Re: Viewfinder magnification 0.8x vs. 0.7x, why ?

This is curious, as I have been unable to manual-focus any 28, 24, or 20mm lens manually at long-to-infinity range, and that's using older cameras (KX, MX, SuperProgram. I just stop down and use hyperfocus at an estimated distance. Anyone else have this problem? A magnifier can greatly solve this

Re: After K2: Super A/Program or...

Super A/Program is both noisy & has greater vibration than most Pentax 135 bodies. Another con is the dim and coarse screen. Those are the only complaint I have. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan Meaning the Super A/Program is loud? I have a K2 and was just considering getting a Super A/Pro

Re: FS saturday

> > > > > I'm thinking of a smc-M 80-200 [manual focus] zoom if anyone has one for > > sale... > > Yep - mine's for sale Sorry, folks - this should have gone off-list. Hit return once too often.

Re: "Disadvantages of 6X7"

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Robb) wrote: > It is rather a noisy camera, perhaps the person who started this legend > was standing beside one in use and decided that anything that loud had > to vibrate. Some large format SLRs do vibrate that much. The camera shop

Re: Oddity found in a camera shop

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Michel_Carr=E8re-G=E9e?=) wrote: > John Dallman a écrit: > And this KM has NO self-timer AND DoF preview button ?? Yup. > Very strange ! > Modified, self-timer removed and bodie re-skinned ? I thought of that; it didn't look lik

"Disadvantages of 6X7" part 2

I have found this rather informative artikel in the meantime. Take a look at what he has to say about shutter-induced vibrations. http://luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/pentax67ii.shtml He's pretty much saying the same thing I guess. Juan Diaz

After K2: Super A/Program or...

Meaning the Super A/Program is loud? I have a K2 and was just considering getting a Super A/Program. But there have been so many models after the K2 (which I still deeply love) that I've completely lost my way among them trying to determine which one would be the one for me. My K2 has served me now

Re: "Disadvantages of 6X7"

Some fashion photographers even use them handheld so it can't be that bad, at least for non-superteles I guess. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan I can't speak to the 67II, but as a 6x7 owner, I can assure you that mirror slap has never caused me any problems. The 6x7 mirror slap issue is an

Re: "Disadvantages of 6X7"

Only the earliest 67 models do not have MLU, all the other Pentax 67 have this feature. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan Does the 6X7 have any feature whereby the mirror can be pushed up without you pushing? _ Help STOP SPAM w

Re: "Disadvantages of 6X7"

Like the Super A/Program... Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan It is rather a noisy camera, perhaps the person who started this legend was standing beside one in use and decided that anything that loud had to vibrate. _ Help STOP

Re: Viewfinder magnification 0.8x vs. 0.7x, why ?

Minolta 7 - 0.8x Z-1p - 0.8X MZ-S - 0.75X N1 - 0.73X Minolta 9 - 0.73X EOS 1V - 0.72X EOS 3 - 0.72X EOS 7 - 0.7X F100 - 0.7X F5 - 0.7X Mind you that the magnification alone do not determine the viewing quality. The quality of the eyepieces is equally important, or more. The major reason those MZ

Re: FS saturday

> > I'm thinking of a smc-M 80-200 [manual focus] zoom if anyone has one for > sale... Yep - mine's for sale. KEH seem to want around $130 for an "Excellent+" one, and there's one on eBay right now bid up to $115 (with a buy-it-now price of $130). I'd accept $105 (plus s

Re: PUG: September open - suggestions for themes (next year)

Personally I think there are already far too many themed galleries. I wasn't a great fan of the 'Synchronicity' concept when it was first introduced, and by now it's an idea that is more than a little overworked. As can be seen by the way that many of the entrants play fast-and-loose with the th

Re: Two enlargers and lenses-comments requested

Roughly equivalent systems. However, accessories for the Omega are easier to find (at least in the US). Ciao, Graywolf -- - Original Message - From: "Lon Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: PUG: September open - suggestions for themes (next year)

