The graduated filters that fit into a holder (Cokin, Singh Ray, Lee) can be
handy because the dividing line may not be at the center of the picture. In
those cases the filter can be slid up or down to accomodate the divide where
a screw on filter cannot. Even with landscapes the rule of thirds
Alin Flaider wrote:
(Unconfirmed) rumors are that Minolta is in big trouble with
its recently announced digital SLRs Dimage 7 and 5. It seems
they have problems with the CCD chips (4 and 5 MPixel) and
release is delayed for October (it was expected for May).
I have heard the "after
ROTFL!
Thanks,
Dan Scott
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Well, at least I infer from Mr. Keppler's article that the difference
may be squant, at least at f/8.
If you check out a web site which I happened upon just over two weeks
ago, you'll understand. The discovery and importance of "squant", a new
Ed,
SASE is on its way. Pls accept my thanks for your
willing help.
I'm grateful to all who responded to my post.
Jack
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My comments: Slik 300DX vs Bogen 3001
I've got the Slik, Wifey has the Bogen. I've messed with
both extensively.
The Bogen 3001 is easier to set up, due to quicker levers on
leg spread and leg extension, but it doesn't get as close to the
ground. The Slik 300 lays "almost" flat on the
Alin wrote:
Besides, Minolta lost 40% of share price in the past 3 months.
Apparently they grossly overestimated demand for Maxxum 7 to 60,000(!)
units/month while they only manage to sell 8000, losing 3 millions USD
each month.
If anyone at Minolta expected 60 000 units/months then he
"Alexandre A. P. Suaide" wrote:
Hello,
I am trying to understand some features PZ1-P provides about
TTL flash metering and I would like to ask some questions to the
PZ-1P experts:
1. Is the TTL flash metering region the same as the light metering?
Let me explain: if I set the exposure
I wisht to begin to carry a reasonably light K-mount body and reasonably
light lens in a belt pouch, wherever I go. Because it is the lightest body,
I was thinking of going with an MZ-M. But at 2.2 inches (56mm) thick (dep),
it is about 0.4 inch thicker than my Super Program (1.8 in., 71 mm). To
Let's say I mount a top-end multicoated (B+W or Pentax) -010 UV filter to a
single-coated lens. How much will the filter improve flare resistance?
The lenses in question are my Vivitar Series 1 13/2.3 and 300/3 telephotos.
Paul Franklin Stregevsky
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Yes, the ESII has no meter capability once taken out of the AUTOMATIC
setting. See the manual located at my site. Pity that.
Paul M. Provencher
http://whitemeta.com/pentax/index.htm
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From: Bill O'Neill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 10:02
Paul wrote:
I wisht to begin to carry a reasonably light K-mount body and reasonably
light lens in a belt pouch, wherever I go. Because it is the lightest body,
I was thinking of going with an MZ-M. But at 2.2 inches (56mm) thick ...
Paul, drop me a line if a Program Plus might be
Please send the messages to me directly, to not disturb other members, thanks.
Also, I've not included 110 and digital cameras, just because I started this
way, and I didn't want to change in the middle of the way.
Also, if you already submited and want to add new items, please put clearly in
Ray Reese wrote:
This ought to be good for a laugh or two...
HAR, indeed! That *is* rich :^)
I'll have to check all my rangefinders to see if they also
have mirror lockup! guffaw
Bill
Alex,
Question:
1. Is the TTL flash metering region the same as the light metering? Let me explain: if
I set the exposure metering to multi-segment, will the TTL flash use the same metering
mode to decide the flash exposure or will it use only spot, or something else?
Answer:
It is not the
unless backpacking is a big part of your photographic phrolics,
consider also the Bogen 3046 (Willy may know the Manfrotto #)
tripod. It isn't all that more expensive than the lesser Bogens
at ~US$150 from BH It is a very solid unit and not all that heavy.
SLR... Hmmm Haw... I have exactly this camera at home. I never knew it
has a removable lens (I haven't used it that much)... I will have to check.
