Cesar posted:
I travelled to Italy with my mother and
sister two years ago. We made it to Capri.
Cesar:
Where HAVENT you been?
Come to think of it, I'm not sure I want to know. I'm already jealous of your
well-travelled
status.
Ann, I don't have a detailed list of what we've tried and what the results were
over the years, but one year we tried printing the calendars on card stock and
the ink consumption was RIDICULOUS.
When we use the coated paper (in our case, as I mentioned before, we print the
photos on photo
Thing I like about the Pentax system is not having to choose ... I wouldn't
want to lose either my LX or my ZX-5n. I think I use both about equally.
A nice little black MX body.
Honestly, as far as I can recall, that's it for new camera toys. Bought a whole
lotta film though ...
Happy New Year, one and all.
And Thank You again Adelheid for great work putting up the PUG.
hmm, any other threads I should answer ... didn't major in philosophy,
Oh, I forgot that I also acquired two new-to-me LX screens. One is now in the
MX and the better one (thanks, Rob!) in the
LX.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] inquired, after sharing a cool story:
Has anyone else ever bribed a friend or relative to allow you to get the
perfect shot?
I think I've been brainwashed too much with NPPA Journalistic Ethics to even
consider bribery -- however, during a visit from my father last year I
Shaun posted:
Nothing to do with cameras really, but was wondering how many Pentaxians
on this list brew their own beer. I have only just started, but I
thought there might be a few other micro-brewers out there! I'll take
some shots of my setup with my LX tomorrow (see, it was almost
Dan Scott posted:
Cesar is the Pentaxinator (LX model cyber Pentax ambassador), and, yes,
he'll be back. g
I hope you're right, since I messed up the portrait I tried to take of him with
your 77 Ltd.
Hope he comes by to show off LX V *before* snakifying
it.
OH MAN I just can't stop laughing at this -- You are Good!!
He said that they don't use liquid gas to cool the freekin' things they use
electrons.
At 11:26 PM 1/9/2003 -0600, you wrote:
A lot of scientific imaging devices seem to utilize semiconductor Peltier
effect devices rather than
Bruce R posted:
A logical extension of this argument would be that all people who use
Pentax 35mm SLRs, and have professional aspirations, should switch to
another brand, since virtually no working professionals use Pentax 35mm
gear.
And you never miss an opportunity to make this
Sybren posted:
Recently, my MZ-5n has started to grow old: the ISO-sensor is damaged, the
flash is impotent (won't stand up when you push the button),and the film
insert is no longer as easy as it used to be.
So I could buy a twinbrother: another MZ-5N body.
I like the operating of this
Mark D posted:
I've got an Epson 860 running the MIS Full Spectrum
BW inkset using the Roark curves for Archival Matte
paper. The results are pretty good. I am, however,
gonna see how good the digital lab BW output turns
out. If the results are to my satisfaction, I will be
giving up this
Congratulations -- and good luck in all the adjustments ahead -- to Arnold and
Yuliya!
ERNReed
Alan Chan quoted and posted as follows:
Is Leica ( or anyone else for that matter)
developing a digital 35mm RANGEFINDER camera?
I dont see why it couldnt be done.
Perhaps there won't be much reason to produce RF since the actual image
could be viewed on the LCD. And nothing is going to be
Steve Pearson asked:
Seems like everyone on the list already owns the
classic. Any chance someone has an extra one they
might want to part with?
Well, I only have one and don't want to part with it, but just thought I'd
mention that I bought mine from www.keh.com and I have seen them list
Walzem Road? Isn't that on the way to Natural Bridge Caverns, Ken? Which is a
fallout shelter ... and photogenic too. Seems a bit easier than buying
instructions and then trying to build something.
Their address is just a couple of miles from my home. I think I need to
go check them out.
Daniel M posted:
My wife had a problem with her Mac after several months. She got someone on
the
hotline immediately, and he actually knew what he was talking about. We
received an empty box the next day from apple, placed the computer in it and
had
Airborne pick it up, and within three
Daniel M posted:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm very surprised to read this post. I thought Mac owners understood
they were
not allowed to admit publicly that Mac computers EVER have problems.
