RE: HP Photosmart S20 (buy it?!)

2002-01-30 Thread HUDERER Bernd
Hi, I bought a new one for about 280 US$ during Christmas time. The price here in Germany had fallen since summer from about 450 US$ to that low level. I like it for the price and would recommend it. The colours are fine and also the contrast ratio is OK for me. But you have to be aware, that

Re: OT: Consumer psychology (was:Why do you choose or stay in Pentax ?)

2002-01-30 Thread alex
At 17:46 29/01/02 -0500, you wrote: The psychology of brand loyalty is interesting. Emperical studies have shown that when consumers are indifferent between two choices, A B, and are forced to pick one, they will be happier with A if they chose A or happier with B if they chose B. In short,

Australian Pentax Market Penetration

2002-01-30 Thread Kevin Waterson
On a recent trip to Port Macquarie I stopped by one of my old haunts, a photo lab (Bay Park Photos)/plug and was shown some of the latest latest industry statistics on market share, the leader was by far PENTAX with a little over 34 per cent and following behind in second place was Canon with a

RE: Must resist...

2002-01-30 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
At 20:08 29.1.2002 -0500, you wrote: The 45mm is equiv. to a 22.5 mm 35mm Lens. From my early tests results I can declare this as a VERY sharp lens corner to corner, but I've only used it at F8 and F11. I have no idea how well it does wide open. \ JCO Tempting.. tempting... Antti-Pekka --- *

Re: Why do you choose or stay in Pentax?

2002-01-30 Thread Alan Chan
Also, Pentax makes affordable constant-aperture zooms (FA 20-35/f4, FA 28-70/f4), unlike other manufacturers. Hopefully, they'll bring out a 24-100/f4 in the near future. No no no... the FA*70-210/4 ED [IF] first, then Pentax could make whatever they wanted. :) regards, Alan Chan

Re: Must resist...

2002-01-30 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
At 18:15 29.1.2002 -0500, Aaron wrote: It's all about the handling. I sold my 4x5 because every time I thought of using it I ended up getting out my 67 instead. So, I sold the 4x5, at the time in order to finance buying more lenses for the 67, but instead that money bought an engagement

Re: Why Pentax?

2002-01-30 Thread Alan Chan
I think the question can also be phrased Why not Pentax? Solid, dependable, high quality, simple to use, robust are some words that can be used to describe a pentax system. Just pick up any pentax camera and you'll know Why Pentax! You should sell these to Pentax for the next TV ad. :)

Re: New Enlarger Up and Running

2002-01-30 Thread Mike Johnston
Why does exposure supposedly change when filtering for VC papers and it doesn't change with VC head? Does it really change? Frantisek, It changes with the Saunders enlargers because they have ND filters that change as you change the filtration. The way the Saunders dichro-type enlargers work

RE: Irony Or What?

2002-01-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Franklin wrote: London-based law firm Beale and Company - which has taken up the case on behalf of a client - has already issued proceedings against Kodak at Ilford County Court. ^!! I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes right there in black

RE: New Pro Fuji

2002-01-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Rob Brigham wrote: Fuji are still using APS sized CCDs. We will see about Contax... Interesting that the S2Pro has 6.17 million effective pixels delivers a massive 12 million pixel image. Presumably this means that it is an effective, effective 12MegaPixel camera! I wonder what the real pixel

Re[2]: More P67II vs. 645n

2002-01-30 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
Bruce wrote: Weight/size do sound very important as considerations as does the directions Pentax takes with it's products. The direction part is very important. Here in Norway, MF sales has basically collapsed. The reason is that few are willing to commit the amount of money necessary for an

Re: Candian B+W processing

2002-01-30 Thread David Brooks
Hi Wendy.I probably use the same lab in Markham, Accent photo on 14th Ave.I used to shoot the Kodak 400cn but now shoot delta 400/3200 and take it in direct to them.Even then it takes a week.They,so far, seem to do good work.I took my test rolls from the Yashica Mat to them also and apart from

Re: Pentax 645(n) mirror vibration test

2002-01-30 Thread Mike Johnston
So, basically, Pentax is proven right...but they had to add mirror lock to the camera to prove themselves right. That's pretty funny, and yet kind of sad at the same time. Aaron, Not really. I'm sure the camera will sell better to macro photographers and astrophotographers and the like, who

