Re: GFM NPW 2010 - head count

2010-01-04 Thread Raimo K
Well - anybody going to the Photokina? All the best! Raimo K personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho/ Lainaus Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com: On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:35:03 + Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Bit early but anyone got plans to attend from far

Re: Street shooting with the K10D

2006-11-27 Thread Raimo K
I do not usually like street photos that much but these are great. Excellent tonality, too. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net

Re: Orange and azur...

2006-11-27 Thread Raimo K
Need on Tallinnast, väga tore! All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Roman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:50 PM Subject: Orange and azur... http

Re: OT: You don't necassarily need an expensive camera

2006-11-26 Thread Raimo K
MX and ME are the same in this respect - I have had both, now only ME. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Peter Lacus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, November

Re: PESO:the secret weapon of the Swiss navy

2006-11-24 Thread Raimo K
Whine? I would not be whining. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 4:33 AM Subject: PESO:the

Re: taking the plunge

2006-11-23 Thread Raimo K
Nice - but nothing my Optio SV could not do. I currently believe I will never buy a DSLR - too clumsy, I do not have so big shirt pockets. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: SJ [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: My long zoom expired. Help needed. Also WTB.

2006-11-23 Thread Raimo K
IIRC the first version - which I have - is the best at the long end. It´s a good lens. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent

Re: taking the plunge

2006-11-23 Thread Raimo K
Shutter lag is there but if you pre-focus it´s not bad at all. JPEGs are enough for me. It is extremely convenient to have a camera in your shirt pocket, no DSLR can do that. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message

Re: First success

2006-03-30 Thread Raimo K
Congratulations! I´m sure that Tampon 90/2.5 is a great lens ;-) All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 9:32 PM

Re: Optio

2006-03-29 Thread Raimo K
Mine was nice - but too small, I got the Optio SV which is slightly bigger. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Don Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, March 29

Re: Optio

2006-03-29 Thread Raimo K
At least Optio SV has a Really Good lens - see http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho/orchid.htm All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday

Re: cleaning house

2006-03-26 Thread Raimo K
Gevaert? All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Collin R Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 4:19 PM Subject: OT: cleaning house snip One roll of 620

Re: Good press for Pentax in Europe this month

2006-03-19 Thread Raimo K
Nah, Sony is up and coming, Konica Minolta is out of photo business. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 4:33 AM

Re: Good press for Pentax in Europe this month

2006-03-19 Thread Raimo K
Yeah, but will it be a Sony? Surely not Konica Minolta. Film camera part of Konica Minolta was laid to rest and digital camera assets sold to Sony - not much left, photographically. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original

Re: Best M42 Camera?

2005-11-03 Thread Raimo K
Has anyone here tried the current Voigtländer Bessaflex? All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:37 PM

Re: A Small Dilemma

2005-11-02 Thread Raimo K
Show me the pics and I´ll give you my answer ;-) All the best! Raimo K personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho/ Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Not long ago an acquaintance came to visit. We were talking about photography and cameras, and ended up

Re: New film from Kodak

2005-11-02 Thread Raimo K
Afga is already bankrupt. Just heard from a camera shop owning friend that it is still possible to buy Agfa film and stuff for minilabs in Finland but everything has to be paid before they will ship it from Germany. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http

Re: PESO - Sharing a moment

2005-11-01 Thread Raimo K
Maybe - but on the other hand maybe it wouldn´t. Maybe a little more of Granny would be beneficial. Good image, in any case. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: PESO The land of coke and honey

2005-10-29 Thread Raimo K
Where did you get so much beer? All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 9:53 AM Subject: PESO The land of coke

Re: My new Macro - a lemon.

2005-10-29 Thread Raimo K
Yes, it must be frustrating - but you can prevent the focal length change by taping or gluing the focusing ring so that it will not move. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: PDML Map

2005-10-28 Thread Raimo K
This is great! Thank you for the initiative. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 12:47 AM Subject: PDML Map

Re: 50mm/F2 lens worth a CLA

2005-10-28 Thread Raimo K
I can relate to that: I have one of the most expensive Pentax MEs in the world - and once had a similar Canonet G III. But after the CLAs I knew what I had. I´m going to have an expensive Rollei 35 S in the near future. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http

Re: My new Macro - a lemon.

