Re: MZ-S Best Features

2002-03-05 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
Mark wrote: Joe Tainter recently mentioned that some things he used regularly on the PZ-1p, like switching program modes, or switching between 2-second and 12-second delay, are on the MZ-S relegated to Pentax functions, where it is more difficult (and slower) to change them. I find this to be

Re: Velvia question

2002-03-05 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
Kenneth wrote: I have read somewhere that Arthur Morris shoots velvia 100 almost exclusively. I reguarily shoot velvia 100 and find the results totally acceptable. Have you tried shooting puffins, or for that matter, penguins with Velvia pushed one stop? I'm not denying that Velvia can

Re: An Autofocus Automatic Lens Question

2002-03-05 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
Bob wrote: As I said originally, this method is achievable on older lenses which have the optimum aperture marked; Again, this is not the optimum aperture, it's just F:8. Pål - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the

Re: Pentax Big Glass

2002-03-05 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Monday, March 04, 2002, 7:17:26 PM, Fred wrote: Funny how this discussion of the color of lens bodies has stirred folks up So Pentax made lenses with different color casts to the body colors Do we feel that our photoraphic taste is threatened by this? Or is it a matter of arguing about

Re: Pentax Big Glass

2002-03-05 Thread Alan Chan
Now, a pink LX !!! Pink makes me dizzy regards, Alan Chan _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorermsncom/intlasp; - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe, go to http://wwwpdmlnet

Re: Lens clicks when focusing

2002-03-05 Thread Vlad L. Loukiantchenko
Hi, Matt. I have the same problem with mine too. Under careful investigation I've found that this noise is produced by rubbing of aperture mechanism's closing spring against something (maybe lens barrel). This phenomenon has happened in strained state of that spring only: mounted lens (body

Re: An Autofocus Automatic Lens Question

2002-03-05 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
Bob wrote: Although several people have claimed that I've misunderstood the purpose of the marked aperture (and I've refuted those claims in other replies), nobody has yet provided any justification for the programmed version or shown why it is superior to having the optimum aperture marked on

Re: An Autofocus Automatic Lens Question

2002-03-05 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
However, on the modern lenses it's not marked, so you don't have it both ways. For the sake of accuracy: older lenses doesn't have it either. They have just market hyperfocal focusing aid at F:8 which is something completely different. Pål - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List.

Transperancy Scanning

2002-03-05 Thread Satish Kumar
Hi, I want to know whether there is possibility to scan Positives If so how? Thanks in advance for the help Satish Madras/India - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe, go to http://wwwpdmlnet and follow the directions Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery

Re: Hand-holding a 67

2002-03-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
I've hand held my 4x5 Speed Graphic at 1/125 with good results It has a 127mm lens Press photographers commonly did the same in the fifties Paul Gary J Sibio wrote: At 03:58 PM 3/4/02 -0800, you wrote: Gary, I have only limited experience so far, but I am not finding a significant

Re: Pentax Big Glass

2002-03-05 Thread Camdir
Sorry, I appear to have gotten the wrong end of the stick - this is an FA lens is silver Kind regards Peter - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe, go to http://wwwpdmlnet and follow the directions Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at

Re: Transperancy Scanning

2002-03-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
It's easy to scan transparencies with the right equipment However, you either need a dedicated film scanner or a flatbed that is a dual purpose scanner If the scanner is suitable for transparency scanning, the software will have a setting for the scanning of positives Since you're working with a

PMA report on Pentax

2002-03-05 Thread Rob Brigham
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/pma2002/page6.asp#pentax - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: Velvia question

2002-03-05 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
There's one Canon sponsored photographer who takes boring, mug-shot type of bird photos that borders to pornography in garish and cliche-filled oversaturated images on Velvia pushed one stop. Only an option if you suffer from terminally bad taste an/or are into camp in a big way. I am

Interesting Z-1 AF behaviour with wideangle lens (longish)

2002-03-05 Thread Graham Lyth
Hi all, Been lurking here for a while, nice to post for a change. This morning, I've been out in the back garden taking some test shots with a new Sigma 15-30 f/3.5-4.5 EX fitted to my Z-1, and I've come across some interesting AF behaviour that I've not noticed before. Testing at 15mm, I

Re: Bad news

2002-03-05 Thread Cotty
Honest, if I win the lottery, I'm gonna buy the effing company and fire the lot of them and hire everyone on this list! Hey Cotty I wanna be director of product testing...and oh yah, whats the dress code gonna be ?

