Hi everybody,
Many here know that I shoot a lot of interiors and architecture.
Although happy with my 15/3.5 and other lenses, I was in the
market for a K 18mm, which is known to be the best corrected
ultrawide lens made by Pentax (mainly wrt distorsion). Well, I
had found once a guy in Rome
Hi,
Saturday, August 30, 2003, 1:28:40 AM, you wrote:
When I first saw a list of the contents of the SAS survival kit I was
amused, 1 tea bag: In survival situation, first sit down and brew a
cup of
tea. Sounds dumb until you think about it. The worse thing you can
do is
react with
- Original Message -
From: Gianfranco Irlanda
Subject: Re: Comparison of BW film
Hi Bill,
You are right, as always!
I wasn't aware about the Ilford films, but I forgot that Kodak
changed the BW line recently (I had to face a strange way to
identify the new films vs. the old
To be honest I don't think anybody working for Pentax outside of Japan
knows when the hell they are getting them!
I was told today September 9th, here in BC, Canada. I was dropping off some
film and the owner of the shop I deal at said the Pentax rep has a *ist D
and will be bringing it with him
Evening all,
Time in the Uk is 23:10 and in Japan almost morning, today is the big day
for all of us, the official launch (according to Pentax UK) of *istD.
Ziggy
It doesn't appear to be today, I'm waiting of Pentax UK to confirm.
Can someone please confirm whether it says 06/09/2003 on
Hi
I have a few things left
Pentax 15mm 3.5 SMC -A $750US mint with case
Pentax LX with FA-1 finder $420US ex recent cla
Pentax FA 20mm 2.8 $380US mint with original box
Pentax FA 50mm 1.4 $140US mint with original box
Pentax fd-2 fb-2 finder for lx good condition $100US
i accept paypal
Hi John,
Good to see you back here. Sorry about the siicone valley job
situation, my brother has had problems wit that as well.But it's nice
to hear you're shooting a lot of motorsport. I haven't done a thing in
that genre since I saw you at Long Beach, but I have been shooting some
cars for
I bought a Western Digital 80 gig firewire drive a couple of years ago.
i generally lay off all my raw high res scans to CDs, but my finished
files were once stored only on my firewire drive. Well, the Western
Digital drive died with a couple hundred photo files on it some six
months ago. I
After 2 weeks of waiting, my MX was finally ready to be pick up this
afternoon. Consider they asked C$190 for labour C$35 for parts, they must
did hell of a job to ask that much. I attached my FA24 and brought the
camera outside the service centre and see if it focused at infinity.
Shocking,
Well ... that reminds me. I brought two cedar-lined zinc trunks from Africa
when we came here. The wood is on the inside of course. One was lost in a
fire. The other is filled with all kinds of garments - bush-jackets and
things like that. I think my kilt is in there too. I have not used, or even
I went to town today to look for shoes - I found a pair - and thought
I'd wander past the camera shops to see what they could tell me about
the *ist D. I'm in Melbourne Australia.
First stop was Camera house. They say they have been promised stocks
of the *ist D by mid September and that their
Hi Gianfranco,
so you have won a little war ...
That could make me more distrustful in ebay-transactions. At least you had
the chance to see the item.
So, strange guy, you have possibly learned to act a little more on a gut
level.
Have a nice weekend
Bernd
I've just taken my four month old PC back to the shop for the second time.
The SATA drive died first time around, so when I got the replacement I
bought a second one and tried to setup the onbaord RAID to do drive
mirroring. I never got it to work and it looks like the drive may have gone
belly up
Hi all,
I bought my girlfriend and Optio 230 on eBay and although all the
functions seem to work it seems to have a problem with batteries. It shos
the batteries as being exhausted way too early. The Lithium battery that
came with it gave up after about 25 shots, so she replaced it with a set
Hi Leon,
did you order the body only or the 18-35 kit?
Paul Ewins
Yes please.
Email me of list and I can send you my address.
Thanks
Alan
-Original Message-
From: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 29 August 2003 22:33
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Sobig virus question
P.S.
I teach at a College 16+ yrs of age and they
Lyme disease
Hey, you lookin at me?
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__
|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche
||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps
_
Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
Paul,
My Nikon Coolpix 990 doesn't last very long on alkalines - 20-30 shots
is all - that's on 4 batteries. My daughter's Optio 230 does ok on
Nimh but remember that it only takes two. So they don't last as long
as in the Coolpix - but I suspect that two sets probably last as long.
HTH,
[tale of woe alas with happy ending snipped]
Great tale of buyer beware, Gianco, but
Fortunately I planned to stay in Rome that night, hosted by a
friend of mine, Maria. I met her near her place and immediately
after we had to pick up a female dog of a friend of her who
lived in another
Gotta remember that the SRP of the 10D is £1500 - STREET price is £1250.
