A PDML member from Poland just made me re-check the total amounts I asked,
so that I discovered a few of them were wrong (some were missing the tube
cost, while others were missing the postage!). So please also re-check your
costs before you'll pay me:
Hi all,
a question aimed at the Tokina 28-105/3.5-4.5 but related to any lens. I
ran some tests this weekend involving the lenses I own covering 100mm
F.L. and found out this lens seems to be much shorter than 105mm at the
long end. I have a TIPA test covering all the 28-105 available a couple
Flavio, is the Tokina an IF design? Then towards the closest focus
it progressively shortens the focal length in order to minimize the
lens group displacement. Still, at infinity the focal length should
be nominal. Try an infinity comparison with your FA 100/2.8 (which
btw, performs in
now I have a
cold which is making you all look very
out of focus (like Robin Williams in Deconstructing Harry)
Haha - I ran into Robin Williams in SoHo the other day. Didn't say
anything to him though.
Hope you feel better soon!
So Amita, dear, which weekend are you referring to?
And
Weren't we talking about the first weekend in August? That seemed to
work for most people.
if you are referring to Aug 3 or 4, i believe i can make most days.
however, wherever we go, i need to be able to access it by train/subway or
to catch a ride with someone. i live in Peekskill and would
Howdy,
How close do you have to be for the DC PDML? Lexington is about 3.5
hours away, but you may be my closest group.
Steve
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/15/02 12:00AM
From our last meeting:
http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tom/images/dc-pdml-may.jpg
From left to right is me, Geoff the Disembodied
Easy to see why Tom's assistants can break a lot of gear before they get
replaced. ;-)
Len
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http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tom/images/dc-pdml-may.jpg
From left to right is me, Geoff the Disembodied Head Moes, Cesar
Matamoros, Assistant #7, and Christian Skofteland.
This was shot on Delta 100
I say The Road to Perdition this week. Jude Law plays a mob hit man
why travels with a speed graphic and tripod, so he can take photos of
his victims. He apparently also bribes the police to let him photo
other dead bodies at the scene. Also, there was a preview for a movie
called One hour Photo
After the recent discussions about what people carry as a just in case
camera and one a few weeks back about the look of photos from different
lens brands (SMC vs. Series 1, etc.) I got to thinking it would be nice to
have a PS with similar optice to my SLR lenses.
AC I have bought my father
Lukasz, buy a metal strap to somebody you hate ;-)
Frantisek
Friday, July 12, 2002, 12:45:25 AM, Lukasz wrote:
LK That's exactly why I asked this question - I'm one of those hairy guys, but
LK liked the look of a metal strap. I guess I was right, unfortunatelly. Now
LK I'm off to find another
Please send the messages to me directly, to not disturb other
members,thanks.
Also, I've not included 110 and digital cameras, just because I started
this way, and I didn't want to change in the middle of the way.
Also, if you already submited and want to add new items, please put clearly
in your
1- You must choose JUST ONE Pentax brand body of any era and format.
2- It must be the body you use most (time, quantity of shots, whatever...)
3- Again, you must choose JUST ONE.
4- Send the answers OFF-LIST, TO ME, to don't disturb list members. I'll
not count votes sent to list.
DISCLAIMER:
1- You must choose JUST ONE Pentax brand body of any era and format.
2- You must have personal experience with it, no matter if you own it,
owned it, borrowed it, rented it. You must have used it (it's not a wish
list).
3- Again, you must choose JUST ONE.
4- Send the answers OFF-LIST, TO ME, to
These are the conditions:
1 - You must answer off-list exclusively. On-list votes will not be
included.
2 - You must choose Your Favorite Pentax Lens. ONLY ONE. Yes, ONLY ONE.
3 - It must be original, no third-party allowed.
4 - Primes and zooms.
5 - You must specifiy: Tak, Super Tak, SMC Tak, K,
These are the conditions:
1 - You must answer off-list, right to me.
2 - You must choose your favorite emulsion (35 and 120/220 allowed. Color
and b
and w)
3 - You must choose ONLY ONE (color print OR slide OR b and w, etc).
4 - You must have personal experience with it.
WINNER by now: Tri-X
Hi,
Having been caught out a few times recently, I planned ahead
yesterday. I was travelling north along the major route through
the UK and I knew that the British Motorcycle GP was on.
