Re: MZ-S problem
On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Mike wrote: First, thanks to everyone for their efforts. I've had every lens I own on the camera tonight and they all exhibit the same problem. When I move the aperture ring off the A setting it either says f64 or f76 Hmmm, does the displayed aperture depend on the minimum aperture of the lens? dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net There's something different about us -- different from people of Europe, Africa, Asia ... a deep and abiding belief in the Easter Bunny. -- G. Gordon Liddy - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Pentax WILL produce a digital SLR!
On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, Len Paris wrote: I appreciate the verve, enthusiasm, and good intentions with which you made that statement but 5 years ago was 1997 and computers were a lot more powerful than you give them credit for being. Unless you have some good, recognized references for a statement like that, you shouldn't make it. Five years ago, in 1997, a well specified computer would have been a Pentium II 350 with 128MB of RAM, about 10Gb hard disk and a hardware accelerated video card powering a 17 monitor. I know this, because I still have the well specified computer I bought in 1997 and I'm using it right now as a mail-server and web-server. Now maybe his statement would have been true if he'd said ten years ago, when a powerful machine would've been a 486 with 32Mb. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net A lie is an abomination unto the Lord and a very present help in time of trouble. -- Adlai Stevenson - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: PhotoExpo - so nothing new from Pentax?
On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Bruce Rubenstein wrote: To quote an old American baseball player, Deja-vue all over again! There were the same exact same posts here several years ago regarding the mythical MZ-1. Over the years I have come to the opinion that if Pentax's current products satisfy your needs, stay with them. If you need them to come out with something new, you will wind up in anticipation purgatory. Since I first joined this list in about '98 or '99, there's been constant new flagship at next show predictions, almost always followed by did I say this show? I meant the next show cop-outs. It's just a 'feature' of the PDML. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Stay away from hurricanes for a while. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: 67 Mania gaining foothold, victim needs help!
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Malcolm Smith wrote: Thank you for this posting. I have been so unsure as to which MF Pentax to save up for, but I now think the 67II will suit me fine. I must say I am still quite shocked at the cost of them; as I will only be able to afford one lens to go with the body, I assume I should get the equivalent to a 50mm for an LX(?). The standard lens for the 6x7 is the 105/2.4 - most second hand 6x7s have this attached. It's got a nice feel and is easy to focus. For wide angle, the 55/3.5 is the older model and probably cheaper then the f4.0. It's got an enormous front element, though.(100mm or so) That's about 28mm in 35mm terms. The 45 is about 22-ish in 35mm terms. There's a 75 (about 35mm) which can usually be quite cheap. I picked up a 6x7+105/2.5 for about HKD 4,000 a few years ago. That's roughly GBP 400. You may find a trip to HK pays for itself... dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net He who loses, wins the race, And parallel lines meet in space. -- John Boyd, Last Starship from Earth - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: What Do You See?
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, William Robb wrote: What about keeping old software versions around that are not broken because you don't want to put up with crappy new software that is broken out of the box? I find it ludicrous that anyone would try to pass off that recent versions of software are better than older versions, when often the exact opposite is well documented. In general, newer versions (maybe revisions is a better word) fix bugs in earlier versions. If I have a problem with my existing version of Lynx, for example, it may be that going to a more recent version fixes that problem. Of course, you're dead right that many 'new versions' are in fact rewritten completely and introduce as many bugs as they remove. Some software (like Excel, for example) hasn't really changed at all in about five years apart from some minor changes in appearance. Some other software (Windows, for example) has changed drastically and not always for the better. I remember the change from Win95 to Win98 and the drastic loss of stability. However, if a feature is required but not present, or a particular feature is broken (like CSS in NS 4.7x) then that problem is most definitely fixed in the most recent versions which are Mozilla and Netscape 6. That problem is also fixed in Opera, Konqueror, Amaya, W3M, Galeon, K-Meleon, and so on. Even IE5+ is a better browser. Aside: K-Meleon is a very small download and is a web browser which is very compliant with the most recent standards. If you're stuck for space or bandwidth, it's well worth a look. http://www.kmeleon.org/ If you're really stuck for power and space, then try lynx (http://lynx.browser.org) It doesn't require graphics, but does require Win32. Should I only provide pictures on my website as .gifs because Netscape 1.x doesn't support anything .jpgs? dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. -- E. B. White - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Contax Digital SLR
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, William Robb wrote: And I would hope that request is refused. Attempts at rewriting history are pretty contemptable. William Robb So if someone makes an honest mistake, he shouldn't be allowed to try and clean up the mess? dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well. -- Aristotle - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: What will Pentax show at the Photo Expo?
On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, Alan Chan wrote: Something like 100-109/2.8-3 will do. An 80-200/2.8 without the power zoom would be good. Hmmm, how about a 77-150/2.0. Make a nice portrait length. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Suddenly, Professor Liebowitz realizes he has come to the seminar without his duck ... - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Limited Lens Pool
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Steve Larson wrote: I`ll guess a 21-43/3.8 I roll of Supra 400 to the pot. OK, I'll revise my earlier guess to a 77-143/2.0 with a prize of a cheesy postcard from Hong Kong. (Or maybe a roll of [checks freezer] Kodak Portra 400BW.) dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net No user-servicable parts inside. Refer to qualified service personnel. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Call Pentax Demand A Digital SLR/K-Mount
On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Cyril MARION wrote: this is exactly what the e-film offers : to allow a replaceable CCD sensor into a standard SLR. *sigh*e-film/imagek/silicon film again. We ought to put this is the 'welcome to PDML' email: It doesn't exist! It's vapourware! dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net There is no statute of limitations on stupidity. -- Randomly produced by a computer program called Markov3. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Manual downloads from Pentax
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: If you are running IE6, it has some settings that are a problem with Adobe Acrobat. Yes, more MS sabotage. No doubt in my mind. It became evident with their last upgrade. I se IE6 and Win2k and haven't noticed any problems apart from a quirkiness about accepting cookies. Mind you, I recently installed Win98 to test some legacy software and the OS was about as stable as an upside down pyramid. Awful, absolutely awful. I immediately installed Win2k on that box and that's much, much better. (I'm a Linux guy, unstable software really bugs me.) dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net There is nothing wrong with writing ... as long as it is done in private and you wash your hands afterward. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: My Morning With BH
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Joseph Tainter wrote: [...snip...] I'm anxious to see what actually arrives in the box. This reminds me why I hate buying mail-order. dave ooh! the sig-monster's on form tonight! -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Batteries not included. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: planning on photographing w/ IR this weekend?
