Has anyone here tried the 2nd incarnation FA100-300 (i.e. this version:
http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/zooms/long/FA100-300f4.7-5.8.html) on
one of the digital Pentaxes?
I'm thinking about selling mine (the lens) to a guy with a K10D, and
want to be able to tell him that his body and this
Last Saturday, I decided that I would take my PZ20 out for a spin, for a
change. Unfortunately, we didn't get very far. After just 4 pictures,
the -20 decided it was time to rewind the film. This has happened once
before, and I believe I got exactly 4 shots last time, too. I've used
this body
On a somewhat happier note, it looks like I've just got myself two good
lenses for 350 Norwegian Kroner + a few hours of playing around with
screwdrivers, a drill, various solvents and some oil... That's an
M28/2.8 and a 135/3.5 - the original K version.
I've sort of been thinking I should get
Possibly, as the film has been sitting for some time partially wound, the
effort to wind it exceeded some force limiter, making the camera think it had
come to the end.
So, you think the film may have settled in such a way that winding it
was heavier than usual?
Try reloading, putting
Just had to submit this after seeing P.J. Alling's Ikea breakfast:
http://www.toralf.net/bilde.php?navn=samson
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Scott Loveless wrote:
Toralf Lund wrote:
Just had to submit this after seeing P.J. Alling's Ikea breakfast:
http://www.toralf.net/bilde.php?navn=samson
I like it.
Thanks.
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Just another sign of boredom (on a rainy day):
http://www.toralf.net/bilde.php?navn=samson2
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Nice mood.
Thanks.
In my very own personal taste it could use a little bit more of constrast.
Now that you mention it, I think I might prefer it that way myself. I
didn't do much work on the image file (which is a scan from bw film.)
How about
Hi Toralf,
I actually like the first one, maybe with just a bit more contrast but
less than 2b. 2c is way too bright and kills that mood.
Yeah, I wanted it dark because that was what the scene looked like and
felt like at the time... 2c is a rescan with a completely different
setup. I
Looking at all three, they don't express to me that feeling of dark
with glistening wetness that I think it what you're trying for. They
just seem flat and dullish in appearance.
I like the composition though, so I bunged about in a heavy handed
way with curves adjustment tools [ ...
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Just another sign of boredom (on a rainy day):
http://www.toralf.net/bilde.php?navn=samson2
- T
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Having looked at the originals and the other versions, I rather like the
Another from the upcoming Tree collection...
http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/20b.htm
Comments, critique and good fertilizer all welcomed.
I have no special comments, really.
But I like it.
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Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
I'm glad that gives you some ideas.
I'm happy to send you the Photoshop CS2 file with all layers intact
of what I did, if you want to see what and how I worked on it. It's
about a 2Mbyte file in .zip format if you'd like it.
Why not?
You can email it to me
Just another sign of boredom (on a rainy day):
http://www.toralf.net/bilde.php?navn=samson2
Lovely composition - the rain (and resulting lack of people) makes for
a very austere, moody shot.
Great stuff.
Yes. Thanks!
I don't know if you've ever been to Oslo, but if you have,
[ ... ]
Honest question:
Does Pentax announce it when they cease production of any item, no matter
what?
Very good question.
I did get a pretty firm the f/1.7 variant has been discontinued when I
asked the local distributor about the availability of normal lenses
before I bought the
Digital Image Studio wrote:
On 20/09/2007, Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I did get a pretty firm the f/1.7 variant has been discontinued when I
asked the local distributor about the availability of normal lenses
before I bought the one mentioned earlier. I'm not sure, however
ann sanfedele wrote:
TIA if you can tell me how to use the search mechanism to find the
unread message in my 3000 plus message inbox...
Well, I'm using Mozilla Thunderbird rather than Netscape Communicator,
but since these essentially different variants of the same product I'll
give it a
Scott Loveless wrote:
PUG's up. Sorry for the delay. http://pug.komkon.org/ November's
theme is opposites. You can submit photos at http://pdmlpug.org/?cat=4.
We have a large field this month. 35 damn fine photos.
Indeed.
I think I agree with most of what's been said about it already.
