Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S
Not yet - but it was once a close-run thing! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 1:48 PM Subject: Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S SNIP Feroze, Don't worry about it you'll soon lose it. Problem solved. Hands up everyone who's lost the eyepiece cover off their MZ-S (me, twice) Wendy Beard, Ottawa, Canada http://www.beard-redfern.com
RE: Opinions Wanted: Vivitar 2x Macro Focussing Teleconverter
On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 21:48, J. C. O'Connell wrote: Here's my opinion on TC's: They Suck compared to real primes at the desired focal length. Especially for 35mm use. I have one for 6X7 that degrades quality just like the 35mm ones do but at least with 6X7 the quality level is still acceptable. 35mm Lenses are cheap, why not just buy the focal lengths you want ( hint, for 35mm I have everything from 15 to 1000mm ). JCO J.C, There no need to use such antagonistic language to express your opinion. When I first read your email I thought I ought to post an equally hard nosed response, but that's how flame wars get started. While you may find 35mm lenses to be inexpensive, as a student I do not. I was interested in this TC because for $45, I would be hard pressed to find a telephone prime lens. Would you care to suggest any good, inexpensive telephoto primes in the 200mm-300mm range. The other reason I'm enquiring about this particular TC is for it's macro capability. Currently I'm using a Pentax 50m/1.7 on extension tubes. I've enjoyed the photography, and the pictures, but I find swapping the tubes around to be quite awkward. -Scott
Re: Opinions Wanted: Vivitar 2x Macro Focussing Teleconverter
At 12:52 PM 12/11/2002 -0800, you wrote: I seem to recall hearing good things about this TC, but a search of the PDML archives didn't turn up anything useful. Has anyone got one? How do you like it? If I did pick one up, I'd be using it with a 135/2.5 and a 50/1.7. I used it with both of those lenses and loved the results I got. Using it with the 135mm and the Vivitar 283 flash with one layer of handkerchief over the flashhead as a diffuser got me some very nice dragonfly closeups. Gary J Sibio [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~garysibio/ Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like bananas.
Re: MIR-47K 2,5/20mm - problems
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Dan Scott wrote: I've read somewhere that MZ and MX users should file away a bit of the incredibly thick aluminum ring the filters are set into, which is supposed to fix the problem you mention. And Program A/Program Plus users :-( I found out the hard way, now my mirror has a tiny nick in it. LX is OK tho. Chris
Re[2]: ZX5-N/MZ-S flash compensation
Hi David, Some years ago by the time the 5N was just released, a well known and appreciated pdml member - Roberto Burgos (who unfortunately has left the group for some time now) conducted a formal test of the MZ-5N flash compensation under controlled conditions ( flashmeter, studio, camera loaded with film). He found out that the flash compensation was handled quite precisely, except for the -0.5 EV and +0.5 EV compensations where the flash output only changed with -30% and +30%. Also according to his observations, the compensation changes the ambient light exposure as well, except for the manual mode. His findings were later confirmed by others including myself (in a less scientific manner - guessing from slides ;o) ). Back to your tests, you seem to have scooped a significant change in compensation implementation between the MZ-5N and the MZ-S. While the MZ-5N compensation affects both flash output and ambient light exposure in auto modes (and this is a well established fact), the MZ-S applies compensation only to the flash. Well, this must be a great news for the MZ-S owners having long complained about the lack of dedicated flash compensation control, just as it was for the 5N owners finding out they can still do flash compensation with their old-style, minimal controls camera. As for Pentax not publishing the complete capabilities of their products, not to mention advertising them... well, this is a story just as old as this list. From the cultural fracture between the development and marketing departments to the plain idiocy of the Pentax marketing, it all have been beaten to death. With no change from Pentax part. :o( Servus, Alin David wrote: DW Max, I just today got an e-mail from the Pentax corporation confirming my DW observations--they said that the camera assumed the flash is the primary DW light source and the one the photographer would want to be able to DW adjust--and I think they are right, I just don't understand why they would DW leave this out of there manuals. I tested this by putting my cameras (both DW the MZ-S and ZX5-N) on a tripod and attatching and unattatching the flash DW unit while moving the exposure compensation dial. The data imprinting from DW the MZ-S on a roll of flash lit portraits also confirms that the apperature DW and shutter were not altered despite changing the exposure compensation dial DW in program mode. I tried all 3 automatic modes, as well, with the same DW result. This is great--I have control of my fill flash ratios with any DW flash on the camera, even the pop-up! Why does nobody seem to know this? DW It seems important if you use a flash and have a pentax?
Naked without a camera.
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I cannot understand the 'advantage' of inspecting every shot and deleting as one is shooting - to each their own. I prefer to do the editing post-shooting. having the LCD always come on after a shot means you don't have to fumble to turn it on when you need to look. that's why i don't turn mine off anymore. the times i need it, i need it quickly. Herb
Re: Displaying images on the web
I'm (as we say in England) dead chuffed. I snagged a 27 Gb ATA hard disk on ebay USA for 60 bucks and it came yesterday morning. I've managed to stack it with the existing 6 GB and it all works. I now have a 27 GB partitioned into 20 and 7, and the old 6 GB is now devoted to Photoshop as a scratch disk. The 27 Gig is a 7200 rpm drive and boy does that make a difference from 5600! This Mac flies! I'm not sure I understand. With that 6meg drive your Mac must be quite old. Not exactly a G4, heh? 6 Gig. It's a 1999 machine that I paid 450 GBP for. New, it was three times that. It had loads of RAM and I like the colour g. It's fast enough for me. I don't buy new computers anymore - if i did, I wouldn't be able to afford more than one. We curently have 6 Macs in the house! Sure I'd like a newer faster machine, but to be honest, with the file sizes I work with, I just don't need the extra speed. Running a filter on an A3 image at 300 ppi doesn't take long at all. Okay, a G4 would be faster, but half of nothing is still nothing g. I sometimes wonder about all the Mac v Win stuff. Apples to Nuts comparisons. The latest PC platforms have that new 3 ghz Intel chip that seems to be loaded with Alpha (DEC) features, It is suposed to be an interesting graphics machine. Alas, it only runs XP Professional at the present. Get a Unix clone running on it and it should fly. Don't sneer at Unix clones, or you can not use Mac OS X grin. I sneer not at anyone's choice of computer - I can only tell you how much fun I have. I'm on 9.1 - I still hear too many nasty stories about OS X. If the shoe fits Best, Cotty Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at http://www.macads.co.uk/ Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/
Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S
Is is a repeated message? It sounds so familiar. - Original Message - From: Michel Carrère-Gée [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 11:47 AM Subject: Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S Thomas Heide Clausen a écrit: ... Ohhyeah, the grip. That is one of the best non-optical things I've ever bought for any camera :) I have rather big hands, and the MZ-S almost was too small without it. ... MZ-S is very, very nice camera, the only bad point is the àù$-¤#]°ù% selector for the AF point ! You can read French MZ-S, BG-10 and AF360FGZ review: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/krg/ http://perso.wanadoo.fr/krg/Photo/mz-s.htm (You can translate with : http://babel.altavista.com/tr) Michel
Re: ABORTION-was: Way OT: GUNS, GUNS, AND MORE GUNS.
on 12.12.02 2:36, Bruce Rubenstein at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And raving lunatic, assholes use Pentax. I thought that having name so similar to my great compatriot and pianist (Artur Rubinstein) would obligate you to be more cultured. But it seems I was just wrong, so wrong! -- Best regards Sylwester Pietrzyk
Re: Naked without a camera.
