what pentax remote works with the mz-s?

2003-01-14 Thread adfoto
thankyou for your assistance

Re: Dumb Newbie Q #4 -- When/how do you take your shots?

2003-01-14 Thread jcoyle
Hi Marnie: 1, 5, 7 and 9! Sometimes I berate myself for not having a more positive approach But then I tell myself it's OK. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 12:10 PM Subject: Dumb

Re: Photo Book Collecting

2003-01-14 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: Bob, can I apply to join your library? :-) quote Application requirement No 1. The putative lender shall leave a significant portion of their body as deposit against late return. unquote 8-))) mike

Re: Looking for an MX-S......or shouldn't I?

2003-01-14 Thread Ketil Eidsaunet
Of course. Silly typing error. Sorry Kethyl - Original Message - From: Nicolas Colarusso [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:58 PM Subject: RE: Looking for an MX-S..or shouldn't I? Do you mean and MZ-s? -Original Message-

Re: LX at night.

2003-01-14 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Steve, on 13 Jan 03 you wrote in pentax.list: trees, fences, etc., were quite easily visible to the eye. The LX exposures of roughly 30 sec at f/5.6. Rather short, I think, compared to some of the suggested exposure tables that I've seen, and sure enough, the negatives are so badly

Re: Looking for an MX-S......or shouldn't I?

2003-01-14 Thread Ketil Eidsaunet
Thank's! Typing error, silly me... I'm of course referring to the MZ-S!!! MX-S would be interesting, though. And as I tried to state, I'm really going to use my MF lenses on the AF body. But if the focus confirmation works good, I might not need the AF adapter. Still, I'm interested in

Re: Photo Book Collecting

2003-01-14 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
At 08:38 14.1.2003 +, mike wrote: Hi, Cotty wrote: Bob, can I apply to join your library? :-) quote Application requirement No 1. The putative lender shall leave a significant portion of their body as deposit against late return. unquote 8-))) mike ... Any fully working Pentax body will

Re: Looking for an MX-S......or shouldn't I?

2003-01-14 Thread Ketil Eidsaunet
Hi! Sorry for my typing error. I do of course mean that I'm looking for an MZ-S By the way, two bodies are listed on eBay, but the seller has no feedback, and shades. I've send a question for the seller, and is waiting for an answer to analyze Kethyl - Original Message -

P-TTL question

2003-01-14 Thread Leon Altoff
Hello all, I have a question about P-TTL on the MZ-S using the AF360 flash and ... wait for it ... Bellows. The MZ-S will not use P-TTL if you put on a pre A lens (for example a set of bellows). I know that it is possible to fool the camera by drilling out contacts on the lens mount, but

Re: LX at night.

2003-01-14 Thread Maciej Marchlewski
Dnia 14-01-2003 o godz. 9:22 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Heiko Hamann) napisal(a): Hi Steve, trees, fences, etc., were quite easily visible to the eye. The LX exposures of roughly 30 sec at f/5.6. Rather short, I think, compared to some of the suggested exposure tables that I've seen, and sure

Re: OT: Why do you use bw?

2003-01-14 Thread Alin Flaider
Every now and then I get sick of the colour cliché (mine and others' images as well). Then I switch to BW and suddenly discover the subject in the colour chaos. Lately I even put a yellow filter on the lens to help me ignore the offending colour. On this picture, one wouldn't have made

Re: Looking for an MX-S......or shouldn't I?

2003-01-14 Thread Lukasz Kacperczyk
And as I tried to state, I'm really going to use my MF lenses on the AF body. That's exactly what I'm going to do too. First, I was going to wait until I sell some of my stuff, so that I could finance the MZ-S, but my parents said they would happily lend me the money (having recently moved out

Re: Single best tip or trick for better pictures?

2003-01-14 Thread Lukasz Kacperczyk
Just as a point of interest, I watched a National Geographic special on how they photographed some tomb of someone once important and the assignment lasted 4 months. The photographer in that time took some 4,000 photos.(this is from memory) He was discussing how the 'Vault' door was opened

Re: what pentax remote works with the mz-s?

