Re: OT: My Day
tom wrote: > 01:15 - wonder if Shel smells like feet all the time too. Ha! That gave me a good chuckle. For a few days I smelled like socks. My washing machine broke and it took a while to get a new one. Although some time ago I had the foresight to purchase 40 sets of underwear, so I was cool in that department, I had run low on socks, and had to wash a few pair in the bathroom sink in order to get by. That doesn't get 'em as clean and fresh smelling as the washing machine. Things I've been musing about: The new washing machine has a "delicate" cycle, and I've been wondering if it could be used to wash proof prints. Will fabric softener reduce their sharpness? Is there any down side to washing developing tanks and reels in the dishwasher? My first test shows Pentax 50mm lenses to be as sharp as my Leica 50mm lenses. Why does this trouble me? Perhaps I should redo the tests. A $700.00 Leica 50mm/2.0 should be a lot better than a $20.00 Pentax M50/2.0, right? Where are my glasses? -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[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 .
ot. I should be sleeping ....
I am shooting my first "friendly" wedding tomorrow. My the Pentax Gods be with me. I got the slides back from Grandfather Mountain this week. I hear they are excellent. I have yet to see them. I was told that there are about 15 of them that I should enter into contests... go figure. jeepgirl - 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: OT: my pics
> http://pp.hok.fi/hartikainen/MOREPICS.HTM Some nice pictures there, Timo. Thsi is a great portrait: http://pp.hok.fi/hartikainen/spaddu.htm 50mm 1.7, perhaps? (because of the hexagonal bokeh) And I like this very much too: http://pp.hok.fi/hartikainen/JUNA.HTM j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.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 .
OT: My Day
7:00 - alarm goes off. Hit snooze. 10:00 - realize I hit the 'off' button. 10:15 - Scrounge up some instant coffee, read PDML. 10:16 - spit up. 10:30 - go through contact sheets from last wedding, realize I'm in love with the bride. 11:30 - talk to prospective employer, assure him I can program geosynchronous satellites *and* devise filters to keep coworkers from downloading porn. 11:45 - look up spelling of geosynchronous. 12:00 - ramen time! 13:00 - develop roll of Delta 3200 120. 13:30 - think of ways to shoot medium format exclusively. 14:00 - think up smart-ass comments for the PDML. 15:00 - take grandmom to the doctor. 16:00 - insist that I don't need to hear about her 'female problems'. 17:00 - pbj time! 18:00 - fire up the darkroom. 18:30 - curse my meter. 19:00 - realize I have 30 minutes until I have to meet a client 19:10 - realize I smell like feet. 19:45 - assure client she looks beautiful and that her nose doesn't look like a big split knockwurst. 20:30 - See if Adam's "The Print" has any remedies for "knockwurst-nose". 21:00 - back into the darkroom. 21:30 - jump up and down because sometimes thing work just right. 22:00 - proof printing time. 01:00 - proofs go into wash, clean darkroom, breathe some real air. 01:15 - wonder if Shel smells like feet all the time too. tv - 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: New Pentax LX with AF!!!!!!!!
Mike Johnston writes about the LX: > Second best feature is the marvelous finder optics. Viewfinders are a _bête > noire_ of mine--I almost cannot be pleased with them. The LX has optically > the best manual-focus viewfinder I've ever used on an SLR. Leica can only > dream of finder optics this good--not until the R8 has it built anything > that comes close. Quick! Someone forward this to the LUG! They love you there already Mike, they'll love you more after this. j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.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 .
Re: E-bay madness.
Tom Rittenhouse wrote: > > Nice to see you moving up in the world, Jody. > > BTW, I believe I saw the ultimate silliness on ebay the other > day. A guy had a Crown Graphic listed with a BIN of $15,000.00. > I have heard of folks paying $400 (to much) for one, but fifteen > grand??? C'mon, it was the gold plated, autofocus millenium edition, signed by Weegee. Speaking of which, sorta, Pentax large format and enlarging lenses would be neat. But they'll have to finish the 66T first. tv - 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: E-bay madness.
