Tomorrow is the Pentax World Global Shoot Day. We will be camping in the San Bernardino Mountains @ more than 8,000ft Elevation. K-7s are ready...but

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Hi Pentaxian friends.

This weekend me and my step son are supposed to go primitive camping in the San Bernardino mountains. You can go by foot, but we usually go with my Jeep. In preparation for this trip, I checked the Jeep this week to make sure everything was in order. We drive to about 8,000 ftelevation and because the air is thinner up there, vehicles don't always burn the fuel in the proper air/fuel mixture.

As murphy law would have it, I found out that the intake manifold gasket was leaking and that the radiator was also loosing coolant. I have been working on the Jeep since Wednesday and it is almost ready (Friday Night @ 7:05 P.M.). We hope there won't be anymore problems and we think we will be ready around midnight.

We want to leave before sun-up so that we can take great sun rise pictures on the mountains. Tomorrow is the “PENTAX WORLD” GLOBAL SHOOT DAY: Saturday, October 10, 2009 . We are hoping to get some great shots to share.

I just wanted to take a few minutes to post this. I'm going down in the garage to finish our repairs work.

Update at 1:30 A.M Saturday. We can't get the new carburetor to work properly. It looks like a defective carburetor. We will spend one hour in the morning trying to install the old carb and if that doesn't work, we will still go camping on the mountains but with my trusted Chevy 4WD Pickup. You can't always have what you want... ;(

Thanks for reading,

Yvon Bourque

Nobel Prizes for Camera + Photography (Noisy edition)

Nobel Prizes for Camera + Photography (Noisy edition)

I am proud to announce that 1000 noisy cameras has awarded me a "Nobel Prize for camera + Photography" in the Camera-Literature category. Imagine that! I will be receiving $1.4 million, but due to liquidity issues, the first payment will be made in November 2099 providing that I'm still alive. I will be arounf 150 years old by then. What an honor this is.

Mr. Obama...eat your heart out!

Thank you to www.1001noisycameras.com/ and all the people that voted for me. I will cherish this prize forever.

Devastating fires in California near my home. It is a place I visited often with my Pentax DSLRs.

The small mountain town of Wrightwood pictures above.

The above map is where the fires are burning. The pictures below were taken in the red circled area. I live in the Victor Valley area, which is close by. If you are familiar with by blogsite, I often venture in my Jeep to the San Bernardino mountains and usually show some photographs on this blogsite. In fact, we are going there for the upcoming weekend, and will camp atop one of the mountain. I will be taking pictures from there on the 10th, and will submit some to PentaxForums for the “PENTAX WORLD” GLOBAL SHOOT DAY: Saturday, October 10, 2009

The pictures of the fire above are not my photographs. They were imported from the News Media on the Internet.

The photos of the Yucca trees were taken by me during the course of several months. It will be a long time before similar pictures can be taken. In a few weeks, I will visit the area to see the devastation. I hope that some vegetation has survived. It was a spectacular place. I had never seen so many Yucca trees in one place.

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Hi Pentaxian friends.

California has been plagued with more fires this year than since I moved here six years ago. This time the fires are too close for comfort and a beautiful area is burning down. This is an area that I photograph often and never get tired of the scenery. I don't know what will be spared, but I hope they contain the damages to minimum.

The following excerpts are from the Los Angeles Times and can be read in its entirety at the link posted below.

A fire in the San Gabriel Mountains has burned 3,500 acres, destroyed at least three houses and threatened hundreds more homes.

Several remote canyon areas and a portion of Wrightwood were under mandatory evacuation, and the rest of Wrightwood was under voluntary evacuation. Fire officials said erratic winds were pushing the fire in several different directions through dense forest land, in some cases spotting a quarter of a mile ahead.

The Sheep fire is roughly burning between Lytle Creek Canyon and California 138. The mandatory evacuation include areas east of Heath Canyon and west of Heath Canyon between Lone Pine Canyon Road and California 2.
An evacuation center has been set up at Eisenhower High School in Rialto. The blaze began about 2 p.m Saturday in the Lytle Creek area east of Mt. Baldy and west of the Cajon Pass. It spread rapidly northward, threatening ranches and truck farms, among other properties, said John Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service.

More than 500 firefighters from the Forest Service and San Bernardino were deployed in an uphill effort to contain the flames. By this morning, the fire was only 10% contained.... Link

Photo.net Interview with Ned Bunnell, President of Pentax

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Hi Pentaxian friends.

I found this Photo.net Interview with Ned Bunnell, President of Pentax
by Hannah Thiem

Although it doesn't seem that Mr. Bunnell reads my blog, according to his answers in the interview below, I know he does read it from time to time. He's a busy man and certainly couldn't list all the different sites he regularly visits. He actually talked about me on his blog a few time. I'm okay with that :)

Here is a few lines of the interview, to be continued by following the link to Photo.net.

Ned Bunnell is the President of Pentax Imaging (USA), and an avid photographer. He considers himself very fortunate to have a day job that combines his love of photography with leading a company in selling and marketing cameras. Prior to Pentax, he worked in product marketing and planning roles at Canon Computer Systems, Polaroid, Adobe Systems, Agfa-Gevaert and NEC. Ned has also operated two studios over the course of his career, most recently Bunnell Photography in San Clemente, CA.

We had a chance to sit down with Ned at PMA, as well as a follow-up on some camera and market details later this fall at their press event at the International Center of Photography in New York City for their release of the K-x. Ned was very gracious to go over his past history and what lead to his current career as the president of Pentax, as well as reveal what blogs he frequents, and which Pentaxian photographers he finds inspiring. Read on! http://photo.net/photographer-interviews/ned-bunnell/

Pentax K-7 available with a $100.00 Instant Rebate: $1,199.95

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Hi Pentaxian friends.

Pentax has a $100.00 rebate on the K-7 until October 31, 2009. Read the details below:


PENTAX OFFERS $100 INSTANT REBATE ON K-7 DIGITAL SLR BODY AND LENS KITS GOLDEN, CO (October 2, 2009)…PENTAX Imaging Company has announced a $100 INSTANT REBATE PROGRAM effective until October 31, 2009 on the K-7 body and three lens kit configurations.

The award winning, weather and dust resistant PENTAX K-7 features 14.6 megapixels, a PRIME II engine processor, HD Video, Live View and Shake Reduction that works with every PENTAX lens ever produced.

Consumers who purchase these products during this time period will benefit from instant savings on regular MAP/estimated retail pricing as follows:

PENTAX K-7 Body
$ 1299.95 - $100.00= $ 1199.95

PENTAX K-7 Body w/18-55mm WR Lens Kit
$ 1399.95-$100.00=$ 1299.95

PENTAX K-7 Body w/18-55mm WR and 50-200mm WR Lens Kit
$ 1549.95-$100.00=$ 1449.95

PENTAX K-7 Body w/16-45mm Lens Kit
$ 1699.95-$100.00=$ 1599.95

*The instant rebates are valid only for a limited time for purchases made on four camera configurations from October 1 – October 31, 2009.

The PENTAX INSTANT REBATE PROGRAM offers several consumer advantages. There is no need to submit or track claims or wait several weeks for a rebate check. More information about the program, the products and where to buy is available at: http://www.pentaximaging.com/.


PENTAX Imaging Company is an innovative leader in the production of a variety of digital cameras including weather resistant digital SLRs and compact, waterproof cameras, as well as lenses, flash units, binoculars, scopes, and eyepieces. For almost 90 years, PENTAX has developed durable, reliable products that meet the needs of consumers and businesses. With headquarters in Golden, Colorado, PENTAX Imaging Company is a division of PENTAX of America, Inc.


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