Hi,
Indeed, if one goes on paid assignment or to the field where
conditions are known to be rough, one needs a backup. Otherwise, fresh
set of batteries, film and/or memory cards should do, I guess.
But then I suppose you confirmed my reasoning, unless one is paid for
the shoot, one does
Frank [ Co.]
I guess I'm only superficially interested in the *st D scenario , I was in
Paris last week and went to Boulevard Photo[Boulevard BeauMarchais] which
has about ten camera stores selling mostly used but some new equpment, and
got to see/handle one for the first
On 13/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
you mean aside from sucking down reviews from www.dpreview.com? they seem to
be enabled for electronic subscription of some kind if you have the right
software.
Herb, I had a look around the DPReview site but couldn't find any mention
of this - have you a
see just under the review photos on the top where it says klip? follow the
link and see if there is a Palm connection of some kind.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: OT -
Clive evans a écrit:
Frank [ Co.]
I guess I'm only superficially interested in the *st D scenario , I was in
Paris last week and went to Boulevard Photo[Boulevard BeauMarchais] which
That's too Boulevard du crime !!
has about ten camera stores selling mostly used but some new equpment, and
got
Hi!
it isn't just professionals that need it though. If you spend
thousands of pounds, dollars, euros or whatever on a foreign holiday
where you're going to be shooting a lot you'd be rather foolish not
to
have some spare equipment in case of failure. And for all the reasons
mentioned it's
RE: A*200/4 Macro manual?
Mark, I'd love to see a copy of that manual. Any chance of a scanned
PDF?
Best regards
Ian
Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
Old Pentium (I) PCs may still work too, but
that doesnt mean I would still want to use
them.
Not even as a firewall?
The analogy does not work in my opinion anyway. After a point (1GHz
PIV for
Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 13 Jan 2004 at 17:04, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
Im not talking how long its sold, Im talking
how long you want to use it. I have SLRs I
still use that are 40 yrs old, I wouldnt use
any digital camera more than about 5 yrs old.
We are now approaching the
Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 22:38:39 -0500, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
I liked Carlin's stuff - if he used that phrase I
suspect he was taking off on it too.
Might have been part of one of the Hippy Dippy Weatherman or radio
bits.
You got it. Al Sleet, the Hippy
Yep. I'm using a 1GHz machine now. I don't fell the need for any more
speed, really. Even for working on 90 megabyte images in Photoshop.
I was working on some images today. While processing them the file was just
over 1 Gb, after flattening and saving as TIFF, it is 310Mb now. ;-)
--
Mark
Might have been part of one of the Hippy Dippy Weatherman or radio
bits.
The radar shows a line of thunderstorms across the Northeast. It also
shows a wave of Russian ICBMs, so I wouldn't sweat the thunderstorms.
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
At 12:04 AM 15/01/2004 +1030, you wrote:
Yep. I'm using a 1GHz machine now. I don't fell the need for any more
speed, really. Even for working on 90 megabyte images in Photoshop.
I was working on some images today. While processing them the file was
just over 1 Gb,
SORRY it was meant to be
Pretty much my experience. It's nice to have both, I wouldn't get rid of
one over the other.
William in Utah
- Original Message -
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: Questions: M 50/2.0 - any
mapson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 12:04 AM 15/01/2004 +1030, you wrote:
Yep. I'm using a 1GHz machine now. I don't fell the need for any more
speed, really. Even for working on 90 megabyte images in Photoshop.
I was working on some images today. While processing them the file was
just over 1
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:47:24 +0300, Boris Liberman wrote:
Bluetooh is either forbidden in Israel or was forbidden
until quite recently. BT is competing with WiFi and so on.
The keyword however is high-end.
That seems to be the case in the US, at least with regard to consumer
electronics. All
My situation may be slightly diiferent,as i'm planning on getting a 6mp body as well as
keeping a
2.74mp body, not backing up with same size.
Pretty much for what Tom has said.I would like to put the longer zoom on a 6mp body and
put the short
zoom on the 2.74mp body for those quick portrait
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 08:36:41 -0500, Mark Roberts wrote:
You got it. Al Sleet, the Hippy Dippy Weatherman.
