Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread Bill Owens
In Iraq of course. The list is an ideal place for weird things to happen under a full moon :-) Bill - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 5:40 PM Subject: Re: Why I stick to Pentax

Re: OT Report (was: Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread Bob Blakely
Sorry Captain, I'll have the replicators back up and running in 10 minutes. Regards, Jordi... --- "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

OT Report (was: Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread Cotty
>I personally think we should suspend the not-so-tacit prohibition of >OT stuff, for the evening, at least, solely for reports from the >field. No editorial comments at all, please. Reporting only. >We have Cotty in England, Boris in Israel, and how others who are in >the thick of it. Just got in.

Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
What "Gamma scale" are you talking about? Gamma, in it's normal use has nothing to do with color temperature or rendition. Making sweeping generalizations for a maker's lens line, that could have dozens of different lenses, is certain to be wrong for a pretty fair number of lenses. BR [EMAIL P

Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread Gary L. Murphy
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Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread William Robb
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Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread Gary L. Murphy
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Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread Peter Jansen
Bruce Rubenstein wrote: "News, as in "Just the facts Ma'am". is OK by me. I think that first hand accounts of what's going on in the rest of the world would be interesting." Yeah it would be interesting but not here please! Remember that this is the PENTAX DISCUSSION MAILING LIST not "WHAT'S GOI

Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread Greene
--- Roland Mabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:56:23 +0100 > Canon makes some great glass too, but I believe it's > a personal thing here. > They all have their characteristics. Isn't Canon and > Nikon quite close here? > High contrast, cool

Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread Chris Brogden
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Keith Whaley wrote: > Good ol' Chris... What the f*** is that supposed to mean? > All I want to hear about is how our pdml-ers are faring 'over there.' > > Don't tell me to go to CNN for that. Whatever. It's not my call, anyway, so you might as well ask Doug directly. chr

Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread Keith Whaley
Good ol' Chris... All I want to hear about is how our pdml-ers are faring 'over there.' Don't tell me to go to CNN for that. keith Chris Brogden wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Keith Whaley wrote: > > > I personally think we should suspend the not-so-tacit prohibition of > > OT stuff, for th

Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
News, as in "Just the facts Ma'am". is OK by me. I think that first hand accounts of what's going on in the rest of the world would be interesting. BR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I personally think we should suspend the not-so-tacit prohibition of OT stuff, for the evening, at least, solely for r

Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread Chris Brogden
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Keith Whaley wrote: > I personally think we should suspend the not-so-tacit prohibition of > OT stuff, for the evening, at least, solely for reports from the > field. No editorial comments at all, please. Reporting only. It's pretty much impossible to provide news reports wit

Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread Cotty
>Any good bars/pubs in Oxford, btw? :-) LOL. yeah, my house. Free, too! :-) Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at http://www.macads.co.uk/

Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread Keith Whaley
I personally think we should suspend the not-so-tacit prohibition of OT stuff, for the evening, at least, solely for reports from the field. No editorial comments at all, please. Reporting only. We have Cotty in England, Boris in Israel, and how others who are in the thick of it. Cotty wrote: > [

RE: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread Cotty
>What a way to start the day - okay so it started about three hours ago... > >I just hope that when we finally meet - you will not remove me from that >table (maybe I will have to bring Annsan along). Always gives me goosebumps >to see myself mentioned in a post. And to think that no mention of t

Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread Camdir
<< They cant build the bars fast enough. I am amazed how they are all still packed. Almost every other building is a massive bar or restaurant or pub or nightclub! >> Sounds just like Brighton. If I was an eating out type of guy, I expect I could visit a different restaurant every night fo

Re: Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread akozak
In one point Bojidar is right.namely it is much easier and cheaper to find seconf hand Canon gear-great advantage! Alek Użytkownik Roland Mabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napisał: >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:56:23 +0100 >> >>Nice to see such words! I agree with you in most points

RE: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread Rob Brigham
massive bar or restaurant or pub or nightclub! > -Original Message- > From: Jostein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19 March 2003 16:59 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax) > > > Cheers to that, Cotty! > > As I

Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-19 Thread Jostein
Cheers to that, Cotty! As I said, yesterday, Arnolds post made the whole difference. Any good bars/pubs in Oxford, btw? :-) Jostein - Original Message - From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Actually I think this is a great place to hang out. Just like many have > said before, it's lik

Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-18 Thread Camdir
Steve, are you branching out from visual journalism? Kind regards Peter -- CAMERA DIRECT 8 DORSET STREET BRIGHTON EAST SUSSEX BN2 1WA UK TEL 44 1273 681129 FAX 44 1273 681135 http://www.camera-direct.com

Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-18 Thread Cotty
>As I waded through the 180-ish messages since yesterday, I kept >thinking about what a bunch of complaining people we have become on >this list. >Then I came to MacBurts atrocities and began to wonder if the PDML was >worth hanging about much longer. There'll always be a few people who complain,

Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-18 Thread Jostein
It's tempting. But what's the use when one gets all the replies from those who swallow the flamebaits... Jostein -- Original Message -- From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 17:22:42 -0500 >Kill-fil

Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-18 Thread frank theriault
Kill-file, Jostein, kill file... Jostein wrote: > > Then I came to MacBurts atrocities and began to wonder if the PDML was > worth hanging about much longer. > -- "Honour - that virtue of the unjust!" -Albert Camus

Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-18 Thread Jostein
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Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-18 Thread Pentxuser
Arnold, well put Vic

Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-18 Thread Rfsindg
Arnold, I'm with you. I picked up a Pentax ES from repair this morning. The camera is old and battered (experienced). I bought it used on ebay. I've got the SMC 50mm f1.4 Takumar that Mike J. raved about on it. The feel of this whole system is wonderful and the image in the viewfinder is teriffic

Re: Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-18 Thread Roland Mabo
From: Arnold Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 14:04:40 +0100 I even agree that the Canon AF system is more advanced and more complete. If someone wants IS, USM, eye-controlled AF sensor selection, AF teleconverters, and zooms like the 17-40/f4 USM or 70-200/f4 USM, then Canon EOS

Why I stick to Pentax (was: Good-bye Pentax)

2003-03-18 Thread Arnold Stark
Lately we have seen a lot of "What is wrong with Pentax", "If Pentax won't deliver this product I will leave Pentax", "Canon is stronger than Pentax", and the like, and we have seen some people, including the creator of the KMP, jump ship. Well, I believe that everybody on the PDML may jump shi