2003-01-14 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 14.01.03 9:04, adfoto at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thankyou for your assistance CS-105 (0.5 meters), CS-130 (3 meters) and TS 110 (with timer for long exposures and interval shooting). AFAIK these are the same as used for 645N II. -- Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Looking for an MX-S......or shouldn't I?

2003-01-14 Thread Ketil Eidsaunet
Perfect! I'm also looking forward to really testing the AF confirmation with my MF lenses, and possibly also the automatic-when-in-focus-trigger (I don't remember what iyt's called). Still I'm interested in more info on the AF adaptor, if it exists. I've read somewhere that it can be used to

re:mz-s and remote

2003-01-14 Thread adfoto
thankyou Sylwek but i was more looking at a remote control i thing i dont have to hook to the camera like the remote D or E is there one for the MZ-S

Re: mz-s and remote

2003-01-14 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 14.01.03 10:56, adfoto at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thankyou Sylwek but i was more looking at a remote control i thing i dont have to hook to the camera like the remote D or E is there one for the MZ-S Oh sorry, I have misunderstood you. But in this case remote control F (the same as for

comments wanted on the vivitar S1 135mm 2.3

2003-01-14 Thread adfoto
is this a good lens how is its flare control distortion and optical quality how does it compare to 135mm pentaxes how about other 135mm lens of today? which is the best pentax 135mm thanks

Re: New Toys

2003-01-14 Thread Camdir
Well, Peter, you seem to lump K and M lenses together on your (new equipment) Other Brands page, anyhow... And, speaking of your Other Brands page, weren't you supposed to make this a Pentax page a few months ago? Hmmm? Fred. I will mail you off list the URL of a new test site. I

Re: OK, check out MY Pentax service manual auction on eBay ;-)

2003-01-14 Thread Camdir
1. I hope you neg them for bidding on it 2. I wonder what your closing mail might look like 3. I would wager that you would receive more bids if the title went something like this:L@@K!! DO NOT BID!! FREE STUFF!! 4. 4 shalt thou not count. 5. 5 is right out. Kind regards Peter

[Fwd: P-TTL question]

2003-01-14 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
You can use P-TTL with pre A lens modified formatrix metering. See: (French page) (you can translate these pages with: http://babel.altavista.com/tr) http://perso.wanadoo.fr/krg/ http://perso.wanadoo.fr/krg/Photo/multizone.htm And other pages: MZ-S, BG-10, AF360FGZ etc ... Michel

Re: what pentax remote works with the mz-s?

2003-01-14 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
adfoto a écrit: thankyou for your assistance And if youhave BG-10 IR remote control models D,E,F http://perso.wanadoo.fr/krg/ Michel

Re: Need advice: flash and lens.

2003-01-14 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Just a short notice. I have Sigma 28-135/3.8-5.6 zoom lens. Bought it off BH for $170 about a year ago. Now it sells for even less. This is quite an average lens. It has only one advantage - versatility. The rest dissatisfies me. Especially the build quality - zoom creep was noticeable

Re: New Toys

2003-01-14 Thread Camdir
K2 'chrome' probably the nicest one I have seen for ages. Even better than mine? ;) I've had it fixed since I was in your neck of the woods... ERC for K2 What's an ERC? Dave I can't even remember. About the same as yours? Ever Ready Case. Or frequently Never Ready Case. Peter

Re: Why do you use bw?

2003-01-14 Thread CBWaters
I use it because I like the way it looks. I can look at a photo on Tri-X and KNOW that it would suck in color. It filters out a bunch of extra stuff that can make the photograph cluttered and distract from the subject (mainly people in my experience). Cory Waters - Original Message -

sun 200mm 2.8 any good?

2003-01-14 Thread surprise its me
Has any one heard of this lens it is not the soglior 200mm 2.8 rebaged

Re: Why do you use bw?