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Bill D. Casselberry wrote: David wrote: Make sure you load the film in the dark...and take it out in the dark. Get it processed as soon as you can. Keep it in the fridge until then. YES! wait until night in a darkened room, if need be Heck, I've loaded the stuff in broad daylight (and I'm talking noon in Macau, here) and had quite acceptable results. There was a bit of obvious light-leakage though, although it's didn't bother me. If you're a purist carry around a spare black t-shirt and use that as a changing bag. you will only need to concern yorself w/ this for close-in shots and/or wide apertures at modest distance. tight apertures and distance basicly eliminate need for concern. Yep, set your camera for f8+ dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Americans' greatest fear is that America will turn out to have been a phenomenon, not a civilization. -- Shirley Hazzard, Transit of Venus - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Re[2]: A King is born
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, David A. Mann wrote: Bruce Dayton wrote: I'm thinking that you name him FA King. More subtle but easier to sell to the wife. Maybe Fred Albano or something. :) Alex, longhand for LX ;) I can't believe I'm suggesting this. I think the poor lad will get the stuffing beaten out of him in school with some of these names. Call him Fred sod off or I'll thump ya senseless King. Should keep playground bullies at bay. Oh, and congratulations! Childbirth is a quite amazing experience, bringing up a child is even more amazing. Treasure the early days when they can't move very quickly. Then, learn about hyperfocal distance... *grin* dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net no maintenance: Impossible to fix. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Still more wide-angle questions
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, J. C. O'Connell wrote: Ah, but the special purpose cant be obtained with any less expensive lenses. I have the 15mm 3.5 SMCT and the contrast, sharpness, freedom from flare and distortion is incredible for such a wide lens. I think it's well worth the $750-900! Another reason I'm not giving up on 35mm just because I bought into the P67 system... Pentax really needs a lens like the 15/3.5 for the 6x7. It'd be a rectilinear 30/f4 or similar. This is also why we need a device for mounting K-mount lenses on a 6x7. Yeah, I know you won't get the full image circle, but, with an optical element to ensure infinity focus is transferred, you'd get at the very least a 36x36 image, and probably more. Anyone done any experiments with the *actual* image circles of some lenses? dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Love is a grave mental disease. -- Plato - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: flash for a MZ-5
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Piet Smit wrote: I've already used a flash which was not made for pentax, but on auto setting it will flash, and there is one shutter speed that I can set so it will also flash. If I buy a pentax flash or one made for a pentax camera will I be able to flash with all shutter speeds? And can anyone suggest a flash? The first thing to do with this kind of subject is to see if you really need a flash. Set your camera to ISO 800 or ISO1600 and spot-meter on a face. If you can get a reasonable meter reading (say 1/30) you're set. Use that film, get and use a monopod, and you'll get some good shots with natural light. You'll see the throwee blurred and the thrower steady - looks great if you the one throwing! dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Q: Heard about the ethnic who couldn't spell? A: He spent the night in a warehouse. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: (OT?) PDMLers in the Atlanta Area
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, William Robb wrote: Thats spelt Canadian You silly Ameriquan, you. WW That's ok - as the song goes: he's from Georgia and he doesn't speak the language very well. -- Tom Lehrer dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net An adequate bootstrap is a contradiction in terms. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: That EOS D60 on ebay
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Mick Maguire wrote: Is now at a cool $14,153,000.12 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1338871855 Does ebay have a 'wasting our time and bandwidth' charge? dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net If you have nothing to do, don't do it here. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Consume yourself happy with instant gratification (WAS: Silly Photo.net thread)
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Pål Audun Jensen wrote: If you really want a low impression of the photo.net readership, go read the article about his (philip greenspun's) Acura NSX. I think it may be on philip.greenspun.com by now. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face. -- Yogi Berra - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Oh, I get it...
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Aaron Reynolds wrote: Yep, Chris ain't the only one who's brought his 67 to a party for snapshots. Snapshots, *ptui* My 6x7 gets used in darkened pubs. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net I called my parents the other night, but I forgot about the time difference. They're still living in the fifties. -- Strange de Jim - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: AF speed
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Aaron Reynolds wrote: Perhaps Bruce can enlighten us about the details of his head to head with the Z-1p and 28-105 vs. the Nikon body he used and Nikkor 28-105. It's been my (albeit limited) experience with Nikons that they'll focus on something in the viewfinder with very little hunting. Whether they focus on the right thing, I couldn't say - My Nikon using friend could produce equally sharp and well composed pictures with my MZ-5 as with his Nikons. I'd be far more inclined to blame different final results with user error than with camera error. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Familiarity breeds contempt -- and children. -- Mark Twain - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Consume yourself happy with instant gratification (WAS: Silly Photo.net thread)
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Pål Audun Jensen wrote: One example of this is that a rank amateur considering a Pentax MZ-5n should buy a Nikon or a Canon because you can't rent a Pentax 600/4 in Florida. It is of course of no consequence to this rational argument that 99,99% of the worlds population have never been to Florida or that 99,99% of Pentax users in Florida never considers renting a 600/4. This is one of the more bizarre photo.net arguments. You can't rent Pentax gear. So what? I, personally, have never rented any camera gear at all. In the monumentally unlikely circumstances that I'd need to rent a 600/4 lens for something, I'm sure I could rent the Nikon or Canon body as easily as the lens. Of course I could always buy one for my 6x7 and use it on my MX with the 6x7 adapter, which is not something you can say for Nikkor (or Canon) lenses. dave -- o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net To love is good, love being difficult. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Stereo Photography
On Sat, 9 Mar 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In general, stereophography works best over a fairly limited range of distances -- too far away and the effect is subtle enough that it may not be worthwhile. But what if one moved the lenses farther apart than normal eye spacing? Aerial stereoscopic photography uses large spaces between the photos to give this sort of illusion. It's ges since I did any work with them, but we used to use them for observing large scale geological formations, places to put dams, etc. In this method, the plane moves at a constant velocity taking photos at a constant rate. You need a special viewer to look at them, however. They're very effective at conveying the illusion that you're 10,000 feet up. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Nothing happens. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 6x7 questions
On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, William Kane wrote: I'm trying to figure out the major differences between 67 and 645 setups . . . the newest 645 has AF, but besides that I can't really tell any other differences. Are the interchangable backs/viewfinder options the same? Film types? The film types are exactly the same as both types of camera use the same film type: 120 roll film. The smaller format gives you more pictures per roll. There are no interchangeable backs for the 6x7 - it's much more like 35mm in that respect. (Other manufacturers systems may have interchangeable backs. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net The chief enemy of creativity is good sense -- Picasso - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Tripod and head for super telephotos (WAS: Pentax 300mm A 2.8 questions )
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Alan Abbott wrote: How powerful is that flash as well? Must be bloody good to illuminate what he is looking at with a 600mm!!! I remember some thread on photo.net where some goof suggested illuminating a whole town with the built in f;lash on his camera... But it's only for fill flash, it should be okay. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Build a system that even a fool can use and only a fool will want to use it. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Just picked up a PZ-1 !
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, tom wrote: On 6 Mar 2002 at 10:35, Joe Wilensky wrote: I stopped by my local camera shop this morning and found a PZ-1, with SMC-F 50/1.7 for $250. I offered $200 and got it. Jeez, that's some deal. Congrats. I've seen a lot of Z-1s and Z-1ps around here (hong kong) for that kind of money. It's a heck of a lot of camera for the price. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net BASIC is the Computer Science equivalent of `Scientific Creationism'. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Uh-Oh :^D
On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Aaron Reynolds wrote: C'mon, Tom, I mean, yeah, they're not huge, but you can't HIDE a 67 on your person, can you? Sure you can - I'm just very happy to see y'all dave -- dave o'brien - http://wwwdiaspoirnet A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe, go to http://wwwpdmlnet and follow the directions Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pugkomkonorg
Re: Best portrait lens for Pentax DSLR?
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Shel Belinkoff wrote: There is the SMC Pentax A 35~70/40 which can be purchased pretty reasonably What does cracking good mean? What characteristics do you look for in a portrait lens? It means really rather good, don't you know As for good portrait lenses, I'm personally rather partial to a 20-35 as a lens for getting a pic of people doing things I doubt any non-full frame DSLR will satisfy me for that kind of portrait unless I go back and pay that extortionate amount for the 15/35 If Pentax get a reasonable budget DSLR going, they'll have done something no one else has If anyone complains about it, ask to see any other DLSR to which you can attach either a 15/35 or an 800/40 or anything in between dave -- dave o'brien - http://wwwdiaspoirnet The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe, go to http://wwwpdmlnet and follow the directions Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pugkomkonorg
RE: Best portrait lens for Pentax DSLR?