It's actually a pretty nice little camera. The only thing I really dislike
about it is that the delay between pressing the shutter release and
The filter added to a single-coated lens, will not improve flare resistance.
The lens must be considered separately from the filter.
The flare of the lens will remain unchanged with or without the filter.
The flare from the filter will be less (probably) than a single-coated or
un-coated
Thanks, I'll try some of that!
Appreciate the email,
R
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Hi! I too mourn demise of APX 25 - until recently, it was still available new here
in Czech rep., but now, not a single roll of it in 120 is left. I wasn't able to
stock on it for simple lack of funds :(
These are the conditions:
1 - You must answer off-list exclusively. On-list votes will not be included.
2 - You must choose Your Favorite Pentax Lens. ONLY ONE. Yes, ONLY ONE.
3 - It must be original, no third-party allowed.
4 - Primes and zooms.
5 - You must specifiy: Tak, Super Tak, SMC Tak,
Looks like the lister put up the wrong picture.
Paul M. Provencher
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This ought to be good
None. No improvement. It will add to any flair problem, but (presumably)
less so than other filters. The effect occurs at each air/glass interface
and are cumulative.
Regards,
Bob...
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the correct URL is
http://whitemetal.com/pentax/index.htm
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From: Bill O'Neill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 10:02 PM
To: PDML
Subject: Pentax ES-II question
Hi all you ES-II owners. I just purchased an ES-II with an SMC Takumar
55/1.8
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wisht to begin to carry a reasonably light K-mount body and reasonably
light lens in a belt pouch, wherever I go.
How about an ME or ME Super with the 40/2.8 pancake? That's a pretty
small package. Wasn't the ME the smallest SLR ever made, or
I don't think a UV filter has anything to do with flare resistance. Best
thing would be a good lens hood.
Jerry in Houston
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Subject: Multicoated filter on a
Bob wrote:
None. No improvement. It will add to any flair problem, but (presumably)
less so than other filters. The effect occurs at each air/glass interface
and are cumulative.
If you must use the filter (and even on the lens alone) get
a good lens hood that puts that
Pl wrote:
PJ If anyone at Minolta expected 60 000 units/months then he must be
PJ a certified nutcase.
Hence my exclamation mark and emphasis on unconfirmed source (it's
said to originate from the Wall Street Journal). It's unlikely any SLR
camera sales at this rate. Anyway, the financial
Recently, I have ordered a used Pentax SMC F (not FA) 50/1.7 for US$75
because the seller said it is in like new condition. But when I received
and inspected it, I found there are some minor scratches on the rear lens
surface. After I 'reported' the real condition of lens to the seller, he
said I
Paul wrote:
PS Let's say I mount a top-end multicoated (B+W or Pentax) -010 UV filter to a
PS single-coated lens. How much will the filter improve flare resistance?
Bad news: filters, multicoated or not, can only add to flare. It's a
question of light transmission; no filter and generally no
Just been told by London Camera Exchange in Bath that the 24-90mm lens is
available in the UK in two weeks from now for 449.00
Frits
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If somebody has a pair of them available, just tell me. I will prepay.
Thanks
Albano
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I'm going to have to say the ME is. Probably the ME Super/MG/MV are the
same size also. You might not want a MG or a MV because IIRC they don't
have a shutter lock. I just did a comparison between the ME and a Ricoh
body, and the Ricoh is maybe 1mm-2mm thicker, but is noticeably taller and
The ME S, MX, and LX are each within about 1/2mm of each other at
about 50mm deep, measured to the front of the lens mounting flange
from the eye piece or the rectangular frame in which you'd place the
film information. I would imagine that they won't get any thinner
than that
--
Shel Belinkoff
It might help a little bit in situations where the light coming almost
sideways that would normally hit the front element is now blocked by the
ring on the filter, but then why not just get a good lens hood?