Once initial demand has passed (possibly even before), I can see the
istD selling for £1200 or maybe even less...
It is just that the SRP of £1,400 appeared to be a lot higher than many
UK photo magazines had been
-Original Message-
From: Harold Owen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 30 August 2003 10:22
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: UK pricing for *istD!
Gotta remember that the SRP of the 10D is £1500 - STREET price is
£1250. Once initial demand has passed (possibly even before), I can
See http://www.dpreview.com/
Regards,
Ziggy
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 17:25:21 +1000, Paul Ewins wrote:
Hi Leon,
did you order the body only or the 18-35 kit?
Hi Paul,
Just the body. I have a 20-35, so I don't feel any great need for the
18-35. I am considering the 16-45 later though. For wide angle stuff
I can see myself still
After 2 weeks of waiting, my MX was finally ready to be pick up this
afternoon. Consider they asked C$190 for labour C$35 for parts, they
must
did hell of a job to ask that much. I attached my FA24 and brought the
camera outside the service centre and see if it focused at infinity.
Shocking,
When I was deciding on what digital to buy, I read a lot about
batteries.
Sadly I can't point you to the article that explained the reason why you
can't use alkaline batteries, but in most digitals that use NiMH or
Lithium, they go to that sort of battery because of the high amperage drain.
Has anyone got any views on this lens, is it worth buying?
Cheers,
Matt
Well, Alan,
This is the place to vent about such things...
So, are they going to remedy the situation? Or is that what you find out next
Tuesday?
Maybe if you bounce the MX off of someone's head, it'll fix the focusing
problem. Not that I ever advocate violence. g
cheers,
frank
Alan Chan
Hi, Leon,
Congrats on your order. I'm sure the little elves in Japan (like they're
made in Japan! g) are busy making yours right now.
But, you have a great idea for a contest. Whoever posts a Starkist D image
first ~should~ win something. A bottle of Scotch? A good Aussie wine? A
good
Hi Bob,
on 27 Aug 03 you wrote in pentax.list:
www.mycroft.de
that's a very elegant and simple design.
Thanks - that's partly because of intention, partly because of limited
capabilities ;-)
I see you provide an explanation of the name Mycroft. In case you
don't already know, or in case
Hi,
I've added a list of Pentax websites to my homepage (www.mycroft.de).
You can find them here: http://www.mycroft.de/plinks.htm
It might not be complete or best structured, but I hope it is a
beginning and a help. Fell free to send me links that you are missing or
suggestions for
I hold with Weston, who (I think it was him) said: If it's more than
500 yards from the car, it's not photogenic. And he lugged LF equipment.
The only concessions I make to mother nature: bug spray (when appropriate),
a silver hip flask filled with water, a hat with a wide-ish brim, and
tennis
After 2 weeks of waiting, my MX was finally ready to be pick up this
afternoon. Consider they asked C$190 for labour C$35 for parts, they must
did hell of a job to ask that much. I attached my FA24 and brought the
camera outside the service centre and see if it focused at infinity.
Shocking,
Hi all,
I have just put another drive into my PC -- a Samsung 65 Gb. I was running
out of space and needed to do something in a hurry.
So: Instead of using fdisk, as I've always done in the past, I partitioned
the drive with Partition Magic which seemed to do the job in a flash. I
chose FAT32
The biggest problems I run into with repair orders these days are 1) the
repair instructions are ignored, and 2) the item is not checked (I mean
no checks) for spec compliance after repairs.These arise with
ever more frequency and I suggest that wherever possible one make
provisions for
if you want to be absolutely safe, backup and reformat using XP. your
version of Partition Magic might be too old to set the right flag bits on
XP. otherwise, search on the Powerquest site.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: Dr E D F Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I was recently kicked off the mailing list because, as the note from
Pntxdiscuss stated, my computer Macintosh generated too many MIME extensions. I
think it has to do with AOL when I respond to an item by highlighting it and
hitting reply. This, I believe generates something called a MIME. I
I haven't been able to determine if the pentax close-up lenses are single
element or multiple element like the ones Nikon made (makes?). If they're
single element are they really any better than the generic diopters?
Thanks.
I was recently kicked off the mailing list because, as the note from
Pntxdiscuss stated, my computer Macintosh generated too many MIME
extensions. I
think it has to do with AOL when I respond to an item by highlighting it and
hitting reply. This, I believe generates something called a MIME. I
If you get anything on an LX, let me know! grin
keith whaley
Steve Desjardins wrote:
Is there a site where I could get serial number information to date
cameras that I bought used? I'm curious about an MX and a 645. No big
deal here, just curious.
Has anyone out their placed an order for one?
Regards,
Ziggy
__
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
Hi Everyone,
I already ordered the *ist D from Adorama, body only.
