This is in very good condition, all systems go, no cosmetic or functional
issues other than the missing eye cup, which I lost because they come off
easily. To make up for that, I'm including the cable release for this camera.
$160 includes shipping.
$207, which includes shipping. Very nearly perfect condition.
http://photo.net/bboard/big-image?bboard_upload_id=23745884
Please allow me to be perfectly clear: there is NO loss of sharpness in the
corners, there is NO loss of sharpness near the edges, there is NO vignetting
in the corners when using the DA 40mm on both the MZ-S and ZX-5n FILM bodies.
Images on both slide and print film are uniformly sharp
The Emperor of Digital Photography has no clothes. I once took a 35mm slide to
the best printer in town and beautiful got ilfochromes that won me an
international award and purchase by a calendar company and the Washington DC
Arts Council. A year later I wanted some more ilfos, went back to
This is a courtesy offer before eekbay, a 120mm SMC-M in perfect condition,
seemingly untouched by post-manufacture human hands. The additional links are
a comparison at f8 to the FA 135mm, both negs pushed through a poor scanner. I
admit that scanning makes the test rather pointless, but I
Post-capture enhancement of nature photography should have some limits. Ansel
Adams was a master at perspective control at capture and at opto-chemical
processing and printing to achieve his effects, but I don't think he was ever
trying to fool his audience about what was really there in the
I really don't care all that much about what the picture looks like that I
took in the field.
Pete Myers
http://members.cox.net/mark.lindamood/FiveFAs.jpg
(the zoom's a first cousin)
Has anyone besides me noticed that the link to BOA's Gallery off of Boz's site
now links to an ATT site?
Paranoid that I was going to lose the cable release socket cover on my PZ-1p, I
tacked one onto another order from Pentax CO years ago and still have it, even
tho the PZ-1p, alas, is long gone (and the socket cover never was lost). I'll
sell it for $11, which includes mailing it.
Talk about
I agree with Rick that the PZ-1p is the better of the two, for the same reasons
-- easier flash compensation and more refined custom functions. The only PZ-1
I would get would be the groovy looking 75th anniversary silver/black, one of
which went for a pretty reasonable price on ebay in the
Ha! BH probably saw that those very nice lenses were going for as much as
$255 on ebay and decided there was life in Pentax yet! I just got a pristine
FA50 1.4 bundled with a clean ZX-5n on ebay for $300 and feel it was a good
deal.
It might be true, though, that the FA primes will turn
Go Andre! Thanks for pursuing macro exposure performance with two 360's. I've
done wireless macro hand-holding of one 360 at 25cm from the subject and I get
perfect exposures.
Thanks also Arnie for sharing your experience. With respect to controlling the
1/1, 1/2, 2/3, 1/3 output ratio
Is it possible to work two (or more) 360's wireless triggered by the built-in
flash? Has anyone tried this?
First, Rod Studdert's spider shot posted below is way terrific, despite his
lousy gear. Good on ya! Here's it's north american cousin through a 100mm F
and a bad scanner.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?topic_id=1481msg_id=001U4Qphoto_id=265367photo_sel_index=0
Second, Margus Mannik's
First, Rod Studdert's spider shot posted below is way terrific, despite his
lousy gear. Good on ya! Here's it's north american cousin through a 100mm F
and a bad scanner.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?topic_id=1481msg_id=001U4Qphoto_id=265367photo_sel_index=0
Second, Margus Mannik's
Okay, here's my little dilemma. I want to small-up/simple-down for
portability, which includes getting a hand strap (not a grip strap) for my MZ-S
and swapping my FA 35mm f2.0 lens for the 43mm limited. I wish like heck that
the new DA 40mm would work on the MZ-S but apparently it's not
I hate using ebay when a captive audience exists here. For sale, new in box
PZ-1p grip strap, $55.00 includes shipping. Several of you have purchased fom
me before. Hello, guys. I'm back. Mark
New in the box. $60. 703-845-2586. Also, an MZ-s, 24-90 FA, 300mm FA, 20mm FA,
35mm FA, 135mm FA, 100mm F macro. Liquidating. Just a bunch of stuff. Call
571-218-9203 for details. Mark L.
Brand spankin' new with case and box, as crispy and sharp as legend has it, $550 plus
shipping.
Flash will include the 3-foot and 10-foot off-camera cords, two hot shoe adaptors to
connect to the camera body, and a lumiquest bounce attachment. The 20mm is minty
new. 200 and 400, respectively.