Re: PMA report on Pentax

2002-03-05 Thread Artur Ledchowski
They write: The Digibino DB-100 is a combination of 7x zoom binoculars with a 0.8 megapixel (1024 x 768) CCD sensor, it can take a 1024 x 768 or 640 x 480 image of the image viewed through the binocular eyepieces (it actually uses a third lens system in the center of the unit) Don't you think

Re: Re: Toronto Get-together update

2002-03-05 Thread David Brooks
Hi Frank.I thought i heard some noise out theregI didnot get a chance to shoot any with the Super Program,just the Spotmatic(BW)hope to have them by the weekend. Had to laugh at all the people trying to see what we found so interesting. Dave Begin Original Message From: frank

Re: Re: Toronto meeting - Thanks Aaron!

2002-03-05 Thread David Brooks
You bug'd well.Thanks Dave Begin Original Message From: Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 19:49:48 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Toronto meeting - Thanks Aaron! On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 05:11  PM, frank theriault wrote: Thanks, bud! No

[FS] SMC-M 50 f1.4

2002-03-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Yet another item to go on eBay this weekend if no one on the PDML wants it. It's an M 50 f1.4 in EX+ condition with both caps. $70.00 (Now if I can just find a mailing list for car stereo so I can sell that Blaupunkt power amplifier...) -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is

Re: Re: Bad news

2002-03-05 Thread David Brooks
Cotty,any horses on the new property.Might need those photographed g Dave Begin Original Message From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 11:58:42 + To: Pentax List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bad news Honest, if I win the lottery, I'm gonna buy the effing

Re: OT: Can I join the brotherhood now?

2002-03-05 Thread Stephen Moore
Christian Skofteland wrote: Oh, Medium Formatters! A co-worker friend of mine dropped two large cases at my feet (well not really dropped more like placed gently) last Saturday The outside of both cases said something like Linhof That should make you very easy to spot at Summit Point!

RE: Interesting Z-1 AF behaviour with wideangle lens (longish)

2002-03-05 Thread Paris, Leonard
It's not an anomaly, it's normal. It doesn't surprise me that an autofocus camera might have trouble determining the exact focus point when using a 15mm lens. I don't have a lot of luck doing that by eye with a 15mm lens either, especially at an aperture smaller than wide open. If the camera

Re: Pentax Big Glass

2002-03-05 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
i-Blads? Collin -original--- Sometimes a unique color scheme is helpful, such as a big red lens hood and a huge purple hot shoe on an orange body when photographing circus clowns So THAT is the reasoning behind the new Hasselblads G -- ---

Re: Lens clicks when focusing

2002-03-05 Thread Matt Bevers
Thanks for the tip - sure enough if I hold down the DOF preview lever, the clicking disappears. Good to hear that you haven't had a problem with it, I think I'll leave it as is too - I only paid $35 for the lens. on 3/5/02 5:11 AM, Vlad L. Loukiantchenko at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Matt.

Re: Can I join the brotherhood now?

2002-03-05 Thread gfen
The thing is ultra clean, beautiful and, well, neat-o! I'm already conspiring to get film and try it out! My father has already claimed it for himself (I knew I should have kept it a secret!) but I'm sure he'll be able to share I missed this the first time, but I know what it feels

Re: New Tool Pic

2002-03-05 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 06:13 PM, Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: I love it too Maybe we should adopt the model as the Official 6x7 Brotherood Hat :-) I used to have a hat like that, but it was stolen out of our car Seriously! They didn't take anything else, just the hat I didn't have

Re: Pentax Big Glass

2002-03-05 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 07:16 PM, Chris Brogden wrote: Man, we have to get together sometime, Aaron We can talk about 67's, Electric Monks, and pizza :) Drop me a line if you're coming out here, and I'll do likewise Did I mention that I spent half of high school trying to make my

Re: Happy as a clam!

