Re: So, I have this Spotmatic...

2012-09-27 Thread P. J. Alling
On 9/26/2012 9:10 AM, Tanya Love wrote: Joseph said: Print this out and carry with you ...and I absolutely will! Can't wait, it will be fun! Thanks so much for all of that! And yep, guys, I did think of Sunny16. I will also have my K5 as a backup meter too! Or maybe I'll just use the

RE: So, I have this Spotmatic...

2012-09-27 Thread Tanya Love
Mark!! -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 12:17 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: So, I have this Spotmatic... On 9/26/2012 9:10 AM, Tanya Love wrote: Joseph said: Print

Re: So, I have this Spotmatic...

2012-09-26 Thread DagT
Try the Lightmeter app on iPhone :-) DagT Sendt fra min iPad Den 26. sep. 2012 kl. 10:23 skrev Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com: ...that my father-in-law gave me a while back. It comes with a super tak 135mm, 28mm, and 50mm and Hanimex 2x teleconverter. I thought I'd get it out and have

Re: So, I have this Spotmatic...

2012-09-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
f8 and the Tv = 1/film speed. Bight sun make it f16 (Look up the sunny 16 rule). Pull the rewind knob up to open the back. I'll avoid all jokes about Australians and screwing up/in/around. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:59 AM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: Try the Lightmeter app on iPhone :-)

Re: So, I have this Spotmatic...

2012-09-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_16_rule Mostly, I would take a good guess and let the DR of Tri-X take care of the rest. Truly, a monochrome sensor version of Tri-X would tempt me. I wonder how close the Monochrome M is. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:31 AM, Steven Desjardins

Re: So, I have this Spotmatic...

2012-09-26 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Sep 26, 2012, at 01:23 , Tanya Love wrote: ...that my father-in-law gave me a while back. It comes with a super tak 135mm, 28mm, and 50mm and Hanimex 2x teleconverter. I thought I'd get it out and have a play with a roll of film at the Brisbane Riverfire Festival this weekend. The

RE: So, I have this Spotmatic...

2012-09-26 Thread Tanya Love
Joseph said: Print this out and carry with you ...and I absolutely will! Can't wait, it will be fun! Thanks so much for all of that! And yep, guys, I did think of Sunny16. I will also have my K5 as a backup meter too! Or maybe I'll just use the iphone and Hipstamatic and tell everyone I

Re: So, I have this Spotmatic...

2012-09-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 9/26/2012 09:10, Tanya Love wrote: Joseph said: Print this out and carry with you ...and I absolutely will! Can't wait, it will be fun! Thanks so much for all of that! And yep, guys, I did think of Sunny16. I will also have my K5 as a backup meter too! Or maybe I'll just use the

Re: So, I have this Spotmatic...

2012-09-26 Thread Darren Addy
In the form of the classic Spotmatic it appears that we have found something other than Youth that is wasted on the young. (Just kidding Tanya). -- 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

RE: So, I have this Spotmatic...

2012-09-26 Thread John Coyle
Tan - Joseph McAllister has covered just about every point, but there is one more thing. All my Spotmatics don't have the magic needle film loading mechanism, each has the slotted take-up spool. Just push the tongue of the film down into any one of the slots, until the end pokes through the

RE: So, I have this Spotmatic...

2012-09-26 Thread Tanya Love
, 2012 2:39 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: So, I have this Spotmatic... Tan - Joseph McAllister has covered just about every point, but there is one more thing. All my Spotmatics don't have the magic needle film loading mechanism, each has the slotted take-up spool. Just push the tongue