Re: New Pentax Site

2002-10-01 Thread Lawrence Kwan
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Bob Rapp wrote: Pentax has changed their Japan website with a new look, but no new products. http://www.pentax.co.jp I noticed the online shop (is this new or did I miss it before?). Mainly accessories, and it has that Sharan mini-spotmatic for sale. I also noticed new

Re: October PUG is open

2002-10-01 Thread Kristian-H. Schuessler
Hallo ADELHEID! - Original Message - From: Adelheid v. K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 9:36 PM Subject: October PUG is open the October PUG is ready to go. Eigentlich wäre es doch schön, wenn es dort auch einen direkten Link zur PUG

Re: New Pentax Site

2002-10-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: gfen Subject: RE: New Pentax Site On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Rubenstein, Bruce M (Bruce) wrote: To see the new products you have to click your heels three times. I still don't seem 'em! You LIED to me Bruce, and now I'm going to cry. He forgot, you also have

RE: New Pentax Product's/Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Rob Brigham
Maybe the successor to the aborted full frame MZ-D was to be a cropped 3-4MP camera as was thought here at the time the first one was pulled. Maybe Pentax recently realised that this would no longer be saleable either. Sigma only get away with it because they have Foveon. A 3-4MP cropped bayer

RE: New Pentax Product's/Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
-Original Message- From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 9:09 AM Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You know, I hate to start speculation all over agin, but the fact that they didn't release anything might indiciate that they just chose to

RE: New Pentax Site

2002-10-01 Thread Rob Brigham
And a red leather Pentax miniskirt! -Original Message- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] He forgot, you also have to be wearing magic pixie shoes. William Robb

Re: New Pentax Site

2002-10-01 Thread gfen
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, William Robb wrote: He forgot, you also have to be wearing magic pixie shoes. With enough of the magic pixie dust, you could probably see anything. :) -- http://www.infotainment.org The destructive character is cheerful. - Walter Benjamin

RE: New Pentax Product's/Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Rob Brigham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Maybe the successor to the aborted full frame MZ-D was to be a cropped 3-4MP camera as was thought here at the time the first one was pulled. Maybe Pentax recently realised that this would no longer be saleable

Re: desubscribing

2002-10-01 Thread Margo Ellen Gesser
on 10/1/02 12:14 AM, Doug Brewer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Instructions are on http://www.pdml.net on the services page. At 8:42 PM -03009/30/02, Margo Ellen Gesser wrote, or at least typed: Dear Petaxians, It's not that I don't enjoy all these messages, but things are getting

RE: New Pentax Site

2002-10-01 Thread Nosal, Mike
Ugh. I hate meaningless Flash intro pages. --Mike -Original Message- From: Bob Rapp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:New Pentax Site Hi gang, Pentax has changed their Japan website with a new look, but no new products. http://www.pentax.co.jp

Re: Pentax SMC-F 35-135mm vs FA 28-105mm's

2002-10-01 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 01.10.02 4:42, Cliff Nietvelt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SMC-F 35-135 mm f3.5-4.5 (would need to buy used) SMC-FA 28-105mm f4-5.6 (power zoom) SMC-FA 28-105mm F3.2-4.5 AL (newest lens) If anyone could comment on the optical performance of any or all of these lenses, it would be

New lens

2002-10-01 Thread William Robb
Well, not new, but new for me. I just too delivery of an SMC Pentax 6x7 300mm f/4. Nice lens. Minimum focus is a mere 17 feet. Good thing I have extension tubes.. The 82mm filter that looks so large on my 45mm looks about the right size on this bad boy. L8R William Robb

Re: New Pentax Product's/Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Dan Scott
On Tuesday, October 1, 2002, at 08:51 AM, Rob Brigham wrote: Maybe the successor to the aborted full frame MZ-D was to be a cropped 3-4MP camera as was thought here at the time the first one was pulled. Maybe Pentax recently realised that this would no longer be saleable either. Sigma

Re: New Pentax Product's/Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Brendan
All Pentax needs to do is buy some of those Kodak chips and stick them in the MZ-D, rememeber it was finished they just needed a chip for it. Now that said who knows if they are just waiting for cheaper chips? __ Post your

Re: New Pentax Product's/Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Mark Roberts
tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still think we'll have a DSLR available in the spring. I'm a bit surprised we didn't get any word of it at Photokina, but, again, we all know Pentax are marketing freaks and don't do things the easy way. Well, *if* Pentax has a DSLR in the works, I'm not surprized

