Re: pentax-discuss-digest V1 #829
It's not the manual wind per. se. that stops the fogging it's the method of counting sprocket holes. If the P3t uses a geared sprocket wheel to position the film for the next frame then it will not fog IR film. I don't know the answer to this, my knowledge of Pentax cameras skips this generation. (I never used those 'P' cameras I was happy with my MX). The ZX-M uses an IR sensor to count sprocket holes for film positioning. A metal body and a solid film door would help with IR leaking in from the environment but might not be essential. At 09:14 PM 6/7/2001 -0500, you wrote: From: Eric Platt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: Re: Re: SFX InfraRed - - Original Message - From: Keith Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: SFX InfraRed This Eric in Utah and I have a silly question for the pdml. The two manual cameras that I own are the P3t and ZX-M and my question is; which camera would handle IR film better as to not get the blury stuff or leaking? If a K-1000 and the ME do just fine I would guess it's due to the solid bodys or am I wrong on that too? - - From: Bill D. Casselberry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SFX InfraRed Eric Platt wrote: This Eric in Utah and I have a silly question for the pdml. The two manual cameras that I own are the P3t and ZX-M and my question is; which camera would handle IR film better as to not get the blury stuff or leaking? If a K-1000 and the ME do just fine I would guess it's due to the solid bodys or am I wrong on that too? I'd try the P3t if it was my choice. The problem in the thread up to this point has been fogging by IR emitting sensors in the camera body. I think these are associated w/ auto-winding bodies. The P3t, if it is like the P30t I once had, is still a manual wind body and I doubt that it would have these sensors. If the little film window bothers you, tape it over w/ aluminum foil covered w/ electrical tape. Do this before loading the film and be sure to load unload in complete darkness. Don't let anyone develop the film unless they are familiar with and equipped for handling it entirely in complete darkness. Lots of processors also use IR sensors - don't let them take the film out of the plastic film can in the light, either! This is for the Kodak HIE Bill - Bill D. Casselberry ; Photography on the Oregon Coast http://www.orednet.org/~bcasselb [EMAIL PROTECTED] I agree with Bill. I would use the manual wind body. With SFX and Konica, the film window should not be a concern. These films are not as sensitive to IR wavelengths as Kodak HIE. I use a professional processor that uses dip-and-dunk processing and have never had a fogging problem. The data back on the ZX-5 has not been the source for any fogging. The main reason I use the K1000 rather than my ZX-5 is that I prefer the all-manual controls and I prefer to use a hand-held meter. Keith Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.dave-world.net/~vkzimm/gallery5.html - 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: K bodies, stepless shutter
Jaros³aw Brzeziñski wrote: Just out of curosity: how did you test shutter speeds that your camera is unable to synchronise properly with a flash? I am not negating the results; I just cannot imagine what that results of this test looked like to give you grounds for stating that the shutter is stepless. J, I did the unthinkable: Fired above synch speed at several speeds above 1/60th of a second and looked at the results. You see the shutter above that. What these pictures look like is a sliver of the wall, and increasing amounts of black horizontal framing due to a shutter driven above synch speed. I measured, and wowie zowie, the KM is stepless. The whole point for me in doing this is that my Big Useless Brain had read repair men who cautioned that some old manual cameras really do rearrange themselves to one of the traditional shutter speeds if you select in-between. I was curious about the old K bodies, which I love unreasonably well, so I wasted a roll. The KM is stepless. Or at least mine is. This is important to me because I do a lot of closeups where DOF is the over-riding concern. Cheers. - 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 .
LX Motor Drive Mystery
I got a mint in box LX motor drive recently for my LX. I'm using my battery grip M from K2DMD rig, filled with 12 new duracell AAs. Without film in the camera, it winds fine, all function AOK. However, after putting film in the camera, and shooting 10-15 frames, the motor drive doesn't advance the film completely after taking a picture. In S mode, it sometimes takes many (3-5) complete pressing of the shutter button to get the film completely wound to the next frame, and then an actual picture taken, only to repeat. C seemed better, but also had problems. Anyone see this before or might know the problem? Thanks, Gerald - 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: Spotted on eBay part 2
Aw, dang! The auction ended, and not one single bid was made! Keppler would have killed for that bargain! Jim - Original Message - From: Gary L. Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Users Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 5:45 PM Subject: Spotted on eBay Man, have I ever found the motherlode! I think we all need to jump all over this one! It says that it will, Meet your Professional Requirements, and it's only selling for, $69.00!! Can you believe it? A camera like this for =only= $69.00! Heck it even has, not one, but TWO color viewfinders!! Can you imagine being able to see your shot in TWO colors?? So I ask, what's this world coming to? http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1243254729 Later, Gary - 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: Spotted on eBay
Obviously focus-free cameras are in high demand among perfessionals...wonder what magazine the seller subscribed to to attain this modern marvel? Or how many box tops he or she collected? Or where the time-share condo is? Jim - Original Message - From: Gary L. Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Users Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 5:45 PM Subject: Spotted on eBay Man, have I ever found the motherlode! I think we all need to jump all over this one! It says that it will, Meet your Professional Requirements, and it's only selling for, $69.00!! Can you believe it? A camera like this for =only= $69.00! Heck it even has, not one, but TWO color viewfinders!! Can you imagine being able to see your shot in TWO colors?? So I ask, what's this world coming to? http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1243254729 Later, Gary - 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: K bodies, stepless shutter
