Hi,
I'm looking for a form fitting case for my DS2. I had a zing case for
my PZ1p that was great-- I like the tight fitting neoprene, and it
gave good impact protection. Can anyone recommend a similar Zing
product you've had experience with? Or an off brand would be good
too-- the pentax
Meaning: I just ordered my very first pentax Digital SLR; a DS 2;
thought a long time about ordering the ist D, and also about waiting
for the next model.
But, the need for instant gratification overcame other logic.
A gift from the war department for spending the last four years in
classes
Hi pentax gang,
I'm back in Lake Charles, actually been back 5 days now, but I also
have a phone line that works with my modem now too. Still no
electricity.
But I'm much more fortunate than about 50% of the population here in
Calcasieu Parish. (and about 100% of the population of Cameron
Hey Guys,
I'm touched. Not only in the mind, but now in my warmed heart.
I'm OK; in fact, being on the opposite end of the state in South
Louisiana, we missed the storm, and it sucked all the moisture out of
our air, so we've now got 98 degrees (fahrenheit) and no chance of
rain. My gardens
The favorite pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to
thinking about my first pentax.
Mine was a P 30t, but came as a gift, so I don't know if it counts.
The first one of my own choosing was a spotmatic, a real user off
ebay, and it came with a 20 pound sack full of lenses-- the
Is no one going to say K2?
Well, then I will.
But I use the 6x7 more than any these days,
and the MZ-S comes in a close second.
(I like variety).
Sid
On Jul 4, 2005, at 4:13 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi Gang ...
Another Pentax list member and I were talking and comparing what
gear we
now
I don't normally post sales prices for anywhere, but the price point
of Pentax' very fine 750z at Adorama www.adorama.com is almost
irresistible. I've been holding out for the upcoming high end digital
next year (my graduation gift when I graduate from the university
in December) but a
Hi Gang,
I turn to the pentax group because I know many of us us Macs, and
print from Epson printers.
I no longer seem to have access to the printer during printing. I
recall that in earlier versions of OS X, that in system preferences
there was a control panel called print center that
Greetings All!
I am in a rapturous mood at the moment (even pre- recreational drug
use!) I've just finished my last final exam of the last classes I
have to take on my way to my new career as a teacher. Well-- that's
not entirely true-- I still have to do my student teaching in the
fall,
s
test
Hi Guys And Girls,
I accidentally deleted my TextEdit application, and it was too long
gone to recover by the time
I noticed it gone. I use it all the time for cutting and pasting from
web pages, since it can import text and images quite nicely, even
keeping the links active, plus importing the
Hi Joe,
I think your asking price is below market value-- and I'd snap it up if
I didn't already have the same set up, purchased from Stan Halpin some
months ago. I have found the response to FS items is not as robust on
the list as one might wish for; most of the guys and gals already have
Isaac mused:
Hello all. I'm wondering what everyone's opinion is on this. Is it
worth
using?
Sid replies:
Hullo Isaac,
I'm a true believer in C41 B and W, even though I use the old-fashioned
silver-halide based film more.
However, that being said, I MUCH prefer Ilford's (no longer made?) C41
model, with some enhanced features, or
I'd spend $750-$1000 for a new DS or a very slightly used D.
As always, I respect and look to the list for proper steerage.
Greetings from CajunLand USA South Louisiana
Sid Barras
Checked the price today--
I always have had excellent success with Adorama.
Greetings from CajunLand USA South Louisiana
Sid Barras
of buried bad blood.
An illustration over how far people can take hysteria over a breed of
dog. I never had anything for or against these dogs, but now I am
definitely pro pitt bull.
Greetings from CajunLand USA South Louisiana
Sid Barras
Hi Gang,
While going through some old boxes of stuff from my parent's attic that
was recently discovered (they've both passed on for several years now)
I came across something that slammed me harder than anything in recent
memory.
I found my first camera.