2003-01-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
Color film renders things as they are. BW renders them in a multitude of grays. There's a certain beauty to be found in looking at the world with a different kind of vision, a different palette. And there's the challenge of foreseeing how ordinary color scenes will appear once they've been

Re: Why do you use bw?

2003-01-14 Thread Bob Rapp
Agreed! Bob - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] BW photography is, in many ways, a higher calling. Paul Stenquist

Re: E-Bay

2003-01-14 Thread T Rittenhouse
It is still there they moved it a while back. Look in the selection box labled Display on the left of the screen. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: Shaun Canning [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January

Re: OT: E-Bay

2003-01-14 Thread Keith Whaley
Ken Archer wrote: [...] In case you haven't noticed, it's not just the MZ-S price that has been cut in half lately. All the camera equipment has dropped tremendously in the past six months. I have a bunch of stuff to sell now, but like Mark Roberts remarked last night, I am holding off

Re: Why do you use bw?

2003-01-14 Thread Mishka
ok, i'll bite. as far as looks go, pretty much everything these days ends up in photoshop, and desaturating is a very simple step there. so from this standpoint it doesn't matter whether i shoot bw or color. i shoot bw because i get to develop it myself. because i know it's not going to fade as

Re: OT: E-Bay

2003-01-14 Thread Leonard Paris
The move from film to digital is causing the prices of lots of film cameras to decrease, not just the MZ-S. Big name medium format prices are coming down rapidly, too. Len --- Having said that, has anyone else noticed that the price of new MZ-S cameras appears to be in freefall. They appear

Re: Need advice: flash and lens.

2003-01-14 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 13.01.03 20:16, Gregory L. Hansen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking for a zoom lens that goes to 300mm or so. I can't afford a good one, but I don't want to scrape the $100 bottom of the barrel. I want the second from the bottom of the barrel. Some lenses, which seem about what

Re: Vivitar 135 mm F/1.5?-Quick Help

2003-01-14 Thread Steve Larson
The thing is probably a f1.4 0r f/1.3 by today's standards, maybe even f/1.2. Sounds like a real beastie. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film. - Original Message - From: Paul Franklin Stregevsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: OT: ebay once again: would you do that?

2003-01-14 Thread Leonard Paris
Did you have to return the camera? Len --- I actualy bought a PZ-20 or something similar off ebay for my sister and got notified a couple of weeks later by the Police that it was stolen. Regards, Paul _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus

Re: Photo Book Collecting

2003-01-14 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! MJ Yeah, moving books is a total pain. A lot of diehard book people solve that MJ by never moving, but that's not always a viable solution. In my case it is indeed not an option. Let's just say that prices in Israel are high and my salary is zilch at the moment... MJ As you might have

Re: OT: ebay once again: would you do that?

2003-01-14 Thread Leonard Paris
There was an eBay seller that sold equipment he stole from a large camera store in Canada. I believe he was an employee. Too good to be true prices on top line cameras and lenses. The Canadian law enforcement folks were tracking down eBay buyers. I never heard how the case ended. Perhaps

Re: comments wanted on the vivitar S1 135mm 2.3

2003-01-14 Thread Steve Larson
Hi, The VS1 is a sweet lens. Close focus to three feet. The K mount version is great regarding flare as it is VMC (Vivitar Multi Coated), the M42 version is not VMC. Optical and build quality are second to none. It is probably actually a little faster than 2.3. Steve Larson Redondo Beach,

Re: Dumb Newbie Q #4 -- When/how do you take your shots?

2003-01-14 Thread eactivist
In a message dated 1/13/2003 9:10:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, eactivist writes: I have another dumb newbie q (actually I have tons, but decided it was politic to spread them out over time.) And I've sort of lost count, but I think this is #4. [snip] When/how do your take your shots?

Re: Single best tip or trick for better pictures?