2002-03-05 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 06:09 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Is that the nasty green stuff that I can't get off my hands? Or is that from handling too much big glass? ATTENTION LONG LENS OWNERS: That green stuff on the barrel of the lens is the BUILD QUALITY SEEPING OUT! You must halt

Re: Bad news

2002-03-05 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 07:21 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: On Mon, 4 Mar 2002 21:59:07 +, Cotty wrote: Honest, if I win the lottery, I'm gonna buy the effing company and fire the lot of them and hire everyone on this list! I call dibs on the Amsterdam franchise! Ooh ooh, I call

Re: Hand-holding a 67

2002-03-05 Thread Aaron Reynolds
With a quick flip of the mirror lock switch, I find 1/30 pretty easy and 1/60 quite reliable Without MLU, 1/60 is pretty good, 1/125 is absolutely fine I don't have the 90mm, mind you -- I've got the 105 -- but I figure they're close enough for jazz Here's a handheld shot at 1/30 with the

Re: Been away, am back.

2002-03-05 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 05:37 PM, Lasse Karlsson wrote: Thanks for the update brother Aaron How about donating that leftover 35-stuff to one needing Pentaxian before you leave? Oh, I keep my 35mm stuff for long lenses and quietness Sorry to disappoint ;) Btw OT: During the hockey

RE: Bad news

2002-03-05 Thread Rob Brigham
bags the bahamas! Do you pay relocation expenses? -Original Message- From: Aaron Reynolds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 05 March 2002 02:13 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bad news On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 07:21 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: On Mon, 4 Mar 2002

Re: Lens clicks when focusing

2002-03-05 Thread Fred
Thanks for the tip - sure enough if I hold down the DOF preview lever, the clicking disappears Good to hear that you haven't had a problem with it, I think I'll leave it as is too - I only paid $35 for the lens And, you can always pretend it's a fancy AF lens that doesn't have a clutch to

Re: Can I join the brotherhood now?

2002-03-05 Thread Aaron Reynolds
Rob Studdert gave me a heads-up that the Ilford Manual of Photography is still in print and in its 9th edition as simply The Manual of Photography http://wwwfocalpresscom/companions/0240515749/defaultasp I have no idea whether it still has a large chunk devoted to large format (I would

Re: Pentax Big Glass

2002-03-05 Thread Fred
Did I mention that I spent half of high school trying to make my programmable scientific calculator answer a suffusion of yellow to math problems whose answers were higher than 4? No, I don't think you mentioned that, Aaron Did your calculator use RPN (Reverse Pentax Notation)? Fred - This

FA 20 - 35

2002-03-05 Thread Mark Cassino
I'm thinking about buying this lens and would appreciate any feedback from current or former owners of it. I already have the F 17 - 28 fisheye and love it. It's a wonderful and unique piece of glass. But, I want a zoom that is more rectalinear. I also have a manual focus Vivitar Series 1 19

Re: 'dat Hat

2002-03-05 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
Aaron wrote: Gianfranco wrote: I love it too. Maybe we should adopt the model as the Official 6x7 Brotherood Hat... :-) I used to have a hat like that, but it was stolen out of our car. Seriously! They didn't take anything else, just the hat. I didn't have my 67 yet, or I'd

Re: the Pink Pentax

2002-03-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Peter wrote:\ Frantisek writes: Now, a pink LX... !!! Should go down well in these parts:) How 'bout a pink *snakeskin covered* LX? -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the

Picking a single 6x7 lens -- SMCT 105/2.4 vs. SMCT 90/2.8 LS

2002-03-05 Thread Peifer, William [OCDUS]
Hi folks, I'm hoping to get some opinions on Pentax MF lens choices Here's my dilemma Let's assume I can afford one and only one used lens for a 6x7 -- for the time being -- with my choice at the moment being either an SMCT 105/24 or an SMCT 90/28 LS Seems like the 105/24 would be a good

