The version in K-Mount that is the same optical formula as the last generation
screw-mount lenses of the same spec should be quite
good. I have used both screw-mount versions extensively and found them to be very
sharp, compact, and consistent in terms of the
color rendition they produce. You
The SMCT and SMCP 35/3.5 are my favorite 35mm lenses.
Paul M. Provencher wrote:
The version in K-Mount that is the same optical
formula as the last generation screw-mount lenses
of the same spec should be quite good. I have
used both screw-mount versions extensively and
found them to
There's a hard-to-find third-party fast prime that's advertised for $75 but it has
fungus. How much does it cost to remove the fungus? Is it always possible? Do I just
ask my dealer to send it in for a CLA? --Paul Stregevsky
BT wrote:
I would like to mention that I already have the M zoom but
Rob Studdert wrote:
Some pics from yesterday (Oly E-10, I'm waiting Pentax)
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Rob:
Your house looks to be ok. Is Hurstville near Sydney? Some scary pics of
the raging fires there at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1728000/1728015.stm
What dpi are you sending to the printer, and what program are you using to print?
Maris
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| Okay i've been making
Paul ...
The Kodak Professional Photoguide is available through many sources.
It's listed on the Amazon site, for example. I've got a copy, and it's
a great and useful tool, but, for some reason, mine doesn't have the
grey card.
The
Paul Stenquist wrote:
There's a grey card, a grey
Lately, PHOTOgraphic has been giving some belated credit to the PZ-1p. They
even listed it in the last issue as one of their five favorite cameras under
$500, which I found surprising.
I personally love the PZ-1p and can't really imagine a better all-around
camera. The ergonomics, as has
FWIW I forgot to mention i tried some Kodak Ultimate
paper that is supposed to work with ALL inkjets and had
poor results from it.The greens and blues seem to come out
like the stain glass mode in PS 6.but on the Canon Photo Paper
Pro it is fine.
Dave
Pentax User
Stouffville Ontario Canada
Alberto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I own an A 70-210/4
I like it and its overall qualty, but I would like to go for autofocus
I would like a more speed lens also
What are the AF options in pentax K-mount ?
For 70mm or 80mm to 200mm zooms that are faster you're going to be looking at
the big,
Someone advertising a Tokina 35-70 2.8 in a Fujica mount. Am I wrong in
assuming that this is Pentax K mount? I had a Fujica years ago and I
could swear it was a K mount???
Confused,
Cotty
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2.8 zoom for your Pentax...
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1314205709
Cheers,
Cotty
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What is supposed to work on all inkjets doesn't always work on all inkjets, as you
have found out. Use the Canon Photo Paper Pro.
Maris
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Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: Re: First
If you don't like that one don't ever suggest you get one for a Minolta
STsi, HTsi, or XTsi. The Minolta one is as flimsy as they get made by
screwing together a bunch of plastic parts, and to top it off they use the
base plate of the camera as the top cover of the battery pack and make you
have
Robert Soames Wetmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
I personally love the PZ-1p and can't really imagine a better
all-around
camera.
I agree. One of the nicest cameras. If only Pentax would have made an
AA-grip for it, it would have been much more succesfull.one of the
mysteries of history, I
I just never had a good enough reason to spend the
money to upgrade.
Steve
IMHO 5.5 is a good upgrade from 5 - though I won't be going up to 6
anytime soon.
Cotty
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Rob.How recently did Pentax stop production of the PZ-1p??
I'm saving up for eithr the MZ5n or PZ-1p,and i see the 5n still for
sale in our big shops but have not realy noticed if the have any 1p's on the
shelf.
Thanks
Dave
Sadly, the PZ-1p wasn't even loved by Pentaxers in general - and
If anyone has or finds a FK-60 screen for the PZ-1p for sale, I am looking for one.
Thanks!
Later,
Gary
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Hi Maris.The Photo Paper Pro is all i use now except for printing
out thumbnails i use Epsons Hi res paper.Good enough
to show prospective customers what their picture will look
like(and a heck of a lot cheaper)
Dave
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I recently picked up a used Vivitar Series 1 70-210/f3.5 at a local shop for
$100.00 US. I haven't had an opportunity to use it much yet, but for only
1/2 stop less than a 2.8 I thought it was a good buy.
