Can anyone tell me the battery code for spotmatic
batteries, a mate just bought one and its got an E400N battery, but I cant find
it in any equivalency charts.
Thanks, Jason
Bojidar Dimitrov wrote:
Hi Caril,
Sorry, my spell-checker played a bad joke here...
Boz
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Hernan Mouro wrote:
I just read this at Boris's site
(http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/extras/K-mount/Kaf.html):
Well, my name is Bojidar, but IÄll answer anyway... :-)
Speaking about multi-segment metering: (...) since algorithm is
rather complex, it is very difficult to judge when it will
William Robb writes:
What I would like to know is what sort of
dynamic range in stops (a concept I do
understand) does a CCD chip have? Is it variable
based on software or is it hardware limited?
I have no idea. I do wonder if the in-camera exposure compensation is done
in the digital
Yep, this lens is still taking up floor space at my favourite camera shop. And I
don't
want to buy it (!).
Anyone who's interested, send an email to:
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Feel free to mention my name (not compulsory but they'll know I've done them a favour
in return for all those they've
Maybe this is the same remote than the MZ-7/ XZ-7,
you can order it more easily (IR remote I am talking about)
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Mike
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Subject: MZS remote
Does anyone know where I can order
If your budget allows it, get a Leica M6 with a Summilux or a Noctilux
... pretty much fits all your requirements perfectly. There's no
faster lens than the 50mm/f1.0 Noctilux, and the camera can be easily
hand held at very slow shutter speeds. If you need slightly better
image quality, the
Lawrence Kwan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Juan J. Buhler wrote:
If someone knows of some more user friendly free programs for
panoramas out there, I'd like to know.
There used to be a free front end, PTGUI, for Panotools. Though not all
the features of Panotools can
On 26 Jul 2001, at 15:34, Frits J. Wüthrich wrote:
Another questions was about barrel wobble: yes, there is play in the
lens barrel, it is noticeable at 24mm and is worse at 90mm. How bad
that is in general is something I don't know.
Mine has also some wobble. But except from the LTD lenses
In a message dated 27/07/01 00:29:26 GMT Daylight Time,
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PS to Peter in Sunny Brighton - for God's sake man, you're a digest user
like me. Cut and paste the subject line into the subject area on your
email app - a lot of people don't even look at anything in their
I bought Tamron 28-200 LD II Super (or smth like that). It works really
fine, but I noticed quite significant vingetting at 28mm wide open. I've
not tried it without lens hood yet, maybe the problem is there. One thing I
don't like the most is very short move of the focus ring, when shooting in
My guess is that the seller confused the pic ids when compiling the auction.
Only one pic is of the Cosina CT1. You still should maul (sorry mail) the
seller to check.
Kind regards
Peter
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Jul 2001 16:57:18 -0700 (PDT)
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OK,
Jody,
Some jerks pilfer each others' auctions for descriptions, pictures,
everything. I've notified Stephen Gandy several times when people have
lifted descriptions of cameras directly from his CameraQuest web page for
their auctions. Recently I notified Gary Schloss that a seller had stolen
Pål wrote: --
A couple of years ago Trevor Wiebe posted that the
Pentax flagship was going to be the LXII. It doesn't
seem far fetched anymore in light of the recent
interview with the boss of the camera division.
Anyway, Trevor posted a set of specifications and
claimed he had a
A scroll of mail from Collin Brendemuehl
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Pity the CNMO people!
Let them drink Bud!
Now steady on. There's no need for cruel and unusual punishment.
dave
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Ok, here's the reminder. We're keeping it nice and simple. 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 August
PUG (or something like
Yes, but...
1.The strap attachments are different from the other photos.
2.The LX ASA/Compensation Adjustment missing in this photo can be seen
in the other photos.
3.The rewind lever is different from the other photo.
4.The exposure compensation dial lock not present in the in
Thanks for all the replies. I should've added that vf brightness was indeed
a major factor in this purchase.
Lecia M6 huh? I've heard lots a great things about them... *flips through
KEH's catalog* omg! $6,000 just for the body! I never knew they were ~that~
expensive. hehe, yeah that's a wee
Yes, it is... but I've never seen it actually change the color of a dress
before.
Nick
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From: Keith Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Pentax [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Completely OT: gripe of the day
Date: Fri, Jul 27, 2001, 10:14 PM
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 10:10:54 -0500
From:
I really like photo #3.