Instant review. I turn it off. But it can be useful, that's why it is there!!! One point that came up was the weight. I hear far too many complaints about that. I don't need the strain on my neck/back, it's bad already. I also don't want to clip some box on my belt that's a power unit! (It'll probably be only available in Japan only) My pants will fall down!! Guess I'm gladly out of the digital game for a long while! Brad - Original Message - From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 3:59 AM Subject: Naked without a camera. Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I cannot understand the 'advantage' of inspecting every shot and deleting as one is shooting - to each their own. I prefer to do the editing post-shooting. having the LCD always come on after a shot means you don't have to fumble to turn it on when you need to look. that's why i don't turn mine off anymore. the times i need it, i need it quickly. Herb
Re: MIR-47K 2,5/20mm - problems
on 11.12.02 21:39, Carlos Royo at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Sylwester: I sent some messages to the list about the problem you mention. When you screw a filter to the back of the lens, the mirror in the MZ-S, MZ-5 or MX gets stuck when it is returning to its normal position after having fired the shutter. If you press the bayonet release button and turn the lens slightly, it returns to its prefire position. It doesn't get stuck in bigger bodies such as the Z-1 or SFX. Perhaps they have bigger mirror chambers. In fact, I am thinking about selling this lens, as I don't use it very often and a 18 or 15 mm. would suit my needs better. Thanks for info! As a matter of fact I have found some interesting data about MIR-47K - the filter system is a part o optical path in this lens, and to obtain maximal results it is recomended to keep one of the supplied filters all the time. That's why I won't buy this lens for my MZ-S... -- Best Regards Sylwek
OT: Cheap(er) film sanners
Hi, http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk has reduced the prices on its Minolta film scanners, as well as increasing the range available. No connection, except as satisfied customer. mike
Re: ZX5-N/MZ-S flash compensation
Hi, Question: Is this with a particular flash er, unit, or have you tried a few? mike
RE: Opinions Wanted: Vivitar 2x Macro Focussing Teleconverter
Subject: RE: Opinions Wanted: Vivitar 2x Macro Focussing Teleconverter On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 21:48, J. C. O'Connell wrote: Here's my opinion on TC's: They Suck compared to real primes at the desired focal length. Especially for 35mm use. I have one for 6X7 that degrades quality just like the 35mm ones do but at least with 6X7 the quality level is still acceptable. 35mm Lenses are cheap, why not just buy the focal lengths you want ( hint, for 35mm I have everything from 15 to 1000mm ). JCO J.C, There no need to use such antagonistic language to express your opinion. When I first read your email I thought I ought to post an equally hard nosed response, but that's how flame wars get started. I was agressive because I wanted my point to be HARD. TCs are only good if you want to travel light and are willing to accept soft, lower contrast images. 35mm photography is borderline enuff without resorting to these band-aids. For years NONE of the major camera companies made them because they simply dont live up to their **previously** high standards. While you may find 35mm lenses to be inexpensive, as a student I do not. I was interested in this TC because for $45, I would be hard pressed to find a telephone prime lens. Would you care to suggest any good, inexpensive telephoto primes in the 200mm-300mm range. Check ebay there are TONS of 135 and 200mm PRIME lenses made by third parties which are dirt cheap and will outperform most if not ALL lens PLUS TC combinations. Now if you want 300mm , they are a little more but you could probably find a decent 300mm F5.6 for under $100 used. The other reason I'm enquiring about this particular TC is for it's macro capability. Currently I'm using a Pentax 50m/1.7 on extension tubes. I've enjoyed the photography, and the pictures, but I find swapping the tubes around to be quite awkward. -Scott Once again, a 50mm 1.7 plus TC aint going to even come close to a real macro lens. Try to find a third party one used. For example I just got a vivitar 55mm F2.8 macro in screwmount for $60. AND it's AWESOME sharp. Sounds like you are using K mount right? If your on a tight budget, you should switch to screwmount. Far more economical for the same level of quality. JCO
Pentax Japan
Hey folks, Does anyone here read Japanese? I think from the Pentax Europe I got a link to Japan, not the true Pentax Japan site, but Japanese still. I pulled up a PDF document. The big brochure for the MS-S. It was identical but for 2 things (as far as layout and pictures) I have a copy here I was comparing it to. One was the cover, it showed the silver version. The other was near the back, page 15 for me. I couldn't make them out, but there were more accessories for the MZ-S there, three black things, I don't know what they were, but they did not appear in the English one I have. Frustrating, if they want to make money, I buy the new stuff from them, and they don't want to make it available to me, silly business sense, IMHO. It is interesting browsing the sites, clicking at random. Some neat pictures. Saw a gold LX with a gold 50mm lens. Killer on the eyes if used outdoors I'd imagine! They have so many more interesting and potential products on these Japanese sites. I wish I was able to read them. Babelfish doesn't work well with photographic terms, and not at all when the Japanese characters are an image file(s). Anyone care to comment? Brad ** Brad W. Dobo, HBA (Eds.) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 1658
Re: ZX5-N/MZ-S flash compensation
on 12.12.02 5:48, David Willecke at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Max, I just today got an e-mail from the Pentax corporation confirming my observations--they said that the camera assumed the flash is the primary light source and the one the photographer would want to be able to adjust--and I think they are right, I just don't understand why they would leave this out of there manuals. I tested this by putting my cameras (both the MZ-S and ZX5-N) on a tripod and attatching and unattatching the flash unit while moving the exposure compensation dial. The data imprinting from the MZ-S on a roll of flash lit portraits also confirms that the apperature and shutter were not altered despite changing the exposure compensation dial in program mode. I tried all 3 automatic modes, as well, with the same result. This is great--I have control of my fill flash ratios with any flash on the camera, even the pop-up! Why does nobody seem to know this? It seems important if you use a flash and have a pentax? And bracketing when AF-360 is connected to MZ-S works as a flash bracketing - this is not mentioned in any manuals (except for Canadian MZ-S brochure) too. But I got used to this kind of misinformation from Pentax. It makes me happy when I discover new feature not mentioned anywhere :-) -- Best Regards Sylwek
Re: Pentax Japan
http://www.excite.co.jp/world/text regards, Alan Chan Does anyone here read Japanese? I think from the Pentax Europe I got a link to Japan, not the true Pentax Japan site, but Japanese still. I pulled up a PDF document. The big brochure for the MS-S. It was identical but for 2 things (as far as layout and pictures) I have a copy here I was comparing it to. One was the cover, it showed the silver version. The other was near the back, page 15 for me. I couldn't make them out, but there were more accessories for the MZ-S there, three black things, I don't know what they were, but they did not appear in the English one I have. Frustrating, if they want to make money, I buy the new stuff from them, and they don't want to make it available to me, silly business sense, IMHO. It is interesting browsing the sites, clicking at random. Some neat pictures. Saw a gold LX with a gold 50mm lens. Killer on the eyes if used outdoors I'd imagine! They have so many more interesting and potential products on these Japanese sites. I wish I was able to read them. Babelfish doesn't work well with photographic terms, and not at all when the Japanese characters are an image file(s). Anyone care to comment? Brad _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
Re: Pentax Japan
If you mean the QS-??, they are quick release plates and adaptor for tripod. If I remember correctly, they are identical to the Kenko products in Japan. Kenko ballheads are quite popular there. regards, Alan Chan Does anyone here read Japanese? I think from the Pentax Europe I got a link to Japan, not the true Pentax Japan site, but Japanese still. I pulled up a PDF document. The big brochure for the MS-S. It was identical but for 2 things (as far as layout and pictures) I have a copy here I was comparing it to. One was the cover, it showed the silver version. The other was near the back, page 15 for me. I couldn't make them out, but there were more accessories for the MZ-S there, three black things, I don't know what they were, but they did not appear in the English one I have. Frustrating, if they want to make money, I buy the new stuff from them, and they don't want to make it available to me, silly business sense, IMHO. It is interesting browsing the sites, clicking at random. Some neat pictures. Saw a gold LX with a gold 50mm lens. Killer on the eyes if used outdoors I'd imagine! They have so many more interesting and potential products on these Japanese sites. I wish I was able to read them. Babelfish doesn't work well with photographic terms, and not at all when the Japanese characters are an image file(s). Anyone care to comment? Brad _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail
Re: Pentax Japan
Hey, thanks Alan! Now to find text Japanese! Regards, Brad - Original Message - From: Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 4:53 AM Subject: Re: Pentax Japan http://www.excite.co.jp/world/text regards, Alan Chan Does anyone here read Japanese? I think from the Pentax Europe I got a link to Japan, not the true Pentax Japan site, but Japanese still. I pulled up a PDF document. The big brochure for the MS-S. It was identical but for 2 things (as far as layout and pictures) I have a copy here I was comparing it to. One was the cover, it showed the silver version. The other was near the back, page 15 for me. I couldn't make them out, but there were more accessories for the MZ-S there, three black things, I don't know what they were, but they did not appear in the English one I have. Frustrating, if they want to make money, I buy the new stuff from them, and they don't want to make it available to me, silly business sense, IMHO. It is interesting browsing the sites, clicking at random. Some neat pictures. Saw a gold LX with a gold 50mm lens. Killer on the eyes if used outdoors I'd imagine! They have so many more interesting and potential products on these Japanese sites. I wish I was able to read them. Babelfish doesn't work well with photographic terms, and not at all when the Japanese characters are an image file(s). Anyone care to comment? Brad _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
Re: Pentax Japan
No not the QR plates, they are listed in the English brouchure Link: http://www.pentax.co.jp/japan/product/catalog/pdf/mz-s.pdf page14/15 in print. See if you can read it, or make out the pictures. I can do neither. Brad - Original Message - From: Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 4:59 AM Subject: Re: Pentax Japan If you mean the QS-??, they are quick release plates and adaptor for tripod. If I remember correctly, they are identical to the Kenko products in Japan. Kenko ballheads are quite popular there. regards, Alan Chan Does anyone here read Japanese? I think from the Pentax Europe I got a link to Japan, not the true Pentax Japan site, but Japanese still. I pulled up a PDF document. The big brochure for the MS-S. It was identical but for 2 things (as far as layout and pictures) I have a copy here I was comparing it to. One was the cover, it showed the silver version. The other was near the back, page 15 for me. I couldn't make them out, but there were more accessories for the MZ-S there, three black things, I don't know what they were, but they did not appear in the English one I have. Frustrating, if they want to make money, I buy the new stuff from them, and they don't want to make it available to me, silly business sense, IMHO. It is interesting browsing the sites, clicking at random. Some neat pictures. Saw a gold LX with a gold 50mm lens. Killer on the eyes if used outdoors I'd imagine! They have so many more interesting and potential products on these Japanese sites. I wish I was able to read them. Babelfish doesn't work well with photographic terms, and not at all when the Japanese characters are an image file(s). Anyone care to comment? Brad _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail
Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:56:55 -0500 Brad Dobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heh, I ordered extra ones, rubber eye cap and findercap, because I knew I'd lose them. Of course, now that I have them, I probably will never lose one :) Brad. heh... Mine fell off at the most inconvenient moment: I was on Sardegnea (an island in Italy), had arrived at midnight - my suitcase hadn't (thanks Alitalia!). I was there for a conference. The suitcase still hadn't surfaced the next morning, so I went off to the nearest city (Pula - 45min from the conf. center by bus) for replacement cloths and stuff - only to find that everything was closed until 16:00 due to siesta. The only thing not in the suitcase was my laptop and the MZ-S, and so since I had brought the camera along, I thought I would take some shots of the city under the hard mid-day sun. Guess what? That was exactly when I discovered that on the trip from the conf. center to the city, the little eyecap had disappeared. Strong mediteranian sunlight made me realize that the eyecap was actually usefull. Thus, upon my return, I acquired a pile of replacement caps to have in spare, should such happen againcaps which now have been sitting around unused in the camera bag and the drawer. I guess the lesson to learn is, that when you have a spare, you don't need it. When you don't, you do :) --thomas