I don't buy the worthless settings between shutter speeds mentioned below. And here's why: I shot several frames AT the detents of shutter speeds. The shots I took in between were clearly off, judging from what I got back. WAY noticable, not due to shutter error. If someone with experience in adjusting the shutters on these cameras will step in and say I'm full of poop, I might just shut up. Grin. Otherwise, I'm telling you, Pentax made the detents on shutter speeds on KM's, probably K1000's and KX's, as a user feature, as analogue as the detents on any of our lenses.. The shutter dial is stepless. I personally find this useful and intend to use it from now on. K2 cameras have an electronically governed vertical shutter, and obey rules I know not of. So you see, I'm known to waste 20 shots trying to capture one stupid flat wall with flash. What the heck do I know? K\\\ One final comment: camera repair folks I've read say that to get these manual cameras within a half stop throughout the range of 1 to 1000th sec. puts them in great shape. So I shot a few at each setting. I stand by my results. Todd Stanley wrote: The KX does have a stepless shutter, atleast. It's easy to hear at slow speeds, like between 1 sec and 1/2 sec. And with firing the flash at a wall without a lens on and the back open, I can see that you do not got the same amount of light between 1/60 and 1/125 as you do at either 1/60 (whole frame), and 1/125 (little less than half), leading me to believe that the shutter is firing somewhere between 1/60 and 1/125. I did notice what you are saying about shutter variances too, that if I set the camera to a speed (like 1/500), that the area that I get light is not always exactly the same, but it reasonably close to the same, and significantly different from 1/250 and 1/1000. As for the K2 and ES cameras, I thought they had electronically controlled shutters in manual mode too, and only a few speeds work without batteries, like X, B, and 1/1000? Hence the big hoopla over the new Nikon FM3A with stepless electronic shutter in automatic, plus all mechanical manual speeds. Anyway, like you say, this is probably moot. I don't think I will be using the KX out of the clicks on the shutter dial, a 1/2 stop change in exposure is much easier to change with the aperture ring. Plus what you say about variances in the shutter, meter, and camera operator is also true, and can add to more than 1/2 stop error easily. Todd At 11:31 AM 6/7/01 -0400, you wrote: I believe that you will find that the K1000, KM, and KX all have rather traditional, stepped, if you will, shutters. They synchronize flash at 1/60th second, so testing with a flash above that speed is somewhat meaningless. I would expect you to have gotten partially exposed frames for speeds above 1/60th, diminishing in width as the speeds got higher. My observation of exposures like this lead me to believe that the synchronization is not consistent - the amount of the frame varies somewhat from frame to frame even at the same shutter speed - (which is why it is not recommended) and that by coincidence you might get what looks like an exposed portion of the frame proportional to the in-between shutter speeds set on the dial. Judging shutter speeds by ear is generally useful but not a good scientific basis for a hypothesis that contradicts the manufacturer-published specifications. The K2 (like the ES, and ESII) has an electronically controlled shutter when used in automatic mode, and is stepless across the entire range (8 seconds to 1/1000 second). That means that when the dial is set to AUTO, and you select an f-stop, you will get whatever fraction of a second's worth of exposure that the meter deems appropriate. However, with the shutter set to one of the manual speeds, you get a mechanically controlled, fixed shutter speed. I can confirm this because we were given manufacturer training on the sale of these cameras when they came out. The mechanical speeds on this camera do not rely on the battery, and operate at the conventional increments. (The same is true for the ES and ESII.) In any case, even manufacturer marketing hype notwithstanding, the difference between one marked and another marked shutter speed is fairly inconsequential when variances in meter and shutter speed accuracy, metering methods, film latitude, and operator precision are taken into account. It's nice that the ES, ESII and later aperture priority, automatic shutter cameras will grab a shutter speed from a range of continuously variable choices, but I don't think images shown side-by-side of a shot made at, let's say 1/357th second, and *either* 1/250 or 1/500th second will show significant differences in *practical* applications. (Obviously you might expect to see differences between the shot at 1/250 and the one at 1/500, and in the others under strictly controlled scientific or
Flash for Z1p
Hi I have a non-original TTL flash (30 guide number) for my Z1p. If I use it together with the built-in flash (14 guide number), is it equal to 44 guide number? Please advise. -- Åwªï¨Ï¥ÎHongKong.com¶l¥ó¨t²Î Thank you for using hongkong.com Email system - 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 .
Albano's body list
Many thanks to Albano and his dedication to maintaining the list. Being new to the PDML, I wonder how the users of those bodies regard them. Having many bodies from the SP,K,M,L,P,PZ series, I like to rate then by their FUN factor. I learned early on with my original purchase of a SP in 1970 that the Pentax should be referred asa "Funtax". Each of the bodies I have used have a certain FUN level. That fun level is not related to the "happy snappers" that feel that since they get good pictures from 100 colour negative film that their metering and camera are tops. The FUN factor for me is to take a camera and expose slide and bw and have a high level of perfect exposures. Here the camera and its features/lack of features come into place. My rating in order of decreasing preference is as follows: MX LX SP/SPII PZ1p K1000 ME Super Super A P50 P3 Any Comments? P50
Re: Flash for Z1p
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 05:30:04PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have a non-original TTL flash (30 guide number) for my Z1p. If I use it together with the built-in flash (14 guide number), is it equal to 44 guide number? No, guide numbers (GN) don't add together like that. Two flashes of GN 10 together, will give you a GN of 14. A flash of half the GN only gives out 1/4 as much light. This is because the GN is the flash-subject distance multiplied by the aperture f-number. This is no more than a device for mathematical computation (just like momentum in Newtonian mechanics has no physical meaning.) So doubling the GN means that you can use the same aperture for a subject twice as far away, but since the subject is twice as far away, you need four times as much light. Perhaps a more natural, from a photographer's point of view, way to look at it is that with twice the GN, you need to increase the f-number by a factor of two for the subject at the same distance; that is you have to close down the aperture by two stops, hence letting 1/4 of the light in. I don't think using the RTF flash will not give you any noticable extra power over the GN30 flash. I guess it might be useful for fill purposes if you use the GN30 flash off camera, or bounced. It was a good question though. I wouldn't have asked myself this question, but now that I've thought about it, it's quite an interesting answer! Yours, Frank (who has roots in HK.) -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland. Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: S215/215 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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 .