RE: Fwd: Bad news

2002-03-05 Thread Rob Brigham
I think you will find Pentax UK totally against advertising a grey importer even more than their parent company. Ultimately nothing that Camera Direct sells from the grey market gives them any money - in fact it takes sales away from them and gives them to Pentax in the country of origin. I

FA 20 - 35 and 17-35 DOF

2002-03-05 Thread MPozzi
Sorry to interject but as someone's already asked about this lens (which I am really interested in) I am also curious about the depth of field for FA 20 - 35 in particular, but also the 17-35. Not having any lenses that go below 24mm, and wanting to have tpossibility to blur background beyond

Re: MZ-3 (was SV: My Website)

2002-03-05 Thread MZ3_fella _
A Pentax technician (Japanese) told me that the mirror-box of the MZ-3 was different and better construction than the MZ-5N, however, I have never seen any actual proof Pat _ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN

Re: FA 20 - 35 and 17-35 DOF

2002-03-05 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
Michele wonders Not having any lenses that go below 24mm, and wanting to have tpossibility to blur background beyond 2-3 meters behind tghe subject which is close, I was wondring how these 2 lenses fared. If you get in close enough for a short focus distance and use

Re: FA 20 - 35 and 17-35 DOF

2002-03-05 Thread MPozzi
Point taken Bill, thanks - but is the aperture on these lenses wide enough?, seeing that the DOF increases with increased angles Of course the level of blur or 'bokeh'(i believe)is subjective, I just wanted to knoe whether it is somewhat achieveabke, say equivalent to an f4 on a 50mm, or

RE: FA 20 - 35 and 17-35 DOF

2002-03-05 Thread Paris, Leonard
Michele, You stand a better chance of doing what you want with a f/2.8 constant aperture lens than you do with an f/4 but f/2.8 lenses at those focal lengths are pretty expensive. Not that the FA 20-35 f/4 is exactly cheap, either. If cost is a major consideration, you could go with a Zenitar

PENTAX FIT FOR COSINA ZOOM

2002-03-05 Thread Rob Brigham
PENTAX FIT FOR COSINA ZOOM Cosina has released its 100-400mm f/4.5-6.7 AF lens in Pentax fit. The £229.99 optic is already available in Canon, Minolta and Nikon AF fits. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions.

RE: FA 20 - 35 and 17-35 DOF

2002-03-05 Thread MPozzi
Fisheye is fine, but for the work I do, The wide angle zoom would be better. --- Paris, Leonard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michele, You stand a better chance of doing what you want with a f/2.8 constant aperture lens than you do with an f/4 but f/2.8 lenses at those focal lengths are

APRIL LAUNCH FOR CONTAX N DIGITAL SLR

2002-03-05 Thread Rob Brigham
APRIL LAUNCH FOR CONTAX N DIGITAL SLR The Contax N Digital will be launched in the UK in April as planned, despite delays to the February launch of the six-megapixel camera onto the Japanese market. Fraser Allen, spokesman for Kyocera Yashica (UK), confirmed that the camera will be in UK shops

Re: Velvia question

2002-03-05 Thread Robert Woerner
Has anybody tried Kodachrome 64 and/or 200 for the purpose of photographing birds? I've seen some old Kodachrome slides that looked great. Small or non-existent grain isn't everything(Kodachrome 200). Robert From: Pål Audun Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: FA 20 - 35 and 17-35 DOF

2002-03-05 Thread tom
On 5 Mar 2002 at 8:00, MPozzi wrote: Point taken Bill, thanks - but is the aperture on these lenses wide enough?, seeing that the DOF increases with increased angles It depends on how close to your subject you are and how far away the background is Here's a few examples, though I don't

RE: FA 20 - 35 and 17-35 DOF

2002-03-05 Thread Paris, Leonard
I have the FA 20-35 f/4 and find it to be an excellent lens but, when I need the 35mm end, I switch to the FA 35 f/2. No question about achieving background blur with that one. Len --- -Original Message- From: MPozzi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 10:13 AM To:

