Actually I didn't stay at an A/C hotel (when I was there I sure wished I
did...) and the problems occured after almost a whole day of shooting during
which the camera worked just fine.
Thanks for the tip, though. I know that condensation is a problem when
changing the climate, and it frequently
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 14:22:02 -0700
From: Shel Belinkoff
Subject: OT: Angle of View
When it is said that a lens has a certain angle of view,
where is point
from which the angle is measured - film plane, somewhere
inside the
lens, front element?
The angle of view is measured from
Spotted for sale in UK dealer:
'Ikolite underwater housing with flash to fit Pentax MX...GBP 250'
MPS Photographic, England 0191 232 3558
http://wwwmps-photographic.co.uk
Just saw it in a magazine advert - not seen it. Unusual, I would have
thought?
Cheers,
Cotty
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 4:13 PM
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On 22 Oct 2001, at 14:07, aimcompute wrote:
When we
get down to it, it's not the size of the 35mm
Hey... now that's the spirit!
Tom C.
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Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 7:17 PM
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Bah, I'll never buy it until they make a full size 6x7
Hi,
This shop is reasonably local to me. If anyone wants further
details, I could go and look at it one evening or at the
weekend.
mike
Cotty wrote:
'Ikolite underwater housing with flash to fit Pentax MX...GBP 250'
MPS Photographic, England 0191 232 3558
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 Alexander Grigolia wrote:
Hmm, I wonder if Paul Simon will record a song honoring T-Max 400?
Everything's symbolic in black white! ... Nah.
I read somewhere that because Kodak forced Paul Simon to include the
little Trade Mark logo (the 'R' in a circle) at the end of the
This is often the case with periodicals. I think it's more to do with the
costs involved in shipping items larger or bulkier than the actual
magazine - including the odd free roll of film on the cover.
A couple of months ago I decided to subscribe to Practical Photography.
Rang up the
Spotted for sale in UK dealer:
'Ikolite underwater housing with flash to fit Pentax MX...GBP 250'
MPS Photographic, England 0191 232 3558
http://wwwmps-photographic.co.uk
The real name is Ikelite, they are still in business.
http://www.ikelite.com
Regards
Jerome
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Is there a list of Ebayers that are known for shoddy deals? I'm new to this
list and I'm looking manual K-mount lenses.I'd like to avoid those who
wronged the listmembers in the past.
Dean,
With eBay, the real 'bad guys' wouldn't let it get to the stage where
they were blacklisted by eBay
[Thoughts on Mike J.'s comments on possible future digital SLRs]
Illuminating as ever, Mike, and the point that there is no law of nature that favours
a 36x24mm frame is a fair one. However, if Pentax is to move to a smaller-frame
digital SLR, while still maintaining compatibility with the
In a message dated 22/10/01 19:35:56 GMT Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Does anyone think that someone from Pentax reads this list!!!???
Can I place my order right now?
As I recall, when the list was hosted by the Pentax site, someone from
Pentax did keep an ear to the
I was lucky enough to find a film cartridge from 1980 at my parents' house.
Film sources can be found at www.subclub.org I don't have the patience yet
to buy 16mm bulk film and load it. I used my QT when I was a kid on a
vacation to Peru and Mexico. It was a great shooter. I wanted to use it
Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark wrote:
This sudden change, whatever the rationale, is inexcusable. Yes, digital
technology is advancing at a tremendous rate and the market for it isn't
stable. But in October of 2001 they can't really expect me to believe that
this is NEWS to
Yeah, they used to read the list then. They kicked us out
because they were afraid that the things we were saying might be
mistaken as official Pentax views. They probably didn't want
to spend money in the courts, either, trying to defend the
indefensible.
Len
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Hi, Aaron,
Yeah, that's what it takes. Minolta used to sell it in cassettes that looked
much like 110 cassettes. They stopped doing that about 10 years ago.
