On Wednesday, February 13, 2002, at 11:27 PM, Butch Black wrote:
Someone in one of their threads mentioned that Pentax's SMC coating was
as
good or slightly better then Zeiss' T* coating. Are there any links or
sites
that confirm that?
Well, as anecdotal evidence, a Hassy-totin' friend
The new Pentax MZ-6 is now listed at Henry's web site, though it is Not
in Stock. The price is C$449; as a comparison, their price for MZ-7 is
C$399 and that for MZ-5n is C$599. Not bad for value for just $50 more
than MZ-7.
Someone has just posted that the model will be called ZX-L in US.
Who
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From: Brendan
Subject: Re: Grandfather Mountain Update
Aaron, Frank I think we need to bug Pentax Canada to
do something like this here.
Are you kidding? I couldn't get a response from Pentax Canada
when I was seeking a new host for the PUG, and I still haven't
Tim asked:
Has anyone out there used Fuji Super HG 1600? It looks like the fastest
color print film out there, but also doesn't appear to be commonly
available: none of my usual stores here in Portland stock it and BH has an
inconsistent supply. Would it be just as easy to push Superia 800?
What I can't figure is why all of the MZ series in the rest of the world are
called ZX here in the US, but the MZ-S shares the same designation
everywhere.
Bill KG4LOV, WPRS983
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From: Lawrence Kwan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I can't speak from experience, but I've heard that Superia 800 shot at 1600
and processed normally is better than straight HG1600. Only a 1 stop
underexposure. Just don't underexpose more than that.
Bill KG4LOV, WPRS983
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From: Timothy Sherburne
Boy, I gotta go with William on this. For quite a while I had been
trying to procure and use the best optical quality lenses I could (for
Pentax) and use the finest grained films that I could to try and
improve the sharpness, clarity and tonal range of my pictures. I
should have moved up to a
the ppl at my local fuji-lab thinks that fuji 800 pushed one step performs better than
fuji 1600.
/e-man
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Till:
Very true...but the new Superia 1600 is an excellent
film. From the results Ive had, I would rather shoot
this, than Superia 800 underexposed a stop and
processed accordingly. Contrast is good, Color is
great, and the Grain is superb!
Scott
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I can't
I've struggled through an English translation of Simulacra and Simulation;
his ideas are amazing (the Persian Gulf war did not happen...). I wonder
what kind of person he is day-to-day...
I can see how his philosophical inquiries relate to photography: what
happens when we make images that are
Bill,
You and Aaron have got to stop it! I am just getting to the point where I have a
complete set of 35mm lenses and you guys keep trying to enable me into starting again
in the 6x7 format. g
(And by the way, I bought a picture from a local camera club exhibition. A 6x7 Macro
photo of
Sure, a bigger neg will yield higher quality, but at the cost of
flexibility, portability, convenience, stealth, and so on. Those of you
who shoot pretty flowers and landscapes, and subjects that don't move,
can easily use and benefit from a larger format. However, for much of
what Juan does,
I've used the hg 1600 and I've also pushed Fuji Press
800 to both 1600 and 3200. The biggest advantage of
the HG1600 (for me) was that I could get it processed
at a regular hour lab. But since I now have my own c41
setup I can push the 800 very easily. I ~really~ like
Fuji Press 800, color and
RK,
My condolences on your Dad's passing. Your story has me thinking on my Dad, my Uncle
(his bachelor brother who died last Jan 11th), and my own photos.
My Dad and Uncle were pretty buttoned-up about their feelings. I find myself looking
back at my Dad's photos for clues to his life. I
The Kodak 760M monochrome digital camera was mentioned here a few days
ago. Does anyone else make a similar camera - one dedicated to BW
photography?
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Hello, I recently have been looking for a new 35mm
system. I need fast lenses for shooting mostly wide
aperture and almost exclusively hand held with
Kodachrome 64 and 200, while traveling. So I need
lenses that are relatively sharp wide open. My first
choice would be 35mm f2 Summicron and 90mm
Shel,
You bring up a good point. Each format has strengths and weaknesses.
You obviously have to balance them to be able to create the pictures
that you desire. I am not abandoning 35mm, just trying to use it only
when MF's weaknesses outweigh it's strengths for a given situation.
Juan's
Bill,
You and Aaron have got to stop it! I am just getting to the point where I
have a complete set of 35mm lenses and you guys keep trying to enable me
into starting again in the 6x7 format. g
You're lucky. I did it to myself when I got the Yashica Mat 124. I'm so
impressed with that big
Hmmm...
You all have listed several Fuji films that may do the job, but are they
really different? I'm beginning to sense a marketing nightmare here.
BH lists CU Fujicolor 1600 which should be Fuji Press 1600, but the
picture is for Fuji Super HG 1600. Adorama also lists Fuji Press 1600.