Interesting article on digital

2002-01-30 Thread Mark Roberts
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1779000/1779800.stm ...use of photo-editing software in the home is up 27%. In October, more than 21 million US computer users chose to develop their own prints. It gives you the ability to decide what you want to print and the freedom to

RE: MZ-S Questions

2002-01-30 Thread Vick, Jason
Hi Pat, Thanks for the info. You are right! I went back last night and checked all of the lenses. Only the third party lenses, such as the Tamrom Adaptall SP90mm 2.8, combine the highest f-stop with the auto setting. For this particulal lens, f32 is combined with the Auto mode. This does not

RE: buy-it-now or long auction.

2002-01-30 Thread alex
At 08:16 30/01/02 -0500, you wrote: One tactic I have noticed people using recently: Take an auction with no reserve, starting at $1 and a buy-it-now of, say $75. I have noticed a lot of people will put in a $1 bid to simply kill the buy-it-now. I guess this is in the hope that they can get it

RE: Candian B+W processing

2002-01-30 Thread Mick Maguire
If mail to New York doesnt take too long I would suggest getting some mailers from Adorama's pro lab, that's who I use for my BW processing (until I get around to making my darkroom). I am extremely pleased wit their work and it's nice to be able to just do it by mail. Regards, /\/\ick...

Re: OT: Canceling my EBay auction (advice sought)

2002-01-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wendy Beard wrote: If you don't want to let on that you've sold it outside ebay (I won't tell!), just say the dog ate it or something. I guess that's a valid enough excuse... And my buyer advised me to say it got stolen from my car. C'mon, guys. Would YOU believe it if someone told you

Re: Interesting article on digital

2002-01-30 Thread David Brooks
I like the part about removing double chins. LOL LOL Dave Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions.

Re: OT: Canceling my EBay auction (advice sought)

2002-01-30 Thread Dan Scott
Good for you. Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] And it's wrong to do what I did, then duck behind a lie. I decided to take my lumps: In canceling each bid, I wrote: The item has been sold in person to a local buyer. In canceling the auction itself, I chose the radio button, This item is no longer

Re: Interesting article on digital

2002-01-30 Thread Dan Scott
And don't forget, it's lots of fun to add 'em to shots of people you don't like... Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] I like the part about removing double chins. LOL LOL Dave Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to

Re: Sigma 20mm F/1.8

2002-01-30 Thread Michael Perham
Yes! I use this lens along with several other EX series lenses on an MZ-S body. All work with every function as they should and I have had no problems whatsoever. BTW, this is a superb lens from an optical point of view and I love it. Cheers, Mike. Christien Bunting wrote: Any problems

Re: New Enlarger Up and Running

2002-01-30 Thread thomas
From:Anthony Farr [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (earlier message content snipped) My point is that there's no guessing at all with a VCCE head when changing filtration. The guessing that I referred to was the initial determination

RE: OT: Canceling my EBay auction (advice sought)

2002-01-30 Thread Rob Brigham
To my mind you have no obligation to sell the item on ebay, and none of the bidders could expect to have secured the item unless the auction was over and they were still the highest bidder. You are perfrectly within your rights morally and legally to cancel the auction at any stage and for

Re: New Enlarger Up and Running

2002-01-30 Thread thomas
From: Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Why does exposure supposedly change when filtering for VC papers and it doesn't change with VC head? Does it really change? Frantisek, It changes with the Saunders enlargers because they have ND filters that change as you change the

Re: New Enlarger Up and Running

2002-01-30 Thread thomas
From:Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Considering that the enlarger market has fallen so dramatically in recent years--I don't know the exact numbers offhand, but it's something like 1/10th of what it was in 1980, if not worse--it's not very likely that we're going to see a lot of

Some e-marketing thoughts

2002-01-30 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
I use ebay extensively. dpconsult.com It grew out of a hobby @ first, in 1998, when many of the priced were very low and bargains were everywhere. (And my income was pretty high, which helped a lot.) It became a business last year when I was unemployed for an extended period. BIN started

FS: Kiron 28/2 PK lens, $50 + shipping

2002-01-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I paid $102 for it in 1999 and posting it at $60 a while back. Takes a 55mm filter. Black. Focuses to about 12 inches (0.3 m). EX++ condition, immaculate glass. Will ship anywhere. BidPay or PayPal preferred, but will accept a bank check or similar. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: OT: Canceling my EBay auction (advice sought)

2002-01-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rob Brigham wrote: However, if the buyer found you through ebay, then you would have a moral obligation at least to pay ebay the commision they were due. I agree, Rob; I'd be happy to. Is there a mechanism for doing this? [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: buy-it-now or long auction.

