On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, Digital Image Studio wrote:
vapour.
Welcome back Rob. :-)))
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On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, P?l Jensen wrote:
I've put up about 20 images as a portfolio at Photo.net.
Almost all of them are taken a few km from home, which is in Northern
Norway. Most are taken at night!
the link:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/member-photos?user_id=266609
Any coments are
On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, P?l Jensen wrote:
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From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4760548 Can I hijack
this to ask a q: I have tried to photograph our (west-facing) house,
complete with flowering rose, just after
On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, mike wilson wrote:
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/08/02 Wed AM 11:55:21 GMT
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: istD and Sigma 500 Super wireless test
For those who have this flash and are planning on buying a Pentax
K100D, there's
On Sun, 30 Jul 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Yes, it has functional wheely bars. They restrict it to about a 6
inch lift on the front wheel and are adjusted to keep it all going
straight with the wheel up. Of course it can easily smoke the rear
I am guessing that straight is the only thing this
On Sun, 30 Jul 2006, Don Sanderson wrote:
I've pretty much sworn off zooms, but look at the bokeh
in the last 3 pics. Yummy!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140013436209
http://medfmt.8k.com/third/table1.txt
Soligor issued 3 such beasts:
BrandFLf/stop Yr List$
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, mike wilson wrote:
http://medfmt.8k.com/third/table1.txt
==
Forbidden
No-eye deer. I either got a cached version or they just had a failure.
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On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Aaron Reynolds wrote:
Does such a thing exist, or will I have to create it myself?
Were you OK with previous cameras from the post-K (so, M, A, ...) era?
Their eyecups should fit.
HTH,
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On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
the first one came in for me (a long story ...)
Yes?
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On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
580 miles in the Prius means 52 mpg (11 gallon tank). Mileage
improves in inner city use as the electric motor gets more of the
load, and in traffic there are virtually zero emissions ... the gas
motor only fires up to charge the battery if it gets
On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, mike wilson wrote:
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/07/26 Wed PM 11:21:52 GMT
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: GESO - Classic Police Badges
mike wilson wrote:
frank theriault wrote:
On 7/26/06, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think my favorite feature of the 540FGZ is the red focus assist it projects
in very dark situations.
Standard issue on the Pentax AF flashes, including the 240!
Very useful on occasion, I agree. And you can use it even without
actually flashing
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Cotty wrote:
http://homepage.mac.com/godders/police-badge-01/
Those are really neat.
Yep. Some really arresting images there :)
There's a nice bond between them.
Star quality some of them.
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On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Adam Maas wrote:
Robert and Leigh Woerner wrote:
I have an FA 28-200 AL and dislike the zoom creep issue with this lens
but WOW what a handy range. I still shoot film. I have thought about
replacing it with the Tamron 28-200 XR (62mm filter thread). Does anyone
As far
On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, mike wilson wrote:
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Funny, I stopped being a Brownie or Girl Scout a long time ago.
No you didn't. Those values are instilled for life.
Hear, hear!
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On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, Don Sanderson wrote:
I've found the wireless feature so useful that's it's the sole
reason I still own a ZX-L.
Wonderful to be able to handhold the flash at any angle you want
without having to strangle yourself with wires.
Combined with the selftimer I can be my own
On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, Mark Roberts wrote:
Steve Sharpe wrote:
At 10:33 PM -0400 7/23/06, Mat Maessen wrote:
On 7/23/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My eBay auction is up to $611.00 with 30 minutes or so left.
That's almost a K100D right there.
Or maybe half of a K10D?
On Sat, 22 Jul 2006, Mark Roberts wrote:
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, Mark Roberts wrote:
P?l Jensen wrote:
Are you suggesting that the new telephotos are USM lenses?
The upcoming 16-50/2.8 and 50-135/2.8 are, as is next year's
60-250/4.0. I don't *think* the primes
On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, Mark Roberts wrote:
P?l Jensen wrote:
Are you suggesting that the new telephotos are USM lenses?
The upcoming 16-50/2.8 and 50-135/2.8 are, as is next year's
60-250/4.0. I don't *think* the primes are.
Would you hazard a guess as to whether these lenses will work on
On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, mike wilson wrote:
http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/extra/egallery/pcat/218194/display/6191849
???
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On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, mike wilson wrote:
Try this:
http://home.fotocommunity.com/mike.a.wilson/index.php?id=529253g=218194
Click on top left and then the arrows above to navigate.
Thanks for sharing Mike. Home James is slightly disconcerting :-)
Kostas (and is it a Toyota?)
