Re: On FF and other "must have" features

"William Robb" wrote: >being told to go away and stop bitching because I would like a >camera that is as good as what the competition had on the market 5 years ago >is unreasonable. That's a "Mark" -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.ne

Re: On FF and other "must have" features

I do have to say that I'm getting closer to saying 'Screw Pentax', I don't care about the cost of changing systems, I'm simply tired of them dicking around, and me dicking around waiting for them to stop dicking around. Regardless of how good certain pieces of Pentax glass may be, it's easily appa

Re: New cameras (sort of)

On 25 February 2010 22:42, P. J. Alling wrote: > On 2/25/2010 9:35 AM, David Savage wrote: >> >> On 25 February 2010 22:30, P. J. Alling >>  wrote: >> t offers a slightly longer zoom range at 26-676mm equivalent >>> >>> So, I must be starting to think in APS-C since my first thought

Re: New cameras (sort of)

On 2/25/2010 9:35 AM, David Savage wrote: On 25 February 2010 22:30, P. J. Alling wrote: t offers a slightly longer zoom range at 26-676mm equivalent So, I must be starting to think in APS-C since my first thought was, "26mm, That's not very wide." Even on 35mm FF it's not p

Re: On FF and other "must have" features

I hope Jostein does not work in the Customer Service department of his organization. Tom C. On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 9:00 AM, William Robb wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "Rob Studdert" > Subject: Re: On FF and other "must have" features > > >> On 26/02/2010, AlunFoto wrote: >> >>>

Re: New cameras (sort of)

On 25 February 2010 22:30, P. J. Alling wrote: >> t offers a slightly longer zoom range at 26-676mm equivalent > > So, I must be starting to think in APS-C since my first thought was, "26mm, > That's not very wide." Even on 35mm FF it's not particularly wide. Dave (owner of a FF 14-24mm lens :-)

Re: OT: Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich

On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:12:10 -0500, you wrote: >On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:39 AM, wrote: >> I just wanted to say that "Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich" >> would be a *great* name for a band! > >You're right! > >About 15 years ago, driving through New York State's "Southern Tier" >(the area

Re: New cameras (sort of)

t offers a slightly longer zoom range at 26-676mm equivalent So, I must be starting to think in APS-C since my first thought was, "26mm, That's not very wide." On 2/25/2010 8:52 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: By Pentax: http://www.dpreview.com/news/1002/10022410pentaxoptiox90.asp http://www.dprevi

Re: OT: Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich

Bob W wrote: > It's that time of year again: > > The worm one actually looks quite interesting. http://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/glasgowcentreforinternationaldevelopment/publications/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PD

Re: FA 28-200mm f3.8-5.6 IF

Thank you for your input. It looks great as for DSLR to me either. Perhaps I shall buy one with other ebay offer (from another european seller). regards, Roman. K20D, DA 10-17mm, DA* 16-50mm, FA 50mm, DA 50-200mm, ELINCHR

Re: Double Peso - birds

On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Sasha Sobol wrote: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4374535770/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/437456/ > > Critique is welcome! I'm going to buck the trend: I prefer the second. For some reason I find it somewhat funny - it's as if that big gull i

Re: On FF and other "must have" features

- Original Message - From: "Rob Studdert" Subject: Re: On FF and other "must have" features On 26/02/2010, AlunFoto wrote: Find another camera maker, then. One that's better at excuses, if nothing else. :-) As you may appreciate it's far easier said than done, I find these dis

Re: On FF and other "must have" features

2010/2/25 AlunFoto : > > Meh. Find a justfiable luxury then. One you can enjoy without being > annoyed. Life contains too small a number of 1/125s slices as it is. > :-) Naaah I don't wanna spend my life being annoyed - I just go out and do stuff and enjoy it the best I can. If I find something un

New cameras (sort of)

By Pentax: http://www.dpreview.com/news/1002/10022410pentaxoptiox90.asp http://www.dpreview.com/news/1002/10022411pentaxoptiow90.asp Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly ab

