Re: OT: Kodak kills DSLR - the end of FF dreams

2005-06-01 Thread Toralf Lund
Toralf Lund wrote on 01.06.05 11:57: Hmmm... I've been thinking that camera producers are bound to increase the sensor size soon because the megapixel race won't stop, and sensor elements much smaller than the ones used today are quite pointless (as far as I understand - not due

Re: Pentax *ist-DL

2005-06-01 Thread Toralf Lund
with the AF points at least... Is there anything in this text about AF system? Sorry, I don't understand Swedish so I couldn't find this info :-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek -- Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] +47 66 85 51 22 ProCaptura AS +47 66

Re: OT: Kodak kills DSLR - the end of FF dreams

2005-06-01 Thread Toralf Lund
Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Boris Liberman wrote on 01.06.05 14:12: Sylwek, I think the main issue here is like this. Imagine for a moment, just for sake of this discussion, that Pentax or Minolta are considering investing into development of FF DSLR, but still on the marketing level. Now

Re: Good things about *istDL

2005-06-01 Thread Toralf Lund
Graywolf wrote: BUT! The top-end camera is what people compare to. It is the one that shows your capability. If Nikon and Canon did not have that top-end camera their low-end sales would be much curtailed. As are Pentax's. Strangely car companies who have a winning race team sell more cars

SMC pentax 1:3.5 100 mm macro

2005-05-31 Thread Toralf Lund
What would you pay for it? (See subject)? Is this a lense built by Cosina or whatever? And *not* an 1:1 macro? - Toralf

Re: AW: AW: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread Toralf Lund
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Had I not so many Pentax lenses, I'd be looking seriously at a Canon, in part because with an adapter it'll take Leica glass, but also because there are lots of lenses and accessories for it, just like there was for Pentax about fifteen years ago. The 20D seems like a

Re: AW: AW: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-26 Thread Toralf Lund
Rob Studdert wrote: On 26 May 2005 at 0:44, Alan Chan wrote: My observation is that the success of Pentax back in the Spotmatic and M series period was due to their unique yet affordable SLR bodies. However, since the A series, the lack of these quality has failed to capture the attention

DIY: How to make your own FA-J lens

2005-03-20 Thread Toralf Lund
PDMLers, With another holiday coming up, I thought I might publish this little DIY project I developed last Christmas. I mean, in case some of you get bored and need an amusing activity to fill the time. I call it: How to make your own FA-J lens in 10 simple steps (using equipment you can find

Re: DIY: How to make your own FA-J lens

2005-03-20 Thread Toralf Lund
mike wilson wrote: Toralf Lund wrote: PDMLers, With another holiday coming up, I thought I might publish this little DIY project I developed last Christmas. I mean, in case some of you get bored and need an amusing activity to fill the time. I call it: How to make your own FA-J lens in 10

Re: How many Pentax lenses left?

2005-03-18 Thread Toralf Lund
Martin Trautmann wrote: On 2005-03-17 10:37, Peter J. Alling wrote: Supposedly they are replacing most of the FA lenses with D-FA equivalents. We'll see. I doubt so: I'd expect other signals then. Since the only replacment or upgrade where the two DFA macros, while they created six new

Re: Digital Spotmatic, anyone?

2005-03-18 Thread Toralf Lund
Scott Loveless wrote: On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:14:37 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Un, no. It's vaporware. I'm doing my research now. It is, indeed, vaporware. They've been around since '98 with at least three different parent companies, have actually taken orders for

Re: C 41 BW film

2005-02-28 Thread Toralf Lund
Isaac wrote: Hello all. I'm wondering what everyone's opinion is on this. Is it worth using? It is certainly much easier to acquire, but would I be happy with the results? Also, are filters needed like with real bw film? I tried one film a while back. Konica VX400, I think it was called. The

Re: SMC FA-28-90

2005-01-26 Thread Toralf Lund
Fred Widall wrote: Yes, I do. It came as the kit lens with my MZ-7. I've never done any testing of it, but I find it just fine for my needs. Popular Photography reviewed it back in August 2002. http://www.popphoto.com/article.asp?section_id=2article_id=362 OK. Thanks. So, have you tried any of

How about the FA28-70 AL

2005-01-26 Thread Toralf Lund
Regarding my other post about zoom lenses, how about the FA28-70 AL? I mean, what experiences do you lot have with it? How does it compare to that other lens I mentioned, i.e. the FA28-90? Actually, the consensus on Stan's Pentax site seems to be that this (the 28-70 AL, not the FA28-90) is a