2003-01-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Lukasz Kacperczyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thirty years ago I was taught the exact opposite: Treat every frame as though it is the only one you've got. That's the thing I like about medium format - less frames, more thinking. Still, when I shoot 35 mm, I don't hesitate to shoot a few frames

Re: OT: ebay once again: would you do that?

2003-01-14 Thread Lukasz Kacperczyk
The MZ-S that i bought for about $350us actualy came as new sealed in the box and with a receipt from a camera store so that the warranty could be claimed internationaly, Aaggghhh!! I just bought one for the equivalent of $900 and that's about as low as it

Re: OT: Moral Dilemma re Selling on Ebay

2003-01-14 Thread Ken Archer
Just remember that this isn't your money they are spending. It's their money to spend however they see fit. Why not just describe the lens as to size and f stop and the condition in terms of mechanical, optics and cosmetics. If it is a good or excellent quality lens is up to the buyer to

FS: FA28-105, TOK 80-200.2.8

2003-01-14 Thread Michael St. Jean
Pentax FA 28-105/4.5-5.6 ($120 and I'll pay US shipping) I originally bought this great lens from KEH in Bargain Condition for $200. Bargain pretty much describes the body cosmetics only as optically the glass is clean. After I owned it for a month or so, I noticed a piece of fuzz

RE: Moral Dilemma re Selling on Ebay

2003-01-14 Thread Rob Brigham
I think you answered your own dilemma about wording in this email: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] SNIPmost of the pictures taken with it look okay, not that bad, with no obvious distortions, until it is zoomed to its maximum focal length,

Re: RE: Moral Dilemma re Selling on Ebay

2003-01-14 Thread David Brooks
Begin Original Message Put these words in the description.People will be agast at how honest you are and just might bid :) :) Dave(soon to be an ebayer to)Brooks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] SNIPmost of the pictures taken with

Re: Which zoom should I keep - the Tamron SP 70-210/3.5 or the Vivitar S1 70-210/2.8-4.0?

2003-01-14 Thread Fred
The other is the Vivitar S1 70-210/2.8-4.0. Unfortunately, it's not the constant 3.5 version, which I beleive is one of the best - ever. Several sources, including the now-defunct Third party Lens Resource web page, rated the f2.8-4.0 version as the best of the Vivitar 70-210 Series 1

Re: OT: Moral Dilemma re Selling on Ebay

2003-01-14 Thread Fred
Oh, most of the pictures taken with it look okay, not that bad, with no obvious distortions, until it is zoomed to its maximum focal length, then it has swirlies. Not terrible swirlies as some pdmler pointed out awhile back, but swirlies. Swirlies? g That's a new term to me - how do you

Re: Pentax digital camera - ground-breaking price

2003-01-14 Thread Pål Jensen
Henry wrote: Are we expecting a ground breaking price for the coming D-SLR too? I am, at least, expecting a groundbreaking camera. Everything known to me indicate a true generation shift in Pentax SLR's with the new DSLR. It may be very different from the current Pentax SLR in most

Re: 100-300 f4.7-5.6 (vs 100-300 f4.5-5.6)

2003-01-14 Thread Joseph Tainter
I think just about all of these zooms become soft to varying degrees at 300 mm. Unless you need 300, the 80-200 f4.7-5.6 is a surprisingly sharp little lens. I've gotten good results from, and can recommend, the Sigma 70-300 APO Macro f4-5.6. Be sure to get the APO version, as there is a less

Re: GN's flash and lens

2003-01-14 Thread Gregory L. Hansen
Bill D. Casselberry said: Gregory L. Hansen wrote: ... And I've had it up to here [insert proper gesture] with estimating distances and calculating apertures because I'm pushing it past the thyristor specs. Years ago I made up a plain gridsheet in ExCel and entered the

RE: Why do you use bw?

2003-01-14 Thread Brendan
I like BW, it's cheap, process and print your self ( Still a newbie at this but no one seems to know ). It's more fun than colour at times not to mention the old fashioned positive comments people give you when you show them the prints.

