Re: 280T flash and K5
Thanks P.J., It works ! Thanks, Steve - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 6:41 PM Subject: Re: 280T flash and K5 On 1/14/2012 7:57 PM, Steve Larson wrote: Will that work? Don't want to try in case it blows a fuse. Steve It should work as well as it does on the K20D. Set the flash to manual H, L or automatic Green Red, TTL will not work the K-5 lacks the necessary sensor, or rather it will supply a full power pop, just like the M setting. In any automatic mode the camera will set the proper shutter speed, and set the proper f stop for your selected ISO. You'll have to set the F stop in any manual mode or if you're using a K/M lens, (or setting the f stop from the aperture ring with an a/f/fa lens). -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
K5 and K lens
Hi folks, I can't get this stining camera to work. It won't let me set the F stop with a K lens. It just blinks trying to get me to set the f stop, I did exactly like the book says, but it still blinks. Help, Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K5 and K lens
Hi David, Thanks, but the shutter button doesn't even work. It's like the camera is so confused it's shutting itself down. Steve - Original Message - From: David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 3:54 PM Subject: Re: K5 and K lens You never will. K lenses do not have data pins, and are completely manual. You set the aperture by turning the aperture ring. You need to shoot in M mode and use the Green button to meter. On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Steve Larson stevenlar...@verizon.net wrote: Hi folks, I can't get this stining camera to work. It won't let me set the F stop with a K lens. It just blinks trying to get me to set the f stop, I did exactly like the book says, but it still blinks. Help, Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K5 and K lens
OK, who has a K5 and shot pics with a K lens? Steve - Original Message - From: Steve Larson stevenlar...@verizon.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 3:59 PM Subject: Re: K5 and K lens Hi David, Thanks, but the shutter button doesn't even work. It's like the camera is so confused it's shutting itself down. Steve - Original Message - From: David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 3:54 PM Subject: Re: K5 and K lens You never will. K lenses do not have data pins, and are completely manual. You set the aperture by turning the aperture ring. You need to shoot in M mode and use the Green button to meter. On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Steve Larson stevenlar...@verizon.net wrote: Hi folks, I can't get this stining camera to work. It won't let me set the F stop with a K lens. It just blinks trying to get me to set the f stop, I did exactly like the book says, but it still blinks. Help, Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K5 and K lens
No, how do you do it? Steve - Original Message - From: David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 4:07 PM Subject: Re: K5 and K lens Have you enabled the option to allow use of the A ring? On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Steve Larson stevenlar...@verizon.net wrote: Hi David, Thanks, but the shutter button doesn't even work. It's like the camera is so confused it's shutting itself down. Steve - Original Message - From: David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 3:54 PM Subject: Re: K5 and K lens You never will. K lenses do not have data pins, and are completely manual. You set the aperture by turning the aperture ring. You need to shoot in M mode and use the Green button to meter. On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Steve Larson stevenlar...@verizon.net wrote: Hi folks, I can't get this stining camera to work. It won't let me set the F stop with a K lens. It just blinks trying to get me to set the f stop, I did exactly like the book says, but it still blinks. Help, Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K5 and K lens
BTW, the A lenses work great, when they are in A mode. Steve - Original Message - From: David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 4:07 PM Subject: Re: K5 and K lens Have you enabled the option to allow use of the A ring? On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Steve Larson stevenlar...@verizon.net wrote: Hi David, Thanks, but the shutter button doesn't even work. It's like the camera is so confused it's shutting itself down. Steve - Original Message - From: David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 3:54 PM Subject: Re: K5 and K lens You never will. K lenses do not have data pins, and are completely manual. You set the aperture by turning the aperture ring. You need to shoot in M mode and use the Green button to meter. On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Steve Larson stevenlar...@verizon.net wrote: Hi folks, I can't get this stining camera to work. It won't let me set the F stop with a K lens. It just blinks trying to get me to set the f stop, I did exactly like the book says, but it still blinks. Help, Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K5 and K lens
Paul, I love ya man!!! It works great! I owe you for the rest of my life. Steve - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 4:19 PM Subject: Re: K5 and K lens Hi Steve, It's an easy fix. Press the menu button. Then press the left arrow next to the OK button on the back of the camera. On the menu that appears, you'll see 27. Using Aperture Ring. Scroll down to that choice, then hit the right arrow. You'll see two choices: prohibited and permitted. Choose permitted. Now you'll be able to set aperture on your k and m lenses with the ring. When shooting, set the camera to manual metering mode. After choosing hour aperture, push the green button on the back of the camera. That will set a shutter speed based on the camera's meter reading. Fire away. Best, Paul On Jan 14, 2012, at 6:24 PM, Steve Larson wrote: Hi folks, I can't get this stining camera to work. It won't let me set the F stop with a K lens. It just blinks trying to get me to set the f stop, I did exactly like the book says, but it still blinks. Help, Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Swans
Great pic cotty!!! Steve - Original Message - From: Steve Larson stevenlar...@verizon.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 4:23 PM Subject: Re: K5 and K lens Paul, I love ya man!!! It works great! I owe you for the rest of my life. Steve - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 4:19 PM Subject: Re: K5 and K lens Hi Steve, It's an easy fix. Press the menu button. Then press the left arrow next to the OK button on the back of the camera. On the menu that appears, you'll see 27. Using Aperture Ring. Scroll down to that choice, then hit the right arrow. You'll see two choices: prohibited and permitted. Choose permitted. Now you'll be able to set aperture on your k and m lenses with the ring. When shooting, set the camera to manual metering mode. After choosing hour aperture, push the green button on the back of the camera. That will set a shutter speed based on the camera's meter reading. Fire away. Best, Paul On Jan 14, 2012, at 6:24 PM, Steve Larson wrote: Hi folks, I can't get this stining camera to work. It won't let me set the F stop with a K lens. It just blinks trying to get me to set the f stop, I did exactly like the book says, but it still blinks. Help, Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
280T flash and K5
Will that work? Don't want to try in case it blows a fuse. Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K5 and K lens
Hi P.J., Yes I did enable it, all is good now. Thanks, Steve - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 6:33 PM Subject: Re: K5 and K lens Did you enable, Allow use of aperture ring, in the custom menu? If not that's your problem. Once you do it will meter in every mode, wide open and shoot wide open. Only manual will use the aperture set on the lens. On 1/14/2012 6:59 PM, Steve Larson wrote: Hi David, Thanks, but the shutter button doesn't even work. It's like the camera is so confused it's shutting itself down. Steve - Original Message - From: David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 3:54 PM Subject: Re: K5 and K lens You never will. K lenses do not have data pins, and are completely manual. You set the aperture by turning the aperture ring. You need to shoot in M mode and use the Green button to meter. On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Steve Larson stevenlar...@verizon.net wrote: Hi folks, I can't get this stining camera to work. It won't let me set the F stop with a K lens. It just blinks trying to get me to set the f stop, I did exactly like the book says, but it still blinks. Help, Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Quick K5 question