SMC FA-28-90

2005-01-24 Thread Toralf Lund
Has anyone tried the FA28-90, i.e. this one, I would assume: http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/zooms/short/FA28-90f3.5-5.6.html ? Just found a used one for sale, and I've considered getting myself another short(ish) zoom after I did a little trick involving my 28-80 and superglue, that means I

Re: SV: The film is dead

2004-12-17 Thread Toralf Lund
Rob Studdert wrote: On 16 Dec 2004 at 16:00, Toralf Lund wrote: I wouldn't bet on that, though. If there's one thing the development of digital technology has taught us, it is that, well, it *develops*. Again it comes back to economies, the relative cost of silicon per area remains

Re: SV: The film is dead

2004-12-16 Thread Toralf Lund
Herb Chong wrote: they tried with the 760m, as Rob said. demand was so low and there were quality problems with the ones that were produced. You may then argue that demand was low because of the quality problems, and not the design or concept itself, and thus the idea hasn't really been tried

Re: SV: The film is dead

2004-12-16 Thread Toralf Lund
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Toralf Lund Subject: Re: SV: The film is dead Herb Chong wrote: they tried with the 760m, as Rob said. demand was so low and there were quality problems with the ones that were produced. You may then argue that demand was low because

Re: SV: The film is dead

2004-12-16 Thread Toralf Lund
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Toralf Lund Subject: Re: SV: The film is dead Herb Chong wrote: they tried with the 760m, as Rob said. demand was so low and there were quality problems with the ones that were produced. You may then argue that demand was low because

Re: SV: The film is dead

2004-12-16 Thread Toralf Lund
Rob Studdert wrote: On 16 Dec 2004 at 14:44, Toralf Lund wrote: No, I don't think so either. Or, it would at least have to some kind of setup where the same camera could use BW *and* colour sensors. But I guess the situation might be somewhat different in a few years' time when (I'm assuming

Re: SV: The film is dead

2004-12-15 Thread Toralf Lund
Rob Studdert wrote: On 15 Dec 2004 at 23:28, Toralf Lund wrote: I guess you have a point. However, a CCD is a very specific piece of equipment and transistorized products a vast field of products, so your analogy isn't entirely valid. Also, I really don't think CCDs have been changed much

Re: SV: The film is dead

2004-12-15 Thread Toralf Lund
Rob Studdert wrote: On 15 Dec 2004 at 22:14, Toralf Lund wrote: Quite likely, but the digital sensors havent *really* changed a lot lately, have they? The CCD technology is some 30 years old... LOL, that's like saying transistorized products haven't changed a great deal since the point

Re: SV: The film is dead

2004-12-15 Thread Toralf Lund
Rob Studdert wrote: On 15 Dec 2004 at 23:44, Toralf Lund wrote: I think something that's missing from digital cameras, is some way to make true distinctions in the way the data is captured - analogues to the way you can choose between BW and colour film, choose different kinds of film

Reasonable price for an LX? And K2?

2004-12-15 Thread Toralf Lund
What would you guys pay for an LX these days? How about a K2? A guy here in Oslo (same person who sold me the M40, actually) has had both for sale for a while, and I'm a bit tempted... - Toralf

Re: SV: The film is dead

2004-12-15 Thread Toralf Lund
Mark Roberts wrote: Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel J. Matyola wrote: You are quite possibly correct. The technology is changing rapidly, however, and within two years digital photography will be able to more things and do them better than today, Quite likely

Re: SV: The film is dead

2004-12-15 Thread Toralf Lund
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: You are quite possibly correct. The technology is changing rapidly, however, and within two years digital photography will be able to more things and do them better than today, Quite likely, but the digital sensors havent *really* changed a lot lately, have they? The

Re: SV: Reasonable price for an LX? And K2?

2004-12-15 Thread Toralf Lund
meddelande- Från: Toralf Lund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skickat: den 15 december 2004 21:00 Till: pdml Ämne: Reasonable price for an LX? And K2? What would you guys pay for an LX these days? How about a K2? A guy here in Oslo (same person who sold me the M40, actually) has had both for sale

Re: Wow, I just won a million bucks.

2004-12-14 Thread Toralf Lund
I just got this email from a french email address that says I won a million dollars in US currency from an Austrailian Lottery that I never entered. Unfortunately a check on Google shows it is a known scam. Anyone else on the list this (un)lucky? Let me see... Damn, I've deleted all of those..

