Re: K-5 Special Edition (with that lens)

2012-03-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling Unifocal lens? I read it as a unicycle lens, and was really excited for a moment, but then I reread it and that moment passed... Probably means you're about due for some bifocal lenses. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K-5 Special Edition (with that lens)

2012-03-10 Thread P. J. Alling
. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Dario Bonazzadario.bona...@virgilio.it Sent: March 3, 2012 3/3/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: K-5 Special Edition (with that lens) - Original Message - From: Brian Waltersapathy...@lyons-ryan.org To: Pentax-Discuss

Re: K-5 Special Edition (with that lens)

2012-03-03 Thread Dario Bonazza
- Original Message - From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 10:36 PM Subject: K-5 Special Edition (with that lens) http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2012/03/01/collectors-start-queuing-pentax-k-5

Re: K-5 Special Edition (with that lens)

2012-03-03 Thread Cotty
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/03/02/Pentax-K-5-Silver-Marc- Newson-40mm-F2.8-XS Who is this Marc Newson? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: K-5 Special Edition (with that lens)

2012-03-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/03/02/Pentax-K-5-Silver-Marc- Newson-40mm-F2.8-XS Who is this Marc Newson? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/magazine/marc-newson.html?pagewanted=all New York Times. Feature article in January of this year. -- Mark Roberts - Photography

Re: K-5 Special Edition (with that lens)

2012-03-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
Well, he is what I thought he was. A jewelry designer who has successfully bamboozled thousands. A lounge chair made with aircraft aluminum upolstery? A personal jet plane? (does it fly?!?) A space plane? (great concept, no engineering needed here!) What a pile of Bull Shit. Put him on the planet

Re: K-5 Special Edition (with that lens)

2012-03-03 Thread Cotty
On 3/3/12, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/magazine/marc-newson.html?pagewanted=all New York Times. Feature article in January of this year. Designers. Bah. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche --

Re: K-5 Special Edition (with that lens)

2012-03-03 Thread William Robb
On 03/03/2012 4:48 AM, Cotty wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/03/02/Pentax-K-5-Silver-Marc- Newson-40mm-F2.8-XS Who is this Marc Newson? A furniture designer. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: K-5 Special Edition (with that lens)

2012-03-03 Thread John Sessoms
From: Mark Roberts Cotty wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/03/02/Pentax-K-5-Silver-Marc- Newson-40mm-F2.8-XS Who is this Marc Newson? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/magazine/marc-newson.html?pagewanted=all New York Times. Feature article in January of this year. If memory

Re: K-5 Special Edition (with that lens)

2012-03-03 Thread Tim Bray
-ryan.org To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 10:36 PM Subject: K-5 Special Edition (with that lens) http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2012/03/01/collectors-start-queuing-pentax-k-5-silver-special-edition-announced I thought the new 40mm had elements

Re: K-5 Special Edition (with that lens)

2012-03-03 Thread Dario Bonazza
Tim Bray wrote: Does that lens have any kind of a hood? One of the nice things about the 40mm Limited is the hood, which there's no good reason ever to take off. -T My reply: I'm afraid it's one of those designer's products where function follows form :-( Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: K-5 Special Edition (with that lens)

2012-03-03 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 3, 2012, at 11:26 AM, Tim Bray wrote: Does that lens have any kind of a hood? One of the nice things about the 40mm Limited is the hood, which there's no good reason ever to take off. -T I did my best to replicate that hood on my FA31 using filter step down adapters, which work a

Re: K-5 Special Edition (with that lens)

2012-03-03 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Edition (with that lens) - Original Message - From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 10:36 PM Subject: K-5 Special Edition (with that lens) http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2012/03/01/collectors-start

K-5 Special Edition (with that lens)

2012-03-02 Thread Brian Walters
http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2012/03/01/collectors-start-queuing-pentax-k-5-silver-special-edition-announced I thought the new 40mm had elements that projected out the back and might conflict with the mirror. Apparently not. -- Cheers Brian ++

Re: K-5 Special Edition (with that lens)

2012-03-02 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2012/03/01/collectors-start-queuing-pentax-k-5-silver-special-edition-announced I thought the new 40mm had elements that projected out the back and might conflict with the

Re: K-5 Special Edition (with that lens)

2012-03-02 Thread Larry Colen
On 3/2/2012 1:51 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Brian Waltersapathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2012/03/01/collectors-start-queuing-pentax-k-5-silver-special-edition-announced I thought the new 40mm had elements that projected out