hand-held ...

2009-04-20 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
funny pic: http://i.gizmodo.com/5217989/the-photographer-king-needs-no-tripod enjoy G -- 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: hand-held ...

2009-04-20 Thread David J Brooks
Great, now i need weight training :-) Dave On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@mac.com wrote: funny pic: http://i.gizmodo.com/5217989/the-photographer-king-needs-no-tripod enjoy G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: hand-held ...

2009-04-20 Thread Graydon
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:22:18AM -0400, David J Brooks scripsit: On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@mac.com wrote: funny pic: http://i.gizmodo.com/5217989/the-photographer-king-needs-no-tripod enjoy Great, now i need weight training :-) The _first_ thing one

RE: hand-held ...

2009-04-20 Thread John Whittingham
Nice walkaround lens! John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi [godd...@mac.com] Sent: 20 April 2009 15:33 To: PDML List; SeePhoto Talk Subject: hand-held ... funny pic: http://i.gizmodo.com/5217989

Re: hand-held ...

2009-04-20 Thread Tim Øsleby
Talk Subject: hand-held ... funny pic: http://i.gizmodo.com/5217989/the-photographer-king-needs-no-tripod enjoy G -- 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: hand-held ...

2009-04-20 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:31:13AM -0400, Graydon wrote: On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:22:18AM -0400, David J Brooks scripsit: On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@mac.com wrote: funny pic: http://i.gizmodo.com/5217989/the-photographer-king-needs-no-tripod

Re: hand-held ...

2009-04-20 Thread Toralf Lund
David J Brooks wrote: Great, now i need weight training :-) I'd say that if you make a habit of trying to hand-hold lenses like that, you're never going to need any other training again... - T Dave On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@mac.com wrote: funny pic:

Re: hand-held ...

2009-04-20 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: John Francis jo...@panix.com Subject: Re: hand-held ... On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:31:13AM -0400, Graydon wrote: On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:22:18AM -0400, David J Brooks scripsit: On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10

Re: hand-held ...

2009-04-20 Thread Ken Waller
Meant to type $42K ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com Subject: Re: hand-held ... Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: John Francis jo...@panix.com Subject: Re

Re: hand held meters

2006-10-12 Thread Bob Shell
On Oct 11, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Bill Owens wrote: Odd that this thread got started at the same time I started playing with my father's GE PR-1 selenium meter. Over 50 years old and still works as good as new. I have my dad's old Weston Master III here on my desk. He used it for many

Re: hand held meters

2006-10-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yep, I've always metered sunsets with a spotmeter. Just pick out the portion of the sky that you want to have the density of a gray card and take your reading there. Bingo. Paul On Oct 11, 2006, at 12:41 AM, David Mann wrote: On Oct 11, 2006, at 2:00 PM, Bob W wrote: That's true, and it's

Re: hand held meters

2006-10-11 Thread P. J. Alling
that a reflective meter would be best? How much will a half decent meter set me back? It may be cheaper to buy a TTL metering prism. Any advice appreciated as hand held metering is a mystery to me! You might take a look at a point and shoot digital. Some

Re: hand held meters

2006-10-11 Thread graywolf
be best? How much will a half decent meter set me back? It may be cheaper to buy a TTL metering prism. Any advice appreciated as hand held metering is a mystery to me! You might take a look at a point and shoot digital. Some of them have an exposure metering function. If you zoom

Re: hand held meters

2006-10-11 Thread Bob Shell
On Oct 11, 2006, at 10:29 AM, graywolf wrote: the advantage of the L-308 is that is is shit pocket sized And just how big is that? Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: hand held meters

2006-10-11 Thread David Savage
On 10/11/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 11, 2006, at 10:29 AM, graywolf wrote: the advantage of the L-308 is that is is shit pocket sized And just how big is that? My understanding of the ISO S..t Sizing Standard goes like this: - Piece of s..t, - Little s..t, - S..t, -

RE: hand held meters

2006-10-11 Thread Bill Owens
Odd that this thread got started at the same time I started playing with my father's GE PR-1 selenium meter. Over 50 years old and still works as good as new. Bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: hand held meters

