Re: Pentax KZ
On 6 Apr 2002, at 11:10, Andreas Wirtz wrote: And don't forget eyeglasses at home again Andreas Wirtz Well thanks Andreas W maybe I had my sun glasses on last week :-) I have looked at the pictures of the K2 at the web and there is a clear down line at the upper left corner of the '2'. The only possibility would be that only the black paint of this little line worn off !? I will tell you next week. Andreas B - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
M 4/20mm quality
Hi, anybody has this smallest 20mm lens I have ever seen? I am building a kit along an LX for small lenses - landscapes and such where I can sacrifice some speed, as my current 20mm is a 2.8 Zeiss Jena Flektogon adapted to K (stopdown), which is very big (67mm filters) although good. I read mixed reviews about the M 20/4 on Stan's page and others, some say it's got horrible double distortion - that isn't that of a concern for landscapes and people, but I would like it to be decently sharp at 5.6 and very sharp at 8, is that so? How about compared to other 20mm lenses, the Mir and the Zeiss Jena? I usually enlarge 135 format up to 30x40cm (and would even bigger if I had big enough trays and easel), of course I can (and have) medium format but lots of times I want to carry only small stuff. Thanks! Good light, Frantisek Vlcek - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Studio Band info
Just want to do a good job,who knows were this may go.Going to try Cotty's plastic bouncy thingy,made one today.When i checked the flash (af280t)on the minolta iv meter there was a 1 stop difference from no plastic bouncy to bouncy. Ta da! Fame at last! I like a bit of plastic bouncy meself... Good luck with the shoot - the most important thing is to enjoy yourself and have some fun - nobs to the pics! There ain't no justice anyway - they'll end up picking the ones you would have binned. Musicians. 8-) Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: OT: Yashica MF lenses
But isn't Xenotar the same as the Planar only made by Schneider? ukasz - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Studio Band info
Probably will take the ones i don't like.If any of them are worthy of posting i'll put a credit for your plastic bouncy thingyG This should be fun,same studio and producer as 2 of Big Sugar's CD's. Dave - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 6:41 AM Subject: Re: Studio Band info Just want to do a good job,who knows were this may go.Going to try Cotty's plastic bouncy thingy,made one today.When i checked the flash (af280t)on the minolta iv meter there was a 1 stop difference from no plastic bouncy to bouncy. Ta da! Fame at last! I like a bit of plastic bouncy meself... Good luck with the shoot - the most important thing is to enjoy yourself and have some fun - nobs to the pics! There ain't no justice anyway - they'll end up picking the ones you would have binned. Musicians. 8-) Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Tartan Day, Washington, DC
Just a quick heads-up in case anyone from the mailing list is going to be at the National Tartan Day event on the Mall in Washington, DC (USA) today (Sunday): I'll be performing at 11:15 and 2:45 in the Music Tent with The Homespun Ceilidh Band. Come listen to us and then introduce yourself, eh? I'll be the tired, sweaty guitarist in a slightly-too-short Black Watch kilt (which may not be sufficient information to ID me if you're looking for me when I'm not on stage, mind you). Event details: http://www.tartanday.org/dc_mall.htm (Also, our much-delayed CD (long, off-topic story involving The Harry Fox Agency) is finally out! Apparently we won't be allowed to sell it at this event because of the location, but I guess one of the things we'll be doing this morning is to ask whether there's a legal workaround for that...) The band could use some good concert photos ... so far I haven't been terribly effective at photographing the band at the same time as I'm playing in it. ;-) Band page: http://www.radix.net/~dglenn/bands/hcb.html Yeah, I know this is short notice -- I've been kind of swamped lately, including a grueling 7-hour rehearsal for another band yesterday that wiped me out. Hoping that someone from the list was already planning on going and happens to check their email before heading out. -- Glenn - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Yashica MF lenses
I'm just now going through the Xenotar-Planar machinations wrt a possible Rolleiflex purchase. These pages may be of some interest. http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=001CtQ http://www.foto.no/rolleiflex/Rollei-9.html £ukasz Kacperczyk wrote: But isn't Xenotar the same as the Planar only made by Schneider? -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Yashica MF lenses
Sunday, April 07, 2002, 1:46:54 PM, ukasz wrote: K But isn't Xenotar the same as the Planar only made by Schneider? K ukasz Well, It's like saying all Tessars are the same... While the original Tessar was f/6.8, later tweaked to get f/4.5 and even f/2.8, all by changing the diopter strengths and spacing of the various elements. So now, some tessars are simply much better than others. Also, remember that it can be complicated by using strange glass types, like rare-earth Lanthanum glass, to improve the element refraction index. IIRC Kodak used such glass in some Tessar formula lenses Ektars, and one USSR made Tessar used La glass too, to improve it a lot. A planar is similar, the original Planar developed by Rudolph soemitime in 1890s evolved into different planars... the Zeiss one, the Zeiss Jena Biometar (which has different split element into group. Some say the Biometar 2.8/80 is better than the Planar 2.8/80...). The Xenotar, etc... All might be derived from the same old Rudolph's Planar, but vary slightly or more. And the Russian lenses, most of the Helioses are Leitz Summilux copies IIRC, but more or less tweaked... As well as almost all 1.4/50 lenses are of quite generic gaussian design, but they can differ a lot in quality between manufacturers. Good light, Frantisek Vlcek - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Ugly bokeh from FA43/1.9
Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe that some other examples were shown, as well. Maybe it was the 50/1.2 that was discussed ... don't recall. Indeed, Shel, I've taken only a dozen or so pics with my 50/1.2 PKA, but as soon as I saw the bokeh in the bug photo, I thought, Hlike my 50/1.2A. (And the A is supposed to have better bokeh than the K.) Paul Franklin Stregevsky - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: M 4/20mm quality
I have both the M 4/20mm and the FA* 2/24 mm. In a comparision of these lenses for nature photography I can say that the distortion of the 20 is definitly larger than of the 24. Concerning sharpness, between f5.6 and f16 the 24 is sharper, but this does not mean that the 20 is not sharp. For landscapes with a very near foreground the sharpness is good enough for large prints (from Velvia and Provia F which I use). There is only one drawback. If you would like to use it for hiking, from the first point of view, the 20 seems to be very small and fits in a very small bag. But if you use filters forget about using a 49 which fits right in. It will cause huge vignetting. I use my 67 filters from the 24 with a 49-67 step-up ring, that works with one filter (even with a thick polarizer), but it enlarges the diameter of the lens which prevents using a really small bag. Regards Bernd - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Submission to pug
This is the second time I have tried to e-mail the member who is taken care of the pug site. I get the e-mail back that it won't accept submissions or messages from msn.com. What do I do now? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Tartan Day, Washington, DC
Just a quick heads-up in case anyone from the mailing list is going to be at the National Tartan Day event on the Mall in Washington, DC (USA) today (Sunday): I'll be performing at 11:15 and 2:45 in the Music Tent with The Homespun Ceilidh Band. Glenn, that's so cool that you're in a piper's band. Do you play the pipes or the drums? I went to the Pipefest parade here in NY yesterday, and my friend and I decided we want to learn to play the drums. :) Hopefully got some good pictures of the parade (and of Sean Connery leading it), though nothing terribly creative...I'm still trying to get used to my new zoom lens. --Amita - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: M 4/20mm quality
Frantisek Vlcek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Hi Frantisek, anybody has this smallest 20mm lens I have ever seen? (...) I read mixed reviews about the M 20/4 on Stan's page and others, some say it's got horrible double distortion - that isn't that of a concern for landscapes and people, but I would like it to be decently sharp at 5.6 and very sharp at 8, is that so? How about compared to other 20mm lenses, the Mir and the Zeiss Jena? The M 20/4 is my only original Pentax 20mm (I do have the Mir and I had for a while the 20/2.5). I can say that it is reasonably sharp starting from f/5.6, although the borders become sharp only from f/8. The big problem with this lens is the huge vignetting wide open. It disappears when stopped down (from f/8, more or less). The great advantage over the other lenses you mention is its size. It can't be beat in this regard. I think it is the shorter M lens with the exception of the 40/2.8, which says a lot. It is of course less prone to flare than the Mir (I don't know about the Flektogon). I have never experienced the double distorsion you mention. I never made a real test to verify its distorsion (or lack of), but I have always found the lens well corrected (I don't actually shot buildings with it, but I can test it if you need). I usually enlarge 135 format up to 30x40cm (and would even bigger if I had big enough trays and easel), of course I can (and have) medium format but lots of times I want to carry only small stuff. You won't be disappointed if you use it stopped down enough. The center is quite sharp even at f/4, but I don't know if a picture taken at that aperture can be enlarged with satisfaction up to 30x40. Thanks! You are welcome! Gianfranco = Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Using MZ-M with Non-Dedicated Flash
I've noticed a problem using my Vivitar 285HV on this camera that I don't seem to have using it with any of my older cameras. Using the flash, there seems to be a long time delay between the mirror moving up and the shutter actually firing. When I remove the flash, the camera works normally, with no noticeable delay. Has anyone had a similar experience? Can you explain why this happens? Thanks in advance. Jeff - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
OT: Rolleicord focusing screen - question
With the recent discussion of Tessars/Xenars/Planars/whatnot, I guess some folks here have quite a bit experience with TLRs. Does anyone know how difficult is to change on on a 'cord Va (viewving hood is nonremovable' -- held in place by a few screws). The original screen sucks a lot -- the edges are almost impossible to see. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Encouraging the bubbahood
Difficulty in getting convenient processing is one reason. Many years ago, when my Rolleiflex TLR was the only camera I had, I could drop film off at a drug store or whatever and get back machine prints of snaps and travel photos. Can't do that today. Maybe there are some 1-hour places or the like that do 120 film, but I do not know of any. When I use the Rollei now -- rarely -- I have to either go to a pro lab or find a darkroom to work in myself. In downtown Boston there are at least two a few hours places that do MF chromes, I drop the film off on my way to work and pick it up at lunch. The price is $6 for a roll of 120 film, which I think is quite reasonable. None of them does enlargements though. OTOH, I doubt that the drug stores used to make 16x20 prints even many years ago, and for contact sheets, scanning on a cheap flat bad is good enough (and hard to beat the price!) The only real hassle, in my view, is lack of availability of 120 film -- there's no Kodak Supra/Royal Gold analog as far as I know, and of course, the only places you can buy it are pro stores, so if you run out of film, say, in Bryce Canyon -- tough luck. But you do not need high end SLRs for casual use anyway; It is easy to do what most folks do, use a 35mm PS (or even drag out the PZ1-p) or LX for snaps. What I seem to be ending up with is PS for snapshots (Olympus Stylus Epic -- wonderful little camera, albeit with its limitations), LX for special needs, like macro, available light/darkness, very wide angle or long tele, and MF for pretty much anything else -- P6x7, or 'cord for hikes. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Pentax Auto 110 winder question
