Re[2]: photographic magazine.....

2001-10-22 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, the only places I've ever seen them in the UK have been camera shops. So anybody who recognises one in the UK thinks it's a camera bag. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tuesday, October 23, 2001, 1:27:46 AM, you wrote: Oh yeah the best part is they dont look like camera bags. if

Re: Bizarro PDML! (Re: The REAL reason the Pentax MX rules!)

2001-10-22 Thread Jim Apilado
I was excited when I read that Pentax was coming out with a TTL metering system in the Spotmatic. I had a Honeywell Pentax H3 (still have it) and was looking forward to this new technology. I have stayed with Pentax over the years. I acquired a lot of SMC Takumars that I am happy to still be

Re: Re[2]: photographic magazine.....

2001-10-22 Thread Paul Jones
in Australia about 99% of them are just shoulder bags or used by bike couriers. They were originally designed for bike couriers and are made in a country town just outside of melbourne. - Original Message - From: Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Paul Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: Bizarro PDML! (Re: The REAL reason the Pentax MX rules!)

2001-10-22 Thread Bruce Dayton
Jim, Like you I have no intention of leaving Pentax. I just wish they were a little more aggressive and able to push the market instead of follow along. Oh, well. I do love the glass! Bruce Dayton - Original Message - From: Jim Apilado [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Addendum to Pentax 67 flash metering question

2001-10-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Haven't learned anything new regarding my question about TTL metering with the Pentax 67II and the leaf shutter lens but... I didn't mention my impressions when I was shown the camera itself. It was the first time I'd ever seen a Pentax 67 in the flesh and two thoughts immediately struck me: 1)

Re: Re[2]: photographic magazine.....

2001-10-22 Thread Paul Jones
woops correction, the company is based there, but the bags are made in Vietnam, i just looked on mine. - Original Message - From: Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Paul Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 10:57 AM Subject: Re[2]: photographic magazine. Hi,

Re: Pentax Digital NEWS! Part one

2001-10-22 Thread Doug Franklin
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 10:37:57 +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: [...] in a digital camera the CCD is masked by a matrix of colour filters ie for every cluster of four pixels there are a red, blue and two green sensitive CCD pixels. These sensors and the surrounding ones are used to interpolate the

RE: The REAL reason the Pentax MX rules!

2001-10-22 Thread Chris Brogden
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Skofteland, Christian wrote: Which K-series body provides a full mechanical shutter speed range (1sec - 1/1000 ) DOF preview, interchangeable focusing screens and a decent motor/winder? I think you're misreading what I'm saying. I'm not saying that the MX is a bad

RE: multiple RE:Subject: OT Bright nox?

2001-10-22 Thread Cory or Brenda Waters
So sorry for the shotgun approach with this message. MS Lookout had a hiccup or two :( Cory Waters - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org

Re: multiple RE:Subject: OT Bright nox?

2001-10-22 Thread Frank Theriault
Cory or Brenda Waters wrote: So sorry for the shotgun approach with this message. MS Lookout had a hiccup or two :( Or 5? :-) -frank p.s.: I don't know the answer to your question(s) either! -f -- The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is

Re: Angle of View

2001-10-22 Thread Anthony Farr
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] When it is said that a lens has a certain angle of view, where is point from which the angle is measured - film plane, somewhere inside the lens, front element? -- Shel Belinkoff Rear nodal point. Regards, Anthony Farr

My new 6x7! (questions)

2001-10-22 Thread Chris Brogden
Woo hoo! I managed to snag a Pentax 6x7 (w/ MLU) at a local flea market for a very reasonable price. It came with the AE prism finder, the folding waist-level finder, the 150/2.8, the 80/2.8 leaf shutter, and a grip for the flash. I bought it with the intention of reselling it, but the more I

RE: Angle of View

2001-10-22 Thread Anthony Farr
- Original Message - From: Anthony Farr [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] When it is said that a lens has a certain angle of view, where is point from which the angle is measured - film plane, somewhere inside the lens, front

Re: multiple RE:Subject: OT Bright nox?

2001-10-22 Thread Bill Owens
My guess would be that it is because of a larger exit pupil on the binoculars. Bill, KG4LOV [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at

Re: Back from vacation - equipment experiences

2001-10-22 Thread Anthony Farr
Erik, Liquid penetration is possible with a non sealed camera like an MZ-3 but in the tropics it's condensation that you need to beware of. Perhaps you spent the night in an air-conditioned hotel room so that when you went out for a day's touring the camera was still cool for a while and became

Re: Pentax Digital NEWS! Part one

2001-10-22 Thread Rob Studdert
On 22 Oct 2001, at 21:13, Doug Franklin wrote: On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 10:37:57 +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: 2) How does the absolute resolution of the captured image compare between this undersampling and the full sampling performed by, e.g., a flatbed or film scanner. Well we can only

Re: Pentax Digital NEWS! Part one

2001-10-22 Thread Isaac Crawford
Bruce Dayton wrote: My concern is if you are going to do no better than the competition, and they are more entrenched, how are you going to compete. The motto We're no worse than the rest comes to mind. A full frame CCD was, IMHO, one of the big differences between the Pentax and a D30

RE: photographic magazine.....

2001-10-22 Thread Amita Guha
if anyones interested in having a look at them then go to www.crumpler.com.au I wish they had had better pictures on the site, but they're going to have a booth at the PhotoPlus Expo here in NY next week, so I'll get to take a look at them then. Here's the url for the expo in case anyone's

Re: Pentax Digital NEWS! Part one

2001-10-22 Thread Isaac Crawford
Chaso DeChaso wrote: Wasn't there a time when Pentax actually cared about being a leader? Are they now content with always following (more and more distantly), at best offering products close to the others and cheaper? This would be sad. If they simply don't have the might to compete

Albinar Lens on a ZX-7?

2001-10-22 Thread RH
Hi all, I have a 28mm wide angle lens by Albinar,it is a manual everything. I am trying to use it on a ZX7 but the light meter seems to not work correctly with the lens installed. Is this one incompatible with the ZX7? It is a K mount lens. When I put it on there,I set it to F/2.8, aim it at a

Re: Pentax Digital NEWS - FULL STORY from AP 27th OCT.

2001-10-22 Thread Isaac Crawford
Patrick White wrote: aimcompute writes: I guess it makes sense. Up to now. digital photography has never really been about quality. I find the Fuji Super CCD technology somewhat of a joke. You can't end up with more raw material than you start with. The Nikon D1x uses

Re: OT Bright nox?

2001-10-22 Thread Chris Brogden
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Cory or Brenda Waters wrote: I have a pair of binoculars and I now have FIVE K mount lenses (three are Pentax). In a nutshell, if possible, why are the binoculars so much brighter than my lenses? Possibly because the light isn't being deflected by a mirror so it can pass

Re: Cheating

2001-10-22 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Monday, October 22, 2001, at 04:55 PM, Frank Theriault wrote: I may have told you this already, but I just bought a Minolta 16II on eBay (it's been three weeks now, and the thing still hasn't arrived yet...). I expect to have problems finding film - I don't even know if it has a

Re: Pentax Digital NEWS! Part one

2001-10-22 Thread JTodd19261
BH's new digital catalog lists the new Contax N1 which is a 6MP camera and uses new AF lenses (50f1.4 lists for $595). So the 6 MP is here. Canon suprised me by coming out with a 4 MP EOS1D for @ $6,500 list. I use the D30 at work and enjoy using it, especially when my 80-200 f/2.8 becomes

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