Hi,
Do any of our Polish colleagues have access to Polska Unia
Gospodarcza (a political party) paraphernalia?
I would love a PUG umbrella!
mike
p.s. this does not suggest any level of support for the party
concerned - I couldn't tell you what their policies are.
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Paul Jones writes:
The shop also had a Pentax Screw Mount 500/4.5 for $700au ($350us), it
looked like it was brand new out of the box.
I know a place that's got a K-mount 1000/8 complete with Asahi wooden
tripod. Costs a bit more than that though.
Cheers,
- Dave
David A. Mann, B.E.
I have read that it is eight lines per millimetre for perceived sharpness,
which agrees pretty much with William Rob's 10 lines per millimetre. That
says something about enlarging 35 mm slides/negs for sharpness.
If a lens resolves 80 lpm, the theoretical limit for sharpness is 10
I'll try that Thanks...
I do not use the LX as the main camera, but as a
mechanical back-up however I never got round (still)
to feeling confortable with the flash.
Ciao
Michele
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What is your experience with the LX and Metz 40MZ3i
in
terms of results?
I
Hi,
I like to ask owners or the ones who experience both lenses for opinion about image
quality (not MF handling and build quality) comparing to price difference.
I am doing street photography with available light. I am going to buy MZ-5n and now
thinking about the lens and I like to know
William,
May I ask you to explain what a Dear Squid letter is ?? I'm at a serious
loss here !
thanks
fabrice
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William From: Bill Owens
William Subject: Fw: Way off topic, but pass it on
Up to US$400 in mint condition. Some get bargains for less. A few have paid
more. I'm not very good at assessing the effect of a bit of brasing on
price. The lens is excellent glass. You'll love it.
Regards,
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Living in Australia i have no idea what a saturn is :)
I can't see Saturn from here, but I sure as hell can see Uranus ;-)
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friend of mine paid 700$ (ya!) for a mint specimen two years ago...
Daphne
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i'm now the proud owner of two 'new' used K-SMC lenses which are absolutely
SUPERB performers :
the 50/1.2-K yielded astounding pics in all weathers, WY better than my
50/1.4-K and in spite of some dust inside which almost made me return the
lens untried (lucky i didnt!)
and the 135/2.5-K,
Daphne wrote:
and the 135/2.5-K, thats simply outstanding. it captured tiny squirrels
racing at the far end of the garden, and superb facades... i'm gonna try it
on my helicoid tube see how it fares with close-ups.
I'm sure you're gonna like it with the helicoid. I used mine with the
small
while i'm on the topic... i need you guy's advice here, my pentax slr outfit
has once again expanded and i'm thinking of unloading a body and (perhaps) a
lens -
got three mx's, one mint black and two ex+ chrome, all in perfect working
order, and one ex+ Me Super w/mint winder attached to it,
Hiya
You never cease to amaze me with all the equipment you go through g.
IMO, if you're going to ditch one of the bodies, get rid of one of the
MX. You'll still have two of those, and it's sometimes nice to use
the more automatic ME S. Selling an MX is to your advantage
because, from
Tonghang Zhou snapped it up. What a great buy.
Mark Dalal wrote:
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Mark
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My SMC Tak 85/1.8, which I think is identical save for the mount, works
well with the metal hood for the old Super Tak 85/1.9. Although it's not
quite as substantial as that Nikon hood, it does say Pentax :-) I just
bought a K 85/1.8 as part of a package. (MX, MX winder, 40/2.8 and
85/1.8) for
I covet the 600/4 and the K 15/3.5 rectilinear. The latter is very rare
in SMC Tak version. I'm not sure how common it is as a K. It's certainly
expensive, as is the 600/4.
Paul
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
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You would be lucky to see one for US$280,
or double that
On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 03:50:20PM +1000, Paul Jones wrote:
This completes what i was aiming for with my primes to carry around. 24/2,
50/1.4 and now 85/1.8.