Albano's body list
Many thanks to Albano and his dedication to maintaining the list. Being new to the PDML, I wonder how the users of those bodies regard them. Having many bodies from the SP,K,M,L,P,PZ series, I like to rate then by their FUN factor. I learned early on with my original purchase of a SP in 1970 that the Pentax should be referred asa "Funtax". Each of the bodies I have used have a certain FUN level. That fun level is not related to the "happy snappers" that feel that since they get good pictures from 100 colour negative film that their metering and camera are tops. The FUN factor for me is to take a camera and expose slide and bw and have a high level of perfect exposures. Here the camera and its features/lack of features come into place. My rating in order of decreasing preference is as follows: MX LX SP/SPII PZ1p K1000 ME Super Super A P50 P3 Any Comments? Bob
Re: June Gallery Comments
Collin Brendemuehl wrote: Gingerbread by Frank Theriault Good job getting a feel for the style. It was a fascinating era in home styles. Thanks! -frank - 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: Spotted on eBay
Not to mention the detachable DELUXE flash!! Norm Gary L. Murphy wrote: Man, have I ever found the motherlode! I think we all need to jump all over this one! It says that it will, Meet your Professional Requirements, and it's only selling for, $69.00!! Can you believe it? A camera like this for =only= $69.00! Heck it even has, not one, but TWO color viewfinders!! Can you imagine being able to see your shot in TWO colors?? So I ask, what's this world coming to? http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1243254729 - 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: 645N data imprinting (was Re: MZ-S Data Imprinting)
Michel wrote: REWINDING ? On the 645N ? Sorry. I mix up. I believe printing is done while rewinding on the MZ-S. What I meant was: Is the data imprinting done as one large array of pixel, or like an old-style dot matrix printer, where there is only a column of dots that moves across and forms the letters as it is moving? Yes, this is how it works obviously when the film is winding (not rewinding) Pål - 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: More scanning successes
Cool. I particularly the first one (and its No Wiener Dogs sign). Have you done a list of all your modifications to the scanner? Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] After numerous modifications to my RFS3600, I'm finally getting consistently good scans from it. For your viewing pleasure: a couple of shots from a recent (2 week ago) trip to Paris, taken at 6:30am on a Saturday from Monmarte. Pentax LX, K135/2.5, Velvia, first at f/2.5, second at f/5.6-8. http://www.spotmatic.com/images/sacrecoeur01.jpg http://www.spotmatic.com/images/eiffel01.jpg Cheers, Gerald - 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: Flash Diffusers Geekness
- Original Message - From: aimcompute [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 8, 2001 1:13 PM Subject: Re: Flash Diffusers Geekness Are you suggesting negative film because of the latitude for error? There can be a lot of contrast issues with using slide film for copying. I would use a moderate contrast negative film to print from, perhaps shoot a slide as well to give the printer a reference. Just because you don't know nor can find who created the painting does not mean there will not be breach of copyright. If you are speeding, but a cop doesn't see you, it just means you got away with it. William Robb Remember, the LX Gallery is coming up. Please see: http://pug.komkon.org/LX_Gallery/LX_Submit.html for more information. - 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: Flash Diffusers Geekness
Bill Peifer wrote: I seem to remember a suggestion from a list member regarding a cheap and easy-to-implement flash diffuser. In fact, I think this was Mafud's idea. Get a piece of one of those white styrofoam take-out food packaging trays -- like they might use at McDonalds' :-) Really? I thought they started cutting down more trees in order to save the environment. Can you tell me how to get one of those? :-) -- and cut out a rectangular piece with dimensions somewhat larger than your flash head. Nip the corners, then fold back and tape the edges to give a little box that will just slip over the front of your flash head. If you fold it just right, you won't even need tape or Velcro to hold it in place. Maybe you could do the same thing with a piece of plastic from a gallon milk jug? You have reminded me of something I read about using a 6-pack styrofoam cooler. A rectangle is cut out of the bottom that the flash head sticks into and you glue a piece of waxpaper across the front. This could effectively (maybe) provide a larger light source. Given that the camera will be on a tripod, I suppose one could use even a learger cooler and mount the flash so that it bounces of the top of the cooler softbox and out the waxpaper lens. Thanks. Tom C. (BTW, I was inspired by Bill Swayer or just plain crazy and got the entire Time Tunnel Series via ebay) - 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: Flash Diffusers Geekness
But if the work is not copyrighted, how can it be copyright infringement? From what I understand the work belongs to the corporation not the individual(s). In that case one could argue that taking a picture of virtually anything is copyright infringement because it is someones handiwork... Just a question I have wondered about... Public Libraries have to be the biggest, most blatant violators of the spirit of the copyright laws. I appreciate them, but the authors artists are potentially losing billions of dollars because of this sort of communism. Tom C. - Original Message - From: Nicholas Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 1:04 PM Subject: RE: Flash Diffusers Geekness --- Peifer, William [OCDUS] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does this sound like it may work? Any other suggestions? It sounds like something along the lines of copyright infringment, even though there is no artist's name it is still someone's handiwork. Nick __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.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 . - 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 .
