Amita posted:
Nevertheless, for my
money, Fuji is still the digicam of choice for photographers
like me, who like to be able to shoot without flash at ISO
800 to 1600.
I have my eye on the Fuji Finepix series as well. I really like the pics
on ERN Reed's homepage. She used a Finepix
Good job, Mark!!
Good job, Mark!!
Ann wrote:
Anyway, I missed the
deadline -
how many more of us also did?
I did -- wasn't feeling well for several days back.
It will fill the position the 5n, L/6, 1p, leaving a spot for the (maybe it
needs updated) M.
IMO, because of the special nature of the -5n's interface, it cannot be
replaced by a camera that does not share that interface.
Joe asked:
Would this have been a software fix incorporated into the PZ-1p (or
maybe later versions of the PZ-1), given that the PZ-1p doesn't seem
to have this problem?
The PZ-1p also has a completely different switch for selecting the metering
mode, which might also have something to do
Bob posted:
Sorry you are annoyed. The PZ-1 manual is ambiguous about spot metering. It
doesn't tell you clearly what is going on.
Well at least I now know. And I also know that the ZX-5n WILL spot-meter with
the M lenses.
OK, the plot thickens. I've been busy with PZ-1, two 50mm lenses, a tripod,
notebook and a standing lamp across the room.
I set both the 50/1.7 F lens and the 50/2.0 M lens at 2.8 for this, and made
comparisons with the spot area on three areas on and around the lamp. Results
are similar to
Peter Alling posted:
MX finders are the best. (There that should get some argument), but
seriously the MX has about the best SLR viewfinder I've ever seen.
OK, I'm going to argue. I prefer the LX viewfinder (FA-1) to the MX viewfinder.
The MX one was MUCH improved by installing an LX
Bob Keefer suggested:
Perhaps you all should issue a calendar -- The Women of PDML. A kind of
high-quality, niche market sort of publication.g
Of course you'd have to find 12 of you.
I think there were about 12 (I lost count, though) -- however, let's hold off
on the calendar until we see
At 22:12 3.2.2003 +, you wrote:
OK, so now we're at least seven -- Annsan, Amita, Wendy, me, Jeepgirl, Pat
in
SF and Kathy with the name neither Dan nor I can spell.
Hmm.. Katrin from Germany ?
Antti-Pekka
.. and of course Adelheid; no idea HOW I managed to forget her. (I've a
Cotty posted:
I have my own ideas as to which of the gentlemen can tell us,
definitively, how
many women are here.
Mutley-snigger
OK, that's one heard from, but you didn't provide the number. What were we up
to now,
ten?
OK, so now we're at least seven -- Annsan, Amita, Wendy, me, Jeepgirl, Pat in
SF and Kathy with the name neither Dan nor I can spell.
And we have not yet heard from either of the two gentlemen I expected to know
fer sure.
To get even more firmly on topic, what Pentaxes are the sisterhood
Mike Johnston wrote a lengthy political opinion piece.
I did NOT write a lengthy political opinion piece. I defended myself
against a bile-spewing, stupidly reasoned, invective-strewn post that
referred to me as Baghdad Mike, called me a twit, and implied that I was
somehow (?)
On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 07:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mr Chan posted, among other things:
Except there is one difference. It doesn't matter how luxurious a
Toyota is,
it's still a Toyota to most people. In order to capture that market,
Toyota
invented another brand
Mr Chan posted:
In order to capture that market,
Toyota
invented another brand name called Lexus which was believed to copy
Benz
in many ways. People don't think the brand PENTAX as a luxury brand,
or
professional as Canon or Nikon. In order to change the perception of
most
Paul posted
The shots have to be done with on camera flash or available light, i've
explained the limitations of this to the client, so their choice :) and neg
film is fine.
Any one got any reccomendations on a good film stock to use? i'm thinking at
this stage i'll be shooting Supra 400,
Dan Scott posted:
I haven't used the MZ-S, but I have held one. It is quite lovely and
gives the impression of being the sort of camera you could skim, like a
stone, across a parking lot with little ill effect (speaking for effect
and not suggesting an experiment).