For a second rate company, they do pretty well.
Try shooting with a mid range or higher Canon somtime.
Have a look at the D40.
In 1972, Pentax was still more or less a big player in the marketplace,
though they were already at least a generation out of step.
People want decent
Adam Maas wrote:
Roman Melihhov wrote:
I remember how it all started with K10D. Lotta rumors, unrealistic
expectations, [ ... ]
Roman.
Good bet?
12MP, 5fps, improved AF system, ~20 RAW buffer, 1-2 stops better high ISO
noise. ISO200-6400 native. New shutter with 1/8000 and
jtainter wrote:
It's been reported here that the DA lenses generally cover very nearly the
image circle required by 35mm film, so
perhaps they would be perfect for something like 1.3x. Or, I believe someone
talked about 1.2x, too;
-
Some do, some don't.
Don't what exactly?
The
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It wouldn't be logical from a marketing point of view to introduce a camera
that can't use the lenses that you've just introduced.
The Nikon mentioned *can* use the smaller format lenses; it will
automatically crop the picture to the appropriate size, as far as I
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Oct 19, 2007, at 3:09 PM, Toralf Lund wrote:
Possibly with 14bit RAW's
Do you think that would be possible?
I know you (or was it someone else?) have been saying the light
collecting capability of sensors has been improved lately, but in
order
Adam Maas wrote:
Toralf Lund wrote:
Adam Maas wrote:
Roman Melihhov wrote:
I remember how it all started with K10D. Lotta rumors, unrealistic
expectations, [ ... ]
Roman.
Good bet?
12MP, 5fps, improved AF system, ~20 RAW buffer, 1-2 stops better
David Savage wrote:
On 10/20/07, Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd actually be surprised if they went for a 12 or 14 bit variant from
Sony, or any 3rd party producer, seeing as the K10D has a special A/D
converter designed by Pentax.
I don't believe they designed the A/D
David Mann wrote:
Its already been a week since I broke my left collarbone and it's
feeling a lot better than I would have expected. I cut the
painkillers down to bedtime-only after a couple of days (I was only
taking about half of what I was allowed to in the first place). A
couple
graywolf wrote:
Or something like a 24x30 or 24x32 frame?
Or 24x28, even?
Yes, a change of aspect ratio would be interesting. I wonder what the
reaction would be...
Toralf Lund wrote:
On the other hand, as perhaps someone mentioned earlier, there's a lot
between 1.5x and 1.0x. It's
Adam Maas wrote:
Tom C wrote:
With the caveat regarding who knows about Pentax?...
I'd take a full frame sensor that did very well between 200 - 400 ISO any
day (ISO 800) w/b nice, over any sensor that had marginal high ISO [ ... ]
I get results at ISO1600+ on film that I would
Tom C wrote:
I just learned a new word. A friend asked me to scan some slides. The box
he gave me has the phrase diapositives Kodak.
Learning all the time ;-)
I believe the word was explained here in a not too distant past, when
some (other) Norwegian referred to his slides as dias, and
Scott Loveless wrote:
Holy cow! It's early for a change. http://pug.komkon.org/
A lot of nice pictures, there. Including some that makes me want to say,
I should have thought of that (since I couldn't come up with anything
for this theme.)
My favourite is Upstairs, Downstairs.
- Toralf
Bob W wrote:
Hmm.
http://www.vogue.co.uk/vogue_daily/story/story.asp?stid=48097
'Hand-finished'?
And 'ergonomically designed', too. I wonder how other manufacturers
design their bikes.
£6,200?
And here I thought the light alloy, disk brake, 28-speed bikes at
£2000-3000 had
David Savage wrote:
On 10/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
P.S.: The theme I had in mind is related to halloween, so I was hoping to
start
the thread tonight if possible.
Sounds fine to me, but Halloween isn't a big deal in this corner of
the world. I'd have
Adam Maas wrote:
I doubt it, from everything I've seen, Pentax has been shipping K10D's
out to stores about as fast as they can get them in.
K110D's on the other hand...
I'd be willing to help them get rid of one, if it was written down
anyway and thus valueless, I mean ;-)
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Maybe those bargain basement camera prices in N.A. aren't that great after
all. Selling a lot more things that aren't worth as much.
