>I have seen many Spotmatics
>which have died, and I know while it would be true to say that we won't know
>how long any camera will last until it reaches the same vintage, my guess is
>that the fewer mechanical parts a camera has to wear out, and the more
>modular it is in construction, the longer
In August I shot engagement photos for a couple of friends of mine.
He wanted colour. I knew from past experience that she's difficult
to shoot in colour and convinced him to let me mix in a roll of BW.
In September he said he was going to send me the money, and that he
wanted the negs scanned to
Cosmetics are very good, glass is EXC+ (filer on it all the time). Some
internal dust, no fungus or oil on aperture blades. Focus and zoom are
smooth and consistent, without that looseness that happens under heavy
use. KEH has one in bargain condition for $215 US. I'm asking $180 US
plus shipp
On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:30:54 -0600, Mike Johnston wrote:
>So let me ask a hypothetical question here. Asked of everyone. IF you have
>to choose between EITHER the older, metal bodied, manual focus Pentax family
>(Spotmatics, M series, A series, up to LX) ***OR*** the
>polycarbonate-bodied, AF Pent
Woa Peter,
That was a long time ago. I had dual 8" floppies on my home brew
computer. The data rate is twice that of the 5 1/4". Give me a proto board,
a WD 1791, a handful of manuals (actually, I think it could be easier to
implement through the parallel port) . NO, don't get me going on t
Hi all,
Today I was given three rolls of expired Sensia 400. Expiry was
September 1996 and its been kept at room temperature the whole time.
I'm thinking of trying two things:
1- try pushing it 3 or 4 stops just for kicks,
2- cross-process it in C-41.
Push processing is a little costly so I mi
Chris:
I did look at sold items on ebay. I just can't tell
what the going prices are for 6x7 equipment. KEH
prices look like around $400, just for the lens!
Bodies start around $800. Another current auction on
ebay has the lens at $395 for a buy it now price. I
don't know the variations of bo
On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Steve Pearson wrote:
> OK, I'm giving serious thought to this:
[snip]
> Is it a good deal? Once you see it, promise you won't
> buy it out from me :)
Sounds a bit high for one with the unmetered finder. Try a search under
eBay's recently completed auctions if you're wonderi
Herb,
I'm curious about the type of equipment you use. It appears that to
do the outdoors/landscape stuff you might be doing a considerable
amount of hiking and such. What do you consider a reasonable type of
kit for your type of work?
Thanks for sharing,
Bruce
Tuesday, December 17, 2002,
In a message dated 12/18/2002 1:28:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, MAILER-DAEMON writes:
> In a message dated 12/17/2002 11:50:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > What I'm thinking is, we as a whole group are the serious amateurs,
> > or professionals using Pentax. We are
I read the story as the photographer was lazy, or tired, or had drunk too much to want
to hop around getting more photos. And he simply bs***ed the guy hassling him about
why he wasn't hopping around getting more photos.
But I am probably too cynical. Or too tongue in cheek -- so I see it in eve
OK, I'm giving serious thought to this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3353&item=1946358582&rd=1
Is it a good deal? Once you see it, promise you won't
buy it out from me :)
Thanks for any input...
__
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo!
Trouble is Jim, unless any newly launched Pentax DSLR is earth
shatteringly teeth clatteringly revolutionary, then it will be too
little too late. Many of us will hang around because we know what we
want (i.e. lenses) or we have heaps of money tied up in systems. But the
one's a company needs a
Hi tech v manual and mechanical? That's exactly the quandary I've faced
lately. My reponse, as coincidentally noted in another post today, is to
swing both ways, as explained here:
http://www.bkpix.com/gear.htm
Bob
--- Brad Dobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, we all talk about Pentax and their
> position, rank and financial,
> and what they will be in the future, and
> really..what about that darned
> DSLR? What I'm thinking is, we as a whole group are
> the serious amateurs,
> or professionals u
Brad,
I'm one of those older Pentax users who bought stuff during the screw mount
days. I have lots of SMC Takumars that I use with my old Spotmatic and a
couple of ESII bodies. I have some K-mount lenses to use with an old LX and
a K2DMD. After playing with my Optio 230 I can see getting a dslr
Jostein wrote:
> Glen,
> great ideas.