It is an old Bolsey B22 set-o-matic
, Pastiche
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Greetings from CajunLand USA South Louisiana
Sid Barras
On Oct 10, 2004, at 12:49 AM, William Robb wrote:
On the other hand, I am now cursed with having to go through almost 10
gigs of image files to see what I managed to accomplish.
At least the subject matter is pleasing...
Sid replies,
I'm sure I speak for many of the testosterone enabled
South Louisiana
Sid Barras
in my greenhouse and around the estate.
Digital, at least personally, in this case, is the clear winner, and as
I get professional equipment, the results I get can only improve, and
the workflow is just as important and superior.
Greetings from CajunLand USA South Louisiana
Sid Barras
FTZ. And I wish it would swivel too. I looked at lots of other
flashes, and for the money, I could have gotten a 3rd party flash with
more power and swivel, but it was the P-TTL feature that sold it for
me.
Greetings from CajunLand USA South Louisiana
Sid Barras
I still use a Gossen Luna Pro F when I'm shooting one of my vintage cameras.
almost always when incident light reading is concerned. And on the rare
occasions I'm asked to shoot an important studio type flash shot
(especially when using the pentax 6x7) I definitely use the flash meter
function of
Hi all,
I still haven't brought myself around to trying to fix the AF 500 FTZ, and
I'm without a flash for my MZ S. (Or the PZ 1 and the MZ 5n either) -- that
is, unless the 280T works with the AF models. But I don't think so.
Anyway, I'm torn between choosing one of the Sunpak flashes- I have
CajunLand USA South Louisiana
Sid Barras
I have had and used all three models you've mentioned. I think for your
purposes the super program is the way to go.
It is small and compact, and with the winder, only a bit bigger than
the K2DMD without a winder.
The main advantages I can think of (compared to the others) are:
- less expensive
Hi gang,
recently acquired another ES II. (Get rid of one, acquire two...)
It doesn't have a battery cover. does anyone on the list have a spare
they can sell me?
Greetings from CajunLand USA South Louisiana
Sid Barras
with no more than good advice and a #00 phillips
head screwdriver. Any concurrence?
Greetings from CajunLand USA South Louisiana
Sid Barras
Hi Group,
I've gotten a very nice MZ S plus the battery/vertical shutter release
grip, and all I can say is WOW! A great camera. I've used it for a
couple of rolls now, too soon to decide its my favorite pentax ever,
but I'm leaning that way! There is nothing so far I don't like about
it.
repair job?
(as in, more than $200 bucks) That would be a concern, since I've just
sent my check off to brother Stan H for his MZ S he is selling. And,
since I've sold off my K2DMDs and a few others to finance my upcoming
istD purchase...
Greetings from CajunLand USA South Louisiana
Sid Barras
this amount or less lately? What about this retailer?
Anyone else have dealings with them before?
It just feels fishy--
Greetings from CajunLand USA South Louisiana
Sid Barras
of the chrome users
that I have...
So, as I see it, it is too soon to declare these beautiful cameras
done for until I know for sure what is wrong with them.
Can anyone please recommend their wizard, crack, ace (insert proper
adjective here) repairman?
Greetings from CajunLand USA South Louisiana
Sid
I don't know how its happened, but I am once again so enabled I don't dare
show the wife how many cameras I own.
A spotmatic Sp, a spotmatic SP II, a Spotmatic F, A sweet golden ES, An even
sweeter chrome ES II, a just as pleasant ES II black, a K2 chrome, a K2
chrome, a K2 black, a K2 black, a K2
Sid Says: I also use the plastic frame that comes with the scanner.
I think my 3170 has the same specs as the 3200; just slower and without some
of the bells and whistles maybe.
It will take a while to scan the 6x7s at highest resolution, but I've been
doing just fine at about midway or a bit
. If
pentax doesn't get the word out this model will definitely be a loss for
them. And us as well- if this model doesn't make it, will we ever be a
second?
