I think the silliness Todd was referring to was the suggestion that a seller
after advertising a price is obliged to sell at that price. A view
previously claimed by myself amongst others.
Say your employer asked you to move home to a new posting. You advertise
your home for sale. A few weeks
Mark Roberts wrote:
Here's the method that's worked for me:
Disassemble the lens (how's that for an oversimplified step 1?)
Remove the element(s) etc.
On a similar note - I have a 35-70 AF zoom from my SFXn which shows what I
would describe a small bubbles just behind the front element.
Rodger -
Would you like to come to my study and help me find the screw that fell from
my M42 - PK adapter the other day.
Peter
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Tom Rittenhouse wrote:
I've always translated that to best acceptable offer.
IMHO, a seller has no requirement to accept any offer, even
a full price one until he says sold.
Tom
I think that a full price offer completes a morally if not legally binding
contract. The only out the seller
Are
you really willing to pay that much for a two way cable with a mini jack on one
end and a switch on the other? At least that's what it is on my compatible
(Jessops) winder. Maybe the real McCoy Pentax winder is different?
If not the components should be very easily obtainable from an
Lets not drift into MZ-S vs. FM3A. They are totally different animals.
Peter
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Herbet Brasileiro wrote:
Yeah, right. What's the difference from an LX with
limited lens on?
You can buy it NEW.
Peter
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uot;I think the
comments were made in jest." I've gotta get control of my fingers. How
in the world did I type "large" instead of "jest?" I better have another
cup of coffee.
Paul
Peter Smith wrote:
Cyril wrote:
I am, however, saddened that some have t
The wildlife won't be fooled. (except maybe Ostriches)
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Are there anyone with experience with the small
Hi Rebecca and welcome to the group - beware though it can sometimes get a
little heated. And don't post any pictures of yourself unless you want gifts
on a regular basis - ask Tanya.
Just a little tip - People on this list prefer plain text messages but are
too polite except me to say so.
Aaron Reynolds wrote:
I have too many friends who don't ask for enough up front for weddings
and the like, and then when faced with demands from the client for cheap
prints or the like ("Twelve dollars for an 8x10? I can get one done at
Wal-Mart for six!"), they find themselves not making
Martin Carro wrote:
Hi Peter, Let's see. You can assign Memory #1 to Supra 100, so
you write #1 in your Supra 100 roll.
Ok so before unloading your Supra 100 you note the frame counter and write
that on the film canister instead.
Then you have another roll, for example Tri-X, and
that goes
Thanks Tanya
So the following Vivitar lenses will not mount on AF Pentax bodies later
than the SF series.
One is the Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm F3.5 macro with 67mm Filter thread.
One is the Vivitar Series 1 28mm f2 prime labelled "Auto Wide-Angle".
Anyone else got any to add?
BTW someone was
Nis won Paul. Is xat rili Mark Twain's ritin?
Peter
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See also Mark Twain's
I recently followed an "about me" link on ebay which I found amusing - link
below if you want to see the whole thing (scroll to the bottom for the funny
bit) and extract below to save you the trouble.
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/foto/
extract:
I charge a 10% eBay stupidity surcharge to
I think Raimo was saying that having to write down the film number is the
useless feature - you can just as easily write down the first unexposed
frame number. Also in the quotes someone posted about the Minolta Dynax I
saw nothing that suggested that the camera remembers which frame to go to as
Bob Walkden wrote:
It's obvious that a standardised spelling can never accurately reflect
pronunciation, since pronunciation changes over time and in space. This
seems particularly true of English.
and what followed was very educational.
Thanks Bob - but this extract from an EU white paper
David J Brooks wrote:
I found and purchased a used SF-1 today
snip
It came with sf-10 manual but looks like the cameras work just about the
same.
snip
All help appreciated
David
Maybe we can be mutually helpful. I have an SFXn (SF1n) with manual and a
SF7 (SF10) without. If you are
James Adams wrote:
Hi Tanya,
Sorry to hear about your Ebay transaction vs.
Vivitar Series 1 lens (28-90/2.8-3.5 macro)
I'm a bit wary about bidding for anything on Ebay, but maybe it's the Scot
in me. There are a number of shady characters out there, unfortunately a
number of people have
"ridge" to protect the aperature lever. Just my two cents
worth...ignore if
this has already been mentioned.
ThanX
Darren S.