> Maybe more of a challenge to us who have English as second or third
> language, but still,... -Time to sit down and think, then. :-)
> Jostein
Well, do a cliche from your own language :) But the photo cliches are
universal, non?
annsan
>
> - Original
Glen O'Neal wrote:
> Perhaps an interesting twist on the Cliché theme. Imagine producing an image
> that illustrates a common cliché. For instance:
> "A fork in the road"
> You can pick any cliché and illustrate it in visual and literal terms.
> Here's another:
> "Put up your Dukes"
> Several pict
Just a thought. Many here (but not all) like and use the older gear, to get
additional items, or replacements, they buy used equipment (not all the
time, but most I assume). What do I think? To each his own. More power to
you if you can really 'work' the older equipment. Now, I'm not a perfect
At 09:39 PM 12/14/2002 +0200, Feroze wrote:
Is there more than one Pentax bellows?
Yes, In K mount there are three, although I don't think that there's
any real difference between the M and A versions.
The MZS manual says that Auto Bellows A
cannot be used with this camera. There is
one on a
Well, I don't have a lot of experience to speak from, but I do have both the K-1000
and MZ-5n now. Both camera bodies have pluses and minuses. Neither is exactly what I
want.
But considering the fact that I lost a lot of shots with the K-1000 because cranking
the film to advance it for the next
Very cogent description, it's obvious why Mike can make a living with his pen,
(ok, word processor).
At 10:05 AM 12/15/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> All you have to do is take a look at the published MTFs for 35 mm
lenses and
> compare them with those for Medium Format
Again, Don and Pal are corre
I think you can. The cable connections might need a bit of work and you
might have
to write a driver but there should be no impediment beyond that. (Then
again I used to
regularly write hardware drivers).
At 05:37 PM 12/14/2002 -0600, you wrote:
Alas, I would like to be able to use 8-inch flop
On Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at 03:30 PM, Mike Johnston wrote:
So let me ask a hypothetical question here. Asked of everyone. IF you
have
to choose between EITHER the older, metal bodied, manual focus Pentax
family
(Spotmatics, M series, A series, up to LX) ***OR*** the
polycarbonate-bodied
You can find a short comparison here under 200mm/f4.0
http://www.concentric.net/~smhalpin/
At 04:58 PM 12/13/2002 -0500, you wrote:
Dan Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>On Friday, December 13, 2002, at 12:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> And I am wondering which telephoto (to 200) or p
> If you could use either "old (metal manual-focus) bodies with AF
> lenses" or "new (AF) bodies with old (manual focus) lenses," which
> would you choose?
Ooh, that's cruel, Paul, very cruel...
Fred
Older, metal, for sure, for their simplicity and larger viewfinders more
than anything else. To paraphrase a Harvard professor's remark about reading
new books, "Whenever a new camera body comes out, I buy two old ones."
I assume I could still mix old bodies with new lenses, and vice versa. Yes?
N
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>I wouldn't know, since I've never actually used any polycarbonate bodied
AF cameras. I do like the solid metal feel of my K1000. But just the
other night, after an ice storm,<
i gave up SLR photography for more than 10 years because my MX with
My apologies (Eezveenee), Gleb.
Gleb Baida [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "I found the general story funny and the
quoted statement offensive. ... The case you described exsisted, I am sure,
but leads to not very correct generalization. ... I personally thought that
we lost that war because of wrong ide
Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rich Text is a effectively the same as HTML.
Herb (and William Robb),
In Outlook express, there is a choice of plain text or "Rich Text (HTML)."
But Outlook 2002 offers three modes: Plain Text, HTML, and Rich Text. I had
thought that this meant Rich Text Format
Looks like a processing artifact.
At 08:35 PM 12/13/2002 -0800, you wrote:
I also purchase the "import" Kodak film from B&H because of the price.
However, this past week has shaken my confidence in its quality and the
quality of the Fuji they get.
This frame was taken with 35mm Portra 160NC. Th
Wow...that's only a net difference of about 51c today. Things are
looking up for you guys!
Cheers
Shaun
David Brooks wrote:
minus 14 C this morning.Now just need a tad more snow for this
winters theme shots:)
Dave
Begin Original Message
From: "Mishka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: M
Mike - you say "...and you couldn't mix and match..."
