William Robb wrote:
- Original Message - From: Andre Langevin
Subject: Re: Questions About Early Pentax Lenses
But were the Takumar lenses coated inside the doublets, who can answer
that?
More to the point, why would they be?
William Robb
For the same reason as the
Bob W wrote:
He must be deliberately laying a false trail to throw us all off the scent.
--
Cheers,
Bob
Or he's so sozzled he's picked up the wrong camera out of the celebrity
camera cloakroom.
-Original Message-
From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 08 June
Hello,
Wednesday, June 8, 2005, 12:13:09 AM, you wrote:
PJA They're both well thought of the M is much smaller has a built in lens
PJA hood so it's a bit more convenient. The K is bigger and heavier, is a
PJA simpler optical formula and has a reputation for having the edge in
PJA sharpness and
On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
Wednesday, June 8, 2005, 12:13:09 AM, you wrote:
PJA They're both well thought of the M is much smaller has a built in lens
PJA hood so it's a bit more convenient. The K is bigger and heavier, is a
PJA simpler optical formula and has a
C I think the only possible problem - and it is very slight indeed - is
C from mites. Small bugs that can infest the material used to cover the
OMG!
They won't eat my pixels, will they ???
Good light!
fra
From: Joaquim Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/06/08 Wed AM 09:00:59 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Greetings from Portugal
Hi,
I have 2 pentax cameras I love very much: an *ist DS I bought 4 months
ago and a MX (that came as the rear cap for a M 50mm F1.7 I bought on
Which screw does this refer to? (I can see quite a few when I roll back
the sleeve)
Zoom-creep is the nature of this zoom. It can be cured by using heavier damping
grease, but none of the screws are related to this creeping.
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
I have a few F and FA SMC zoom lenses:
FA 28-70 F4
F 35-70 3.5-4.5
F 28-80 3.5-4.5
FA 28-80 3.5-5.6
I've been comparing them on the *ist DS at 70mm wide open and on all of
them I found that the color of a distant colorfull object also appears
on the left of the object. Surprisingly the FA 28-80
Yes, she is beautiful. Congratulations. :)
YW
On 6/7/05, Don Sanderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Lookie what.. I ..just ...did!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7521917207
Gonna be selling a few things real soon.
But ain't she gorgeous?
Don
Hello Kostas,
KK No, to have the edge means to be better, though not by much.
Thanks for explanation! I was little a bit confused with the edge
as in the dictionary I can find two completely different meaning of
this word :) (I'm from Ukraine so English is not my native language).
I'm little
On 7/6/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed:
Nasty wet weather from Wednesday till Friday night (see Cotty you
should have
come. You
would have felt right at home vbg)
Har!!
(says he sitting in shorts with warm sunshine everywhere here )
Cheers,
Cotty
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Cheers,
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SP The only lens that I know of and that gives 99% natural out of focus areas
SP is Minolta 135 STF with apodization filter and two diaphragms - here is
SP review of this extraordinary lens with some samples:
SP http://www.magnuswedberg.com/docs/STF-review/
Now that's very interesting!
I
From: Frantisek [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/06/08 Wed AM 09:31:01 GMT
To: Cotty pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Storing lenses in Pelican case
C I think the only possible problem - and it is very slight indeed - is
C from mites. Small bugs that can infest the material used to
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/06/08 Wed AM 09:51:57 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re[3]: SMC Pentax M135/3.5 vs SMC Pentac K135/3.5
Hello Kostas,
KK No, to have the edge means to be better, though not by much.
Thanks for explanation! I was little a bit confused
they let almost anyone in:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/07/border.crossing.ap/index.html
Tom Reese
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/06/08 Wed AM 10:32:38 GMT
To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: OT - ground zero in a tornado - video
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0506/feature6/multimedia.html
Cheers,
Cotty
This guy was on UK tv a few weeks ago.
Hello Mike,
Wednesday, June 8, 2005, 1:48:50 PM, you wrote:
mw Which part of Ukraine? I'm working with an organisation from
mw Kremenchug but have not yet had the opportunity to visit.
I live in the west of Ukraine - in Ternopil. Kremenchug is in the
center of Ukraine - Poltava region. You
Hi!