Re: New Pentax Site

2002-10-01 Thread Mark Roberts
Nosal, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ugh. I hate meaningless Flash intro pages. meaningless Flash intro is redundant. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com Photography and writing

Re: New Pentax Product's/Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Rubenstein, Bruce M (Bruce)
Nikon had a few things, like the 70-200 VR/AF-S finally going on sale and a few PS digis. Nikon did release a new DSLR this year at PMA. It seems to be a combination of Nikon being more interested in PMA (they sell more in NA) and them announcing new products when they have them. In many ways

RE: New Pentax Site

2002-10-01 Thread Rubenstein, Bruce M (Bruce)
Sorry. I guess I forgot to mention that you also have to chant, Only from the minds of Minolta as you consume a fifth of rum. From: gfen [EMAIL PROTECTED] I still don't seem 'em! You LIED to me Bruce, and now I'm going to cry.

Re: Monopod advice

2002-10-01 Thread Pentxuser
Wendy: Let me start by saying I am a tried and true Pentax LX man with, at last count, four of them. I doubt many people, even camera store sales people, would think that anyone who uses an LX is a pro. As soon as they see 35mm Pentax, no matter which one it is, they think amateur -- maybe

Digital-Film Wars: To Byte or not to Byte

2002-10-01 Thread Peifer, William [OCDUS]
Hi folks, With all this talk about what was -- and what wasn't -- at Photokina, I found it interesting to read a short article about a local commercial/advertising photo studio in the business section of yesterday's local newspaper. It's a busy studio with big accounts with a major grocery

RE: New Pentax Product's/Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Rob Brigham
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis. Just about as likely as this happenning, although I wish it to be true... -Original Message- From: Brendan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 October 2002 15:57 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New Pentax

AF-500-FTZ FLASH QUESTIONS

2002-10-01 Thread Frank Knapik
Hello. I have a couple of AF-500-FTZ questions: 1)Guide Number-164/ISO 100. Is 164 an accurate guide number for this flash? I realize that flash manufactures tend to over rate their guide number, but I thought I read a comment here that Pentax uses the flash zoom head at telephoto position to

Re: Digital-Film Wars: To Byte or not to Byte

2002-10-01 Thread Mike Ignatiev
Dun't know about downloadtimes, but comparing images side by side is nonsense: just get a dual (or more) BIG (21) monitor setup and say goodbye to light table. In fact, on the screen one can see a few images magnified at the same time -- try that with slides! He's either fond of loupes, or has

Re: AF-500-FTZ FLASH QUESTIONS

2002-10-01 Thread Brendan
the guide # is accurate with a 85mm F1.4 lens with the zoom head set to 85mm. The AF500FTZ is Pentaxes most powerful flash and it does have some range to it ( only a bit more than the 280 ) but the trade off is it eats batteries and can take forever to recharge. The price you pay for sun tanning

Re: AF-500-FTZ FLASH QUESTIONS

2002-10-01 Thread Pentxuser
Yes Francis I have just learned myself that the 500ftz is not compatible with the LX but the 280T is compatible with both the PZs and LXs. Also I don't think the 500 has any more power than the 280T. In fact the older flash may even have a little more real power... You might be wise to look at

rodenstock filters and lenshoods

2002-10-01 Thread ukasz Kacperczyk
Hi all, I'm about to buy two Rodenstock filters (49mm - for the M 28/2.8, M 50/1.7, M 135/3.5, and M 75-150/4), but in the archives I've found some info on their incompatibility with lenshoods - apparently they're too thin to grab the thread of the hood. Any comments on this? Maybe it's not as

RE: Digital-Film Wars: To Byte or not to Byte

2002-10-01 Thread Peifer, William [OCDUS]
Mishka wrote: Dun't know about downloadtimes, but comparing images side by side is nonsense: just get a dual (or more) BIG (21) monitor setup and say goodbye to light table I can see where this approach could be problematic, though. Six or eight different shots (Polaroids, maybe?) taken

FS: A50/1.4

2002-10-01 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
I got a bargain on the F50/1.4, so the A is FS. VGC $75. + $5 shpg/ins. Collin

Photokina and Pentax - the future?

