Re: K10D - More News

2006-08-08 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:00:53 +0200 schreef Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Lucas Rijnders wrote: Op Tue, 08 Aug 2006 02:44:00 +0200 schreef Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Try it on any of the double-digit MZ/ZX models like the MZ-60 and 70. I think you mean

Re: K10D - More News

2006-08-08 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:53:39 +0200 schreef Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Lucas Rijnders wrote: You can add positive exposure compensation or lower the ISO as you close down. If you do either, the camera will meter and expose correctly. The hard part

Re: OT: Toyota hybrid-electric drive system

2006-08-09 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:56:44 +0200 schreef graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I almost did that, luckily I thought a moment before posting. MTBF, and MTTF are not the same thing. MTBF is Mean Time Before Failure which is the average time before needing repair. MTTF is Mean Time until Total Failure

Re: Holy Crap -- Pentax 10MP body

2006-08-14 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 03:01:20 +0200, Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just learned something about it that pretty much seals the deal -- I'll be buying it if I have to sell a kidney to do it. It addresses my most basic complaint about digital. It's a feature that's so much of a

Re: Holy Crap -- Pentax 10MP body

2006-08-14 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:32:54 +0200, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brilliant in the sense that it was guaranteed to evoke wild speculation. I mean: 'no-brainer', 'fore-head slapping', yet good enough to step out of the Brotherhood... I hope Aaron is enjoying himself :o) I thought it was a

Re: left handed digital PS?

2006-08-16 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:06:36 +0200 schreef Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Does anybody make a digital for lefties? A friend at the office survived a terrible car accident, but with permanent damage to his right side. He can't even hold a PS camera with his right hand. And using the left

Re: Holy Crap -- Pentax 10MP body

2006-08-16 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:09:03 +0200 schreef [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Oops I didn't get further than the Super A yet, but I like this discussion anyway, so forgive my ignorence... The Super A can do double exposures as well :o) Van: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Holy Crap -- Pentax 10MP body

2006-08-17 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:35:27 +0200 schreef Marco Alpert [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm not much into guessing games, Yeah, right :o) but for those who are, I noticed this post from Aaron earlier today: On Aug 16, 2006, at 6:01 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: If you shoot RAW you'll probably want

Re: PUG reminder

2006-08-17 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:32:57 +0200 schreef Keith McGuinness [EMAIL PROTECTED]: David Savage wrote: You've got 3 days (4 in some places) to get your Juxtaposition entry in. I have to admit I'm struggling with this one. I'm struggling too, big time! I hereby submit a disclaimer in

Compression, was Re: Holy Crap -- Pentax 10MP body

2006-08-17 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:38:20 +0200 schreef Anthony Farr [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thinking along this line, and considering that music can be compressed with variable bit rates so that the detail goes where it is needed and not where it would be wasted, could image files be saved with

Re: For those in the know about K10D

2006-08-17 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:35:26 +0200 schreef Steve Sharpe [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 7:16 AM -0600 8/17/06, William Robb wrote: You wouldn't believe how much bitching and complaining about photolabs we used to get on list before the istD hit the market. A decent lab is hard to find. I wouldn't

Re: The third best selling DSLR in Japan

2006-08-18 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:34:33 +0200 schreef Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Simple solution. Put on more shifts. :-) No, three shifts already means the factory is running 24h/day. To further expand capacity you would have to invest in more machines, coslty in both time and money. From: Digital

Re: Holy Crap -- Pentax 10MP body

2006-08-18 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:09:28 +0200 schreef John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Just someone who tracks the announcements a little more closely. The original Pentax lens roadmap did, indeed, show a 50-200 zoom. In fact it showed two of them; the 50-200/f4-5.6 we've now seen, and a later, more

Re: DA 100mm f2.8 Macro

2006-08-21 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:13:02 +0200, Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 21/08/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I always forget which one does what and hit the wrong one every time. The R1's two wheels are both thumb wheels and have sensible placement to make it

Re: Testing the K100D and some more K10D hype

2006-08-22 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:13:08 +0200 schreef Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 22, actually. 42 is just ridiculous. Utterly improbable. 81339605151 to one against, I'd say... -- Regards, Lucas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Re: Testing the K100D and some more K10D hype

