Color Film for Murals

2001-05-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
There are a few murals painted on walls in my ol' home town, and I'd like to photograph them for a documentary project. I'd like to use color negative film for this project, and would like very fine grain and high accutance, as well as realistic colors. I'm familiar with Reala and Supra 100,

Re: Color Film for Murals

2001-05-24 Thread Bruce Dayton
Shel, I would take a look at Konica Impressa 50. I just bought some from BH a month or so ago. Both BH and Adorama stock it. The price is about the same as Agfa Optima 100. They don't stock as much of it, so they can run out occasionally. I rather like the film. As with any film, you

Re: Color Film for Murals

2001-05-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 24, 2001 12:42 AM Subject: Re: Color Film for Murals Shel, I would take a look at Konica Impressa 50. I just bought some from BH a month or so ago. Both BH and Adorama stock it. The price

Re: pentax-discuss-digest V1 #770/135 1.8?

2001-05-24 Thread Camdir
In a message dated 23/05/01 20:34:43 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I will sell my A* 135/1.8 sometime the next month or so and hope to receive the usual ridiculous price this lens goes for. I plan to use e-bay but I worry that the fact that I'm in a remote corner of the world

Re: How noisy is your camera?

2001-05-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David A. Mann Subject: Re: How noisy is your camera? Todd Stanley writes: I wouldn't be surprised if the KX and K2 are both the noisiest and quietest Pentaxes, depending on if the mirror is locked up or not :) The K2 is either quite noisy or very

Re: How noisy is your camera?

2001-05-24 Thread David A. Mann
Todd Stanley writes: I wouldn't be surprised if the KX and K2 are both the noisiest and quietest Pentaxes, depending on if the mirror is locked up or not :) The K2 is either quite noisy or very noisy depending on the mirror lockup :) Cheers, - Dave David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec)

Re: Russian Lens

2001-05-24 Thread Meelis Koll
On Thu, 24 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does any list member know the quality of the following lens? Russian MC JUPITER 9 - 2/85mm ZENIT LENS (M42 mount) As all russian stuff: ideas are good, some examples are working properly but those other... -- M.K. - This message is from the

Re: Russian Lens

2001-05-24 Thread Juan J. Buhler
On Thu, 24 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does any list member know the quality of the following lens? Russian MC JUPITER 9 - 2/85mm ZENIT LENS (M42 mount) I saw it in a local Russian shop. Please advise. This is a copy of a Zeiss design, originally made on 39mm (Leica) mount. I have

Re: How noisy is your camera?

2001-05-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Gerald F. Cermak Subject: Re: How noisy is your camera? David A. Mann The K2 is either quite noisy or very noisy depending on the mirror lockup :) I second that. However, just tonight, a new MD LX arrive, and at 5fps on my LX, I was quite amazed at

Re[2]: Red Eye effect-Telephoto lens!

2001-05-24 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, By the way, I have observed a burning yellow light coming out of the eye of a tiger (I was enjoying a feature in Animal Planet in TV) the cameraman should get in touch with William Blake. They're the most difficult kind of tiger to photograph. Framing is extremely difficult because of

Re: How do I make a Z-1p think its back is closed?

2001-05-24 Thread Leon Altoff
On Thu, 24 May 2001 07:58:44 +1200, David A. Mann wrote: Hi guys, Hello I've borrowed some gear from work to use for checking the shutter timing of a K2 that I suspect has problems. I figured that while I'm at it, I might as well see what the Z-1p is doing. The problem is that the body

Re: New old K1000

2001-05-24 Thread Jim
Hi...you can try the Classified section of Shutterbug magazine, in their CAMERA PARTS FOR SALE section (no. 29). Or it could be that you have a camera repair place nearby that happens to have some old inoperable K1000s being used strictly for parts, and you may be able to buy the baseplate that

Re: 1000 f8 pic

2001-05-24 Thread petit miam
W. I can't get it and I wanna. There is an error. Why?? Gary wrote: Steve, That's a great pic!! Thanks for sharing. Thanks Gary! It`s a blast using that lens. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California __ Do You Yahoo!?