2002-10-01 Thread P Temmerman
Steven Desjardins wrote “You know, I hate to start speculation all over again, but the fact that they didn't release anything might indicate that they just chose to skip this show, no matter how big it is. From what I could see, a number of companies decided to “skip the show”. I almost had

Re: Monopod advice

2002-10-01 Thread Dan Scott
Hi All, Just wanted to say thanks for all the useful monopod advice. A 4 section Manfrotto is on its way. I decided to hold off on getting a specific head for it until I see if one of my current heads is sufficient (and mainly because I found a demo A 2X-S that I thought I ought to pounce

Re: Photokina and Pentax - the future?

2002-10-01 Thread gfen
I don't really follow all of this, mainly because any new tech that comes out, I can't afford, and I'm quite happy with what I've got now.. But, all this talk of IS lenses and converters and other fun stuff.. What's the chance it has nothing to do with 35mm, and that the IS lenses were intended

Re[2]: OT: Need portrait help...

2002-10-01 Thread Bruce Dayton
Cotty, No, Ferengi. Bruce Tuesday, October 1, 2002, 1:51:36 AM, you wrote: Teeth, and an eyepatch. An eyepatch in the before, and a full set of teeth in the after. Dan Scott C Oh, come on, might as well just go for a Photoshopped-on head from a C full-on Klingon female... C :-) C

Re[2]: New Pentax Product's/Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Bruce Dayton
Mark, FWIW, my local lab owner here said that from his experience, PMA shows are bigger and more important for product announcements than Photokina. I guess frequency is one reason. A show every two years doesn't make for as good a venue as a show every year. Perhaps Pentax and Nikon have

Re: desubscribing

2002-10-01 Thread Peter Alling
Then how can you post? (I know, but it had to be asked by someone and it might as well be me). At 10:28 AM 10/1/2002 -0300, you wrote: on 10/1/02 12:14 AM, Doug Brewer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Instructions are on http://www.pdml.net on the services page. At 8:42 PM

Re: Photokina and Pentax - the future?

2002-10-01 Thread Mark Roberts
Forbes magazine: http://www.forbes.com/technology/2002/09/30/0930photokina.html -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com Photography and writing

Re[2]: New Pentax Product's/Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Bruce Dayton
When you are that far behind the curve, it's bound to happen over and over. At some point you have to take the plunge and start upgrading from that. If they follow that logic, you will never see a DSLR from Pentax. The possibility exists - it may not make enough money to justify. It hasn't

Re[2]: New Pentax Product's/Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Bruce Dayton
tom, I'm curious, what makes it so attractive to you compared to the Contax? Bruce Tuesday, October 1, 2002, 7:32:42 AM, you wrote: snip t I generally don't pay too much attention to what goes on at these t photo shows, but I must say the new Hasselblad has really turned my t head. It

Re: New lens

2002-10-01 Thread Bruce Dayton
William, Congrats! I love mine. I debated long and hard about the IF version but couldn't justify the doubled cost. Although is doesn't focus too close, it takes wonderful pics. Brother Bruce Tuesday, October 1, 2002, 7:46:53 AM, you wrote: WR Well, not new, but new for me. WR I just

Re: New Pentax Site

2002-10-01 Thread Peter Alling
No you're wrong the only shoes that work like that come from a witch, in OZ so I guess you have to go to Australia by way of Kansas. (Hows that for semi free association). At 08:03 AM 10/1/2002 -0600, you wrote: - Original Message - From: gfen Subject: RE: New Pentax Site On Tue,

Re: New Pentax Site

2002-10-01 Thread Peter Alling
As opposed to meaningful flash intro which is an oxymoron. At 10:58 AM 10/1/2002 -0400, you wrote: Nosal, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ugh. I hate meaningless Flash intro pages. meaningless Flash intro is redundant. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com Photography and writing

RE: AF-500-FTZ FLASH QUESTIONS

2002-10-01 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Yes Francis I have just learned myself that the 500ftz is not compatible with the LX but the 280T is compatible with both the PZs and LXs. Also I don't think the 500 has any more power than the 280T. In fact

Re[2]: anyone care to bid? :)

2002-10-01 Thread Mike Ignatiev
...or, to pay ebay fee -Original Message- From: Brendan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 13:44:50 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: anyone care to bid? :) WOW!!! now my question is who has that much cash laying around to buy it all ? ---

RE: AF-500-FTZ FLASH QUESTIONS

2002-10-01 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 1:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: AF-500-FTZ FLASH QUESTIONS Bump your film speed up to 400 and you've doubled the power of your flash. Guess that should be quadrupled. tv

Re: OT: Need portrait help...

