Re: MX-1 currently on Woot.com for $250

2013-10-19 Thread Zos Xavius
I know. If I had $250 I could waste I'd be grabbing one. I like the MX-1. On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 11:00 AM, John Celio neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com wrote: Woot is a 24-hour deal site, so get 'em while they last: http://www.woot.com/offers/pentax-mx-1-12mp-4x-opt-digital-camera Kinda wish I

Re: main board is bad

2013-10-19 Thread Zos Xavius
If it makes you feel any better my K-5 is sitting at CRIS with a dead sensor and/or bad board. Hoping they fix it under warranty. On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 10:20:44AM -0400, David J Brooks wrote: I feel for ya. I had the bad

Re: The full frame Sony A7 A7R were officially announced last night

2013-10-17 Thread Zos Xavius
I'm kind of underwhelmed with the A7 to be honest. First of all, I hate sony as a company and would only buy a camera from them if they were the last company on earth. Secondly, its downright ugly, not that I would care in the end, but dammit I want to look *good* with my camera on my shoulder.

Re: The full frame Sony A7 A7R were officially announced last night

2013-10-17 Thread Zos Xavius
Who said Pentax wasn't cheaper? :) On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Nikon 58mm/1.4 portrait lens at BH: $1700 Pentax 55mm/1.4 portrait lens at BH: $800 Go Pentax! On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:

Re: The full frame Sony A7 A7R were officially announced last night

2013-10-17 Thread Zos Xavius
BTW, thanks bruce for that link. There's been a lot of debate about performance with wide angles on the A7. Its nice to see a concise explanation on why the angle of incidence affects IQ. On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: Who said Pentax wasn't cheaper

Re: The full frame Sony A7 A7R were officially announced last night

2013-10-17 Thread Zos Xavius
IMO a good lens adapter shouldn't present any real problems with image quality. All you should be adding is air. Yes, I realize that at say F2 you might see sharpness issues at infinity when things aren't perfectly aligned but honestly, who needs perfect corner to corner sharpness or expects that

Re: The full frame Sony A7 A7R were officially announced last night

2013-10-17 Thread Zos Xavius
The comment about the 21mm and color shifts has nothing to do with adapters though and everything to do with how RF lenses are designed and their inherent incompatibility with digital sensors. Leica had to pull off some serious engineering to get a full frame to mostly work with RF glass. The Nex6

Re: I've decided about a camera

2013-10-16 Thread Zos Xavius
Awesome! Hope you like it! I can't wait for mine to get back from CRIS. On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Just placed an order for a new K-5 with Beach Camera. A $100 reward card from ATT for switching to U-verse arrived yesterday and I decided to dive

Re: K3 problem using flash and AA

2013-10-16 Thread Zos Xavius
With the K-5 IIs moire is eliminated as soon as you pass into the diffraction limit which is around f9. From what I can tell around f8 and smaller the benefits of removing the AA filter become negligible. Yes I do realize you eek more resolution out of a filter less sensor even at smaller

Re: OT: Olympus E-M1 - under exposure recovery

2013-10-14 Thread Zos Xavius
That's pretty good shadow recovery for mFT. 4 stops is good. I pulled many k-5 shots up 3 stops and had awesome results. These new sensors are starting to get pretty good in terms of shadow noise. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: K-3 ban on commenting on image quality

2013-10-13 Thread Zos Xavius
I'm wondering the same thing myself. A lot of people are concerned with shadow noise and banding. Its actually pretty normal for companies to prevent people from saving images on preproduction cameras, but I don't know why people aren't allowed to talk about IQ. I'm just patiently waiting for

Re: Oooooooooh. KEH has a big boy lens

2013-10-11 Thread Zos Xavius
excuse me. i need to wipe up some drool. On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: If I had the discretionary income I would discreetly purchase this bad baby: Pentax-A* 300mm f2.8

Re: Officially released

2013-10-08 Thread Zos Xavius
What? No DOF preview?? On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 12:02 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: No tiltable screen, flash sync not improved, no aperture simulator, GPS isn't built in. Pentax is doomed. bill The first line is unnecessary... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: K-3: And here are your OFFICIAL specs

2013-10-07 Thread Zos Xavius
No focus peaking? On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Oh, and BTW - no mention of PRIME III... There is, actually: http://www.us.ricoh-imaging.com/dslr/K-3_#!product-highlights in the section headed

