I was very happy that my ME takes pictures without battery.. I was on my
way to a roundtrip through norway when I realized that the meter doesn't
work. It was at a train station and my train was leaving 10 minutes
later. There was a camera store in the station and I rushed in and
bought a new
I met him a number of times myself, back in the days when I was working
full time for car magazines. I spent a few days with him on the Delmar
Peninsula back in 1980 at a Volkswagen launch. He had a trendously
intelligent dry wit and could entertain the whole table at dinner. I
remember the tiff
Mike wrote:
Odd, but no one really makes a top-quality classic MMM SLR camera these
days, unless you count the Hunchback of Solms, the strange and bulky (and
singularly unpopular) Leica R9.
Didn't Leica recently discontiue the R6.2; arguably the only Leica SLR that make some
sense?
At least
- Original Message -
From: Pål Jensen
Subject: Re: Just a dream
God knows how the Leica R system fares now with the increasing popularity
of digital.
I wouldn't have thought the R cameras would have appealed to the same
demographic.
For that matter, I am still trying to figure out
Mike wrote:
No sooner was the war against station wagons won than
we get...this. Roadways clotted with bastardized _trucks_. Honestly, not in
my wildest imaginings thirty years ago (as I soaked up Patrick Bedard in
Study Hall), could I have even conceived of anything as tasteless and
Peter wrote:
Battery dependance is especially bad when you're two days on foot away from
the nearest
store and find out that the batteries you had for backup died of
disuse. You don't have
to be a survivalist to appreciate a mechanical backup. (Stainless Steal?
Magnesium? what
the
One more type of camera user that you don't understand.
BR
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
God knows how the Leica R system fares now with the increasing popularity of digital.
This is impossible. In 1964 a bill was passed that introduced a new
Norse God for Pentaxes, and since that time no Pentax has remained in a
dysfunctional state for more than 19 minutes in Norway. This is common
knowledge.
BR
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was very happy that my ME takes pictures
For those with a survivalist mindset, anything battery-dependent might
not
work in a post-apocalyptic society, but for the rest of us, AA
batteries are
usually pretty easy to find.
. . .a post-apocalytpic society with 35 mm film but no batteries . . .
The metal manual focus is tricky, however.
William Robb wrote:
I wouldn't have thought the R cameras would have appealed
to the same
demographic.
For that matter, I am still trying to figure out what
demographic the R
system would appeal to.
Hi William,
You can add me to the list of people who don't understand
the appeal of the Leica
- Original Message -
From: Peter Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:35 AM
Subject: Re: Just a dream
If Pentax built an FM3n like camera in K mount I'd buy
one. If they
announced your
electro-mechanical dream I'd pre-order. The Idea
Peter Alling wrote:
If Pentax built an FM3n like camera in K mount I'd buy
one.
Just how far from this ideal is the MX? I changed from the
FM3A to the MX and found it had all that I *needed* ...
John
Good article. And he's completely right, at least for the industrial
countries. The universities are just waiting to get rid of books. Most
of my scientific journals are now online, since the library is running
out of space and since it's a much better medium for a changing field.
Students are
Mike wrote:
--Music listening as a hobby. Not only has vinyl been relegated to the
margins (in my youth I was an enthusiastic record collector, and I still
consider turntables to be among the most satisfying of toys), but
two-channel recorded music is beginning to atomize, subsumed into a
... or buy Pentax Limited lenses. At a high level I don't see any
difference between people with money buying the
car/camera/vehicle/lens/boat/plane/house/truck they like.
BR
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Like the appeal of the Hummer H1. People who have more money than sense.
*g* It wasn't a dysfunctional pentax... I just could't imagine that a
new bought battery was already empty and dicharged.. the camera was
fine... you can see the outcome of that trip at
http://www.xjapan.de/fotopage/fotos.html ^_^
bye Katrin
On 31 Jan 2003 at 7:54, Bruce Rubenstein wrote:
Mornin' Steve
I have heard from someone who should know that the K-1000 would be too
expensive to build this day and time. It's apparently much less expensive
to use electronic components that are modular, rather than the large amount
of hand work that is necessary for an all manual camera.