Todd
At 01:29 PM 4/17/01 -0400, you wrote:
Let's say I mount a top-end multicoated
I too have one of these Yashica 'Electro 35' cameras. Not an awfully bad camera. I
got mine for about $3 US at a garage sale. However, it is no Spotmatic work-alike,
look-alike, or anything-else-alike. The lens is fixed, there is no depth of field
preview and (of course) no mirror to lock
If you knew about the scratches before buying you probably wouldn't have
bought it. The scratches would bother me every time I used it (although
some of my equipment is not pristene). Send it back. You will never be
able to sell it in good conscience without disclosing the scratches and then
Jim Brooks wrote:
I currently use a small autoflash (Fotomatic, GN18) with my ME super.
It has excellent exposure accuracy but not a lot of power. I'm looking
for a more powerful flash but wonder if anyone has experience of the
accuracy of the old Pentax units made in the same era as the ME
Not much, if at all. A good lens hood is a better solution.
--
Shel Belinkoff
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
There are no rules for good photographs,
there are only good photographs.
Paul asked:
Let's say I mount a top-end multicoated (B+W or Pentax) -010 UV filter to a
single-coated lens. How
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Recently, I have ordered a used Pentax SMC F (not FA) 50/1.7 for US$75
because the seller said it is in like new condition. But when I received
and inspected it, I found there are some minor scratches on the rear lens
surface. After I 'reported'
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Mark Stringer wrote:
If you knew about the scratches before buying you probably wouldn't have
bought it. The scratches would bother me every time I used it (although
some of my equipment is not pristene). Send it back. You will never be
able to sell it in good
Both lenses come with built-in sliding hoods, though I will indeed equip
them with longer hoods, as I invariably do. But I still prefer to protect
the front glass with a filter; I live in fear of scratching the front
element of a lens that took forever to find and will take a second forever
to
Are there any reviews of this new lens? I agree that pentax is pretty
excited about it, but it would be great to have confirmation of it's
performance.
-R
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From: "Ramesh Kumar_C" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 4:13 PM
Subject:
Your are correct Peter i typed EV instead of EF.What you are saying is basiclly the
same as
the manual,just need to get the brain to think this way and try a few test shoots.
Thanks.I have not been able to check my work e-mail lately,did you find the manual you
were
looking for at Pentax
Denis Klimovich wrote:
As far as I know first 24-90 was! sold in Russsia some days ago ;-)))
Now all people know where is "main" Pentax market :-)
At the end of current week 24-90 will be in all good Moscow shops...
What's the price in Moscow?
Bob
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Boz, the Minox 35 is, of course, a very logical suggestion. Before entering
SLR photography in 1999, two Minox 35s and an Olympus XA were my only
cameras (12 years). Been there, done that. The Minox 35s, like the Rollei
35s, use scale focusing, in which you must guess the distance.If I do elect
Hey guys, I just wanted to add something that I discovered about Australian
Copyright law today. It is from the Copyright Council Website, but it has
frames and is a pain to give a URL to so I will just paste some of it here.
What I have discovered is extremely worrying, particularly for me in
I forgot to say that the Pentax body has to be able to support
TTL. I think the earliest body for that was the Super Program.
Wasn't it? At least the 433D does have that front mounted
thyristor unit for auto flash. It is a nice unit. Another nice
unit is the Promaster 5700.
Len
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grip, which sells for $159.95.
-paul
From: Ramesh Kumar_C [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: 24-90mm release in UK
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 14:13:03 -0700
Just a bit more to add to my last post about copyright The document also
says the following;
"For photographs taken after 30 July 1998, the first owner of copyright in
photographs taken for "private or
domestic purposes" (e.g.; wedding photographs) is the client, unless the
photographer and
Howdy, folks,
On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 08:43:53 +1000, Tanya Russell Mayer wrote:
[...] it has frames and is a pain to give a URL [...]
One trick that works with the Mozilla, Netscape, and IE browsers for
this is:
A) Go to the web site and navigate to the interesting page.
B) Click anywhere in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Both lenses come with built-in sliding hoods, though I will indeed equip
them with longer hoods, as I invariably do. But I still prefer to protect
the front glass with a filter; I live in fear of scratching the front
element of a lens that took forever to find and
I've managed to dent the front of the prism housing on my trusty old
MX (a pretty shabby reward for 25 years of sterling service!).
