Re: Autoloaded to frame 1
Great film. On a manual wind camera I always got 28-29 frames from a 24+3 film. The autowind cameras seem to only give 27 though. --- dick graham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course one could use AGFA's HDC + which gives you 3 free exposures on a 24 exposure roll., that means you get 27 exposures for the price of 24. One of our local supermarkets sells AGFA HDC+ 100 for $1.99 USD. DG __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Mattias Klum Pentax
It's been occasionally mentioned here and elsewhere that Klum, a nature photographer who does work for National Geographic, shoots with a Pentax. A detailed account of his equipment appears on his web site, here: http://www.klumphotography.com/expedition/equipment.html It looks a lot like he favors the F-5 for 35mm work. Does use a 645n, though, and a 6x7. (His wife seems to have an LX and a PZ-1, though if the website is to be believed she has nothing but 645 Pentax lenses for them.)
Re: Very OT - Imagine !
IIRC, the traditional US start of summer is Memorial Day (May 30) and the end is Labor Day (first Monday in September). Some time between the early sixties, and the late seventies the media started calling the Solstices and equinoxes the beginning of the seasons. Why? I don't know. My calendar says June 21 is the first day of summer. In my mind that is wrong, the solstices and equinoxes are mid-season traditionally. --Tom Mark Roberts wrote: Gerald Cermak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think your weathermen are not the clueless ones here :) http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=05A49000 I don't think so ;) http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_170b.html There is a widespread misconception in this country--which extends, I might note, to the makers of most calendars, dictionaries, and encyclopedias--that summer officially starts on the day of the summer solstice, June 21 or 22, which is the longest day of the year. Americans also believe (1) that there is some valid scientific reason for doing it that way, and (2) that everybody in the Northern Hemisphere does it that way, and always has. None of these things is true. So far as I have been able to discover, no scientific or governmental body has ever formally declared that summer starts on the solstice. Certainly there is no good scientific reason for doing so. In the Northern Hemisphere the period of maximum daylight falls roughly between May 7 and August 7--in other words, the six weeks before and after the solstice. The period of maximum temperature, on the other hand, is June 4 through September 3. (The period of max temperature in the mid-latitudes always lags about 25 to 30 days behind the period of max daylight, due to the fact that the earth heats up and cools off relatively slowly.) It isn't really clear how the astronomical definition [i.e., summer starts on the solstice] got started, says Kevin Trenberth, a climate researcher at the University of Illinois in Urbana. Although the sun-earth geometry is clearly the origin of the seasons on earth, it has nothing directly to do with temperature or weather. He notes that meteorologists define summer simply as June, July, and August. For practical purposes, the meteorological definition is the best one, being very closely to the [weather] statistics, he says. In fact, it appears that June 1 was accepted as the beginning of summer in the United States until relatively recently. According to many older reference books, ranging from The American Cyclopedia (1883) to Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1966), summer in the U.S. comprises the months of June, July, and August. Seasons in Britain, for no particularly good reason, start a month earlier. The Oxford English Dictionary, somewhat confusingly, says that spring in Britain (and evidently in Ireland) runs from February 1 through April 30, but that summer runs from mid-May to mid-August. This leaves the first two weeks in May mysteriously unaccounted for, by my reckoning, but that is England for you. The Irish appear to have opted for May 1 as the starting date of their summer, but it was not always thus. I have here an old Irish guidebook (1938) that says summer begins the day after the third Saturday in April (Sunday, presumably) and ends the day after the first Saturday in October. The May 1 starting date may strike Americans as odd, but it sure beats what they were using in 1938. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Clue re next limited lens
Interesting, the same magnification factor between 23 mm and 28 mm, as 31 35, 43 50, and 77 90. Four lenses? You guys want to tell me again that it is a coincidence? -- tom - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: digital cameras
Ya, Rob, you are right about that. Also, most of them (maybe all) take several seconds to make an exposure. But, like just about all electronics today if you can buy it it is obsolete grin. I understand the old three pass scanning backs are being replaced by one pass backs. That is an improvement. I have read of a guy that does location photos with one of these things tethered to a high-end laptop. The clouds stream across the images do to their motion. --Tom Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Tom, You forgot to mention too that these backs must be tethered to a host computer and most are currently suitable for near static subjects only. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Drug Dealer Lens?