I vote for No Themes. Every gallery open. That means I can submit to any gallery without having to run out and waste a roll just for the Pug. I waste enough rolls as it is. My 2 cents. -Lon

OT: Two enlargers and lenses-comments requested

I'm a ColorNeg/Scanner/Photoshop kind of guy, but my wife likes to enlarge B&W in the bathroom. Her first enlarger was a Bogen 22A Special condenser with a metal Voss 50mm f3.5-16 lens with 5 aperature blades made in Japan. Her brother just gave her an Omega C-700 condenser with a (graphite?) Roden

Re: Viewfinder magnification 0.8x vs. 0.7x, why ?

Bob quoted and posted: > > > Lots of folks say they want 100% finders, but I don't > > know why. Slide mounts block part of the image and developers never > > print the entire negative anyway. > > not everybody mounts their slides, and some people print their own, > especially nowadays when scan

Re: The Pentax signpost - new content on my homepage

Hi Keith, on 30 Aug 03 you wrote in pentax.list: >A fine job, Heiko! Thanks! I hope it will grow... Cheers, Heiko >> I've added a list of Pentax websites to my homepage (www.mycroft.de). >> You can find them here: http://www.mycroft.de/plinks.htm

Re: Oddity found in a camera shop

Nope, KM's had self timers from the their earliest introduction. At 10:41 AM 8/31/03 -0400, you wrote: Possibly a very early KM, made before the K-1000 came out? Ciao, Graywolf -- - Original Message - From: "Michel Carrère-Gée" <[EMA

Re: Oddity found in a camera shop

Possibly a very early KM, made before the K-1000 came out? Ciao, Graywolf -- - Original Message - From: "Michel Carrère-Gée" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 2:59 AM Subject: Re: Oddity found

Re: Pentax 67II

I guess you can't come in from the street on your vacationtrip to NewYork, and buy this camera in the first fotoshop you encounter, and without previous ordering? Otherwise it seems like a pretty good and tempting idea. :o( Juan Diaz Dan Scott wrote: On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 05:19 PM, Ju

Re: Viewfinder magnification 0.8x vs. 0.7x, why ?

on 31.08.03 11:08, Boris Liberman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Alan, (and other wizards of course ) do you happen to know > whether there exists an AF camera (of any manufacturer) who boasts > more than 0.8 viewfinder magnification? I realize that cameras such as > F-5 having 100% coverage would

Re: Pentax 67II

Why not? B&H Photo shows them in stock at $1499. Ciao, Graywolf -- - Original Message - From: "Juan Diaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 10:13 AM Subject: Re: Pentax 67II > I guess you ca

Re: Viewfinder magnification 0.8x vs. 0.7x, why ?

on 31.08.03 9:43, Bo-Ming Tong at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Why ? Quite depressed that the pinnacle of the Z series not to defeat > the Elan which is pretty low on Canon's food chain in these areas. In > terms of features they are pretty much equal and the Canon even have > eye-controlled focus.

Re: Viewfinder magnification 0.8x vs. 0.7x, why ?

Hi! On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 10:21:04 -0400 Bruce Rubenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Coverage percentage is the ratio of what you see in the finder to what is on the film. Lots of folks say they want 100% finders, but I don't know why. Slide mounts block part of the image and developers never pr

Re: Viewfinder magnification 0.8x vs. 0.7x, why ?

Hi! Yes it exists. Pentax ME-F has 0.95x. Have I won anything? ;-))) -- Best regards Sylwek No, you haven't [evil grin]. Actually I was asking about modern AF cameras. ME-F is anything but. Boris

"Disadvantages of 6X7"

As I read Danny Gonzales articles about the medium format cameras at his site, I find it worring that under the description of disadvantages of the 6x7 format he says: "Mirror slap becomes a real problem as compared to most 66/645's" As I understood the 67II should also have a mechanism that hold

Re: Battery problems with Optio 230

At first glance that would seem so, Paul. The istD is specified to get only 100 shots from a set of AA alkalines. However it should get somewhere around 450 shots per charge from a set of NiMh batteries. It is spec'ed at 1000 shots from a set of lithiums. The CRV23s (takes 2) are expensive ($18 a p

Re: Viewfinder magnification 0.8x vs. 0.7x, why ?

