Geez Robb, you're acting like you're the gallery maintainer or something!
<g>
Tom C.
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From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 6:35 PM
Subject: LX Gallery Questions answered
> Question:
> Contemporaneous lenses would be M or A series? Or only lenses
> made
> at the time the LX was introduced - 1980 or so? Or any MF
> Pentax
> lens, including those made prior to the introduction of the
> camera?
>
> Answer:
> Lets go with K, M, and A series lenses. I am not including M42
> lenses because they are not a direct fit, or AF lenses (see
> below).
>
> Question:
> Also, I would think that the Limited lenses should be an
> exception to the
> no AF rule...
>
> Answer:
> I disagree. The spirit of the LX is manual focus. As much as I
> like the limited lenses, this will be a manual focus lens
> gallery. While this obviously cannot be enforced, I ask that we
> stay with the 3 lens series I listed above.
>
> Question:
> That's a great idea!
> "Contemporaneous" means lenses made around 1980 or what?
>
> Answer:
> Thank you. It was sort of a spur of the moment thing I came up
> with at lunch. See above for the lens line up.
>
> Question:
> Will this be followed up by a K1000-only gallery? Then a
> PZ-1p gallery? an MX-only gallery?
>
> Answer:
> No. I thought that we could do something to commemorate the end
> of an era. The LX was the premium Pentax SLR for nearly a
> quarter century.
>
> Question:
>
> The PUG has made its mark by being inclusive. Let's not start
> something we don't want to continue.
>
> Answer:
>
> As I said, this is a commemorative gallery, in addition to the
> August gallery. The inclusion is there, I am not asking to
> replace a gallery with another with the intent to exclude
> anyone. I am asking that we do something extra that month.
>
> I have had a few more hours to think about this thing.
> Here are the general submission guidelines for this special
> gallery:
> 1) Image must have been made with the LX and any Pentax
> manufactured lens from the following series; K, M, or A.
> 2) Image must be created specifically for this gallery.
> 3) Image dimensions must be 400x600 pixels, either vertical or
> horizontal.
> 4) File size must be 75K or smaller.
> 5) Deadline for this gallery is July 31, 2001.
>
> The target date for posting this gallery will be August 1st
> 2001.
>
> Thanks
> William Robb
>
>
>
>
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