This thread's going in the plonk file right now. I just can't handle
the speculation anymore. g
I believe you may
Tom C wrote:
I said alot more because the article said Sales at the company, which also
makes medical
equipment rose 15 percent.
I suspect alot of those sub-$700 K10D's are in the writedown.
No, I don't think it works quite that way. You don't include equipment
that's sold a short
directly above
and follow the directions.
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Adam Maas wrote:
Right now, with the lowest-priced 35mm dedicated scanner being over $500
(Nikon Coolscan V), and Epson 4490's available refurb for $98, the choice
isn't so obvious.
There are actually (considerably) cheaper dedicated 35mm scanners -
from Plustek, Pacific Image etc. Not
Mark Roberts wrote:
mike wilson wrote:
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mike wilson wrote:
He eliminated (many of) those in-camera. The point is still that
3000 files is not the same as 3000 prints or slides. Produce
equal numbers of the same end product before you tell me
John Francis wrote:
On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 08:56:16AM -0500, Mark Roberts wrote:
Toralf Lund wrote:
I don't know. I've heard many people talk about how they miss their
family album now that they've switched to digital.
By talking about people who have *switched
Mark Roberts wrote:
Toralf Lund wrote:
I don't know. I've heard many people talk about how they miss their
family album now that they've switched to digital.
By talking about people who have *switched* to digital you've
automatically excluded the age group I'm talking about
mike wilson wrote:
Although their grasp of English and presentation skills are somewhat lacking,
he/she asks a pertinent question, in a pleasant manner, in an apparent
attempt to increase their knowledge of the subject. I would give them a
proper, courteous answer.
Seriously?
Well,
it's Wimbledon fortnight, so naturally we have had torrential rain for
the duration.
He, he... I've sort of been trying to watch the match between Nadall and
that Swedish player (Söderling, is it?) on TV, but I pretty much gave it
all up this afternoon. (They started playing on Saturday, I
[ ... ]
The only downside is that it would be very nice indeed to see them
support the Pentax KA mount rather than just the K mount
specification. That would lend much more functionality to the Pentax
DSLRs metering operations.
They way I understand the last paragraph on the web
Sometimes I enjoy taking pictures of signs. Not sure why. Here is one:
http://www.toralf.net/bilde.php?navn=kapell
Captured using real BW film; a very cheap one from Eastern Europe,
actually. (Fortepan 400)
Maybe I'll leave it as an exercise to find out what the text is all about...
- Toralf
Jim King wrote:
An interesting image, to me at least, although the meaning of the
sign is uncertain - Gate chapel is open?.
Nearly right. You may like to know, however, that gate in Norwegian
actually means street. Apparently, you find the same word in some
English place names...
Anyhow,
As you may know already, I'm still shooting and developing BW film.
Actually, I started doing it around the time when everyone switched to
digital; going backwards into the future, and enjoying it.
Anyhow, I was just wondering if any of you lot have any opinions on the
*actual* shelf life of
Toralf, I used to use Rodinal many years ago and found that even when the
concentrate turned pretty dark it was still usable. However, once it durns
dark black it is probably shot.
Ok. That's very useful info. Thanks.
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William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Toralf Lund
Subject: OTish: Rodinal/Agefix keeping time, and how to know if they are
stillgood?
Anyhow, I was just wondering if any of you lot have any opinions on the
*actual* shelf life of photo chemicals, notably Rodinal
I thought they were done as well, but they are still showing
product on
their website.
Ain't refrigerated warehouses grand!! They did one last production
of several films before they shut down and those are projected to
last from two to five years. Rollei bought the
Steve Desjardins wrote:
I think part of this is that most people (Notice the most part) prefer
to shoot color in digital. So they have these nice film cameras lying
around and decide to try BW.
Actually, though I wonder what format will survive. 35 mm was
convenient but as the cameras
Bob Shell wrote:
On Aug 6, 2007, at 9:44 AM, Toralf Lund wrote:
Actually, I've heard (or read) people claim that the Rollei film is
being manufactured today - by some company that bought the entire
production line from AgfaPhoto. I'm sure you find some details on the
web if you care
You're not on point though Dave (IMO). I cannot go and buy a new vinyl
record of any CD I want, can I?