I have a few F and FA SMC zoom lenses:
FA 28-70 F4
F 35-70 3.5-4.5
F 28-80 3.5-4.5
FA 28-80 3.5-5.6
I've been comparing them on the *ist DS at 70mm wide open and on all of
them I found that the color of a distant colorfull object also appears
on the left of the object. Surprisingly
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/06/08 Wed AM 11:01:34 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re[5]: SMC Pentax M135/3.5 vs SMC Pentac K135/3.5
Hello Mike,
Wednesday, June 8, 2005, 1:48:50 PM, you wrote:
mw Which part of Ukraine? I'm working with an organisation from
mw
CNN failed to provide a photo. Fox delivers:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,158841,00.html
On 6/8/05, Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
they let almost anyone in:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/07/border.crossing.ap/index.html
Tom Reese
--
Scott Loveless
On 7/6/05, glenn murphy, discombobulated, unleashed:
I just read a NY Times article (free registration required)
I think not :-)
http://bugmenot.com/
Cheers,
Cotty
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On 8/6/05, Tim Øsleby, discombobulated, unleashed:
Thought I might give you people an idea why we are so twisted here in this
cold north http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=179132
My first picture published at the web. Besides concert pictures at my site
www.ethnobase.org (it is
Any users of this AF lens here?
Sincerely,
Collin
Sent via the WebMail system at mail.safe-t.net
On 8/6/05, Tom Reese, discombobulated, unleashed:
they let almost anyone in:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/07/border.crossing.ap/index.html
aka Brad Dobo!
shiver
Cheers,
Cotty
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||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com
- Original Message -
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PDML pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 4:44 PM
Subject: GFM Pix Part II
Wheatfield and Roberts, to each other: He's so full of crap!:
On 6/8/05, Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
they let almost anyone in:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/07/border.crossing.ap/index.html
Tom Reese
I don't see what the problem was. He killed the guy in Canada. It's
not like he was going to use the bloodied weapons to do bad stuff in
the
Sure makes me feel secure
Kenneth Waller
-Original Message-
From: Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: this explains how Frank and Dave got into the US
they let almost anyone in:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/07/border.crossing.ap/index.html
Tom Reese
May I suggest a title?
Waiting for the sun to rise.
Kenneth Waller
I liked the composition execution of this.
-Original Message-
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: PESO: Behind (Norwegian fjord)
On 8/6/05, Tim Øsleby, discombobulated, unleashed:
Thought I might give you
On 6/7/05, Bill Lawlor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How about Yul Brynner? He was an early user of Pentax cameras and lenses.
His daughter published a book of his photos after his death in 1985. I knew
a San Francisco policeman who moonlighted as a security guard for Yul
Brynner in the early
An interesting article showed up on one of the geek news sites that I
frequent today. It says that a group of people affiliated with a
mailing list called OpenRAW are trying to put together a collection of
documentation for RAW image formats used by various cameras and making
them available to
On 6/8/05, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sure makes me feel secure
Well, in all seriousness, they give Dave and I a hassle, keep us for
1/2 hour while they ask us questions and search the truck. Why?
'Cause we have camera gear, and they can't figure out why we'd want to
travel
Why not? Shop is.
If I have to explain it you probably won't understand it. BG
Kenneth Waller
-Original Message-
From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: My GFM observations
On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Kenneth Waller wrote:
I'll continue to remember that Photoshop is not
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Folks, you
haven't seen Ken's work until you see the prints; as beautiful as
they may look as PAWs and PESOs and PUGs, they are truly awesome to
see in large prints.
Ain't that the truth! One of the things I get more than a little fed up
with on the 'net
Knarf,
IRC, this guy walked across the border with his bloodied murder tools!
You would have thought that in itself was enough detain him longer.
I guess you and Dave just picked the wrong border crossing location!
BTW, where did you guys cross? Niagra?
Kenneth Waller
-Original
On 6/8/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ain't that the truth! One of the things I get more than a little fed up
with on the 'net is what Michael Reichmann calls pixel peeping;
nit-picking images on computer monitors, at magnifications equivalent to
60-inch image width. Or
He was questioned, Frank. They asked him where he got that neat chain saw.
Shel
[Original Message]
From: frank theriault
And then, this dobo-esque character with actual blood on actual
weapons used in an actual murder gets through, no questions asked.
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/06/08 Wed AM 11:48:10 GMT
To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: this explains how Frank and Dave got into the US
On 8/6/05, Tom Reese, discombobulated, unleashed:
they let almost anyone in:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have to give a HUGE thanks to Mark Roberts. Led us not only to
Winston/Salem, GFM,
but to, and places beyond. Frank and I used his name to convince the US
immigration
to let us through. As soon as we mentioned him, their ears pricked up a lot.
vbg
Actually, unless
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/06/08 Wed PM 12:23:43 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: this explains how Frank and Dave got into the US
On 6/8/05, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sure makes me feel secure
Well, in all seriousness, they give
- Original Message -
From: Kostas Kavoussanakis
Subject: Re: My GFM observations
On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Kenneth Waller wrote:
I'll continue to remember that Photoshop is not a verb - thanks Tony.