So my problem won't be finding the rolled film, but a cassette (either with
or without old film in it), so that I can load the
Here are sources for Minolta 16 film:
A HREF=http://members.fortunecity.com/minivanman/min16film.html;Minolta
16 Film
/AA HREF=http://www.subclub.org/;The Sub Club/A
Regards,
Ed M.
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 21:52:57 -0600, William Robb wrote:
Bill,
When I send email to you, it keeps getting bounced back or delayed. HAve any idea?
Did you get me PUG submission?
Later,
Gary
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It'd depend upon alot of things for me... how much, how cheap, image
quality, and when it looked like we could expect of full-frame camera (from
any manufacturer). I cringe when I see other PJs at an event with their D30
and a 17-35 zoom... *shrugs*
Nick
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Actually, I don't think I was misreading you at all. I use an LX as a
primary camera and wanted an all mechanical (battery only needed for meter)
second body. But DOF preview is important to me as is interchangeable
focusing screens. If there is a K body that fits these requirements I'd
like
A package arrived yesterday containing a Spotmatic Kit that I won on Ebay.
One of the items was a 135 f2.5 SMC Takumar. There were 2 with that
designation. The earliest was a 5 element in 4 groups and the other a 6 by
6. The 6 by 6 is the same as the famous K135 2.5. As luck would have it, I
got
The Acer Scanwit ain't bad if you ensure the particular one you get does focus
accurately (I had to return the first example I had). The included software
(Mira, in Australia) is reasonably competent and fast, and the only problem
scans I have had so far have been with very old and thin
Jim Apilado wrote: I now own - LX, SF1n, and PZ1-P.
hi Jim, if you get a moment I would love to hear your thoughts on the SF1n
vs. the PZ1-p as an owner of both. I have 2 SF1n's and keep wondering about
swapping one out for a PZ1(p) and would value your thoughts on it.
Regards,
/\/\ick...
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 10:18:49 -0700, tom wrote:
I actually use Excel to create large numbers of near identical html
pages. Once I have the formulas all sorted out I just fill in what
specifics are required and run a macro. For your situation once you
have the standard formulas you could
Thanks for all the great answers to the question g.
When it is said that a lens has a
certain angle of view, where is the
point from which the angle is measured
- film plane, somewhere inside the
lens, front element?
--
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From: Juan J. Buhler [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 5:23 PM
Subject: RE: Pentax Digital NEWS! Part one
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, John Francis wrote:
Longer, effectively. The lens produces an image of exactly
the same size, but only
Well one problem is that, at least right now, a 6MP camera in a 35mm capable
body will be perceived as a professional camera with all the pros and cons
that means for the company bringing it out. Not to mention that the top of
the market is going to be very fluid when it comes to pixel counts and
On Tuesday, October 23, 2001, at 06:48 AM, lbparis wrote:
Yeah, they used to read the list then. They kicked us out
because they were afraid that the things we were saying might be
mistaken as official Pentax views.
I believe, at the time, we were also in the midst of a Kirkland/Mafud
(or
Hey, congrats on the find, Chris! How much was it?