Dan -- First the cat-fur
Mr Chan posted, among other things:
Except there is one difference. It doesn't matter how luxurious a Toyota is,
it's still a Toyota to most people. In order to capture that market, Toyota
invented another brand name called Lexus which was believed to copy Benz
in many ways. People don't
Mark Roberts posted, among other things:
I read an interview with the then Asahi boss, Minoru Suzuki, who
explained in
detail the philosophy behind the LX. It was meant as an answer to the
Nikon F2 and Canon F1.
Is this on line and if so where? sounds
interesting.
Gary posted:
On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 14:29:58 +1100, Kevin Waterson wrote:
what is a Bidder Block List?
It's a tool that eBay has to help sellers block certain users from being able
to bid on
their auctions. In this case, however, it would be to save your bank account or
credit
card. :-)
Mr Chan posted:
A product that was designed and manufactured to be used heavily or
professionally, doesn't mean it must be reliable.
I disagree. If it is designed to be used heavily then that includes performing
reliably under that kind of use.
Luxury german cars are expensive too, but
Your mom sounds like quite a gal ;-)
You _never_ stop, do you? :)
Just deputising for Lasse !
Before anyone gets his hopes up, she's married. Forty years this spring. To a
lawyer.
Pat asked:
BTW, does the flash on the 90-WR have the
usual evil red eye issues? g
I would assume it has the usual issues because it is, of course, a built-in
flash on a relatively compact camera. The flash can be turned off quite easily
(also can be combined with ambient light, by the way)
(My comment top-posted due to length of context)
One reason my 90WR doesn't get out much any more is that I now own an LX!
Cesar posted:
S, don't let Pentax know - I regularly take my LX and the MZ-S out in
the rain...
Once while photographing in Union Square in NYC, it was
Cotty:
Well, before I set aside joking it must be said -- After your post we'll see
whether there's a Mac police or not ...
I agree with you. Thanks for coming out and admitting that Macs are machines
and therefore can break down just like ordinary mortals' PCs do.
For nearly a year I've been
Mike wrote:
One possibility for the upcoming show is that there may be a new FILM body
from Pentax. Pal keeps hoping for an AF LX, and it's also possible that
there may be a new budget/serious camera one tier below the MZ-S (which I
can't afford).
I'm not convinced the LX with AF
Peter Alling posted:
(Let's not get into the what's a professional or professional camera et.
al. again, Please).
Oh. Sorry. By the way I sent my second post on this thread before reading the
above.
However, it *is* a bit more on-topic than some of the other issues that are
fought about here
Peter Alling posted:
When you come right down to it, we're comparing very different creatures here,
(except for the fact that they all use film). About the only thing they have
in common is their classic user interface. The partial electronic partial
mechanical
shutter arrangement of the
Alan Chan posted his reasons:
I think this is a rather subjective matter. From my point of view, MX was a
simple mechanical camera with very limited features. It is a great camera
which I still use. However, when it was compared to other pro bodies of the
same era from Canon Nikon, MX
Daniel M posted:
My wife had a problem with her Mac after several months. She got someone on
the
hotline immediately, and he actually knew what he was talking about. We
received an empty box the next day from apple, placed the computer in it and
had
Airborne pick it up, and within three
Daniel M posted:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm very surprised to read this post. I thought Mac owners understood
they were
not allowed to admit publicly that Mac computers EVER have problems.
First, its Microsoft, not Apple, that tries to comtrol everything its users
do.
Second,
Pat in SF posted:
My friends often spend time outdoors camping, hiking, etc. The usual gear
consists of 35mm SLR + accessories. This can get cumbersome should the group
want to endulge in water play, canoeing, kayaking, etc. Does anyone who has a
Pentax Zoom 90-WR care to comment on its
Walzem Road? Isn't that on the way to Natural Bridge Caverns, Ken? Which is a
fallout shelter ... and photogenic too. Seems a bit easier than buying
instructions and then trying to build something.
