On Sat, 20 Oct 2001 09:59:17 -0400, Mark Roberts wrote:
Last night I was talking with the co-owner of my favorite local photo lab and he
was telling me about his problems trying to get his 67-II to wirk with a leaf
shutter lens and TTL flash metering. He (and, apparently, Pentax) says it can't
On 21 Oct 2001, at 1:26, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
Any of you all use equipment other than
Pentax at times?
In regular service along side the Pentax kit is a stash of Leica M gear and a
Mamiya 7II, I used to shoot Contax SLR and G kits but have now limited
myself to Pentax on the SLR side of
Glad that you asked! I have:
Rolleiflex F3.5 TLR
Canonet G III
Rollei 35S
Leica M6
that I use - plus some that I do not use that much. As I have written before, now when
I got the 24-90 I have mostly used it with MZ-5n or ME. Tried it on LX but it is very
hard to focus on its plain focusing
lets see:
Voigtlander Perkeo II
Rollei Honeywell 35 (tessar lens)
Rollei 35 (schneider-kreuznach lens)
Minox 35 G
Sony Digital
Daphne
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Just occasionally:
Rolleicord vB
Fed 4L
but I really,really am a Pentaxian!
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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Any of you all use equipment other than
Pentax at times?
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Hi,
Contax RXs
Leica M3
Polaroid
Ricoh GR-1
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Sunday, October 21, 2001, 6:26:51 AM, you wrote:
Any of you all use equipment other than
Pentax at times?
I use the following at time to break up
the boredom:
Mamiya TLR ( i have all 7 lens sets!)
Zeiss
Hi,
I cannot seem to get used to the M6.
that's interesting. I've really grown to like my M3 quite quickly and
now use it more than any other camera. I have a 50mm Summicron and a
35mm Summilux. The M3s 50mm framelines and the perspective through the
viewfinder are really wonderful and well
Sorry JCO, the illustration in the Asahi Pentax Way (1967) shows just such a
self-timer lever, although of course it is only a drawing. Are you saying the
material or shape is different?
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
On Sunday, October 21, 2001 3:49 PM, J. C. O'Connell [SMTP:[EMAIL
i've seen hundreds of spotmatics but none of them
had a self timer lever shaped like that.
JCO
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Well - as the ancient Chinese say: A great number of exposures does not a great
picture make. But with a little practice you will be able to shoot a roll and a half
in less than two minutes - even with a Leica without a winder.
All the best!
Raimo
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Apple Quicktake 150!
Er, that's it.
Cotty
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Any of you all use equipment other than
Pentax at times?
I use always:
Yashica T5 (T4 super)
quite often:
Nikon FM2n
Nikon F70 (N70)
Nikon F601 (N6006)
not quite often:
Nikon F2
Nikon FE2
Kiev 4am
Kiev 4m
Fed 3
Fed 5b
Zorki 6
Yashica T4
Almost
Bob Rapp writes:
I was surfing and looking at the Zeiss lenses for the Contax. Did you know
that both Pentax and Zeiss share the same optical formula?? I know which one
was first!!
I seem to recall that the two lenses are slightly different. Pentax used an
aspherical
element (see the
Any of you all use equipment other than
Pentax at times?
Mostly the Speed Graphic in 4x5. I'll shoot a couple of rolls of 35mm (MX or
MZ5n) and 24 sheets of 4x5 in the average portrait sitting. By that time the
model has usually had enough and I've usually run out of ideas.
None of the garage
My results from three lenses:
FA*24/2:
No vignetting with square filters if the holder is placed so that the
filters slide in horizontally. Vignetting down to f/5.6 (ca) if holder
placed so that filters slide in vertically (as you would have it if
you use grads), and when using pola.
A-24/2.8:
I had the old G-III out to the Circleville Pumpkin Festival the other night.
Has a wonderful feature that I've never noticed before.
WHen using a non-dedicated flash, as I focus @ different distances,
It tells me how it's going to adjust the aperture!
Such a practical little unit from the Dark
This was a pretty good week.
SCSI 4x CDR, external unit.
(Yamaha 100 mechanism. Anyone need one cheap?