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My hand is raised too but I don't think a camera without a built in flash
would sell in the popular market place. Perhaps a better solution would be
to move the RTF away from the viewfinder. I recently read that the MZ has a
"penta-mirror" not a pentaprism. Is that the cause of the poor
Sent: 05 April 2001 21:15
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Subject: Re: Vivitar Series 1 28mm/f2
"Peter Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There is a large black ridge around the diaphragm control lever on
the back of the [Vivitar Series 1 70-210] that is much bigger on my
Series 1 than
I often wonder what the origins of the "obscure" lens brands were. Many
come with "Store" specific brand names and you can bet that they were all
made by a common manufacturer somewhere in the far east. Some may even be
clones of better known brands. I wonder if anyone out there has ever tried
Paul Stregevsky asked:
The 70-210 f/3.5 that used 67mm filter was the earlier version, and was
made by Kiron, starting in 1982. The 70-210 f/3.5 that used 62mm filters
was the later version and was made by Tokina, starting in 1974. Which
version poses the problem?
Paul
I can only speak for
That's propagandised :)
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You're truly correct. We're just a bunch of
[EMAIL PROTECTED] asks:
why don't you pronounce "plough" pluff?
To quote a song I say:
You say "tomato" and we say "tomato"
You say "potato" and we say "potato"
Tomato Tomato Potato Potato
I'm sorry I dont see the problem here (_8(|) DOH!!
Peter
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OK none of your message in my response but here it is:
Paul, from the tone of your post I don't think you have actually stopped
waiting or completed anything. You still have an enormous wish list.
Just the way I read it :). You are not alone, I have a bag full of
compromise purchases too.
Is it the same as the ME Super? The one on the back vibrates with the
motion of film being advanced. It is a film loaded indicator and doesn't
move if there is no film loaded. IMHO they are both pretty useless because
you can get the info by trying the film advance lever (shutter cocked or
Kinda cute ? Downright dumb more like. (Excuse the (non)English). The
guy opens the back with a film still loaded (Ok anyone could do it). But
then apologises that the bidder may have lost some picture taking ability
and asks for the bidder to send him back the processed results. As if
I've been in several times and made bids but anyone noticed this:
Ever since we changed the clock to summertime the search results are 1 hour
out. i.e. an item showing 5 minutes left on the search results screen has
actually got 1 hour and 5 minutes to run when you go to the auction page.
(maybe
Jody wrote:
The Spotmatic has a few things I took for granted that my MZ-30
doesn't have.
snip
3. I love the feel of the leather half-case in my
hands.
snip
Please help.
Jody.
I may be able to help you get a similar case for your MZ30 (or other MZ).
My MZ50 (stolen recently) had a Pentax
Jody wrote:
I like to take good photos, not crappy touristy shots.
Fair enough
Also I like maximum control over my settings. That is
why I use an SLR. I am glad some people still agree
with me that you can't beat SLR.
I agree that at present SLRs from the big 4 (5?) manufacturers give
These on UK ebay
24mm Lens hood
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1225293195
S accessory meter
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1225273974
Peter
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There was a recent TV documentary about the quest to send a manned flight to
Mars. The astronaut once outside the Earths atmosphere is unprotected from
Solar and other stellar radiation so the time exposed is a big issue.
Experienced astronauts talked about "seeing" radiation flashes probably
"Robertson, Alastair" wrote:
does anyone know whether Kirk or somebody else makes a Swiss arca style
plate for the super program. Their website says that they make
one for MX/LX
and another for PZ-1p
For those of us without the knowledge - What's a Swiss arca style plate ???
Dan Scott wrote:
snip
The upside is that WalMart doesn't charge for prints you don't like, even
if it is the whole roll.
snip
Really? Cant see that happening this side of the pond.
Peter
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I regularly use a Cokin polarising filter to get some detail into the dreary
grey skies we regularly have in the UK.
I also occasionally use screw on No1 close up on a 50mm just to give a
little extra near focus.
Peter
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Scotland or Oz?
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hi
I will be in Perth sometime late next month for a few days and
was wondering
where I might
Mark Cassino wrote:
There has long been a rumor that F and FA lenses transmit subject
distance to the camera body in the Pz and newer series (I'm not
sure about the SF series.) If so, I've never seen
any real point to that except in use of flash.
Isnt the subject distance info useful when
Jens wrote
Here goes:
I know a good reason for choosing Pentax. Some Pentax cameras are very
beautiful designed (MZ-3 with limited lens!) and they are simple
to use (PS
ability) if you don't know anything about photography. I have met girls
whith a camera, who didn't know anything about
But by the same token we need more money to pursue our obsession. :(
Peter
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Subject: Re: What you hate to see on ebay
A big price
Todd Tanya,
Yes I am confused too. As I said in an earlier post I used to own a Tamron
135 2.5 close focus (Stolen 3 yrs ago). But IIRC mine had an A setting on
the aperture ring. And I thought thats what the A in PKA mount stood for.
Not so in this case it seems.
OK so the original
This is a copy of a post from a few weeks ago - I re-send it because it is
relevent to what Todd was saying to Tania about using K mount lenses on an
MZ50. Note this is by Erwin Vereecken not myself. I think it's quite
clever though.