Having the loan of Dennis K's MS-s and 28-70 2.8 (of which more
in a later post) I was prepared for taking
Well, I foraged around some and have purchased two old screwmount kits. One is
the K and it's shutter needs some help. The other is a Heiland H3 (USA version of the
S3).
I had trouble with the H3 as it came frozen up. The shutter button was depressed
and nothing would move. After
I'm going to be heading to Nashville and Vanderbilt University for a
few days next week for a seminar -- assuming I can get out a bit and
explore, does anyone have any recommendations for either great places
to photograph (day or night) or any good used camera shops in the
city?
Joe
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
So I was almost perfectly prepared to get two shots of the Range
Rover belching flames from every orifice on the other
carriageway as we crested a hill.
Range Rover?
Cotty -- please reassure the list
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Ayash Kanto Mukherjee wrote:
On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, William Robb wrote:
They never got around to fixing them after the Canadians invaded
them, destroyed their roadways and burned down their White
House
HAR!!!
Why the fellow Canadians of PDML are silent
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Howdy,
How close do you have to be for the DC PDML? Lexington is about 3.5
hours away, but you may be my closest group.
Well, we're the prettiest and smartest group anyway, so we
Hi!
The photographs are really quite good and creative. But why there is no
comment for photograph no. 3 in your list?
- Ayash.
On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, happyness wrote:
http://www.photosig.com/viewphoto.php?id=126134
http://www.photosig.com/viewphoto.php?id=138009
You have not mentioned the names of the persons in the photograph. I think
that they are all PDMLers.
- Ayash.
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, tom wrote:
While we're at it:
http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tom/images/gfm-group.jpg
I'd like to say it was a bad scan, but the fact is I didn't give the
Especially now that our boat is out of town.
Dave
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From: Chris Brogden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 10:52:32 -0500 (CDT)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: camera strap
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Ayash Kanto Mukherjee wrote:
On Sun, 14 Jul 2002,
On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, William Robb wrote:
They never got around to fixing them after the Canadians
invaded
them, destroyed their roadways and burned down their White
House
HAR!!!
Why the fellow Canadians of PDML are silent about this
accusation? Do you
feel very easy
Flavio, according to Photodo, the true range for this lens is 29-102.
Zooms rarely match their advertised ranges, but are usually close.
Manufacturers stamp on a zoom range that is the standard (such as
28-105), although this is rarely accurate. The FA Power Zoom 28-105
(which I recommend highly)
Gottcha!
Ayash.
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Peter Alling wrote:
Well that would depend on the State and the current time in the repair cycle.
At 09:06 PM 7/14/2002 +0530, you wrote:
On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, Peter Alling wrote:
Being from the formerly industrialized North East US, that's a
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Jeff wrote:
You have to remember, this is coming from a fellow Canadian, who lives in
the Prairies.
They get pretty bored and they start fantasizing, but we accept them as they
are.
Us from Ontario are busier people. We go to Canada's Wonderland to eat
funnel cake. Now
if you are referring to Aug 3 or 4, i believe i can make most days.
however, wherever we go, i need to be able to access it by
train/subway or
to catch a ride with someone.
Yes, we were talking about doing it in Central Park on Aug. 3 or 4,
although I think that the NY or Brooklyn Botanical
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Kanto Mukherjee
You have not mentioned the names of the persons in the
photograph. I think
that they are all PDMLers.
Oops, I thought we were all famous and needed no introduction.
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Chris Brogden wrote:
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Ayash Kanto Mukherjee wrote:
On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, William Robb wrote:
They never got around to fixing them after the Canadians invaded
them, destroyed their roadways and burned down their White
House
HAR!!!
Back row, left to right
Bill Owens, John Deloach, Cesar Matamoros, Tom VanVeen
Front row, left to right
Phyllis Owens, Doug Brewer, aka List Guy, Mark Roberts, Don DeLurker
Bill KG4LOV
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From: Ayash Kanto Mukherjee [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL
I have the Tokina 90mm with macro extender. It's a fantastic lens. The macro
extender can be used on my other pentax lenses. I'm finding that the Pentax
200mm f2.5 with the Tokina macro extender is an exceptional combination that
gives me incredible close focus capabilities and a very fast
Yes, we were talking about doing it in Central Park on Aug. 3 or 4,
although I think that the NY or Brooklyn Botanical Gardens would be a
little more interesting...
i'd vote in favor of a botanic garden if there is a vote being taken. i
mostly am a nature landscape photographer, so that is what
How about the Bronx Zoo?
