Boris Liberman wrote:
So, I suppose, David, if I were to ask you *not* to use EMS or UPS but
use regular USPS instead, you would probably agree, as this is totally
legit thing to ask.
That is legit, but when I send something out of the country via USPS,
the customs declaration asks the value,
Ok, I know the standard practice is to advertise For Sale Friday, but
this item will list on eBay Friday. I just wanted to offer it to PDML
members first.
Pentax ZX-5n QD 35mm SLR body.
- Includes cable release (I bought it seperately).
- Includes battery grip (I bought this seperately
I don't think anyone took any offense on either side. And I'm not sure
where that notion would come from either. Anyway, I'm glad to hear that
I probably did it the right way.
Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
That is legit, but when I send something out of the country via USPS,
the customs
Tom C wrote:
I'm convinced of the view that businesses themselves never actually pay
tax. It's people that pay tax. All taxes a business appears to pay are
actually passed along to the employees in terms of reduced compensation
and customers in terms of higher prices.
Of course I have no
UncaMikey wrote:
Does the DA-40 work on a 35mm body? Any problems? Pentax says
'digital only' but I've read reports on the 'Net that it works fine
with film.
I don't anticipate any further enablement, but I admit, it is something
to think about -- I could put one of those on my *ist and have
UncaMikey wrote:
--- David Oswald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, there is an SMC Pentax-M 40mm f/2.8 already available
(occasionally on eBay) for Pentax 35mm SLR's, which is a full-frame
lens.
Unfortunately, that lens does not work with my *ist, which requires an
A aperture setting
40mm. ...or you could buy my ZX-5n, which *will* work
with M lenses. ;)
UncaMikey wrote:
--- David Oswald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't own an *ist-D, but I do have an *ist-DS, and I know that
despite
the crippled mount, the *ist-DS will work with non-A (non auto
aperture) lenses. This gets
On May 14, 2005, at 12:53 AM, Powell Hargrave wrote:
So I gave the eBay dealer who sold me the Vivitar 28MM f2 with the non
functioning diaphragm with oily blades a Neutral rating. His
description
did say IT IS CLEAR AND SEEMS TO WORK.
Now the ***bleepity bleep%%% dip stick retaliates and gives
Well, I handed my *ist-Ds off to a woman the other day to take a picture
of my wife and I. I'm always uncomfortable doing this, but in this case
it worked out fine, after we coached her on the same issue. She was
trying to look at its display screen instead of through the viewfinder.
It
The beach environment can be quite a harshly lit universe. People will
be squinting almost regardless of what direction you pose them relative
to the sun. Putting them in the shade will raise the contrast past the
point of no return with a DSLR (or slide film, for that matter). I do a
lot
Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
There are times when I'd like to have the LCD always on.
But I can't see a method to accomplish this.
Always on, doing what? Are you talking about the color LCD? It cannot
be used as a viewfinder. This fact is not limited to Pentax, it's a
limitation of Digital
Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
Dave,
The mirror is understood. It's obviously in the way.
What I'd like is something along the line of MLU but with
the shutter release being a toggle --
1. Fire shutter release/Raise Mirror/LCD on
2. Position camera
3. Shoot/Lower Mirror/LCD Off
I see. Not on
Not sure if anyone else noticed this, but eBay sent me a message saying
that anything listed in the US on May 17th will have only a 10 cent
listing fee, regardless of auction starting price.
http://pages.ebay.com/promo/10centevent/
Knowing how much people here love to sell their equipment (to
Like many (if not most) people here, I kind of grew up with 35mm
photography. I became accustomed to the over-simplified understanding
of what various focal lengths can accomplish. But having played a
little with MF recently, as well as having enabled myself with an
*ist-DS a few months
Frank Wajer wrote:
Hi all,
yes, I won a local auction for an FA* 80-200 f2.8. There is only a small speck
(+- 1mm) on the front lens I cannot remove. I guess this won't influence image
quality.
Now I'm wondering what power-zoom functions work on my MZ-5n. Boz's site
mentions auto-retract and
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Dust on the sensor is inevitable over time anyway ... zoom lenses act as
air pumps and pull dust into the interior of the camera. I change lenses
pretty frequently and have not had all that much of an issue with dust.
When some appears and is objectionable, simply clean
All this talk about the 16-45/4 and Sigma 18-50/2.8, I've got to weigh
in with my findings too.
I owned (past tense) the SMC Pentax-FA 20-35mm f/4 AL, and now own the
SMC Pentax-DA 16-45mm f/4 ED AL. For about a week I had the two both at
my fingertips.