And yes, I plan to ask the vice squad whether they're interested in the film.) Sell them some prints, then sell the negs to the dealers. :) chris And don't forget to include your business card and home address :) __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: What Do You Carry
Actually, I thought rappelling was the english term and abseiling was french. Abseiling is not in my dictionary, rappelling is. Nor does my spell checker recognize abseiling. I always figured folks who said abseiling were just being pretentious. --Tom petit miam wrote: When I went abseiling, we used a cliff to climb down. I suppose it's harder without something to walk your feet down. And it was done as a complete entity. The cliff was at the edge of our camp, so there was no climbing involved. I didn't find it very exciting, adventurous, or scary. Some people refused to go, but I guess they were just scared of heights (or pathetic). It felt pretty safe to me. Mind you, this was pre-Cliffhanger, so I didn't think about breaking caribiners. I have never been rappelling, so don't know what the difference is. I nearly went sky-diving once, but the lessons were on the wrong night. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Autoloaded to frame 1
You can be absolutely sure of getting at least 3 extra shots. It is clearly written on the packaging. And none of this silly sunny-bright language. Jody. Of course one could use AGFA's HDC + which gives you 3 free exposures on a 24 exposure roll., that means you get 27 exposures for the price of 24. One of our local supermarkets sells AGFA HDC+ 100 for $1.99 USD. DG Sorry, I could not get your point. Is it written on the package of the film that the user will definitely get 3 free exposures or the user is supposed to get 3 exposures free of cost but he/she may not be sure about it? - Ayash Kanto. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Clue re next limited lens
- Original Message - From: Tom Rittenhouse Subject: Re: Clue re next limited lens Interesting, the same magnification factor between 23 mm and 28 mm, as 31 35, 43 50, and 77 90. Four lenses? You guys want to tell me again that it is a coincidence? I go with the conspiracy theory on this one. L8R Bill - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
FA 28-105 filter thread and other things...
Hi all! In the press release at the russian Penta-club site - it says that the new FA28-105 f/3,2-4,5 AL (IF) has a filter thread of 58mm. According to a swedish store, it really has 62mm. Now, which one is it? The 28-105 is now available in Sweden, it cost more or less the same as the original price for the Pentax(Tamron) FA28-105 f/4-5,6 Silver, which now sells at a discount price here. MZ-S is to go on sale here late july, at a list price of 12 500 SEK (body only), 18 500 with the FA24-90 lens, which in itself cost 7400 SEK (more or less the same price as for the new Nikon AF 24-90). As a comparision, Minolta Dynax 7 sells for around 8000 SEK here, while Nikon F100 is around 13-14 000 SEK. Btw, the swedish stores now also list the FA 31 f/1,8... Best wishes to you all, -- Roland Mabo [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.algonet.se/~rolamo - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Those black slides
Tiger Moses writes: I got them back and said, darn, which I know which was which. Then I thought about the black slides! I tore one open and look at the edge and it tell me Fuji RDPII or Kodak EB100, ect. So if you ever submit mixed rolls like I did, remember this easy trick. My lab gives me the leader back unmounted so I never suffered from that problem :) Now, for those in the know is, is RDP II Provia or Astia? Someone else has already answered this, but I wonder if there is an RIP? Would that be RG25? :) Cheers, - Dave David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec) http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up, while children are allowed to run free on the streets? -- Garfield - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Color Medium Format Print Film
Tom C. writes: I haven't used the Konica or Agfa, but Reala would be my #1 pick. I have never ever been disappointed by it. I'll second the Reala suggestion. I don't use it much in 120 but it's a nice film for landscapes. I've also used Agfa Portrait 160 but the colours turned out a little more pastel. Quite pleasing to me (especially with the low contrast) but it might not be to your tastes :) Cheers, - Dave David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec) http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up, while children are allowed to run free on the streets? -- Garfield - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Just to please Aaron...
It's people like you that ensure that some of us can't even get one LX :) Shame on you. --- Gianfranco Irlanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...I bought my third LX! __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re[2]: What Do You Carry
Hi, 'abseil' is the word used in British English, even by gritty, unpretentious mountaineering types. We also recognise 'rappel', which is also from French so probably no more and no less pretentious. On the one occasion when I foolishly volunteered for this activity I abseiled down the side of a very tall building; this meant that I had to 'walk' down it. If there had been any hostages to rescue I'm sure I'd have been allowed to bounce like the SAS, but we had strict instructions from the organisers not to do that. Besides, there were no windows to swing through, and I'd have looked pretty foolish trying to swing through a brick wall. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Art is a form of play, not to be taken seriously - Plato Saturday, May 19, 2001, 7:41:19 AM, you wrote: Actually, I thought rappelling was the english term and abseiling was french. Abseiling is not in my dictionary, rappelling is. Nor does my spell checker recognize abseiling. I always figured folks who said abseiling were just being pretentious. --Tom - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Re[2]: Very OT - Imagine !
