Picked up an old folding camera, a bellows camera, called the Super Ikonta
B. It takes 120 film and uses the 6 X 6 format compared to the 645 Pentax
that I also own.It has a PC connection for flash and is a rangefinder
camera. It's fun using a classic film camera.
Jim A.
I did this when I was looking at my last-but-one upgrade. There is now a
Pentium II 266 MHz system with 4GB of hard drive doing nothing but serving a
printer and scanner, and being used for compressed backups of data,
including emails and address books. Oh, and it runs an old but very stable
fax
I missed the original post and it has not hit the archives - but from the
subject line...
My usual kit has an Mz-S, Pz-1p, and Lx. The Mz-S is great for studio
work, still macros (like wildflowers), landscapes, and street photography.
I also use the Mz-S for the rare wedding, outdoor portrait
See below
From: Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: PDML meet (Sweden?)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 17:23:56 -0500
on 8/17/03 3:09 AM, Anders Hultman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Stan Halpin:
How
9. Oh yeah, it even meters with some manual focus lenses.
All manual focus lenses if you drill a second notch in the lens
mount, 9mm from the original notch.
Andre
And deface a classic lens?
Jim A.
In a way...
I understand your feeling, although a classic lens remains a user for
the
-Original Message-
From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: August 24, 2003 3:59 PM
I don't think Pentax ever aimed (and *certainly* never claimed) to be
going for the lead in consumer DSLRs with the *ist-D. It's simply too
expensive. So is a $900 DSLR, in fact. When prices
-Original Message-
From: Kevin Waterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Either can I, that is why I have an off camera flash mount for it
Describe.
I would have thought they'd release a 500FGZ by now.
To what aim?
At ceilings and walls.
Oh, you mean what purpose...whatever it is us
That makes a lot more sense!
Paul
From: Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: PDML meet (Sweden?)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 20:03:41 -0500
on 8/24/03 5:23 PM, Stan Halpin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
on 8/17/03 3:09 AM, Anders Hultman at
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 23:05:21 +0100, you wrote:
The EOS 300D is a marketing triumph, and you are just going
to have to get used to that fact without calling other
people trolls or describing their opinions as crap. It
isn't worth getting upset about. Just live with it.
John
...and I say, just
Cotty,
Thanks for the tip. I will make sure that my trip across the pond will
include a bottle or two of wine:')
Still trying to figure out how the trip can work this year,
Cesar
Panama City, Florida
-- -Original Message-
-- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Sent: Monday,
That is the only negative I have about GFM, not being able to walk up and
down...
But you may not want to ride with me... ask the others about my escapades
while driving my convertible with the top down near there:-)
Looking forward to next year, even if I do lose my bed :-)
César
Panama City,
I use my Sekonic L-358 quite a bit, and before that I used my Sekonic Studio
Deluxe L-398. I still carry it around, as a backup.
My appreciation of meters really grew when I realized I should really use an
incident meter, when possible...
César
Panama City, Florida
-- -Original
-- -Original Message-
-- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 10:50 AM
--
-- Wonder if it
-- will arrive in time for either the sprint triathlon or the
-- seafood and
-- pirate festival I help put on in September...
--
-- Anyway, I will be active on
Boris,
So, I am unimportant :-) :-0 No problems at all, I agree with
you.
Cesar
Panama City, Florida
-- -Original Message-
-- From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 12:08 PM
--
-- Hi!
--
-- On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:50:02 +0100
-- Cotty
Late reply...
I own a Bianchi that is fully Campy equipped. I have always thought about
buying their track bike - we have no elevation changes here, but have never
gone through with it.
I am still going to try to get back my first Bianchi, it is only partially
Campy-equipped :-)
Actually, I
Christian is right on this point. I foolishly tried another ale at the last
DCPDML. But he showed me the right path and I had the Dogfish.
I have yet to try out the vodka and rum, but it is only a matter of time :-)
César
Panama City, Florida
-- -Original Message-
-- From: Christian
-- -Original Message-
-- From: Pål Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 2:48 PM
--
-- Mark wrote:
--
-- I got to use an *ist-D quite a bit last weekend and I
-- disagree strongly
-- with both of those points.
--
--
-- It could well be that the *istD is one
-- -Original Message-
-- From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 10:05 PM
--
-- On 22 Aug 2003 at 14:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--
-- Alan's
-- comments on 77 Limited's reliability is worrisome
-- and should not be taken lightly.
--
-- I have been
This may have been asked before:
I noticed that while both the *ist *ist-D use the
same AF system, it seems that the 11 AF points cover a
much larger area in the *ist-D finder/screen. In the
film *ist, the area coverage by the 11 points looks
much smaller.
Is this due to the fact that the
Hi All,
I may just be the most well-stocked photog man on the prowl here at the
halls of pdml-- and I use every one, at least occasionally. But I am
completely an amateur (both financially and talent-wise...)