Hi Marcus ...
Truth is, much of the Pentax fast glass pales in comparison to the
Leica lenses when used at wide apertures. Likewise the Nikon lenses. I
also don't think you'll be saving much money by buying fast Pentax
lenses.
For example, unless you've got a lot of time to hunt around for a
I forgot this URL:
http://www.cameraquest.com/voigtlen.htm
Marcus wrote:
Hello, I recently have been looking for a new 35mm
system. I need fast lenses for shooting mostly wide
aperture and almost exclusively hand held with
Kodachrome 64 and 200, while traveling. So I need
lenses that are
Marcus - I keep hearing rumors about mysterious collectors but I tend to
discount them. In most areas of endeavor, collectors are attracted by Mint
or near Mint items, and particularly Rare Mint items. [Like the 40mm
pancake lens.] I suppose that the K 85mm 1.8 may be rare on the market,
(which
Hi Peter,
On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 09:32:55 -0500, Peter Alling wrote:
I know. Old movie stock from the early days until sometime in the
1940's was shot on [cellulose nitrate film base]. Surprising that
some old movie storage vaults didn't actually disappear with loud
reports.
Well, AFAIK,
On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, William Robb wrote:
Or, you could move upscale, and go to a larger negative.
I really think the whole I'll go digital when it is better than
projecting through a postage stamp concept is really silly,
considering 35mm is such a underwhelming format.
Its not like as if
A few days ago someone was asking about getting Scala processed on the
east coast. This evening I discovered a few pre-paid processing mailers
hidden in the back of a drawer. If anyone's interested in these, give
me a shout off list. I'll sell 'em for a good price.
--
Shel Belinkoff
No doubt, Pentax's fast glass is often out of reach to someone on a budget.
My advice is to seriously consider Konica. They made an outstanding 85/1.8
and various fine, fast wide angles that can be had for a fraction of the
Pentax price. Ditto for third-party lenses in Konica mount, such as
In a message dated 2/14/2002 8:54:11 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Whilst having a look around Fuji Films japanese site, i came across a B/W
film called Neopan F which is 32iso.
I bought a brick of Neopan F in Japan two years ago. It has very fine grain.
Ed M.
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I just happened to pause at a newsstand long enough to note that:
(1) The cover of the new Popular Photography features something like we
test the 3 best prime lenses ever
(2) The inside cover indicates that the lens test section is the article
indicated on the cover
(3) Unless I missed
In a message dated 2/14/2002 4:32:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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I saw the new Pentax SLR today. The one that is called an MX-6 in the rest
of the world. Here in the US of A they are calling it the ZX-L. It looks
very much like the ZX-7.
Whats' she got ??
The problem comes when using these lenses wide open, as the original
poster is interested in doing. Very few SLR lenses are sharp across the
entire image area at wide apertures, and light falloff can sometimes be
quite noticeable. What's the sense of paying for fast glass if the
first couple of
Hi,
The PDML Members web site has been updated.
the url is:
http://www.nrg666.com/pdml
If any one wants their web site added, then let me know off list.
The site had 651 hits in January.
Regards,
Paul Jones
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Hi,
I think the Voigtlander lense would be the new 50/3.5 Collapsible heliar.
Paul
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From: Maggie Che [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 2:10 PM
Subject: Pentax a best ever prime lens at Pop?
I just happened to pause at a
At 14:05 14-2-2002 -0500, you wrote:
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: SMC coating
Rob Studdert has a photo taken with the A16/2.8 fisheye that I like
quite a bit, so much so that I've put a copy on my site so I can easily
view it every now and then. It's a snow-covered scenic
Of course, we all know =why= the place was packed last year.
Yep. They thought I was Tony Sweet.
heh heh heh
At 4:52 PM -05002/14/02, Bill Owens wrote, or at least typed:
Absolutely correct. The auditorium has 165 seats and nearly all were full
last year. The PDML events this year are
Hi;
I think I've made up my mind on what to look for. I'm thinking of a 28 3.5
smcp, 135 3.5 smcp, and a 200 4.0 smcp, all either K's or M's. Anyone who
has had any of those lenses, your feedback would be appreciated. Also, how
similar is the 200 4.0 M to the older 200 4 screwmount super
Firstly, thank-you all very much for the advice and
very helpful information you have offered.
My _tentative_ choice of 50mm f1.4 A over M is based
solely on my interpretation of Mr Yoshihiko statement:
Yoshihiko - A is not optically identical to M.
The
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From: Shel Belinkoff
Subject: Re: Am I Really a Dinosaur?
Sure, a bigger neg will yield higher quality, but at the cost
of
flexibility, portability, convenience, stealth, and so on.