St. John the baptist was born on 24th June. I know because it is also my birthday. Usually horribly cold and wet in NZ (mid-winter). But perhaps his Day is on a slightly different day. Jody. The summer solstice has also been known as midsummer (and, IIRC, St. John's Day) for a very, very long time. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Re[2]: Very OT - Imagine !
It begins on 1st December here. I wondered what that US thing of saying 21st June was the first day of summer was about. I always think of the seasons as always starting on the first day of a month. I don't know that any NZers think differently, and that is what you get taught at school. Jody. There is a widespread misconception in this country--which extends, I might note, to the makers of most calendars, dictionaries, and encyclopedias--that summer officially starts on the day of the summer solstice, June 21 or 22, which is the longest day of the year __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re[6]: Very OT - Imagine !
Hi, Bob, you are forgetting about air conditioners, which suck up a tremendous amount of electricity. I suppose in cold and damp England, you wouldn't have much call for them. yes that's true. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Art is a form of play, not to be taken seriously - Plato - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 645 problem
Je desire vous aider, mais Je ne parle pas anglais :) --- Jeff Tokayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Puede explicarme que dice. No entiendo su ingles. Jeff - Original Message - From: petit miam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yeah, and I tought I taw a puddy tat :) --- Jeff Tokayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tought you have to set the focal plane shutter to 1 sec. when using a leaf shutter lens. Jeff __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: New Photos
I have a lot of photos of Melbourne Zoo in this lot as well. I tried to get the lions without their cage, so it looked like I was standing right next to them in the wild, but I couldn't get rid of the cage. My lens will only give f5.6 when zoomed to 80mm, and I don't think this was enough. Any suggestions for getting rid of cages? Do they let you walk right up to the cage or is there a barrier? There is a barrier. I don't know if I would want to get right up close. I've managed to shoot caged animals by putting my lens hard-up against the fence (a lens with a small enough barrel will fit through), with limited success. Unless you can get the end of the lens through the cage you'll also lose sharpness and contrast. You have Orana Park fairly close I suppose. I went there once. The safari part would be good for getting uncaged lions. You also need to be careful to avoid getting the fence on the other side of the cage into the photo :) Yeah, I know. Check out: http://pug.komkon.org/00janu/lion-480.htm for a picture I took with my 400/5.6 pressed up against the fence. Couldn't open it. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: What Do You Carry
Bob Walkden schrieb: 'abseil' is the word used in British English, even by gritty, unpretentious mountaineering types. We also recognise 'rappel', which is also from French so probably no more and no less pretentious. 'rappel' may be from French origin, but abseil definitely is not. Abseilen is a German verb which consists of ab (down or downwards) and Seil (rope), so abseilen literally translates into going downwards with the help of a rope. Arnold - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Those black slides
William Robb wrote: Someone else has already answered this, but I wonder if there is an RIP? Would that be RG25? :) Agfapan 25 Sniffle - I'm down to my last 40 rolls. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Grain is the brushstroke of photography. - Man Ray - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Those black slides
- Original Message - From: David A. Mann Subject: Re: Those black slides Someone else has already answered this, but I wonder if there is an RIP? Would that be RG25? :) Agfapan 25 William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Those black slides
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: Re: Those black slides William Robb wrote: Someone else has already answered this, but I wonder if there is an RIP? Would that be RG25? :) Agfapan 25 Sniffle - I'm down to my last 40 rolls. Trade ya 10 of em for a lens pen William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Those black slides
William Robb wrote: Agfapan 25 Sniffle - I'm down to my last 40 rolls. Trade ya 10 of em for a lens pen William Robb I'll trade for some well-stored Panatomic-X. I've always been curious as to why Kodak chose that name. Perhaps it had some reference to the modern, atomic age of the late forties and the fifties. When did Panatomic-X first appear? -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Grain is the brushstroke of photography. - Man Ray - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: HHGTTG
How can you have a TRIlogy with 6 books? 6 = 4 + 2 42 is the answer to this mystery. Regards, Bob... --- When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace. They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease. And when we disarmed They sold us delivered and bound to our foe, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: 'Stick to the Devil you know.' --Rudyard Kipling From: Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] How can you have a TRIlogy with 6 books? Divide by two. Fans of Douglas Adams might enjoy the William Sleator books also. I thought these were great when I got them out of the library 10 or so years ago. Singularity, House of Stairs, etc. I have been trying to find them and read them again without success. Thanks for the tip. Terry Pratchett is worth checking into, also. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
FA 28-80
Are there any optical differences between the FA 28-80 power zoom model and the non power zoom lens? Does one provide better images then the other? Later, Gary - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Vs: 24-90 overpriced?