Re: Cable Release F? Who needs it.....

2001-05-24 Thread petit miam
Makes a lot more sense than little balls of foil! (You do get the Rube Goldberg Award. Actually, I think you get the special Kiwi ingenuity award for ingenuity by a non-Kiwi. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at

Re: OT: urls-snips-hhgttg

2001-05-24 Thread petit miam
Sorry to post to list, but I lost David's addy. David J Brooks wrote: I have noticed on many threads when people reply to a question/comment,they include part of the original text and then a reply.How might you be doing this? Press the reply button while viewing the email. Remember to

Re: Pentax restructures

2001-05-24 Thread Valentin Donisa
On Wed, 23 May 2001 20:32:06 +0200, P†l Jensen wrote: Pentax is about to undertake a restructuring program. Most production will be shifted to outside Japan. Some restructuring in Japan is also taking place. The main lens factory will be closed down. But of course. All production will be

Re[2]: Red Eye effect-Telephoto lens!(boring biology bit)

2001-05-24 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Human blood is red. Tending towards scarlet when it has oxygen attached, tending towards crimson when deoxygenated. It is this redness of the general tissue which gives red eye. The reason most cats (try photographing Siameses) give green eye is that they have an additional layer (the

OT Re: Clippy

2001-05-24 Thread petit miam
Yes Dad. Actually it was pretty well done. I for one enjoyed it. --- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What an absolute miserable idea it was to post that URL. There are kids and people reading this list that might be offended by such garbage. You should have at least put a

Re: MZ-3/5N Multiple Exposure.

2001-05-24 Thread petit miam
Is it a manual-wind camera? If so, take one exposure, then hold the spool release button down as you wind on. Then take the next photo. Repeat as desired. If it's auto-wind, sorry, I can't help you. BTW, that's two things you want to know. Jody. I just need to know one thing. Is it possible

Fast big : 500mm F1.8

2001-05-24 Thread Philippe Trottier
I had fun making some calculation ... sometimes I do need big lense, so far I only have slow mirror lenses... I am planing on buying my 1st fast lense this year sometime... here is what I found out... the lenses calculated: 2000 F13.5 1200 F8 600 F4 400 F2.8 Results: the best

new Pentax compact digital...

2001-05-24 Thread Terence Mac Goff
Just spotted this over at dpreview.com Seems to be a mock up of a new ultra-compact pentax digital. My Japanese is a bit rusty, but it seems to be saying that its a 3MP camera. Anyone know anything about this? T. DPreview.com link:

Re: OT: Waste of Bandwidth: Fill Flash, Even AF160s can be useful...

2001-05-24 Thread Douglas E Harmon
: What was the exposure and aperture for the flash shot? : -- : Shel Belinkoff Oops, It was the same as without. My brother on looking at them said the Flash shot looked lighter at the sky. I can't seem to get the scanner to get it right, so it might look different. l8r, Douglas E Harmon

Re: Waste of Bandwidth: Fill Flash, Even AF160s can be useful...

2001-05-24 Thread Douglas E Harmon
: How are you finding the SuperA? : : Paul Jones I thought I got back to you, but if not I love it! Works great, and have no problems. I can't imagine what more you would need from a camera. ;) Everyone has a laundry list of features, but you can't beat this thing as a daily carry.

RE: Pentax restructures

2001-05-24 Thread Denis Klimovich
But of course. All production will be moved here in the caves. We're ready. :-) cheers, the caveman --- Caveman returns!!! In the same time with Mummy returns :-))) How are you Valentin. It was so black days without you... Den - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List.

Re: MZ-3/5N Multiple Exposure.

2001-05-24 Thread Ayash Kanto Mukherjee
Hi! It is not a manual wind camera. One of my friend possesses an MX and he showed me exactly the trick you have mentioned. Many thanks. Cheers, Ayash Kanto. On Thu, 24 May 2001, petit miam wrote: Is it a manual-wind camera? If so, take one exposure, then hold the spool release button

Re: EB: 500/1.8 !?