Here are a few things I noticed. At
Bruce Dayton wrote:
Sorry Scott, it is a film *ist.
lol. If it wasn't bad enough that Pentax chose to name a camera with a
character that is a universal wildcard symbol for search engines, and
unpernouncable for humans, they had to take the confusion one step
further by naming both a film
Dario Bonazza wrote:
Anyone using the Alcava (or any other brand, if available) rechargeabe
alkaline batteries on the D/Ds?
They are 1.5V instead of 1.2V, and they should probably fix such
recurring problems I see reported here. I used them on my MZ-S, with
great satisfaction. I've never
The latest version of IfranView lets you do batch processing, including
batch resizing, batch conversions, etc. It's very simple to use. I can
convert 100 full-size ist-DS jpegs to 800x?? size in a matter of
minutes, even on my OLD notebook.
Dave
Leon Altoff wrote:
On Fri, 20 May 2005
Frank Wajer wrote:
Hi all,
simple question: shoudl I get an istD or istDs, or should I wait for the next
digital SLR. Will Pentax bring us a newer digital SLR, with the Sony rumours?
Is the only main difference between the D and Ds that the D will accept a
battery pack?
I have invested a
On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 12:49:25PM +0100, Cotty wrote:
On 25/5/05, keithw, discombobulated, unleashed:
You spent too much time in the San Fernando Valley when you lived here,
Cotty!
That's ValleyGirlSpeak! :-)
I live in The Valley currently. Valley Girl Speak nowadays is Hola!
Que
Sounds like a microscope's lens, but the focusing distance would be a
lot closer, and of course the maximum f-stop would be something like f/64.
Jostein wrote:
sooo
A 1600-8000 mm zoom, the size of a shrunken DA-40mm, with closest focal point 60
cm?
Damn, I will need to invent a new
I'm looking for a 1.4x teleconverter to use with my FA50/1.4 and
FA135/2.8. I use those lenses on both my *ist-DS and (occasionally) my
ZX-5n.
Being that they're autofocus lenses, I'd kind of like to maintain that
capability. And compatibility with the *ist-DS's metering is also
desirable.
Kevin Waterson wrote:
I am looking for a lense about 28-100 and f1.8 or f2.8
Does such a creature exist?
I'm not sure if this exists in a Pentax mount, but you might have a look
at the following review:
http://www.euro-photo.net/cgi-bin/epn/info/equip_reviews/tamronaf28.asp
The lens
Christian wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0506/05060104pentaxistdl.asp
After reading the specs as listed on dpreview, I have to ask, how is
Auto ISO different from the *ist-DS's automatic ISO selection setting?
The spec list for the *ist-DL lists this as a new feature, but I
Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
It just occurred to me - Pentax is *actually* competing with Nikon and
Canon on *istD and lower market segment. It is probably where the most
money is w.r.t. DSLR sales...
Thumbs up, Pentax!
I have to agree here. Pentax will draw more people into their brand
Jon Paul Schelter (R* Toronto) wrote:
Let me know how you like it if you buy one?
I'm up to 4 lenses now, (FA35/2, A50/2, DA18-55, Tamron 70-300) I think
I'll have to hold off for a while, I just bought myself a motorcycle..
but the 28-105 would make a nice everyday lens.
You're right.
IrfanView will batch-process files (including adding sharpening, gamma
correction, resizing, and so on) in one step, and in a second step, will
generate thumbnails and all the HTML needed for a photo album. All one
has to do is upload it all to the server, and you're done.
Assuming my images
to generate the HTML? I don't see that in the
version I have (3.97, which I think is the latest).
Shel
[Original Message]
From: David Oswald
IrfanView will batch-process files (including adding sharpening, gamma
correction, resizing, and so on) in one step, and in a second step
Tim sleby wrote:
snip
What does ROTFL mean? In my
tongue it looks like a shortening for one of the painful things the dentist
does :-) Guess thats not it.
Rolling On The Floor Laughing
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
I have a speck of dust that just appeared on the diaphram of my SMC
Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4. Obviously this isn't going to affect image
quality, but I'm wondering if its something I ought to have cleaned in
the interest of keeping the lens in optimal condition. The speck
doesn't affect diaphram
Tim Sherburne wrote:
I'm wondering if something else is afoot. It seems unlikely to me that
Pentax would spend such an effort to create a new body that's only 4% less
in price, but with some significant feature differences.
