Re: back in the world of film (sort of) with my MX

[Boris Liberman]

It is a good photo, but having seen your husband in real life, I should 
point out that on your photos he looks - how to put it, bigger than 
life. I can't say if it is good or not, but this is what I observe.


Please pass him my regards although I don't recall having a chance to 
exchange few words with him.


Boris


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Re: OT - Bike Recovered

[Boris Liberman]

Good news, John. Though the story you tell is just a little bit 
alarming... But then again, that's life. Anyway, it is good that you 
have (most of, as I understand) your property back.


Boris



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Re: PESO x3: Frost

[Sasha Sobol]

Nice, especially the camellia.
I would crop it at bottom, right below the leaf fringe.


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On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 10:56 PM, David Mann  wrote:
> A friend in Boston told me it was 38 degrees C there the other day.  Well my 
> heart bleeds.  We had -4 this morning, today peaked at 8.  I hate the cold.
>
> http://www.multi.net.nz/frost/
>
> K10D, FA100mm f/2.8 Macro, numb fingers
>
> We had a little fantail come to swim in the bird bath this afternoon and the 
> poor fellow got a bit confused when he ended up ice skating instead.  He came 
> back a couple of minutes after I'd removed the ice layer and changed the 
> water.  Sorry, no photos.  I'll get some one day.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
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Re: Monitor advice wanted

[Sasha Sobol]

Nec LCD3090WQXi is great but cost a lot.
LCD2690WUXi and Multisync P221W are smaller but also good.

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On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 10:12 PM, David Mann  wrote:
> On Jul 11, 2010, at 12:35 AM, Doug Franklin wrote:
>
>> On 2010-07-10 2:02, David Mann wrote:
>>
>>> BTW when you pivot the screen does the system automatically reconfigure 
>>> itself?
>>
>> I've never encountered one that would do that, but I've been told that 
>> they're out there.  I actually would be a little surprised at that, though, 
>> since I don't think the DVI interface has much in the way of signals going 
>> from the monitor to the computer.  It might be possible through DDC or 
>> something, though, so I'm not sure.
>
> No worries, I'll just keep the system preferences open.  I can quite easily 
> rotate the display via an option in there.  I just hope my tablet will be 
> able to cope with the sudden change of desktop dimensions.
>
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Re: OT - Bike Recovered

[Sasha Sobol]

Great news!

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On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 10:27 PM, David Mann  wrote:
> On Jul 11, 2010, at 6:08 AM, John Celio wrote:
>
>> A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
>>
>> When I reported my bike stolen, the police and others suggested checking out 
>> the local weekly swap meet.  This morning, a friend picked me up early and 
>> we headed over there.  By mistake we ended up missing the parking lot 
>> turn-off and parked in the swap meet area.  By pure luck, we parked two rows 
>> down from a big van that was FULL of bikes, and by even more luck my bike 
>> was one of the two dozen he had pulled out and set up in his stall.
>
> That's great news.  It's not often I hear of someone recovering their bike 
> unless it's a really specialist piece of kit that's difficult / risky to sell.
>
> I recommend that you store it out of sight from now on :)
>
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PESO x3: Frost

[David Mann]

A friend in Boston told me it was 38 degrees C there the other day.  Well my 
heart bleeds.  We had -4 this morning, today peaked at 8.  I hate the cold.

http://www.multi.net.nz/frost/

K10D, FA100mm f/2.8 Macro, numb fingers

We had a little fantail come to swim in the bird bath this afternoon and the 
poor fellow got a bit confused when he ended up ice skating instead.  He came 
back a couple of minutes after I'd removed the ice layer and changed the water. 
 Sorry, no photos.  I'll get some one day.

Cheers,
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Re: OT - Bike Recovered

[David Mann]

On Jul 11, 2010, at 6:08 AM, John Celio wrote:

> A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
> 
> When I reported my bike stolen, the police and others suggested checking out 
> the local weekly swap meet.  This morning, a friend picked me up early and we 
> headed over there.  By mistake we ended up missing the parking lot turn-off 
> and parked in the swap meet area.  By pure luck, we parked two rows down from 
> a big van that was FULL of bikes, and by even more luck my bike was one of 
> the two dozen he had pulled out and set up in his stall.

That's great news.  It's not often I hear of someone recovering their bike 
unless it's a really specialist piece of kit that's difficult / risky to sell.

I recommend that you store it out of sight from now on :)

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Re: OT - Bike Recovered

[David Mann]

On Jul 11, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Cotty wrote:

> On 10/7/10, John Celio, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
>> When the officer said he would be forced to run a check on all the
>> serial numbers on all the bikes in his van for stolen property, the seller
>> quickly said he'd let me take the bike if we'd leave, and that was that!
> 
> Did the police pursue this? In the UK that seller would have been
> arrested on suspicion of dealing in stolen property.

It could be worse for him, they could call in the tax man.

Dave

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Re: Monitor advice wanted

[David Mann]

On Jul 11, 2010, at 12:35 AM, Doug Franklin wrote:

> On 2010-07-10 2:02, David Mann wrote:
> 
>> BTW when you pivot the screen does the system automatically reconfigure 
>> itself?
> 
> I've never encountered one that would do that, but I've been told that 
> they're out there.  I actually would be a little surprised at that, though, 
> since I don't think the DVI interface has much in the way of signals going 
> from the monitor to the computer.  It might be possible through DDC or 
> something, though, so I'm not sure.

No worries, I'll just keep the system preferences open.  I can quite easily 
rotate the display via an option in there.  I just hope my tablet will be able 
to cope with the sudden change of desktop dimensions.

Dave
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Re: SMC Pentax-A* Macro 1:4 200mm ED

[Mark Erickson]

 eckinator wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with this lens?
> Will I kick myself for years if I don't go even deeper into debt for it?
> Sheesh, like I could to begin with...
> It is in the bay if anyone wants it...
> There, I said it... RGH!!!
> =(
> Ecke

I have one that I bought new from B&H just before they were 
discontinued.  As far as I can tell, its performance is as good as its 
reputation.  Interestingly enough, it accepts the A2X-L teleconverter.  
The combination makes a 400mm F8 macro lens that goes 2 to 1.


Here's the kicker--I almost never use it.  No time these days with a 
demanding job, two preschoolers, etc.  So I'm thinking about selling 
it.  It's pretty much mint (no marks on it that I can see), and I have 
the original box, soft case, etc.  If you're interested , contact me off 
list.


I also have the A2X-L (purchased used), with caps and original hard 
case, but no box.


Mark


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Re: OT - Bike Recovered

[P. J. Alling]

A really happy ending would have involved a public flogging, and time 
spent in the stocks.  But I'm a traditionalist.


On 7/10/2010 10:23 PM, frank theriault wrote:

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 2:08 PM, John Celio  wrote:
   

A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!

 

Yay!

So glad to hear this.  So glad you told us.

Thanks.

cheers,
frank

   



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Re: back in the world of film (sort of) with my MX

[Christine Aguila]

- Original Message - 
From: "Ann Sanfedele" 





You don't have to really set up a darkroom to do just do the developing 
yourself -  just crawl into a closet to load the film
into the tank...  everything else can be done in the light then print on 
your computer..



Well, maybe when the weather cools down, I'll crawl into a closet  :-)  xo 
Christine 




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Re: back in the world of film (sort of) with my MX

[Christine Aguila]

Thanks for all the good suggestions everyone.  I found my stainless steel, 
two reel developer tank, two brown bottles for chemistry, some old clothes 
pins for hanging negatives, and an old roll of film that I used to use to 
practice loading the film on the reel.  Now I need a good scanner :-). 
Yikes, there's always something to buy. :-).  cheers, Christine




- Original Message - 
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C41 process B&W films scan beautifully, Christine, and print very
nicely. Just have negatives made at the photofinisher, do the rest
yourself. I bet you can make a much better print of this portrait than
what they handed you with a scan and two minutes in Photoshop or
Lightroom!

Or buy traditional chemistry B&W film, process it yourself. A daylight
developing tank, dark bag to load it, a thermometer, a bottle of
developer, a bottle of fixer, a couple of measuring cups and running
water .. that's all you need to do the job. Matter of fact, I'm
processing the last ancient roll of Agfa Copex RAPID microfilm that
way in a few minutes.