Re: OT: Moral Dilemma re Selling on Ebay

2003-01-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Last time I heard that term (swirlies) it was used to describe a prank that kids pulled on other kids in the washroom. Stick the kids head into the toilet and flush.. ergo swirly (swirlies is plural) Cheers, Dave Original Message: - From: Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 14

Re: OT: Moral Dilemma re Selling on Ebay

2003-01-14 Thread Timothy Sherburne
Hi Marnie... Remember that the qualities of a lens are generally subjective. I may find the images from lens X to be perfectly acceptable, but someone else using it for a paying job may decide otherwise. One person's ceiling is another's floor, so to speak. Avoid describing the lens's image

Re: Mac Blat

2003-01-14 Thread Steve Desjardins
I think that Macs elicit a fierce loyalty in a certain subset of users, i.e., some folks passionately love Macs. I think that the majority of users could care less and see Windows and Macs as essentially equivalent, but use Windows since its more common and profits from the higher amount of money

Re: Need advice: lens and flash.

2003-01-14 Thread Gregory L. Hansen
Sylwester Pietrzyk on 13.01.03 20:16, Gregory L. Hansen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking for a zoom lens that goes to 300mm or so. I can't afford a good one, but I don't want to scrape the $100 bottom of the barrel. I want the second from the bottom of the barrel. Some lenses,

Re: Elements

2003-01-14 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I am not talking to myself, really I don't :). I've been thinking recently (how unusual) and found a way to modify somewhat the sharpening procedure I posted. You can obtain quite unusual results by the following: 1. Instead of mild High Pass Filter apply it really strongly, say with

finally got one

2003-01-14 Thread CBWaters
I'd been wanting an AF280T for a long time and finally got one today. It's HUGE! People are going to think I'm a pro or something :) Certainly, it's bigger than the Optio Altoids camera. Downloading the manual (free, not from Ebay) now... Cory Waters

Re: Why do you use bw?

2003-01-14 Thread Timothy Sherburne
Besides the aesthetic benefits already mentioned, I've taken up BW for more artistic projects because I can do all the processing at home in a matter of hours as opposed to over a week at a lab. I could also make my own color prints, and probably will someday, but color does add another layer of

Re: 100-300 f4.7-5.6 (vs 100-300 f4.5-5.6)

2003-01-14 Thread Fred
I think just about all of these zooms become soft to varying degrees at 300 mm. Unless you need 300, the 80-200 f4.7-5.6 is a surprisingly sharp little lens. Not all 100-300's are soft at the long end. I do not have any experience with the autofocus Tokina AT-X 100-300/4 at all, but the

Re: OT: Moral Dilemma re Selling on Ebay

2003-01-14 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
All that counts is whether it is a bad/broken/malfuncting lens, or it performs like every other Cimko 70-200. If it is not working as designed then make mention of that fact. If it has typical performance, for that lens, it's a case of, you get what you pay for and would not say anything more.

Re: GN's flash and lens

2003-01-14 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
Gregory L. Hansen wrote: ... And I've had it up to here [insert proper gesture] with estimating distances and calculating apertures because I'm pushing it past the thyristor specs. [ snip bunch 'o stuff ] H - seems you have all info you need at your disposal

Re: 100-300 f4.7-5.6 (vs 100-300 f4.5-5.6)

2003-01-14 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 03:07 PM, Foto Syb wrote: Hello! Would you mind sharing some experience? I consider buying a Pentax 100-300 FA lens, the new silver one, f4.7-5.8. But since there has been lots of critics on the 4.5-5.6 lens, I thought I should ask your opinion on the

Re: Pentax digital camera - ground-breaking price

2003-01-14 Thread Cotty
I think this is the first 3M pixel camera from the major manufacturers to break the US$300 barrier. Are we expecting a ground breaking price for the coming D-SLR too? Excellent. Another 'what's your guess thread'. I'm in. Body only, basic kit, 1299 USD, 1199 GBP. Cotty

Flash reflecing media?