I can't help with the leaf shutter, since I don't have one (but I do
know that the body should be set to 1/8), but I can help on the
auto/manual switch. It's spring loaded. On the 105, it slips over to
manual and then a tap on the top will
On Tuesday, October 23, 2001, at 02:23 AM, Rob Studdert wrote:
Can't say that I'm too fussed on the mechanical build and function of
the
SS4000, also the Polaroid software is just pathetic, I would really be
looking
at the new Nikons if I were you. Pssst want to buy a SS4000 cheap :-)
I
Dear Mike,
On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 02:37:11PM -0500, Mike Johnston wrote:
P.S. I have to say that I'm totally NOT sold on the idea that a full-size
sensor (meaning 35mm size, 24mm x 36mm) is a good idea. I'm really not sure
it is. A smaller sensor size is really a great advantage: it means
Fellow list members,
I'm in Muenchen for at least the next two months. Any tips as to where to
shop for gear (just for my weekly drooling session) and more
realistically, where to buy E6 film and processing? If I am right, I
should be able to get some pretty good deals on E6 (dias) with
Here's a thought:
surely the only reason that the 3MP camera would not be full frame is the
distance of the sensor array from the lens. If when designing the 3MP camera
the array were place closer to the lens then surely full frame would be
achieved. Wouldn't this solve the lens issue, (if not
A scroll of mail from David A. Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon,
22 Oct 2001 11:52:24 +1300
Read it? y
I believe that MS pulled a fair bit of networking code off one of the free BSD
variants for use in NT. They'd rip stuff off Linux as well but the GPL (license)
won't let them, which is why they
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Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 6:16 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Manual vs. motor
On 22 Oct 2001, at 13:24, Mike Johnston wrote:
We all have our preferences, and for some they are strong preferences
Being monthly, all the news in it was out of date by up to 6 weeks
God forbid anyone hears information that's six weeks old!
At least, not until we have pliable, roll-up PDA's (stuffed in a pocket)
that connect up wirelessly for email and net. Then the paper mags will
have a real fright...
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From: Paul Jones [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 8:28 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: photographic magazine.
Oh yeah the best part is they dont look like camera bags.
if anyones interested in having a look at them then
I konw this subject pops up from time to time, but I want to say it again:
Why we don't put together a page with recent portraits (or even better
selfportraits) of we the members in order to have an idea of how we are, or
at least how we look.
I think it could be nice and fun
Regards
Albano
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MF print magnification is less than 35mm, so that cant be the reason...
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From: Francis Tang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 23 October 2001 14:15
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Pentax Digital NEWS - FULL STORY from AP 27th OCT.
Dear Mike,
On Mon, Oct
I believe that (some of?)the Fuji cameras use a non-rectangular array of
sensors (heaxagonal/honeycomb pattern maybe?). This requires them to re-map
(interpolate) the data from the sensors to a rectangular pixel pattern.
Eric
From: Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001
Trouble is - you would lose either infinity focus or close focus, as
your sensor is no longer mounted on the normal plane of focus.
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Sent: 23 October 2001 14:26
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Pentax Digital NEWS!
You have to remember that with the smaller CCD array you basically cut out
any edge distortion the lens may have. This is a bonus especially with wide
angle lenses. I think this was the reason Sigma brought out the 15-30 EX
zoom. However the multiplication ratio of these cameras vary some because
You know the real people who seem to be benefitting from this digital
whatnot are Sigma. This is all due to the smaller sensors. Apparently
none of the camera manufacturers make any money out of the bodies, but
Sigma sell s**tloads of wide angle lenses now.
I keep reading user reviews which
My ISP was doing maintenance last night, for what seemed like
forever. My apologies if it caused a bunch of bounced email
messages. All is well now.
William Robb
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Nothing scream AMATEUR louder than ads like that. It is also on the outside
back cover of Nov. Pop Photography. I would truly be embarrased if I were a
Canon shooter. Obviously Pentax isn't the only one who can create sappy
ads.
Bruce Dayton
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From: Juan J. Buhler
Who needs DOF, K,M, A lenses have easy to read scales. ; ). And one touch
zooms have those crazy lines.
Evan
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From: Skofteland, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 1:19 PM
Subject: RE: The REAL reason the Pentax K1000
Had a very enjoyable weekend,last.I was invited by a stable
in our zone to take portraits of the riders, after
our banquet,with their ribbons,trophys horses etc.
Took the D1 and computers and 2 helpers(wife/daughter).They
had it well organized with a rider every 15 minutes or so
and have a very
Full page ad in Nov. Scientific American:
Nothing screams AMATEUR like a third party lens
Yeah. Saw it. Just about the most offensive ad I've seen since the famous
Nike You don't win the silver you lose the gold ad.
