on 29.10.02 16:28, Paul Eriksson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know the technical difference, I've been to Boz's site. But what is the
real world difference? By the way I'm primaryily talking about the 100mm
macro f/2.8 and I'll be using it with a ZX-L. The price difference seems to
be about
On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Iren Henry Chu wrote:
On the other hand, D-SLRs like D100 use Interline Frame Readout CCDs which
are complex and very expensive to manufacture. These CCDs cannot record
images in a continuous manner like the Interlaced CCD do and they needs
mechanical shutters.
Iren wrote:
IHC http://isweb41.infoseek.co.jp/photo/asaido/00217m.jpg
IHC The flare and edge chromatic aberrations are just unacceptable.
IHC I don't know the problem of chromatic aberrations is due to the Sigma lens
IHC or the Foveon sensor..
It's too extended to be other than lens
Hi Paul,
On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 11:58:56 +1100, Paul Jones wrote:
I have been shooting quite a bit of Provia in 120 and would like to mount
some of the slides, just for ease of handling and labelling.
I'm wondering if a scanner like the Nikon 8000 can handle mounted 120 slides?
Yes it can, but
Yup - I have one on an LX.
It seems to be a pretty OK lens (apart from being fairly heavy).
I havent used it enough yet to give a firm opinion, but ti seems to be an
OK lens.
T.
Hi,
Recently I decided to make use of my AF500FTZ as a studio flash. I want to
take a few shots of my wife. I plan to set up the lighting as following:
- the AF500FTZ mounted on a tripod, in the Manual and Slave modes, its head
turned backwards firing into a silver umbrella - all on one side of
Artur Ledóchowski wrote:
...
My questions are:
- how big is the light loss due to bouncing the light off the umbrella? how
much more should I open the aperture - 1/2 stop. 1 stop, more?
The distance you must measure is the total light path,
flash-reflector-subject. In addition you should
Copernicus.
Chris
- Original Message -
From: Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Pentax [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 1:07 PM
Subject: Favorite Poll
I'd just like to take a poll to see what your favorite poll is...
Norm
Artur,
The best way to make this is to go all manual and use a meter usable
with flash. Then you set the flash at the camera to do a normal
exposure at your aperture and film speed, then the AF500FTZ( with
umbrella) which is mounted as a studio flash on one side, to be 1 to 1.5
stops over
- Original Message -
From: Artur Ledóchowski
Subject: Lighting advise needed
My questions are:
- how big is the light loss due to bouncing the light off the
umbrella? how
much more should I open the aperture - 1/2 stop. 1 stop, more?
Measure the distace from the flash to the center
I'd be interested in going. Should we try to make it another DC irregular outing?
Geoff
Yesterday there was a rebroadcast of an interview with David Hume
Kennerly. You can listen here:
http://www.wamu.org/kojo/index.html
Kennerly is a Pulitzer prize winner and you can see some of his
Shaun Canning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can anyone who has owned both these cameras tell me how much effective
difference there is in the AF speed between the SAFOX II system of the
z/pz-1p and the SFOX VII of the MZ-S? The z-1 I owned until recently was
pretty good with all of my AF lenses, other
Oh sure, wait until I am gone.
I know when I am not appreciated - sniff, sniff...
All in all, with the way work is going I would rather be up north...
At least it is warmer here,
Cesar
Panama City, Florida
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On Monday, Oct 28, 2002, at 10:45 America/New_York, andre wrote:
Herb Chong wrote:
a 1280 or 1290 is even better. the difference between 4 color and 6
color
photo printing is substantial.
The Epson 1200 is a six color printer. However, it uses a different
type
of ink. Some pros I've
Nick,
I have bought three of my 645n lenses from them.
The FA400mm 5.6, FA45-85 4.5, FA80-160 4.5.
They all cam with a Mack warranty and delivery
was 2-day.
Betty is the customer service rep and she will
do just about anything to make you happy.
Great people, great service.
Mark Mangum
Use of a flash meter would be a serious help in getting things right in a
studio setting like that. Otherwise, shooting test shots with a Polaroid or
a digital camera could be a lot of help, too.