Those of you
who shoot pretty flowers and landscapes, and subjects that
don't
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From: Bob Sullivan
Subject: Re: Am I Really a Dinosaur?
Bill,
You and Aaron have got to stop it! I am just getting to the
point where I have a complete set of 35mm lenses and you guys
keep trying to enable me into starting again in the 6x7 format.
g
No!!! I
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From: Juan J. Buhler
I'm not waiting for digital to improve on 35mm. When it
happens, it
will probably mean that 35mm will start to go away.
Such irony, if you want to keep using film, you will have to
move to medium format because of the death of 35mm
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From: Robert Woerner
Subject: Aperture Blades on Different Lenses
Does anyone know why the aperture blades are oriented
differently on
different Pentax lenses? I was cleaning my M 50mm f1.4 and my
FA 50mm f1.4
and noticed this today. On the M lens the tips of
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From: Collin Brendemuehl
Subject: OT: Enlarger Lens Coverage
Good news.
The Fujinon 105/5.6 EP enlarging lens
covers all but the very tips of a 4x5.
Great lens. Great contrast.
Aren't the Fujinons nice? I have both 50mm and 80mm Fujinons.
The 80mm covers the
Doug List Guy Brewer has scribbled:
Of course, we all know =why= the place was packed last year.
Yep. They thought I was Tony Sweet.
But most of us know better.
BTW, maybe we can slip over to Banner Elk again this year.
Bill KG4LOV, WPRS983
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Hey everyone,
A friend of mine (actually my girlfriend's friend) just came back from
California and paid us a visit. His uncle gave him a lot of his photographic
equipment (*ikon... no Pentax unfortunately). Anyways, stowed away in his
newly acquired treasure... he found a right angle lens, for
And NOT on eBay...go figure...
At http://www.vintagevisuals.com
look under PENTAX...(what else)
The want $275 for it.
Interestingly, most of their stuff is listed in Canadian Dollars...but not
this one?
If it IS in CD's that would be about $175 US...I'd say that's a deal.
I can't remember
Power consumption, perhaps, although there are some impressive strides being
made in lithium-ion battery technology as well as portable methane-powered
fuel cells (no joke!) for laptops. Heat dissipation will be (and is) less
of an issue as digital cameras are focused (hah! Punny!) more on
Sorry, Bill ...
The 'blad won't cut it for the type of photography we do. Come join
Juan and me for a stroll through the city sometime, then you'll
understand.
That's not to say that a Med Format camera can't be used on the street -
I know Juan's used one as have I (a Bronica), but for fast
It's gonna take a long time before digital equals
what a Pentax 6X7 can do in termas of resolution.
Till then it's film and optical printing for me.
JCO
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Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002
My biggest 2 objections to digital cameras is (1) that perceptible lag time
between pressing the shutter release and the actual moment of capture
(sometimes as long as a second!) and (2) the unmistakable feel of a
CCD-created image. Kind of like the visible difference between video and
film;
Pentax Mirror Adapter or Mirror Adapter II.It screws into a 52mm filter
ring and comes with a step-up / step-down adapter ring that also fits 49mm
and 58mm filter rings.
I picked mine up on ebay, but they don't show up there very often. Be
patient.
I don't know if Pentax still offers
Well, I like the shutter lag. It gives you time to change your mind and
photograph something else. It also allows you time to guess if you've
caught the shot. Fast shutter response is overrated. Once you press
the button, you're committed, and that means more wasted frames, and, at
best,
And NOT on eBay...go figure...
Speaking of eBay, one just went (almost immediately, not too
surprisingly) for a $225 USD BIN price on eBay
(http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1333093661).
Everyone keeps saying what a great lens this is.
Yup. And, they'll keep on saying
Hi,
These were advertised frequently in photo mags in the sixties and
seventies, and some stores still carry them.
gabriel bovino wrote:
Hey everyone,
A friend of mine (actually my girlfriend's friend) just came back from
California and paid us a visit. His uncle gave him a lot of his
I know what you mean. This device was quite popular in the 80's, but doesn't
seem as popular nowadays. Unfortunately, I do not know what it's called.
regards,
Alan Chan
Hey everyone,
A friend of mine (actually my girlfriend's friend) just came back from
California and paid us a visit. His
What I can't figure is why all of the MZ series in the rest of the world
are
called ZX here in the US, but the MZ-S shares the same designation
everywhere.
You have to thank the US government I guess. This applies to many other
imported products too, not just ZX cameras.
regards,
Alan Chan
Correction, The Fuji is a 90mm f/5.6 Fujinon. The Rodenstock is
an 80mm f/5.6.
William Robb
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From: William Robb
Subject: Re: Enlarger Lens Coverage
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From: Collin Brendemuehl
Subject: OT: Enlarger Lens Coverage
Good news.