2002-01-30 Thread Bmacrae
hEY GUYS... The nicest thing for me as a seller on eBay is when I have a BIN auction going and someone tries the old minimum bid thing to kill the BIN (as was discussed on this thread). Then, a couple of days later the item gets bid past my original BIN price! (I use BIN instead of reserve

RE: Some e-marketing thoughts

2002-01-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Collin Brendemuehl wrote: Many people don't bid on Reserve auctions I've noticed this and it really baffles me. What difference does it make as long as you don't bid more than you're willing to pay? I find it really annoying when people selling items proclaim NO RESERVE! or NR. It doesn't make

Buying new gear, Help!!!

2002-01-30 Thread Jarbo Petter
I have a great problem. I have to buy gear for about US$1000. That's not a problem, the fact that I won't be able to buy anything more in a long time (I'm going to be a father this spring :-) is. Ok, this is my one shot. What should I buy. How do I best put my money in gear to evolve myself as a

OT: Moonrise over Seattle

2002-01-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
The Astronomy Picture of the Day for today has a photo of the moon rising over the city skyline of Seattle: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html -- Daniel J. Matyola mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Stanley, Powers Matyola mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite203, 1170 US

Bellows questions

2002-01-30 Thread Christian Skofteland
Fellow macrophotographers (and anyone else who may have answers/opinions); I recently bought a non-Pentax bellows system with screw mounts. I'm sure it will work fine for my needs and let's face it, the price was right. My questions revolve around Pentax 35mm bellows in K-mount. 1. How many

Re: Some e-marketing thoughts

2002-01-30 Thread Ken Archer
I, for one, usually don't bid on Reserve Auctions. That is an oxymoron to me. In an auction, the seller puts an item up for bid and a competition between bidders sets the price. It seems to me that you are bidding against the seller in a Reserve Auction and really have no idea if you will

Re: Some e-marketing thoughts

2002-01-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Mark Roberts wrote: Many people don't bid on Reserve auctions I've noticed this and it really baffles me. What difference does it make as long as you don't bid more than you're willing to pay? I find it really annoying when people selling items proclaim NO RESERVE! or NR. It doesn't make

RE: Digital Contax N1 delayed - OT

2002-01-30 Thread Rob Brigham
Dont know his sources, but when asked about the rumours this is the response from What Digital UK: UPDATE ON THE CONTAX N DIGITAL Ahh - good old 'caps lock' Anyway, the N digital is definitely a full frame CCD (6.04 million effective) and the launch date is stated as 'March 2002' Current

OT-photo-Humor-link of the day

2002-01-30 Thread Christian Skofteland
The following is a link from the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2001 Results. I believe it is a contest for the worst fiction based on the author of It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which

Re[2]: More P67II vs. 645n

2002-01-30 Thread Bruce Dayton
Mike, I just started reading it. Pal has the advantage of owning the older one and can compare better. His description makes me want to take a look and probably spend more for it. My local dealer isn't going to get any soon. He has a stock of 645n's in boxes on the floor. Probably 5 or so.