Obviously, you can't, but I wouldn't be surprised if you get a higher
percentage on vinyl today than you did, say, 10 years ago.
Just after CDs got popular. vinyl was just plain obsolete.
David Bliss wrote:
So I'm growing increasingly frustrated with 35mm and APS-C digital.
Solutoin: medium format. But what?
Hasselblad makes the sexiest gear I've ever seen. But I can't afford it even
used.
I like the larger negative area of the Pentax 67 -- after all, isn't neg
area the
Sometimes one goes through one's photos (or a box of
slides, in the old days) and wonders How did THAT get
in there??
This is one of those. There seems to be some
pavement, but I have no idea what the blue thing is.
Still, it appeals to me.
Comments welcome!
Yes, it's an interesting
AlunFoto wrote:
Strange... In the description it says:
This item is manufactured at the time of order.
Winning item will be shipped as soon as the lens is manufactured.
The delivery time is 2 ~ 3 weeks.
Which is more likely; the seller not being entirely truthful, or that
Pentax still
for
60-70...
Lens SMC coating does matter. And some lenses in KEH are only 100-150 USD.
Gasha
Toralf Lund wrote:
David Bliss wrote:
So I'm growing increasingly frustrated with 35mm and APS-C digital.
Solutoin: medium format. But what?
Hasselblad makes the sexiest gear I've ever
Digital Image Studio wrote:
On 20/08/07, Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It seems that we already know what will Sony use in their upcoming
mid-end Alpha which shoould appear at the begining of september. It
incorporates some very interesting noise cancelling technologies. All
Just another quick snapshot from the same old street:
http://www.toralf.net/bilde.php?navn=statue1
A few years ago, I would have thought that this was rather special. Now,
of course, these statue impersonators (or instatueinators?) seem to be
popping up everywhere...
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frank theriault wrote:
This weekend my youngest, Claire, had her end-of-the-season soccer
tournament. I'll likely post some pround papa photos later. [ ... ]
http://tinyurl.com/3ypt4o
http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/Rsrc6V2id_I/AlQ/wbVrJkexJBo/s1600-h/claire_soccer+005.jpg
Toralf Lund wrote:
frank theriault wrote:
This weekend my youngest, Claire, had her end-of-the-season soccer
tournament. I'll likely post some pround papa photos later. [ ... ]
http://tinyurl.com/3ypt4o
http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/Rsrc6V2id_I/AlQ/wbVrJkexJBo/s1600-h
frank theriault wrote:
On 8/20/07, Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just another quick snapshot from the same old street:
http://www.toralf.net/bilde.php?navn=statue1
A few years ago, I would have thought that this was rather special. Now,
of course, these statue impersonators
David J Brooks wrote:
I like it.
The yellow dolly seems to add something to the shot, what i don't know.
Well, I certainly noticed it at the time, so maybe I'm doing something
right...
Thanks,
- Toralf
Dave
On 8/20/07, Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just another quick
frank theriault wrote:
On 8/21/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
Then how can it be made 'accessible' to you? If you're not prepared to
put the effort into getting it, why should the people who made it have
to make it easy just to suit you?
snip
Personally, I think art
Fernando wrote:
To me it doesn't have to do with instant accessibility, it has to do
with the fact that a lot of this type of work doesn't speak for
itself, you can stare at some of these photos for 100 years, and you
won't get it unless you know where the artist is coming from, or that
the
graywolf wrote:
Besides the image is only 36x23.9mm how do they get off calling that full
frame? Its BS, Nikon will never make a full frame D-SLR. No one will ever buy
it...
Just thought I would get a jump on the rest of the posters.
He, he.
Personally I was going to say that
Glen Tortorella wrote:
Hello,
I am a new member--just joined today.
Welcome.
I currently own a Pentax ZX-
M. I bought it three years ago, and, at the time, I was not sure if
I would like fully manual operation. I like the ZX-M so much that it
inspired me to purchase the classic I
Toralf Lund wrote:
Glen Tortorella wrote:
Hello,
I am a new member--just joined today.