I'm not surprised that the joke predates Carlin, but his delivery as Al
Sleet really made it work. :)
But the weather radar is also showing an incoming squadron of Russian
ICBMs, so I
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 08:45:14 -0500, Steve Desjardins wrote:
Might have been part of one of the Hippy Dippy Weatherman or radio
bits.
The radar shows a line of thunderstorms across the Northeast. It also
shows a wave of Russian ICBMs, so I wouldn't sweat the thunderstorms.
Ooops. I guess
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 01:02:03 -0500, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
as I said -- just a kid :)
It's nice to be just a kid somewhere. Most of the places I go I'm
an old fart.
TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
LOL. It's funny that we both thought of the same line.
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/14/04 09:17AM
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 08:45:14 -0500, Steve Desjardins
A DSLR is not a PC. The software doesn't have to change and the job
doesn't change. Once you have a resolution you find acceptable (Some
are waiting; I'm happy now) the camera will function until its breaks,
you can't read the cards, or you just want a new toy. IMHO, the last
factor is what
Hi Boris,
All of what you say is true, but the fact remains that the original poster
was talking about a given model of DSLR being rendered *obsolete*, not
merely somewhat less attractive, by new models. His point was that DSLRs
are essentially throwaway cameras because of the rapid march of
All of these fall in the new toy category. If you are the kind of
person that is happy with a 20 yr old film camera, then you can hang on
to a DSLR for a while. The real difference here (and this is why the
camera companies are so excited about this) is that DSLR's have
something to improve.
- Original Message -
From: Boris Liberman
Subject: Confused in Israel: digi backup to digi?!
Hi!
I've just been reading this long thread about DSLRs and old Pentiums
and it struck me like lightning.
Why on Earth one would want to take a 6MP DSLR to be a backup of yet
another 6MP
You are aware that you are talking to a guy whose favorite picture taker is a
50+ year old Pacemaker Crown Graphic, right?
OTOH you are right, the problem with using the old laptop is it won't run newer
software. But that is analogic to using an old film camera for which film is no
longer
Interesting, Bluetooth (infrared wireless) never took off in the US. Oh the
consumer devices are there, my cel-phone has it, but the devices it connects to
have never been installed in most areas. It is now pretty much considered
obsoleted by WiFi.
--
Nick Clark wrote:
Bluetooth is not what
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, graywolf wrote:
Interesting, Bluetooth (infrared wireless) never took off in the US. Oh
the consumer devices are there, my cel-phone has it, but the devices it
connects to have never been installed in most areas. It is now pretty
much considered obsoleted by WiFi.
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Boris Liberman wrote:
Why on Earth one would want to take a 6MP DSLR to be a backup of yet
another 6MP DSLR?!
Bringing many batteries or memory cards or even lenses wink makes
sense. But why would one want to bring another body?!
I am discounting things such as splash
Doug Franklin wrote:
What I want from Bluetooth is to get rid of that rats nest of wiring in
my stereo system. Leave the speaker wires, but get rid of all of the
line level interconnects.
Bluetooth won't help you there - it doesn't have enough bandwidth for
uncompressed audio.
S
Anders Hultman wrote:
You don't need any installation in the area, like cell phone service and
WiFi. Bluetooth connects *your* PDA with *your* cell phone with *your*
wireless headset. Bluetooth does not connect your devices to any outside
network. So if all the consumer devices have it, it's only
Hi!
Bucky, I am afraid I either misread his post or language barrier
played yet another joke on me.
All of what you say is true, but the fact remains that the original poster
was talking about a given model of DSLR being rendered *obsolete*, not
merely somewhat less attractive, by new models.
Hi!
Now the camera makers have a hook (resolution) to tempt folks who can spend
$1000-2000/yr on equipment.
Steve, you're so absolutely right. And what if prices go below
$1000/yr on equipment level?! It is even hard to imagine g.
