Anthony wrote:
What you missed is that as film formats get larger the lens needed to
get a certain angle of view also lengthens, so the amount of DOF getting
onto the film in the first place is less.
With very minor variations, the depth of field is a function of angle of
view rather
I have put my first attempt of bar shooting with
Delta 3200 on
http://brooks1952.tripod.com/davespentaxpages
if anyone who uses this film or shoots
bars would like to comment,please do
Thanks
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From: Ken Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 21:30:17 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Pentax Spotmatic service manual now on line!
Beautiful job, Mark. I know it looks better than the original you
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Whether alkaline batteries will die rapidly enough for the
battery warning to not work is something I do not know.
It's not an unreasonable assumption, though. An important selling
point of alkaline is that they have a very sharp cutoff when they run
Mike,
Try:
Oakland Camera Repair
30575 Dequindre
Madison Hts, MI 48071
(248) 588-1151
That's at 13 Mile Rd. Dequindre.
Bill Sawyer
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Hi Detroiters (and everybody else), Where is a good
place
Thanks to everyone for the compliments.
I have a Super Program service manual that I may start on soon but it's
even bigger than the Spotmatic manual (and probably less useful since fewer
people have the electronics background to work on this camera).
I'm still looking for k-series manuals as I
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From: Skofteland, Christian [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:47 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: LX battery check?
The lock up is a warning that the batteries failed while in auto. Odd
that
you didn't get the
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:55:25 -0500, lbparis wrote:
I'm personally pretty sure you are right. I expect to see a
Pentax digital SLR body in the 5MP range for no more than
$2KUS (maybe less). In which case, I'll be right in line with
an order.
I'll be right behind you in the queue!
Regards,
Maybe but Microsoft with their 15,000 programmers has often had to go out
and buy somebody else's solution to a problem they either couldn't fix or
lacked the time to commit the resources. I've been in this industry since
the days of CPM and one thing Microsoft has the muscle to do is buy an
Don't forget that the bigger the chip die size the lower the initial yield.
Possibly they have found that they can't produce enough good chips to meet
their contract requirements for both Contax and Pentax so Pentax may have
bowed out because they could not get guaranteed enough chips to have the
That's one reason my astro cameras are KX's and one Yashica Electro-X. They
all have mechanical MLU. Very important on short exposures like the moon and
planets. For longer ones you can just hold a black sheet over the telescope
objective and wait a few seconds till all vibrations will have
I considered that but my sources tell me it's not the case: Philips simply
isn't making this part at all at this time for anyone; their fabs are producing
just parts they can sell in big quantities.
Don't forget that the bigger the chip die size the lower the initial yield.
Possibly they have
I totally agree with your assessment of DOF.
In addition I think the perceived DOF of digital prints is as good as it is
possibly because as long as the DPI of the blowup is less than the eye can
perceive and lower than the pixel count of the original image the DOF
doesn't appear to shrink as the
Tom Van Veen,
There's a good comparison of sensitivity vs. noise for the Canon D30 and
EOS-1D at:
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canoneos1d/page9.asp
It looks like the 1D has usable sensitivity up to 800 ISO equivalent, at
least.
--Mike
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In the Detroit area he best choice is Oakland Photographic Repair. You
can find there number through directory assistance or in the phone book.
They're in a strip mall just south of 13 Mile on Dequindre. I believe
the town is Warren. They've CLAed all my Spotmatics and disassembled and
cleaned a
On Friday, October 26, 2001, at 02:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you compare the dimensions of the two, for the 645 and 67, they are
pretty
similar. But the ED-IF will definitely be sharper (unless you mean the
ED-IF
for the 67).
Yeah, I'm looking at buying the 300mm f4 ED IF for
You can order these little beads from Pentax Colorado. They're very cheap.
Regards,
Bob...
Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity,
and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us
from the former, for the sake of the latter.
The necessity of the times, more
Dave Stratton wrote:
The following may be a point of interest to some on this group...
I recently sent a Pentax lx to Colorado for repair and CLA. The major
problem that I was aware of I was unable to remove the finder...the
finder release was not operable.
I mailed the Camera
Hmmm Sounds like a Do-It-Yourself problem... :P
Do it yourself... Or buy it for less than it'd cost to do it yourself.
Seems like a simple equation to me. =)
I'll shut up now.
- John
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I'd like to throw my hat into the ring for requesting LOCAL authorized
camera repair shops. I'm on Northern New Jersey. Anyone know of a place
there?
And while we're at is, has anyone compiled a list of service centers on
a web page? Seems that it would be useful.