The
Does anyone know why the aperture blades are oriented differently on
different Pentax lenses? I was cleaning my M 50mm f1.4 and my FA 50mm f1.4
and noticed this today. On the M lens the tips of the blades face forward
and the iris diaphragm appears smooth when viewed from the rear. The FA
lens
Based on the fact that it takes 4000ppi
to get all the resolution from at 35mm
film, that equates to 4000X6000 pixels.
Those dimensions would mean you need
a 24 Mpixel camera to equal 35mm. Right
now they are only in the 5-6 Mpixel range
so they have to get 4 times better just
to equal 35mm, and
My 80mm Rodenstock F5.6 covered 6X7 no
problem when making 8X10 prints. But I
bought a 105mm 5.6 El-Nikkor just to be safe.
JCO
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Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 1:24 AM
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Those seem like rather arbitrary numbers. Is it a fact? Are you
saying that 5000 or 6000 or more ppi won't yield more resolution?
J. C. O'Connell wrote:
Based on the fact that it takes 4000ppi
to get all the resolution from at 35mm
film, that equates to 4000X6000 pixels.
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Shel
4000ppi is probably better than 35mm can do because
the lenses w/ film rarely if ever achive more than 100 lines/mm
which would be more like a 2400x3600 pixel image which
is only about 8.5 Mpixel.
jco
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From: Shel Belinkoff
Subject: Re: Am I Really a Dinosaur?
Well, I like the shutter lag. It gives you time to change
your mind and
photograph something else. It also allows you time to guess
if you've
caught the shot. Fast shutter response is overrated. Once
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From: Fred
Subject: Re: Pentax 85mm f1.8 spotted...
Everyone keeps saying what a great lens this is.
Yup. And, they'll keep on saying it... g
Do they also say it is better than the 77mm LTD?
William Robb
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I took a few shots tonight with the 135mm F4
SMC Macro Takumar. These were pix of HO slotcars
(about 3 long) and to get enuff magnification and DOF I needed
to use both #1 and #2 extension tubes and shot
using my flash at 1/16 power @ F32. Tmax 400.
The negs look great! Sharpness is still
I was web browsing Kodaks webite and found
a recommended developing time table for
TMAX 100 and 400.
I've been using ISO 250 for Tmax 400 and
developing for 6.5 minutes at 75 deg F
using TMAX Dev. diluted 1:9.
BUT Kodak recommends 15 minutes! They also
state that film speed goes up (not down
as
Does anyone know much about the production of the 250 shot backs? I know
that they were made for Spotmatics and KX/MX/LX, but who actually
manufactured them?
The reason I ask is that I had a rush of blood on ebay and bought a couple
of the MX cartridges, which were said to be identical to the LX
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From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: Enlarger Lens Coverage
My 80mm Rodenstock F5.6 covered 6X7 no
problem when making 8X10 prints. But I
bought a 105mm 5.6 El-Nikkor just to be safe.
Mine does too, but I like the Fuji lens more. The Nikkor 105 is
a gem.
William
What I can't figure is why all of the MZ series in the rest of
the world are called ZX here in the US, but the MZ-S shares the
same designation everywhere.
You have to thank the US government I guess. This applies to many
other imported products too, not just ZX cameras.
Maybe. However,
If you are considering switching systems and don't mind a camera whose end
has been officially announced, I might suggest Olympus as they excel in fast
wide angles. There is the 21/2, 24/2, 28/2, 35/2, 50/1.2, 85/2, 90/2 and
100/2. The 90 is the sharpest but also the priciest. Average prices
Everyone keeps saying what a great lens this is.
Yup. And, they'll keep on saying it... g
Do they also say it is better than the 77mm LTD?
Hmmm... No, they haven't said that too much, at least to me. I
have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that
they will sing
Hi again,
I checked my Opemus yesterday, and yes, you're right. The opening above
negative is appr 6x6 but the opening below 5.5x5.5. Very strange. On the
other hand, my old Zeiss Ikon Nettax negatives are also roughly 5.5x5.5. I
don't have any MF enlarger lens, so I couldn't check how the
Too late , I already grabbed it.
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Hello I'm new on here and I have a question. Should i stick with my
pz1p and use this with a macro lense for macro photography?
I was told to better trade it in for a Nikon and when I called
Michaels Camera in Melbourne and Genious Photo they simply
told me they wouldnt touch it and aint
Wow, that lasted a whole hour and 45 minutes. Reminds
me of the Plabel Makina 67 on Ebay Germany last year
that went BUY IT NOW for just under $300!
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And NOT on eBay...go figure...
Speaking of eBay, one just went (almost immediately,
not too
surprisingly)
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