On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 6:27 AM, Christine  Aguila  
wrote:

I bought Wendy's MX and had my first try out with some Kodak BW400CN film
which is processed in color negative chemistry--Process C-41. As you can
see, there's a greenish tint to the image here of Darrel. I had these
developed at my neighborhood Walgreens, and the prints were printed on
Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper. I think this was taken with the 50mm lens
2.0 that came with the camera. At some point I changed to the FA 50mm 
f1.4,

but I can't remember when--it's back to writing shooting info down in a
little pocket notebook. Oh, fun :-). Just spent some time looking for a
lab. I found D'ore Photo Service, which is fairly close by.

http://www.caguila.com/caguila/darrelfilm/content/R1_4_large.html

I have to get back on the construction site for some shooting next
week--that is, if I can. There's a strike on and construction has stopped.
I thought I'd take the MX with me and shoot a roll along with digital.
Shooting film after digital has been discombobulating in a hysterically
funny way--though I have learned that I really should get the Katz Eye for
my digital cameras. I'm kind of chicken about installing it though.

Thanks, Wendy! Very happy to have the MX.
Big cheers, Christine




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Re: Boris PESO #30

[Christine Aguila]

Wow!  These are great, Boris.  Both nice, but I especially like the second. 
I might like it more if the boys were a little higher in the frame, but 
that's a minor nit.  It's a great picture.  Love it.  Cheers, Christine



- Original Message - 
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Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 12:25 PM
Subject: Boris PESO #30



Hello.

More shot from the Mime's Fair that we had in our town... This time it was 
a group of mimes probably trying to mimic a very well known photograph or 
a movie...


http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/07/peso-2010-30.html

Be brutal and honest, as usual.

Boris

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Re: OT PESO - The Path

[Christine Aguila]

That's nice, Adam.  I like it very much.  Cheers, Christine


- Original Message - 
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Subject: OT PESO - The Path



Actually only semi-OT, as the film came from another PDML member who
was kind enough to gift me with about 2 years stock of 120 and 220
film.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawz/4778612495/

Direct/Large link:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4778612495_09d4685239_b.jpg

Mamiya 645 Super, 80mm f1.9, Kodak Pro 100N converted to B&W

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Re: PESO - Kensington Porches

[Christine Aguila]

Excellent repetition of patterns.  I might crop the right hand side to make 
it similar to the left, but still, a nice photo.  Cheers, Christine



- Original Message - 
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To: "Pentax List" 
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 8:49 PM
Subject: PESO - Kensington Porches



Another from my photo walk in London in early May.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11206013

(K10D, DA 16-45, ISO 560, f/8 @ 1/45)

A bit trite, perhaps, but I love patterns like this and can't resist.

Rick






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Re: PESO 2010 - 124 - GDG

[Christine Aguila]

Nice!  Glad to see you're back, Godfrey!  Cheers, Christine


- Original Message - 
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To: "SeePhoto Talk" ; "DUG" 
; "PAW Picture-A-Week project" 
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Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 9:47 PM
Subject: PESO 2010 - 124 - GDG



a photo for your enjoyment

   http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/124-broken-leaf

comments always appreciated, thanks for looking.

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PESO - Yin and Yang of Blues

[Igor Roshchin]

The same idea as I previously used for a tango photo, - I applied now 
to a blues photo:
http://42graphy.org/swing/abp-2010/preview/_IR_1203_E.html
The photo was taken at the annual Austin Blues Party.

This is the photo that came out well printed with Epson R2880
on Premier Velvet BW paper as I described earlier today.

(The tango photo was here:
http://42graphy.org/tango/hotnight-2010/_IR_9058_E.html )


Your comments are welcome as always.

Igor


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Re: OT - Bike Recovered

[Christine Aguila]

- Original Message - 
From: "John Celio" 

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A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!



Most excellent, John.  Very happy for you. cheers, Christine




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Re: PESO - Kensington Porches

[272yb]

Rick, when I saw the title of your post,  it made me think Philadelphia, since 
you live in Philadelphia, but when I saw the photo, I knew we were not in 
Philadelphia.. Many years ago I would go to the hobby stores along Kensington 
Ave when it was a a good place to shop. Joe
 
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Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 2:34:55 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: PESO - Kensington Porches

Joe, Kensington, London, UK is 3200 miles east and several socioeconomic steps 
above Kensington, Philadelphia, US.  Kensington, London is where the embassies 
and Harrod's are, for example.

Thanks for the comments!

Rick

http://photo.net/photos/RickW


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> Rick, When I saw this post, I thought
> you meant in Philadelphia, but if I remember right,
> Kensington homes do not have porches.
> But I do like the photo, NiceJoe
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Rick Womer" 
> To: "Pentax List" 
> Sent: Friday, July 9, 2010 9:49:37 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
> Eastern
> Subject: PESO - Kensington Porches
> 
> Another from my photo walk in London in early May.
> 
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11206013
> 
> (K10D, DA 16-45, ISO 560, f/8 @ 1/45)
> 
> A bit trite, perhaps, but I love patterns like this and
> can't resist.
> 
> Rick
> 
> 
> 
>       
> 
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Re: OT - Bike Recovered

[paul stenquist]

What Frank said. A classic happy ending!
Paul
On Jul 10, 2010, at 10:23 PM, frank theriault wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 2:08 PM, John Celio  wrote:
>> A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
>> 
> 
> Yay!
> 
> So glad to hear this.  So glad you told us.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> cheers,
> frank
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Re: OT - Bike Recovered

[frank theriault]

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 2:08 PM, John Celio  wrote:
> A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
>

Yay!

So glad to hear this.  So glad you told us.

Thanks.

cheers,
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Re: back in the world of film (sort of) with my MX

[Peter Loveday]

Kodak produces on variety, BW400CN, which is designed to be printed on
colour paper, they stopped making Portra BW (their other variety) a
long time ago.. Ilford produces XP2 Plus which is designed to be
printed on B&W paper.


Anyone know what the difference is between BW400CN and this:

http://www.camerastore.com.au/Kodak+Select+400+ISO+24+exp+C+41+B%26W+Film_707_details.htm

- Kodak Select Black and White + 400  ?

I can see both advertised at different places here, though Kodak only 
mentions the one on their site... is it the same thing in a different box, 
or what?


- Peter



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Re: OT - Bike Recovered

[John Celio]

When the officer said he would be forced to run a check on all the
serial numbers on all the bikes in his van for stolen property, the seller
quickly said he'd let me take the bike if we'd leave, and that was that!


Did the police pursue this? In the UK that seller would have been
arrested on suspicion of dealing in stolen property.


Well, three cops showed up when I called and at least one was still there 
when I left, so it's possible they did follow up on their threat, or did 
something else to make life difficult for the guy.  I kinda doubt it, 
though.  One of the officers mentioned that there's a lot of stolen property 
that passes through the swap meet and that they had given up on trying to 
clean it up long ago for lack of funding and manpower.  Doesn't give me a 
ton of confidence in them, but at least they're there when someone finds 
their stolen property there.


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Re: Boris, some PESOs

[Derby Chang]

Boris Liberman wrote:



#28 (Etude): 
http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/07/peso-2010-28-etude.html





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Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

[paul stenquist]

On Jul 10, 2010, at 6:43 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote:

> don't forget the "K" series lenses which
> have some of the finest lenses they ever
> made and quality control was superb back
> in the day. K>M>A>F>FA>DFA>DA
> 
True. The K28/3.5 is one of the sharpest lenses I ever owned. I sold it to JCO, 
but I wouldn't be surprised if he has more than one.
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> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 6:29 PM
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> Subject: Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8
> 
> 
> Eric,
> There are more A series lenses, but some are a little rare. Pentax made a
> ton of M series lenses for the MX, ME, ME Super, etc. The A series went with
> the Super Program and Program Plus cameras. They are desirable as the
> apertures are the same as measured on the latest cameras. The A 28/2.8, A
> 50/1.7, A 50/1.4 are all pretty common on ebay and not too pricey. There are
> A 20/2.8, A*85/1.4, A 100/2.8, A 200/4, A*300/4, A 400/5.6. They are nice
> lenses, but get more expensive. Pentax lens history by series is M, A, F,
> FA, DFA, DA. The M's and A's are manual focus. The F's and FA's are the
> start of autofocus. The DFA's and DA's are especially for the latest
> autofocus digitals. (The DFA's and DA's lose the aperture ring and aperture
> is only controled thru the camera.) Regards,  Bob S.
> 
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RE: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

[J.C. O'Connell]

don't forget the "K" series lenses which
have some of the finest lenses they ever
made and quality control was superb back
in the day. K>M>A>F>FA>DFA>DA

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Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 6:29 PM
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Eric,
There are more A series lenses, but some are a little rare. Pentax made a
ton of M series lenses for the MX, ME, ME Super, etc. The A series went with
the Super Program and Program Plus cameras. They are desirable as the
apertures are the same as measured on the latest cameras. The A 28/2.8, A
50/1.7, A 50/1.4 are all pretty common on ebay and not too pricey. There are
A 20/2.8, A*85/1.4, A 100/2.8, A 200/4, A*300/4, A 400/5.6. They are nice
lenses, but get more expensive. Pentax lens history by series is M, A, F,
FA, DFA, DA. The M's and A's are manual focus. The F's and FA's are the
start of autofocus. The DFA's and DA's are especially for the latest
autofocus digitals. (The DFA's and DA's lose the aperture ring and aperture
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Re: Boris, some PESOs

[Tim Øsleby]

IMO the last one is REALLY good. Two and three are both well done. but
does not tickle my imagination.