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Ed Mathews wrote: The problem with this is that there is no set standard of a multiplier that will be agreed upon and standard for any length of time If there ever is a Pentax digital SLR, it might require a 15 X focal length, but it might not And there's no telling what the next one after that would require This is all temporary right now It really doesn't matter If Pentax get out an affordable DSLR with the promise of better coverage and higher resolution in later versions it'll still be a coup Kodak and Nikon offerings are high-end If Pentax can target the mid-range SLR buyer with affordable second hand lenses for a DSLR, they could be onto a winner Think of an advertising campaign: Remember the Spotmatic camera you bought when you were in Vietnam? You know those lenses you've had for thirty years? They'll fit your *new* Pentax Digital Or: We had the first SLR The first AF lens Now the first affordable DLSR which will use all your lenses you bought for our other cameras dave -- dave o'brien - http://wwwdiaspoirnet Each man is his own prisoner, in solitary confinement for life - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe, go to http://wwwpdmlnet and follow the directions Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pugkomkonorg
Re: Uh-Oh :^D
On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Fred wrote: (I'd better be careful here, though - they're also the ones with the big arm muscles - tremble) Any resemblance between 6x7 owners and Popeye is purely coincidental And nothing to do with our consumption of spinach in any way shape or form dave -- dave o'brien - http://wwwdiaspoirnet The Czechs announced after Sputnik that they, too, would launch a satellite Of course, it would orbit Sputnik, not Earth! - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe, go to http://wwwpdmlnet and follow the directions Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pugkomkonorg
Re: Uh-Oh :^D
On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Shel Belinkoff wrote: chanting esoteric, lydian incantations Lydia, oh Lydia, That Encyclopedia dave the hook! the hook!y -- dave o'brien - http://wwwdiaspoirnet We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail -- Dave Barry - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe, go to http://wwwpdmlnet and follow the directions Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pugkomkonorg
Re: What is it - New products Pentax Japan Site - new products
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Bob Rapp wrote: I give up, The picture of a 645 with what looks like 2 backs and a focusing screen. What are they?? Without knowing the exact page, it's difficult to find, but Babelfish (http://www.babelfish.altavista.com) can translate from Japanese to English quite well, although you occasionally get sentences like: Square Entering of 9 millimeter width. Adjusting horizontality * vertical direction accurately, it is convenient to composition decision. Still, at least you can get a good idea of what's going on. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net If it has syntax, it isn't user friendly. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: sigma 70-300mm 4-5.6 DL macro lens.
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Nitin Garg wrote: hi, anyone has any experience with this lens ? Nitin, I've had one for a while. It's not a bad lens and the zoom-range is good for walking around. The attached lenshood is pretty deep and seems to work well - I can't ever recall seeing much flare when using this on bright sunny days. The attached lens hood also reverses to store on the camera, which is quite convenient. I think I used the macro mode once - I'm not much of a macro shooter. It's only macro at 300 which means you need quite a bit of room. I don't use it much anymore because my style of photography changed - I normally walk around with a 20-35, a 50 and a 135 now. It's an ok lens, though. As for the quality of the image - I can't comment on that as I haven't used it for a while. I can't remember ever looking at a pic and thinking Man this lens, er, blows! It works well with my Zs and my MZ-5 - no compatability problems. (It's the one attached to the camera (z5) in http://www.diaspoir.net/dave/davenstef.jpg, although that's an amazingly unhelpful picture for camera equipment. It also looks photoshopped, for some reason.) dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Need some advice about a trade..
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Robert Woerner wrote: I highly recommend the AF500FTZ. The guide number is 138 ft., coverage goes as wide as 24mm, swivel head, and vari-power in manual mode. BTW KEH has one in EX condition for $205.00. They sell for $284.00 new at BH. I have the 500 and it works great. I've found that if you bounce the flash you can get good coverage down to about 20mm. This photo: http://pug.komkon.org/00dece/synchronicity,html was taken with a bounce card (just a white piece of plastic velcro'd to the flash.) dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net I'm not stupid, I'm not expendable, and I'M NOT GOING! - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Bojidar Dimitrov wrote: Hi all, What can I do against this: http://cgi.ebay.de/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1334153963 The Internet Remote Cattle-Prod Transmission Protocal. It transmits a short, sharp electric shock to spammers and people who steal your images and text. Damn, that was just wishful thinking, sorry. dave maybe for Christmas, if I wish hard enough... -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Trying to be happy is like trying to build a machine for which the only specification is that it should run noiselessly. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: 67 Brotherhood -- a humble question about MLU
On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Peifer, William [OCDUS] wrote: I now turn my gaze away from the large bodies -- especially Casselberry's 6x9 -- for fear of turning into a pillar of silver bromide ;-) The first time I read that, I read it as Casselberry's body being large... But the second time, well, the 6x9 Fuji Rangefinders look slightly smaller than the 6x7. Whether they're lighter I don't know, but they won't require the big mirror box, so they should be less bulky. They have a good reputation for sharp lenses as well. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Remember, in 2039, MOUSSE PASTA will be available ONLY by prescription!! - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: SMC Reflex Zoom
On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Fred wrote: Perhaps, based upon your mention of being an excellent lens for flower photo, it is indeed a new lens, because the 400-600/8-12 had (like most long telephotos) a rather long close-focus distance (about 10 feet), which is a little far for the usual flower photo. (And, because of the doughnut bokeh of typical mirror lenses, I would think that it might be difficult to use a mirror lens for such images.) Some mirror lenses can focus closer than that. I've got a 500/f8 Vivitar with a macro mode. It can get down to 1:2.7 at under 6 feet. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Hate the sin and love the sinner. -- Mahatma Gandhi - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Portra Films
On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Treena Harp wrote: BTW, has anyone here used the Portra chromogenic B+W yet? I was wanting to try some for portraits, but was wondering if any of ya'll have any feedback on it. I ran a test on some the other week - exposed the same scene from ISO 25 to ISO 1600. There wasn't much of a difference on the negative and none of the muddiness you get with T400CN underexposed. I got mine developed in the minilab downstairs and they came back black and white. None of this brown stuff. Also, there were none of the usual arguments you tend to get when you give a minilab film they haven't seen before. I took some portraits of my daughter with it - it's very smooth and has a good range of tones. Very grainless as well, at least in the prints. I went out and bought a brick of it straight away. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait. [If youth but knew, if old age but could.] -- Henri Estienne - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: PMA News
On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a faster fps fully sealed body perhaps a faster film rewinder Sounds like an F5. This can be a 12 month task that can involve a team of 3 An electronics engineer, designer amd moulder/assembler Are you a camera engineer? I am not asking for a complete new body just an improved body of the current mzs. Are you saying Pentax is so small of a company they can't afford to invest $200,000 US for a body that can last for the next 10 years (if it costs them that much? Remember all we are talking about is an improvement of the MZS which would be faster fps, fully sealed body and a possible faster film rewind Which means more power consumption which means more batteries which means a larger body, which leads to a redesign... If you really want 10+fps, then you should look at the Canon with mirror which doesn't flip up. Or maybe a movie camera. But if you have a digital, you can get 25+ fps... The fundamental question is not whther thay can do it. It's whether it's thr right thing for Pentax to do. Personally, I don't think they'll ever bother with the F5 style of camera. They started competing with Nikon with the Z-1p and they lost that battle even though the Z-1p was far better specified that the N90. I doubt they'd try that again. You telling me globally on planet Eart they wouldn't sell 200 bodies @ $1800 us in the first 24 months which would tally @ $360,000 plus the on going sales and profits they can make for the next 10 years? Turnover is not the same as profit. Someone needs to sit down and look at the big picture not the picture in the tunnel with an attitude We enthusiasts could not provide Pentax with enough cash Maybe Pentax want to leave the market for Nikon F5s to Nikon? Pentax's main market is PS cameras and low end SLRs which can use all the lenses. Their SLR customers are generally enthusiasts who appreciate a well made camera and not 'professionals' (i.e. sports and photojournalist types). Basically, if you want an F5, then go and get one. Pentax aren't going to make one - it's just not part of their philosophy. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Q: Why do ducks have big flat feet? A: To stamp out forest fires. Q: Why do elephants have big flat feet? A: To stamp out flaming ducks. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Dear Mr Pentax : )
On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im lossing my patience here after the 15 email in reference to this So, nobody agrees with you so we're all wrong. Yeah, right. Guys, I think the who is back! dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net There are two times when a man doesn't understand a woman -- before marriage and after marriage. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Re: Medium format? Large format? What?