Their address is just a couple of miles from my home. I think I need to
go check them out.
Alan Chan quoted and posted as follows:
Is Leica ( or anyone else for that matter)
developing a digital 35mm RANGEFINDER camera?
I dont see why it couldnt be done.
Perhaps there won't be much reason to produce RF since the actual image
could be viewed on the LCD. And nothing is going to be
Steve Pearson asked:
Seems like everyone on the list already owns the
classic. Any chance someone has an extra one they
might want to part with?
Well, I only have one and don't want to part with it, but just thought I'd
mention that I bought mine from www.keh.com and I have seen them list
Congratulations -- and good luck in all the adjustments ahead -- to Arnold and
Yuliya!
ERNReed
Mark D posted:
I've got an Epson 860 running the MIS Full Spectrum
BW inkset using the Roark curves for Archival Matte
paper. The results are pretty good. I am, however,
gonna see how good the digital lab BW output turns
out. If the results are to my satisfaction, I will be
giving up this
Sybren posted:
Recently, my MZ-5n has started to grow old: the ISO-sensor is damaged, the
flash is impotent (won't stand up when you push the button),and the film
insert is no longer as easy as it used to be.
So I could buy a twinbrother: another MZ-5N body.
I like the operating of this
Bruce R posted:
A logical extension of this argument would be that all people who use
Pentax 35mm SLRs, and have professional aspirations, should switch to
another brand, since virtually no working professionals use Pentax 35mm
gear.
And you never miss an opportunity to make this
Dan Scott posted:
Cesar is the Pentaxinator (LX model cyber Pentax ambassador), and, yes,
he'll be back. g
I hope you're right, since I messed up the portrait I tried to take of him with
your 77 Ltd.
Hope he comes by to show off LX V *before* snakifying
it.
OH MAN I just can't stop laughing at this -- You are Good!!
He said that they don't use liquid gas to cool the freekin' things they use
electrons.
At 11:26 PM 1/9/2003 -0600, you wrote:
A lot of scientific imaging devices seem to utilize semiconductor Peltier
effect devices rather than
Shaun posted:
Nothing to do with cameras really, but was wondering how many Pentaxians
on this list brew their own beer. I have only just started, but I
thought there might be a few other micro-brewers out there! I'll take
some shots of my setup with my LX tomorrow (see, it was almost
A nice little black MX body.
Honestly, as far as I can recall, that's it for new camera toys. Bought a whole
lotta film though ...
Happy New Year, one and all.
And Thank You again Adelheid for great work putting up the PUG.
hmm, any other threads I should answer ... didn't major in philosophy,
Oh, I forgot that I also acquired two new-to-me LX screens. One is now in the
MX and the better one (thanks, Rob!) in the
LX.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] inquired, after sharing a cool story:
Has anyone else ever bribed a friend or relative to allow you to get the
perfect shot?
I think I've been brainwashed too much with NPPA Journalistic Ethics to even
consider bribery -- however, during a visit from my father last year I
Thing I like about the Pentax system is not having to choose ... I wouldn't
want to lose either my LX or my ZX-5n. I think I use both about equally.
Ann, I don't have a detailed list of what we've tried and what the results were
over the years, but one year we tried printing the calendars on card stock and
the ink consumption was RIDICULOUS.
When we use the coated paper (in our case, as I mentioned before, we print the
photos on photo
Cesar posted:
I travelled to Italy with my mother and
sister two years ago. We made it to Capri.
Cesar:
Where HAVENT you been?
Come to think of it, I'm not sure I want to know. I'm already jealous of your
well-travelled
status.
Shaun posted:
What are you then trying to focus on? If you are attempting to focus on
anything closer than 3 feet or thereabouts, the AF adapter will not work
properly. If, on the other hand you are focusing from three feet too
infinity and the AF doesn't work, it may well be stuffed. I
annsan
who will be (gasp!) 66 years young tomorrow. Making the calendars is my
birthday present
to myself, even if I cant sell enough to make a little profit.
