Hi, frank,
I guess it's just a slow night! Why don't you get a life, anyway?
-frank
frank theriault wrote:
Frank,
Don't talk to our friend Frank that way!
--Mike
I'll have to check, but I think the theme for next month's PUG is
Sentimental Flowers.
Oh, you laugh, but I'd WELCOME such an assignment. I'd twist that cliché
like Snidely Whiplash's mustaches. As you didn't specify WHAT sentiment.
evil g,
--Mike
Mike Johnston
Wakes up. Scratches...er, disk, checks email, yawns, peruses digest
Urp. Hi Mike!
Enthused greetings, good Sir. I trust you are well and hale? I'm glad to
find you here despite your recent migration to the realm of pixelation.
--Mike
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DSLRs use smaller sensors than 24 X 36 mm 35mm film does.
Thus, for a given angle of view, they use shorter focal length
lenses. Shorter lenses give better depth of field. I get great
MACRO shots with my digicam that would be impossible with
35mm or God forbid 6X7.
Seconded. It's exactly
Good to see you back Mike with Pentax equipmentg.
Thank you, Dave. Good to be back amidst this most excellent company.
I'm sheepish to admit that the recent serendipitous gift of a mere -2
diopter has transformed my old ME Super from a semi-unusable camera to an
eminently usable one. With the
Didn't see your post, but it your column was posted at least twice by others.
Loved it!
Ah, good.
Have a good Thanksgiving, and welcome back.
And a healthy and hearty Thanksgiving to you too, Sir. And to all of you who
celebrate the holiday as well, for that matter.
I happen to be a
Yeah, but presumably they also use the film format? I know fcalc
prompts asking what format you want the COC for. Changing this from
35mm to APS (roughly what a DSLR does) reduced the DOF as a larger
magnification would be required to compensate at the enlarging stage.
Increasing your
And I'll be sat back with a tepid pint of Old Stumpy Firkin's Dog Breath
Extra Strong brewed in a Chelsea Pensioner's coffin
That's the difference between the PDML and the LUG...on the LUG they're
always gassing about single-malts. Here we have Cotty and his Brit
moonshine! Long live the
I'll be traveling until Saturday, but will see you all then. Happy
Thanksgiving. And go Packers.
--Mike
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knowledge has to be handed down to us from authority. (unattributed:
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Pentax uber alles,
--Mike
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Mike Johnston
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Great to have you back Mike...
Thankks Norm, and, Len, I hope I'm back to stay...I'll be away for
Thanksgiving but I'll settle in after that.
Shooting Pentax again, too. g
--Mike
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Great to see you posting here. Great post as well.
Paul,
Thank you kindly, good Sir. Looking forward to reading your lens knowledge
again as well.
--Mike
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You missed the deadline for the PUG again. ;-)
Hey, but Dan, GUESS WHAT?!?
I GOT A SCANNER!
(Mike enters the information age...slowly, ever so slowly)
...Which means I can now submit to the PUG every month with no problemo. I'm
psyched.
--Mike
Mike Johnston
Photography is simple
at one of
the links below--it's called My Favorite Lens and it's about the Pentax
50/1.4.
--Mike
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The Grey by David J Brooks. Nice cat, as far as cats go up the niceness
scale :)) I love the way the pattern on the couch mirrors and complements
the fur texture.
Ack. *sniffle*Ahh
CHOOO!!!
*sniffle*
cough
Sorry, allergic
As I've noted several times here, I did a little research a few years ago
and arrived at an informed consensus among several experts that if the
Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50/1.4 were to be built and marketed today, it
would have to retail for between $800 and $1600 somewhere, probably in the
What? You're not a fan of the 2000s Redskins?
Does Jack Kent Cooke still own the team? Is Joe Gibbs still the coach? Bobby
Beathard still the GM? Is Art Monk still running his routes? Big Dave Butz?
Riggo still the running back? The Hogs?
Man, those were the _days_.
--Mike
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Why, oh why couldn't she have discovered this a few years earlier? Oh,
the Sunday afternoons we could have spent curled up together on the
sofa, the weekends I could have watched the Redskins _and_ been with
her... *sigh* God has an odd sense of humour.