First, its Microsoft, not Apple, that tries to comtrol everything its users
do.
Second,
Pat in SF posted:
My friends often spend time outdoors camping, hiking, etc. The usual gear
consists of 35mm SLR + accessories. This can get cumbersome should the group
want to endulge in water play, canoeing, kayaking, etc. Does anyone who has a
Pentax Zoom 90-WR care to comment on its
Pat asked:
BTW, does the flash on the 90-WR have the
usual evil red eye issues? g
I would assume it has the usual issues because it is, of course, a built-in
flash on a relatively compact camera. The flash can be turned off quite easily
(also can be combined with ambient light, by the way)
(My comment top-posted due to length of context)
One reason my 90WR doesn't get out much any more is that I now own an LX!
Cesar posted:
S, don't let Pentax know - I regularly take my LX and the MZ-S out in
the rain...
Once while photographing in Union Square in NYC, it was
Cotty:
Well, before I set aside joking it must be said -- After your post we'll see
whether there's a Mac police or not ...
I agree with you. Thanks for coming out and admitting that Macs are machines
and therefore can break down just like ordinary mortals' PCs do.
For nearly a year I've been
Mike wrote:
One possibility for the upcoming show is that there may be a new FILM body
from Pentax. Pal keeps hoping for an AF LX, and it's also possible that
there may be a new budget/serious camera one tier below the MZ-S (which I
can't afford).
I'm not convinced the LX with AF
Peter Alling posted:
(Let's not get into the what's a professional or professional camera et.
al. again, Please).
Oh. Sorry. By the way I sent my second post on this thread before reading the
above.
However, it *is* a bit more on-topic than some of the other issues that are
fought about here
Peter Alling posted:
When you come right down to it, we're comparing very different creatures here,
(except for the fact that they all use film). About the only thing they have
in common is their classic user interface. The partial electronic partial
mechanical
shutter arrangement of the
Alan Chan posted his reasons:
I think this is a rather subjective matter. From my point of view, MX was a
simple mechanical camera with very limited features. It is a great camera
which I still use. However, when it was compared to other pro bodies of the
same era from Canon Nikon, MX
Mr Chan posted:
A product that was designed and manufactured to be used heavily or
professionally, doesn't mean it must be reliable.
I disagree. If it is designed to be used heavily then that includes performing
reliably under that kind of use.
Luxury german cars are expensive too, but
Your mom sounds like quite a gal ;-)
You _never_ stop, do you? :)
Just deputising for Lasse !
Before anyone gets his hopes up, she's married. Forty years this spring. To a
lawyer.
Mr Chan posted, among other things:
Except there is one difference. It doesn't matter how luxurious a Toyota is,
it's still a Toyota to most people. In order to capture that market, Toyota
invented another brand name called Lexus which was believed to copy Benz
in many ways. People don't
Mark Roberts posted, among other things:
I read an interview with the then Asahi boss, Minoru Suzuki, who
explained in
detail the philosophy behind the LX. It was meant as an answer to the
Nikon F2 and Canon F1.
Is this on line and if so where? sounds
interesting.
Gary posted:
On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 14:29:58 +1100, Kevin Waterson wrote:
what is a Bidder Block List?
It's a tool that eBay has to help sellers block certain users from being able
to bid on
their auctions. In this case, however, it would be to save your bank account or
credit
card. :-)
Mike Johnston wrote a lengthy political opinion piece.
I did NOT write a lengthy political opinion piece. I defended myself
against a bile-spewing, stupidly reasoned, invective-strewn post that
referred to me as Baghdad Mike, called me a twit, and implied that I was
somehow (?)