Hi Folks, I got the K5 and my daughter and I are very happy with it. But I can't figure out what the manual means by Capture mode. We just can't get into capture mode, yea, me dumb as a rock. Thanks, Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Quick K5 question
Hey thanks Matthew!! Steve - Original Message - From: Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 7:46 AM Subject: Re: Quick K5 question On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Steve Larson stevenlar...@verizon.net wrote: I got the K5 and my daughter and I are very happy with it. But I can't figure out what the manual means by Capture mode. We just can't get into capture mode, yea, me dumb as a rock. Capture mode is the normal picture-taking state of the camera, in which the camera is turned on and ready to take a picture. I think that if you're not using the screen to look at pictures you've already taken (playback mode), you're in capture mode. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Quick K5 question
Thanks for the info Jack!! Steve - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 11:02 AM Subject: Re: Quick K5 question Without checking the monitor display, I believe it's the menu choice indicated by the SLR icon. IOW, those menu choices primarily affecting the taking of pictures. Jack From: Steve Larson stevenlar...@verizon.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, January 6, 2012 7:33 AM Subject: Quick K5 question Hi Folks, I got the K5 and my daughter and I are very happy with it. But I can't figure out what the manual means by Capture mode. We just can't get into capture mode, yea, me dumb as a rock. Thanks, Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Quick question, K-5 or K-7
Hi folks, Amazon has the K-5 for $1099 and the K-7 for $1049. Which one should I get? Thanks, Steve Larson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Quick question, K-5 or K-7
Thanks guys!!! Steve - Original Message - From: Larry Colen, l...@red4est.com (From Droid) l...@red4est.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 12:49 PM Subject: Re: Quick question, K-5 or K-7 K5 Steve Larson stevenlar...@verizon.net wrote: Hi folks, Amazon has the K-5 for $1099 and the K-7 for $1049. Which one should I get? Thanks, Steve Larson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Quick question, K-5 or K-7
The camera is bought!! Yeah Steve - Original Message - From: Steve Larson stevenlar...@verizon.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 12:58 PM Subject: Re: Quick question, K-5 or K-7 Thanks guys!!! Steve - Original Message - From: Larry Colen, l...@red4est.com (From Droid) l...@red4est.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 12:49 PM Subject: Re: Quick question, K-5 or K-7 K5 Steve Larson stevenlar...@verizon.net wrote: Hi folks, Amazon has the K-5 for $1099 and the K-7 for $1049. Which one should I get? Thanks, Steve Larson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO Bokeh (NSFW)
Beautiful, nice bokeh. What lens and aperture? Steve - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 6:59 PM Subject: PESO Bokeh (NSFW) A friend of mine has a friend who wants to try to get some paid modeling gigs, and wanted some photos to post on model mayhem and the like. Of the Not Safe For Work set, I think this is my favorite, Bokeh: http://red4est.com/lrc/pix/nsfw/110817_fetlife/20110817-LRC24789.jpg But, I'm quite happy with the whole set of pictures. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Greetings everyone!!
Hi Larry, Thanks for the info, but the K5 looks a little pricey ATM. Seems like a wonderful camera. Thanks, Steve Larry wrote: If there is any way you can get the money for one, the K-5 is a blow your socks off amazing camera. It's performance at ISO6400 is better than a lot of film cameras at 400, and I was getting usable photos last night of musicians in a dark room at 51,200. The body to get depends upon a) what you'll use it for b) what your budget is Before I got my K-5 I'd carry both my K20 and my K-x. The K20 for features, and the K-x for performance. I'd use the K20 in the studio, the K-x just about everyplace else. At low ISO any of the bodies will give you great photos, but plan on doing everything manually (exposure, focus etc). The high ISO sensor performance if the K-x is leaps beyond the K20, probably the K-7, and just about everything before it. If you want your best sensor for the money, the K-x is probably your camera. The K-r has a noticeably, though not hugely better sensor than the K-x, and the ergonomics are significantly improved. The feature set is still entry level rather than pro, but they are both very usable cameras. If you get either of them, or anything else that runs AAs, get either lithiums if you don't shoot a lot, or hybrids (like the eneloops) if you do shoot a lot. The other strategy you can take is to just keep your eyes open for the least expensive digital body you can find, then start saving up for the K-5. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Greetings everyone!!
Hiya Ann :) Tehee, you're a funny girl. You're right though, I'll keep the LX. Ann wrote: YOu were gone??? ;-) Anyway, what do you do with an LX system? Seems obsolete and nobody would buy one anyway, Nah - right ... nobody would want one... I'll take it off your hands for shipping... Don't worry, gang, I'm JUST KIDDING! Steve - LX will remain valuable don't you dare get rid of it yet ann as in annsan :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Greetings everyone!!
Hiya Paul :) Good to hear from you :) K5 just seems out of the budget right now, think I'll wait till they are out a bit longer (cheaper used prices). Thanks, Steve Paul wrote: Steve! Good to see you back. If you're going digital,you might as well go to a K5, if its in the budget. It's by far the best of the bunch. In lieu of that, I'd go with a used Kx or a Kr. Still remember how you steered me to some good birding sights in southern Cal. You've been missed. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Greetings everyone!!
Hi Jeffery, Thanks for the info. Steve Jeffery wrote: I agree go with a K-R if your budget doesn't allow for a K5. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Greetings everyone!!
Hiya Bill, Thanks for the warm welcome :) Boarding? You mean surfing? K5 is over the budget :( How's things up in the frozen tundra? Thanks, Steve Bill wrote: Welcome back Steve!! I take it you gave up boarding? Get a K5. All your old lenses will work. I know how you feel, I'm sitting on 3 LX bodies and a complete set of accessory finders, as well as a couple of ME Supers (one black, one chrome) a very cherry black MX (It is beautiful) and a nice 6x7 kit. You almost can't give the stuff away now. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Greetings everyone!!
Hi John, and thanks for the welcome! What I mean about film is the choices, and not to mention getting it developed around here. Seems they send it off somewhere far away (probably only guy that does it :), and my photo lab went belly up. Thanks, Steve John wrote: Welcome back Steve! What's this about film going away - I just shot a family week-end with my MZ-S, and I'm going to put a lovingly restore Spottie through its paces next week. Dusting off the enlarger too... John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Greetings everyone!!
Hi Mike, Yea, I saw the 645D on a website, man is it expensive! The K20D looks very nice to me. Thanks, Steve Mike wrote: Good to see you back. If you sit down and take a deep breath I can reveal that Pentax has a world leading DSLR - maybe three/four. The clear leader is the 645D but we don't talk about that here due to the fiscal pain it induces. Good luck with finding a secondhand one. The other two are the budget K-x/r and the K5. I know the budget choice is actually two cameras but you know Pentax. Marketing logic has not been its strong point for some decades. All of the K's will accept your lenses, I believe. Slightly complicated shooting process for all lenses before the A series, which I believe has already been discussed. It may or may not be a problem for you, dependent mainly on subject in my experience. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Greetings everyone!!