Len
---
Hi,
Recently I decided to make use of my AF500FTZ as a studio flash. I want
to
take a
- Original Message -
From: jellymaster [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 11:04 PM
Subject: for sale pentax fisheye zoom and more k2, kx
pentax 17-28mm fisheye zoom $400us
K2 mint $170us
KX with 50mm lens $170us
or nearest offer
email off list
Looking for a film scanner for 35mm. How about the Nikon LS-40 and the Minolta Dimage
scan Dual II and Dimage dual scan III (the two Minolta scanners cost the same - whats
the difference between them?)?
How do these scanners compare to the Nikon LS-4000 (too expensive). Will they give
credit
on 30.10.02 14:14, Pål Jensen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looking for a film scanner for 35mm. How about the Nikon LS-40 and the Minolta
Dimage scan Dual II and Dimage dual scan III (the two Minolta scanners cost
the same - whats the difference between them?)?
How do these scanners compare to
Hi,
can anybody tell me how FA* are built compared to Limited lenses? Is there
any plastic in their construction (inside?). Thanks! I am just curious :-)
--
Best Regards
Sylwek
Pal,
You're probably thinking of the Scan Dual II and the Scan Elite II.
If that is the case, the Scan Dual II is an older model. I've got the
Minolta Dimage Scan Elite II and it's a very good machine. DPI of 2820 and
ICE, ROC and GEM all included in the kit. Batch scanning of slides
(mounted)
At 14:14 30.10.2002 +0100, you wrote:
Looking for a film scanner for 35mm. How about the Nikon LS-40 and the Minolta Dimage
scan Dual II and Dimage dual scan III (the two Minolta scanners cost the same - whats
the difference between them?)?
Dimage dual scan II comes with 12 bit a/d while the
Thanks, Dan.
The whole area of Holy Island was very interesting. There is a ruin of an
old monastery/priory there, and a very cute little village. In the wide sand
plains of the tidal zone there were lots of migrating wader birds, and seals
played around in the water. Some people were hunting
The Coolscan IV does not have multi-sampling, you have to buy the 4000
for that.
The Coolscan does have the best ICE3 though.
I think if you use vuescan you cant use ICE/ROC/GEM though, so I say the
OEM software has to figure in your decision. The Nikon stuff is pretty
good, but doesn't have
Thanks, Maciej.
Maybe it's possible to meet somewhere else sometime.
I'm really sorry to hear that my photos made you think of giving up
photography. Honestly didn't think they were that bad...:-)
Btw, I got a book of pictures from Polan by Milan Legutky. It's called W
Tatrach. You folks got
The Astronomy Picture of the Day features a great shot of the Leonid meteor
shower down under:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Hi, Chris.
Humble thanks for the picture comments.
Thanks also for the link to Daid Taylor's page. Nice stuff.
Had he been there photographing beside me I guess my images would have
looked a bit silly by comparison to his... :-)
Best,
Jostein
- Original Message -
From: Chris Stoddart
Finally got a chance to play with the LX at night. Overall, I'm
pretty impressed with the low light and OTF metering - I got by
taking 2 or 3 of each rather than the 8 or so I was doing with the
k1000 in low light.
a couple samples are at
Which reminds me, time to get ready for this years
shower/storm, light show :-)
--- Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Astronomy Picture of the Day features a great
shot of the Leonid meteor
shower down under:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
cat.
From: Chris Niesmertelny [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Copernicus.
From: Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'd just like to take a poll to see what your favorite poll is...
Norm
I can remember some TV-program some years ago (there's probably been many
more) about the excavation of a civil settlement beside a military
installation on the wall, where they had found some organic remnants like
buttons, leatherware and even letters.
Been wanting to see Hadrian's wall since
Thanks, Cotty.
:-)
Let's do it together some time?
Jostein
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From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Pentax List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: Some pictures from PDML UK @ Northumbria
Stunning pics, Jostein. I especially like the
Pål,
I have the Scan Dual II and find it just great for negatives. Slides,
however are a different story. It doesn't have the dynamic range to
scan high contrast slides to my satisfaction. It just won't pick up
the deep shadows very well. Other than that, I like the unit quite
well. It
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1391357452
The seller is an Hamburg, just like me, however, thte price is quite out
of my reach.