Perhaps they're planning on eliminating the DS and D, and introducing
Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu wrote:
Hi!
Sunday there is an air show in Bucharest - I thought I should go
there, and maybe try to take few snaps.
snip
However, I have no ideea where to start - e.g. which focal lengths are
(at least, barely-) suitable, if I'll need something fast etc.
Also, I'd
I place my *ist-DS's image files on a network file server at home (yup,
I'm one of those guys). From there, my wife and I use our notebooks to
view, edit, resize, post, email, and print our images. Our fileserver
is connected to the network with cat-5 and a full duplex 100BaseT NIC.
But our
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Is it purple fringing? If so it may be the ultraviolet light, can you
try with an UV filter?
http://dpfwiw.com/filters.htm#fringing
I'll try a UV filter. And I hope it's that simple.
Since the M has a warmer cast to the coatings I would expect
a similar result.
Michael Spivak wrote:
Hi All
I'm interested to get myself a nice, second hand, cheap, made of gold
(joke) wide angle zoom lense... The thing is that my budget is kinda
VERY low...
Can someone advise me any wide zoom lense about 18 at the short and
40-50 at the far end ?
I'm thinking of
be a couple
weeks before I see mine, during which time I'll sit here wondering if I
shouldn't have ordered the 31 limited instead. :(
JP
Anxious, but patient..
-Original Message-
From: David Oswald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 6:21 PM
To: pentax-discuss
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just checked the BH page. The FA 35/2 is at accepting orders status. That
means they will definitely be getting new stock. If you've placed an order, you're golden.
Paul
Thanks for the encouragement. Like I said, I got notification from BH
as soon as it came in stock
Mark Cassino wrote:
I shot an ad-hoc wedding with the *ist-D and 28-70 f4/AL in December,
and the results looked fine. I guess that is portraiture of a sort.
Based on the widely mixed reviews of this lens, there seems to be a lot
of sample variation.
From what I've been reading since, oh,
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
I've got a Pentax F35-70/3.5-4.5 that is a very good portrait zoom.
I've been thinking of the FA28-105/3.2-4.5 AL IF as a slightly wider
ranging lens, vs the FA24-90/4 AL.
Godfrey:
I've owned the SMC Pentax-FA 28-70mm f/4 AL, SMC Pentax-FA 28-105
f/4-5.6 PZ, and SMC
Mark Cassino wrote:
snip
However, my impression from the list over a similar period of time as
you relate is that some people really _hated_ their 28-70 f4's. I
honestly can't name names or quote who said what when, but I do recall
more than a few people who were just plain being unhappy with
I get better results with the AF-330FTZ mounted on the *ist-Ds than I
get with the *ist-DS's built-in flash. In summary, yes, it works fine.
Dave
Joe wrote:
Dear group,
I have this AF-330-FTZ.
I think to buy the Pentax *ist-DS in the coming months (Im still thinking
which lens kit and cheapest
Godfrey,
I think you're making a good choice. If I had a 16-45, I would pair
that up with my 28-105 f/3.2-4.5, and be happy for 95% of my
focal-length needs... although I'll never give up a few good fast primes
either. ;)
As far as the good fast primes go, I'm still working on that. I've got
Well, most of the Limiteds came out before the DSLR's, and the 77mm LTD
was, from what I can tell, intended to be used as a portrait lens, at
the shorter end of that realm. I get similar FOV using my FA 50 on the
*ist-DS, and find that to be just fine for portraits unless I really
want a
Sorry about the Sunday FS (as opposed to FS Friday).
I haven't used my SMC Pentax-F 17-28mm f/3.5-4.5 Fisheye zoom lately, so
I decided its time to make room in my bag for something else. Its
listed as of right now on eBay at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7505848119
I
Perhaps you should consider the possibility that you own a substandard
sample. I would hope that's not the case, and believe that Pentax
probably has a pretty high degree of quality control on this lens, but I
suppose it's not beyond the realm of possibility that yours is a lemon.
It would
It looks like something that might be used for reproduction work;
something where the field of view and subject distance are controlled
and known quantities.
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
Any idea what that is?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7504106521
Just curious,
Kostas
I sent an email to Pentax USA regarding the status of the SMC Pentax-FA
35mm f/2 AL. I have one on backorder with BH, and they've been unable
to confirm when it will be coming.
My question to Pentax was Is this lens being discontinued?
The response is ( paraphrasing ): Pentax has not announced
I'm curious. In the days of 35mm SLR's, Pentax had a few ED lenses;
mostly fairly long telephotos.
