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Bob W wrote: He must be deliberately laying a false trail to throw us all off the scent. -- Cheers, Bob Or he's so sozzled he's picked up the wrong camera out of the celebrity camera cloakroom. -Original Message- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 June 2005 03:45 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Most famous Pentax users ever On 6/7/05, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a picture of Ringo and his camera: http://www.harrowtechnical.co.uk/finding_us.html That certainly is Ringo. And, it certainly is a Pentax 35mm SLR he's holding. But, it isn't the exact one he used in Hard Day's Night, as that one was black. -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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On 7/6/05, glenn murphy, discombobulated, unleashed: I just read a NY Times article (free registration required) I think not :-) http://bugmenot.com/ Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
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Certainly within some pro fashion photog groups there is someone highly respected who uses a 6x7 solution, and perhaps some popular wedding person who uses a 645 system. Other than those possibilities, maybe Shel or WW? :) Sincerely, Collin Sent via the WebMail system at mail.safe-t.net
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On 6/7/05, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw today the Beatles anthology on video and when they went to America the first time, Paul says: We had a lot of fun taking photographs with our Pentax. Later you see some photos of Ringo Starr and George Harrison with cameras. Are there any more famous Pentax users than the Beatles? You should get a hold of a copy of Hard Day's Night. In it, Ringo walks around with his beautiful black pre-Spotmatic around his neck quite a bit. There are several other celebs who are captured sporting Spotties back in the '60's. One that I recall was an English Royal, one of the princesses, maybe Anne? Anyway she had one, and she was photographed wearing it. Don't forget, back in the 60's, Spotmatics outsold all other brands of 35mm SLR - combined! Hard to believe, but true. There were lots of 'em out there. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Markus queried: Are there any more famous Pentax users than the Beatles? That would be Knarf.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Markus queried: Are there any more famous Pentax users than the Beatles? That would be Knarf. Yep. Who else has had his surname become an adjective (Theriaultean)? -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
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- Original Message - From: Markus Maurer Subject: Most famous Pentax users ever Are there any more famous Pentax users than the Beatles? Herb Ritts used to use a 6x7. Don't know if he still does. William Robb
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Well, I can't think of anyone more famous than the Beatles with any camera, but John Hedgecoe uses a Pentax on occasion and you can see him with his Pentax LX on the cover of his New Book of Photography. John Hedgecoe was a former photographer for the magazine Queen, and has published many (perhaps the most) books on photography. He is (or was once) the official photographer of the British royal family. He was the photographer commissioned to take the official portrait of Queen Elizabeth II for the postage stamps in use in the British Isles and Australia. This would make him up there near the top of famous photographers who own and use Pentax on occasion. If you are a Pentax person and you don't own his New Book of Photography, shame on you. Go right out and buy one before you buy your next lens - even before you buy another roll of film or SD card.. Regards, Bob... - The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing. - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, minister of finance to French King Louis XIV From: Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] I saw today the Beatles anthology on video and when they went to America the first time, Paul says: We had a lot of fun taking photographs with our Pentax. Later you see some photos of Ringo Starr and George Harrison with cameras. Are there any more famous Pentax users than the Beatles?
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Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are there any more famous Pentax users than the Beatles? Famous as photographers or just famous? Frans Lanting uses Pentax MF (don't know if it's 67 or 645). -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
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Sam Haskins was long considered a reknown photographer using Pentax but I'm not sure I would call him a famous photographer. In my book he's a pop photographer. Don't forget, back in the 60's, Spotmatics outsold all other brands of 35mm SLR - combined! Hard to believe, but true. There were lots of 'em out there. frank And Pentax system ruled in the years just before the Nikon F appeared. Even after, some nikoneers F-mounted some Takumar fast lenses (notably the 200/3.5 500/4.5 lenses) - at least some working at National Geographic. Andre
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On 7/6/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Yep. Who else has had his surname become an adjective (Theriaultean)? Is it Theriaultean, or Theriaultian? Debate. But what a mouthful: Teh'ree'yoh'wee'yan Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
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MORE famous than the Beatles? Let's see... does GOD use a Pentax? I seriously doubt theres anyone on earth more famous than the Beatles... JCO -Original Message- From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 4:53 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Most famous Pentax users ever Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are there any more famous Pentax users than the Beatles? Famous as photographers or just famous? Frans Lanting uses Pentax MF (don't know if it's 67 or 645). -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
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On 7/6/05, J. C. O'Connell, discombobulated, unleashed: MORE famous than the Beatles? Let's see... does GOD use a Pentax? Yeah, the *ist Deity Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
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I saw today the Beatles anthology on video and when they went to America the first time, Paul says: We had a lot of fun taking photographs with our Pentax. Later you see some photos of Ringo Starr and George Harrison with cameras. Are there any more famous Pentax users than the Beatles? You should get a hold of a copy of Hard Day's Night. In it, Ringo walks around with his beautiful black pre-Spotmatic around his neck quite a bit. Is there any way to find out the EXACT camera model and lens that Ringo was using? I've been dying to know. Thanks, John Celio -- http://www.neovenator.com AIM: Neopifex Hey, I'm an artist. I can do whatever I want and pretend I'm making a statement.