2006-08-22 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:27:57 +0200 schreef DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Fra: Lucas Rijnders [EMAIL PROTECTED] Op Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:13:08 +0200 schreef Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 22, actually. 42 is just ridiculous. Utterly improbable. 81339605151 to one

Re: New Pentax distributor in Belgium

2006-08-23 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:36:41 +0200 schreef Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Just noted that Penax distributor is now De Beukelaer which also I often get email, trying to sell me Penax :o) distributres brands like Leica, Metz, Sunpak, Bronica, Tamron, Epson etc. They are also the distributor

Re: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting)

2006-08-23 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:02:02 +0200, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What have you used? OM-1 (my fathers) Kodak pocket instamatic (my mothers) Pentax MZ-50 (my own :o) Zenith XP-12 (on permanent loan) Pentax Z-1p, MX, Super Program. Some others (Z-1, MZ-5, MZ-5n) for a short while.

Re: Medium Format comparison

2006-01-03 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:35:02 +0100 schreef Peter Fairweather [EMAIL PROTECTED]: snip No I won't be hanging on for the digital 645 Pentax. God knows what the crop will be. Enough to turn decent wide angles into pedestrian short telephotos, I shouldn't wonder!! The crop is announced as 1.3.

Re: Skiing with cameras...

2006-01-03 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:58:39 +0100 schreef Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ...wise or foolish? Discuss. Wise. Always combine hobbies, when possible :o) I'm going skiing for the first time at the end of February. I expect the Alps to be alive with the sound of the James Bond theme within about 5

Re: Skiing with cameras...

2006-01-03 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Sun, 01 Jan 2006 19:11:54 +0100 schreef Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]: One additional glove factor is that ski gloves have some sort of armour over the finger tips. I don't know why, though. Anybody? Because if you ski a lot, you wear through your fingers and palms too quickly unless they're

Re: New Pentax: 8MP IS

2006-01-03 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Tue, 03 Jan 2006 23:29:11 +0100 schreef Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Rob Studdert wrote: Although it is a different-sized CCD from what is used in a DSLR, it is hard to imagine Pentax coming out with built-in IS on a point-'n'- shoot and not considering it for use in a future DSLR as

Re: And an entry.level one

2006-01-03 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 04 Jan 2006 02:49:43 +0100 schreef Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, 3 Jan 2006, Dario Bonazza wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0601/06010306pentax_e10.asp Am I right that this is not an SMC lens? Seems like it. It's not mentioned on the camera body or in the

Re: terminology clarification needed!

2006-01-04 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 04 Jan 2006 03:13:31 +0100 schreef J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED]: If we are going to us acronyms/abbrev. on this forum, is KM the first two lens series by Pentax with K mounts or Konica-Minolta? I tought it was an early K-mount body ;-) Oh yeah, was there ever a concensus on

Re: Skiing with cameras...

2006-01-04 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:19:41 +0100 schreef Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks Lucas - very helpful. I particularly like the idea of bw 19th You're welcome. century type shots - I must dig out some of Leni Riefenstahl's pre-war ski photos, which are great. Now you piqued my curiosity :) --

Re: RE: Bargaining with used photo-gear stores

2006-01-04 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 04 Jan 2006 10:08:00 +0100 schreef mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: snip It's the only place in town that does secondhand gear now, though. Anyone else noticed that there is virtually no secondhand stock in the shops any more? Yes. I though it was due to ebay co, but when I

Re: New Pentax: 8MP IS

2006-01-04 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 04 Jan 2006 09:59:25 +0100 schreef Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've just talked to Pentax, and I've been promised some more details on that. I'm going to post something as soon as I get it. Oh wow. Looking forward to it. -- Thanks, Lucas Did they disclose the CCD shift

Re: New Pentax: 8MP IS

2006-01-04 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Did they disclose the CCD shift technology used somewhere? Pentax patented a way to shift the CCD a while ago, using bending arms to shift a platform with the CCD. That system would be possible on a compact, but very hard on a SLR because the arms would be in the way of light path to the

Re: A10: Pentax Image Stabilization is here

2006-01-06 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:37:53 +0100 schreef [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In a message dated 1/5/2006 4:48:35 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Or just make sure your camera shake is cantered around the nodal point of the lens :-) Rob Studdert = I'm not really following all

Re: Pentax-M 1:2.8 40mm

2006-01-06 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Fri, 06 Jan 2006 05:35:20 +0100 schreef Cesar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Okay, I admit not being caught up to the list, but I did need to interject and tap into the collective knowledge of the list. I have been offered the above lens - the 'famed' pancake lens. I had been stored on a camera

Re: pointless photo project, any suggestions?