Should work on a Mac Tested working fine)
HP-41C
Steven got a Rollei 28/2.8. (e fodder) a box of 5b flashbulbs.
HP 9000/Series 700 CPU (720 I think), 19 Monitor, CD set
(Who
Open up MS Word, go to 'tools' menu, choose 'Envelopes and labels...'
A window will pop up, take the second tab 'Labels'
You can choose out of a wide range of predetermined label formats as
supplied by Avery and others, or you can set-up your own.
Scrolling through the list of 'standard Avery'
US cities are not very densely build, with decreasing density from the core
to the outskirts, compared to European cities, which are more compact. 15
minutes on a bicycle has a greater reach in Europe because of that. You pay
for it with the amount of space available (smaller house and yard). I
I am not if favour of cheating. I think it only works if you are open about
it, so I informed my Pentax equipment about it and never got a complaint.
35mm lenses: Zenitar 16mm, Tokina 20-35mm, Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Macro, all with
Pentax Mount.
Mamiya C220 TLR with 80mm and 55mm lens
Metz 45CT1 and
This discussion reminds me of some of my own experiments with Acufine in
the 70s. I remember getting some very nice results with the old Royal X
120 rated at 4800 and developed in Acufine. It allowed me to shoot
indoor basketball action at a 1/500 shutter speed with my old TLR
Mamiya. The prints
I have a Speed Graphic 4x5 with a 127mm Wollensak that I use from time
to time. (If I ever get that 4 x 5 enlarger, I'll use it more.) I have a
Mamiya TLR as well that I should use more than I do. I have the 80mm and
250mm lenses.
Paul
J. C. O'Connell wrote:
Any of you all use equipment
A couple of Leicas (M3, M3 with 35mm, 2-50mm, and 90mm lenses)
Canon QL17
Olymus 35mm SLR gear is coming soon
Sony digital
J. C. O'Connell asked:
Any of you all use equipment other than
Pentax at times?
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Shooting a lot of film doesn't make your pictures any better. I'd have
to agree pretty much with Bob Walkden's comments wrt shooting with the
Leica.
It took me a while to get used to the camera - I even used it for a
while and became so disgusted with it that I stuck it in the cabinet for
Hi Bob ...
I'm not quite sure what you mean by detachment. When using the Leica
I feel a greater involvement in the situation because the viewfinder
allows me to see more - I feel more a part of the scene as opposed to
viewing it, as you say, like a movie.
Bob Walkden wrote:
With the M3
Hi,
Shooting a lot of film doesn't make your pictures any better.
Have to disagree with you there, Shel. :o) Personally speaking, the
more film I shoot, the better I get. Never heard of a world-class
athlete who didn't run a lot of miles (apart from darts players, of
course). Never heard of a
Any of you all use equipment other than
Pentax at times?
Every once in awhile, an OLD, but mint, Agfa Super Solina RF and a GE PR-1
selenium meter.
Bill, KG4LOV
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Hi all;
Yashica T4 Super
Rollei 35s (Sonnar)
Minolta Autocord
Mamiya c330 (55, 80, super 180, all black)
I have been wanting a canonet for a while and have thought of a
Speed Graphic fondly.
Wow, a few TLR's and Rollei 35's floating around this list.
dave
Voigtlander Bessa R
Canonet QL 17 GIII
Konica Heaxar AF
Z1p
MZ5n
And thinking of upgrading to the MZ-S
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Perhaps I wasn't clear in the way I presented thoughts. You know I
shoot a lot of film, and may often shoot a roll or two on just one
subject. What I meant is that shooting a lot of film, quickly and
without much thought, will not necessarily result in better pictures,
just more pictures. A
Hi,
well, with an SLR viewfinder attached permanently to my left eye all I
can see is the scene bounded by the black frame so I'm concentrating
exclusively on what's in the frame itself and sometimes feel very involved
in it. But with a Leica viewfinder only occasionally attached to my right
eye
mamiya/sekor 500DTL
mamiya/sekor 1000DTL
RICOH SINGLEX TLS
RICOH TLS 401
Praktica Nova 1B
Rolleicord 1Vb
Hasselblad 500C/M
Olympus OM-1, OM-1n, OM-2n
Leica M-3
I have systemized all but the Hasselblad for which I do not yet have
multiple lenses.