Re[3]: More P67II vs. 645n

2002-01-30 Thread Bruce Dayton
Pål, Any idea how fast the sales have dropped? Slow and steady or fairly rapid? When comparing film 35mm to MF we can easily compare negative size. How about when comparing digital 35mm to MF? If the CCD and resulting image are larger, won't the cost skyrocket? Since the high end SLR's are

OT: For Cheap

2002-01-30 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
49mm reverse adapter. K-mount on one side 49mm thread on the back. For putting your lens onto the end of a bellows or extension tubes. $5 ppd in US. Collin -- . --- Cats are evil incarnate. They are only your friend until someone makes a better offer. They are the whores of

Re[2]: MZ-S Questions

2002-01-30 Thread Bruce Dayton
Jason, I thought that Tamron came out with a later adaptall mount to handle the A setting properly on program capable bodies. You might want to check and see. I thought it was called Adaptall II. Bruce Dayton Wednesday, January 30, 2002, 6:07:38 AM, you wrote: VJ Hi Pat, VJ Thanks for

Re: More P67II vs. 645n

2002-01-30 Thread tom
Bruce Dayton wrote: Mike, I just started reading it. Pal has the advantage of owning the older one and can compare better. His description makes me want to take a look and probably spend more for it. My local dealer isn't going to get any soon. He has a stock of 645n's in boxes on

hi, sweetie!

2002-01-30 Thread Mark Erickson
Wow, there was a lot of ice on the car this morning. Hope your ride in to school went ok. I'm glad that the pooch got some exercise, too. Maybe she'll be a little more mellow tonight (fat chance). Hope your day goes well! --Mark - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List.

Re: OT: Confused by Ebay

2002-01-30 Thread Bmacrae
TV... The reserve is higher than 380...if you had met whatever the reserve is it would've gone up to that the reserve amount automatically...without meeting the reserve price you end up where you landed. Sometimes if an auction doesn't meet a sellers reserve I'll email them after it closes

Re[2]: Confused by Ebay

2002-01-30 Thread Bruce Dayton
Tom, On top of that, if your max bid is the same or higher than Reserve, it will bid up to reserve. In this case, your max bid is below the reserve amount, so it only bid you up enough to be the high bidder. Bruce Dayton Wednesday, January 30, 2002, 12:16:39 PM, you wrote: PL No Tom, eBay

Re: OT: For Cheap

2002-01-30 Thread Christian Skofteland
too late Bob, I already paid for it! Christian On Wednesday 30 January 2002 15:11, Bob wrote: Collin, Sell me that 49mm reverse adapter! Give me an address and I'll put the money in the mail. Bob Sullivan 1090 39th St. downers Grove, Illinois 60515 - This message is from the

Re: Photography Startup

2002-01-30 Thread David Brooks
I quess what i'm doing now,the equine stuff.I don't want to get into commercial work but if i had space for a small studio and new more about lighting it,i would add that to the equi work.Weddings for friends only. Dave Begin Original Message From: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL

RE: Buying new gear, Help!!!

2002-01-30 Thread Malcolm Smith
I could have been certain that this would have been sent by Aaron ;-) Malcolm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Collin Brendemuehl Sent: 30 January 2002 19:48 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Buying new gear, Help!!! $1000? Excellent.

Re: OT: Confused by Ebay

2002-01-30 Thread alex
At 14:45 30/01/02 -0800, you wrote: While we're talkin' ebay... There's an item I want, and it was at $280. I bid ~$380. I get a screen telling me I'm the high bidder, but I haven't met the reserve price yet. My bid sits at $300. Huh? I thought ebay would automatically up a bid to the reserve

Re: Buying new gear, Help!!!

2002-01-30 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, buy film. I hate you when you are so d*** right! :-) Gianfranco = Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow

Re: hi, sweetie!

2002-01-30 Thread Rfsindg
Mark, I was embarressed about my last post to the list. Thanks for making me feel better. g Bob S. Mark wrote: Wow, there was a lot of ice on the car this morning. Hope your ride in to school went ok. I'm glad that the pooch got some exercise, too. Maybe she'll be a little more mellow

RE: Confused by Ebay

2002-01-30 Thread Bmacrae
Len... Perfectly put. Another way to describe it is by saying it's the under bidder that sets the current bid on any item (unless there is only one bidder). Brendan MacRae - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions.

RE: Confused by Ebay

2002-01-30 Thread Paris, Leonard
Oh, I forgot to mention. In this case your $380 max still didn't meet the reserve. Len --- -Original Message- From: Paris, Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 2:17 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Confused by Ebay No Tom, eBay only posts as

Re: hi, sweetie!

2002-01-30 Thread Bmacrae
I love being called sweetie... ?? bpm - 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: hi, sweetie!

