Why tell us Chris? If it's an awful thing maybe you should mention
it to the seller or the high bidders. I've sent a note to the
seller telling him that he's misleading his bidders. I'm really
tempted to mention it to the bidders as well, but I suspect that
constitutes interfering with an
On Tue, 1 May 2001, Creature's Comfort wrote:
Why tell us Chris?
Because it's 2:30 in the morning and I'm bored. *L*
If it's an awful thing maybe you should mention it to the seller or
the high bidders.
I sent a note to the seller, but not the high bidders. No sense
complaining here and
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Alan Chan wrote:
That's not too bad. Just few days ago there was a databack M which was
said to work on M series bodies, when in fact, it's for Super
A/Program. Quite a few guys bidded on that one. I don't know if they
knew what they were bidding.
The Data Back M will
Tanya writes:
So many non-Aussies (and especially Americans) think that vegemite can
be eaten like peanut butter.
Is all American peanut butter like the stuff in those peanut butter cups a
friend once sent me? Man, that stuff tasted like it was 99% salt.
But the opposite is true, and to
Alan Chan quotes a post I haven't seen:
The lens appears (nearly) unused, but I notice
that the front tube (filter mount) is looser than on other lenses that I
have. Is this normal? Slides from a test roll last weekend came back
very sharp.
This is normal.
Yes, the lens barrel is very
Shel Belinkoff writes:
If you frame and focus, and then move the camera to
install a filter, your framing and focus are gone. An even more
ridiculous idea than I first thought!
Recently I was shooting at 1/125th with a 400mm lens braced in a car
window-frame. I decided I'd better shoot
Norman Baugher writes:
That is one hell of a deal!
And it's been sold...
I saw a 67 next to an Auto110 the other day. Now that's an interesting
comparison :) The lenses for the 110 are rather small (I was surprised to find
that they didn't have a variable aperture!).
Cheers,
- Dave
Gerald F. Cermak writes:
Hehehehe. It works! (at least by monitoring shutter speed sound - I'll get
the film developed today or tomorrow).
I'm not surprised that it worked but you might find your negs a little
overexposed due to the amount of time the closing shutter curtain takes to
Shel Belinkoff writes:
Are we about to embark on another two year rumor parade? What's the
Limited camera?
I was referring to some kind of body to match the Limited lenses.
I didn't mean to give the impression that such a thing exists, just that I
would like to see/own one :)
Cheers,
petit miam writes:
Actually I have a really nice sunrise over
snow photo taken when I was living in Christchurch. It
doesn't snow here though.
I hope you don't think that snow in Christchurch is actually a regular
occurrence!
Cheers,
- Dave
David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec)
My reaction is So what? What's the story here? Where's the
train? This is just a typical, amateurish photograph, something
just barely worthy of a beginner photographer. It's like a million
other pictures of little or no significance - people standing
around, waiting on a train platform have
Hi all,
Well I've decided that I should finally get a film scanner of some sort. I can't
afford a 4000dpi 35mm scanner yet, but I do want to be able to scan my 6x7
slides for the web, which meant I was going to have to buy the Duoscan
anyway. I'm able to afford this one at the moment so I
I see what you're trying to do, or at least I feel it, but there are
too many distracting elements in this photograph to really make it
work.
First there's the motorcycle that shows in the distance between the
two people. Did you notice it when making the shot? It takes away
from the feel of
can I still offer one even though I'm no 'appointed commentator' ?
well it isnt really a comment, i just wanted to voice out my admiration
for the two symmetrical formal BW's - Sid's 'Tree' and Norm's
'Serenity' - just my kinda pics, and they got me reconsidering BW
photography.. (even though
Hi Shel,
Thank you for your comment.
First there's the motorcycle that shows in the distance
between the two people. Did you notice it when making the
shot? It takes away from the feel of the scene, as does
the light pole on the right.
I didn't notice the motorcycle. After I read your
On Tue, 01 May 2001 00:48:32 -0700, Creature's Comfort wrote:
My reaction is So what? What's the story here? Where's the
train? This is just a typical, amateurish photograph, something
.
Maybe if the train was pulling in the photo would have more
interest, or if something were happening
Just to avoid any confusion. C/N/M 1.8 lenses look all like glued
cardboard, some are enormous, they lack some of their peers features,
but all are good optics. I can confirm that, except for flare, Canon
50/1.8 is the equal of Pentax FA 50/1.7.
