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Anyone who likes older cameras should handle the K2. Gorgeous.
Oh yes :)
I will pick mine up from being repaired tonight :) :)
Cheers,
- Dave
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Alan Chan wrote:
But then it's just a displayed value, and doesn't affect the
accuracy of the metering at all.
I assume the body will use this info to set the shutter speed when in A
mode, I assume it is stepless. The amount by which the mount moves is
miniscule so I doubt it will really
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Ayash Kanto Mukherjee wrote:
3. If the power of your eye has not changed for the past 8 years or more,
please think of undergoing a lasic surgery which will reduce the power
of your eyes to 0 precisely.
I must say this is a bit extreme for the purpose of using
Like Rob Studdert, I work mainly from home, but on my daily outing to
collect the mail I will usually carry a camera - sometimes the MZ-S,
sometimes the MZ-5, just recently the newly-acquired Spotty. With the
AF cameras, I will have either the 28-105 or the 18-35 zooms attached -
with the
Like Rob Studdert, I work mainly from home, but on my daily outing to
collect the mail I will usually carry a camera - sometimes the MZ-S,
sometimes the MZ-5, just recently the newly-acquired Spotty. With the
AF cameras, I will have either the 28-105 or the 18-35 zooms attached -
with the
Like Rob Studdert, I work mainly from home, but on my daily outing to
collect the mail I will usually carry a camera - sometimes the MZ-S,
sometimes the MZ-5, just recently the newly-acquired Spotty. With the
AF cameras, I will have either the 28-105 or the 18-35 zooms attached -
with the
Yes Pat, for about 10 years! Then I joined the PDML, and the
discussions and the PUG opportunity revived it for me. Working to an
assignment is s much better than just waiting for it to happen.
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
On Thursday, July 11, 2002 8:53 AM, Patrick White
Francis Alviar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello to all,
How many of you guys bring your camera equipment to
work if you have a primary means of employment and
photography is your hobby? ...
That would make a good excuse for buying an Optio.
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Well, I'm not a guy, I'm a housewife/mother but I do carry a camera with me
every time I leave the house. Usually a Pentax SLR with normal lens or a
digital ZLR, sometimes a fixed-lens rangefinder or occasionally a Pentax
point shoot. This goes in my very small Domke bag along with the
I'm thinking of trying 220 film with my 645. It has the obvious advantage of
doubling the number of shots per roll. And it supposedly has a flater film
plain. But can 220 film be loaded safely in daylight? (Particularly if
loaded in the shade.)
Alexander Grigolia
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For me this is very simple.
It's a bit like cooking - which I also enjoy very much, but as we all
know can be impossible to do when it really needs to get done. If I've
got the Cooking Blahs, I pick up a book of, or watch an ancient VHS tape
of a once-famous UK cook called Keith Floyd.
Seems like he's had problems like card fraud from Indonesia, too.
Peter
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Hi all,
I've just bought my first flash - a Vivitar 283, and as usual I have some
questions. First of all - where can I find an online manual for it?
The light emiting thing of this particular specimen is a bit yellowish -
is it normal, or will my color photos have a yellow cast?
Thanks in
I carry an Optio with me every where but I have started carrying an other
camera with me as well.
Either a Ricoh 500g or an MG/ME-s.
Just cant beat film!
Alan
That would make a good excuse for buying an Optio.
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Do I need a slim polarizer filter for my M 28mm f/2.8?
£ukasz
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I've saved the photo to compare later, for I'm off to work. I can't tell
from the angle shown. I'd be surprised if it turns out to differ from other
third-party 135/1.8s that took an 82mm filter and are commonly available on
German EBay (Porst, Revuenon, CompuStar). I still believe that the
I forgot to give the specifics. I usually carry a Ricoh GR1 loaded with
Superia 400. It's a nice pocketable camera with a very sharp 28mm f/2.8
lens.
On the digital side, I have a little Fuji DX10 that gives nice, sharp 1024 X
768 pictures that print very good at 4 X 6 inches. The Fuji is
It's normal for quite a few brands of electronic flashes. Electronic
flashes tend to be a bit too cool (blue) and a little warming is needed to
give more pleasing results, hence the slight yellow color of the flash
unit's lens.
