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Cheers,
Paul, Arnold, and Boz
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I'm planning to change my FA 28-70/4 because I found it a little too short
I've heard that pentax released a new 28-105/3.2-4.5 (I'm not sure of the
apertures)
Can anyone describe its quality ?
I like quality of 28-70 and i would hope not to go worse
Any other option for a pentax user in this
On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 17:18:09 -0800 (PST), Paul Heinrich wrote:
I have a screw type microscope adapter, but have
given up on it because the lens adapter used to
adapt it to the camera mount locked itself to the
body and required the expertise of the local
camera repair shop to remove.
Paul,
I can't say that on my PC (PII-350MHz). If you don't have that with the
mouse, only the pen, you need to realise that the pen will move in the area
indicated on the pad with the rectangular, and that represents your entire
screen. The mouse mode is different, like any other mouse it moves
Besides the 28-105 there is also the FA24-90/3.5-4.5 Since I have only the
24-90 I can't compare with the others but general these three lenses (28-70,
28-105 and 24-90) are highly regarded on this list. With the 24-90 you also
have a wider lens. I find that I use my Tokina 20-35 a lot less since
Gosh, Tom, I feel bad for you - there aren't many folks that can say I'd rather be in
Detroit. Are you up for parole anytime soon? ;-)
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Mark Cassino, Ken Waller, and the two of us. I thought I saw a couple others, but I'm
not certain they're still here.
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Another gathering would be great. How many of us are there
I'm in the same general area as Tom and I feel much the same way. I've
lived in Virginia, West Virginia, Chicago and Indiana, as well as North
Carolina. Virginia was best, most of the others were okay, but North
Carolina Hoovers big time.
Bill KG4LOV
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Reminds me of a true story about a group of British tourists in Germany. At
a certain sensitive location, their German tour guide cautioned them that
the site was off-limits to aliens.
We are British, chided one of the tourists. It is you who are the aliens.
The best story of this ilk, IMO, is
...just to try and stay on topic. Anyone interested in building a
computer from scratch might find this enlightening...or not! All pictures
taken with Pentax LX, Tokina 90mm 2.5 macro or Tokina 28-70 2.6/2.8 and
AF 280T flash :-)
http://www.macads.co.uk
Cheers
Cotty
Thanks Jens.I just find it strange that with an
A or M lens on the K1000, i can get the meter
needle to go from bottom to top when running
through all the aperature settings.
I put the 200(and the smc 135 f 3.5 )on the
K1000 this wekend and the needle will register
from the very top to
Because there's a 400 cubic foot concrete shrine erected over it. It's
similar to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - The Tomb of Man's Best
Friend, the Bow-Wow Takumar. It would be sacrilegious, although, if
there was any day to resurrect it, today would be the day. Can I borrow
your back hoe?
I would like to change my multi-purpose Sigma 28-105 f/2,8-4 APO zoom used
with my Z1, for a true Pentax one.
According to some threads I read on the PDML, the FA 28-105 is THE zoom
which fits the best the PENTAX Z1. I personally find it a little big and
voluminous, and according to my experience
Hi all,
1. What would be a reasonable price for a really, really clean
Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR 400/4 lens for 6x7?
2. What about one with a sizeable dent in the lens hood (rest of the
lens in LN condition)? Anyone interested in buying such a lens?
TIA,
Boz
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Hello,
I recently acquired a scanner together with calibration target and I would
like to know how to use it.
I have one target for reflective documents (Kodak Q60-R1) and another for
transparencies (Kodak Q60-E1).
I understand that the calibration procedure probably builds an ICC profile
for
Uh, let`s just leave it lay, I think it would be sacrilegious too.
I can see it now Takumar rises from the
grave on Easter Sunday :). Maybe the elements have absorbed
some chemicals and became rare earth.
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Because there's a 400 cubic
Well maybe not Detroit though it is nowhere near as bad as it is made out to
be, I would rather live in the Ann Arbor area again. At least up there,
unless things have changed drastically in the last 10 years or so they don't
send you a personal propery tax bill every year on your car that values
The 4/28-70 Pentax is very good and compared with your Sigma you should be able to see
an improvement in quality. Your needs seem to be similar to mine, so I´d recommend the
3.5-4.5/24-90 Pentax.
I have no personal experience of 28-105 lenses, except the Sigma you have, but
generally they tend
At 11:40 31-3-2002 -0500, Alberto wrote:
I'm planning to change my FA 28-70/4 because I found it a little too short
I've heard that pentax released a new 28-105/3.2-4.5 (I'm not sure of the
apertures)
Can anyone describe its quality ?