Hey John, I'm so glad to know all my lenses will work with the new bodies, especially the 15 and 1000mm. I live with 2 girls (wife and daughter), so jumping through hoops is my specialty. Thanks, Steve John wrote: Film may be dying, but it ain't dead yet. My first choice would be to use 'em while you still can. Even though I've been digital since the *ist-D, I still use my LX K-1000 ( PZ-1P). I sorta' came at digital sideways. Pentax didn't have a DSLR to compete with the first generation NiCanon, so I bought a Nikon Coolscan IV ED which can make any 35mm film frame an 11 MP image. 'A' lenses will work with all Pentax DSLR bodies without much hassle at all. 'M' lenses (and screw mount lenses using the adapter) will work with all Pentax DSLR bodies, but you have to jump through a few hoops. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Greetings everyone!!
Hi Walt, I can see why, the K-50/1.4 is an fabulous lens. Thanks, Steve Walt wrote: I don't know about anyone else, but I actually love shooting with my old manual K-mounts. My K-50/1.4 stays on my K-x more than any other lens I own these days. Using it doesn't seem to me to be all that inconvenient, though I wouldn't want to try to use it at the drag strip. If I were a little better with it, though, I can see where it'd be a lot of fun trying. Also, I have a K1000 that came with an M-50/2, which I've neglected terribly, but will someday put to use just to see how bad a photographer I really am. So, it's nice to have those old lenses around. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Greetings everyone!!
Hey Ann, Very kewl ! I'll follow that one too. Thanks, Steve Ann wrote: There is an LX body with a couple of hours to go on ebay that is up to over $200 US with 23 bids on it... ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Greetings everyone!!
Sorry I've been away so long, I bought a small boat, then got some major medical issues. Anyway, what do you do with an LX system? Seems obsolete and nobody would buy one anyway, not to mention my K1000, 4 Spotties, and a Super P. Guess they just collect dust. I am still pissed about film going away and have not gotten a Pentax Digital SLR yet, but am now considering it so I can still use my lenses. Hope they have a body that will accept my lenses. Any suggestions on which used body to look for? Thanks, Steve Larson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Greetings everyone!!
Hey Cotty, Nice to know you're still here! Steve Cotty wrote: One which will accept a Larson-inspired modified 280T flash ;-) Greetings! - Original Message - From: Cotty cotty...@mac.com To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 2:00 PM Subject: Re: Greetings everyone!! On 13/8/11, Steve Larson, discombobulated, unleashed: Any suggestions on which used body to look for? One which will accept a Larson-inspired modified 280T flash ;-) Greetings! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Greetings everyone!!
Hi Bulent, Thanks for the info, will keep an eye out for a K20D. Thanks, Steve Bulent wrote: Welcome :) You can use all your lenses on all digital SLR bodies with a proper adapter (if they are of the M42 screw mount type). Type K and M lenses are slightly impractical to use; A, FA and FAJ ones are perfect fits! I guess a used K20D might offer the best price/performance ratio but I'm sure other suggestions will also be made ;) You can also continue shooting film; I do, nothing is wrong about it... Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun 2011/8/13 Steve Larson stevenlar...@verizon.net: Sorry I've been away so long, I bought a small boat, then got some major medical issues. Anyway, what do you do with an LX system? Seems obsolete and nobody would buy one anyway, not to mention my K1000, 4 Spotties, and a Super P. Guess they just collect dust. I am still pissed about film going away and have not gotten a Pentax Digital SLR yet, but am now considering it so I can still use my lenses. Hope they have a body that will accept my lenses. Any suggestions on which used body to look for? Thanks, Steve Larson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Greetings everyone!!
What do you mean by Type K and M lenses are slightly impractical to use? Most of my lenses are K's. Steve Bulent wrote: Type K and M lenses are slightly impractical to use; A, FA and FAJ ones are perfect fits! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Greetings everyone!!
Sweet! Definitely keep me in mind. Thanks Mark, Steve Mark wrote: I'll have one for sale in a couple of weeks :) -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Greetings everyone!!
Hi Peter, Thanks for the lesson, It's a keeper. Can't wait to use my lenses again. Steve - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 3:31 PM Subject: Re: Greetings everyone!! Someone probably answered this but what the hell. Pentax dropped support for the aperture follower in all of their digital bodies. However you can still meter with the lenses but you have to stop them down to taking aperture. There are two ways to do this. The first is well documented. With the camera in manual exposure mode you use the green button which when your lens' aperture ring is off the A position, or you're using a K or M lens, stops the lens down to shooting aperture and sets the shutter speed, more or less correctly, though you can run out of meters ev range fairly easily. Sadly I haven/t been able to find a chart giving the ev metering values for the new digital cameras which would most useful when using K and M lenses. The other way is to use the DOF preview, which with the lens off the A mode stops down the lens to shooting aperture and keeps the meter live, just like you were shooting a Spotmatic. On 8/13/2011 5:29 PM, Steve Larson wrote: What do you mean by Type K and M lenses are slightly impractical to use? Most of my lenses are K's. Steve Bulent wrote: Type K and M lenses are slightly impractical to use; A, FA and FAJ ones are perfect fits! -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax gets Minoltalized?