Now that DSLR's are the up-and-coming thing, suddenly we're seeing ED
glass in the 16-45, 50-200 (as yet unreleased), and the 12-24 (newly
announced). AL elements have also become more
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
The Luminous Landscape has an article by Pete Myers on the value of
post-production editing for photographers:
What I am suggesting is that the real power of photography in our modern
digital age is in using the computer in making an image... I really don't
care all that
Joseph Tainter wrote:
snip
The FA 20 contains neither, yet it seems to be a
better 20/2.8 than the offerings from Nikon, Canon, or Minolta. It is
also a sharper lens than the DA 14 ED. The FA 20-35 contains no ED
elements, yet at 20 mm. it performs slightly better on the D than the DA
16-45
Frantisek wrote:
Hi,
I want to sell some rarer photography books (Josef Sudek) on
EeekBay (to buy new lenses of course g), with the US as probable
audience. Being completely new to eb as a seller, I wanted to get
few tips please.
Although the $ is very low currently (not well for
Jens Bladt wrote regarding Sunday FS: Pentax fisheye zoom:
I think I noticed this lens at ebay. Isn't it USA only?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7505848119
My auction specifies USA only, but I've had two inquiries from Canada,
and have agreed to ship there. While I'm at it,
I was about to place an order with BH for the SMC Pentax-FA 135mm
f/2.8(IF) lens. As recently as last week this was listed as being
available as a special order item with a 7-14 day lead time. But today
it now lists as backordered.
I must not be living right. I'm still waiting on my SMC
Has anyone else noticed that the *ist-DS is poorly balanced when hanging
from a strap with any moderately sized lens, and particularly with a flash?
I'm using to my old ZX-5n, which would hang properly around my neck even
with an AF330FTZ flash and a 28-105 zoom. The *ist-DS hangs nose-down
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
I never hang a camera around my neck by a strap so I'd never notice
this. The DS with a wrist strap seems nicely balanced even with a
relatively large/heavy lens or a Sunpak 383 flash unit fitted.
Ooh, a wrist-strap. Got a picture or a link? I haven't seen one for
the
Thanks! I'm glad I asked. :)
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Apr 7, 2005, at 10:32 PM, David Oswald wrote:
I never hang a camera around my neck by a strap so I'd never notice
this. The DS with a wrist strap seems nicely balanced even with a
relatively large/heavy lens or a Sunpak 383 flash unit
NiMH batteries do self-discharge relatively rapidly; even moreso than
NiCads. Fortunately, they don't have as much of a memory issue as
NiCds. They do take several charge-discharge cycles to reach their
fullest capacity though.
If you plan on going out shooting for a day tomorrow, put the
After acquiring my *ist-DS, I discovered that my seldom-used Canon S820
inkjet has developed a partially clogged photo-cyan jet. This results
in banding in my prints, particularly noticable when using premium photo
paper. No amount of head cleaning and such seemed to help. Since
replacing
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Apr 10, 2005, at 1:36 AM, Cotty wrote:
Like most printers, use it at least once a week to counter ink drying out
in the head(s). I have a Canon S9000 that I bought used and eventually
had to replace the head, which was only about 75 GBP and an easy swap.
It's such a
Boris Liberman wrote:
You can use NiMH in Pentax flashes? You really can? Like AF 220T can
take NiMHs? That's new to me.
NiMH's work great in my AF330FTZ, and have worked great in that flash
for at least three years, with regular use. I usually recharge them
when I think it's about time, or
My suspicion is that it is probably not real good for the CCD chip to
run this program too often. Don't think of it as wiping the
black-board. Think of it as sanding and retexturing the surface of the
blackboard. You only have so many times you can do that sort of thing
before the surface
Ah, a voice of reason. You're probably right!
David Zaninovic wrote:
I think that this program just marks bad pixels so that they are interpolated
from neighboring pixels when picture is saved to
memory card.
- Original Message -
From: David Oswald [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss
Aside from the built-in hood on the FA version of Pentax's 135mm lens,
and the MTF program line data, are there any other differences between
the SMC Pentax-FA 135 f/2.8 (IF) and the SMC Pentax-F 135mm f/2.8(IF)?
Friday's a couple hours away, so here goes:
Redundancy in my assortment of lenses has given me a reason to sell off
a few pieces. This week, it's the SMC Pentax-DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL.