Happy Birthday!!
ERNR
On Tuesday 10 December 2002 12:03 am, Bill Lawlor wrote:
I saw something recently on the Pentax.com site about an autofocus
adapter to get AF with manual lenses. Now I can't find it again. Is
there really such an animal? Anybody used it?
I have one. It works sometimes. I'm not sure if mine
After I posted:
I'm not sure if mine is just a defective
example, but sometimes it just won't autofocus the lens and I can't get it
to
behave until after I've turned the camera off and back on. After losing a
shot
or two to this problem, my enthusiasm for this item has dwindled quite a
Ann said that David said:
One of my dreams is to do a calendar, purely as an ego-trip. Every year
I think about it :)
My mother thought about this every year for a couple of years -- for the past
few years she's been doing it. (With my photographs. My mother freely admits
she's no
Bucky posted:
Isn't the right to keep and bear arms expressed to be in accordance with a
well-ordered militia? i guesss it's the interpretation of that clause that
makes people stumble.
Indeed, the arguments are all in the interpretation. Please can we move on, and
away from this?
(Not an
Well, it arrived yesterday in the late morning, and I got back my first roll of
pictures today.
I do love the feel of it. The shutter button is a bit more sensitive than I was
expecting, so there are some nonsense images which resulted from my trying to
take meter readings. I also found the
Ken posted:
It's too cold down here to sleep out in the dog house so I may be
looking for a place to hang out for awhile when my wife finds out how
much stuff I bought off ebay in the last few days.
Ken, I suspect neither Dan's wife nor my husband will want either of us to take
you in, just
Ken posted:
Great idea. Think of all the things I could buy at Wal-Mart. Wait
a minute. Isn't that how I got in this trouble to begin with?
Not quite -- I said, buy stuff for *your wife* at Wal*Mart.
;)
Stay away from the photo section. There's no Pentax stuff there, anyway.
ERNR
You'll really like the MX when a winder is attached. Much easier to grip.
While I like light-weight, small bodies, sometimes Pentax bodies seem too
small.
Collin
I'm not thinking of using it with a winder. Also no plans to attach a winder to
the LX. I have two motorized bodies already
Chris posted:
The new Mini bears no relation to the original except for a few design
cues. The new one is built by BMW at their Oxford, England factory and is
a surprisingly large car (I believe it has nearly the same wheelbase as a
Land Rover Discovery!). My g/f has one of each, old and
frank's comments (much snippage) -- with my comments in-line
Just a few of the ones that caught my eye this month:
Do not Choose the Wrong One by Jaume Lahuerta:
I already posted saying how I like the car, but I think the comparison
with the garbage dumpster is hilarious! Great
Keith Whaley posted:
I thought the MX review was very interesting too, but what surprises
me ~ in light of what the reviewer said about the KX ~ is that you HAD
a KX and didn't like it!
After reading Lon Williamson's review, I thought I just might want to
have one! Now I wonder. What did I
On Thursday, November 28, 2002, Dan Scott wrote:
Not all Americans Frank. The closest thing to meat my wife, son, and I
ate today was the milk and butter in the mashed potatoes. Which were
very good by the way.
No turkey at my house. Also no overeating, no extra relatives, and no
Rob Brigham posted:
No, I havent succumbed and bought an LX yet and know nothing about
screens, so am posting this for a friend who needs some advice. Thanks
The Pentax User Magazine site http://www.pentaxuser.co.uk/index.html;
has for sale under camera accessories Beattie replacement
Kevin posted:
Just a little curious about the relationship between photographers and
Monty Python. I am myself an avid Python fan.
Is this a pre-requisite for photography?
Gee, I hope not!!
However, I did notice that the most recent Python posts came from Australia --
is Monty Python
Dan's post is quoted below, and my comment is: The link works fine for me.
On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 09:54 PM, Cesar Matamoros II wrote:
As promised earlier, if anyone is keeping score, I just put up some
shots
of the battle scars of my Limited lenses.