Len
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Hello friends,
This is a strange period of my life, where I resigned from my work after
twenty years, and now I'm trying to setup my own business. Maybe you'll
undertand I'm pretty puzzled and busy now.
Ok, this said, here are the news about the 1952-2002 - 50 years of Pentax
SLR cameras
Hello,
This is a strange period of my life, where I resigned from my work after
twenty years, and now I'm trying to setup my own business. Maybe you'll
undertand I'm pretty puzzled and busy now.
Ok, this said, here are the news about the 1952-2002 - 50 years of Pentax
SLR cameras poster.
Hello,
This is a strange period of my life, where I resigned from my work after
twenty years, and now I'm trying to setup my own business. Maybe you'll
undertand I'm pretty puzzled and busy now.
Ok, this said, here are the news about the 1952-2002 - 50 years of Pentax
SLR cameras poster.
Hello,
This is a strange period of my life, where I resigned from my work after
twenty years, and now I'm trying to setup my own business. Maybe you'll
undertand I'm pretty puzzled and busy now.
Ok, this said, here are the news about the 1952-2002 - 50 years of Pentax
SLR cameras poster.
Hello,
This is a strange period of my life, where I resigned from my work after
twenty years, and now I'm trying to setup my own business. Maybe you'll
undertand I'm pretty puzzled and busy now.
Ok, this said, here are the news about the 1952-2002 - 50 years of Pentax
SLR cameras poster.
Hello,
This is a strange period of my life, where I resigned from my work after
twenty years, and now I'm trying to setup my own business. Maybe you'll
undertand I'm pretty puzzled and busy now.
Ok, this said, here are the news about the 1952-2002 - 50 years of Pentax
SLR cameras poster.
Hello,
This is a strange period of my life, where I resigned from my work after
twenty years, and now I'm trying to setup my own business. Maybe you'll
undertand I'm pretty puzzled and busy now.
Ok, this said, here are the news about the 1952-2002 - 50 years of Pentax
SLR cameras poster.
Hello,
This is a strange period of my life, where I resigned from my work after
twenty years, and now I'm trying to setup my own business. Maybe you'll
undertand I'm pretty puzzled and busy now.
Ok, this said, here are the news about the 1952-2002 - 50 years of Pentax
SLR cameras poster.
Hello,
This is a strange period of my life, where I resigned from my work after
twenty years, and now I'm trying to setup my own business. Maybe you'll
undertand I'm pretty puzzled and busy now.
Ok, this said, here are the news about the 1952-2002 - 50 years of Pentax
SLR cameras poster.
Hello,
This is a strange period of my life, where I resigned from my work after
twenty years, and now I'm trying to setup my own business. Maybe you'll
undertand I'm pretty puzzled and busy now.
Ok, this said, here are the news about the 1952-2002 - 50 years of Pentax
SLR cameras poster.
On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Patrick White wrote:
Anyone else ever had a similar bout of the blahs? What did you do to beat
the blahs?
I can't drive, which cuts down the available things to photograph.
Especially when you've done your best to take a picture of everything you
can find around you
Yes, you can load 220 in the daylight.
There's no more risk than with 120.
The only real concern I would have with 220
and doing outdoor loading is the dust/dirt issue.
You can ruin (scratch) a whole roll with a
piece of dust on the pressure plate. With 120,
the paper backing is your
In a message dated 7/11/2002 4:16:22 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This goes in my very small Domke bag along with the necessary
gear for moving around -- wallet
Hey Eleanor,
You're not a guy, but you carry a wallet...
;-)
... and I used to carry that very
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, [iso-8859-2] £ukasz Kacperczyk wrote:
Hi all,
I've just bought my first flash - a Vivitar 283, and as usual I have some
questions. First of all - where can I find an online manual for it?
The light emiting thing of this particular specimen is a bit yellowish -
is it
funny, I had the same problem...
Doug
At 01:19 AM 7/11/02 -0400, tv wrote:
I developed a couple of rolls I put through the 67II at GFM, and found
that the last frame is cut off on each roll.
How many frames should I have gotten from a roll of 120? I got 9 and
1/2.