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On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, Mark Roberts wrote:
Walter Hamler wrote:
I am considering selling my only film camera body as I am so happy with
digital. If anyone is interested I will give you a good price.
Is film dead?
I dunno, but my MZ-S on eBay has had 7 bids and met the $500.00
reserve price
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, David Savage wrote:
At 02:59 PM 19/07/2006, Sylwek wrote:
On 18.07.2006, at 21:33 , Mark Roberts wrote:
My other Limiteds (43, 31, 77) are all f/1.9 or faster. That's a lot
more than a third of a stop! F/2.0 and under is Limited territory for
me. I'd *consider* the
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, P. J. Alling wrote:
Mark Roberts wrote:
Lens porn:
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/IMGP6706.jpg
;-)
You should be ashamed.
Absolutely. They are silver.
But I can (sort of) see where porn comes into play: the black cap
reminds me of Cleese in his socks in A Fish
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Perhaps another reason that the DA Limiteds are being designed for
compactness and quality rather than speed is that the DSLRs they are
designed to work with produce so much cleaner results at ISO 400 to
1600 than the film SLRs that the prior
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
My testing of the Sigma 20/1.8 showed it to have poorer wide-open
resolution and contrast than the Canon EF20/2.8.
In addition to your point re contrast, we discussed T-stops the other
day too. I would be very interested to see the T-stop of the
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, Kenneth Waller wrote:
Nice capture Jack.
I agree. Excellent light, excellent colours. But I am slightly
uncomfortable with the horizon. OTOH the trees are straight.
Help!
Kostas :-)
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On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Mark Roberts wrote:
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
The MZ-S should sell. But don't compare with KEH; they have time in
their hands, which you don't.
I don't? How do you come to that conclusion???
The ebay auction time is finite, that's what I meant. KEH can ask a
high
On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, Charles Robinson wrote:
I got my A 35-70 from Godfrey for about $35 a year ago. You're
probably hoping for more than that though, right?
Which of the two, Charles, the 3.5-4.5 or the constant-4?
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On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, DagT wrote:
I?m tired of all of this talk about sharpness. What about vignetting
and distortion. The latter is the reason why i?m not very happy with
my A20mm.
Hi Dag,
Den 18. jul. 2006 kl. 18.49 skrev Joseph Tainter:
Both lenses seem well corrected for distortion.
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Mark Roberts wrote:
Jack Davis wrote:
I recently ask KEH for a quote on both a NN MZ-S w/BG10 grip and an EX+
LX w/FA-1 finder.
They offered (pending review) $410 for the MZ-S combination
Wow. That's actually encouraging. Given how much KEH marks up their
cameras,
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Tom Reese wrote:
[Original Message]
From: Don Sanderson
?
Now that I've lost this auction, does anyone know exactly what it was?
I smelled a fast 85 or something like that.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=110005873742
I don't know...an aftermarket
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Christian wrote:
You were supporting the 20D owners who said 'our 20D can do that too',
while practically it can't.
yes it CAN! practically with an adapter it CAN. just as practical
with Pentax or Canon with a screw mount adapter!
Yes, but not as practical as Pentax D
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, DagT wrote:
Hah! I can do wonders with an axe .-)
Even more fun: Send three kids with paint into the gallery and go for
a walk. Just imagine the two boys in the painting coming into the
gallery and start painting on their own picture.
DagT
Wrong Dag, this will sell
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, graywolf wrote:
The missing focal length in the series 17.5, 25, 35, 50, 70*, 100, 140,
200, 280, 400, etc.
*Except for the 70 there has always been something within a few percent
of that square-root-of-two series.
Yes, but there has usually been an 85.
70 is too short
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Interesting. Before I went digital I had switched to the T-Max films for the
most part after about thirty years of shooting mainly Tri-X. I was very
happy with the T-Max 100 in either T-Max developer or D-76, and liked the 400
when it was
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Great pic. Bt if someone posted this as a PAW, someone else would
undoubtedly say, Not enough DOF. Her hand and the back of the man's
head are soft. And she has a horrible expression. What were you
trying to say here? vbg
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Mark Roberts wrote:
mike wilson wrote:
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This looks interesting, a new Sigma 70mm f/2.8 macro lens:
http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/press_release_email5.htm
No aperture ring, so only of interest to Z1-p, etc. users.
Well, from my
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, DagT wrote:
the painting is illegal, and things seem to be going my way, but it
has been a busy week...
here?s a link with where you can see the pictures:
http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/1.708983
Wow. I think I have seen the picture before. Good
On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, mike wilson wrote:
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/07/11 Tue PM 02:40:20 GMT
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Just a little rant (or not rant?!)
