Re: OT: The British Empire triumphs again! New record for world's fastest shed!

2019-04-24 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 24/4/19, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-45636671 > >My favorite bit is that note "The record at Sunday's Straightliners >event came three months after the shed's engine exploded during a >race", which means that somewhere in Britain there's such a

Re: OT: The British Empire triumphs again! New record for world's fastest shed!

2019-04-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Don't burst my bubble, the AF on my K-5II is almost effective. On 4/24/2019 9:16 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: We better ignore this news. This shed is too fast for Pentax AF:-( Henk Op 2019-04-24 om 14:59 schreef Mark Roberts: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-45636671 My favorite bit is that

Re: OT: The British Empire triumphs again! New record for world's fastest shed!

2019-04-24 Thread Henk Terhell
We better ignore this news. This shed is too fast for Pentax AF:-( Henk Op 2019-04-24 om 14:59 schreef Mark Roberts: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-45636671 My favorite bit is that note "The record at Sunday's Straightliners event came three months after the shed's engine exploded during a

OT: The British Empire triumphs again! New record for world's fastest shed!

2019-04-24 Thread Mark Roberts
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-45636671 My favorite bit is that note "The record at Sunday's Straightliners event came three months after the shed's engine exploded during a race", which means that somewhere in Britain there's such a thing as shed racing. -- Mark Roberts - Photography and

RE: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-17 Thread Jens Bladt
With adapteres it's different, isn't it? Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Adam Maas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. februar 2006 21:37 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens? Jens, I've got

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-17 Thread Lon Williamson
Cottyizing has been shown to result in wars, famine, clogged toilets, and an occasional PESO on PDML. The dark side is tempting, but evil. -Lon Cotty wrote: On 16/2/06, Adam Maas, discombobulated, unleashed: and of course I can Cotty-ize K mount lenses Fame at last. Cheers, Cotty

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-17 Thread Adam Maas
: Adam Maas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. februar 2006 21:37 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens? Jens, I've got a ~1965 era M42 lens mounted quite nicely on my EOS 3. I can also put most every F mount lens on it with an adaptor (Which I

FA* lenses passing into legend (was Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?)

2006-02-17 Thread Mark Erickson
Gonz wrote: Are good pentax lenses this scarce? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=7588234932 http://tinyurl.com/cqrge Guess it depends on the buying community. In a roundabout fashion, I offered to sell mine on the PDML a couple of weeks ago for $1499 (the most recent

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread David Savage
On 2/16/06, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are good pentax lenses this scarce? That one is Dave http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=7588234932ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT http://tinyurl.com/cqrge

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Gonz wrote on 16.02.06 7:06: Are good pentax lenses this scarce? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=7588234932ssPageName= STRK:MEWA:IT http://tinyurl.com/cqrge Much more expensive than new Nikkor AF-S VR 70-200/2,8 :-))) Now that's a nonsense! -- Balance is the

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Are good pentax lenses this scarce? I don't know. All I do know is that I put 11 Pentax lenses on Ebay (the M and A series ones that I find I don't use since I bought FA series replacements) and 7 out of 11 were sold within 48 hours at sensible BIN pricing. Whatever Pentax relevance or

RE: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Jens Bladt
-Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Gonz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. februar 2006 07:07 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens? Are good pentax lenses this scarce? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=7588234932ssPageNam e

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Peter Jordan
Ow! One went in the UK last year for GBP 575 which seemed anbout right. Peter - Original Message - From: Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:06 AM Subject: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens? Are good pentax lenses

RE: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Jens Bladt
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. februar 2006 17:14 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens? Are good pentax lenses this scarce? I don't know. All I do know is that I put 11 Pentax lenses on Ebay (the M and A series ones that I find I don't use

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Adam Maas
. Regards Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. februar 2006 17:14 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens? Are good pentax lenses this scarce? I don't

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-02-16, at 21:37, Adam Maas wrote: I've got a ~1965 era M42 lens mounted quite nicely on my EOS 3. I can also put most every F mount lens on it with an adaptor (Which I own), Contax/Yashica, Olympus OM and Leica R glass (with adaptors that I don't own), all support Aperture priority

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Adam Maas
Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: On 2006-02-16, at 21:37, Adam Maas wrote: I've got a ~1965 era M42 lens mounted quite nicely on my EOS 3. I can also put most every F mount lens on it with an adaptor (Which I own), Contax/Yashica, Olympus OM and Leica R glass (with adaptors that I don't own),

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-02-16, at 22:44, Adam Maas wrote: Exactly the same as any 25 year old lens on a Pentax DSLR, except you don't have to hit any buttons and Aperture priority works properly. It's only KA and later lenses that do full aperture metering on Pentax DSLR's. It's just one press of the

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/2/06, Adam Maas, discombobulated, unleashed: and of course I can Cotty-ize K mount lenses Fame at last. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-15 Thread Gonz
Are good pentax lenses this scarce? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=7588234932ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT http://tinyurl.com/cqrge

Re: An new record?

2005-04-01 Thread Frantisek
JC For comparison (not that pdml really cares) the BH list price for a new JC Canon EF 85/1.2L USM (imported) is $1430(US), and the average eBay price for JC five of them sold since 2004-11 is $1290(US), all [Mint-] or better. Pretty JC soon these crappy new autofocus Canon EF L series lenses are

An new record?

2005-03-31 Thread Rob Studdert
I suspect that this has to be a new record price for a crappy old manual focus 85mm lens? :-) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=7503794246 Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio

Re: An new record?

2005-03-31 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Rob Studdert wrote on 31.03.05 11:42: I suspect that this has to be a new record price for a crappy old manual focus 85mm lens? :-) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=7503794246 Slowly, but it seems that Pentax is becoming the most expensive SLR system to own :-P

Re: An new record?

2005-03-31 Thread Paul Stenquist
that this has to be a new record price for a crappy old manual focus 85mm lens? :-) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=7503794246 Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user

RE: An new record?

2005-03-31 Thread Don Sanderson
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: An new record? I suspect that this has to be a new record price for a crappy old manual focus 85mm lens? :-) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=7503794246 Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours

Re: An new record?

2005-03-31 Thread Jim Colwell
$1377(US) for a SMCP-A* 85/1.4 probably is a new record. Very few of these crappy old manual focus lenses are sold on eBay, and it seems that every one sold in the last 7 or 8 months has commanded a higher price. I have observed the following: $885 in 2004-08; $1070 in 2004-09; $1128 and $1377

Re: An new record?

2005-03-31 Thread Keith Whaley
It does make you wonder, when the ad copy for this lens says, This would be a wonderful wide angle lens for your Pentax 35mm system! keith Rob Studdert wrote: I suspect that this has to be a new record price for a crappy old manual focus 85mm lens? :-) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll

Re: An new record?

2005-03-31 Thread Paul Stenquist
. Of course I had to blow up the ebay photo 300% to see what I was buying. Paul On Mar 31, 2005, at 4:42 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: I suspect that this has to be a new record price for a crappy old manual focus 85mm lens? :-) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=7503794246 Rob Studdert

Re: An new record?

2005-03-31 Thread Cotty
On 31/3/05, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: I suspect that this has to be a new record price for a crappy old manual focus 85mm lens? :-) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=7503794246 I sold a mint in box A* 85mm 1.4, 2 years ago for 750 GBP - that's 1416 USD