Althought a 35/2 would fit in there nicely :)
I think a 35/2 would fit in nicely. I now have A24/2.8, M35/2,
A50/1.4 and M85/2. I
Shel wrote:
This brings up something interesting to ponder: Which Pentax lenses
might be the most rare and desirable?
Well, a lens can be rare and not very desireable and vice versa. However, the rarest
Pentax lenses are probably the A* 1200/8 and the M(!) 2000/13.5. The most desirable
Richard wrote:
I like to ask owners or the ones who experience both lenses for opinion about image
quality (not MF handling and build quality) comparing to price difference.
I am doing street photography with available light. I am going to buy MZ-5n and now
thinking about the lens and I
wait a minute, i think she said the lens is a fixed aperture zoom one, which
is a rare case, and won't be that cheap. now-a-days all stuff we see is
variable aperature only.
Lenses like the one you bought sell for $75 to $125 CAN here (roughly
$50-$80 US). If you paid $140, I'd return it and
No, no, no, you must keep them all.
You'll only regret it if you sell any of those beauties!
I too have three Mxs (2 chrome one black) and a black me super.
I have an LX too and loads of prime lenses. I couldn't bear to part with
any of them!
Now the Sfxn I also have is a different
Daphne: You are enabled.
Officially and unofficially.
Completely.
Undeniably.
Collin
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Subjective image quality opinions about the ones I've owned recently.
I've owned many other Pentax 50mm lenses, but I was not as critical back
then:
50mm F1.4 M: Fantastic resolution, even pretty decent at wide
apertures. Tinge of barrel distortion.
50mm F1.7 F: Soft up to about F2.8, very
As far as equipment,i have a pentium 3,700mzh with
256 ram and 10 gig hard drive with Canon S800 and BJC 8200
printers
Dave
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I guess it depends on your equipment, but my Agfa Snapscan 1212 has
done a great job with contrast,
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wait a minute, i think she said the lens is a fixed aperture
zoom one, which
is a rare case, and won't be that cheap. now-a-days all stuff
we
For those who still wonder why the MZ-S cost so much;
Apart from the outer magnesium shell the MZ-S also sport an internal aluminium chassis
with polycarbonat composite in certain areas to save weight. It also uses belt drive
for film transport because it can be made much more precise.
Its a
Hi
From: Pål Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
money. However, the 43 Limited have some superb qualities
apart from built and finish; its excellent bokeh that gives
subject a three dimentional look that provides depth to the
photos hardly avaiable from other lenses.
At
three MX , and Mesup AND an LX?
you mean i wont have to sell all my bodies and get a K2 as backup once i get
my LX? :-)))
thats great news!
Daphne
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On Thursday, October 4, 2001, at 09:35 PM, Mark Dalal wrote:
I don't think that an LX for $80 qualifies as enablement.
Nope, it counts as the legendary bargain LX. Makes my $400 CDN one look
mighty expensive in comparison!
-Aaron
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The two early Series 1 lens were fixed aperature 3.5 lens with 67mm
first and then a 62mm filter mount. I prefer the earlier one and have
both the screw and bayonet models. I believe she said she got a 75-200
model. The Series 1 are all 70-210. I would take the damaged lens
back while I
Pål Jensen wrote re the MZ-S:
It also uses belt drive for film transport
because it can be made much more precise.
Its a very well made and durable camera.
More precise than what? Where might I see a diagram or drawing of
this?
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Interesting point? What might the longevity of such a system be?
Mick Maguire wrote:
It also uses belt drive for film transport
So it's not going to be one for great longevity
like the Pentax's of old then.
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Paul wrote:
My SMC Tak 85/1.8, which I think is identical save for the mount, works
well with the metal hood for the old Super Tak 85/1.9. Although it's not
quite as substantial as that Nikon hood, it does say Pentax :-)
I recently acquired a zoom (gasp!) - the Pentax K 45-125 f4
Daphne picked up a crayon and scribbled...