Arnold
The Scan Dual III looks like a significant improvement over the Scan
Dual II and with a street price 25% less than what I paid for my Dual
II back when they came out. http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEW1.HTM
has a preliminary review of the SD III up. Only place I've come across
so far. BTW BH
I think scanners have to have a separate IR light source in order to
use ICE type dust and scratch removal systems. AFAIK none of the Scan
Duals have this.
Vuescan might be able to do multisampling on the Coolscan IV, have you
tried that yet?
Dan Scott
On Wednesday, October 30, 2002, at
Reminds me of what happens when the power manager in a laptop computer
gets confused. The way to cure this in a laptop is to completely
disconnect all power sources and leave the computer powerless for a few
hours. This resets the power management chip and all will be well again.
Perhaps you
On Wednesday, October 30, 2002, at 08:28 AM, Brendan wrote:
Which reminds me, time to get ready for this years
shower/storm, light show :-)
How do you get ready? What do you use?
Dan Scott
On Wednesday, October 30, 2002, at 07:31 AM, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote:
If you want exact results I can send you PDF file with results of big
test
made in German Color Foto magazine. Big suprise is that not all
scanners has
real resolution as it is claimed by their makers...
--
Regards
ICE, ROC and GEM are trademarked names, of course. Vuescan does have it's
own dust scratch removal system using the IR channel, and its own grain
reduction and color enhancing functions.
Maris
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From: Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
2 lawn chairs, lots of coffee, 2 cameras, a 28mm f2.8
and 50mm F1.7, 2 tripods, lots of sleep before ( it's
on a tuesday argh!! ) and lots of luck.
--- Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wednesday, October 30, 2002, at 08:28 AM,
Brendan wrote:
Which reminds me, time to get ready for
this is the best from last year, it is in focus, just
had to shoot thru fog and dew on the lens.
http://webhome.idirect.com/~trini/flowers2/a002.jpg
--- Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wednesday, October 30, 2002, at 08:28 AM,
Brendan wrote:
Which reminds me, time to get ready
Consensus on scanner reviews says that 2900dpi (LS IV) is perfect up to
A4, but you really want 4000dpi (LS 4000) for A3.
Of course the days of digital cameras, 'ressing-up' and geniune fractals
has reduced expectancies in this respect...
-Original Message-
From: Pål Jensen
Yes, I get very good 11x17 prints from scans done with a HP S20, which isn't nearly as
good as the new Minolta appears to be.
BR
-Original Message-
From: Pål Jensen [mailto:paaljensen;sensewave.com]
It get excellent reviews and they claim it is better than
anything available for
Please do not hesitate to vote, that is to say: to answer the following
3 questions:
1.) Imagine that you need a k-mount zoom which covers at least the focal lengths 40 to 70mm. Imagine further, that you have more than enough money to spend on such a zoom. Now imagine, that you enter a shop
It is a weekend.
Christian Skofteland
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Cesar Matamoros II [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 7:34 AM
Subject: RE: David Hume Kennerly on NPR
Oh sure, wait until I am gone.
I know when I am not
Bring the slides to a custom lab that can do high-resolution scans. The
Kodak photo cd scans won't due (mainly because they probably weren't scanned
by a knowledgeable person but just batch scanned with no regard for final
outcome).
After you are happy with the scans have them printed. I do a
I will never go to Ritz camera after I tried to get film from them a few
months back. The guy didn't know the difference between slides and prints
and wasn't aware of a company called Fuji. Sheesh!
Ritz sucks! (sorry Wendy...)
Christian Skofteland
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message
Yeah.
--
Thomas Van Veen Photography
www.bigdayphoto.com
301-758-3085
-Original Message-
From: Doug Brewer [mailto:dbrewer;richmond.ky.us]
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 12:32 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: New Kodak print film
You got that mailing too, eh?
At
The latest issue of Pop Photo has a little discription of the new Portra
400UC. In it Kodak claims that while it has increased color saturation
over VC skin tones remain true.
DG
At 12:30 PM 10/30/02 -0500, you wrote:
Kodak has a new print film, Portra 400UC (ultra-color):
dick,
Yeah, I read that. The question is, why would I use an overlay
saturated film? I'm not thinking that I would be using it for people,
when Porta NC or VC do just great already.