2001-05-24 Thread dave o'brien
A scroll of mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, 23 May 2001 20:33:28 EDT Read it? y http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1240410494 I'd like to see the picture of this one. It would have to be freaking huge wouldn't it? It would have a front filter diameter greater than

Re: Extension Tubes and M135/3.5

2001-05-24 Thread Chris Brogden
On Wed, 23 May 2001, Bill D. Casselberry wrote: Your 100mm macro most likely has ~50mm of extra (macro) extension built into it's barrel to give the more common 1:2 capability or ~100mm if it is a 1:1 capable one. The old 100mm BellowsTakumar had no helicoid at all -

Re: Red Eye effect-Telephoto lens!

2001-05-24 Thread Peter Alling
Those sound like especially good mushrooms where did you say you found them? At 12:42 AM 5/24/2001 -0500, you wrote: Hmm. Maybe it's unusual that my cat gets red-eye. Is it also unusual for cats to speak, levitate and turn their heads 360 degrees? Maybe I should stop eating those mushrooms I

Re: OT: Re: Pocketable Camera

2001-05-24 Thread Terence Mac Goff
Would an Auto 110 (or even a Super) be an option? its a fine little camera, with quite a rnage of lenses (sharp too!) T. At 11:53 24/05/2001 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are gracious, Dan. Truth be old, the only cameras I've used, other than a couple consumer-oriented point-and-shoots

Great Deals on EBay this weekend!

2001-05-24 Thread Paul . Stregevsky
In the United States, the three-day Memorial Day weekend begins Friday, May 25. If last February's Presidents' Day weekend was any indication, it will be a great time to shop on EBay! Many avid American EBayers will be traveling or enjoying the outdoors. I began using EBay just before Presidents

Re: Color Film for Murals

2001-05-24 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
Brent, on RG100, wrote: The film is sharp and the colors are well saturated and accurate, and virtually grain free on 4X6's. I've never enlarged, b/c i usually just get some scans made and look at them on the computer, so i can't help you there. Well, I have had RG100 enlarged by

Re: How noisy is your camera?

2001-05-24 Thread Peter Alling
Being the proud user of Pentax Spotmatics of various vintages, at different times, MX's, LX's and one loan ZX-M I am surprised at how quiet the ZX-M is by comparison. The Spot's had an extremely noticeable Ker-Chunck from the Mirror slap my MX's have a slightly, (but not much), quieter mirror

More Glastonbury Faire

2001-05-24 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
after a bit of a glitch in phone service I have put a few more shots from the Rennassiance Faire up to my site. A few of sword play for Glenn are included - more to follow, as I have cleared off much of the tacky tourista crap to make room for newer more

RE: Extension Tubes and M135/3.5

2001-05-24 Thread Patrick White
Chris Brogden writes: On Wed, 23 May 2001, Bill D. Casselberry wrote: 1:2 1:1 are easy calculations -- 1:1 is achieved w/ extension tubing ~= to the focal length Does the close-focusing ability of the lens affect this? That is, would I get the same magnification using a 50mm

Re: Great Deals on EBay this weekend!

2001-05-24 Thread Rfsindg
Paul, Ebay also seems a bit slow right now, as is our list. The US weather has been too good, I suppose. Regards, Bob S. In the United States, the three-day Memorial Day weekend begins Friday, May 25. If last February's Presidents' Day weekend was any indication, it will be a great time

Re: How noisy is your camera?

2001-05-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 24, 2001 7:20 AM Subject: Re: How noisy is your camera? William Robb wrote: You guys and your little cameras. Pick up a 6x7 sometime. You guys and your SLR cameras. Pick up a rangefinder

Re: New old K1000

2001-05-24 Thread Todd Stanley
Your best bet may be to get a parts body off of eBay, switch baseplates, then sell the parts body on eBay. You'd probably only be out shipping one way. Todd At 12:45 AM 5/24/01 -0500, you wrote: It seems my husband is now the proud owner of a very good condition K1000 we picked up at one of

Re[2]: How noisy is your camera?

