Bless you. Unlikely though. All traffic going onto Anglesey
(or Ynys Mon
- pr innis monn) now goes over the Britannia Bridge. You can
still drive over the older Menai Bridge, but only in a car.
There are weight restrictions on the poor thing
Yep, that's the one I meant, the Britannia
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I lived in Anglesey when I were a lad. We were stationed at RAF Valley
and I went to school in Caergiliog (sp?), where I learnt to do
joined-up writing and call Welsh people 'trogs'. My sister went to school
in Bangor for a few months and had to learn
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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it's been to Newborough Warren
On Anglesey??
Yep, the very one. I went to University in Bangor-aye.
I reckon if the MX can survive the life of a student in the wilds of
Anglesey then
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I seem to remember a dog-bone link suspension bridge on one of the
entrance roads to Anglesey. Does my memory fail me? Might that been a
different town in North Wales?
There's two bridges now. The newer Britannia Bridge and the much older
Menai Bridge. You
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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I seem to remember a dog-bone link suspension bridge on one of the
entrance roads to Anglesey. Does my memory fail me? Might that been a
different town in North Wales?
There's two bridges now. The newer Britannia Bridge and
Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I love Anglesey! Got a few good shots there last time:
http://www.robertstech.com/graphics/pages/7d005012.htm
Hoping to visit my relatives there again before too long.
Lots of great photographic opportunities there. Just remember
to bring your Gore-Tex
Cotty wrote:
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I seem to remember a dog-bone link suspension bridge on one of the
entrance roads to Anglesey. Does my memory fail me? Might that been a
different town in North Wales?
There's two bridges now. The newer Britannia Bridge and the much
Well the spiral staircases in those castles really *do* look
like they're something out of an Escher print!
BTW: I still haven't got the hang of getting good results
from scanning BW negs. The images on the web don't do
justice to the prints :(
Oh, I think it's a terrific BW shot! Looks
Comforting words, from the man who sold me my LX! vbg
I haven't read anything on this thread yet (but my curiosity was piqued when
I saw that Vic posted). I've only had three types of Pentaxes. 3
Spotmatics, and MX and now, my LX. Can't say I've had any reliability
problems with any of
Hi,
So, which Pentax body do you feel is the toughest ... the one you'd take
through the rain and the mud and the Atacama desert, and toss into the
back of your rattling old pickup and not worry about it getting the crap
knocked out of it?
I bought my first LX after my first trip to
Charles Braswell Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know if it would qualify as the toughest but I had a PZ-1 that
really took a lot of abuse and never let me down.
The only Pentaxes that I've owned that are more recent than the MX are
the PZ-1p, MZ-S and 645. All three appear to shrug off
Mine has to be my SP500. I think i mentioned a while back it took some awfull
treatment in
the early 70's
in the Queen Charlottes in British Columbia Canada.Dumped it in the Pacific,dropped it
from the
helicopter,plus numerous falls from my bumper etc.
Still works but the meter is dead now.
- Original Message -
From: Shel Belinkoff
Subject: The Toughest Pentax
So, which Pentax body do you feel is the toughest ...
Old style Made in Japan K 1000.
William Robb
I noticed something recently as I perused a local camera place over the
holidays - their used AF body section is entirely dominated by Pentax MZ series
bodies (what the Yanks call ZX bodies - probably 20 or so of them), especially
the MZ-M and MZ-10 models. It made me wonder why. I had an
Steve Jolly posted:
Seriously though, in this entire thread, nobody's yet mentioned a Pentax
camera that *didn't* stand up to abuse. Is there a body that anyone
*wouldn't* be prepared to take somewhere unfriendly?
Funny, I just posted another reply to this thread, in which I mentioned in
-Original Message-
From: alex wetmore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Or even the *ist D. My *ist D fell a few weeks ago and the CF door
cracked. Someone else on dpreview dropped one in November with a
flash attached and the flash ripped off of the hotshoe.
The shoe on the camera
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, tom wrote:
-Original Message-
From: alex wetmore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Or even the *ist D. My *ist D fell a few weeks ago and the CF door
cracked. Someone else on dpreview dropped one in November with a
flash attached and the flash ripped off of the
I have an SF1n. Don't think I would take it someplace rugged.
Jim A.
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Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 15:40:31 +
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Subject: Re: The Toughest Pentax
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Seriously though, in this entire thread, nobody's yet mentioned a Pentax
camera that *didn't* stand up to abuse. Is there a body that anyone
*wouldn't* be prepared to take somewhere unfriendly?
The *ist D !
Cheers,
Cotty
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I don't know. Actually the only Pentaxes I have had extensive experience with
are the H3, the MX, and the ME Super.
Never had a problem with the H3 but it was my first SLR and I really babied it.
