I think the MV, like the MG and ME, do have a mechanical speed at
1/100, which is also the flash synch speed. When I had an MV I noticed
that the shutter, while it had the same specs as the ME, was either
clackier in operation or at least not nearly as well damped.
Joe
On Mar 22, 2005, at 8:37
Let us know! It's certainly seems like it could be a decent
full-frame coverage alternative to the expensive 24-90 or 20-35 and
perhaps better constructed than the FAJ 18-35.
Joe
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It's optically identical to the A version, so most of the A version's
It's optically identical to the A version, so most of the A version's
comments (from the two comments posted there) would apply. I have the
A version and while some here don't like it, I find it fine for
casual shooting. It's the same size as the 35-70 f/4 A lens, which is
quite compact. I had
That confirms what I thought ... though I think that with the shutter
on P or the lens on A, the exposure compensation knob would adjust
both the ambient exposure and flash output. Isn't that the case on
all Pentax bodies with TTL flash, except for the PZ-1p, where they
finally made flash
Pentax's last great film camera
(most likely)!
I have a couple of lenses I could include with the camera if needed
at a small additional cost.
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Thanks, John, I had forgotten to update that. They don't always tell
me when they change the URL, you know ... ;-)
Joe
Joe,
As the Editor, you perhaps ought to know that your link to your
august organ is out of date.
Regards
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So what is the obvious flash compensation? I assume use manual
mode, but dial in exposure compensation and then use the meter to
reach -1 instead of +-0 ?
I have also used flash on auto instead of TTL and just dialed the
f-stop to a stop or two smaller than the flash figured I was using.
Of
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Some cameras, like several in the MZ/ZX series, support _some_ power
zoom functions but not all. The MZ-5n and MZ-S, for instance, support
the basic 3-speed power zooming, but not the zoom clip, size tracking
and other fancy functions. Also, these cameras do provide the
as possible.
The 28-105 does on both my MZ-3 and ZX-5n.
John
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But are any of them power zoom lenses? I think most of the IF lenses
replaced older power zoom designs. The 100-300 power zoom doesn't
change size at all when zooming, only when focusing. Others, like the
28-105 power zoom, can change size nearly as much from close focusing
as they can from
the motor when trying to find focus.
Take it off slightly from the to ends and it will focus.
Dave
Carlos Royo mused:
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But are any of them power zoom lenses? I think most of the IF lenses
replaced older power zoom designs.
The FA* 80-200 2.8 is both power zoom
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What camera model was it?
I purchased the LN- MZ-S that showed up on KEH back in January. Four
rolls had gone through it based on the data imprinting counter, but
there were no other signs of use. The little leather eyelet
protectors for the neckstrap had never had a neckstrap put through
for it!
Joe
On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Joe Wilensky wrote:
I purchased the LN- MZ-S that showed up on KEH back in January. Four
rolls had gone through it based on the data imprinting counter, but
there were no other signs of use. The little leather eyelet
protectors for the neckstrap had never had a neckstrap
Yes, I love the black MX too -- unfortunately, the one I had was the
one where a meter resistor or something went kaput. I had a chrome
MX, too, but I've since sold both.I do have a well-worn black
Spotmatic, a black ESII, and the black Super A, which I think looks a
lot nicer than the Super
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I thought the whole SF series had glass viewfinder optics, like all
Pentax cameras before them, and it was the PZ series that started the
unfortunate foray into easily scratched plastic eyepieces. Are you
sure the SF1n with plastic optics is the norm?
Joe
I now have 2 SF1n bodies, one with
My question was that when the AF button is set up to be able to lock
both AF and AE (a PF setting option), this actually completely
_disables_ the AE-L button so that it no longer has any effect when
pressed. It's an odd quirk, because although the AF and AE
lock-or-not-lock options on the
.
Actually, the manual advises that F6 setting [2]
nullifies operation of AE lock button.(page 115).
Jack
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I grabbed a like new MZ-S from KEH last month (it truly was like new,
and only four rolls had gone through it based on the data imprinting
count -- I don't think it was reset, either, because it looked like it
had never been used at all). I had borrowed an MZ-S from a list member
briefly a
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What about the FA 35mm f/2? BH had it listed as backordered, and now
it's just listed as out of stock. Adorama has it on backorder.
There's no DA replacement for this scheduled yet, is there? Or are
they shifting production of this lens to the guy in Vietnam?