Re: K-3: And here are your OFFICIAL specs

2013-10-07 Thread Zos Xavius
=) YEEE HAW! On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Not mentioned in the specs, but a big question by many ANSWERED: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29329237@N07/10137365063/ Yee-HAW! On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 8:33 AM, P.J. Alling

Re: More leaked specs for the K-3

2013-10-06 Thread Zos Xavius
http://www.pktether.com/ Full tethering with the K-7/K-5/etc is completely available though pk_tether is at best beta quality software. With the K-01/K-30 on they seemed to have changed the firmware enough that this hack no longer works. On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Bruce Walker

Success

2013-10-04 Thread Zos Xavius
I have now rethreaded 2 of the 3 stripped screwholes on my bayonet ring. I will attempt to reform the last one again tonight. Eventually it will take hold. The edges of the frame all seem to have equal sharpness. There is some slight softness in the lower left corner at wide apertures, but that

Re: For trade my istD body for a 100 or 50 mm macro

2013-10-04 Thread Zos Xavius
Well that certainly puts a price on it. LOL On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: On 10/4/2013 11:05, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Ann, do you really want to sell your body for a bit of glass? G the istd body - yes - for my body, I'd have to have a 77 and an

New K-3 Image

2013-10-01 Thread Zos Xavius
Looks legit. Lots of speculation over the bump and larger prism assembly. http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/238387-another-new-image-k-3-a.html No rounded canon look, ala K-50/K-500. In fact I think it looks downright sexy. Time to start dreaming.. -- PDML

Re: Abused lens images (not for the squeamish)

2013-10-01 Thread Zos Xavius
That element is bad, but not bad enough to destroy sharpness. I bet there is certainly some loss in contrast on that lens. Also night shots or anything with point light sources in the frame would be very problematic IMO. On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Abused lens images (not for the squeamish)

2013-10-01 Thread Zos Xavius
BTW, fascinating to hear that the M*300 is so corrected. I expected 1 ED element, not 3. On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: That element is bad, but not bad enough to destroy sharpness. I bet there is certainly some loss in contrast on that lens. Also night

Re: New K-3 Image

2013-10-01 Thread Zos Xavius
shared HAD indeed seen one, to make some of the modifications he made (which appear to be accurate). We should only be a week to 10 days away from the official announcement. I wonder how much mystery will remain when that time comes. On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com

Re: Abused lens images (not for the squeamish)

2013-10-01 Thread Zos Xavius
Migol, taken with the A* 300mm and a K10D. This image is the result of 3 hours of integrated exposure time (stacked shots). http://www.flickr.com/photos/smigol/10015256316/ On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: BTW, fascinating to hear that the M*300 is so

Re: New K-3 Image

2013-10-01 Thread Zos Xavius
A hump rumor Originally posted by moray-eel-bite Okay, so before the reality dampens the rampant speculation: The hump is a wifi receiver and sending unit. This is needed, because the LCD screen is removable and usable as a remote with full depth-of field preview as well as focus peaking.

Re: New K-3 Image

2013-10-01 Thread Zos Xavius
that if WiFi is involved that Ricoh would supply an APP/application for a tablet device, (Phone, iPad/Pod, etc.), or PC/MAC laptop or desktop for remote photography. On 10/1/2013 3:02 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: A hump rumor Originally posted by moray-eel-bite Okay, so before the reality

Re: New K-3 Image

2013-10-01 Thread Zos Xavius
, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 03:02:56PM -0400, Zos Xavius wrote: A hump rumor Originally posted by moray-eel-bite Okay, so before the reality dampens the rampant speculation: The hump is a wifi receiver and sending unit. This is needed, because

Re: New K-3 Image

2013-10-01 Thread Zos Xavius
Can we get over this hump ;) On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 3:43 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: A hump rumor Should have saved it for tomorrow when its.. HUMP DAY ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Zos Xavius

The fun. It never ends.

2013-09-30 Thread Zos Xavius
So it turns out when I fell and bent my A35-105 the other day, I also didn't notice that I damaged my mirror box. I realized it was out of alignment and was hoping the ring was just deformed. Turns out two screws are stripped and the whole box is warped. Damn. Just got this K-7 too. I figure CRIS

Re: The fun. It never ends.