Interesting web stats
Just downloaded my seb server stats for the past month. My Pentax service manual page must have hit the search engines pretty well. Looks like I'm probably taking a bit of income away from the eBay photocopier profiteers selling service manual copies. Here are the files and the download numbers for 07 May through 08 June: ME Super service manual 1168 ME Super owner's manual 877 MX service manual 366 ME service manual 355 MX owner's manual 314 I'll try to start work on the Super Program and/or the Spotmatic service manuals this month. -- Mark Roberts - 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: Interesting web stats
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Interesting web stats I'll try to start work on the Super Program and/or the Spotmatic service manuals this month. Thats great. My Super program thanks you!!! William Robb Remember, the LX Gallery is coming up. Please see: http://pug.komkon.org/LX_Gallery/LX_Submit.html for more information. - 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: Flash Diffusers Geekness
- Original Message - From: aimcompute [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 8, 2001 1:44 PM Subject: Re: Flash Diffusers Geekness But if the work is not copyrighted, how can it be copyright infringement? From what I understand the work belongs to the corporation not the individual(s). In that case one could argue that taking a picture of virtually anything is copyright infringement because it is someones handiwork... If they commissioned the work, they can give you permission to copy it. If they just bought it off the street, so to say, then they can't. The company would own this work for hire, (at least under Canadian law) the same way they own the creations of the chef under their employ. Just a question I have wondered about... Public Libraries have to be the biggest, most blatant violators of the spirit of the copyright laws. I appreciate them, but the authors artists are potentially losing billions of dollars because of this sort of communism. There is no law against loaning out books and such. Only copying them. Even then, the fair use clause can be invoked many times. William Robb Remember, the LX Gallery is coming up. Please see: http://pug.komkon.org/LX_Gallery/LX_Submit.html for more information. - 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 .
Battery Packs (again)
Hello. I am doing some further research for a query. Do any of you own a Sunpak gun with external pack 510v battery? If so, please mail me off list - I have some questions for you. Kind regards Peter - 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: Flash functionality on MZ-S
Hi Patrick, First, welcome to the list. Please use plain text to communicate with the list. For your answers, see below: At 7:29 PM +02006/8/01, Patrick Genovese brandished a favorite crayon and scribbled: Hi, The spec sheet on the Pentax US Web site says the following: quote - High-speed flash synchronization up to 1/6000 sec. with built-in flash or with new AF360FGZ wireless TTL flash unit unquote Q) How does the sync up to 1/6000 work ? (multiple flash bursts ??) Yes, that's how it's been described to me. The spec sheet also says: quote -AF360FGZ wireless flash unit allows multiple flash units to be controlled without cords and with TTL flash exposure; contrast control flash settings give multiple contrast levels. unquote Q1) Do all the flash units in a multi flash arrangement have to be AF360GFZs ? Yes. Since the MZ-S is the first body to offer this, the flash introduced with the body will naturally be the first flash to take advantage of it. Q2) Is the remote flash controller some sort if IR / Radio transmitter ? Yes. Q3) If Q2 is yes, then is the transmitter built into the camera or the AF360FGZ ? The transmitter is built into the RTF on the camera. Q4) If the MZ-S has no on board transmitter then what about a separate pair of gadgets (possibly third part) that fit onto the camera hotshoe flash. This would allow users with an existing investment in flashes like AF500FTZ, METZ many others to acheive the same functionality. (Pentax r u reading this ?) There are third-party transmitters of all kinds, but I don't think any of them offer TTL capabilities. :-) Patrick Oh, and for Dick: The flash comp has apparently been built into the 360. At least, that's my understanding. Doug -- Douglas Forrest Brewer Ashwood Lake Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alphoto.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: Flash Diffusers Geekness
The second that any work is ~created~ it is copyrighted. It does not have to be registered by the government, although that helps. It does not even have to say copyright so and so on it. I was working at Eckerda couple of years ago as a photolab manager when K-Mart was sued for several hundred thousand dollars for copyright infringment and they made us go through very extensive training, and I've also caught a client trying to copy my work without permission. So perhaps I'm a little touchy on this subject. Nick --- aimcompute [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But if the work is not copyrighted, how can it be copyright infringement? From what I understand the work belongs to the corporation not the individual(s). In that case one could argue that taking a picture of virtually anything is copyright infringement because it is someones handiwork... Just a question I have wondered about... Public Libraries have to be the biggest, most blatant violators of the spirit of the copyright laws. I appreciate them, but the authors artists are potentially losing billions of dollars because of this sort of communism. Tom C. - Original Message - From: Nicholas Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 1:04 PM Subject: RE: Flash Diffusers Geekness --- Peifer, William [OCDUS] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does this sound like it may work? Any other suggestions? It sounds like something along the lines of copyright infringment, even though there is no artist's name it is still someone's handiwork. Nick __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.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 . - 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 . = Blessed Be, Nicholas Wright __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.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 .
1000 shoots the moon
just to show what the SMCP 1000mm F8 can do I took a shot of a nearly full moon on kodak 200 film: http://www.gate.net/~hifisapi/moonw1000.jpg 1/125sec at f16, scanned at 400 dpi from a 4 X 6 print. JCO - 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 Beatles and an Asahi Pentax camera
While I'm not 100% sure, I believe that was Ringo's own camera. I've seen other pictures of him toting a Pentax. On a side note, one of Linda McCartneys cameras was a Pentax as well. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 10:31 AM Subject: The Beatles and an Asahi Pentax camera Saw the film A Hard Day's Night in the cinema the other day (remasterized copy). All around the movie is Ringo Starr carrying a black and beauty Asahi Pentax screwmount camera. In fact, in a moment, Paul's grandfather tells him to enjoy the life, to go outside, and what he does is to go out to take pictures. The camera appears a lot, with the logo showing very clearly. Maybe a subliminal advertising pop method? : - ) Albano Yeah, yeah, yeah - 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 Beatles and an Asahi Pentax camera
Jim wrote: While I'm not 100% sure, I believe that was Ringo's own camera. I've seen other pictures of him toting a Pentax. On a side note, one of Linda McCartneys cameras was a Pentax as well. I've seen several shots of the famous Ringo (remember that from Help?) with that pre-Spottie Pentax. I've also seen several of George with the same model Pentax. Also spotted one of Princess Anne of England taken in the 60's, holding a Spotmatic. regards, frank - 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: MZ-S is comming to Poland
Being Polish I beg you to use correct English: you wrote: the polish big magazine Foto - please note down that polish means a substance used to give smoothness or gloss versus Polish meaning of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Poland, its inhabitants, or their language. Artur Ledóchowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisa³ / wrote: Hi, ...And finally the innovation is here:) In the June edition of the polish big magazine Foto there is a note about the presentation of the new Pentax equipment that took place in Warsaw, in *SIC!* a recently open photographic pub, called The Fisheye. Among the presented stuff the most important place was reserved for the MZ-S:) I hope the camera will be available in shops in the autumn... BTW, the Smile Photo lists the MZ-S in their offer (in the June edition of the Photographic). The price is $859.95. Other shops list it too, but the price is Call or Click... Greetz Artur ==There are signs on the ring, Which make me feel so down. There's one to enslave all rings, To find them all in time And drive them into darkness. Forever they'll be bound. Blind Guardian Lord of the Ring - 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 . --- WP i Vision zapraszaj±! Film Czekolada z Juliette Binoche i Johnny Deppem jest spoko! Stronka te¿ spox: www.czekolada.vision.pl Wiêcej takich filmów! Kamil - 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: Snap-in Focus in MZ/ZX-7?????