An FA 35mm f/2 in nearly new
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A few years ago, I tried a couple of Super Programs, but I think both
had been used fairly heavily and were a bit loose in feel and one had
begun to develop shutter problems. After venturing into
SF1n/PZ-1/PZ-1p territory for a while, I took a chance on another
Super Program offered for sale
An F 50/1.4 just finished on auction on eBay about a week ago -- $182,
I think. I'll post a link in a minute if I find it. It was the first I
saw on eBay in months and months and months, perhaps a year. One that I
saw previously had been included in an SFXish package, and the price
seemed to
It went for $188.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItemcategory=48558item=3867324192rd=1
Joe
On Jan 23, 2005, at 1:25 AM, Ryan Lee wrote:
Actually that's interesting you should say that Paul- I'd say I've been
keeping a reasonably close eye on eBay for the past year or two, and
not
U.S. Here's a very
affordable way to get a genuine Pentax 85mm prime lens!
Joe
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I would also say keep both, or even decide on one or the other and
then pick up a backup body of the same type so you have two! As all
these cameras get older and older, it seems having a backup makes
sense either for stepping in when something on the more-used body
fails, or simply as a
Black MXes are beautiful! I had one once, and it was the later,
plastic memo holder style and had a smoother shutter release/mirror
slap mechanism. Unfortunately, the meter went on it and I sold it. I
had an earlier chrome MX with a working meter that I kept for far
longer. But I still think
for this body/case/batteries.
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for this body/case/batteries.
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the viewfinder look like this?
Jens
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Emne: FS: Gorgeous Honeywell Pentax ES black body
This is the near-mint
Here's the on-line lens test archive -- it doesn't go back as far as
the list you can order from and they're not .pdfs, but they are the
original lens tests.
Joe
http://www.popphoto.com/article.asp?section_id=2article_id=351page_number=1
Hi Jack
I've tried that but it's only for ordering
I just purchased what looks like a nice example of this lens (Tokina
20-35mm f/3.5-4.5, I think the AF235 II HLD model) on eBay for $150
Buy It Now. I found a few comments on it, but I'd like to know if
anyone else has experience with it. Any comments? Reviews? The seller
said it has a very
Last chance before eBay:
Pentax SMC K 24mm f/2.8 lens. Excellent plus, really beautiful and
hardly used condition. One of the (many) really nice primes of the
original K series!
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Sounds like a very good deal -- lightly used ones can be harder to
find and have much life in them!
The Super Program/A is a truly wonderful Pentax camera. Back a few
years ago when I was inching my Pentax collection toward modernity
(adding to my K1000 and a few lenses by experimenting with
For sale:
Pentax SMC K 24mm f/2.8 lens. Excellent plus, really beautiful and
hardly used condition. One of the (many) really nice primes of the
original K series! See its specs on Boz's site at:
http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/primes/ultra-wide/K24f2.8.html
Original front rear caps
I just got one recently from a store with an online presence for $150
that gave it a CLA before shipping it out as part of the deal! The
barrel would probably rate as BGN condition at KEH, but the glass is
lovely! And it is one big hunk of glass!
Joe
On Dec 17, 2004, at 1:18 PM, Collin
slider switch so that it doesn't get
inadvertently changed. But it sounds like your eyecup would fit
nicely on a Spotmatic or ES camera -- what shape is it, and how far
from the eyepiece does it stick out in back?
Joe
Joe Wilensky wrote:
These have gotten rare and a bit pricey in the past
In that case, the eyepiece of the SFX/SF1 cameras is the same
M-series size as the other M and A series Pentax cameras -- wouldn't
any off-brand eyepiece sized for Pentax fit it?
Joe
The guy I am trying to find the eyecup for no longer cares about the
ready light, he just wants something
These have gotten rare and a bit pricey in the past couple of months,
it seems -- does anyone have one for sale or trade?
Joe
in the viewfinder itself and subsequent cameras,
like the PZ-1 and onward, used separate icons in the viewfinder for
RTF and external flash-ready signals.
The last two eyecups on eBay went for about $28 and more than $30, I believe.
Joe
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Subject: WTB
If I remember correctly, the FDP grip strap for the PZ-1/PZ-1p lets you
reattach the camera neck strap to a little metal eyelet, while the grip
strap F for the SF1/SF1n has no such provision, such that with the grip
strap attached, you can no longer keep the neck strap attached to the
camera.
For sale:
Pentax SMC K 24mm f/2.8 lens. Excellent plus, really beautiful and
hardly used condition. One of the (many) really nice primes of the
original K series! See its specs on Boz's site at:
http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/primes/ultra-wide/K24f2.8.html
$175 includes Priority Mail
For sale:
Tamron Adaptall II 24mm f/2.5 lens, 55mm filter size. Purchased from
KEH in EX+ condition in July.
Lens is extremely clean and clear. Dust specks visible in the photos
is only on the exterior.