2005-10-28 Thread Raimo K
length in the near range. Those are the options, you choose. About the dust - what magnification ratios do you use - I´d say that in order to really show in images the dust inside the lens the magnification must be rather extreme. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http

Re: Safe voltages for the *stDS flash hotshoe?

2005-10-28 Thread Raimo K
I have never measured it myself although I have one, it was something I read from somewhere. And Vivitar did it on purpose: high voltage means better reliability with poor contacts and long extension cords. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi

Re: Opinions of KENTMERE fiber based paper wanted

2005-10-28 Thread Raimo K
I have used this paper - but it was about 30 years ago, never seen it since. It was not too bad - and made in England. I have no idea what it would be like now. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Ann

Re: My new Macro - a lemon.

2005-10-28 Thread Raimo K
OK - there was a speck in one image but not on the others. Maybe it is a subject failure? All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday

Re: Pentax MV shutter speeds

2005-10-27 Thread Raimo K
Good guess - but MV has no manual speeds. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 5:32 PM Subject: Re: Pebtax MV

Re: Safe voltages for the *stDS flash hotshoe?

2005-10-27 Thread Raimo K
No, it is not. There are older flashes with really high trigger voltages, like the Made in Japan version of Vivitar 283 - voltage is almost the same: 275 V. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Glen

Re: Pentax MV shutter speeds

2005-10-27 Thread Raimo K
Manual is being conservative - all Pentax older cameras I have used (ME, ME Super; LX) have had much longer maximum shutter speeds than the manuals state. Maybe they cannot guarantee the accuracy of those longer speeds but my results have been fine. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography

Re: Peso - Another view of Frank's curve?

2005-10-27 Thread Raimo K
There´s a serious lack of motorcycles in the composition of both variants. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, October 27

Re: Snake in Oxford

2005-10-26 Thread Raimo K
I definitely want to visit Oxford. I have been within 5 miles of it but I was with a group and it was not in our programme :-(( All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax

Re: PESO - The Check Out

2005-10-26 Thread Raimo K
This is very well seen! All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Marco Alpert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax List pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:16 AM Subject: PESO - The Check

Re: Samantha pictures

2005-10-26 Thread Raimo K
Nice. I liked the outdoor pictures best. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Sandra Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:05 PM Subject: Re: Samantha

Re: People Portraits 2005 #42 - GDG

2005-10-26 Thread Raimo K
I think my comment would not be appreciated. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:15 AM Subject

Re: Gitty-up

2005-10-26 Thread Raimo K
Excellent! Expression, too. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 6:45 PM Subject: PESO: Gitty-up The days

Re: Self Portrait?

2005-10-24 Thread Raimo K
Yes, on a frozen lake. But I had studded tires (we all have in winter). And it is still very interesting. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss

Re: Today I Was Stopped by the Police While Photographing

2005-10-24 Thread Raimo K
Paranoid is the right word. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Malcolm Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 8:59 AM Subject: RE: Today I Was Stopped

Re: Self Portrait?

2005-10-24 Thread Raimo K
Yes, very. Teaches you how to drive (and how not). All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 6:36 PM Subject: Re

Re: Small Pentax K lens test

2005-10-23 Thread Raimo K
OK - but what is a Small Pentax K lens test, then? All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 1:02 AM Subject: Re

Re: Pirate Jenny at the Red Guitar

2005-10-23 Thread Raimo K
Good! All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 2:03 AM Subject: PAW: Pirate Jenny at the Red Guitar http

Re: A nervous shoot

2005-10-23 Thread Raimo K
Not too bad :-) All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 9:48 PM Subject: PESO: A nervous shoot I shot another

Re: Small Pentax K lens test

2005-10-22 Thread Raimo K
Well, strictly speaking - they are not. Not even M lenses. K bayonet, yes maybe - but what generation? All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net

Re: Self Portrait?