Then of course a spectrum of Kodak box, folder,
Yes, I've already thought of this. SInce it's not my 67 I not going to try it,
though! Just wondering if anyone else has actually done it.
Leon Altoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm not a 67 user but I am into electronics (yes doing it for a living
not just playing with it). Taking the trigger
Daphne wrote:
lets see:
Voigtlander Perkeo II
Rollei Honeywell 35 (tessar lens)
Rollei 35 (schneider-kreuznach lens)
Minox 35 G
Sony Digital
Voigtlander Perkeo I
Canon AE-1 Program
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I can only say that I've used my Mz-S quite a bit, and have no problems to
report. I very often shoot with the 2 second mirror pre-fire, and that's
caused no problems.
As for film jaming on re-wind - that has not happened on my Mz-S but I have
had it happen a couple of times with my Pz-1p,
Very Nice, Den. I noticed there is no information from the camera hidden in
the file, I am surprised about that. Is that an option you switched off?
Frits Wüthrich
Denis Klimovich wrote emailed:
here:
http://www.penta-club.org/penta/rus/gallery/2001_09/landscape/klimovich06.sh
tml
is just
Would like to add my own experience here: I'd picked up a digital camera for the
express purpose of increasing my exposures on a daily basis.
Well, I did just that and some 3000 exposures later I can honestly say my keepers
have not increased.
There goes a seemingly good theory out of the
If you cut/saw the second filter slot (the one furtherst from the lens) off
the holder you can decrease the chance of vignetting. I experimented with
this one time because I had to take some photos with the Cokin filter mounted
on a fairly thick circular filter which was in turn on a Tokina
But it does work. It's only meant to sound a warning, not be the cure.
Paul Gutkowski
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Very Nice, Den. I noticed there is no information from the camera hidden in
the file, I am surprised about that. Is that an option you switched off?
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Hi Frits.
No. It was just deleted by PhotoShop...
Original file is to big (3 MP) for a gallery.
Near time I'll put more images from Optio. But
J.C.
Like you, I have other equipment. Besides my M-42 ES and ES II's, Ialso
shoot Leica, Canon (love my T-90 and EOS RT), Olympus XA, and Canon APS
Z360. I have recently begun shooting with an old Yashica D TLR. The 21/4
format is one I want to explore again.
Jim A.
From: J. C. O'Connell
Now - if only I could find an AF360FTZ to have flash compensation I'd be
really happy. (I have one on order with Ritz camera, but apparently they
cannot get them from Pentax.)
The last I heard was that they wouldn't be available until sometime in
November. I sure would like for Santa to be
On Saturday, October 20, 2001, at 01:08 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote:
Bill, now I wonder what I have been getting when I request
push-processing. I often shoot NHGII 800 and Supra 800 at 2500 or 3200
with a two stop push (shooting indoors). Often the results are nice,
sometimes not. If I am not
On Sunday, October 21, 2001, at 01:26 AM, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
Any of you all use equipment other than
Pentax at times?
Well, I just sold my Arca Swiss Pro III, so now my only non-Pentax
camera is the Barbie Cam, which has gone to Japan with a friend of mine,
so I guess I don't really
How much do you want for the Contax IIa?
All the best!
Raimo
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Canon S10 digital camera
Kodak Bantam 828
Kodak Retina 1 (126)
chris
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OH! Pentax content here:
I acquired a SMC F 35-80 4-5.6 this week from an EBAY seller. We used USPS
to ship and had no problems:)
paid $45USD (including shipping) and it came with both caps, Cir. polarizer,
UV filter, and a Hoya red (25A) filter. Not too bad I think.
Cory Waters
The
A scroll of mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
on Sat, 20 Oct 2001 19:46:29 -0400
Read it? y
It seems I've been running the NT box closer to its performance
limits than I'd realized, and when I added a couple more
tasks I discovered how abysmally slow NT4 can be when a
process gets
A scroll of mail from Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sun, 21 Oct
2001 09:25:30 +0100
Read it? y
Ricoh GR-1
Oh, yeah, I should add to the list my wife's R-1s. It's a tiny
rangefinder/PS with a 24mm/30mm lens and AF. Someday I'm going to
put a roll of Tri-X in it and put an end to my wife
Bill, now I wonder what I have been getting when I request
push-processing. I often shoot NHGII 800 and Supra 800 at 2500
or 3200 with a two stop push (shooting indoors). Often the results are
nice, sometimes not. If I am not getting a two-stop push in the
processing, what am I getting?