Should I:
o Try and find a replacement top plate from a 'parts' MX
o See if my local repair shop can straighten things out
o Attempt to do it myself
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Recently, I have ordered a used Pentax SMC F (not FA) 50/1.7
for US$75
because the seller said it is in like new condition. But
when I received
and inspected it, I found there are some minor scratches on
the rear lens
surface. After I
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am curious if anybody has used the Wimberly Sidekick with a large
telephoto lens of about 300mm f/2.8 or larger. If you have, what did you
think of it?
I've just bought the Manfrotto (AKA Bogen) monopod/tripod heavy lens support bracket
which is designed to be used
In a message dated 4/17/01 7:39:09 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I've managed to dent the front of the prism housing on my trusty old
MX (a pretty shabby reward for 25 years of sterling service!).
Should I:
o Try and find a replacement top plate from a 'parts'
In a message dated 4/17/01 7:39:09 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I've managed to dent the front of the prism housing on my trusty old
MX (a pretty shabby reward for 25 years of sterling service!).
Should I:
o Try and find a replacement top plate from a
Fear not...
Extremely reliable sources are buzzing about the prototype
Pentax K-mount body sporting the Phillips 6.0 true M-pixel CCD.
Six M-pix true with pro quality glass is that invisible boundary
where photojournalists will go digital as the primary tool. With
an anticipated sugg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
With
an anticipated sugg price of $3,000 , us poor guys should see
comparable hardware in the $ 750. range in about 36 months.
Good times are coming...
I wouldn't be surprised if it were within 12 months.
tv
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Hi Raimo,
Are you still going to buy it, even though the one you tried broke? It was
probably just a fluke. BTW, on the "Favorite Lens Roll Call" by Albano,
someone already has it.
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
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To:
Hi,
Pentax hasn't made or marketed the K1000 for several years now.
Apparently, when it was last marketed, at least one of the places where
they were last manufactured was mainland China.
A bunch of us luddites who still use Spotmatics heard a rumour that
Pentax sold the rights to the camera to
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 21:31:36 -0400, Frank Theriault wrote:
Anyone here know anything about the veracity of this? If true, does
anyone know the name or names under which this camera is being marketed?
Yes, it's true. It seems when Pentax stopped production of the K1000, they sold the
rights,
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 22:04:06 -0500, Gary L. Murphy wrote:
Yes, it's true. It seems when Pentax stopped production of the K1000, they sold the
rights, dies, molds,
and specs to the Chinese company that built the last Pentax ones. (I once knew the
company name but
can't for the life of me
The US Library of Congress just put up a web site of the
Prokudin-Gorskii photograph collection of Imperial Russia. These are
some pretty amazing photographs, made all the more amazing by the
technique that he used - doing color separations by hand.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/
--
Shel
I found some real interesting info in the article located at the hyperlink
below. This might be of some interest to you digital photographers out
there.
http://146.139.100.40/webpages/askasci/comp99/cs041.htm
Jeff
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1231060518
Where do these folks find these buyers? $265 BIN!
But no one's bought it yet. The first bid was for $9.95, not the BIN
price.
chris
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From: "Shel Belinkoff"
Subject: Re: Multicoated filter on a single-coated lens
I've stopped babying my lenses
I read this and thought to myself. Lets see if what Clive
did was a party trick or real.
I have an A 50mm f1.7 lens with a notchy aperture ring. I
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, William Robb wrote:
I read this and thought to myself. Lets see if what Clive
did was a party trick or real.
[snip]
She really ground that sucker out.
The glass cleaned up as good as new, not a mark on it.
I might start cleaning my lenses.
I've heard the stories
It is a never-ending source of amazement to me that people will go to garage
sales and argue over a nickel's difference in the price of an object whose
condition can be seen, and then go to ebay and pay a ridiculous price for an
item -- sometimes more than new and virtually unseen -- because
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