This is a nicely made lens with very good build quality and very good
manual focus feel
A colleague of mine was a photojournalist in the '70s and '80s and
used Olympus OM's. When the 21mm f/2 Zuiko came out around 1980, it
became one of her favorite lenses for work. But that doesn't help, as
Pentax doesn't have anything similar.
I have Vivitar's 28mm f/1.9 in screwmount and
I've had both, and I liked both lenses. The F version is much better
suited to autofocus, since it has a pretty loose manual focus feel,
and it has that particular bulky yet durable feeling plastic feel
that some of the F zooms have. The A lens is the one I kept (and my
only zoom right now) --
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Emne: Re: Pentax-A 4/24-50mm vs. Pentax-F 4/24-50mm
I've had both, and I liked both lenses. The F version is much better
suited
There were two A 35-70 lenses -- the first, the constant f/4 version,
has the great macro performance reputation. It's a little larger and
perhaps a bit more solidly built than the later f/3.5-4.5 version,
which was amazingly compact (and a one-touch zoom, I believe). Is the
barrel distortion
The A 35mm f/2 is a lovely lens, with the same optical formula and
build quality of the M version, but with A contacts and perhaps the
improved A coatings. It seems to have build quality equal to or
better than the A 50 f/1.4, another very nice example of an A lens,
as opposed to the plasticky
This is the P5 I purchased on eBay for its front grip, since my P5 was
lacking one. It was advertised as not working, even with batteries
installed, so I bought it as a potential parts body. It turned out to
be in excellent shape and working fine -- the batteries the previous
owner had put in
While it's certainly amusing, this photo is a mocked-up hoax, though
it seems it might have been someone's imaginary construct of a home
computer, circa 1954!
See: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp
Joe
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 08:47:44 -0800, Keith Whaley
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My ESII was in KEH bargain condition, and works very nicely, but
there were a few patches of corrosion/rust along the edge of the lens
mount. I used one of those battery contact cleaner pens on the spots
to smooth them out a bit. The spots look like this:
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210mm setting)
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Assuming I don't need it to look new, will the DeoxIT or something
similar at least stop any additional damage to the mount? This is a
good user body -- can I just seal it and not worry about replating? I
don't plan on taking the camera into nasty conditions.
Joe
On Nov 7, 2004, at 12:27 PM,
I've seen discussion of this as a possible exposure factor only with
the combination of both stop-down metering AND a camera that takes an
average reading of the entire focusing screen, rather than a
centerweighted reading. The idea is that lenses that vignette a bit
wide open may cause slight
. Includes
caps and I'll add the proper Pentax rubber lens hood, which is
partially collapsible. $90. This is the one that performs really well
because of the extra-low dispersion glass element. See Boz's page on
it at:
http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/zooms/long/F70-210f4-5.6.html
Joe
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I had an F24-50 for a while with a PZ-1 and PZ-1p. Very nice results
and handling, and nearly as good as the 24-90 (at least from
24-50mm!), which I purchased later.
I sold the F24-50 and got the A24-50, which is a lovely,
solid-feeling zoom that has the same optical formula of the F. Of
Hi, JCO,
I just completed an on-line purchase of an ES -- I wanted to give it
a try after using a couple of ESII's over the last few years. I am
holding on to the ESII, though!
What is the number/size of this lithium battery that works in the ES?
The circuitry handles it fine, even though
Yes, works fine on the PZ-1p, you even get the ability to control the
aperture from the body with the PZ-1p (since there's no aperture ring
on the lens). No depth of field preview, though, since the DOF
preview on the PZ-1p isn't the electronic type.
Joe
Hi,
Can this lens be used on the
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Melbourne, Australia
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Subject: FS Friday: MX screens plus extra tweezers/screen cases
Also FS:
Pentax Focusing Screen M SD-11 (clear glass with crosshairs
70-210mm f/4-5.6, bargain condition. Heavy-duty and well-made
body shows some wear on sharp edges, but glass is beautiful. Includes
caps and I'll add the proper Pentax rubber lens hood, which is
partially collapsible. $90.
Joe
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I'm currently selling a number of things, some of which I've posted
today, but I'm also always looking for a number of various little
(and some not-so-little) Pentax items.
If anyone has any of the following, I'd be interested in purchasing
(or trading for):
Pentax Super A (in black --
Ha -- I have been an occasional thespian in the past.
Acting editor means I've been loaned to a different department to
fill in for something that could become permanent ... so promotion is
premature.
Joe
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with the camera, add $75 for a total of $400 for a great package
price!
Joe
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of days. Any recommended place to make
pictures?
Thanks,
arnie
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Aren't both the M and A 50/1.7 lenses about the cheapest Pentax
lenses you can find, aside from the 50mm f/2 lenses? Since they're
both wonderfully compact and very sharp, they're also great values.