Starting with the oldest to the newest.
Yashica D TLR medium format. The camera I used
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, Peter Jansen wrote:
I noticed that while both the *ist *ist-D use the
same AF system, it seems that the 11 AF points cover a
much larger area in the *ist-D finder/screen.
Is this due to the fact that the *ist-D has a smaller
sensor (APS size), hence a smaller focusing
Hi John,
on 24 Aug 03 you wrote in pentax.list:
I'm not sure. The 300D is really a poor rebel. You can'tchoose the
metering modes as you want, you can't stay on a focus point frame
after frame without (cumbersomely) rechoosing the point etc.
The *very* low price of the EOS 300D and the fact
Still trying to figure out how the trip can work this year,
Hi Cesar,
Standing by on Yellow Alert :-)
Cheers,
Cotty
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I have only taken two weeks of vacation this
year.
Hey - I should talk! I get 25 days paid annual leave, not including the
usual run of state 'bank holidays' which brings the grand total to over 6
weeks vacation time per year. If anyone is slack around here, it's me ;-)
Cheers,
Cotty
Hi,
Sunday, August 24, 2003, 10:45:54 PM, you wrote:
If you could point me
towards any reviews of the F-803 for the Leica outfit I
would be grateful.
if you search photo.net or the Leica user group archives you'll find
plenty of discussions about this and other bags. Or Google 'leica
f-803'.
That is the only negative I have about GFM, not being able to walk up
and down...
But you may not want to ride with me... ask the others about my
escapades while driving my convertible with the top down near there:-)
Looking forward to next year, even if I do lose my bed :-)
César
Panama
My photography splits into:
Specific photo trips where the primary aim is photography and I'm on my
own , often working from a nearby car and I will be shooting a lot of
tripod work.
2 Lxs/winders, 17mm fisheye,18 f3.5, 24mm f2.8, 35mm f2,50mm Macro 100mm
f2.8, 200mmf4, 300 f4, 1.4X and 2x
Starting at the oldest (and largest):
The SpeedGraphic gets used for portraits in BW. These are the ones that
get enlarged to 12x16 or 16x20.
I also use the 110 year old Instantograph for portraits, but this is
more about showing off and having fun than fine art. I do get a real
kick out of using
If you had anything vital on those drives, there
are companies that specialize in data recovery from such.
They typically advertise in the classified section of pc
mags. Although they can't usually get everything off,
they can recover a lot. Not cheap, though.
-Lon
Mark Cassino wrote:
At 04:09
Sid penned:
A pentax 6x7 system. My newest stuff. I have the 55mm lens, the 75, the 105,
the 150 and the 200. Most of the lenses are the oldest versions, a couple
are super-tak 6x7s, but all of them, and the very early non-mirror lock-up
body are superb
Jim Apilado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And deface a classic lens?
No - deface a classic stainless steel flange that you take of a $20.00
50mm f/2.0 bought off eBay :)
Jim A.
9. Oh yeah, it even meters with some manual focus lenses.
All manual focus lenses if you drill a second notch in
Cesar Matamoros II [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Late reply...
I own a Bianchi that is fully Campy equipped. I have always thought about
buying their track bike - we have no elevation changes here, but have never
gone through with it.
I am still going to try to get back my first Bianchi, it is only
At 07:10 AM 8/25/2003 -0400, Lon Williamson wrote:
If you had anything vital on those drives, there
are companies that specialize in data recovery from such.
They typically advertise in the classified section of pc
mags. Although they can't usually get everything off,
they can recover a lot.
Well, it's time to go up from the underground:
I've been enjoying reading the list well over the year now,
but this is the first post to the list.
I use MZ-6 with beloved FA50/1.4 in vast majority of cases
which include landscapes and portraits;
occasionally I use Vivitar 19/3.8 to shoot in
If you use a manual focus lens with the istD,
does it help you with a focus confirmation LED?
-Lon
I haven't used the camera (yet) but there IS a focus confirmation light.
Cory Waters
- Original Message -
From: Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PDML Pentax Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 7:52 AM
Subject: ist-D question for those of you who've had paws on
Long have I looked for such, Butch. As far as I can tell,
if you want profiles from HP, you don't buy the consumer
stuff. Dammit all.
Butch Black wrote:
Lon;
Does the HP site have paper profiles for your printer on it? Once I started
using profiles my print quality improved tremendously, to the
Super Program --
For all-around convenience shooting.
Rolleiflex --
An old one from the late 40s. Rough shape. Just for fun.
Uncoated lens, For bw only.
Busch 'D' w/ Fujinon 135/5.6 --
Used for landscapes bw.
A decently-priced multi-coated lens that produces fine results.
Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you use a manual focus lens with the istD,
does it help you with a focus confirmation LED?