Bill, KG4LOV
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Hi BT,
An additional point of consideration could be the minimum focussing
distance. My SMC-M 80-200 has a minimum focussing distance of 1.6m. There
seems to be a SMC-M 80-200 with a smaller minimum focus, but I have never
seen one. 1m60 was not close enough in situations where I wanted to
1: I saw a nice AF280T used on Monday listing at $189.00 Can dollars
(about $115.00 USd)i'm sure they will come down a bit,but is this
a good price range for the flash.Would like to go in with some bargining
knowledge.
I paid £75 GB for my AF280T from a UK dealer. It's in good condition with
BTW, this dye sub printer output blows away any ink jet I've ever seen.
Even at 314 dpi, it prints a nice crisp smooth image, almost
indiscernible from chemical min-lab prints.
Can't help you Gerald, but I'm VERY jealous
Cheers,
Cotty
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 17:00:59 +0100, john.vanderaalst wrote:
BTW, are the Pz1p's still sold ? Often Pentax dumped old stock at very
low prices, but it seems that didn't happen with the Pz1p...they just
faded away.
Yes, they are still being sold. Both BH and Adorama have them in stock for $479.95
At 23:06 25-12-2001 -0500, Shel wrote:
Don't feel so bad. I don't even understand your question. Pass the
bubbly - I understand that!
I'm not sure I understand my question either!
I'm trying to understand the concept of TTL flash and failing miserably.
I'll try again...
I have a metz sca
You are correct. My mistake in definition.
Kent Gittings
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Subject: Re: OT - Voigtlander Bessa LR (but I mention ME Super)
No,
Upsilon was Sigma/Sun's own off brand.
The same lens was also sold under Spiratone's name. I have one of those plus
an Upsilon 200/2.8. They are mostly interchangeable YS mount lenses.
Performance was not bad but not in the same ballpark as an SMC-T 300/4 (have
one of those also).
Kent Gittings
I now anoint thee Sir Professional.
It's not whether you think you do professional work that counts but whether
others do.
Kent Gittings
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On Fri, 21 December 2001, aimcompute wrote:
I got an e-mail yesterday from Idaho Magazine. They have decided to use one
of my shots for the January cover. The one they chose is:
http://www.peaceoflight.com/WinterSports/GirlBlueSled.htm
There were several that I thought were good
That's what I said all along. The other way is nearly impossible unless the
rewind is really slow since I don't know a single camera that counts
sprocket holes on rewind and could snap shot some data while the film is
streaming by in hardly over 10 seconds or so.
Kent Gittings
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Arrgghh I just missed this one. I've been looking to pick up an ME super
cheap.
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Bruce,
Thanks for the reply. It looks like that is the answer.
I had made some assumptions based on what I thought it should do if it had
been a super program with an AF280T.
My mistake had been in not studying the manual of the MZ-S sufficiently
based on these assumptions and not noticing the
Sorry but color CCD digicams use exactly the same technology as scanners in
most cases. The only interpolation they do is if they are capable of
producing a result that has higher res than the number of actual pixels in
the CCD grid. Which is exactly how a 1200x2400 pixel/dot scanner can come up
Full moon shots generally needs something like an ND25 or ND13 filter to
reduce glare, and increase contrast and detail. Otherwise stick to shots in
the terminator area (line of sunlight) where detail and contrast are higher.
Just remember to use an astro recommended shutter speed and not
Sadly, the PZ-1p wasn't even loved by Pentaxers in general - and
certainly
not the way LX was. The demise of the LX was honored with a long
thread of
lavish toasts; the PZ-1p died without such honor. When I heard the
news
that the PZ-1p was officially out of production, I, however, silently
By the way in the latest
product news from Fuji they say that generally (without specifying the
film)
a 35mm snapshot has about 6 MP of info that can be mined out of it with
even
the best scanners.
I've read this in other places too.