I am sorry, but you must be wrong: if you use a non-AF lens, no AF body in the world is capable of giving an AF-assist light. Artur Ledóchowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisa³ / wrote: Hi, In the June edition of the Photographic there's a nice article about the four best AF 35mm SLR's for under $300. They are: Canon Rebel 2000, Nikon N65, Minolta Maxxum HTxi Plus and Pentax ZX-7. There are no testing - just a short presentation and summary. No winner:)) They are all considered to be equally good. But there is a note in this article, that made me wonder... Am I missing something? Let me cite it: The ZX-7 offers Snap-in Focus: Using a non-autofocus lens, set the focus-mode switch to AF, focus manually at a desired distance, and fully depress the shutter button (use the optional Cable Switch F to lock it down). When a subject arrives at the prefocused distance, the camera will automatically fire. What the hell? There's nothing of this kind in my MZ-7. With my SMC M 50/2 mounted on I have focussing assist in both AF and MF mode and when I fully depress the shutter button, the camera fires without any further delay. Is there any difference between ZX-7 and MZ-7 (there shouldn't be any, I guess...)? How can I get this feature in my MZ-7 (I'd really love to have it...)? Anybody has comments on this? Thanx in advance Greetz Artur ==There are signs on the ring, Which make me feel so down. There's one to enslave all rings, To find them all in time And drive them into darkness. Forever they'll be bound. Blind Guardian Lord of the Ring - 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 . --- WP i Vision zapraszaj±! Film Czekolada z Juliette Binoche i Johnny Deppem jest spoko! Stronka te¿ spox: www.czekolada.vision.pl Wiêcej takich filmów! Kamil - 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: Re: Flash Diffusers Geekness
I would be touchy too if I saw someone taking credit for or attempting to profit by my work. I understood that original works are automatically copyrighted, for what that ends up being worth. From what I understand, these paintings were not exactly original works of art in the conventional sense. From somewhere or someone, possibly an art school?, there was apparently a drawing with a numbered painting scheme. The decor person for the corporation looked at the choices they were given and picked several. The painter(s) then basically painted to the plan and were paid by the corporation. Tom C. - Original Message - From: Nicholas Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 4:13 PM Subject: Re: Flash Diffusers Geekness The second that any work is ~created~ it is copyrighted. It does not have to be registered by the government, although that helps. It does not even have to say copyright so and so on it. I was working at Eckerda couple of years ago as a photolab manager when K-Mart was sued for several hundred thousand dollars for copyright infringment and they made us go through very extensive training, and I've also caught a client trying to copy my work without permission. So perhaps I'm a little touchy on this subject. Nick - 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: LX Motor Drive Mystery
From: Gerald F. Cermak [EMAIL PROTECTED] So you think it is a current issue? I don't know. It was just a wild ass guess. Has your LX MD ever done that when your nicads were very low? (when the Nicads themselves also become current limited.) It's my MD's standard method for telling me I tried to push it too far. Regards, Bob... --- In the carboniferous epoch we were promised perpetual peace. They swore if we gave up our weapons that the wars of the tribes would cease. But when we disarmed they sold us, and delivered us, bound, to our foe. And the gods of the copybook headings said, 'Stick to the devil you know.' --Rudyard Kipling - 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 .