Boris
Are there any scanners that work well with Kodachrome? I posed this
question to Kodak and they sent me this lame list of old Kodak scanners
that are no longer made.
rg
Alan Chan wrote:
My Minolta Scan Elite F-2900 does a terrible job on scanning Kodachrome,
and it uses cold-cathode
What do I need to know about using a screw mount lens on a k-mount body (MX)?
I know you need an adaptor and there's some difference in metering.
Stop down metering which I don't quite understand.
In general does this work out pretty well or is it a pain in the a**
and I should just look for
Some really good deals going on Ebay at the moment guys and gals, check out
the Buy It Now prices on these!!
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2979292414category=30020
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2979317359category=30020
Tom,
I agree with you in certain respects. In particular, I agree that DSLRs will
not last forever, and will probably not have the lifespan of, say, an MX or
your Crown Graphic.
My point (and the one that Mr. Desjardins is also making, I think) is that if
you look at the sole tangible
This seems reasonable. BTW, does anyone have any idea or know of any
reference as to how the sensor will age?
Hi Steven,
this would interest me as well! It would be interesting to know
somebody with an early kodak DSLR! I will try to ask at local
agencies how their first Nikon D1
The PS produces amazing
pictures, no doubt about it, but the motor skills involved in getting the most
out of it are entirely different and I found that I had to alter my shooting
habits substantially to get good results. Also, I can't
The adapter is meant to be installed on the body and the lenses just screwed
on or off as needed. The adapter isn't really designed to be permanently
attached to a lens. I know of two people (me being one) that have attached
it to a lens permanently, but it is not the norm
As others have
John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yep. I'm using a 1GHz machine now. I don't fell the need for any more
speed, really. Even for working on 90 megabyte images in Photoshop.
--
Mark Roberts
Most of the time Photoshop is not cpu limited. The most important
factors are:
o Memory
No reason why you couldn't create a custom AvantGo channel from this URL. It's worth a
go anyway.
Nick
-Original Message-
From: Frantisek Vlcek[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 14/01/04 18:46:59
To: PDML[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OT - PDA photography content request
Interestingly, Creative Memories tech people
have determined that APS negs will last longer
than 35mm negs. And it's not because of the can, either.
Apparently there is a real difference in the film material itself.
Works well either way ...
Christian wrote:
The adapter is meant to be installed on the body and the lenses just screwed
on or off as needed. The adapter isn't really designed to be permanently
attached to a lens. I know of two people (me being one) that have attached
it to a lens
Hi,
BTW, even with zooms, two identical bodies are pretty useful - one
with 70-200, the other with 17-35 2.8 zooms (or similar) - bread and
butter PJ combination.
zooms are a good way to back up prime lenses too. When I go on a trip
I usually take 3 identical bodies, and normally shoot with
If you have to swap to disk, then putting the Photoshop scratch space
on a different physical drive takes some of the pain away. But it's
far better to have enough memory in the first place, and never going
to disk at all. Even the fastest disk transfer speed is still much
slower than main
Quoting John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
While not disagreeing with your overall conclusion, there are times when
I miss the LCD viewfinder of my PowerShot G1 - trying to take low-eyepoint
shots with the *ist-D means I have to lie flat on the ground. Sometimes
this is merely inconvenient;
Robert Gonzalez asked: I've heard that because of the type of light source
this uses that Kodachromes don't scan well. Do you do anything special to
get them to
come out right?
I don't have a film scanner but I think the major issue is that digital ice
(or other similar dust spec software)
Agreed, but not everyone can get more memory into older machines. I can
only get 768mb into my P3 (have 512 at present), and now that I'm
starting to work with larger files, the extra scratch space is very
welcome. I'll probably add a little more memory when I can get around
to it.
John Francis
A 43/1.9 L for sale here:
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=c0323a3f5334a140ffbae7cd7020c4bbthreadid=186
--
--
Collin Brendemuehl
void C( JobAvailability )
char JobAvailability[30];
{
C( program run );
C( shop stop C );;
C( programmer
Quoting Chaso DeChaso [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I think the above analysis is overly reliant on the
idea of the job as equivalency to 35mm (or Med Format)
traditional film photography - equivalency in a
variety of ways including not only resolution and such
things.