2006-01-06 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:47:49 +0100 schreef Krisjanis Linkevics [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Interesting concept. I'd love to see the whole of 2005... I don't really know how to put this but I have been engaged in what seems today an absolutely pointless photo project. Today is the day I decide whether

Re: Pentax-M 1:2.8 40mm

2006-01-06 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Fri, 06 Jan 2006 09:29:38 +0100 schreef Lucas Rijnders [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Op Fri, 06 Jan 2006 05:35:20 +0100 schreef Cesar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I do not keep up with auction sites and such, so I am asking what would you offer the owner? I think I should take into account a cleaning

Re: A10: Pentax Image Stabilization is here

2006-01-06 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:44:15 +0100 schreef Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 6 Jan 2006 at 9:29, Lucas Rijnders wrote: The question is: why should Pentax do it: they've been making lenses that supply focal length and focussing distance to the body for almost twenty years now. I've seen F

Re: A10: Pentax Image Stabilization is here

2006-01-06 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:59:14 +0100 schreef [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In a message dated 1/6/2006 2:11:42 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'd make a user-configurable list with lens name, focal length and max. aperture. == Well, that would be better, yes. And the green

Re: A10: Pentax Image Stabilization is here

2006-01-06 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:20:52 +0100 schreef Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 6 Jan 2006 at 11:10, Lucas Rijnders wrote: Oh, I see the user benefit. I'm just not sure if it's a) a reasonable expectation, and b) makes business sense. Is backward compatibility really the USP we think

Re: OT - Cordless Digital Phones

2006-01-10 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Tue, 10 Jan 2006 02:04:26 +0100 schreef Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Cotty wrote: Can anyone recommend a cordless digital phone system? I fancy a Philips DECT, maybe a 617 or something? Do you have a preference? I like plain and simple, easy to use, as few

Re: Vigilant or Bloody Minded

2006-01-10 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:32:19 +0100, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/1/06, Kevin Waterson, discombobulated, unleashed: My decision is to do nothing, I am too close to the heat to make a cool headed decision. I will await the trial and see what the justice system hands out. That is the

Re: Vigilant or Bloody Minded

2006-01-10 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:00:28 +0100, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The signs are fairly good that this thread could soon involve abortion, guns, and the big G-guy up there, so I'm skipping orf out of it. Nazi's, anyone? I take back what i said earlier about chopping balls off. I'll give

Re: [OT] The sky is falling - Macs on Intel came!

2006-01-11 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:20:45 +0100 schreef Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Christian wrote on 11.01.06 11:16: There is one. It's called BSD. :-) Been running on my PCs for years. Yes. It is almost like OSX. Almost makes a big difference - just like in advertising of Polish beer

Re: new AF system soon (when D2 arrives)?

2006-01-13 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:39:27 +0100 schreef John Whittingham [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm not sure why anyone on this list, or any other, thinks they have an inside line to Pentax. Does anyone know if the FA 60-250 f4 zoom is for real or just speculation? The range and speed (which differ from

Re: Samsung DSLR announced

2006-01-17 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:53:23 +0100 schreef keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED]: John Forbes wrote: On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:32:08 -, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] And for you, Tom, this is surely the answer to your prayers. A reasonably assured future

Re: Samsung DSLR announced

2006-01-17 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:38:56 +0100 schreef Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It is likely the Samsung will lack a few menu items here and there (other than the AF-S/AF-C selection). What about loading Pentax firmware in it? Do you expect it won't be allowed by some kind of protection? The

Re: Samsung DSLR announced

2006-01-17 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Tue, 17 Jan 2006 11:19:22 +0100 schreef Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Lucas Rijnders Did anyone else notice that the photo's leaked in December were of a GX-1L, with a slightly different mode dial. Could there be a second Samsung D-SLR coming soon? I did. That will probably

