On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 23:46:08 -0600, you wrote:
I'm almost certain that when your browser requests
a URL, it communictes the URL of the page you are coming
~from~ to the HTTP server. (I may be wrong. If I am punish me by sending
me an LX.)
This might be possible but it would have to get the
Wouldn't be legally binding (in the U.S., anyway): All the cases that have gone
to court so far (like Ticketmaster's lawsuit) have said anyone has the right to
link to anything they want to on the web, even in cases of so-called "deep
linking" (which was the case in the Ticketmaster suit).
"Dan Scott" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What would be the soul mate for Pentax's Auto Bellows A?
Why *I* would be the ideal soul mate for the auto bellows A!
Shall I send you my shipping address?
G
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...and if people *really* want to keep flame wars alive it would be helpful to those
of us with
killfiles if they would keep the subject line the same (or at least similar). Mine has
been deleting
anything with "wake up" in it for some time but I can see the same topic has morphed
itself
Any chance that this is yet another Tamron rebadge?
I thought we discussed this and decided Tamrom didn't make anything like
it, and it looks almost exactly like the 20-35/4.
True. Tamron just announced a 24-135, I believe, but not a 24-90.
Personally, I'm a bit disappointed thet the Pentax
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 12:35:50 -0600, "William Robb" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark, if you can tell me how to exclude an entire directory from
a harvester (gads, I wanna be back on the farm!!) I will look at
it most carefully.
User-agent: *
Disallow: /DirectoryNameAndPath/
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On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 09:14:03 EST, you wrote:
In a message dated 1/22/01 1:30:47 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I just wanted to remark the fact that a working, if not nice, cable
release can be self constructed with no more the 3$ expense, an hour
time and a little
Yes, there were some problems with the initial batch of 1270 inks. That
problem, much like the problems with colour print materials from the mid
'70s, has apparently been licked.
Do you have a source for this? AFAIK, the problem (glossy prints
fading to orange) is still there. Epson was
There are several people on this list who use 4000 dpi film
scanners. And Kodak photo CDs can be made for anyone. And who
says you have to scan your film at all?
I was gonna say that it's the same argument as "Why spend money for good
lenses when all you're going to do is make 4x6s?" :)
But
what do you think about the Sigma 28-105 F2.8-4 I am thinking
to buy this lens to replace my pentax FA 28-70 F4. In the 28-70 range,
is the sigma as good as/better/worse than pentax?
Far worse. That's why you can find so many of those on the used market.
Stay with the lens you already
There's a swedish second-hand store on the web, that has had the good
fortune to purchase the remains of a bankrupt camera store. The main
reason I'm posting about it, is that those remains included a number
of brand new MX winders! I've already ordered one for myself, so now
I figure it's safe
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewItemitem=1210315638
Wish I had seen this when it was posted.
Yikes! Me too.
Occasionally someone who doesn't realize what they have sets a
"buy it now" price too low. I got a virtually mint (seems as if
it
Mike Johnston wrote:
The point of the article was that for a time, manufacturers poured all their
expertise and effort into making products _better_, and then, at a certain
point, they started devoting more and more of their expertise and effort
into making products _cheaper_. Both require
the moment I looked at the first
black white print I shot with this lens. I remember standing
there in the darkroom just stunned.
You *owe* yourself this feeling!
Mark Roberts
(Lens Purchase Enabler in training. How'm I doin?)
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My favorite general purpose lense is an FA 35/2 AL, although I just
acquired an A 50/1.7 to use with my bellows.
This is an important comment. If I remember correctly, the bellows manual
says that the 50mm 1.4 and the 1.2 lenses are not suited for the bellows. I don't
know
why, but maybe
Todd Stanley wrote:
So, am I bad person for peeling them off of my equipment? I personally
think they ugly, plus after several years they become all gooey.
I must be an even worse person: I took the "SE" sticker off my
K1000SE!