Sid Barras
Saw this model on sale at Adorama for $179- with a $30 mail in rebate-- Not
a bad price for a very capable camera (for the money, that is)
Sid B
Hi LX owners:
My new to me LX has developed a disturbing habit after only the fourth roll
of film:
It's hanging up in the middle of the exposure cycle: In the auto mode,
when the shutter button is pushed, the mirror goes up and the camera freezes
before the shutter curtain sequence begins.
The
down.
So I can't tell if my problem was like yours in that respect
hth,
Jostein
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Hi Gang,
I've been surfing for a case for my LX; an Asahi genuine everready style
case that screws into the tripod screw would be my preference, but I think
that might be next to impossible to find. I have no experience with any of
the zing or other generic one size fits most types.
Can anyone
After an interminable delay that increased my gray hair count, the LX is in
my hands. Very favorable first impressions.
One curious observation:
All this time prior to my actually owning and seeing one up close and in
action, I always considered the LX to be a smallish body. I was surprised to
Hi All,
I may just be the most well-stocked photog man on the prowl here at the
halls of pdml-- and I use every one, at least occasionally. But I am
completely an amateur (both financially and talent-wise...)
Starting with the oldest to the newest.
Yashica D TLR medium format. The camera I used
How many PDMLers own a hand held meter?
Sid Replies:
I have a gossen luna pro f, an incident meter that can be converted to do
semi-spot metering (7.5 degree angle of measurement), it has an attachment
for darkroom measurements, it is a dandy flash meter, and it works pretty
well measuring
Hi Vic,
Here's me.
Tell me what you have.
Sid
On Thursday, August 7, 2003, at 09:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sid - e-mail me privately. I accidently killed your post and I can't
find
your e-mail. I may have something for you...
Vic
Hi Gang,
I've once again unwisely volunteered to do the pictures at the wedding of a
friend. He and she have both assured me the ceremony will be low key, etc.,
etc, but he's also just informed me that almost 40 relatives from her home
country of Belize will be here on Saturday-- so I do feel
HI all,
I've got a gossen luna pro F, and I'd like to use it to measure lumens or
footcandles in my greenhouse to see if a particular orchid I'm growing is
getting enough.
I remember running across a formula that used a particular ISO setting to
directly correlate the f stop reading on the
on 7/17/03 5:20 PM, Robert Harris at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know about president. He already has a pretty good job. But he
sure gave a good speech. You should be proud.
Cotty wrote:
Tony Blair for President :-)
Bob Harris
How is it that you Brits, generally speaking of
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. I hope you will post
this info to the IR mailing / discussion group.infrared @a1.nl If you
don't plan on it, please allow me to do so.
Regards,
Sid Barras
PS:I post occasionally to the IR list, and have been working on a system of
exposuring IR film that is unique, unorthodox, and, best of all
-intensive-- but, if
I can refine the process, and get some templates made, I'd be happy to
submit them for anyone's use in the future.
Sid
From: Joshua Hakin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ya, but... what did you print it onto???
On Saturday, July 5, 2003, at 01:21 PM, Sid Barras wrote:
Yep. Found
Yep. Found the code online via some thoughtful PDMLers,
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/krg/Photo/dx.htm (thanks Michael)
formatted a label in Appleworks, printed it, and covered the printed areas
with scotch tape to make sure they aren't conductive.
Reports on the success of these will be forwarded
Hi gang,
I know,
inane,
uninteresting,
hardly worth looking at,
dull topic.
No controversy here.
But, for all you 6x7 converts who know the feeling of that first set of negs
that look sooo huge:
FP4+, exposed at 100, just some outdoor portraits, some shots at the
University baseball game, some
Hi All,
I never ever contribute to the list in an on-going argument-- it would be --
too embarrassing, offensive, something... impolite, perhaps?
Which means I contribute almost never.
one pdmler will make an assertion, another will refute it, often in
obviously inflammatory terms, the original
Some of the wide angle lenses have a setting to where if you line up the
color coded f stop with the same color coded distance mark, you get the
assurance that everything from (something like) 3 feet or so to infinity
will be in focus.