If your hypothetical situation allows me to mix and match lenses from
different generations on the one generation body, I will go with the MZ-S
every time. I have been giving serious thought to downsizing my collection
of bodies and lenses; I h
minus 14 C this morning.Now just need a tad more snow for this
winters theme shots:)
Dave
Begin Original Message
From: "Mishka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 20:51:17 -0500
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Whew
just curious, how many death threats have you recei
Hummm.Now i have to rethink my submission:)Can i use the D1 if i
hold a Pentax in the other hand:)
Dave
Begin Original Message
From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Well, not to take the wind out of anyone's sails, but you ~know~
someone
will take a picture of some fingers and su
Mike, et al., While I am reading the mail on my PC my Ibook is scanning sime
plus-X negs I made in Italy in 1992. They were shot with a Spotmatic, SMC
28/3.5, and a CZ Jena Flektagon 25/4 M42 I found in the Rome flea market. I
still have the Flektagon and use it with M42 adapters on K mount and FD
I didn't grow up with screwmount and MF stuff too, but I'd choose easily
today the old stuff. I took my first pictures and learned with an old leica
rangefinder from my family in the late 80s till I got it robbed in 96 and
got the Mz-5N. As my lenses were expanding, I started using manual focus
stu
Is there anybody who could go to Japanese Pentax site and read at which
lenses is mentioned "ghostless coating"??? Please help us :-)
I have tried to translate. The exact phase is:
S[XgXR[gÈÇÌZp = Technology such as ghostless coating
S[Xg = ghost
X = less
R[g = coat
(S
Gregory L. Hansen wrote:
And a user-settable parameter determines whether spot metering or matrix
metering is used with the AE memory lock, which means it's not so
convenient to switch between them. The matrix metering is supposed to be
good, but if I were looking somewhere else to get the expos
Stop gloating it's unbecomming
At 10:00 PM 12/13/2002 +, you wrote:
>That might seem like a long time, but most of
>it is in Photoshop work (dust spots, levels adjustment, unsharp mask)
Ahh, dust spots. I remember those.
Digicot
Free UK Macint
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Mike,
>
> Found myself using/mixing the PZ-1p with manual lenses and some autofocus at my
>daughter's gym meets. This week I switched back to the LX with a winder. Two
>advantages were apparent. 1. The shutter lag was shorter with the LX. This is not
>a surp
I like the polycarbonate bodies. AF, TTL, and other features.
Warrantees, service, availability of current accessories, etc.
Len
---
> So let me ask a hypothetical question here. Asked of
> everyone. IF you have to choose between EITHER the older,
> metal bodied, manual focus Pentax family (Sp
Brad, how old are you? I'm 34 and "grew up" with photography in the '80s
and '90s. Autofocus was newish when I received my first camera as a gift
(Ricoh KR5 Super) in the early '80s. I lusted after Nikon F4's, 5's and
N90's when I began to seriously learn photography. Never having actually
even
Mike Johnston wrote:
quoting someone else
> > If Pentax...would
> > have applied advances in autofocus, image
> > stabilization...how many of you would
> > be still shooting with Pentax (a majority brand)? Or
> > would you be shooting Canon FD and poking jealous fun
> > at Pentax snobs ?
>
T
Mike wrote
> So let me ask a hypothetical question here. Asked of everyone. IF you have
> to choose between EITHER the older, metal bodied, manual focus Pentax family
> (Spotmatics, M series, A series, up to LX) ***OR*** the
> polycarbonate-bodied, AF Pentax family (P series, ZX series, up to
> MZ
After having owned and used a K1000, MV, ME, Me Super, LX, MX, z-10, z-1
, and now a z-1p, my favorites are still the LX and the z-1p. It's
horses for courses stuff though folks.
I love using the LX for ambient light stuff...and the z-1p with an
AF500FTZ kicks butt for TTL flash (especially fil
> Hi Lon,
>I can think of this explanation:
>
> difference of 1/2 stop at f/11 - 22 is so small in absolute
> physical dimensions that they did feel that making halfstops
> there would not be repeatable enough due to mechanical
> nature of the aperture
--- Rodelion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pentax is good value for the money, while Nikon or
> Leica would make me a poor man.
The Minolta MD and Canon FD systems are also a good
value for the money. A equally competent Nikon AI
system can be put together at about the same
investment as a Pentax m
Hi, Bob,
Yup, same here. My repair shop has no problem fitting K1000 meters into Spots -
there's one in my silver SP! Other than that, nothing more than a CLA and seals
has been needed to keep mine going.