Re: On FF and other "must have" features

On 26/02/2010, AlunFoto wrote: > Find another camera maker, then. One that's better at excuses, if > nothing else. :-) As you may appreciate it's far easier said than done, I currently own 15 pieces of Pentax glass and one nice V125/25 in K mount (though I do have another in Nikon mount ;-) and

Re: OT: Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich

2010/2/25 frank theriault : > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:39 AM,   wrote: >> I just wanted to say that "Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich" >> would be a *great* name for a band! > > Then and there and ever since, that's become ~my~ name for a band: > "Trucks to Warsaw".  Now I just have to learn

Re: samsung TL500

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 2:17 AM, Sasha Sobol wrote: > What do you think? > http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Samsung-TL500-First-Impressions-Digital-Camera-Review-21542.htm > large sensor,raw files, manual mode,  1.8 @ 24mm No viewfinder? Not even an electronic one? NEXT! cheers, frank

Re: samsung TL500

- Original Message - From: "Sasha Sobol" Subject: samsung TL500 What do you think? http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Samsung-TL500-First-Impressions-Digital-Camera-Review-21542.htm large sensor,raw files, manual mode, 1.8 @ 24mm Other than missing an optical viewfinder (I'm

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

- Original Message - From: "Larry Colen" Subject: Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame Huh? My X700 is much newer than 22 years old, and it has exposed contacts. It'll also use regular manual flashes, so maybe Minolta didn't put it on any of their SLRs that I own. Mi

Re: On FF and other "must have" features

- Original Message - From: "Rob Studdert" Subject: Re: On FF and other "must have" features I think that they lag behind everyone and by more than a couple of generations in important areas such as AF performance and mechanics and there's really no excuse. I think in AF they are

Re: [About NX->K-mount adapter] Wanna have some fun? A funny photographic comment :p

- Original Message - From: "Thibouille" Subject: Re: [About NX->K-mount adapter] Wanna have some fun? A funny photographic comment :p IMO there's another reason: Samsung can't be bothered to give Pentax a cent as for licensing the K-mount. The K-Mount was released by Pentax as an "

Re: YANPJ

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 1:01 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > On 2/24/2010 11:13 PM, frank theriault wrote: >> >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 9:57 PM, P. J. Alling >>  wrote: >> >>> >>> Nice photo but he missed the framing >>> >> >> Parallax error.  However, it could be easily have been rectified if >>

Re: Photographing Aikido with the 16-50

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > As I've mentioned, John was kind enough to loan me his 16-50 for > photographing belt tests at my dojo.  I must say that I really like the > lens. > > I took some time yesterday afternoon to practice with it which was very > helpful as I learne

Re: PESO - Young Man Wearing a Hat

Almost looks posed, but for the background. Obviously from the 50's, right? ;) Face is slightly dark. Jack --- On Wed, 2/24/10, frank theriault wrote: > From: frank theriault > Subject: PESO - Young Man Wearing a Hat > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 8:44

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:04 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Peter, Paul, and BILL? Mary recently passed on and they've been looking for a replacement. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailma

Re: On FF and other "must have" features

2010/2/25 eckinator : > yeah and now they're moving service and manufacturing quality down and > lens prices to meaningless levels - some prices down 20% others up > 136% and actually making their products an unjustifiable luxury... I > for one will give them another year to see if this is a transi

Re: OT: Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:39 AM, wrote: > I just wanted to say that "Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich" > would be a *great* name for a band! You're right! About 15 years ago, driving through New York State's "Southern Tier" (the area south of Buffalo, near Allegheny State Park) as we were

Re: On FF and other "must have" features

2010/2/25 Rob Studdert : > I think that they lag behind everyone and by more than a couple of > generations in important areas such as AF performance and mechanics > and there's really no excuse. Find another camera maker, then. One that's better at excuses, if nothing else. :-) Jostein -- http

Re: PESO - Bike Parking at Night

Excellent shot of an intriguing scene. Paul On Feb 25, 2010, at 7:43 AM, Christian wrote: > What he said. Very nice. > > > > -- > Christian > http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com > http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com > > On 2/24/2010 11:50 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >> Wonderful lighting, exposur