[predictions snipped]
You may
Alright,
Just received a box from KEH, and boy, am I happy! Three items were
in the box, all in condition that I consider absolutely wonderful.
First off, I got a case for my 500/4.5. This was said to be in Ugly
condition. The cap on my last one had come off, and I couldn't see
Interesting question: My DSLR becomes obsolete. Therefore it's not
worth much. Do I bother to sell it or not? Will there be any market
for these obsolete DSLR's?
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
All the KEH bargains I've purchased have been bargains indeed, with one exception.
I sent back a 35mm Summicron because it had chewed up screw heads
(had to look at it under a stereo microscope to see the damage; a Leica microscope,
strangely enough), which I thought did not bode well for any
I'm very POed at ebay. Among other items, I listed a Spotmatic Motor
Drive camera and 50mm lens on ebay the other night. I set a first bid of
$375 and did not specifiy a buy it now price or a reserve. Last night I
received a notice that the camera had been purchased on a buy it now bid
by someone
Bill,
Instead of using alcohol to clean off the glue residue, try Goo Gone.
And, like ArmorAll, it leaves the plastic looking very nice.
Comes in liquid (in hardware stores) and gell (in automotive shops),
both in convenient bottles.
--
--
Collin Brendemuehl
void C(
What is the test data on sensor durability?
How susceptible are they to bright light damage?
Is degradation, if any, slow through the life of the unit
or quick at the end?
Do colors change/shift, does sensitivity change, or both?
--
--
Collin Brendemuehl
void C(
If you get no satisfaction, would you share the eBay ID of the seller?
It's good to know from who to say away.
There is a serious flaw in the feedback system at eBay. Unscrupulous
sellers can hold you as a feedback hostage. That is to say, they will
not supply feedback to a completed
Hi Paul
Well ther must have been a buy it button - omne you didn,t put there? You
could do nothing, except explain to the winning bidder and then relist it!
JEns
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 14. januar 2004 21:45
Til: pentax discuss
Emne:
Hi I just checked - no sign saying Buy it now Price. So surely this must be
a server error! Not your responsibility. The buyer as well as you are
disapointed. Ebay shold give yo an apologi an reslsit the item for free!
All the best
Jens
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: Paul Stenquist
Some products (like Armor All and DEET) are or contain chemicals
that will cause polycarbonate (the plastic usually used for photo gear)
to crack. They are called stress cracking agents. Sometimes the effects
are slight and take a long time to manifest, as with Armor All, or fast
and dramatic,
OOPS! Sorry, didn't read your posting very well the first time!
YOU were the seller...well, it still felt good to vent about Zeff. Guess it's
good to remember that sellers can also make good faith mistakes.
Aric
-Original Message-
From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm using 512 meg of RAM and just upgraded to a faster #2 hard disk (my
#1 hard disk has only the operating system - Win2k - on it; hard disk #1
has all my applications and data files). I noticed a big speed
improvement with Photoshop after the upgrade. I'm going to upgrade the
other hard
I'm the seller. And I'm scrupulous :-). My complaint is that ebay accepted a buy it
now bid, and this was not a buy it now auction.
Rothman, Aric wrote:
If you get no satisfaction, would you share the eBay ID of the seller?
It's good to know from who to say away.
There is a serious flaw in
On 14/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
The adapter is meant to be installed on the body and the lenses just screwed
on or off as needed. The adapter isn't really designed to be permanently
attached to a lens. I know of two people (me being one) that have attached
it to a lens permanently, but
Funny, I forgot all about you! I was thinking of Bill Robb.
Christian
- Original Message -
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 14/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
The adapter is meant to be installed on the body and the lenses just
screwed
on or off as needed. The adapter isn't
Fred,
Thanks for your help. Thanks to the pictures and instructions, I
have just ground off the necessary bits of extra flange using a
dremmel, and have maintained the condition of my lens. I guess this
mod means it's no longer Like New, but fits great on the *ist D now.
IL Bill
On
I've just been reading this long thread about DSLRs and old Pentiums
and it struck me like lightning.