Speaking of such, that Tamron 18-250 I got the wife for her Nikon is a sweet lens. I have created a monster, the amount of snaps she prints now is astronomical, prolly gotta mortgage the house. Steve - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 5:59 AM Subject: Re: Pentax gets Minoltalized? - Original Message - From: Thibouille Subject: Re: Pentax gets Minoltalized? Moreover, they talk about getting into the SLR lens market whatever it means. Perhaps it means we'll see the 60-250 before we all die of old age... William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Free N***n class
The wife gets a free Introductory Photography Class tonight for buying a new camera, hope she listens to them, cause she doesn't listen to me. Sure wish she would've bought a Pentax :( Steve (who has to tag along, oh joy) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Morning (Revised)
gorgeous shot Paul !! Steve - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 5:31 AM Subject: PESO: Morning (Revised) I did a new conversion of this shot. Less saturation, warmer light, less sharpening, and a bit of burning in of the brighter elements. It's here: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7582506size=lg And here's the original Velveetasized version: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7581535size=lg The original is more surreal, which isn't necessarily wrong, but I think I prefer the more subtle version. What say you? Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Computer question CD writer
hi Dave, XP ? If so, it should be picked up automatically. It's either the cable or the CD-ROM, my bet the CD-ROM is toast. Steve - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net; Harry Bolton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:09 AM Subject: OT Computer question CD writer My PC has started to ignore my CD writer/reader and not display it in the menu list, but my DVD is there. Sometimes it will show up and some times its not there. It was installed at MDG when i bought it in 2001, so no driver disk that i can find. The name on the cover saysJustlink Any suggestions, is it toast, get a new one.?? Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Computer question CD writer
as others have said, it's a cakewalk to replace. - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:17 AM Subject: Re: OT Computer question CD writer Sorrry. XP home Thats what i though. How hard are these things to replace, by some one with 10 thumbs Dave On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 7:14 AM, Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi Dave, XP ? If so, it should be picked up automatically. It's either the cable or the CD-ROM, my bet the CD-ROM is toast. Steve - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net; Harry Bolton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:09 AM Subject: OT Computer question CD writer My PC has started to ignore my CD writer/reader and not display it in the menu list, but my DVD is there. Sometimes it will show up and some times its not there. It was installed at MDG when i bought it in 2001, so no driver disk that i can find. The name on the cover saysJustlink Any suggestions, is it toast, get a new one.?? Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K10D Back from Pentax Repair
good news Paul, glad they fixed it right. Steve - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 5:48 AM Subject: K10D Back from Pentax Repair My K10D is back from Pentax repair in Colorado. I had sent it because it backfocused severely with my two DA* lenses, but only with those. Apparently, it had trouble with the in-lens motor focusing. It also was stuck in continuous shooting mode. I could switch it to the delay modes but not back to single exposure. The latter didn't bother me much, but the backfocus problem had to be fixed. The lenses worked great on my K20, and I told Pentax the same and asked them to just make sure the camera was operating correctly and capable of focusing a good DA* lens accurately. It was returned yesterday, after about three weeks, and It seems to work very well. Shot some quick tests with the DA* 16-50 yesterday, and it focused accurately at f2.8. I'm pleased. I've never had a bad service experience with Pentax Colorado. It seems they know what they're doing. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO Alium
nice shot, could have been stopped down one or two notches though. Steve - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 5:05 AM Subject: PESO Alium Here's an Alium from the back garden to balance out my tech/photo ratio for the day ... http://snipurl.com/2bjo4 I'm enjoying the results I get with an old screw-mount SMC 1:1.4/50 on the K100D Super. This was in full sun, albeit late afternoon low-angle, and I had the shutter wide open. But Camera Raw works miracles to recover from the slightly blown highlights. Comments welcome. -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
depressed
hi folks, sorry if i missed some posts, my c drive croaked. the wife didn't like the way the ist d felt, so i lost the battle. she is now a new n***n d40 user. i tried eveything. I thank you all again for your help. steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Taking back the ist ds
hiya adam, thank you sir. i feel i am loaded with both barrels to barter now. steve - Original Message - From: Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 7:22 PM Subject: Re: Taking back the ist ds The DS and DL series are identical externally apart from the LCD (DS has 2, DS2, DL, DL2 have 2.5). The D is different, with a smaller grip on a slightly larger body. K-series bodies are larger. -Adam On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:04 PM, Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thanks for all the info paul. are the ist body sizes all the same size? i ask because the wife wants a small camera. steve - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 6:51 PM Subject: Re: Taking back the ist ds On the other hand, if the more expensive camera is an *ist DL you might want to pass. That camera is newer but it doesn't have a prism viewfinder. An *ist D might also be more expensive than a DS, but the write speed -- the speed at which it records the picture data -- will be slower. But it's a more substantial build and can be fitted with a battery grip. That one is probably a toss up in my opinion. On May 15, 2008, at 9:31 PM, Steve Larson wrote: writes that down. steve - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 5:53 PM Subject: Re: Taking back the ist ds If it's an *ist DS2 you should go for it. -- Original message -- From: Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] maybe, but it was a model with more features Maybe now you know why the one you bought was a hundred dollars less William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Taking back the ist ds
i am happy, silvio's took the ist ds back, and gave me the ist d instead, straight across. I'm taking it to Dean's on monday for a thorough go-through. thanks everyone for all your help, i love this place :) dean is going to sell me a 4 gig cf card for $50 :) steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Taking back the ist ds
Well, seems like the camera shorted or something, the second I plug the cable in to DL the pics, I get a message on the computer saying that the USB port is overloaded, I tried it on another machine too, same thing :((( Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Taking back the ist ds
thanks godfrey, it came with a 90 day warranty, so its going to be fixed :) I will keep the card reader in mind though, thanks ! Steve - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:52 PM Subject: Re: Taking back the ist ds If you got it cheap enough, I'd just ignore the USB port entirely and use a card reader instead. The only time I ever used the USB port of a Pentax DSLR was to see if the Pentax Remote Assistant worked with the K10D. It worked, that was the last time I plugged it in. Card readers are much better than plugging in the camera, and they're faster to boot. Godfrey On May 15, 2008, at 12:47 PM, Steve Larson wrote: Well, seems like the camera shorted or something, the second I plug the cable in to DL the pics, I get a message on the computer saying that the USB port is overloaded, I tried it on another machine too, same thing :((( -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Taking back the ist ds
cool, thanks charles !! steve (sorry for no caps and quick typing, i'm recovering from rotator cuff surgery and am typing with my right hand only, and i'm left handed, lol) - Original Message - From: Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 1:04 PM Subject: Re: Taking back the ist ds On May 15, 2008, at 14:47, Steve Larson wrote: Well, seems like the camera shorted or something, the second I plug the cable in to DL the pics, I get a message on the computer saying that the USB port is overloaded, I tried it on another machine too, same thing :((( Here comes my plug for the Sandisk UltraII SD plus USB cards which convert into little chips which can be plugged straight into your USB ports (no reader required). Cheap as all get-out at Radio Shack, of all places. Last I checked it was $14.99 for 1 gig, $29.99 for 2 gigs. Even with the fixed camera, you'll probably enjoy the convenience of not HAVING to plug the camera in to get your photos off of it. One less cable/gizmo to pack with you! -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Taking back the ist ds
Thank Knarf! if all else fails i will get a card reader, and thanks for the kind words :) steve - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 2:13 PM Subject: Re: Taking back the ist ds On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip (sorry for no caps and quick typing, i'm recovering from rotator cuff surgery and am typing with my right hand only, and i'm left handed, lol) I've never had surgery, but I did break my left collarbone in two places, and for about a month or more my left hand was completely paralyzed (the bone was pressing against the nerve). Lots of fun (I too am left-handed). Here's hoping you heal quickly! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Taking back the ist ds