The Winder II was the model released with the improved version of the Pentax 110, called Auto 110 Super. This winder allows continuous shooting at 1.5 frames per second. The first winder was single shot only. I also have one of those Winder II, by the way. It is a cute little thing, but very noisy. -- Carlos Royo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Zaragoza (Aragon) - Spain -- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
equipment bashing update
These days I use the MZ-S/28-70/2.8/AF500FTZ/Press-T for about 90% of the reception shots. Sometimes I take that rig and stick it on a tripod for some available light stuff, like the cake or centerpieces. Well, last night I thought the damned thing was attached to the head as I went walking off. Was it? Noooagain, I've got an airborne camera unit. It came down on the lens, except this time I had the hood attached - the hood broke, but the lens was fine. Score one for cheap plastic hoods. The flash didn't fare so well...the hot shoe broke. This is my 4th broken flash in the last 9 months or so. Maybe I shouldn't be telling you guys this stuff...you'll never buy any of my used gear! tv - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Af 360 FGZ question
Anyone knows what´s the highest sync speed that Mz-s and Af 360 fgz can be used at gíreles mode with the camera flash as a main flash?? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Using MZ-M with Non-Dedicated Flash
Try new batteries, I have noticed that with the Achiever flash set to manual it slowed down my MZ-M. I do not know why but it does seem that the camera knows there is a flash there once a connection is made on the hot shoe and it tries to communicate, using a bit of power doing so. I have not had that problem with the battery pack fg. --- Jeffrey Schneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've noticed a problem using my Vivitar 285HV on this camera that I don't seem to have using it with any of my older cameras. Using the flash, there seems to be a long time delay between the mirror moving up and the shutter actually firing. When I remove the flash, the camera works normally, with no noticeable delay. Has anyone had a similar experience? Can you explain why this happens? Thanks in advance. Jeff - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . __ Music, Movies, Sports, Games! http://entertainment.yahoo.ca - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: New lens
- Original Message - From: Artur Ledóchowski Subject: Re: New lens Is your Zenitar also unable to focus on infinity? Mine is:( I have a recently-bought K-mount version and when wide open and focused on infinity, all distant elements look unsharp. Strange that when I use any aperture smaller than f8 and use DOF preview, those elements do look sharp. I test the first roll of film with this lens so I have no results so far but it seems to me that on small apertures the infinity is covered by DOF. Perhaps this will be even more advantageous - I suspect that the lens may be actually focused on the hiperfocal distance in such case. However, it seems to be no way to use large apertures (below f/8) Sounds like the mount isn't shimmed correctly. I bet putting another few thousandth of an inch os shim in there would fix it up for you. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
MX Drive and NiCad, 2 auctions...
No bids yet, fair game. Relisted with realistic starts and BINs. Motor Drive MX: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1344753755 NiCad Pack MX plus charger: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1344755197 Hope you all had a good weekend, Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: This is a manager?
This explains why it took a lab 3 tries to print my lady bug red! --- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Aaron Reynolds Subject: Re: This is a manager? On Saturday, April 6, 2002, at 12:42 AM, Butch Black wrote: I have been told by my district manager to get more production out by making fewer color and density corrections. That's awful. Did you ask them to reconcile that with their preaching of quality? Thats the reality of low cost photofinishing. We are mandated to use a 3 button rule. If the correction is going to be more than a total of 3 buttons, ferget it. It evens out, some of our operators follow a no correction printing scheme, some of us follow a make it as good as possible printing scheme. If you think the discount photofinishers are doing photographers a service, think again. William Robb - __ Music, Movies, Sports, Games! http://entertainment.yahoo.ca - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Studio Band info
As promised, some Hoosier Daddy in the studio. Pardon the pooched thumbnails, and sorry about the java...that's the price I gotta pay for a free drag-and-drop webpage. ;) http://homepage.mac.com/aaronreynolds/PhotoAlbum7.html -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: equipment bashing update