Rolev Filter
After the seminars by Doug Brewer and Tony Sweet I decided to pick up an 81B warming filter. What I ended up with is a Rolev Magi-Glas. Anybody ever hear of them? Glass made in West Germany and assembled in USA 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: 1000 shoots the moon
J. C. O'Connell writes: http://www.gate.net/~hifisapi/moonw1000.jpg Is that the entire frame or have you cropped it? Now, let's stack some 2x TC's onto that baby... :) Cheers, - Dave David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec) http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up, while children are allowed to run free on the streets? -- Garfield - 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: Spotted on eBay
Or the Acronymic design. Puts OSHA's new standard to shame. Chris From: Norman Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Not to mention the detachable DELUXE flash!! Norm - 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: 1000 shoots the moon
When using the 1000mm on a 35mm camera the moon diameter covers about 3/5 of the short side of the 35mm frame so the image was cropped. BTW, the lab printed the image too light so some of the highlights are washed out. It would take approx a 1200-1500mm lens to fill the frame with a full moon. JCO -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David A. Mann Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 7:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 1000 shoots the moon J. C. O'Connell writes: http://www.gate.net/~hifisapi/moonw1000.jpg Is that the entire frame or have you cropped it? Now, let's stack some 2x TC's onto that baby... :) Cheers, - Dave David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec) http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up, while children are allowed to run free on the streets? -- Garfield - 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: 1000 shoots the moon
Also I forgot to mention I used an mx with dead batteries, cable release, and a tripod of course. JCO -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of J. C. O'Connell Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 6:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 1000 shoots the moon just to show what the SMCP 1000mm F8 can do I took a shot of a nearly full moon on kodak 200 film: http://www.gate.net/~hifisapi/moonw1000.jpg 1/125sec at f16, scanned at 400 dpi from a 4 X 6 print. JCO - 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: 1000 shoots the moon
Great shot JC, I think it is upside though. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 5:12 PM Subject: RE: 1000 shoots the moon BTW, did I scan it right side up or is it upside down?? JCO -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David A. Mann Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 7:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 1000 shoots the moon J. C. O'Connell writes: http://www.gate.net/~hifisapi/moonw1000.jpg Is that the entire frame or have you cropped it? Now, let's stack some 2x TC's onto that baby... :) Cheers, - Dave - 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: 1000 shoots the moon
BTW, did I scan it right side up or is it upside down?? JCO -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David A. Mann Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 7:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 1000 shoots the moon J. C. O'Connell writes: http://www.gate.net/~hifisapi/moonw1000.jpg Is that the entire frame or have you cropped it? Now, let's stack some 2x TC's onto that baby... :) Cheers, - Dave - 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: 1000 shoots the moon
Just tried flipping the image 180 degrees and it looked very wrong, so I think I did scan it right side up. One has to tak into account that it was shot at the SW skies not straight up at midnight. JCO -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Larson Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 8:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 1000 shoots the moon Great shot JC, I think it is upside though. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 5:12 PM Subject: RE: 1000 shoots the moon BTW, did I scan it right side up or is it upside down?? JCO - 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: 1000 shoots the moon
On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, J. C. O'Connell wrote: BTW, did I scan it right side up or is it upside down?? Depends, which hemisphere were you on? :-) -- --- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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: Snap-in Focus in MZ/ZX-7?????
He's possibly confusing the terms AF Assist for AF Confirmation. A common confusion on the list. A note about the Snap-in, it doesn't work that great for low contrast subjects... l8r, Douglas E Harmon [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://personal.mia.bellsouth.net/~genius91/ - Original Message - From: Jaros³aw Brzeziñski [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 6:56 PM Subject: Re: Snap-in Focus in MZ/ZX-7? : I am sorry, but you must be wrong: if you use a non-AF lens, no AF body in the world is : capable of giving an AF-assist light. : : Artur Ledóchowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisa³ / wrote: : : Hi, : In the June edition of the Photographic there's a nice article about the : four best AF 35mm SLR's for under $300. They are: Canon Rebel 2000, Nikon : N65, Minolta Maxxum HTxi Plus and Pentax ZX-7. There are no testing - just a : short presentation and summary. No winner:)) They are all considered to be : equally good. : But there is a note in this article, that made me wonder... Am I missing : something? : Let me cite it: The ZX-7 offers Snap-in Focus: Using a non-autofocus lens, : set the focus-mode switch to AF, focus manually at a desired distance, and : fully depress the shutter button (use the optional Cable Switch F to lock it : down). When a subject arrives at the prefocused distance, the camera will : automatically fire. : What the hell? There's nothing of this kind in my MZ-7. With my SMC M 50/2 : mounted on I have focussing assist in both AF and MF mode and when I fully : depress the shutter button, the camera fires without any further delay. Is : there any difference between ZX-7 and MZ-7 (there shouldn't be any, I : guess...)? How can I get this feature in my MZ-7 (I'd really love to have : it...)? Anybody has comments on this? : Thanx in advance : Greetz : Artur : ==There are signs on the ring, :Which make me feel so down. :There's one to enslave all rings, :To find them all in time :And drive them into darkness. :Forever they'll be bound. : Blind Guardian Lord of the Ring : : : : - : 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 . : : : : : : --- : WP i Vision zapraszaj±! Film Czekolada z Juliette Binoche i Johnny Deppem jest spoko! : Stronka te¿ spox: www.czekolada.vision.pl Wiêcej takich filmów! Kamil : : - : 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: Flash Diffusers Geekness
I would bet that the painting is already a copy of some recognized work painted by an artist resident in China. These paintings are produced by the yard and sold like fixtures to hotels and restaurants. At 12:04 PM 6/8/2001 -0700, you wrote: --- Peifer, William [OCDUS] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does this sound like it may work? Any other suggestions? It sounds like something along the lines of copyright infringment, even though there is no artist's name it is still someone's handiwork. Nick __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.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 . - 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: 1000 shoots the moon
I think you`re right, I flipped it too, and it didn`t look right. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 5:28 PM Subject: RE: 1000 shoots the moon Just tried flipping the image 180 degrees and it looked very wrong, so I think I did scan it right side up. One has to tak into account that it was shot at the SW skies not straight up at midnight. JCO -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Larson Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 8:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 1000 shoots the moon Great shot JC, I think it is upside though. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 5:12 PM Subject: RE: 1000 shoots the moon BTW, did I scan it right side up or is it upside down?? JCO - 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 .