Nice to see you moving up in the world, Jody. BTW, I believe I saw the ultimate silliness on ebay the other day. A guy had a Crown Graphic listed with a BIN of $15,000.00. I have heard of folks paying $400 (to much) for one, but fifteen grand??? --Tom petit miam wrote: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewItem&item=1255311711 > > Don't know if this link will work. > I have caught the E-Bay madness as you can see. > Hmmm... didn't quite mean to spend that much. It had > better be nice. I blame everyone on this list with an > LX. If you could just stop talking about them for one > second. You have driven me to this. > > And the US-NZ$ exchange rate is shocking. > > Jody. -- Tom "Graywolf" Rittenhouse Graywolf Photo, Charlotte, NC, USA -- - 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: Semi-OT: Pickpockets & oops.
H i Jody One clever dodge to protect from pickpockets that I came across many years ago is to pack your gear in a baby's nappy ( daiper for US Citizens) bag. These are usually brightly coloured and quite well padded for protection. I cannot think of a pickpocket snatching a bag of dirty , smelly used nappies Of course the interior can be customised with partitions from your regular camera bag. Ciao Mark are usually - Original Message - From: petit miam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 1:51 AM Subject: Semi-OT: Pickpockets & oops. > Oops, sorry about that. Think I pressed > instead of and somehow the message decided to > be sent. > > I was wondering what you guys do to protect expensive > Pentax (and cringe...other brands) camera gear while > travelling. I mean, here in New Zealand, you could > wander around with 10 of the latest high-tech bodies > around your neck, and still have 10 bodies when you > got home. Or you could leave one on the ground and > either 5 people would come running after you to return > it, or it would still be there when you went back 2 > hours later. But I realise most countries aren't like > this. > > Do people try and cut the straps of your camera-bag? I > have heard of this happening with hand-bags. And what > if you just put it in a normal bag? How do you get it > out to take a photo without attracting attention? Or > do you just not take photos? > > Jody. > > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > 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: Photo BackPack.
Hi Paul I've been using a Tamrac Expedition 5 for a number of years and am very happy with it. I use it mainly on weekends away in our local Drakensberg Mountains. One problem, not with the TE5 in particular, but with all backpack bags is having to sling the thing off, unzip, locate the body and lens needed and by then possibly miss the shot. What I have learned to do is to keep one body with a medium zoom/macro around my neck in readiness. Sometimes I simply sling my "No Fat" kit on my shoulder for a day hike. Ciao Mark - Original Message - From: Paul Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 1:45 AM Subject: Photo BackPack. > Hi, > > This is sort of following on from the previous discussions we've had on the > list about photo backpacks, mainly LowePro. > > I've been looking for a Camera Backpack for a while, I've looked at most of > the LowePro, Tamrac and a Domke. I ruled out the Domke one on the price. > > I took all my camera gear into a few shops in the city (Melbourne) and tried > the lowepro range, then I went to actually buy one at my local camera store > and he happened to have a Tamrac Expedition 5, I compared it to the Lowepro > ones and the quality of the Tamrac seemed better. It seemed to have > better stitching and much better clips and buckles, also the straps were of > a heavier weight fabric (?). Some of the attatchments on the Tamrac or > metal. > > I think the Lowepro we were previously discussing were of a larger size than > this bag. > > I have taken a couple of shots of the bag with my gear in it, I think I > might move some of the internal dividers around to better arrange the gear, > I > think I could fit quite a bit more in with them in different spots, this was > my first attempt and there is a lot of wasted space with the current > configuration. > > The Tamrac was also quite a bit more comfortable on by back and seemed to > make the gear feel lighter. > > Here are the pics, the gear inside is: > MZ5n with FA28-70/4 > LX with M50/1.4 > F70-210 > FA*200/2.8 > FA*24/2 > Sigma 105/2.8 Macro > 2x Tele > > http://www.alphalink.com.au/~nrg/tamrac-1.jpg > http://www.alphalink.com.au/~nrg/tamrac-2.jpg > http://www.alphalink.com.au/~nrg/tamrac-3.jpg > > It really needs to be organized better, although I doubt I would really want > to carry around much more weight than this. > > Its small enough to be taken onto a plane as hand luggage also. > > Cya > > - > 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: M24-35/3.5 and M35 "Flexi" /2.8
Francis Tang wrote: > The talk about the M24-35/3.5 got me looking through Boz's pages. > Does anyone know if there is any relationship between the M24-35/3.5 > and the M35 "flexi" (see prototype lenses on Boz's site) beyond their > apparent cosmetic similarities? > In fact, is there any further information on the M35 "flexi"? Why was > it labelled "flexi" as opposed to zoom? From memory, of what I have gathered on this lens . It has a *very* short zoom range, maybe 32-38mm or something like that and the idea was maybe along the lines of fine-tuning the image to fit a slidemount window. After a bit of practice you could supposedly frame at some point (relative to the slide mounts you were using/getting back from your processor) and then "zoom back" to widest and have your "perfect framing". Bill - Bill D. Casselberry ; Photography on the Oregon Coast http://www.orednet.org/~bcasselb [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: More Tripod Follies?