2006-10-11 Thread Christian
Bob Shell wrote: On Oct 11, 2006, at 10:29 AM, graywolf wrote: the advantage of the L-308 is that is is shit pocket sized And just how big is that? Bob It's easily concealable -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: hand held meters

2006-10-11 Thread Tom C
Bob Shell wrote: On Oct 11, 2006, at 10:29 AM, graywolf wrote: the advantage of the L-308 is that is is shit pocket sized I won't be asking to borrow your meter. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: hand held meters

2006-10-11 Thread graywolf
Please insert this r in the appropriate place. Apparently my smell checker thinks shirt without the r is an OK word. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- graywolf wrote: For general

Re: hand held meters

2006-10-11 Thread Scott Loveless
On 10/11/06, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please insert this r in the appropriate place. Apparently my smell checker thinks shirt without the r is an OK word. That stinks. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: hand held meters

2006-10-11 Thread Stan Halpin
Greywolf needs to wipe the egg off his face, he really stepped in it this time. Stan On Oct 11, 2006, at 8:07 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: On 10/11/06, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please insert this r in the appropriate place. Apparently my smell checker thinks shirt without the r is an

hand held meters

2006-10-10 Thread jkmess
largely going to be doing landscapes, am I right to assume that a reflective meter would be best? How much will a half decent meter set me back? It may be cheaper to buy a TTL metering prism. Any advice appreciated as hand held metering is a mystery to me! James -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

RE: hand held meters

2006-10-10 Thread J. C. O'Connell
, 2006 7:16 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: hand held meters Once I have a P6x7, I will probably not have a metering prism and will therefore need to purchase and use a handheld meter. Never having done this before (I started playing with photography well into the age of in-camera metering

RE: hand held meters

2006-10-10 Thread Bob W
] Sent: 11 October 2006 00:16 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: hand held meters Once I have a P6x7, I will probably not have a metering prism and will therefore need to purchase and use a handheld meter. Never having done this before (I started playing with photography well

RE: hand held meters

2006-10-10 Thread J. C. O'Connell
compensate ( set ISO film speed on meter to half The film's rating ). JCO -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob W Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:25 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: hand held meters You really need to have

RE: hand held meters

2006-10-10 Thread jkmess
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob W Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:25 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: hand held meters You really need to have an incident meter. This measures the light that's falling on the subject, and in general gives you the most accurate reading. However

Re: hand held meters

2006-10-10 Thread David Savage
will a half decent meter set me back? It may be cheaper to buy a TTL metering prism. Any advice appreciated as hand held metering is a mystery to me! James -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: hand held meters

2006-10-10 Thread Bob W
. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J. C. O'Connell Sent: 11 October 2006 01:35 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: hand held meters Incident meters wont do you any good if the distant Landscape is under

Re: hand held meters

2006-10-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
nearby where you can take a reading. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J. C. O'Connell Sent: 11 October 2006 01:35 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: hand held meters Incident meters wont do you any good

Re: hand held meters

2006-10-10 Thread Brendan MacRae
have little idea of what I need or how it works. If I'm largely going to be doing landscapes, am I right to assume that a reflective meter would be best? How much will a half decent meter set me back? It may be cheaper to buy a TTL metering prism. Any advice appreciated as hand held

RE: hand held meters

2006-10-10 Thread Shel Belinkoff
If you're going to be shooting slides, I'd recommend a _good_ spot meter. IMO the best you can get would be a Pentax Spotmeter (or a similar one) that allows you to look through the meter and see exactly what you're metering. The Pentax Digital Spotmeter is my spot meter of choice, but for years

Re: hand held meters

2006-10-10 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: hand held meters Once I have a P6x7, I will probably not have a metering prism and will therefore need to purchase and use a handheld meter. Never having done this before (I started playing with photography well

Re: hand held meters

2006-10-10 Thread Scott Loveless
have little idea of what I need or how it works. If I'm largely going to be doing landscapes, am I right to assume that a reflective meter would be best? How much will a half decent meter set me back? It may be cheaper to buy a TTL metering prism. Any advice appreciated as hand held