Everyone this is your chance to Enable Aaron!!!
The 300mm is the better deal here Aaron, get it and
wait till you find
a cheaper 45mm.
--- Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a pile of money with which to purchase a 67
lens. I am now
trying to decide which one to buy. Help
Okay, so when I need 1600 or 3200 and have 800 in the bag, should my
strategy be to rate the film at 1600 or 3200, but have it developed
normally? This would save a couple of $$ on processing.
Yep.
Try it. Try some head to head, some pushed, some not.
-Aaron
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OTOH, if all this is correct (and I assume it is), maybe I'll just try
Fuji's new ISO 1600 and shoot it at 1600.
I've heard, but not tried, that Fuji 800 underexposed one stop and processed
normally gives better results than 1600 shot and processed normally.
Bill, KG4LOV
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Hi all,
Cheating, I think not, as a tradesman has many tools and never knows from
one day to the next which ones he will need to use.
When I joined the group, I informed the group what camera gear I use:
[So to Update]
I have:
2 SPF's,
1 SP
Ricoh KR-10(+ Motor Drive)
Pentax ME Super
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Hi Gang,
What should I look for when buying CDs for storing scanned photos and
negs? Are there different grades of CDs, some perhaps being better
suited for music and others for use with photos on the computer? Any
brands especially worth considering?
I once received a music CD that was
I'm interested, how much are you asking? TIA!
Nick
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FS: 2 MX's
Date: Fri, Oct 19, 2001, 3:21 PM
I have finally decided to find a good home for my 2 MX's. I just am not
giving them any workout and thought perhaps
On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Perhaps I wasn't clear in the way I presented thoughts. You know I
shoot a lot of film, and may often shoot a roll or two on just one
subject. What I meant is that shooting a lot of film, quickly and
without much thought, will not necessarily
Now you guys have really got me wondering... I'm going to be trying this in
the next week or two. I'll let you know how it goes.
Nick
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From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Pushing and Pulling film (Question for Bill)
Date: Sun, Oct 21, 2001, 1:08 PM
Only one way to find out . . . make a contact with that name, and try to
send an email to them . . . .
. . . with netscape, I got the message that the server was unknown and
was given a choice to continue with unsent mail, or cancel attempt to
send mail . . . .
. . . . so I gues for netscape
On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
What should I look for when buying CDs for storing scanned photos and
negs? Are there different grades of CDs, some perhaps being better
suited for music and others for use with photos on the computer? Any
brands especially worth considering?
I
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, dave o'brien wrote:
Oh, yeah, I should add to the list my wife's R-1s. It's a tiny
rangefinder/PS with a 24mm/30mm lens and AF. Someday I'm going to
put a roll of Tri-X in it and put an end to my wife saying that my
bigger cameras take better pictures.
Be careful,
If somebody in US is looking for one:
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Okay, a few pictures of the mod I made to a perfectly good AF280T are up.
I've left the sketches up as requested - I'll take a little extra time in
future on things like that. Looking at them now, I whince.
http://www.macads.co.uk/pentax
click on 'AF280T flash modifications' on the left
Looks like Mark Roberts got it. Nice snag!
-frank
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You should be find with any brand your CD-RW manufacturer recommends. Kodak Gold have
been recommended in other newsgroups but I understand they are no longer made unless
you stumble upon a stored supply. Kodak GoldSilver should be fine.
I've been using Fujifilm 700MB 16X CD-Rs on my Plextor
On Sunday, October 21, 2001, at 01:30 PM, Brendan wrote:
Everyone this is your chance to Enable Aaron!!!
The 300mm is the better deal here Aaron, get it and
wait till you find
a cheaper 45mm.
Well...that's what I was thinking. Plus, I'd have an M* 300mm f4. I
should get the 67 to
Ahhh so I want a ~Data CD~. Thanks! I didn't know there was a
difference. Thank you! You've saved me a big headache, I'm sure. I'm
check out those sites, too.
