StoFen has finally released a OmniBounce model for the AF-360FGZ:
OM-PZ8 (http://www.stofen.com/Store/Products.htm)
Other users have been using OM-MZ3; so I presume the new model should fit
better. I wrote to StoFen last year to ask about what to use for
AF-360FGZ. At that time, Ernie from
Garth Corral wrote:
What do folks on this list think a brand new, in box, never
used LX body would fetch? Hypothetically speaking, of course.
PDMLs a bit quiet today! Anyway, I asked this about an LX I saw in a shop in
Camden, London UK a couple of years back. Brand new in box etc, and they
Do you mean The istDerhood?
Maris
Cotty wrote:
The Sisterhood ;-)
Shel says the webpage disappeared when he changed his e-mail address (he
probably changed ISP's and had the webpage on the previous ISP). It's not
up anywhere now, and he didn't say whether he even still had it.
You might join the CanonFD group temporarily
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CanonFD
Hi,
William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: mike wilson
Subject: Re: *ist D and Flash
ignorance
Can you not use _any_ shutter speed? Or does it actually have an fp
shutter?
/ignorance
It has a cute little focal plane shutter.
What a bummer! I thought that the
Hi,
Garth Corral wrote:
On Friday, November 7, 2003, at 08:09 PM, Garth Corral wrote:
On Friday, November 7, 2003, at 08:00 PM, William Robb wrote:
What do folks on this list think a brand new, in box, never used LX
body would fetch? Hypothetically speaking, of course.
Well,
Hi,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was convinced some weeks ago that ebay wasn't working properly. I tried
some trouble reports (a real pain in the ass to find/file). Eventually,
somebody got back to me and acknowledged they were having problems, but claimed to
have corrected it. I noticed
Hello,
I think my first message for a long time (about
*istD+A*85/1.4), didn't make it to the list..so I'm asking
again:
Have anybody tried digital *ist body with 85/1.4 lens, I would
like to see some samples, too.
That's my favourite lens, and if I some day buy that
*istD-body, it would be
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Stenquist) wrote:
Go with the Spotmatic F. It will give you open aperture metering with
Super Multi Coated lenses. I have a gaggle of them and love them all.
Some will whine that the meter stays on when you leave the lens cap
off, but
Hi,
Saturday, November 8, 2003, 11:33:00 AM, you wrote:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Stenquist) wrote:
Go with the Spotmatic F. It will give you open aperture metering with
Super Multi Coated lenses. I have a gaggle of them and love them all.
Some will whine
After fixing one myself, I can see
why nobody is bothered to make fully
mechanical camera again in the AF
era. They are simply too labour intensive
to manufacture.
Nobody? Not quite. Leica still makes a fully manual camera. In
fact, they've recently come out with the MP which is
Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
ft I must say, I really liked that little body (the MV, that is - of course I
ft ~love~ my MX).
Could someone please, off-list is necessary, explain me the fine
difference between like and love? I can look up the dictionary,
but I want to know the real life
On 8/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Could someone please, off-list is necessary, explain me the fine
difference between like and love? I can look up the dictionary,
but I want to know the real life details. This is serious request.
Thanks in advance.
Boris.
'Like' is considered and comes
On 8/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Do you mean The istDerhood?
Maris
Cotty wrote:
The Sisterhood ;-)
I meant wot I wrote !
Cheers,
Cotty
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In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Walkden) wrote:
I'd imagine a hood for the M 85/2 would do the job. Try Jessops
Classic - you never know.
Surely it's going to intrude at the corners?
Not necessarily. These things are 'generously cut', as tailors say.
OK, I'll see if
graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Yep, that is the critter. Slide it to M (manual diaphagm) and the
lens stops down, slide it to A (Auto-diaphagm) and it stays open
until you hit he shutter button.
I've been told that, to avoid possible damage to the diaphragm
mechanism, you should have the
I cannot imagine a better fit than the one I have. Don't know what he
means...