Re: FA 20 - 35 and 17-35 DOF

2002-03-05 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
Michele wrote ... Point taken Bill, thanks - but is the aperture on these lenses wide enough?, seeing that the DOF increases with increased angles My FishEye is an f4 and the 20mm is the infamous f4.5 Both will do this, although focus distance is, like, a foot

RE: French film

2002-03-05 Thread Cyril MARION
Lasse, what do you mean ? Anyway, no wonder the French can't keep their films clean. I remember their toilets... Lasse. Cheers, Cyril Paris, France - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to

Re: Pentax Big Glass

2002-03-05 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Tuesday, March 5, 2002, at 09:11 AM, Fred wrote: No, I don't think you mentioned that, Aaron Did your calculator use RPN (Reverse Pentax Notation)? HAR! Uh, no (looks sheepish) -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe, go to http://wwwpdmlnet and

Re: Picking a single 6x7 lens -- SMCT 105/2.4 vs. SMCT 90/2.8 LS

2002-03-05 Thread Bruce Dayton
Bill, Boy, that is a bit tough to choose Leaf shutter aside, I personally like the 90 FOV better than the 105, but I believe that to be a very personal preference If you can think about your 35mm usage, if you could only have one lens would it be a 35/43 or a 50/55? That is probably your best

Re: Bad News

2002-03-05 Thread Camdir
Rob The ad in question carried about 40% LX items (which they don't carry at all, nor do they intend to), 10% new items, and 50% used equipment I have resubmitted a modified ad with no mention of new equipment ie all the new LX kit is listed as used - how stoopid is that? Kind regards

Re: Re[2]: An Autofocus Automatic Lens Question

2002-03-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Peter Alling Subject: Re[2]: An Autofocus Automatic Lens Question Are you sure about that? On my SMCP-M SMCP-(K) and SMCT lenses the only different colored f setting is the hyper focal stop with the same color, (orange), marking the hyper focal distance.

Re: dying a muslin?

2002-03-05 Thread Patrick White
Brendan writes: Yes it's the newbie trying to be cheap question again, I found that fabricland in Toronto stock raw cotton muslin in 3mx25m rolls ( about 3.3 yards x27 yards or so ) and it's cheap to! you can buy it per meter but it is unwashed. They don't sell large bottles of dye tho does

Re: MX seems to have huge problem..........

2002-03-05 Thread Peter Alling
Sorry, the Meter is built into the body on the LX, (you must be thinking about some other manufacturer's body with interchangeable finders, shame on you) All you get is LED's Maybe my eyesight is better than most or maybe I don't use my cameras in such extreme lighting conditions However

Pentax 300mm A 2.8 questions

2002-03-05 Thread Jeff Post
Having just sent a large amount of money to KEH for an Ebay auction for a Pentax A* 300mm 28 lens I have a question for the list What is a good teleconvertor to go with this lens? Does the quality degrade substantially at 600 56? I can't help but wonder if this lens is worth what I paid For

Re: Bad news

2002-03-05 Thread Chris Brogden
On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Aaron Reynolds wrote: Honest, if I win the lottery, I'm gonna buy the effing company and fire the lot of them and hire everyone on this list! I call dibs on the Amsterdam franchise! Ooh ooh, I call Canada! Can I get Pentax Hawaii, complete with corporate jet and

Fwd: Pentax User mag

2002-03-05 Thread Camdir
In a message dated 05/03/02 17:30:16 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Peter, I've just had a final response from Pentax which is that until Cameras Direct buy directly from Pentax UK we can't take the ads in Pentax User magazine. It would be best to speak to the Directors of

Re: Pentax 300mm A 2.8 questions

2002-03-05 Thread Rfsindg
Jeff, You probably did OK on the KEH auction. The A 2.0X L and A 1.4X L are the recommended converters. The S converters are for smaller glass. Regards, Bob S. Having just sent a large amount of money to KEH for an Ebay auction for a Pentax A* 300mm 2.8 lens I have a question for the list.

