Mine would be an LX with full range (4sec - 1/2000) mechanical shutter and a
spot meter.
Christian Skofteland
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That's it. That's my perfect camera. Anything I left out?
--Mike
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One point that you did not make, Shel, is that Digital cameras and printers
are disposable
I'll continue to keep the LX and MX in good repair because essentially they
are mechanical marvels with little in the way of electronics. I'm sure you
feel the same about your Leicas, etc. Digital
This morning sucked here in Montgomery County Maryland...
Got up at 3:30am and got the MX and LX ready. Walked around the lake I live
on to a previously scouted location with a clear view of The SE and Leo.
Crisp sparkling morning. Stars were blazing. Saw a dozen or so meteors as
I set up
Thanks! That was truly helpful!
Christian Skofteland
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See:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/meteor.htm
--mike
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I buy all my Velvia and Provia at the local camera store...
Christian Skofteland
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Just a poll:
Where do you buy your film?
Cory Waters
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Thank you, Cesar. I kept the caterpillar on the left because I thought it
gave the photograph a certain sense of depth. Recently I re-scanned this
image with a much better scanner. The detail and eye-popping qualities have
increased ten-times!
Thanks again
Christian Skofteland
and Satan will be buying thermal underwear.
Christian Skofteland
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Cost aside?
I'd put a deposit on the upcoming Uber-Flagship/LX-II that
Pål's predicting
for next year ;-)
(Of course, by then, the
h, The LX is an amazing piece of work. Do I like if for it's retro
feel... I didn't realize it was retro. If you refer to ugly, bloated and
ergonomic as modern then yes I do like the classic look and feel of the
LX I like it because it offers everything I need in a camera for the work
that
Thanks Richard. I too keep the lens close-focused (a Vivitar series 1 105mm
f2.5 macro 1:1) and use my body as the focusing rail. I get a real kick out
of stalking the bugs. Countless times I've been so intent on the bug that
I've stepped in puddles, ponds and lakes! Thank god for gore-tex!
Hey everyone;
Does anyone have a PDF (or otherwise scanned images) of the MX user's manual
and or the brochure?
I have an original LX brochure that I will make available to my fellow
listers as soon as I scan it into a PDF.
Thanks!
Christian Skofteland
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Mike, I can't get lenses long enough! I have my eye on a 600mm f4. I just
need to win the lottery
Christian Skofteland
I never have learned how to use
telephotos.
100mm lenses seem almost impossibly long to me. I once bought
a 180mm and
couldn't figure out anything to shoot with
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Subject: R: MX manual and/or brochure
I could scan my MX user's manual... but it's the Italian
edition. I'm afraid
it could be useful just to three or four PDMLers...
Let me know.
Fabio
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Thanks Richard. I did notice a lot of caterpillar photos on your site!
The Io caterpillars were everywhere in that tree and it was impossible to
get a good head shot of one of them while they were feeding. In the end, I
filled the frame with color and spines and feet! I think the Velveta(sic)
Tom;
That photo is awesome! The eyes and fangs are tack sharp and the legs add
good depth and 3-dimensionality (is that even a word?). The only niggling
issue I would have is the fore-leg that is completely out of focus on the
right.
Christian Skofteland
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From:
Shel;
I got my MX last Monday and was surprised at how solid it felt after reading
the rants from the list members. I was really expecting a flimsy camera
without the positive feel and solidity of the LX. I am already in love with
the mechanical shutter!
Christian Skofteland
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Now for the gravity-defying question: Was it climbing up the wall or going
down? ;^)
Christian Skofteland
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BTW, he's clinging to a vertical wall.
tv
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Your comments were a bit patronizing but if everyone agreed with everyone
else this list would be quite boring!
But it is my PREFERENCE to push the little lever-thingy and judge for myself
if I like the effect. And lack of DOF is where I am going here I guess.
How fuzzy is the background
The LED's are supposed to flash to indicate low battery Where you on
Automatic or was the dial on 1?
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Insect are some of my favorite subjects. So far 1x is all I've been doing
in the field. I am going to attempt some 2x when I get some issues worked
out. I'd be really interested in seeing the 7x aphid shot!