I think the pics I linked to a while back are still online:
Here are the pics:
http://www.calcot.plus.com/Pentax/Imgp0485.jpg
http://www.calcot.plus.com/Pentax/Imgp0486.jpg
Boris,
It's all a matter of depth of feelings and passion.
In the old days, it used to go...
1) I like that girl I met at the party.
2) I REALLY like this girl I've been dating regularly.
3) I love you (her).
..Can I sleep with you now? (evil grin, pure lust)
..Will you
Maybe someone on the group can help. The flash on my SF-10 stopped working,
built in and external. Is this common, an easy fix? Or will it cost more
than it's worth? Thanks..Craig
Maris V. Lidaka Sr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Shel says the webpage disappeared when he changed his e-mail address (he
probably changed ISP's and had the webpage on the previous ISP). It's not
up anywhere now, and he didn't say whether he even still had it.
The Wayback Machine is your friend
Hi!
Thanks a lot everyone who took their time to answer. You're very
friendly bunch and I really like you evil grin...
Know I can claim a little better knowledge of English than, say,
yesterday grin.
Thanks!
Boris
I think the LX2000 was going for 2 grand. They said they were not selling at
that price, but then if you wanted one you could not find one to buy. Pentax is
good at producing something making it unavailable to the customer then saying it
don't sell.
If I had a NIB original LX I would not sell
Hi, Boris,
Since it was my post that started this, I have to wade into this one, I
guess vbg.
Really, Marnie summed it up pretty well. I guess I just wanted to say that
I, too, was told that love is reserved for humans, or at least for
sentient beings. One concept of love that some
- Original Message -
From: Cotty
Subject: Re: The istD brotherhood needs a name!
The Sisterhood ;-)
Thats already been taken by the Canon digital SLR users.
William Robb
- Original Message -
From: Cotty
Subject: Re: Let's talk MV for a bit... (off-topic question)
'Like' is considered and comes from the head.
'Love' is irrational and comes from the heart.
I like photography. I love faces.
I think it is more a matter of degree of the same
- Original Message -
From: mike wilson
Subject: Re: *ist D and Flash
Can you not use _any_ shutter speed? Or does it actually have an fp
shutter?
It has a cute little focal plane shutter.
What a bummer! I thought that the shutter would be entirely
electronic, removing
- Original Message -
From: Garth Corral
Subject: Re: LX value?
I have no preconceived idea about it's value, that's why I'm asking.
I've watched the prices for used ones falling on ebay but have not ever
seen a new one there so I have no clue as to its value. Do you?
If it is
Only God knows the answer to that one. Like, love, and lust are hard to
differentiate --at least in English. ;)
--
Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
ft I must say, I really liked that little body (the MV, that is - of course I
ft ~love~ my MX).
Could someone please, off-list is necessary, explain me
Thanks Tom,
That's really handy!
I love The Wayback Machine title.
It's from a TV cartoon series called Rocky Bullwinkle
(Rocky the flying squirrel and Bullwinkle Moose)
The series was extraordinary, hilarious, and very witty.
The Wayback Machine was their storytelling device to go back in
Right you are, Tyrone,
But, who else but Leica could command the sort of price it does for the MP?
And who else but Leica Buyers would pay that price?
I think (other than MF, as you mention) that Leica is the exception that
proves the rule...
cheers,
frank
The optimist thinks this is the
The Vill*ist People. In conjunction with Pentax's YMC-A lenses.
;)
Ryan
- Original Message -
From: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 3:16 AM
Subject: The istD brotherhood needs a name!
You folks work it out.
It'll be a while
Hi,
Saturday, November 8, 2003, 2:25:25 PM, you wrote:
But, who else but Leica could command the sort of price it does for the MP?
Nikon resurrected their old rangefinder a few years ago and it commanded
similar prices if I remember correctly.