no sir, don't have one. but from the sounds of it, i need one thanks paul, dave steve - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 3:46 PM Subject: Re: Taking back the ist ds Do you have a card reader? You don't really need (or want) to use the camera to download. I've never done that in five years of shooting digital. Paul -- Original message -- From: Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, seems like the camera shorted or something, the second I plug the cable in to DL the pics, I get a message on the computer saying that the USB port is overloaded, I tried it on another machine too, same thing :((( Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Taking back the ist ds
hi bill, i will. i'm going to actually try and swing a deal, there was another used ist down at the camera shop where i bought it, it was another $100 more expensive. Maybe we can work something out *evil grin. steve - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 5:18 PM Subject: Re: Taking back the ist ds - Original Message - From: Steve Larson Subject: Re: Taking back the ist ds no sir, don't have one. but from the sounds of it, i need one Get the camera fixed anyway. If the USB port is buggered, something else related might fail ofter the warranty period. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Taking back the ist ds
maybe, but it was a model with more features Maybe now you know why the one you bought was a hundred dollars less William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Taking back the ist ds
writes that down. steve - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 5:53 PM Subject: Re: Taking back the ist ds If it's an *ist DS2 you should go for it. -- Original message -- From: Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] maybe, but it was a model with more features Maybe now you know why the one you bought was a hundred dollars less William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Taking back the ist ds
thanks for all the info paul. are the ist body sizes all the same size? i ask because the wife wants a small camera. steve - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 6:51 PM Subject: Re: Taking back the ist ds On the other hand, if the more expensive camera is an *ist DL you might want to pass. That camera is newer but it doesn't have a prism viewfinder. An *ist D might also be more expensive than a DS, but the write speed -- the speed at which it records the picture data -- will be slower. But it's a more substantial build and can be fitted with a battery grip. That one is probably a toss up in my opinion. On May 15, 2008, at 9:31 PM, Steve Larson wrote: writes that down. steve - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 5:53 PM Subject: Re: Taking back the ist ds If it's an *ist DS2 you should go for it. -- Original message -- From: Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] maybe, but it was a model with more features Maybe now you know why the one you bought was a hundred dollars less William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Unscrewed
recover quick sir bob steve - Original Message - From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:47 AM Subject: OT: Unscrewed The correct screwdriver turned up at the hospital yesterday, so I finally had the metalwork removed from my wrist. All is well, and I'm having a few days convalescence, trying to soak up some vitamin D to help fill the screwholes with new bone. Cheers, Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Descanso Bay Shoreline
nice shot John. I remember that lens as being a real performer. Steve - Original Message - From: John Poirier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 2:37 PM Subject: PESO: Descanso Bay Shoreline Hi. I did some lens comparisons the other day and had very impressive results with a K 85-210/4.5. At f/11 it outperformed all my other zooms (including the very fine A 70-210) and equalled all my primes excepting the K 135/2.5 And Vivitar Series 1 200/3.0 The lens is a monster with poor close-focusing ability, originally purchased cheap as a lark and as an interesting piece of Pentax history. After the fact I learned that it was reputed to be the equal of Pentax prime lenses, a remarkable acchievement in a mid-seventies zoom. I've decided to add it to my digital kit, at least for a while. This is an early result: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2418/2489818271_b720c8cedf_b.jpg Cheers John Poirier -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?
Interesting, thanks Jostein Steve - Original Message - From: AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 2:54 PM Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? Steve, Digital has not improved my skill. However it has improved my results. From 2000-2003 I took about 100 rolls of film each year. Then I went digital. In 2004 I made about 3500 shots, so I didn't change my habits one bit the first year. 2005 and 2006 saw a slight increase, probably towards 4000 shots a year (most of the archive is on a disk offline at the moment). 2007 was met with K10D, and saw another increase to about 5000. This year I'm way behind schedule, though. Most of the increase can probably be ascribed to playing with mosaics (aka two-dimensional stitching). I sometimes take 20-30 tile-shots for one assembly. So how come digital improves results? Well.. I think it's because I came from positive film. I was used to thinking in five stops of tonal range. Digital is so much more forgiving, and thereby increase the number of keepers in the captured material. Best, Jostein 2008/5/10 Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Just curious that's all, I'll be getting a digital soon too. If you can't beat em, join em, lol. The wife blew off 87 snaps yesterday at a school event yesterday, she is in hog heaven. I guess the point I am trying to get across is if you have the ability to fire 20 shots at the same subject, are you going to take the same amount of set-up time for f/stop, exposure, background, composition, etc. as you would with film? Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Screwdriver
So to clarify -- you didn't get screwed? No Ann, it appears he bolted.= Terrible behavior for such a stud, eh? Oh nuts. Nothing but torque, torque, torque... Okay, now we need another thread. I think you've hit the nail on the head there. But he's been stripped of all credibility. I knew the drill when I made the first pun Socket to me, baby Ratchet another one up for bill. Some people might be dia-metrically opposed to that idea. True, as bill is a man of considerable caliper. I have reached the end of my measure with this thread. Tapped out, you say? This subject really needs to be wrenched away from here. ;) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Southern Cross
nice work Dave, are those the magellanic clouds? Steve - Original Message - From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 5:27 AM Subject: PESO: Southern Cross G'day All, Took this a few months ago but have just this weekend got around retouching it (~160kb) http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2119/2481946623_1e672bebcc_o.jpg http://flickr.com/photos/disavage/2481946623/ K10D, DA* 16-50mm f2.8 @ 16mm, 969 seconds @ f4, ISO 100, slight amount of reflected red gelled flash, lots of spotting in PS. Taken at The Pinnacles, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, looking just east of the celestial south pole. Now to explain the title (if it's already apparent to you, carry one with whatever else you have to do today :-). For those familiar with the Australian, and various other southern hemisphere nations, flags the Southern Cross constellation (officially known as Crux) is the crucifix pattern of stars featured on the right hand side of the .au flag (5 stars make up the constellation). It's the brightest constellation in the southern sky is easily seen even in the city.. If you aren't familiar with the pattern, or just can't see it, look about halfway between the horizon top of frame. Just left of centre you should see 4 trails that look a bit like a crucifix on its side (with the long edge pointing to the right). That's the Southern Cross. Anyway enough of the astronomy lesson. I thought it looked kinda' cool :-) As always any all comments welcome. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: More from the sky is falling crowds
That is really sucky news. Steve - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 3:28 AM Subject: More from the sky is falling crowds http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/26454-pentax-canada-close-down.html Maybe this is why my calls have gone un answered. :-) Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?
Hiya Bob, lol, the other day all the mom's were taking pics at my daughters school, it looked like a zoo, chimps everywhere. Steve - Original Message - From: Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 8:50 PM Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? Steves question: Has digital photography improved your skills? No, but it's given me a new skill - chimping. Regards, Bob... - The original point and click interface was a Colt 45. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?
lol Boris Steve - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:37 AM Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? Hi! Steve, I just recently looked through my film photos, notably those that I've taken with 6x6 folder camera. My initial reaction was that now I am considerably weaker photographer than I was before. But then I reconsidered. So, my answer is yes and no. ;-). Boris Steve Larson wrote: Just curious that's all, I'll be getting a digital soon too. If you can't beat em, join em, lol. The wife blew off 87 snaps yesterday at a school event yesterday, she is in hog heaven. I guess the point I am trying to get across is if you have the ability to fire 20 shots at the same subject, are you going to take the same amount of set-up time for f/stop, exposure, background, composition, etc. as you would with film? Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K20D Hot Pixels
William Robb wrote: mobile dead pixels. sounds like horror movie -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?