- Original Message - From: "Bob Walkden" Subject: Re: Viewfinder magnification 0.8x vs. 0.7x, why ? > Hi, > > Sunday, August 31, 2003, 3:21:04 PM, you wrote: > > > Lots of folks say they want 100% finders, but I don't > > know why. Slide mounts block part of the image and developers nev

Re: Viewfinder magnification 0.8x vs. 0.7x, why ?

Hi, Sunday, August 31, 2003, 3:21:04 PM, you wrote: > Lots of folks say they want 100% finders, but I don't > know why. Slide mounts block part of the image and developers never > print the entire negative anyway. not everybody mounts their slides, and some people print their own, especially no

Re: A Contest-was: I went shopping for a *ist D today.

I vote for the can of tuna. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But, you have a great idea for a contest. Whoever posts a Starkist D image first ~should~ win something. A bottle of Scotch? A good Aussie wine? A good Canadian whine? ("Geez, it's freaking cold out today!"). A crate of Tri-X? A can of tuna

Re: "Disadvantages of 6X7"

- Original Message - From: "Juan Diaz" Subject: "Disadvantages of 6X7" > As I read Danny Gonzales articles about the medium format cameras at his > site, > I find it worring that under the description of disadvantages of the 6x7 > format he says: "Mirror slap becomes a real problem as c

OT: et in Arcadia ego (was Re: I went shopping for a *ist D today.

Hi, Sunday, August 31, 2003, 2:33:12 PM, you wrote: > Our local Pentax rep was passing through Gastonia on his way to Hickory. sounds like a line from Lake Wobegon, or some kind of Faulkner world... I picture him in a pony & trap, with a stovepipe hat and a black tailcoat. He keeps the *ist-Ds i

Re: OT: Survival Kit

I also read he had to actually snap the bone himself. Hard to imagine . . . I suspect most people would simply have died, even if the idea had occurred to them. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/30/03 11:47AM >>> He had to do the job with a pen knife. Perhaps a handy folding knife with a partially serrat

Re: A Contest-was: I went shopping for a *ist D today.

But, you have a great idea for a contest. Whoever posts a Starkist D image first ~should~ win something. A bottle of Scotch? A good Aussie wine? A good Canadian whine? ("Geez, it's freaking cold out today!"). A crate of Tri-X? A can of tuna (the brand is obvious). ;-)

Re: OT: Survival Kit

>Amazing how many took this question as you stated it, rather than reading your mind, eh? :-) >Regards, Bob... Hmmm, well, guess I am not a great communicator. Also, maybe I missed some posts. Actually, I know I did. Okay... WHAT OTHER EQUIPMENT do you stick in your camera bag (for whatever pur

Re: OT: Survival Kit

>Take your sell phone, call for help. Seriously. >A friend went fishing in the tall reeds on vacation. The boat rental firm had an elaborate safety/survival scheme. Boat owner: "If the motor won't start, raise this flag on a mast and we'll find you." My friend: "Don't worry, I'll just call you

Re: "Disadvantages of 6X7"

Ohhh.one of those.They (opinions and urban legends based on ignorance) seems to permeate all areas of life. Juan Diaz William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Juan Diaz" Subject: "Disadvantages of 6X7" As I read Danny Gonzales articles about the medium format cameras at hi

Re: "Disadvantages of 6X7"

- Original Message - From: "Juan Diaz" Subject: Re: "Disadvantages of 6X7" > Ohhh.one of those.They (opinions and urban legends based on ignorance) > seems to permeate all areas of life. You can balance an American nickel on edge on the focussing screen of the 6x7 and release the s