And who else but Leica Buyers would pay that
Just so you don't have to look it up. :)
LOVE
love (lùv) noun
1. A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a
person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities,
or a sense of underlying oneness.
2. A feeling of intense desire and
I have a copy of the page. Since I do not have Shel's new address, please ask
him if it is all right for me to put it up on my website so it will continue to
be available.
--
Maris V. Lidaka Sr. wrote:
Shel says the webpage disappeared when he changed his e-mail address (he
probably changed
But, who else but Leica could command the sort of price it
does for the MP?
Nikon resurrected their old rangefinder a few years ago
and it commanded similar prices if I remember correctly.
If my memory is correct, the resurrected Nikon hit the streets with a
price of about $5,000, twice
I think (other than MF, as you mention) that Leica is the
exception that proves the rule...
The Leica came quickly to mind, probably because I'm a Leica shooter,
but there's also the various Voightlander models, the Mamiya 7
rangefinder, the Bronica rangefinder, Rollei's rebadged
Nikon has the FM3A. Voigtlander has several mechanical cameras and they are
reletively inexpensive. AFAIK all large format cameras are still mechanical, and
so are about 1/2 the medium format cameras.
frank theriault wrote:
Right you are, Tyrone,
But, who else but Leica could command the sort
And don't forget all those mechanical marvels being produced in former Soviet
Union countries.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think (other than MF, as you mention) that Leica is the
exception that proves the rule...
The Leica came quickly to mind, probably because I'm a Leica shooter,
but
This is very good news indeed. It means that I can still use the AF400T for
macro work just like I'm used to.
:-)
Jostein
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- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
Thank you, Tom. I've got it all printed out and I've bookmarked The Wayback
Machine - excellent reference!
Maris
Tom Ivar Helbekkmo wrote:
Maris V. Lidaka Sr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Shel says the webpage disappeared when he changed his e-mail address
(he probably changed ISP's and had
The Sisterhood ;-)
Thats already been taken by the Canon digital SLR users.
William Robb
Oh.
My apologies. I thought that was the Sissyhood...
Jostein
I assume that 67 lenses will work the same way 645 lenses do.
That means you'll also loose multi-segment metering.
You'd still have centre-weight and spot.
Jostein
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- Original Message -
From: Bruce
Did not Sherman and Mr Peabody use the way back machine,not Rocky and
Bullwinkle(although
the
segment WAS on their show).
Fractured Fairy Tales next anyone.lol
Dave(boy i'm showing my age)Brooks
And it was a great show:-)
Thanks Tom,
That's really
I occasionaly use a Tamron2x times teleconverter with a Pentax F*300/4.5.
That setup is probably asking a lot from autofocus, but I still try anyway.
On a slightly overcast day, I cannot focus at all with the PZ-1P (mine is
actually a Z-1P -Canada). It just hunts back and forth, so I have to
Yesterday this camera was handed out to me, I won it with a contest in
the UK. It is nice to play with, not very much technical information
though that comes with it. Nice for my wife when my *ist D arrives!
Although my kids also wanted to have it.
--
Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED]
you ought to repeat this test with images shot in RAW mode and then
sharpened with Pentax PhotoLab and with nik SharpenerPro. PhotoLab has three
levels of sharpening. i can't tell yet how the highest level of sharpening
compares to in-camera sharpening.
Herb
- Original Message -
The highest level of in-camera sharpening and colour saturation corresponds
to level 2 in the PhotoLab.
I have not tested the Contrast setting, but I guess it's the same for that
as well.
Jostein
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- Original Message -
From: Bruce Dayton
Subject: Re[2]: Spotmatic? II or F?
Based on that, since my 67 lenses function in the same way, I should
be able to use them with stop-down metering on the *ist D. In theory
that would allow for manual and aperture priority modes.