Mike Johnston wrote: > > Tom V. V. wrote: > > > Content, not resolution, makes a good photo. > > May I quote you? > Sure, if I can borrow your Bronica when I'm in town. My Pentax 66 rangefinder hasn't arrived yet. tv - 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: New Pentax LX with AF!!!!!!!!
Chris Brogden wrote: > > > Question for Pål: where did you hear this, and who said it? Is there a > transcript online anywhere that you know of? Why don't you ask Woodward or Bernstein who Deepthroat is? tv - 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 .
Opinions of the SMC Pentax-A 35-70 Zoom
Does anyone have any opinions about the SMC Pentax-A f3.5-f4.5 35-70mm Macro Zoom? I purchased one as part of a package on Ebay. How's the lens quality, and how should it be valued should I want to resell it? Thanks. Brian - 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: New Pentax LX with AF!!!!!!!!
Camera body... 1.Put the AF sensor (and light sensor) where the current light sensor is. 2.Add sensor electronics and focus indicator, etc. 3.Add mechanical link to bottom of camera for focusing, along with some additional sensor/servo coupling. 4.Add thin LCD screen and recessed programming buttons to the back. 5.*All* else remains the same (wind lever, interchangeable finder, interchangeable focus screens, etc. 6.If you're a whiner about the extra programming features on the camera back, put a standard back on and live with only the addition of aperture priority mode and focus confirmation, and perhaps a choice of metering modes. Winder/Motor drive... 1.Add coupling from AF mechanical link to AF servo, use wind/rewind motor as servo drive. 2.Add servo drive electronics. 3.Design the Motor drive AF similar to the ME winder, but with battery component in the grip. Push a recessed button, and it drops out like the .45 clip. Pop in a freshly charged one, or a holder for dry cells. The bottom holds the servos/motors and could be thinner now. 4.Yes, I suppose purists could get one without the AF servo and electronics. Redesigning the LX doesn't necessarily need to upset anyone (except those with a purist emotional attachment). 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: "petit miam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > According to Pentax camera dept. director they want > > to make a camera the owners would want to take with > > them to their graves. > > Aparently this an LX with AF. > > Guide to how to ruin a perfectly good camera: > Step 1: Make it auto-focus. > Step 2: Remove any useful focussing grid and replace > with useless square box. > Step 3: Remove the wind-lever and make it autowind. > Step 4: Replace the glorious "thunk" of the shutter > with high-pitched squeal. > etc,etc,etc. - 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: A Harder Game
i'll play. body: pentax zx-5n lens: pentax-fa* 85mm f1.4 pentax-m 28mm f2.8 location/subject: the provinces in the philippines where my mother and father grew up, documenting rural life sherwin abesamis mailto:[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: Archives
go to http://www.pdml.net/ and click on archives. :) -- Blessings, Nick -- >From: frank gillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Archives >Date: Fri, Jul 20, 2001, 8:29 PM > > Hi this is my 1st message. How do I find the Archives > of previous e-mails? > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.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 .
Archives
Hi this is my 1st message. How do I find the Archives of previous e-mails? __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.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 .
Re: Why I won't be using a tripod unless I really need it.
