Re: anybody still shoot film?

2005-09-26 Thread Patrick Pritchard
On Sep 24, 2005, at 10:29 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: You'll have to forgive us, some here have been scanning personally and professionally for well over ten years. I myself am up to my 5th film scanner purchase (current is LS-8000) and my first film scans date back well over ten years. As

Re: anybody still shoot film?

2005-09-24 Thread Patrick Pritchard
I shoot a variety of film. My two SuperProgram's are using Delta 400 now, my RB67 uses a mix of FP4+ and Delta 100, and for Macro work (Pentax auto bellows) I'm starting to use Pan F+. I'm also investing in a film scanner soon, and I don't think I'll ever go the DSLR route. Why? If I shoot

Re: anybody still shoot film?

2005-09-24 Thread Patrick Pritchard
On Sep 24, 2005, at 2:57 PM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Sat, 24 Sep 2005, Patrick Pritchard wrote: I'm also investing in a film scanner soon, and I don't think I'll ever go the DSLR route. Why? If I shoot film today, and scan it in a 2700 DPI scanner, five years from now when I can

Pentax Buy Sell list?

2005-09-22 Thread Patrick Pritchard
Hello all. I haven't been on this list in a long time. It's nice to see that it is just as active as when I left. I'd like to know if anyone knows of a Pentax buy and sell list. On the Macintosh, there is a swap mailing list. Is there an equivalent for Pentax, or am I stuck with

Re: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-23 Thread Patrick Pritchard
On Tuesday, March 23, 2004, at 12:03 AM, tom wrote: It's been a few years, but iirc, it was pretty bad. It's nickname was the best manual focus camera Nikon ever made. *WOW*. Yes, I have received other eMails regarding this off of the list, and I hear it repeatedly. I haven't done much

Re: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-23 Thread Patrick Pritchard
On Thursday, August 23, 2001, at 03:13 AM, Alan Chan wrote: My dilemma is this: - should I stay with Pentax, or go with Nikon (I'm leaning towards a used F4) If I remember correctly, F4 was said to be the greatest manual focus camera ever. Yes, you read it correctly, I said manual focus. The

Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-22 Thread Patrick Pritchard
Hello all. I've decided that within the next year (specifically, before September 2005) I would like to move up to AF. This is mainly because I will be in Australia doing some shoots at the World Solar Challenge, where MF didn't quite cut it last time I was out. I'd also like to move into

Re: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-22 Thread Patrick Pritchard
Message - AF From: Patrick Pritchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello all. I've decided that within the next year (specifically, before September 2005) I would like to move up to AF. This is mainly because I will be in Australia doing some shoots at the World Solar Challenge, where MF didn't quite cut

Re: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-22 Thread Patrick Pritchard
On Monday, March 22, 2004, at 10:18 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Patrick Pritchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've read various reports here on the list of Pentax slowly pulling faster pro grade lenses. What? Who posted that??? Well, it has been since March 16, 2004 since that is when I re-subscribed

Re: Moving to AF: PZ1P or MZ-S? Pentax or Nikon?

2004-03-22 Thread Patrick Pritchard
: Patrick Pritchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello all. I've decided that within the next year (specifically, before September 2005) I would like to move up to AF. This is mainly because I will be in Australia doing some shoots at the World Solar Challenge, where MF didn't quite cut it last time I was out