Aint four bodies too much?
I thought so myself. That's why I traded my ZX-5n/35-80, PZ-1p, Fuji ST-901
screw mount/Fujicon 50/1.8, and the $25.00 yard sale K-1000 for my MZ-S with
BG-10 grip.
I did keep the Honeywell Spotmatic and all my other screw
On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
The Screw mount 135~600 zoom has got to be amongst the rarest lenses
Pentax ever made. I've only seen one (which was a mess!) and have
never even seen a photo of it.
I have an old brochure (Asahi Pentax: Complete System of
Photography) that has a
only from the point of view that the belt is almost certainly made of a
perishable rubber type compound, whereas the drives in older models (even my
SF1n's) are metal gears.
Regards,
/\/\ick...
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So Bill, what do you use for a second body?
Bill Owens wrote:
Daphne picked up a crayon and scribbled...
Aint four bodies too much?
I thought so myself. That's why I traded my ZX-5n/35-80, PZ-1p, Fuji ST-901
screw mount/Fujicon 50/1.8, and the $25.00 yard sale K-1000 for my MZ-S
I can confirm its ruggedness-
I took the MZ-S to India for 1 month in August. It
withstood many extreme conditions remarkably well,
dealing with extremes in humidity and
temperature(airconditioning - monsoon period),
constant lens changes, moisture (mainly from my
shirt-its HOT there- as it got
I use the Cokin System. They have both an A and P series. Don't bother
with the A, it is too small. The concept is good (only having to buy one
size of filter) and in practice is reasonable. It is nice to know that
Singh-Ray makes filters that fit the P holder in case you want that good of
I have a couple of old Leicas which, AFAIK, uses a gear drive system
to advance the film. It is dead-on accurate and extremely durable.
The frame spacing is perfect on every roll of film unlike some of the
Pentaxes that I've used, especially the LX and the MX.
I once changed film mid-roll in a
Shel wrote:
More precise than what?
More precise than 18 cogs. For the same reasing they using timing belts on car engines.
The dataimprinting damand a precise film transport.
Where might I see a diagram or drawing of
this?
MZ-S service manuals perhaps?
Pål
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Thanks, Tom.
Where do you get the other manufacturers filters?
D
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Delano Mireles wrote:
Can anyone give me their opinions on this
Hello Richard,
On Friday, October 5, 2001, Richard Vanek (ELN) wrote:
I like to ask owners or the ones who experience both lenses for opinion
about image quality (not MF handling and build quality) comparing to
price difference.
I have/had experiences with almost all types of 40-55 mm
Then you need to figure out how they can have such a wide difference in MTF
test results. Just because they have the same optical groups doesn't mean
they actually have the same lenses in them. While the FA-50/1.4 overall
rating of 4.2 is nothing to sneeze at the F-50/1.4 rating of 4.6 makes it
I've always wanted an adventure camera too... ;o)
Regards,
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Hello, list !
There is a SuperA for sale, in good condition, in Marseilles (FRANCE).
Any additional information qhould be asked to : M.CHABRAN, e-mail =
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This man went autofocus recently, with a brand new MZ-30.
He his willing 800FRF for this SuperA body (approx 122) and can
But not build quality, as bad as the feel of the F
is it feels better than the FA, and I have both the F
and A 50mm f1.7, the A seems sharper even tho the
optics are the same
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I'd go for a used SMC-F 50/1.4 as it is a little
Bad analogy ... Timing belts are used because they are cheaper and
lighter, but are a replaceable item. They stretch and sometimes jump
the sprockets, and when they break can cause problems that can destroy
an engine. Timing chains, which are even stronger, will sometimes
stretch and need
Depends on whether you use and/or collect. I have:
Pentax:
Pentax 110
Pentax 110 Super
Pentax ES (2)
Pentax ES II (2)
Pentax SP-F
Pentax SP-F MD
Pentax KX
Pentax KX MD
Pentax Super A
Pentax P-5
Pentax ZX-10 (wife's ex_
Pentax ZX-5n QD
Minolta:
Maxxum XTsi (wife's current)
Maxxum 700si QD
Dynax
My Ricoh XR-X uses an optical sprocket system to advance the film.