2002-01-30 Thread Ken Archer
I'm sorry, but you don't know me well enough to call me sweetie just yet. On Wednesday 30 January 2002 02:24 pm, Mark Erickson wrote: Wow, there was a lot of ice on the car this morning. Hope your ride in to school went ok. I'm glad that the pooch got some exercise, too. Maybe she'll be a

Re: HP Photosmart S20 (buy it?!)

2002-01-30 Thread Chris Murray
On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Christian Skofteland wrote: I love my older PhotoSmart. It has replaced the crappyscan(tm) that I used to use. I scan only slides and negatives. The only issue I have is scanning prints. It gives me awful lines down the center when it scans prints of any size.

Re: hi, sweetie!

2002-01-30 Thread Zachariah Yeidel
Wow, that could have been a lot worse. :) Hi, yourself, Mark! -Zak- Hope your day goes well! --Mark - 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

RE: Confused by Ebay

2002-01-30 Thread Frits J. Wüthrich
Yes Tom, you are correct. However, your max proxy bid was below the reserve, so it only increased it to become the top bidder. If the reserve was in your range however, it would have increased your bid to the reserve. Frits Wüthrich -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: hi, sweetie!

2002-01-30 Thread LEDMRVM
In a message dated 1/30/2002 3:26:18 PM US Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wow, there was a lot of ice on the car this morning. Hope your ride in to school went ok. I'm glad that the pooch got some exercise, too. Maybe she'll be a little more mellow tonight (fat

Pre-PMA?

2002-01-30 Thread Ryan K. Brooks
So, fuji is making releases pre-pma on their new DSLR: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0201/02013003fujifilms2pro.asp Those must be damn small pixels! C'mon pentax, give us some news! Personally, I hope that Pentax makes something with a chip that's at least this big. 1.6x is kinda crazy (a

spotted on ebay

2002-01-30 Thread Francis_Alviar
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1326906350 - 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 flashy problem

2002-01-30 Thread Peifer, William [OCDUS]
Jon Hope wrote: [Questions about photographing bullet impacts using high-speed flash] Hi Jon, I'll second Rob Gillespie's suggestion of the following link: http://www.pacsci.org/public/education/gallery/high_speed_photos/text.html It's a very informative site, and it describes how to build

RE: New Pro Fuji

2002-01-30 Thread Frits J. Wüthrich
Why wouldn't Pentax co operate with Fuji to make the same camera based on the MZ-S? Why does it seem to be so long till the PMA? Frits Wüthrich Mike Johnston wrote: Big news--Fuji have introduced a 6.17 megapixel Super CCD III camera based on the Nikon N80 that allegedly offers real

Dodged a Bullet (was: hi, sweetie!)

2002-01-30 Thread Mark Erickson
Yikes That was a close call. --Mark - 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 Pentax?

2002-01-30 Thread Timpe, Jim
Original Message- From: Carlos Royo Since this thread seems to be on a sentimental bent, allow me to briefly introduce myself and why I popped in. My name is Jim Timpe and I'm a regular participant on the Ol*mpus list. My father is and has always been a Pentax guy, but his failing

English English speakers--OT

2002-01-30 Thread Mike Johnston
To anyone who speaks English English--can you please enlighten me as to what a bedsit is?? --Mystified Mike - 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

Re: Digital Contax N1 delayed - OT

2002-01-30 Thread Grigolia
The delay mentioned on the Contax list mentions a release date of March12th for the Contax N1. Alexander Grigolia - 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

Re: spotted on ebay

2002-01-30 Thread Fred
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1326906350 How about that - a blind link was spotted on eBay. Fred - 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

[no subject]

2002-01-30 Thread Mark Erickson
Hi, sweeties! ;-) I just got my AF-360FGZ in the mail and am stunned by the complexity of the this flash. I really don't want to have to refer to the user's manual every time I fire it up Does someone out there know of a quick reference guide for using the flash? Thanks, --Mark

Re: eBay down?

2002-01-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I've been on and off all day today Frank - no problem except I'm not getting any new bids :( annsan frank theriault wrote: Hi, I haven't been able to get onto eBay for about 10 or 12 hours now. Anyone else having the same problem, or is it just me? Just curious. regards, frank

Re: buy-it-now or long auction.