Re: Pentax Japan
Could that be the soft camera cases? They come with S/M/L. regards, Alan Chan No not the QR plates, they are listed in the English brouchure Link: http://www.pentax.co.jp/japan/product/catalog/pdf/mz-s.pdf page14/15 in print. See if you can read it, or make out the pictures. I can do neither. _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S
Hahahathat's great! So we now have spares but will never use them!! Too bad you did lose one when you didn't have another. I've been lucky so far. I don't know whether to cross my fingers or not... g Brad - Original Message - From: Thomas Heide Clausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 5:31 AM Subject: Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:56:55 -0500 Brad Dobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heh, I ordered extra ones, rubber eye cap and findercap, because I knew I'd lose them. Of course, now that I have them, I probably will never lose one :) Brad. heh... Mine fell off at the most inconvenient moment: I was on Sardegnea (an island in Italy), had arrived at midnight - my suitcase hadn't (thanks Alitalia!). I was there for a conference. The suitcase still hadn't surfaced the next morning, so I went off to the nearest city (Pula - 45min from the conf. center by bus) for replacement cloths and stuff - only to find that everything was closed until 16:00 due to siesta. The only thing not in the suitcase was my laptop and the MZ-S, and so since I had brought the camera along, I thought I would take some shots of the city under the hard mid-day sun. Guess what? That was exactly when I discovered that on the trip from the conf. center to the city, the little eyecap had disappeared. Strong mediteranian sunlight made me realize that the eyecap was actually usefull. Thus, upon my return, I acquired a pile of replacement caps to have in spare, should such happen againcaps which now have been sitting around unused in the camera bag and the drawer. I guess the lesson to learn is, that when you have a spare, you don't need it. When you don't, you do :) --thomas
Re: EPson ink usage for color prints
--- Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark D. wrote: For the Epson 820, Costco sells a 3 pack with 2 color cartridges and and one black cartridge. It's approximately $50. Mark woo woo - good price! but it is very difficult to get to one from where I am. and dont you ahve to be a memeber or something? Yes, you do have to be a member. I tried checking online if they had that package deal but it doesn't seem to exist. I think you may be best off sticking to that website someone posted, altex or atlex? Mark Cassino had sent me that link some time ago. I seem to recall that he had bought from them and was pleased with their service. Perhaps he'll post some feedback (or you might want to email him directly). Mark __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
Re: Pentax Japan
I haven't a clue. Did you find the images to be very poor like I did? You could be right, but who knows, the pictures are not all that revealing! Oh, Alan, thanks for that previous link! I think it'll really come in handy, tried it out some! Brad - Original Message - From: Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 5:50 AM Subject: Re: Pentax Japan Could that be the soft camera cases? They come with S/M/L. regards, Alan Chan No not the QR plates, they are listed in the English brouchure Link: http://www.pentax.co.jp/japan/product/catalog/pdf/mz-s.pdf page14/15 in print. See if you can read it, or make out the pictures. I can do neither. _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
Re: EPson ink usage for color prints
I think Costco prices are standard across the lower 48. I believe the NYC store is supposed to fit the environment, rather than resemble a suburban warehouse store lost in Manhattan. You do have to be a member, but it's worth it. It's also fun, because they bring in a lot of very nice merchandise for brief appearances. You never know what you'll find. Plus, they provide samples of a lot of food items. You can have lunch while you browse. Paul Ann Sanfedele wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: I read an article in the New York Times about a Costco going up on the lower east side. Yikes... that's a bit of good news/bad news... doubt if the prices would be as good here though. ann Ann Sanfedele wrote: Pat White wrote: Have you checked the prices at Costco? They have 2-packs of certain ink cartridges for a little less. Pat White Pat - I bet, however those who live in the middle of Manhattan (before you guys think Im rich, I'm under rent control) consider Costco some odd store in the boonies... not easily accessable, alas - And you are reminding me I haven't gotton to the Am Photo shot of yours yet - what page again? :) Best, ann
RE: Naked without a camera.
Hmmm, usually when I shoot with the D1X/H it just takes the push of a button to turn the screen on. In the time it takes to look at the screen I have already turned it on. I will have to ask to borrow her camera one afternoon just to play around and compare... César Panama City, Florida -- -Original Message- -- From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 3:59 AM -- To: INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Subject: Naked without a camera. -- -- -- Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I cannot understand the 'advantage' of inspecting every -- shot and deleting -- as -- one is shooting - to each their own. I prefer to do the editing -- post-shooting. -- -- having the LCD always come on after a shot means you don't -- have to fumble -- to turn it on when you need to look. that's why i don't turn mine off -- anymore. the times i need it, i need it quickly. -- -- Herb --
Re: EPson ink cartridge reset
Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 17:53:32 -0500, Mark Roberts wrote: Of course, you can get chip re-setters for most Epson cartridges now and you can reset the 870 and 1270 cartridges in the printer if you know the trick. So don't hold out on us Mark! Short version: You have to install a fresh cartridge (full) the normal way. Then you *manually* slide the cartridge sled to the left and install an old, refilled or partially-filled cartridge and manually slide it back to the right. Software will now show it as having the same ink level as the full cartridge you used first. The trick is that, in order to manually slide the cartridge sled over to the left, you have to either remove the top cover of the printer (6 screws) or flip down a little plastic lever that sits just to the left of the ink cartridge when it's in its rest position. Fortunately details and photos are available in the... Long version: Right here: http://medlem.spray.se/chipreset/how.htm (Main URL: http://medlem.spray.se/chipreset/) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Way OT: GUNS, GUNS, AND MORE GUNS.
Fuck you! That's what you get when ho one thinks they have to follow rules of common decency, dip shit. BR From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now that's nice talk... BTW, that's MR. Raving Lunatic A-hole to you, Bruce (note: no smiley face this time!) have a great day, frank
Re: Opinions Wanted: Vivitar 2x Macro Focussing Teleconverter
At 01:26 AM 12/12/2002 -0500, JCO wrote: ( hint, for 35mm I have everything from 15 to 1000mm ). JCO Did you say hint because you're about to put them all on ebay or did you mean to say boast Wendy Beard, Ottawa, Canada http://www.beard-redfern.com
Re: EPson ink usage for color prints
Kenneth Waller wrote: http://www.atlex.com Ooh, that one's a keeper! -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S
I'm on eyepiece number 2 as well. However, since I believe that the gods of entropy require a sacrifice for anything to actually work, I'll offer up the eyepiece. Better than the lens falling off . . .
RE: Too bad i tried the MZ-S
-- -Original Message- -- From: Thomas Heide Clausen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 5:31 AM -- -- On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:56:55 -0500 -- Brad Dobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- -- Heh, -- -- I ordered extra ones, rubber eye cap and findercap, because I knew -- I'd lose them. Of course, now that I have them, I probably will -- never lose one :) -- -- Brad. -- -- heh... -- -- Mine fell off at the most inconvenient moment: I was on Sardegnea (an -- island in Italy), had arrived at midnight - my suitcase hadn't -- (thanks Alitalia!). I was there for a conference. The suitcase still -- hadn't surfaced the next morning, so I went off to the nearest city -- (Pula - 45min from the conf. center by bus) for replacement cloths -- and stuff - only to find that everything was closed until 16:00 due -- to siesta. The only thing not in the suitcase was my laptop and the -- MZ-S, and so since I had brought the camera along, I thought I would -- take some shots of the city under the hard mid-day sun. Guess what? -- That was exactly when I discovered that on the trip from the conf. -- center to the city, the little eyecap had disappeared. -- -- Strong mediteranian sunlight made me realize that the eyecap was -- actually usefull. Thus, upon my return, I acquired a pile of -- replacement caps to have in spare, should such happen againcaps -- which now have been sitting around unused in the camera bag and the -- drawer. -- -- I guess the lesson to learn is, that when you have a spare, you don't -- need it. When you don't, you do :) -- -- --thomas -- Thomas, From my extensive travelling in Central America and for a while having my luggage not arrive with me, I have devised a way to survive for a day or two. When packing my camera gear in its bag I do not use the foam dividers. Instead I use my clothes (underwear, socks, shirts) as padding. I tend to put the dividers in my checked bag that way I can use them on the return trip as opposed of being stuck with dirty clothes to use. I had not thought of it, but maybe it would make my trip through customs quicker :-) Cesar Panama City, Florida
RE: Opinions Wanted: Vivitar 2x Macro Focussing Teleconverter
Subject: Re: Opinions Wanted: Vivitar 2x Macro Focussing Teleconverter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was agressive because I wanted my point to be HARD. TCs are only good if you want to travel light and are willing to accept soft, lower contrast images. 35mm photography is borderline enuff without resorting to these band-aids. For years NONE of the major camera companies made them because they simply dont live up to their **previously** high standards. Well, Pentax made the T6-2X back in the '70's and that's a while ago. It was $150 new when third party TC's were $20. Well Pentax has been making 35mm Lenses since 1952. They probably went at least 25 yrs WITHOUT offering one. They probably caved in due to the popularity of the 3rd parties offerings, but even a T6-2X is not going to give results as good as a well made prime of the equivalent focal length. TCs are a kludge at best. A 2X TC throws away 75% of the image formed by a prime, and magnifys the remaining 25% to fill the frame. Needless to say the result is a softer image and less conrast due to more elements. I dont take pictures often enuff to waste the time I do using an inferior lens system like a 2XTC. Based on my latest digital image processing and printing, 35mm is capable of excellent quality, but you need really good optics film to achieve it. I'll pass on the TC's thank you. JCO
Re: EPson ink usage for color prints
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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. I've done some research into doing what Ann is trying to do (printing calendars, etc.) and found it prohibitively expensive :( I could get the price down to about $11.00 per calendar with 4-color offset printing through a friend who owned a printing business, but that was with a minimum order of 500 calendars. With an order of 1000 calendars the price per unit dropped to around $6.00 if I recall correctly - the bulk of the cost is in setup and preparation. But I don't think I could get anywhere close to even the $11.00 price with my inkjet. Of course with the inkjet the minimum order quantity is 1! I did some research into a new Kodak/Heidelburg process called Nexpress, which is a laserprinter-like process. I found the quality inferior to inkjet and the price barely better than 4-color offset printing (though they might have jacked up the prices on me for reasons I won't get into now). Xerox is working on a competitor to Nexpress which has much better print quality and equivalent or lower pricing, but the Xerox system isn't on the market yet. I'm surprised there's no printing company that's tried to make a business specifically around doing calendars for photographers; they'd just need to set up a basic calendar template and plug specific photo files into it. I looked for such a setup and couldn't find one. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: EPson ink usage for color prints
I've seen these in the stores. I'll have to give them a try. Paper is expensive, and I'm usually not willing to experiment without a recommendation. Ilford sells (or used to sell) 6-sheet sampler packs. That's how I discovered the Fine Art inkjet paper. I never would have tried it if I'd had to buy 25 sheets. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Re: Re: Who has switched to Pentax and why?