Maybe offering a cheap standard prime is
Sorry Pål, this must be crap. USM selling point is less couplings,
less friction than traditional gear mechanisms. If theirs lasts 20
hours, than how many minutes should survive ours? :o/
Servus, Alin
Pål wrote:
PJ According to Canon the ultrasonic motors used in their lenses
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The LX's viewfinder is excellent. The best I have seen thru.
A Nikonian friend simply told Wow! when he saw thru it. Another friend,
pentaxian, uses ME super and MZ 5, he uses the ME Super most of the time due to
the brighter viewfinder (and when he saw thru the
William Robb wrote:
Ctein didn't find improper washing to be the culprit. He decided
it was casued by putting the print behind glass, or otherwise
enclosing it.
Well, my bronzed print isn't under or behind anything: it's stuck on the
wall with two little pieces of tape. And no, the
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Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: Ultrasonic motors crap?
Sorry Pål, this must be crap. USM selling point is less couplings,
less friction than traditional gear mechanisms. If
Pentax-A 2X-S converter, practically speaking Mint, boxed w/original leather hard
case, strap and manual.
$200 including shipping.
Pål
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FB-1 (excellent, boxed with manual): $200
FC-1 (excellent, boxed with manual): $70
FD-1 (excellent): $70
FE-1 (excellent, boxed with manual): $150
The finders are hardly used and just collecting dust. Prices in US dollars. I would
appreciate one buyer buying it all...less hassle - free
Leon Altoff wrote:
I'm sorry but I have to disagree with most of your comments. A train
pulling in or out would have ruined the shot as far as I am concerned.
The wall is needed in the shot for the correct balance. As to what's
the story?, well that is for you to decide. You obviously
Gary,
I got hooked on stereo photography after I saw an exhibit at a camera swap
meet in Kent, Washington in the early 1990's. I saw a Pentax Beam Spliter
device and viewer and tried it. The results were OK but had much to be
desired. You can only use the attachment on a 50mm lens. The
$200 is not high for a lens that shows up so seldom. I paid $200 for mine,
from Finland; the only other specimen I've found, other than on EBay, was
$171 from Sweden.
Jose Rodriguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...the local Pro Shop currently has one in Exc+ Condition ($200), if
anybody is
I remember him saying that the problem seems to be
greater with recent prints. When prints are set aside
for a couple of months before framing, the problem is
somehow reduced. Maybe some sort of acid environment
is created between the glass and the print?
Herbet.
--- William Johnson [EMAIL
Hi, I just read this on Peter Spiro's lens test site,
and it doesn't jive w/ what everyone else says about
the 70-210 lens. What gives?
his site is:
http://webhome.idirect.com/~spirop/pentaxlens.htm
thanks!
Another interesting question is the quality of zoom lenses compared to
fixed focal
I'll have to agree with Alin on possible approach. A good friend of mine
first started shooting his Canon with a Sigma 28-80 cheap zoom. After
viewing many of my prime pics, he decided to get a 50mm 1.8 lens. I have
seen his later stuff and it is much better. Had the lens cost much more,
I'm
Hi all,
These are my comments to the pictures that were picked out for me to comment on this
month.
I hope I will do justice to the pictures, the techniques and the shooters in my
comments. (If not, I don't mind at all, the shooters or anyone disagreeing with me...)
Steve Larson: Wood Duck
Hi Take ...
I took a photo workshop about a month ago, and one of the points the
instructor made was that many people don't pay attention to, or
miss, small items in the background of their photos. Of course, he
was right, and when I looked at many of my old photos I observed
that the reason
David A. Mann wrote:
1- optical performance
It performs quite well at 1200 dpi, but the 2400 dpi interpolated mode
is...uh...well, kind of stinky. I don't see much of a difference
between a 1200dpi scan scaled up in Photoshop and one interpolated in
the scanner to 2400dpi.
I'm quite happy
BTW, how did Ctein test?
Did he mention his wash method, or what fixer he was using? If he was
running these prints through a processor, really, I still have to
suspect the wash or the fix; I've yet to see a machine that gives you a
proper wash. After all, processors are designed as a speedy
Creature's Comfort wrote:
Our family was very poor. We were NYC dirt farmers, which meant
that we first had to collect enough dirt in order to farm. Every
morning my mom and dad would leave the city and walk and hitchhike
to the suburbs where they'd go around to homes and do odd jobs to
You know these are the kind of comments that will drive people away from
contributing. I don't think we were asked as much to critique the
submissions, as we were simply to comment on them.