Re: Wow, I just won a million bucks.

2004-12-14 Thread Toralf Lund
Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu wrote: It could be worse. Most of the spam I get talk about increasing my breast size confused Alex Sarbu (in case you don't know, I *am* a male. No, I don't intend to change that grin) He, he... Personally, I'm still not sure how to react to all those offers to buy

Re: Dishonest auction - again (and MZ-5 vs MZ-5n)

2004-12-06 Thread Toralf Lund
[ ... ] MZ-5, and claiming that there are just cosmetical differences between the two. Just in case I'm the one who's it wrong, isn't that quite wrong, or downright dishonest? Doesn't the MZ-5n have a number of updates to the *functionality* compared to the MZ-5? (Bojidar Dimitrov's

Dishonest auction - again (and MZ-5 vs MZ-5n)

2004-12-05 Thread Toralf Lund
So, this guy is trying again... See http://my.qxl.no/accdb/viewItem.asp?IDI=13556944 I've mentioned the item before - fortunately it would appear that there were no bidders at the time. The price is somewhat reduced, now, but he's still including the picture of an MZ-5n even though he's selling

FA 100/3.5 Macro

2004-11-23 Thread Toralf Lund
Any opinions on the FA 100/3.5 Macro? i.e this one http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/primes/short-tele/FA100f3.5-Macro.html I would assume... Not mentioned on Stan's site, I think. - Toralf

Re: Helios 85mm? Was: 77 vs 85

2004-10-26 Thread Toralf Lund
Frantisek wrote: TL While we're at it: Do you happen to know something about the Jupiter-9, too? Is it the 2/85mm lens? Yes. I did use for a short time the Leica version on a rangefinder, but I had problems with focusing accuracy (which was a bit off due to different focusing cams for Leica and

Helios 85mm? Was: 77 vs 85 (was: www?)

2004-10-24 Thread Toralf Lund
Paul Stregevsky wrote: Alan is correct. Get the 77 for all-around use. If the 77 disappoints you for portraits, spend another $150 and get a Helios 85/1.5 (M42, preset, huge and heavy, but a great portrait lens). Hmmm. I'm tempted to get one of those, now. I must admit I have a strange liking

Re: Helios 85mm? Was: 77 vs 85

2004-10-24 Thread Toralf Lund
Frantisek wrote: TL Hmmm. I'm tempted to get one of those, now. I must admit I have a TL strange liking for slightly odd equipment of this kind... Any other TL opinions on it (besides the usual TL it's-Russian-so-it-must-be-crap)? I tried one in shop (and seen few examples from others), and it's a

Re: Helios 85mm? Was: 77 vs 85

2004-10-24 Thread Toralf Lund
Mishka wrote: http://dantestella.com/technical/helios.html mishka Interesting... Thanks! On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:28:23 +0200, Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Stregevsky wrote: Alan is correct. Get the 77 for all-around use. If the 77 disappoints you for portraits, spend another

Re: Helios 85mm? Was: 77 vs 85

2004-10-24 Thread Toralf Lund
Frantisek wrote: TL Hmmm. I'm tempted to get one of those, now. I must admit I have a TL strange liking for slightly odd equipment of this kind... Any other TL opinions on it (besides the usual TL it's-Russian-so-it-must-be-crap)? I tried one in shop (and seen few examples from others), and it's a

Re: MZ-S discontinued?

2004-10-21 Thread Toralf Lund
Steve Jolly wrote: Mishka wrote: in other words, i'll have to pay ~$2K and have an inferior system. how is that cool? oh, and if i were to shoot bw, iwould have really great 2MP pixies (from which i will be able to make 144M files). wow. No, your bw photos would still be 6MP. I don't think

Re: MZ-S discontinued?

2004-10-21 Thread Toralf Lund
Steve Jolly wrote: Mishka wrote: but of course! and if you are at it, i would really want to understand how 6 million pixels (36M of information) can be grown to 24 (to get a 144M file). care to explain (i'll do my best to understand)? It's the process of resing-up an image to a resolution

Kodak/Ulles Postfoto, Fotolabo

2004-10-21 Thread Toralf Lund
Hi. I think I promised someone (Jostein?) that I would tell more about my experience with Norwegian mail-order developers Fotolabo, and Kodak Norge. I've now tried them both. In the case of Kodak, I actually sent the film to Ulles Postfoto (http://www.postfoto.no/), but apparently Kodak does

Re: MZ-S discontinued?