Can
OK, i just ran a test to compare level 3 in PhotoLab with Level 0 in camera
and it is fairly significant. however, FocusFixer at my normal settings does
even more sharpening and almost always without objectionable artifacts. i
have just produced a couple of Pentax RAW images, increased the image
Paul Stenquist wrote:
Nice job, Ann. Haven't seen any promos although I watch ESPN quite a
bit. Let's see, 3:30 on Sunday. Hmmm, Scrabble or football? Scrabble or
football? May have to think this over a bit :-)
Paul
glad you like the cover, Paul - regarding your dilemma
oh suuureee :)
Aha!
Thanks to your help, I visited their site, and found it for $328 and
supposedly I'll have it in 3 to 4 days!
Wow!
I do appreciate it.
This one looks very interesting to me, as I did originally plan to buy a
basic Optio S, but ended up with more of a prosumer type of camera
instead... I still
So who else is shooting the eclipse tonight? It's going on right now. I
just tried some shots from my balcony.
Marnie - someone else may already have explained the answer, but her's my
0.02 worth!
Wide-open (or open-aperture) metering, as with an SP F or ES series - the
lens is attached, but it does not stop down during metering: you turn the
aperture ring or shutter speed until the needle in the
But what's the point?? I don't really care if it will fire at 1/125 or
1/250 if I know that will be something around. And remenber: yellow
light is 1/30.
Anyway, this is good for me, maybe isn't good for you.
Today I shot a roll of Sensia 100F on my ME Super and a roll of Fuji
color negative
Don't be embarrassed Marnie - the stop-down switch on the Spotmatics is on
the body, and the M/A switch on the lens should be left on A, so that the
lens can return to full aperture after releasing the body switch!
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL
Hi,
Sunday, November 9, 2003, 12:20:33 AM, you wrote:
So who else is shooting the eclipse tonight? It's going on right now. I
just tried some shots from my balcony.
I can see it from my house - it's quite a clear night in London. I'm
not shooting it because a 300/4 with 2X converter is not
On 8 Nov 2003 at 15:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Leica came quickly to mind, probably because I'm a Leica shooter,
but there's also the various Voightlander models, the Mamiya 7
rangefinder, the Bronica rangefinder, Rollei's rebadged Voightlander,
several Chinese 35mm SLR models, and,
We have a beautiful overcast here :-(
Bill
- Original Message -
From: Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 7:20 PM
Subject: Lunar eclipse tonight
So who else is shooting the eclipse tonight? It's going on right now. I
just tried some
Oh yeah!
I agree on the Oban...
Of course, Dalwhinnie is right up there with the best, as well.
Not bad, I guess.
Tallisker isn't bad, either. Abelour or Highland Park for light tastes.
George J.G. Smith's 100 proof Glenlivet is definitely interestings,
as are the various wood-aged
Here too ..
But I DID shoot some basketball today at work. I got some shots that are
just ok, nothing great. I wonder how many good shots are normal for a
game's worth of shooting for mortals (I know some guys who shoot sports for
a living and I'm certain they get a whole card full of great
I was thinking about the much maligned flash card slot on the *D and
wondered, after reading something about a person having to change cards in
the middle of a protest and feeling that the action was compromising his
safety, if it takes longer to change a CF card or change a film.
Was that
But what's the point?? I don't really care if it will fire at 1/125 or
1/250 if I know that will be something around. And remenber: yellow
light is 1/30.
Anyway, this is good for me, maybe isn't good for you.
No. It isn't. Sometimes the difference between 1/125 and 1/250 is the
I was thinking about the much maligned flash card slot on the *D ...
FWIW, my card seems to be sliding out easier now that I've had it out of
there a dozen or so times.
FWIR, I had great difficulty getting my microdrive out of the camera
yesterday, although I have had no problems on
cool, clear, and windless here just an hour north of Amita. i took some
pictures with my Sigma 50-500. the ISO 200 ones worked but were small and
some blur because of the long exposures. then i added a 2X extender and
shifted to ISO 1600. didn't notice that the EV was now out of range and
so I'm going to link you to some of the photos I've been taking at work
recently. Basketball today and Football last Sunday. I'm no pro. Far from
it actually but I *think* I'm getting better.