Well, I knew the answer had to be something like this because you can
get $200-250 for a good used K-1000 so you could probably get a bit more
for a new one. Given this, however, it shouldn't surprise anyone that
the MZ-S is $800 USD.
I have heard from someone who should know that the K-1000
LX has never been the no.1 choice
for me considered it's relability track record, and ongoing expensive
service bills. It is a lovely camera when it works. Both Super A/Program and
MX are a lot more reliable imho, and I certainly would not recommend to
trade both for a LX.
All this talk
, 2003 12:30 PM
Subject: Just a dream
LX has never been the no.1 choice
for me considered it's relability track record, and ongoing expensive
service bills. It is a lovely camera when it works. Both Super A/Program
and
MX are a lot more reliable imho, and I certainly would not recommend
I think it all depends how literally you real what was quoted. What
they ideally want is exactly that, a camera that you CAN all take to
your graves, but also one that they will be able to persuade you not to.
What they need is to then provide you later with a camera that you would
rather take
Mike wrote:
Of course this is not what any company wants...to sell a camera that will
last forever and never need updating. Manufacturers want to sell cameras,
not get into the business of servicing 25-year-old warhorses.
Perhaps if they want to make the definitive and LAST film SLR; it will
Perhaps if they want to make the definitive and LAST film SLR; it will never
be replaced anyway!
Good point!
--Mike
A friend from Pentax who monitors this list read my Just a dream post and
had this comment:
The consumer, while expressing disdain for AF cameras, basically refuses to
purchase manual focusing cameras.
I guess that's pretty much that!
--Mike
Mike wrote:
MJ A friend from Pentax who monitors this list...
Ooops, so there is a taupe on the list! Now the question is does he
report further or is he reading just for fun... anyway, it's
interesting to read an officious opinion.
MJ The consumer, while expressing disdain for AF
Mike:
Be sure and order one for me. It's frustrating, isn't it, to love a camera
style that's dying out right before our eyes.
---
Bob Keefer
Keefer Photography
Fine art hand-painted photos
www.bkpix.com
A friend from Pentax who monitors this list read my Just a dream post and
had this comment:
The consumer, while expressing disdain for AF cameras, basically refuses to
purchase manual focusing cameras.
Mike, if they made a manual focus range that would be a start. I think.
My comment
- Original Message -
From: Pat White
Subject: Re: Just a dream
A stainless steel SLR
would probably be too heavy, so magnesium is a good alternative.
Buddy of mine just bought an Olympus 5500 (?). Magnesium shell. Looks kinda
like a quality rangefinder camera, and feels quite nice
Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The only thing I have left are books. Fortunately, books endure: one
lifetime is not long enough to see them eclipsed. However, if the situation
with books goes like cars, stereos, movies, and cameras, pretty soon all new
books will be paperbacks and most
Jeez, Mike they built the LX for 20 years, isn't that enough?
At 05:30 AM 1/30/2003 -0600, you wrote:
LX has never been the no.1 choice
for me considered it's relability track record, and ongoing expensive
service bills. It is a lovely camera when it works. Both Super
A/Program and
MX are
a couple of autofocus lenses.
At 09:49 AM 1/30/2003 -0600, you wrote:
A friend from Pentax who monitors this list read my Just a dream post and
had this comment:
The consumer, while expressing disdain for AF cameras, basically refuses to
purchase manual focusing cameras.
I guess that's pretty
Battery dependance is especially bad when you're two days on foot away from
the nearest
store and find out that the batteries you had for backup died of
disuse. You don't have
to be a survivalist to appreciate a mechanical backup. (Stainless Steal?
Magnesium? what
the hell happened to Brass,
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