As everyone here probably knows, this is a lens designed only to be used
on Pentax's digital SLR's such as
Rob Studdert wrote:
On 15 Apr 2005 at 10:39, Alan P. Hayes wrote:
I was a little surprised by this. I'll run through it again with a
fresh exposure when I get a chance
PC CS RAW has integrated compensation for over-exposure so don't be too
surprised. You're best off using a camera generated
While it still appears on the Pentax USA website, the SMC Pentax-FA
135mm f/2.8 (IF) has disappeared from BH, and from Adorama's websites.
Has yet another beautiful Pentax lens been discontinued before I got
my hands on one?
Joseph Tainter wrote:
According to Boz's site, the FA 135 has not been produced since 2000.
Since it has some purple fringing problems on digital, I would bet that
this one is due for a makeover, if Pentax decides to reissue that focal
length.
I was unaware of purple fringing problems with
You posted five questions in five minutes. Try saving them up for a
half hour or so, and posting them all together. It'll give the
impression that you are able to collect your thoughts carefully rather
than just using the keyboard as an extension of your haphazard thought
process.
To answer
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, David Oswald wrote:
You posted five questions in five minutes. Try saving them up for a
half hour or so, and posting them all together.
I prefer Thibouille's method. As a reader I can skip subjects I don't
like. As a writer I can expect more
I just had a similar experience with an F 80-200mm f/4.7-5.6. It's a
dum-dumb lens in the first place, but such a convenient size, and
actually a little sharper than my similarly dumb-dumb 80-320. So I
bought one on eBay for $61 including shipping. It was described as
being in great
Joe wrote:
Dear group,
Connecting my *ist DS to my W98 computer results in search for drivers that
cannot be found.
Any suggestion how to transfer the camera pictures to this computer?
The software for the *ist-D/s requires native libraries only found in
versions of Windows that came later
Joe wrote:
Oh.
Thanks.
I bought a 1 gigacard to keep it always in the camera. Those SD cards seem a
bit vulnerable.
Vulnerable how? Most SD slots are designed to auto-clean the SD card's
contacts, and from what I've found, the cards themselve are pretty
sturdy. Their biggest vulnerability
Mitchell Conant wrote:
snip
Anybody here using k-mount lenses on a D/DS? I'm interested in the pros and cons. I realize that I will lose the automatic features of the camera/lenses, but I am used to shooting with an MX. What are the thoughts from those of you who have been down this path.
Yes,
Henri Toivonen wrote:
Yeah it was stupid computer week here too.
Last night the computer just rebooted, and when it got back up, poof, F:
was missing.
Windows said it wasn't formatted.
Ofcourse that was where I had all my pics, none were backupped.
Thank god a program called 'GetDataBack' saved
Having gotten reasonable prices for the sale of my SMC Pentax-F 17-28mm
f/3.5-4.5 Fisheye, and my SMC Pentax-DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL, I found
myself in the position today of justifying and affording the SMC
Pentax-DA 16-45mm f/4 ED AL.
What a nice piece this lens is. By the time I got it
cbwaters wrote:
T,
I bid $100 on that lens and was out bid with hours left on the suction.
Seeing as it's about $114 shipped (to me) from BH and he wanted $10 for
shipping per the Ebay description, I didn't go any higher. I don't know
where it ended up.
It ended a little higher than I
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Apr 21, 2005, at 7:15 PM, Don Sanderson wrote:
My prime kit now consists of 16(fisheye),24,28,35,40,50,85,90,100,
135,150, 200, 300, 400 and 500.
I tend to prefer wide spacings between primes when I'm carrying them.
One of my all time favorite kits in 35mm (Leica M
Kramer did the coffee table book, with fold out legs, on Seinfeld, cerca
1995.
P. J. Alling wrote:
I'm not sure but I believe there's been a book about coffee tables,
which I'm sure would have included that coffee table book...
frank theriault wrote:
On 4/22/05, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had a similar problem with my Canon S820. Of course it has a
removable head, but the cost is up near $100. The printer could be
replaced for $150. I nearly used up an entire set of ink running the
deep cleaning, and even tried alcohol swabs on the head to unclog the jets.
The final
I have just listed on eBay the following lens:
SMC Pentax-FA 20-35mm f/4 AL
The title says it all. This is a great lens.
It comes complete with hood, case, packaging, manual, and caps. It's in
excellent condition. Though it was one of my favorite lenses, I treated
it like a piece of Waterford
Bodies sell lens systems. Lens systems sell brand loyalty that sells
body upgrades. They have a symbiotic relationship.
Collin R Brendemuehl wrote:
Lenses don't sell bodies.