Herb Chong wrote:
Yes, we were talking about doing it in Central Park on Aug. 3 or 4,
although I think that the NY or Brooklyn Botanical Gardens would be a
little more interesting...
i'd vote in favor of a botanic garden if there is a vote being taken. i
mostly
Still have the H3, my first Pentax. Got it as a college grad gift from my
late father. Still use it on occasion. Looks great in the VF not seeing
diode lights, needles, etc. that clutter up today's VFs. Now if I still
had my old selenium cell Sekonic handheld meter.
Jim A.
From: [EMAIL
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, tom wrote:
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Kanto Mukherjee
You have not mentioned the names of the persons in the
photograph. I think
that they are all PDMLers.
Oops, I thought we were all
Thank you very much.
Ayash.
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Bill Owens wrote:
Back row, left to right
Bill Owens, John Deloach, Cesar Matamoros, Tom VanVeen
Front row, left to right
Phyllis Owens, Doug Brewer, aka List Guy, Mark Roberts, Don DeLurker
Bill KG4LOV
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I really think this issue is vastly overblown. My own semi-scientific observations
have led me to believe that the majority of the noise and vibration of a properly
adjusted SP happen on mirror return, not mirror up. It doesn't matter how much noise
or vibration (other than aesthetically)
How close do you have to be for the DC PDML?
Uh, close enough for the drive to be worth it to you?
-- Glenn
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Amita Guha wrote:
now I have a
cold which is making you all look very
out of focus (like Robin Williams in Deconstructing Harry)
Haha - I ran into Robin Williams in SoHo the other day. Didn't say
anything to him though.
Oh _ i love him - hes so great.
Hope you feel better soon!
Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
How about the Bronx Zoo?
A bit of a trek for me, without transportation and not being able to spend an
_entire_ day. Either Central Park
or Botanical Garden in Brooklyn sound ok... I live in the East Villiage...
also need to take subways or get collected
by a kind
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From: Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:11 PM
Subject: RE: about the NYC PUG gathering...
if you are referring to Aug 3 or 4, i believe i can make most days.
however, wherever we go, i need to be able to access it
I'm good for either day. And either of the Botanical
Gardens would be cool.
I have never been to either of them.
Both are great, but Nate and I had an especially good time at the
Bronx one last August, when it was drizzling on and off.
http://www.beyondthepath.com/photos/bot_801/index.html
Living in Brooklyn, that would be my vote. An advantage to Brooklyn is that the
Botanic Gardens/Brooklyn Museum/Prospect Park (same area) is easy to get to by subway,
and it's possible to park in the area (on the street or Museum parking lot).
Dan - It might also be a shorter drive from
If you can make it, you'll be welcomed. I'll put you on the mailing
list.
You also may want to think about the GFM Camera Clinic next month:
http://www.grandfather.com/events/cclinic.htm
Mike Johnston and some other PDMLers will be there.
Oh for crying out loud, don't start me off
I'll be taking the train, I think, and I've never used the
NY subway,
so
It's not that hard. I'll send you detailed directions. :)
Um, maybe, but someone needs to make periodic announcements
of what's
going on. I vote to make Amita the trip leader. ;)
Oh dear, what have I gotten
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If you can make it, you'll be welcomed. I'll put you on the mailing
list.
You also may want to think about the GFM Camera Clinic next month:
http://www.grandfather.com/events/cclinic.htm
If you can make it, you'll be welcomed. I'll put you on the mailing
list.
You also may want to think about the GFM Camera Clinic next month:
http://www.grandfather.com/events/cclinic.htm
Mike Johnston and some other PDMLers will be there.
Oh for crying out loud, don't start me off
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:11 PM
Subject: RE: about the NYC PUG gathering...
if you are
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Mine just shipped out. I'll post a short review when I get it.
What's that? Are they trying to compete with Oracle?
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For consideration of practicalities, aside from transportation.
If folks want to use tripods, someone better check on whether it is
possible at all sites under consideration.
I have never had a problem using a tripod in Central Park. I am less
familiar with the two botanical gardens, but from
Ann Sanfedele wrote:
[snip]
We should make a separate batch of email not to the list about this about
this,shouldn't we?
If anyone does make such a list, please include me on it. I do not know
if I can make it; working on a project that is keeping me busy 7 days a
week for the
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bill Owens
Oh for crying out loud, don't start me off again tv, this Pentax
gathering business is in the blood now! I will start
saving for GFM next
year...