Re: Samsung DSLR announced

2006-01-17 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:19:43 +0100 schreef John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Bentley? Is that a German car? As German as Rolls-Royce, I'd say :) -- Regards, Lucas

Re: Carl Zeiss and the Future of Film

2006-01-18 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:50:53 +0100 schreef Gautam Sarup [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I for one hope they are right. I get enough of computers and digital things all day long at work and sometimes all night too. So when I'm free I prefer to do things analog. Shooting film and processing it in the

Either my Z-1p is confused, or I am...

2006-01-18 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Hi all, As I mentioned previously I recently managed to buy a Z-1p for (relatively) small change. The camera has obviously seen more use than my Z-1, but I like the improvements/changes enough to consider keeping te Z-1p, and selling the Z-1. One thing bothers me, though. When using

Re: Either my Z-1p is confused, or I am...

2006-01-18 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:26:08 +0100 schreef Gianfranco Irlanda [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Lucas Rijnders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When using flash in (Hy)P or Av with an F or later lens, my Z-1 and MZ-50 generally observe the 1/fl rule. The Z-1p seems more than a stop more optimistic about what's

Re: OT: End of Konica Minolta brand?

2006-01-19 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:46:40 +0100 schreef Jaume Lahuerta [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, I have just seen this in dpreview forum: http://konicaminolta.com/releases/2006/0119_03_01.html Yes, sad :( It's a bit unclear what really is going to happen: it seems KM will keep on producing SLR's and

Re: Samsung DSLR announced

2006-01-19 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:10:00 +0100 schreef John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:40:54 -, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: keith_w Subject: Re: Samsung DSLR announced Hi John. Not to be contentious, but... what *is* Schneider

Re: Does anyone know how to get a PK-R lens out of a PK-AF2 mount?

2006-01-19 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:02:27 +0100 schreef Mark Steele [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I bought a cheap Sirius 135mm PK-A lens on eBay, when I attempted to fit it to my MZ-5n it jammed in a position about 30 degrees short of where it should be. Now it won't come out. It knocks as though something has

Re: Either my Z-1p is confused, or I am...

2006-01-19 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:11:21 +0100 schreef Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: Lucas Rijnders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When using flash in (Hy)P or Av with an F or later lens, my Z-1 and MZ-50 generally observe the 1/fl rule. The Z-1p

Re: Samsung DSLR announced

2006-01-19 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Tue, 17 Jan 2006 11:19:22 +0100 schreef Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Lucas Rijnders Did anyone else notice that the photo's leaked in December were of a GX-1L, with a slightly different mode dial. Could there be a second Samsung D-SLR coming soon? I did. That will probably

Re: OT - Konica Minolta Bows Out

2006-01-19 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:52:43 +0100 schreef Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Quoting Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It's official: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0601/06011901konicaminoltaout.asp Hmmm... Wonder if Sony will introduce the same level of copy protection to lens mounts as they do to

Re: OT - Konica Minolta Bows Out

2006-01-19 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:35:52 +0100 schreef [EMAIL PROTECTED]: fra: Lucas Rijnders [EMAIL PROTECTED] Op Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:52:43 +0100 schreef Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Quoting Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It's official: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0601/06011901konicaminoltaout.asp Hmmm

Re: Either my Z-1p is confused, or I am...

2006-01-19 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:35:46 +0100 schreef Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Lucas Rijnders wrote: It takes two 'clicks' here: one to switch from HyP to Tv, one to change the shutterspeed one stop. That is expected behaviour, I think? Or am I missing your point

Re: Zeniter on PZ-1and metering

2006-01-19 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:50:12 +0100 schreef [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hey troops. I was out Sunday shooting the 16mm on the istD and PZ-1 with BW,GASP,FILMvbg istD seems to work as such: compose, focus, green button, shoot. Usually need about -0.3 comp or so which i will assume is

Re: Does anyone know how to get a PK-R lens out of a PK-AF2 mount?