And, as you say, almost 2 million of them were sold, most to hobbyists. Many of
them have
Easy for me, the new stuff. I'm different because I didn't grow up with the
stuff many of you did. Next it'll be 'A' flash units vs cube flash, or cube
vs flash powder I think it all depends on the generation, and nothing
to do with the quality (not saying one is better than another). Perhaps
I agree, Andre,
Canon only entered the serious pro market in '71 with it's F-1, so surely
one can't say that Pentax lost that much by staying with m42 throughout
the '60's.
Screwmount only became a "problem" with the advent of open-aperture
metering, as it became difficult of properly align the l
Hi Frank,
There were about 1.75 million Spotmatic SP manufacturer and Pentax parts
are available in some parts of the world. I had 2 of my old SPs repaired
here in Australia (ASA resistors) and they keep right on clicking.
Bob
- Original Message -
From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTEC
Many Spotmatics have died, that's true. But, considering that they are between
27 and 38 years old, a surprising number of them are still around. And, in my
experience, the overwhelming reason that they die is that the meter goes.
Mechanical failures are not that prevalent.
Even if the mechanics
Mark's comments:
"If Asahi had offered the K bayonet mount at least 10
years earlier, Pentax would still be a brand of choice
for the professional user.
It would have helped to have come out with bayonnet mount 3 or 4
years earlier, but 10 years? I don't think so. Until the end of the
sixti
I have had AF in the past (SF1N &Pz1P) and switched back to mechanical
cameras. The Spotmatic SP is still a favourite along with the LX. Note - I
am not afraid to use Takumars on my LX and do from time to time. I love the
SP as much as I do the LX.
Sorry Mike, I don't like auto anything.
Bob
---
On general principals I would have to say yes.
At 10:22 AM 12/14/2002 +1030, you wrote:
i have a tokina 80-200 and a kenko 2x convertor and was wondering if i would
get a better image with a 135-400mm sigma apo? any advice?
On 17 Dec 2002 at 20:18, Alin Flaider wrote:
>Strictly theoretically speaking, a 4800 dpi is only capable of
>accurately sampling 47 lines per mm. This is derived from
>Nyquist's sampling theorem, according to which you can only sample
>half the frequency of the sampling machine:
>
Too bad because your missing out on using a very nice camera. I have a
ZX-5n, and while it is a polycarbonate body, it has a very nice feel too it
and has great simple features that fall easily to hand. This camera has
produced time after time for me over the past 3 years. It's not a
coincid
Sorry Mike, I lean the other way! The conveniences of modern metering
systems and selective AF (when appropriate), together with the toughness
given by the use of a mix of modern plastics and alloys in cameras such as
the MZ-S would always draw me towards them. I have seen many Spotmatics
which h
My Pentax bodies are an MX, and 3 Spotmatics. My bodies from other brands are
all metal, manual focus, and with the exception of my Yashica Electro 35,
mechanical shutter.
I can't see myself ever going plastic (sorry, "polycarbonate" ). There are
so many good old bodies out there for decent pric
Autofocus? We don't need no stinkin' autofocus!
Give me an LX any day
Christian Skofteland
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: "Mike Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 4:30 PM
Subject: Hypothetical Question
> > If Penta
On 17 Dec 2002 at 15:30, Mike Johnston wrote:
> So let me ask a hypothetical question here. Asked of everyone. IF you have
> to choose between EITHER the older, metal bodied, manual focus Pentax family
> (Spotmatics, M series, A series, up to LX) ***OR*** the polycarbonate-bodied, AF
> Pentax fami
I don't think that staying with m42 helped Pentax much, in terms of losing the pro
35mm market. But I don't think that's the whole reason.
The Spotmatic may have been used by pros in the 60's, but it was, AFAIK, always a
distant second to the Nikon F series. I think that the F having features li
- Original Message -
From: Gleb Baida
Subject: Re: Party pics, Russian-style,
> I personally thought that we lost that war because of wrong
ideology and economy and also because of huge losses in the
WWII.
Wasn't the cold war caused by wrong ideology?
William Robb
Mike,
Found myself using/mixing the PZ-1p with manual lenses and some autofocus at my
daughter's gym meets. This week I switched back to the LX with a winder. Two
advantages were apparent. 1. The shutter lag was shorter with the LX. This is not a
surprise, but I'm surprised that I noticed.
The model in question was the Bellows A, does the
camera work with the K if you remove the grip?