It's certainly harder than it looks. it's a lot about being in the right
place and being ready. You
I have set my starkistdee to central autofocus sensor. Focus does not
seem to be any faster than with the much-maligned and supposedly
antiquated autofocus on my PZ-1p bodies. This is a little disappointing.
Joe
why should it be faster dead center? that is the one thing that everyone has
had a lot of practice getting right. the difference is going to be when you
let the camera choose the focus point.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The sky is very clear in Slovakia tonight so I tried to take some shots as
well. But I had to get out of the building because the moon was out of view
from my balcony at the time of eclipse. Unfortunately, I only had ISO 200
film available for use. Hopefully I will not end up with blurry
I have mine set to Adobe RGB. So when I open an image in Photoshop 7,
how come Photoshop asks me if I want to convert the image to Adobe RGB?
Anyone else have this problem?
Joe
I have set mine to auto sensitivity, the better to spring into action
when one of our cats is suddenly in a photogenic pose, and not have to
use flash. Trouble is, nowhere does the camera display what ISO it is
planning to use. I can set the mode dial to ISO and the LCD shows 200,
but the
Not to be a di** but, if you're going to let the camera choose anyway, why
do you need to know? Reminds me of everyone I know with caller ID, they
ALWAYS look to see who it is, sometimes running across the house past other
phones to grab the phone with the display, but answer the phone regardless
Hello,
Looking at Dario Bonanzza's samples with different lenses I see
one called an SMC F 70-210 zoom. Is this a manual aperture
stop down metering lens? I've read about the A and FA lenses
on Dimitri's KMP site but I don't remember a lens with just the
SMC F designation. Also, is this a
Christian wrote:
LX and MX, I'd say that the operation of the ist-d
Same here!
the new interface (mainly, using the lens on A
and spinning a wheel to change aperture) was not a
Doing this myself Digitally with my Oly E10 but I would
like to go Pentax.
second-nature. The viewfinder is awesome, so
John Francis wrote:
Oh yeah!
I agree on the Oban...
Of course, Dalwhinnie is right up there with the best, as well.
Not bad, I guess.
Tallisker isn't bad, either. Abelour or Highland Park for light tastes.
George J.G. Smith's 100 proof Glenlivet is definitely interestings,
as
Rob Studdert wrote:
The finder on the E-1 better be more impressive than the E-10/20 which really
is crap, it's like looking at the image though a pipe and dark too. Not very
impressive if you are used to good SLR finders.
Strange. . .
I have used my LX for ~20 years and my E10 for 1. I've
For me, changing film would take longer.
I've become good at getting the CF card in and out of the D.
Christian Skofteland
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 8:36 PM
Subject: flash card removal
I
At 7:20 PM -0500 11/8/03, Amita Guha wrote:
So who else is shooting the eclipse tonight? It's going on right now. I
just tried some shots from my balcony.
I did. Some shots with a 50mm and a 200mm, varied the exposures.
Hopefully I'll get the Pleiades in some of them as well.
A surprisingly dark
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 7:36 PM
Subject: flash card removal
I was thinking about the much maligned flash card slot on the *D and
wondered, after reading something about a person having to change cards in
- Original Message -
From: Joseph Tainter
Subject: Starkistdee Gripe
I have set mine to auto sensitivity, the better to spring into action
when one of our cats is suddenly in a photogenic pose, and not have to
use flash. Trouble is, nowhere does the camera display what ISO it is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
280T works in TTL mode :)
That's great news for me, CB!
John `:^ )
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I wuz wrong. Lots of mechanical cameras still out there.
I just wasn't thinking is all.
BTW, I think there may be several Chinese K1000 clones out there. IIRC,
Pentax sourced out the K1000 to several Far East factories to keep costs
down. Once the K1000 was discontinued,
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