Re: PDMLers on Facebook - do me a favor?

2011-12-13 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
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Re: Home Computer Prediction From 1954

2004-11-17 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Doug Franklin skrev: > > On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 08:23:13 -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > This may produce a few grins: > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/54-computer.jpg > > Actually, that looks to me like a mock up of a submarine's > dive control station, circa 1954. > > TTYL, DougF KG

Re: L-foto - sweden I think

2002-02-28 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Pål Audun Jensen skrev: > > Jørgen wrote: > > >Do you have some other good tips for buying/selling used > >camera-equipment in Sweden/Scandinavia ? > >I have been toying with the idea to buy some old Pentax > >stuff if I can sell my small Olympus-system. > > Not really, apart from the fact that

Re: L-foto - sweden I think

2002-02-27 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hi Pål, Pål Audun Jensen skrev: > > Paul wrote: > > >Hi all, Has anyone had any dealings with L-foto >>http://www.l-foto.se/, who [SNIP] > Probably > reputable but I find them expensive as far as Scandinavian > used prices goes. . [SNIP] > Pål Do you have some other good tips for buying/sellin

Re: Contax NX vs Pentax MZ-S

2002-02-27 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hi Alexander, [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: > > Jorgen, > You may have confused the price of the Contax NX with > the Contax N1. > B&H lists the Contax NX for $649.95 and the Pentax MZ-S for > $799.95. Well, it seems I did not read the price part of the review careful enough, the price there is

Re: BG-10 grip questions

2001-06-17 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Doug Brewer skrev: > > I believe the BG-10 is indeed metal, but I'll have to check. > I can tell you that when it is attached to the camera, > it's difficult to tell where the camera ends and the grip begins. > Sound so good, I guess there is no "slack" between the camera and the grip, like be

Re: Mattias Klum & Pentax

2001-06-11 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Pål Jensen wrote: > Mattias again have the front page of National Geographic - > the June issue. I don't know whether this is shot with > Pentax or Nikon. > > Pål > [SNIP] Do you know the subject of his reportage ? If it is about lions in Asia / India I think he shot this with Pentax-equipm

Re: Who have minimum number of lenses than me ?

2001-05-30 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
zxcv ar2 skrev: > > Just curious. Is there any member of this group has fewer lenses > than me? I have just four lenses. I have 3 (all Pentax): FA 43mm f1.9, FA 28-105mm f4.0-5.6 (PZ) and FA 80-320mm f4.5-5.6. > FA 35 mm f2.0, FA 50 mm f1.7, FA 135 mm f2.8 IF I would love to have that FA 135mm

Re: Manfrotto/Bogen 3-way head Junior Magnesium

2001-05-16 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hi Ernest, Ernest Alejandria skrev: > > Joergen Blomgren wrote: > [SNIP] > > > Can you free the axis just enough so the camera is moveable, > > but does not "fall" ? > > Yes. Once the camera is lock into head mount via the removable plate, > it is > securely lock and would not fall off the

Re: Manfrotto/Bogen 3-way head Junior Magnesium

2001-05-16 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hi Chris, Chris Brogden skrev: > [SNIP] > > You can use it both ways, but if you use it as a ballhead, then you > have > to loosen and tighten two knobs instead of one, and you only get > movement > in two planes, not three. There are more expensive ballheads that > let you > lock motion in i

Re: Manfrotto/Bogen 3-way head Junior Magnesium

2001-05-16 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hi Rob, Rob Studdert skrev: > > On 13 May 2001, at 12:39, Jörgen Blomgren wrote: > > > Please, tell me all your opinions of this head, I am choosing > > between this (460MG/3437), the basic 3-way head (141RC/3030) > > and the Proball basic (308RC/3413QR) as the h

Re: Manfrotto/Bogen 3-way head Junior Magnesium

2001-05-16 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hi Kenneth, Kenneth Waller skrev: > [SNIP] > May I suggest you look at the Bogen 3275 "Mini-gear" head. It is a > great > head when very precise adjustments have to be made, as in macro > photography. > It has 3 axis movement all controlled by 3 "knobs", each "knob" > has a very > fine adjustme