Hi Raimo, We do pay through the nose for somethings-Mercedes, BMW, etc.. :-) Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Arnold So it seems - when you look at the performance - that the lens is indeed a bit overpriced. The German price is about the same as in Finland. Why do the Americans get everything so cheaply? All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: HHGTTG
How can you have a TRIlogy with 6 books? 6 = 4 + 2 42 is the answer to this mystery. Regards, Bob... Doh! Can't believe I missed that. Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: 24-90 overpriced?
I just ordered my 24-90mm here in the UK! For £380.00 inc. VAT, that is about $543.50. BH is $499.95, if you buy local you need to ad 6% I assume, so that would be $530 If I mail order it, I have the shipping cost and the import duty, so that would be even worse. Now I have to wait about ten days. Frits So it seems - when you look at the performance - that the lens is indeed a bit overpriced. The German price is about the same as in Finland. Why do the Americans get everything so cheaply? All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen Foto Magazin says 1300DM, but I'd rather wait for real prices in real shops. The new FA28-105/f3.2-4.5 is sold by http://www.technikdirekt.de/ for 629DM Arnold - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Vs: OT. Aland language use. (Was: A friend made it to the NewYork Times.)
The facts were correct but as to the politics, there´s always at least one more side. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Päivä: 19. toukokuuta 2001 15:12 Aihe: Re: OT. Aland language use. (Was: A friend made it to the NewYork Times.) Thanks, Lasse! Very enlightening. OT, but worth it for me. Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Vs: Vs: 24-90 overpriced?
I think that you get those cheaper than us, too. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Raimo, We do pay through the nose for somethings-Mercedes, BMW, etc.. :-) Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Arnold So it seems - when you look at the performance - that the lens is indeed a bit overpriced. The German price is about the same as in Finland. Why do the Americans get everything so cheaply? All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: HHGTTG
It's like a zen martini. No vermouth -- and no gin, either. - Original Message - From: Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 11:43 AM Subject: Re: HHGTTG How can you have a TRIlogy with 6 books? 6 = 4 + 2 42 is the answer to this mystery. Regards, Bob... Doh! Can't believe I missed that. Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Those black slides
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 19, 2001 9:55 AM Subject: Re: Those black slides William Robb wrote: Agfapan 25 Sniffle - I'm down to my last 40 rolls. Trade ya 10 of em for a lens pen William Robb I'll trade for some well-stored Panatomic-X. I've always been curious as to why Kodak chose that name. Perhaps it had some reference to the modern, atomic age of the late forties and the fifties. When did Panatomic-X first appear? Man, I only have a dozen rolls of Panatomic left. I think it came out in the late 50s, so is likely named for the age of blowing up south Pacific islands. Of course, having granularity as small as atoms might also have something to do wit the name. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 24-90 overpriced?
Arnold wrote:- Raimo Korhonen schrieb: Interesting! What´s the price in Germany? Foto Magazin says 1300DM, but I'd rather wait for real prices in real shops. The new FA28-105/f3.2-4.5 is sold by http://www.technikdirekt.de/ for 629DM Arnold -- internet-foto.de sells the FA 24-90 for DM 1.191,00. http://www.internet-foto.de/deu/pentax/pentax.php?PHPSESSID=c214f4b0ff4d497ecfbe01c9a02132d9 Alexander __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Those black slides
On Sat, 19 May 2001 13:57:55 -0600, William Robb wrote: Man, I only have a dozen rolls of Panatomic left. I think it came out in the late 50s, so is likely named for the age of blowing up south Pacific islands. Of course, having granularity as small as atoms might also have something to do wit the Can this stuff still be processed through labs? I LOVED that film. Later, Gary - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Just to please Aaron...