2002-10-01 Thread Cotty
Oh, come on, might as well just go for a Photoshopped-on head from a full-on Klingon female... :-) Cotty Ahh, the sensitive approachóI like it! Subtle, yet quietly persuasive. Deft touch there, Cotty. Dan Scott K'eplah

Re: Re[2]: Photokina and Pentax - the future?

2002-10-01 Thread Nick Wright
I've been kindof thinking about this too. But I've been thinking more along the lines of medfo lenses with USM. Think about it... a 645 or even 67 lens with a USM driven AF. Nick --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: gfen, Boy, I gotta admit you have a very interesting idea there...

Re: New Pentax Site

2002-10-01 Thread Pål Jensen
This redesign coincide with the change of company name. My guess is that the Asahi is no longer to be found on Pentax web site. Pål

Pentax at Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Pål Jensen
Some interesting(?) tidbits from the Pentax universe Apparently, this years Pentax photokina delegation was among the largest ever including the boss and heaps of engineers. Weird, considering they had nothing to show. However, it turns out that they indeed showed a LOT but behind closed doors

RE: anyone care to bid? :)

2002-10-01 Thread ukasz Kacperczyk
Err... Bill Gates? Lukasz -Original Message- From: Brendan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 7:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: anyone care to bid? :) WOW!!! now my question is who has that much cash laying around to buy it all ? ---

RE: Re[2]: anyone care to bid? :)

2002-10-01 Thread David Chang-Sang
Or to pay for shipping from California to Canada (Where I live).. You canucks out there... imagine the taxes @ the border ! -Original Message- From: Mike Ignatiev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 1:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re[2]: anyone care to

Re[2]: AF-500-FTZ FLASH QUESTIONS

2002-10-01 Thread Bruce Dayton
tom, That and cost are the two current deterrents. I really would like the power that it has. It will work with my leaf lenses and P67II TTL and MZ-S TTL. Bruce Tuesday, October 1, 2002, 10:58:36 AM, you wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Monopod advice

2002-10-01 Thread WBeard
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wendy: Let me start by saying I am a tried and true Pentax LX man with, at last count, four of them. I doubt many people, even camera store sales people, would think that anyone who uses an LX is a pro. As soon as they see 35mm Pentax, no matter which one it is, they

Re: Pentax at Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Brendan
One thing I have learned about Pentax is they sneak things onto market and don't blow their horns. I have a feeling IS 645 lenses are on their way. --- Pål_Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some interesting(?) tidbits from the Pentax universe Apparently, this years Pentax photokina delegation

Re: New Pentax Product's/Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Pål Jensen
on 01.10.02 19:19, Rubenstein, Bruce M (Bruce) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They are playing with stuff in the lab. They have nothing close to a production sample. I assume this is about the digital slr. In fact, the pentax digital slr was manufactured but not marketed. There are many

RE: Digital-Film Wars: To Byte or not to Byte

2002-10-01 Thread dick graham
And also not surprising to see big electronic companies, like Sony, trying to convince us that film is dead. DG At 01:11 PM 10/1/02 -0400, you wrote: This is one report by a non photographer. The information is therefore anecdotal in nature. If you are looking for meaningful information on

Re: Pentax at Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
It doesn't sound very plausible. Pål Jensen wrote: Some interesting(?) tidbits from the Pentax universe Apparently, this years Pentax photokina delegation was among the largest ever including the boss and heaps of engineers. Weird, considering they had nothing to show. However, it turns

Re: anyone care to bid? :)

2002-10-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
None of us can bid: there are no Pentax or Asahi cameras memtioned in the description of the camera collection.. Otherwise

Re: Pentax at Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Pål Jensen
Brendan wrote: One thing I have learned about Pentax is they sneak things onto market and don't blow their horns. I have a feeling IS 645 lenses are on their way. I don't believe we'll see IS lens for MF until it has been used in Pentax 35mm gear for years. Pentax ususally destill

Re: Pentax at Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Pål Jensen
Daniel wrote: It doesn't sound very plausible. Why not? It's very common. All manufacturers do this. Photokina is the biggest meeting place between the manufacturer sand their distributors. This gives an opportunity to discuss and show products with engineers present. They receive valuable

Re: anyone care to bid? :)

2002-10-01 Thread gfen
I'm holding out for their OTHER auction, the world's ONLY BANANA MUSEUM! On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, [iso-8859-2] £ukasz Kacperczyk wrote: Sorry for the first htmls message. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1385251371 Happy bidding : £ukasz --

Re: Re[2]: Photokina and Pentax - the future?