Just curious that's all, I'll be getting a digital soon too. If you can't beat em, join em, lol. The wife blew off 87 snaps yesterday at a school event yesterday, she is in hog heaven. I guess the point I am trying to get across is if you have the ability to fire 20 shots at the same subject, are you going to take the same amount of set-up time for f/stop, exposure, background, composition, etc. as you would with film? Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: wife's *ist Ds
Hi Dave, thanks! Looking forward to the IR shots :) Steve - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 5:27 AM Subject: Re: wife's *ist Ds Yes, check the batteries. Mine still acts funny even with fresh Liths. Speaking of istD, its just about time for my yearly IR shots.:-) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
18-250mm - Pentax or Tamron
Hi all, I am not even expecting a response because I doubt anyone has experience with these do-it-all lenses, lol, but this will be the wife's do-it-all lense. I heard from a shop that the Tamron is good, but I really want to stay with a Pentax. I heard the Pentax was made by Tamron, then I was told it is not, so I'm lost, lol Thanks, Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 18-250mm - Pentax or Tamron
Thanks Paul, that's what I wanted to hear :) Steve - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 5:47 AM Subject: Re: 18-250mm - Pentax or Tamron Go with the Pentax. It's reportedly a very good lens. Pentax shares technology with Tokina, and some lenses are produced under both brands. I'm not aware of any Pentax/Tamron cooperation. Paul On May 10, 2008, at 8:42 AM, Steve Larson wrote: Hi all, I am not even expecting a response because I doubt anyone has experience with these do-it-all lenses, lol, but this will be the wife's do-it-all lense. I heard from a shop that the Tamron is good, but I really want to stay with a Pentax. I heard the Pentax was made by Tamron, then I was told it is not, so I'm lost, lol Thanks, Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 18-250mm - Pentax or Tamron
Thanks for the info Drew :) Steve - Original Message - From: drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 6:40 AM Subject: Re: 18-250mm - Pentax or Tamron There certainly was some Tamron-Pentax co-op, the Pentax-FA 28-200 3.8-5.6 was made by Tamron. I ummed and arred over one at a local shop recently. I didn't get it but did some research. The Tamron scored better in most tests than its Pentax brother despite the Pentax SMC coatings... Having said that, I don't know if they still do co-operate now. Drew. Paul Stenquist wrote: Go with the Pentax. It's reportedly a very good lens. Pentax shares technology with Tokina, and some lenses are produced under both brands. I'm not aware of any Pentax/Tamron cooperation. Paul On May 10, 2008, at 8:42 AM, Steve Larson wrote: Hi all, I am not even expecting a response because I doubt anyone has experience with these do-it-all lenses, lol, but this will be the wife's do-it-all lense. I heard from a shop that the Tamron is good, but I really want to stay with a Pentax. I heard the Pentax was made by Tamron, then I was told it is not, so I'm lost, lol Thanks, Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 18-250mm - Pentax or Tamron
Hiya Bill! Thanks, I know Tamron is good stuff :) Steve - Original Message - From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 7:12 AM Subject: RE: 18-250mm - Pentax or Tamron Although I'm no longer able to shoot as much as I would like, I must say I'm pleased with my Tamron 28-300. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Larson Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 8:43 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: 18-250mm - Pentax or Tamron Hi all, I am not even expecting a response because I doubt anyone has experience with these do-it-all lenses, lol, but this will be the wife's do-it-all lense. I heard from a shop that the Tamron is good, but I really want to stay with a Pentax. I heard the Pentax was made by Tamron, then I was told it is not, so I'm lost, lol Thanks, Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 18-250mm - Pentax or Tamron
Hi Tim, Thanks! Interesting about the focus speed. The wife will live with that :) Steve - Original Message - From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 9:12 AM Subject: Re: 18-250mm - Pentax or Tamron Specwise the Pentax is the same as the Tamron, eccept for the coating. Accoding to the Norwegian distributor the DA is a Pentax design. I don't know what they mean by this, I just report what I was told by them. It is reported as unknown lens in Lightroom. So it seems that the camera does not recognice it. That does not prove anything, but IMO it suggests that the basic design is done by another manufactor. I bought the Pentax, mainly because I prefer my money to end with Pentax. Unfortunately it doesn't have QS. But it does have the polariser window. Thats nice. One more thing. The fokus is good at the K20D, but it is very slow at the ist* DS. MaritimTim 2008/5/10 Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all, I am not even expecting a response because I doubt anyone has experience with these do-it-all lenses, lol, but this will be the wife's do-it-all lense. I heard from a shop that the Tamron is good, but I really want to stay with a Pentax. I heard the Pentax was made by Tamron, then I was told it is not, so I'm lost, lol Thanks, Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- MaritimTim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 18-250mm - Pentax or Tamron
Hi Jim, In my first message about this I had said about being told the Tamron not being made by Pentax, the one who told me was Dean, my repair guy. Dean had called his friend in Pentax (Colo.) and he said it was made by Pentax. Personally, I can't believe it one way or another because being a Pentax guy, he probably couldn't answer the question any other way. Steve - Original Message - From: Jim King [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 10:45 AM Subject: Re: 18-250mm - Pentax or Tamron Tim Øsleby wrote on Sat, 10 May 2008 09:12:37 -0700 Specwise the Pentax is the same as the Tamron, eccept for the coating. Accoding to the Norwegian distributor the DA is a Pentax design. I don't know what they mean by this, I just report what I was told by them. Tim, I don't doubt that you were told this, but I have the Pentax version of this lens, and when I compared the reflected color from the front elements with that from other Pentax and Tamron zooms in my collection, I found it to look quite different from the Pentax lenses and quite similar to the Tamron lenses. I don't think that the coating is Pentax SMC. Having compared the specs, optical diagrams, and photos of both lenses, it appears to me that the Pentax is a rebadge of the Tamron, with cosmetic changes to the rubber rings, different labeling, and a Pentax-style lens hood. The Pentax is even marked, Made in Japan,, and all other DA lenses are marked, Made in Viet Nam. If I were a betting man I'd lay odds that Tamron makes this lens for Pentax. Regards, Jim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?
lol, hiya Cotty - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 11:36 AM Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? On 10/5/08, Steve Larson, discombobulated, unleashed: The wife blew off .. she is in hog heaven. Goodness me I thought this was a family list ;) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Anyone Notice This?
looks nice :) - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 12:43 PM Subject: Anyone Notice This? http://www.amplis.com/news/news.asp?id=2yr=08v=pr=040908prNum=29 William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?