petit miam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's people like you that ensure that some of us can't even get one LX :) Shame on you. Har! Gianfranco Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Those black slides
- Original Message - From: Gary L. Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 19, 2001 2:09 PM Subject: Re: Those black slides On Sat, 19 May 2001 13:57:55 -0600, William Robb wrote: Man, I only have a dozen rolls of Panatomic left. I think it came out in the late 50s, so is likely named for the age of blowing up south Pacific islands. Of course, having granularity as small as atoms might also have something to do wit the Can this stuff still be processed through labs? I LOVED that film. I process my own, but there isn't any reason why not. It takes standard processing. There used to be a direct positive kit that could be used with Pan-X for making BW slides that was fun. Later, Gary - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Good price?
I thought the nickname around here for that lens is The Softie. Even so, $125 isn't a bad price for it, but for $125 you can definently get a better lens. Todd At 01:30 PM 5/17/01 -0700, you wrote: That lens, if I'm not mistaken, is famous lemon. Personally, if I were to buy it for any price, it would be so that I could take it apart and see what lenses look like inside. Wouldn't have another use for it. Regards, ___ Tonghang Zhou (Zhou is pronounced like Joe) On Thu, 17 May 2001, Emmanuel Ingelsten wrote: Hi! I'm a total newbie and know very little fair prices when it comes to used equipment. I've been offerend to buy a Pentax 100-300 with Autofocus. Not the new silver one but an older. They Guy wants 1200 SEK which is 125 US$. He says it's in good optical condition and this is what it looks like: http://home.bip.net/e.ingelsten/Pentax100-300A.jpg Do you think it's a fair deal? Maybe the prices on used camera equipment is different in the states and over here? Oh, and when I'm asking I wonder if there are any thing special to think about with shooting with my manual Takumar 135 f2.5. It doesn't have SMC, what does that mean in actual photo-situations? Thanx alot for all the help and fun this list gives me!! Emmanuel -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- http://eman.sphosting.com - my website - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: AF 2.8 35-70mm
Yes, this lens only autofocuses on the ME-F, but it will work on a MF lens on other Pentaxes. I suggest you take a look here, for information on the contacts and how to test the focusing: http://www.phred.org/pentax/k/extras/K-mount/Kf.html From what I have heard it's not a great performer, plus it's bulky and hard to focus manually. Todd At 11:55 PM 5/17/01 +0200, you wrote: Hi, I'm back since a long time (beginning of this year). Can anybody help me with the following: I just got myself the first AF lens from Pentax the 35-70mm. It was cheap while the former owner considered it as the AF is not functioning. AFAIK the AF does only work when the lens is mounted on the MEF camera. Is that true? If yes, how can I test if the AF is working without having the MEF available? What is the value of such a lens if it is in good working order and undamaged? Regards, Wim van Heugten - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
FA 28-105 filter thread and other things...
Hi all! In the press release at the russian Penta-club site - it says that the new FA28-105 f/3,2-4,5 AL (IF) has a filter thread of 58mm. According to a swedish store, it really has 62mm. Now, which one is it? The filter thread of the Tamron rebadged 28-105 was 62 mm. That may be the lens this store is referring to, or they may have confused the old lens with the new one. I understood that the new 28-105 would have a 58 mm. filter ring. This is a Pentax standard, so it gave some assurance that this may be a Pentax-designed and -built lens. Joe - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
1000 f8 pic
Hi, There`s a pic using the 1000/8 at: http://members.nbci.com/stevelarson/Photograghy%20Page/Landing%20(2).jpe if you care to check it out. Went to LAX last evening. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
June Pop Photo: 24-90 overpriced?