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:40 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Feb 24, 2010, at 6:50 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > >> >> >> The flash shoe is the one thing Minolta got right 22 years ago and no >> other maker else has clued in on. A flash shoe with no exposed >> contacts, a simple pushbutton lock system that

Re: [About NX->K-mount adapter] Wanna have some fun? A funny photographic comment :p

Simple fallacy here, you don't have electronic lenses. You have mechanically-coupled lenses with electronic meter coupling that you're adapting to a pure electronic mount. The stop-down mechanism would be fairly complex, mostly due to size limitations. You could include it (and someday somebody wi

Re: PESO: So Much For Resolutions

On 24 February 2010 22:46, William Robb wrote: > Meet Kayla. > > http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/kayla1.html > > K7, DA*55/1.4 @ f6.3. > > Enjoy. Her shoes and outfit are horrible. But her expression, the way her hair covers one side of her face and her milky-white skin is stunni

Re: PESO - Young Man Wearing a Hat

On 2/24/2010 11:44 PM, frank theriault wrote: A "street portrait": http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/02/young-man-wearing-hat.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank excellent "friendly" portrait. It makes me want to hang out with this guy for some reason... -

Re: PESO - Bike Parking at Night

What he said. Very nice. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On 2/24/2010 11:50 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Wonderful lighting, exposure and rendition. Well seen. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Ad

Re: OT: Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich

I just wanted to say that "Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich" would be a *great* name for a band! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

Peter, Paul, and BILL? On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 11:41 PM, William Robb wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "Tom C" Subject: Re: On FF but without > intent to start a flame > > >> Boris wins the Grand Prize! >> >> A thread entitled "On FF but without intent to start a flame" has an >> add

Re: OT: Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich

On 2/25/2010 6:07 AM, Carlos R wrote: P. J. Alling escribió: I don't think that Ho Chi Min City is quite as welcoming to ex-pat's as it used to be. Quite wrong, HCMC is a lively city and a great place to stay for any foreign visitors, although I prefer Hanoi. Carlos Visitors yes, bu

Re: On FF and other "must have" features

2010/2/25 AlunFoto : > > The critical qualifier in that argument is "compared to the competition". > > Take a critical look backwards on Pentax' K-mount camera development, > and you'll find that since the introduction of autofocus, or maybe > earlier, they have never been spitzen technologists. >

Re: On FF and other "must have" features

On 25/02/2010, AlunFoto wrote: > But I digress, my point is that for K-mount, you'll have to expect the > feature implementation of Pentax to always lag behind the bigger > brands. I think that they lag behind everyone and by more than a couple of generations in important areas such as AF perfor

Re: [About NX->K-mount adapter] Wanna have some fun? A funny photographic comment :p

Thibouille escribió: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Samsung_K_mount_adapter_on_show_news_295199.html Last paragraph. ROTFL. The article was written by Damien Demolder, the most clueless camera reviewer that I know of (even worse than Ken Rockwell), so that last paragraph isn't

Re: OT: Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich

P. J. Alling escribió: I don't think that Ho Chi Min City is quite as welcoming to ex-pat's as it used to be. Quite wrong, HCMC is a lively city and a great place to stay for any foreign visitors, although I prefer Hanoi. Carlos -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pd

Re: OT: Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich

On 2/25/2010 3:39 AM, Bob W wrote: On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Bob W wrote: It's that time of year again:

Re: [About NX->K-mount adapter] Wanna have some fun? A funny photographic comment :p

They've already licensed it, and a G10 knockoff isn't going to gain Samsung a lot of market share that they didn't have already. On 2/25/2010 3:38 AM, Thibouille wrote: IMO there's another reason: Samsung can't be bothered to give Pentax a cent as for licensing the K-mount. Secondly I do not s

Re: On FF and other "must have" features

2010/2/25 Rob Studdert : > I don't think it's that simple, I have looked at enough RAW files from > the K7/K20D to know what the IQ differences are. The AF still sucks > compared to the competition and the metering is no problem in any > case, if it's critical I use the digital preview (set as a cu

Re: PESO - Young Man Wearing a Hat

2010/2/25 Bruce Dayton : > The shot really catches my eye.  Even though I have no idea who it > is, it's an interesting photo.  Nicely done, Frank. yup that makes a good portrait what he said! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSU

Re: Photographing Aikido with the 16-50

Larry Colen wrote: As I've mentioned, John was kind enough to loan me his 16-50 for photographing belt tests at my dojo. I must say that I really like the lens. I took some time yesterday afternoon to practice with it which was very helpful as I learned how to take advantage of things like t

Re: OT GESO - Newtown

Happy Mardi Gras :) P. J. Alling wrote: Yea, but what is it with those Ausies, Savage with his pink party dress, and now Derby with a flippy skirt. On 2/24/2010 6:02 AM, eckinator wrote: like your style derby =) 2010/2/24 Derby Chang: Balmy night last night. T-shirt and flippy skirt we

Re: OT: Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich

Bob W wrote: It's that time of year again: Don't know about you, but the cover of this book just creeps me out http://www.amazon.com/Collectible-Spoons-Reich-James-Yannes/dp/1425186955/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qi

Re: PESO: So Much For Resolutions

William Robb wrote: Meet Kayla. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/kayla1.html K7, DA*55/1.4 @ f6.3. Enjoy. William Robb Gorgeously fresh. I'm really glad you broke your resolution -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pd

Re: PESO: So Much For Resolutions

On 24/2/10, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: >Meet Kayla. > >http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/kayla1.html > >K7, DA*55/1.4 @ f6.3. > >Enjoy. Super shot bill. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com __

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

On Feb 24, 2010, at 6:50 PM, Adam Maas wrote: On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: David Savage wrote: Also you wouldn't have to contend with their stupid proprietary flash hot shoe :-) That's the biggest drawback. But it does have a PC socket and I have an AF 240 :-)

Re: It looks like Sigma announced some interesting looking lenses

Miserere wrote: > On 23 February 2010 04:06, mike wilson wrote: > > > > Miserere wrote: > >> So, on the one hand I'm expecting a very good lens, on the other hand > >> I'm expecting to have my kidney to send over to B&H. We'll see... > > > > > > "We're sorry, the price is two kidneys

RE: OT PESO - National Wine Centre of Australia

On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:31 +, "Bob W" wrote: > > > > G'day All, > > > > One from my trip to South Australia late last year: > > > > > > > > Direct link (~160kb) > > > > >

Re: samsung TL500

On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:17 -0800, "Sasha Sobol" wrote: > What do you think? > http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Samsung-TL500-First-Impressions-Digital-Camera-Review-21542.htm > large sensor,raw files, manual mode, 1.8 @ 24mm > I like the fact that it has a 24 mm (equivalent) wide end to

RE: OT: Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich

> > > > > > > "OT: Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich" > > I think you just ended your own thread. > D'oh! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: samsung TL500

I kinda fina it quite interesting but a little more zoom range such as 24-120 instead of 24-72 would have made it interesting w/o the quite. Cheers Ecke 2010/2/25 Sasha Sobol : > What do you think? > http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Samsung-TL500-First-Impressions-Digital-Camera-Review-215

RE: OT: Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich

> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Bob W wrote: > > It's that time of year again: > > > > > > > > > Has it been a year already? Time flies when you're having fun! > > I can't believe I Stopped Sucking My Thumb... Why Can'

Re: [About NX->K-mount adapter] Wanna have some fun? A funny photographic comment :p

IMO there's another reason: Samsung can't be bothered to give Pentax a cent as for licensing the K-mount. Secondly I do not see Pentax happy with the idea of Samsung running away with Pentax customers so Pentax probably asked nicely Samsung not to do it (if Samsung really even dared thinking about

RE: samsung TL500

> > What do you think? > http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Samsung-TL500-First-I mpressions-Digital-Camera-Review-21542.htm > large sensor,raw files, manual mode, 1.8 @ 24mm > Looks interesting -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.

Re: samsung TL500

Could be quite good but knowing Samsung I await some stupid mistake on quality POV. On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Sasha Sobol wrote: > What do you think? > http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Samsung-TL500-First-Impressions-Digital-Camera-Review-21542.htm > large sensor,raw files, manual

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