Y'know, she's utterly _adorable_
And the Cowboys still managed to beat them now and again.
You know, it's odd, but I haven't heard much about the Cowboys recently.
What was their record this year?
g
--Mike (now a Packers fan anyway...Waukesha, Wisconsin)
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The integrated red filter has a piece of dust at the center.
How do I clean it?
Hey, guys, why is everybody so upset over a little dust? If it isn't
starting fungus (which can be checked by a loupe most of time), I
wouldn't worry about dust. Even about a speckle of black pain inside
the
Yes, Alan, I was ROTFL at the message too (being on camera-fix as
well) G. I didn't yet reply to it, though. Perhaps I could buy the
lens in pieces from him and let Pentax repair it and get a Ltd much
cheaper than used one ;-) ?
Just joking. I would advise the guy to not attempt it...
Anyone have any idea how the bokeh of the Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 135mm
f/3.5 stands up to the bokeh of the Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 135mm f/2.5?
TIA,
--Mike
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some pros are making money as local reps for a baseball-card
company. Take shots of local LittleLeaguers, have them made into Baseball
Cards, sell them, make a mint . . .
Somehow, mint just doesn't seem the right word...g
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find
a niche and work to fill it. Glamour? Local sports? Horse shows? Dog shows?
Cat shows? (Mike Johnston, bite your tongue! People pay more to have
portraits taken of their cat or dog than they would to have portraits of
their kids.)
Ouch!
And I thought baby-wrangling was bad...if you
Basic principle seems to be to find a niche and become know for quality
product.
Seriously, Stan, this is excellent advice. Most photographers do exactly the
opposite--and fail in business. They don't want to specialize. They want to
do everything. Two observations:
1. In many cases, even
I have a great problem. I have to buy gear for about US$1000. That's not a
problem, the fact that I won't be able to buy anything more in a long time
(I'm going to be a father this spring :-) is.
Ok, this is my one shot. What should I buy. How do I best put my money in
gear to evolve myself
In my prime as a darkroom worker I could make 100 8x10
prints, all
from different negatives, in 2 hours.
I presume you using a processor? When I was doing the home lab
business, I could print 3 - 24 exposure rolls of film, all
negatives metered, and contrast eyeballed, in an hour. This
Mike,
Which enlarging lenses worked the best for you and TX?
Just curious,
Bob
Hi Bob,
I've always used Rodenstock enlarging lenses. Best lens I ever owned (till
now) was an 80/4 Apo-Rodagon--sweet thing. I used it for everything from
35mm to 2 1/4 square. In recent years I've used a 50mm
Why do you choose or stay in Pentax ?
I got interested in photography seriously in 1980. I considered a Leica R3
but, although I could afford it, I knew I couldn't afford additional lenses.
I ended up buying a Contax 139, which I used all the way through photo
school (I have a BFA in
Whats the point of releasing a 3Mp SLR, when 6 is the accepted norm and now
striving for 8-12?
Well, I suppose you have to start somewhere...
kevin
2 mp digicams outsell 3 mps, and 3 mps outsell 4 mps.
And actually, it's the implementation that matters. The more pixels, the
higher the
Here's the thing: which Pentax M42 camera has the best view finder/focusing
aids? I've read all the major pages on the topic and little is mentioned about
the various finders. I would happily trade TTL metering for a really good
finder or perhaps a really small (ME like) chassis...
I've had
C'mon Mike!
Folks, I'm reasonably certain there's not going to be any digital SLR from
Pentax at PMA. So those of you holding your breath, please release it before
you turn a cool color.
You can't whack me with that, without some supporting evidence! Dish me
some dirt, baby.
Can't,
You need a tripod with the 67 if
a) you are exceptionally jittery
b) you are using long lenses with it, like the 600 f4
c) you aren't holding the camera properly
d) you need a tripod with your 35mm
Anyone who says otherwise has one of the above problems, or has never
used the
Why does exposure supposedly change when filtering for VC papers and it
doesn't
change with VC head? Does it really change?