On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 07:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mr Chan posted, among other things:
Except there is one difference. It doesn't matter how luxurious a
Toyota is,
it's still a Toyota to most people. In order to capture that market,
Toyota
invented another brand
Mr Chan posted:
In order to capture that market,
Toyota
invented another brand name called Lexus which was believed to copy
Benz
in many ways. People don't think the brand PENTAX as a luxury brand,
or
professional as Canon or Nikon. In order to change the perception of
most
Paul posted
The shots have to be done with on camera flash or available light, i've
explained the limitations of this to the client, so their choice :) and neg
film is fine.
Any one got any reccomendations on a good film stock to use? i'm thinking at
this stage i'll be shooting Supra 400,
Dan Scott posted:
I haven't used the MZ-S, but I have held one. It is quite lovely and
gives the impression of being the sort of camera you could skim, like a
stone, across a parking lot with little ill effect (speaking for effect
and not suggesting an experiment).
Dan -- First the cat-fur
OK, so now we're at least seven -- Annsan, Amita, Wendy, me, Jeepgirl, Pat in
SF and Kathy with the name neither Dan nor I can spell.
And we have not yet heard from either of the two gentlemen I expected to know
fer sure.
To get even more firmly on topic, what Pentaxes are the sisterhood
At 22:12 3.2.2003 +, you wrote:
OK, so now we're at least seven -- Annsan, Amita, Wendy, me, Jeepgirl, Pat
in
SF and Kathy with the name neither Dan nor I can spell.
Hmm.. Katrin from Germany ?
Antti-Pekka
.. and of course Adelheid; no idea HOW I managed to forget her. (I've a
Cotty posted:
I have my own ideas as to which of the gentlemen can tell us,
definitively, how
many women are here.
Mutley-snigger
OK, that's one heard from, but you didn't provide the number. What were we up
to now,
ten?
Bob Keefer suggested:
Perhaps you all should issue a calendar -- The Women of PDML. A kind of
high-quality, niche market sort of publication.g
Of course you'd have to find 12 of you.
I think there were about 12 (I lost count, though) -- however, let's hold off
on the calendar until we see
Mark Cassino posted:
Looked at the mail and found the current edition of American Entomologist,
sporting one of my monarch shots on the cover. This is my second cover shot
with them this year, after I sent them several photos last winter.
They have excellent taste.
This evening I went
Chris wrote:
I just sent this question to the seller. Should be interesting to see
what he says.
so please ask
your professional and let me know what he says. ...
You wicked dude!!!
ERN
rofl
John Francis quoted Alan Chan and posted a comment:
Perhaps I have a different way to approach the digital products. The 1st
thing I check is the picture quality. If they aren't good, I don't care.
Why
bother to produce a 5MP model when the images are(sic) that good anyway?
Have you
John Francis quoted Alan Chan and posted a comment:
Perhaps I have a different way to approach the digital products. The 1st
thing I check is the picture quality. If they aren't good, I don't care.
Why
bother to produce a 5MP model when the images are(sic) that good anyway?
Have you
Chris posted, among many other things:
Optical quality is important to me, but I don't have excessive
expectations for ps digital. It's hard to find a 5MP digital that takes
really bad photos, and I'd feel comfortable enlarging the Optio 550's
shots to 5x7. I haven't made any 8x10's with
For that matter, have you seen images from the Pentax Optio 550??
I just checked the samples from dpreview imaging resource and they aren't
as good as the other 5MP models I prefer. Not that 550 is bad, but there are
better choices.
Alan Chan
I saw some of those samples when I was
I wrote:
I saw some of those samples when I was researching the camera myself, and
really wondered if it would be a good choice for me (but still determined
to
try it). However, since using the camera and seeing my own results, I've
been
wondering just how they got those poor-quality
Can anyone recommend a web site that explains the differences among
different kinds of digital memory, and among the different grades of memory?
Thanks,
Joe
Looking for this?
http://www.steves-digicams.com/flash_memory.html
Guarav asked
I am quite used to the split-image and matte (?) screen of the
ME-Super. Are there such screens for PZ-1?