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2010/7/5 Boris Liberman :
> Hi!
>
> I seem to be falling behind in PESOs one more time. So here goes:
>
> #25 (Mondial):
> http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/07/peso-2010-25-mondial.html
>
> #26 (Shabazi 67):
> http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/07/peso-2010-26-shabazi-67.html
>
> #27 (Not staged):
> http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/07/peso-2010-27-not-staged.html
>
> #28 (Etude): http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/07/peso-2010-28-etude.html
>
> In sooth, I don't think I need any other gear sans my K-7 and A 50/1.2.
>
> Please be brutal and honest...
>
> Boris
>
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Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

[Eric Weir]

On Jul 10, 2010, at 6:33 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:

> Have fun wasting a few hours.

I've doing too much of that lately.

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Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

[Eric Weir]

On Jul 10, 2010, at 6:28 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:

> There are more A series lenses, but some are a little rare.
> Pentax made a ton of M series lenses for the MX, ME, ME Super, etc.
> The A series went with the Super Program and Program Plus cameras.
> They are desirable as the apertures are the same as measured on the
> latest cameras.
> The A 28/2.8, A 50/1.7, A 50/1.4 are all pretty common on ebay and not
> too pricey.
> There are A 20/2.8, A*85/1.4, A 100/2.8, A 200/4, A*300/4, A 400/5.6.
> They are nice lenses, but get more expensive.
> Pentax lens history by series is M, A, F, FA, DFA, DA.
> The M's and A's are manual focus.
> The F's and FA's are the start of autofocus.
> The DFA's and DA's are especially for the latest autofocus digitals.
> (The DFA's and DA's lose the aperture ring and aperture is only
> controled thru the camera.)

Thanks, Bob. I think I can keep all that in mind -- at least roughly enough to 
be helpful.

I've got a couple decent Ms, but now I'll be on the lookout for As.

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Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

[P. J. Alling]

On 7/10/2010 5:35 PM, Brian Walters wrote:

On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:22 -0400, "Eric Weir"
wrote:
   

On Jul 10, 2010, at 5:04 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

 

They have the linear-action iris actuator and a special position on
the aperture ring allowing a Pentax body with on-body aperture control
(all the DSLRs) to set the aperture value using the body controls.
They're fully compatible with the DSLR bodies with respect to all
auto-exposure modes.

The SMC Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8 lens is a wonderful little lens. It's
small and light, slightly soft until stopped down to f/4 but has
wonderful bokeh. It was the first Pentax lens I used when I purchased
the *ist DS body in 2004.
   

Hmm. Now it's sounding more interesting. I just purchased a *ist DS. May
not be able to tell the difference between soft and sharp, but at this
point would prefer sharp.

Is this one in a series of lenses, i.e., are their Pentax-As o other
focal lengths?
 
   


It actually only covers medium format adapters that allow those lenses 
to work on a K Mount body.  The discussion of K mount electronics from A 
onward is applicable, but you have to make allowances for the somewhat 
different mechanical connections. .




Yes.  You should check out Bojidar Dimitrov's Pentax K-Mount Page.  It
has all the information you can possibly need about Pentax Kmount
cameras, lenses and accessories. It covers film (35 mm and medium
format) and digital camera systems.

http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/


Cheers

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Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

[Matthew Hunt]

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Eric Weir  wrote:

> May not be able to tell the difference between soft and sharp, but at this 
> point would prefer sharp.

Mark!

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Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

[P. J. Alling]

The online bible, Everything you thought you needed to know about Pentax 
K mount camera bodies and lenses but didn't realized.  Have fun wasting 
a few hours.


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On 7/10/2010 5:22 PM, Eric Weir wrote:

On Jul 10, 2010, at 5:04 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

   

They have the linear-action iris actuator and a special position on
the aperture ring allowing a Pentax body with on-body aperture control
(all the DSLRs) to set the aperture value using the body controls.
They're fully compatible with the DSLR bodies with respect to all
auto-exposure modes.

The SMC Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8 lens is a wonderful little lens. It's
small and light, slightly soft until stopped down to f/4 but has
wonderful bokeh. It was the first Pentax lens I used when I purchased
the *ist DS body in 2004.
 

Hmm. Now it's sounding more interesting. I just purchased a *ist DS. May not be 
able to tell the difference between soft and sharp, but at this point would 
prefer sharp.

Is this one in a series of lenses, i.e., are their Pentax-As o other focal 
lengths?

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Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

[Bob Sullivan]

Eric,
There are more A series lenses, but some are a little rare.
Pentax made a ton of M series lenses for the MX, ME, ME Super, etc.
The A series went with the Super Program and Program Plus cameras.
They are desirable as the apertures are the same as measured on the
latest cameras.
The A 28/2.8, A 50/1.7, A 50/1.4 are all pretty common on ebay and not
too pricey.
There are A 20/2.8, A*85/1.4, A 100/2.8, A 200/4, A*300/4, A 400/5.6.
They are nice lenses, but get more expensive.
Pentax lens history by series is M, A, F, FA, DFA, DA.
The M's and A's are manual focus.
The F's and FA's are the start of autofocus.
The DFA's and DA's are especially for the latest autofocus digitals.
(The DFA's and DA's lose the aperture ring and aperture is only
controled thru the camera.)
Regards,  Bob S.


On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Eric Weir  wrote:
>
> On Jul 10, 2010, at 5:04 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
>
>> They have the linear-action iris actuator and a special position on
>> the aperture ring allowing a Pentax body with on-body aperture control
>> (all the DSLRs) to set the aperture value using the body controls.
>> They're fully compatible with the DSLR bodies with respect to all
>> auto-exposure modes.
>>
>> The SMC Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8 lens is a wonderful little lens. It's
>> small and light, slightly soft until stopped down to f/4 but has
>> wonderful bokeh. It was the first Pentax lens I used when I purchased
>> the *ist DS body in 2004.
>
> Hmm. Now it's sounding more interesting. I just purchased a *ist DS. May not 
> be able to tell the difference between soft and sharp, but at this point 
> would prefer sharp.
>
> Is this one in a series of lenses, i.e., are their Pentax-As o other focal 
> lengths?
>
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Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

[Eric Weir]

On Jul 10, 2010, at 6:02 PM, Cotty wrote:

> Eric, others have answered your question, but this website is worth
> noting - you will find it invaluable in your Pentax travels!
> 
> 

Yes, I am starting to do so. 

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Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

[Eric Weir]

On Jul 10, 2010, at 5:35 PM, Brian Walters wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:22 -0400, "Eric Weir" 
> wrote: 
>> 
>> 
>> Is this one in a series of lenses, i.e., are their Pentax-As o other
>> focal lengths?
> 
> Yes.  You should check out Bojidar Dimitrov's Pentax K-Mount Page.  It
> has all the information you can possibly need about Pentax Kmount
> cameras, lenses and accessories. It covers film (35 mm and medium
> format) and digital camera systems.

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Re: OT - Bike Recovered

[Paul Sorenson]

Glad to hear that turned out well for you.  It is too bad you couldn't have 
seen criminal charges brought.  Guys like that should be strung up by their 
thumbs.

