Seems like years since it's been clear
The Perfecting Equilibrium Digest, March 13-19, 2024
Little darlin', I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darlin', it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun
And I say, it's alright
Comment of the Week
Steve Ross on Gold Days I’ll Always Treasure:
Great pix. I've shown up for jury duty a dozen times or more... and have never been chosen to actually hear a case. But I do also still have and use my Pentax 135 f/3.5. Do I keep my good citizen/photographer badge?
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Best Gear for Eclipse Photography
An interview with Ken Curry, president, Ricoh Imaging Americas, plus more from NASA, B&H
By cjfeola in Photography on Mar 18, 2024
We’re photographers here at Pentax Forum, so we plan to participate in this festival the usual way-by photographing it! Today we have more advice on photographing the eclipse. And who better to advise on photographing an eclipse – or anything really – with Pentax gear than…Pentax! Here’s Ken Curry, president, Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation.
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My brain is a peculiar place; it likes to play word association, and then play back songs with those words. Here are the songs playing in my mind as I wrote these articles.
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Thursday March 21st - The PE Vlog: We’re starting a new series on building Large Language Models — AIs — for our own applications.
Friday March 22nd - Foto.Feola.Friday
Sunday March 24th — About that time I accidentally ended up on TV. Repeatedly. I well know that I have a face for radio. Despite that I’ve somehow ended up on television in everything from a Japanese miniseries to working as a TV reporter to a Pacific Stars & Stripes documentary.