Peter wrote: Keppler's SLR column...snip..but the Pentax at $600 stands out like a sore thumb. It is the most expensive of the bunch, with the shortest zoom range. ..snip Yeah, when I tried out the MZ-S with that lens, the local rep told me that he thought the lens cost way too much for what it was, and he was afraid they had priced it too high. Thanks, Ed - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: 24-90 overpriced?
http://www.technikdirekt.de/ has it for DM 1.279,00 Frits Arnold wrote:- Raimo Korhonen schrieb: Interesting! What´s the price in Germany? Foto Magazin says 1300DM, but I'd rather wait for real prices in real shops. The new FA28-105/f3.2-4.5 is sold by http://www.technikdirekt.de/ for 629DM Arnold -- internet-foto.de sells the FA 24-90 for DM 1.191,00. http://www.internet-foto.de/deu/pentax/pentax.php?PHPSESSID=c214f4 b0ff4d497ecfbe01c9a02132d9 Alexander - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Filter Blab
Hi, There was a discussion a while back about Pentax filters, on how to tell if they are SMC or not. I won a 77mm UV SMC off ebay a while back, and it is definitely SMC by the wonderful colors. Comparing it to the non SMC it`s like night and day. While on filters, the B+W polarizer I have is about twice as massive as all the other (cheap) polarizers I have. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Re: What Do You Carry
When I was climbing, we considered abseiling to be the same as rappelling. Each involves sliding down a rope in controlled (?) fashion. The rope, and the rock below, don't care if you use the German or French term. In fact, when you are in rapidly falling light, the wind is blowing, there is a mix of rain/freezing rain/sleet/snow coming down fast, you are off route on the descent, you can't tell if the rappel rope is long enough to have reached the next ledge below (which you can't see), at that point the climber doesn't really care what you call it either. Or at least that was my experience. (To make a long story short, the rope reached, I didn't die, but I did wonder there for awhile . . .) Stan From: petit miam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 22:33:03 -0700 (PDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Re: What Do You Carry I actually thought it was the other way around. But I dunno. I believe rappeling refers strictly to 'walking' down a rock face, while abseiling can also include simply sliding down a rope which is many feet away from the nearest surface. But that's just my impression; I'm open to correction by those with definite knowledge. -- John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Silicon - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: 24-90 overpriced?
Where in the UK did you order it from at that price? I have only seen it for £399 everywhere... Rob Brigham -Original Message- From: Frits J. Wüthrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 May 2001 18:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: 24-90 overpriced? I just ordered my 24-90mm here in the UK! For £380.00 inc. VAT, that is about $543.50. BH is $499.95, if you buy local you need to ad 6% I assume, so that would be $530 If I mail order it, I have the shipping cost and the import duty, so that would be even worse. Now I have to wait about ten days. Frits So it seems - when you look at the performance - that the lens is indeed a bit overpriced. The German price is about the same as in Finland. Why do the Americans get everything so cheaply? All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen Foto Magazin says 1300DM, but I'd rather wait for real prices in real shops. The new FA28-105/f3.2-4.5 is sold by http://www.technikdirekt.de/ for 629DM Arnold - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Filter Blab
Hi Steve ... There was a discussion a while back about Pentax filters, on how to tell if they are SMC or not. All of mine say SMC on the filter ring. I won a 77mm UV SMC off ebay a while back, and it is definitely SMC by the wonderful colors. Comparing it to the non SMC it`s like night and day. I had a SMC skylight on one of the LX one day, and the guys at the local camera shop were astonished. Unless they looked very carefully they couldn't tell there was a filter on the lens. I liked 'em so much that I'm in the process of getting all sizes and all colors. Just put an order in for a full set of yellow filters. They are, without a doubt, the best filters I've ever used. While on filters, the B+W polarizer I have is about twice as massive as all the other (cheap) polarizers I have. It's big compared to the not so cheap Hoya SMC Pol as well. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Grain is the brushstroke of photography. - Man Ray - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 1000 f8 pic
Steve, Looks like the lens has more resolving power than the air around LAX can deliver! Was the airborne plane on the way in or taking off? ...like the guy in the yellow vest too. He gives the whole thing some scale. Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, There`s a pic using the 1000/8 at: http://members.nbci.com/stevelarson/Photograghy%20Page/Landing%20(2).jpe if you care to check it out. Went to LAX last evening. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Cable Release F? Who needs it.....