2001-05-24 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, Thursday, May 24, 2001, 8:42:20 AM, you wrote: [...] I was quite impressed with the LX and the winder. It runs about as fast as my MZ-5, and about as quietly. I doubt very much if the noise would anger an elephant. Any elephant with sense would be soothed by it and roll on its back to

Goodbye

2001-05-24 Thread John Francis
This email address will no longer work after today, so I am unsubscribing from the group. It's been fun. -- John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Silicon Graphics, Inc. (650)933-82952011 N. Shoreline Blvd. MS 43U-991 (650)932-0828 (Fax) Mountain View,

Re: How noisy is your camera?

2001-05-24 Thread David A. Mann
William Robb writes: You guys and your little cameras. Pick up a 6x7 sometime. My RB67 is the quietest camera I've got :) Cheers, - Dave David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec) http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up, while children are

Re: Fast big : 500mm F1.8

2001-05-24 Thread David A. Mann
Tiger Moses writes: Who makes a 400 f2.8 in Pentax mount? Pentax does. It only weighs 6kg :) Cheers, - Dave David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec) http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up, while children are allowed to run free on the

pocketeable cameras I've had

2001-05-24 Thread Paul . Stregevsky
For cryin' out loud, Daphne, speak up! Why so many? How do these cameras compare? How is it that you gave up all but one particular Rollei and returned to a Minox? You may be able to spare Shel a lot of search time. (must...resist...making comments about women who can't make up their mind...) -

Re: How do I make a Z-1p think its back is closed?

2001-05-24 Thread David A. Mann
Leon Altoff writes: What you have to do is convince it the back is closed. To do this, looking at the camera back, on the left hand side where the tab from the camera back would go to lock the back in place, you push gently with something to trick the lock. When it clicks into the locked

Friday's cutesy animal photo

2001-05-24 Thread David A. Mann
Hi guys, Here's a pic I got from my most recent roll of print film. I thought it might make a nice Friday pic (it's Friday in my timezone, at least). http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/cat.html The cat actually belongs to a neighbour but she likes to visit on a regular basis to explore

Re: pocketeable cameras I've had

2001-05-24 Thread Daphne
hey Paul, whatcha complaining about? I was just providing the counterpart to your nutty megashopper posting :-))) right, as if that was the whole story! sure I read all the possible postings before ... taking step two = learning from real life experience. actually I made my mind up instantly on

Re: pocketeable cameras I've had

2001-05-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Ha ... if you only knew how fickle Daphne really is gdr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (must...resist...making comments about women who can't make up their mind...) - Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... there is no point in pressing the shutter unless you are making some caustic

Re: pocketeable cameras I've had

2001-05-24 Thread Daphne
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LX Gallery

2001-05-24 Thread William Robb
Please see: http://pug.komkon.org/LX_Gallery/LX_Submit.html for some general guidelines relating to the LX gallery. Thanks Bill - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users'

Re: Friday's cutesy animal photo

2001-05-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David A. Mann Subject: Friday's cutesy animal photo Hi guys, Here's a pic I got from my most recent roll of print film. I thought it might make a nice Friday pic (it's Friday in my timezone, at least). http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/cat.html

Re: When was Heiland Pentax?

2001-05-24 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
Heiland use to make flash guns, then strobs. They expanded to selling Pentax in the late fifties (I think). Honeywell bought them out about 1963 or so and became the Pentax distributor and continued to make the strobs untill the late seventies (78?) when they sold those to Rollei. They had given

Re: Red Eye effect-Telephoto lens!

2001-05-24 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
The red eye is caused by the angle off the lens axis of the flash. At 1 meter the shoe mount flash is maybe 15 degrees off the axis, at 8 meters it is only one ot two degrees off axis. Very much the same as using the RTF at closer distances. In fact at longe distances you can even get red eye

Re: New old K1000

2001-05-24 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
The first thing to do is call Pentax. That is the kind of thing that remains in stock long after interal parts are gone and tend to be inexpensive. I they do not have one in stock then I would try searching for one as other members have mentioned. Too bad the previous owner was not someone

Re: Goodbye

2001-05-24 Thread tom
Hope to see you back soon. tv John Francis wrote: This email address will no longer work after today, so I am unsubscribing from the group. It's been fun. -- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't