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The real ones say "Pentax" on top and "Japan" on the bottom,
or"Asahi Pentax" on top and "Japan" on the bottom" (I have two
genuine Pentax ones, don't ask why, I think one came with a
"Ghostless" UV filter). You have an imitation cheap junk one. If
you think it looks nice, you should see the real
"Bill Owens" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In order to maintain harmony at home and possibly avoid divorce court, I
actually passed up an LX today. I'm starting to wonder if maybe a new wife
isn't easier to come by than an LX :-)
"I'm not going to get married again. I'm just going to find a
woman I
"Doug Franklin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 14:42:07 -0500, Robert Harris wrote:
I got several of these
stickers, should I put them on the lenses I am reselling? Even on East
German ones ;-) ?
Only if you are going to sell them. Must make them worth more if people
use
Arrgh.
I'm feeling only slightly better after one of those "bad days at
work" because of the two glasses of wine I had with dinner.
Anyone need a tech writer (who, like all tech writers, longs to
be just a "writer")?
Ah well. I can console myself with a couple of facts:
I just received a
"Bill Owens" wrote:
Couldn't I just sell it on eBay and make a bundle? You know: I
could put *rare* in the heading.
(Or maybe "L@@K" or "MINTY!")
"MINTY" might work but I'm afraid "rare" probably wouldn't. There's
usually dozens of these advertised on ebay :-)
Yes, they're just slightly
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 23:24:04 -0600, "Treena Harp"
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I raise a virtual dark Irish beer in toast to you on that one. It's not that
I don't like what I do, I just don't like for whom I do it. I love my work;
I hate my job. The only job that sucks more than mine is the part
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 21:40:23 +1300, "David A. Mann"
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Mafud writes:
Does anyone *regularly* use hyperfocussing with their wide angle lenses?
I do, but I don't set the "exact" hyperfocal distance according to the lens
scale. I tend to keep 1-2 stops in reserve if
Fuji, Konica, Noritsu, Agfa and Kodak all produced digital-capable
minilabs this year, most of which do not print conventionally at all,
but consist of scanners and an array of LEDs or lasers to expose the
digital image onto conventional photographic paper which is then
conventionally processed
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think you may have misunderstood my post. I presume you are wanting a
center graduated polarizer, and AFAIK, they do not exist. What does exist for
some LF lenses are center spot graduated filters designed to even out the
exposure variance caused by light fall off
Not my auction. Looks like the seller doesn't know what he has.
Looks like the camera has a SMC-A 50mm F1.2 mounted on it ...
Jeez 'O Wilakers!
are you guys all members of the Blind Photographers Guild ???
If you enlarge the thumbail it plainly reads f1.7
Not only
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:29:10 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Also, don't forget that with the SOOO WIDE FOV, some parts of the sky will
be darkened more than other parts (you will be recieving both rays
polarised more and polarised less), so you will propably get a very strange
effect of both
Mike Johnston wrote:
Cy wrote:
But it now for ONLY $400. WOW what a deal!!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1210191220
It annoys me when people call a 40mm "rare." They're not at all rare.
I'd bet that, other than maybe the 50/2.0 they're the single
most commly offered
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:12:02 -0500, you wrote:
Hi all,
Just thought I'd pass this on to the rest of the list, since we've got many
active eBay users
I received the following spam this morning from some site attempting to
parade as eBay. The intent appears to be either to fraudulently
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001 05:26:30 -800, you wrote:
http://www.useit.com/alertbox
is Jakob Nielsen's column on web design and related issues. I
recommend it as a corrective to the "look what I can do" syndrome
that makes many web sites overly complex.
Remember, ebay works on a computer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The only 100% successful ebay bidding strategy requires deep, deep pockets,
deeper than anyone else's, and submission of a bid far beyond the likely
price. And only one person can play this game at a time.
