--- Roland Mabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Heiko Hamann tested the *ist with a M-lens at Cebit.
> He reported : "Changing the aperture didn't change
> the viewfinder image."
> So, when you change the aperture - the lens does not
> stops down.
_
But neither does "closing
From: Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:31:51 -0800 (PST)
I like the LEE filter system because you can buy
graduated filters that slide up/down in the holder.
That's nice, and true for the Cokin too. I have the Cokin system and I do it
all the time with my graduated grey's and
For anyone who has started photography with the EOS system since 1988,
and that's millions of people it's a total "who gives a shit?" Pentax
users put great importance on things about the Pentax system that other
folks couldn't care less about.
BR
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pentax does no
I have the 30mm and it's really a fine lens, especially for the money. One
heck of a big piece of glass though.
Bill
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From: "gfen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: Tilt/shift.Russian lenses
Can you imagine the expense involved when he drops one of these things!
Bill
> For now I'll still be shooting the 645n mostly, but for things I would
> shoot 35mm with, I'll be switching to Canon digital.
>
> Once I get my workflow down, I'll stop shooting the 645 in favor of
> the 1DS.
>
> May
Don't I owe you a Program Plus body if the Ick D ships by Sept.? The PP
is probably more reliable than the LX.
BR
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Maybe I'll get an LX so I can stick around here...
You hardly know how the Pentax mount works, what makes you think you
know anything about the Nikon one? The N80 may not meter ambient light
with MF lenses, but does with TTL flash and can perfectly control (stop
down the aperture) a MF lens in manual mode.
Go back to mindlessly waving the Pentax
I like the LEE filter system because you can buy
graduated filters that slide up/down in the holder.
Round graduated filters don't allow that because their
"graduated" line generally fits directly over the
centerline of the lens, making compositon difficult.
4" filters in a LEE holder avoids vig
Boz,
Welcome to the world of modern photography!
BR
That's because the un-satisfied ones left (for the most part). There are
about half the number of people on this list now as there were when I
first joined about 6 years ago.
BR
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think there are many satisfied "serious amateurs" on this list.
in a disused basement behind the sign that says "Beware of Leopard"?
Herb
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 10:15
Subject: Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V03 #93
> Tom - that is my election promise. Make me Mayor of B
I hear Oxford is dead these days. Since they declared war on the motor
car and Reading completely redeveloped and created a massive new
shooping centre, everyone comes here.
They cant build the bars fast enough. I am amazed how they are all
still packed. Almost every other building is a massive
Cheers to that, Cotty!
As I said, yesterday, Arnolds post made the whole difference.
Any good bars/pubs in Oxford, btw? :-)
Jostein
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From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Actually I think this is a great place to hang out. Just like many
have
> said before, it's lik
Just some interesting info???
Field of view Magnification
MZ-S 92% vertically/horizontally0.75X
ZX-L 92% vertically/horizontally0.7X
ZX-5n92% vertically/horizontally0.8X
ZX-6090% vertically/horizontally0.77X
EOS 397%
From: Mat Maessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 11:37:07 -0500
H... does the *istD have a DOF preview button?
Wouldn't be too hard to change the firmware to meter when it's pressed, and
indicate that exposure. Or even to do stop-down metering in aperture
priority mode.
I remember
Hi!
HC> Boris lives in Israel, having recently moved from Russia.
HC> Herb...
Just to let you know few basic things about me :). Herb is right,
partially.
My rambler.ru address happens to be based on RUssian server. RU is
Russia.
I've moved from Moscow (CIS by that time) to Israel in 1992, tha
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Clive evans wrote:
> that appear on ebay. or ibdeed the 16mm fisheye zenitar kmount?
I own the Zenitar 16/2.8. I like it, quite alot.
I'm actually thinking of adding the Arsat 30mm medfo fisheye, and perhaps
even one of their mirror lenses as well.
--
http://www.infotainmen
Still my favorite camera and lens combo. There's just something
therapeutic about loading up a roll of TriX and taking a walk with it...