Re: PUG: September open - suggestions for themes (next year)

Hi! On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 12:09:22 +0200 "Adelheid v. K." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi *, the September PUG is ready to go. About themes for next year I am open for suggestions. Send them to the list or offlist. Cheers Adelheid URL: http://pug.komkon.org/ I have two wishes, most humble of cour

Re: OT: Survival Kit

In/on bag... Extra batteries (AAA for meter, AA for the flash, silver oxide for the camera). Small penlight (by MagLite). Lens cleaning equipment. brush. fluid. lens paper. Q-Tips. carbon black. Compass & Map(s). Ziploc bags. Mechanica

Re: PUG: September open - suggestions for themes (next year)

Soft patterns/textures. Bold or hard patterns/textures. (Or sharp edged.) I am sure those could have better names/descriptions. Wet Dry Big (Huge) Tiny Contrast Sharp or Sharpness Singular or Solitary Pair or Pairs Group or Groups Depth 3-D Flat or Flatness What Is It? (Mystery Shot) Inside Outs

RE: September PUG Favorites

Bill Owens - Sleepyhead I like animals, and owls. He does look sleepy and I am blown away with the quality of the Optio-S shot. Lots of fine detail in feathers, etc. Impressive. REPLY Thanks for the kind words, Marnie. He was sleepy as it was about 2:00 in the afternoon when this shot was take

Re: "Disadvantages of 6X7"

I guess MLU stands for "mirror lift up"? I'm using an old Contax where the mirror is being hold by pushing at a button, but only as long as you push. Does the 6X7 have any feature whereby the mirror can be pushed up without you pushing? It will seem rather trivious asking for this if it doesn't vi

Re: September PUG Favorites

Off the top of my head, favorites: Peter Davies - Faces My fav fav shot this month. While it might have a little less shallow DOF, I really, really like this. Nice alignment, nice curve of overlapping faces. They look too awe struck to just be watching cartoons -- their expressions really make

Re: Disk drives

On the file allocation table records on drives G: and H: -- the new ones -- from 053 to 055 I found 'RAW'. On a FAT32 drive 053 - 057 reads 'FAT32'. That's the only difference and was easily fixed. Don ___ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site

Viewfinder magnification 0.8x vs. 0.7x, why ?

Dear all, I think my old trusty Z-1p would stand up well against any camera from Nikon/Canon except the top and second top models, except for AF, and I would expect the finder to be larger, brighter and more clear in particular. Comparing it to a friend's Canon Elan 7E, my friend made the comm

Re: Viewfinder magnification 0.8x vs. 0.7x, why ?

I think F801 series, F90 series & F100 have better viewfinders than the Z-1p in general. The best way to test the quality of the viewfinder, imho, is to manual focus with wide angles at distance subjects. You will see the difficulty as soon as you try to snap in focus. When using slow lenses (u

Re: Oddity found in a camera shop

kJohn Dallman a écrit: A KM with no self-timer. This seemed a bit puzzling; it didn't appear to have ever had one. It still had its DoF preview button, but that was about the only controls difference from a K1000. Anyone ever seen one of these before? The KM has self-timer AND DoF preview butto

Re: OT: Survival Kit

Hi, Sunday, August 31, 2003, 5:35:12 PM, you wrote: > Hi, > Sunday, August 31, 2003, 4:47:33 PM, you wrote: >> WHAT OTHER EQUIPMENT do you stick in your camera bag (for whatever purpose)? by the way, here's a useful tip. Keep all the small bits of junk in a Tupperware-type container about 15x1

Re: OT: Survival Kit

Hi, Sunday, August 31, 2003, 4:47:33 PM, you wrote: > WHAT OTHER EQUIPMENT do you stick in your camera bag (for whatever purpose)? > Marnie aka Doe ;-) Or maybe I should just let it go. No don't. Keep it going! Here's what I take: a well-furnished tent 3 months' rations collapsible canoe joi

Re: How's the 80-320?