Frantisek,
It changes with the Saunders enlargers because they have ND filters that
change as you change the filtration.
The way the Saunders dichro-type enlargers work
So, basically, Pentax is proven right...but they had to add mirror lock
to the camera to prove themselves right. That's pretty funny, and yet
kind of sad at the same time.
Aaron,
Not really. I'm sure the camera will sell better to macro photographers and
astrophotographers and the like, who
To anyone who speaks English English--can you please enlighten me as to what
a bedsit is??
--Mystified Mike
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Their objective in killing the BIN is to get the gear at less than the BIN,
presumably because they value it at less than the BIN. Therefore, this
tactic is no good against somebody like you who values the gear at more
than the BIN. Simply quote a maximum bid equal to the BIN, and you will
Me:
I do agree that using an enlarger meter is a good way to get to a
first print very efficiently. For those in the U.S. and Europe, JOBO
makes a good one.
tv:
Which one is that?
Well, the good one I have is a JOBO Comparator 2, with the enigmatic number
6251 on the box which I'll have to
My local dealer isn't going to
get any soon. He has a stock of 645n's in boxes on the floor.
Probably 5 or so. I wonder how fast he sells them.
Bruce,
That's _very_ unusual considering how small the markup is on most medium
format equipment. That's why most camera stores don't carry any. A
C'mon pentax, give us some news!
Folks, I'm reasonably certain there's not going to be any digital SLR from
Pentax at PMA. So those of you holding your breath, please release it before
you turn a cool color.
--Mike
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LX body with three different finders.
Two complete flash setups (280 and 400).
About seventeen different lenses, the gems of which are
a) SMC 50/1.2
b) SMC-A 85/1.4
c) SMC 200/2.5
d) SMC shift 28/3.5
e) 500/4.5
Lots of other various and sundry bits and pieces of associated gear.
Jim,
BTW - Here's a question that's long puzzled me: How is Ctein pronounced?
ka-TINE
--Mike
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Hi, what's a Dichro head?
And which one would by my head? (Meopta Colour 3, 3 CMY filter wheels
plus one ND wheel, halogen lightsource)
MJ Frantisek,
MJ That's a dichro (dichroic) head.
MJ --Mike
Oh! Pity. Does that mean I have to trash it?
Huh? Why would it mean that?
--Mike
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CB Hey Pentax brother,
CB Don't get the M lenses!
CB 'K' for best overall optical design, or 'A' for color contrast
improvements. Even the SuperMultiCoated Tak 50/1.4 would be better than the
'M' and would look nice on a KX!
I've owned and tried every version of the 50/1.4 except the
BTW, know what's with Ed's magazine?
I didn't see any update or new issue mentioned on his site for more
than half a year! He didn't answer my friend's email about
subscription too :( So I wonder, is it still up, or has it gone down the drain
of
good photography magazines, like most of the
In 1998 I went to the camera store looking to buy a used Nikon. But the
saleswoman raved about the Super Program, calling it her baby. And she was
pretty, with these big, beautiful eyes, so
Paul,
I make life-choices based on things like that too. wry s
--Mike
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Women. You can't
So when I advise young photographers what to buy, I urge them to consider
defunct bayonet mounts such as Konica--yes, Konica. No one uses it, you say?
Exactly. World-class third-party lenses in Konica mount go begging for buyers.
And Konica itself made some excellent optics, such as their
That is very sad news. Ed was very helpful to me some time ago, he is
a very kind guy. I feel much sorry for them.
Yes, he really is a wonderful guy, courageous, humble, kindhearted. I hope
he's okay. I'm going to try to dig up his phone number and give him a call.
--Mike
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Why do you choose or stay in Pentax ?
I must admit that part of the reason is the PDML. I've recently been tempted
by bother the Nikon FM3a and the N80. But if I got those I wouldn't really
belong on the PDML. So I bought a few more Spotmatics instead.
--Mike
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Be CERTAIN that you are not underselling yourself. Sometimes you will be
surprised how much some people (perhaps in very remote, smaller
markets) will be willing to pay for an item when you may deem it
significantly less in value.