(I like the 100/2.8 macro as well)
Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Seriously, once you start shooting with it, you'll be surprised
just how good it is. John Francis has reported some light fall off
at 2.8, and I think he's right, but it's quite slight. You'd be
Gary has a great idea with the GPS data. I'm working with my students
to learn how to use GPS data to mark points and trails on maps that they
can print out and use. We're also learning how to use data that exsists
on the internet (such as census data, road maps, topographical maps,
etc) to map
Nicholas Wright wrote:
Lecia M6 huh? I've heard lots a great things about them... *flips through
KEH's catalog* omg! $6,000 just for the body! I never knew they were ~that~
expensive. hehe, yeah that's a wee bit out a my price range now... :)
You must be looking at one of the collector's
Nicholas Wright wrote:
Lecia M6 huh? I've heard lots a great things about them... *flips through
KEH's catalog* omg! $6,000 just for the body! I never knew they were ~that~
expensive. hehe, yeah that's a wee bit out a my price range now... :)
That's too much. New ones cost far, far less
William Kane wrote:
Gary has a great idea with the GPS data.
Hi Bill ...
Check this out for an example of using GPS coordinates for locating
photo sites. It's a great article:
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/essays/vanRiper/010518.htm
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Shel Belinkoff
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tom wrote:
a new M6 should be about $1700 with rebate
maybe $1500 if you can go to a Leica days event.
And substantially less for a used one.
An M4 or Konica RF wouldn't be out of the
question either.
Konica is a good choice. However, for low light work with fast lenses
like the
Hmm... both of you are right... M6 platinum 100yr Schmidt Group w50/2.8
Elmar... I will have to take a better look at these cameras... though I was
hoping to stay with the system lenses that I have... Thanks again.
Nick
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You could always get a camera with MLU, that's about as quite as you are
going to get. The LX would fit the bill nicely, with it's LED display, and
metering system that works with the mirror locked up. Both the KX and K2
don't have illuminated displays, but the needles aren't that hard to read
Nicholas Wright wrote:
hoping to stay with the system lenses that I have
There are adapters that will allow you to use some Pentax lenses on
the Leica.
http://cameraquest.com/adaptnew.htm
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Why should I use a meter? What if the darn thing broke on
I have just sent out the confirmations for the
August Gallery. If you think you should have
recieved one, and didn't, please drop me a note
at
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William Robb
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Nicholas Wright wrote:
The thing
that I always wonder is If manual camera users can through experimentation
learn what their cameras are doing (meter wise) why cannot auto camera users
do the same thing? Well we can and we do...
Except in this case the experimentation would have
Shel,
Thanks for the heads up. That's a great artical. I'm linking it to
my class webpage!
Bill
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
William Kane wrote:
Gary has a great idea with the GPS data.
Hi Bill ...
Check this out for an example of using GPS coordinates for locating
photo sites.
Try http://www.panavue.com/
It's not free, but it's one of the best as I heard and
you can download a fully functional demo.
Herbet.
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Bill Kane wrote:
I need to know if anyone out there knows the
name of a good piece of
Alexander wrote:
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Sorry I cannot find it at the moment, but my strong
impression is that he mixed it up with the then to be
released Contax N1 ...
It indeed sounded like the Contax N1. I do believe the post was from september,
october or perhaps november 1999
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Multi-segment metering and exposure compensation
Date: Sat, Jul 28, 2001, 10:55 AM
In fact, I will be
the first to admit that my best photos (no exceptions) were taken using the
zone system with spot meter. And when the
Alin wrote:
Multisegment metering works great as long as you recognize it's a
scene for it.
Exactly. And thats the point with any kind of meter.
Its also no big deal finding out which way you need to compensate. It works like any
other meter trying to render everything mid toned.
Having only been on the PDML for a couple of
months, has there aver been
a 'self-portrait' themed month? I would have
thought that would be fairly
interesting!
http://pug.komkon.org/00augu/index.html
FWIW, noodling around the links under the
thumbnail section opens up a whole new world of
Hi,
Does this lens have a front element that rotates? How's the build
quality? Is this lens noticeably sharper, more contrasty than the K?
Does it have noticeably more resolution? Thanks...
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Why should I use a meter? What if the darn thing broke on
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That's told me!
Yer welcome.