-p

-Original Message-
>From: John Celio 
>Sent: Jul 10, 2010 1:08 PM
>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
>Subject: OT - Bike Recovered
>
>A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
>
>When I reported my bike stolen, the police and others suggested checking out 
>the local weekly swap meet.  This morning, a friend picked me up early and 
>we headed over there.  By mistake we ended up missing the parking lot 
>turn-off and parked in the swap meet area.  By pure luck, we parked two rows 
>down from a big van that was FULL of bikes, and by even more luck my bike 
>was one of the two dozen he had pulled out and set up in his stall.
>
>Now, as I mentioned in the original thread, I had never written down the 
>serial number of my bike, so I couldn't just go claim it.  I called the 
>police, who showed up and said that if I could identify it as the same one 
>from the description in my police report, they could probably convince the 
>seller to turn it over.
>
>The seller was in no mood to cooperate and was very argumentative with me as 
>I explained every mark and scratch on the bike.  He had stripped off almost 
>all the accessories I'd put on it, but there were clear distinguishing marks 
>that I had described on the police report that were still evident. 
>Eventually one officer pulled him aside, and after a few minutes the officer 
>came back and told me to take the bike, it was mine.  He later told me he 
>had asked the seller for his business license or tax info, neither of which 
>he had.  When the officer said he would be forced to run a check on all the 
>serial numbers on all the bikes in his van for stolen property, the seller 
>quickly said he'd let me take the bike if we'd leave, and that was that!
>
>I wish I'd been smart and written down the serial number, because then the 
>seller might actually be facing criminal charges.  Who knows how many stolen 
>bikes he's fenced for thieves?  I've resolved to keep a record of every 
>serial number of every item of value that I have, starting with my bike and 
>camera equipment, so that the next time this happens I will be better 
>prepared.  Live and learn!
>
>Thanks for reading,
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Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

[Cotty]

On 10/7/10, Eric Weir, discombobulated, unleashed:

>
>Really displaying my ignorance here again, but am I correct in assuming
>this is an autofocus lens?

Eric, others have answered your question, but this website is worth
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Re: OT - Bike Recovered

[Cotty]

On 10/7/10, John Celio, discombobulated, unleashed:

>When the officer said he would be forced to run a check on all the
>serial numbers on all the bikes in his van for stolen property, the seller
>quickly said he'd let me take the bike if we'd leave, and that was that!

Did the police pursue this? In the UK that seller would have been
arrested on suspicion of dealing in stolen property.

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Re: back in the world of film (sort of) with my MX

[Cotty]

On 10/7/10, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:

>The Pentax MX body, however, was perhaps one of the very nicest Pentax
>35mm SLRs. Simple, mechanical, direct and to the point like the Nikon
>FM2n. Modest in size, well finished.

Why Godders I do believe you are almost verging on attributing a tool
with sentimental merit


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Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

[Brian Walters]

On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:22 -0400, "Eric Weir" 
wrote:
> 
> On Jul 10, 2010, at 5:04 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> 
> > They have the linear-action iris actuator and a special position on
> > the aperture ring allowing a Pentax body with on-body aperture control
> > (all the DSLRs) to set the aperture value using the body controls.
> > They're fully compatible with the DSLR bodies with respect to all
> > auto-exposure modes.
> > 
> > The SMC Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8 lens is a wonderful little lens. It's
> > small and light, slightly soft until stopped down to f/4 but has
> > wonderful bokeh. It was the first Pentax lens I used when I purchased
> > the *ist DS body in 2004.
> 
> Hmm. Now it's sounding more interesting. I just purchased a *ist DS. May
> not be able to tell the difference between soft and sharp, but at this
> point would prefer sharp. 
> 
> Is this one in a series of lenses, i.e., are their Pentax-As o other
> focal lengths?



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has all the information you can possibly need about Pentax Kmount
cameras, lenses and accessories. It covers film (35 mm and medium
format) and digital camera systems.

http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/


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Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

[Eric Weir]

On Jul 10, 2010, at 5:04 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

> They have the linear-action iris actuator and a special position on
> the aperture ring allowing a Pentax body with on-body aperture control
> (all the DSLRs) to set the aperture value using the body controls.
> They're fully compatible with the DSLR bodies with respect to all
> auto-exposure modes.
> 
> The SMC Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8 lens is a wonderful little lens. It's
> small and light, slightly soft until stopped down to f/4 but has
> wonderful bokeh. It was the first Pentax lens I used when I purchased
> the *ist DS body in 2004.

Hmm. Now it's sounding more interesting. I just purchased a *ist DS. May not be 
able to tell the difference between soft and sharp, but at this point would 
prefer sharp. 

Is this one in a series of lenses, i.e., are their Pentax-As o other focal 
lengths?

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Re: back in the world of film (sort of) with my MX

[Mark Roberts]

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

>I hear this kind of praise of old 35mm SLR viewfinders all the time. I
>think it's mostly just wistful fondness for things past. Brightness
>and magnification are only two components to what makes a top notch
>viewfinder for a camera ... they're important, for sure, but they're
>not the entire world.

I quite agree. And I have ample evidence here. In front of me on my
desk at this moment I have a Pentax MX with an SMC-M 50.1.4 *and* a
Sony A850 with a Super Multi-Coated Takumar 50/1.4 :) The viewfinder
in the MX is indeed a bit larger, but the Sony wins on coverage,
brightness and eyepoint. I find it's even easier to manual focus with
the Sony.

>The Pentax MX body, however, was perhaps one of the very nicest Pentax
>35mm SLRs. Simple, mechanical, direct and to the point like the Nikon
>FM2n. Modest in size, well finished. If I had found myself shooting
>any 35mm film, I might have kept mine even with one lens.

I kept my MX even though I have no plans to shoot 35mm film ever again
but just because it's such a nice camera. (That and the fact that I
couldn't get any money for it these days!)


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Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

[Eric Weir]

On Jul 10, 2010, at 5:01 PM, Thibouille wrote:

> No, incorrect.
> Pentax-A lenses are MF, not AF lenses.
> 
> If you need AF, you need F, FA, DFA, DA lenses.

Thanks. Thought it was too good to be true. I'm looking for a manual focus, but 
I wondered if this was an autofocus at a ridiculously low price. 

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Re: OT - Bike Recovered

[Christine Nielsen]

That's great news!

-c

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 2:08 PM, John Celio  wrote:
>
> A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
>
> When I reported my bike stolen, the police and others suggested checking out 
> the local weekly swap meet.  This morning, a friend picked me up early and we 
> headed over there.  By mistake we ended up missing the parking lot turn-off 
> and parked in the swap meet area.  By pure luck, we parked two rows down from 
> a big van that was FULL of bikes, and by even more luck my bike was one of 
> the two dozen he had pulled out and set up in his stall.
>
> Now, as I mentioned in the original thread, I had never written down the 
> serial number of my bike, so I couldn't just go claim it.  I called the 
> police, who showed up and said that if I could identify it as the same one 
> from the description in my police report, they could probably convince the 
> seller to turn it over.
>
> The seller was in no mood to cooperate and was very argumentative with me as 
> I explained every mark and scratch on the bike.  He had stripped off almost 
> all the accessories I'd put on it, but there were clear distinguishing marks 
> that I had described on the police report that were still evident. Eventually 
> one officer pulled him aside, and after a few minutes the officer came back 
> and told me to take the bike, it was mine.  He later told me he had asked the 
> seller for his business license or tax info, neither of which he had.  When 
> the officer said he would be forced to run a check on all the serial numbers 
> on all the bikes in his van for stolen property, the seller quickly said he'd 
> let me take the bike if we'd leave, and that was that!
>
> I wish I'd been smart and written down the serial number, because then the 
> seller might actually be facing criminal charges.  Who knows how many stolen 
> bikes he's fenced for thieves?  I've resolved to keep a record of every 
> serial number of every item of value that I have, starting with my bike and 
> camera equipment, so that the next time this happens I will be better 
> prepared.  Live and learn!
>
> Thanks for reading,
> John
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Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

The "Pentax-A" series lenses are all manual focus.

They have the linear-action iris actuator and a special position on
the aperture ring allowing a Pentax body with on-body aperture control
(all the DSLRs) to set the aperture value using the body controls.
They're fully compatible with the DSLR bodies with respect to all
auto-exposure modes.

The SMC Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8 lens is a wonderful little lens. It's
small and light, slightly soft until stopped down to f/4 but has
wonderful bokeh. It was the first Pentax lens I used when I purchased
the *ist DS body in 2004.

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Eric Weir  wrote:
>
> Really displaying my ignorance here again, but am I correct in assuming this 
> is an autofocus lens?

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Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

[Thibouille]

No, incorrect.
Pentax-A lenses are MF, not AF lenses.

If you need AF, you need F, FA, DFA, DA lenses.


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Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

[Eric Weir]

Really displaying my ignorance here again, but am I correct in assuming this is 
an autofocus lens?