2013-09-30 Thread Zos Xavius
. On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: So it turns out when I fell and bent my A35-105 the other day, I also didn't notice that I damaged my mirror box. I realized it was out of alignment and was hoping the ring was just deformed. Turns out two screws are stripped

Re: Follow-up on Sigma 400/5.6 APO from KEH

2013-09-27 Thread Zos Xavius
Damn I figured it wouldn't last long. That's actually the 300mm I've been wanting for some time. Ah well, more will come around when I have some cash for a change. Stan, Sorry you had to send the 400 back. I guess it was just too good to be true. You did get an awesome reflection shot with it, so

Behold the K-3!

2013-09-26 Thread Zos Xavius
This looks like it could be real http://photorumors.com/2013/09/26/first-picture-of-the-new-pentax-k-3-dslr-camera/ -- 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

Re: Behold the K-3!

2013-09-26 Thread Zos Xavius
it. On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 1:20 PM, John Celio neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: This looks like it could be real http://photorumors.com/2013/09/26/first-picture-of-the-new-pentax-k-3-dslr-camera/ I'm not going

Re: Behold the K-3!

2013-09-26 Thread Zos Xavius
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nfWxVV3SLpI/UkRyhGCADuI/Sgc/0UuYK1ZkO8Y/d/PentaxK-3_02.jpgg It looks real On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: quoting photorumors themselves: I don't think so, digicame-info always posts real stuff, they have

Re: Ricoh what if

2013-09-26 Thread Zos Xavius
oh please. growing from selling 20 cameras to 30 is hardly setting precedent! and their profit margins are insane because they keep ramping prices on their gear. the new noctilux is like $10,000. No wonder they are profitable On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com

Re: Ricoh what if

2013-09-26 Thread Zos Xavius
precedent I meantsent too fast there...I'm just pointing out that their growth rate means nothing when canikon sells hundreds of cameras every day On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: oh please. growing from selling 20 cameras to 30 is hardly setting

Re: Behold the K-3!

2013-09-26 Thread Zos Xavius
/2013 2:05 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: This looks like it could be real http://photorumors.com/2013/09/26/first-picture-of-the-new-pentax-k-3-dslr-camera/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Ricoh what if

2013-09-26 Thread Zos Xavius
From what I understand Leica has operated at a loss or near break even for many years now. Part of their high costs are firstly their high cost of manufacturing. Secondly economies of scale play a major factor. For ever $2000 FF DSLR Canikon sells, they certainly profit less, but then they sell

Re: Ricoh what if

2013-09-25 Thread Zos Xavius
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote: Many pre-digital SLR lenses do work very well indeed. Few to none work as well as lenses which are optimized for digital sensors with respect to measurable lens performance criteria. However, I often use older lenses

Re: Ricoh what if

2013-09-24 Thread Zos Xavius
I personally think (and hope) they go for a mirrorless solution with a super short flange distance that will adapt any other system's full frame lenses. Since they need to create a bunch of new lenses for full frame they might as well start from scratch like sony did with e-mount. Being able to

Re: Ricoh what if

2013-09-24 Thread Zos Xavius
jumped ship a long time ago. Now the market is the people that *think* they need FF (and probably don't). On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: I personally think (and hope) they go for a mirrorless solution with a super short flange distance that will adapt any

Re: You didn't hear it from me...

2013-09-23 Thread Zos Xavius
, Zos Xavius wrote: 33% more resolution and no AA filter? That's a big step up from the k-5 on paper. We shall have to see what noise and DR looks like. On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 1:22 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com

Re: You didn't hear it from me...

2013-09-22 Thread Zos Xavius
http://ricehigh.blogspot.com/2013/09/latest-k-3-technical-details-from-my.html It sounds like an announcement is right around the corner. Photorumors source says 20mp. Rice High's source says 24mp. I'm gonna take a wild shot and bet on 24mp as 20mp is not competitive with the D7100. On Sun, Sep

Re: Anyone have the Pentax X-5? or Q7?

2013-09-22 Thread Zos Xavius
Look at some 100% samples from the X-5. I've owned some bridge cameras and the panny ones were always the best IMO with support for RAW and great lenses. The X-5 samples look pretty awful full size. Everything looks like watercolors in a bad way. You could do a whole lot better for the price. I

Re: You didn't hear it from me...

2013-09-22 Thread Zos Xavius
33% more resolution and no AA filter? That's a big step up from the k-5 on paper. We shall have to see what noise and DR looks like. On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 1:22 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: http

Re: You didn't hear it from me...