2004-10-21 Thread Toralf Lund
Steve Jolly wrote: Toralf Lund wrote: Or maybe he does. Of course, most of us know by now that 6MP colour photos also really have only about 1.5 million-pixel's worth of unique information, since there are 6 million sensor elements, of which each captures just one colour component

Re: Use of the word 'classic'.

2004-10-21 Thread Toralf Lund
Don't know about the formal definition, but some advertising lines certainly are instant classics ;-). I'm still recovering from the Official digital camera of the Internet slogan in that other thread (and, in fact, wonder whether Al Gore approved of that statement - given he's the Inventor

Re: Use of the word 'classic'.

2004-10-21 Thread Toralf Lund
Keith Whaley wrote: Words don't have much meaning any more, do they? It falls in line with an increasing lack of respect by those in the first 1/3 of their allotted life span. Superlatives have long since attained mediocrity status. Little or no need for the word anymore, in fact! When one has

Re: MZ-S discontinued?

2004-10-21 Thread Toralf Lund
Frantisek wrote: Toralf, there is one significantly wrong thing with your math. As far as I recall, I didn't do any math. I just said that someone who argued that he would only really get 2MP BW data was perhaps not completely off the mark. Bayer array has twice the G pixels as the other ones.

Re: Another auction... A bit too much, don't you think...

2004-09-08 Thread Toralf Lund
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I thought I might post a link to a net auction because I thought it was a bit too much, in several ways. Here it is: http://my.qxl.no/accdb/viewItem.asp?IDI=13247386 1. It's an MZ-5 with starting price NOK5400,- = 650 Euros or US$780. 2. OK, so a battery grip, a

Re: The meaning of letters in lens names?

2004-09-02 Thread Toralf Lund
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Toralf Lund Subject: Re: The meaning of letters in lens names? Zenit is an old Soviet brand (for those of you who didn't know.) I named one of my dogs Zenit. He, he. I started wondering if these cameras are actually still being

Re: Difference between 50mm A and 50 mm M.

2004-09-02 Thread Toralf Lund
Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! -- Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] +47 66 85 51 22 ProCaptura AS +47 66 85 51 00 (switchboard) http://www.procaptura.com/~toralf +47 66 85 51 01 (fax)

Re: ZX-l (pentax-discuss-d Digest V04 #212)

2004-09-02 Thread Toralf Lund
The Diabolical Dr Z wrote: Well, AFAIK it's an MZ-6 with a data back. So, if you disregard the data back, this recent thread might be useful: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg198866.html I might perhaps add that I didn't buy the camera, or at least haven't done so yet, but I had

Re: Difference between 50mm A and 50 mm M.

2004-09-02 Thread Toralf Lund
Johan Uiterwijk Winkel wrote: keller.schaefer wrote: M lenses will work just fine on the MZ-5 (in M or aperture priority mode) - because the MZ-5 has the aperture coupler that tells the body how much the lens has been stopped down. Even if you don't like doing that ;-) I recommend you take the

Re: Fotolabo Film

2004-09-01 Thread Toralf Lund
Anders Hultman wrote: Toralf Lund: They give decent results on prints, though. I have twice ordered prints from digital cameras, transfered them via the Internet and gotten them in the mail. Do you know anything about their film development service? Nope. The only contact I have had

The meaning of letters in lens names?

2004-09-01 Thread Toralf Lund
And now a question that will reveal my status as a complete novice: What exactly do the different letters in the Pentax lens designations mean? I've been looking for an explanation on the K mount info page and other places, but not found anything... I understand the difference between an M and

Re: The meaning of letters in lens names?

2004-09-01 Thread Toralf Lund
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Dan wrote: Sorry I got that wrong - AF was an early foray into autofocus. F is an FA without MTF information and power zoom capability. Although all PowerZooms are FAs (or FA*s), not all FAs are PowerZooms (thankfully). Why not let the

Re: A3 prints from *istD

2004-08-31 Thread Toralf Lund
Caveman wrote: Toralf Lund wrote: And no matter which way you look at it, you cannot extend the bandwidth. Which is why I say interpolation doesn't change the resolution. Depends what your definition for resolution is. If you define it as the size of the smallest details that can be recorded