11 SMC Takumars for auction
FYI, I have just put 11 screwmount Takumars up for auction at ebay and ALL of them are Super-Multi-Coated type. Include some of the rarer ones too. For info follow this link: http://www.gate.net/~hifisapi/JCO_AUCT.HTM 1244918400 Jun-08-01 Jun-15-01 18:16:45 $99.99 Asahi Pentax 24mm F3.5 SMC Takumar lens No Bids Yet 1244918960 Jun-08-01 Jun-15-01 18:20:51 $39.99 Asahi Pentax 28mm F3.5 SMC Takumar lens No Bids Yet 1244920066 Jun-08-01 Jun-15-01 18:25:02 $34.99 Asahi Pentax 35mm F3.5 SMC Takumar lens No Bids Yet 1244921200 Jun-08-01 Jun-15-01 18:29:09 $129.99 Asahi Pentax 85mm F1.8 SMC Takumar lens No Bids Yet 1244922294 Jun-08-01 Jun-15-01 18:33:20 $69.99 Asahi Pentax 105mm F2.8 SMC Takumar lens No Bids Yet 1244923331 Jun-08-01 Jun-15-01 18:37:33 $129.99 Asahi Pentax 120mm F2.8 SMC Takumar lens No Bids Yet 1244924475 Jun-08-01 Jun-15-01 18:41:39 $69.99 Asahi Pentax 135mm F2.5 SMC Takumar lens No Bids Yet 1244925533 Jun-08-01 Jun-15-01 18:45:46 $34.99 Asahi Pentax 135mm F3.5 SMC Takumar lens No Bids Yet 1244926775 Jun-08-01 Jun-15-01 18:49:59 $9.99 Asahi Pentax 200mm F4.0 SMC Takumar lens No Bids Yet 1244928073 Jun-08-01 Jun-15-01 18:54:14 $69.99 Asahi Pentax 50mm F4.0 SMC Macro Takumar lens No Bids Yet 1244929554 Jun-08-01 Jun-15-01 18:58:21 $79.99 Asahi Pentax 100mm F4 SMC Macro -Takumar lens No Bids Yet - 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: June Gallery Comments
Thankyou for your kind comment Collin, yes this shot was taken in my office at work. I didn't have a tripod or wider lens with me at the time but it looks like a second tripod may have to reside at work for those short creative bursts that happen once in a while :) Ciao for now, -- Bill Gekas - (still waiting for that right light) Melbourne - Australia Bathroom Plan by Bill Gekas, Australia Creativity on the assignment. You should work in marketing. - 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: Interesting web stats
Hi Mark, I'm responsible for one download of each of the ME Super manuals. Thanks for putting them up. Dan Scott (waiting my replacement ME Super) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just downloaded my seb server stats for the past month. My Pentax service manual page must have hit the search engines pretty well. Looks like I'm probably taking a bit of income away from the eBay photocopier profiteers selling service manual copies. Here are the files and the download numbers for 07 May through 08 June: ME Super service manual 1168 ME Super owner's manual 877 MX service manual 366 ME service manual 355 MX owner's manual 314 I'll try to start work on the Super Program and/or the Spotmatic service manuals this month. -- Mark Roberts - 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: Sticky foam
On 6 Jun 2001, at 10:06, Lon Williamson wrote: Heck, almost any glue outgasses. Superglue sure does outgas, (lovely odor, btw), but if you use just a tad, and wave the body around a bit for the first several minutes, most of the outgassing is over with. I did attach foam this way, and the screen/mirror were unaffected. I also left the body cap off for a day. To each his own, though. If anyone really does have some problems with commercially available self adhesive foam sheets an alternative to superglue for fixing (which by the way the use of could make future repairs difficult) why not use a rubber glue or 3M pressure sensitive tape? Just some low risk alternatives. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - 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: MZ-S Data Imprinting
On 7 Jun 2001, at 8:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll bet you within a year every SLR manufacturer will be copying the MZ-s's data imprinting feature. It just absolutely rocks. Might be a problem for people who shoot reversal film and don't do their own slide mounting though. (I can see a market for some kind of gizmo that pries open your slide mounts for you so you can check your exposure settings; I'd better patent it now!) A bit late, the Contax RTSIII (over 10yrs old, integrated vacuum/date back) prints its date info (a bit early for exposure info imprinting) on the strip between the frames of adjacent exposure, still a problem with mounted slides though. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - 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: Medium Format to 35 (WAS: Digital MZ - MR 52 projet still in the air ???)
On 6 Jun 2001, at 14:14, Pål Jensen wrote: But the point in this debate is that when using a MF lens on a 35mm camera you will actually decrease the resolution of the lens practically speaking. An MF lens will perform worse on a 35mm camera than on a MF camera. The resolution of the lens will of course be the same on the 35mm negative/positive as on a 24X36 area on the MF negative/positive. However, this is not how you (normally) use lenses. When the lens is used on a 35mm camera the image need to be magnified much more than similar image on a MF negative/positive. Not only does this means larger grain due to magnifications of the film but it also means magnifications of the optical defects of the lens. Hi Pål, Sorry for my late reply, (I have actually been out making photographs :-). The absolute resolving power and minimal distortions available in some of the new generation medium format lenses (in particular the Mamiya 7 RF lenses) render them no less capable than the current prime lenses from Leica or Pentax (given optimum exposure conditions). Therefore using the centre of the image from one of these lenses should result in no less resolution (and it doesn't, by my most critical observations ie 40x magnification). The fact is that MF lenses cover a wider field of view and project a larger image circle for the same FL, there is no additional magnification over 35mm, just a larger angle of acceptance for any given MF FL. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - 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: Ball heads
On 6 Jun 2001, at 11:32, Peifer, William [OCDUS] wrote: Hi Rob, Thanks for the information -- this was helpful. The ability to disassemble might be a handy feature. Ease of making fine adjustments in positioning is an aspect I hadn't thought of. If I go with a quick-release head, I'll definitely go with the 3413QR/308RC. Hi Bill, I spent some time during the last week using a new 308RC (resin) Ball head, it is smooth and stable and locks tight if necessary, it has a sure lock on the QR and the locking lever can be set to provide a comfortable operation angle which is very handy. I would use it with my 300f2.8 lens with no reservations. I have a 168/3055 (steel) Ball head too, the locking levers are no where near as easy to use but is fitted with the older hex QR plate which allows it to be used with the 340 Elbow bracket. I had an older one of these heads that was owned by a pretty hard working wedding pro, the steel ball was so worn and rough I gave it away, so I would assume that either type will wear badly given hard use or inappropriate use (ie allowing dust/grit to enter the mech). Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - 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 .