Beattie Intenscreen has made such a screen for the PZ-1. I think I bought mine
from BH.
Robert G posted:
I had my first look at a camera store near me and it looks
like a winner. Very light! But very solid.
Which camera store ...
?
Guarav asked
I am quite used to the split-image and matte (?) screen of the
ME-Super. Are there such screens for PZ-1?
Beattie Intenscreen has made such a screen for the PZ-1. I think I bought
mine
from BH.
Jost one word of caution; the Beattie screens can cause the
Wendy posted:
At 10:49 AM 13/10/2003 -0400, Vic wrote:
The down side that gets overlooked is the amount of time needed to tweak and
file all the digital images.
Have to agree with that.
On the other hand, shooting digital has forced me to catalogue and backup
my shots. I now have a CD (or
Precision camera in Austin. Where are you located?
San Antonio. And Precision Camera was who I thought you might have meant. (Been
there once. Bought my Optio 550 there.)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robert G posted:
I had my first look at a camera store near me and it looks
like a
Guarav asked
I am quite used to the split-image and matte (?) screen of the
ME-Super. Are there such screens for PZ-1?
Beattie Intenscreen has made such a screen for the PZ-1. I think I
bought
mine
from BH.
Jost one word of caution; the Beattie
JCO posted:
I stand by my reply. His post makes no sense.
You cant really do studio strobes at weddings
and receptions. His teachers must be the
stupid jerks.
Don't some wedding photographers do bridal portraits (somtimes in the studio)
ahead of time? Maybe that's what his teachers are
They may have had lens
compatibility in the past, but never grip compatibility!
Nor remote cable compatibility. ZX-5n, MZ-S and *ist's all 3 use different
remote cables.
Bill
OTOH, PZ-1 and ZX-5n do use the same remote, and I assume their respective
immediate siblings do also.
Thrainn Vigfusson posted:
I thought you might be joking, but it's not often I get the chance to tell
people I saw Bjork shopping, since everybody here has also seen her.
We get a lot of ...then you must know... questions here, mainly because the
whole nation is interested in genealogy.
Bucky posted (among many other things)
Another gripe I noticed in the few minutes I played with it was the loud
P!!! it makes when you release the shutter, almost like
the sound of those kiddies' toy cars with the flywheels and gears inside
them (you know, the ones where you
Kodachrome, by Paul Simon
NOT with the camera brand mentioned in there!
And the PDML list is growing for GFM...
César
Panama City, Florida
Got my email confirmation that my registration was
received.
Marnie wrote:
I finally have some pictures from the Northern California PDML Meet up.
http://members.aol.com/doepage2/PDML/
Some people pixs, more scenery pixs, and a humorous (to me, anyway)
accompanying little story.
Read the humorous little story.
Makes me glad that the one time I
How many spouses are coming to GFM?
Mine, for one (and the young as well.) Can't leave home without them. (I can
hear poor Cesar gnashing his teeth
now!)
Someone posted:
Someone made a solar powered 35mm compact some time ago. Not successful
but, as you say, the technology just needs developing.
I seem to remember that Ricoh had an SLR back in the 1980s that was solar-
powered. All I know about it, I saw in the pages of Popular (or
Malcolm asked:
Has anyone owned an LX for any length of time without buying any of it's
various options?
Well, I haven't bought *many* -- bought my LX four years ago, and since then I
have purchased one new finder (to replace the damaged original) and two new
screens, one of which was to
Cesar wrote:
As for the snakeskin, you can see my two at GFM - they are beauties, in
spite of what some people say...
Ever the diplomat, aren't you, Cesar? But I wouldn't have been offended if
you'd written in spite of what ERN says ...
ERN
Cesar, about the snaked LXen:
Word of warning, they will be at GFM - but I will make sure they keep their
distance.
That's OK, I'm bringing the
bodyguard.
Brendan wrote, re Luminous Reichmann:
He has been to pro canon for some time now...
Suppose the only reason he likes *any* Pentax cameras is that Canon doesn't do
medium format?