Re: A3 prints from *istD

2004-08-30 Thread Toralf Lund
Caveman wrote: Toralf Lund wrote: I think the real situation is that the camera does not capture according to the sampling theorem, i.e. the data has a frequency a lot higher than half of your sample rate, so you're not going to be able to reproduce the input accurately (according to Nyquist

Re: A3 prints from *istD

2004-08-30 Thread Toralf Lund
Toralf Lund wrote: Caveman wrote: [ Long and meaningless discussion... ] - the real formula computes level at point x,y based on the values of *all* the samples of the image What you are talking about here is probably an n-degree polynomial, where n is the number of pixels or samples. Or maybe

Re: A3 prints from *istD

2004-08-29 Thread Toralf Lund
John Francis wrote: On Aug 28, 2004, at 12:08 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:09:45 +0200, Toralf Lund wrote: [...] to get real picture quality, you ought to have enough information to print at 1200dpi [...] Most paper can't hold more than 200-300 dpi

Re: More 35mm vs digital (price, upgradability...)

2004-08-29 Thread Toralf Lund
Antonio wrote: Are you seriously suggesting that there are still markets out there that cannot support film? Where exactly where you thinking of? Where you referring to my post now, or the other guy's? Personally I feel I know to little about those things, as I've said earlier. I'm sure there

Re: Sometimes I like grain!

2004-08-29 Thread Toralf Lund
this mate who used it a lot, and mourned its loss... I've forgotten its name, though, although I seem to remember it was made by Kodak. Herb - Original Message - From: Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 2:26 PM Subject: Re: Sometimes I like

Re: More 35mm vs digital (price, upgradability...)

2004-08-29 Thread Toralf Lund
Toralf Lund wrote: Antonio wrote: Are you seriously suggesting that there are still markets out there that cannot support film? Where exactly where you thinking of? Where you referring to my post now, or the other guy's? Personally I feel I know to little about those things, as I've said

Re: More 35mm vs digital (price, upgradability...)

2004-08-27 Thread Toralf Lund
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Toralf Lund Subject: Re: More 35mm vs digital (price, upgradability...) But this reminds me, during the discussions about whether there is going to be a market for film or not, I've been thinking that surely there are still many

Re: It's over (was Re: Ilford in trouble? and digi snappers)

2004-08-26 Thread Toralf Lund
a few that believed the marketing (about simplicity etc.)... And also, it seems like many people bought their digital camera for no other reason than that it was digital, if you know what I'm saying... Herb - Original Message - From: Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: It's over (was Re: Ilford in trouble? and digi snappers)

2004-08-26 Thread Toralf Lund
graywolf wrote: Now we are talking the opposite of convenience. How long does it take to make those 129 images and stitch them together. And then you show it on the Internet? Makes a 20x24 inch camera seem rather convenient to me. I find it interesting that all the digiheads still have to

Re: More 35mm vs digital (price, upgradability...)

2004-08-26 Thread Toralf Lund
Dan wrote: Quoting Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED]: And that's 4 times more for equipment that faster becomes obsolete, too. Of course, the camera won't be less usable just because something better has been released, but I don't like the idea of spending that much money on something that's worth

Re: It's over (was Re: Ilford in trouble? and digi snappers)

2004-08-25 Thread Toralf Lund
Billy Abbott wrote: On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, J. C. O'Connell wrote: 35mm Film is EASIER than digital, that's why a lot of people still use 35mm. Take the pix with autoeverything camera, drop off the film, get a bag full of prints. Or take your digital PS, review the pictures on the screen on the

Re: It's over (was Re: Ilford in trouble? and digi snappers)

2004-08-25 Thread Toralf Lund
Billy Abbott wrote: On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Toralf Lund wrote: [ ... ] Or take your digital PS, review the pictures on the screen on the back, deleted the ones you don't like and then drop off the memory card and get back a bag full of prints that you have chosen out of the ones that you took

Re: It's over (was Re: Ilford in trouble? and digi snappers)

2004-08-25 Thread Toralf Lund
Paul Stenquist wrote: On Aug 25, 2004, at 2:40 AM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: 35mm Film is EASIER than digital, that's why a lot of people still use 35mm. Take the pix with autoeverything camera, drop off the film, get a bag full of prints. Or take the pix with autoeverything digital camera, drop off

Re: C41 BW film

2004-08-23 Thread Toralf Lund
frank theriault wrote: --- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another slightly OT question: Does anyone here have any experience with C41 process BW film? Yes. HTH, frank Okay, I guess I wasn't the first one to try to be funny