I once sold a bunch of classical LP records. I had paid
Big news--Fuji have introduced a 6.17 megapixel Super CCD III camera based
on the Nikon N80 that allegedly offers real improvements in sensitivity to
the equivalent of ISO 1600 with little noise. Check it out:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0201/02013003fujifilms2pro.asp
--Mike
Photography is
Now, I'm lusting after the 645, and have casually mentioned to my wife the
possiblity of converting a section of the garage into a darkroom.
I'm a dead man.
Marc,
Join the crowd, join the crowd.
Actually, I guess you already have! gg
Good for you in starting a darkroom. I have the studs
Thanks Mike. Another question: Obviously a VCCE head is convenient. Is it
superior to gel filters below the lens in terms of image quality?
Paul,
Yes, I think so. More to the point, it offers more control more easily. With
infinitely variable contrast BETWEEN whole or half grades it's very
I have used the 40mm f4 El-Nikkor for years when I need to make a 20x24 from
a 35mm neg. on the baseboard on my Beseler 23C III. It does an excellent
job -- grain is clear and crisp and there is minimal light falloff.
Okay, I guess I'm wrong about wide-angle enlarging lenses. Actually I'm
I finally nabbed a true new one. In a sealed carton, truly never
used, it had all the wrappings and warranty card, everything that made
it a brand new lens. I paid dearly for it, since another ebayer had
cast longing eyes on it too. But, it was totally free of yellow cast.
Sid,
That's
It has been available here for over a month now. In fact, I plan to visit
the Pentax distributor today and take a look at it.
Excellent! I trust we can look forward to a report...?
--Mike
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Here's the URL for Ctein's site.
Ctein is one of the few masters of the arcane process of dye transfer
printing. All of his original prints are 16 x 20 dye transfers and they are
drop-dead lovely prints. Also, all of his pictures were taken with Pentax
6x7s and 67s.
Here is what I have from Pentax as to the features of the upcoming new
version of the 645N:
645N II
--Same award winning design as the 645N, with added features requested by
photographers
--Mirror-up function eliminates vibrations caused by mirror movement during
critical long exposures
Subject: Test
Test
Augh! And I haven't studied.
Well, same as it ever was.
--Mike
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Paul,
Good for you.
You should order the booklet The Magic of Darkroom Art from Preston
Publications (phototechmag.com). Wretched title--I couldn't do anything
about that--it was originally supposed to be called The Photographic
Darkroom, subtitled A Primer. It's meant to be a basic publication
BTW... Paul's Flaming Pie album is a great one. Maybe I'm amazed.
Except that it's called Flaming Pie. Paul never had a knack for words.
John was the poet. Did you ever hear the story about the original words for
Michelle? Paul's original lyrics had Scrambled Eggs as the trope for
Michelle
It must be enlarger week - I just set up a new Saunders 670 VCCE.
Tv,
That's what I use. Totally unexciting enlarger and totally competent. g
I also have a Durst.
--Mike
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Thanks for the heads-up.
I actually inherited my father's V35 whch came with
the Leitz 40. It has performed very well, but then I
haven't compared it to anything else except the Nikkor
50/2.8.
Bob,
It does do well, esp. for bw, just not as well as the best 50mm lenses.
The Leitz gets
I hear what you say, but like many talented photographers here, you
sometimes forget that some of us are still in learning mode, although I am
pleased to say it's coming on line quickly:-)
I can risk cheap film in order to get my act together, as long as I don't
go mad.
I'm not as good
As for the other expenses, it's a month away. We'll know everything then.
I must have money on the brain. I mistyped expenses when I meant
changes.
Can you have a senior moment at 44? Well, whatever
--Mike
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If you part with it and get another new, be certain to purchase the extended
warranty. Seems like these new bodies aren't built as well as the old metal
ones. (Hark! I can hear screw-heads everywhere ... they're cheering wildly!)
No, just nodding sagely.
;-) the screwy wink
Hi Mike,
What is large structure contrast? How does that difffer from contrast? Are
contrast and resolution at odds in lens making formulas? Do high resolution
lenses generally exhibit less contrast? I need some education here.