Bruce
Wednesday, October 30, 2002, 10:55:17 AM, you wrote:
dg The latest issue of Pop Photo has a little
Mint, and I do mean mint, SMC-M 150mm f3.5, with hard case in excellent condition.
$125.00. Yes, I know, I'm nuts. Respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hallo Sylwek
I'd like to se those tests too!
Cheers
Jens, Denmark
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: Sylwester Pietrzyk [mailto:sylwek;ozon.com.pl]
Sendt: 30. oktober 2002 14:32
Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Emne: Re: 35mm film scanners
on 30.10.02 14:14, Pål Jensen at [EMAIL
-Original Message-
From: dick graham [mailto:Dick.Graham;ndscs.nodak.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 1:55 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: New Kodak print film
The latest issue of Pop Photo has a little discription of
the new Portra
400UC. In it Kodak claims that
Nothing in the text mentions the lens hood. Are you sure what's
pictured is an RH-A77?
You're right, Bob - I am not sure. I just made the assumption that
it is the RH-A77 - it looks (as much as can be judged in the photo)
as if it's the RH-A77 - that is, it looks just as useless as the
RH-A77
How hard are these lenses to come by. Like the 85/f1.4 I imagine it is next
to impossible
Glen O'Neal
-Original Message-
From: Fred [mailto:fwcetus;erols.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 1:52 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A*135/f1.8 that was on Ebay
Nothing in the text
Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It get excellent reviews and they claim it is better than anything
available for desktop use even a few years back. However, what does
this mean? As a novice in these matters I'm a bit confused. Is this
scanner good enough to get high quality prints from
Tom,
Even if you assume the VC skin tones are accurate, why would you
oversaturate the skin tones? I can see possibly oversaturating the
scenery.
Bruce
Wednesday, October 30, 2002, 12:02:42 PM, you wrote:
-Original Message-
From: dick graham [mailto:Dick.Graham;ndscs.nodak.edu]
It's probably worth shooting a roll or two just to see whether you have a
good application for it. I'm going to try it when I have the chance.
Len
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From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: dick graham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re[2]: New Kodak print film
Date:
I have no idea!
I personally don't think VC skin tones are particularly accurate in
general. I would think the UC might be a good vacation film, but I
can't see using it for portraits. Then again, I haven't tried it
tv
-Original Message-
From: Bruce Dayton
Anyone ever used these for astronomy? Were looking at upgrading the
eyepieces on our scope.
Evan
Harder and (usually) 1.5 to 2 times the price of the A*85/1.4. Due to
relative rarity as well as quality, I think. This is an exceptional hunk o'
glass and YOU can't live without one. Go DIRECTLY to ebay every morning and
look for one. Pay ANYTHING the poor bastard wants. Pimp yer wife if you have
Maybe it is just relabeled Gold Max 400. :)
Bruce
Wednesday, October 30, 2002, 12:40:33 PM, you wrote:
t I have no idea!
t I personally don't think VC skin tones are particularly accurate in
t general. I would think the UC might be a good vacation film, but I
t can't see using it for
As I remember, Dual Scan II doesn't have ICE while III has Minolta's
designed dust removal software. The III also has higher dynamic range which
I recommend.
regards,
Alan Chan
Looking for a film scanner for 35mm. How about the Nikon LS-40 and the
Minolta Dimage scan Dual II and Dimage dual
Retaining Skin tones would be a BONUS - that's the one problem I found with
VC - it did do some weird things to skin tones - depending on who you were
shooting - the skin just didn't seem right so I would always opt for NC
instead but then you sort of wished you had the POP of color that VC gave
Well, got rid of the MX, A35/2, FA50/1.4.
Got my new-to-me 5n coupled with 43/1.9. Nice. Pretty.
Only one other lens kept -- A100/2.8.
I put the data back from the 5n onto the ZX-M
The ZX-M's for sale to anyone interested. $125.