Re: Friday's cutesy animal photo

2001-05-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
William Robb wrote: Are you sure that is a female cat? Black and whites are almost aways male. One of those wonky cat genetics things. Not so ... more than half of the BW cats that I know are female. Being in the animal care business, I know a lot of cats. Of course, I only know about

Re: Friday's cutesy animal photo

2001-05-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: Re: Friday's cutesy animal photo William Robb wrote: Are you sure that is a female cat? Black and whites are almost aways male. One of those wonky cat genetics things. Not so ... more than half of the BW cats that I know are

Re: Friday's cutesy animal photo

2001-05-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Here's one of my cute cats. Her name is Toots. http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/toots.jpg -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... there is no point in pressing the shutter unless you are making some caustic comment on the incongruities of life - Phillip Jones Griffiths - This

OT: A trip to the Vet. Was Re: Friday's cutesy animal photo

2001-05-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 24, 2001 4:08 PM Subject: Re: Friday's cutesy animal photo Here's one of my cute cats. Her name is Toots. http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/toots.jpg I have only ever seen

Re: OT: A trip to the Vet. Was Re: Friday's cutesy animal photo

2001-05-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Frequently, if not always. I've never seen one that wasn't. William Robb wrote: I have only ever seen black and whites come in male. I don't recall where I heard it is a genetic link. Here is another one I have heard: White cats with blue eyes are deaf. True ar false? -- Shel Belinkoff

Re: LX Gallery

2001-05-24 Thread Rfsindg
Bill, Might be nice to include the submission date on your LX gallery page. Regards, Bob S. - 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: Friday's cutesy animal photo

2001-05-24 Thread Doug Franklin
On Thu, 24 May 2001 15:08:08 -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Here's one of my cute cats. Her name is Toots. http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/toots.jpg Good heavens, Shel. I didn't know the police took mug shots of cats. :-) TTYL, DougF - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT: A trip to the Vet. Was Re: Friday's cutesy animal photo

2001-05-24 Thread Bill Kane
William, Not all black and white cats are male, this applies only to Calico's (if I remember right), and I _know_ that it is possible for a female cat to be black and white, but it's EXTREMELY rare . . . don't remember the exact details, but I believe that the gene is only on the cat's

Re: OT: A trip to the Vet. Was Re: Friday's cutesy animal photo

2001-05-24 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Bill Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William, Not all black and white cats are male, this applies only to Calico's (if I remember right), and I _know_ that it is possible for a female cat to be black and white, but it's EXTREMELY rare . . . don't remember the exact details, but I believe

Re: Another LX problem...

2001-05-24 Thread Rob Studdert
On 25 May 2001, at 2:22, Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: I know that something about the alignment of the mirror is really wrong, but I'd like to know what your experiences about similar problems are before I take the camera to the Pentax central assistance in Florence. Hi Gianfranco, The problem

Another LX problem...

2001-05-24 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Hi everybody, It seems it's difficult to have a good camera without any fault My (in)famous third LX, although very nice and almost unused, shows what I call a heck of a problem: it's impossible to focus properly using the upper and the lower parts of the focusing screen. To put it clearer:

Re: Another LX problem...

2001-05-24 Thread Paul Jones
Hi, I actualy have the exact same problem with my MZ5n, i'll be curious to see what the problem ends up being. Cya - Original Message - From: Gianfranco Irlanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 12:22 PM Subject: Another LX problem... Hi everybody,

Center-weighted metering on MZ-M

2001-05-24 Thread Michael Henry
Hi all, Is it possible to make the MZ-M use center-weighted metering with an FA lens? - 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: Friday's cutesy animal photo

2001-05-24 Thread Gerald Cermak
Where's the rest of her? I only see white fur and some cold looking eyes staring out of a black background. Maybe my monitor needs adjusted. Nice shot anyway. When my cat looks at me that way, she's very annoyed and about to bite me and do some blood-letting. What did you do to her to get

Re: Great Deals on EBay this weekend!