-- John
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One of the things I've noticed with the modern AF cameras is the overall
degeneration of the viewfinders compared to mechanical cameras. The image is
smaller, less bright, and they never cover the entire image area (neither
does the MX, but it shows more than the MZ cameras). At least not the
Mike Johnston wrote:
Tom Van Veen,
There's a good comparison of sensitivity vs. noise for the Canon D30 and
EOS-1D at:
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canoneos1d/page9.asp
It looks like the 1D has usable sensitivity up to 800 ISO equivalent, at
least.
Neato, I wonder what prints at
This got me thinking. Why above 535?? Is there a website
or other
source of info that chronicles the LX ? Especially with
reference to
serial numbers versus time ?
http://members.iinet.net.au/~cam/serial/
This link doesn't contains enough serials/date to be of help when
inspecting an
Probably means they had some kind of production glitch and little or no
useable yield on the initial runs. And now with Pentax jumping ship they may
not be able to continue for cost reasons.
35mm size CCD arrays are also the preferred size for medium format digital
backs, which up till now I
David Brooks wrote:
I know the image on the film is upside down,same
as our eye see's it only the brain flips it. My
is is it upside down and backward or just upside down
on the film.
Hi Dave,
Each point in the object plane is ~inverted~ through the center of the lens
to transform
I was reading the news regarding the USPS begining to irradiate our mail and
I got to thinking about the problems that would cause when sending
undeveloped film through the mail.
However, I did think of one possible positive aspect to this. If you ever
discover a lens beginning to experience
Mick Maguire wrote:
I'm thinking of doing some pictures at the Dartmouth college homecoming
bonfire tonight. I had thought I might try doing some black and white shots
in available light. Here is the list of what I have in the fridge (film
wise) right now:
Ilford Delta pro 100
Ilford
Almost, guys.
DOF is based on the diameter of the aperture.
f is a function of relative light availability, not DOF. It is an exposure
function only.
Take your 50/1.4 lens. (roughly speaking) Lens diameter x 1.4 = film plane diagonal.
A lens of f1.4 on a 4x5 would be about 4.5 in diameter!
Has irradiation, of the type proposed to be used by the USPS, been shown
to cause problems with film? If so, what problems? Or is this another
internet-sky-is-falling worry based on assumption rather than fact or
even anecdotal evidence. What's being proposed is not X-rays, which can
sometimes
Erik Nordin wrote:
One of the things I've noticed with the modern AF cameras is the overall
degeneration of the viewfinders compared to mechanical cameras. The image is
smaller, less bright, and they never cover the entire image area (neither
does the MX, but it shows more than the MZ
It they want to kill bacteria and virus they would use
electron beams. The amount of radiation should be
large but it is not x-ray or gamma-ray radiation. So,
this kind of radiation should not cause damage to films as films are
sensible to light (x-ray and gamma-ray are a kind of light
with much
What I read is that the proposed system will be using electron beams, so
perhaps we're making some headway in finding out if the system will
damage film or not. Any further comments by those in the know about
these things?
Alexandre Suaide wrote:
It they want to kill bacteria and virus they
I ended up doing as you said and pushing both the TMax400 and the XP2 to
1600. I should have the results back in a week or so (the person who does
the DP at the local lab is on vacation), so I'll let you know how it turned
out :)
Regards,
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I would think it is more likely to be as Mark said; that they don't want to
spend money on this project right now in view of the economic climate. On
the other hand they probably don't want to can the project either because if
somebody big was interested, and willing to put money up front they
William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Shel Belinkoff
Subject: Re: Lens Fungus and Irradiated Mail - Is the Sky
Falling?
Has irradiation, of the type proposed to be used by the USPS,
been shown
to cause problems with film? If so, what problems? Or is
this another
Pentax now has 2 Optio models listed on the US site.
The 330 and the 430.
Looking @ the features of them, I wouldn't be surprised to see that they're Epson
electronics with Pentax glass. Anyone out there know for certain?
Collin
Here's some text from the page:
Within its sleek stainless
From what I heard on the radio, USPS are saying it will be either electrons
or gamma radiation. They confirmed that film sent in the mail would be
rendered useless.
Regards,
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Hey, what´s this - I posted this several days ago and now it pops up again at the PDML
- is it my mail provider or the list?
All the best!
Raimo
Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
-Alkuperäinen viesti-
Lähettäjä: Raimo Korhonen [EMAIL
Actually except in the 60's they never had the might to challenge C or
N. Only their loyal momentum kept them up near the top. As it is they
are the leader still usually in PS so the Optio line looks like they have
begun to switch over to digital. In high end cameras they don't have the
Thanks Bill.
So if i look at my flawed picture from the emulsion side
(where i see the picture as i would in a print)the flaw
is on the lower right.My main question is ,is the flaw
really on the lower right OR upper left.