Why not? Shop is.
Shop is a noun. Tony's point was that it is best to get it right
Ditto what Mark Knarf have said re actual prints.
I really appreciated getting to see Mark, Knarf Ann's prints.
Knarf needs a better scanner as his postings don't do justice to his images.
Mark had numerous knock out images. I especially liked Water Drops,
Reflections of a Bike Shop Window
On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Kostas Kavoussanakis
Subject: Re: My GFM observations
On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Kenneth Waller wrote:
I'll continue to remember that Photoshop is not a verb - thanks Tony.
Why not? Shop is.
Shop is a noun.
Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I put life, limb and camera gear in jeopardy to get shots like this:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3434063
Here's Frank climbing up into the Attic Window
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/knarf1a.jpg
Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, William Robb wrote:
Tony's point was that it is best to get it right in the
camera and not Photoshop it later.
Ah yes, I would agree with the essence of that.
Ditto. For example, I continue to use split ND filters even though
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/uk_iconic_images_by_barry_lategan/html/1.stm
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
Thank you. I have the required photos. No more please ;-))
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Date: 6/8/2005 12:37:45 AM
Subject: Comparison Photo Needed
Can someone send me a couple of reasonably sized JPEG's showing the
bottom
Joaquim Carvalho wrote:
I have a few F and FA SMC zoom lenses:
FA 28-70 F4
F 35-70 3.5-4.5
F 28-80 3.5-4.5
FA 28-80 3.5-5.6
I've been comparing them on the *ist DS at 70mm wide open and on all of
them I found that the color of a distant colorfull object also appears
on the left of the object.
Hi Joaquim
welcome here and its good to upgrade from lurker to active state ;-)
The next level would be showing us some photos?
greetings from Switzerland
Markus
-Original Message-
From: Joaquim Carvalho [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 11:01 AM
To:
This comment amongst the articles and comments got me to thinking about the
viewpoint of the camera manufacturers: A common, openly documented RAW
format would fulfill many of the goals of OpenRAW, but is likely to face
significant resistance from manufacturers who feel their creativity and
On 8/6/05, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed:
Thanks for the info guys. The problem is that this person doesn't have a
fixed
ISP account and they are often travelling so they use a web based email
service
from any handy internet cafe. Currently the list contains 450 names and it's
not
Let me rephrase that: Do closely held and undocumented proprietary
formats allow for more or enhanced creativity and innovation, or
is that just a smoke screen?
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Shel Belinkoff
This comment amongst the articles and comments got me to thinking about
the
Hi Cotty
thanks for the link, this is really an exciting adventure to be watched from
a safe and dry place.
Good stuff!
Markus
-Original Message-
Subject: OT - ground zero in a tornado - video
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0506/feature6/multimedia.html
Cheers,
Cotty
On 8/6/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
I'm thinking of leading an unofficial guided walk next year. Could be
Attic Window (where I took Frank) or the Profile Trail, which is more
suitable for the less athletically-inclined. We have a year to discuss
this :)
1 for the Attic Window
On 8/6/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
Here's one from Saturday night on the mountain:
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/gfm-pan.jpg
Wow. Lovely.
Cheers,
Cotty
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On 8/6/05, Mark Roberts,
discombobulated,
unleashed:
I'm thinking of leading an unofficial guided walk next year. Could be
Attic Window (where I took Frank) or the Profile Trail, which is more
suitable for the less athletically-inclined. We have a
On 8/6/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed:
I also don't know what the problem was with the 'Murricans at the
border letting Dave and me in. When they saw the camera gear, and
asked us what it was for, we said that we were going to various
nuclear power facilities and military bases
On 8/6/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed:
He was questioned, Frank. They asked him where he got that neat chain saw.
LOL.
Probably referred him to a tool center where he could get it sharpened.
Cheers,
Cotty
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||=|
On 8/6/05, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed:
Ooh, I spy a lawsuit on the horizon. That's your chances of getting into
the States next year reduced to zero. 8-)
That's alright Mike. You can give me a character ref - - in person. Any
chance you're up to it ?
Cheers,
Cotty
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On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Let me rephrase that: Do closely held and undocumented proprietary
formats allow for more or enhanced creativity and innovation, or
is that just a smoke screen?