John, After your original Safari Park photos, I took the trip and put this in the PUG. http://pug.komkon.org/00ma/Safari.html Everybody had a great time... Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > As long-time readers of this list will know, I've taken *my* > favourite lens out to the S

Re: OT: Survival Kit

> Amazing how few took this question seriously. :-) Take your sell phone, call for help. Seriously. A friend went fishing in the tall reeds on vacation. The boat rental firm had an elaborate safety/survival scheme. Boat owner: "If the motor won't start, raise this flag on a mast and we'll find

Re: How's the 80-320?

> > I've got one of those, and it's my favorite lens. I especially like to take > it out to the local drive-thru safari. As long-time readers of this list will know, I've taken *my* favourite lens out to the Safari Park, too. See

Re: Disk drives

Only for idiots, Mark. Ciao, Graywolf -- - Original Message - From: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 11:43 PM Subject: Re: Disk drives > > And they say GUI's make things ea

Re: How's the 80-320?

I've got one of those, and it's my favorite lens. I especially like to take it out to the local drive-thru safari. - Original Message - From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 9:45 PM Subject: How's the 80-320? > > Anyone familiar

Re: What the...

Thx! Hopefully I could get the camera back without being charged, and then I'll have to fix everything myself. :-) Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan I haven't got my ME Super from the repairs. Thought he last time it was there it was assembled properly. All shots that came out on the test f

Re: What the...

Hi! I haven't got my ME Super from the repairs. Thought he last time it was there it was assembled properly. All shots that came out on the test film were in good focus and exposure was reasonable. However, I am afraid, Alan, you ended my search for an old camera with one decisive blow... For tha

Re: Disk drives

I don't know how or why, but Xp does strange things with drives. Earlier this evening I needed a particular font that I knew was on my old Office 97 CD. I put the CD in the drive, but could not find the fonts directory when I opened the CD Drive in "my computer". So I did a search on the CD -

Re: serial numbers

That's the MXs, right? I thought I was inquiring about the LXs... keith John Francis wrote: > > > > > I think we need a new look... > > OK - I've just taken a look at my two MXs. > > The black one has a plastic memo holder, and a 4xx serial number. > The chrome one has a metal memo holder

Re: I went shopping for a *ist D today.

On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 01:41 AM, Leon Altoff wrote: The only question left is who will be the first person to put a picture on PUG taken with a *ist D? If I get it before the September deadline I plan on it being me. Leon Bill Owen (I believe) was the very first PDMLer to shoot with t

Re: Pentax 67II

On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 05:19 PM, Juan Diaz wrote: Is there anyone in this forum who'll be kind enought to tell me, what the recommended price is for a Pentax 67II body in either UK or USA. Here in Denmark where I live, I have the notion that they are much more expensive in comparison wi

Re: pentax close-up lenses

On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 09:13 AM, Tom Reese wrote: I haven't been able to determine if the pentax close-up lenses are single element or multiple element like the ones Nikon made (makes?). If they're single element are they really any better than the generic diopters? Thanks. IIRC, a f

How's the 80-320?

Anyone familiar with the performance of the FA 80-320? I found that a Nikon D100 with the 75-300 lens was a really nice lightweight combination for quite a bit of my on-track shooting. There's no way you could call anything involving the 80-200/2.8 lightweight, although I've often used that (with

Re: OT: Sobig virus question

On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 10:46 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am getting 1 sobig email per MINUTE. People REALLY need to install antivirus, there are many free ones out there so if anyone here does not have one please install one. Thanks Al http://www.usefilm.com Even I'm getting them

Re: serial numbers

Yes 9,xxx,xxx are the earlier series 4,xxx,xxx are the later series, by all reports the electronics was considerably improved over the earlier series. The first digit seems to indicate the camera model. Strangely that does not seem to hold true for cameras introduced after the LX. Ciao, Graywol