Tom, I know the sound of expensive plastic hitting the pavement all too well. Last month I was sitting in a restaurant with my brother-in-law, and had the PZ1-p w/24 f2 sitting on the table. He was sitting with his ankle crossed over his knee, and as we got up, his foot hooked the camera strap, and sent the unit flying. Truly an awful sound. It landed face down on the lens hood. The body seems to have survived unscathed, and the only obvious damage to the lens are some scratches to the edge. But there is a rattle that I'm not sure is just the loose autofocus, so I'm planning to send it to Pentax to be checked, though I may just use a local repair service. BTW, I had the hotshoe break off my 500FTZ last summer, when the rig fell off the front seat of my car. It cost $65 for a Pentax repair, not too bad, really. I now carry an All-Risks policy on my newer equipment, thanks to some discussions here on the list. The worst part is being without the equipment for 6 weeks or so. Good luck... -Original Message- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of tom These days I use the MZ-S/28-70/2.8/AF500FTZ/Press-T for about 90% of the reception shots. Sometimes I take that rig and stick it on a tripod for some available light stuff, like the cake or centerpieces. Well, last night I thought the damned thing was attached to the head as I went walking off. Was it? Noooagain, I've got an airborne camera unit. It came down on the lens, except this time I had the hood attached - the hood broke, but the lens was fine. Score one for cheap plastic hoods. The flash didn't fare so well...the hot shoe broke. This is my 4th broken flash in the last 9 months or so. Maybe I shouldn't be telling you guys this stuff...you'll never buy any of my used gear! tv - - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: equipment bashing update
Tom, It sounds like the MZ-S fared pretty well in the mishap. Did it suffer any consequences after being airborne? Nancy - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: New lens
Artur, Are you sure you have the filter attached at the back? I had the same when I thought to be smart and remove it to reduce any more glass then what is really needed. In this case, it is really needed. Frits Wüthrich Artur Ledóchowski ASKED: Is your Zenitar also unable to focus on infinity? Mine is:( I have a recently-bought K-mount version and when wide open and focused on infinity, all distant elements look unsharp. Strange that when I use any aperture smaller than f8 and use DOF preview, those elements do look sharp. I test the first roll of film with this lens so I have no results so far but it seems to me that on small apertures the infinity is covered by DOF. Perhaps this will be even more advantageous - I suspect that the lens may be actually focused on the hiperfocal distance in such case. However, it seems to be no way to use large apertures (below f/8) Greetz Artur - While on Grandfather Mountain yesterday, I had an opportunity to play with my new Zenitar 16mm fisheye. Bill KG4LOV - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Rolleicord focusing screen - question
Sunday, April 07, 2002, 4:58:00 PM, Mike wrote: MI With the recent discussion of Tessars/Xenars/Planars/whatnot, I guess some MI folks here have quite a bit experience with TLRs. MI Does anyone know how difficult is to change on on a 'cord Va (viewving hood MI is nonremovable' -- held in place by a few screws). The original screen MI sucks a lot -- the edges are almost impossible to see. If it's similar to my Rolleiflex Standard (or Old Standard according to other nomenclature), of about 1935 fame, the hood is held by four screws on the sides. By removing these screws, you can lit the entire hood, and reveal the screen underneath. Be careful not to dislodge and drop it! The screen in my rollei rests on two metal spring clips (for lack of better words) which press the screen against the hood, so the focus correlation is maintained by pressing the screen up against the hood. Thus the hood assembly is what correlates the focus (except adjusting the focus at the lens/helicoid level). The belly side of the screen is the corrugate plane of focus. The good thing is, that way, it's hard to knock it out of focus alignment, and you can safely remove it and clean the screen and mirror ** which are often quite dirty. It might be the degradation of the mirror coating which is adding substantially to the dark finder - except installing a new mirror there is than much less to do. The bad thing is, that way, any replacement focusing screen will have to be exactly SAME thickness or focus correlation will not be maintained. If the new screen is LESS thick, that's still perhaps good, as you could use paper shims between the hood and the screen to increase the thickness to the proper thickness, but if the new screen is thicker, bad luck - focus would have to be adjusted for it. Although, this is how it is in my Rolleiflex Standard, I do not know other models that well to tell you what is in your Rolleicord. **:(with some non-scratching technique!!! Practice on some busted or cheap SLR mirror first! Also, have in mind, the mirrors of old Rolleis and all old TLRs were silvered not aluminium, the silver is apparently less durable and more prone to environmental degradation, after all, my rollei is 70 years in the field working, more than many people... I can send you my practice of cleaning the screen which I used successfully on Yashica and Rollei mirrors, although a disclaimer as usual)** Hope this helps. Good light, Frantisek Vlcek - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Vs: OT: Yashica MF lenses
Sunday, April 07, 2002, 8:03:20 PM, Raimo wrote: RK Russian (and Soviet) lenses are mostly copies of Zeiss designs. RK All the best! RK Raimo RK Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho Certainly not all. There are quite many of them which are genuine inhouse designs IMHO. Also, many lenses from many manufacturers are just derived from earlier lenses, as are the USSR (not copies, derived). Like most primes, etc. It's the tweaking that makes a perfect lens often not a completely new design. Most 50 primes are very similar gaussian lenses, etc... The same for fabled 35/3.5 SMC which is the simplest wideangle possible, a simple Tessar with large negative element up front, completely same design as several cheapest 3rd party 35mm lenses out there. It's the tweaking that makes it good. And in the USSR, the Maksutov catadioptric design was made, too, which is among the best for mirror lenses. Well, I got on a little cardbox soap here ;-) Good light, Frantisek Vlcek - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Dedicated flash for a P30T