On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, gfen wrote: On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, T Rittenhouse wrote: And you can call yourself a Pro since you use the Pro camera. grin Now that its mine, I need to get a fedora with a press card in it to complete the picture. :) Well, for $70, even if it doesn't work, you've got a fancy dress prop for a heck of a lot of parties. just call me Weegee, baby I think my sigmonster (the thing which makes my .sigs) is smoking something strange... dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net I'm RELIGIOUS!! I love a man with a HAIRPIECE!! Equip me with MISSILES!! - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: A plea from the heart
On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Aaron Reynolds wrote: WARNING: This explanation is Not Suitable for British School Kids: On Friday, February 22, 2002, at 07:59 AM, Paul F. Stregevsky wrote: A year or two ago, a PDMLer for whom English was a second language criticized a lens with the epithet, It's the socks! HAR! I told someone the other day, jokingly, that something was the socks, and they looked at me funny...and then, as I was about to explain myself, I couldn't remember where I had heard the expression. It may be a bowdlerization of it's the dog's bollocks!, a vulgar English expression equivalent to it's the bee's knees! or it's brilliant!. THANK YOU. I'll call Vanessa and tell her that I'm not a freak. Jeez, man, you tell her that *after* the wedding. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Oh, so there you are! - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 67 Brotherhood -- a humble question about MLU
On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Peifer, William [OCDUS] wrote: (As I lay down my puny small-format bodies and take my shoes off to stand in your presence) BOW YOUR HEADS! What say ye about mirror lock-up bodies -- specifically, which ones have it and which don't? My guess is that bodies marked 67 do not. Do all bodies marked 6x7 have mirror lock-up? If not, how does a small-format neophyte tell the difference? There's a little switch on the right hand side (when looking forward, i.e. the shutter release side) of the mirror box which locks up the mirror. It's in a portrait orientation (i.e. taller than wide) and about one centimeter long. There's a little switch on the left hand side which is the lens release button. If you're looking at a body, and the shutter is cocked, pushing up on the switch will lock up the mirror. It can only be release by pushing the shutter release or pushing the reset switch (that's the little recessed doodad). The shutter release is on the body part, *not* the mirror box, and is a small circular recessed button. You can't push it by mistake. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Insufficient facts always invite danger. -- Spock, Space Seed, stardate 3141.9 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 67 Brotherhood -- a humble question about MLU
On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, dave o'brien wrote: If you're looking at a body, and the shutter is cocked, pushing up on the switch will lock up the mirror. It can only be release by pushing the shutter release or pushing the reset switch (that's the little recessed doodad). I forgot to add: to cock the shutter, you'll either need film in the camera or someone who knows enough about 6x7s to do the little trick with the exposure count dial. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Let me put it this way: today is going to be a learning experience. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 67 Brotherhood -- a humble question about MLU
On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, dave o'brien wrote: The shutter release is on the body part, *not* the mirror box, and is a small circular recessed button. You can't push it by mistake. *aaargh!* I shouldn't be posting. That's the mirror lockup release and reset button, not the shutter release. You only need this if a battery runs out mid-exposure. The shutter release is the feeping obvious thing on the top of the camera. If you've ever used a manual camera (or even an MZ style camera, a P6x7 will be blindingly obvious. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Americans are people who insist on living in the present, tense. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: thankyou
On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, William Robb wrote: Were we just insulted? Trolled, I think. Hmmm, my sigmonster is on good form today. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Those of you who think you know everything are annoying those of us who do. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: P67 myth rears its ugly head again, was Re: Pentax fast glass?
On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Aaron Reynolds wrote: The Pentax 67 is only big or heavy when compared to the smallest and lightest of 35mm cameras. i.e. those made by Pentax. It's hard to see how it could be much smaller though - it's only a little wider than the film path, and only a little taller than the 120 spool. The big pentaprism and mirror box are that way because of the laws of physics and, as any Star Trek fan knows, Ye canna change the laws of physics, cap'n! It's funny seeing those huge nikons with only a small hole in the front. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net I know things about TROY DONAHUE that can't even be PRINTED!! - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: manual lenses on pz1p how does it all work
On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. With a manual focus lense on a pz1-p you don't have auto focus after all its a manual focus lense. If the camera is set on auto will it set the shutter speeds and aperture for you or better still will the function of me manually selecting the aparture will the pz1 automatically set the shutter speed (visa versa? If the lens is an A, F or FA lens, then the camera can select the aperture, as long as then the aperture is set to 'A'. If it's an M or K lens, then you'll need to set the aperture yourself on the lens. This assumes that the camera is in P, HyP or HyM modes. Changing the shutter speed will only change the aperture if the lens is set to 'A'. 2. With a screw mount manual focus lense on a pz1-p you don't have auto focus after all its a manual focus lense. If the camera is set on auto will it set the shutter speeds and aperture for you or better still will the function of me manually selecting the aparture will the pz1 automatically set the shutter speed vica versa? M42 lenses (screwmounts) are similar to M or Kle lenses as above, but you also have to stop down to meter at your desired aperture. i.e., if you have an M42 50/f1.4, and you want to take a photo at f8, you need to set the little lever on the lens so that it's gets darker when you close the aperture, then set the aperture to f8 to meter. The camera won't close the aperture for you when taking the picture like it will with K-mount lenses. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it. -- La Rochefoucauld - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 67 Brotherhood
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, T Rittenhouse wrote: ...I saw Aaron and Bill gathering faggots I had to read that twice before my dirty mind gave up making rude remarks... I'll just get my pitchfork and join the rabble. dave rhubarb! rhubarb! -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Hildebrant's Principle: If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: is something wrong with the list ?
On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Nitin Garg wrote: It must have been a different problem in my case. University mailboxes dont have notion of full unless the disk gets full if someone else is hogging up all space). Must have been that or network issues. I am online almost all the time and my inbox has very few mails at a time. If it's a university system then it's almost certainly a Unix type mail system and your email is stored in your home directory. If your disk quote is full with other files, you may not have enough room to get more email. Also, your email may be marked read, but still on the disk. The PDML takes up a lot of space on disk. My PDML mailbox is only the last three months and it's 57Mb! dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Actual war is a very messy business. Very, very messy business. -- Kirk, A Taste of Armageddon, stardate 3193.0 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: For REAL Pentax fans only...
On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Bojidar Dimitrov wrote: http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/collection/ Someone *needs* a polariser very, very badly. dave and a tripod -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net People that can't find something to live for always seem to find something to die for. The problem is, they usually want the rest of us to die for it too. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: For REAL Pentax fans only...
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Bojidar Dimitrov wrote: You don't seem to be a REAL Pentax fan, Dave. Noticing the technical incompetence of the photos means that your heart was not beating fast enough while looking at them... Yeah, I'm definitely waning - I just had a 15/3.5 in my hands and refused to buy it, looked at all three limited lenses and decided they were too expensive and ignored an 85/1.4 in favour of a quarter pounder with cheese from MacDonald's. But I did think that an FA120/4 (645) with the right adapters was probable my next lens, so maybe I'm not completely hopeless. I'm still weighing up an 800/f4.0 (6x7) vs my wife throwing me out, so there's hope for me yet. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net To err is human, to purr feline. To err is human, two curs canine. To err is human, to moo bovine. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Portrait lenses
On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Dan Scott wrote: My wife has forbidden me to photograph her with the FA 100/2.8 macro. I comply, but it baffles me--other than a reversed l/r image what do women see in a photo that they haven't seen in a mirror? Nothing, but at least the mirror image stays in the bathroom. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net I sat down beside her, said hello, offered to buy her a drink... and then natural selection reared its ugly head. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: (2): OT:first attempt at html page
On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Shel Belinkoff wrote: And here's a great shareware program for writing and editing HTML: http://www.studioware.com/ There's a really excellent text editor available at http://www.textpad.com. It supports 'syntax highlighting', which means that it can understand certain file formats and colour various words differently. The setting for HTML has the control codes and tags in different colours and quoted text in different colours, so that it's really obvious when you forget to close a quote. You can also download little 'clip libraries' of standard phrases, which in the HTML library include the standard tags. i.e., if you double-click on 'Text Link' with some highlighted text, it inserts a href=your highlighted text/a and all you have to do it type in the link. There are clip libraries and syntax highlighing for all sorts of programming languages as well, and you can even roll your own. At one stage, I used to have a 'fast text file' highlighter which would let me whiz through a text file looking for my key words, which would be highlighted in red. It also allows you to search and replace over more than one file, write macros, view your files in any program (including web browsers), and a myriad of other features. It's about $30 (US bucks) if you choose to buy it, I think. I didn't, but only because I started running my own webserver under linux and I just use vi, instead. http://www.textpad.com. Go there, it's damn good. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Liberty don't work as good in practice as it does in speeches. -- The Best of Will Rogers - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Temporary dropout
On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Quick everyone, post your flower pictures!! Flowers and cats together, that's what we want. Where's that triffid gone... dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Economists state their GNP growth projections to the nearest tenth of a percentage point to prove they have a sense of humor. -- Edgar R. Fiedler - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: OT -- Really nasty virus around
On Sat, 26 Apr 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Glenn: (Yes, I was around for the RTFM worm -- the Morris worm -- but that used mail transfer agents, not mail user agents. It involved sendmail rather than /usr/ucb/mail. As such, it's not comparable to an attack on Outlook.) Yep, I was there too! Len: The people running other software should not deceive themselves into believing that they have immunity from hackers, crackers, and virus/trojan programs. On one hand, it's easy to write a little script which will bugger up a unix system and mail it to someone, *BUT*, the recipient has to: save it to disk, change an attribute so that the script is executable, change to the superuser id (usually root), run the script. On the other hand from Outlook, you just have to click on an attachment. (I've heard of scripts being able to run from the preview pane in Outlook, but not seen it seriously documented.) Win2k is better than previous versions of Windows, in that I frequently have to install, or change things as the Administrator user (superuser). This is good. Win2k is good. But on the gripping hand, I'd prefer to not have to worry about these things, which is why I read my mail on my linux box, and play games on the windows one. :) dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Life is the urge to ecstasy. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Why do my photos appear in PUG full of artifacts?