2006-01-19 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:36:31 +0100, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I bought a cheap Sirius 135mm PK-A lens on eBay, when I attempted to fit it to my MZ-5n it jammed in a position about 30 degrees short of where it should be. Now it won't come out. It knocks as though something

Re: Either my Z-1p is confused, or I am...

2006-01-19 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 07:58:08 +0100, Lucas Rijnders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Op Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:26:08 +0100 schreef Gianfranco Irlanda [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Lucas Rijnders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Furthermore, the internal flash symbol starts blinking rapidly at focal lenghts

FS Friday: Asahi Pentax reverse adapter, Leningrad 4 lightmeter

2006-01-19 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Hi All, These two might be of interest to someone here. The reversing ring is a genuine Asahi Pentac 49mm one, in original red-and-green box. See http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=7583270491ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT The light meter is, well, a light meter. I don't think

Re: FS Friday: Almaz 103, Soviet K-mount F2 copy

2006-01-20 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:12:24 +0100 schreef Paul Ewins [EMAIL PROTECTED]: snip I had thought of putting a Nikon prism on it and then mounting my 77 limited on it to confuse Nikon shooters, but an F2 metered prism seems to cost more than the camera is worth so I have given up on that.

Re: Fwd: Re: Financal Condition of Pentax

2006-01-23 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 08:30:51 +0100, Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, John Forbes wrote: As for the rest, I think you underestimate the power of your own voice. The person who started this thread said he had read that Pentax was in financial

Re: Fwd: Re: Financal Condition of Pentax

2006-01-24 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Tue, 24 Jan 2006 12:01:54 +0100 schreef Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, Lucas Rijnders wrote: On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 08:30:51 +0100, Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, John Forbes wrote: read one of Herb's posts and believed

Re: Fwd: Re: Financal Condition of Pentax

2006-01-24 Thread Lucas Rijnders
/06, Lucas Rijnders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: won't abandon that strategy now and the 645D will simply be an *ist-D with a large sensor. It'll feature P-TTL, SAFOX VIII, the *ist's lightmeter, etc, but no innovations that require large investments... -- Regards, Lucas

Re: Fwd: Re: Financal Condition of Pentax

2006-01-24 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:39:50 +0100, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or at least cut back investments. Herb's (and other's) problem was that he wanted a higher spec body, one even over the *ist-D. Herb's problem was (is) that Pentax was (is) showing no interest in producing a DSLR

Re: WTB: Exension tubes

2006-01-24 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:58:32 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone got some K-mount extension tubes for sale? Cheap? Uncoupled is fine. Yes. Currently for sale at http://www.marktplaats.nl/index.php3?url=http%3A//verkopen.marktplaats.nl/useradmin/mymarktplaats.php.

Re: WTB: Exension tubes

2006-01-24 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:17:46 +0100, Lucas Rijnders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:58:32 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone got some K-mount extension tubes for sale? Cheap? Uncoupled is fine. Let's retry that: Yes. Currently for sale at http

Re: *ist DL2

2006-01-25 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:06:05 +0100 schreef Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED]: aka Samsung GX-1L, isn't it? The 5 AF points a a giveaway, aren't they :o) Supposedly coming in March: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=16868507 and

Re: *ist DL2

2006-01-25 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:35:01 +0100 schreef Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Lucas Rijnders wrote on 25.01.06 9:28: The live preview could be a killer feature, depending on how well it's done. Bit of an odd body to introduce it in... It's a good body for such a feature

Re: *ist DL2

2006-01-25 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:49:09 +0100 schreef Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, I remember a rumor that the first Pentax DSLR was going to have LCD preview (about six months before the *ist came out). Doesn't anyone else remember that? So I am suspicious of

Re: *ist DL2

2006-01-26 Thread Lucas Rijnders
-DL2 pdf was correct we'll know today whether Pentax can counter this immediately. By the way, a third way would be in the light path to the AF-sensor. I think it's feasible, but with some interesting design issues of it's own... -- Regards, Lucas 2006/1/26, Lucas Rijnders [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Which lens do you use most?