I just bought a P30T, both as a second camera body, and a camera for pseudo-dummies for my girlfriend (full auto mode). The Vivitar 560D flash unit that's kicking around here claims to be a fully dedicated flash for the camera. However, though it seems to work that way when the camera's set to apeture-priority, it doesn't seem to work in full auto mode. Can anyone suggest a decent bounce flash that will work properly with this camera, even in full auto mode? If I can find a used AF280T, I might consider it, but the new ones are too much $$$ to justify. -Mat - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: equipment bashing update
And I thought *I* am the worst in handling cameras ;-) I guess between you and Snowfield Bill's 'Bronica-that-didn't-fare-well-from-the-fifth-floor-window', I am still far behind ;-) Frantisek (no,no, I am good. Don't be afraid to buy this **mint** **LN/NIB** camera from me G) P.S.: I was quite afraid about my LX, which I bought recently, at nice price but it is cosmetically almost flawless. Knowing myself, I would have liked more an user body, which I wouldn't be afraid to tote around. Or is it the environment I shoot in? Concerts, clubs,... occassional demonstration. I am sure my LX is anxiously looking forward to the autumn Nato summit here in Prague ;-) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: equipment bashing update
Burn some film, eat some concrete. How good can it get? ;-) Len --- - Original Message - From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 12:07 PM Subject: RE: equipment bashing update On Sun, 7 Apr 2002 18:54:44 +0200, £ukasz Kacperczyk wrote: I'm very sorry for you and your cameras. I guess they (cameras) must be pretty scared every time you pick one to shoot ;) I think they're adrenaline junkies and like it - they know they're going to burn some film! tv - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
The truth
Some one mentioned he was looking outside and thought the sky was grainy. Here is even more information about grain and colour and so. http://www.wuthrich.cc/explenation.jpg Frits Wüthrich - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Submission to pug
Get a new service provider? ;-) Fear not, he's on the list, I'm sure he's reading this, if not, he's reading my follow up to your post, it's getting there. Illinois Bill HARRY BAUGHMAN wrote: This is the second time I have tried to e-mail the member who is taken care of the pug site. I get the e-mail back that it won't accept submissions or messages from msn.com. What do I do now? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: The truth
I don't know about you guys, but believe him. ukasz - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Submission to pug
Right! It won't accept my yahoo address either. It seems to be a security issue. BG again? Who knows? Bob --- HARRY BAUGHMAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the second time I have tried to e-mail the member who is taken care of the pug site. I get the e-mail back that it won't accept submissions or messages from msn.com. What do I do now? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . = What boots up must come down. Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Tartan Day, Washington, DC
Amita asked:
Washington, DC (USA) today (Sunday): I'll be performing at
11:15 and 2:45 in the Music Tent with The Homespun Ceilidh Band.
Glenn, that's so cool that you're in a piper's band. Do you play the
pipes or the drums?
Actually, The Homespun Ceilidh Band is a fiddle band, not a pipe
band. I play guitar. (Other instruments, too, but guitar in that
band.) We're a nine-piece: two fiddles, two bodhrans, hammered
dulcimer, a person who doubles recorder and viola da gamba, one
who doubles flute and bouzouki, one who doubles cittern and guitar,
and I switch off betwen 6-string and 12-string guitars.
They put the pipe bands at the other end of the site from the
Music Tent -- the pipes are considered their own category. ;-)
(Technically, in the UK, the pipes were legally classified as
instruments of war, not musical instruments, for quite some
time. More a matter of politics and ethnic suppression than
a musical judgement, as I understand it, but the law stayed on
the books a long time after it stopped being relevant.)
(BTW, there's a piper on our CD, playing shuttle pipes on a
couple of sets.)
I went to the Pipefest parade here in NY
yesterday, and my friend and I decided we want to learn to play the
drums. :)
Drums are fun. Those modern marching snares are downright scary
though -- especially if you play them indoors. Each strike is
like a rifle shot, and the heads are tensioned so tight they feel
solid. Whew!
I'm interested in an older style of snare drum, mostly 'cause I
also play early music and want something suitable for that.
I'll need to learn unmatched grip though -- so far I use matched
grip when I'm behind a drum set, but that doesn't work so well
for a drum hanging at your side.
Hopefully got some good pictures of the parade (and of Sean Connery
leading it), though nothing terribly creative...I'm still trying to
get used to my new zoom lens.
Hope you got something good. Also hoping Tom, who showed up for
our second set today, got some good stuff! I didn't do much shooting
myself, having started the day already exhausted and becoming more
so from jumping around behind a guitar, but I did shoot some of the
highland dancers. (Finished off a roll of PJ800 that was already
loaded in the ME, and shot a roll of Provia 100F in the Super Program,
plus a roll of Fuji 100 in the Nishika 3D camera.) I was trying to
get the dancers with the Capitol dome in the background.
I tried to shoot some gulls overhead when the sun was low enough
to light their bellies, but as soon as I put the Long Glass on the
camera, they all vanished. Mean birds!
Next weekend it's a wedding with The Beltway Early Music Band on
Saturday and Marching Through Time (military re-enactors from
Vikings through WWII, in Glen Dale, MD) with Thrir Venstri Foetr
('Three Left Feet' -- renaissance dance and English country dance)
on Sunday; then the weekend after that it's The Homespun Ceilidh
Band at the WAMA Crosstown Jam in DC (19 April); then The Homespun
Ceilidh Band at the Southern Maryland Celtic Festival on the 27th.