Thanks you all, still seems you get what you put into it. Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?
indeed :) btw, what size is a normal lens with these sensors? Steve - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 3:06 PM Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? - Original Message - From: Steve Larson Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? Thanks you all, still seems you get what you put into it. The more things change, the more they stay the same. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?
ah, thank you sir. After I sent that I was thinking LTD. Steve (I'm sure you knew Cotty :) ) - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 3:39 PM Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? - Original Message - From: Steve Larson Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? indeed :) btw, what size is a normal lens with these sensors? 31mm LTD. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills?
oh man, I always wanted a 35/2. Guess I'll put it on the end of the wish list. Steve - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 3:50 PM Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? - Original Message - From: Steve Larson Subject: Re: Question: Has digital photography improved your skills? ah, thank you sir. After I sent that I was thinking LTD. If you can find an FA 35/2, it is a very nice normal lens on Pentax DSLR. The 31 is a somewhat better lens, but it is rather larger and heavier, and I believe quite a bit more expensive. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
wife's *ist Ds
Hi folks, Well the wife used her new ist today, and about 2% turned out dark for no apparent reason. The rest of the pictures turned out beautiful. Any ideas why a few turned out dark? The metering seemed exactly the same in the same scenes. She was using a SMCA 50 1.4 on automatic and the lens was in A mode. Thanks, Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: wife's *ist Ds
Hi Bill, Thanks! Will do. I like easy, lol Steve - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 5:00 PM Subject: Re: wife's *ist Ds - Original Message - From: Steve Larson Subject: wife's *ist Ds Hi folks, Well the wife used her new ist today, and about 2% turned out dark for no apparent reason. The rest of the pictures turned out beautiful. Any ideas why a few turned out dark? The metering seemed exactly the same in the same scenes. She was using a SMCA 50 1.4 on automatic and the lens was in A mode. Clean the contacts on both body and lens. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: wife's *ist Ds
lol, I am going to change out the batteries too, I don't know how old they are. Thanks again Sir Bill !! Steve - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 5:23 PM Subject: Re: wife's *ist Ds - Original Message - From: Steve Larson Subject: Re: wife's *ist Ds Hi Bill, Thanks! Will do. I like easy, lol I've heard that about you. It may not help, but it's the first thing to try when exposure go occassionaly wonky. The istD also does all sorts of weird and unpredictable things when it has a weak battery. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Michigan's State Flower
Gorgeous shot Paul ! The VS1 90 macro rocks, as does the VS1 90-180 4.5 which I use more so I don't have to crawl around so much cause it zooms. Steve - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 5:26 AM Subject: Re: PESO: Michigan's State Flower Thanks Peter. Yes, I've never felt a need to replace the Vivitar macro. It's a gem. Paul On May 5, 2008, at 11:48 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Nice shot, makes you appreciate that macro. Paul Stenquist wrote: It's both our state flower and an endangered species in these parts. The latter protection was put in place to discourage commercial operations that were digging up plants in the wilderness. I have about thirty plants on my property, and I photograph one or more every year. Today's effort was made with the K20D and the Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7234027size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PUG
and a very high tech looking web site to boot ! Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
wife's vacillation
My wife was still vacillating between the Nik*n D40 and the ist D this morning. I convinced her now to get the Pentax :)) I said my daddy shot Pentax, I shoot Pentax, and your daughter shoots Pentax, and so are you I will pick it up today :) Yay!! Thank you all for your help, I really appreciate it. Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: wife's vacillation
You got that right Dave :) Steve - Original Message - From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 8:06 AM Subject: Re: wife's vacillation On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My wife was still vacillating between the Nik*n D40 and the ist D this morning. I convinced her now to get the Pentax :)) I said my daddy shot Pentax, I shoot Pentax, and your daughter shoots Pentax, and so are you Probably the only time this year you'll be successful putting your foot down. :-D Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: wife's vacillation
hehe, will do Christine :) Steve - Original Message - From: Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 3:28 PM Subject: Re: wife's vacillation Steve: Tell her that only the cool chicks shoot Pentax. ;-) Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PUG
Hey, Some really beautiful portraits there folks, nice work all of you !!! Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Hi all
Hi PJ, The wife knows nothing about cameras. Thanks for all the info !!! Steve - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 8:22 AM Subject: Re: Hi all Unless your wife is really a camera geek, you might go with the Ds. I use both the Ds and the D and the Ds is a slightly better shooter in action situations. The D might have slightly better autofocus, but since I use mostly manual focus lenses I haven't noticed. The Ds does however have slightly easier to manage raw files and slightly more pleasing Jpegs right out of the camera. The Ds meter, also seems to handle tough lighting situations a bit better. You can store about 20% more Ds raw files on an equivalent memory card. The Ds is also a bit in my experience easier on batteries. The D does feel more substantial and better finished but the ergonomics of the Ds are slightly better. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Hi all
Hi Steve, Thanks !!! Steve It does a very good 8 X 10. -- Steve Sharpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Hi all
Hi folks, Sorry for my leave of absence, just been busy with family and stuff. I am trying to figure out what camera to get for the wife (birthday girl soon). Her point and shoot is dying and she is considering (with my help) a digital SLR. I was looking at a used ist D for $399 at a local shop and it looked brand new. It all started when we got a flyer in the mail from said local shop which had the D40 for $500. I need help The ist D really looked sweet, and I think I could borrow it once in a while and use my lenses on it, if that's possible. Is 6.1 MP enough for 8 X 10's?? Yes, I am still shooting with my LX. Thanks, Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Hi all
Hi Ann, Thank you much ! :blush: You went digi too?? Oh well, I guess if we can't beat em... Very cool on your Cotty set up there!! Steve Hey , Steve! glad to see you back! I await beautiful flower PESO's from you. I went over to the dark side for digital stuff - though, thanks mainly to Cotty, I got an adaptor to use my good old Pentax glass on my 300 D C*n*n, and have fun shooting with that hybrid. I'll let others give you the skinny on which SLR to chose. Best, ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Hi all
Hi Paul, Thank you sir, great to be back. I admit that I was overwhelmed with all the digi talk, but looks like we're going to be a Pentax digi family, so I'm here to stay by the looks of it, cause I want one too now :))) Thanks for the info, I think I got the wife talked into the ist D. From the looks of it, I think it was a demo, not a scratch on it, and I can't wait to try it. The store is closed today, so will probably pick it up on Monday :) Thanks, Steve Hi Steve, Good to see you back on the list. I had two *istD cameras, and they were very nice. Slow write speed but great images. I made many 13 x 19 prints and sold quite a few in gallery shows. At ISO 400 or below, you can make beautiful large prints. And if a bit of grainy noise is okay, ISO 800 is fine at that size as well. At 8x10, you can go to ISO 1600 and still get nice results. You can use all your Pentax lenses, you'll get open aperture metering in multiple modes with A lenses or newer. M and K lenses require a press of a button for stopdown and you'll get only center weighted meeting, but I've never found that to be a problem. I used numerous K and M lenses with my Ds. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Hi all