Less moving parts. No cogs, no belts.
Jeff
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Subject: Re: MZ-S; Built to last
Shel wrote:
More
So Bill, what do you use for a second body?
The Spotmatic. With the mid roll removal and reloading feature of the MZ-S,
it's almost as easy to change film as to change bodies. I must admit though
that an ME-Super would be nice to have, but I fear the war department would
not allow funding at
Pål is right the reason that they put them on car engines is that belts are
more accurate, lightweight and cheaper to produce than multiple cogs.
However, on cars they do have a tendency to break after long service if not
replaced at the recommended intervals (or sooner), with catastrophic
Hi,
On Thursday, October 4, 2001, Kristian Walsh wrote:
I've been using it for a while. The only thing I can say is that the
filtering sucks.
I am also using Mail.app. I do not think the filtering sucks.
The worst flaw, I think about Mail.app, would be the time stamps
which are
It isn't going to be, Shel. If only by virtue of the increased use of
micro-electronics over mechanical. Contrary to common belief micro
electronic circuits wear out, and when they do replacement parts are usually
unobtainable if the equipment vender has stopped making them.
Regards,
/\/\ick...
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Subject: Re: Oh the agony!
Gianfranco Irlanda wrote:
It seems we reached 151 LX on the list (if I'm right and the
buyer is Tonghang Zhou)...
actually i was offered the 50/1.2 grin , i wouldnt have considered buying
it just for the extra f-stop.. i looked at my pics again adnd i guess most
were taken round f8, f11-stops. still there's one of a landscape at dawn
that certainly was taken wide open and its gorgeous
Daphne
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I've never liked the narrow focus ring on the F but the lens performance has
always been top notch. I also have A50/1.4 and older SMC-T 50/1.4s both of
which are great.
Kent Gittings
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Vcrs and walkmans have belts as do cd players and
dvd's, I would guess the belt is not rubber but nylon
or teflon which will last much longer. They will still
fail at some point but lets hope Pentax made it easy
to replace.
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Pål is right the reason that
Kent Gittings wrote:
Is that the square hood with the compression ring retainer?
No, it's not, Kent.
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On Friday, October 5, 2001, at 11:18 AM, Mick Maguire wrote:
only from the point of view that the belt is almost certainly made of a
perishable rubber type compound, whereas the drives in older models
(even my
SF1n's) are metal gears.
Two gears in the transport of my first ME Super have
Jose Rodriguez wrote:
The filter size of the SMC-K Pentax 85mm f/1.8
is 52mm, so I also use the Nikon HN-7 Lens Hood,
which works great.
Last night I discovered that with the addition of a wrap or two of
electrical tape around the front of the HN-7 hood, the cap from a 10oz
can of Clabber
Yeah but gears have higher losses than belts so more HP is lost in gears
that chains and even still more than belts. Belt drive has faster response.
One thing you don't mention is that racing engines use gears mainly for the
timing precision but they have lower longevity than belts generally. In
What do you mean by optical sprocket system. Has to be some mechanical
system regardless of the registration method. Has to have belts, cogs, gears
or something similar. Using optics to count the number of sprocket holes has
nothing to do with the film winding mechanism except to precisely align
On Friday, October 5, 2001, at 11:57 AM, Yoshihiko Takinami wrote:
The worst flaw, I think about Mail.app, would be the time stamps
which are automatically converted to the user's local time.