My busy season has officially started!
And now I think I hear my bed calling me quite insistently. #Zonk!#
-- Glenn
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Deal of the century!!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1344623184 Remind me not to buy anything from these guys. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Deal of the century!!!
Interesting. Had the exact same lens, w/2x extender, on Ebay for a week and the best bid was $20. Can't sell it for that, I think. Anyway, auction is now closed. Sounds exactly like my lens description. Paul G. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Deal of the century!!!
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Deal of the century!!! Interesting. Had the exact same lens, w/2x extender, on Ebay for a week and the best bid was $20. Can't sell it for that, I think. Anyway, auction is now closed. Sounds exactly like my lens description. Looks just like the one I turned into a flower pot. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: New lens
On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Artur [ISO-8859-2] Ledóchowski wrote: Is your Zenitar also unable to focus on infinity? Mine is:( I have a recently-bought K-mount version and when wide open and focused on infinity, all distant elements look unsharp. Strange that when I use any Mine works fine, however, I've heard you MUST have a filter, even if it sonly the clear one, in the lens itself. I've barely used mine to date, but with Bill's aquisition and mention, I decided I would make a concerted effort to bring something out with it today. So I used only it and my 40A 1.4 today. The other benefit is that the Zenitar is the only one I have any contrast filters for, and thus until today I never used a red or yellow filter. Lots of pictures taken, can't wait to see how they turned out.. now, if only I knew how to OPEN a 35mm cartridge. In high school, we had reloaded ones you just had to bang on a table. Hmm. :) -- http://www.infotainment.org The destructive character is cheerful. - Walter Benjamin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
What a nice weekend!!
Hi all, Went to Palm Springs this weekend and burned a lot of film. It was so windy out there that little baby birdies were being blown out of their nests. One was a baby hummingbird, got pics (hopefully good ones) of him being fed by momma, the other was a fledgling Great Horned Owl. I got pics of the owls parents too. The SMC Takumar 1000mm got a good workout, I felt like a National Geographic guy this weekend, and loved every minute. Hope you all had a good weekend too. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: This is a manager?
I pointed that out to him and his answer is that we are not a custom lab. He then said that he could get someone in doing twice the volume, print better then me, be more managerial, and pay them less (I make about $21.5K/ yr US) I'm about to the point that the next time he pulls that one I may just let him come up with this fictitious super person. On Saturday, April 6, 2002, at 12:42 AM, Butch Black wrote: I have been told by my district manager to get more production out by making fewer color and density corrections. That's awful. Did you ask them to reconcile that with their preaching of quality? - -Aaron BUTCH Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself Hermann Hesse (Demian) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Using MZ-M with Non-Dedicated Flash
Because when you use the flash on manual, it uses the full charge of the condensers for each shot. That means it has to do a full recycle. On auto it just uses part of the charge and only has to do a partial recharge. Depending on the distance that can be very short or almost as long as on manual. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: Brendan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 2:57 PM Subject: Re: Using MZ-M with Non-Dedicated Flash Try new batteries, I have noticed that with the Achiever flash set to manual it slowed down my MZ-M. I do not know why but it does seem that the camera knows there is a flash there once a connection is made on the hot shoe and it tries to communicate, using a bit of power doing so. I have not had that problem with the battery pack fg. --- Jeffrey Schneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've noticed a problem using my Vivitar 285HV on this camera that I don't seem to have using it with any of my older cameras. Using the flash, there seems to be a long time delay between the mirror moving up and the shutter actually firing. When I remove the flash, the camera works normally, with no noticeable delay. Has anyone had a similar experience? Can you explain why this happens? Thanks in advance. Jeff - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . __ Music, Movies, Sports, Games! http://entertainment.yahoo.ca - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: New lens
A simple bottleopener should do the job. Lukasz - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: New lens
Perhaps it is like some large format wide angle lenses in that they are actually designed to use the hyperfocal distance for distance focusing and are noticeably less sharp if actually focused to infinity. BUTCH Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself Hermann Hesse (Demian) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Deal of the century!!!