No FAJ 18-35mm f5.6 for me.
Currently I don't have a zoom wider than my
Tokina 28-80mm f2.8 ATX PRO, but I do have the
Pentax FA 20mm f2.8 which will at least get me close
to 30mm.
I will probably get the DA 16-45mm f4 when it is
Marnie wrote:
But being able to have a telephoto lens cheaper is greatly, vastly,
immensely appealing.
Marnie, there is no (emphasis) telephoto multiplication factor in using
standard lenses on an APS-sized digital slr. Everyone writes as if there
were, but that is just a convenience of
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am getting 1 sobig email per MINUTE.
From whom? Everybody at random? Mostly pdml members, what?
I haven't got any since I installed and activated my Norton Antivirus program.
It looks at each and every incoming file, including email.
If none come in, none can go
Yes
Bill
-Original Message-
From: Ryan Charron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 12:44 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Anyone ordered an *ist D yet?
Has anyone out their placed an order for one?
Regards,
Ziggy
__
Do
I was recently kicked off the mailing list because, as the note from
Pntxdiscuss stated, my computer Macintosh generated too many MIME
extensions. I think it has to do with AOL when I respond to an item
by highlighting it and hitting reply. This, I believe generates
something called a MIME.
MIME
I see them just bouncing off, I'm not infected just annoyed at the
volume of them hitting my box.
I run my AV so I can see who is infected, i.e. if it's a family member
etc, so I can clean off their box if they ever get a bug. My forum email
address is posted everywhere so they mostly are coming
Well its not life or death but it is a shame that they are being lost
and I for one find that once people have used DOS and configured it(emm
/qemm/himem.sys and sorted config.sys and autoexec.bat etc) optimally,
that they have a far better understanding of windows which still has a
lot of 'DOS'
Hi Everyone,
Has anyone bought stuff from this guy before?
Sorry I haven't been following PDML closely recently.
Thanks,
Ryan
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 12:08:08 +0930
From: adphoto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Low prices on pentax clear out some prices
lower
Joe - Thank you for your easy-to-understand explanation. I have been so
confused about this and have tried to understand it. In finally makes
sense. It's about equal to what a digital zoom does on some of the cameras.
It essentially is zooming in on the center of the image and is making that
Al Shaikh wrote:
I see them just bouncing off, I'm not infected just annoyed at the
volume of them hitting my box.
I run my AV so I can see who is infected, i.e. if it's a family member
etc, so I can clean off their box if they ever get a bug. My forum email
address is posted everywhere
But, you have a great idea for a contest. Whoever posts a Starkist D image
first ~should~ win something. A bottle of Scotch? A good Aussie wine? A
good Canadian whine? (Geez, it's freaking cold out today!). A crate of
Tri-X?
Anyone got any ideas?
A roll of Royal Gold 25? (To remind
Kathy
After reading one of Ansel Adams' books, The Camera, it's pretty easy
to understand. A lens of a given focal length projects the same size
image on the film regardless of format or film size. In other words, if
a 300mm lens projects an image 1 inch high on your film, it will be 1
inch
Don't forget that there are some folks on the list who have already
taken photos with an *istD.
Bill
-Original Message-
From: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 1:48 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A Contest-was: I went shopping for a *ist D
Anti Virus = AV
--
I understand!
Well, no I don't. What's an AV, please?
keith
Joe - Thank you for your easy-to-understand explanation. I have been so
confused about this and have tried to understand it. In finally makes
sense. It's about equal to what a digital zoom does on some of the cameras.
It essentially is zooming in on the center of the image and is making
I see them just bouncing off, I'm not infected just annoyed at the
volume of them hitting my box.
I run my AV so I can see who is infected, i.e. if it's a family member
etc, so I can clean off their box if they ever get a bug.
Which would work, if only the 'From:' address in a virus
Was that Vancam? Oh, man, they are butchers. My F*300 4.5 was focussing
strangely, with scratchy noises, and when I took it there, and the guy
put it in a vise WITH NO PROTECTION AT ALL! A METAL VISE! I asked him
to take it out, and it was only then that I noticed that the body of
the lens had
I have. $2699 CDN with the 18-35.
C.
On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 07:43 AM,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 10:42:40 +0100
From: zoomshot [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: UK pricing for *istD!
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Content-Type: text/plain;
Hi, Bill,
Yeah, but ya gotta post a pic to win. I knew you guys at GFM touched them,
fondled them, drooled all over them (I hope you wiped 'em off afterwards).
Maybe you even took some pics wiff 'em.
Of course, we're on the honour system here. No taking pics with an Optio S
and passing them
Joe - Thank you for your easy-to-understand explanation. I have been so
confused about this and have tried to understand it. In finally makes
sense. It's about equal to what a digital zoom does on some of the cameras.