Paul
The 'Primer' on lenses I always recommend to people is
Yeah but, realistically, a 645N is a more practical camera for 90% of
photographers. It's a better compromise, much easier to handle, and is more
able to serve as an only or all-purpose camera.
But isn't there a new one on the way?
--Mike
I ask myself as follows:
Q: What is the reason I
Quality Factors - 6x4.5 vs. 6x6 vs. 6x7
Ernst Wildi in his Medium Format Advantage book notes (on p.28) that
the
6x4.5cm vs. 6x6cm cropped rectangular images printed at 8x10 both
have to
be enlarged by a factor of 4.6X. Using a 6x7cm (56mm x 68mm) image,
the
rectangle has
Why do I want to know this? Well, with more than a dozen bodies, many
duplicates of one another, it would be nice to know, quickly and easily,
which body may have scratched the film, which body's
Do what the old newsrooms used to do. File a code in the film gate. That way
every negative
Great advice and picture. The shop owner echoed your feelings. He
said he was comfortable taking the 645 anywhere, but not the 67II. He
said that working from a car or studio - not really walking anywhere,
the 67 is the way to go, but the portability and ease of use of the
645 can't be
Another little benefit of the list--our friend Cotty has sent me a book I
couldn't get in the States, that's only available in England.
It's called _How To Lose Friends and Alienate People_ by Toby Young.
The cover quote--which I think is hilarious--is:
I'll rot in hell before I give that
Beatles albums for $1 each.
Twist and Shout
The Beatles - A Hard Days Night
Rubber Soul
Beatlemania! with the Beatles
Beatles,65
Beatles VI
Something New - The Beatles
All of these, bar Rubber Soul and Twist Shout, must have been for the
overseas market, as I don't think I ever saw
So the supposedly broken 67II came with the original receipts?
Don't take this the wrong way, but it makes me wonder if it was stolen.
Gee, Ya THINK?
--Mike
If it sounds too good to be true, it's usually hot.
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Nope. It's highly unlikely that a thief would try to sell on ebay. Too easy
to get caught. If your camera was stolen, wouldn't you watch for it on ebay?
Paul! Read the papers. eBay is a hotbed of hot merchandise and scams, to the
tune of millions of dollars a year, not to mention the auctions
So now I'm a happy camper. I can make reasonable quality 8x10 digital prints
of digital photos or slides I have had scanned. It opens up some new
possibilities. Thanks for keeping the topic open until I could figure out
how to do it! g
It's almost sinfully fun, isn't it, Bob? Although I
Just out of curiosity, how much did you pay for it ? What condition was
it in ? say compared to the one at
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~nitin/es2
I am selling the one above, so price comparison might help :)
Nitin,
Well, I'm sure I overpaid--I usually do wry smile. Plus, the ES II bought
Some other points: AFAIK, this is an unmoderated list, and as such, aside
from posters putting forth their views and arranging a vote on the issue,
there is no likelihood of any enforcement. Upshot: factions result, with
some posters being antagonised, others disenchanted. Some may block
Yes, it would be a hot seller indeed. I know the thread is about
Lens I wish Pentax made, but a moderately priced 85mm lens is a
lens that ~Pentax~ ought to wish it would make.
Yes, it brings up a good point, too, Fred--which lenses SHOULD Pentax make?
Obviously we'll never see a 35mm f/0.9
The question that comes to my mind is this: what's the advantage or
disadvantage of a greater number of blades, apart from the shape it
contributes to OOF highlights and the like? Some newer Leica lenses
have the most odd-shaped aperture opening, looking more like a six or
eight pointed
Olympus's 100/2 macro was justly popular.
Actually, the longer Zuiko Macro was a 90mm f/2. The 100/2 wasn't designated
a macro lens. But it almost was: it focussed very close for a 100mm, well
under two feet if I remember correctly. It was an absolutely marvelous lens.
Well, still is, as you
But still, there are twenty people on this
list with 67s who DON'T like their 67 best.