Bill, KG4LOV
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i'm also looking for an ME super...i have to stickto the international auctions
though...since i'm from sweden
good luck!
e-man
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I'm not sure of the exact date when production ceased. Paal Jensen
mentioned it a while back. It's hard to find this sort of thing out
officially - Pentax USA recently told me it is still a current model. They
may still have back-stock at Pentax. The PZ-1p is certainly still available
new
That's interesting, but let me ask this. I'll do it rhethorical fashion.
When I scan a 35mm slide with my 2438ppi scanner, what part of the 20+
megabyte file would I choose as being inconsequential to the image?
And now with the 4000ppi scanners it seems there is even more data to be
found in
I forgot to say one other thing. Granted... not all of that 20+ mb file is
raw pixels. It also contains all other kind of file format stuff.
Tom C.
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Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 10:09 AM
Subject: Re:
In a message dated 12/26/2001 10:32:08 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Someone advertising a Tokina 35-70 2.8 in a Fujica mount. Am I wrong in
assuming that this is Pentax K mount? I had a Fujica years ago and I
could swear it was a K mount???
Confused,
Cotty
I just happen to have a PZ-1p for sale. It has the
Golden Section screen installed and the Grip Strap
attached. $300 plus shipping.
Doug
At 12:08 PM 12/26/01 -0500, you wrote:
I'm not sure of the exact date when production ceased.
Paal Jensen mentioned it a while back. It's hard to
find
I sometimes like to load a roll of Kodachrome 64 and shoot off a roll of
full moons that I can double expose evening scenes with later. I record the
moon using a 200mm lens that is set at f8 and a shutter speed of 1/250.
I've gotton some good results using this technique.
Jim A.
From: Kent
Then you'll either need to get a custom profile to get rid of the greens and blues, or
play with the sliders in the Epson driver.
Maris
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Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: Re: Re:
Fujica cameras are either their bayonet or a version of M42. They have a
different style of open aperture metering than the Pentax SMC-T but all can
be used in regular M42 modes. From old handling I'm pretty sure their
bayonet mount is not truly compatible to Pentax K but I could be wrong.
Kent
I don't know either. If I thought that there was really only about 6 MP of
real info in a 35mm frame I might make the switch to digital sooner than I
expect to. But I'm not sure they are not fudging their opinions down so as
to sell large amounts of their higher end digital cameras.
Kent Gittings
I agree with your suspicion.
My Minolta, in raw pixels gets about 8mb from a 35mm frame. With the
4000dpi scanners, a raw pixel count of about 20mb is realized.
It does seem there is more than 6 megapixels of information in a 35mm film
frame.
It's the standards issue again... and what size
I did! Two in fact.
A K1000 and 100mm macro and an Optio 430!
Cant be bad.
Happy Xams to all
Alan Abbott (one of the many lurkers!)
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I've been using the Sigma 70-200 EX Apo for nearly two years and I'm very
pleased with it. It's pretty well my favorite lens. I'd been using the
Pentax 28-200/3.8-5.6, and there's no comparison, in build quality, or picture
quality. You'll find the Sigma to easily equal or exceed your 'A' lens
For those celebrating Christmas, good morning, and may you find a pentax
under the tree!
My son did! A ZX-10.
He picked it up and proclaimed it cool . He then eyed it supiciously,
looked at me, and said It's not one of your old ones, is it?
Okay, so it wasn't new, but I'd bought it with him in
Oh shutup Pal,
Not only many of us, but other camera reviewers don't agree with you. We
know how it isn't your favorite camera, and how you detested the AF with
400mm lenses trying to shoot flocks of moving birds. Did you ever take a
photo with it you liked???
You also don't seem to be overly
To the best of my knowledge, 10K dpi will resolve the grain of normal film.
Someone on the list said his 400 dpi would do that, but I think there is a
difference between showing the grain and fully resolving it.
I do know that the best print I have received from the PDML Printer
Challenge was
And, why pay for a 10Kdpi drum scan?
Ciao,
graywolf
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Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: DPI vs. PPI
That's interesting, but let me ask this. I'll do it rhethorical
While we are talking about advertising speak, please explain how a scanner
can get a density range of 4.2 on a scale of 0 to 4?