Both are in excellent condition. NEW GRIP STRAP for the body. 3-foot cable release
for body. Original boxes and flash cases and manuals, camera body cap, and the Pentax
10-foot and 3-foot off-camera flash hot shoe cables for off-camera flash. Lumiquest
soft bounce attachment for flash
Yes, the fabeled grip strap, new, with box, with a PZ-1p to go with it, excellent
condition and a Pentax-replaced NEW shutter that is operating totally like new. No
problems with this camera, except it's one too many for me these days. $400 includes
original box, manual, strap, body cap, new
shift $500
28-105PZ $120
24K $190 (w/ original hard case)
20FA$350 (new, w/ case)
135FA $185
Macro $230 (w/ hard case)
MZ-S $600
MZ-s timer release - $100
Or best offer applies to everything. I assure you all this stuff is in new
condition.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Mark
I keep listing this stuff here, can't seem to get around to scanning photos for eBay,
but will soon. Anyway, FOR SALE: MZ-S, MZ-S timer release cable, Pentax 28mm shift,
28-105 powerzoom, 24mmSMC K, 20mm SMC FA, SMC-F 50mm F1.7, SMC-FA 135mm, SMC-F 100mm
macro. All in fastidious condition.
I am selling out, guys. My shift lens, 28-80 P zoom, 20mm FA, and My MZ-S the first
things to go. If anyone is interested, lemme know.
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Totally pristine, very sharp. A beauty. Includes original instruction booklet,
which is not seen too often short of new purchase. My equipment has sold through
here before with all happy buyers. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] View jpegs taken with
this lens HERE:
See http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2915705087
Both are for sale. Contact off-line.
And, yes, I still have that new condition 24mm SMC f2.8 I keep trying to peddle.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Beautiful, like new condition, with hard case. People will agree it's a steal at
$200. Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What a great lookin' new k-mount site! A tip o' the hat to Boz Dimitrov!
http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/
SMC-K 24mm with hard case - $200. exceptionally excellent
SMC-F 24-50mm with box - $165. excellent
SMC-FA 28mm with box - $75. sluggish getting to f-22. Who needs f22 at 28mm, anyway?
$75!! Nutty, huh?
Title: Power Zoom
From my comparison of the MZ-S and PZ-1p found here: http://www.photo.net/ezshop/product?product_id=749
is the following on power zoom. I think I'm the only person on the planet who liked it. Having said that, I think the only effective, worthwhile combinations of it are
Excellent condition Pentax SMC-F 24-50 f4.0 Zoom Lens. Like my SMC 24mm f2.8 for sale
now also, this is in terrific condition. Constant f4 aperture of this model is
convenient for flash use. I have priced this to sell. Gotta move some gear.
Pentax SMC 24mm f2.8. This is in unused perfect mint
Mint, and I do mean mint, SMC-M 150mm f3.5, with hard case in excellent condition.
$125.00. Yes, I know, I'm nuts. Respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
They did with mine when i sent it in for a completely different repair.
They lifted the serial number from the old one and reapplied it to the new
one.
Regarding the PZ-1p bashing below: It was and remains, and will go down in
history as, the best pro-specification value for the dollar ever
Someone earlier got good advice on their trip to Greece. Okay, try this.
I'm going to the High Sierra camps in the backcountry of Yosemite, day hikes
between each camp, with side trips one or two days from base. Staying at
the camps, so no sleeping bag, tent or food is being carried. Camera
Just can't GIVE it away. It just doesn't fit in the camera bag I like to
carry, what can I say. So, once and for all, folks, it ain't gonna get no
cheaper than this, $115.00, new in the box (shipping included but USA only).
Also for sale: 24-50mm SMC-F, very damn nearly mint, still with caps
New Pentax 28mm shift lens picture at
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=841190size=lg.
I mention this for your edification only because this picture illustrates
proportions best suited to a 28mm shift lens, as opposed to 24mm or 35mm
shift lenses. As with any focal length you can get
My folder of shots with the 28mm shift is here:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=38871
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It's great, takes the new lightweight lithium AA batteries (so it can be
lighter than you would think with akalines, longer lasting also), but it
does not fit in my particular camera bag the way I want it to. $140
includes shipping and original packaging. You will not be able to tell this
from
My 28-105 powerzoomer is so good optically I can't bring myself to sell it
in spite of owning the 24-90 and the F 24-50. How many zooms can one man
own and not be called a mere collector? It's also built better than the
28-80 PZ, which does lose its button clip. The 24-90 seems to take
Does anyone have impressions of it they want to share, especially if used
with a 2X converter to yield a 5.6 400mm. Can anyone compare that
combination to the FA* 400mm 5.6?