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Re: back in the world of film (sort of) with my MX

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

C41 process B&W films scan beautifully, Christine, and print very
nicely. Just have negatives made at the photofinisher, do the rest
yourself. I bet you can make a much better print of this portrait than
what they handed you with a scan and two minutes in Photoshop or
Lightroom!

Or buy traditional chemistry B&W film, process it yourself. A daylight
developing tank, dark bag to load it, a thermometer, a bottle of
developer, a bottle of fixer, a couple of measuring cups and running
water .. that's all you need to do the job. Matter of fact, I'm
processing the last ancient roll of Agfa Copex RAPID microfilm that
way in a few minutes.


On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 6:27 AM, Christine  Aguila  wrote:
> I bought Wendy's MX and had my first try out with some Kodak BW400CN film
> which is processed in color negative chemistry--Process C-41.  As you can
> see, there's a greenish tint to the image here of Darrel.  I had these
> developed at my neighborhood Walgreens, and the prints were printed on
> Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper.  I think this was taken with the 50mm lens
> 2.0 that came with the camera.  At some point I changed to the FA 50mm f1.4,
> but I can't remember when--it's back to writing shooting info down in a
> little pocket notebook.  Oh, fun :-).  Just spent some time looking for a
> lab.  I found D'ore Photo Service, which is fairly close by.
>
> http://www.caguila.com/caguila/darrelfilm/content/R1_4_large.html
>
> I have to get back on the construction site for some shooting next
> week--that is, if I can.  There's a strike on and construction has stopped.
> I thought I'd take the MX with me and shoot a roll along with digital.
> Shooting film after digital has been discombobulating in a hysterically
> funny way--though I have learned that I really should get the Katz Eye for
> my digital cameras.  I'm kind of chicken about installing it though.
>
> Thanks, Wendy!  Very happy to have the MX.
> Big cheers, Christine
>
>
>
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Re: OT - Bike Recovered

[John Sessoms]

From: Bruce Dayton

so glad it ended well john.  it sucks that the thieves get away with this.


I'm glad he got his bike back, but I'm not surprised the cops didn't 
follow up on obvious criminal activity.


Several years ago, I had a checkbook stolen out of the glove box of my 
car when someone broke into it. I stopped all the checks immediately, 
but the thief still got several forged checks accepted by local merchants.


I had a hassle sending letters and copies of the police report to the 
merchants when they tried to collect on the "bad checks".


For one thing, I learned that many "reputable" merchants will accept a 
check under the most ludicrous circumstances and expect you to make good 
their loss.


I had one where the forger marked through my address AND my driver's 
license number from the front of check, wrote in a different address a 
block down the street from me and signed her own name to the check.


Plus the merchant wrote HER driver's license number on the back of the 
check.


When I got the copy of the check from the Credit Union, I took it down 
to the officer assigned to the case, figuring it might help with the 
investigation.


The cop took one look at it and said, "Oh yeah, that's the crack house."

He then informed it still didn't give them evidence enough to arrest anyone.

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Re: OT - Bike Recovered

[Igor Roshchin]

John,

I am happy to hear your happy story.

What bothers me, however, is that the police officer who was clearly
convinced that it was your stolen bik, didn't actually check the 
rest of the bikes against the database of the stolen bikes (unless
that was a bluff on his part).

Igor

Sat Jul 10 13:08:39 CDT 2010
John Celio wrote:

A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!

When I reported my bike stolen, the police and others suggested checking out 
the local weekly swap meet.  This morning, a friend picked me up early and 
we headed over there.  By mistake we ended up missing the parking lot 
turn-off and parked in the swap meet area.  By pure luck, we parked two rows 
down from a big van that was FULL of bikes, and by even more luck my bike 
was one of the two dozen he had pulled out and set up in his stall.

Now, as I mentioned in the original thread, I had never written down the 
serial number of my bike, so I couldn't just go claim it.  I called the 
police, who showed up and said that if I could identify it as the same one 
from the description in my police report, they could probably convince the 
seller to turn it over.

The seller was in no mood to cooperate and was very argumentative with me as 
I explained every mark and scratch on the bike.  He had stripped off almost 
all the accessories I'd put on it, but there were clear distinguishing marks 
that I had described on the police report that were still evident. 
Eventually one officer pulled him aside, and after a few minutes the officer 
came back and told me to take the bike, it was mine.  He later told me he 
had asked the seller for his business license or tax info, neither of which 
he had.  When the officer said he would be forced to run a check on all the 
serial numbers on all the bikes in his van for stolen property, the seller 
quickly said he'd let me take the bike if we'd leave, and that was that!

I wish I'd been smart and written down the serial number, because then the 
seller might actually be facing criminal charges.  Who knows how many stolen 
bikes he's fenced for thieves?  I've resolved to keep a record of every 
serial number of every item of value that I have, starting with my bike and 
camera equipment, so that the next time this happens I will be better 
prepared.  Live and learn!

Thanks for reading,
John

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Re: OT - Bike Recovered

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Congrats. I'm glad it's been returned.

On Saturday, July 10, 2010, John Celio  wrote:
> A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
>
> When I reported my bike stolen, the police and others suggested checking out 
> the local weekly swap meet.  This morning, a friend picked me up early and we 
> headed over there.  By mistake we ended up missing the parking lot turn-off 
> and parked in the swap meet area.  By pure luck, we parked two rows down from 
> a big van that was FULL of bikes, and by even more luck my bike was one of 
> the two dozen he had pulled out and set up in his stall.
>
> Now, as I mentioned in the original thread, I had never written down the 
> serial number of my bike, so I couldn't just go claim it.  I called the 
> police, who showed up and said that if I could identify it as the same one 
> from the description in my police report, they could probably convince the 
> seller to turn it over.
>
> The seller was in no mood to cooperate and was very argumentative with me as 
> I explained every mark and scratch on the bike.  He had stripped off almost 
> all the accessories I'd put on it, but there were clear distinguishing marks 
> that I had described on the police report that were still evident. Eventually 
> one officer pulled him aside, and after a few minutes the officer came back 
> and told me to take the bike, it was mine.  He later told me he had asked the 
> seller for his business license or tax info, neither of which he had.  When 
> the officer said he would be forced to run a check on all the serial numbers 
> on all the bikes in his van for stolen property, the seller quickly said he'd 
> let me take the bike if we'd leave, and that was that!
>
> I wish I'd been smart and written down the serial number, because then the 
> seller might actually be facing criminal charges.  Who knows how many stolen 
> bikes he's fenced for thieves?  I've resolved to keep a record of every 
> serial number of every item of value that I have, starting with my bike and 
> camera equipment, so that the next time this happens I will be better 
> prepared.  Live and learn!
>
> Thanks for reading,
> John
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RE: OT - Bike Recovered

[Bob W]

> 
> A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
> 
[...]
> 
> I wish I'd been smart and written down the serial number, because then
> the
> seller might actually be facing criminal charges.  Who knows how many
> stolen
> bikes he's fenced for thieves?  I've resolved to keep a record of every
> serial number of every item of value that I have, starting with my bike
> and
> camera equipment, so that the next time this happens I will be better
> prepared.  Live and learn!
> 

that's terrific news - nice to hear a happy ending.

I have always kept receipts for valuable goods, although I don't know why -
I was never that well organised when I was younger - but it paid off
big-time with the insurance when my Pentax equipment was stolen and I had
the receipts for pretty much everything, going back years.

Bob


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Re: PESO - Kensington Porches

[Rick Womer]

Joe, Kensington, London, UK is 3200 miles east and several socioeconomic steps 
above Kensington, Philadelphia, US.  Kensington, London is where the embassies 
and Harrod's are, for example.

Thanks for the comments!

Rick

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--- On Sat, 7/10/10, 27...@comcast.net <27...@comcast.net> wrote:

> Rick, When I saw this post, I thought
> you meant in Philadelphia, but if I remember right,
> Kensington homes do not have porches.
> But I do like the photo, NiceJoe
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Rick Womer" 
> To: "Pentax List" 
> Sent: Friday, July 9, 2010 9:49:37 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
> Eastern
> Subject: PESO - Kensington Porches
> 
> Another from my photo walk in London in early May.
> 
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11206013
> 
> (K10D, DA 16-45, ISO 560, f/8 @ 1/45)
> 
> A bit trite, perhaps, but I love patterns like this and
> can't resist.
> 
> Rick
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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Re: PESO - Kensington Porches

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Thanks, Phil.  I shot in both directions, but to the north there was 
construction and traffic, and to the south some greenery.  I went with the 
greenery.