Motor Drive for Ricoh KR-10
Can anyone tell me about and/or what motor drives will work on a Ricoh KR-10? 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: More scanning successes
Gerald, Were you by any chance a Motie in any of you previous incarnations? g Seriously, I'm quite impressed. I think you ought to put up a web page when you are done and embarass the hell out of Kodak with it. Hope you saved some of your before slides so you can do some side by sides. Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Short list of changes already made to my Kodak RFS3600 scanner: WARRANTY VOIDANCE ALERT! Any of these changes below will void the warranty. Do not try this at home. :) 1. Removed flocking from film path to reduce scratching and dust buildup. 2. Drill a hole in film path mechanism above each of 3 film strip sensors 3. Put bits of flocking above holes so sensor would work again due to #1's change 4. Put flocking inside the light path housing to reduce reflections, mirror to lens area only at this point. 5. Precisely calibrated and aligned CCD and light path to get squared-up scans of full frame film strips, not just full frame slides(slides are now undersized with a black border.) 6. Precisely adjusted focus for a temp-stabilized software setting of 10 out of a range of 1-20 (at 15-20, the film buckles, out of the box, mine preferred 18 after warm-up!). 7. Added 2 missing screws to film focusing carriage (it was separating at the rear at higher focus settings, causing the film to lean and twist slightly during focusing). 8. Added 2 missing M3x24 pins to the better align the film focusing carriage (it was tilting on just 2 pins when scanning the first or last frame in a strip). 9. Drilled out holes slightly in film focusing carriage because after #8 the carriage bound due to a pin mount misalignment production defect. Still to do: 1. Flock remainder of light path, lens to CCD section (4 sq ft of .030 black flocking arrived yesterday!) 2. Add 5 miniature turnbuckles (mounted with 00-90 hardware) to 3 major light path components (CCD, lens, CCD housing), to assist in better calibration as the unit currently just has floating parts and set screws to hold them in place. 3. Replace the drive belt between the 2 pinch rollers (right and left of carriage) with one that is 1 or 2 teeth longer, and add a weak tensioner roller if needed - this should allow enough slack for the film to be pulled inward from the right and left simultaneously when focusing, reducing buckling and warping of the film. 4. Epoxy 4 3mm ID washers to the bottom of the film carriage, in order to reduce slop and misalignment in its motion during focusing. 5. Drill top rear of case and mount and 60mm fan, blowing inward with hepafilter level filtration - this will cool the unit, and limit focusing shift over time due to thermal expansion: unit will temp stabilize quicker, and at a lower temp and hence less cold-warm focus difference. 6. Add thin strips of flocking to sprocket hole portion of film carriage, to increase film edge flatness even more during scanning (it is currently loose enough to see slight ripples in the film edge while it is being scanned). This has been and will be a lot of work, but it's ability to scan Velvia's colors almost perfectly the first time is pretty amazing, and when the scanner does actually get the focus right on the emulsion layer (and not on the dust on the other side), it is crystal clear, much better than my previous 2400 dpi S20. If anyone else has an RFS3600 and is interested, I could make a few digicam pics tomorrow when I complete the modifications. Cheers, Gerald - 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: 1000 shoots the moon
What's up depends on the viewing. Just after sunset, you are looking east and one point, the point furthermost from the horizon seems up. Just before sunrise, you are looking west and again the point furthermost from the horizon seems up, but this is 180 degrees from the point that seemed up in the early evening! At near midnight in the northern temperate climates, you will be looking approximately south and a point about halfway in between the other two up's will appear to be up. In the southern temperate climates near midnight, you will be looking approximately north and a point about halfway in between the evening and morning up's will appear to be up, but 180 degrees from the view from the northern hemisphere. Generally, the point closest to the horizon seems down regardless of the moon's position in the sky. I think. Regards, Bob... -- Those who say that life is worth living at any cost have already written an epitaph of infamy, for there is no cause and no person that they will not betray to stay alive. Sidney Hook From: David A. Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] J. C. O'Connell writes: Just tried flipping the image 180 degrees and it looked very wrong, so I think I did scan it right side up. One has to tak into account that it was shot at the SW skies not straight up at midnight. Check out http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html This will show you what the moon looked like in the northern hemisphere on any date you choose. For the southern hemisphere rotate 180 degrees. - 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: 1000 shoots the moon
For an interesting full moon experiment, pop on about 800mm and shoot the moon in landscape, in the (just dark) evening on the left side of the frame. At midnight, press the little rewind release button (or whatever for your camera) and double expose with the moon in the center of the frame (still landscape framing). Just before morning (still dark), triple expose with the moon on the right side of the frame. This will give you a new perspective on up. Remember, full exposure for each shot. Regards, Bob... -- Those who say that life is worth living at any cost have already written an epitaph of infamy, for there is no cause and no person that they will not betray to stay alive. Sidney Hook From: Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think you`re right, I flipped it too, and it didn`t look right. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 5:28 PM Subject: RE: 1000 shoots the moon Just tried flipping the image 180 degrees and it looked very wrong, so I think I did scan it right side up. One has to tak into account that it was shot at the SW skies not straight up at midnight. JCO From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Great shot JC, I think it is upside though. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 5:12 PM Subject: RE: 1000 shoots the moon BTW, did I scan it right side up or is it upside down?? JCO - 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 Beatles and an Asahi Pentax camera
On Saturday, June 09, 2001 7:51 AM, Frank Theriault [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: Jim wrote: While I'm not 100% sure, I believe that was Ringo's own camera. I've seen other pictures of him toting a Pentax. On a side note, one of Linda McCartneys cameras was a Pentax as well. I've seen several shots of the famous Ringo (remember that from Help?) with that pre-Spottie Pentax. I've also seen several of George with the same model Pentax. Also spotted one of Princess Anne of England taken in the 60's, holding a Spotmatic. regards, frank There is also a still from the same film of Paul McCartney holding the same (or a every similar) camera. It looks like an SV or S1a, possibly fitted with the Super-Takumar 50mm/1.4, which would make it one of the later models, just prior to the Spotmatic. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - 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 .