I have it and I am very pleased with the results. Nice
On Friday, March 29, 2002, at 09:25 PM, Chris Brogden wrote:
Argh... this is one of my pet peeves. We seem to live in a culture that
has a flight-or-fight mentality, as if there were only two ways of
responding to a conflict.
Yep. Had a guy (who happens to be an instructor at the local
I love DST. It is proof positive that if you let them politicians will
change the time of day. And, that we are stupid enough to let them.
Ciao,
Graywolf
http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
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From:
Hey gang,
I'm thinking about embarking into the wonderful world of Stereo
Photography by using the Pentax Stereo Adapter, but I had a question or
two . . . if anyone has any info, I'd appreciate it.
I'm thinking of getting a new one from BH. Most of the ones that
have come up on Ebay
Why? They have to buy a new Cadillac for Boss Hogg. You should watch more
tv, Bill.
Some of these southern states are still run like NYC and Chicago were in the
1800's. And, I find the attitude is that if you work with your hands you are
not much better than a slave. Now if the way you make your
Raimo,
Thank you for your comments. The 24-90, yes, of course... I just do not have
the 650 EUR to buy it new, and it's difficult to find a second-hand one.
Apparently the FA 28-70 is very well ranked (4 stars rating in Chasseur
d'Images tests, 8/10 rating in Practical Photography). And it is
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From: Fred
Subject: Re: OT: What Do You See?
BTW, I'm using Netscape 4.7x ... one would think a web sit
would
consider writing code that's compatible with such a popular
browser.
Well, it actually is a pain in the neck to support a lot of
different
On Sunday, March 31, 2002, at 11:25 AM, tom wrote:
Quality has little to do with the paper or chemicals, it's the guy
running the machine that determines whether you're going to get decent
print or not.
Amen. Hard to tell a print on Kodak paper from Fuji paper from Agfa
paper from
On Thursday, March 28, 2002, at 12:29 AM, Bruce Rubenstein wrote:
It's considerably more expensive than any of these cameras. I suspect
that the
number of cameras sold, over $500, isn't very big. Pentax needs
something more
competitive in the $350 - $500 class.
How does the MZ-6 or ZX-L
This is v e r y funny! Never thought of that!
Jens
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Ah, I wondered if anyone would fall for that? If
On Thursday, March 28, 2002, at 09:44 PM, William Robb wrote:
I have found NPC to be a film absolutely lacking in inherent
contrast. The only way I have gotten any life out of the stuff
is to use the 77mm lens, which is very contrasty.
Are you sure it was NPC and not NPS? NPS is one of the
To the brothers:
I just received a quote for film transport repair from ApexPhoto (Pentax
authorized service) and KEH.
KEH states $135 and Apex -- $400 (US dollars). Any idea what the reasonable
price for this kind of repair is?
I appreciate any input.
Mishka
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sure, in a perfect world.
in reality NONE of browsers handles w3c standards 100%, and every one has
it's own non-standard extensions. msie is a de-facto standard, which
doesn't make it more compliant than, say, opera or konqueror
this is something i run into every single day: none of c++
On Sun, 31 Mar 2002, Cyril MARION wrote:
So my question to the list is how do the 2 zooms compare.
Is the FA 28-105 really the best complement for a Z1 ?
Although you did manage to put a _slightly_ different twist on it by
adding the Z1 part (smart!), the basic question still has to be
Mike Ignatiev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
sure, in a perfect world.
in reality NONE of browsers handles w3c standards 100%, and every one has
it's own non-standard extensions.
The best way to make things work in both major browsers is to avoid non-standard
extensions of *both* major browsers. Go
That's the sad part about all of this; the terms used to describe what we,
as customers, want or expect out of the operators/store owners/staff is very
subjective at best. A bit to me may be a whole lot to someone else;
especially if I admit to having an untrained eye at some things.
It's too
On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 05:05:41PM -0500, Mark Roberts wrote:
All a webpage writer can do is ensure that his code is HTML
compliant. If it is, and your browser has a problem with it,
then it is your problem, not the author of the webpage.
There are standards in place for a reason.
Thank you Jerome for your answer, and the links to the PDML archives.
I find it to be a good idea to make a FAQ for the PDML. But a lot of work to
build it up. It has been mentioned on the www.pdml.net home page.