Hi, It is truth that old K, M lenses are built very well. My SMC K 135/2.5 is built like a tank and other my K i M lenses are very good in this respect. Alek Uytkownik Pl Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisa: Alek wrote: Thank you! so for the price K35/3.5 is great and if one can afford to buy FA version it pays. I shall try to find old for beginning. The problem with AF lenses (most of them anyway) is that they are AF lenses; loose, rattly, and focuses past infinity. Unfortunately, I've discovered that initially tight AF lenses develop looseness over time. It may well be that some newer AF designs are potentially beter optically, but getting the best out of them is more of a hassle. Older, MF lenses are built to last forever and my experience is that they do and never ever get out of alignment or develop rattles. Pl --r-e-k-l-a-m-a- Masz do pacenia prowizji bankowi ? mBank - za konto http://epieniadze.onet.pl/mbank
Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S
Lost mine too. Don't think I'll bother replacing it though. Bill - Original Message - From: jcoyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 3:08 AM Subject: Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S Not yet - but it was once a close-run thing! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 1:48 PM Subject: Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S SNIP Feroze, Don't worry about it you'll soon lose it. Problem solved. Hands up everyone who's lost the eyepiece cover off their MZ-S (me, twice) Wendy Beard, Ottawa, Canada http://www.beard-redfern.com
Re: EPson ink usage for color prints
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 05:40:30 -0800 (PST), Herb Chong wrote: Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ann, I've been using an Epson Stylus Photo for about 4+ years and run the printer till it will no longer print before I change cartridges. It has never quit in the middle of printing due to lack of ink. I've been getting about 50 4X6 prints out of one color cartridge. the chipped cartridges don't allow this. once below a certain level, according to the chip, they refuse to print. Don't know if the cartridge in my Stylus Photo is chipped or not but the printer does eventually refuse to print because of low ink. It has never gotten midway through a print and stopped or continued to print minus the depleted color. Herb... Ken Waller PeoplePC: It's for people. And it's just smart. http://www.peoplepc.com
RE: Opinions Wanted: Vivitar 2x Macro Focussing Teleconverter
No, Not selling. I plan on using them on a PENTAX digital SLR in a few years. For now, I'm getting great results with that old fashioned thing called FILM. If Pentax decides not to go the digital SLR route, I just might buy a Canon EOS digital and mount them on that if I have to. I am a strong believer in using the right lens for the job. Hence, I bought a WHOLE BUNCH of them dirt cheap about 10 yrs ago. These are all Takumars. In the late 80's early 90's when Pentax came out with AF, people were dumping screwmount lenses like hot potatoes! It was perfect timing for me as I just got back into photography around 1988 after about a 12 year layoff. As a matter of fact at that time I felt they were so undervalued That I invested in them and at one point had over 175 extra ones. But I needed cash last year and sold all of them ( just the extras ) at ebay. I made a healthly profit to say the least. Even with todays higher prices, the takumars are still excellent value. Way cheaper than the K, M, or A lenses and just as good in many respects. -Original Message- From: wendy beard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 8:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Opinions Wanted: Vivitar 2x Macro Focussing Teleconverter At 01:26 AM 12/12/2002 -0500, JCO wrote: ( hint, for 35mm I have everything from 15 to 1000mm ). JCO Did you say hint because you're about to put them all on ebay or did you mean to say boast Wendy Beard, Ottawa, Canada http://www.beard-redfern.com
Re: PDML discussion finds its way onto Luminous Landscape
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Now that I come to think about it, when I go out with just one camera body and one lens, the lens I take is almost *never* a zoom. The most common combination for me is the MX and 43/1.9 Limited, but sometimes the lens is either a 50mm or 28mm. My most common walkaround combination is LX + 50/1.4 or ZX-5n + 50/1.7 but now with the newly-acquired MX we shall see which of the above bodies it displaces. In any case my walkaround lens is a 50. I find 28 too wide for general use and 100 too long, and I don't own any lenses between 28 and 100 except for the 50s. I prefer them over my former walkaround favourite (28-70/4) because of their speed. And then, to a lesser extent, their smaller size. Often, my walkaround kit is for travelling by motorcycle. In this case, whatever lens I use with the MX needs to be small enough for me to use the everready case on the camera/lens combination. This is the only time I ever put the case on the camera; keeps it much safer in the tank bag on the bike! Anyway, the 28, 43 and 50 are the only lenses I have that are small enough to fit. I'm a wide angle enthusiast so even the 28 sometimes a bit long for me. I'm still looking for a really convenient way to carry the MX while running. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S
Cesar Matamoros II [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I too lost my eye piece cover. It did take a while, but evidently it occurred while placing the camera back in the bag. I have not had this problem with its replacement. A rep told me to put a dab of silicone on it. I think I have felt it move just once. Yeah, the same rep not only told me this, he actually glued the eyepiece cover (my second one) on for me. It lasted almost six months before disappearing :( -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
A brief harrumph
In fact, I seem to recall that I've read someplace around Luminous Landscape that Mike thinks of anyone who earns money with their camera and lenses as professional, and the rest he considers amateurs of various levels. If I'm the Mike you're talking about (and you weren't talking about Michael Reichmann, who goes by Michael), I'm not sure I particularly care about the issue one way or the other. Pros know who they are, and there isn't much mistaking a real pro. Where I differ from most hobbyists is that I don't consider pros to be the best photographers. I admire their skills, business acumen, and problem-solving abilities, but generally I think that doing photography in return for money under the direction of someone else is not a very good way to make good pictures. Albert Watson, for instance, is tremendously skilled and makes a million dollars a year (actually that's probably considerably underestimated). But by his own admission he photographs mainly blue jeans, sunglasses, and suits. His job is to make blue jeans, sunglasses and suits look cool, new, and visually exciting, and constantly find new ways to do so. Not an easy task, but then again the end result is just not something I particularly care about. Another famous pro once said that his challenge was to take a picture with a perfume bottle in it that would still be a wonderful picture if it didn't have the perfume bottle in it. But his tragedy, of course, is that he cannot take the perfume bottle out. Overall, I'm not very charitable to pros. Anyone who wishes to do so may write this off to envy, sour grapes, prejudice, whatever. But I like _art_. --Mike
Re: Re: new nikon may pint the way for new pentax lens??????????
So Nikon/Canon have some problems with dim light?What about accuracy? Alek Uytkownik John Mustarde [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisa: On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:28:42 +1030, you wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0212/02121201nikondxlenses.asp I think I've seen Pentax zoom video lenses with an amazing range something like 6mm - 1000mm f1.1, packed in a package smaller than a normal 35mm 28-200 zoom. It would be cool to have one of those attached to a Pentax DSLR. Nikon will sell a ton of those small-image-circle wide angle zooms - unless Sigma beats them to the punch with a wider zoom range at one-third the price. Pentax take note - this small-sensor-optimized zoom is a good thing for a small-sensor DSLR. It is very annoying to me to be unable to use my digicam for wide angle shots - I have a 24-135 zoom which actually gives me a normal 36mm lens. Still not really wide angle. I'm still hoping the Pentax DSLR will have first rate AF. That's the main reason I still have a closet full of Pentax 35mm gear - the AF of the Nikon D100 and Canon D60 leaves a lot to be desired in anything but bright light. -- John Mustarde www.photolin.com --r-e-k-l-a-m-a- Masz do pacenia prowizji bankowi ? mBank - za konto http://epieniadze.onet.pl/mbank
Re: new nikon may hint at new pentax lenses
whereswayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0212/02121201nikondxlenses.asp i read somewhere that full frame digital will become the new medium format and aps the new 35mm so i guess there were right lets hope pentax goes this way What, so their new lenses won't work with our current film SLRs? No thanks. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Re: 100mm 2.8 Macro vs. 100mm 2.8
That is why I could see bad bokeh since many probably third factors affected the final result which was not bad. Maybe in other circumstances I would see it. I just must try again. Alek Uytkownik Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisa: Dan Scott wrote: On Wednesday, December 11, 2002, at 10:46 AM, Fred wrote: What is judged good or bad bokeh depends only on the lens, not the subject's surroundings. What surrounds the subject may be judged to be a good or bad choice of _background_, but whether the image exhibits acceptable _bokeh_ depends ONLY on the lens. In my opinion of what I understand. I would say that you are correct, Keith. Nonetheless, the choice of background (and sometimes foreground) when shooting, when making such a choice is possible, can make lenses with bad bokeh (even mirror lenses, for example, which are my own worst lenses for bokeh) look pretty good (for bokeh) - g. Fred Fred's right. Bokeh won't be a problem if you don't have any objects of the right sort in the right spot, foreground or background. The optical characteristics of the lens are in the lens, but you need the right combination of elements in the scene being photographed for bad bokeh to end up on the film. Plus, the third factor affecting valuation of bokeh is the viewer. If you like the bokeh in evidence on the print or transparency, it's good bokeh if you don't, it's bad. Quite clearly, that's abundantly true! grin Thanks for the clarification! keith Dan Scott --r-e-k-l-a-m-a- Masz do pacenia prowizji bankowi ? mBank - za konto http://epieniadze.onet.pl/mbank
Re: EPson ink usage for color prints
Hi Mark, On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 08:35:19 -0500, Mark Roberts wrote: I'm surprised there's no printing company that's tried to make a business specifically around doing calendars for photographers; I did a Google search a couple of weeks ago looking for custom calendar vendors, and I found at least two dozen of them. I can post links if you'd like. The caveat is that I have not looked into any of these folks, except to got to the website and confirm that they do provide custom calendar service. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
Re: Re: 100mm 2.8 Macro vs. 100mm 2.8
Hi Fred, What about bokeh if one step down a bit aperture? Does it improve? Alek Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisa: What is judged good or bad bokeh depends only on the lens, not the subject's surroundings. What surrounds the subject may be judged to be a good or bad choice of _background_, but whether the image exhibits acceptable _bokeh_ depends ONLY on the lens. In my opinion of what I understand. I would say that you are correct, Keith. Nonetheless, the choice of background (and sometimes foreground) when shooting, when making such a choice is possible, can make lenses with bad bokeh (even mirror lenses, for example, which are my own worst lenses for bokeh) look pretty good (for bokeh) - g. Fred --r-e-k-l-a-m-a- Masz do pacenia prowizji bankowi ? mBank - za konto http://epieniadze.onet.pl/mbank
Re: EPson ink usage for color prints
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 05:43:14 -0800 (PST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [The Stylus Photo] has never gotten midway through a print and stopped or continued to print minus the depleted color. My 820 sure has. It's dropped black, both cyans, and light magenta at various times. When I said I run the cartridge dry, I wasn't kidding. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
Re: Interesting read
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I see quite a point in shooting on film and have it later scanned. Though recently Luminous Landscape keep praising latest Canon 11 MP camera up to the point of mentioning that it has virtually no noise at virtually all ISO settings. i don't think that it is as noise free as they say. the enlargements i saw had a fair amount of chroma noise, unless that was introduced after the fact. i was looking at larger than 16x20 prints though, but they were produced by Canon. Herb
RE: Naked without a camera.