2002-10-01 Thread gfen
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Nick Wright wrote: I've been kindof thinking about this too. But I've been thinking more along the lines of medfo lenses with USM. Think about it... a 645 or even 67 lens with a USM driven AF. I think you'd need an AF 67, first.. But yeah. I actually forgot the USM idea

Re: Pentax at Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread gfen
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, [iso-8859-1] Pål Jensen wrote: I don't believe we'll see IS lens for MF until it has been used in Pentax 35mm gear for years. Pentax ususally destill features into their MF gear after 35mm has paid for it. Wouldn't it make more sense, though, since film is already assumed

Motor Drive LX question...

2002-10-01 Thread Nick Wright
In the current KEH catalog (paper version) they have a picture of an LX with motordrive attached. There is some sort of button visible on the motordrive. Is this a vertical shutter release? If not, what is it? TIA. Nick Wright __ Do you Yahoo!?

Re: New Pentax Product's/Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Rubenstein, Bruce M (Bruce)
Just freeze the one you folks already have. Call it the Pentax Pie, and then trot out the same thing show after show. BR From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well Bruce, I think we will have to prepare another pie for you and wait until next year's PMA ;-)

Re: Pentax at Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread dick graham
Now this is the stuff I'm talking about, good going Pal! I had to go back and check to see who the sender was. It looks just like news from the cave. DG At 08:00 PM 10/1/02 +0200, you wrote: Some interesting(?) tidbits from the Pentax universe Apparently, this years Pentax photokina

OT-Test.

2002-10-01 Thread handmaid
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Re: New Pentax Product's/Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Valentin Donisa
On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 17:56, Brendan wrote: All Pentax needs to do is buy some of those Kodak chips and stick them in the MZ-D, rememeber it was finished they just needed a chip for it. Now that said who knows if they are just waiting for cheaper chips? Actually they are waiting for the 4

Re: Re[2]: Photokina and Pentax - the future?

2002-10-01 Thread Nick Wright
Well I remember a few years ago, someone here posed the question as to why Pentax had not introduced an AF 67 camera. I believe the general consensus was something along the lines that the motor required to focus such large lenses would be much too big for the camera body. But with USM the motor

which long lens to bring for an outdoor shoot

2002-10-01 Thread ukasz Kacperczyk
Here's another one - I'm quite active on the asking front now :) Here's my dilemma - M 135/3.5, M 75-150/4, or a VS1 70-210/3.5 (the first and bigger one). I would use them on an MX or a Super A body. I will shoot in BW (hence the ease/cost [not that i would buy anything now] of the use of

Re: Pentax at Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Valentin Donisa
On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 21:33, dick graham wrote: Now this is the stuff I'm talking about, good going Pal! I had to go back and check to see who the sender was. It looks just like news from the cave. It's that damn' caveman again, faking my e-mail address. cheers, Pal ;-)

Bruce D.Re(3)Negative/Scanner etc

2002-10-01 Thread David Brooks
Bruce Dayton scribed below: David, So how are you cutting your negs. I store mine in neg pages that hold up to 3 in a strip. That works just fine in the scanner without further cutting. What are you doing? David, Bruce: I cut my 6x6's in to 3 strips for the neg holders too,but the holder

Re: Pentax at Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Brendan
HAHAHAHA :-) actually Val you need to rerelease some of those tales from the cave for the newbies again. Valentin Donisa wrote:On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 21:33, dick graham wrote: Now this is the stuff I'm talking about, good going Pal! I had to go back and check to see who the sender was. It

Weird Pentax statement from HP camera division boss

2002-10-01 Thread Pål Jensen
Paul Baser head of Hewlett packard camera division: Pentax and HP are in may ways different. Whereas Pentax is concentrating on the professional market, HP will have it's main focus on the consumer market. Huh? Apparently, Pentax is involved in the new HP Photosmart 850. Pål

Carl Zeiss 400/4 lens sucks!