Funny, but I used to date a Jewish Russian emigre. She could rant.
Boy could she
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Bob Shell wrote:
lighting ratio is usually set to be short. That is less difference
between main light and fill light. The lighting ratio on these is
all wrong. Not enough fill. This kind of lighting is more
Is this bad in that respect?
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Bob Shell wrote:
On Jul 12, 2006, at 7:02 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
lighting ratio is usually set to be short. That is less difference
between main light and fill light. The lighting ratio on these is
all wrong. Not enough fill. This kind of lighting is more
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Mark Roberts wrote:
After yesterday's discovery of that old fungus shot, I decided to
revamp my fungus photo gallery. (And yes, I am a sad git to actually
have a gallery of fungus photos, aren't I? g)
http://www.robertstech.com/fungus.htm
I don't think you are, Mark, I
Two words: procmail *rocks*.
Kostas (if I don't get this message, it sure does. Be good, boys and
girls and leave the subject unchanged, please)
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On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Joe Strain wrote:
live ebay auction stuff
Hi Joe,
Welcome to the list. Can I suggest going through the (small and
digestible, I assure you) FAQ that graywolf maintains:
http://graywolfphoto.com/pentax/pdml-faq.html
Amongst other things it suggests:
It is all right to
Hi,
Has anyone got this flash yet? Any comments?
Thanks,
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On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Aaron Reynolds wrote:
I can't really give you a review off the top of my head because it was
a little while ago, but I can try to answer questions about it if no
one else has one.
Thanks Aaron and David,
It is on my hit-list (though it's not available in the UK yet). I
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Rick Womer wrote:
Also depends on latitude. Our British and
Scandanavian friends are currently enjoying 2 or 3
hours of magic hour light every morning and evening.
Make that every year for Scotland. Except if grey is magic.
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On Sat, 8 Jul 2006, William Robb wrote:
From: Paul Stenquist
Subject: Re: 10-17mm Review
Since it's a fisheye, one would expect that. No?
Some, but this is really bad...
Can you show us something?
TIA!
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William, I hope you are reading this :-)
I once suggested to my photolab that the rose I had shot (neg) looked
too yellow compared to reality. They suggested that I mark my
mail-forms do not warm colours and so I have been doing over the
past 4 years.
I know that photolabs add yellow to warm
Many thanks, William and Mark.
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On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, David Mann wrote:
I decided in the end to keep the thumbnails entirely hidden until the
viewer clicks a link to make them visible. I also added Next and
Previous links so the gallery can be viewed in the intended order,
without even looking at thumbnails (it's a pity I
On Thu, 6 Jul 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
whatsoever to those who noted a blue, green or even yellow cast. More
interesting were the number of ways to eliminate the cast that others said
didn't exist. I'm sure there will be more comments waiting for me when I
check my mail further ;-))
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Cotty wrote:
On 7/7/06, Amita Guha, discombobulated, unleashed:
Anyway, here is my gallery from last weekend, primarily featuring
Austin's bat colony, with some flowers and other things thrown in for
fun.
http://sunny16.smugmug.com/gallery/1639468
Thanks for sharing
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
It's fascinating that you're familiar with the term fish wrap. When I
was a youngster, fish were often sold wrapped in newspaper. That's not
been the case for decades, at least around here. Everything's been so
sanitized. The term goes back to
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Paul, soon she'll start talking without a stop ;-). Be sure you have a
pen and a piece of paper ready. We keep funny sentences of Galia in my
wife's
On Thu, 6 Jul 2006, Mark Roberts wrote:
Good lord, how can any competent software designer in 2006 write a web
page generator that requires JavaScript simply to display images???
Are you sure they wrote it in 2006?
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On Thu, 6 Jul 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Does this pic have a bluish cast to it?
http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/sunrabrunch.html
I don't have a calibrated monitor but I think so. I have had this
symptom with cheap flashes, but it could be other things too.
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On Tue, 4 Jul 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote:
rearing. Grace is my all these days. This may well be the best photo of
her I have taken to date:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4642110
Lordy... Attitude... Good luck papa :-)
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On Wed, 5 Jul 2006, Toralf Lund wrote:
William Robb wrote:
Negative film gives the lab about a stop of underexposure and about 3 stops
of over exposure before a good print can't be pulled from it, a jpeg has
about half that latitude.
Doesn't this mean that what we ought to keep in mind is
Your quote-attributes are broken below and I cannot bother to fix
them.