Suddenly needing to remotely trigger my PZ-20 from about 15 feet away fora series of photos this weekend, I called the local camera store this morning and was told the Pentax Cable Release F was a mere $50. For a switch? So here's what I did: In the absence of any plugI could find around the house that remotely resembled the Pentax release socket, I took a length of two-strand speaker wire, stripped insulation from the ends, and wrapped one end of each strand around a smallish piece of aluminum foil, so it formed a ball about the size of a matchhead on the end of each wire. Then I stuffed the foil balls into the release socket, one each next to the middle and top contacts on the camera. A strip of black electrician's tape held it all in place. For firing, I first wrapped the other ends of the speaker wire around the twin prongs of a household extension cord, and plugged an HH-PC flash cord into the other end. The theory was I could plug the PC end of the cord into my flash meter and trigger the camera by hitting the cord-flash-meter button. This Rube Goldberg solution actually worked, although intermittently; I suspect by the time the camera trigger voltage made its way through all that wire, it was able to be stymied by any contact corrosion or lack of alignment. Eventually I gave up on the flash meter and triggered thecamera by shorting across the PC connector with a car key, which worked just fine. Inelegant, perhaps, but very effective. And dead cheap. I shot tworolls and didn't waste $50on photo price gouging. (By the way, this apparently only triggers the shutter, so you need to set focus and exposure manually...The third contact seems to do AE and AF.)
Chromogenic BW Film
Does anyone know why all the chromogenic BW film on the market is 400 speed? Why not some other speed? -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Grain is the brushstroke of photography. - Man Ray - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Favorite Film Roll Call Results UPDATE 9
From: dave o'brien I find it astoundingly difficult to believe that the most popular film in the world is Tri-X as your typical point'n'shooter tends to think that only colour print film will work in their cameras and you can't get Tri-X processed in a minilab. I misread the article. It said that TX is the most popular BW film in the world. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Grain is the brushstroke of photography. - Man Ray - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 1000 f8 pic
Hi Bob, I think you are right about the resolving power, it is a good piece of glass. The plane was on final approach for landing. I took some panned shots also of planes taking off, and they were pretty crisp too, but not with the wooden tripod, I`ll try the wooden one on the next outing. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 5:16 PM Subject: Re: 1000 f8 pic Steve, Looks like the lens has more resolving power than the air around LAX can deliver! Was the airborne plane on the way in or taking off? ...like the guy in the yellow vest too. He gives the whole thing some scale. Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, There`s a pic using the 1000/8 at: http://members.nbci.com/stevelarson/Photograghy%20Page/Landing%20(2).jpe if you care to check it out. Went to LAX last evening. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Filter Blab
Hey Shel, The non SMC Pentax UV is a nice filter, but you`re right, when the SMC is on the lens you can`t tell, because the coatings are so nice. It says Class II on the box, does your SMC`s say that (Class II) too? I going to eventually get them for all my lenses too. - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 5:31 PM Subject: Re: Filter Blab Hi Steve ... There was a discussion a while back about Pentax filters, on how to tell if they are SMC or not. All of mine say SMC on the filter ring. I won a 77mm UV SMC off ebay a while back, and it is definitely SMC by the wonderful colors. Comparing it to the non SMC it`s like night and day. I had a SMC skylight on one of the LX one day, and the guys at the local camera shop were astonished. Unless they looked very carefully they couldn't tell there was a filter on the lens. I liked 'em so much that I'm in the process of getting all sizes and all colors. Just put an order in for a full set of yellow filters. They are, without a doubt, the best filters I've ever used. While on filters, the B+W polarizer I have is about twice as massive as all the other (cheap) polarizers I have. It's big compared to the not so cheap Hoya SMC Pol as well. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Grain is the brushstroke of photography. - Man Ray Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Favorite Film Roll Call Results UPDATE 9
20 lashes for Shel! Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 6:40 PM Subject: Re: Favorite Film Roll Call Results UPDATE 9 From: dave o'brien I find it astoundingly difficult to believe that the most popular film in the world is Tri-X as your typical point'n'shooter tends to think that only colour print film will work in their cameras and you can't get Tri-X processed in a minilab. I misread the article. It said that TX is the most popular BW film in the world. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Grain is the brushstroke of photography. - Man Ray - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 1000 f8 pic
Steve, Very cool photo! Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steve, Looks like the lens has more resolving power than the air around LAX can deliver! Was the airborne plane on the way in or taking off? ...like the guy in the yellow vest too. He gives the whole thing some scale. Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, There`s a pic using the 1000/8 at: http://members.nbci.com/stevelarson/Photograghy%20Page/Landing%20(2).jpe if you care to check it out. Went to LAX last evening. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 1000 f8 pic
On Sat, 19 May 2001 18:57:36 -0700, Steve Larson wrote: The plane was on final approach for landing. I took some panned shots also of planes taking off, and they were pretty crisp too, but not with the Steve, That's a great pic!! Thanks for sharing. Later, Gary - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 1000 f8 pic
On Sat, 19 May 2001 20:16:24 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Was the airborne plane on the way in or taking off? Inbound. Angle of Attack is too low for takeoff and engines don't seem to be at full-throttle, based on the exhaust plumes. TTYL, DougF - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Filter Blab
Hi; BH lists a more expensive Pentax 49mm UV filter for the 4377 lenses, anyone know the difference between that filter and the standard pentax 49 mm UV filter. Dave -- Dave Sprinkle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swain West rm 117 Indiana University Physics Dept. 727 E. 3rd St. Bloomington, IN 47405-7105 812 855-0347 Fax 812 855-5533 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 1000 f8 pic
My wife likes it Steve (thats a good thing) William Robb - Original Message - From: Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 19, 2001 4:44 PM Subject: 1000 f8 pic Hi, There`s a pic using the 1000/8 at: http://members.nbci.com/stevelarson/Photograghy%20Page/Landing%2 0(2).jpe if you care to check it out. Went to LAX last evening. Steve Larson - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Cable Release F? Who needs it.....