Maris V. Lidaka, Sr. wrote:
There should be no problem with a data CD including image data - audio CDs are
different, though
From: Geoff Moes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: manual k-mount body
I would highly recommend the MX,
I'm on my way with buying a second body and have already choosen MX so I'm
very glad to hear opinion like this.
Just beware that the light seal foam on the lens
mount and back door
Yeah, they are that different.
On Sunday 21 October 2001 17:16, Isaac Crawford wrote:
Ken Archer wrote:
I would forget about Diafine if I were you. It always had too soft
a grain for me. Acufine produced sharp grain if not fine grain.
It gives a very pleasing effect by holding shadow
Yes ... but there is so much discussion in many fora that say Acufine,
and other developers, increase the speed of the film. I guess the only
way to test that would be to shoot a subject, like a wall, that has some
texture and some detail, measure the exposure off a grey card to find a
middle
At 19:41 21-10-2001 -0400, Mark Roberts wrote:
Many people, myself included, often praise the MX because it's fully
functional,
except for the light meter, without batteries. Well, yes, being all-mechanical
is a great feature of the MX, but the *real* reason for having one is because
it's a
Hi Shel,
As far as I've been able to determine, they're all exactly the same.
Some have bette plastic storage boxes. This seems to be the determining element.
Paul
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi Gang,
What should I look for when buying CDs for storing scanned photos and
negs? Are there
When I first started shooting film some 25 years ago, I encountered a
guardian angel. He had a camera store in the Old Chicago neighborhood
west of Comiskey Park. The neighborhood was, and still is so far as I
know, called Bridgeport. This guy told me that if I ever hoped to be a
halfway decent
No contest. The 300/4 is the lens you should buy.
Paul
Aaron Reynolds wrote:
I have a pile of money with which to purchase a 67 lens. I am now
trying to decide which one to buy. Help help help! If anyone has
anything bad to say about either of these guys, let me know.
I do realize
So I read somewhere Kodak is ending the production of Kodachrome. I
have a few questions...
1) is this true?
2) are you guys/gals stocking up on it?
3) how long will unexposed Kodachrome last in the fridge/freezer?
4) any projections on how long labs will be still keeping
I don't want to stir things (well, maybe I do:), but in my experience,
T-max developer is almost the same as accufine. A hot soup: nothing
more, nothing less.
Paul
William Robb wrote:
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From: Shel Belinkoff
Subject: Re: Pushing and Pulling film
Hi Bill,
Frank wrote:
And, I have a Yashica A tlr that needs a CLA real bad. Wanna get
that done, though, just to see how those big negs print up!
Just pick up some E-6 film in 120
I've shot some Lumiere 100 through my Yaschica A and it is
actually a quite nice little unit
The MX is the least favorite camera of mine. I've used it twice, maybe
three times, in 2½ years. It feels flimsy, the film advance is
non-linear, and it sounds like a cheap piece of goods.
Wendy Beard wrote:
At 19:41 21-10-2001 -0400, Mark Roberts wrote:
Many people, myself included,
Ken Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
An extra battery and a roll of film are also small enough to throw in
your bag just in case and maybe even smaller ;-)
Yeah.
If you've got 'em!
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From: Shel Belinkoff
Subject: Re: The REAL reason the Pentax MX rules!
The MX is the least favorite camera of mine. I've used it
twice, maybe
three times, in 2½ years. It feels flimsy, the film advance
is
non-linear, and it sounds like a cheap piece of goods.
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From: PAUL STENQUIST
Subject: Re: Shooting Film and my Guardian Angel
When I first started shooting film some 25 years ago, I
encountered a
guardian angel. He had a camera store in the Old Chicago
neighborhood
west of Comiskey Park. The neighborhood was, and
I love my MX too, i love the size of it and it feels solid, although I have
seen a few around that feel pretty tired and loose.
I used to have an LX, but used the MX way more.
I've carry mine with me everyday during the week.