-Mat
Caveman wrote:
I'd suggest a ME Super with a 50/1.4 lens. You won't burry too much
money into that combo, so you won't be tempted to sell it. And when yo
H... does the *istD have a DOF preview button?
Wouldn't be too hard to change the firmware to meter when it's pressed,
and indicate that exposure. Or even to do stop-down metering in aperture
priority mode.
Pentax, you listening?
-Mat
Bojidar Dimitrov wrote:
Roland Mabo wrote:
If the lens
From: Bojidar Dimitrov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 16:11:29 +0100
Do you remember the time about three weeks? Pentax had said "full
compatibility" for the *ist, and everyone was talking about how his
personal Pentax sources were confirming that. Pentax-Europe's >marketing
director
Bob Keefer wrote:
Last I saw Tom this afternoon, he and the page designer were crafting a
written letter of apology to be sent out to the many, many readers who DID,
to their displeasure, notice the signs.
Personally, I would not protest against such picture in my newspaper. On
the contrary. I wou
> I've noticed a few jibes and pokes at the French over the past couple
> of
> days or week, what with their veto threat on Security Council. So far
> nothing really terrible has been said, but it's starting...
I endorse what you have said, please refrain from making obnoxious
comments about the
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:35:31 US/Central
What bothers me, (I am not Boz, and I am not switching to Canon >anytime
soon) is that the film *ist is now the FOURTH entry-level body >they've
introduced with this mount.
But it's still entry level.
Pentax has not made a mid or
From: Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 10:27:20 -0500
Pentax insisted that the *ist is "entry-level" (much to Paal's pleasure).
We also know that the D version has full compatibility. I can see that
there's place for a *ist S, with glass pentaprism, full lens compatibility
and
Most people aren't even aware of what a SLR is, I scare people when I remove
my lenses, they assume that every camera works like a point & shoot. I once
convinced a friend of mine to buy a SLR solely on the fact that she could
focus the camera. (She was using some fixed lens nikon P & S)
Newbies ar
It took me 8 weeks to get one, and that was direct from the distributor.
Feroze
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From: "Rob Brigham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 5:37 PM
Subject: RE: Good-bye Pentax (was: Pentax needs USM and IS)
> Yeah, whenever I go in
Roland posted, among many other good things:
> But the *ist D will have full compatibility with the older lenses.
> So, there's still no signs that Pentax are about to abandon support for
> aperture ring. You can't judge Pentax future mid and market bodies by the
> entry-level body.
>
What bot
Hi Roland,
Do you remember the time about three weeks? Pentax had said "full
compatibility" for the *ist, and everyone was talking about how his
personal Pentax sources were confirming that. Pentax-Europe's marketing
director had confirmed it, and I was still not believing it because it
was not
Bojidar Dimitrov wrote:
For me the *ist is a great camera but it is the *ist-entry-level.
Take the *ist D with a fully compatible KAF2-mount (without
Powerzoom) and work it out to an analog camera - that might be
the "flagship" in fall.
This is a rather optimistic point of view, but for the sake o
tom wrote:
Maybe I'll get an LX so I can stick around here...
Tom,
I'd suggest a ME Super with a 50/1.4 lens. You won't burry too much
money into that combo, so you won't be tempted to sell it. And when you
get angry on the world or pissed off by some quirks of the digital, take
that one out an
<< Since you said nothing about "and has the money" . You can send me
the first one to arrive. If that was just an absent minded omission on your
part, however, forget it.
>>
Tom - that is my election promise. Make me Mayor of Brighton and I will
ensure that every single darned one of you g
I've never been to France, but my daughter went when she was 12 for a
language competition. (I have a wonderful picture of her and her six
friends trying on hats in a Paris shop) My French souvenirs were a
necktie with little Eiffel towers, a coffee mug that says "Paris" and a
bag of French candy
At 13:38 18/3/03 -0500, you wrote:
>I have seen a few items in the Pentax Belgium catalog that are not available anymore
>around here. They told me to ask the items from any store selling Pentax in Belgium,
>that they were not selling items themselves. So, anybody can provide me with some
>add
Yup, my error for sure.