L8R
Bill
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Hi Shel,
The f/1.0 Noctilux is not the fastest, however. Canon sold an
f/0.95 that fit their rangefinder cameras years ago.
Len
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From: Shel Belinkoff
Subject: Questions RE: A20/2.8
Hi,
Does this lens have a front element that
rotates?
No, they didn't put that feature on this lens.
How's the build quality?
Superb, really solid. Mine has no rattles at
all, focus is smooth and the
Hoping that it ws just because the batteries were running
low, but noting that
this particular thing had never happened to me before, I
address the panel.
I click off what is the 5th frame of a 24 frame roll and the
camera goes into
auto rewind. I think - hmm, maybe I misread and I was on
25
Hi Len,
It is the fastest lens currently in production. It is the fastest
lans that you can walk into a store and buy. The 0.95 Canon has long
since bit the dust as a production item, is quite rare, and, for all
intents an purposes, is non-existent for day-to-day photography. So,
while you're
William Robb wrote:
Does this lens have a front element that
rotates?
No, they didn't put that feature on this lens.
Sheesh! I'm disappointed.
Pity about the non rotating front element. I
always thought it was missing something.G
Well, maybe it'll have that feature on a subsequent
Or couldn't someone set up a grid thing whereby people can respond directly
on the page that the image is on, and then be able to view everyone's
comments on a given shot all in one location, along with the image in
question? I know it can be done, but I don't know how, nor do I know how
much
Gosh, I thought professional only meant, its your way of earning an income,
I didn't realise it is so complicated!
Frits
We're getting into some definition problems here.
Is Professional:
a. Build quality
b. Feature Set
c. Support Structure
Can you remove any one of
On 26 Jul 2001, at 15:34, Frits J. Wüthrich wrote:
While I was on vacation in Ireland (beautiful country, very friendly
people) I noticed something with my lens: when zooming from 24 to 90
mm, around 40mm there is a point where there is something snapping
(don't know how to describe that
Hi,
From the list you've supplied I'd suggest an MX, although they are a
little bit loud even for my deaf ears. You may be able to find a way
to muffle it.
If you extend the choice, but not to the extent of a Leica, the LX has
all the benefits of the MX, but is significantly quieter. However,
You should see what happened to me once.
A couple of months ago I had a slide show at a concert dedicated
to Dave Brubeck. The slides were projected on a curtain betweeen
the musicians and the public. The wife of the piano man, amongst
the public, recorded everything on tape.
When I saw the take
I'm getting an MZ-S soon, so my old (but loved) ZX-50 will soon be
kiteworthy. This means I won't fret too much if it plummets 500 ft to its
almost certain demise. Of course, taking aerial photographs raises the
interesting question of how to trip the shutter release -- a simple problem
with
Gosh, I thought professional only meant, its
your way of earning an income,
I didn't realise it is so complicated!
Maybe it should be like any other profession.
You get to call yourself a professional after
you have earned accreditation proving you know
what the hell you are doing. That would
Hothouse Spiral by Dan Scott
So much good bw this month. Nice job.
Thanks Collin.
Dan Scott
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Greetings:I am wondering what
browsers people are using for viewing the PUG. If you would kindly
clickhereand
tell me what version of which browser you are using,I would be most
appreciative.ThanksWilliam Robb
In a message dated 7/28/01 9:23:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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On Saturday 28 July 2001 16:36, you wrote:
Gosh, I thought professional only meant, its your way of earning an
income, I didn't realise it is so complicated!
Frits
You wouldn't make light of the
In a message dated 7/28/01 9:47:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
So, I've try and use many different pano-programs but still have problems
with opposite sort of software - objects modeling/viewing.
MGI PhotoSuite lll (Platinum Edition).
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At 13:01 29/07/01, William wrote:
Gosh, I thought professional only meant, its
your way of earning an income,
I didn't realise it is so complicated!
Maybe it should be like any other profession.
You get to call yourself a professional after
you have earned accreditation proving you know
In a message dated 7/29/01 1:50:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The professionalism is in the photographer, not the camera. :-)
OK, if it's ~that~ simple, ~you~ use the disposable and I'll use the MZ-S.
I'll whip your butt everyday and twice on Sundays.
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Maybe it should be like any other profession.
You get to call yourself a professional after
you have earned accreditation proving you know
what the hell you are doing. That would make it
simple.
You can do brain surgery by ramming a hocky
stick up a persons ass, but it is probably
better to have
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