Rick

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> From: Northeast Media 
> Subject: Re: PESO - Kensington Porches
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
> Date: Friday, July 9, 2010, 10:57 PM
> I like the bit of greenery at the end
> of the pattern,  it rewards the viewer 
> with something different after following the pattern.
> 
> Phil
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Rick Womer" 
> To: "Pentax List" 
> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 11:49 AM
> Subject: PESO - Kensington Porches
> 
> 
> > Another from my photo walk in London in early May.
> >
> > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11206013
> >
> > (K10D, DA 16-45, ISO 560, f/8 @ 1/45)
> >
> > A bit trite, perhaps, but I love patterns like this
> and can't resist.
> >
> > Rick
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: OT - Bike Recovered

[Bruce Dayton]

so glad it ended well john.  it sucks that the thieves get away with this.
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"John Celio"  wrote:

>A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
>
>When I reported my bike stolen, the police and others suggested checking out 
>the local weekly swap meet.  This morning, a friend picked me up early and 
>we headed over there.  By mistake we ended up missing the parking lot 
>turn-off and parked in the swap meet area.  By pure luck, we parked two rows 
>down from a big van that was FULL of bikes, and by even more luck my bike 
>was one of the two dozen he had pulled out and set up in his stall.
>
>Now, as I mentioned in the original thread, I had never written down the 
>serial number of my bike, so I couldn't just go claim it.  I called the 
>police, who showed up and said that if I could identify it as the same one 
>from the description in my police report, they could probably convince the 
>seller to turn it over.
>
>The seller was in no mood to cooperate and was very argumentative with me as 
>I explained every mark and scratch on the bike.  He had stripped off almost 
>all the accessories I'd put on it, but there were clear distinguishing marks 
>that I had described on the police report that were still evident. 
>Eventually one officer pulled him aside, and after a few minutes the officer 
>came back and told me to take the bike, it was mine.  He later told me he 
>had asked the seller for his business license or tax info, neither of which 
>he had.  When the officer said he would be forced to run a check on all the 
>serial numbers on all the bikes in his van for stolen property, the seller 
>quickly said he'd let me take the bike if we'd leave, and that was that!
>
>I wish I'd been smart and written down the serial number, because then the 
>seller might actually be facing criminal charges.  Who knows how many stolen 
>bikes he's fenced for thieves?  I've resolved to keep a record of every 
>serial number of every item of value that I have, starting with my bike and 
>camera equipment, so that the next time this happens I will be better 
>prepared.  Live and learn!
>
>Thanks for reading,
>John
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OT - Bike Recovered

[John Celio]

A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!

When I reported my bike stolen, the police and others suggested checking out 
the local weekly swap meet.  This morning, a friend picked me up early and 
we headed over there.  By mistake we ended up missing the parking lot 
turn-off and parked in the swap meet area.  By pure luck, we parked two rows 
down from a big van that was FULL of bikes, and by even more luck my bike 
was one of the two dozen he had pulled out and set up in his stall.


Now, as I mentioned in the original thread, I had never written down the 
serial number of my bike, so I couldn't just go claim it.  I called the 
police, who showed up and said that if I could identify it as the same one 
from the description in my police report, they could probably convince the 
seller to turn it over.


The seller was in no mood to cooperate and was very argumentative with me as 
I explained every mark and scratch on the bike.  He had stripped off almost 
all the accessories I'd put on it, but there were clear distinguishing marks 
that I had described on the police report that were still evident. 
Eventually one officer pulled him aside, and after a few minutes the officer 
came back and told me to take the bike, it was mine.  He later told me he 
had asked the seller for his business license or tax info, neither of which 
he had.  When the officer said he would be forced to run a check on all the 
serial numbers on all the bikes in his van for stolen property, the seller 
quickly said he'd let me take the bike if we'd leave, and that was that!


I wish I'd been smart and written down the serial number, because then the 
seller might actually be facing criminal charges.  Who knows how many stolen 
bikes he's fenced for thieves?  I've resolved to keep a record of every 
serial number of every item of value that I have, starting with my bike and 
camera equipment, so that the next time this happens I will be better 
prepared.  Live and learn!


Thanks for reading,
John

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Impressions from various photo papers

[Igor Roshchin]

Hi All,

I tried two new papers this weekend.
One is Harman Matt FB Mp (Fibre Matte), and the other one is 
Premier Velvet BW.
I am underwhelmed by the former one, while the latter one looks really good.
I had a problem with Harman Matt FB Mp. The ink seems to chip off from
its surface relatively easily (while I was mounting the photo into a
frame, under glass).

I haven't done' much after printing with Premier Velvet BW, but
it looks much more impressive, all together... The texture seems
to be very good for the photo. (very contrast, almost binary
silhouettes of two dancers, similar to what I posted recently
(Yin and Yang of Tango).

Now, I have a question for people who have experience with such matte
papers: Do you do anything special with the surface of the photographs
to protect them? (E.g. do you use Premier's print shield spray:
http://premierart.info/pc_printshield.php or any other lacquers?)

Igor




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Re: back in the world of film (sort of) with my MX

[Bruce Dayton]

Saturday, July 10, 2010, 8:34:48 AM, you wrote:

BW> [...]
>> Not to be overly contentious, but the Pentax MX viewfinder had for me
>> the same issues I had with the Olympus OM1 and Nikon FM series
>> viewfinders: too much magnification, not enough eye point distance for
>> me wearing my glasses. I had to work to see the whole frame and find
>> the metering information and camera settings. The high-eye point
>> viewfinder on my Nikon F3/T, Olympus E-1, Panasonic G1 is FAR superior
>> ... I can see the whole image at a glance, as well as all the
>> in-viewfinder exposure settings and metering indicators, with no
>> strain. And the G1 finder is perfectly visible in light levels that
>> leave the MX with a 50mm f/1.4 lens like looking into a black hole.
>> 
>> I hear this kind of praise of old 35mm SLR viewfinders all the time. I
>> think it's mostly just wistful fondness for things past. 

BW> That's just bad luck for glasses wearers, not wistful thinking. I would take
BW> the MX viewfinder over the E-1 finder any day (other things being equal).
BW> One reason for wanting a 35mm-sized sensor is to be able to get decent
BW> viewfinders again.


Well, I can really relate to Godfrey on this one.  Up until now, I
have managed with mostly contacts my entire life.  There was a short
stint where I was wearing glasses and I really didn't like shooting a
camera, because of the lack of eye relief.

At age 50, and with astigmatism, it looks like I will be heading back
to glasses shortly to allow me to see near and far well.  I have been
doing the trick of monovision where one eye is corrected for near and
one for far, but finding that to not work as well anymore - have done
it for several years.  So when I put on glasses and look through my
K-x vs my K20D, the K-x is a bit easier to see everything than the
K20D.

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Boris PESO #30

[Boris Liberman]

Hello.

More shot from the Mime's Fair that we had in our town... This time it 
was a group of mimes probably trying to mimic a very well known 
photograph or a movie...


http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/07/peso-2010-30.html

Be brutal and honest, as usual.

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Re: PESO x2: Hanmer Foreset

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Nice.  They bring to mind this poem:

"The Woods are lovely, dark and deep,
but I have promises to keep,
and miles to go before I Sleep."

Robert Frost


>
>
> --- On Thu, 7/8/10, David Mann  wrote:
>
>> It's been a while since I took these
>> photos but I think I said I'd post them here.  Two
>> scenes from the forest tracks near the end of the Hanmer
>> Half Marathon course I ran a while back.
>>
>> http://www.multi.net.nz/hanmer/
>>
>> I took these the week after that event as we spent the
>> night in Hanmer on our way back from Blenheim where I'd run
>> another half marathon.
>>
>> Please forgive the rendering, they're quick-n-dirty HDRs
>> done on my uncalibrated laptop screen while I've been trying
>> out Photoshop CS5 with pretty much zero time to really come
>> to grips with it.
>>
>> K10D with the A15mm f/3.5.  It's the first time in
>> ages I'd taken the camera out seriously.  I even shot
>> some photos with the 6x7 but still haven't finished the roll
>> yet.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
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Re: PESO - Kensington Porches

[Daniel J. Matyola]

I like it.  The railings alone keep it from being "trite."