2013-09-22 Thread Zos Xavius
There is a rumor the sensor can move around and the camera can combine the resulting shots into a higher MP image as well. How this works with APS-C designed lenses with a tight circle I have no idea, but I guess we shall see if this rumor is correct. On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Zos Xavius

Re: You didn't hear it from me...

2013-09-20 Thread Zos Xavius
3030 On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 9:57 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: 2525 On 9/20/2013 7:09 AM, Jack Davis wrote: What year? - Original Message - From: Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com To: PDML@pdml.net PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 2:12 AM

Re: You'd think I would have learned by now

2013-09-20 Thread Zos Xavius
Count me in on the envious list... :P On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 01:14:31PM -0400, John wrote: ... to stay out of Music Stores and Camera Stores. Decided to stop by one of my local independent camera shops on the way home from

Re: You didn't hear it from me...

2013-09-20 Thread Zos Xavius
I predict that in keeping with the current fascination with retro gear the K-3 will be a full frame LX digital with an EVF and a 36mp sensor. Now *that* would be a camera to get excited over. Ok, maybe not. I still predict that Pentax will try to introduce a mirrorless FF system and that K-mount

Re: Free DXO Filmpack 3 Essential Edition

2013-09-19 Thread Zos Xavius
Thanks! I wanted to try this and compare with silver efex! On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: DxO in combination with SONY is offering a free license for their FilmPack 3 Essential software. You need to supply your email address and they will email you an

Re: K-30 vs K-50 vs....?

2013-09-19 Thread Zos Xavius
I agree entirely Bipin. I don't think there is a single thing that is different from the K-30 to the K-50 outside of the change in body shape. That the buttons on the back are all in the same exact place tells me that the K-50 is just a K-30 in sheep's clothing. I think its great that Pentax at

Re: Moon shots with Ugly Sigma 400/5.6 APO

2013-09-18 Thread Zos Xavius
So the lens marked ugly only had a scuff on the barrel? Really?! Nothing wrong with the glass? Ugh. I almost considered going for it considering Keh's generous return policy but then I had to go and break my A35-105/3.5. I did get a very nice replacement a few days later from a kind member of

Re: PESO Gold in that there dome

2013-09-17 Thread Zos Xavius
Really nice composition and detail. I wouldn't do a thing differently. :) On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Took a tour of state capital this weekend. Thought I might share this 1st photo I took. I will post some more soon. CC etc.

Re: Free Tamron eBooklet on nighttime shooting

2013-09-17 Thread Zos Xavius
I must correct that actually. There are at least three. The current Tamron 18-270 is in k-mount. You just have to pay the insane price pentax charges to put their label on it. On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Darren Addy

Re: moment of panic, followed by phew - ON topic

2013-09-17 Thread Zos Xavius
Is it the M28? I have the 3.5 and its probably my favoritest lens ever. I've taken more pictures with that than any other and it always delivered when stopped down slightly. My copy sadly has stuck aperture blades. Its sitting in a pile of things to hopefully soon send to eric. On Tue, Sep 17,

Re: Free Tamron eBooklet on nighttime shooting

2013-09-17 Thread Zos Xavius
Wow. Tamron only has 2 current lenses in k-mount? Really? On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Seems like a lot of them are still available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dapsfield-keywords=Tamron%20Pentax On Tue, Sep

Re: Worrying development.

2013-09-16 Thread Zos Xavius
Meh. Flash writes fail every once in a blue moon. Sometimes its just a bad connection to the card and a reseat is all they need. There's a reason all these new cameras have dual slots because everyone has had a card fail at least once or twice on them eventually. On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 11:53 AM,

Re: Lens Adaptors

2013-09-16 Thread Zos Xavius
With the Q7, it seems like you would need a good 42mm viewfinder with the prime. I don't know if they make them with 42mm framelines. On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 2:57 AM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 16/9/13, Bipin Gupta, discombobulated, unleashed: Hello Steve, you are in luck. No

Re: Lens Adaptors

2013-09-16 Thread Zos Xavius
Very good to know. 42 is my favorite focal length. On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote: Voigtländer makes a 40mm FoV optical finder. Godfrey On Sep 16, 2013, at 9:24 AM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: With the Q7, it seems like you would need

Re: My new book: Nature Photography Workshop

2013-09-16 Thread Zos Xavius
I took a look. Very nice. There are some very lovely pictures there indeed. On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: I've published a Blurb book based on the workshop I participated in early last month. Mostly photos I took during (and before and after)