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hmmm, usually when I shoot with the D1X/H it just takes the push of a button to turn the screen on. In the time it takes to look at the screen I have already turned it on. that push is sometimes too long, especially in macro photography of a moving subject. Herb
Re: Opinions Wanted: Vivitar 2x Macro Focussing Teleconverter
John (JCO), I hear you on TC's. I've never been a big fan of them, but... It's Gymnastics season and for the last 3 meets, I've dragged the camera along. The gym is dark. The stands are a long way from the vault, bars, beam and floor. Even with the A135/1.8 and 800 Fuji film, things are tough to shoot. The girls are moving, flying, twirling, spinning... I've taken the 300mm along before, but I won't climb the bleachers with the 400! (Last night was the PZ-1p, A135/1.8, monopod, 43 77 limiteds... a light kit!) As it is, the A1.4X-S and A2.0X-S give me some flexibility without weight. More photos suffer from slow shutter speed than from using the TC. So I think they have a place... Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: TCs are a kludge at best. A 2X TC throws away 75% of the image formed by a prime, and magnifys the remaining 25% to fill the frame. Needless to say the result is a softer image and less conrast due to more elements. I dont take pictures often enuff to waste the time I do using an inferior lens system like a 2XTC. Based on my latest digital image processing and printing, 35mm is capable of excellent quality, but you need really good optics film to achieve it. I'll pass on the TC's thank you.
Re: Pentax Japan
Alan wrote: If the link you provided is correct, and you mean the picture on the left of the tripod adaptors, they are soft cases. I am certain of that. They are small for certain, but still recognizable to me. :) regards, Alan Chan Yes, they're soft cases. Three fronts are available - S,M L. I have two of the fronts for the case. I bought the small one because I anticipated having the 43mm on the camera most of the time when in actual fact I have the 24-90 pretty much all the time (so I'm glad I bought the medium one at the same time!) and Brad, They're really neat. You really should buy one ;-) --- Wendy Beard Mosaid Technologies Inc 11 Hines Rd, Kanata, Ontario K2K 2X1, Canada
Re: EPson ink usage for color prints
Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 08:35:19 -0500, Mark Roberts wrote: I'm surprised there's no printing company that's tried to make a business specifically around doing calendars for photographers; I did a Google search a couple of weeks ago looking for custom calendar vendors, and I found at least two dozen of them. I can post links if you'd like. The caveat is that I have not looked into any of these folks, except to got to the website and confirm that they do provide custom calendar service. Please post the list. My search was over a year ago and, though I came up with lots of web sites that looked promising, no one provided the kind of service I was looking for. A lot can change in the space of a year, though. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Bad Bokeh vs. Baaaad Bokeh (WAS: Re: 100mm 2.8 Macro vs. 100mm2.8)
In a message dated 12/11/02 2:58:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, but it is debatable whether we are talking about bokeh then or simply just annoying backgrounds. Even the best of lenses regarding bokeh cannot perform wonders with annoying backgrounds. Pål I'm not a big believer in bokeh. I'm not saying it doesn't exist, I'm sure it does. But lets face it, it's not as big a deal as we and others seem to make it out to be. I think it's got more to do with annoying backgrounds, depth of field and how the photographer handles bright highlights in the background than anything to do with the design of the lens. There are those who will disagree that's fine but I get the feeling some people are going to go out and sell their K105 because someone said the bokeh is bad. That would not be wise, unless of course they want to sell it to me. Vic
Re: Opinions Wanted: Vivitar 2x Macro Focussing Teleconverter
In a message dated 12/11/02 3:59:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I seem to recall hearing good things about this TC, but a search of the PDML archives didn't turn up anything useful. Has anyone got one? How do you like it? If I did pick one up, I'd be using it with a 135/2.5 and a 50/1.7. -Scott Get it you can't go wrong. It's not only a very good 7element converter it's excellent for macro... Highly recommended. With the 50mm it gives you the ability to do some incredible selective focus.. Vic
Re: Re: Bad Bokeh vs. Baaaad Bokeh (WAS: Re: 100mm 2.8 Macro vs.100mm 2.8)
Hi Keith, So after reading many opinions about bokeh it can be truth what I wrote that in some conditions I could see bad bokeh using K105/2.8. MAybe I chose them in such a way that it was quiete nice.Maybe in other ones bokeh could be harsh. But in general this lens is very sharp and contrasty. Alek Uytkownik Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisa: Well espoused, Mike. I'll look forward to the write-up with enthusiasm! keith Mike Johnston wrote: This is an interesting idea: Could the choice of background *and* distance from main focus of interest in a photograph be more of an influence than lens design in the perception of bad bokeh? Tim, In my researches (don't ask), a number of things affect the bokeh: lens design, aperture shape, aperture setting, focusing distance, distance of the background objects from the plane of focus, and the contrast, illumination, and edge texture of the out-of-focus objects. IN GENERAL, the worst-case bokeh is found for most lenses a) at wider apertures, b) closer focusing distances, c) with distant out-of-focus objects d) when those objects are well illuminated and have high contrast. So you can deduce that most lenses to do relatively better when stopped down, focused farther away, with low-contrast and/or darker objects not so far in the background. Also, objects with indeterminate or ragged edges will often appear smoother as long as they're sufficiently o-o-f. You can actually see this effect in pictures where you may have one hard-edged object at the same distance as much softer subject matter, like a bright metal pipe against a muted brick wall or a light-colored streetlight pole against a mass of foliage. In those cases, where the brick or the foliage might be perfectly unobtrusive, the harder shape can show more obvious _ni-sen_ or double-line effect. I'm going to do a column on Luminous-Landscape about testing lenses for bokeh, including illustrations that will greatly help clarify the issues, but it's going to be a lot of work to prepare and I don't know when I'm going to be able to get around to it. Hope this helps somewhat in the meantime. --Mike --r-e-k-l-a-m-a- Masz do pacenia prowizji bankowi ? mBank - za konto http://epieniadze.onet.pl/mbank
Re: EPson ink usage for color prints
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm surprised there's no printing company that's tried to make a business specifically around doing calendars for photographers; they'd just need to set up a basic calendar template and plug specific photo files into it. I looked for such a setup and couldn't find one. -- Mark Roberts there are one off such calendars being made for about $20 as a service you will find at some photo finishing places. you send it off with 12 prints and it comes back done. don't have any idea of quality. i saw it at a MotoPhoto. don't know if they have those by you. Herb
A brief harrumph
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Overall, I'm not very charitable to pros. Anyone who wishes to do so may write this off to envy, sour grapes, prejudice, whatever. But I like _art_. --Mike you have described advertising photography. those in the stock business work differently and have more time to spend doing what they want and as well as they want. not all the time, but a lot of the time. Herb
Re: Opinions Wanted: Vivitar 2x Macro Focussing Teleconverter
The only time I find myself using a teleconverter is when I need something longer than my 300/2.8 (in other words, when there's no alternative for me!) I think this means I'm agreeing with JCO, but I'm not sure ;) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Custom Calendars (Was EPson ink usage for color prints)
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:25:40 -0500, Mark Roberts wrote: Please post the list. My search was over a year ago and, though I came up with lots of web sites that looked promising, no one provided the kind of service I was looking for. A lot can change in the space of a year, though.\ H ... http://www.surprise.com/whositfor/friend/a_yearround_gift.cfm http://www.calendarkit.com/ http://shop.store.yahoo.com/personalphotocalendar/customcalendar.html http://www.personalgiftcalendar.com/ http://www.shutterfly.com/index.jsp http://www.simonsinternational.com/pages/custom_photo_calendar.html http://wedesignwebsites.com/FamilyCalendar/ http://www.galleriaventures.com/calendars/ http://www.personalizationmall.com/searchItem.cfm?productid=1967storeid =0 http://www.a1copies.com/calendar.htm http://www.amphotoproducts.com/custom_photo_calenders.htm http://www.calendarcreations.net/ http://www.inky.com/calinstructions.html http://www.personalizedphotocalendar.com/ http://directory.google.com/Top/Shopping/Publications/Calendars/Personal ized/ http://www.calyptic.com/mainpro/cal.shtml TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