IMO this was a rather harsh response. If the shot didn't do anything for
you, that's fine, but why
Hi all,
Just wanted to comment on the wonderful gallery this month. I enjoyed all
the photos, and for what it's worth, I wanted to share some comments on a
few (??) of my favorites this month. Couldn't stop at just a few, so I
commented on 15 shots below, grouped by category.
Bill Peifer
Tom V. wrote:
The guy who uses a Pentax 67 to shoot nude people out in the street will
be on Leno tonight.
This is the guy who was mentioned briefly on some thread last week. (At
least I think it's the same guy.)
I was the one who mentioned him on a thread about Pentax appearing on TV
Hi Bill,
I'm glad you liked. Now that you mentioned I think a
little cropping would help.
Thanks,
Herbet.
--- Peifer, William [OCDUS] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Herbet Brasileiro, Breathless Cathedral. Very
appropriately named -- this
is an absolutely breathtaking view. I like the
lighting,
Thanks Bill. Glad you liked it.
Bill
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William Robb, Quiet Time.
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Sorry I am rather late on this, but that's just the way I am sometimes.
Earlier I was going to, but didn't come about to, comment on Colin McKie's picture
Gulls, New Brighton Pier, Christchurch, NZ in the March gallery this year. Now that
I have spent some time at the galleries I just want to
party at Gerald's house
Quoting Gerald F. Cermak [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
SNIP
I do say I enjoy my 3D work. Though sharing it on the
web is asking too
much of people to cross their eyes or buy viewers. My
3d shots are
reserved
only for people that actually visit my house.
Cheers,
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William Robb wrote:
Ctein didn't find improper washing to be the culprit. He
decided
it was casued by putting the print behind glass, or
otherwise
enclosing it.
Well, my bronzed print
Congratulations Pat - you have to be quite ahead of the trends to be
published by the french Photo. I did notice your image when I leafed
the magazine and I thought this is exactly what Photo was looking
for.
As for PUG... well, wish I could hear Bill when he first sees the
picture.
That's possible :)
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party at Gerald's house
Quoting Gerald F. Cermak [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
SNIP
I do say I
William Pfeiffer commented:
snip
Alexey Tikhonov, Daniil. Study of Character. This is an impressive
shot.
A portrait of a live model, but the lighting and warm tone capture the feel
of a Rembrandt. Nice job!
Concur wholeheartedly. My initial impression was this was a photo of a
Peifer, William [OCDUS] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi Bill,
Sorry for mispelling your last name in my previous post referencing your PUG
comments.
Paulo Ernest
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Chris wrote:
Well, commenting does involve negative as well as positive feedback. What
I, personally, see as important is whether the commentator (1) explains
*why* they dislike the photo or think that it doesn't work, and
(2) suggests things that could have been done differently to improve
At 23:57 1/05/01, Bill wrote:
Jon Hope, Frank. I can see why Frank liked this shot. I think it
captures some character, wisdom, and experience. I like this shot as it is,
but I'm curious how tighter framing would look. We discussed this on the
list quite a while back.
Thanks for the nice
Last nights outage of the server was caused by a server upgrade.
There will be additional work on the server towards the middle
of this month while they install new hardware and back up the
files.
Thanks
William Robb
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I'm glad Gianfranco Irlanda's The Jewel was placed near the end
of the gallery, 'cause I kind of got stuck there. Flipping through
this month's submissions, noting the vast number that make me envy
others' skills and the few that didn't quite work for me, when I
hit The Jewel I just had to stop
Hi all
I was going to add some comments of my own to my last post, but decided
it'd be fairer to let them stand on their own two feet. :-) I have looked
at this month's gallery and liked some, disliked some, and some have gone
right past me.
Some of the ones I like:
Daniil. Study Of
Hi, William,
Thanks for the kind words about Moss Corner.
The grid that you mention was a chain-link fence. I guess I could have cropped
it (or most of it) out, but I didn't want to do it for that print, for a couple
of reasons.
Firstly, I don't like to crop, unless absolutely necessary.
Hi,
comments embedded.
Tuesday, May 01, 2001, 5:01:10 PM, you wrote:
You know these are the kind of comments that will drive people away from
contributing. I don't think we were asked as much to critique the
submissions, as we were simply to comment on them.
what's the difference?