Re: *ist D: Complete step by step conversion to infrared

2013-09-15 Thread Zos Xavius
I've never seen a dslr torn down to the sensor and pcb board before. quite honestly, an ist conversion doesn't look that hard if you take great pains to put everything back together in the same order. that said, I don't think I will be trying this. I guess the ist didn't have shake reduction, so

Re: Lens Adaptors

2013-09-15 Thread Zos Xavius
Here it is mounted on a Q. He posts shots composed with it. They look fairly accurate it he is indicating he did not crop. http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-q/222794-electronic-viewfinder-q.html#post2365239 On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 12:09 AM, Bipin Gupta bip...@gmail.com wrote: Hello

Re: Worrying development.

2013-09-15 Thread Zos Xavius
I'd blame the card a lot sooner than the camera. I've had my k-5 indicate that file could not be written before. I forget the error. Card write error perhaps? I popped the card out and popped it back in. The file came up corrupt of course in lightroom. I usually take 2-3 shots anyways just in

You don't see this lens for sale all that often...

2013-09-15 Thread Zos Xavius
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/photographic-equipment-sale/237124-sale-pentax-fa-250-600-5-6-a.html -- 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: OT: xkcd hits the nail on the head!

2013-09-13 Thread Zos Xavius
+2 On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Exactly From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 6:01 AM Subject: OT: xkcd hits the nail on the head!

Semi-OT: Vivitar 272

2013-09-12 Thread Zos Xavius
My friend that sold me the AF28T Flash that died three weeks later felt bad and brought me down a Vivitar 272. It takes 2 9v batteries. =) It looks like trigger voltage is somewhere between 150v and 290v according to various sources. Therefore it is certainly not safe for the hotshoe. Reading

Re: Why is this 400mm going for so cheap?

2013-09-12 Thread Zos Xavius
, Zos Xavius wrote: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/photographic-equipment-sale/236840-sale-pentax-67-400mm-f4.html Of courseno automation...larger...heavier...but faster at least. :) On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Doug Franklin do...@nutdriver.org wrote: On 2013-09-12 1:37, Zos

Re: Why is this 400mm going for so cheap?

2013-09-12 Thread Zos Xavius
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/photographic-equipment-sale/236840-sale-pentax-67-400mm-f4.html Of courseno automation...larger...heavier...but faster at least. :) On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Doug Franklin do...@nutdriver.org wrote: On 2013-09-12 1:37, Zos Xavius wrote: Oh, I

Re: Semi-OT: Vivitar 272

2013-09-12 Thread Zos Xavius
at 3:25 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: My friend that sold me the AF28T Flash that died three weeks later felt bad and brought me down a Vivitar 272. It takes 2 9v batteries. =) It looks like trigger voltage is somewhere between 150v and 290v according to various sources. Therefore

Re: The fun. It just keeps on happening for me too.

2013-09-11 Thread Zos Xavius
, at 11:30 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: Was running to catch a bus. My tripod swung around and got caught in between my legs. Down I went tumbling with the camera slamming into the asphalt. I had my A35-105/3.5 mounted. Its now bent beyond usability. Majorly bummed. The body

Re: The fun. It just keeps on happening for me too.

2013-09-11 Thread Zos Xavius
And just like that someone from pentaxforums messages me with a good copy for a very good price. Waiting to see some pictures of it. :) -- 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

Re: The fun. It just keeps on happening for me too.

2013-09-11 Thread Zos Xavius
:30 AM, Zos Xavius wrote: Was running to catch a bus. My tripod swung around and got caught in between my legs. Down I went tumbling with the camera slamming into the asphalt. I had my A35-105/3.5 mounted. Its now bent beyond usability. Majorly bummed. The body on the camera is surprisingly

Why is this 400mm going for so cheap?

2013-09-11 Thread Zos Xavius
They average $1500 used usually. $90 seems like quite the steal, ugly condition or not. http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Manual-Focus-Non-Mfg-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-PK080090382060?r=FE -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: The fun. It just keeps on happening for me too.

2013-09-11 Thread Zos Xavius
I keep considering the A 28-135, but then look at the reviews on PF and decide against it. It looks pretty badass though. On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: I considered the F 35-105s pretty hard. I decided that I didn't want to give up the f3.5 constant

Re: Why is this 400mm going for so cheap?