On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Sid Barras wrote: I suppose this is going over my head when we begin to talk about jpeg compression, but is my file size is 74k when closed, and stored on the server, does it suddenly take up more space on the server when it is open? The important size is the size of the file on the disk. Sometimes the editing program (photoshop or paintshop pro) will show an uncompressed size, which really has no relation to the compressed size on disk. And one last puzzlement, why isn't the code for the page written so that the thumbnails will show in both netscape and explorer? It works fine under Konqueror (a linux browser). There appear to be spaces as the first character of the thumbnail filenames, which would seem to be a mistake of some sort. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net You will lose an important disk file. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Australian Pentax Market Penetration
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Alan Chan wrote: Thank God for my son in Hong Kong, otherwise I would not have been able to justify buying my recent acquisitions. Still one of the cheapest place to buy if you know where. :) ...and a very expensive place if you don't know where to go... dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net To err is human, to repent, divine, to persist, devilish. -- Benjamin Franklin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Hong Kong Pentax was RE: Australian Pentax Market PenetrationHong Kong
On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, John Coyle wrote: Kevin: Quoted from Dave O'Briens message... I saw one on Hong Kong side: Pacific Place in Admiralty. I don't remember the name of the store, but there's only two likely places in there. Possibly Universal Audio/Video. It's on the ground floor in there. It's: Universal Audio Video Centre, 135, The Mall, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong Tel: +852 2801 6422 Fax: +852 2801 6424 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've never dealt with them myself, but that's the only place I've seen an MZ-S here. Another good place is: Matsuya Camera: http://home.hkstar.com/~matsuya/ There are good camera shops here, but there are real rogues as well. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. -- Albert Einstein - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: English English speakers--OT
On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Mike Johnston wrote: To anyone who speaks English English--can you please enlighten me as to what a bedsit is?? A bedsit is a 'bedroom / sitting room'. Think of a small studio flat, bedroom and kitchen all as part of the main room. Now think of it with old and slightly tired furniture, all gone slightly mouldy. It used to be a common practice in England that a landlord would split up a house into seperate rooms, give each room a cooking facility and rent them out to single people. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. -- Emerson - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: English English speakers--OT
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, dave o'brien wrote: Think of a small studio flat, bedroom and kitchen all as part of the main room. Now think of it with old and slightly tired furniture, all gone slightly mouldy. I forgot to add: If you look at one of the early episodes of Mr Bean (Rowan Atkinson), he's living in a place like this. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Someone is unenthusiastic about your work. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Mangling English (Papped)
Bob Walkden wrote: the one that really makes me grind my teeth is architect. Not the noun, the verb. To architect something is what a systems architect is hired for. any noun can be verbed... Verbing weirds language -- Calvin (From Calvin and Hobbes) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: What Have You Learned Here?
Cotty wrote: *I've learned that a lot of PDMLers do not have English as their first language... And frequently they write better English than those who have it as their native tongue. dave yerwhat? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Metering
Pål Audun Jensen wrote: Aaron wrote: Unless the meter was up on exactly what film you were using and knew all of the newest films as they were released, this would be hard to implement. I'm glad it doesn't try, leaving us, once again, in control. I think that would be a bloody good idea for an LXII. Also, it needs to come with an internet connection to download new film characteristics. Well, the LX II, onlhy costs $150, but the satellite phone attachment costs the remaining $2000! dave testing a new mail server - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: I'm Enabled - Woo Hoo!
frank theriault wrote: Just got an MX with Winder MX that I bought from a list member (thanks very much, Wheatfield Willie!). On a related topic, does anyone have a guess for the current market value of an MX Winder? One of the local places has one for sale, but with no price. This normally means *EXPENSIVE*. (It's Onesto Cameras, Kimberly Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, if the other HK based PDMLers want a look.) thanks, dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: What cameras OTHER than the LX rate at least a half wink?
On Sun, 23 Dec 2001, Dave Weiss wrote: Paul, Aw shucks, I hope I am not the lone pdmler who owns a Mamiya TLR! Strangely enough, I was using it about a week ago and got some real nifty portraits of my kids with the 180 super lens. I had forgotten how good the pictures could look with this lens. Gotta love TLR's for making you take your time (parallax corrections, left to right corrections, etc.). Nope, I've got one as well (A C3). Lovely camera. Bit of a brick though. Still prefer the 6x7 except for that almighty thump from the shutter. dave working through the backlog - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Technical question about the list
On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Levente -Levi- Littvay wrote: What does everyone think about adding a [pentax] to the subject of each letter so it is easier to filter (both with machine and both by eyeballing the mailbox) Completely unnecessary. My understanding is that it is a modest change that is fairly easy. It would help me a lot... You use Outlook which, despite its many shortcomings, does have a relatively decent set of filters. I think they're called Rules in Outlook. Check under the Action menu when you open an email from the PDML. There should be an option for creating a rule. You can either follow the prompts if they feel sensible or wing it, but what you want to end up with is a rule which filters everything from [EMAIL PROTECTED] into a separate folder. *ALL* mail from the PDML will have the same To: address or the same Reply-to: address. Use these to filter it. Really, you should learn to use rules of this kind to filter as much of your email as possible, especially if much of it is routine 'general office info'. In my last company, I had a set of rules which put all the 'sent to everyone' stuff in one folder, the virus alerts in another, anything sent from personal friends in a third, the corporate newsletter in another, etc, and only stuff sent specifically to me landed in my inbox. This cuts down on the interruptions due to email tremendously, as you know that the only things which are for your explicit and personal attention are those things which are either from your friends or those things which are for you personally. Your mail-thingy goes You've got mail! and you can just flick to it with alt-tab and see if it's just routine stuff or sent to you personally. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Technical question about the list
On 20 Dec 2001, Johan Schoone wrote: There are mailing lists where it is common practice to do this. I know of at least one newsgroup (alt.fan.pratchett) where it is good manners to identify whether your posting is Relevant, Irrelevant, Meta, Annotation, Games-related or Fandom-related by a tag (RIMAGF) respectively, and this helps tremendously with filtering. That newsgroup is *insanely* high traffic, however (or was the last time I put up with it) and ninja filters were the only way to deal with it. This message, for example, would be [M] for Meta, in that it refers to the technical aspects of reading the list. Something about Pentax would be [R] for Relevant, etc. Folks here are generally pretty good with OT, or FS for Off-Topic or For-Sale, however, so you could filter on that, if you want. Personally, I keep a few folders for this mailing list: pentax.active recent email send from the list to the list pentax.adminemail sent to me from people on the list pentax.archive old email chucked in here when it's a month old pentax.bozo people I couldn't be bothered reading. (The archiving stuff is a little esoteric - I have (or will, when I polish them up a little) some scripts which move everything over about a month old into a separate folder. I think Outlook can do this too, although it might want to archive everything, not just one folder.) Some folks also consider it useful to filter on people whose ideas or emails you don't want to read or whose postings make you want to argue with them. Especially those prone to off topic ranting. Mail folders are your friends. Yep, or at least filters are. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Technical question about the list