First off let me say that people photos are not my usual kind of shots, so
I'm probably not that qualified to...
Saddhu by Carlos Royo, Spain - I think the interesting thing here is
the face and the fact that your subject apparently is not aware of being
photographed, due to the long focal
You have to watch out with the dust collecter cameras too - a camera that
has been sitting around for many years without having the shutter fired can
be just as troublesome as a camera that has been used so much it has been
worn out. Probably the best bet is a camera that was used occasionally,
Chris asked:
How much do those usually go for? I've been thinking of selling mine.
Chris, Daphne,
Here are the SMC 135/2.5K prices I've noted; if the condition is not
stated, if did not appear in the listing. I stopped tracking the 135K's
prices a few months ago because I had gathered so many
The K bodies seem to be pretty solid cameras. The electronics seem to be
what fails on them the most, the most common problem I have seen with
K1000's is dead meters. Electronics failure is what stops K2's it seems.
Mechanically they seem to last forever. If you are looking at KX's, check
to
Pat White wrote:
I'm a little embarrassed that my first posting to the list is me
bragging, but I thought that
other Pentax users might like to know that our equipment produces
prize-winners
I think you are wrong here, it is the photographer who does that: YOU!
Congratulations!
The picture
Ramesh,
Pentax SMC coating is a definite asset in a wide angle.
The Sigma Super Wide II 24/2.8 has many fans. They praise the resolution
and contrast while cautioning about the Sigma's cheaper construction and
less-than-ideal flare control. It tied with Canon for first place on On
Olle
no K 135mm f2.5 ?
How much do those usually go for? I've been thinking of selling mine.
chris
$10-$40 dollars, and sometimes even up to $70
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Well, I got off work a bit early today, so I can take this opportunity
to do my homework before the hockey game comes on the tube. Branford
Marsalis is blasting on the stereo, I've got a cigarette all lit up (no
lectures please - I like it, okay?), and I'm all set to go.
This month, it's my
You may want to reconsider the T1200, as I think there is at least one
better alternative.
The T1200 itself is a pretty good unit. Within the limits of its
specifications it performs well. With a bit of experimentation it will
produce good results with negatives and slides. The only complaint
Thank you, Tom. Yes, this young lady was very intent on what she was doing, and not
put off by my photographing her. Like you, I don't normally photograph people, so this
is hard work to get an image I like. I took a portrait photography class last year
just to learn how to do it better.
I
Pal,
Interested in the FD-1 . . . still have it and willing to split it from the rest?
Bill
Pål Jensen wrote:
FB-1 (excellent, boxed with manual): $200
FC-1 (excellent, boxed with manual): $70
FD-1 (excellent): $70
FE-1 (excellent, boxed with manual): $150
The finders are hardly used
Just wanted to ad my voice to the list and say that the quantity and
quality of entries in this month's PUG is stunning. Well done to you all,
especially if you have submitted for the first time. They are all
excellent.
I sat for a solid hour in front of my Mac going through each one and it
Hey Tom, Thanks for liking my mundane little snapshot. I must
say, I am glad Shel wasn't critiquing my work this monthG.
Bill
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Quiet Time by William Robb - The closeness, facial
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What a month! There are two absolutely outstanding images in this
gallery. I've been trying to decide which of them I like the most,
and have eventually plumped for Daniil. Study of Character, by
Alexey Tikhonov. Even after looking at it several times, I'm still
not convinced that it isn't
I am planning to get 24mm lens. I would like it take 52mm filters
since I already have couple of 52mm filters.
Pentax F 24mm matches the requiment( FA 24mm is 67mm ); www.keh.com has
USED
Pentax F 24mm for 339 USD.
There is Sigma 24mm/2.8 and is around 190USD.
Does Pentax lens worth
not my auction- just bid on another one,
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called one of Pentax's best zooms...
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Unfortunately, I found out yesterday that my old 1.7/50 (A) is blocked -
I can move between aperture 1.7 and 11, but not smaller and not A.
BTW: is this a common problem, that the aperture lever of the lenses gets
worn out? It's this small platic block within the gap of the mount that
transfers
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But, unfortunately I never got the A electrical contacts back
into
place, so now my A 50/1.7 is an M 50/1.7.
Mine is a very small ashtray. You did better than I did.