2003-01-14 Thread CBWaters
Having seen the pro-level reflector that Cotty (you know how hard it is to type the name CoTty when your name is CoRy?) built for his AF280T and having just acquired one of the mammoth flashes myself, I'm looking for the scissors and materials. What is a good reflecting material? Is it a white

WOW! Check Out BOZ's new k-mount site!

2003-01-14 Thread Lindamood, Mark
What a great lookin' new k-mount site! A tip o' the hat to Boz Dimitrov! http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/

Good Deal on a 67?

2003-01-14 Thread Steve Pearson
I'm still confused about 6x7 prices on ebay. Maybe prices are falling? Was this a good deal:? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=29977item=1950471936rd=1 I was all set to bid forgot to watch the clock. Doh. I'm getting very frustrated! Oh well...

Re: Flash reflecing media?

2003-01-14 Thread gfen
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, CBWaters wrote: What is a good reflecting material? Is it a white one that I want? What plastic bottles work well?anything else I'm looking for before I go dumping out all the liquids under the sink? I haven't seen his, but don't many people use a gallon milk jug

Re: Pentax digital camera - ground-breaking price

2003-01-14 Thread Brendan
I say under $1000 usd, they're going after the DZlr's --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think this is the first 3M pixel camera from the major manufacturers to break the US$300 barrier. Are we expecting a ground breaking price for the coming D-SLR too? Excellent. Another 'what's

Re: Defunct Third part Lens Resource (was Vivitar S1 70-210/2.8-4.0?)

2003-01-14 Thread Rfsindg
So what happened to that cult classics web page anyway? I noticed it was gone over the weekend. Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Several sources, including the now-defunct Third party Lens Resource web page, rated the f2.8-4.0 version as the best of the Vivitar 70-210 Series 1

Re: WOW! Check Out BOZ's new k-mount site!

2003-01-14 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Mark, on 14 Jan 03 you wrote in pentax.list: What a great lookin' new k-mount site! A tip o' the hat to Boz Dimitrov! Wow! I second that. Great, Boz! The design is nice, looks modern and the navigation on the left side is much more comfortable than the old style. Regards, Heiko

Re: Moral Dilemma re Selling on Ebay

2003-01-14 Thread eactivist
In a message dated 1/14/2003 11:02:52 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Put these words in the description.People will be agast at how honest you are and just might bid :) :) Dave(soon to be an ebayer to)Brooks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: wacom tablets

2003-01-14 Thread Dan Scott
On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 08:41 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A mouse is simply too bulky. So I've never been able to digitally draw/paint very well -- very frustrating. Nothing beats holding a pencil for drawing, or a pencil-sized object. Nothing. Doe aka Marnie This has been a

Re: Totally OT: Take not the name of Leinie in vain

2003-01-14 Thread Dan Scott
On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 01:14 AM, Mike Johnston wrote: As teenagers my friends and I endured epic late-night Leinie's runs that could last four hours and land us in god-forsaken little rural hamlets in central Wisconsin in the middle of the wee hours. Having lived in the rural

Re: Re: Moral Dilemma re Selling on Ebay

2003-01-14 Thread David Brooks
Sure those swirlies are not just poor bokeh?? Dave Begin Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:38:24 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Moral Dilemma re Selling on Ebay In a message dated 1/14/2003 11:02:52 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL

Re: WOW! Check Out BOZ's new k-mount site!