There is something wrong with each and every one of them.
To say nothing of the people who don't even own one at all. g
-- Mike
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Ain't photography grand. The more you know the less you know.
So that would mean the favorite focal length voted for by Pentax prime
lovers (excluding medium format) is the boring 50mm??
Eh? Boring? Methinks not. The 50mm focal length is the most difficult of all
to master. It neither imposes nor even suggests its own aesthetic.
Dan Scott (dangerously
1) If you are from the PDML and want to flog your auctions, do so, perhaps
the list has missed what you are offering. You benefit, call it a perk for
being one of US.
Take my Leica! PLEASE g
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewItemitem=13242
75206
-- Mike
Re: How has your Pentax day been?
Well, I just bought an ES II. Does that count? It's not here yet.
-- Mike
Ain't photography grand. The more you know the less you know. (Shel
Belinkoff)
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I don't see it as any big deal, one way or the other.
And, in any event, we're going to get this all nice and hashed out so it's
as pretty as a House Bill, and then everybody will go on doing exactly what
they want.
--Mike
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Am I fighting for a lost cause here?
Yes, but you're so entertaining to watch while you do it. Carry on.
--Mike
Photography is simple. The only complicated thing is keeping it simple.
(Ken Archer)
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Artur, In my very non-professional opinion, Kodak Tri-X and D-76 make an
excellent film developer combo for those just beginning bw. My first batch
of Tri-X I'm sure was way off specs for temperature and time but I still got
acceptable results.
Evan, I'll second my professional opinion as
There was until recently a night spot in Charlotte called The Polo Lounge
Ralph Lauren and Co. sued saying the name polo was their property. Sure
fooled me. I always thought polo was a game similar to croquet played by
rich Englishmen on ponies.
And let me guess, it changed its name
The issues below are my findings as well. At first I didn't know what
caused my film flatness problems except that it happened in cold weather.
My camera back has been at service a couple of times and the last time
everything was tightened up. If anything, this made the problem slightly
Here's Ctein's reply in re P67 lenses, for Bruce Dayton and others:
The reference to the lens is because I traded him an SMCP-M 50/1.7 for a box
of photo paper. s
--Mike
Dear Mike,
Hi, there! I got the two newsletters and I actually got to read them a
couple of days ago. Great! (more
I bought an enlarging lens for 6x7. It's a Nikon Nikkor 105/5.6. It's
the earlier lens with the metal frame and aperture ring.it's at
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1324296864
I may buy some other lenses and test each, then sell the losers. Is
anyone familiar with this
Ok MF shooters has anyone used Tech Pan and are the results as amazing as I
would believe.
I've not tried Tech Pan but in my experience (645) the limitations for
Pentax MF is lens quality and film flatness so I doubt it would be THAT
amazing.
Right. To say nothing of the fact that
The value of any item is whatever two reasonably knowledgeable persons are
willing to exchange it for.
Car insurance excepted.
--Mike
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But Mike, nobody's talking about Michael Andretti. The Michael referred
to is Michael Schumacher, current world champion and Ferrari driver.
Michael Andretti never drove for Ferrari - he only drove for McClaren
for 2/3 of a season then got fired.
Thanks,
Ed
Thanks, Ed.
Sorry for my
A slight (pedantic?) clarification is in order, perhaps.
Or, perhaps not. Nip of Bob W.'s cooking sherry then, Bob H.? There's a good
lad.
;-) ---(dreaded wink twice in a row--O, bad night, bad night)
--Mike
Photography is simple. The only complicated thing is keeping it
WANTED: minus-2 diopter for Screwmount camera (SPII).
Can anybody help??
--Mike
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disrespect to them, but if I had to do that to pay the bills I'd
probably shoot myself.
Sorry Aaron, but there's no money in self-portraits either.
--Mike
P.S. No, not even for Cindy Sherman!
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I think I've solved the problem. Care to try it again?
Bill Owens wrote:
Looks like Times New Roman.
I'd like to know what sort of typeface you see in this logo:
http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow/street-gallery-logo.html
Hopefully the font will look like it was typed on an
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