Absolutely true. Of course, most people aren't interested in
"Chris Niesmertelny" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A hearty well-done for the work displayed on this month's PUG. A heartier
well-done to those folks that make it happen! I raise a glass of Black
Tan to you all.
My favorites this month, and only in the order they appear in the Gall
Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That said, I'd prefer, if anyone on the list is going to use AOL,
that they use an earlier version that supports plain text or consider
employing another email client to interface with the list, as Peder
did.
Hasn't AOL gotten around to making its system
I thought it would be helpful for the list members who are
attending this event to be able to get messages to all the
others who are going without cluttering up the list itself with
messages that are of little interest to the majority.
So...I've set up a "guest book" where we can post notes,
On Mon, 05 Feb 2001 16:18:26 -0800, "Alan Chan"
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Shel, you're a good enabler (whether you're trying or not:) but I haven't
paid
off the credit card yet! g
My K2's will love it, but it'll certainly look weird on the Z-1p.
I have found it looked best on a chrome MX. So
You can get the latest Pentax service manual PDF at
http://www.robertstech.com/pentax.htm
Someone noted that the ME Super manual refers a lot to the ME
service manual so you really need both to work on the ME Super.
Well, now ya got it!
The exploded diagrams and parts list are mssing due to the
There seems to be a problem with the ME service manual. It will not open and when
downloading it, only 77k
of it comes across.
Sorry about that, folks. It seems the PDF file got corruptes
somewhere in the upload process.
It's all fixed now.
Mark
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Stephen Gandy has updated his page that started this thread:
http://www.cameraquest.com/pen4319.htm
Everyone can draw their own conclusions.
Pretty humorous way of saying "Oops, I goofed" if you ask me!
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Has anyone taken one of these lenes apart?
Yes
I have one that has lost the "click" on the apeture ring. What
makes this happen
There's supposed to be a spring-loaded ball bearing in there
that clicks into detents inside the aperture ring. The ball
bearing is missing. Don't know how this
is KM body. Mark
Roberts (another list member) is gradually putting PDF versions of Pentax
manuals up on his web site.
And actually ,I just bought Collin's KM from him!
When I get it fixed I'll let you know what the problem turned
out to be. I'm suspecting a bad potentiometer in the meter
calibrati
Donna says,
I'm new to pentax and to manual photography. Always used full auto
everything cameras. I am going to learn manual photography. Received
a Pentax MX free, plan to learn on it. Would appreciate any help you
can offer. Also, where can I get accessories for this discontinued
On Fri, 09 Feb 2001 08:07:51 -0800, I wrote:
I've been using the Bogen 3055 for some time (with my 35mm
Pentaxes as well as my 465).
Erm...make that 645
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I have mislaid the web address for the site you are refering to, could
someone re-post it,
http://www.robertstech.com/pentax.htm
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Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's a wonderful story. I once waited two hours in the House Ways and
Means committee hearing room for Dick Gephardt to show up, and when he did
he just went to the podium to explain to all the nice people who had hired
me why he couldn't talk to them
"aimcompute" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
By the way I just have to get this out of my system. Does Galen Rowell and
his OBVIOUS pimping of even Nikon's mid-level 35mm offferings make anybody
else want to puke too? Sometimes I enjoy his OP column, but I recall one
recently that was what I just
Chris Brogden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
*LOL* Illustrating Python songs... now *there's* a PUG.
I'd go for something from the Holy Grail:
"Camelot" or "Brave, Brave Sir Robin" perhaps!
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Jeepgirl wrote:
who's money python?
He's a witch.
Turned me into a newt!
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If I were shopping for a new camera right now (and I may be
later this year) I'd be considering the MZ-S and the PZ-1p.
Although there are many differences between the two, the ones
that would affect my decision would be the better viewfinder
(from what we've heard so far), faster standard flash
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark, K2 really benefits from being cleaned. Especially the
exposure-compensation and MLU lever got much more easiter to operate after
I clened the whole camera (K2DMD). It's also an enjoyable process! Seeing
all the great designing under the hull of K2 cameras...