I think I got $15 for mine on ebay, I felt very lucky, the guy bought it for his mom. Camera shops around here would not take it for trade. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 4:16 PM Subject: Re: Deal of the century!!! - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Deal of the century!!! Interesting. Had the exact same lens, w/2x extender, on Ebay for a week and the best bid was $20. Can't sell it for that, I think. Anyway, auction is now closed. Sounds exactly like my lens description. Looks just like the one I turned into a flower pot. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Studio Band Info
Nice job. BUTCH Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself Hermann Hesse (Demian) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: New lens
A beer bottle opener does the trick for opening film canisters if you haven't got a leader extractor. Regards, /\/\ick... - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: New lens
Out of curiosity, I took the clear filter off and, yes, focus was not as good as with it. Bill KG4LOV [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Artur Ledóchowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 2:39 PM Subject: Re: New lens Is your Zenitar also unable to focus on infinity? Mine is:( I have a recently-bought K-mount version and when wide open and focused on infinity, all distant elements look unsharp. Strange that when I use any aperture smaller than f8 and use DOF preview, those elements do look sharp. I test the first roll of film with this lens so I have no results so far but it seems to me that on small apertures the infinity is covered by DOF. Perhaps this will be even more advantageous - I suspect that the lens may be actually focused on the hiperfocal distance in such case. However, it seems to be no way to use large apertures (below f/8) Greetz Artur - While on Grandfather Mountain yesterday, I had an opportunity to play with my new Zenitar 16mm fisheye. Bill KG4LOV -- Okresl Swoje potrzeby - my znajdziemy oferte za Ciebie! [ http://oferty.onet.pl ] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: New lens
Check with your local minilab. They will probably give you 2 or 3 inches of the tape used to extract leaders from cassettes. I plan to bring some to the Grandfather Mountain Photo Weekend for those that may need some. Bill KG4LOV [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Mick Maguire [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 7:58 PM Subject: RE: New lens A beer bottle opener does the trick for opening film canisters if you haven't got a leader extractor. Regards, /\/\ick... - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Deal of the century!!!
Why is that? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Steve Larson Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 4:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Deal of the century!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1344623184 Remind me not to buy anything from these guys. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: What a nice weekend!!
Hope you all had a good weekend too. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California Not really. I spent the weekend running other peoples' film through the minilab. Today was a killer. Someone in senior management got the bright idea of running a special. Any size roll, 1 hour processing for $3.99 single prints and $4.99 double prints. Ran 1136 prints today and only had 11 waste! Bill KG4LOV [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Deal of the century!!!
Steve, I have athe same lens in front of me, but much newer. In fact, I've got the Vivitar 135/f2.8, and 200/f3.5 Pentax scew-mount lenses. They are both quite nice. and the 135/f2.8 cost me about $30 CDN, and the 200/f3.5 $35 CDN, and are like new. James - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Deal of the century!!!
Well, KEH has a bargain condition one for $12.00, which is probably the same condition as the one on ebay, especially since it`s been engraved. Like new specimens fetch about $30. The guy selling it on ebay is asking $69.00, and he is a dealer/repair outfit, so they must know a little about pricing, it just wreaks gouging. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California Geoffgo wrote: Why is that? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Steve Larson Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 4:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Deal of the century!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1344623184 Remind me not to buy anything from these guys. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: What a nice weekend!!
That`s a lot of prints! Think of the money you made though (trying to be optimistic)! Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 5:10 PM Subject: Re: What a nice weekend!! Hope you all had a good weekend too. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California Not really. I spent the weekend running other peoples' film through the minilab. Today was a killer. Someone in senior management got the bright idea of running a special. Any size roll, 1 hour processing for $3.99 single prints and $4.99 double prints. Ran 1136 prints today and only had 11 waste! Bill KG4LOV [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: How unpleasant.........
I think it's more like Pentax was trying to save a few bucks and forced their customers to purchase the original rear cap as accessories at some point in mid-90's. Somehow they realized that didn't work and then included the good old cap again. regards, Alan Chan _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: What a nice weekend!!
Yeah, with the $3.99 special, 31 rolls of film came out to less than $125.00, although my salary for the day was less than 1/2 that. Bill KG4LOV [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 8:58 PM Subject: Re: What a nice weekend!! That`s a lot of prints! Think of the money you made though (trying to be optimistic)! Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 5:10 PM Subject: Re: What a nice weekend!! Hope you all had a good weekend too. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California Not really. I spent the weekend running other peoples' film through the minilab. Today was a killer. Someone in senior management got the bright idea of running a special. Any size roll, 1 hour processing for $3.99 single prints and $4.99 double prints. Ran 1136 prints today and only had 11 waste! Bill KG4LOV [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Dedicated flash for a P30T
I just bought a P30T, both as a second camera body, and a camera for pseudo-dummies for my girlfriend (full auto mode). The Vivitar 560D flash unit that's kicking around here claims to be a fully dedicated flash for the camera. However, though it seems to work that way when the camera's set to apeture-priority, it doesn't seem to work in full auto mode. Can anyone suggest a decent bounce flash that will work properly with this camera, even in full auto mode? If I can find a used AF280T, I might consider it, but the new ones are too much $$$ to justify. AFAIK, all P30 bodies cannot do TTL flash. regards, Alan Chan _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: equipment bashing update
On Sun, 7 Apr 2002 13:22:26 -0700, harald_nancy wrote: Tom, It sounds like the MZ-S fared pretty well in the mishap. Did it suffer any consequences after being airborne? Not as far as I can tell. tv - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Deal of the century!!!