Christian Skofteland
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From: Patrick White
just got my MX today. Maybe the listers remember seeing it on E-Bay. It
was the one with the Rare MX with the little window in the doghouse and
a viewfinder that you can actually SEE your shutter speed and f stop!
hehehe
anyway, winning bid for above mentioned MX and 50mm f1.7 SMC-M was
Thanks Bill. I'd seen this when I was going through past PUGs nice shot.
I love the goofy idea!
Christian Skofteland
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Here is a close up of a computer screen..
http://pug.komkon.org/01feb/pixels.html
William
not). If you ever find film or cassettes for
yours, lemme know
where. I may need to exploit the same source.
thanks,
frank
Skofteland, Christian wrote:
I have a Minolta 16 QT that I've used in the past. I just
need to get film
for it which is a nightmare.
Christian Skofteland
, 22 Oct 2001, Skofteland, Christian wrote:
Which K-series body provides a full mechanical shutter
speed range (1sec -
1/1000 ) DOF preview, interchangeable focusing screens and a decent
motor/winder?
I think you're misreading what I'm saying. I'm not saying
that the MX is
a bad
Don't start that again When I first joined the list a few months ago
there was a lot of angry messages flying around about what is acceptable and
what is not.
Christian Skofteland
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Which reminds me ... when
I do! Try taking close-ups of bugs and flowers and such without DOF
preview
Christian Skofteland
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Who needs DOF, K,M, A lenses have easy to read scales. ; ).
And one touch
zooms have those crazy lines.
ok, how about heated?
Christian Skofteland
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Perhaps angry s far to strong a word to describe the discussion at
that time.
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looking through the archives, wasn't self portrait a PUG theme at one
point?
Christian Skofteland
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Subject: Re: Our Faces
I never thought it in a
I have a Minolta 16 QT that I've used in the past. I just need to get film
for it which is a nightmare.
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Chris;
Which K-series body provides a full mechanical shutter speed range (1sec -
1/1000 ) DOF preview, interchangeable focusing screens and a decent
motor/winder?
I just bought an MX on ebay for half of what I normally see them go for.
I'll let you know how it is when i get it later this week.
It was mentioned earlier but died a quick death.
Christian Skofteland
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I don't think I've seen this mentioned on this list, but I
thought some
of you might be interested (or at least dumbfounded).
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Picked up my FA* 600/4.0 one week ago my Wimberly head came in the
mail yesterday. I just finished setting them up. My
expression is Too
Cool. The Winberly head is fantastic, I can not imagine any head
working
To add further fuel to the fire of Digital Imaging vs. Real Photography
I submit my latest experience.
I normally scan my slides on a CrappyScan(tm) flatbed scanner so that I can
post photographs (images?) on the web. 99% of my slides are Fuji Velvia
which gives me the vibrant colors, fine
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Yeah, I've taken up cave painting. There's something very rewarding
about using alder branches to apply freshly ground and mixed ochre to
the rough walls of a cave. I've had the power company disconnect the
Skofteland, Christian wrote:
You are going to jump on a fish to hunt a pig
--
Shel Belinkoff
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From: Mick Maguire [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
My two cents worth: In a recent edition of Outdoor
Photographer there was a
pro landscape photographer (sorry I don't remember his name)
who used a
digital camera to compose / try shots before getting all his
see http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/wingding.htm
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From: Norman Baugher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 11:16 AM
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Subject: Re: This is too weird
I think
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From: Mark D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Okay, I know
the photo.net geeks all recommend the Arca Swiss head and
Really Right Stuff
plate combo. Yes, it's is an awesome way to go but that's out
of my price
range.
I'm considering the Bogen 3055 (heavy duty
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From: David A. Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
The down side is that when I went to Magnum Mac to pick up
my tablet the
other day I looked at the prices. A good G4 box is not for
the faint-hearted, at
least until the G5 comes out. And that titanium
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Please pass this on if you wish. A formal request from
NASA: 10:30 EASTERN
TIME 9:30 Central, 8:30 Mountain, 7:30 Pacific NASA has
asked that
everyone step out on their lawns tonight at 10:30 and light
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From: dave o'brien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Jeez, this is a list of photographers and no-one thought that maybe
some candles couldn't actually drown out city lights?