Ciao,
graywolf
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Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 2:13 PM
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 15:24:56 -0500, wendy beard wrote:
He picked it up and proclaimed it cool . He then eyed it supiciously,
looked at me, and said It's not one of your old ones, is it?
Okay, so it wasn't new, but I'd bought it with him in mind. It had been a
I gave my grand daughter a P3 on
Congrats to everyone who got a new toy/gizmo for Christmas.
(I didn't. Got some cheese? I'm about to whine!)
Didn't get the darkroom stuff I wanted.
Nothin!
But ...
I did get to be with my parents in-laws,
as well as have a nice holiday with the wife sons.
More valuable than equipment.
At 10:17 26-12-2001 -0500, Dave wrote:
2: I have the Sigma AF100-300 f4.5-6.7 DL zoom lense.I recently saw
(in a Blacks camera store) a Pentax FA 100-300 f4.5-5.6 silver zoom
listed new for $359.00 Can d.I will assume that the Pentax will be
at least some what better than the Sigma(working on
Hi, Amita,
He only got that for you so he can use your Yashica TLR and strike up
conversations with pretty girls! vbg
Hope you had a good Christmas - I'm sure it was, as it was the first one
as an engaged person! And, if you got a Pentax for a gift, well, it
doesn't get any better than that,
At 16:04 26-12-2001 -0500, Tom C. wrote:
The fact it didn't do well may be part marketing, part Nikon/Canon mentality
of the consumer-masses.
I should say definitely some sort of marketing failure.
I have never, ever seen a (P)Z-1 or (P)Z1-p in the flesh and I've been in a
lot of camera shops
Dependingt on the age of your Revue lens, it may have been manufactured by
Elop-Werke GambH, Flensburg, Germany. (Elop is an acronym for
Elektro-Optische-Werke.) ELOP-Werke was a small enterprise in Northern West
Germany in the post-WWII period. This company manufactured a single SLR - the
On 26 Dec 2001 at 11:45, Kent Gittings wrote:
Sorry but color CCD digicams use exactly the same technology as scanners in most
cases. The only interpolation they do is if they are capable of producing a
result that has higher res than the number of actual pixels in the CCD grid.
I can't get
On 26 Dec 2001 at 21:00, Pål Jensen wrote:
Has anyone tried the 67 for panoramas?
A Hasselblad X-pan is expensive and heavy and of course limited in its usage.
I've used the 17-28 fish-eye zoom for panoramas with good result. The distortion
from the fish-eye lenses is for landscape subjects
On 26 Dec 2001 at 11:28, aimcompute wrote:
It's the standards issue again... and what size the final output will be. For
most people 6 mega-pixels may be good enough, but good enough and as good
may be two different things, depending on the user's intentions.
I suspect that too, many people
On 26 Dec 2001 at 15:31, Tom Rittenhouse wrote:
To the best of my knowledge, 10K dpi will resolve the grain of normal film.
Someone on the list said his 400 dpi would do that, but I think there is a
difference between showing the grain and fully resolving it.
All very valid points, I have
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Jostein, Nice play on words if that was your intent... anecdotal,
vibration, gas. :-)
eemmm...
Huh?
Now I feel real slow here... Wish I could see what I might have
intended...
Oh, well...
Results: For me, I could see
Wendy,
Prior to purchasing my PZ-1p in '98 (I've told this story before), the
salesman was very interested in selling me a N90s. When I asked to look at
the Pentax, he basically handed it to me and didn't tell me a thing about it
or make any attempts to sell it. In fact he was more interested
Nope - Fuji bayonet was different - but they did use M42 earlier.
All the best!
Raimo
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There's a hard-to-find third-party fast prime that's advertised for $75 but
it has fungus. How much does it cost to remove the fungus? Is it always
possible? Do I just ask my dealer to send it in for a CLA? --Paul
Stregevsky
BT wrote:
I would like to mention that I already have the M zoom but
I should say definitely some sort of marketing failure.