2003-01-14 Thread Fred
What a great lookin' new k-mount site! Gee, that's surprising, Mark - usually Boz announces his K-mount changes on the PDML, and this (unannounced, I think) seems to be the biggest change I can remember !!! A tip o' the hat to Boz Dimitrov! Yes, indeed. I've only started looking around on

Re: Moral Dilemma re Selling on Ebay

2003-01-14 Thread Fred
There is also a link with a photo that shows swirlies for those who were wondering what they are. So, are swirlies referring to the sort of concentric circular bokeh effects, then? Fred

Re: wacom tablets

2003-01-14 Thread eactivist
In a message dated 1/14/2003 1:49:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The other drawback of a tablet is the feel. Instead of the tactile feedback you get with a pen, pencil, paintbrush or crayon, with a stylus you have only the feel of a tiny point of plastic sliding on

Re: Re: OK, check out MY Pentax service manual auction on eBay ;-)

2003-01-14 Thread Chris Brogden
Woo hoo! I'm #1 at $0.31! Eat my dust, misers! :) chris On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Ken Archer wrote: As I understand it, it's a penny ante and a quarter limit. Can I get in this game? ;-) On Monday 13 January 2003 05:24 pm, David Brooks wrote: How soon before a NON pdmler bidsVBG Dave

Re: Moral Dilemma re Selling on Ebay

2003-01-14 Thread WBeard
I'd leave this bit out.

Re: OT: ebay once again: would you do that?

2003-01-14 Thread Paul Jones
No. - Original Message - From: Leonard Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 4:31 AM Subject: Re: OT: ebay once again: would you do that? Did you have to return the camera? Len --- I actualy bought a PZ-20 or something similar off ebay for

Re: WOW! Check Out BOZ's new k-mount site!

2003-01-14 Thread Fred
WARNING!!! DO NOT, NOT ALL AT ONCE, write to me telling me that an item is less rare than I write. [snip] In other words, if I say that A is seen once a year and B once a month, I mean that it's about 1:10, and the once a year or once a month is just mildly indicative. WHAT ???!!! HUH

Re: Moral Dilemma re Selling on Ebay

2003-01-14 Thread Keith Whaley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd leave this bit out. It also takes okay pictures, not too bad, with no obvious distortions until the zoom is extended to its maximum focal length, then it produces swirlies. But the swirlies are not terrible, so it's adequate for the student

Re: Why do you use bw?

2003-01-14 Thread John Whicker
Mark D. wrote: Cause sometimes, color gets in the way. Good answer! You don't need colour to define shape, form amd texture. John

Re: Hard to follow: in regards to RE: Pentax DSLR: email from Pentax USA

2003-01-14 Thread Brendan
8000 dpi scan of a 4x5 , I'd love to see a digital beat that any time soon. --- Bob Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry group, I'm a new lurker, but what has this email have to do with the subject. I get the Digest and find myself misled by the subjects, making it harder for me to read

Re: Totally OT: Take not the name of Leinie in vain

2003-01-14 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Yes, it's not only the cheese that comes in chunks. And as a native of the land behind the cheddar curtain, there's nothing like a drive through Coon Valley! :) Just take your camera during Oct. atop the bluffs along the Miss. R., bring some curds to nibble on, and enjoy photography @ its

OT: Moral Dilemma re Selling on Ebay

2003-01-14 Thread Mike Johnston
I am beginning to think that having any ethical sense at all and selling flawed and/or not-so-hot stuff on ebay may be too much of a moral dilemma to resolve. No, just be honest about it and say what you think. I had a similar problem with a tube amp that was a real lemon. I couldn't in

Re: OT: Moral Dilemma re Selling on Ebay

2003-01-14 Thread Mike Johnston
Just remember that this isn't your money they are spending. It's their money to spend however they see fit. Why not just describe the lens as to size and f stop and the condition in terms of mechanical, optics and cosmetics. If it is a good or excellent quality lens is up to the buyer to

extension of Why do you use bw?