Re: PDML discussion finds its way onto Luminous Landscape
... I'm still looking for a really convenient way to carry the MX while running. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com me too. My conclusions so far is that the hand would be best, both in termns of jarring and in terms of ease of use. The biggest problem is sweat, and I am reluctant to start wearing a glove . . . Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Opinions Wanted: Vivitar 2x Macro Focussing Teleconverter
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The only time I find myself using a teleconverter is when I need something longer than my 300/2.8 (in other words, when there's no alternative for me!) I think this means I'm agreeing with JCO, but I'm not sure ;) -- Mark Roberts he says you should go and buy that 600 f5.6. Herb
Re: ZX5-N/MZ-S flash compensation
David Willecke a écrit: Max, I just today got an e-mail from the Pentax corporation confirming . You can verify with an AF360FGZ (or 330/500FTZ ?): the useful distance varies, the max. distance increases in case of correction - To verify if also works in wireless mode ! Michel
Re: FS: lots of Pentax gear
Hi, What would be the cost of each :A85/1.4, A24/2.8 and LX? Alek Uytkownik E. Kragtwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisa: Hello everyone, A friend of mine without an Internet connection (yes, they still exist!...:-)) asked me to offer his Pentax gear for sale to the Pentax discussion list. He is looking for reasonable offers on each item, please contact me off list if you have any additional questions or if you are interested. 1) LX body in excellent condition with minor signs of use. Full CLA last year at Pentax Benelux. 2) Motor drive for LX with Battery Grip M, both in excellent condition 3) SMC Pentax-A 15/3.5 LNIB!! This jewel has seen very little use and comes with both caps, case, box and papers. Its is absolutely like new. 4) SMC Pentax-A 24/2.8 In excellent condition, comes with both caps 5) SMC Pentax-A 85/1.4* In excellent condition, comes with both lens caps 6) SMC Pentax-M 85/2 In excellent condition, comes with both lens caps 7) SMC Pentax-M Macro 100/4 In excellent condition, comes with both caps 8) SMC Pentax-M 135/3.5 In excellent condition, comes with both caps 9) SMC Pentax-M 200/4 In excellent condition, comes with both caps Any serious offer will be considerred. PayPal payment is accepted. He will ship worldwide. Thank you for looking! Best regards, Eric --r-e-k-l-a-m-a- wita tu tu! http://swieta.onet.pl
Re: Opinions Wanted: Vivitar 2x Macro Focussing Teleconverter
Hi, Bob. Does anyone know how it compares to the A 2X-S or L ? ...or the Vivitar 2X Fred mentioned? I've never compared the Vivitar Macro-Focusing TC with the A 2X-L, but I have shot it side-by-side (on an A* 300/4) with the A 2X-S and the T6-2X, and I've found the three TC's to be quite similar in quality. Vivitar seems to have made so many 2X TC's that I wouldn't know how to spot the ones you guys are raving about. g Gee, I don't think it should be all that confusing, Bob. If I recall, amongst the Vivitar manual focus K-mount TC's I think there are really only two models: 1. The regular 2X model. (I think its marked as 2X-22, with the 22 referring to its K-mount.) (I think it's a 4-element design.) 2. The 2X Macro-Focusing TC. (This is is a 7-element design). Does anyone know of any other Vivitar manual focus K-mount TC's? Fred
SMC-FA 2/24 and 1.4/85: Good price?
Hi, I've got an offer that seems to be so good that I can hardly reject it: SMC-FA 2/24 like new, complete and in box: 200,- Euro/US$ SMC-FA 1,4/85 like new, complete and in box: 400,- Euro/US$ I don't really need this lenses as I'm satisfied with my SMC FA 2/35 in the wide angle range and my SMC-M 2.8/100 as portrait lens. Further more I would prefer the 77Ltd instead of the 1.4/85. But the prices seem to be very attractive so that I'm thinking about buying them, using them a short time and selling them next year. It seems that I can't make a loss, doesn't it?? Help=%-] Cheers, Heiko
Re: Goodies Today
Hi Mark, how is it with yours MX? I am still thinking about selling my ME-S before I put it to hell cosmetically (with the customisations I plan to it), as MX would be better suited for me. Is it still available? Frantisek
Re: SMC-FA 2/24 and 1.4/85: Good price?
Probbaly you are right. Prices are good IMHO Alek Uytkownik Heiko Hamann [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisa: Hi, I've got an offer that seems to be so good that I can hardly reject it: SMC-FA 2/24 like new, complete and in box: 200,- Euro/US$ SMC-FA 1,4/85 like new, complete and in box: 400,- Euro/US$ I don't really need this lenses as I'm satisfied with my SMC FA 2/35 in the wide angle range and my SMC-M 2.8/100 as portrait lens. Further more I would prefer the 77Ltd instead of the 1.4/85. But the prices seem to be very attractive so that I'm thinking about buying them, using them a short time and selling them next year. It seems that I can't make a loss, doesn't it?? Help=%-] Cheers, Heiko --r-e-k-l-a-m-a- wita tu tu! http://swieta.onet.pl
Re: SMC-FA 2/24 and 1.4/85: Good price?
Heiko, Certainly the price is great. I have the FA *24/2.0 and the FA 35/2.0. I think that they are very different lenses and I would keep both. In fact, I sold my FA 20/2.8 and 28/2.8 in favor of keeping those first two (needed money for 67 glass). I also have both the FA *85/1.4 and the FA 100/2.8 macro lens. Again, I don't consider them to be at all the same kind of lens. The 85 is a MUCH better portrait lens and the 100 macro is MUCH better general purpose/macro lens. Again, I have kept both of them as I consider them to be significantly different from each other including speed. As to whether you want to later unload the FA *85 in favor of the 77 Limited, is a totally different question. So far, for me, I haven't gone to the trouble of selling my FA* 85 and probably won't. I happen to really like it for portraits and I have the FA 100 macro for everything else. HTH, Bruce Thursday, December 12, 2002, 9:08:00 AM, you wrote: HH Hi, HH I've got an offer that seems to be so good that I can hardly reject it: HH SMC-FA 2/24 like new, complete and in box: 200,- Euro/US$ HH SMC-FA 1,4/85 like new, complete and in box: 400,- Euro/US$ HH I don't really need this lenses as I'm satisfied with my SMC FA 2/35 in HH the wide angle range and my SMC-M 2.8/100 as portrait lens. Further more HH I would prefer the 77Ltd instead of the 1.4/85. But the prices seem to HH be very attractive so that I'm thinking about buying them, using them a HH short time and selling them next year. It seems that I can't make a HH loss, doesn't it?? Help=%-] HH Cheers, Heiko
Re: ME Super customization
I recall some japanese LX-dedicated website showing such thumbrest made from some plastic and glued (?) to LX backdoor (along with many other LX mods). F If you (or anyone) can come up with the URL for that site, please F let me/us know - I'd be curious to see what some people have done to F their LX's. Thanks. Hi Fred, it's http://www.pentax-fan.jp/BODY/LX_CHG.html There are several very strange mods... see for yourself. I can't imagine how long for example the LX motor can do from 2x9V batteries (with their impedance compared to rechargables), even though the original LX NiCd pack was very low capacity as well, just 110mAh. Best regards, Frantisek Vlcek
Re: Too bad i tried the MZ-S
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: Cesar posted (addressed to Wendy, but hey, it was out in the open): I too lost my eye piece cover. It did take a while, but evidently it occurred while placing the camera back in the bag. I have not had this problem with its replacement. A rep told me to put a dab of silicone on it. I think I have felt it move just once. Shortly after buying my ZX-5n I noticed its eyepiece cover was loose enough that losing it seemed likely. So I attached a small piece of black masking tape to the eyepiece, just enough to make it a tighter fit for the cover. This has worked fine. I don't know the MZ-S well enough to know if you could apply this lesson to that, but here it is for what it's worth. I have do this, very fun! I don't use the viewfinder cap but an home made (black plastic =21x32 mm ) obturator that I put under the edge on the eyepiece. Michel
Re: EPson ink usage for color prints
I was introduced to Fine Art Paper with the Ilford Sampler pack as well. It's a great marketing idea. Paul Mark Roberts wrote: I've seen these in the stores. I'll have to give them a try. Paper is expensive, and I'm usually not willing to experiment without a recommendation. Ilford sells (or used to sell) 6-sheet sampler packs. That's how I discovered the Fine Art inkjet paper. I never would have tried it if I'd had to buy 25 sheets. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: new nikon may pint the way for new pentax lens??????????
Thursday, December 12, 2002, 2:58:44 PM, akozak wrote: aop So Nikon/Canon have some problems with dim light?What about accuracy? My friend, who does shoot D100 and F4s a lot, has the D100 constantly switched to manual focus. Even though the cropped F80 viewfinder is so small and not that contrasty. But he is a strange guy. And concert venues are strangely lit. Best regards, Frantisek Vlcek
Re: Re: new nikon may pint the way for new pentax lens??????????