I wouldn't mind a small grip for mine though, somthing similar to
On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, William Robb wrote:
FWIW, I have 2 MX's. On one, the meter doesn't work at all, the
film advance works sometimes, and the shutter works about half
the time that the film advance works. [snip]
I'm with Bill and Shel on this one. I've seen quite a few MX's come
through
I use Nikon Digital (CP990), Ricoh SLR (XR-2 - but I can use my SMC lenses
on it) and a handful of non Pentax lenses (Tokina 400 f5.6, Kiron 105mm
f2.8 macro, Sigma 14 f3.5 and 50 f.38 macro)...
- MCC
At 01:26 AM 10/21/01 -0400, you wrote:
Any of you all use equipment other than
Pentax at
Frank or Ken, I just went and dug out my Dad's old camera and
flash. The Yashica Electro 35 GS with Rollie E17C flash plus
battery was $143.30 CDN in 1973. I think I will give it a try. I
have the flash charging now. The manual says the battery for the
Yashica was a 5.6v mercury battery,
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From: John A. Hufnagel
Subject: The demise of Kodachrome... Right?
So I read somewhere Kodak is ending the production of
Kodachrome. I
have a few questions...
1) is this true?
It wouldn't surprise me. They have been actively trying to kill
it for several years
Oh and when no-one is looking:
Canon Sure Shots (two different ones that my wife calls her own)
ppro
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Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 11:12 AM
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Subject: RE:
Not so long ago we were all going on about how ridiculously high prices were
on eBay. Well, now they look like they're getting ridiculously low. A
Pentax FA 50mm f/2.8 macro lens ($300 at BH) just sold for $107,
http://cgi.ca.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1285586479
I made
And to think I paid about $14 or $15 US on eBay - which seems to be the going
price. A great value, I think.
Mine came without a battery, and I couldn't find one locally. I finally ended up
getting one here:
http://www.photobattery.com/PX32.html
Got it in the mail in less than a week, and it
William Robb wrote:
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From: Isaac Crawford
Subject: Re: Pushing and Pulling film
Also, what about hypering and other tricks astrophoto people
have been
using for years? I seem to recall a technique of letting the
BW film
absorb hydrogen peroxide fumes to
Oh gawd, and I thought people with foot fetishes were weird!
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I also love the smell of a newly opened box of Kodachromes,
enough that I don't open a freshly delivered package until I get
home and can savour it at my leisure.
It's sad, really.
William Robb
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Hi Chris ...
Apart from any mechanical considerations, the camera - especially when
compared to the Spotmatic era cameras, the K-series bodies, the LX, the
ME-S, a Leica, older Nikons, and others - just feels cheap. I've not
had any real problems with mine, although the film advance now seems
I got mine from the same source. That was the only one I could find.
On Sunday 21 October 2001 21:09, Frank Theriault wrote:
Mine came without a battery, and I couldn't find one locally. I
finally ended up getting one here:
http://www.photobattery.com/PX32.html
regards,
frank
Dave Maki
Gee Bob, was that too much information??
Har!!
William Robb
- Original Message -
From: Bob Sullivan
Subject: Re: The demise of Kodachrome... Right?
Oh gawd, and I thought people with foot fetishes were weird!
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Pretty much works for me. .
William Robb
- Original Message -
From: Shel Belinkoff
Subject: Re: Pushing and Pulling film
Yes ... but there is so much discussion in many fora that say
Acufine,
and other developers, increase the speed of the film. I guess
the only
way to test that
Shel writes about the MX:
It's that flimsiness that makes me reach for the ME S when I want
something lighter and simpler than the LX.
Chris Brogden wrote:
I'm with Bill and Shel on this one. I've seen quite a few MX's come
[...]
MX bashing in pentax-discuss? What's next, SMC isn't
Oh yeah, the other thing i like about the MX is the display in the view
finder. I like the wheel that shows the shutter speed and the little window
at the top to see the aperture.
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From: Juan J. Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 22,
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From: Juan J. Buhler
Subject: Bizarro PDML! (Re: The REAL reason the Pentax MX
rules!)
I thought the MX was one of the best regarded bodies out
there.
I want to get a second one, looking for a black one at the
right price...
I'll spray paint both of mine and
GO FOR THE CANONET QL17 OR AN OLYMPUS SP
JCO
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Luis Pinar
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 6:25 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Cheating
Olympus Stylus Epic (mainly for bike trips). I'm
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