Re: MZ-6? (Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V04 #121)

2004-08-23 Thread Toralf Lund
[ I had commented some other stuff here, then I killed the mailer by mistake... I don't think I'll bother to write it down again, as I didn't really say anything of consequence (as usual.) ] Heheh. You should see the other 99% of my photos. Those would clarify my comments to an extent that

Re: C41 BW film

2004-08-23 Thread Toralf Lund
Steve Jolly wrote: Toralf Lund wrote: Another slightly OT question: Whoa, questions about photography are OT now? ;-) It may well be an urban legend, but some people say that there are straaange equipment out there that uses this medium known as film, yet is in no way related to Pentax... Does

Re: sad stuff about stock photography and up-to-date technology

2004-08-22 Thread Toralf Lund
Ann Sanfedele wrote: Jens Bladt wrote: There an image calculator at www.shortcourses.com whuich can be downloaded here: http://www.shortcourses.com/pixels/index.htm This will explain, not only about pixels etc., but it can calculatet the file size (Mb) as well. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL

Re: MZ-6?

2004-08-22 Thread Toralf Lund
Cotty wrote: On 22/8/04, The Diabolical Dr Z, discombobulated, offered: Later, Zed (33, male, Amsterdam, NL) Hi Zed, welcome aboard. Film is obsolete, chuck your MZ-6 in the bin ;-) Yeah. And film is sooo much work. Better to handle your pictures the digital way. I mean, you may find

Re: MZ-6?

2004-08-22 Thread Toralf Lund
The Diabolical Dr Z wrote: Hello, After several weeks of newbie lurking, this seems a good moment to drop in (and introduce myself to the list while I go along). Anyway: I'm a complete technophobe who generally refuses to use anything made after ~1980, Good :-) Our modern society needs more

Re: MZ-6?

2004-08-22 Thread Toralf Lund
John Whittingham wrote: I would guess that the viewfinder info is the same as on the MZ-3/5n, but I could be wrong... Probably, but could you make all necessary adjustments to settings without taking your eye from the viewfinder? The control layout is very different, for example I find

Re: Film scanner that works without PC?

2004-08-22 Thread Toralf Lund
Alan Chan wrote: The major issue is that all scans require some degree of enhancement using photo editing softwares. Straight scans are almost always disappointing. Really? Why? I've always thought of film as a fairly consistent medium, and it shouldn't be too hard to scan it accurately, but

C41 BW film

2004-08-22 Thread Toralf Lund
Another slightly OT question: Does anyone here have any experience with C41 process BW film? - Toralf

MZ-6?

2004-08-21 Thread Toralf Lund
What are you people's opinion on the MZ-6? I found a new one with a much-reduced price, so I'm a bit tempted... Seems to me that it's rather similar to the MZ-5n, but its list price is lower, so there must be something missing, but what exactly is it? Actually, based on the specs, it looks

Re: Man Focus on MZ ZX or whatever cameras

2004-08-21 Thread Toralf Lund
Peter J. Alling wrote: Manual focus lenses cannot talk to the camera. If the mechanical linkage to read the lens aperture isn't present then the lens isn't really usable on the camera. Like someone else mentioned briefly, that's not quite true; the lenses would require extra work, but aren't

Re: MZ-6?

2004-08-21 Thread Toralf Lund
of the 360fgz. -Original Message- From: Toralf Lund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 9:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MZ-6? John Whittingham wrote: Build quality?! Quite possibly. Actually, now that you mention it, I noticed that the MZ-6 is slightly

Re: RE Wanted--*ist (Film) Camera Comments

2004-08-21 Thread Toralf Lund
Antonio wrote: Im holding off on a DSLR for a while, a bit too pricey for me still and do really enjoy using film. When I do buy a DSLR though I willl be looking at a FF system (or at least a 1.3x crop) where I can use MF and AF lenses on both film and digital bodies. I believe Nikon currently

Film scanner that works without PC?

2004-08-21 Thread Toralf Lund
Slightly off-topic, but does anyone know if there is a film scanner that will operate without a PC connection - and save the data on CompactFlash, SD card or whatever? I know HP makes a flatbed for 10x15 prints, but I'm assuming that scanning the film would be better. I've been wondering about

M50/1.7 vs M40 - prices?