Hi Frantisek, Nice to see a fellow Pentax from my southern neighbours. What equipment do you have? I own Pz1,Super A+some K lenses and A50/1.7 and tamron SP macro 2.8 and MEtz 40MZ3 Alek Uytkownik Frantisek Vlcek [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisa: Thursday, December 12, 2002, 2:58:44 PM, akozak wrote: aop So Nikon/Canon have some problems with dim light?What about accuracy? My friend, who does shoot D100 and F4s a lot, has the D100 constantly switched to manual focus. Even though the cropped F80 viewfinder is so small and not that contrasty. But he is a strange guy. And concert venues are strangely lit. Best regards, Frantisek Vlcek --r-e-k-l-a-m-a- Masz do pacenia prowizji bankowi ? mBank - za konto http://epieniadze.onet.pl/mbank
Re: Luminous Landscape...
the exercise of picking one prime lens and shooting with it exclusively until you've forgotten what other lenses feel like is a learning experience that you will carry with you for the rest of your life Yes, and I suspect it would be particularly memorable if you decided to pick something like a 2000mm mirror lens or an 8mm circular fish-eye! Funny you should mention that, Jonathan. I've recently considered trying it with just a 24mm (i.e., too da*ned wide) or a 135mm (too da*ned long). Just to see what it can teach me. --Mike [ NOTE: I don't have time to read every PDML digest and may not see every message posted. If you have a message or response you'd like me to see, please copy my personal e-mail address. Thanks! ]
Re: SMC-FA 2/24 and 1.4/85: Good price?
Hi Bruce, on 12 Dec 02 you wrote in pentax.list: Certainly the price is great. I have the FA *24/2.0 and the FA 35/2.0. I think that they are very different lenses and I would keep both. In fact, I sold my FA 20/2.8 and 28/2.8 in favor of keeping those first two (needed money for 67 glass). Interesting. I wouldn't have thougt that there is such a difference... I also have both the FA *85/1.4 and the FA 100/2.8 macro lens. Again, I don't consider them to be at all the same kind of lens. The 85 is a MUCH better portrait lens and the 100 macro is MUCH better general purpose/macro lens. I'm more interested in a genereal purpose lens. The FA85/1.4 would be interesting as it is an AF lens and I'm actually owning the manual SMC-M 100/2.8. As to whether you want to later unload the FA *85 in favor of the 77 Limited, is a totally different question. So far, for me, I haven't gone to the trouble of selling my FA* 85 and probably won't. And that's the deciding point: I'm actually in the trouble of selling some of my Pentax gear to finance an MZ-S with the 24-90 as travel zoom. I don't really need the lenses at the moment and would buy them only in order to sell them later. So I will exercise self-restraint :-) and leave this opportunity. The 1.4/85 can be found in a buy-now auction. I don't now the seller and it is a German auction. But the price should make it worth a try if anyone is interested... You can find the auction here: http://www.atrada.de/ Detail.asp?AngebotNr=7939205atradaid=323AEBFAACDE4B0E8709D0A6E49B1909 Regards, Heiko
Interesting marketing
I was in WalMart this a.m. Kodak has an odd retail package. 4 rolls of 400 color print film, plus 1 roll of 400 bw film. The outside of the box doesn't say what type of bw film it is -- CN, Tri-X, or T-Max. Odd that they'd push bw like that. Maybe it's just surplus. Collin
Re: smc 55 f2.0
Use da old nice K55 with a Kbody and open up the other eye. About the same thru the lens and in the left eye. I'm sure some photographers find this useful. I do on occasion, which is why the 55 is my standard carry-around lens with a KX. John Daniele wrote: What are the advantages of 55mm any opinions on this lens Thanks JD
Re: Any suggestion for a wide angle with lowest distortion for stitching panorama images?
From what I've heard about panorama stitching, using wides is a _bad_ idea, because edge distortion makes overlapping tough. Use something like a 100mm. This requires taking more photos, but the stitching is apparently much easier. Mind, I've not done this, just read about it. -Lon Michel Adam wrote: I will have the opportunity soon of shooting a 360' panorama, and I have a few lenses available: SMC-Takumar 24/3.5 SMC-Takumar 28/3.5 SMC-K 28/3.5 SMC-M 28/3.5 SMC-M 30/2.8 Does anyone have any views on which would have the lowest distortion? I assume the Tak 28/3.5 is sharper than the 24, but I seem to remember someone mentionned that the 24 had some of the lowest distortion figures Pentax ever produced. I am also planning to use the 67, with the 55mm/3.5. Has anyone done panorama stitching with this lens? Would I just be wasting film? Michel
Re: SMC-FA 2/24 and 1.4/85: Good price?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It seems that I can't make a loss, doesn't it?? Help=%-] Those are good prices, but you can always make a loss... Regards, Bob S.
Re: Sigma/Tamron vote no confidence in Pentax?
I'd bet the Pentax 100/3.5 macro is the best of the Cosina rebadges for Kmount because: a) it focuses the right way b) it has SMC. We have three Phoenix 100mm/f3.5 macros in the household They're sharp, but they focus the wrong way, and flare is noticable in the viewfinder. Their only advantage over the Pentax is an included 2-element diopter that makes the lens go to life-size. My M 100mm f4 Macro beats the pants off the Phoenix, btw, and costs about the same. So I switched the diopter; I carry it with the M. Ain't I a dandy? -Lon T Rittenhouse wrote: Which brings up a point. Is a 28-200 Tamaron with a Pentax name on it better than a one with a Nikon badge, or a Canon badge? Is a 100/3.5 macro Pentax better than the Vivitar, or the Phoenix? Except for the top of the line pro lenses which I would assume are at least designed in-house, can you be certain your high-priced camera brand lens is any better than the low priced off brand, or even any different. I find it amusing that folks will swear up and down that the brand they own is lots better than some other brand when they are actually the same lens. Out sourcing is a reality of our time whether it is cars, or cameras, or TVs, or what-not. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 6:19 AM Subject: Re: Sigma/Tamron vote no confidence in Pentax? on 07.12.02 17:38, Joseph Tainter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was away all of November, so I am just now reading the December issue of Shutterbug, including the report on Photokina. It appears that both Tamron and Sigma are introducing several new and interesting lenses, which are specifically not available in Pentax mount. All current lenses made by Sigma are available in KAF mount. I think these new products will be available sooner or later too. And if you look more carefully on the new Tamron lenses (17-35/2.8-4, macro 180/3.5 , 70-200/2.8) it is obvious that these are OEM's made by Sigma! All of them are of course available in KAF-mount! -- Best Regards Sylwek
Polaroid back for 645?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1943673134 What is it? Regards Artur --r-e-k-l-a-m-a- Masz do pacenia prowizji bankowi ? mBank - za konto http://epieniadze.onet.pl/mbank
Re: Any suggestion for a wide angle with lowest distortion for stitching panorama images?
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] From what I've heard about panorama stitching, using wides is a _bad_ idea, because edge distortion makes overlapping tough. Use something like a 100mm. This requires taking more photos, but the stitching is apparently much easier. Mind, I've not done this, just read about it. -Lon by computer, you usually want a few pictures as manageable and to get as much vertical as possible. a 35mm focal length is about as long as you want to go then. ideal is a full-frame rectangular fisheye with 180 degree FOV. reasonable compromises are rectilinear wide angles from about 20mm to about 24mm. if you have to use a rectilinear wide angle, the 15mm is best. Herb
Re: looking for an odd lens
I'm gonna reply, but not about astrophotography. I have two mirror lenses, both 500mm f8: Lentar and Spiratone. the Spiratone is much smaller than the Lentar. I shoot the Lentar a lot. It is not a good lens, particularly with regard to contrast. But it _is_ a 500 and it was cheap. I've found that boinking up contrast and saturation in Photoshop makes a surprising difference with the Lentar. If it only didn't give those weird out of focus highlights, I'd now be in love with it. But it's probably going to be my only really long lens for a long time to come. The Spiratone I've rarely shot, mostly because it is a true f8, and is about a stop slower than the Lentar, which has a bigger front element and less DOF than the Spiraton. The Lentar also has a nice tripod mount. -Lon Doug Franklin wrote: Howdy, Peter, On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 04:20:10 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would say generally that mirrors are never quite going to perform like regular lenses, however if you can provide a stable platform that will help considerably. You know, I've seen this opinion expressed many times. It's a very common opinion within photographic circles. I've even fallen under its spell, though I have no experience with mirror lenses. But in astronomy, even at the low end of the price and capability spectrum, folks seem to prefer mirror telescopes. Is there some sort of paradox here, or does it all have to do with the prohibitive expense of a refractive telescope/lens with 6 or larger elements? TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
Re: Slightly OT: Digicam survey, anyone game?
Christian, I've been thinking hard about buying an Optio. Give us a lenghty considered review, please. I'll be hanging onto the edge of my seat til I see it! - the review, that is. -Lon Christian Skofteland wrote: I have an Optio 330 and think it's just great. Small size, CF, good optical zoom and Pentax etched into the front cover is what appealed to me. Now with the underwater case I'm having a blast. It's replaced my IQZoom 120 as snap-shooter I would have bought an Optio 430 but couldn't justify the cost of the extra megapixel. Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 10:26 PM Subject: Slightly OT: Digicam survey, anyone game? I'm curious as to which of the current crop of digicams has the feature set or look that appeals to the Pentax users on the list (i.e., how many of you would take an Optio over a Canon, Sony, Nikon, Fuji, Olympus and all the rest). So, what I am looking for, if anyone is game, is your opinion on which digicam holds the greatest appeal for you. And why? Feel free to mention your second choice if you like. Restrictions are: 1) no next-week-ware, must be on store shelves now 2) no removable lens slr digicams Anyone interested? Dan Scott
Re: OT: Finally back!
Good to have you back, Mr. Owens. Mark Roberts wrote: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We finally got our electric power back late yesterday, after 5 days without. Thank you Alabama Power, one of the many out of state companies who have come to North Carolina to help restore some sense of normalcy here. snip
Re: Polaroid back for 645?
On Thursday 12 December 2002 13:55, Artur Ledchowski wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1943673134 What is it? Regards Artur It's a polaroid back for a Pentax 645 camera. see also: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bh3.sph/FrameWork.class?FNC=ProductActivator__Aproductlist_html___38599___NPFBPP645___REG___CatID=0___SID=F24C4D96F70 Christian
Re: KAF forced focus movement
How? Really Big Hammer? I expect not, but share. -Lon Collin Brendemuehl wrote: Forget it. I got it to work. Collin Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 14:47:45 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: KAF forced focus movement How can I FORCE (by pin shorting or some other means) the 28-70 lens to move? Collin
Re: Preflash on AF360-FGZ Causing Subjects to Blink?