I have never, ever seen a (P)Z-1 or (P)Z1-p in the flesh and I've been in a
lot of camera shops in my time!
IMO Pentax should gave away at least one Z-1/Z-1p to every local retailers
in the 1st place for promotional purpose. :)
regards,
I recall one other time, asking at a chain camera store, whether they had a
PZ-1p in stock. They said Yes we do. I said Where is it? I don't see
it. They said We don't put it out on the shelf. We only have one of
them.
How's that for a sales strategy?
Tom C.
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Hi,
The palm of my hand is 1 stop brighter than a grey card, the colour of the
palm doesnt really fluctuate like the back of your hand as its not in the
sun as much. So i just meter my palm and then make a 1 stop adjustment.
Regards,
Paul
MZ3_fella _ wrote:
Does anybody use the technique
wendy beard wrote:
At 16:04 26-12-2001 -0500, Tom C. wrote:
I have never, ever seen a (P)Z-1 or (P)Z1-p in the flesh and I've been
in a lot of camera shops in my time!
Lucky you, :)
Bob
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aimcompute wrote:
Oh shutup Pal,
Why should he shut up? He makes perfect sense on, this issue at least.
Not only many of us, but other camera reviewers don't agree with you.
These delusions tend to attract crowds. :)
I share Pal's views but shut up about the Z1/Z1-p a long time ago,
Amazing Grace by Bruce Dayton
http://pug.komkon.org/01dec/bkd0112c.htmlt
Bruce, I don't typically take to this kind of photograph... nevertheless it
seemed to have personality and feeling. It was strangely compelling.
Synchronicity Sophie by Darryn Richter
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 10:04:53 -0500, you wrote:
When I heard the news
that the PZ-1p was officially out of production, I, however, silently drank
some homemade chianti.
... and I, completely sober and thoughtful, went out and bought a new
PZ1p (number three) to store away for the future.
Hi David,
I changed paper back to Canon Photo Pro and the problem seems to have gone
away.
But now i have another problem. All but the very solid colous seem to be
speckly, it seems to make no different which paper i use. I have included a
link to a scan from the printer, on the print the
I agree with Shel and advice against Netscape Composer.
However, most visual editors produce more code than really needed.
Microsoft Word and FrontPage are some of the worst examples, but it
seems that none are perfect. The real problem with this is, imo, that
the code is totally unreadable
Rob wrote:
I don't understand your reference to cropping relative to panoramic images shot
with the fisheye? If you wish to shoot a pano made by stitching images that has
a narrower vertical AOV then you just use a longer lens and take more shots?
There is no point making a fisheye shot
I agree with his suspicion and your agreement :-). Seriously, I scan my 35 mm
negs at 4000 ppi, which yields a file of about 55 megabytes. As a test, I've
tried scanning at 2000 ppi, which produced a file of 20+megabytes. A print from
the 55 megabyte file was obviously superior in terms of detail
John,
I like my PZ-1. I picked up a PZ-1p as some of the pdml members moved up to
the new MZ-S's and think it is an even better camera.
The PZ-1 has a totally different feel and operation from the Super Program
that I used extensively before it. The PZ-1p has a totally different feel
and
Thanks for the tips, Jostein. I'm going to see if I can find Allaire
Homesite.
Paul
Jostein wrote:
I agree with Shel and advice against Netscape Composer.
However, most visual editors produce more code than really needed.
Microsoft Word and FrontPage are some of the worst examples, but it
Tom, I am honored and humbled by your comments.
Thank you!
Best Regards,
Chris
Synchronous Willow by Chris Niesmertelny
http://pug.komkon.org/01dec/synchwil.html
The Grand Prize winner for all around beauty and simplicity. Just great!
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Emmanuel,
Since I live in the UK at the moment I run into that problem often. My
advise is: if you are interested in bidding, contact the seller before you
start bidding, explain to him/her you will pick up the import duties and
extra shipping cost, tell them how easy it is to ship to Europe,
In a message dated 12/26/2001 6:06:42 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
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And part because it looks like an ungainly brick.
Bob
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Paul ...