Welcome.
I currently own a Pentax ZX-
M. I bought it three years ago, and, at the time, I was not sure if
I would like fully manual operation. I like the ZX-M so much
Mark Roberts wrote:
Tom C wrote:
Native ISO of 200 is a little disappointing. Would have preferred 100
or
50.
From looking at the specs, I'd say it's probably more of a
sports/action camera - a competitor for the Canon 1D rather than 1Ds.
And putting only 12
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Digital Image Studio wrote:
On 24/08/07, Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Isn't the ISO rating (of the sensor) directly linked to the
signal-to-noise ratio?
Indirectly.
Isn't wanting a lower ISO like wishing the sensor
was noisier?
No, the sensors effective
The thread started by Jostein a few days ago made me realise that I just
have to buy a ring flash. I'm looking at the cheap options, though,
specifically I very nearly ordered a Vivitar 6000 yesterday, but then I
thought I should perhaps try to find out more about it first.
Unfortunately, not
Toralf Lund wrote:
Digital Image Studio wrote:
On 24/08/07, Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Isn't the ISO rating (of the sensor) directly linked to the
signal-to-noise ratio? [ ... ]
what I was trying to say, is that I think I've
read somewhere
Digital Image Studio wrote:
On 24/08/07, Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, Wikipedia says:
ISO Standard 12232:2006
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=3
(Photography — Digital still cameras — Determination of exposure
that the units
have adapter rings for only up to 55mm.
Thanks.
- Toralf
This works very easy even if a PTTL ringflash was available I doubt I
would want one
On 8/24/07, Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The thread started by Jostein a few days ago made me realise that I just
have to buy
Toine wrote:
Some older dedicated pentax auto flashes do transmit or receive iso
and aperture information. Some flash models can be set to P mode. The
camera sets the correct aperture for the lens and the flash exposes in
normal auto mode. Is this the digital interface you mentioned.
No, I'm
AlunFoto wrote:
Toralf,
You can determine the type of communication by looking at the number
of pins on the hotshoe. If there are 3 small pins in addition to the
X-terminal, it's a digital communication flash. 2 small pins means the
flash speaks analog TTL, with the belonging voltages.
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
There's always the matter of those Hasselblads left on the moon too..
You mean the Hasselblads left in the Nevada Desert, of course? ;-)
G
On Aug 25, 2007, at 7:17 AM, Rebekah wrote:
damn, if you guys are planning on being buried with cameras I'm going
to
Jim Apilado wrote:
What was the last great 35mm slr that Pentax made? The *ist, or the
MZ-S?
I can't resist mentioning the MZ-5n, of course...
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Igor Roshchin wrote:
Mon Aug 27 09:58:53 EDT 2007
William Robb wrote:
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From: David J Brooks
Subject: Re: Wedding photography
I have proven to my self over an over, if i'm going to do indoor
flash, the SB80DX and D2H are the only way
[ ... ]
With the exception of the *istD, DS(in TTL mode) and Fuji S2 Pro, all
digital flash systems are entirely pre-flash based and do not use light
reflected off the sensor to determine flash exposure. Traditional
TTL-OTF flash is more accurate than preflash-based flash, but
Patrick Genovese wrote:
I'm going green with envy... I've been trying to find one of those.
Yeah, I suppose they are somewhat rare, but to me, I think the main
issue is finding the money to buy one. Actually, sometimes I do find it,
but I always seem to find something more sensible to spend
P R Figueiredo wrote:
What would be my options for a cheaply available pentax slr body with a
spot metering mode that works with manual focus lenses? Other features
are mostly irrelevant.
You mean a film body?
If you want a body with a separately selectable spot-metering mode, you
Rebekah wrote:
I saw some Ebay, and I didn't know what it was, so I was just curious
if it was any good. :o) thanks mucho
Actually, if it's the 100 ISO version of the 400UC I used a couple of
years ago, which didn't strictly speaking have Portra printed on the
box, I'd expect it to be
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Glen Tortorella wrote:
Thank you Godfrey, et. al...