Thanks to your contribution I realized that this thread (28-70 or 28-105 or
24-90)
Would using one of those cone-style, Melitta-type filters work well for
filtering developer? Anyone tried it?
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From: Aaron Reynolds
Subject: Re: Any experience with Fuji NPC?
On Thursday, March 28, 2002, at 09:44 PM, William Robb wrote:
I have found NPC to be a film absolutely lacking in inherent
contrast. The only way I have gotten any life out of the
stuff
is to
Thanks. I appreciate the repost.
I posted this to the list some time ago. It certainly applies to
what you want to do.
1) Buy a whole bunch of the biggest honkin' muslin you can find.
We buy it in 9 foot (well 3 meters, actually) whole bolts of
fabric. I think a bolt is 10 meters, and
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From: Shel Belinkoff
Subject: Filtering Darkroom Chemicals
Would using one of those cone-style, Melitta-type filters work
well for
filtering developer? Anyone tried it?
I tried it once to remove some precipitate that had occured in a
developer. I recall that it
It's just an old habit. Whenever I mix powdered chemistry, I filter it
if I'm going to use it within a few hours.
William Robb wrote:
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From: Shel Belinkoff
Subject: Filtering Darkroom Chemicals
Would using one of those cone-style, Melitta-type filters work
I find it to be a good idea to make a FAQ for the PDML.
But a lot of work to build it up.
I AGREE! Thats why I said we'll see :o) I like projects like that so
it would be fun (and informative!) for me, but I have enough (too many)
photography related distractions from my _real_ work as it
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From: Mike Ignatiev
Subject: 6x7 repair cost
To the brothers:
I just received a quote for film transport repair from
ApexPhoto (Pentax
authorized service) and KEH.
KEH states $135 and Apex -- $400 (US dollars). Any idea what
the reasonable
price for this kind
You won't go Wrong with either choice, I simply don't
think there is a
worse lens than the sigma 28-105 F2.8-4 ( I should
know I have one ).
What I don't get is why people think it's soft at
105mm, it's quite
sharp at 105mm, actually it's only sharp at 105mm and
no where
else.
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From: Brendan
Subject: RE: FA 28-105 or FA 28-70 ?
You won't go Wrong with either choice, I simply don't
think there is a
worse lens than the sigma 28-105 F2.8-4 ( I should
know I have one ).
What I don't get is why people think it's soft at
105mm, it's
I
don't
know
what
the
going
price
is,
but
I
might
be
interested.
My
space
bar
is
broken,
new
keyboard
tomorrow.
Paul
Bojidar Dimitrov wrote:
Hi all,
1. What would be a reasonable price for a really, really clean
Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR 400/4 lens for 6x7?
2. What about one with a
The wonderful world of stereo photography should not begin with the Pentax
stereo adapter. I would look for a Stereo Realist camera. I started my
stereo experience with the adapter, but wanted a real stereo camera and was
steered to the Realist. Kodak also made a stereo camera.
There's an
On the other hand, there is the photo on my web site titled Dancing Dog Act.
The musician came back to me and wanted 10 reprints. Fine I said and quoted
him a price twice my cost. I took the negs to the pro lab I had been using,
who by the way had done the original DP 8x10s, When I picked up the
Whats good about a lens that both barrels and pin
distorts at the same
time, not to mention at 28mm it has a fish eye effect.
--- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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From: Brendan
Subject: RE: FA 28-105 or FA 28-70 ?
You won't go Wrong with either
Well, it is called hyper TEXT markup language, not GRAPHIC design language.
If you need an exact layout you should be uploading a graphic. Of course
then text only browsers can't read your output. I was design for
disseminating information not hype (at least that is not what I thought they
meant
Oh ... I thought e.e.cummings
had
j
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n
e
d the list.
Paul Stenquist wrote:
I
don't
know
what
the
going
price
is,
but
He was actually trying to get a form to look right(in context of the
other things on the page). cant use graphics there :)
On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 08:41:52PM -0500, T Rittenhouse wrote:
Well, it is called hyper TEXT markup language, not GRAPHIC design language.
If you need an exact layout you
Not on the new one but the older F2.8 only original
version, anyone
know how good this lens is, it's distortions and sharpness?
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Golly, I have to try one of these lenses. I can not without first hand
experience believe they are that bad. Even my 35-70 super cheap Sigma is
pretty good, not robust, but the image is OK. Of course people who complain
of distortion on zoom lenses live in a different universe than I do, one
with
This is a consideration for mail into and out of the Washington DC area.