Why on Earth one would want to take a 6MP DSLR to be a backup of yet
another 6MP DSLR?!
I think this has been covered pretty thoroughly - you really have to have a
second body in case the first
My question may be: Is there a hack in the ebay system that allows
buyers to trick ebay into thinking they won a BIN when it wasn't BIN?
Second question: Did you examine the headers of the email to be sure
they came from ebay?
IL Bill
On Wednesday, January 14, 2004, at 04:00 PM, Paul
The $1349 is the current BH Photo price. The kits are charging a lot for the
accessories. Check out BH Photo http://bhphotovideo.com for prices before
bidding on anything new of Ebay. And be sure to request the current price via
e-mail because quite often they sell for less than they are
OK, so I am out of date here. When I first heard of bluetooth there were things
like connection to the coke machine, atm, etc. Seems I like the first info was
kind of exagerated as usual. I had not checked up on it since because I felt no
need for it. So I guess I was wrong about just what it
The adapters I have go on the camera body as you describe, and a spanner tool
is used to remove them. How do you remove the adapter and lens from the body
as one unit??
Works well either way ...
Christian wrote:
The adapter is meant to be installed on the body and the lenses just screwed
On 14/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Interesting question: My DSLR becomes obsolete. Therefore it's not
worth much. Do I bother to sell it or not? Will there be any market
for these obsolete DSLR's?
Please define obsolete, in this context.
There will always be a market for used camera
When I decided to attach the adapter to a lens permanently, I removed the
clip-thingy that holds the adapter to the body. Without it, the adapter
will not stay on the body, so I drilled a notch in the lens at the correct
point to where the lens release should be, so, in effect, it works like a
While we're talking about KEH, anyone have experience with their repair
service? Good or bad?
Thanks,
William in Utah
- Original Message -
From: Mr. William M Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 1:15 PM
Subject: KEH does it
On 14 Jan 2004 at 10:01, Chaso DeChaso wrote:
Basically, whenever you think these technological
changes are levelling off, usually you just aren't
being creative or imaginative enough. However, most
of the companies out there will take up the slack and
do the creative thinking for you.
On 13 Jan 2004 at 18:54, Mark Cassino wrote:
Just dug into the box my A* 200 f4 macro came in and found a manual
entitled Pentax 35mm Interchangeable Lenses. It is not specific to the
200 f4 - it covers all A and A* lenses, plus a few K lenses (like the 500
f4.5 and reflex zoom 400-600,
You could always try salad oil. This works on some temp. adhesives and
is very safe (but high in calories).
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/14/04 03:55PM
Certainly not the first person to think of this but why not a Compact Flash
format gizmo that's not actually a drive but IS a wireless network
transmitter?
While that would be cool, how about a grip that transmits the data? That
way you could have your data on the drive but also transmitted to
Well, I did a CLA on my Graphex shutter for my Crown Graphic. Works fine now.
Though the 1/400 speed is slow, and the 1/100 speed is fast. All the rest are
within spec. Unfortunately the problem that was causing the shutter to jam was a
mangled hair spring in the synchronizer mechanism. Also I
For the time being, I got a film *ist as a backup. Didn't want to/couldn't
afford another *istD. Not only that, seems that it might be wiser to
wait on a second DSLR for a newer version or at least a later
revision. For me the *ist film body represented the least expensive
body that had the
Did anyone notice a recent change in the look of ebay - specifically
on the feedback page. More usable and sortable for the feedback. I'm
not quite sure when it went in to effect, but, changes like that could
perhaps account for some odd problems elsewhere. Obviously,
programming changes have
www.dpreview.com/mobile/ is an example of an ideal Custom Channel (ie
limited storage memory required due to its graphics-deficient nature), if it
isn't directly offered by them. Cotty, poke around your account online and
you'll see where to create these.
==
Brian
On Jan 14, 2004, at 5:11 PM, Mr. William M Kane wrote:
My question may be: Is there a hack in the ebay system that allows
buyers to trick ebay into thinking they won a BIN when it wasn't
BIN?
I've been wondering the same thing.