Are these candles? g
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg
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From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
I didn't mean to sound harsh. There should have been a smiley of
sorts after the phrase you quoted above, but it got lost in this
new-fangled computer technology. However, I was quite serious about
the history of
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The legacy continues...
Windows XP: Breaking Things
Stephen Manes, Forbes Magazine, 10.01.01, 12:00 AM ET
I'll stick with Linux thank you.
Christian Skofteland
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From: David A. Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Christian Skofteland writes:
I'll stick with Linux thank you.
What an interesting article. It pretty much confirmed my
suspicions. I
reckon that if Win XP was any good they wouldn't need to
spend the
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From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
To me, pixels have no character, and digital images all have a
sameness about them. Hell, digital isn't even called photography by
most people - it's imaging, and the results are images, not
photographs. It's a
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Hi,
Here is my picture of the week.
I was on holidays last week so i didnt post week 6 on the
list, but its
there.
As usual comments are welcomed.
Beautiful!
Christian Skofteland
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And almost all the *real* motorsports pros there had 600/f4.0 or
bigger lenses over one shoulder, so I guess small lightweight bodies
don't mean much in those circles.
Me, I didn't have a track pass and was reduced
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Skofteland, Christian wrote:
except that most of the world writes dates as dd/mm/yy
which would make it
11/09/01
I think Christian meant that the '911' meaning is incidental to the
other meanings based
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I don't know about cotty but I do after each and every shot!
Christian Skofteland
Trouble is - with the drive attached, it's all over in a few
seconds...
Ouch.
I'm much slower I don't have the drive
you know, after I posted that I saw the second meaning and just about died!
Christian Skofteland
Are you SURE you want to be known for not having the drive
I'm much slower I don't have the drive
you know, after I posted that I saw the second meaning and just about died!
Jody;
Congratulations! I got my LX a few months ago and still gaze at it lovingly
(My wife thinks I'm nuts but what would she know she's an Aussie!).
To answer your questions:
1. The multi-function lever performs three functions: mirror lockup when the
button is depressed and the lever is
I use slide film almost exclusively and 99% of that is Fuji Velvia. Just a
few months ago I got my LX and since them I've pumped an average of one roll
a week through it. Granted this is not a lot of film but I only get the
weekends to get outdoors. I'm not pleased with the slow service of my
I live in DC. Trust me there are a large number of Embassies here.
Massachusetts Ave. is called Embassy Row. On top of that many large US
cities have consulates.
Christian Skofteland
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I'm confused, I seem to
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It didn't happen in the rest of the world. It happened
here. The rest of
the world will soon forget; we shall not.
I don't need a gimmick like 911 to remember this. I have family and
friends in both
the pentagon and the state department.
Christian Skofteland
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Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:07 AM
To: Amita Guha
Cc: Amita Guha
Subject: Re: World Trade Center burning
Amita, is there more? There are
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Personal photography homepage at
http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
A Leica! No Pentax for you!
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From: John Coyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Hey Christian, don't start this one again - we had a long
series on this just
recently!
However, I might just remind you that the English language
originated in
England (not the Americas), and that part of it's
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Well I, for one, can lay my hands on CDs I purchased more
than ten years ago
in a few seconds whereas, I couldn't find my negatives from
that timeframe
in a week. The CDs work no problem but the
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What's not interesting about naked college girls? ;^)
They are so young, so lacking in experience. They become much more
interesting a few year later -- naked or clothed.
Bob
good point
Christian Skofteland
Ok, I've been working for a managed data hosting provider for a year now
and finally got my website going today! Give me a break, I work on customer
servers all day long and have no desire to deal with mine.
So here it is: http://www.skofteland.net/christian.htm
, CA
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From: Skofteland, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:17 PM
Subject: RE: Slides vs. digital
Maybe my problem with this thread is that some people are saying words
like
go the way of lasts or survives.
I don't
If it's not Jar-Jar it will be some other lame character
Christian Skofteland
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From: David A. Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 4:29 PM
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Even if the
I'd consider buying a Pentax K-mount (as long as it takes my manual focus
lenses!) digital camera. But only as a snap-shooter. It would never
replace my LX and Velvia for nature photography.