I believe that you might be better off writing some simple code
yourself, just using a text editor. I use Notepad and put my entire
site together with just that and some HTML checking programs to be sure
there were no errors in the code. My site is simple, but as Jostein
mentioned,
On 26 Dec 2001 at 23:54, Pål Jensen wrote:
The idea is that you get 180 degree panoramas without the obvious fish-eye
distortion. I want the 180 degree angle of view.
So what I want to do is to use a fish-eye lens giving me 180 degree angle of
view and crop away the upper and lower,
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Subject: RE: Shooting The Moon (Was Re: My wife just doesn't
understand)
Full moon shots generally needs something like an ND25 or ND13
filter to
reduce glare, and increase contrast and detail. Otherwise
stick to shots in
the terminator area
Tom,
Thanks for the kind words. Ironically, I don't typically shoot this
kind of picture. I think that the 9/11 tragedy changed my sensitivity
some and when I heard the bagpipes, was carried away a bit and had to
try and capture it. I took many shots from different angles and focal
lengths.
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 20:51:48 +0100, you wrote:
Some of us actually celebrated the demise of the Z-1p
...and some of us regret replacing the top model PZ1p with the
mid-range MZ-S. In my opinion, history will judge the MZ-S as an
overpriced yuppie-pretending-to-be-artist's toy, much like the
Hi Team,
I shot these a few minutes back, no editing, no colour correction, 5500 degrees
ref colour temp.
View off the local Westfields shopping centre:
http://www.home.aone.net.au/audiobias/PC271902m.JPG
View down my street:
http://www.home.aone.net.au/audiobias/PC271904m.JPG
Some charred
Yeah, I decided to wait until this weekend, but thanks for the
response. It sounds like an interesting experiment sometime.
tom wrote:
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Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: will BW
In a message dated 12/26/01 6:27:05 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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I know the SMC K 28/3.5 and K 35/3.5 are good performers. How about the SMC
Takumar 28/3.5 and 35/3.5?
Frankie:
I use the 28mm f3.5 SMCT, and I find it to be very sharp. I don't have the
35mm f3.5
Having been an owner of both PZ-1p's and MZ-S's I am struggling to see
why there is such strong words being thrown back and forth about these
two cameras. I feel that I have mastered both systems and think they
both do a great job as a photographic tool. If one only stops to
think about what is
John wrote:
...and some of us regret replacing the top model PZ1p with the
mid-range MZ-S. In my opinion, history will judge the MZ-S as an
overpriced yuppie-pretending-to-be-artist's toy, much like the Contax
G1 or N1.
I love this quote from a G1 reviewer, which in my mind also sums up
I meant to say, sharp detail, even at f4. My finger got lost on its way
to the 4.
Paul Stenquist wrote:
Well, I shot a few test rolls with the 6x7 and SMC Tak 150/2.8. So far
I'm very satisfied with this lens and absolutely in love with the
camera. I posted a hand held shot (f4/1/250) that I
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I just love it when I spend two hours working out the tonality
of a print
only to realize later the whole thing is ruined because of
dust on the
negative or something.
You should take the time to learn
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 22:34:06 -0500, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Right about now, I'm feeling really good about not have a PZ-1p or an MZ-S.
Not me. I'm feeling really good about having one... :-)
Later,
Gary
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(But the MX must take second place to the LX.)
Bob
But both are lower than the 6x7 on the food chain.
HAR!!
William Robb
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In truth, I would like to have either or. But I'm slightly amused by this
rather vitriolic bashing of that which someone does not own. Hey, for the price
of an MZ-S, you can get a damn nice 6x7 lens,,,or two. Or a couple of LX.
Paul
Gary L. Murphy wrote:
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 22:34:06 -0500,
I assume it does not look like that on your monitor?
Maybe you need a nozzle cleaning is all I can suggest.
Maris
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Subject: Re: I love the PZ-1p
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 22:34:06 -0500, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Right about now, I'm feeling really good about not have a
PZ-1p or an MZ-S.
Not me. I'm feeling really good about having one... :-)
Yup. I'll drink to
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