2006-01-26 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:44:13 +0100 schreef Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Gang, This is not really meant as a survey, but it would be interesting to hear other people's preferences. Counting exposures made in 2005, my most used lens was the D-FA 16-45/4 zoom. With a Sigma 70-200 as a good

Re: Re: *ist DL2

2006-01-26 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:02:00 +0100 schreef mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: From: Lucas Rijnders [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip To make both digicam and macro users happy. It seems no live preview is a showstopper for lots of digicam/prosumer users. If Pentax is smart, it doesn't argue

*ist DL2 announced

2006-01-26 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Hi all, The camera appears to be true. No mention of a (live) preview. See http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/dslr/2006/01/26/3087.html. -- Regards, Lucas

Re: *ist DL2 announced

2006-01-26 Thread Lucas Rijnders
the sensational pdf floating around). Pentax site in Japan (as well as in UK, US) is silent. But Pentax Germany isn't: http://www.pentax.de/_de/photo/news/index.php?photonewsgruppe=news_id=142 -Not for Europe -Not-really-live preview -- Regards, Lucas Thu, 26 Jan 2006 02:47:47 -0800 Lucas Rijnders

Re: Analog enablement

2006-01-27 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:40:07 +0100, Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just arrived: very nice 645n with FA 45-85/4.5! What a nice piece of pro equipment. Too bad Pentax doesn't make something similar for K-mount... So now my film photos will be rather only 6x4.5 ;-) Digital

Re: *ist DL2

2006-01-27 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:32:53 +0100, Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] So who makes the sensor used in the Samsung Pro815? Good question. I take it noone else could find the answer either? -- Regards, Lucas

Re: Amateur Photographer

2006-01-28 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Sat, 28 Jan 2006 10:13:19 +0100 schreef Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This is the first time I've heard that. I can't see any difference between the mounts on the K and M designated lenses. Did Matanle describe the differences? Didn't the working of the aperture lever (from

Re: PUG (No longer Re: *istD2)

2006-01-30 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:29:44 +0100, E.R.N. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Forbes wrote: Perhaps we should make it more restrictive. It's the lens that counts, not the body. Why not stipulate that the picture must have been taken using a Pentax lens? In a digital camera, doesn't

Pentax Z-1p body cover repair...

2006-02-01 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Hi list, Does anyone happen to know how easy it is to remove the plastic body cover around the lensmount on a Z-1p? The one on my Z-1p is cracked while the one on my Z-1 is fine, so I was thinking to exchange them. However, simply unscrewing the two screws in the prism housing wasn't

Re: Pentax Z-1p body cover repair...

2006-02-01 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:23:13 +0100 schreef Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have a drowned PZ-1p body which is externally fine. If someone can tell us how to get the cover off, you're welcome to it. Rick, First, my condolances on the loss of your PZ-1p. Second: thank you very much for the

Re: Pentax Z-1p body cover repair...

2006-02-01 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 01 Feb 2006 16:19:37 +0100 schreef Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Of course there's a crack! I mended it with epoxy but it cracked again. The only (P)Z-1/1p I have seen without a crack is one that is brand new or freshly repaired. grin Weird that Pentax didn't fix that obvious

Re: I love ebay.

2006-02-01 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Thu, 02 Feb 2006 06:08:13 +0100 schreef Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Before I got an M35/2.8 from Don, I tried searching eekBay for 35mm lenses. That sure is fun! Tell me about it, I hunted a while for the K35/3,5. Why don't people call the camera's 135 format, like they should

Re: I'm an idiot

2006-02-03 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:34:22 +0100 schreef David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 2/3/06, E.R.N. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don Sanderson wrote: Don't feel bad Scott, you have no idea how many times I've tried to chimp when using a film body lately! ;-) As a sign of the times, I don't

Re: Vivitar 24mm/2.8 - any good?