Christian Skofteland
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according to:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/thepentaxlx.html#AccessoriesFindermo
delsanddetails
the magnification is 0.9
The original LX brochure states 95% horizontal and 98% vertical.
hope this helps.
Christian Skofteland
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Shel Belinkoff wrote:
The LX allows the use of a grip without
having to attach a winder, unlike the MX or ME-S.
When I received my LX it had the Grip-B which I removed (along with the
strap) as an ungainly eye-sore. Well, I didn't want to lose it so after
playing with the
William Robb wrote :
What I find really stupid is all the talk about film being
replaced by digital.
Which was the point I was making in the first place! Granted I did not use
the words stupid or moronic because I'm new to this forum and didn't
want to offend anyone. ;^)
Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
Every two or three years the club membership turns over. All they
do is a bunch still-life shots of fruit baskets and a few nudes of
that college girl.
Nothing really intersting.
What's not interesting about naked college girls? ;^)
Christian
I'm new to Pentax bodies having used crappy Ricoh's until I bought an LX
recently. Therefore I have non-Pentax lenses. Yes, I plan to buy Pentax
lenses as soon as the budget allows but in the meantime I will get by with
my off-brand lenses. Incidentally I have a Vivitar Series 1 105mm Macro
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Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 5:36 AM
Subject: RE: Vivitar Series 1 lens?
Why not a fixed focal length around 24mm? I have a Vivitar (non-Series 1)
24mm that is excellent and inexpensive.
Christian
Which
then that I can
remove a winder and the autofocus drive and associated weight? (Gotta be
able to drop down to a light weight here.) Is CW IDM metering really
available? Tell me all about it!
Regards,
Bob...
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sounds like an F5...
From: Bob Blakely
I believe even THAT digital wizardry is put on film before we watch it at
the theater
Christian Skofteland
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From: Lewis, Gerald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 10:30 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Slides vs digital
Think of
It doesn't mean I have to like it
I will be the last holdout, many, many, years from now with my manual focus
LX and slide film while EVERYONE around me is shooting digital
My original point was that digital photography is not and never will be a
REPLACEMENT for film. It is just
I'd like to see what Pentax comes up with. I won't rush out to buy it
because I'm sure it will be very expensive.
Also, with all those features it would have to be bigger than expected. I
would think of it as comparing the F3 to the LX. Therefore the modern
counterpart to the F3 being the F5
or stick with film! :-)
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pictures. In fact,
my September PUG, which I shot just a few weeks ago, was a product of my
Spotmatic F and SMC Tak 85/1.8. But the LX gets a workout almost every day.
Paul
Skofteland, Christian wrote:
I think my LX is in great condition. For what I paid (much below others
I've seen) it looks
perhaps not flying monkeys but there are some big-a** bats in Sydney!
Have you been to 'stralia? It IS another dimension!
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I've got a 100 F2.5 Vivitar Series 1 macro which focuses to 1:1. Talk about
an amazing lens! It has become my work horse for nature closeups. I know
that KEH had one just like it at twice the price I paid on gulp eBay. My
next lens has to be a 300 or 400 telephoto. Know any good relatively
oops! I meant 105mm
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That's really scary. I browse eBay on a regular basis looking for deals on
cameras and lenses and put bids on items all the time. I'm very happy with
the few items I've won but every time I place a bid I wonder if I'm going to
be ripped off.
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You guys are starting to worry me!
I just bought my first LX and have put only a few rolls through it so far.
How much life can I expect from this camera? Let's put it this way: I don't
intend to replace it! And honestly, for my application
(nature/wildlife/landscape), I see no reason to own
Have you tried mail order from the US? A quick check at BH
www.bhphotovideo.com reveals Kodak Gold 400 ASA 110 film at US$2.99. It
appears that there are other speeds/manufactures available. 110 is READILY
available in the US at every supermarket/discount store and is still
produced in
I've
recently acquired an LX and share your views. I was looking at Nikon F3's
but decided to find an equivalent camera that would fit my K-mount lenses.
I have never seen a better full-system camera than the
LX!
"1. With a grip attached, what do LXers do to
attach a strap - and *don't*
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