2013-09-11 Thread Zos Xavius
, Zos Xavius wrote: They average $1500 used usually. $90 seems like quite the steal, ugly condition or not. http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Manual-Focus-Non-Mfg-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-PK080090382060?r=FE -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

Re: Why is this 400mm going for so cheap?

2013-09-11 Thread Zos Xavius
, fungus and/or haze which will affect picture quality.* which will affect picture quality says it all for me. It's not might affect picture quality, it's *WILL* affect picture quality. If KEH says it's only worth $90, I'll take their word for it. On 9/11/2013 3:37 PM, Zos Xavius wrote

Re: Which second party camera system do you like? Mini-survey

2013-09-10 Thread Zos Xavius
Who knows. My guess is that its the same sensor with a new image processing engine. On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:54 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 9/9/2013 11:50 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: Yuh. k-7 and k20D have the same sensor. A samsung sensor. Its true there is no standard for aps

The fun. It just keeps on happening for me too.

2013-09-10 Thread Zos Xavius
Was running to catch a bus. My tripod swung around and got caught in between my legs. Down I went tumbling with the camera slamming into the asphalt. I had my A35-105/3.5 mounted. Its now bent beyond usability. Majorly bummed. The body on the camera is surprisingly unharmed. I am now with no good

Re: Normal Full Frame Zoom

2013-09-09 Thread Zos Xavius
A35-105/3.5. I haven't taken it off my camera at all lately. Razor sharp at even f3.5. Stop down and it gets so sharp it will cut you. I like this lens so much I'm going to track down a minty copy soon. Mine has some slop in the focusing, but I've been more than ok with fighting the focus when I

Re: first impressions, mac mini quad core

2013-09-09 Thread Zos Xavius
I haven't used thunderbolt, but find USB3 to be very fast. I routinely get 50mb/s with a slow 5400rpm external drive. A massive improvement over USB2 indeed. On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 06:12:06PM +1200, David Mann wrote: On Sep 9,

Re: Which second party camera system do you like? Mini-survey

2013-09-09 Thread Zos Xavius
was released the sensor was reported to be the same as the K-20D. I could be wrong in the particular. However there is no generally accepted standard specification for the dimensions of APS-C sensors. On 9/8/2013 8:31 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: Hmmmaccording to dxomark: K-7 - 23.4x15.6mm K

Re: Which second party camera system do you like? Mini-survey

2013-09-08 Thread Zos Xavius
Correct me if I am totally wrong, but isn't the k-7 sensor size the same as sony sensors with a 1.5x crop? Canon is the only oddball I know of with their slightly smaller 1.6x crop sensor. OkI just googled it. The difference is .1mm horizontally between the k-7 and k-5. Not enough to even

Re: Which second party camera system do you like? Mini-survey

2013-09-08 Thread Zos Xavius
movies. On 9/8/2013 7:11 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: Correct me if I am totally wrong, but isn't the k-7 sensor size the same as sony sensors with a 1.5x crop? Canon is the only oddball I know of with their slightly smaller 1.6x crop sensor. OkI just googled it. The difference is .1mm

Re: Which second party camera system do you like? Mini-survey

2013-09-08 Thread Zos Xavius
, Zos Xavius wrote: Correct me if I am totally wrong, but isn't the k-7 sensor size the same as sony sensors with a 1.5x crop? Canon is the only oddball I know of with their slightly smaller 1.6x crop sensor. OkI just googled it. The difference is .1mm horizontally between the k-7 and k-5

Re: Which second party camera system do you like? Mini-survey

2013-09-08 Thread Zos Xavius
PS: *ist-d is 3008x2008 pixels...so 2:2.996. You really noticed a difference of .03? On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: Hmmmaccording to dxomark: K-7 - 23.4x15.6mm K-5 - 23.7x15.7mm If those numbers are right, the k-7 is exactly 3:2 while the k-5

Re: More of my Italian core dump: Minimalism

2013-09-06 Thread Zos Xavius
It takes skill. Nice shot. :) On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 05:49:47PM -0700, Marco Alpert wrote: Gorgeous. Yeah, Mark's one of those annoying photographers that can make a photo of a blank wall look good. - Marco On Sep

Fwd: PESO - Crater Lake Pano

2013-09-06 Thread Zos Xavius
Really nice brian! I wish I had a good camera when I was there last. -- Forwarded message -- From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com Date: Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 9:21 AM Subject: Re: PESO - Crater Lake Pano To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net A very beautiful vista and

Re: FS Friday: P/KA Adaptall mount Super Tak 35mm f2.0

2013-09-06 Thread Zos Xavius
Ugh! Why would anyone do that?! :( On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I have a genuine Tamron PK/A Adaptall 2 mount that I will sell for $75 plus shipping. I also have a Super Takumar 1:2/35 that is in MINT condition except for one aspect. The previous

Re: Updated roadmap!