2006-02-03 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:29:12 +0100 schreef Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: snip There's a listing for cult lenses somewhere on the 'net, and it provides some good info. That would be http://medfmt.8k.com/third/cult.html, a must read. Jim Colwell's SplosDB lists third party lense with

Re: I'm an idiot

2006-02-03 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:05:08 +0100 schreef David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 2/3/06, Lucas Rijnders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Op Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:34:22 +0100 schreef David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Whats an ell pee?? Think of it as audio-film :o) LOL Ah yes. Prone to scratching

Re: February 2006 Comments

2006-02-05 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 04:40:53 +0100, Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A quick review of my reactions to the PUG entries for February: Thanks for commenting. Calatrava by Lucas Rijnders: Nice composition. I know you can't control the weather, but it might look better

Re: This is new for mew

2006-02-05 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 20:27:45 +0100, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The adaptation possibility for Pentax K-mount makes the possibility of an Olympus, or Panasonic, 4/3 camera an intriguing idea. I am pretty I'd test that before spending lots of money on it if I were you. I

Re: Sad decline of PDML /WAS Re: GFM

2006-02-05 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 03:32:38 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 2/3/2006 6:30:19 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well...I would say it is a Python thing and that kind of insanity transcends all boundaries. Keith I wear high heels, suspenders and a bra McG

Re: February 2006 Comments

2006-02-05 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 19:41:34 +0100, Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 5 Feb 2006, DagT wrote: Den 5. feb. 2006 kl. 04.40 skrev Daniel J. Matyola: Undone by Dag Thrane: Another one of my favorites. I love thecolor, and I love the composition, but the needle really

Re: This is new for mew

2006-02-05 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 21:07:08 +0100, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 5, 2006, at 10:33 AM, Lucas Rijnders wrote: The adaptation possibility for Pentax K-mount makes the possibility of an Olympus, or Panasonic, 4/3 camera an intriguing idea. I am pretty I'd test

Re: This is new for mew

2006-02-06 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 22:30:09 +0100, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 5, 2006, at 12:21 PM, Lucas Rijnders wrote: If the Pentax lenses I have now work well on the Pentax *ist DS (and they do), I cannot imagine why they would work poorly on an Olympus 4/3 sensor. I

Re: This is new for mew

2006-02-06 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 22:30:09 +0100, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 5, 2006, at 12:21 PM, Lucas Rijnders wrote: I gathered, but it is hearsay from memory, that most OM lenses are simply not sharp enough on the 4/3's sensor. It is both smaller and higher resolution

Re: Sad decline of PDML /WAS Re: GFM

2006-02-06 Thread Lucas Rijnders
In a message dated 2/5/2006 10:35:52 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Actually, I fail to see why dressing up as a woman is funny. It's a very british thing. They quite succesfully exported it to australia. Not sure about the rest of the commonwealth ;-) Yeah, I've seen

Re: Metering, Yellow #8 and BW

2006-02-06 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 19:24:12 +0100, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You don't need to compensate for the filter if using the in-camera meter. Filter factors are only for external meters that don't meter through the filter. But if you do use an external meter I'd say you have to

Re: Sad decline of PDML /WAS Re: GFM

2006-02-07 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:55:25 +0100 schreef frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 2/6/06, Keith McGuinness [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip In the Lumberjack song, which was way back at the start of this snip I always thought they were making fun of Canadians. Or weatherforecasters :o) For

Re: Who is the owner/moderator?

2006-02-07 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:43:25 +0100 schreef Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've forgotten. Who is the owner/moderator for this list? See www.pdml.net I just got a mailbox full of those damned bounce mails from studiogriffanti . The owner/moderator needs to unsubscribe this person! --

Re: Sealing lens barrel

2006-02-07 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 07:26:11 +0100, Igor Roshchin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering if anybody has had any experience in sealing lens barrel against water and/or dust with any type of tape/sealant. The area of the barrel that would need to be sealed is away from the junction between

Re: PESO: Still more industrial nights and magic

2006-02-07 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 08 Feb 2006 03:36:47 +0100 schreef Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I like the color shot, a lot. Regards, Bob S. Agreed. -- Regards, Lucas

Re: THEWORD?

2006-02-08 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 08 Feb 2006 05:31:40 +0100 schreef Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Also, take a look at this page: http://flarg.com/Graphics/Bokeh.html My friend Dan Wexler implemented realistic optical bokeh in a computer renderer, and he has a little interactive image in that page that helps see

Re: Two high-end Pentax DSLR this year

2006-02-09 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Thu, 09 Feb 2006 14:45:15 +0100 schreef Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Exactly. It's certainly not bad news. And I'm glad to have at least some scheduling info, so I can plan accordingly. Note that the BJP article says the *645* digital is being

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