Re: hand held meters

2006-10-10 Thread David Mann
On Oct 11, 2006, at 2:00 PM, Bob W wrote: That's true, and it's why a combined meter (or 2 meters) is useful, but it's very rare to be shooting a landscape and not be able to find somewhere nearby where you can take a reading. Personally I prefer spot metering as I can get a better indication

Re: hand held meters

2006-10-10 Thread P. J. Alling
meter would be best? How much will a half decent meter set me back? It may be cheaper to buy a TTL metering prism. Any advice appreciated as hand held metering is a mystery to me! You might take a look at a point and shoot digital. Some of them have an exposure metering function. If you

Re: hand held meters

2006-10-10 Thread jkmess
have little idea of what I need or how it works. If I'm largely going to be doing landscapes, am I right to assume that a reflective meter would be best? How much will a half decent meter set me back? It may be cheaper to buy a TTL metering prism. Any advice appreciated as hand held

Re: Hand held meters was: Cripple your K M lenses for the CrippleMount

2003-08-16 Thread Jim Moniz
at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many PDMLers own a hand held meter? Jim A.

Re: Hand held meters was: Cripple your K M lenses for the CrippleMount

2003-08-16 Thread gfen
. -sigh- on 16/8/03 12:58 pm, Jim Apilado at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many PDMLers own a hand held meter? Jim A. -- http://www.infotainment.org - more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com- photography and portfolio.

Re: Hand held meters was: Cripple your K M lenses for the CrippleMount

2003-08-16 Thread Anthony Farr
My hand-held meter inventory: Sekonic Digilite 328-F, silicon cell flash and ambient meter, incident and reflected reading, my front-line meter. It also has the 5 degree spot finder. It's been recently overhauled with a new circuit-board, the Achille's heel of this model. Weston Euromaster

Re: Hand held meters-was:Cripple your K M lenses for the Cripple Mount

2003-08-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
product I've had. regards, frank William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Jim Apilado Subject: Re: Cripple your K M lenses for the Cripple Mount How many PDMLers own a hand held meter? I own at least 4, I may have a couple more tucked away that I have

Re: Hand held meters was: Cripple your K M lenses...

2003-08-16 Thread brooksdj
How many PDMLers own a hand held meter? Jim A. I bought my Minolta IV F when i started using Dad's old Y-M.I then carried that over to winter BW shooting. I picked up the Minolta Spotmeter F for BW and slides ,which i find i'm shooting more of now that i have the 6x7. To put

Hand held meters was: Cripple your K M lenses for the CrippleMount

2003-08-15 Thread Paul Ewins
Spotmeter K, Digital Spotmeter, Sekonic 718, Weston Master The Sekonic is for flash, the spotmeters for 4x5, and I got the Weston to use with my Moskva 5. Paul Ewins Melbourne, Australia on 16/8/03 12:58 pm, Jim Apilado at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many PDMLers own a hand held meter

RE: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use?

2002-01-18 Thread Matamoros, Cesar A.
Sorry for the late reply. Been actually busy at work ... I still have time for the PDML though. I have a Sekonic Studio Deluxe L-398 which is the predecessor of the curent L-398M Studio Deluxe II. I bought this meter used in, I believe 1985. It has traveled with me throughout

Re: This time really OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use?

2002-01-17 Thread Jostein
Congrats on your 645 purchase, Delano! I have a Sekonic L-308B FlashMate, which is a incident light meter. Works fine for me, but I don't know how it stands to its competitors. I primarily bought it because it's basic, simple and the least expensive I could find new. It's still on the

Re: OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use?

2002-01-17 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Doug F. wrote: DF All this talk of meters and flash meters has me wondering something. DF Say I have a setup where I'm using a flash cabled to (or built into) my DF camera to fire one or more additional flashes via optical slave units. DF How do I trigger them for the meter to read without

Re: OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use?

2002-01-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 9:39 PM Subject: Re: OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use? As I mentioned the other day, I have a near twenty year old Vivitar 240XL. It's a multimeter

Re: OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use?

2002-01-16 Thread Jim Apilado
Gossen Luna-Lux. Jim A. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use?