On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Cotty wrote: pentax.bozo people I couldn't be bothered reading. LOL! That's a real hoot, Dave! Cheered me up no end. Well, nice to know that at least one person hasn't put me in their bozo bin. (Damn - you won't read this...) Nope, there's only one person in there at the moment. No prizes for guessing who that is... dave :) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Technical question about the list
On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Levente -Levi- Littvay wrote: (It would be a good idea if the address you give actually worked. This bounced, so I'll send it to the list in case it's useful to someone...) OK, It was just an idea. I actually like it on other lists. yeah, but on this list, everything comes from one address, so you can filter on that and it isn't necessary for everyone to remember something. Well don't judge me based on what you see. It is a temp setup that alows me to sync my PDA until I get a new one and until school will allow me to finalize my Linux. (e-mail is a tough issue with Linux) email is *easy* with linux. (I'm a linux consultant.) Al you need is Sendmail (or postfix) configured (it's easier than it looks, really!), and it just works. What do you recommend for e-mail? (reply private, decrease of offtopicthx) what I have setup for linux is very simple. In my .procmailrc I have the following lines: :0: * ^To:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED]* pentax.active Which puts everything with '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' in either the To: string or the Reply-to: string in the 'pentax.active' folder. If you want to score by poster or content, then I recommend you search for 'Timo Saalinen procmail tips'. You'll get tons of info. (I also have some filters which put the excessively off-topic people in another folder and this filter goes *before* the one above: :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED]* * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED]* pentax.bozo etc, I'm sure you can figure it out.) regards, dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Quietest AF body
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Christien Bunting wrote: Which of the AF bodies is the quietest and has mirror lockup. None is the blunt answer, although some have a 2-sec mirror prefire, which is close enough. I've experience of the MZ-5, Z-5 and Z-1p, so I can only answer your questions for those three. Quietest : 1) Shutter MZ-5 by a long margin. It's nice and quiet, unlike the gunshot retort of the Zs. 2) Film Load and Rewind Still, the MZ-5 I think, although with the Z-1p you can tell it not to rewind automatically. This avoids the situation where you cleverly time your shots to match loud parts in a performance so they won't distract anyone and then the camera shoots you in the foot with a thirty second screaming rewind. 3) Mirror Lost in the Shutter noise on all three. 4) AF The MZ-5 is quieter, although it has a smaller motor so can be slower. I find it hunts less sometimes. It does depend on the lens, though. My Z-1p, with a Tokina 28-70/2.8 whacks the lens against its stops when focussing: *whirr* THWACK! *whirr* THWACK! *whirr* *beep* If you're really worried about 'acoustic photography' the MX is a great solution, although I'm never very convinced by the meter. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 6x7 or 645 lenses on 35?
On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, William Kane wrote: Hey gang, Real quick question . . . When mounting a 300/4 lens that's designed for the 6x7 on a 35 mm camera via the necessary adapter, does the lens act like a 300, or is there a conversion factor? it's still a 300mm lens. The only real difference is that it's image circle covers 60x70 while your negative is 24x36. If you have the right adapter, it'll just be like a 300/F4 for K mount but much heavier and bulkier. When moving from format to format, the changes in focal length do *not* affect the focal length, they merely affect the image on the size of the film. That 800/f4.0 you can get for the 6x7 is *still* an 800/f4.0 on 35mm, and it's still and enormous bazooka of a lens (I wouldn't point it within about two countries of the POTUS[1] without expecting a visit from the Secret Service) Unfortunately, there's no adapter for putting your FA50/1.4 on a 6x7. This is an enormous pity, in my estimation, as the market for mounting 35mm lenses on 6x7 is *far* larger than mounting 6x7 on 35mmm. Yes, I know you'd need some optical elements to focus it, but *wow* a 15mm f3.5 on 6x7 (or any of the sub-100mm lenses on 6x7) would blow away all the competition. If Pentax could sort out an adapter which would allow 35mm lenses on the 6x7, I think the other MF manufacturers would panic. dave [1] POTUS: President Of The United States - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Lens Gallery primary site - down
On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Valentin Donisa wrote: On Mon, 17 Dec 2001 06:48:20 -0600, Paris, Leonard wrote: Hi Valentin! Nice to know that you're still within lurking distance. Best wishes for the holiday season and may the new year see you healthy, wealthy, and wise. Hmmm, Linux crash? Nah! Couldn't be. Must have been a hardware failure. Hard drive failure (seriously). Reminds me of that old story about the Novell server which had been running so long that it had gotten covered with concrete and built into a wall. When it was finally found and someone tried to upgrade it, it fell to pieces after it was shut off and no-one could get it running again. I actually had similar happen to me: one of my servers had been running in a high humidity environment for so long that, when I powered it down (for the first time in about four years) to upgrade it, the *motherboard* just rotted away. The damn thing crumbled away in my hands. I think the electrons were the only thing holding it together. Win2k hasn't been around long enough, but I'd expect similar longetivity. I'm doubtful about XP though. dave a computer jinx - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Re: Australians
On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Tom Rittenhouse wrote: I probably should refrain from commenting in this thread, but when have I ever shown good sense? Here in the US the statistics show when states have enacted shall issue concealed carry laws the violent crime rate goes down dramatically. A fact the anti-gun people try to cover up. Does that mean that the violent crime statistics actually begin to approach those of countries without mass gun ownership? dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Photo Greeting Cards
On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, Malcolm Smith wrote: I would like to have Christmas cards made from some slides I took a few years back in the forest, lots of snow a festive appeal. I approached a few companies who would print the cards, but the minimum order would see me to 2020 with them! Would I be better off investing in a good printer and software package? I did something like this last year - I took a picture someone else had shot of me, the wife and the little girl (about five months old then) and just stuck in it a card with no caption. Sure, it's not the greatest quality in the world, but it's nice when your little family is halfway around the world from your relatives - they open the card and there's a little picture of us waving at them. Alternatively, you could print on A5 card and just fold it over. Any reasonable printer would do, really. If you can double side it, very good, but you can just write something on the inside, does the job too. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: The offensive stench of an inkhorn meme (was Re: Virius alert
On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Bob Walkden wrote: Hi, well, since the whole world's gone mad and nothing is on topic anymore, I might as well join in. [snip latin lesson]... Now let that be a lesson to you, and don't let me catch any of you ever using the wrong form again or you'll end up in detention. Heh, that reminds me of the scene in Monty Python and the Life of Brian... People called the Romans, they go to the 'ouse? Very informative Bob. Thank you. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: HELP: my MZ-5 thinks 1/60th is a great flash sync speed!
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Kent Gittings wrote: Camera doesn't know the focal length of the lens only the amount of light getting through which is very low at that end. The lens only sends aperture into or in A mode the camera sets the aperture to the lens. Kent Gittings When using the ftz500 with a Z-1p or MZ-5, the flash adjusts to the length of the lens and tells you which focal length it is using. It must be getting transmitted somehow. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Pentax FAQ Looking For a Good Home !!!