Maybe I shouldn't say anything here, since of the three discussed I have only a
PZ-1. I've handled a PZ-1p and an MZ-S once each, and read a lot about them.
But for what it's worth, here goes:
The only thing that makes me consistently wish I had the PZ-1p rather than the
PZ-1 is the exposure
edwin posted, among many other things:
The more I think about the idea of perfect exposure the more I think it
is an almost useless, unattainable concept.
The initial comment was that despite the supposed exposure latitude of
negative films, an exposure a half stop off of perfect would
The current (December 2003) issue of Hooked on the Outdoors magazine contains
my Oct. 1998 Cumberland Falls moonbow photograph.
I never heard of this magazine until its director of photography emailed me a
couple of months ago to ask about using that photo -- he'd found it on my
website.
Cool ERNR!
Way to go! Could you give your website address so we can go look at the
shot?
http://members.aol.com/ernreed/Page3.htm
the moonbow is second from the bottom (fourth image down)
Congratulations! Will you get any pennies for the shot or just eternal
gratitude and public exposure?
For the record, definitely not me.
So that narrows things down how much?
Keith posted:
Uh oh... g
No WAY I'm going to guess on THIS one!
keith
frank theriault wrote:
No, Keith,
~I'm~ getting married. Cotty will be the Best Man (we'll have to think of a
more appropriate
Frank posted:
Congrats!!
And with a lowly PS, to boot!
cheers,
frank
True story: The first night, I took the PZ-1 and found a number of logistical
difficulties in using it for this shot. So I chose the WR-90 the next night,
largely because of the Bulb Timer mode, but also because it's
chris posted:
On the subject of weird eyes, a friend of mine can tell which eye she is
looking out of. I'm not sure if they're spaced further apart than normal,
or if she just has trouble focusing them properly, but she says that she
sees things from two slightly different perspectives...
Joseph Tainter wrote:
I'm still going to call it the starkistdee ...
Wouldn't Charlie be
easier?
Response at the end:
Okay, this is kind of weird, but instead of getting a MX to stay hanging
around this list (being a semi-Canon defector), I've been thinking about a
Spotmatic. Screwmount lenses also will fit on my Elan 7e, so not so weird as
all
that. A Zenitar fisheye would work on
After I posted my message about being published, I received SO many kind words
from y'all!! I feel a bit awkward about not replying to each, but there were so
many, and this list already runs so big. So, one post to say thanks to ALL of
you who responded -- I appreciated each and every one.
Cotty posted (among many, many other things)
10. I'm not a brainy guy. I don't have a degree. I have 4 'O' Levels:
Maths, English, Drama, Photography. So I can add up, write it down,
pretend, and take a snap. That's it.
At least YOU passed O-Level Maths.
ERNR
(who
didn't)
Annsan posted
Meanwhile the slidshow feature on Elements is easy - it produces a PDF file
very quickly that looks great. Still, there is a problem with that one -
even
though I told it to change every 5 seconds it doesn't change pictures unless
you
manually forward. That would be ok
when a modern Pentax body starts overlapping frames?
Is there a clutch in the take-up that begins to slip
or is it gears?
Just curious.
CRB
How modern?
My ZX-5n started doing this when I'd had it about 13 months. (I had the
extended warranty. Back to Pentax it went for repair. Has
Graywolf posted:
What bothers me, Shel is the judgments you expressed about the woman. Without
them it is just a photo of her. With them it is a serious put down. This is
the
thing one has to watch for using such photos editorially. If you imply, much
less say something (in this case that
Shel posted, among many other things:
... there ARE people on this list who eschew all that (and I know that you
know
that), and look for films with more natural or neutral colors - who prefer
the Egyptian
cotton of photography rather than the enhanced polyester look.
Just wanted to let you
Thanks, Malcolm!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://members.aol.com/greenfalc1/rearwindow.jpg
is a shot out of the rear window of my car as my husband
drove us east along Interstate 10 toward Beaumont, Texas.
http://members.aol.com/greenfalc1/cumberland.jpg
was taken just after
On Tuesday, December 2, 2003, at 09:13 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm back.
