into it.

Lenses and RAW editors

February 3rd, 2010, posted in Photography

My boss just purchased a K100D Super, the same Pentax DSLR model that I have. We have been chatting about lenses and RAW editors. Here is a list of my lenses:

  • SMC Pentax-DA 1:3.5-5.6 18-55mm AL (autofocus, kit lens)
  • Takumar 1:2.5 135mm Asahi Optical serial #5571462
  • Super-Takumar 1:4/150mm Asahi Optical (M42 screw mount) serial #4089969
  • SMC Pentax-A 1:2 50mm serial #3759657
  • Kalimar MC Auto Zoom 1:4.0 80-200mm serial #K9564679
  • Tamron 70-210m 1:4-5.6 158A134937
  • Kalimar MC 50mm 1:1.7 coated serial #1053122
  • Tamron 70-300 f4-5.6 Di LD Macro 1:2 (autofocus)

I found basic reviews of most of my lenses at Photozone’s lens survey. Amazing how many variations there are on some lenses. There are several entries for the Tamron 70-300. The quality of the lens varies depending up the letters after the lens. The DI Ld that I have seems to be a little better than others.

Dealing with RAW files

Even though I have Adobe Photoshop CS4, I’ve been using a great little photo editor called Lighzone, by Light Crafts. It will do some batch processing, cropping, and image retouching where you can get as nitty gritty or as “Wizard-like” as you want. The software costs about $99 and runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux. Good stuff.

Other RAW image editors that read Pentax’s PEF RAW file format include:

FastStone image viewer will also read and convert PEF files. It has a free home edition and is only available for Windows.

Over 800 posts!

February 3rd, 2010, posted in General

I’ve had this blog since spring 2004 and not only is the blog five years old but I’ve also just passed 800 posts.

I wasn’t sure if I’d keep up with the blog or not (and granted there have been several months at a stretch where I haven’t posted anything).

Kinda cool to have that many posts and a site that is still going.

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