But don't both of them sell for anywhere from $20 to $40, tops?
They're often the free body
and
feels smooth and well put together. Includes front and rear caps and
Pentax soft case. $90 including shipping/insurance in the continental
U.S.
If you want both as a kit, $400 including shipping/insurance will do.
Joe
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Pentax SMC-FA 24-90mm f/3.5-4.5 AL (IF) lens in EX+ condition.
Includes caps, bayonet tulip hood, and Pentax soft lens case.
$275.
Joe
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kit, make an offer.
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an affordable SLR, in the
fashion of the OM-1, but less costly. Didn't work...
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it from then on!
keith
Joe Wilensky wrote:
That's right, it wouldn't even let you manually select shutter
speeds without a separate plug-in adapter, correct?
Joe
Oh yes! And somewhere in there was the OM-10, too. Not too bad a
camera, but in their zeal to appeal to all and sundry tastes
, but it doesn't. I
wonder if other F lenses have this problem. Some people have no
problems with it.
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These have been Pentax's standard instructions ever since the SF1/SFX
flash that had the infrared focusing beam built in -- if you want to
use it for focusing but not for flash, push the flash back down after
focusing but while still pressing the shutter release halfway.
A better method is via
the MZ-5n
with an EX+ Pentax SMC-FA 28-70mm f/4 for $275.
Joe
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(aperture ring,
etc.). Includes front and rear caps. A beautiful compact lens that
gives you all the speed you need for available light shooting!
$125 plus shipping.
Joe
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(aperture ring,
etc.). Includes front and rear caps. A beautiful compact lens that
gives you all the speed you need for available light shooting!
$125 plus shipping.
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example. This
F lens also has somewhat better manual-focus feel than the F 50mm
f/1.7 I had, though it's still not great in that department.
Includes front and rear caps.
$95 including shipping in the continental U.S. I'll include $5 toward
shipping elsewhere.
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Yes, the F is autofocus.
Joe
On Jul 23, 2004, at 4:15 PM, John Bailey wrote:
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I picked up the F version of the 28mm f/2.8 lens
(same optical formula as the A, different than the
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Is the F autofocus?
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One of the LX wonks that I don't like is it's refusal to fire a flash
at all if it decides that there is enough ambient light to take the
picture without flash.
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Linear -- it's the standard Pentax centerweighted gallium meter in
the prism, which doesn't require the circular polarizer. Though it
has TTL flash metering, it doesn't have the semi-silvered spot on the
mirror that requires light to pass through the mirror to a meter cell
(or an autofocus
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... and note how they had to remove part of the rear lens cap to
accomodate the autofocus connections.
And of course that lens isn't yellow ... it's just the lighting!
Joe
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automatically. They didn't always...
The yellow is a reflection off the coating.
Regards,
Bob...
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I'm still looking for an extra front grip for the Pentax P5/P50
camera. It's different than the one for the Super Program/Super A.
I'll even take one attached to a P5/P50, though it can be a parts
body.
Joe
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I mean distance the lens is focused at, not focal length.
Joe
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I think FA lenses also transmit the distance the lens is focused
at, which can influence the multi segment metering in some
situations and also the smart program decision the cameras make
(at least for cameras
Does anyone have an extra front grip for the Pentax P5/P50 camera?
It's removable like the one on the Super Program/Super A, but I
believe it's a different grip.
Joe
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Well, I haven't used variable-aperture zooms on manual cameras very
often -- they are far more useful and there is less inconvenience
with cameras with at least some auto exposure, because the camera
would then at least adjust for the changing aperture value when
zooming. But my point was that
taller than a Kodak Retina. Includes most of the
everready case (only missing the snap flap on the rear that holds it
closed. But you may find it more pocketable without the case and with
a strap that screws into the tripod socket.
Price: $75.
Joe
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I haven't run into this problem, as far as I can tell, with my SMC-F
70-210. I have consistently enjoyed the results from this lens.
Here's a handheld shot at 210mm (exposure was 1/750, I believe,
aperture closed down a bit from wide open). Camera was PZ-1p.
.
It is a pretty spectactular lens.
To bad I almost never use it.
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I have both these lenses. I have shot tests with them, but I haven't put
much mileage on the 30 and haven't touched the 35 in a decade.
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I just picked up an F 28/2.8 from KEH, and I will try to make some
comparisons with the FA 28/2.8 I have in the next couple of weeks.
I did have an A 28/2.8 for a while, which is the same formula as the
F lens, and it never significantly impressed me. Some of that may
have been that the PZ-1 I
of equipment. I'll post a more complete review with
some photo-samples in the near future.
-Shawn
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those of the newer
features that can be so utlilized.
Thanks for any advice.
Peter Nielsen
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