Re: Pentax 300mm A 2.8 questions

2002-03-05 Thread Rfsindg
Jeff, You probably did OK on the KEH auction. The A 2.0X L and A 1.4X L are the recommended converters. The S converters are for smaller glass. Regards, Bob S. Having just sent a large amount of money to KEH for an Ebay auction for a Pentax A* 300mm 2.8 lens I have a question for the list.

Re: Tom's Website

2002-03-05 Thread Peter Alling
It's easy to be an HTML expert At 07:51 PM 3/4/2002 -0500, you wrote: For those who commented on site navigation problems, please go to my forsale pages and check out the nav set up If that works OK, I will do the same to the rest of the site Talk about a short move from know nothing to

Re: New Tool Pic

2002-03-05 Thread Peter Alling
That would be good then we could see them approaching from a distance. At 03:13 PM 3/4/2002 -0800, you wrote: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (about Bill's http://www.orednet.org/~bcasselb/Commercial/wkly/wklyphoto.html) Love the hat. I love it too. Maybe we should adopt the model as

Two Vivitar Series 1s, Olympus mount (28/1.9, 90-180 macro)

2002-03-05 Thread Paul F. Stregevsky
Anyone out there have an Olympus body? These primes are hard to find in K mount: 28/1.9: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1337332294 90-180 macro zoom: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1337110531 Paul Franklin Stregevsky 13 Selby Court Poolesville,

Re: Picking a single 6x7 lens -- SMCT 105/2.4 vs. SMCT 90/2.8 LS

2002-03-05 Thread Aaron Reynolds
I chose the 105mm over the 90mm non-leaf for a couple of reasons: 1) It was reputed to be sharper wide-open, and I shoot a lot wide-open or near it 2) The price difference allowed me to buy a helicoid extension tube 3) It is slightly faster So, basically, you have to weigh these things

RE: Pentax 300mm A 2.8 questions

2002-03-05 Thread Rupprecht, James R
That lens was a steal at the price you paid. When I was working years ago, I used my 300/2.8 with a Pentax 1.4x all the time before I was able to buy my 400 and 600, and at times after if I was limited on the amount of gear I was able to carry to an assignment. You will not be disappointed.

Re: LX-Screen-cleaning again

2002-03-05 Thread Peter Alling
Damn I wish I knew. I use a can of falcon dustoff. The older valve head allows you to have a light touch on just how much gas is released. This allows a gentle stream which probably won't damage anything. It still seems to leave some dust behind however. At 10:30 PM 3/4/2002 +0100, you

Re: French film

2002-03-05 Thread Lasse Karlsson
Cyril, Thanks for asking. The intention of my message was a play with absurdity. Tom R. in his original message referred to the common notion of French film as dirty movies, that is - movies of sexual or pornographic nature. On purpose I pretended not to fully understand this, but rather in my

Re: Pentax User mag

2002-03-05 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Tuesday, March 5, 2002, at 01:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just had a final response from Pentax which is that until Cameras Direct buy directly from Pentax UK we can't take the ads in Pentax User magazine. ...and, let me guess, Pentax UK won't sell to you if you persist in

Re: Re[2]: An Autofocus Automatic Lens Question

2002-03-05 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Tuesday, March 5, 2002, at 12:40 PM, William Robb wrote: All lenses, and all f/stops on those lenses have a hyperfocal distance Yes, but Peter is speaking of the red f8 on Pentax wide angle lenses -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe, go to

Re: New Tool Pic

2002-03-05 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Tuesday, March 5, 2002, at 01:49 PM, Peter Alling wrote: That would be good then we could see them approaching from a distance Run and hide, here comes a 67 user! How can you tell? His hat, you idiot! -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe, go to

might be good deal for australians...