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Fred wrote: I have had to change my web site's host service. The bad news is that the new host service charges for bandwidth as well as for disk space (I've never had to deal with that before), and the bandwidth used by both my freeware programs and the Pentax FAQ would (if nothing were done) cause me to pay considerably more per month for the host service. Unfortunately, unlike my shareware programs, neither of these uses help to pay for the host service costs, so they've gotta go (elsewhere). ... I would prefer that it have some sort of a long-term home, of course, especially in the possession of someone intent on updating and improving the FAQ. ... The FAQ right now includes 103 files in 11 directories, and involves about 1 MB of info. (However, depending on the cluster size on the hard drive, it may need much more physical space for storage - e.g., on the Windows FAT32 hard drive that I have here, the actual storage space is over 3 MB.) Zipped up, it can be dispatched to its new home as a 350 KB file. I wouldn't mind giving it a go. I can't guarantee that I can update it immediately, but I can certainly host it. Disk space isn't a problem and I've got unmetered DSL, so fling it on over here. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT OT OT
On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Jon Hope wrote: Erm, if I can't use cheers, do you have a reasonable replacement? :-) Use boomshanka instead. It means may the seed of your loins have fruit in the belly of your woman. dave bummer - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Viruses Worms Everywhere
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Anthony Farr wrote: I've seen this kind of address on some spam e-mails, and I've read that they are sent directly into your mail reader while online, rather than being downloaded from your ISP's mail server. That's why they have the strange address details. Just what I read but as I have no effing idea how email works I'd probably believe anything I read :) It's the Badtrans virus. More details available from any anti-virus site. It comes with an executable program which pretends to be a Word document and does something to the registry. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Spotted on eBay
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Mark Roberts wrote: And what, exactly, is that particular lazy person selling? Tokina makes a 28-70/2.6-2.8 as well as a 28-80/2.8... but they don't make a 28-70/2.8 Yes they do - I'm holding on in my hand right now. It's an ok lens, usually available quite cheaply for about 20-30% of the cost of the Pentax FA* 28-70. It's a very fast auto-focusing lens as the range from close-focus to infinity is only about 90 degrees of rotation. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re[2]: Illegal Street Photography?
On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Cotty wrote: The lack of a seat belt killed Lady Di, not the driver or the Paparazzi. The seatbelt would have not made any difference, IMHO. Well, her bodyguard survived and he was wearing a seatbelt... he was the only one who survived and the only one wearing a seatbelt. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Take cover!
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Aaron Reynolds wrote: On Wednesday, November 28, 2001, at 10:52 PM, dave o'brien wrote: There's a place for flames about various hot-button topic and it's called: Not Here! I thought you were going to say Usenet. I thought about it, but decided that it's innapropriate for most newsgroups as well. Not to say that it doesn't happen, of course. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Auro Show Snaps
A scroll of mail from lbparis [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, 17 Nov 2001 09:49:52 -0600 Read it? y That's just your interpretation of the facts. In actuality, they are just hoping that, if they pretend you're not there, perhaps they'll be able to escape with their lives. I think this is a very harsh response. I'm guessing you find it very difficult to get natural, candid shots of people doing their normal everyday stuff. I'm similar: I think people will object to me sticking a camera in their faces and so they do. Friends who believe that people like being photographed get much better results. I think it's a sort of personality projection. If you radiate a field of 'harmless photographer, just an ordinary bloke' you get on better with people than if you radiate 'big-nose camera man'. I find that hard to believe. It's just not the picture of the Shel Bellicose I've seen in action here in the PDML. But I'll grant the possibility that you are unaware of how intimidating you are. The most amazing people are capable of 'stealth photography'. I've got a friend who's a real dour Scot. He uses an F5. He can wander through a market in Beijing and get real candid shots, even with an enormous camera rig and the fact that his face doesn't fit. It's very subtle, the difference in approach/personality, but it's enough to let my friend get pictures of an old woman stirring roasting chestnuts in a Hong Kong market, and I just get pictures of her attacking me with a stick! If you look at yer typical Photo Journalist (PJ) shot (http://www.dirckhalstead.com the seven by seven article has some superb examples), a PJ uses a 24mm lens and gets really close to the subject, certainly close enough to get thumped. How come all these PJs get great pictures? I think they're projecting a vibe which says Your job is unbelieavably important. It's so important that the presence of a guy like me is of no importance and you should pay me no attention. And they fade into the background. Probably more like an eye-closing experience, isn't that what you mean? No thanks, I have to wear glasses in order to see. The shards would be way too sharp and painful. Once I was out with my friend mentioned above. We were taking pictures in one of Hong Kong's red light zones. Two large men covered in tattoos came up and asked us to stop taking pictures. (Covered in tattoos in HK means Triads, organised crime.) My friend puts on a dopey face and goes we wanted to take some pictures of the night market and someone told us it was here, but we can't find it. Now bear in mind that we both have 6 foot tall tripods, huge bags (Domke J2) full of cameras, at least one camera slung around the neck, light meters, etc. A blind man would decide that we were a pair of pro photogs on a job. So this thug, with a knife in his belt, who would normally kill anyone who talks back, gives us directions back to the night market (a big tourist attraction) and, with a big smile, says I hope you like Hong Kong! It's a skill. Blending in, getting the it's that bloke with the camera again! rather than get that F@#$ing thing out of my F%$^ing face! response. It's a tremendous talent and, from seeing pics on Shel in action, I think he has it. Indeed, from seeing his pictures where his subjects are aware of him and draw him in, he definitely has it. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Auro Show Snaps
A scroll of mail from Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, 17 Nov 2001 07:25:42 -0800 Read it? y Len, you'd be very surprised at how unobtrusive I can be. I've stood within a foot or two of people and gotten off half a dozen frames without them being aware. If you look through Juan's photos you'll see one or two that exemplify just that. I'm reminded here of the film Leon with Jean Reno. He describes the training of an assassin. A begriming 'cleaner' uses a high power rifle and a telescopic sight. An experienced cleaner may use a hand gun and shoot from the hip, but a master gets right in there with a knife. When you're a street photographer, it's easy to start with a 200mm lens and stay away. As you get better, it'll get down to an 85 or even a 50. But a master is someone who can use a 20mm lens, inches from someone's face and not be noticed. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Corporate Arrogance
A scroll of mail from Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 12 Nov 2001 07:26:58 -0600 Read it? y Unfortunately, the product was just out, and the idiots at manufacturer DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT IT UP ON THEIR WEBSITE yet. Sounds like Pentax USA. Or many other manufacturers. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Please, folks, take your OS concerns elsewhere.
A scroll of mail from aimcompute [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 12 Nov 2001 17:52:05 -0700 Read it? y Granted this a Pentax list... we all have computers and are concerned about their use as tools in general and in their photographic uses. I personally don't find the thread TOO off-topic. While random off-topicness is discouraged, the regulars who contribute all the time to the group are given a lot of leeway. Personally, I think this is right and proper, although t can go a little over the top. A discussion of OS merits is ok, as long as it doesn't dominate the list and as long as useful information is disseminated in a civilised way. If the PC/OS thread had ended up as Mac SUX! No! PC SUX then it would have been poor, but I though there was a good exchange of information. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Re: www.pdml.net getting worse
A scroll of mail from Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 13 Nov 2001 01:15:06 -0500 Read it? y On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 20:49:46 -0500, Doug Brewer wrote: Well, duh. Of course they are. You forgot to mention that the conspiritors are stationed in satellites positioned in geosynchronous orbits. I thought they were at L1, L2, and L3? Boy do I feel stupid! :-) Isn't it cathouses at LaGrange? Or is that just an old ZZ Top song? dave how how how ho-oow - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)
A scroll of mail from Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 12 Nov 2001 19:50:57 + Read it? y These days it's more to do with what you're weened with, computer-wise. If you grow up with PCs, you tend to stay with them. I've found that people who are weaned with only PCs tend to be very wary of anything else. Those weaned with Macs/Unix/anything else are better at dealing with non-windows. Those of us who grew up with every computer having a different interface seem to be better at dealing with computers than those who grew up with windows and nothing else. People use the Mac because they *want* to. Most people use a PC because they have to... True. Same for Linux or alternative OSes. People want to try something else. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Second hand Pentax gear in Oz?