2004-08-14 Thread Toralf Lund
Hello again. I just found an advert for a used a Pentax body with an M40 lens. I'm wondering if I should try to talk the guy selling it into giving me the M40, and selling my M50/1.7 instead along with the body (I'm assuming he wants to have *some* lens to go with it.) What do you think about a

Re: Vivitar 2X teleconverer?

2004-07-31 Thread Toralf Lund
Tim Sherburne wrote: Toralf wrote: I had a closer look at this teleconverter today, and unfortunately it turned out to be the other variant - or at least it had nothing about macro on the box, and didn't look like it had as much as 7 elements - so I didn't buy it. Maybe the offer was still

Re: Vivitar 2X teleconverer?

2004-07-31 Thread Toralf Lund
[ ... ] Be aware that there is an Auto version that includes KA couplings, as well as a non-Auto version that will be slightly cheaper. Looks like this is the auto version, too. I'm wondering about how the aperture setup works, though. Seems like there is a bit of an inconsistency between

Re: Vivitar 2X teleconverer?

2004-07-28 Thread Toralf Lund
Peter J. Alling wrote: Which one? There were a number of vivitar TC's. Good question. How many have there been? All I know is that it's (unfortunately) not the 7-element macro focusing one mentioned by someone else on the list. Toralf Lund wrote: I also saw a used Vivitar 2X teleconverter

More teleconverters (Teleplus, Takumar)

2004-07-26 Thread Toralf Lund
Regarding teleconverters (again), how about the Takumar 2X and the Teleplus 2x APK MC7? Any experience with those? - Toralf

Many lenses; which too keep?

2004-07-23 Thread Toralf Lund
OK. I just subscribed to this list. Thought I might start by telling you about my most recent acquisition. I just bought an ME Super and a couple of lenses at a net auction, on a time of the year when not a lot of people care to place bids at such sites, I'm assuming, so the price was not very

Re: Many lenses; which too keep?

2004-07-23 Thread Toralf Lund
Toralf Lund wrote: OK. I just subscribed to this list. Thought I might start by telling you about my most recent acquisition. I just bought an ME Super and a couple of lenses at a net auction, on a time of the year when not a lot of people care to place bids at such sites, I'm assuming, so

Re: Film vs Digital

2004-07-23 Thread Toralf Lund
Mark Roberts wrote: Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Herb Chong wrote: you're assuming that cameras stores will outlast film. I think that is a safe assumption. I don't. What we're seeing all the time is people coming into camera stores, picking the brains of the

Re: Many lenses; which too keep?

2004-07-23 Thread Toralf Lund
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! TL OK. I just subscribed to this list. Thought I might start by telling you TL about my most recent acquisition. I just bought an ME Super and a couple TL of lenses at a net auction, on a time of the year when not a lot of TL people care to place bids at such sites, I'm

Re: Many lenses; which too keep?

2004-07-23 Thread Toralf Lund
lenses; which too keep? --- Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK. I just subscribed to this list. Hi, Toralf, First, welcome to the list. Hope you enjoy your stay, and stay for a long time. Actually, you may not know it, but you're in for life. One can't actually unsubscribe from

Re: Many lenses; which too keep?

2004-07-23 Thread Toralf Lund
Jostein wrote: Hi Toralf. Welcome aboard. Thankyou... I agree that one of the 50mm is an obvious candidate to sell. Also, your two telezooms have overlapping ranges. Seems a bit redundant to keep both of those, unless the 70-210 gives very much better quality than the 100-300 within it's range.

Re: Many lenses; which too keep?

2004-07-23 Thread Toralf Lund
frank theriault wrote: --- Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK. I just subscribed to this list. Hi, Toralf, First, welcome to the list. Thanks. Hope you enjoy your stay, and stay for a long time. Actually, you may not know it, but you're in for life. One can't actually unsubscribe from

Re: Many lenses; which too keep?

2004-07-23 Thread Toralf Lund
Jens Bladt wrote: A 28-80mm (power)zoom - you know, the one a lot of people seem to hate. No reason to hate it. It's not as sharp as (my) Tokina 2.6-2.8 ATX PRO II 28-70. But befor I bought the Tokina I tested the two lenses Petnax 28-80 vs Tokina 28-70. I could not see the difference in

Vivitar 2X teleconverer?

2004-07-23 Thread Toralf Lund
I also saw a used Vivitar 2X teleconverter today. Apart from the conventional wisdom about teleconverters in general, can anyone tell me anything about it? - Toralf

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