Bodies sell lenses.
Because that's what most people go out to initially purchase.
My 2cc
Collin
who email me prior to bidding, I'm happy to ship anywhere.
Jens Bladt wrote:
Not for Europeans, it seems?
Jens Bladt
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: David Oswald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 23. april 2005 07:18
Til: pentax-discuss
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
It's hard not to like the HP 7960 or 8450 for a cheap, high quality
proof printer. It's about the only consumer grade printer that has a
factory supplied grayscale inkset for decent BW printing with little to
no metamerism. HP inks and paper are a little pricey, but
Tom C wrote:
Sure, but why do you care about the employment situation in NYC? Worry
about the employment situation closer to home, and where you live will
be a nicer place.
William Robb
I don't really. But I also don't think I'm personally responsible for
keeping someone else gainfully
able to see the item first hand. It
also does not mean that I did not/do not purchase other items at the
store regularly.
Tom C.
From: David Oswald [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Film is dead...
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 22:48:29 -0700
At one time I worked for a Membership Warehouse business similar to
Costco. I designed a Rebates Receivable system which tracked
purchases and rebate agreements the comany had negotiated with its
vendors. When certain quotas were reached, a rebate was 'earned'.
What I'm suggesting is, the
Are we through with this yet? Or do I have to go to the trouble of
devising a spam filter that blocks this thread while continuing to allow
ON TOPIC posts through? 150 messages a day is traffic enough, without
adding another 50 per day about world history and politics, IMNSHO.
Michael A. Russo wrote:
I understand peoples feelings about digital and pentax but I would argue that
digital has not mastered BW to my satisfaction. I develop and print my own
BW and putting digital on silver paper is no easy matter. Sure digital is
easier to work with than color film but I
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
But how does it compare to a well made silver print on a good fiber-based
paper.
I have to ask David, how much experience do you have in the traditional BW
darkroom?
I've got enough experience to know that I don't like bothering
processing my negs, but do enjoy seeing
That's always what consumers as an aggregate group want and get.
Consumer car stereos produce thumping bass, and lousy overall sound.
Computers have measurably blazingly fast processors, and immesurably
sluggish operating systems. 8MP digital cameras exist for their high
pixel counts, but the
Volume discounts are as old a practice as trade and commerse themselves.
There is no manufacturer who, when confronted with a buyer who wants to
buy a hundred thousand units, isn't going to try to give the buyer a
reason to buy those units from him rather than a competitor. Meanwhile,
the
Setting aside the distinctions between DA, D-FA, FA, F, A, M, and basic
K lenses, I wanted to discuss focal lengths for the *ist-DS.
I've got my zoom kit pretty much where I want it for now:
SMC Pentax-DA 16-45mm f/4 ED AL
SMC Pentax-FA 28-105mm f/3.2-4.5 IF AL
SMC Pentax-FA 80-320mm
jtainter wrote:
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There is also the D FA 100 f2.8 macro for your 50-135 gap.
That's a good thought. I almost forgot that I had considered it. My
only concern is that I've understood that lens to be, well, a bit too
sharp for things like tight portraits. Is that the case?
Boris Liberman wrote:
It seems one item is missing here. Or may be even two.
1. Readily available choice of metering mode on D.
The *ist-DS takes six button presses to change metering modes, and three
of them are scrolling through the menu. I admit to missing the
simplicity of the ZX-5n's
I'm getting ready to send my *ist-DS to Pentax for warranty service.
Before I do I just wanted to call out and see if anyone else has had a
similar experience with their *ist-DS flash, and if so, what the outcome
was after being serviced.
My *ist-DS's internal flash fires at full power always,
Steve Jolly wrote:
jtainter wrote:
There will be a suite by 2006. Pentax plans at least two more lenses
in this series, both limited pancakes. There will be a DA20-30 (exact
focal length not yet specified) and a DA 60-70. The latter may meet
your need for something above 50 but below 135. Based
The answer, of course, is to buy an SMC Pentax-DA 40mm f/2.8 Pancake
lens, and a vertical grip. Those two new components will change the
look of the *ist-D enough that you can trick her into believing you
complied with the request of leaving your *ist-D home. If she is
particularly
Joseph Tainter wrote:
The Optio 50 uses Pentax lens elements, but is manufactured by Sanyo,
as are Nikon and Canon digital PS cameras.
Really? I thought Ramon and Gloria assembled them in the Philippines.
My *ist-DS's strap was assembled by Ramon and Gloria, in the
Philippines. ;) My wife was
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