I think it was a feature to allow manual focus lenses to be
Since I never fall into anything halfway:
I got a 75/4.5 SMC tak 6 x 7
and a 150/2.8 SMC tak 6 x 7
and I have a 105 whatever super tak on the way.
I bought a TTL viewfinder from KEH, and acquired a helicoid extension tube
and the 67 and 49 mm reverse adapters. I want to do some macros of my
Hi Gang,
on my way to acquiring every single model ever made by Asahi Co., I recently
took a chance on an early ES, the one that spells out electro spotmatic.
The seller advertised it as non-working, but in mint condition. I paid less
than $120 US, simply for the cosmetic condtion, with ideas
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Subject: Re: Digital, Smidgital: I'm a new member of the 6x7 club!
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On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Sid Barras wrote:
I bought a TTL viewfinder from KEH, and acquired a helicoid extension tube
If you don't mind my asking
Hi Gang,
Couldn't manage to acquire this fine lump o' steel without telling someone.
Told my wife, she just sniffed, glanced over to the bookcase-- (where all
the other cameras are) but to her credit, she withheld what she was
thinking
Told my cat, he changed the subject to food and litter.
Hi guys and Ladies,
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the strange circumstance of my PZ1
not firing its onboard flash when I had third party AF lenses mounted.
Specifically, I had on that occasion a Sigma 70-300 lens, and on
another attempt, I had a tamron 28-300 mounted. Neither lens would
HI all,
Im going to send off my PZ1 to get fixed. Besides the flash problem
I'm having, it seems to want to sync at the lowest possible shutter
speed, even at 800 ISO, in full program mode, it tries to sync at 45 or
60, and if I set it to sports mode, it won't go any higher regardless.
When i
Hi all,
i suppose I should be saving up for the *istD... (though I will
probably do what I always do, wait two years and buy at a discount when
the thing I want is obsolete or deeply discounted...)
But, I just saw a PZ1 for a BIN on ebay for $225, so I bought it.
I also saw (and really really
On Friday, February 28, 2003, at 05:49 AM, Joe Wilensky wrote:
Since this sounds like a software/circuitry/program problem, maybe
sending it to Pentax would be a good idea, or were you looking
specifically for an independent repair person?
Hi Joe,
I was thinking about an independent repairman
Hi All,
Im thinking about getting a IQ zoom 90 wr for a glove box/ foul
weather camera. Does anyone that have one know if they have manual ISO
settings? The main reason is coz I roll my own film and I don't have
any cassettes that have the DX coding. If it doesn't what is the
default setting?
Hi All,
In case you couldn't read the entire subject line, which probably
applies to most all:
where to find equivalent settings for dial in filtration to match
Variable contrast filters...
I finally have a new to me enlarger (my web page designer and nice
enlarger provider got mad at me for
Wishing upon a star over here
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I have the K2, K2DMD. A wonderful camera. In fact, at one time I had 8
K2 bodies, 2 K2DMDs, winders, etc. etc. I sold one DMD and a
winder/remote cord/grip to finance an LX purchase. Haven't got it yet,
but it will be my next purchase. The K2 had everything one might want
from a semi pro
of
fallen behind the C and N, maybe even the M crowd. A good, simple,
basic, design. But now, in the marketplace today, I don't follow the
logic of buyers of K1000s now. Too many other, better choices in used
cameras.
Sid
Jim Apilado wrote:
Jim A.
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Hi all,
I've been attempting to establish an accurate exposure index for Kodak
HIE by using my Zone VI spot meter with an 89b opaque filter in front
of the lens. I establish a zone 'V'ish location in the scene to be
photographed, like a patch of green grass, and I take a spot reading
with
Hi all,
Just a touch of new lense acquisition giddiness--
got a SMC A 70-210 f 4
anna SMC A 50/2.8 macro
anna SMC M 40/2.8 pancake
all 3 for about $375 total. not a steal, but definitely better than
KEH prices for mint minus
I'm running out of acquisition material..