Re: Manfrotto/Bogen 3-way head Junior Magnesium

2001-05-15 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hi Albano, [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: > > > 029 rules! > > Jokes aside, what is its strong points ? > J.B Joergen Blomgren > > I like my 029 because it's very, very solid (I use it with 144 legs). Those are called 055 now, so that is the same kind of tripod I am thinking of. > Three way adjus

Re: Manfrotto/Bogen 3-way head Junior Magnesium

2001-05-15 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hi Chris, Chris Brogden skrev: > > I'm not a big fan of the 3-way Junior head. Actually, I hate it. > It's > small, but I find the grips are way too small for my liking. Oh, have not thought of that, I was just worried that it would be sort of tricky to adjust without large handles. > If yo

Re: Manfrotto/Bogen 3-way head Junior Magnesium

2001-05-15 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hi Albano, [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: > > 029 rules! > : - P > Yes, at least size-, weight- and price-wise ;-> (By that description, at sounds as it is a sumo-wrestler :-) Jokes aside, what is its strong points ? > Albano > [SNIP] Best regards, -- J.B Joergen Blomgren e-mail: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Manfrotto/Bogen 3-way head Junior Magnesium

2001-05-15 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hello Ernest, Ernest Alejandria skrev: [SNIP] > Hi Joergen, > > I use the 460mg head on my Manfrotto carbon fiber tripod (model 440/ > Bogen > 3444). As Jan said, it is the ideal compliment to the lightweight > carbon > fiber tripod series. The ease of portability and it's inherent > sturdiness

Re: HHGTTG

2001-05-13 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
"D. Glenn Arthur Jr." skrev: > > Joergen Blomgren wrote: > > "D. Glenn Arthur Jr." skrev: > > > Douglas Adams was indirectly responsible for my learning how to > > > drive a manual-transmission ("stick shift"). Full story > > > available if people want to hear it. > > > > This reminds of one of

Manfrotto/Bogen 3-way head Junior Magnesium

2001-05-13 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
I would like to ask if there is anybody on the list who has any experience of the Manfrotto 3-way head Junior Magnesium ? The Manfrotto code is 460MG and the Bogen code is 3437. It seems to be a good head, but I am a bit doubtful how practical it is, usually 3-way heads have large grips that yo

Pentax-spotting

2001-05-07 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hello Pentax-fans, I could not help noticing a Pentax-user in the swedish nature-show "Mitt i naturen-Film" there was a short (.5 hour) documentary from and about the swedish nature-filmer and photographer Mattias Klum. It described his reportage about asiatic lions in India, and he used a couple

Pro digital can use 645/67 lenses ?

2001-02-26 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
In the mail today there was a catalogue from a swedish mail-order company (Scandinavian Photo). At the Pentax page there was a small sidenote about the new Pentax bodies, the new semi-pro 35 mm and the pro digital. The part about the digital mentioned that it could use the lenses from the 645 and

Re: Half OT: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-22 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
I am sorry that I answer my own post, but I feel I must point out what I mean. Jörgen Blomgren skrev: > > Lasse Karlsson skrev: [SNIP] > > Yes, but our everyday lives a r e in essence very subtle, aren't > > they? It's just that we (our senses) deal with this subt

Re: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-21 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Pål Jensen skrev: > > Jørgen wrote: > > > And they say "tålig konstruktion likt LX" which means: > > "durable construction like LX" (the translation could > > almost be guessed ?), which would mean not as durable > > as LX, only something similar ? > > According to my swedish (wich of course is

Re: Report from PMA

2001-02-12 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Alin Flaider skrev: > > Jörgen wrote: > > >> -Exposure setting for reading automatically, the > >> selected AF sensor (instead of normal 6 segment) > JB> What does this mean ? Anyone who knows or guesses ? > > It probably means exposure is read from the meter segment that > corresponds

Re: Report from PMA

2001-02-12 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Doug Brewer skrev: > > Had a friend down at PMA report back to me with MZ-S specs. Here's > what I know: > [SNIP] > > Pentax functions include: [SNIP] > -Exposure setting for reading automatically, the > selected AF sensor (instead of normal 6 segment) What does this mean ? Anyone who kno