If you do a group shot of two people, shoot twice as many shots as you think you should. By the time you get to 12 people, a roll or two is in order. God I hate group shots. -Lon Dan Scott wrote: On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 12:00 PM, Michael Cross wrote: On Saturday evening, I used my new (to me) AF360-FGZ to take some pictures at our Christmas party. When I got back the prints, the majority of the photos had at least one person with their eyes closed. The house was fairly dark and the revelers had imbibed quite a bit of Christmas cheer by the time the camera came out. Since everyone's eyes had adjusted to very dim lighting, I am wondering if the preflash on the AF360 caused people to blink so that when the photos were taken, their eyes were closed? Any thoughts? Michael Cross Chico, CA At any given point in time someone in a group is likely to be blinking? Perhaps, as I've noticed among people around here, some few in an advanced state of imbibification were doing the blink, blink, how many, blink, blinking photographers are in here, anyway? blink... routine? A possibility. Dan Scott
Re: OT: Finally back!
I'm by Gawd gonna name the next cat I find on my doorstep Wheatfield. I like the sound of it grin. No offense, Mr. Robb, you are a favorite of mine here. -Lon David Brooks wrote: As far as the PDML goes, Bill,same old,same old:) However we did get a new kitten.Not sure if we should name it Wheatfield or MJ. (Sorry guys,just to temptingVBG Dave Begin Original Message From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] lines. It's good to be back. Have I missed anything interesting? Bill End Original Message Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada http://home.ca.inter.net/brooksdj/ http://brooks1952.tripod.com/myhorses Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail
Ilford Fine Art (was: EPson ink usage for color prints)
I just tried my first print on Hahnemuhl's William Turner Digital Fine Art paper and I'm convinced it is indeed the same stuff as Ilford Fine Art. Beautiful stuff, in other words. This was also my first attempt at keeping a scan at 48-bit color depth all the way through to the printing stage (you get a lot more options for dealing with 48-bit images in Photoshop 7). It makes for a 100 megabyte file from a 35mm slide (scanning at 2600 dpi) but it certainly looks nice! (Of course I'd have to convert to 24-bit color and do a direct comparison to see how much difference it makes and I'm not about to do that at the moment, given the price of 13 x 19 Fine Art paper!) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Does Kodak have a film like Reala?
Subject says it all. -Lon
Re: Way OT: GUNS, GUNS, AND MORE GUNS.
Greywolf, I always thought the people who have done it for years were here to help relative beginners like me. That may not be true, but I do sense giving back in here, and it has helped me greatly. Your posts, included. -Lon T Rittenhouse wrote: There is something to be said for what you advocate. (from here on I use the plural form of you (english is so silly about that)) However, think of this. Many of those on this list have been into photography for many decades. The have read, thought, talked, studied, done, and just been involved in photography for what seems like forever to them. Now one of the things about those people is they are the experts that others on the list look to for answers. However, they have heard every question asked hundreds and hundreds of times. Now there are only two reasons for those people to be on this list. 1--They like being a high holy guru. 2--They find a sense of community here that satisfies a need in their life. If you restrict what they can talk about to strickly Pentax and photography, the second group is going to leave the list. If you think that is a good idea, I suggest you go find a list run by and for the high holies and look closely at it. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 5:31 PM Subject: Re: Way OT: GUNS, GUNS, AND MORE GUNS. You know I have many interests too. One of them is feminism. I can think of several hot topic issues under that banner that could really get people going. Things I care deeply about. But maybe, just maybe, I choose not to inflict my political opinions (because that is what they are -- politics is not just about political parties), on a camera/equipment photography mailing list that is non-policital and tries to stay pretty much on topic. I would recommend not interpreting restraint about engaging in an argument as fear that one's points won't hold water. I would recommend that one interpret it instead as good manners. And thanks to all that have shown them -- pro/con and in between. Doe aka Marnie
Re: A brief harrumph
Ditto that, for me, Mike. The thing is most people think professional photographer = famous photographer. There are many, many professional photographers in the world. There are few famous photographers. I read somewhere a few years back that the average wage for full time photographers was $21,000 a year which is pretty close to what I made when I tried long ago. I bet most of those reading this list make quite a bit more than that. To be a professional photo you need to be 1. reliable. 2. competent (not great). 3. cheaper than the other guy. Probably the most impotant skill for a professional photographer is not photography, but self-promotion. In my opinion, most serious ameteurs are more skilled at photography than most professionals. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 8:58 AM Subject: A brief harrumph In fact, I seem to recall that I've read someplace around Luminous Landscape that Mike thinks of anyone who earns money with their camera and lenses as professional, and the rest he considers amateurs of various levels. If I'm the Mike you're talking about (and you weren't talking about Michael Reichmann, who goes by Michael), I'm not sure I particularly care about the issue one way or the other. Pros know who they are, and there isn't much mistaking a real pro. Where I differ from most hobbyists is that I don't consider pros to be the best photographers. I admire their skills, business acumen, and problem-solving abilities, but generally I think that doing photography in return for money under the direction of someone else is not a very good way to make good pictures. Albert Watson, for instance, is tremendously skilled and makes a million dollars a year (actually that's probably considerably underestimated). But by his own admission he photographs mainly blue jeans, sunglasses, and suits. His job is to make blue jeans, sunglasses and suits look cool, new, and visually exciting, and constantly find new ways to do so. Not an easy task, but then again the end result is just not something I particularly care about. Another famous pro once said that his challenge was to take a picture with a perfume bottle in it that would still be a wonderful picture if it didn't have the perfume bottle in it. But his tragedy, of course, is that he cannot take the perfume bottle out. Overall, I'm not very charitable to pros. Anyone who wishes to do so may write this off to envy, sour grapes, prejudice, whatever. But I like _art_. --Mike
Re: A brief harrumph
I would guess there are maybe 25 people in the world actually making a living doing that. There are a lot more doing it more as a self-supporting hobby or as a sideline to other work. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 10:29 AM Subject: RE: A brief harrumph Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The trick is not to get so burned out doing the stuff that pays that you have no motivation to do the stuff you love. tv editorial stock landscape and nature photographers have a slightly different slant, fortunately. first priority is to go to a place that is beautiful to photograph. getting started, you have no choice. Herb
Re: ME Super customization
F If you (or anyone) can come up with the URL for that site, please F let me/us know - I'd be curious to see what some people have done to F their LX's. Thanks. Hi Fred, it's http://www.pentax-fan.jp/BODY/LX_CHG.html Thanks for the tip, Frantisek, although (after rummaging around a bit) I found some crazy mods at http://www.pentax-fan.jp/body/lx_handmade.html , and then some more (from a link on that page) at http://www.yk.rim.or.jp/~hirofc3s/sub2-04.htm . There are several very strange mods... see for yourself. Yes, v-e-r-y s-t-r-a-n-g-e ... ;-) I was mostly just ~passively~ curious - i.e., I wasn't really excited about changing any of my LX's anyway - g. About the only Pentax mod that I'm really interested in at the moment would be an attempt at Cotty's mod for the AF280T - I will attempt that on one of the 280's one of these days... Fred
Re: PROS
GreyWolf is BACK, dammit. lol -Lon T Rittenhouse wrote: As I recall, we went though this what is a professional camera thing about a year ago, and hashed it out pretty thorouhly. Then I asked how we define an amatuer camera. No one was interested. So I will give the definative answer to both questions: Pro camera -- one you can not afford. Am camera -- one you have. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 10:39 PM Subject: Re: PROS-was:ABORTION-was: Way OT: GUNS, GUNS, AND MORE GUNS. Ah, but what if the pro is taking family snapshots on his day off? Is he still a pro? And would the camera he uses be a pro camera? What if he uses the same camera to take those snapshots as he does whilst working? Would it only be a pro camera while on the job, but an amateur camera on Sunday at the zoo? OTOH, what if he takes family snapshots, but years later, sells one of those shots? Would the camera be an amateur camera, but ~suddenly~ turn into a pro camera? What if he ~was~ an amateur when he took the snapshot, but years later, turned into a pro, then sold the photo? What's the body then? That should be enough to chew on for now... vbg -frank (in a devilish mood tonight) Peter Alling wrote: That's easy, professional cameras are the ones professionals use, amateurs use amateur cameras. At 05:24 PM 12/10/2002 -0600, you wrote: I've got one! I'm still not too clear on the difference between professional and amateur cameras ... (running and ducking) -- The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer
Re: Re : Who switched for Pentax ? (New in the list)
Good FOR YOU!. We all know that EOS really stands for Elitist Other Snot. Grin. I've never cared to air my boogers in public. The SMC 135 is a gem. So is the M 50 1.4. They are both better lenses than I am a photographer, and I pack both of these lenses most of the time. -Lon Pascal Guillaumet wrote: Hello everyone! I've been in the list for 1 week. I've semi switched back to Pentax, using the ME my father bought in 1976 and the SMC-M50/1.7 K that was mounted onto. I recently acquired the SMC 135/2.5 K (6 elements, 6 groups version) and the SMC-M 50/1.4 for 80 euros (approx. 80USD) for both. I 'm still waiting for the film to be developped to see if these lenses are lemons or not. (and I'm on a mint, almost new SMC-M 24/2.8 at a low price, below 50 USD.) I must admit that using the ME with these lenses is a real pleasure, and I left more often my Canon EOS gear at home now. Regards, - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bords-de-mer.com
If you left Pentax, what Scurvy Dawg system would you invite into your life?
I'd go Olympus, or mebbe Nikon. This thread should flare on for a while. -Lon