2002-01-30 Thread Mike Johnston
Their objective in killing the BIN is to get the gear at less than the BIN, presumably because they value it at less than the BIN. Therefore, this tactic is no good against somebody like you who values the gear at more than the BIN. Simply quote a maximum bid equal to the BIN, and you will

RE: buy-it-now or long auction.

2002-01-30 Thread Cotty
Some folks, when it is likely that they will not get what they want, either close the auction, saying the item is no longer for sale, or they exercise their one bid option Can you please explain what this 'one bid option' is? I thought one wasn't allowed to bid on one's own auctions? Cotty

Re: pentax-discuss-digest V1 #2041

2002-01-30 Thread Tiger Moses
Well, you are going to be a new father, and that is when I made a major Pentax purchase myself. Actually, around the 1 year mark. What happens is that the baby will move faster than you can manual focus! So you need autofocus! Yeah, you can get a zx-5n and some lens, or a cheaper model and

Re: buy-it-now or long auction.

2002-01-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Well the fee is only 5 cents. It looked for a while that people were not buying the concept. I wish they would not have the gaps in the length of time you could hold an auction . why 3,5,7,10?? why not 3,4,5,6,7,8 etc. ARe you guys selling camera stuff hurting with lack of bids? mY usually

Re:

2002-01-30 Thread Brendan
Yeah it's called a sticky note and a pen, I had to write short hand notes for my AF500FTZ, I don't want to know what the back of the 360 looks like. --- Mark Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, sweeties! ;-) I just got my AF-360FGZ in the mail and am stunned by the complexity of the

I hesitate to mention this, but.....

2002-01-30 Thread Bill Owens
After the recent hot tempered discussion about posting ebay items, I bring this to your attention only because it's listed in Other and Specialty. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1326768252 Bill KG4LOV [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List.

Re:

2002-01-30 Thread Bruce Dayton
Mark, I've got three of them. Are you going to use it with an MZ-S? The general settings are pretty easy. It mostly defaults when put on the body and turned on. If the top left on the LCD doesn't say P-TTL, press mode until it does. Mode button is how you cycle between P-TTL, TTL, Auto and

Re:

2002-01-30 Thread Bill Owens
If you're using in on the MZ-S, mount it to the hotshoe, turn it on, slide the sync switch to green and start shooting. Bill KG4LOV [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Mark Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 4:41

Re: Double sided Inkjet paper?

2002-01-30 Thread Peter Alling
Kodak does. At 02:57 PM 1/29/2002 -0500, you wrote: Hi, Does anybody know if any manufacturer makes an injet paper that's suitable for photos, and double sided? Thanks, Ed http://lightandsilver.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to

Re: buy-it-now or long auction.

2002-01-30 Thread Bmacrae
aNN, I sell lots of old home movie equipment. Cameras, lenses, editors and thingys. My auctions have been red hot over the last couple of weeks. Brendan MacRae - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't

Re: hi, sweetie!

2002-01-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Mark, thanks so much for hitting the wrong key(s) - I needed a bit of levity today! Hope you didn't send sweetie a pdml post!g annsan Mark Erickson wrote: Wow, there was a lot of ice on the car this morning. Hope your ride in to school went ok. I'm glad that the pooch got some exercise,

Re: Why Pentax?

2002-01-30 Thread Bill Owens
Hi Jim I'm a regular here and lurk a lot on the Oly list. Welcome aboard and stick around awhile. We can get just as OT here as you do over there :-). Bill KG4LOV [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the

Buying new gear, Help!!!