I think I'll send
For me its either the Ricoh gr1
or the Yashica T5 (T4 super in the US)
Great optics and rugged little cameras...
Michele
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Hi folks,
Back from a lovely time in Vancouver/Victoria BC
The LX performed fine :)
Too bad my refridgerator didn't :(
I've never smelled a rotting corpse before BUT I'm guessing that the reek
that's eminating from my now defunct freezer/fridge is probably pretty darn
close...
Cheers,
Dave
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On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Lawrence Kwan wrote:
Not as it stands now! There are still too many problems with the surgery
Could you please let me know the nature of the after effect of that surgery?
You may check out this web site:
http://www.surgicaleyes.org/
Admittedly, it is a bit
Re the MZ-S
Auto pop-up flash - No
AF assist - Yes, using the RTF if necessary, not sure about when the AF360
is attached.
When I get a chance, I'll get the AF360 out and try and answer those
questions.
Bill KG4LOV
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Hi Paul
Had a look ... it's the same animal. Sometimes also called the
Formula 5.
Thanks for your lead the last time!
I love the hunk of glass. It's quite well built too... and the coating
is nice just to look at.
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 07:18:53 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Boz,
This isn't what you asked, but I've noticed that your site does not mention that all
MZ series bodies can do flash compensation in full manual mode only. I have only
tried this with my 5n and the RTF, but it definately works and I have heard others say
that is works on other MZ
Alin wrote:
Still, in my experience over-exposures of +1 to +2.5 EV are to be
expected from the multisegment and this gives a high hit rate with
negative film.
Sorry, but if this is to be expected then the camera can be considered defective and
should be in for an adjustment.
Pål
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David wrote:
Are these problems in Gitzo aluminum tripods, Gitzo carbon fiber tripods or both
types of Gitzo tripods?
I've only used Gitzo aluminium tripods.
Pål
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Chris wrote:
Uh... not exactly. Photographers can never learn how multipattern
metering systems work.
Weird. I know how my Pentax multipattern metering works.
The algorithms are extremely complex; some Nikons,
for example, have a database of tens of thousands of sample scenes that
the
Jason wrote:
On another note, I have had my MZ-S for about a year not and have also
experienced problems with over exposure in the 6-segment metering mode.
(Spot and center weighted are dead on all the time) This was confirmed with
a hand held light meter. However, the overexposure is not
Although I don't doubt the toughness of KX (it's based on spotmatic
after all!), I seriously doubt the survey's methodology. If not
knowing numbers which they wouldn't know (number of total cameras in
use of that particular type compared to defect ones), it's
meaningless. Or did they use
Thursday, July 11, 2002, 12:19:20 PM, ukasz wrote:
K Hi all,
K I've just bought my first flash - a Vivitar 283, and as usual I have some
K questions. First of all - where can I find an online manual for it?
K The light emiting thing of this particular specimen is a bit yellowish -
K is it normal,
We tacked my stuff on to our homeowner's insurance, just like my
daughter's musical instruments, for replacement value. For this, it's
just another thing that we own that has a certain value, and we pay a
rate based on the total amount of stuff we're insuring. Since my wife
pays the insurance
Is that where the Dali exhibition is/was?
Jostein
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To: Frits J. Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 10:01 PM
Subject: Re[2]: Ansel Adams and Snoopy
Hi,
it's at the Hayward Gallery in London until September
Hi,
same general area, different galleries. The Dali exhibition is
permanent, as far as I know, and is in around the old County Hall
building (I don't know if this has been renamed - everyone still calls
it County Hall I think) next to the London Eye. This is about 1km
upstream from the Hayward
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Subject: Re: Question: flash compensation
This isn't what you asked, but I've noticed that your site does not
mention that all MZ series bodies can do flash compensation in full manual
mode only. I have only tried this with my 5n and the
Does anyone know if Pentax either now or in the past has made a PS with
SMC optics? I would prefer a non-zoom model.
After the recent discussions about what people carry as a just in case
camera and one a few weeks back about the look of photos from different
lens brands (SMC vs. Series 1,
The subject says it all.
£ukasz
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Isn't it a bit dangerous to use a flash off-camera when holding it in your
hand? Isn't it dangerous to touch this tiny little metal thingy on the
bottom of the flash?