Many have
Hi All,
I'm looking to buy a remote power supply for my AF500FTZ (can't stand
the limited life and long recharge time of rechargeables-- plus having
to change batteries in mid stream) I looked at the TR Power Pack II,
which is the only choice according to Boz's site, but I choked when I
saw
Hi Butch,
If you are using Netscape navigator and the automated submission page to
try and submit your entry, then the incompatibility of netscape and the
HTML language used to build the autosubmission page is the problem. I
also tried to do that, got the same message you did.
I opened
Sid bets: 1 roll afga apx 25
my prediction: limited zoom, 21-131 f3.5-4.5
tom wrote:
So far we have
Bill Robb - 127/2.4- 1 roll b+w processing
Tom Van Veen - 123/2.3- 1 roll velvia
Chris Brogden - 113/2.3- 1 roll Portra 100T
Joe Tainter - 31-77/2.2 - the lens
Hi,
Just wondering if the knowledgeable guys on this list know if the
beattie screen made for LX also fits MX. I seem to remember this being so.
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Well, Just got it, my second K 2 DMD, and it's in near pristine
condition...
My 6th K2 body, I have 2 other black K2s.
What I've found is it's easy to tell how many shutter cycles the body
has seen (in general terms of course) by the loss of paint on the metal
shutter curtain sections that
Hi all,
I've just about gotten to the point that I'd like to trade in my Kowa
system on a Pentax medium format system.
To the pre-existing pentax medium format owners: 6x7 or 6x4.5?
My shooting habits:
75% landscapes and architectual, vast majority of that in black and
white, and lately,
Hi Bill, all:
this is a wonderful macro lens; it's the one I kept after buying a
couple of others and keeping the one I liked best.
I bought the Elicar 90/2.5,
the SMC-M 100/4 macro (actually, this one was it's equal, but I felt i
could sell this one for more money than the Vivitar..)
No
Hi all,
I've started a new chain with this letter because I think it important
for some of us who may be confused with the rules regarding PUG submissions.
I started the older chain of conversation with this (condensed):
My photo in the PUG this month is a dissapointment for me due to its
Hi Bob, Mike, et al,:
I have a bit of experience using improper lenses for the format; I
often use a 50mm for 6x6cm and 40mm for 35mm film sizes. It allows me to
make enlargements beyond the enlarger's capacity. (I use the Beseler 67xl).
And honestly, bearing in mind my very amateur status, I
Hi Robert:
My 2 cents: I consider the 35/2 SMCT as the cream of my crop of SMCT
primes. It is indeed for me too, the normal lens I use the most. (On
low baggage missions, I carry: Two Spotmatic Fs, the SMCT 35/2, 50/1.4,
135/2.5, and a 2x converter.) I realize that's not exactly light weight
Hi All,
I bit on a special Freestyle was running on some outdated film, and got a bulk roll of
this stuff
for a very attractive price. (They promised it had been stored cold.)
I was actually after some Velvia, and some Astia (which I hear is good for skin
tones), which I got
as well.
Now, I
Hi All;
I have actually spared a bit of time to look at the pug site and found some very
interesting
pictures. I have always felt intimidated by the overall professional quality of all of
the fine
photographers who submit photos each month. Therefore I must always couch my comments
with the
Hi All,
I'm looking to replace my Super Tak 20/4.5 lens, screw mount or k mount would fit my
needs.
I just can't continue to sacrifice so much of the image as is necessary with the Super
Tak (cropping
the outer 20%, in order to arrive at a fairly sharp finished image)
I've searched the
I'm not sure the number, but if you check Adorama's web site, you can do
a search for this by name. I just sold a flash unit with that sca
adaptor, but I don't remember the number. I did get it from adorama,
though. and I find they have the best prices on the web.
www.adorama.com
Regards,
I will, very soon, be receiving a second SMCA 35-105/3.5 lens, as part
or a set I bought to get the camera body.