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Theriaultien or Theriaultienne, depending on the gender of the noun, I would guess. Or perhaps it should be Theriaultesque. But no. With the other one he could found a movement, to be called Theriaultienisme. His (many) disciplines will be the Theriaultienists and we could say they shoot theriaultienistically. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 June 2005 21:58 To: pentax list Subject: Re: Most famous Pentax users ever On 7/6/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Yep. Who else has had his surname become an adjective (Theriaultean)? Is it Theriaultean, or Theriaultian? Debate. But what a mouthful: Teh'ree'yoh'wee'yan Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
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Sam Haskins has done some very good photography in Africa. I'm not sure how to categorise it. Travel reportage perhaps, but it's quite interesting. I saw an exhibition of his fairly recent work in London 2 or 3 years ago. http://www.haskins.com/AfrImge/AfrImg_p01.html Interesting. His calendars are not my cup of tea... Andre
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Here's a picture of Ringo and his camera: http://www.harrowtechnical.co.uk/finding_us.html -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: John Celio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 June 2005 22:51 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Most famous Pentax users ever I saw today the Beatles anthology on video and when they went to America the first time, Paul says: We had a lot of fun taking photographs with our Pentax. Later you see some photos of Ringo Starr and George Harrison with cameras. Are there any more famous Pentax users than the Beatles? You should get a hold of a copy of Hard Day's Night. In it, Ringo walks around with his beautiful black pre-Spotmatic around his neck quite a bit. Is there any way to find out the EXACT camera model and lens that Ringo was using? I've been dying to know. Thanks, John Celio -- http://www.neovenator.com AIM: Neopifex Hey, I'm an artist. I can do whatever I want and pretend I'm making a statement.
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Salgado, Dorothea Lange, WES, Elliott Gould, Sammy Davis Jr., Ansel Adams (at least once when doing some street shooting with Dorothea Lange), all come quickly to mind. Are they more famous than the Beatles? Well, that might depend on who you are and what your age is. There's a whole generation (and then some) who are unfamiliar with the Beatles (as a group), many of which know of these great photographers, entertainers and celebs. Shel [Original Message] From: William Robb Are there any more famous Pentax users than the Beatles? Herb Ritts used to use a 6x7. Don't know if he still does.
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Hi Bob thanks, I have 2 books of John Hedgecoe, not new but got them used each for the equivalent of a roll of film I buy a lot of photographic books, I really start to collect some titles (Photo Porst Fotorat and Agfa brochures for example). I must have more than 100 by now, mostly old ones back from 1930-1985 ;-) greetings Markus Well, I can't think of anyone more famous than the Beatles with any camera, but John Hedgecoe uses a Pentax on occasion and you can see him with his If you are a Pentax person and you don't own his New Book of Photography, shame on you. Go right out and buy one before you buy your next lens - even before you buy another roll of film or SD card.. Regards, Bob...