As far as I can recall, the answer to this is yes.
The only manual focus lens I used with the *ist-D was the K-15/3.5 and I
zone focused it most of the time.
--
[snipped inventory of Pentax and other gear]
OH, and thanks to Stan Halpin, I will soon have the one item I've never had
made by pentax, an LX
Right, so at least when that arrives you'll have a real camera Sid. Pity
about the other stuff!
;-)
Cheers,
Cotty
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Hi Pål,
I'm using a MZ-5n. Why? Because the *istD is still not shipping... ;-)
Cheers, Heiko
Not to worry, you still have the twin bed. Jerome used it at the camera
clinic and slept fine.
The Europeans are coming... Mutley snigger
Cheers,
Cotty
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Hail Pentaxians!
I recently toured Colorado. During the trip I proved my infinite capacity
for moronic clumsiness and poked my thumb through the shutter on my ZX-5N
while I was loading a fresh roll of EBX. I managed to get the little
curtains back into the slot so that the shutter worked but not
Pentax LX, PZ1, MZS...
Vic
On Saturday, August 23, 2003, at 07:21 AM, Lon Williamson wrote:
My wife's sister died suddenly, and I am in receipt of a passle
of JPEGS from which to select pictures to print and pass out at
a service in her memory. My wive is asking for 5x7 prints of
a recent portrait of her sister.
The
Hi all,
I've posted some pictures if anyone would like to take a look. Diatoms,
crystals, nasty machinery; including one of the arrival of a huge
stone-crusher that's going to make our lives worse than Hell. There are a
couple of electron micrographs not taken with a Pentax - sorry. All the
Being that I went to Roatan recently...
I use a Nikonos V with SB101 strobe for underwater photography. It was a
relearning experience of estimating distances since it is a rangefinder. I
do enjoy the extra shooting distance the strobe gives me. Reminder - when
using a strobe, close your eyes
-- -Original Message-
-- From: Lon Williamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 12:34 PM
--
-- Just completed over a dozen final prints of my
-- dearly departed sister-in-law. Final cost to
-- me in materials is probably about $60.
--
-- I now hate HP printers.
Never trust a person who replaces perfectly good leatherette with
snake skin. grin.
Cesar Matamoros II wrote:
Being that I went to Roatan recently...
I use a Nikonos V with SB101 strobe for underwater photography. It was a
relearning experience of estimating distances since it is a rangefinder.
Mark,
Sorry I forgot the diatoms. They were at 900X on film - 90X Apo NA 1.3 oil
immersion objective plus a 10X plan photo-eyepiece. The last one shows very
fine lines of pores, but they are not visible on the screen; I should have
made the picture bigger after cropping it a bit.
Don
Except for backpacking, hunting and fishing, I use LX's exclusively. I do a
lot of technical photography, otherwise, I shoot mostly street portraits,
much of it at night. Lately, I've been the choice of acquaintances I meet at
my favorite coffee shop for BW versions of their different weddings
My name is John and I am a cameraholic. grin
I shoot in the broad genre that is usually called travel
photography and use a Leica rangefinder outfit most of the
time. The 24mm, 35mm and 90mm focal lengths would be fine
for 90% of my shots but I resort to my Pentax SLR gear when
I need an SLR.
Hi all,
People have been talking about ethics in reportage:
I have to correct a mistake I made this morning. All day I've been waiting
for the roar and rumble of a stone crusher to start. But nothing happened.
So I went to have a look this afternoon. Lo and Behold! The thing has been
running for
Up until digital became really common, even in smaller newspapers, around
2000, wide angle shots were the dominating fad. It seemed like papers
couldn't get enough of them in all their distorted glory - in fact, the more
distorted they were, the more compliments they seemed to get, regardless of
Lon Williamson wrote:
snip
I own 2 SuperPrograms, 3 MXen, and 3 KXen. In the market
for
more good KXen. No desire to own an LX.
Lon,
I had no particular desire to own an LX (I was happy with my
Super A) until I picked up a cheap Pentax outfit at a camera
fair. It included an LX body, an
Someone implied, perhaps correctly, that little or no humour came from the
Toivakka member of the group. Well listen to this: I accessed my counter
website to see how many visitors had been to the 'Cement Company from HELL'
pages. The first thing I noticed was that one page's counter stood at 666.
I just noticed that the price of film scanners are
dropping. I bought a Canon FS4000 for $799 USD from
BH in February of this year. I just checked and the
price is now $599! I also noticed that the price of
the Nikon's are dropping too, plus rebates are bigger.
Perhaps now that DSLR's are below
MX, ZX5n, 6x7, K1000, K2, Mamiya 7II, oodles of lens for everything.
Mostly I've been using a Nikon Coolpix 885. I am disgusted that digital is so easy
and convenient. I have not been shooting fine art (BW) lately, but if it is school
plays, family gatherings etc I just use the digital.