Cotty
Hey Tom, looks
Oh for crying out loud, don't start me off again tv, this Pentax
gathering business is in the blood now! I will start
saving for GFM next
year...
Cotty
Hey Tom, looks like a new gate guy for next year. Now
you won't have to
get up at 0500. Cotty can get up at 1000
If folks want to use tripods, someone better check on whether it is
possible at all sites under consideration.
I went to a photo clinic at the Bronx one last year, and a couple of
people there had tripods. Not sure about Brooklyn, but I can check.
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I will repeat my thanks - you did a great job.
Now, who's this?
http://groups.msn.com/APMembersGallery/reading.msnw?action=ShowPhotoPho
toID=6667
Just done the C-41 stuff, slides back Wednesday hopefully!
More here, including some big jobbies!!!
:)
Lukasz
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Frantisek Vlcek
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 1:16 AM
To: Lukasz Kacperczyk
Subject: Re: camera strap
Lukasz, buy a metal strap to somebody you hate ;-)
Frantisek
Friday, July 12, 2002,
on 7/15/02 3:51, Dario Bonazza 2 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Andre wrote:
Just an observation: Dario can ship a rolled poster to US for 8 US $
(to AOHC and PDML members). And here we talk about $9 to $10.50 per
poster...
Andre
Good point Andre. Also, today I checked with the post
Steven Spielberg stated:
Now the thing I'm most saddened by is the constant talk about the
photochemical process becoming a thing of Thomas Edison's past. There's
a magic about chemistry and film. Sure, a digital shot is steady. It
doesn't have to ride through the gate of a projector. And,
To add to the recent discussion, I've been playing around with a Konica
Hexar for a few months now and believe it's a great camera. However it's not
really pocketable like a mju or some of the others mentioned. It's more like
the size of smallish SLR body. If the abilityHowever it has some great
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Darryn Richter
To add to the recent discussion, I've been playing around
with a Konica
Hexar for a few months now and believe it's a great camera.
However it's not
really pocketable like a mju or
You are right. I just checked mine out at B, where you can separate out the
vibrations from the up and down movement into two steps. I did a test with
a small cup of water balanced on the flash shoe to get a quasi-objective
measurment of the vibrations (looking at the ripples in the water).
A couple of interesting press releases from earlier today ...
PENTAX Corporation Changes Name to PENTAX U.S.A., INC.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020715/lam080_1.html
PENTAX(R) U.S.A., INC. Announces New President Robert A. Bender to Head
U.S.A. Operations
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 19:19:15 -0400, Doug Franklin wrote:
A couple of interesting press releases from earlier today ...
PENTAX Corporation Changes Name to PENTAX U.S.A., INC.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020715/lam080_1.html
PENTAX(R) U.S.A., INC. Announces New President Robert A. Bender
Amita - by the way - great of you to accept the leadership role ! :)
ann
Amita Guha wrote:
I'll be taking the train, I think, and I've never used the
NY subway,
so
It's not that hard. I'll send you detailed directions. :)
Um, maybe, but someone needs to make periodic
Hi Paul,
Nope i didnt pick up any of the lenses :)
They also have a K35/3.5 for $95au, the filter thread wasa bit dodgey in one
part, but could probaly get them to come down on the price. I've already got
one and i'm quite impressed with it.
I had the sigma 105 before the the FA100/2.8 and
Hi All,
This morning while showering I was thinking - as one does - about the cost
of Pentax cameras. I was wondering if the price has gone down (in real
terms) over the years. That got me thinking about how much an LX cost when
it was released as compared to, say, an MZ-S now.
I also remembered
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I had the sigma 105 before the the FA100/2.8 and Tamron
90/2.5. they're all
pretty close in performance :)
I had the old Tamron 90/2.5 with the 55mm thread. Sharp, but flarey.
Plus the
Maybe we can entice Mr. Bender (or one of his staff) to join the
PDML. Of course, that assumes that we don't already have one or
more Pentax corporate folks reading the list. Thinking about
it, they probably still keep an eye on us because it's a free
source of market research.
Len (KD9S)
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From: Christopher Lillja
Subject: Super Program Vibration - an Overblown Issue
I really think this issue is vastly overblown. My own
semi-scientific observations have led me to believe that the
majority of the noise and vibration of a properly adjusted SP
happen on
Check this out:
http://www.adoramaphoto.com/catalog.tpl?op=detailssid=101709784110084
467sku=PXOCSAF
If that doesn't work, go to
www.adorama.com
and look at the Pentax Off Camera Shoe Adapter F #31046.