2002-01-16 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
, I guess it was XL. Ciao, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 6:08 AM Subject: Re: OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use? Yep, mine is the 240 XL, (not LX). The must have

What kind of a hand-held meter - Not Off-Topic

2002-01-16 Thread Paris, Leonard
I have an older Pentax 1-degree spotmeter and a Gossen Luna Pro SBC. Len --- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: What kind of a hand-held meter - Not Off-Topic

2002-01-16 Thread Brendan
HEHE I win for the most ghetto meter, a vintage first gen LCD minolta autometer III , it works, it's accurate and won't do flash :( __ Web-hosting solutions for home and business! http://website.yahoo.ca - This message is from

Re: OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use?

2002-01-16 Thread Robert Harris
Aaron Reynolds wrote: I have a Sekonic flashmate L-308b, a beautiful, small meter. I very much like the size, shape and layout. It's a digital flashmeter, with measurement in tenths of stops. Easy to use one-handed. I have been using the Sekonic 328F for nearly 10 years. I think it is

This time really OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use?

2002-01-16 Thread Delano Mireles
Thanks to everyone who has responded to my initial inquiry. Looks like I have some good starting points but still some research to do. The reason for the question is because I took delivery on my (new to me) Mamiya 645 Pro camera today - - woohoo!!! Thanks again! Delano - This message is

Re: OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use?

2002-01-16 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Wednesday, January 16, 2002, at 04:02 PM, Robert Harris wrote: I have been using the Sekonic 328F for nearly 10 years. I think it is simply a later version of the 308, or maybe it has some added features. The 308 will not take a spot attachment. -Aaron - This message is from the

OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use?

2002-01-15 Thread Delano Mireles
Hi all, Just looking to get some opinions as to which meters you find are top notch. I'm in the market for a handheld meter (more than likely offering flash) and have seen the Polaris and Minolta IV as reasonably priced options. I'd appreciate anyone's thoughts on the topic. Thanks, Delano -

Re: OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use?

2002-01-15 Thread Bmacrae
Delano, I use the Minolta IV F. Love it. Will take flash readings via PC cord or cordless. Will hold readings in memory. Very easy to use. Really a great little meter. I had used the analog Sekonic Studio Deluxe in the past and also a Gossen digital. I like the Minolta the best. Brendan

Re: OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use?

2002-01-15 Thread Aaron Reynolds
I have a Sekonic flashmate L-308b, a beautiful, small meter. I very much like the size, shape and layout. It's a digital flashmeter, with measurement in tenths of stops. Easy to use one-handed. -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to

Re: OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use?

2002-01-15 Thread Paul Jones
or__Aproductlist_html___200224___SEL208___REG___CatID=902___SID=EBA3EC6A860 Thanks, Paul Jones - Original Message - From: Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 8:55 AM Subject: Re: OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use? I have a Sekonic

Re: OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use?

2002-01-15 Thread Alan Chan
Just looking to get some opinions as to which meters you find are top notch. I'm in the market for a handheld meter (more than likely offering flash) and have seen the Polaris and Minolta IV as reasonably priced options. I'd appreciate anyone's thoughts on the topic. I had the Sekonic L328

Re: OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use?

2002-01-15 Thread Bill Owens
Just looking to get some opinions as to which meters you find are top notch. I'm in the market for a handheld meter (more than likely offering flash) and have seen the Polaris and Minolta IV as reasonably priced options. I'd appreciate anyone's thoughts on the topic. I usually use a

Re: OT: What kind of Hand Held Meter do you use?

2002-01-15 Thread Robert Harris
Alan Chan wrote: I like the L328 for its size and easy of use. Unfortunately, it had poor built quality and messy circuit board design. It died eventually without apparent reason and costed a fortunate to repair, so I just dumped it. I don't think the build quality is bad overall. It

Hand held shooting at slow speed was( telephoto lens)

2001-05-10 Thread Philippe Trottier
My opinion is: The heaviest the better when hand held, I really like my setup when it goes over 2Kg preferably over 3Kg (6.6lbs), max 8Kg for me handheld(I can handle about 12 frames at that weight before a need to rest my arm.) The longest Ive shot handheld was about 300mm 5.6 , 2 TC(4x