Speaking of Honeywell, I still have two potato masher Honeywell strobes -- an 882 and an 890. I sometimes used them in tandem on my Speed Graphic with two of the Eveready 497 batteries strapped to my waist. I believe the batteries were 415 volts each. I remember getting knocked on my butt disconnecting one in the rain at a drag race. They were also thirty bucks each, and they were disposable. Think about that next time you feel like complaining about the cost of flash batteries. But those flashes recycled in less than two seconds and pumped out a lot of light. More than once I shot street racing in pitch black midnight light on a country road. The only thing I could focus on was the headlights. The Honeywells delivered. Paul On Feb 10, 2007, at 8:11 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
> I forgot to mention this on some of the earlier threads > concerning old vs new lenses. One of the reasons why > many of the early pentax lenses ( late screwmounts > and early K/M) mounts are so damn good is due to sample > to sample variations ( or lack thereof! ). Not only was the > build quality higher throughout the entire lens lineup, > but along with it came better MFG quality and quality > control. It doesnt matter if you have the worlds latest > and greatest optical designs if you cant build them > consistantly. > > Does anybody remember the special feature the Honeywell > Pentax screwmount lenses had in this regard? ( this isnt > a question I need answered, this is a quiz to the listers!). > > JCO > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > Adam Maas > Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 8:01 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Tokina 28-70/2.8 ATX > > > Igor Roshchin wrote: >> Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:51:58 -0800 >> Adam Maas wrote: >> >> >>> Pretty much all the 19-35 f3.5-4.5's are actually Cosina lenses. >>> Tokina, Tamron, Vivitar and several others all rebrand them. >>> >>> Not a bad little performer, especially for the (extremely) low cost. >>> >>> -Adam >> >> >> I remember that in 2000, when I was buying this lens, I looked at the >> comparative review (tests) in Practical Photography (don't mix with >> Popular Photography). The tests results were different enough to >> warrant comments comparing the quality of these three. Was it just a >> sample-to-sample variation, difference in quality control for >> different brands, or what? >> >> Igor >> >> > > Sample variation, almost entirely. > > -Adam > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