Feroze
- Original Message -
From: "Pat White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: Autobellows
> You can use the bellows unit wit
Paul Franklin Stregevsky wrote:
[big snip]
When I asked Ilya why the guy had taken so few shots, he explained how "it's
been proven" that each time you take someone's picture, you take away part
of their life energy. Whoever owns the print can hurt the person in the
picture by--I dunno--t
By the way, I found in reference books on optics that acetone is a
safe product to use on glass if you want to clean fungus. To be used
pure unless the lens is a doublet (or a triplet) when it have to be
diluted 1:1 with water. I'm not sure this is enough to really wipe
out all fungus though.
- Original Message -
From: Mike Johnston
Subject: Hypothetical Question
> So let me ask a hypothetical question here. Asked of everyone.
IF you have
> to choose between EITHER the older, metal bodied, manual focus
Pentax family
> (Spotmatics, M series, A series, up to LX) ***OR*** the
>
I would like to enter the world of microphotography. What microscope
type is the most usefull for photographers. I already have the
Microscope Adapter K and two Mplan lenses (5X and 10X). Basic
Olympus microscopes seem to go for little money on eBay.
Maybe Don could give me some advices?
An
You can use the bellows unit with the MZ-S. I have a Bellows K, and found
it wouldn't fit when the BG-10 grip was installed, until I realized you can
loosen the setscrew on the bellows mount and rotate the unit 90 degrees.
There's no clearance problem, but the camera is in the vertical position.
D
Despite my having fun recently with my most "modern" camera, a PZ-1,
and a few autofocus lenses, I always have to go back to one of the
older bodies after a little while (or have a black-and-white roll
going at the same time in an older body).
Of my older cameras, the MX, Spotmatic, and the ESI
> If Pentax...would
> have applied advances in autofocus, image
> stabilization...how many of you would
> be still shooting with Pentax (a majority brand)? Or
> would you be shooting Canon FD and poking jealous fun
> at Pentax snobs ?
Hah! Great point.
Canon is so good at being Canon, nobody el
Shaun wrote: "I'll be down to my frilly knickers by lunchtime."
Er, thanks for sharing...
Pat White
ps. Thanks, Dan, the site turned up 11 Victorias (but not the one in
Australia, oddly enough).
Pentax is good value for the money, while Nikon or Leica would make me a poor man.
Regards,
Rod.
- Original Message -
From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: The way things might have been - WAS: Rumour mill a
> This is where you've gone off track. The "A" contact has *nothing* to do
> with the metering mode. It's all the *other* contacts on the camera body
> that affect matrix metering (and "A" lenses will work with matrix metering
> no matter how you set the aperture ring).
>
I see now, the A contact
Perhaps an interesting twist on the Cliché theme. Imagine producing an image
that illustrates a common cliché. For instance:
"A fork in the road"
Imagine a long hilly road stretching off into the distance. Image take at
ground level in the middle of the road. Long yellow double lines stretching
o
Fred wrote:
F> [The SMC K 135/2.5 is on the left, while the Takumar Bayonet
F> 135/"2.5" is on the right.]
Fred,
Unfortunately I was referring to the SMC K 135/2.5 . :o(
The front lens diameter as it appeared to my limited measuring
capabilities is around 52mm, that translates to an a
Although quoted in reply to Treena... annsan wrote the puppies and children
thing...
It kinda looked in your quote below that I was quoting treena telling a story
about
someone named Ann anyway...
T Rittenhouse wrote:
> I don't know, I don't think people pictures can be cliches unless they
>No wonder these people lost the Cold War.
I found the general story funny and the quoted statement offensive. I lived in Russia
for 31 years and took many pictures and only read in books about something similar
somewhere "overseas". The case you described exsisted, I am sure, but leads to not
JCO wrote:
JCOC> I can see from my 35mm 100 speed film
JCOC> negs that the 2400 dpi scanner I'm using
JCOC> is inadequate. Will 4800 ppi settle the
JCOC> matter once and for all or should I be waiting
JCOC> until 6400 or 7200 ppi scanners arrive to upgrade?
Strictly theoretically speaking, a 4
I got some nice stuff today.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1946284547
On Monday, December 16, 2002, at 09:45 PM, Pat White wrote:
I notice you're in Victoria, Australia. Here in Victoria, Canada,
it's 10C,
windy and rainy.
Is there a third Victoria, and are there any PDMLers there?