On Wed, 5 Jul 2006, Toralf Lund wrote:
That's correct, I rate Superia 400 at 320; others go even further than
that.
Ah. Yes. There you have it. I heard people recommend this a number of
times, of course, only I didn't
On Mon, 3 Jul 2006, William Robb wrote:
It's not Pentax, so I figure it's probably OK to post this one.
The product decription is unbelievable.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=150002224988ru=http://search.ebay.com:80/150002224988_W0QQfromZR40QQfviZ1
Listed in category:
On Sat, 1 Jul 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
[Original Message]
From: Jens Bladt
1st
Speed, is one thing. 2,5 fps and 36 shots in a row.
No Pentax DSLR can do that.
Can't some other DSLR's meet or come close to that?
Can't be bothered to check; their cost will be prohibitive.
2nd
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006, Don Sanderson wrote:
Not much to be found on this one.
Any yays or nays?
Good focal range for my style of shooting (on film, mind you). Silly
close focussing distance :-( That's the killer with F series lenses.
Otherwise (240KB):
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006, Bob Sullivan wrote:
On 6/29/06, Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Joining this discussion late, but...
Back when, I posted a few shots to the PUG. What stopped me from doing
more is how bad my photos looked, to me, on the PUG compared to the way
they looked in their
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
[Original Message]
From: Bruce Dayton
The fox is very striking. I'm curious if you did some work on the
background to soften or blur it. It seems just a bit different
looking than the foreground.
VM
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
This'll enhance your software:
http://www.enzyte.com/
Thank goodness for the PDML. But don't be hard-on Mike, Shel.
Kostas
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On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Toralf Lund wrote:
keith_w wrote:
The M version 50mm/1.7 is known to be a very sharp performer. Has a
reputation
for excellent resolution. Sort of an unknown lens except aficionados...
What they call a sleeper.
I already have one of those, of course. And an A-50/1.7,
On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, Carlos Royo wrote:
I know that June is almost over, but I have had a hectic schedule
lately, and haven't been able to watch the PUG gallery until today.
Anyway, I would like to congratulate all the entrants for their
submissions, and particularly Kostas for his Feeding
On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, mike wilson wrote:
Sorry to hear that. You might try looking out for an Optio from the
era around 2002 which is light, not too small, uses CF cards and AA
cells and should be available used for a very low price or maybe
even new for about $150. Plus the bonus of an
On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote:
With digital, there's no such thing as standard settings. If you
jpegs, the camera processes the recorded data. If you shoot RAW, you
process it. In either case, you have to control the outcome either by
setting the camera derfaults to get the right
On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
You do the same thing with a digital image in JPEG capture by
adjusting the camera settings.
Thanks for the explanation Godfrey (and for the news re RAW, Paul).
The above is the point I am making. It's horses for courses, but I
don't (want to) do
On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Jens Bladt wrote:
I re-did the FA 1.4/50mm test shot. Put more effort in to focusing. This
time I took off the UV-filter.
Looks a little better: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/177097232/
I do, however, find the M 1.7/50mm to be a tiny bit sharper. If it's at all
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Don Williams wrote:
I've posted two pictures here:
http://www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/HOLD/130341.jpg
http://www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/HOLD/130244.jpg
There is something very odd about the one with the fly, besides its
being slightly out of focus and taken with different
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
I hope the DS I've ordered is a lot more durable than the
Canon I drowned so easily...
Not if you drown it, I don't think :-)
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On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
John Francis wrote:
On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 11:49:18PM +0200, Jens Bladt wrote:
Shell, does the DS do M, TV and Av with K and M lenses - just like the DL?
Neither camera does Tv with K or M lenses, and they both only
do a limited sort of Av (at
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, John Francis wrote:
is brighter. But I never heard anybody say they preferred the MZ-S
viewfinder to that of the MX.
I prefer the MZ-S viewfinder to that of the MX (and of the ME Super).
I find these viewfinders to be too big, making it extremely difficult
to keep track
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
However, it doesn't do well when asked to render fine detail. Compared to
an A50/1.4 or a K35/2.0, the DA 16-50 does not fare well. I was
disappointed in the results it produced here
http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/jeans/rumpledjeans_2.html
Gfen,
My viewpoint if you care:
- Don't bash until you try it. This refers to the thumbwheels (with
the current price-crash of the film bodies you can buy a PZ body at
the price of chewing gum) and the kludge for the aperture (I played
with Jaume's DL last week and I was not terribly
On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, Tim ?sleby wrote:
Another attempt with trap focus.
http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=243738
The poor fellas are still struggling.