I am now waiting for the new version of Mail.app which may comes
with MacOS X 10.1
I am using the
43/1.9 Limited versus any Pentax 50mm
My take is:
1. That the 7mm difference in focal length is much more significant than one
might think; 43mm is dead normal and seems much more relaxed and inclusive
than a 50mm. The 50mm can be a slight challenge for some subjects because
it's just a wee
I'd go for a used SMC-F 50/1.4 as it is a little sharper than the FA
version.
Old wives' tale. They are the same design and any difference is within
sample variation.
--Mike
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P.S. To all these lens discussions...I *STILL* have a 50mm f/1.4 K lens and
an 85mm f/1.8 Super-Multi-Coated Takumar with case and hood for sale, both
ex+ or ex++. Contact me off list, but SOMEBODY PLEASE BUY THESE, or I'm
going to have to start enabling. You have been warned.
--Mike
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Kent Gittings wrote:
Yeah but gears have higher losses
than belts so more HP is lost in gears
that chains and even still more than belts.
That's true
One thing you don't mention is that
racing engines use gears mainly for the
timing precision but they have lower
longevity than
I would put much faith, if any, in these lens tests.
Pål
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Then you need to figure out how they can have such
From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John Hicks on the Pure-Silver list said he and others had similar
problems with some early batches of the new D400. He thinks it was a
production problem, and that it's cleared up.
Is there a way to tell if you have one of the early batches. I've got a
couple of
What are you going to replace them with?
Bruce Dayton
Sacramento, CA
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Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 9:32 AM
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Bruce wrote:
It is nice to know that
Aaron wrote:
Two gears in the transport of my first ME Super have worn down and
broken teeth because I shot with it so much. That camera was built
around '82 or so, wasn't it?
Is the rubber likely to come apart in less than twenty years?
Don't know, but the 645 was introduced in
Somebody knows if EOS and Fs use gears or belts?
Regards
AG
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What are you going to replace them with?
Thats what I haven't figured out yet :-)
Any multicoated Cokin system filters out there?
Pål
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The 24 exp roll I bought yesterday has an emulsion number of 51CTG7X01-01
and an expiration of Sep 2003. It had the problem.
Bill, KG4LOV
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Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: A
Actually, this was a perfect use of the word...which is rare.
Len Paris wrote:
I thought we weren't supposed to use the term image here, anymore. ;-)
Mark Roberts wrote:
Yoshihiko Takinami wrote:
I would recommend FA50/1.4 in point of optical quality
and would recommend FA43/1.9 Limited in
Thanks Paul,
I just tried it and it seems to work very well. Also, after converting to
monochrome, have you tried setting autolevels, then going back to
AdjustLevels and setting the midtones to 1.8? To my unpracticed BW eye it
seems to be pretty natural.
Bill, KG4LOV
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Here there are Hyundai Pony's running 570,000+ MILES
now who would have thought that possible.
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375,000 miles is quite impressive for a Honda CRX,
i wouldnt have though it
possible :)
A guy I worked with years ago had a Honda Prelude
that he
Mark Dalal wrote:
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John Hicks on the Pure-Silver list said he and others had similar
problems with some early batches of the new D400. He thinks it was a
production problem, and that it's cleared up.
Is there a way to tell if you have one of the early
When *I* was a young man we had to work down the coal mines 23 hours a day...
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Here there are Hyundai Pony's running 570,000+ MILES
now who would have thought that possible.
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375,000 miles is quite impressive for a Honda CRX,
i
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Pål Jensen wrote:
Bruce wrote:
What are you going to replace them with?
Thats what I haven't figured out yet :-)
Any multicoated Cokin system filters out there?
Nope, that would be one drawback. I usually try and improvise some lens
shade using my hand or big filter pouch.
tv
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Hi,
I'm surprised to hear this about your LX(es). One of their bragging
points is the accuracy of the rewind/multiple exposure and therefore
the frame-spacing. It suggests that yours has/have a problem. Mine were
all bang-on (as is my M3).
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Bob
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Hi,
how much film did you shoot?