Hiya Sask Bill, Thank you sir !! This ist D is for the wife, so the smaller the better. I will do the battery switch for sure that you spoke of. It really sounds like a sweet camera. I am still painting houses :) Everything good with you? Steve Welcome back Steve. Of all the ist series cameras, I like the istD the best, although it is the poorest performing one of the lot. It is very slow to write pictures to the card, which can be a trmendous annoyance. OTOH, it's picture quality is excellent, and I don't think Pentax has matched the build quality in anything they've put out since. It is also a very small camera, which is something I have grown to appreciate now that I am using a K20. The istD will mount any Pentax K mount lens of any age, and other than the standard caveats regarding Ricoh Ka-R mount lenses, any K mount lens will work on that camera, as will M42 lenses (with adaptor). I've made prints up to 16 x 50 inches from istD files (cropped to panoramic, not stitched exposures) with good results, and very good 12 x 18 prints straight out of the camera (in camera JPEGS, rather than RAW). There is a battery grip for the istD which makes it nicer to shoot with, especially verticals. The istD is battery sensitive. We used to have all sorts of complaints about the cameras doing weird things, to the point that the standard reply was to try AA Lithiums before sending the camera off for service. I gave up on NI-MH rechargables with the camera and started using CR-V3 batteries instead. No problems with the camera after that. I would certainly buy an istD over a Canon, just so that I could use Pentax lenses. If you can free up the funds, consider a new K200, or possibly a K10 if you can find one. Are you still boarding houses? William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Hi all
Hi Scott, Thank you, glad to be back, and am sure glad the PDML is still going strong. Steve Welcome back, Steve. If I recall, you were fairly active on the list about the time I first subscribed. Good to hear from you again. You could take the aperture stimulator out of the LX and put in the D. vbg Quiet you. -- Scott (acetylated) Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Hi all
lmao about ruining other peoples lives. pretty cool you started up a new business, construction is a good business. one room left is better than I heard last time, so you're almost done :) Fantasy time is over, time to fire up the Beseler 45 !! Steve Oh yeah. I turned my home renovation nightmare into a business. Now I ruin other people's lives. Seriously though, since last we talked, I have renoed a couple of houses, a condo, and several bathrooms. My house is still not done, but I just have one room to go. When the studio went digital, I grabbed the 8 foot sink from the darkroom. I still have this fantasy that I'll get to set up another darkroom and use the Beseler 45 colour enlarger that I bought a couple of years ago and make some prints with it. Life is good, except now I hurt all the time. I should of been doing this twenty years ago. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Hi all
Hiya Cotty !! Sure glad you're still around! Thanks for the info my friend, I appreciate it. Steve (film is not dead ;) ) - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 7:00 AM Subject: Re: Hi all On 4/5/08, Steve Larson, discombobulated, unleashed: Sorry for my leave of absence, just been busy with family and stuff. I am trying to figure out what camera to get for the wife (birthday girl soon). Her point and shoot is dying and she is considering (with my help) a digital SLR. I was looking at a used ist D for $399 at a local shop and it looked brand new. It all started when we got a flyer in the mail from said local shop which had the D40 for $500. I need help The ist D really looked sweet, and I think I could borrow it once in a while and use my lenses on it, if that's possible. Is 6.1 MP enough for 8 X 10's?? Yes, I am still shooting with my LX. Hey Steve, long time mate. Yes you'll get 10x8's out of the *ist D no problem. My wife uses an *ist Ds and she likes it. I'll let others tell you about lens compatibility on Pentax digital :-) LX. Ahh ;-) btw film is dead you know. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Bill Owens again :)
Great news!! Thanks for passing it on Mark. - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 4:14 AM Subject: Bill Owens again :) Got a phone call from Bill Owens last night. He still sounded weak, but about 100 times better than in his previous call. Keep those cards and letters coming! He won't make it to GFM in June (3 weeks away!) but he plans to be there for the Camera Clinic in August.
Re: Bailing out.
Digital is just a fad Steve (ducks and runs)
Re: My Latest VS1 Surgery
Hi Fred, Thanks, that one's a keeper! Steve - Original Message - From: Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 7:05 PM Subject: My Latest VS1 Surgery Well, I've removed the excess K-mount flange collar from a number of Vivitar Series 1 gems of the 1970's, either by masking off the collar completely, leaving everything in place, or by removing the K-mount flange and then masking off the collar. In either case, it's a pretty simple task to cut away the excess collar material, remove the masking, blacken the shiny cut areas (and, if necessary, put the K-mount flange back). I've posted here (with image links) info on these previous operations. Well, instead, I decided this time to just simply remove the collar assembly itself in order to remove the collar from it (i.e., to perform a collarectomy) - this is sort of half way between the previous methods I've described. This post documents this method, as carried out on a VS1 90-180/4.5 Flat Field Zoom. First, remove the three ~very~ small screws securing the collar assembly - http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/vs1/collarectomy01.jpg Then remove the assembly for surgery (leaving the innards of the K-mount temporarily exposed, so you might want to cover the K-mount to keep dust out) - http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/vs1/collarectomy02.jpg Here is the assembly, showing the collar, most of which is to be removed - http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/vs1/collarectomy03.jpg Don't lose those three little screws - they're tiny !!! http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/vs1/collarectomy04.jpg Make a small almost-vertical cut, separating the end of the collar near the diaphragm lever that can be left attached (mimicking a jen-you-wine Pentax K-mount) from the collar area to be removed - http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/vs1/collarectomy05.jpg Start cutting horizontally from the other end of the collar towards that first almost-vertical cut - http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/vs1/collarectomy06.jpg Keep cutting until the two cuts meet - http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/vs1/collarectomy07.jpg This is how the assembly will look after the collar is all the way off - http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/vs1/collarectomy08.jpg File smooth and flat the cuts (removing any burrs that remain), and then cover the shiny exposed aluminum with something black (I use a black permanent magic marker) - http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/vs1/collarectomy09.jpg Replace the modified assembly and its three retaining screws - http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/vs1/collarectomy10.jpg And then mount your old classic on your newer Pentax body and play - http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/vs1/collarectomy11.jpg Enjoy !!! Fred
Re: My Latest VS1 Surgery
Hi Rob, Nice pic, and nice work there ! Thanks, Steve - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 2:46 PM Subject: Re: My Latest VS1 Surgery On 12 Feb 2006 at 10:22, Fred wrote: Thanks, that one's a keeper! Hi, Steve. Good! However, I'm hoping that Rob might post a photo of his flange surgery Sure, not perfect but good at a glance: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/P1304289.jpg (~88kB) Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
Re: Bill Owens update
Hi Bill, I got his street address from Mark, thanks :) Steve - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 8:04 AM Subject: Re: Bill Owens update - Original Message - From: Steve Larson Subject: Re: Bill Owens update Hi Mark, Thanks for the updates on Bill. I would like his email addy please to send him a little note to get well soon. You'd better go with his street address in Gastonia. I have a feeling Bill won't be checking his email for a while. William Robb
Re: Bill Owens update
Hi Mark, Thanks for the updates on Bill. I would like his email addy please to send him a little note to get well soon. Thanks, Steve - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 6:41 PM Subject: Re: Bill Owens update I don't know that it would be appropriate to post it to the list, but if anyone wants to send Bill a card I'll give you his address in a private email. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Bill Owens update
Very sad news, Just shot up a prayer for Bill. - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 5:57 PM Subject: Bill Owens update Just got word that PDML Central proprietor Bill Owens isn't doing very well and is headed back to the hospital for more surgery. Apparently his cancer has spread to his bones. I don't have details and this information has been filtered through at least a couple of non-medical-professionals in its way to me, but my in-house pathologist says that bone tumors are typical metastases of prostate cancer so it's credible in that regard. They won't be doing surgery for the bone stuff so I have no idea exactly what's going on... Hate to be the bearer of bad news but I thought his friends on the list should know. Keep Bill in your thoughts. He's one of the good guys. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