2003-01-14 Thread Anand DHUPKAR
It was quite interesting point 'why do you use bw' and also the perspective various people put. When I started my photography around 20 years back in India, bw was substantially cheaper and possible to be done in the home-darkroom at night. Then came color, and more importantly, 'ease of color

Re: Re: OK, check out MY Pentax service manual auction on eBay ;-)

2003-01-14 Thread Mike Johnston
Woo hoo! I'm #1 at $0.31! Eat my dust, misers! Jeez, if this Chris guy doesn't stop throwing his wallet around, I might just have to go digging in the sofa cushions. g --Mike

Re: Color Calibration

2003-01-14 Thread Andre Langevin
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Could you post a link or two for such free software. Whenever I google for color calibration stuff all I find is service bureaus and (usually expensive) commercial calibration packages. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ try these to start with.

Re: Defunct Third part Lens Resource (was Vivitar S170-210/2.8-4.0?)

2003-01-14 Thread Andre Langevin
It moved to http://medfmt.8k.com/third/ So what happened to that cult classics web page anyway? I noticed it was gone over the weekend. Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Several sources, including the now-defunct Third party Lens Resource web page, rated the f2.8-4.0 version as

Re: Totally OT: Take not the name of Leinie in vain

2003-01-14 Thread Mike Johnston
Having lived in the rural hamlets of Tripoli and Prentice, I didn't find them all that god-forsaken. g But, yes, Wisconsin is the land of cow farts, beer, and cheese. I don't know if Wisconsin stills leads the nation in love handles run amok, but it was the nation's leader for quite

Re: OT: Moral Dilemma re Selling on Ebay

2003-01-14 Thread Mike Johnston
I can help. She's using my term for this effect seen in the leaves in the background: http://www.shinozuka-family.com/200110autumnlux2/kittyleaves4.jpg and http://www.shinozuka-family.com/200110autumnlux2/tedkitleaves2.jpg (Rob Studdert supplied the links). If there is an accepted term

Re: Good Deal on a 67?

2003-01-14 Thread Mike Johnston
I'm still confused about 6x7 prices on ebay.  Maybe prices are falling?  Was this a good deal:? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItemcategory=29977item=1950471936rd=1 I was all set to bid forgot to watch the clock. Doh.  I'm getting very frustrated!  Oh well... The camera's

Re: Color Calibration

2003-01-14 Thread Herb Chong
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I have one for sale at $5 + about $1.50 ship (I paid fifteen with shipping). I bought it for Wiziwyg and found out I needed the one made by Wiziwyg (a lot more expensive). Andre these have to come with the calibration data. does yours or do

Re: Dumb Newbie Q #4 -- When/how do you take your shots?

2003-01-14 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, When/how do your take your shots? Answer or not. If you have time, I tried to figure out how to simplify this question. The following is just what I could think of based on reading the list, not necessarily the best choices. I usually take a camera with me most places when I'm not at

Re: I want to start a WAR

2003-01-14 Thread Mike Johnston
Interesting re tones vs colors. Been thinking more about that. I bet that is the often the basis for a preference for BW or color. (Well, in the answers to Cotty's q about BW, other reasons are also given). Marnie, Yes, I think everybody has given valid reasons. The problem with color is that

Re: Single best tip or trick for better pictures?

2003-01-14 Thread frank theriault
I find that I'll take many shots of the same subject, but not at the same time. There are a couple of things that I've obsessed upon over the years, and continually take photos of. An old wrecked Jaguar sedan (saloon to you Brits g), maybe a Mark IV, sits in tall grass next to a house in my

Re: OT: Moral Dilemma re Selling on Ebay

2003-01-14 Thread frank theriault
Hi, Marnie, There is so much hyperbole in some eBay descriptions, I think sticking with the mechanical facts, and not talking about performance at all is perfectly acceptable. I've seen so many auctions for lenses that are likely dogs, where the vendor says, Don't be dissuaded by the fact that

Re: WOW! Check Out BOZ's new k-mount site!

2003-01-14 Thread frank theriault
Excellent, Boz! I must say, I sometimes had trouble navigating the old site. This front page is clear, concise, looks good, and makes it real easy to go to where you want to. Congrats on a job well done! cheers, frank Bojidar Dimitrov wrote: Hi all, hi Fred, Gee, that's surprising, Mark

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