As am I. Been back for a couple of days, but pretty busy.
I was glad to get to meet you and the family, Eleanor.
Doug
I talked up the museum to some of the in-laws, maybe they'll come see it! I
look
Cesar wrote:
... I would enjoy seeing the originals... better yet, I would
love to see some slides of these :-)
I'm planning to make prints soon -- when I get back on both feet. Thanks for
your kind comments.
Another pending project is to put them on my web site.
Cameron wrote -- admittedly in a relevant thread:
For photography, graphics, video, and music production, all pros use a
Mac. For Mac's proprietary ColourSync, stability, reliablility, and
speed. Get the best one you can afford; you will never look back. There
are lots of 'friends' around
I have a fairly new photo of one of my feet, if we're going in that direction --
shows my incision and my seven stitches (Removed yesterday: YIPPEE!!) quite
clearly ...
Come to think of it, I also photographed the X-ray showing the drill bit
inside. So, you know, we can make this just as
tv asked:
Why did you have a drill bit in your foot?
Stepped on the drill bit (it's a miniature one) and the end broke off inside my
foot. Surgery, with general anaesthesia, was required to get the fragment out.
I still remember your sprained ankle photo -- and the long wedding-torment
Hot off the Optio's SD card, my self-portrait.
http://members.aol.com/greenfalc1/selfport.jpg
ERNR, I thought you were a guy!!
That's why I used to sign my rec.photo.equipment.35mm posts They call me Mrs
Reed. People come to conclusions about initials, for some reason. Very common
mistake.
You are indeed a very beautiful lady...
Thanks -- but, um, that there self-portrait got a
annsan wrote:
Don't forget the partridge in a pear tree ---
but you only need to hvae 29 gallons of moonshine -- annsan's a tea -
totaller
(well,actually, a coffee totaller)
No moonshine, beer or coffee required for ERN either.
Tanya Mayer Photography wrote:
Just when is this adventure?!? You all have me intrigued!
tan. (the tea-totaller, so I will put the kettle on for you ann, shall i?)
Phew - I thought I'd be the only one :)
Earl Gray will do nicely
ann
My other half drinks Earl Grey sometimes, you
hey guys, i need some advice, and i've noticed little hesitancy on the part
of most pdmlers to give such.
my brother in law is getting married in 4 weeks, and i want a lens that will
work well indoors. i currently have the tamron 28-200 xr 3.8-5.6 but i find
the lens to be very slow for
On the other hand, we have a small person we call Kat.
ERN
Boris posted:
That's most unusual. At least to me. I have to wear glasses all the
time (-6 diopters in each eye). I have no problems whatsoever with my
ZX-L and with ME Super. In former I've ajusted the built-in diopter by
focusing on some clear object with my FA 50/1.7 and then adjusting
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, graywolf wrote:
But how do you know which sale is the final?
If you do not have a state sales tax license you pay the tax.
What if a business or person with a state sales tax license is the final
customer, then?
anders
-
Ann,
Not only will you not be the only female there (doesn't Bill's wife count?),
you won't be the only teetotaler.
The beautiful ERN will be there, no?
-frank (who always keeps track of the women g)
ERN plans to be there, yes.
Haven't seen much from the list today, are we still on the air?
Dan Scott
I see you. Hope you see me.
ERNR
Brad posted:
I like what I have, it serves. I am interested in this LX love affair. I
can see pictures on the web and such, but until I meet someone that has one
that isn't beat to pieces, and can see a demonstration and maybe try it for
myself, I will think MZ-S is just plain better. I
Just got to see and handle an MZ-S today! Smaller and lighter than I
expected. I had to hand it back to the clerk quickly, as I came in for
a $2 item, not an $850 item. Fortunately, there was no tempting glass
for 35mm (though there were 3 mlu 6x7s and a fair assortment of used
lenses
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