Yep,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would like to hear from those of you who are active in photography clubs
- what does your club do? - main interests of group? - competition or/and
image education?
Well, I'm a member of the Acoustic Photographer's Guild g
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"Alan Chan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The jury's still out on the MZ-S. I haven't see,
held, or used one. I don't know the price. I _hope_
it's a F/N80-Elan 7 fighter. New technology at a
price I can afford.
In the end, what matter most is the actual selling price.
I quite agree. No matter
I once read someone referring to an "acoustic" lawnmower,
referring to the old-style, unpowered kind of lawnmowers that
you have to push.
I think I *am* going to put up a web page for the Acoustic
Photographer's Guild!
A scroll of mail from Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 13
No membership dues!
No membership benefits!
No prestige!
No kidding!
http://www.robertstech.com/apg.htm
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I'm proud to say that the Guild QUINTUPLED its membership today!
John Edwin Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Join the Acoustic Photographer's Guild
No membership dues!
No membership benefits!
No prestige!
No kidding!
http://www.robertstech.com
Members who insist on repeatedly using a high-powered flash during a
circumcision qualify for the title of Dangerously Intrusive Photographer.
For bonus points, use flash powder instead of an electronic
flash!
"Smile! POW!"
;-)
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There's one for my permanent atrchives :-)
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"dosk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
"All lens tests are wrong."
Maybe. But I would like to know about Sigma, for Pentax k-mounts.
If all lens tests are wrong, then all generalizations about an
*entire line* of lenses are even more wrong!
You'd be better off asking about a specific Sigma lens.
About the only disappointing thing about my experience with the
Pentax 645 I purchased this year has been my lack of any means
of doing any macro photography.
Before buying extension tubes or a macro lens I thought I'd try
an achromatic close-up "filter". So last week I scored a 58mm
Sigma
Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Equatorial radius of earth (roughly, depending on your model):
3444nm
This must be a realy tiny scale model!
3963mi
6378km
or
12756km all the way through...
Regards,
Bob...
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SURVEY: How many list members make 11x14 or larger BW prints,
and how often?
From black white? I do very frequently. And I want my shots to
be sharp enough to *be able* to go to 11x14 all the time.
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SURVEY: How many list members make 11x14 or larger BW prints,
and how often?
From black white? I do very frequently. And I want my shots to
be sharp enough to *be able* to go to 11x14 all the time.
Of course, I'm assuming you're asking about 35mm.
And I actually do all my black white work
"JeffW." wrote:
Seeing the pics of the MX-S and thinking about camera bodies, which Pentax
(or other) camera do you find most comfortable (physically) to use?
PZ-1p is my fave by far.
My 645 is pretty close, though. It does, of course, have the
benefit of having fewer things to adjust than
The 2 second mirror lock-up is for critical macro or telephoto shots. The
manual mirror lock-up feature on the LX or K2 or ... do make a difference
when shooting 300mm+ lenses on a tripod. The whole camera/lens combination
gets to shaking when the mirror goes up. The 2 second pre-fire is
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1216518967
(I hate you!)
;-)
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Well the word for "pertaining to Greek culture" is "Hellenic",
so I suspect the "H" belongs in there.
I think the "H" is anglicized.
Funny, we Brits usually drop the H from the beginning of words!
;-)
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Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Office Depot closeouts.
Windows ME upgrades
I've got 2 for $45 each.
No thanks. I'll wait for the next upgrade.
I'm sure they'll call it the Windows ME Super upgrade.
;)
Mark
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"dosk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can anyone recommend a good camera bag that would be large enough (and small
enough) to carry, let's say, a PZ and a ZX body, along with 4 lenses? (I'm
leaving myself some room for future expansion here...)
Something less than $100??
If you're really on a tight
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
RUN Pl, LX owners gonna kick the peanuts out of your MMs!