Shel
BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP
Oh, sorry, that was my bullshit detector
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/06/08 Wed PM 01:58:08 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net, pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: RE: Repository for RAW Image Format Details
Let me rephrase that: Do closely held and undocumented proprietary
formats allow for more or enhanced
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/06/08 Wed PM 02:16:51 GMT
To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: this explains how Frank and Dave got into the US
On 8/6/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed:
I also don't know what the problem was with the 'Murricans
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/06/08 Wed PM 02:19:51 GMT
To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: this explains how Frank and Dave got into the US
On 8/6/05, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed:
Ooh, I spy a lawsuit on the horizon. That's your chances of
From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/06/08 Wed PM 02:39:12 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: RE: Repository for RAW Image Format Details
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/06/08 Wed PM 01:58:08 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net,
I'm back on list - sure I missed much commentary
on the GFM weekend - dashed
off a quick note to my traveling companions
earlier just to know I arrived
home safely.
Though what I WANT to do right now is curl up with
my totally filled 1 gig
card download stuff delete stuff and make a little
photo
Cotty wrote:
On 8/6/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
I'm thinking of leading an unofficial guided walk next year. Could be
Attic Window (where I took Frank) or the Profile Trail, which is more
suitable for the less athletically-inclined. We have a year to discuss
this :)
1
Sorry, I though I was clear, the Both are good, the K is better. If
they were the same price and I could have only one I'd get the K version
if I wanted superior imaging the M if I needed something compact. I
selected superior imaging.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
Wednesday, June 8,
Welcome, you'll either love it or hate it here...
Joaquim Carvalho wrote:
Hi,
I have 2 pentax cameras I love very much: an *ist DS I bought 4 months
ago and a MX (that came as the rear cap for a M 50mm F1.7 I bought on
Ebay). This list's archive has been very helpfull to me for the last
few
Hopefully there is someone on the list who can help. My daughter is
going to be attending a music camp in Powell River - about 80 miles
north of Vancouver. She will be there the last week of June and first
week of July. I'm wondering what the general weather will be like -
basically trying to
That's funny!
I didn't get your original post Joaquim, but my first
MX came as the free rear cap on an M50/1.4!
Welcome!
Don
-Original Message-
From: P. J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 10:05 AM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Greetings
Totally off topic but I just recieved the Nikon FM that I ordered
out of curiosity after hearing it compared to the MX.
The first thing I noticed is that it's VERY well built.
The second was that the viewfinder is very dark compared to
the MX, or any other M body.
For those who have owned this
- Original Message -
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: this explains how Frank and Dave got into the US
On 6/8/05, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sure makes me feel secure
Well, in
I will verify that. Franks actual prints are very competently printed and are
far better than the scans he posts indicate, as he has tried to tell us several
times (grin).
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
Idiot Proof == Expert Proof
---
Mark Roberts
There's one on CNN's site not as well. These photos don't look real
somehow, more like the VR simulations in video games...
Scott Loveless wrote:
CNN failed to provide a photo. Fox delivers:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,158841,00.html
On 6/8/05, Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I didn't think of that, till now...
Cotty wrote:
On 8/6/05, Tom Reese, discombobulated, unleashed:
they let almost anyone in:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/07/border.crossing.ap/index.html
aka Brad Dobo!
shiver
Cheers,
Cotty
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Don Sanderson wrote:
Totally off topic but I just recieved the Nikon FM that I ordered
out of curiosity after hearing it compared to the MX.
The first thing I noticed is that it's VERY well built.
The second was that the viewfinder is very dark compared to
the MX, or any other M body.
For those
Hello Don,
Many many years ago, I was using an MX and switched over to the Nikon
FM. Both had been purchased new by me. I had equivalent speed lenses
for each and I don't recall there being a noticeable difference in
viewfinder brightness between them. Mostly the Nikon was bigger and
heavier
I'd worry about Frank, but they might appoint me to be his keeper, if I
admitted it.
frank theriault wrote:
On 6/8/05, Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
they let almost anyone in:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/07/border.crossing.ap/index.html
Tom Reese
I don't see what the
Almost?
frank theriault wrote:
On 6/8/05, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sure makes me feel secure
Well, in all seriousness, they give Dave and I a hassle, keep us for
1/2 hour while they ask us questions and search the truck. Why?
'Cause we have camera gear, and they
Somehow that reminds me of the movie Airplane II. Remember, where they let the
terrorists with their weapons through the gate then slam a grandmother type up
against the wall and search her?