I might regret getting rid of the MX. Some day. But that's
Hi,
I used to use a Heliopan when I had one of these lenses. I never had
one of the 'correct' Pentax hoods for it, and when I first bought the
lens I was given a Mamiya heavy-duty collapsible rubber one (which I
still have somewhere). Somebody else, possibly Shel, used to stack
Heliopans to get
I do not know about the inside, but the plastic aperture rings of the FA*
lenses that I own (24/2, 200/2.8, 300/f4.5) with numbers merely printed on
them has always been a nuisance to me. The focusing rings probably are
made of plastic, too. The distance scale windows are plastic, of course,
Hey folks,
Well, today, went in to my camera store and ripped two salespeople up and
down about my release cable CS-130. They pulled the order form. Dated
August 9th 2002. So I said that was complete unreasonable, since it's
October 30th. I talked to one of the owners. In carefully phrased
I've been waiting 3 years to have a bay window
thats leaked all its gas to be replaced.g
Dave
Begin Original Message
From: Brad Dobo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 16:22:01 -0500
To: PDML \(Pentax\) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Brad's Pentax Gripe Gets Nasty ;-)
Hey folks,
Where'd my meds go?
You sold 'em, Bob, to pay for that hunk o'glass - g.
Fred
I used to use a Heliopan when I had one of these lenses. I never
had one of the 'correct' Pentax hoods for it, and when I first
bought the lens I was given a Mamiya heavy-duty collapsible rubber
one (which I still have somewhere). Somebody else, possibly Shel,
used to stack Heliopans to get
Good grief, a boat from Japan to Canada sank in the Atlantic Ocean? That
would take some serious doing.
Brad, just order from someone else. You could have ordered it from a
hundred other outlets by now.
Doug
At 04:22 PM 10/30/02 -0500, you wrote:
Hey folks,
Well, today, went in to my camera
On 30 Oct 2002 at 21:14, Bob Walkden wrote:
Hi,
I used to use a Heliopan when I had one of these lenses. I never had
one of the 'correct' Pentax hoods for it, and when I first bought the
lens I was given a Mamiya heavy-duty collapsible rubber one (which I
still have somewhere). Somebody
Hi,
Good grief, a boat from Japan to Canada sank in the Atlantic Ocean? That
would take some serious doing.
it was a Pentax boat. The captain didn't see the enormous digital
iceberg heading towards him...
Bob
On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 08:49:11 +1000
Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I use Bobs old Heliopan hood on my A*135/1.8, very nice low profile and
excellent for reducing flare especially at concerts :-)
Is such a lense available for the 645?
Kind regards
Kevin
--
Please avoid sending me
Hmmm.
Sounds like a great idea for a mid-week TOPDML meet!!
Where do you go to take pics, Brendan? I'm guessing there's so much light
pollution in town, you'd have to go way up north somewhere.
And, why do you need two lawnchairs?
regards,
frank
Brendan wrote:
2 lawn chairs, lots of
Hi folks. I've just joined the list. My name is Richard and I'm
living near Oxford, UK. I've been using Pentax stuff for about 20 yrs
- all MF. Last year I bought a (shock horror) EOS 600 of Ebay and
must say that I think it's a great camera. However, I don't like
having 2 systems when I've
Arnold Stark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Please do not hesitate to vote, that is to say: to answer the
following
3 questions:
Hi Arnold,
My votes:
1) FA*28-70/f2.8 AL
2) FA24-90/f3.5-4.5 IFAL
3) FA28-70/f4 AL
1) Tokina 28-70 F2.8 thingy ATX whatever
2) Tokina ATX-PRO 28-70/2.8 SV
3)
- Original Message -
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: Brad's Pentax Gripe Gets Nasty ;-)
- Original Message -
From: Pål Jensen
Subject: Re: Brad's Pentax Gripe Gets Nasty ;-)
Considering that
Hi Richard,
Welcome to the PDML. Don't have a Z1p for sale, but one will turn up
eventually here.
Dan Scott
On Wednesday, October 30, 2002, at 05:37 PM, Richard Sheppard wrote:
Hi folks. I've just joined the list. My name is Richard and I'm living
near Oxford, UK. I've been using Pentax
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From: Chris Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: Brad's Pentax Gripe Gets Nasty ;-)
On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Brad Dobo wrote:
Seriously. I am not going to pay USD and all the other hassles to get
this
I have called Pentax USA for brochures before and they said they will not
deal anything when it comes to Canada.