So am I, and I think this is an improvement from the latest one.
Exposure is better, framing is also better, and I'm
On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, Tim ?sleby wrote:
In fact, I will be a little disappointed if it doesn't make it to the
quotes.
I think you may have jinxed it :-)
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On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, graywolf wrote:
Why not see if you can find a used one?
I too am a great believer in used gear.
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On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Tim ?sleby wrote:
I saw this now.
Sorry for your loss Marnie. Take care.
I just saw this too. My condolences.
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On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Boris Liberman wrote:
I dare say that every lens can be forced to flare. But Pentax lenses are
definitely more resilient.
I have heard that Pentax stretch the limits of the optical formula
they chose for the 43. This makes it more flare-prone that you would
like and
On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
situations. I don't like the way the lens flares in some lighting
conditions.
Very interesting. Can you share an example?
Kostas
p.s.: You are talking digital, so, being film-only, I won't contribute
to the actual discussion, although I am a
On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
[Original Message]
From: Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
situations. I don't like the way the lens flares in some lighting
conditions.
Very interesting. Can you share an example?
http://home.earthlink.net
On Fri, 19 May 2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On May 19, 2006, at 6:53 AM, Patrick Genovese wrote:
Does anyone know where I can download a copy (.pdf) of the AF540FGZ manual
?
I'm considering enablement but want to read up in detail before I decide.
I think this one is too new, the manual
On Fri, 19 May 2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On May 19, 2006, at 9:17 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
On Fri, 19 May 2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On May 19, 2006, at 6:53 AM, Patrick Genovese wrote:
Does anyone know where I can download a copy (.pdf) of the AF540FGZ
manual ?
I'm
On Wed, 17 May 2006, Mark Stringer wrote:
I had to log in to get to the item as usual ebay policy.
What, to see an item? You don't need to log in for that.
Good think you noticed, Mark.
Kostas
On Thu, 18 May 2006, Brian Dunn wrote:
It'd be neat if someone made an APC sensor sized equivalent to the 80-200
f2.8, which would be around a 50-150 f2.8 DA. Something a little lighter to
carry around all day long.
Pentax (and Tokina :-)) has announced one such lens.
Not sure when it's
On Mon, 15 May 2006, Toine wrote:
About the one eyed owl. I somehow like it like this.
http://leende.net/galleries/roofvogels/roof_2.htm
I like it too.
http://leende.net/galleries/roofvogels/roof_4.htm
But the above made me laugh. Excellent.
Kostas
On Thu, 18 May 2006, Bob Sullivan wrote:
DL cheaper alternative but uses porro mirror for viewfinder, not penta prism.
(capabilities are identical to the Ds) No vertical grip.
Stephen asked if he can use the AF400T on the cameras. I think the
answer is effectively no for the DL; owners of
On Thu, 18 May 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cotty once took on the persona of a lunatic school teacher from
London, Ontario. He eventually tired of it.
Umm, make a search for 'discombobulation' in:
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00FVwmtag=
Cotty?
Kostas
On Tue, 16 May 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
the years have come to appreciate the short, wide, M24~35 zoom, so the
Do you still have that lense and these thoughts about it on the -Ds?
If yes, it looks like a no-brainer for me.
Kostas
On Fri, 12 May 2006, Scott Loveless wrote:
On 5/12/06, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Scott
wouldn't it be better to turn off the overhead fluorescent and use some
more
flash light or a photo lamp? I think you will get some nasty green or
orange
color cast with that mixed light.
On Thu, 11 May 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
however, recently I discovered that the camera can be used in manual mode
while using auto focus lenses, and, in so doing, the meter can be bypassed
and the camera used just like any older, mechanical camera, where I can set
whatever aperture and
On Thu, 11 May 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
It just didn't occur to me that it could be used with auto focus lenses -
chalk it up to my ignorance. In any case, I'm happy to have made the
discovery, even if I am the last to know about it ;-))
Aren't these discoveries sweet? I still recall my
On Thu, 11 May 2006, Jack Davis wrote:
Will the MZ-S body allow f/stop control when using lenses without
aperture rings?
I sent this question to Pentax, CO. but the answer was unintelligible.
You will only have P and Tv modes.
Kostas
On Tue, 9 May 2006, mike wilson wrote:
Don, buy from 7dayshop.com
Seconded, I buy all my film and batteries from them.
Kostas
I think Dario had mentioned something about a canned project, the
Pentax MZ-1.
Towards the bottom of this the worst webpage ever there is a photo,
possibly from a brochure:
http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/enzzo1972/2002
Kostas
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