Re: Superior Pentax

2003-02-27 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Boris, on 27 Feb 03 you wrote in pentax.list: Darn, I've responded to the wrong address. I meant to be private response. Not that there is any slip of tongue, but I simply meant it to be private. No problem - I also make this mistake regularly... ;-) Cheers, Heiko

Re: Superior Pentax

2003-02-26 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Boris, on 09 Feb 03 you wrote in pentax.list: If you decide to sell it anyway, don't forget to give me a call, that is send an e-mail... If you are still interested in my 28-70/4.0 then you can have it. I've decided to sell it as I prefer my 28-105 Powerzoom. I have also a SMC FA

Re: OT: employment levels-was: Superior Pentax

2003-02-10 Thread Ann Sanfedele
frank theriault wrote: I continue to be amazed at how many on this list are unemployed/underemployed, yet are still able to pursue this pastime, which, let's face it, isn't the cheapest around. Good luck finding a job, Boris. g cheers, frank Because we all bought our cameras when wer

Re: Superior Pentax

2003-02-10 Thread Michael Cross
There is only one version of Portra 800. The VC and NC options are for 160 and 400 only. There is also a C-41 BW Portra 400 BW. Portra (For PORTRA(it), comes in VC and NC. As a portrait film, it excels in skin tones. Caution: with VC, fair skinned women look best, average skin next and ruddy

RE: Superior Pentax

2003-02-10 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Michael Cross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 11:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Superior Pentax There is only one version of Portra 800. The VC and NC options are for 160 and 400 only. There is also a C-41 BW

Re: Superior Pentax

2003-02-10 Thread wojtek
From: Heiko Hamann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just want to tell you of an experience of success that I had on Friday. We were invited to a wedding last summer and our friends did ask me, if I could make some photos. I didn't feel like doing it, so I only took my MZ-5n with the

Re: Superior Pentax

2003-02-10 Thread Doug Brewer
Does it? I'd sure like to see some examples you've done with Portra 800. Doug At 4:24 PM -08002/9/03, Matt Greene wrote, or at least typed: I have no idea of what film sped you were using. But Iimprovesilm inproves your chances over any other speeds. Nearly any camera/flash combination

Superior Pentax

2003-02-09 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi, I just want to tell you of an experience of success that I had on Friday. We were invited to a wedding last summer and our friends did ask me, if I could make some photos. I didn't feel like doing it, so I only took my MZ-5n with the SMC-FA 28-70/4 and the AF500FTZ and shot 4 or 5

Re: Superior Pentax

2003-02-09 Thread Boris Liberman
Heiko, If you decide to sell it anyway, don't forget to give me a call, that is send an e-mail... --- Boris Liberman www.geocities.com/dunno57 www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=38625

Re: Superior Pentax

2003-02-09 Thread Frits Wüthrich
On Sunday 09 February 2003 13:29, Heiko Hamann wrote: Comparing camera's/lenses based on results of the prints from (different) labs is .. well ... not so straightforward, I would say. Of course you are right. I didn't want to make an objective comparison but to tell you a nice anecdote of my

Re:OT: employment levels-was: Superior Pentax

2003-02-09 Thread frank theriault
I continue to be amazed at how many on this list are unemployed/underemployed, yet are still able to pursue this pastime, which, let's face it, isn't the cheapest around. Good luck finding a job, Boris. g cheers, frank Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Heiko, you've done a terrible thing. Now I

Re: Superior Pentax

2003-02-09 Thread frank theriault
Hi, Heiko, I wouldn't discount the photographer being part of the equation. Even with auto-everything cameras, I wonder if maybe hand-holding with more stability could account for much of the difference in sharpness you noticed. regards, frank Heiko Hamann wrote: Hi, I just want to tell

Re: Superior Pentax

2003-02-09 Thread gfen
On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Peter Smekal wrote: I had the same good experience with this combo in various situations. So much for the 5n Bummer! Bah, the viewfinder still bites.. :) -- http://www.infotainment.org - more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com-

Re: Superior Pentax

2003-02-09 Thread Peter Smekal
Well, you can't always get everything you want. I am not a pro in photography, but I have used Pentax-cameras in my work as anthropologist. I have for instance used the 5n-combo (lense/flash) when shooting festival sceneries at night. I was very satisfied with the result. I am not sure if it had

Re: Superior Pentax

2003-02-09 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On Sunday, Feb 9, 2003, at 12:53 Europe/Warsaw, Heiko Hamann wrote: The experience of success was, that my pictures stick out regarding best sharpness, contrast and brilliance. The difference was significant! As I had used AF and matrix metering, this success cannot be attibuted to the

Re: Superior Pentax

2003-02-09 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On Sunday, Feb 9, 2003, at 14:05 Europe/Warsaw, Boris Liberman wrote: Heiko, you've done a terrible thing. Now I want to buy 28-70/4 even more than ever so that I can replace my Sigma 28-135/3.8-5.6 IF AF Macro... Hi Boris, I don't think you will gain much by switching from this Sigma to

Re: Superior Pentax

2003-02-09 Thread Bruce Dayton
Frits, I was also thinking of better films. Perhaps theirs were shot on a poor film for the event. I recently had a friend assist me with a wedding. He shot a Canon Rebel with Canon zoom (consumer grade), used one of my AF360FGZ flashes in Auto mode on it and used film that I provided him. I

Re: Superior Pentax

2003-02-09 Thread Matt Greene
--- Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday, Feb 9, 2003, at 12:53 Europe/Warsaw, Heiko Hamann wrote: The experience of success was, that my pictures stick out regarding best sharpness, contrast and brilliance. The difference was significant! As I had used AF and

Re: Superior Pentax

2003-02-09 Thread Alan Chan
Congratulations... to Pentax! :-) Now you have a definite reason NOT to get the MZ-S... I think Heiko should do more tests to make sure his MZ-5n was not as good as he thought then. ;-) regards, Alan Chan _ The new MSN 8:

Re: Superior Pentax

2003-02-09 Thread Chris Brogden
On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Matt Greene wrote: Kodak Portra 800 excels at indoor flash pictures. Any idea how it handles skin tones? chris

Re: Superior Pentax

2003-02-09 Thread Michael Cross
I am very satisfied with the skintones of Portra 800. Chris Brogden wrote: On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Matt Greene wrote: Kodak Portra 800 excels at indoor flash pictures. Any idea how it handles skin tones? chris