William Robb
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A bit of a waste of time I suspect, Oly and Leica cameras far surpass Nikons
top bodies by 100:1, Pentax hardly rates :-)
Cheers,
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE
First, what a wonderful Gallery this month! I have convinced myself that
everyone sent in their absolute best ever picture. If not, I'm selling my
camera and taking up bowling.
From the Mont-Blanc summit by Yves Caudano
It's a exciting shot, and I like it. However, I can't help
John Francis wrote:
That's probably the 1974 race, by the way. Patrick raced in Canada in 1974,
1976, 1977 1978. But in 1976 1977 he was driving the Tyrell P34 (the
six-wheeler), and the Tyrell 008 of 1978 doesn't have the airbox scoop.
That means your picture must be of the 1974
On Tue, 1 May 2001 00:50:18 -0500 (CDT), you wrote:
This is awful... a seller is advertising the Takumar Bayonet 135/2.5 as an
A lens (it's not) and the bidding is up to $75.
I love those misleading auctions. I believe they come about because
the seller is uninformed, not because the seller
On Tue, 1 May 2001, John Francis wrote:
Chris Brogden: Landing. I like the contrast between the sharp plant
stems and the blurring of the bird.
Thanks for commenting! I wish the stems could have been sharper, but
handholding a lens at 300mm and a slow shutter speed isn't the best way to
do
You've given me a bit too much glory in the title. I didn't test this lens.
In the instance where you are quoting, I am just reporting on the test
that was done of the SMC-F 70-210mm in Modern Photography. This same lens
gets a much better rating on Photodo, of 3.4. I guess that just means
William Parmley's Starburst
Described as reminding one of 4th of July Fireworks. When pointed out I see
it, yes, but for me the image as a whole does not convey this impression to
the viewer. It needs perhaps more color, more brightness, more dazzle, even
if it's natural appearance will need
Hi folks,
I was told that the MZ-S would be released in Japan on May 25 (this year,
that is :-)
Cheers,
Ken
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Hi Lasse,
Steve Larson: Wood Duck
What first strikes me are the colors. Never seen a duck with those colors,
I don't think you find them here around (Scandinavia). That's interesting.
However it seems that there are some surrounding strong green colours that
possibly makes the duck appear
Oops! I meant up hill, not down hill.
-frank
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The Takumar K-mount 135/2.5 sells for ten to seventy dollars, as you
say. The Pentax SMC 135/2.5 sells for as much as $200. I believe I paid
$140 for a near mint copy on ebay and I consider it a bargain. It's a
magnificent piece of glass and should never ben mentioned in the same
sentence as the
I'll
respond to the list, in the event someone else might be
interested.
My PUG
submission for May was done with a PZ-1p with the AF500FTZ and a Lumiquest
Mini-softbox. Overall, it gives a decent, soft light, but with a bit of a "hot
spot" in the center. I use it occasionally to soften
I'll respond to the list anyway. I'm not familar with the FTZ-500, but if
it can tilt maybe you should try bounce flash? That will probably give you
the best results, assuming you have a good ceiling to bounce from. Plus it
doesn't cost anything :)
Todd
At 07:19 PM 5/1/01 -0700, you wrote:
Quoc Bao Raphael Tranwrote:
hiit's been a while since i've been on
herebut i've got a question for y'all.
a girl i met while photographing this year's
chinese new year parade in san francisco (she admired my big f/2.8 zoom lens)
asked me i could do some photography
John Mustarde wrote:
But, unfortunately I never got the A electrical contacts back into
place, so now my A 50/1.7 is an M 50/1.7.
John, would you mind explaining to me the difference between the M and the
A? (I have an A)...
TIA,
fairy.
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I have also had good results at close range by using a rubber band to strap
a piece of white photographic paper to the flash such that it protrudes some
4 over the top of the head. I swivel the head straight up and angle the
paper at 45 degrees so that when the flash fires, the paper bounces the
On Tue, 01 May 2001 16:53:06 -0700, John Francis wrote:
Jan van Wijk: Abandoned. I find myself wondering if the sagebrush?
in front of the truck is a help or a hindrance to the composition.
I'd like to see a shot with the truck unobscured, for comparison.
Thanks for your thoughts John,
That
John Mason wrote on 5-01-01:
I hesitate continue this discussion, but I suppose
that I should comment on Shel's remarks about my
photo, if only to demonstrate that I'm still here.
I've got a thick skin. You develop one in academics
or you get out. (Q: Why are academic politics so
vicious?
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