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
> Another from my photo walk in London in early May.
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11206013
>
> (K10D, DA 16-45, ISO 560, f/8 @ 1/45)
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> A bit trite, perhaps, but I love patterns like this and can't resist.
>
> Rick
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Re: OT: iPhone film

[William Robb]

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Subject: Re: OT: iPhone film

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Mark Roberts  
wrote:



They probably did the editing while hanging out at an Apple Friend
Bar:
http://www.theonion.com/video/new-apple-friend-bar-gives-customers-someone-to-ta,17693/


That would make money! :-)


I find that fact (and I am sure it is one) to be incredibly scary.

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RE: back in the world of film (sort of) with my MX

[Bob W]

[...]
> Not to be overly contentious, but the Pentax MX viewfinder had for me
> the same issues I had with the Olympus OM1 and Nikon FM series
> viewfinders: too much magnification, not enough eye point distance for
> me wearing my glasses. I had to work to see the whole frame and find
> the metering information and camera settings. The high-eye point
> viewfinder on my Nikon F3/T, Olympus E-1, Panasonic G1 is FAR superior
> ... I can see the whole image at a glance, as well as all the
> in-viewfinder exposure settings and metering indicators, with no
> strain. And the G1 finder is perfectly visible in light levels that
> leave the MX with a 50mm f/1.4 lens like looking into a black hole.
> 
> I hear this kind of praise of old 35mm SLR viewfinders all the time. I
> think it's mostly just wistful fondness for things past. 

That's just bad luck for glasses wearers, not wistful thinking. I would take
the MX viewfinder over the E-1 finder any day (other things being equal).
One reason for wanting a 35mm-sized sensor is to be able to get decent
viewfinders again.





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back in the world of film (sort of) with my MX

[Luiz Felipe]

Godfrey, Adam;

Really a subjective matter - not science, so diff opinions are 100% ok :-)

No hands (or eye) experience with the A900. Quick tries with Canon and Nikon 
finders, APS and FF, all darker than Lx & Mx. No fancy focusing screens. Lx 
wins (for me) due to adjust - I'm shortsighted and the Mx lacks adjustment. But 
both are outstanding for me. I did choose the Ds over the Dl because it's 
finder is slightly better - big diff for me, spoiled by ages of Lx and Mx. Used 
Canon's F1n for years, didn't enjoy its finder that much. Use often Canon's 
XTi, hate its finder. Again, my feelings on the matter. :-)

Cheers,

Luiz Felipe
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Re: back in the world of film (sort of) with my MX

[Ann Sanfedele]

Christine Aguila wrote:


Good suggestion, Paul S.  Thanks much.  Cheers, Christine


- Original Message - From: "paul stenquist" 


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Subject: Re: back in the world of film (sort of) with my MX


You can also get much better results by scanning the negative and 
printing as BW on your 2880. To my mind, lab printing of C41 is 
always unsatisfactory.

Paul

Christine,  I second Paul's comment --  I only had bw processed 
commercially
a couple of times out of desperate need and it was always crappy...  

You don't have to really set up a darkroom to do just do the developing 
yourself -  just crawl into a closet to load the film
into the tank...  everything else can be done in the light then print on 
your computer..


xo
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Re: back in the world of film (sort of) with my MX

[Adam Maas]

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Luiz Felipe  
> wrote:
>> Christine, the Mx is very close to a DSLR killer - when it comes to size and 
>> viewfinder. Even the full format DSLRs have problems matching the Mx finder, 
>> due to light losses in the mirror to allow for AF and fancy metering. True, 
>> a modern focusing screen can shine here, but the moment you give the same 
>> upgrade the Mx the results from the oldie shoud improve too...
>
> Not to be overly contentious, but the Pentax MX viewfinder had for me
> the same issues I had with the Olympus OM1 and Nikon FM series
> viewfinders: too much magnification, not enough eye point distance for
> me wearing my glasses. I had to work to see the whole frame and find
> the metering information and camera settings. The high-eye point
> viewfinder on my Nikon F3/T, Olympus E-1, Panasonic G1 is FAR superior
> ... I can see the whole image at a glance, as well as all the
> in-viewfinder exposure settings and metering indicators, with no
> strain. And the G1 finder is perfectly visible in light levels that
> leave the MX with a 50mm f/1.4 lens like looking into a black hole.
>
> I hear this kind of praise of old 35mm SLR viewfinders all the time. I
> think it's mostly just wistful fondness for things past. Brightness
> and magnification are only two components to what makes a top notch
> viewfinder for a camera ... they're important, for sure, but they're
> not the entire world.
>
> The Pentax MX body, however, was perhaps one of the very nicest Pentax
> 35mm SLRs. Simple, mechanical, direct and to the point like the Nikon
> FM2n. Modest in size, well finished. If I had found myself shooting
> any 35mm film, I might have kept mine even with one lens.
>
> --
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>   godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com
>

Overall I agree with Godfrey on the finder, except being a
non-eyeglass wearer I had no issues with the Nikon FM's. I actually
found the MX's finder to cause eyestrain due to the low eyepoint and
high magnification.

The best finder I've used is on Sony's A900. It's big, bright and very
easy to focus with (especially with an M screen). The closely related
Minolta Maxxum 9 finder is also excellent.

-Adam

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Re: back in the world of film (sort of) with my MX

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Luiz Felipe  wrote:
> Christine, the Mx is very close to a DSLR killer - when it comes to size and 
> viewfinder. Even the full format DSLRs have problems matching the Mx finder, 
> due to light losses in the mirror to allow for AF and fancy metering. True, a 
> modern focusing screen can shine here, but the moment you give the same 
> upgrade the Mx the results from the oldie shoud improve too...

Not to be overly contentious, but the Pentax MX viewfinder had for me
the same issues I had with the Olympus OM1 and Nikon FM series
viewfinders: too much magnification, not enough eye point distance for
me wearing my glasses. I had to work to see the whole frame and find
the metering information and camera settings. The high-eye point
viewfinder on my Nikon F3/T, Olympus E-1, Panasonic G1 is FAR superior
... I can see the whole image at a glance, as well as all the
in-viewfinder exposure settings and metering indicators, with no
strain. And the G1 finder is perfectly visible in light levels that
leave the MX with a 50mm f/1.4 lens like looking into a black hole.

I hear this kind of praise of old 35mm SLR viewfinders all the time. I
think it's mostly just wistful fondness for things past. Brightness
and magnification are only two components to what makes a top notch
viewfinder for a camera ... they're important, for sure, but they're
not the entire world.

The Pentax MX body, however, was perhaps one of the very nicest Pentax
35mm SLRs. Simple, mechanical, direct and to the point like the Nikon
FM2n. Modest in size, well finished. If I had found myself shooting
any 35mm film, I might have kept mine even with one lens.

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back in the world of film (sort of) with my MX

[Luiz Felipe]

Christine, the Mx is very close to a DSLR killer - when it comes to size and 
viewfinder. Even the full format DSLRs have problems matching the Mx finder, 
due to light losses in the mirror to allow for AF and fancy metering. True, a 
modern focusing screen can shine here, but the moment you give the same upgrade 
the Mx the results from the oldie shoud improve too...

Never got a neutral copy from those c41 b&w films unless I sent them to b&w lab 
for printing, but the quick return from a nearby minilab got me out of trouble 
more than once - getting me an early ok from a client so I would move to the 
next studio setup, prints to be delivered later in proper.

Very interesting pic! You got me thinking about carriyng the Mx more often. But 
that also means lab developing, film scanning... :-/ OTOH, every pic is 
available for a second high res scanning if I manage to catch anything of 
interest... next week I'll give it a try.

Luiz Felipe
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Re: Monitor advice wanted

[P N Stenquist]

On Jul 10, 2010, at 10:13 AM, Doug Franklin wrote:


On 2010-07-10 9:54, John Sessoms wrote:


Found it! - Radius Pivot Monitor


I had one one a Mac II csx about 20 years ago. If I remember  
correctly, the desktop pivoted when you turned the monitor, so your  
view was still upright.

Paul


Sweet.  I wish more were like that.  I'd be able to make do with two  
monitors instead of having to think about four ... I really need two  
portrait sometimes and two landscape sometimes.


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Re: PESO - Wildflowers

[Jack Davis]

Beautiful path line.

Jack

--- On Sat, 7/10/10, frank theriault  wrote:

> From: frank theriault 
> Subject: PESO - Wildflowers
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
> Date: Saturday, July 10, 2010, 5:14 AM
> Taken at Colonel Sam Smith Park, next
> to Lake Ontario, right at the
> bottom of my street:
> 
> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/wildflowers.html
> 
> Hope you like.  Comments welcome.
> 
> cheers,
> frank
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Re: Monitor advice wanted

[Doug Franklin]

On 2010-07-10 9:54, John Sessoms wrote:


Found it! - Radius Pivot Monitor


Sweet.  I wish more were like that.  I'd be able to make do with two 
monitors instead of having to think about four ... I really need two 
portrait sometimes and two landscape sometimes.