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Yeah also... They both have one thing in common. No one knows exactly how to pronounce eithers' actual name! Regards, Bob... - The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing. - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, minister of finance to French King Louis XIV From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 7/6/05, J. C. O'Connell, discombobulated, unleashed: MORE famous than the Beatles? Let's see... does GOD use a Pentax? Yeah, the *ist Deity
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Collin Brendemuehl wrote: Certainly within some pro fashion photog groups there is someone highly respected who uses a 6x7 solution, and perhaps some popular wedding person who uses a 645 system. Other than those possibilities, maybe Shel or WW? Nah -- I think it probably still is Sir Paul's first wife. (Linda Eastman, Lady McCartney) Back in the Sixties. ERNR
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Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a picture of Ringo and his camera: http://www.harrowtechnical.co.uk/finding_us.html That looks later then A Hard Day's Night and the camera looks later too. I think the camera in the film was an H3. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
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John Celio wrote: Is there any way to find out the EXACT camera model and lens that Ringo was using? I've been dying to know. Well, he's still alive, right? So -- Perhaps you could ask him. Seriously. I think some of those big star types see at least *some* of their fan mail. (And he really is not as big a star as he used to be ... ) You'd lose, at most, an hour of effort and maybe about a dollar in paper, envelope and stamp, if you wrote and asked him and he didn't answer. Right? And there's always the chance that he would tell you. ERNR
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On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 23:07:45 +0100, Bob W wrote: Theriaultien ... Theriaultienne ...Theriaultesque ... Theriaultienisme ... Theriaultienists ... theriaultienistically. And taxonomy for Theriaultienists? Theriaultienicography. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
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With all due respect, you're crazy Shel. I really can't imagine that more than two out of twenty people from say twelve years old on up would honestly say they never heard of the Beatles. Apart from Sammy Davis Jr., I doubt you would find two in 500 who'd heard of any of these photographers. And none of THEM would know Mr. Davis made photographs as well as records. Cory watching Yoda display his light saber technique in Star Wars II and eating banana cake... - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff snip There's a whole generation (and then some) who are unfamiliar with the Beatles (as a group), many of which know of these great photographers, entertainers and celebs. Shel -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.4 - Release Date: 6/6/2005
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That's not at all respectful LOL Shel (The Rodney Dangerfield of the PDML) [Original Message] From: cbwaters With all due respect, you're crazy Shel.
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On 6/7/05, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a picture of Ringo and his camera: http://www.harrowtechnical.co.uk/finding_us.html That certainly is Ringo. And, it certainly is a Pentax 35mm SLR he's holding. But, it isn't the exact one he used in Hard Day's Night, as that one was black. -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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On 6/7/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That looks later then A Hard Day's Night and the camera looks later too. I think the camera in the film was an H3. I suspect you're right, Mark. Did I just say that? vbg -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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John Hedgecoe's The Photographer's Handbook contains quite a few examples taken with a Pentax camera. John Swannell (you Brits might know him) has done some really interesting nudes with a 6x7. Diane Arbus was also known to use a 6x7 later in life (of course, Bill Robb pointed out a while back that she did commit suicide.). On 6/7/05, Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I can't think of anyone more famous than the Beatles with any camera, but John Hedgecoe uses a Pentax on occasion and you can see him with his Pentax LX on the cover of his New Book of Photography. John Hedgecoe was a former photographer for the magazine Queen, and has published many (perhaps the most) books on photography. He is (or was once) the official photographer of the British royal family. He was the photographer commissioned to take the official portrait of Queen Elizabeth II for the postage stamps in use in the British Isles and Australia. This would make him up there near the top of famous photographers who own and use Pentax on occasion. If you are a Pentax person and you don't own his New Book of Photography, shame on you. Go right out and buy one before you buy your next lens - even before you buy another roll of film or SD card.. Regards, Bob... - The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing. - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, minister of finance to French King Louis XIV -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- You have to hold the button down -Arnold Newman
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I just read a NY Times article (free registration required) on David Burnett, including a picture he took of John F Kennedy with a H3V. He doesn't use Pentax anymore, but it was an interesting article. He uses both digital and film, and takes a practical approach to deciding which one to use in a given situation. If anyone is interested here's the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/technology/circuits/08schiesel.html Glenn
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In a message dated 6/7/2005 3:10:50 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm begininininining to regret starting this. Bob W wrote: Theriaultien or Theriaultienne, depending on the gender of the noun, I would guess. Or perhaps it should be Theriaultesque. But no. With the other one he could found a movement, to be called Theriaultienisme. His (many) disciplines will be the Theriaultienists and we could say they shoot theriaultienistically. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 June 2005 21:58 To: pentax list Subject: Re: Most famous Pentax users ever On 7/6/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Yep. Who else has had his surname become an adjective (Theriaultean)? Is it Theriaultean, or Theriaultian? Debate. But what a mouthful: Teh'ree'yoh'wee'yan Cheers, Cotty == How about we abbreviate it to... fuzzy? Marnie aka Doe ;-)