Peter
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I received the Snow white story too - but I recognised it and deleted it
without opening the attachment. It may have come from someone on the list
so watch out.
This is not a critiscism of anyone, the sender of the virus is probably
totally unaware of it.
Peter
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I sympathise Tanya it must hurt - but look on the bright side - the two
irreplaceable babies are safe. One day you will replace the third. How's
your insurance?
Peter
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I looked at a P30t some time ago. It's nice but the reason I rejected it is
that there is no manual film speed setting and no exposure compensation so
you have to use DX coded film. OK if thats your intention but at the time I
was bulk loading film into my own cassettes. I think that the P30n
I think you mis-understood something here Bob.
The "All-blacks" see http://www.nzrugby.co.nz/ are the NZ national rugby
football team and I dont think that Rfsindg intended anything racist in his
or her post. Thats the way I read it anyway.
Peter
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Shel said:
I've too many ME Supers
Does not compute. Does not compute. Aargh!!
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Chris Brogden wrote:
Not to mention a battery drainer. If you want to see annoying, check out
the AF assist on the MZ-30 and MZ-7. It's a strobe flash. I can almost
hear the batteries being sucked dry. :)
What evidence do you have for this Chris? In my experience as a user I find
that
I have an ME super which gives me problems only if I switch it off. The
LEDs flicker (different pattern to the low battery flicker) and I get
occasional mechanical shutter (125th) rather than the indicated speed.
Problem goes away if I leave it switched on all the time (even in bag) and
I've
John
If you dont want to set up a web site but just want to share your pictures
on the web then these people will let you store up to 50Mb of photos for
free. You could always do multiple registrations if that werent enough -
but I didnt suggest that did I.
I've used BidPay http://www.bidpay.com/ a few times. I live in UK and most
auctions are US or Canadian. The advantage is that you pay by credit card
which is the easiest way of doing currency conversions. The seller gets
notified direct from BidPay that a money order is on its way so they can
Are you trying to make a pinhole Camera? If so you dont place the pinhole
in front of the lens you REPLACE the lens completely - so it should be
mounted in a (Black) body cap not a lens cap.
I may have got hold of the wrong end of the stick here so if so ignore what
follows.
The small hole
Noticed Power winder covers for ME ME Super MG etc too.
Peter
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Pentax Service tells me Spotmatic
Try this one if you are bored - Bargain **ntax
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1217647209
Even has an "optical" lens.
Peter
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WHY ALL EBAY SELLINGS IN CAPIFALS AND SPELING CANT?
Just an observation.
Peter
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Bruce Ferguson wrote:
Leaving the lens on the A setting every time you want to use the camera
manually
seems a pointless waste of having an aperture ring in the first place.
snip
But hasn't the Pentax philosophy been to make the lenses compatible across
the range. Remove the aperture ring
Mafud wrote:
*PS folks sure don't think Canon ps cameras equal PENTAX
quality or else
Canon would be the leading PS sales instead of PENTAX.
Pt: "let me know when Canon builds a medium format stable."
I agree Mafud - but isnt the reason that Pentax now dominate that market
because they
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Sent: 27 February 2001 00:48
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Subject: Re: fungus question: Warning !
That's why the LX at -6.5 EV and working (Heerrrmm) at low temp
is great...
I can
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 14:23:59 -0600
From: Ken Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: SMC Takumar 85/1.8 fungus question
This is from Ed Romney's site:
"An equal mixture of household ammonia and medicinal hydrogen peroxide
applied
with a swab removes fungus from the glass of lenses. Mix
This week's Amateur Photographer (UK magazine) forecasts 800 ($1152) for
MZ-S body and 1200 ($1728) with 24-90 f3.5-4.5 zoom.
1 = $1.44 at 27 Feb 2001
Peter
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Really Mafud!!
I think you are doing a good job of being Devil's advocate here.
**Equivelent amount of "photorealistic" paper, ink cartridges and
permanent (light tight) storage facilities?
I dont think anyone prints *all* their images and certainly don't store all
their archives in printed
Mafud wrote:
No more muttered: "It's a PENTAX" when asked by strangers, no
more "I've been thinking of switching" vacillations, no more "brand shame"
But I always was and am proud of my Pentax gear. And (shame) only once ever
thought of switching in the last twenty something years
If thats a Tamrom Adaptall lens then go down to your dealer and buy a KA
mount to replace the K mount adapter. It should then work in the AE
position on your MZ30. Take the body and lens with you to test it at the
store.
Check first that the adapter you already have is a K and not a KA.
Good
Bill Peifer wrote:
It's often impossible to focus your lens at reduced aperture (not enough
light to see the scene
clearly), so you may have to set the aperture wide open in order to focus,
then stop it down to meter and shoot. Someone on the list noted that you
can think of stop-down metering
lens on K mount)
IMHO opinion this lens is nearly
priceless. ; ) Seriously the SMC version
is probably my favorite lens. Feels
great and super sharp every time I use
it I can't believe I picked it and the
SPII up for 19.95.