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
Idiot Proof == Expert Proof
---
Howdy,
Thanks for the reply Bob. The only thing that worries me about being
in Texas is the amount of moisture, high dewpoints, in the air. I keep
the cases out of the sun as much as possible, and when they are not in
the use they are kept in a cool dark area. I keep a few silica gel
packets, the
Since he and Dave insisted that they were going down to NC to meet a bunch of
guys from the internet at a camera clinic and told the Border Patrol guys all
about PDML, so Homeland Security is now monitoring this list, I would be a fool
to take that bet.
GRIN! (I hope)
BTW, I imagine they
Don, Are you familiar with this site: http://tinyurl.com/o6ln
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Don Sanderson
Totally off topic but I just recieved the Nikon FM that I ordered
out of curiosity after hearing it compared to the MX.
The first thing I noticed is that it's VERY well built.
The
I've played with a FM3n briefly, had an MX hanging over my shoulder at
the time. The view finder was bright but a bit narrower view than the
MX if I remember correctly. The FM3n is a much later body.
E.R.N. Reed wrote:
Don Sanderson wrote:
Totally off topic but I just recieved the Nikon
Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Knarf needs a better scanner as his postings don't do justice to his images.
I'll second that. I'd venture to say that more people were (pleasantly)
surprised by Franks photos than anyone else's, just because the prints
were so much better than what we'd
Could someone be kind enough to remind me what the diff is between a long
focus and a telephoto lens. Thanks!
Shel
Nice shots Joe. The expression on the dog's face is really interesting.
Australian Shepherd or Border Collie?
Tom C.
From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: PESOs: Maggie Has a New Hatch!
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005
On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 08:23:43AM -0400, frank theriault wrote:
On 6/8/05, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sure makes me feel secure
Well, in all seriousness, they give Dave and I a hassle, keep us for
1/2 hour while they ask us questions and search the truck. Why?
'Cause we
A telephoto lens is physically shorter than it's focal length. This is usually
achieved through the use of a retro-focus lens design. As I understand it,
anyway.
Best,
Wiggy
---Original Message---
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Long Focus v Telephoto
Sent: 08 Jun
On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 09:26:37AM -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Could someone be kind enough to remind me what the diff is between a long
focus and a telephoto lens. Thanks!
A one-sentance summary:
A telephoto lens *is* a long focus lens, but uses multiple
elements to reduce the physical size
A long focus lens is one that is longer than the usual normal focal length for
the format, but still of standard design. A 50mm for a 35mm camera would be a
long focus lens on an *istD
A telephoto is a lens that is physically shorter than it focal length. That is
accomplished by building in
As a US citizen they could not keep him out. They were looking for a reason to
arrest him.
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
Idiot Proof == Expert Proof
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John Francis wrote:
On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 08:23:43AM -0400, frank theriault wrote:
On 6/8/05,
BTW, I imagine they thought Dave and Frank were smuggling pot. Hell, when I
saw them
together I thought they were smuggling pot.
Dave looks like a burnt-out hippy
You nailed that one,Tom.:-)
, and Frank looks like a burnt-out beatnik. Together they
It will be 50/50 chance of warm and sunny/cool and rainy during the days.
Definitely cooler nights.
They call it the Sunshine Coast, but one needs to remember where they're
(the residents) coming from. Any sun seems like a miracle. Was totally
rained out camping in Haywire Bay one summer.
On 8/6/05, Chad, discombobulated, unleashed:
Until today Cotty I never even considered mites as a possible problem.
I'll keep an eye out for them now. Maybe I should spray the outside of
my case with an insecticide. ;-)
That should do it.
I must admit I've never seen them either. Has anyone
Chris Penny Braswell - lurker extraordinaire. An excellent photographer
that not only took Best In Show, but I believe a first and a third
place???
And boy, does he know us all :-)
Amazing how he keeps up with the list...
I think his first name is Charles but the error serves him right for
A long focus lens typically has back focus same approx. length as focal
length, i.e. the lens is same distance from focal plane as
focal length.
A telephoto len typically has much shorter back focus such that the
lens is physically shorter and the lens is much closer to the focal
plane than the
Hi Shel, actually that's the site I used to make my decision
as to which Nikon to buy.
Thanks.
Don
-Original message-
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 11:08:52 -0500
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: RE: OT: Nikon FM
Don, Are you familiar with this site:
Thanks Peter.
Don
-Original message-
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 11:12:08 -0500
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: OT: Nikon FM
I've played with a FM3n briefly, had an MX hanging over my shoulder at
the time. The view finder was bright but a bit
Thanks Bruce, I'll give cleaning a go.
Don
-Original message-
From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 10:35:59 -0500
To: Don Sanderson pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: OT: Nikon FM
Hello Don,
Many many years ago, I was using an MX and switched over to the
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