Good
This was still in my outbox today I meant to send it Friday.
Ok, I'm gearing up to go completely digital so this is what's left of film
bodies, accessories and lenses without an A Believe it or not, it pains
me to sell this stuff because I think the LX and MX are some of the greatest
Hi everybody,
When I travel really light, and always with me anyway, a Yashica
T5 (or, recent purchase, a Ricoh GR1), usually loaded with BW
film. Both great for street photography (the T5 with its waist
level finder is particularly useful).
A light travel kit is: MX, M 50/1.7 (or 1.4 when I
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 19:16:47 +0100
From: whickersworld [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lon Williamson wrote:
snip
I own 2 SuperPrograms, 3 MXen, and 3 KXen. In the
market
for
more good KXen. No desire to own an LX.
When a short shutter lag is an essential issue the LX
is still without any
Pentax LX with FA-1, grip B and original strap: Shutter is great, NO
STICKY
MIRROR, it has a scratch or two on the body, focusing screen is a
grid-type
and is a little dusty. The DOF preview works but mirror lock-up and
self-timer are inoperable. Nothing a CLA wouldn't cover. Also, I'll
Ugh. Sorry, hit send too fast.
On Monday, August 25, 2003, at 02:30 PM, Christian wrote:
This was still in my outbox today I meant to send it Friday.
Ok, I'm gearing up to go completely digital so this is what's left of
film
bodies, accessories and lenses without an A Believe it or
the Nikon scanners do multisampling. this helps reduce the noise. i normally run with
multisampling x4 and that helps a great deal with denser Provia slides and most Velvia
slides. underexpose Velvia a little too much and mine too is helpless. you can see the
detail but can't get it out very
I use my MZ-S with the FA50 1.4 or the 645 with the 75 2.8. (yes I'm a
fan of normal lenses, and I'll probably pick up a 45 for the 645 at some
point.). I take the 645 when I can use a tripod or when I have time to
dawdle on one image. I use the MZ-S for walking around or for when I
need
They're so expensive that only a limited number
of photographers can
afford them ;-)
...or so good that only a limited number of
photographers notice
the
difference?
DagT (not owning one, just wanting one)
Same boat as you are: not owning one, just wanting
one. For my bank account's
Hi Gang;
State Street Direct; www.ssdonline.com is now taking pre-orders for the
Canon 300D digital Rebel. $999 with an 18-55 (28-90 equiv.) lens. It's
interesting to note that although they sell Pentax they are not listing the
*ist-D yet. Also, am I the only one who finds it strange that with
Butch Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Also, am I the only one who finds it strange that with the
embargo past and the camera to be shipping within the next month, that there
aren't any independent reviews of the camera with actual images?
Not really. there are still no production cameras in the
I actually recently saw a new MZ-S on the shelf next
to a new PZ-1p at a Ritz camera store. The
salesperson I spoke with is a Pentax fan and had the
(languishing) PZ-1p sent from another store just to
show people next to the MZ-S. They've been there for
quite a while.
--- T Rittenhouse [EMAIL
I use an MX with a grid screen for shooting slides, mostly provia 100F.
When I'm doing this I'm taking things a little more seriously, so I
bring along most of my (small) contingent of lenses - M 50/1.7, M
28/3.5 and A 70-210/4. I have an M 135/3.5 that hasn't seen much use
since I got the
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Gianfranco Irlanda wrote:
time) and a MZ-5n (sometimes the Z-1p,
How do these two compare with each other? In your account the MZ
features many more times that the Z. I guess the Z-1p has more
functions, are they rarely used? Is the Z-1p's viewfinder noticeably
bigger and
According to their respective Japanese web sites,
*ist D will ship on September 6 and Digital Kiss,
September 20.
--
Bo-Ming Tong
Well, it's time to go up from the underground:
I've been enjoying reading the list well over the year now,
but this is the first post to the list.
Hi Salikh,
Nice one mate, welcome aboard.
Cheers,
Cotty
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Hi Kostas,
Almost all the times I decide to use the MZ-3 or 5n instead of
the Z-1p is when I want to save room and, more important,
weight. Many times I had the the Z-1p + FA*85/1.4 + flash
AF400FTZ combo hanging from my neck all day long and it was a
real pain at the end of the day...
In terms
Well certainly, an *istD has less bagage to it's name than KISS.
http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=KISSString=exact
This camera can't be meant to be anything more than a ps with a bayonet
lens mount.
Otoh, I'm sure it'll drag a lot of users into the DSLR market.
Jostein
Nice collection Sid! I would love to see that polished brass one again.
Could you post it somewhere, or send me a jpeg if you have time. Thanks.
Oneday I'll start a collection.
C
On Monday, August 25, 2003, at 04:18 AM,
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