2005-10-22 Thread Raimo K
It´s not just anti-slip today. These electronics slow you down before you know it, very hard to crash at those speeds. The computer takes control by braking the wheels it thinks necessary. If the road is very slippery, it´s very difficult to get the car even moving at all. All the best! Raimo

Re: Small Pentax K lens test

2005-10-22 Thread Raimo K
You are right, of course - but IMO the original K lenses are those introduced with the K bayonet in 1975 although the lenses themselves do not have this designation. And it is not just PDML speak. But what would be the clearest naming system - I do not know. All the best! Raimo K Personal

Re: Today I Was Stopped by the Police While Photographing

2005-10-21 Thread Raimo K
This must be a very interesting topic. I got seventy-something posts of this kind in this morning only. All the best! Raimo K personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho/

Re: 31 / 39 MP Kodak CCD

2005-10-21 Thread Raimo K
KAF 39000 is 36 mm x 48 mm and 39 megapixels! All the best! Raimo K personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho/ Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The sensor size is 33mm x 44mm The info can be found here: http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/news/articles

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-19 Thread Raimo K
Strange thing, buddhism. Gautama Siddhartha - also called Buddha - was not and is not god but a real human being - but he is worshipped as god by millions of people. We zen-buddhists know that everybody is a Buddha. All the best! Raimo K personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi

Re: LCD screens and the way we photograph...

2005-10-18 Thread Raimo K
That means that the electronic viewfinders I have seen are not clear. I expect more development in this respect. Sorry if my choice of words was not clear - I am not a natural English speaker. All the best! Raimo K personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho/ Quoting

Re: LCD screens and the way we photograph...

2005-10-18 Thread Raimo K
That would indeed be good - but I do not think that there are more than one of those - Epson. Looks like good optical viewfinder is expensive to make. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Toralf Lund

Re: PESO - Swing'n

2005-10-18 Thread Raimo K
No, it does not - you took the picture - and it is nice, like you say. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Patrick Schork [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 8

Re: Pornography Issues in Photo Labs. Was: Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-18 Thread Raimo K
So pornography is not forbidden at all. Just improper photography, whatever that might be. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread Raimo K
Crazy hypocrites, the Americans. And it is spreading. On one hand the sex industry is thriving in the US and on the other some people see sex everywhere but there where it is. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread Raimo K
Like Oscar Wilde, I can resist anything but temptation. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 11:03 PM Subject: Re

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread Raimo K
No, I am not a diplomat of any kind - and we should not be discussing this OT thing here but it´s alarmingly close to our favourite hobby. Photography, that is - not pornography. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original

Re: LCD screens and the way we photograph...

2005-10-17 Thread Raimo K
I am waiting for the electronic viewfinders to develop to clarity - it would be the best of 2 worlds. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread Raimo K
OK, show me your stereotype of projection. I have been to the US and would like to come again - but I would like to be able to take photographs and I´m afraid that some would be improper. Bails are too high for me. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http

Re: Restaurant Balzac

2005-10-15 Thread Raimo K
Food porn? Be happy that you are not in Texas. Nice images, whet your appetite. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent

Re: I´m back

2005-10-13 Thread Raimo K
Yeah, that could be interesting. All the best! Raimo K personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho/ Quoting Lasse Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: snip Anyway, photographically there is one distinct advantage in riding a bicycle - you can actually shoot pictures while

Re: I´m back

2005-10-13 Thread Raimo K
My current favourite is Optio SV. I still have one ME and some lenses for it. And Leica M6 and Bessa-R and lenses - no Canons. All the best! Raimo K personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho/ Quoting Frantisek [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wow! Welcome back! Are you still

I´m back

2005-10-12 Thread Raimo K
I am a long time PDML member but I have been off for awhile. I don´t think anybody has noticed. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho

Re: I´m back

2005-10-12 Thread Raimo K
Yeah, right... What has happened is that motorcycling season has now ended here, so back to photography for me. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss

Re: I´m back

2005-10-12 Thread Raimo K
Thanks. Motorcycle - not much photography when motorcycling - do not know why, but so it is for me. And yes, I motorcycled in Estonia. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Lasse Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: I´m back

2005-10-12 Thread Raimo K
Yeah, right... Actually what happened is that motorcycling season has now ended here so it´s back to photography for me. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax

Re: Photo Vest

2005-08-12 Thread Raimo K
Yeah - I have a Nikon vest which is not half bad but the best is the one I ordered from Chasseur d´Images magazine in France. It´s light. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Hopi Couple

2005-08-12 Thread Raimo K
Great picture! All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED]; pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 9:31 PM Subject: PESO: Hopi

Re: Bob Shell?

2005-08-10 Thread Raimo K
All the best to you! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 6:04 PM Subject: Bob Shell? Hello All, A friend mentioned to me

Re: Optio S4 replacement

2005-08-10 Thread Raimo K
I have Optio SV now - I had Optio 4i before - and I have a gnawing suspicion that the earlier camera was better. There´s no way I can prove it but that´s what I feel. Optio SV makes smaller files. The SV is not bad, either - and the size gives better grip. All the best! Raimo K Personal

Re: OT- Kodak Ektra Sold on eBay.

2005-08-09 Thread Raimo K
Zeiss Contaflex and Contarex come to mind. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Andre Langevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 7:47 PM Subject: Re: OT- Kodak

Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%

2005-07-25 Thread Raimo K
The Philips sensor had the same difficulties in the Pentax camera as well - and, yes the price would have been too high. Pentax had the capability of producing the camera but not the chip. And it was never introduced or marketed. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http

Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%

2005-07-25 Thread Raimo K
That´s what I heard from Finnish representatives. And how could same sensor have noise in one camera and not in another? All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax

Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%

2005-07-25 Thread Raimo K
. The Contax brand is dying - film and digital - the last one to die will be the 645 in December, according to PopPhoto. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss

Re: Opinions about Sigmas

2005-02-26 Thread Raimo K
But if it´s sharp at f:16 only? All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 9:06 PM Subject: RE: Opinions about

Re: SMCP-A 50/1.4 for US $224.49 ! Think I'll get rich.

2005-02-26 Thread Raimo K
Sorry, I do not get it. I am not a pinhole photography fan but it´s not laughable. Price is not high, either. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss

Re: FGA Friday

2005-02-25 Thread Raimo K
I have an orphaned Pentax AF 220 flash LNIB - TTL only and I cannot use it on my manual bodies. Is there anybody who would like to have it? I´d like to get postage (and if somebody wants to pay something, it would be even better). All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http

Re: PESO ^

2005-02-24 Thread Raimo K
Composition is quite simple. I like it. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 1:38 PM Subject: PESO ^ I´ve been looking

Re: A vision of Godfrey

2005-02-23 Thread Raimo K
So much mail here that I cannot subscribe to any more lists. Sometimes I switch, though. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Jim Hemenway [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday

Re: Opinions about Sigmas

2005-02-23 Thread Raimo K
IF Aspherical which is not bad at all - for an inexpensive consumer zoom - I intend to keep it and sell the 3.8-5.6/28-200 Tamron. I have had no problems with compatibility. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message

Re: A vision of Godfrey

2005-02-22 Thread Raimo K
That looks like a Ural, with lots of strange parts. Nobody would put a Ural tank on a BMW - I would think. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net

Re: A vision of Godfrey

2005-02-22 Thread Raimo K
to either. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 6:59 PM Subject: Re: A vision of Godfrey Mark Roberts wrote

Re: A vision of Guzzis (OT)

2005-02-21 Thread Raimo K
There is a quite big difference between 20 miles and 30,000 miles. All the best! Raimo K personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho/ Quoting John Whittingham [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I think it would depend on the actual machine you were servicing rather than

Re: KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses

2005-02-20 Thread Raimo K
There has been only one 2.8/24 mm lens for Leica R system, the Elmarit-R from 1974 and it is a Minolta design made entirely in Germany. The 2.8/24 Elmarit-M ASPH is a Leica design - an excellent one - made in Germany. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http