I want to take the camera in to see if it can be serviced
and want to talk
On Friday, October 26, 2001, at 11:10 AM, Eric Lawton wrote:
However, I did think of one possible positive aspect to this. If you
ever discover a lens beginning to experience fungus growth just send it
by USPS to a friend in an appropriate location and have the USPS
irradiate it. That
I think Shel started one but have not heard from him
re that for a while
Dave
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From: John A. Hufnagel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 10:21:34 -0400
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Service center questions...
I'd like to throw my hat into the ring for
Thank you!!
William Robb
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From: Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Subject: Re: I need a new printer
I have it and I like it. I believe the $30 rebate program is
still in effect through Halloween.
Maris
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Raimo Korhonen wrote:
Hey, what´s this - I posted this several days ago and now it pops up again at the
PDML - is it my mail provider or the list?
It isn't you. It's at least two of us. The server seems to be hiccuping
-- I got repeats of a bunch of Oct. 22 messages today.
Bob
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This
What you are missing there is aperture size. As your focal length goes up so
does the diameter of the aperature for a given f-stop. The larger aperature
(not f-stop) means a larger circle of confusion. If you make an 8x10 print
from a 35mm and from a 4x5 the magnificaton stays the same (with
Shel wrote:
What I read is that the proposed system will be using electron beams,
so perhaps we're making some headway in finding out if the system
will damage film or not. Any further comments by those in the know
about these things?
I heard this as well on NPR yesterday on the way home
Well Dave, I didn't mean they would lose their propriatary status, but is
they don't make a Linux driver available, someone will of nessessity have to
reverse engineer their non-linux driver before the hardware will work with
Linux. Now a days many hardware manufactures include Linux drivers as a
Just got my Tamron 17mm F3.5 SP lens today
(ebay). Looks like a winner to me. Sharp
corner to corner and excellent contrast.
Heres a scan ( scan doesnt do it justice).
http://www.gate.net/~hifisapi/tamron17.jpg
Also notice almost zero distortion and
no corner light falloff.
Shot was taken in
Hi,
yin yang...g
http://www.web-options.com/img0008.jpg
taken in Harar, Ethiopia. April 1996.
MX A70-210/4 K64.
---
Bob
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thursday, October 25, 2001, 10:52:33 PM, you wrote:
Here's another scan I made yesterday. My apologies for the quality of
this stuff,
Hi,
I prefer the uncropped version because the woman is positioned more
closely to a 3rd. The cropped version is somewhat unbalanced. Unfortunately
the bright white behind her head is on the 3rd. White always drags the eye
towards it, and with it being bang on the 3rd it is rather distracting.
I also did an comparison of the Tamron 17mm
F3.5 with the SMC Takumar 50mm F1.4 for color
balance and coverage purposes:
http://www.gate.net/~hifisapi/50vs17.jpg
The coverage of the 17mm is enormous!
And it matches well with pentax optics for
color balance.
JCO
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I guess what I'm thinking is, there's a difference between interpolation and
a raw pixel. Interpolation is still a *guesstimate* and in the end does not
really fill in *what* was missing. It fills in *something*. I don't think
their can be any substitute for raw pixel count.
Tom C.
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bought the pacific image filmscan 1800 for the following reasons.
Cost.
Sick of scanning prints on a flatbed and having low contrast crappy colours
Cost
Most of my scans are for web / inkjet prints so not concerned too much over
resolution
Cost.
Not been disappointed yet! Am currently
eBay have introduced checkout to replace Billpoint payments. It is
actually a rehash of billpoint. But whatever, I have been fighting with it
(as a buyer) all afternoon and may have paid for an item 3 times over! My
advice would be to avoid Billpoint payments or checkout for now.
Regards,
A guy at work has one of these in a minolta mount, the shots i've seen taken
with it are quite nice, although its a bit of a flare machine.
Regards,
Paul Jones
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From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 8:16 AM
The following is from Peter:
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 03:25:33 +
From: Peter Spiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: K2 shutter vibration question
Anybody who has a K2 can test for this quite easily.Lock up the mirror,
set the shutter speed to B, and release the shutter with a cable
Hi Shel,
Back in the sixties, people did some absolutely atrocious things to
automobiles with paint that produced a velvet look and texture. It was
flocking terrible stuff. I know it came in black, and I bet someone
still sells the wretched stuff. And while it may be awful for almost any
I looked through my Micro-Tools catalog and could not find any
flocking material or flocking paper but you may want to go to:
http://www.micro-tools.com
Then select the USA and look in the leftmost column for
restoration supplies. I saw various sizes of light baffle
material that may
Chaso DeChaso wrote in regard to our favorite brand:
I just
want them to stay in business so that they can make
lenses and film cameras for a while longer.)
Pentax has already made quite enough cameras and lenses to service my
needs until the day I die. And some very fine ones at that. I
Prints of the City, a minilab on Sepulveda near National does a good job
on both processing and scanning. Their turnaround time is quick as well,
and the prices are reasonable.