Nothing screams TWIT like a person who buys expensive stuff so they can
LOOK
Hi Frank!
It is a nice (but heavy) camera and the lens is very good. The electronics cannot be
repaired but you can always find another one.
All the best!
Raimo
Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
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Lähettäjä: Frank
Juan J. Buhler wrote:
Full page ad in Nov. Scientific American:
Nothing screams AMATEUR like a third party lens
For best results, use a Canon lens on a Canon camera
Same ad appears in current (November) Shutterbug.
I assume it means that their lens sales are suffering from the
Obviously Canon is feeling the pressure from 3rd party lens sales.
DG
At 10:34 AM 10/23/01 -0700, you wrote:
Full page ad in Nov. Scientific American:
Nothing screams AMATEUR like a third party lens
For best results, use a Canon lens on a Canon camera
Just wanted to share...
j
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Just look at their feedback. If they have few and some are bad avoid them.
If they have lots and a few are bad usually they are Ebay marketers and you
can't please everybody. Meaning there are just as many if not more rotten
buyers as sellers.
Kent Gittings
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From:
Don't start that again When I first joined the list a few months ago
there was a lot of angry messages flying around about what is acceptable and
what is not.
Christian Skofteland
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From: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Which reminds me ... when
Correct. The chip technology itself is always changing which generally
requires totally different technology around it to make it work. For
sharpness CCD chips are going from front illumination to rear illumination
because it eliminates the illumination hardware in front of the CCD pixel
which
I do! Try taking close-ups of bugs and flowers and such without DOF
preview
Christian Skofteland
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Who needs DOF, K,M, A lenses have easy to read scales. ; ).
And one touch
zooms have those crazy lines.
Sorry, left out the smiley...8-)
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Hi,
the serious answer is this:
Yes, you have to rotate it. It eliminates reflections, so the time to
use it is when there are a lot of reflections around, eg sunlight on
water, or reflections off glossy leaves. You can preview the effect by
watching it through the viewfinder. The effect is
Funny, all the recent model Canons I've handled have
felt flimsy and amateur to me. I like the
AE1, but that's about it. The Eos series cameras feel
and handle like toys.
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Perhaps angry s far to strong a word to describe the discussion at
that time.
Skofteland, Christian wrote:
Don't start that again When I first
joined the list a few months ago
there was a lot of angry messages flying
around about what is acceptable and
what is not.
From: John
Which reminds me ... when did the PUG suddenly become so restrictive?
When I unsubscribed a few months ago for my European vacation it was
OK to use just about anything on non-themed months, although use of
Pentax equipment was requested for the themed galleries.
Now, however, I find
I never thought it in a PUG way.
I mean I think any pic of you is valid, no matter what camera was used,
even could be the horrible pic of your ID or driver's licence.
I thought about it to know more about each other, to see how old are us, if
we look friendly or in example, if Shel looks like
ok, how about heated?
Christian Skofteland
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Perhaps angry s far to strong a word to describe the discussion at
that time.
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I do! Try taking close-ups of bugs and flowers and such without DOF
preview
I dunno, I've done ok without DOF. You can't miss what you've never
had. ;) Not that I wouldn't like to have it, of course...
--Amita
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What Cotty didnt want to type:
PENTAX TARGETS 'ADVANCED AMATEURS' WITH 645N II
Ha! Sorry Rob, I was glancing through it really fast - didn't see that
bit - honest.
I don't get paid for taking stills (well hardy ever) so that makes me an
amateur, but I don't call myself advanced - in fact
I took my K1000 and my new (to me) Vivitar 75-205mm
zoom out to an informal dog show/fundraiser run by a
local animal shelter. This was my first real shoot with
the zoom. It was great not having to juggle different
lenses, and I took more chances pressing the shutter even
when I wasn't sure all
Woo hoo! I managed to snag a Pentax 6x7 (w/ MLU) at a local flea market
for a very reasonable price.