Godfrey: when you say that good modern cameras allow for both CW and
multi-segment, do you mean this in terms of a setting (a switch) made
on the camera body? I ask because my ZX-M goes into CW mode when
using an older lens (i.e. an
Jaume Lahuerta wrote:
Normally there is a setting that lets you switch between multisegment, CW and
spot metering.
(Spot is when the reading is taken only in a small circle in the center of
the image).
Unfortunately, the MZ-M (ZX-M in the US) does not have it, and this is one of
the
Glen Tortorella wrote:
Hi all,
Has anyone had of heard of any problems with the pop-up flash on the
ZX-5N (malfunctions, fails to pop up, etc.)?
It works just find on mine, but I hardly ever use it. Then again, I'm
not very careful when it comes to packing the camera in a nice camera
bag
as it
did when I first took the body out of the box.
Regards,
Glen
On Sep 6, 2007, at 12:36 PM, Toralf Lund wrote:
Glen Tortorella wrote:
Hi all,
Has anyone had of heard of any problems with the pop-up flash on the
ZX-5N (malfunctions, fails to pop up, etc.)?
It works
P. J. Alling wrote:
That said, I seldom use the built in flash, which means that it has very
few opportunities to break, and when you need just a little bit of extra
light, it's there.
Yep. Like I said earlier, in some ways I wish my MZ-5n didn't have a
flash, because I rather like stuff
was not really
high-end either, was it?).
But that's also an age-old discussion on this list...
-Adam
Toralf Lund wrote:
I really don't think concerns about the flash should hold you back from
buying a -5n, though. It probably breaks easily if you are reckless or
absent minded when
I'm thinking about selling some Pentax equipment that I don't use much.
Not sure I'll actually be able to part with it, but I will at least
mention it here and see if there's any interest at all. The items are...
1. FA 100-300/4.7-5.8
2. M150/3.5
3. A50/1.7 or M50/1.7, if anyone will
have
both caps.
But, I suddenly realise I need to take a closer look at the aperture
ring on A-50 (which is the weak spot on these designs.)
Where are you located?
Norway
Regards,
Glen
On Sep 7, 2007, at 9:22 AM, Toralf Lund wrote:
I'm thinking about selling some Pentax
P. J. Alling wrote:
I'd be interested in the A50 1.7 but you could probably get a lot more
for it on e-Bay than I'm willing or able to pay...
So, you reckon one of those unbelievable sums may also be reached for an
A lens, too? I have a good mind to try, now.
Toralf Lund wrote:
I'm
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
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Some habits don't go away. Looking at the 21000 digital capture
photos in my current work in progress Lightroom catalog, only 700
of them are at any exposure time shorter than 1/1000 second. I am
using ISO 800 and 1600 a bit more frequently (about 3000
Rebekah wrote:
The only way to do it would be to have a mount custom made. I saw just
such a lens on eBay a few weeks ago, I think it was a 20 or 24mm Pentax
with a Nikon mount, fully useable with open-aperture metering.
crazy stuff. Nikon cameras confuse me; every time I've ever held
Adam Maas wrote:
Actually, the mounts are approximately the same diameter, and that has
nothing to do with focusing (which is controlled by the register, which
is longer on F mount).
Correct, but if it were wider, it might have been possible to make an
adapter even if the registry
Glen Tortorella wrote:
I agree with whoever replied (I think PJ) that dust or dirt in the
viewfinder is somewhat irritating. To reiterate, I have checked over
the various relevant parts (including the mirror) of my Super Program
and cannot find the specks I see in the viewfinder. Is
Has anyone here tried the Takumar-A 2X teleconverter on the digital
bodies? I'm referring to this unit:
http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/teleconverters/Takumar-A_2X.html
I'd like to know if it works in all metering modes. I mean, I think it
should since it should have full A coupling, I'm just
the focal length for lenses where it otherwise would, when they are
connected via this converter.
But as long as all exposure modes work, everything should be all right.
Thanks,
- T
-Adam
Toralf Lund wrote:
Has anyone here tried the Takumar-A 2X teleconverter on the digital
bodies
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