2001-05-24 Thread John Mustarde
On Thu, 24 May 2001 13:32:49 EDT, you wrote: It would be nice to see our own list members grab some of the most sought-after stuff- -especially at Buy It Now prices. I got my holiday BIN deal a couple of days early. $525 is not a great price for an LX alone, but the included magnifier,

Re: Friday's cutesy animal photo

2001-05-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I think your monitor needs adjusting. The photo on my monitor clearly shows lots of detail, although against a very dark background. She just has that look sometimes, but she's not a biter at all. In fact, she's somewhat timid. You're correct about calicos. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Goodbye

2001-05-24 Thread Chris Brogden
On Thu, 24 May 2001, John Francis wrote: This email address will no longer work after today, so I am unsubscribing from the group. It's been fun. We're going to miss you... you sure you don't feel like getting another address? :) chris - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List.

Re: A little tease

2001-05-24 Thread William Robb
Nice stuff. Now I really wish I could make it to Grandfather Mountain. Bill - Original Message - From: Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 24, 2001 7:08 PM Subject: OT: A little tease Got my slide back from the trip to Colorado and Utah, and thought I'd throw

Re: New 24-90 and other Pentax gear in Texas at Arlington Camera

2001-05-24 Thread Paul Jones
Hi, How big is this bag, in Melbourne Australia heaps of shops to have a grey pentax bag, that looks pretty classy and they usualy only cost about $20au Paul - Original Message - From: Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 1:57 PM Subject: Re:

Re: A little tease

2001-05-24 Thread Gerald F. Cermak
This one http://www.alphoto.com/ouray.htm definitely gives me a strong sense of the natural beauty of the area. A lovely place, captured perfectly in you picture. Thanks for sharing. Ouray. :) Cheers, Gerald - Original Message - From: Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: Another LX problem...

2001-05-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Gianfranco Irlanda Subject: Another LX problem... My (in)famous third LX, although very nice and almost unused, shows what I call a heck of a problem: it's impossible to focus properly using the upper and the lower parts of the focusing screen. I had the

Re: OT: A trip to the Vet. Was Re: Friday's cutesy animal photo

2001-05-24 Thread Doug Franklin
On Thu, 24 May 2001 22:19:50 -0400, PAUL STENQUIST wrote: I had a black and white female. I found her wandering in the woods in Central Jersey. Her name was Ebony and she passed away a couple of years ago at the age of 17. She was predominantly black with some small areas of white. I had

Fill flash answers to Dan Scott. Please jump in if needed.

2001-05-24 Thread Douglas E Harmon
Dan (the unenlightened) Scott asked multiple questions. I will try to aswer them from my feeble experience. Others please jump in to correct or flesh out answers. : Why is the sky a deeper black in the nonflash photo versus the flash photo? I sent a message later to shel to fill in the

Re: EB: 500/1.8 !?

2001-05-24 Thread Chris Brogden
On Thu, 24 May 2001, Gary L. Murphy wrote: On Thu, 24 May 2001 22:59:40 -0500 (CDT), Chris Brogden wrote: Gotta lay off those mushrooms before bedtime. Naw, you just had to much LDS in the 60's. :-) LDS, eh? Gotta get me some of that. :) I was a little young then... pre-natal,

Re: LX Gallery

2001-05-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 24, 2001 4:42 PM Subject: Re: LX Gallery Bill, Might be nice to include the submission date on your LX gallery page. Thanks Bob. I missed that. I just updated the page, including Rob Studderts very nice

PUG Comments: please read

2001-05-24 Thread Chris Brogden
Ok, here's the deal. We're keeping it nice and simple this time. If you want your PUG photo commented on, feel free to send me a letter *off-list* at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] saying My name is __ and I want to have my photo commented on for the June PUG (or something like

Re: Center-weighted metering on MZ-M

2001-05-24 Thread Ayash Kanto Mukherjee
Hi! It is possible. Just attach a small piece of scotch tape on all the information contacts but by doing this you may loose the autofocus function. Please be very careful while doing this. I don't know which contact corresponds to which operation of the camera. Sorry to say that you have to

Re: Red Eye effect-Telephoto lens!