Never heard that expression before...but I really like it!
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"Doug Franklin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Any of those still work? I got the impression eBay kept revising
its system to defeat them.
Sorry, but I don't know. I tried one out a long time ago (written in
Java, I believe) but ebay isn't that big a part of my life :-) ... and
neither is the
Juan J. Buhle wrote:
I had a pro tell me once that "There is not a lens made that will not
outresolve the film."
I disagree. Check out
http://www.crosswinds.net/~jbuhler/HLimited/index.html
That poor thing is outresolved by TMZ.
:-)
I love it! Where can I get one?
(Some of those shots
Clive Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Brian pointed out http://www.crosswinds.net/~jbuhler/HLimited/index.html
Now call me strange, but I really like the picture of the Metro sign.
No, you're not strange. Well, no stranger than I am.
Wait. Let me rephrase that!
I liked some of the the stuff
n New York State
recently.
Several employees got arrested at a Burger King on the Thruway
(Interstate Highway 90, for those overseas) for putting foriegn
substances including window cleaner and urine onto food.
Mark Roberts
(Vegetarian for 12 years, I might add!)
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Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
walking around with one camera over my shoulder is fairly normal here
in London, and it has the benefit that it prevents Americans from
asking me the way to Leicester Square :o)
Good thing, that. Because you don't have to hear them try to
pronounce it.
;)
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I was at a local camera shop today, looking through the bargain
bin of odds and ends they always have out. I've never found
anything I wanted...well, not until today. There was a perfect
Tiffen FL-B filter in 72mm size for $10.00. The big coincidence
is that I was about to buy this filter because
Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
the joke among the British is that Americans pronounce it "less tuh",
with the stress on the 1st syllable. We like to encourage them in this
for our own amusement.
In fact, the correct pronunciation is "lie sesster", with the stress on
the second syllable.
Roland Mabo wrote:
For example, the FA 50 f/1.4 is a steal, Zeiss performance at the lowest price of all
50 f/1.4.
Absolutely! And probably one of the most overlooked lenses in
the Pentax lineup, largely due to the fabulous Limited lenses.
When I started to look into getting the FA 50/1.4 some
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 12:00:52 -0600, you wrote:
I just set up an old Apple II (e?)
That's a screw-mount, right?
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This is likely to be a wiring problem. I expect there's a bad
connection or broken wire between the potentiometer in the lens
mount (of the camera body) and the metering cell circuit board
arounf the eyepiece.
IF that's the problem it would be an easy fix.
Email me privately if you want to
- MX...110
- LX...106
Noo, we're losing ground!
Hey, didn't somebody on the list buy that big pile of LXen and gear for
$9,900? Those should be in the total!
LXers, get out there and BUY SOME MORE!
Give up now LXers.
Resistance is futile. You
dick graham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is it just me, or do others sense that Pentax took some design cues from
the Ford Focus.
Nah, but they took some model name ideas from Kawasaki.
(Now *there's* a ZX-7 I'd like to own!)
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Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chris wrote:
Basically, it's an MX with 28mmm, 50mm, and a something-200 Pentax lens
(probably 80-200), flash, manuals, etc. The Buy-it-now price was... get
ready for this... $80. Someone got an MX with three lenses for $80. Just
shoot me now.
John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jim Meeks wrote:
Dan Scott wrote.Is the answer, 42?
And of course the question is "What's 6 x 9?"
No it isn't.
The correct phrasing for that question is
"What do you get when you multiply six by nine?"
But that's not the question. Or so Marvin
Chris Brogden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
" Boston Marathon 2000 " by Mark Roberts
I like the spacing on this image. It's cropping out more of the runner on
the right than I'd like, but at 400mm you don't have a whole lot of choice
over that, especially if you want to get that boy i
Chris,
I love this photo. I'm just wondering why you didn't save it for
next month's "Textures" theme. A standout, in any case.