Evan Hanson
Peter Smith wrote:
So what is this worth
Chris wrote:
AFAIK, all of the Pentax M42 lenses *do* have manual stop do have manual
stop-down. Even the SMC-Taks and Super-Taks (as well as some
Auto-Taks) have a sliding auto/manual switch to stop down the
aperture. You'll need to manually stop down the aperture to meter
properly and
: RE: Screw Mount lens on K mount
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Peter Smith wrote:
Nope - K bodies cannot mechanically stop down any m42 lenses,
it becomes strictly a meter shoot *at aperture* Just like
the Golden Age of Photography :^)
I presume that when you say *at aperture* you
or Japanese language) but
Nihonjin "Sun Land Person" (or Japanese person) does not have the hard g.
BTW Amerikajin American person - Furansujin French person - Furansugo French
Language - Eigo English language.
Peter Smith
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Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1995 Microsoft
Corporation. All rights reserved. (c) Funk Wagnalls Corporation. All
rights reserved.
Peter Smith
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I see various descriptions of Pentax Auto focus lenses in dealers adverts.
Sometimes lenses are describes as Pentax AF sometimes Pentax FA and
sometimes Pentax F.
Do all these tags mean the same thing or does the tag denote something else.
Peter Smith
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But havent you (between you) now created another of these OL,OT or WYW
threads? Thats how it works - people reply to something OT about something
OT ad infinitum. Great fun isn't it?
Peter
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People just gotta stop thinking that Hollywood is real.
Not the point
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Mafud
I agree with emotion of everything you say even if my knowledge of the facts
is incomplete. And perhaps this is not the forum.
It didn't happen exactly that way, but would you have preferred that
America
have stayed out of the war?
No I greatly appreciate the real American contribution
Mafud
I agree with emotion of everything you say even if my knowledge of the facts
is incomplete. And perhaps this is not the forum.
It didn't happen exactly that way, but would you have preferred that
America
have stayed out of the war?
No I greatly appreciate the real American contribution
Erwin Vereecken wrote "re using K mount lenses on MZ50"
If you put your M50 f1.7 on your MZ-50, for more then just one occasional
shot, you could do the following:
Manually select an ISO speed of 2 and 2/3 stops lower then reality (ISO16
for and ISO100film, ISO 32 for a 200film, etc..)
With
Whenever I go take pictures of the Hong Kong city lights, I find
myself sharing the Peak viewing gallery with lots of tourists. The
take a picture of a 600m wide harbour with the flash on their PS and
then look at *me* like I'm an idiot for not having a flash.
Sheesh!
dave
They must be the
No comments but what is the URL of your lens op web site Stan?
Peter
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I recently had a visitor to my Lens Opinion web
I own a Pentax Stereo adapter so can i join the acoustic photography group?
Peter
Manchester, England
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Dan Scott wrote:
Anyone familiar with old, batteryless, exposure meters--specifically
a GE Type DW-68 (made of metal and glass, takes readings with
"cover closed", "cover open", and "hood off")? Were these any good
/very accurate? If so, how would you operate it?
Hi Dan,
I've got a Weston
Dick Graham wrote
The one product digital CANNOT give you is first generation slides, and
every now and then I love to run a few rolls of slide film through my
cameras. There will always be a film camera in my arsenal.
If you use a Computer monitor instead of a projector and screen then isn't
But the RTSIII has 100% coverage and a relatively high-eyepoint finder, and
those things aren't unrelated to magnificaton. Generally, eye relief and/or
higher coverage both make it harder to achieve high magnification, and high
magnification makes it harder to achieve 100% coverage and/or good
Regarding the prototype digital SLR
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0102/01021106pentaxdigitalslr.asp
Why does it have to be so big? We know it cant be a power drive so is that
an enormous battery pack on the bottom?
I think digital will be great when the cameras offer the same creative
options
Somebody was asking about ME super repairers
(sorry I cannot remember who, this nomail option has its disadvantages) -
if
you're looking in the north of England I would recommend these people.
Well I live in the N of England so would find the info useful but I couldn't
find it in your posting.
Wieland Willker wrote:
I am currently thinking about getting a new body.
Me too so if you find out how to do this let me know.
Peter
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Frantisek wrote:
P.S I should have guessed your location from the domain @btinternet.com,
does it mean (gasp!) British Telecom? Do they still suck ;) ?
They blow too because I can both send and receive email :)
Peter
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"I guess it just comes down to something appealing about going out with a
mechanical body, hand-held meter, and two or three primes. I realise it
won't allow me to do anything I can't already do with my plethora of K mount
stuff, but I think it will be a fun and rewarding experience."
When I
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