As most of you know, this is one hell of a lens. It's performance
(from personal experience) matches the glowing reports I heard and
read about it before I bought the first
Hey all you B W afficianodos:
If you haven't tried the pyro developer (Hutching's PMK formula), it is
a wonderful developer. I've made some architectual detail shots and
the accutance or edge definition, or whatever you wish to call it, is
quite remarkable. I've used some fine grain
Sid would use (and I'm imposing another parameter, using only equipment I already own)
Body:
Spotmatic F
Lenses:
SMCT 35/2
SMCT 135/2.5
I would like to travel to all 50 state capitols and do some
courthouse/urban/downtown landscapes
in tri-x or fp4+ or plus-x. I'd likely want to push my film
Rodger Whitlock wrote:
Flower photography is damned difficult!
My other hobby (my *real* hobby) is gardening.
Mine too Rodger! and as a matter of fact, it's what bought me into the real world of
serious
photography. (macro lenses, ring flash, knowledge through books on photography, etc.)
mount would not hurt the camera or
the lens. Or
how about the old rice bag trick, where you use a bag for beans or rice as a pillow
type support for
the camera and lens?
Hope this helps?
Sid
Tom Ivar Helbekkmo wrote:
Sid Barras [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It performs flawlessly (tripod
Hi All,
Couldn't believe my bid held out, but it did, then began to wonder if the seller had
perhaps
overstated the condition and others knew about it.
Nevertheless, I have a new to me SMC tak in a focal length I felt was the last
remaining SMC tak I
would need. (I don't think I'll need
Hi,
though I'm a bit partial to pictures of little girls, having a flock of my own, I am
still quite
pleased with this picture.
Charming, well composed, candid yet polished-as-if-posed.
A real keeper. The presence of the daddy in the background only enhances the capture
of the moment
Well done
Hi All,
Sorry to have disappeared for so long. Been Very busy, trying to make a career out of
fine art
photography.
On Fritz Wuthrich's Old and New:
I think my first impression is why fisheye? The architectural details in the truss
system, the
multilevel walkways are interesting enough,
Hi all:
Well, I'm back, at least temporarily.
I've spent the better part of two months either hunched over the matt cutting machine,
the enlarger,
or the trays of ferricyanide, selenium, sulphites and bromides; I've built frames and
bought them.
I've shaken the hands of more strangers in
Hi,
I've got a damaged SMC M 50 1.7 (dented filter ring, a couple of hard parts
when turning the focus ring) that I got as part of a super program package.
$10 plus about $3.25 for shipping will get it to you.
Sid
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As part of a recent eBay purchase I received a nice
test
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dick graham wrote:
Adorama will have the MZ-S available May 1, now that may mean it can be
ordered May 1 or it may be that they will have it on hand May 1, I didn't
ask. Pentax USA has told me that the MZ-S Literature will be available
starting in May. They now are sending out a temporary
Hi Guys,
I'd dearly love to acquire a winder for my beautiful K2DMD.
But after watching the used market, ebay, the back pages of all the rags
like shutterbug, etc. I'm convinced there are none, and the 10 that were
actually manufactured broke.
So, beyond the obvious question: Does anyone know
Hi All,
I wish to sell some of the books I've used and found very helpful, but
no longer need, and would only waste my time thinking my heirs would
have any use for some of these books.
This one is Handcoloring Photographs: by James A McKinnis, published
by Amphoto, c. 1994, bought at Barnes
Hi group:
I've bought, sold, kept, swapped, and generally become very familiar
with most of Pentax's offerings over the last few years. I have or have
had: the spotmatic, the Spotmatic Sp, the SP II, the SP IIa, the SP F,
the K2, K2 DMD, the KX, K1000, the SF1, SF 1n, the MG, PZ20, PZ 10, P
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sid, Sid. If I read you literally, you have it backward. Haven't you heard
the adage? "A man chases after a woman until she catches him."
Sid Barras [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
I have acquired a very nice lady friend...
Paul Franklin Stregevsky
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