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Mick wrote: I have to agree with you whole-heartedly Mark, I have an MZ-S
and almost all of my lenses are F series. they feel very right and look good
too. I'm interested in your thoughts on the FA as compared to the F. I was
considering an FA 50/1.4 but may well hold out for the F version now.
I find that I have to use Photoshop to tweak color and gamma on Kodak Photo
CD's, but not always the same on every frame. Contrast is also sometimes
in need of a boost. Print quality is good, but does not and will never
rival a print from the negative or slide by a good lab.
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It wasn't designed for in-use, on-the-fly switching, in my opinion. You
should set your preferred focus point in advance, sort of like the Pentax
functions. I don't think it is useful at all, or was designed to be useful,
to switch focus points with the camera to your eye, ready to shoot. It
Many thanks to Frank Theriault and Gabriel Bovino for their kind words last
week about some gear I sold them. I sold Gabriel my FA*24mm well over a
year ago, and it was most gentlemanly of him to chime in so long after the
fact. And I have missed that 24mm, too, Gab.
I am putting a couple
It has been pointed out to me that I listed the 70-210mm for sale at $1205.
Criminy! I meant $120. I also meant to point out that this lens was the
one that took second place in the travel category of last year's popular
photography contest. See January 2001 issue.
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Boz: You replied below that the SMC coating is different between the
K24mm/f2.8 and the A-version. What's the difference? Your excellent
equipment page doesn't suggest that these would be different. I have just
acquired a nice K24, and the front element has a beautiful, low reflective
green
Boz's page lists the SMC-F 70-210mm as having ED glass, even though this is
not reflected on the lens itself. I'm sure Boz is right, but can anyone
verify the source of info for this lens? This is apparently the only
Pentax zoom in this range besides the it's most excellent highness the FA*
Does anyone find that the LCD lamp button on the MZ-S body also test fires
the 360FGZ if it's on? I know its supposed to light the flash LCD at the
same time, but the test fire seems spurious.
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replies. Mark
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Anyone got an extra of the one and need one of the other?
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FA 24-90mm, no traces of light use. Box, caps, and papers, of course.
FA28mm (at a fire sale rate).
AF280T flash with case, manual, and the AFW-1 wide-angle (24mm) clip-on
diffuser and case.
330FTZ flash with case, manual, original box (somewhat worn), plus extension
cord 5P (sorry, hot shoe
FA 24-90mm, no traces of light use. Box, caps, and papers, of course.
AF280T flash with case, manual, and the AFW-1 wide-angle (24mm) clip-on
diffuser and case.
330FTZ flash with case, manual, original box (somewhat worn), plus extension
cord 5P (sorry, hot shoe cord adapters not in stock to
Joe Tainter recently mentioned that some things he used regularly on the
PZ-1p, like switching program modes, or switching between 2-second and
12-second delay, are on the MZ-S relegated to Pentax functions, where it is
more difficult (and slower) to change them. I find this to be true as
well,
Yes, someone who used to give input to the list had a tripod collar for this
lens custom-machined by a metal shop, and even posted jpegs to this list of
the completed product actually on the lens. It looked good. There was an
offer to the list I think for about $75.00, if I recall correctly.
The objection to having to repeatedly refer to a camera manual seems poorly
thought out. You consult the manual once for each of the simple operations
Paal cites, and you're done for life if you have any memory cells in your
brain at all. The same thing applies absolutely equally to the MZ-S or
Having to use the aperture ring bothers ME because I find that, if anything
can be objected to in Pentax lens construction for SOME of their lenses,
it's the feel of the A-ring click stops. Many people simply don't like the
plastic A-rings. Also, the A-set button on one of my lenses broke
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From: Ratkiewicz, Ken
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 11:58 AM
Subject: NASA Photo Tonight
Please pass this on if you wish. A formal request from NASA: 10:30 EASTERN
TIME 9:30 Central, 8:30 Mountain, 7:30 Pacific NASA has asked that
If you are selling it to raise cash for the body, then what on earth did
you buy it for in the first place?
I didn't say I was raising cash at all. My original message was clear.
Is there a reason why it cannot be used on other bodies?
Of course not. I have the 28-105 Powerzoom on my PZ-1p,
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