Second question: Did you examine the headers of the email to be
On Wednesday, January 14, 2004, at 05:42 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:
On 13 Jan 2004 at 18:54, Mark Cassino wrote:
Just dug into the box my A* 200 f4 macro came in and found a manual
entitled Pentax 35mm Interchangeable Lenses. It is not specific to
the
200 f4 - it covers all A and A* lenses, plus
William Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
While we're talking about KEH, anyone have experience with
their repair
service? Good or bad?
Hi William,
Our fellow PMDLer John F. DeLoach is repair technician at KEH,
and I can state he is a great guy.
Ciao,
Gianfranco
=
To read is to
On 14/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Zeff Photo has a good reputation, but the guy
who managed the eBay department did not give me a square deal, and he
engages in
this feedback withholding strategy I describe. I am in feedback limbo
with them.
Simple. You can leave feedback on a completed
The reason for a backup in general is obvious. I had my MV1 break
during my trip to Africa and was fortunate enough to have a kindly Nikon
User lend me her backup F4 (it was a backup because the AF pin was
broken; this is my only Nikon experience, but it was 15 rolls) A film
backup for a DSLR is
Hi,
OK, so I am out of date here. When I first heard of bluetooth there were things
like connection to the coke machine, atm, etc. Seems I like the first info was
kind of exagerated as usual.
you walk within a few feet of a Coke machine. A bottle drops out and
charges your credit card. Then
On 14 Jan 2004 at 17:05, Mr. William M Kane wrote:
Rob,
I don't understand what you are saying above. Are you saying the
A*200/4 is unusable on the *ist D? How?
Hi Bill,
The over-hang of the RTF sticks out so far that apart from making the aperture
ring difficult to access it also
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
While that would be cool, how about a grip that transmits the
data? That
way you could have your data on the drive but also
transmitted to your
desktop.
Just thinking about stuff and waiting for my dinner to
arrive...
Hi Cory,
The Nikon D2H can do something like
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2051027
Printed full frame (hence the black abatement), so I know cropping will
help. Just thought I'd see how it looks this way.
cheers,
frank
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true. -J. Robert
Hi,
some quick thoughts late in the night follow...
One quick example would be when something happens
(relatively soon) such as sensors becoming not only
way higher in resolution but also much more
light-sensitive than film. Among other things, this
Well, light sensitivity would be nice,
Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
I am about to be enabled with the above lens (SMC M 50/2.0). It is
optically identical to A 50/2.0 and very similar (AFAICT) to 50/1.7. I
wonder how come Stan's site has nothing to say about it and except one
line on Alex's site I couldn't find anything in
Yes I did. No luck. :-( Luckily I use E-6 most.
Regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
Are you sure that Digital Ice is turned off on the F-2900? I scanned
Kodachrome on my Minolta without problem, and have had no problem with it
and my Canon FS4000. But it does not work well with
It is not so much about ICE, but everything came out very very dark with
Kodachrome. And yes, I did turned off ICE.
Regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
I don't have a film scanner but I think the major issue is that digital ice
(or other similar dust spec software) doesn't work with
Hi,
I am one. Although I think I would have problems with the
brighlines. Using an external viewfinder is fine for wides, but not
for normal lenes for me. Although from quality viewpoint, the
limiteds are the most interesting Pentax lenses after the K series
(and I had used quite a
Bruce Dayton wrote:
Did anyone notice a recent change in the look of ebay - specifically
on the feedback page. More usable and sortable for the feedback. I'm
not quite sure when it went in to effect, but, changes like that could
perhaps account for some odd problems elsewhere. Obviously,
What's the best/cheepest way to empty your memory cards on the go?
Alle the best
Jens
We equipped ourselves with an X-drive. Nice toy, so far worked
faultlessly. Comes with mains and car cigarette lighter chargers.
There are several portable drives available that can read CF cards. Some
of them
Wasn't the Retina SLR made up to at least the late 50's or early 60's? I
know they were made in Germany (don't know by whom), but they were badged as
Kodak.
I don't know if they were great cameras, but they were pretty good for
their time, IIRC.
cheers,
frank
The optimist thinks this is the
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