Have had 3 MX's, one dropped on concrete with the 85/2 had the mirror knocked
out of alignment and
I've had my K1000 for 2 1/2 years and it seems plenty tough. It's been
out in rain, snow and cold and has never failed. I have a bad habit of
letting it bang against boulders and that doesn't seem to bother it. I
had it out shooing meteors from 4am-7:30 on a beach and a marsh in the
freezing cold,
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Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: The Toughest Pentax
Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Seriously though, in this entire thread, nobody's yet mentioned a
Pentax
camera that *didn't* stand up to abuse. Is there a body that anyone
*wouldn't* be prepared to take
Charles Braswell Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know if it would qualify as the toughest but I had a PZ-1 that
really took a lot of abuse and never let me down.
The only Pentaxes that I've owned that are more recent than the MX are
the PZ-1p, MZ-S and 645. All three appear to shrug
So, which Pentax body do you feel is the toughest ... the one you'd
take through the rain and the mud and the Atacama desert, and toss
into the back of your rattling old pickup and not worry about it
getting the crap knocked out of it?
1. 6x7 - pickup truck will expire first.
2. K1000
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it's been to Newborough Warren
On Anglesey??
Cheers,
Cotty
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: The Toughest Pentax
So, which Pentax body do you feel is the toughest ... the one you'd
take through the rain and the mud and the Atacama desert, and toss
into the back of your rattling old pickup and not worry about it
getting the crap knocked out of it?
1. 6x7 - pickup truck will expire first
tom and alex were discussing:
Or even the *ist D. My *ist D fell a few weeks ago and the CF door
cracked. Someone else on dpreview dropped one in November with a
flash attached and the flash ripped off of the hotshoe.
The shoe on the camera ripped out?
The flashes are designed so that
Hi,
wendy beard wrote:
I've taken my MX through the rain and the mud and the Pyrenees. It's not been to
the Atacama desert but it's been to Newborough Warren.
Been there. Newborough warren, I mean 8-) My VIth form biology field
trip, 1972. Stayed at the Marquis of Anglesey's. Ahem.
On 6 Jan 2004 at 10:55, Mark Roberts wrote:
I believe the LX has a reputation for being less hardy than most
metal-bodied Pentaxes.
Given that the LX that I landed on last November I've been belting around since
1987 I can't say I agree with you. My *ist D in given the same treatment would
-Original Message-
From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
What is it about you and I and breaking our gear?!?!
Actually, I know
exactly why I do this with my flashes so often, it is
because I leave the
gun attached to the camera and usually have a second
camera,
hehe!
*tanya hums famous Aussie song can i have another, piece of chocolate
cake...?
Actually, my boys are licking the bowl of left over cake mixture right now
(and fighting over it, of course)! We have just made a white chocolate mud
cake and it is baking away, smells yummmyy...
tan.
In
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it's been to Newborough Warren
On Anglesey??
Cheers,
Cotty
Yep, the very one. I went to University in Bangor-aye.
I reckon if the MX can survive the life of a student in the wilds of
Anglesey then it's as good as
LXs that have been CLAed are usually very tough. There is no other
choice for some of us as no other partly mechanical cameras (1/75 to
1/2000) offer TTL flash. I'd bring an MX as a back-up though.
Only complaint about MX is that the high speeds need adjustment more
often than the older
Rob wrote
Given that the LX that I landed on last November I've been belting around
since
1987 I can't say I agree with you. My *ist D in given the same treatment
would
have definitely been put out-of-action as the battery cover would have been
smashed to bits, that scares me as I'm not
Been thinking a bit about the Pentax bodies I have here ... ME S, MX, LX
... and while I like these cameras quite a bit, they don't seem to be as
rugged as I remember my first Spottie to be. Of course, I may be a bit
fussier these days, and more aware of small problems. Actually, my ME S
has
: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 20:56:34 -0800
To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: The Toughest Pentax
Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Resent-Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 23:54:30 -0500
Been thinking a bit about the Pentax bodies I have here ... ME S, MX, LX
.. and while I like these cameras quite a bit, they don't
Hi Shel,
I don't know if it would qualify as the toughest but I had a PZ-1 that
really took a lot of abuse and never let me down. I believe it was in
October 1998 that I dropped this particular camera into Price Lake on the
Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. I was a workshop team member and
-Original Message-
From: Charles Braswell Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Shel,
I don't know if it would qualify as the toughest but I had
a PZ-1 that
really took a lot of abuse and never let me down.
I abused the poo out of a PZ-1p, and it kept going.
The 645n is a brick
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Charles Braswell Jr wrote:
that I had my own camera in my hand. Both cameras hit the shallow water
and completely submerged. I grabbed them as fast as I could and they
were in the water for a very short period. The PZ-1 shutter wouldn't
fire and there was moisture inside
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