Re: The MF - A Pentax Oddity

2012-11-06 Thread John Sessoms
From: Brian Walters Quoting Bob W : It seems to me that what's called for here is some experimentation and an extraordinary plenary PUG showing all possible uses of the MF and MF-1, so come on boys, get out the Vaseline, the ring-flash and the mirrors, and let's see what you can do down under!

Re: The MF - A Pentax Oddity

2012-11-05 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Michel Carrère-Gée : Le 05/11/2012 21:49, Brian Walters a écrit : G'day all ... Does anyone know exactly how it was used? All that crops up in internet searches is that it was used "for medical purposes" - some say optometry; some say endoscopy. Pentax also made a 110 SLR specializ

Re: The MF - A Pentax Oddity

2012-11-05 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
Le 05/11/2012 21:49, Brian Walters a écrit : G'day all ... Does anyone know exactly how it was used? All that crops up in internet searches is that it was used "for medical purposes" - some say optometry; some say endoscopy. Pentax also made a 110 SLR specialized for endoscopy. Here, with an a

Re: The MF - A Pentax Oddity

2012-11-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
You first Bob W. On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Bob W wrote: > It seems to me that what's called for here is some experimentation and an > extraordinary plenary PUG showing all possible uses of the MF and MF-1, so > come on boys, get out the Vaseline, the ring-flash and the mirrors, and > let's

Re: The MF - A Pentax Oddity

2012-11-05 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Bob W : It seems to me that what's called for here is some experimentation and an extraordinary plenary PUG showing all possible uses of the MF and MF-1, so come on boys, get out the Vaseline, the ring-flash and the mirrors, and let's see what you can do down under! That gives the te

Re: The MF - A Pentax Oddity

2012-11-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
You just ~had~ to slide that in there, didn't you, Bruce? cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Bruce Walker Sent: November 5, 2012 11/5/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: The MF - A Pentax Oddity Certainly a fec ... und area for anal ... ysis. On Mon, Nov

Re: The MF - A Pentax Oddity

2012-11-05 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Paul Ewins : Hi Brian, I own an MF and two MF-1s but don't know much more than you. I do believe that it is meant for some sort of endoscope/gastroscope set up which would bayonet on to the end of the lens/adapter. Only one of mine has the endoscope adapter and it is different to

Re: The MF - A Pentax Oddity

2012-11-05 Thread Bruce Walker
Certainly a fec ... und area for anal ... ysis. On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Bob W wrote: > It seems to me that what's called for here is some experimentation and an > extraordinary plenary PUG showing all possible uses of the MF and MF-1, so > come on boys, get out the Vaseline, the ring-flas

RE: The MF - A Pentax Oddity

2012-11-05 Thread Bob W
It seems to me that what's called for here is some experimentation and an extraordinary plenary PUG showing all possible uses of the MF and MF-1, so come on boys, get out the Vaseline, the ring-flash and the mirrors, and let's see what you can do down under! B > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pd

Re: The MF - A Pentax Oddity

2012-11-05 Thread Paul Ewins
Hi Brian, I own an MF and two MF-1s but don't know much more than you. I do believe that it is meant for some sort of endoscope/gastroscope set up which would bayonet on to the end of the lens/adapter. Only one of mine has the endoscope adapter and it is different to yours - shorter and

Re: The MF - A Pentax Oddity

2012-11-05 Thread Darren Addy
>some say endoscopy Don't know why it has never occurred to me before, but Pentax as a company has a great deal of history/experience with heads up behinds. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit th

The MF - A Pentax Oddity

2012-11-05 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all I knew these things existed - there's a photo of a similar one on Boz's site - but I'd never seen one "in the flesh" until the last camera market in Sydney. So I just had to have it :-) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP1108-peso.html It's of absolutely no practica