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Re: PESO 2010 - 124 - GDG

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Thank you, Bruce!

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Bruce Dayton  wrote:
> And enjoyable it is.  Well done sir!
>
>>a photo for your enjoyment
>>
>>    http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/124-broken-leaf
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Re: OT: iPhone film

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 5:38 AM, paul stenquist  wrote:
> Had to happen: a video shot and edited on an iPhone 4. Amazing stuff.
> http://vimeo.com/12819723

Doesn't matter one wit to me that all the peripheral equipment is
essential to making the shoot ... It's kind of like the old saying
about the talking horse,

"It doesn't matter if he stutters, it's amazing the horse can talk at all."

Pretty amazing stuff.
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Re: OT: iPhone film

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Mark Roberts  wrote:

> They probably did the editing while hanging out at an Apple Friend
> Bar:
> http://www.theonion.com/video/new-apple-friend-bar-gives-customers-someone-to-ta,17693/

That would make money! :-)
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Re: Monitor advice wanted

[John Sessoms]

From: Doug Franklin

On 2010-07-10 2:02, David Mann wrote:


> BTW when you pivot the screen does the system automatically reconfigure 
itself?


I've never encountered one that would do that, but I've been told that 
they're out there.  I actually would be a little surprised at that, 
though, since I don't think the DVI interface has much in the way of 
signals going from the monitor to the computer.  It might be possible 
through DDC or something, though, so I'm not sure.




I remember one from years ago - paper white monochrome VGA CRT.

It could be rotated from landscape to portrait orientation and would 
detect which one it was in. IIRC, they showed Aldus PageMaker DTP 
software in the advertising, and how easy it made page layouts.


I think it was available for early monochrome Macs.

Found it! - Radius Pivot Monitor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh5175Q4Vgo

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RE: OT: Trip to Brum?

[Bob W]

> Bob W wrote:
> > Anyone fancy a trip to Brum sometime over the next few weeks to see
> the
> > Steve McCurry exhibition?
> >
> > 
> 
> Will probably be heading to either the West country or other points
> south for holiday towards the end of July or beginning of August so
> could meet up.

Excellent - keep me posted.

Bob


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RE: PESO - Wildflowers

[Bob W]

> Taken at Colonel Sam Smith Park, next to Lake Ontario, right at the
> bottom of my street:
> 
> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/wildflowers.html
> 
> Hope you like.  Comments welcome.

I dunno. I can't help thinking that Dennis has been replaced by Walter...






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Re: OT: Trip to Brum?

[mike wilson]

Bob W wrote:

Anyone fancy a trip to Brum sometime over the next few weeks to see the
Steve McCurry exhibition?




Will probably be heading to either the West country or other points 
south for holiday towards the end of July or beginning of August so 
could meet up.


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Re: Monitor advice wanted

[Doug Franklin]

On 2010-07-10 2:02, David Mann wrote:


BTW when you pivot the screen does the system automatically reconfigure itself?


I've never encountered one that would do that, but I've been told that 
they're out there.  I actually would be a little surprised at that, 
though, since I don't think the DVI interface has much in the way of 
signals going from the monitor to the computer.  It might be possible 
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Re: OT - artistic approach to CATastrophy

[Cory Waters]

Man, I hope that's not a real exchange between people.
CW


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Re: OT PESO - The Path

[frank theriault]

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 1:06 AM, Adam Maas  wrote:
> Actually only semi-OT, as the film came from another PDML member who
> was kind enough to gift me with about 2 years stock of 120 and 220
> film.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawz/4778612495/
>
> Direct/Large link:
>
> http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4778612495_09d4685239_b.jpg
>
> Mamiya 645 Super, 80mm f1.9, Kodak Pro 100N converted to B&W
>

Love the rendering, the composition, the ominous clouds.

Wonderful photo.

cheers,
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PESO - Wildflowers

[frank theriault]

Taken at Colonel Sam Smith Park, next to Lake Ontario, right at the
bottom of my street:

http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/wildflowers.html

Hope you like.  Comments welcome.

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Re: OT PESO - The Path

[Adam Maas]

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Tom C  wrote:
> "Toto, I don't think we're in Saskatchewan anymore."
>
> I find the shot intriguing Adam.  Ho-hum with an ominous feel.  Not a
> criticism... Nice,
>

Thanks, that's pretty much exactly what I was going for.

-Adam

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Re: OT PESO - The Path

[Adam Maas]

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 1:27 AM, William Robb  wrote:
>
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> From: "Adam Maas" Subject: OT PESO - The Path
>
>> Actually only semi-OT, as the film came from another PDML member who
>> was kind enough to gift me with about 2 years stock of 120 and 220
>> film.
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawz/4778612495/
>>
>> Direct/Large link:
>>
>> http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4778612495_09d4685239_b.jpg
>>
>> Mamiya 645 Super, 80mm f1.9, Kodak Pro 100N converted to B&W
>
> Was that stuff actually OK?
>
> William Robb

Yep, that stuff is working pretty well so far. I've just been shooting
the RSX and Pro 100N so far but they're working well. Not even much in
the way of colour shift.

I've actually got stuff in the fridge which is a lot older (some
VPSIII with Calgary Olympics badging).

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Re: Car photo stories in Newspapers, Paul this is for you and Larry

[paul stenquist]

Nice work.

On Jul 10, 2010, at 1:25 AM, 27...@comcast.net wrote:

> I scanned a couple of photo pages of mine that were published in the 
> newspaper (just black and white back then) and remember that newspapers were 
> screened, which does not do justice to the images when I scanned the 
> pages.These were both self assignments. The cameras used were the Pentax LX 
> and MX and the film was Trix and Tmax. The loop was shot at asa 1600.. Joe
> 
> http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=973644
> 
> www.photo.net/photos/pjjdxn
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Re: back in the world of film (sort of) with my MX

[Derby Chang]

Christine Aguila wrote:
I bought Wendy's MX and had my first try out with some Kodak BW400CN 
film which is processed in color negative chemistry--Process C-41.  As 
you can see, there's a greenish tint to the image here of Darrel.  I 
had these developed at my neighborhood Walgreens, and the prints were 
printed on Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper.  I think this was taken 
with the 50mm lens 2.0 that came with the camera.  At some point I 
changed to the FA 50mm f1.4, but I can't remember when--it's back to 
writing shooting info down in a little pocket notebook.  Oh, fun :-).  
Just spent some time looking for a lab.  I found D'ore Photo Service, 
which is fairly close by.


http://www.caguila.com/caguila/darrelfilm/content/R1_4_large.html

I have to get back on the construction site for some shooting next 
week--that is, if I can.  There's a strike on and construction has 
stopped. I thought I'd take the MX with me and shoot a roll along with 
digital. Shooting film after digital has been discombobulating in a 
hysterically funny way--though I have learned that I really should get 
the Katz Eye for my digital cameras.  I'm kind of chicken about 
installing it though.


Thanks, Wendy!  Very happy to have the MX.
Big cheers, Christine







Hey Christine

'tis the Indian summer of film. Really. The gorgeous MX will be around 
for decades yet, but heaven forbid, if something untoward happens, there 
are still wonderful technicians to get it in order. Film technology is 
at its peak, and developer/fixer chemicals are still reasonably 
accessible and fresh.


Darrel glows on film.

I have a few rolls of XPAN Tmax in by bathroom right now. And I'm 
listening to some late Richard Strauss




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OT: Trip to Brum?

[Bob W]

Anyone fancy a trip to Brum sometime over the next few weeks to see the
Steve McCurry exhibition?



Bob


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RE: Mr. Callan chuckie.

[Bob W]

you must have been specially selected for a web exclusive. I hope you enjoy
spending your millions - perhaps you'll hold a PDML meeting on your yacht
sometime.

B

> 
> Anybody else been contacted by Mr chuckie?  Looks like the Chinese
> bought out the Nigerian money transfer scam, based on his e-mail.
> 



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Re: OT: iPhone film

[Cotty]

On 9/7/10, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:

>
>They probably did the editing while hanging out at an Apple Friend
>Bar:



>;-)

Excellent. Love the iStore idea!

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