Regards,
Bob...
--
"Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying
the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine
and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?
So I am corrected. Definitely my error.
Regards,
Bob...
--
"Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying
the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine
and women. Shall we then prohibit an
Aha! Thanks for the education, Herb...
keith whaley
Herb Chong wrote:
>
> Boris lives in Israel, having recently moved from Russia.
>
> Herb...
> - Original Message -
> From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 00:41
> Subject:
- Original Message -
From: "Clive evans"
Subject: Tilt/shift.Russian lenses
> Has ny one out there any experience of the 35mm tilt/shift russian k
mounts
> that appear on ebay. or ibdeed the 16mm fisheye zenitar kmount?
The Zenitar is an OK lens. The colour rendition is a bi
Agreed -
but Specs do play a part. I wouldn't purchase an automobile on "looks alone"
(although many have) as that would be silly since I'm not made of . I
also wouldn't purchase an automobile without test driving it first.
The "whole package" has to be considered; and, as I often tell friend
Boris lives in Israel.
-frank
Bob Blakely wrote:
> I note the .ru extension on your email address. Perhaps Mac owes you an
> apology, but, we in the US don't usually think of Rumania as Middle Eastern.
> I'm sure many folks in different places lump sections of the world together
> differently as
Yes. Probably my error. I make a lot of them.
Regards,
Bob...
--
"Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying
the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine
and women. Shall we then prohi
On March 18, 2003 07:51 pm, Steve Desjardins wrote:
> I got it. The problem was I was playing with an old m42 super tak set
> on manual and it stops down when on the camera or not. I'll try an M
> lens when I get home.
Which might mean a 50 year old manual M42 lens will work just fine.
i guess it simplifies the mechanicals enough. it's just a permanent tab on the body
that doesn't move. i was hoping for stopped down metering, but i guess not.
Herb
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From: "Roland Mabo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 07
"Paul Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I think one difference between the EOS-3 and MZ-S that should be considered
>is the external build quality. The MZ-S is quite solid as far as newer
>cameras go and the EOS-3 feels like plastic junk, I have shot both of these
>cameras and there is no compari
Boris lives in Israel, having recently moved from Russia.
Herb...
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From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 00:41
Subject: Re: TO FRED WITH LOVE...
> I note the .ru extension on your email address. Perhaps Mac ow
i use two systems, regular screw-in at 77m with necessary adapter rings for most
things like circular polarizer, UV, Skylight, warming, and then the Cokin P for all of
the gradient ND filters. i might someday have to get a circular polarizer for the
Cokin P, but for now, not planning on it. i ha
Roland wrote:
> If the lens stops down, this would be correct but the lens does not stops
> down on the *ist. Nothing happens when you set aperture on it, it's wide
> opened at all aperture settings.
Are you absolutely sure about this? From what Boz wrote, I concluded that
the aperture DOES clo
If the lens stops down, this would be correct but the lens does not stops
down on the *ist. Nothing happens when you set aperture on it, it's wide
opened at all aperture settings.
Best wishes,
Roland
From: Stefan Ittner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 13:00:57 +0100 (MET)
Now wouldn't
We go through this a couple of times every year. It always passes.
Let's keep our cool and not make comments of which we'll later be ashamed.
Collin
(Sorry if this message reaches you twice, but I wrote it _before_ actually
subscribing to the list, so I'm not sure whether it was delivered at all.)
Boz wrote:
> Now think about it. The camera meters before the shot WHILE THE
> APERTURE IS OPEN. While the image is being taken the aperture is
Great to hear your on board, Sid. I love the 6x7 and use it extensively.
In regard to film advance, the lever doesn't engage until film is
loaded. Once film is loaded it and the counter reaches number one, the
lever should stop after advancing each frame.