2002-03-05 Thread Nitin Garg
http://cgiebaycom/ws/eBayISAPIdll?ViewItemitem=1336372315 i havent used any of the stuff (except the 1:4 macro) listed on it and really have no clue of its value but it might be good still In case anyone is US is interested, i was told shipping by sea is 100 AU$ and 170 by air cheers, nitin -

OT: Re: Bad news

2002-03-05 Thread Cotty
Good grief. Cotty,any horses on the new property.Might need those photographed g Dave Honest, if I win the lottery, I'm gonna buy the effing company and fire the lot of them and hire everyone on this list! Ý Ý Ý Hey Cotty Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý ÝI wanna be director of product testing...and

Re: PMA report on Pentax

2002-03-05 Thread Peter Alling
Sounds more like an old 110 based system Binoculars with a third taking lens in between Here's a link to a guy who actually seems to own one http://wwwgeocitiescom/jagpage/tasco8khtml At 01:28 PM 3/5/2002 +0100, you wrote: They write: The Digibino DB-100 is a combination of 7x zoom

Re: 'dat Hat

2002-03-05 Thread Cotty
My good friend Margot arrived from NYC before the weekend carrying my latest hat that I ordered and had sent to her. http://www.villagehatshop.com/product424.html 'Ready when you are Mr DeMille...' :-) Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to

Re: OT: Can I join the brotherhood now?

2002-03-05 Thread Peter Alling
No you're a large format guy now You have joined the ranks of the exalted St Ansel As such you can now look down on them from your lofty perch on high : At 04:41 PM 3/4/2002 -0500, you wrote: Oh, Medium Formatters! A co-worker friend of mine dropped two large cases at my feet (well not really

RE: Pentax User mag

2002-03-05 Thread Malcolm Smith
Pardon me while I roll my eyes at Pentax UK. -Aaron - As a subscriber, I bought into it for the discount on spares and service charges. If you bought it for the magazine also rolls eyes. Malcolm - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: dying a muslin?

2002-03-05 Thread Brendan
Thanks Pat --- Patrick White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brendan writes: Yes it's the newbie trying to be cheap question again, I found that fabricland in Toronto stock raw cotton muslin in 3mx25m rolls ( about 3.3 yards x27 yards or so ) and it's cheap to! you can buy it per meter but it

Re: French film

2002-03-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I hope that we have not become so politically correct that we can't tolerate an occasional joke about our differences and perceptions. dan Lasse Karlsson wrote: If I nevertheless caused you, or any other French members offence, I apologize.To all others too, sorry about a (yet another

Pentax SP - Battery and meter?

2002-03-05 Thread jmadams
I have just received the Pentax SP through Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1334082883ed=1014696 884 There appeared to be a problem with the meter, as it was not giving the readings I would have expected. I the battery in my other son SP, and realised the battery had

Re: the Pink Pentax

2002-03-05 Thread Peter Alling
That's just not right At 10:15 AM 3/5/2002 -0500, you wrote: Peter wrote:\ Frantisek writes: Now, a pink LX !!! Should go down well in these parts:) How 'bout a pink *snakeskin covered* LX? -- Mark Roberts wwwrobertstechcom - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List To

Re: Pentax Big Glass

2002-03-05 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
It was fun at the time (but a bit mean) to hand my wife my HP-41 calc ask her to add up a list of numbers for me. Where's the equal sign? (Needless to say, I didn't try that a second time. I felt really bad about it.) (HP - Hewlett-Pentax?) Collin ---original-- Date:

OT: about minolta lenses...

2002-03-05 Thread Nitin Garg
hi, in case anyone here is familiar with minolta lenses, what is a good price to expect for a minolta MD rokkor-x 100-500mm lens ? It seems a bit rare Cant find any ended auctions on ebay or samples at any keh, adorama, bh etc thanks, nitin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: pentax-discuss-digest V1 #2247

2002-03-05 Thread Camdir
...and, let me guess, Pentax UK won't sell to you if you persist in stocking and selling items that they do not stock or sell because there is no market for them. Aaron. There ain't a cat's chance in hell that we will get a Pentax UK account. I suppose if I had known in the first place that