I'm completely new to flash photography, so please forgive me if it's a daft
question :)
£ukasz
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All 4 of the questions have similar answers.
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Bojidar Dimitrov wrote:
What does P-TTL stand for?
Not sure about the official term; one of the manual describes it as
Pre-fire flash TTL. It uses the flash pre-fires and multi-segment
metering, instead of the off-the-film TTL
Hi, Dave,
Welcome back!!
You know, with the garbage collectors in Toronto currently on strike, I'm sure
your fridge smells no worse than the streets do! vbg
Ain't it great to be back?
BTW, there have been rumblings about a topdml meeting next weekend (ie: the
20th or 21st). Some suggestions
Isn't it a bit dangerous to use a flash off-camera when holding it in your
hand? Isn't it dangerous to touch this tiny little metal thingy on the
bottom of the flash?
I'm completely new to flash photography, so please forgive me if it's a
daft
question :)
I don't think the charge from the flash
Any thoughts on using a metal camera strap?
I'm going crazy - this must be my fifth question today! Could it be because
I didn't have access to the internet for the last five days, forgot to
unsubscribe, came back and read (or scanned) 620 messages?
£ukasz
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Any thoughts on using a metal camera strap?
It will pull those little hairs right off the back of your hand.
Regards, Bob S.
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Any thoughts on using a metal camera strap?
I'm going crazy - this must be my fifth question today! Could it be because
I didn't have access to the internet for the last five days, forgot to
unsubscribe, came back and read (or scanned) 620 messages?
Did you say METAL? Do you mean something like
That's exactly why I asked this question - I'm one of those hairy guys, but
liked the look of a metal strap. I guess I was right, unfortunatelly. Now
I'm off to find another gadget :)
Lukasz
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Thursday, July 11, 2002, 12:19:20 PM, £ukasz wrote:
£K Hi all,
£K I've just bought my first flash - a Vivitar 283, and as usual I have some
£K questions. First of all - where can I find an online manual for it?
£K The light emiting thing of this particular specimen is a bit yellowish -
£K is it
Speaking of which, it seems that P-TTL is a requirement for decent flash
metering on digi-SLRs. I imagine the MZ-D (rip) is the reason we have
this.
On another topic: 31mm x 1.6 = 50mm Food for thought.
R
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From: £ukasz Kacperczyk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Any thoughts on using a metal camera strap?
The previous owner of my LX used a metal dog chain on the camera. The
damage it did to the corners was significant. The camera, when I got it, had
been used very little and the
If someone is starting a how many from the USA we are considering put me
down for 2. Just let me know a final price, how you want to be paid, and
where to send payment.
Jeff
At 04:33 PM 7/11/2002 -0400, you wrote:
Date: Thu, 11
Ryan K. Brooks writes:
Speaking of which, it seems that P-TTL is a requirement for decent flash
metering on digi-SLRs. I imagine the MZ-D (rip) is the reason we have
this.
Um.. did I miss something? Why is this a requirement for flash on a
digital camera? Can't they use the
I figured I had better start now since so many turn my eye. Hopefully I
will find time to comment on more. I am not ignoring the rest of the
PUG, I just ran out of time tonight. Where a shot falls on the list
and/or category does not mean I liked it more or less then another shot.
Lack of
Paul,
How does the Konica Auto S3 compare to the Canonet
GIII QL17?
Just wondering since I have one of the latter. If the
former is a lot better then I think it's time to hit
ebay and find out for myself.
Thanks.
Francis M. Alviar
Paul Stregevsky wrote:
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 19:48:47
Purchased this one and the 400mm FA as well found i was using the 400 more so
sadly it has to go
it is a very sharp and crisp lens
for sale here first then in about 10 days ebay
i want $700 australian (350-380 american) for it plus postage
or nearest offer
wayne
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I'd agree with everything that's been said to date, but the definitive
answer is...
Have a baby.
:-)
Simon
I've been in a blah mood photographically speaking these days.