2002-10-01 Thread Pål Jensen
I was thrilled when I saw the announcement of the new Carl Zeiss 400/4 for the Contax N system until I saw that it weights the same as a 500/4. What a waste Pål

Canon lenses flares as hell!

2002-10-01 Thread Pål Jensen
I tried out the Canon 35-350 L lens today. It flares more than any Pentax lens ever made even indoors! It's AF was slower than on the Pentax 600/4 in spite of USM (with the EOS 1n). Otherwise they lens looked great. Useful range at least. The optics is probably better than one could expect

Re: Photokina and Pentax - the future?

2002-10-01 Thread Pål Jensen
Nick wrote: Well I remember a few years ago, someone here posed the question as to why Pentax had not introduced an AF 67 camera. I believe the general consensus was something along the lines that the motor required to focus such large lenses would be much too big for the camera body. But

Re: Pentax at Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Pål Jensen
Gfen wrote: Wouldn't it make more sense, though, since film is already assumed to be dead by your average consumer in the US and Europe, but its still got a ways to go to MF and pro usage. Again, I'm not Pentax scholar, or business scholar, but it seems like there's a wide open market,

Re: Bruce D.Re(3)Negative/Scanner etc

2002-10-01 Thread Bruce Dayton
David, I let mine hang out. The lid isn't actually on them and it isn't moving at all. I think it helps to keep the negs flat also. You need to have some out both sides to get the best support. Bruce Tuesday, October 1, 2002, 12:15:02 PM, you wrote: DB Bruce Dayton scribed below: DB

RE: pentax-discuss-d Digest V02 #234

2002-10-01 Thread Rubenstein, Bruce M (Bruce)
If you can't buy it, it isn't a product. The next thing you'll be telling us is that Pentax made the DSLR, makes more DSLRs than any one else and is the market leader. Until I can buy one in BH, it's as much a product as a cruise trip to Pluto is. From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E5l_Jensen?= [EMAIL

RE: Pentax at Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread tom
I had heard that it might go down that way, but I was under the impression some info would be leaked regarding the DSLR. Whatever. tv -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] It doesn't sound very plausible. Pål Jensen wrote: Some interesting(?)

Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V02 #234

2002-10-01 Thread Pål Jensen
Bruce wrote: If you can't buy it, it isn't a product. The next thing you'll be telling us is that Pentax made the DSLR, makes more DSLRs than any one else and is the market leader I was responding to post who said that the camera wasn't out of the laboratory something that isn't true. Its a

RE: Pentax at Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Rubenstein, Bruce M (Bruce)
And entertainment was provided by Elvis, who jumped out of the safe. Oh yes, they are also digital selling bridges. From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E5l_Jensen?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] Some interesting(?) tidbits from the Pentax universe I have no idea about the contents of this safe is but it's

RE: Photokina and Pentax - the future?

2002-10-01 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
-Original Message- From: Jerome Daryl Coombs-Reyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 1:16 PM snip Pentax had nothing (much) to show. Period. Goshdornit people, can we just move on?! I mean, really. Don't you still have cameras on your shelves (apparently

RE: OT-Test.

2002-10-01 Thread Rubenstein, Bruce M (Bruce)
It's easy, you just tell us where you've seen Elvis, Judge Crater or DB Cooper field testing a Pentax DSLR, and I get hit in the face with a pie. Welcome aboard. BR From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry about this, I have just subscribed and I'm trying to figure out how it all works. Handmaid

RE: Canon lenses flares as hell!

2002-10-01 Thread Lukasz Kacperczyk
OK - tell me it was a spelling error. A 35-350mm lens? I know we've come a long way and that technology is developing at a very fast pace, but such a zoom can not be a good lens. Well, if it can, I'd like some data for proof, and then I'd eat my humble pie (or Bruce could send me his - I don't

Re: Canon lenses flares as hell!

2002-10-01 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 01.10.02 22:03, Lukasz Kacperczyk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK - tell me it was a spelling error. A 35-350mm lens? I know we've come a long way and that technology is developing at a very fast pace, but such a zoom can not be a good lens. Well, if it can, I'd like some data for proof,

RE: Canon lenses flares as hell!