Pat White
See
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/VV/h
We have 2 horses at the boarding facility that do that too,Bill
Dave
Original Message:
-
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 21:25:46 -0600
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How I spend my Sunday afternoons
Hi:
No Pentax content, as the pictures were taken w
Thank you all for your replies. It will help me with my purchase.
Now I have to unsubscribe again, caus my woman thinks this (very enjoyable) mailing
list costs me too much time (time she wants me to spend with her).
So I'll see you guys later another time.
And oh... I could of course go for th
i had both -- they were identical (maybe, apart from coating).
mishka
> From: Anton Browne
> Subject: K & A 24mm f2.8 the same?
> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:58:43 -0800
>
> -
>
> The K and A 24mm lenses are the same are they not?
> Apart from appearance.
>
> Thanks
I've had good success scanning 35mm at 4800, even at 4000 for up to 8x10.
Paul
"J. C. O'Connell" wrote:
>
> I can see from my 35mm 100 speed film
> negs that the 2400 dpi scanner I'm using
> is inadequate. Will 4800 ppi settle the
> matter once and for all or should I be waiting
> until 6400 or 7
Anton Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>An earlier reply seems to suggest that a dead meter is not
>repairable, I don't know about that, perhaps you could ring
>a service facility and ask.
Note that both KXs I've worked on had identical symptoms. Since I verified
that the problem with the mete
The K and A 24mm lenses are the same are they not? Apart from appearance.
Thanks
Anton
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Hello Rodelion
My experience with my KX has been fine - meter working and spot on. It's worth
mentioning that these cameras are approaching thirty years old. The mirror box foam
will be rotting and the light trapping around the back will be turning to goo and
lubricants will be dry. I think eve
Rob Studdert a écrit:
> On 17 Dec 2002 at 0:15, Scott Nelson wrote:
>
>
>>Has anyone tried this before? I'm curious, but I think the second
>>option would be much easier to implement and is reversible. Oh yeah,
>>and does anyone have any beat up, broken A series lenses with f/2.5 or
>>f/2.8 maxim
What about a 70 years old man doing the same? He thinks the Apo 400 mm is
not so soft at f8 and smaller. Or is there a difference between what old men
can get out of a given piece of equipment compared with old women? Don't
take this too seriously.
On my website there are a few pictures of tree to
I did a wedding Saturday, and while I was wandering around the groom's
grandmother came up to me and told me how pleased she was to see me
using Pentax.
Turns out she has a PZ-1p that's a bit complicated for her, but her
favorite body is her LX!
Favorite lens is an A 100 macro. She's trying to fi
Alexander Krohe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am a bit confused about what is being discussed
>here. In my understanding (which may be wrong of
>course) the A-lenses' current circuit is only closed
>when the lens is set to the "A"-position, i.e. when
>the "A-contact" of the lens is protruded (as o
Herb Chong wrote:
> ...
>
> who did the printing or color adjustments?
>
> Herb...
The service my customer sent my slides for digitalisation :-(((.
I blamed the printing which had been done on big plastic sheets (40x28")
but then I got to see the scans on the CDs and they were exactly the
same
on 17.12.02 15:52, Alexander Krohe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Alexander,
> Hi,
> I am a bit confused about what is being discussed
> here. In my understanding (which may be wrong of
> course) the A-lenses' current circuit is only closed
> when the lens is set to the "A"-position, i.e. when
>
Rob Studdert wrote : -
On 17 Dec 2002 at 0:15, Scott Nelson wrote:
>> Has anyone tried this before? I'm curious, but I
think the second
>> option would be much easier to implement and is
reversible. Oh yeah,
>> and does anyone have any beat up, broken A series
lenses with f/2.5 o
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>I had a few 20x28" prints made from Provia 100F scanned at 4000 dpi and
they looked fine except for the horrible color shift.
HTH.
Ciao, Flavio<
who did the printing or color adjustments?
Herb...
on 17.12.02 15:18, Gregory L. Hansen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Gregory,
> One is the strobe-assisted focusing, firing the flash to help focus in low
> light conditions. The on-line comparison charts says it doesn't do that,
> although the ZX-7 does. The manual makes some brief mention of it
depends on what you are shooting. i am pretty sure that with anything color, 4000dpi
is as high as it is makes sense to go (and very rarely).
b&w is a different story though -- tmax100 seems to have frightening high res
(although i don't have a lot of experience with it).
best,
mishka
> I can
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