Re: Tom's Website

2002-03-05 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Tuesday, March 5, 2002, at 04:12 PM, Peter Alling wrote: I should also mention that it's easy to be an expert Air Cooled Volkswagen engine mechanic Isn't everyone in cyberspace an expert Air Cooled Volkswagen mechanic? -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List To

Re: Pentax Big Glass

2002-03-05 Thread Peter Alling
Must not have had an HP For the more expensive models that would be child's play At 09:06 PM 3/4/2002 -0500, you wrote: On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 07:16 PM, Chris Brogden wrote: Man, we have to get together sometime, Aaron We can talk about 67's, Electric Monks, and pizza :) Drop me a

Re: A most pleasant suprise (if it was a snake it would've bitten me)

2002-03-05 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Tuesday, March 5, 2002, at 01:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.members.aol.com/figgaro/jupiter1.jpg http://www.members.aol.com/figgaro/jupiter2.jpg Those things are lovely. Thanks for sharing the story. -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To

Re: dying a muslin?

2002-03-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Brendan Subject: dying a muslin? Yes it's the newbie trying to be cheap question again, I found that fabricland in Toronto stock raw cotton muslin in 3mx25m rolls ( about 3.3 yards x27 yards or so ) and it's cheap to! you can buy it per meter but it is

Re: Tom's Website

2002-03-05 Thread Peter Alling
Only if you were a starving student and owned one during the late 70's At 06:05 PM 3/5/2002 -0500, you wrote: On Tuesday, March 5, 2002, at 04:12 PM, Peter Alling wrote: I should also mention that it's easy to be an expert Air Cooled Volkswagen engine mechanic Isn't everyone in cyberspace an

Re: Pentax 300mm A 2.8 questions

2002-03-05 Thread Mark Erickson
Jeff, The A* 300mm F2.8 is a great lens. I purchased one last year along with an A2XL converter. It is capable of very, very sharp images with or without the converter. Here's an example: http://www.westerickson.net/mark/baywild/duckmom.html You need to add two things to your lens to

OT: Slideshow Program

2002-03-05 Thread William Kane
Hey guys, I know this is off-topic, but does anyone know of a GOOD program that will take pictures of any size (preferably jpg), and show a full screen slidewho of them? I'm looking for something that I can use for teaching with I (and other teachers in the department) like to hook up

Re: Picking a single 6x7 lens -- SMCT 105/2.4 vs. SMCT 90/2.8 LS

2002-03-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Peifer, William [OCDUS] Subject: Picking a single 6x7 lens -- SMCT 105/2.4 vs. SMCT 90/2.8 LS Hi folks, I'm hoping to get some opinions on Pentax MF lens choices. Here's my dilemma dilemma snipped I'd appreciate any comments from those of you who've

Re: OT: Can I join the brotherhood now?

2002-03-05 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
gfen wrote: I'm proposing us swanky LF guys form our own brotherhood, complete with even BETTER hats! :) yeah, right ... when pigs fly !8^D - Bill D. Casselberry ; Photography on the Oregon

Re: OT: Slideshow Program

2002-03-05 Thread Peter Alling
Try LView Pro Here's their web site http://wwwlviewcom/index1024htm At 05:18 PM 3/5/2002 -0800, you wrote: Hey guys, I know this is off-topic, but does anyone know of a GOOD program that will take pictures of any size (preferably jpg), and show a full screen slidewho of them? I'm

Re: Bad news

2002-03-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
on 3/5/02 14:19, frank theriault opined: Well, let's see Aaron has Canada, Chris has Hawaii I speak a teeny bit of French I'll take France - there aren't any French folks on the list, are there? Anyway, I called it first, it's mine I guess because I speak a bit of Spanish, I should take

Re: Two Vivitar Series 1s, Olympus mount (28/1.9, 90-180 macro)

2002-03-05 Thread William Kane
Nah, I don't need an Olympus body, I just got the 90-180 in K mount for a rather nice price :-D Just arrived home the other night with it, and put it on my LX. Focus is rather nice, and it really is easy to use, even if it's weight is a bit heiftier than most. I definitly think I'll be

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