C'mon Chris, don't keep us in suspense - what's a reasonable price
Cotty
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Had a very enjoyable weekend,last.I was invited by a stable
in our zone to take portraits of the riders, after
our banquet,with their ribbons,trophys horses etc.
Took the D1 and computers
[mr. snippy visits]
I thought at best to sell 1 pic per person
Dave, I hope you don't mind me asking - if I
Also the focus ability of the lens depends on the registration distance to
the film plane. All the lenses would no longer focus at the normal ranges.
Kent Gittings
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looking through the archives, wasn't self portrait a PUG theme at one
point?
Christian Skofteland
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I never thought it in a
No heated is too mild a word.
--- Skofteland, Christian
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ok, how about heated?
Christian Skofteland
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From: Shel Belinkoff
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Perhaps angry s far to strong a word to describe
the discussion at
that time.
If anyone wants to see a picture of me,
look here:
http://www.picturesofmyfinger.com/aboutme.htm
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Minor point.If used ones up here did not cost
what the K1000 did in 1997 when i bought mine,I'd
own at least one more.
Dave(K man )Brooks
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but it doesn't have DOF preview!!! otherwise I'd own 3 or 4! :-)
Christian Skofteland
Pentax User
Stouffville
It just does, that's all there is to it!
No Canon or Nikon even comes close.
Ryan
Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals.
http://personals.yahoo.com
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I never thought it in a PUG way.
I mean I think any pic of you is valid, no matter what camera was used,
even could be the horrible pic of your ID or driver's licence.
I thought about it to know more about each other, to see how old are us, if
we look friendly or
dave o'brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
For it to be a proper Barbie camera, all the large numbers should be
repainted with 'Math is hard!'
If we're going to go OT with Barbie jokes, here's my favorite:
A rather inexperienced father is browsing the doll section of the toy
store, searching for
Oh it is possible take good close ups with out DOF
alright I'll crawl into the cave now :)
--- Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I do! Try taking close-ups of bugs and flowers and
such without DOF
preview
I dunno, I've done ok without DOF. You can't miss
what you've never
Yes, it does.
Nick
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From: Skofteland, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: The REAL reason the Pentax K1000 rules!
Date: Tue, Oct 23, 2001, 12:19 PM
but it doesn't have DOF preview!!! otherwise I'd own 3 or 4! :-)
Christian
Are you looking for adjectives to describe that discussion? What a
slippery slope we would descend to go there again. Let's just one
side won and one side lost. It was a very polarizing, dividing
discussion, with two pretty much mutually exclusive groups.
Thanks,
Ed
I thought about it to know more about each other, to see how old are us, if
we look friendly or in example, if Shel looks like Hannibal Lecter
:-P
Judging from the last Self-Portrait PUG, I would have said Francis Ford
Coppola.
;-)
Cotty
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Clive Williams writes:
So I have a suggestion. Assuming for the moment that Pentax does decide to
take the
smaller-CCD route and make something like the D30, how about adding a
couple of
'digital-only' wideangles - say 12mm and 16mm? These could be made more
cheaply than
lenses that have to
I see 1.4X-S and 1.4X-L converters on the web and was wondering what the
differences are. Which one is best suited for the SMC-A 400mm f/5.6?
Thanks in advance.
Frits Wüthrich
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[Thoughts on Mike J.'s comments on possible future digital SLRs]
Illuminating as ever, Mike, and the point that there is no law of
nature that favours a 36x24mm frame is a fair one. However, if
Pentax is to move to a smaller-frame digital SLR,
Gee, and all this time I thought poorly focused, poorly composed, poorly
lit pictures screamed amateur! If I had only known!!
Dave
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Cotty.I assume you meant the D1 not 30-06 (ha ha)
The price for these in our area run from $20.00 to
$25.00 Canadian for a 8x10.I charge $20.00, plus
air fare to your neck of the woods(hills)
Thanks Dave,
That's really very reasonable. I work out 25 Can bucks to be about 11
GBP. I've just
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Matamoros, Cesar A. wrote:
We received our Nikon D1H and D1X yesterday afternoon. I
will begin playing with them today.