Nothing I
seeing seems
Hi
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From: Bojidar Dimitrov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, 11 July 2002 11:35 PM
To: PDML
Subject: Questions: MZ-S, MZ-6/ZX-L, MZ-60, AF360FTZ
Hi all,
I am trying to bring up the bodies and flashes KMP pages up to speed. I
do not own an MZ-S, MZ-6, or
Hi,
I have for sale:
FA28-70/4 Zoom, in excellent condition with the Proper Hood and caps. $100us
(lense and hood)
KM Body, Body is rough, no dints though, meter works when it wants too :).
$25us (As Is)
Sigma Aspherical 28-80 Zoom. $40us
M50/1.4, in excellent condition, $80us
2 x MX Every
Hi Bojidar,
The MZ-6/ZX-L does have AF Assist.
Cheers,
Simon
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From: Bojidar Dimitrov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, 11 July 2002 11:35 PM
To: PDML
Subject: Questions: MZ-S, MZ-6/ZX-L, MZ-60, AF360FTZ
Hi all,
I am trying to bring up the bodies and
Woo...
Sounds good...
and I've left my fridge open and the windows open all throughout the condo
to hopefully extinguish the odour by late this evening (I'm not at home now
and I'm hoping I don't have to go purchase any incense to take care of the
foul odour).
Keep your eyes peeled.. I gotta
Dave, if I'd known you were in town (Victoria), I could have shown you around. This
place is beautiful.
Former TOPDMLer Pat White
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My wonderful fiance came home tonight with a Pentax Optio 230 for me!
I think the 230 was just released this past June. It's 2 megapixels.
We were looking at them online the other night. I told him I wanted a
digital camera but I didn't need more than 2 megapixels for my first
camera.
The Optio
Purchased this one and the 400mm FA as well found i was using the 400 more so
sadly it has to go
it is a very sharp and crisp lens
for sale here first then in about 10 days ebay
i want $700 australian (350-380 american) for it plus postage
or nearest offer
wayne
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Welcome back Dave,
Tough luck with your fridge. Good excuse to eat out though.
Frank and I are considering Saturday July 20th for the next TOPDML. Need to
hear from you and Brendan.
Dave B is busy in Pickering (we could go and bug him).
Jeff
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From: David Chang-Sang
Ditto for me, too.
Jim A.
From: Jeff Post [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 19:29:17 -0400
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Anybody interested in getting the Pentax poster?
If someone is starting a how many
Sunpak makes a product called a Basic Grip that has a grip where you can
place a shoemount flash, a synch cord that runs from the grip to a pc
connector on the camera, and a bracket to hold a 35mm camera and grip. I
use mine with a Sunpack and Pentax shoe mount flash. Works great.
Jim A.
Hi, Dave,
What about the Series 1 19mm? vbg
Haven't heard from Aaron since forever. Now that he's married, he seems so
busy all the time! g
-frank
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Woo...
Sounds good...
and I've left my fridge open and the windows open all throughout the condo
to hopefully
Oh, yeah. I couldn't remember what the other thing was we discussed about
what to do. Dave B. is shooting horses in Pickering. We offered to help
him, but he never replied. I wonder why? ;-)
-frank
Jeff wrote:
Frank and I are considering Saturday July 20th for the next TOPDML. Need to
Kelvin Lee of Yahoo's Club M42 bought one of these clones, a Computar, in
March. At my request, today he provided his impressions:
It's turned out pretty ok. Colour and contrast are good, bokeh at f1.8 is
good ... sharpness is good at the plane of focus when wide pen (but I can't
be sure
On 11 Jul 2002 at 14:28, Dario Bonazza 2 wrote:
Unfortunately, as you can see the postage for such a large and heavy poster is
also heavy. Some time ago, somebody thought it could better to ship a bunch to
some PDML'er in N. America for distribution there, rather than many separate
posters
DOH!!!
Next time Pat :)
I'm DEFINITELY going back to Victoria soon :)
I've got at least 4 people there I know (now a potential 5) :)
Cheers,
Dave
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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 17:51:30 -0700
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OT:
Stephen,
I put mine on a Schedule as part of my Homeowner's Policy, and it covers all risks.
I specify the value of the equipment, pay a premium based on that dollar value (about
$1.15 per $100 valuation) and if something should happen, I get reimbursed for that
dollar value. I provide the
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