The National Register of Historic Places sent out an announcement a
month ago saying don't send us anything through regular mail - this is
what happens. AFAIK the irradiation is not planned for general use.
Joe
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Actually, I have recently discovered that many web design companies charge
by the page. No wonder so many commercial sites have such cluttered pages.
The customer want;s everything on as few pages as possible. I would use a
link to the form, but then I don't have those kinds of constraints. I
ee?
Among
my
favorites:
There
is
some
shit
I
will
not
eat.
ee
Stenquist
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Oh ... I thought e.e.cummings
had
j
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n
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d the list.
Hi Dave
Yeah, that's odd! I can't really test it 'cause my daughter has my K1000
right now. But as I see it: To posibilities:
1. The thread adaptor/mount does not work right (aperture simulator)
2. The 200mm/3.5 let's in less light than the A and M/faster lenses?
The best test is to take some
well, actually, this guy was writing a page for his sister's anniversary
party and the form was to allow people to fill in a rsvp online :) The
form is on a page by itself alright but has other information pertaining
to the celebration. So its surprising that even this seemed frustrating.
Maybe
I had them put a split-screen in a Spotmatic II and they did a great
job of that and replaced all the seals. As for the CLA, the camera
started capping at 1/1000 sec. 3-4 months later so don't expect them to
do much work on the shutter adjustment.
On Sunday 31 March 2002 09:24 pm, [EMAIL
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From: Brendan
Subject: Re: FA 28-105 or FA 28-70 ?
Whats good about a lens that both barrels and pin
distorts at the same
time, not to mention at 28mm it has a fish eye effect.
You mentioned it was sharp at 105mm...
WW
You won't go Wrong with
Subject: Re: 20mm F4.5 Super Takumar (Filter front size)
Hi,
The thread is 58mm, BUT the lens is supposed to be used with a special
hood that takes a 77mm filter. If you don't have one of these hoods, a
58mm - 77mm step up ring will work. However, if you're using a thin
filter, and a
They seem to work ok when filtering selenium, it just takes a while
On 31 Mar 2002 at 15:21, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
It's just an old habit. Whenever I mix powdered chemistry, I filter it
if I'm going to use it within a few hours.
William Robb wrote:
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Hello to All,
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out here.
I'm wondering if I could use the 20mm F4.5 Super
Takumar Lens Hood with a 67 to 77mm step up ring
on my Pentax FA 20mm 2.8 lens that has a 67mm filter
front?
Does anyone think this set up will work?
Thanks,
Ryan
Yahoo!
Cannot comment on that because I have never used one. BTW many have commented
positively on the 24-135 Tamron. I find the 24 mm focal length very useful.
All the best!
Raimo
Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
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Lähettäjä: Cyril
Or at least a different one ;-)
All the best!
Raimo
Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
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Päivä: 01. huhtikuuta 2002 3:21
Aihe: Re: FA 28-105
Try it - then you´ll find out. And that´s what all the tests are saying, too.
And I am not against Sigma in general - I have had the 70-300 APO for a long time and
like it and now I have the 2.8/105 macro - and I did have the original 3.5-4.2/21-35
mm two-touch. All very good lenses, but then I
I am considering a Kiev-60 6*6 cm TTL single-lens reflex camera as my first
medium-format camera. Any comments on this camera?
James
P.S. Just got a FED 2 Range-finder camera $9.95, My son can play and learn
with it.
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I have an RKN MC Auto Zoom 35-70mm f3.5-4.5, and apart from vignetting at
35mm, it has produced some really sharp images at 45-70mm. It is probably my
lack of experience of lower-range zooms that's causing the problem.
James
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I believe the rkn zoom has an inherent design problem which causes the
vignetting when wide open. Nothing that can be done about it apart from
stopping down till it goes away.
On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 09:15:22PM -0800, James Adams wrote:
I have an RKN MC Auto Zoom 35-70mm f3.5-4.5, and apart
Did you know that e.e. wrote a ballet based on Uncle Tom's cabin?
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ee?
Among
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favorites:
There
is
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shit
I
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I was using the small bag that was thrown in on the deal when I bought my 6x7, then I
bought another lens, etc., etc. The other day I pulled out the Lowepro Omni Pro bag I
hadn't used in a long time, and it's perfect. It holds the camera, 105/2.4, 165/2.8,
extension tubes, 2x converter, Metz
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