The manual states that the viewfinder shows 96% of the frame
recorded.
Ouch. That means a *really* tiny viewfinder
I just want to say how much I like Coming... By Edward Kreis in this
month's PUG.
The colors, the light posts, the shore and the sky
REALLY nice shot.
Cory Waters
who did NOT send that binocular question more than once, really
PS I REALLY like this picture.
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I have an A 400 f:5.6 and I use the 1.4X-L. It has a snout on the end that
fits into the recess at the back of the lens. It is my understanding that
there are less vignetting problems with it.
Bruce Dayton
Sacramento, CA
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You forgot the small matter of focus. :)
--graywolf
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Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 9:25 AM
Subject: RE: Pentax Digital NEWS! Part one
Here's a thought:
surely the only reason that the 3MP camera would
Hi,
it should take ordinary 35mm film. There should be an empty take-up
spool which comes out. You thread the film leader into the take-up spool,
drop it all back into the camera, put the bottom on and start
photographing.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2001,
Hi,
no - that's Artist...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2001, 11:15:53 PM, you wrote:
Gee, and all this time I thought poorly focused, poorly composed, poorly
lit pictures screamed amateur! If I had only known!!
Dave
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Well,
I just scanned a couple of rolls of Kodak Black + White chromogenic film and
then a roll of TMax. First glance, the chromogenic scans ok, but the TMax
scans extremely grainy. The lab prints of both look about the same as far
as grain is concernced but my scanner (Minolta Scan Dual II)
On 23 Oct 2001, at 20:03, Cotty wrote:
But I don't really do landscapes. People. And that's 35 mil all over it.
Rambling,
Cotty
I dunno, I LOVE shooting people in 6 x 7. Since I got my 67II,
I almost don't like using 35mm anymore. Formal portraits,
casual portraits, kids portraits,
But whatever you do, don't, don't, for God's sake DON'T use it while on the
Equator, or it will destroy the space-time continuum as we know it...
Hi,
I hope you didn't pay too much for it. Circular polarizers are
specifically designed only to be used above the Arctic circle, or
below the
Juan J. Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Matamoros, Cesar A. wrote:
We received our Nikon D1H and D1X yesterday afternoon. I
will begin playing with them today.
The manual states that the viewfinder shows 96% of the frame
recorded.
Ouch.
35mm is my favorite focal length for general photography. I like the perspective
better than a Normal lens. I also like the speed of an f2 version, as it allows me
to shoot in many of the spots walking around lands me in.
I currently have the A version of the 35mm f2, which I got at a very
Frank Theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But I AM an amateur...
Maybe, but you're saying it quietly and with dignity, not screaming it.
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Mark Roberts
www.robertstech.com
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Juan J. Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[Thoughts on Mike J.'s comments on possible future digital SLRs]
Illuminating as ever, Mike, and the point that there is no law of
nature that favours a 36x24mm frame is a fair one. However, if
Pentax is
Frank Theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bah, yourself! K1000's are just Spotmatics with no dof and lots of plastic
parts.
Plastic parts on a K1000?
Not on the early ones.
(OK, now lets get the early K1000 owners fighting with the late K1000
owners!)
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Mark Roberts
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And definitely don't use it for portraits.
Makes everyone look like Lech Walesa.
But whatever you do, don't, don't, for God's sake DON'T use it while on the
Equator, or it will destroy the space-time continuum as we know it...
I hope you didn't pay too much for it. Circular polarizers are
I have one which I rarely use nowaday.
There are indeed two parts, one is the viewer. You have to work on slidefilm
(chromes). You have to screw the camera part in front of the lens, like a
filter. The part is intended to be used with a 50 or 55 mm standardlens. You
get to vertical oriented
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