I was in error
Happy Birthday, Doug!
ERNReed
Any reason why a user should prefer one over the other in equivalent
used condition?
Dan Scott
You can manually override the DX film speed setting in the ZX-M, and in Program
mode the camera tells you what aperture it's setting -- and the dof preview
works in that mode and shutter
Quoth Dan Scott:
Now I'll have to go look at other camera co.s to see what my ZX-5n is a
rival to. Who decides these things, btw? Is this something the
manufacturer sets up or what?
It's In A Class By Itself, of
course.
César, referring to his snakeskin LX bodies (I assume) posted:
***Awww, c'mon, they are not that alarming are they?
Yes. They are.
;)
Comments in-line.
Pat in SF posted:
Looking to hold a Zx-5n w/ AA grip and 28-70/28-135.
Plus either 50mm or 20-35 or 75-300 (not all at the
same time). Room for flash (optional) and film (not
optional) would be nice, too. I'm looking at 3 Domke
options:
1. The Domke F-5XB has been
What I'm wondering is if anyone has their tripod in the trunk or carries it
around as well? I do many times, and many times never need it, but get
nervous if I don't have it.
Brad
I keep a tripod in the trunk.
Heh, just had a funny thought, do we all have trucks or SUV-type vehicles?
Seems many do, and fits with the gear we may carry or the places we may want
to go 4WD :)
Brad
Not me. I drive a car. A small station wagon, in fact.
Kind of eccentric in
Texas.
Just wondering folks,
Do you all carry a camera EVERYWHERE? Like, you're out of milk, you run to
the store and get some and drive back. Would you have a camera on you?
I do carry a camera everywhere. Sometimes it's film, sometimes digital. But
yeah, even going to the grocery for milk.
At present my feeling is that all second shutter LXs
will display this fault at 3200 ISO. Have I just had a run of bad luck or can
you confirm
this? If you run the test I can put it to rest. Are you up for it?
Well, can't disprove it by me. I ran your test with my LX and it does indeed
Deb in TX posted:
Them's fightin' werds, Bill. I'll have you know we
don't allow no Georgians in Texas!
Now that Phil Gramm is no longer in one of the Texas seats in the US Senate,
you mean?
:)
You know what I really hate when those stupid little tweezers for
changing LX screens slip and scratch the crap out of an otherwise bewdiful
LX screen. Damn I hate that...
SO glad to hear I'm not the only one to do that!
It happened a few weeks ago to a screen I had Just Bought. Man I
On Monday, November 4, 2002, at 09:12 PM, Shaun Canning wrote:
Dan,
I was thinking more along the lines of Deliverance!
:):):):):):):)
Shaun Canning
Gives you the willies, doesn't it? But hey, that was somewheres over by
Arkansas, not Texas. Probably the most likely
Shaun posted
They seem to pop up on Ebay pretty regularly. I got my last one from a guy
in Hong Kong for about 25.00 USD. I think Rob Studdert had some for sale not
long ago too
In reply to
So I am waiting for my new screen. And if I scratch that one, I think even
you
guys in Oz will
Sounds to me you two need to swap your partners.
I can think of several major problems with that idea. I'm sure so can Dan.
Forrest Gump tones And that's all I'm going to say about that. /Forrest
ERNR
Brad posted:
I like what I have, it serves. I am interested in this LX love affair. I
can see pictures on the web and such, but until I meet someone that has one
that isn't beat to pieces, and can see a demonstration and maybe try it for
myself, I will think MZ-S is just plain better. I
Just got to see and handle an MZ-S today! Smaller and lighter than I
expected. I had to hand it back to the clerk quickly, as I came in for
a $2 item, not an $850 item. Fortunately, there was no tempting glass
for 35mm (though there were 3 mlu 6x7s and a fair assortment of used
lenses
Haven't seen much from the list today, are we still on the air?
Dan Scott
I see you. Hope you see me.
ERNR
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