Paul
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi All,
I live in the Southern California area (Irvine). Do you guys know of any
hey now...
gotta Super Takumar 1:3.5/135with case in great
condition for $23.50...good buy?
buy the way...i would like to get info on my spotmatic
or talk with anyone from the texas area(USA)
Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals.
http://personals.yahoo.com
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Does anyone have any particular do's and don'ts for using this
particular model scanner. I bought one recently and need any help I
can get.
--
Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas
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I have a Dimage Scan Dual and use it quite
I look for three things in a used LX: good overall condition, the second
meter button on the exposure compensation dial, and the 3200 asa setting
on the film speed adjustment dial. If it has all of these, it can
generally be repaired and adjusted for good service.
Paul
Jerome wrote:
This
I've had good results with Midwest Camera Repair, 313 Oak Street, Wyandotte,
Mi. 48192. Phone (313) 285-2220. Although lately I've been using Pentax in
Colorado.
Ken Waller
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From: Mike Steele [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 7:33
I would go with the Epson 1280. It's somewhat of a bargain at about $475
US, and it produces glorious prints in sizes up to 13 x 18 (and even
longer for banners or panoramas). Big is beautiful.
Paul
William Robb wrote:
My beloved Epson Stylus Color 740 has met a rather ugly demise,
and I am
It's the list. I get a few repeats every time I log on.
Paul
Raimo Korhonen wrote:
Hey, what´s this - I posted this several days ago and now it pops up again at the
PDML - is it my mail provider or the list?
All the best!
Raimo
Personal photography homepage at
Hey Mark,
Nice stuff! I'm impressed with the scans and the images. You have a good
eye.
Thanks for the tip. I have the Scan Dual II and VueScan but have not tried
the single pass multi-scanning. I have a few slides that I have not been
satisified with the scan quality that I am now going to
If that's your backyard, I know where a PDML party should
happen...
- Original Message -
From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: Tamron SP 17mm F3.5
I also did an comparison of the Tamron 17mm
F3.5 with the SMC Takumar 50mm F1.4 for color
balance and coverage purposes:
It's interesting that some of the Takumars outperformed some of the
Takumar SMCs, (although in the smae lens design, the SMCs seem to have
done at least a bit better). In any case, this information demonstrates
what tremendous bargains some of the old super taks are. It's also
interesting that of
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From: Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Shel Belinkoff
Subject: Girl on Porch (was: Boy on Porch
Hi,
yin yang...g
http://www.web-options.com/img0008.jpg
I like that image. Thank you for showing it to us.
Bill
taken in Harar, Ethiopia. April 1996.
MX
Hi Paul, I would love to, but I can really only spring for a
cheapie. I got a reply from a guy, I think on the Leben list
that said swell things about the C80. I suspect i will go off
and try to find one this evening.
Thanks again
Bill
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From: PAUL STENQUIST [EMAIL
Has irradiation, of the type proposed to be used by the USPS, been shown
to cause problems with film?
The official word: the technology to be used will damage film. However, in
the near future (next 12-18 months) only letter mail will treated.
The process for parcels has not yet been
On 26 Oct 2001, at 10:24, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Anyone know where I can get some flocking to line a few lens hoods?
Hi Shel,
Floc (the abbreviation of flocculus) as applied to photographic equipment I
believe is generally a short synthetic hair like material which is sprinkled on
a surface
You can download a manual at http://whitemetal.com/pentax/index.htm
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of lll l l ll l l ll
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Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 8:20 PM
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Hi ...
You're right about the white light. There was little I could about it do
wrt to exposure and development to tone it down. Less development would
have muddied the print even more and ruined what little contrast there
is between the woman's collar and her face and sweater. Had the print
Hi Team,
Has anybody compared the form and function of the new Pentax AF360FGZ
for the MZ-S with the new Metz 54 MZ-3 Flash?
The Metz offers HSS but not wireless operation as far as I can ascertain
however I like concept of the Metz regarding inter-system compatibility. Any
other issues that
Howdy, there are a bunch of us on the list from Texas.
On Friday 26 October 2001 19:19, wrote:
hey now...
gotta Super Takumar 1:3.5/135with case in great
condition for $23.50...good buy?
buy the way...i would like to get info on my spotmatic
or talk with anyone from the texas area(USA)
It was probably me - I have and love the C80. There is a review at
http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg//c80/review.html
And a $30 rebate through Halloween.
Maris
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From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 7:45 PM
Subject:
I agree that Nikon AF bodies have better viewfinders than Pentax AF bodies
in general. I believe the prime reason to make loosy viewfinders is to keep
the cost down, no matter what people say.
regards,
Alan Chan
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