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From: James Fellows [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: Brad's Pentax Gripe Gets Nasty ;-)
Isn't it funny how different distributors behave in different places? Pentax
is really getting pushed in the media here at the moment, and in particular
the Optio 330 and 430's and binoculars. Mainly because it is spring, and
that means horse races The Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate
Brad, if McBains has one, mail em a cheque.
William Robb
I may die of shock if I saw Pentax advertising here. Especially on TV!
Yes, I'm up that dirty creek. I'm not too happy about it and honestly want
to take everything and sell it and save and get a Nikon or Canon DSLR. No
more bull. If Pentax can't meet needs, it won't survive. I don't care
I don't yet have any 'personal cheques' and many places won't accept plain
old cheques. I plan on doing a little more bitching (not here), but in
Pentax's ear. I'd like to find out when the rep comes to my store so I can
put him into a full nelson ;-) until he coughs up the release.
Oh, and you
Lol, you guys are diffusing my anger ;-)
- Original Message -
From: Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 4:59 PM
Subject: Re[2]: Brad's Pentax Gripe Gets Nasty ;-)
Hi,
Good grief, a boat from Japan to Canada sank in the
On Sun, 27 Oct 2002, Rob Studdert wrote:
So if you care I wouldn't mind hearing of your screen type preference
(based on the three main types, 35mm, 645 and 67) and why this is so?
I learned photography on a rangefinder, and I always wanted a view like
that again, but didn't get it (yet),
On Sun, 27 Oct 2002, Tom Reese wrote:
get something usable from a commercial lab but they were awful. No contrast,
colors were off, highlights were washed out. Just terrible. Now to my
questions:
I took my first slide to print to a commerical Ritz lab which usually
makes me happy, and took a
Well, I won't believe it until I can hold one. In my area that means it'll
never come out ;)
Jokingly,
Brad
Yes we have. Pentax UK say they will make three slr's and I happen to know
in which segments they fit. One of them is high-end. I don't know how
high-end.
Also, large camera stores
Ahhh, good point. Unfortunately, or fortunately to avoid more travel, I
will be working at Ironman Florida. Should I mention being around some of
the world´s finest triathletes?
César
Panama City, Florida
-- -Original Message-
-- From: Christian Skofteland
Brad,
I really don't think anyone here would think anything one way or t'other if you
sold off your Pentax gear and bought another system. People do it all the
time. I can think of a couple of regular contributors here that have sold off a
goodly amount of their Pentax systems over the last few
On 30 Oct 2002 at 20:42, Brad Dobo wrote:
I don't yet have any 'personal cheques' and many places won't accept plain
old cheques.
Well buy a postal money order then, it couldn't be that difficult?
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
UTC(GMT) +10 Hours
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Brad Dobo wrote:
If they don't come
out with a DSLR, what will you do?
Uh, if Pentax doesn't come out with a DSLR, I'll continue to make
photographs with my Spotmatics, my LX, my MX, and my 6x7. And if Pentax
does come out with a DSLR, I'll continue to make photographs with my
Spotmatics,
I have this lens and I love it but I sure would hate to have it
fall on a hard surface. [snip] Needless to say, I take
extraordinarily good care of it.
I also, for the sake of safety, only use the lens when I really need
its qualities (especially its speed). I often take the K 135/2.5 on
the
I used to use a Heliopan when I had one of these lenses.
Does anyone know which model of Heliopan hood to look for?
Fred
Insure it Fred, you'll feel a whole lot better if it happens to go splat!
Shaun Canning
PhD Student
Archaeology Department
La Trobe University, Bundoora,
Australia, 3086.
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Phone: 0414-967 644
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From: Fred [mailto:fwcetus;erols.com]
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From: Brad Dobo
Subject: Re: Brad's Pentax Gripe Gets Nasty ;-)
What I just laugh my rear off at is that they are coming out
with a new 35mm
SLR? LOL Just when everyone is going digital...that's Pentax
for ya. Was
the MZ-S (in sales, not performance) not
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From: Brad Dobo
Subject: Re: Brad's Pentax Gripe Gets Nasty ;-)
Thank you Bill, a person that's here and understands the
problems with
Pentax Canada.
I really do envy Pål regarding Pentax Norway's service.
He has a reliable LX, and maintains the LX is a good
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