2001-05-24 Thread Ayash Kanto Mukherjee
Hi Tom! Many thanks for the explaination. With regards, Ayash Kanto. On Thu, 24 May 2001, Tom Rittenhouse wrote: The red eye is caused by the angle off the lens axis of the flash. At 1 meter the shoe mount flash is maybe 15 degrees off the axis, at 8 meters it is only one ot two degrees

Information about PZ-1 PZ-1p

2001-05-24 Thread zxcv ar2
Greetings friends! I need some informations about PZ-1 PZ-1p. Does these cameras have spot focus? Does PZ-1 has higher flash sync. speed as PZ-1p? Are these camera bodies compatible with Pentax 220T flash? With thanks. _ Get your

Re: Another LX problem...

2001-05-24 Thread Alan Chan
If the middle part of the mirror is in focus, that means the mirror is out of alignment and could be fixed by professional only. And to recalibrate the mirror (not just the screws under the mirror), the whole LX has to be stripped down (told by Pentax HK two years ago). I believe this is not

Re: Another LX problem...

2001-05-24 Thread Alan Chan
I had the same problem with my third LX (Gosh it is nice to be able to say that!!). Adjusting the height of the bottom mirror rest was the cure. Rob Studdert goes into some detail about the mirror rest here http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/mirrorbox.gif Adjusting the height of the rest so

Kodak RFS 3600 Scanner comments (cont.)

2001-05-24 Thread Gerald F. Cermak
I've owned this scanner since earlier this year, having no scanner and no patience to wait for the new high priced Nikons. For those interested, here are some further comments about it. If you are thinking of scanning mounted slides, it works well out of the box, and the rest of this is

Will upgrading to PZ1p from ZX50 improve pictures?

2001-05-24 Thread zxcv ar2
Greetins friends! I recently took five rolls of slide pictures of my daughter dancing with other members of ballet school. Pictures were taken with flash as it was a dress reharsal. Lighting was very poor. Exposure without flash was f2.8 and 1/90 sec. Fifty percent pictures came OK. I used

Re: Center-weighted metering on MZ-M

2001-05-24 Thread Michael Henry
It is possible. Just attach a small piece of scotch tape on all the information contacts but by doing this you may loose the autofocus function. Please be very careful while doing this. I don't know which contact corresponds to which operation of the camera. Sorry to say that you have to

Re: Kodak RFS 3600 Scanner comments (cont.)

2001-05-24 Thread tom
Gerald, First, let me say how sorry I am that the Great Yellow Father has bent you over and had his way with you. I am truly sorry. I would be a seething mess if I were in your position. Second, thanks for one of the better gear reports I've seen on this forum. Third, thanks for saving me

Re: Pentax MZ-S (Plus) MZ-S (Minus)

2001-05-24 Thread Alan Chan
I can't help but feel somewhat betrayed by Pentax, having bought into the expensive, beautiful, limited lenses, with no matching decent pro-level body. I think this has always been the case with Pentax (LX is the only exception, but then it is not all that reliable). regards, Alan Chan

Re: Pentax restructures

2001-05-24 Thread Alan Chan
Pentax is about to undertake a restructuring program. Most production will be shifted to outside Japan. Some restructuring in Japan is also taking place. The main lens factory will be closed down. The reason given for the restructuring is to increase brand image (much needed if you ask me);

Re: Kodak RFS 3600 Scanner comments (cont.)

2001-05-24 Thread Bruce Dayton
Gee, I was thinking about this scanner for a future purchase. Thanks for the warning. That does beg the question of batch scanning. My Minolta Scan Dual 2 does up to 6 frames, but you have to put the strip into a carrier that isn't tight enough to hold the film still so the film will creep

Re: Another LX problem...

2001-05-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 24, 2001 11:12 PM Subject: Re: Another LX problem... I had the same problem with my third LX (Gosh it is nice to be able to say that!!). Adjusting the height of the bottom mirror rest was the

Re: Kodak RFS 3600 Scanner comments (cont.)

2001-05-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 24, 2001 11:38 PM Subject: Re: Kodak RFS 3600 Scanner comments (cont.) Gee, I was thinking about this scanner for a future purchase. Thanks for the warning. That does beg the question of