A scroll of mail from John Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 13 Nov 2001 18:55:59 +1000 Read it? y Sorry John, can't remember the name of the shop, and can't find it in my archived mail. Possibly Universal Audio/Video in Pacific Place, in Admiralty, if that's any help. About the only dealer in HK who sells the full Pentax range, my son tells me. http://www.pacificplace.com.hk/shopping/mall/body_funa.html HTH, HAND, dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Ill-timed failures
A scroll of mail from David A. Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 22 Oct 2001 11:52:24 +1300 Read it? y I believe that MS pulled a fair bit of networking code off one of the free BSD variants for use in NT. They'd rip stuff off Linux as well but the GPL (license) won't let them, which is why they complain about it. They used a lot of the BSD code in the winsock. You can find it if you open ftp.exe in a text editor. There are strings saying copyright regents of the university of california. It's legal to do that with BSD code, however. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Ill-timed failures
A scroll of mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, 20 Oct 2001 19:46:29 -0400 Read it? y It seems I've been running the NT box closer to its performance limits than I'd realized, and when I added a couple more tasks I discovered how abysmally slow NT4 can be when a process gets wedged. If you don't mind warez[1], then Win2k is *far* superior to NT. It seems to have a smaller memory footprint as well and it's much more stable. About the only thing I've ever found that'll crash it is flaky drivers on my GeForce 2. While the NT4 box at work falls over at least once every two days, the Win2k box at home only falls over when doing serious benchtesting or updating to Beta drivers. When it was a Pentium II/350, it had a six month uptime. Now that's it's a Celeron 800, I keep fiddling with it, so it goes down (ooerr missus) whenever I want to change things. The Win98 box at home used to crash *at* *least* twice a day. Win98 was just a shocking product. My cousin who works for Microsoft used to look embarrassed when I mentioned it. I think he used the phrase 'Ford Pinto' when describing it. Win2k is a very good mix of Win9x and NT. It's got the driver support of Win9x and far more stability and the solid networking of NT. Quite frankly, I'd say that someone in Microsoft played with Linux or FreeBSD and said Cripes, the competition makes us look like incompetent idiots. We'd better come up with something with gets us a little street cred. If I hadn't tried Win2k, I'd be a completely Linux/BSD shop right now, it's really that good. Repairing the 95 box just became a lot more urgent -- either that or start rearranging hardware, because it's what the scanner is plugged into. Newer Linuxes (2.4.xx) are supposed to handle scanners better. I haven't tried this myself as the Win2k box handles it just fine. You can get RedHat 7.1 with the 2.4 kernel from http://linuxcentral.com for very little outlay, and FreeBSD 4.2 from the same place for even less. Okay, after being interrupted by the largest moth I've ever seen indoors (why no, I have only seen Luna moths _outdoors_), Get yourself a large lizard to eat the Moths. Something Godzilla sized should do the trick for even the largest moths. Or so this Japanese Documentary I just saw said. Gosh, my belongings have annoying timing. -- Glenn Wait till you have in-laws, they'll be even worse. dave [1] and quite frankly, taking money out of Bill Gates' wallet doesn't disturb me very much. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Cheating
A scroll of mail from Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sun, 21 Oct 2001 09:25:30 +0100 Read it? y Ricoh GR-1 Oh, yeah, I should add to the list my wife's R-1s. It's a tiny rangefinder/PS with a 24mm/30mm lens and AF. Someday I'm going to put a roll of Tri-X in it and put an end to my wife saying that my bigger cameras take better pictures. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: MIME, DEMIME, Paal, Pel, Pal, and digests
A scroll of mail from Paris, Leonard [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thu, 6 Sep 2001 13:43:26 -0500 Read it? y There is a way to set up Outlook to only send in plain text, regardless. On the screen where you can see all of your message subject lines, pull down the Tools menu, select options, and then select the tab that says Mail Format. The top entry there will let you select plain text as your send mode. That should fix your problem. It is possible, however, that, if you're posting via a corporate Exchange server, your sysadmin has set all outgoing mail to be RTF or HTML. It happened to me, and I just couldn't make them see that there was a problem. They'd tell me that the problem was with my mail reader at the other end which couldn't understand HTML mail. Eventually, I found a workaround, and (even more eventually) they set it up properly. I'm presuming someone objected to the cost of the international links being twice what they should have been due to every message effectively being sent twice. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Pentax - [small] size matt ers?
A scroll of mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Fri, 7 Sep 2001 13:04:09 -0400 Read it? y Exactly. An F5 with a 600mm f4.0 isn't significantly bigger and heaver a setup than an ME Super with a 600mm f4.0. Heck, even with an 80-200/2.8 the difference is less significant and this is the kind of setup used by many of the working professionals who use the F5. Subjectively, my mate's F5 with 80-200/2.8 was about the same burden around the neck as my PZ-1p with FA*80-200/2.8. I don't know if they;re exactly the same weight, but they felt about the same. Mind you, this was after a whole morning in 30+degrees C heat at a Macau Grands Prix. And almost all the *real* motorsports pros there had 600/f4.0 or bigger lenses over one shoulder, so I guess small lightweight bodies don't mean much in those circles. Me, I didn't have a track pass and was reduced to taking pictures of the girls in bikinis draped across the cars in the paddock. Hard work, huh? dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT- let's pray 2-
A scroll of mail from Scooterman [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thu, 13 Sep 2001 22:39:03 -0400 Read it? y Hey... maybe it was *coincidence* that the turban wearing managers/owners of the gas station hired American looking attendants started giving them instructions by phone. I dunno. They may be on vacation. If they're wearing turbans then they're almost certainly Sikhs and not Muslims. Can you Klan members at least get your bigotries sorted out? dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Have a heart!
A scroll of mail from Tom Rittenhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, 08 Sep 2001 16:57:30 -0400 Read it? y Yes, but, those of us who have been following the thread don't want to have to wade through all that stuff again to see your comment. If you trim enough of it, then it isn't a problem. You don't have to scroll to read this line, do you? And it's obvious what I'm referring to. Of course people have been so brainwashed by the 'Outlook Way' that some just can't follow the traditional method of quoting. When I say traditional, There was almost 20 to 25 years of precedent in quoting style before Microsoft came along and insisted on the top-quoting style. ...But, I agree trimming the irrelevant stuff is just simple courtesy. Yes it is. Simple basic good manners. Something which is nice to come across, even though it seems rarer and rarer these days. dave I remember when I were a lad... - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Further 67 enablement for Toronto people
A scroll of mail from Brendan [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Fri, 7 Sep 2001 13:13:10 -0400 (EDT) Read it? y STOP ENABLING ME. I want a MZ-S damnit don't make me change my mind. for the cost of an MZ-S, you can get a nice 6x7 with 105-2.4 lens and maybe even the TTL viewfinder. you wants it, my precious, it's your birthday. dave *gollum* - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Silent Lenses
A scroll of mail from Ivan Prenosil [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thu, 13 Sep 2001 15:40:06 +0200 Read it? y You can easily hear what noise is produced by operating diaphragm (i.e. without film advance, mirror slap, shutter noise, AF) - just press DOF button. If you are after silence, why not use digital ? Shel? Digital? I think an easel and paints are closer to Shel's technology level. *grin* dave nice and quiet too - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: America's suffering
A scroll of mail from Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Fri, 14 Sep 2001 07:19:44 -0500 Read it? y To become a Muslim one needs simply to say: There is one God, Allah, and Mohammed is His prophet. Lah Allah Il Allah, if my arabic is remembered well. There is no god but God That's the reason for getting rid of Jews and Christians. To Islam we are false inheritors of the promise of Paradise and infidels to be dealt with. According to most Muslims I've met, Christians and Jews are People Of The Book (i.e. the Old Testaments plus some texts about Jesus as a prophet), and worthy of respect. At this point, I've unfortunately found no orthodox Muslim who does not want to destroy both. That's an essential part of the belief system. Book 4 of the Q'ran calls us scum. Can you provide a quote for that? I have a really hard time believing it. Right now the Taliban has a group of Christians in jail, scheduled for beheading, because they practice their Christianity. But they're quite an extreme branch of Islam. Kind of like judging Christians by Jerry Fallwell, or Americans by the Ku Klux Klan. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Photo of the week...
A scroll of mail from David A. Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Fri, 14 Sep 2001 08:13:51 +1200 Read it? y Yeah I found a few interesting characteristics of Netscape that way. Funnily enough HTML is supposed to be platform-independent... Yes, but sadly, the viewers are not really faithful to it and all have their own biases. Having said that, IE 5.5+ and Mozilla 0.93+ are both pretty good at adhering to the standard. NS 4.7 is pretty woeful sometimes, especially with HTML 4.0+ and CSS dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