2013-08-30 Thread Zos Xavius
You mean a 12-105 f/2.8? =) On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 2:19 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: On 8/29/2013 2:03 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Wed Aug 28 23:48:20 EDT 2013 Boris Liberman wrote: On 8/28/2013 10:52 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: http://photorumors.com/2013/08/28/updated-pentax-k-mount

Updated roadmap!

2013-08-28 Thread Zos Xavius
http://photorumors.com/2013/08/28/updated-pentax-k-mount-lens-roadmap-published/ Huzzah! -- 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: Updated roadmap!

2013-08-28 Thread Zos Xavius
, that is pretty much exactly the range I need, but since I can't use a flash, I also need faster glass. Unless, of course the replacement for the K-5 can shoot at ISO 25,600 as cleanly as the K-5 does ISO 6400. stan On Aug 28, 2013, at 3:52 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: http://photorumors.com/2013

Re: Updated roadmap!

2013-08-28 Thread Zos Xavius
that Tokina 11-16mm. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: Hoping the tokina 12-28 makes it over. I love my 12-24, but wish it were as good as the 11-16. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 04:04:25PM -0400, Stan

Re: Question for K5/K7 owners

2013-08-26 Thread Zos Xavius
Rob, are you getting unsharp pictures during long exposure with even a RF trigger and tripod?? On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 12:19 AM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: On 26 August 2013 13:37, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: Rob, does your camera take pictures and appear to work

Re: Illustration 3: Auto 110 and its big brothers

2013-08-26 Thread Zos Xavius
+1 for MZ-S! On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 5:46 PM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: The Z1-p or, better, the MZ-S. On 24/08/2013, John Celio neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com wrote: http://jacelio.com/special/Auto-110-03.png John (I might put the ZX-30 in there someday, between the 6x7

Re: Question for K5/K7 owners

2013-08-24 Thread Zos Xavius
Don't worry about the noise. Its the nature of the design. I can assure you that it doesn't cause vibration on the sensor in long exposures from experience. On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks guys, I suspected as much, it's a very poor system

Re: Illustration 3: Auto 110 and its big brothers

2013-08-24 Thread Zos Xavius
I like it. A 645 would be cool. On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: The Rising Sun motif looks rather like the war flag of the Imperial Japanese Army, so it's a bit like putting a swastika in the background... It would soften it up a bit if there were a kind of

Re: Question for K5/K7 owners

2013-08-23 Thread Zos Xavius
Its the SR. Don't worry the slightest about it! Even with SR off it still has to lock the sensor in place. On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: I'm interested if your camera makes

Re: Question for K5/K7 owners

2013-08-23 Thread Zos Xavius
My k-5 has noticeably louder SR than the k-7. Who knows why. On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: Its the SR. Don't worry the slightest about it! Even with SR off it still has to lock the sensor in place. On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Matthew Hunt m

Re: Giving up on Pentax (probably)

2013-08-22 Thread Zos Xavius
Does the tokina variations of these lenses have SDM like the 50-135? If it were me I would just use the screw drive. SDM sucks anyways. I'd be thankful pentax put in a screw drive for backwards compatibility, I imagine they will get away from SDM entirely with new lenses. On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at

Re: Giving up on Pentax (probably)

2013-08-22 Thread Zos Xavius
I realize that, I meant in the canikon versions they produce. Is there SDM there or is that a Pentax only deal? On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Zos, Tokina does not produce these lenses in Pentax K-mount. On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Zos Xavius

Re: Giving up on Pentax (probably)

2013-08-22 Thread Zos Xavius
efficiencies in manufacture, even if it complicates repair, and conventional wisdom believes it's better, so that's what will happen. On 8/22/2013 9:06 AM, Zos Xavius wrote: Does the tokina variations of these lenses have SDM like the 50-135? If it were me I would just use the screw drive. SDM sucks

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