I ended up doing something similar, but only as far as the extension cords. The last fireworks we shot here, March 30th, I controlled 3 cameras remotely, two of them at 100 metres, by using extension cords, connected at the control end to light switches (the wall mounted kind), affixed to a piece of wood. But at the other end (a Z1p, an MZ3 and a 645), I simply used cable switch F ends, and a remote trigger cord end for the 645 (the same one that can be used for a Super A / SuperProgram). At 20 below zero, the fiddling with aluminium foil is just not an option. Also the fact that everyone was counting on this to be the pictures of record did not allow for a reshoot (aside from the $10,000 of fireworks). Another advantage of using light switches instead of the regular switches, is that when set to 'B', you don't have to hold the switches closed for the duration of the shot, typically 5 to 20 seconds. In the end, when reliability in adverse condition is an issue, the manufacturer's connectors was the only way to go. In this case, all three rolls came out fine. Even had two of them scanned to photocd. I guess I have no excuse not submit to the PUG ... Michel - Original Message - From: Bob Keefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 18:34 Subject: Cable Release F? Who needs it. Suddenly needing to remotely trigger my PZ-20 from about 15 feet away for a series of photos this weekend, I called the local camera store this morning and was told the Pentax Cable Release F was a mere $50. For a switch? So here's what I did: In the absence of any plug I could find around the house that remotely resembled the Pentax release socket, I took a length of two-strand speaker wire, stripped insulation from the ends, and wrapped one end of each strand around a smallish piece of aluminum foil, so it formed a ball about the size of a matchhead on the end of each wire. Then I stuffed the foil balls into the release socket, one each next to the middle and top contacts on the camera. A strip of black electrician's tape held it all in place. For firing, I first wrapped the other ends of the speaker wire around the twin prongs of a household extension cord, and plugged an HH-PC flash cord into the other end. The theory was I could plug the PC end of the cord into my flash meter and trigger the camera by hitting the cord-flash-meter button. This Rube Goldberg solution actually worked, although intermittently; I suspect by the time the camera trigger voltage made its way through all that wire, it was able to be stymied by any contact corrosion or lack of alignment. Eventually I gave up on the flash meter and triggered the camera by shorting across the PC connector with a car key, which worked just fine. Inelegant, perhaps, but very effective. And dead cheap. I shot two rolls and didn't waste $50 on photo price gouging. (By the way, this apparently only triggers the shutter, so you need to set focus and exposure manually...The third contact seems to do AE and AF.) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Chromogenic BW Film
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 19, 2001 7:23 PM Subject: Chromogenic BW Film Does anyone know why all the chromogenic BW film on the market is 400 speed? Why not some other speed? I suspect the emulsion technology is considered good enough that a slower speed isn't needed, the chromogenics were originally marketed to the zoom lens crowd, so the extra film speed is a bonus, and Ilford has been marketing XP-1/XP-2 for the past 20 years as a 400 iso, so anything slower would likely be risking being viewed as a step backwards. FWIW, I think XP-2 is Crap with a capital C. I did a microscope analysis of the grain of normally processed T400CN and Ilford PanF+ which had been processed in Rodinal. The chromogenic had much finer grain, though it wasn't anywhere near as sharp. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