2002-01-30 Thread Clive Williams
Hi Petter - My advice would be Don't Go Mad! It would be easy to blow your budget all at once on a lot of shiny new gear you eventually find you don't use. I was in the same happy position as you (wrt both Pentax buying and fatherhood) a year or so ago, and I'm pleased with the way both have

Re: A flashy problem

2002-01-30 Thread Jon Hope
At 16:36 30/01/02, you wrote: Hi Rob (and everyone else that replied) Thanks for the pointers, I've had a quick look. I'll look about some more and then see what stuff I can find locally. Cheers Hi, Late last year, I started to get interested in high speed photo taking. After a bit of

Re: New Enlarger Up and Running

2002-01-30 Thread Mike Johnston
Me: I do agree that using an enlarger meter is a good way to get to a first print very efficiently. For those in the U.S. and Europe, JOBO makes a good one. tv: Which one is that? Well, the good one I have is a JOBO Comparator 2, with the enigmatic number 6251 on the box which I'll have to

Re[2]: More P67II vs. 645n

2002-01-30 Thread Mike Johnston
My local dealer isn't going to get any soon. He has a stock of 645n's in boxes on the floor. Probably 5 or so. I wonder how fast he sells them. Bruce, That's _very_ unusual considering how small the markup is on most medium format equipment. That's why most camera stores don't carry any. A

RE: Why Pentax?

2002-01-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jim Tempe, Here's my take on their EBay value, based on your descriptions: a) SMC 50/1.2 ($275 to $350) b) SMC-A 85/1.4 ($800 to $1000; one just went for $1100) c) SMC 200/2.5 ($350 to $550) d) SMC shift 28/3.5 ($600 to $800) e) 500/4.5 ($800 to $1200 in K

Re: English English speakers--OT

2002-01-30 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, it's a bed/sitting room. When young people first leave (their parents') home they often rent a bedsit. Generally it's one room with a bed in it and a couple of chairs. Shared bathroom kitchen with other people in the same house. Hell on Earth. Many towns have areas where a lot of the

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2002-01-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Mark Erickson Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 3:41 PM p.s., It was below freezing in the SF Bay area this morning Br -34ºC this morning in southern Saskatchewan. I think it was -46º up in the Wollaston Lakes region (that would be northern

Re: Pre-PMA?

2002-01-30 Thread Len Paris
Fuji uses a lot of interpolation (read that as creating pixels based on the pixels around them) I'm interested in reading the full specs and seeing the hands-on reviews when the camera is actually available to be tested. APS sized CCDs or, CMOS in the case of the EOS D30, are not that big of a

Re: English English speakers--OT

2002-01-30 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Wednesday, January 30, 2002, at 07:24 PM, Mick Maguire wrote: I think you would call them a studio apartment here Mike. Or more like a bachelor, methinks. -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions.

Re: hi, sweetie!

2002-01-30 Thread Mark Erickson
Thank goodness I have no shame! I've actually enjoyed entertaining the PDML crew today. I forwarded a link to this thread to Yvonne (sweetie) and she got a laugh out of it, too. BTW, we have an energy dog. If she doesn't get her exercise, she comes and bounces on our heads early in the

Interesting Early Spotmatic Detail

2002-01-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I was looking at a few Spotmatics last night and noticed a very nice attribute. The strap attachments are in the shape of the Asahi logo on the pentaprism housing, a triangle with flattened corners. Checking further, Pentax made the change from a triangle with rouded corners in July or August

Re: Buying new gear, Help!!!

2002-01-30 Thread Steve Larson
Hi Pop to Be, Lets look at the scenario, children=Autofocus, the new MZ-S has a very, very fast autofocus ( I did check one out), camera decision made. For a lens (notice the singular), the new 24-90 that goes with it is said to be very, very nice. Lens decision made. How to get the extra

Re: English English speakers--OT

2002-01-30 Thread Pntx645
But what would someone who speaks Texas English call it? To anyone who speaks English English--can you please enlighten me as to what a bedsit is?? - 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

Re: English English speakers--OT

2002-01-30 Thread dave o'brien
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

Re: English English speakers--OT

2002-01-30 Thread Tim Engel
30 Jan 02, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike wrote: To anyone who speaks English English--can you please enlighten me as to what a bedsit is?? - --Mystified Mike Before I explain, here's some poetry from an LP dating back about three decades. A cigar to the winner... Breathe deep,

Re: English English speakers--OT

2002-01-30 Thread dave o'brien
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

RE: Interesting Early Spotmatic Detail

2002-01-30 Thread Mick Maguire
I have a spotmatic F with the squared ones (which I always thought was nice), but isnt the F much later than that? I know that they are the originals from new too. I loved the way that they reintroduced that old style of lug again rather than the bar type on the SF's Regards, /\/\ick... - This

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