Re: A vision of Guzzis

2005-02-20 Thread Raimo K
I. But I sold my Moto Guzzi California III - now I have Honda Deauville - Dullsville, yes but nice bike for touring, I hope. I have only done 130 km on it. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Godfrey

Re: A vision of Godfrey

2005-02-20 Thread Raimo K
Form follows function... or what. Moto Guzzis are not ugly, they are very motorcycle-like motorcycles. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent

Re: KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses

2005-02-19 Thread Raimo K
Perhaps it was not Sigma but Cosina? All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: John Whittingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 4:16 PM Subject: Re: KA mount Carl

Re: KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses

2005-02-19 Thread Raimo K
Vivitar is just a marketing company, no manufacturing facilities at all. But they had an optical design team in the eighties which created some excellent designs. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From

Re: KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses

2005-02-19 Thread Raimo K
The 8/500 and 8/800 MR-Telyt-R lenses for Leica were made by Minolta. No 600 mm mirror Leica lens, not by Perkin-Elmer, not by Vivitar. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Tucepi

2005-02-19 Thread Raimo K
I like it. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Peter Lacus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 7:33 PM Subject: PESO: Tucepi A view to a Croatian coastline

Re: A vision of Godfrey

2005-02-19 Thread Raimo K
So you are on the Leica list, too - I remembered right. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Jim Hemenway [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 7:19 PM Subject: Re

Re: Was KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, now Leica lenses from Japan

2005-02-19 Thread Raimo K
No Leica lenses have been made by Cosina - so far. Sigma, yes and Minolta, yes. But it was a question about KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Jim Hemenway [EMAIL

Re: A vision of Godfrey

2005-02-19 Thread Raimo K
I agree, this list is more friendly - democratic, you might say. I used to own Alfa Romeos, too. I see that on your list you show and image of BMW GS - I did own a Moto Guzzi California III, now I have a Honda. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi

Re: M42 adaptor

2005-02-17 Thread Raimo K
Auto/manual switch is not needed, the aperture will close or open as you turn the aperture ring. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent

Re: M42 adaptor

2005-02-17 Thread Raimo K
Yes, you are right. M42 lenses are indeed different from K mount lenses in this respect. Sorry about the confusion I may have caused. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Pentax F 24-50/4

2005-02-16 Thread Raimo K
Not at all.It is optically ecxellent, mechanically mediocre. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 12:25

Re: MZ-S Question

2005-02-15 Thread Raimo K
It beeps when you shoot the 30th frame and also if you have turned the remote control on. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Patrick Genovese [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday

Re: LX Malfunction

2005-02-15 Thread Raimo K
Mine neeeded at least about 2 f-stops of underexposure to fire the flash, even if the X-LED illuminated - which it did like you say. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: LX Malfunction

2005-02-14 Thread Raimo K
That´s not a malfunction, LX behaves this way. All the best! Raimo K personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho/ Quoting Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I had what sounds to be the same problem with my LX a few years ago. Put the flash on the hotshoe, in either

Re: Cosina 100-300 (5.6-6.7) AF

2005-02-13 Thread Raimo K
Lack. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 4:14 PM Subject: Cosina 100-300 (5.6-6.7) AF Any idea

Re: LX Malfunction

2005-02-13 Thread Raimo K
What shutter speed the camera was offering? Was it close to the sync speed 1/60? Sometimes the camera shows a speed that should require triggering of the flash but then decides against it when you take the actual picture. At least mine did. Mildly annoying. All the best! Raimo K Personal

Re: PAW: Jazz Guitar

2005-02-13 Thread Raimo K
Yep - and from the Leica list I remember this good hint: always shoot from the shadow side - advice by the respected Canadian photographer Ted Grant. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff

Re: LX Malfunction

2005-02-13 Thread Raimo K
Yeah, I thought you know your LX but after the drop you might not remember it - but you did. So there must be something wrong with it. BTW I dropped my LX once and got away with only scratches. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho

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