2002-10-01 Thread David Chang-Sang
I was about to agree Lukasz; The 35-350 being a 10x zoom range, you'd think it was a crap-tastic lens but some people seem to like it: http://www.photographyreview.com/35mm,Zoom/Canon,EF,35-350mm,f-3.5-5.6L,USM/ PRD_83419_3128crx.aspx That being said; I personally would steer clear of a lens

Vs: Pentax at Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Raimo Korhonen
I did talk with the Finnish importer´s guys at the Photokina and the general feeling was of a disappointment. I did learn that Pål has good sources, though. BTW we did have a PDML meet at the Photokina - Dario, Patrick and myself - a small one indeed but we thought that it would be a good idea

Re: Pentax at Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread gfen
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, [iso-8859-1] Pål Jensen wrote: It certainly is a perfect power source for IS. BTW The more conspiratory among us can perhaps figure out if Pentax made changes to the 645 lens mount to provide for IS when they upgraded the 645N to the 645NII. Alrighty then, gearheads, get

Re: Weird Pentax statement from HP camera division boss

2002-10-01 Thread Cotty
Pentax and HP are in may ways different. Whereas Pentax is concentrating on the professional market, HP will have it's main focus on the consumer market. Huh? That's easy. Ham, eggs and chips. *hic* Oh swipe me! He paints with light!

Re: Re[2]: anyone care to bid? :)

2002-10-01 Thread Bob Rapp
Hey JCO, Right down your alley!!! Bob - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 8:31 AM Subject: RE: Re[2]: anyone care to bid? :) Or to pay for shipping from California to Canada (Where I live).. You

Re: OT Canon lenses flares as hell!

2002-10-01 Thread Cotty
35-350 L Oxymoron ? *hic* Oh swipe me! He paints with light! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at http://www.macads.co.uk/

Re: Motor Drive LX question...

2002-10-01 Thread Nick Wright
In the picture in the catalog it is positioned exactly where one would expect to find a vertical shutter release. So perhaps this picture also includes the NiCad Pack too. -- Nick Wright http://www.wrightfoto.com/ -- From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax List [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: pentax-discuss-d Digest V02 #234

2002-10-01 Thread Cotty
Until I can buy one in BH, it's as much a product as a cruise trip to Pluto is. Now just a cotton-pickin minute there Bruce, wanna see my holiday snaps!? *hic* Oh swipe me! He paints with light! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/

Re: Canon lenses flares as hell!

2002-10-01 Thread Alan
It exist allright. How good it is I don't know. It flares though and it isn't multicoated at all! It is about as multicoated as your average Coke bottle. There are people who believed flare control had little to do with multicoating, but lens design (I think that's what Canon said). There are

Re: October PUG comments

2002-10-01 Thread William Johnson
Thanks for the kind comment Martin, William in Utah. 10/1/2002 7:37:39 AM, Martin Mielke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've never commented on PUG images before, mainly for two reasons. 1) I admit to feeling self conscious after seeing so many great images month after month. 2) I hate picking

RE: Photokina and Pentax - the future?

2002-10-01 Thread Rob Brigham
Stop being boring and go out and sail a boat ;-) Sorry, couldn't resist! -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 October 2002 23:13 To: Pentax List Subject: Re: Photokina and Pentax - the future? I think Jerome raises some interesting points, but I

Re: which long lens to bring for an outdoor shoot

2002-10-01 Thread William Johnson
Hmmm. I don't know what exactly you are shooting, but I have found, for myself, that shooting with a prime is quicker (if that is important) than using a zoom because of there is one less control to deal with. I have had various 70-210 ish zooms and found that generally a plain 135 is

Re: New Pentax Site

2002-10-01 Thread Frits J. Wüthrich
On Tuesday 01 October 2002 22:21, Alan Chan wrote: Say, Peter? You are going to Japan are you not. Gee you could be the PDML distributor or the Sharon camera!!! Maybe we could open our own online shop and import stuffs from Japan directly. :) regards, Alan Chan Peter already is

Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V02 #234

2002-10-01 Thread Cameron Hood
on 10/01/02 12:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes that's nice, and I believe you, but... WHAT ABOUT THE FOOT POWDER? Cameron Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 20:00:11 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E5l_Jensen?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pentax at Photokina

Re: New Pentax Product's/Photokina

2002-10-01 Thread Alan Chan
Pål, is this real? Do you have any more on this? We need to hire a paparazzi to spy on any new Pentax products. :) regards, Alan Chan

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