Paul Stenquist
From: Alin Flaider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:14:40 +0200
Hi, Paul, facing the same dilemma I'm leaning towards a Cokin P
holder but I'm wary about the allegedly poor quality of resin
Cokins. On the other hand, the glass Tieffens are outrageously
expensive; does anybody k
Clive evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 19.03.2003,
11:08:38:
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or ibdeed the 16mm fisheye zenitar kmount?
I recently bought a new one at ebay... I really like it... you can see
some pictures I've taken with it at
http://www.xjapan.de/fot
Hi, Paul, facing the same dilemma I'm leaning towards a Cokin P
holder but I'm wary about the allegedly poor quality of resin
Cokins. On the other hand, the glass Tieffens are outrageously
expensive; does anybody know anything about the resin made Hitec,
priced in between?
As for vigne
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Enough political bollocks...
Has ny one out there any experience of the 35mm tilt/shift russian k mounts
that appear on ebay. or ibdeed the 16mm fisheye zenitar kmount?
CIive Evans
Antibes
FRANCE
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What a wanker!
Clive Evans
Antibes
France
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Peter
What a great offer, you already have my name down, does this mean if I make
some insensitive and illinformed satement about aother nationalities [in
other words behave like total w***er I'll get it free?
Clive
Antibes
France...
--- Paul Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been thinking about getting a filter system
> lately, mainly for grad
> nd's but maybe other filters as well. One obvious
> problem is vinegretting
> with my FA* 24mm when I also use my Heliopan
> polarizer.
> What filter systems do you use?
>
So, the main factors are:
- Canon has a more complete AF system
In terms of lenses yes, but who needs all of them?
"Complete" means the end users could choose more appropiate lenses based on
their own need, not neceassily to buy all of them. With a relatively limited
system, the end users have to
Hi,
Wednesday, March 19, 2003, 6:42:49 AM, you wrote:
[...]
> Last I saw Tom this afternoon, he and the page designer were crafting a
> written letter of apology to be sent out to the many, many readers who DID,
> to their displeasure, notice the signs.
how odd to complain about robust language
From: Bojidar Dimitrov Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 14:46:21 -0800
The only lens that I was able to afford was a
second-hand 400/5.6, and it had to be AF. I have never seen a used FA*
400/5.6, so I look at eBay for a Canon.
Why does it have to be a Pentax FA*? Sigma has good AF 400 lenses, at good
pri
Hi Boz,
I believe I'm one of those close to your point of view. Pentax is
good enough for what I do now, yet when trying to take on more
specialized genres of photography I always look either to old lenses
or to third parties. Pentax 35mm became a highly polarized system,
and it's rar
Just for the record: .RO and not .ru stands for Romania.
Servus, Alin (Romania)
Bob wrote:
BB> I note the .ru extension on your email address. Perhaps Mac owes you an
BB> apology, but, we in the US don't usually think of Rumania as Middle Eastern.
BB> I'm sure many folks in different
Hi Boz,
I am very unhappy that it were my K400/f5.6 and my M42/K500/f4.5 that
made you turn away from Pentax. It is true that these wonderful all
manual lenses need a lot of practice to get good results, however it is
not only possible to get good results, you also would have gotten such
resul
--- Bojidar Dimitrov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
[snip]
>
> Now, where is Pentax? I feel that they have slowly
> but surely abandoned
> the market segment in which I am -- serious amateur.
> If we ignore the
> brilliant FA* 200-600/5.6, they don't have much for
> sports or wild-life
Hi Bojidar,
on 18 Mar 03 you wrote in pentax.list:
>thank you very much for the nice answers to my previous mail! It is a
>really special feeling to know that I have done something worthwhile,
We have to thank you - the KMP is a real bible for all Pentax users. I'm
really sorry, that your foc
Hi Frits,
on 18 Mar 03 you wrote in pentax.list:
>How about the price then? :-)
Afair the *ist prices were posted here some days ago. Regarding the
*ist-D: Pentax don't know the price yet as it depends on the CCD price
which they can't influence. They told me "something around 2000 Euro"
b
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