That's the wrong picture, isn't it?
Another question...if I set my Af500FTZ to 1/16
Tom,
A simple thought on your three photos:
If Assistant # 7 from photo # 1 could jump out of the Winkler Cake in photo #
3 you'd really have a great shot! :-
Alex.
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I had the old Tamron 90/2.5 with the 55mm thread. Sharp, but flarey.
Plus the focus ring turns the wrong way.
tv
Havent noticed mine flaring, the focus ring turning the wrong way is a bit
annoying. Cant remember which way the sigma turned.
Paul
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Tom,
I'm doing it with AF360FGZ's, but I suspect that it is the same for
the 500FTZ. Basically, have one light attached to the camera via 5p
cord and the others on optical slaves or use the internal slave of the
flash. To fire each unit individually, turn the other slave flashes
off and use
Hey, if you come out on the next trip you'll probably meet her!
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I just bought a Sekonic L358 that has a built-in trigger for Sekonic
and Pocket Wizard radio slaves, so I'll be doing it that way down the
road, but wasn't sure how to do it in the meantime.
Thanks.
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That would be the digital binocular . . . it's a binocular, no it's a
camera, no it's a binocular, not it's a camera . . .
. . . NO, IT'S BOTH!!
IL Bill
tom wrote:
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Mine just
Just to balance out Tom, I'm available the 3rd.
BR
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I had the old Tamron 90/2.5 with the 55mm thread. Sharp, but flarey.
Plus the focus ring turns the wrong way.
tv
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I wonder which one is older. I have the 90/2.5 with the 49mm thread, model
52B.
In the same instructions manual they also list the 52A (70-210/3.5-4), the
55B (500mm F8), the
Seeing as how $0.8915 CDN = $1 AUS
that means that 1 big mac CDN = 2.897375 big macs AUS
or $1.122 AUS = $1.00 CDN
So I bought a GREAT used LX this year for about $700 CDN (give or take a
few big macs) or $785.40 AUS
which is equal to 241.66 AUS Big Macs
I think I got a great deal..
Who needs a gadget that doesn't do the dishes and mops the floor? I'll
hold until the next gen arrives... Hopefully it'll be object oriented
(or better yet, web-services based and XML enabled) by then.
...just venting off, it's monday, y'know
Mishka
From: William Kane
Subject: Re: pentax
It's like having your big mac and eat it too.
It's like an even trade. My GS645 came to about the same, give or take a fry
or two.
Wouldn't trade it for all the big macs in the world. Maybe for a McD
franchise.
Jeff.
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I use the Quantum Battery 2. I'm not sure how it works, but it works
very well. It recycles in a second or so after a full power flash. I
have never come close to depleting it, even after five or six rolls of
film. It is not a nicad and can be recharged fully after only partial
discharge.
Paul
Thanks for the kind comments Jeff!
Martin
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Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 8:15 PM
Subject: July Pug part 1
Sturgeon River by Martin Mielke. Trees encased in ice give off such
majesty, yet are brittle and
Want fries with that?
David Chang-Sang wrote:
Seeing as how $0.8915 CDN = $1 AUS
that means that 1 big mac CDN = 2.897375 big macs AUS
or $1.122 AUS = $1.00 CDN
So I bought a GREAT used LX this year for about $700 CDN (give or take a
few big macs) or $785.40 AUS
which is equal to
I've never used HDC, but I understand its discontinued and that Vista is the
replacement. I've used Vista 100 and 200 in the past few months and have
been pleased with the results; based on my experiences it compares well to
Optima. It is indeed hard to find, however. I can find it here in
A friend has offered to build a cabinet to hold my cameras, lenses, and
accessories, which I dearly need. With about 40 lenses, more than a
half-dozen bodies (and more to come), and uncounted accessories such as
light meters, hoods, filters, winders, straps, a nice place to both
store and view
Choice of lens can very much depend on type of animal and photo options. I
could not tell from your post if you have direct experience with
photographing live, wild, or recently caught reptiles. If you have such
experience, please forgive my trying to tell you something you already know.
In super condition. Includes caps, case and skylight filter.
This is one of Pentax's finest lenses. $1000.00 OBO including
shipping to Canada or within the US.
Please reply off list.
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Perfect condition with case, caps, hood. Almost like new.
Hood has but the slightest smudge on it. $1000.00 including
shipping to Canada and within the US.
Please reply off list.
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