I didn't post the message, but I would guess it's because they want $69 for a paperweight. Paul Geoffgo wrote: Why is that? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Steve Larson Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 4:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Deal of the century!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1344623184 Remind me not to buy anything from these guys. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Need Advice: Photoshop vs. Corel PhotoPaint
I'm using both Photoshop 6.01 and Corel Photopaint, v10. I do a lot with my images in terms of digital analogs to traditional darkroom type adjustment - like adjusting contrast, dodging, burning, etc. 99% of what I do is in Corel. I really only use Photoshop for the final prep of files that are going out to printers or service bureaus. Most preflight instructions I've seen are tailored to Photoshop. I also use Photoshop for some plug ins that don't work on Corel, like Genuine Fractals 2.0 (which I read works on Corel v9, but not 10.) I've used Corel since v 3, skipping only 5 and 8 in the upgrade path. It's probably just what you are used to, but I like the ergonomics of Corel better. I've customized the tool bars and probably execute only 1 out of every 20 commands via the text menus. I haven't figured out how to do that with Photoshop, so I wind up clicking Filter / Sharpen / Unsharp Mask for example, instead of hitting the unsharp mask icon. What's nice about Corel is you can set up a task specific tool bar. My scanning bar starts with the icon for launching the twain driver, goes through icons for image adjustment, levels correction, clean up, resizing, sharpening, saving, and finally printing. I can go through the entire process - scan, prep, save, print - without having to go into menus. It sounds trivial, but doing things with one click vs 2 or 3 is a huge ergonomic difference. I'm only using both programs for prepping image scans for prints. When it comes to pure digital artwork - I don't know if either, or neither, is the better tool. - MCC . At 11:42 AM 4/6/2002 -0700, you wrote: I've been using Corel PhotoPaint 8, and find that I can do nearly anything I have wanted to do (so far). I do find masks hard to work with when the borders are critical. It also comes with a good assortment of plug-ins. The main things I work on with image-editing software concern color, contrast, saturation, backgrounds, sharpening, gaussian blur, correcting dust/scratches, repainting damaged areas, and masks. PhotoPaint seems to do all of those fairly well, except mask edges. My questions are to those who have used both: Is Photoshop worth the much greater cost? Can it do mask edges more easily? And does it come with the same range of included plug-ins (or do you have to buy those separately)? Thanks for the advice, Joe - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Kalamazoo, MI [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - - - - - - - - - Photos: http://www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: What a nice weekend!!
Sounds like a lot of fun. I envy you that 1000mm. One of these days. Let us see some of those pics. Sounds like you got some good ones. Things were pretty gray here, so I didn't shoot much film. Went out this morning while we had a bit of hazy bright and shot some trees and rocks at a nearby river. But I did do a lot of printing. I shot a beautiful young woman Friday and printed a bunch of 11x14 and a couple 16x20 last night and today. Here's a scan of one of the negs. It's Plus X from the 6x7 through the 165/4. Light is from a 400AFT firing into a soft shoulder reflector umbrella and a bank of windows. The scan is from my Epson 1200 dogbreath scanner, so it's a little shaky. The lady is a 21 year old advertising art director, a huge talent and a very pretty girl. http://home.earthlink.net/~pnstenquist/_uimages/stephanie2.jpg Steve Larson wrote: Hi all, Went to Palm Springs this weekend and burned a lot of film. It was so windy out there that little baby birdies were being blown out of their nests. One was a baby hummingbird, got pics (hopefully good ones) of him being fed by momma, the other was a fledgling Great Horned Owl. I got pics of the owls parents too. The SMC Takumar 1000mm got a good workout, I felt like a National Geographic guy this weekend, and loved every minute. Hope you all had a good weekend too. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Deal of the century!!!
I shot with the 200/3.5 Vivitar for nearly 20 years and it served me very well. It was a darn good lens, and I made a lot of money with it. Many thousands of dollars in fact. But it's entertaining to make fun of some of those old screw mount lenses. I gave mine to a newby photographer, who is still getting a lot of use out of it. Paul James Adams wrote: Steve, I have athe same lens in front of me, but much newer. In fact, I've got the Vivitar 135/f2.8, and 200/f3.5 Pentax scew-mount lenses. They are both quite nice. and the 135/f2.8 cost me about $30 CDN, and the 200/f3.5 $35 CDN, and are like new. James - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Ugly bokeh from FA43/1.9
The bokeh looks similar to Nikon bokeh. With the compromises made WRT barrel distortion in this design, this is the net result. At least it's not as extreme as those old Nikon lenses. They were really, really bad. Collin * KC8TKA --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: RE: Leaf Shutters
According to the Kodak Professional Photoguide, as well as numerous sources on the 'net, including mailing lists that feature cameras with leaf shutters, high shutter speeds used in conjunction with smaller apertures produce slower effective shutter speeds, producing more exposure than the indicated shutter speed/f-stop combination. This is caused, according to Kodak, by the geometry of the lens-shutter-diaphragm assembly combined with inertia of moving parts, and is not a manufacturing defect. J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I havent noticed this with mine ( 90mm SMCT LS for 6X7 ) but I seriously doubt that Pentax would design-in an exposure error on what are professional products. --- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 43mm wide open comparison?
I'd say so, i've never done any tests with my two 50/1.4s to see how much the improve between 1.4 and 2.0. Regards, Paul - Original Message - From: Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 3:44 PM Subject: Re: 43mm wide open comparison? I have heard on the list a number of times that the 43mm is a bit soft wide open. I am wondering how its performace at F2 compares to the FA35/2 at 2.0 or any of the 50/1.4s at 1.4 or 2.0? No doubt the 50/1.4 is much softer than 43/1.9 at wide open. regards, Alan Chan _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