"Chris Niesmertelny" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chris Brogden, with obvious good taste, comments:
" Woman in a shower " by Chris Niesmertelny, USA
Chris, thanks for
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Although I love the FA24/2, I have to say Yoshihiko has a good point.
The FA24/2 with hood attached is easily twice as big as anything else,
twice the diameter and twice the length. Check the specs on Boz's site.
The tulip hood will store reversed on the front of the
. You've
just given an example of the old saying that a picture is worth
a thousand words.
The bad news is that I may have to get a 50/1.2 now.
Mark Roberts
(Enabled again)
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A few weeks ago I bought a Pentax K2 and I haven't taken any
pictures with it yet...because I haven't had a lens that was
"appropriate" for it.until today! My "new" lens arrived
in today's mail! A genuine pre-A-series, pre-M-series,
post-screw-mount, SMC 50/1.4 and it *is* nice. Except
"William Robb" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Photography is the art of seeing. The idea is to see what
you want to be in the picture, and include only those relevant
elements in the viewfinder, giving yourself just enough room
around the edges for printer cut-off if you have machine prints
made,
"Cy Galley" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The amazing thing is neither took the pictures according to their text BUT
both lenses have the same problem.
I think all these lenses broke in this fashion. I bought one
last year with that problem (I just tore it to bits and used
some of its electrical
Pl Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The problem is that they don't understand this camera; they don't
understand Pentax. A Nikon MZ-S would be immediately understood
Now *that's* one of the most interesting - and astute - things
I've read yet in this thread!
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You could add my service manual site:
http://www.robertstech.com/pentax.htm
I'll be adding the Pentax Spotmatic service manual soon (I have
it here, but need to get around to scanning and converting it to
PDF) and another list member is sending me manuals for the
Program Plus and a couple of
Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tracking down my problem a *little*, I've found that if I select
"View/Preview/Uncompensated RGB" I get proper display, but I
didn't have to go through this annoyance before (and there
doesn't seem to be any way to make this the default view...)
Try adjusting
On my 24/2.0 I usually use a 72mm filter with a step-up ring. No
vignetting problems there. (It is akward to get the filter
on/off if the lens hood is in place, though.)
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here are the comments I've collected on the 28/3.5. Because it is so "slow"
compared to most 28s, it is in little demand and can be readily found for
less than $100. So don't feel compelled to buy the EBay article; with a
little Web searching, you can find this lens
Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
you'll never get any respect using a Leica. Whenever I use mine people
completely ignore me and just carry on doing what they were doing
anyway. They must think I'm just some scruffy old git who can't afford
a new camera.
You mean you aren't???!
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I just bought my first "K" lens, a 50/1.4, and I must say that I
love the "feel" and heft of it. It just seems very right on my
K2.
Paul wrote:
I tend to agree with your preference for the K versions. My most
frequently used lenses seem to be Ks, and I only wish I owned more
examples of this
You can find a K-1000 with SMC-M 50mm f/2
lens for under $100 on eBay if you watch the prices and bid at the last minute.
I bought one in excellent condition for $90 a few months ago, and I wouldn't
hesitate letting any of my three older grandchildren (ages 6, 9, and 11) take a
picture with
On Fri, 9 Mar 2001 22:00:49 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The discussion was about my K1000's light meter being screwy at slow
shutter speeds with the ISO at a high level (eg. 1/30sec at 3200ISO, and 1/2
sec at 400 ISO, etc.). The response i was given claimed that it (A) had to do
with
Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark Roberts wrote:
I just bought my first "K" lens, a 50/1.4, and I must say that I
love the "feel" and heft of it. It just seems very right on my
K2.
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I've never used, or even held, a K50/1.4, but I will
"Michael A. Moore" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The later version is made in China or Taiwan (can't remember
which now) and has a *plastic* top and bottom. I don't believe there
were any other significant changes.
Small detail: The ones with the plastic top plate also have
plastic rewind knob.
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