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I can confirm its ruggedness-
I took the MZ-S to India for 1 month in August. It
withstood many extreme conditions remarkably well,
dealing with extremes in humidity and
Woohooo!
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150 LXs
(yes, yes if you put together the ugly Z1s they are
a lot, but the LX
rules!!! :-P
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I think perhaps he means tidbits. Zetex would deletex
that email for sure :) You don't have sarnies
(sandwiches) and thermoses? Actually I could drop the
sandwiches (I eat those daily) and substitute a
home-made bacon and egg pie. Mm.
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Titbits ?
See below
--- Bruce Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Collin (Nothing else to do over lunch today) gave 10
top features to make a
Pentax camera special, I would like to point out
to him that my MZ-7
already has the following features:
Egg timer
Setting the self timer 48 times gives a
Hmmm, that makes me wonder if the SMC Tak 85/1.8 and the K 85/1.8 are,
in fact, optically identical. Perhaps there's must more of a front
element retainer ring on the earlier lens. I noticed in the picture of
that Nikon hood that it's wider, and since it's 52 mm, I'll have to pick
one up.
Paul
They are running, body rusting apart winter beaters.
You'd be surprised what some TLC can do.
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When *I* was a young man we had to work down the
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Here there are Hyundai Pony's running 570,000+
Paul wrote:
Hmmm, that makes me wonder if the SMC Tak
85/1.8 and the K 85/1.8 are, in fact, optically
identical. Perhaps there's must more of a front
element retainer ring on the earlier lens.
I think they're the same. Pentax standardized lens accessory
threads to 49mm, 58mm, etc. in the later
Hi Bob ...
The LX frame spacing problem has been discussed here in the past,
although it hasn't come up for quite some time. The first two that I
had, which were older models, had irregular spacing to the point where
some frames were so close together that there was no discernible space
between
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Richard
Vanek (ELN)
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 8:25 AM
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Subject: RE: 43/1.9 Limited versus any Pentax 50mm
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At
http://www.concentric.net/
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 12:45 PM
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Subject: Re: MZ-S; Built to last
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Street engines that may go 200K miles before
service get belts both for cost
My Pentax kit these days is a ZX5N, 43 F1.9 and 77 F1.8. What I keep
imagining is the silver MZ-S!
Thanks,
Ed
http://lightandsilver.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Francis
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 12:59 PM
To:
On Fri, 05 Oct 2001 10:52:24 -0400, I read:
Well, there's a M 2000/13.5 mirror lens on eBay right now:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1279766503
Very high starting price of $4750. The last one offered
on Ebay had a starting price of about $2800, and still
got no bids,
For real longevity, buy a Volvo.
The current record-holder is a Volvo P-18, with 1,690,000 miles.
And that was 2 1/2 years ago, so who knows what it reads now.
--
John Francis . . . . . . . . . . (650) 429-4427
MyWay.com 444 Castro St. Suite 101,Mt. View, CA
And on top of that there is a blind spot, where we can't see at all. That is
at the point where the nerves leave the eye ball. The blind spot for the
right eye is at the other side of the centre spot (yellow spot) compared to
the left eye. And on top of that our brain has learned very well to
Bummer, he doesn't ship outside of the USA, and this was such an
opportunity.
Frits Wüthrich
At 01:41 PM 10/5/01 +0200, Pål wrote:
Shel wrote:
This brings up something interesting to ponder: Which Pentax lenses
might be the most rare and desirable?
Well, a lens can be rare and
The previous record holder was a 1958 Mercedes 180D diesel sedan. I
wrote a commercial about it for MBNA ten years ago. It had 1,188,000
miles on it then, but I think it was retired from service.
Paul
John Francis wrote:
For real longevity, buy a Volvo.
The current record-holder is a
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From: Delano Mireles
Subject: Cokin filter system
Can anyone give me their opinions on this filter system along
with the
equipment you use - - Pros and Cons? I'm considering it
because I'm
learning purchasing individual filters for each lens can get
costly.
I
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