It essentially is zooming in on the center of the image and is making that
Ah Frank, I didn't have the sense to stick a CF card in the *istD we
played with, but nearly everyone else did. And BTW, my September PUG
entry is an Optio S image.
Bill
-Original Message-
From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 2:48 PM
To:
Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I haven't been able to determine if the pentax close-up lenses are single
element or multiple element like the ones Nikon made (makes?). If they're
single element are they really any better than the generic diopters?
The Pentax S33, S56, S82, T132 and T226 are
Vic wrote:
I was recently kicked off the mailing list because, as the note from
Pntxdiscuss stated, my computer Macintosh generated too many MIME
extensions. I
think it has to do with AOL ...
Lewis replied:
For me the problem was AOL. I solved it by using a free hotmail (trash
account,
zoomshot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The price war will be very interesting and Pentax may already be dead in the
water, look at the prices, body only;
*istD 1400 GBPrecommended
Olympus E-1 1400 GBPrecommended
crap! he just signed up again...how DO we get rid of this guy?
Just kidding, of course ;)
Cory
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 9:57 AM
Subject: Kicked off pent discuss any ideas?
I was recently kicked off the mailing
Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Don't forget that there are some folks on the list who have already
taken photos with an *istD.
Yeah, but how could they we worked into the professional theme?
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
[...hanging his head in shame...]
keith
Al Shaikh wrote:
Anti Virus = AV
--
I understand!
Well, no I don't. What's an AV, please?
keith
I got one of my Optio S shots from the camera clinic in the September
open gallery.
If you have a shot of TV, he's a professional :-)
-Original Message-
From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 4:50 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A Contest-was:
At 03:40 PM 29/08/2003 -0400, you wrote:
From: Steve Sharpe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm saving my money for a Tamron 17mm F3.5, which by most accounts is
an excellent lens.
--
Steve
Would that be the adaptall one?
I've been wanting to sell mine for ages but can't decide how much to ask
for it. It's
'Sides, that wasn't a production camera. Should have to be taken with your
own *istD, not a loner. g
Ciao,
Graywolf
--
- Original Message -
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 30,
My fault, not yours keith, next time I will be more clear.
To the other person that asked, what I do is create a email account in
any system I help (family, friends) and if I spot that email address in
the from or to line usually labeled ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), I
pretty much know they got infected
That is both true, and not true in the case of digital cameras.
If you have a 6mp camera with a full frame sensor, and one with a smaller
6mp sensor then you are not giving up much image quality with the smaller
sensor so it does in effect give you a longer lens. If the larger sensor has
a higher
Has anyone out their placed an order for one?
Regards,
Ziggy
I told my local store a month ago to get an order in for me, to include the
grip. No FAJ lens. His rep wouldn't accept the order until Pentax passed
along the stock number; now that that is in place, the order is in and
No, Marnie, most of us took it seriously enough. Only we thought you meant
survival kit not what stuff do you carry in your camera bag besides
camera and lenses.
Ciao,
Graywolf
--
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Interesting story!
I'll trade you one.
I have a 40 year old daughter, who is a very successful business woman,
or trying hard to be.
She likes her computer, a Windows PC variety, so long as nothing goes
wrong.
She doesn't have time to fuss around with it. Per her words...
She's a real estate
Is there anyone in this forum who'll be kind enought to tell me,
what the recommended price is for a Pentax 67II body
in either UK or USA.
Here in Denmark where I live, I have the notion that they
are much more expensive in comparison with other countries.
(Here the body costs around £2000 or
1500 usd new without lens
-Original Message-
From: Juan Diaz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 6:19 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Pentax 67II
Is there anyone in this forum who'll be kind enought to tell me, what
the recommended price is for a Pentax 67II
The guy I talked with could not make any decision at all. In fact, I don't
think he cared what I complained.
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
This is the place to vent about such things...
So, are they going to remedy the situation? Or is that what you find out
next
Tuesday?
Maybe if
I am honoured. :-)
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
I hereby vote Alan the Pentax Equipment Luck Award.
Alan, I don't understand why you didn't abandon Pentax
long ago! Lenses, cameras, repair, you name it and Alan
has _the_ definative horror story.
Geez... wish I heard that earlier. After visiting them 3 times for the MX, I
have a strong feeling that they don't give a shxt about their customers, or
me at least. I specifically wrote down all the problems on a MX diaphragm,
and from what they have done, I believe they did not even read the
I only know that there are 2 versions of MX. As far as I can tell, the
latters are better buy due to some improved inner parts (especially the
circuit).
Older MX:
- serial number started from 9
- metal memo holder
- Asahi... engraved on the top plate near the winding lever
Newer MX:
- serial
81 matches
Mail list logo