Hi ... This Tiltall is not the original, rather, it is a model made by Leitz after the Marchioni brothers sold them the rights to produce it. I can attest to the quality of the original Tiltall, #4602, made by Marchioni in Rutherford, NJ. It has been said that Leitz "cheapened" the tripod, although I no longer remember all the details. I vaguely recall that fittings were not as solid and that the machining of certain parts were not up to the standard of the Marchioni models. Subsequently Leitz sold the design to Star-D, a company the cheapened the tripod even more. New "Tiltalls" can still be purchased, but while they follow the same general design as the original, their quality suffers greatly by comparison. If one is seeking a Tiltall, opt for a good quality Marchioni. BTW, I think your time frame is a bit off. 40 years ago Marchioni was making the Tiltall. Leitz, I believe, came into the picture in the very early seventies. Some time ago I posted a detailed message to the list about the history of the tripod, which had the date of the change over and some more details about the differences between the various iterations of the Tiltall. A quick search of my hard disk doesn't turn anything up. It may be archived in a zip file somewhere. IAC, the Tiltall is a wonderfully constructed, well conceived idea about what a tripod should be. While it doesn't offer lots of bells and whistles, it is strong (clearly capable of holding small view cameras), light (6-lbs), the handles are easily removed and stored for transport in a suitcase, and one leg is removable and can be converted to a monopod. Somewhere I have a photo of Elliot Erwitt using one with a 4x5 camera mounted on it. It's an ideal 'pod for 35mm work. Oh, one more thing. I noticed that B&H is selling a quick release for the Tiltall. While this is probably designed for the new model, I suspect that it will work for the older models as well. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ken Archer wrote: > > Check this one out on Ebay. This is the same model that I bought 40 > years ago for a 4x5 view camera. It is just as smooth and rock-steady > today with a 35mm as it was back then with a large format model. There > must be something to precision engineering. I'm 6'1" and this is one > of the few tripods I can set a camera at eye level and still have a > solid mount. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1256372691 > > On Friday 20 July 2001 17:06, you wrote: > > I am curious. > > Would you please let me know something more on this Tiltall ? > > What is special about it ? - 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: anyone "shoot" w/a point and shoot?
Sure, I bought a Pentax IQ Zoom 120mi when my son refused to take an slr on a trip to Italy last year. It did very well, so I occasionlly carry it along when I don't carry one of my regular cameras, or my SO will carry it when I am shooting, just to snap a few pictures now and then. Dan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 12:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: anyone "shoot" w/a point and shoot? okay pug-sters, anyone willing to admit that they occasionaly use a point and shoot to take photographs? if so, what p/s do u use and why? i'll get the ball rolling...i use a konica big mini 302 35mm/3.5 to shoot black and white quick grab street shots. i love the lens, really small camera so no excuse not to have it all the time and it has +/- 1.5 exp comp (that is when i'm not using my canon ql17 GIII rangefinder w/a 40mm/1.7 for b/w) i also occasionally use an ancient canon af35ml w/a 40mm/1.9 for color prints. very quick lens and though clunky by today's standards, i just like the feel of this camera. that's of course when i don't have the mx in hand. be well robo - 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 .
Thanks for: film or camera revisited
Thanks to everyone for their help.Sorry Tom,should have realized you'd look before leaping. .Might just turn this camera into my astro shooter,then i won't have to worry about leaks,just meteors hitting it. Dave Begin Original Message From: Tom Rittenhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 20:24:05 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: film or camera revisited Perhaps you were holding it differently, or the light only leaks when it hits just right? Yes I looked at the pic before I replied, it does look like a light leak. --Tom David J Brooks wrote: > > Thanks Tom.I'm stumped as to why it only happens to 1 or 2 > frames and not the whole roll > > BTW the picture in question is the last one on the left. > -- Tom "Graywolf" Rittenhouse Graywolf Photo, Charlotte, NC, USA -- - 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 . End Original Message Pentax User Stouffville Ont Canada Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail - 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: New Pentax LX with AF!!!!!!!!
On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Mike Johnston wrote: > I have to say that the LX with the Grip B and a nice M lens attached > amounts to the most comfortable-to-hold 35mm camera that I've ever had > in my hands. Bar none. It's just the tops. I find that the multi-function switch gets in the way of my right fingers, but that's a small price to pay for having the switch. > I even liked the feel and the throw of the winding lever. What I don't like about the winding lever is that I tend to shoot with my right thumb between the lever and the body, with a bit of pressure on the lever. Makes it very secure to hold it with one hand, and I'm right in position to wind the film quickly. This works fine on my Super Program and M42 stuff, but for some reason the LX doesn't like this, and freezes if I put pressure on the lever while trying to take a shot. Frustrating. Question for Pål: where did you hear this, and who said it? Is there a transcript online anywhere that you know of? chris - 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: anyone "shoot" w/a point and shoot?
On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Jaros³aw Brzeziñski wrote: > Sorry, but no manufacturer has as yet been able to make a point-and- > shoot camera with a 28-105, lens so you must be mistaken Wrong-o... Pentax came out this year with a 28-105 and a 28-120. For details, see: http://www.pentaxcanada.ca/eng/products/cameras.html I suspect that the Samsung was a 38-105, though. chris - 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: New Pentax LX with AF!!!!!!!!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > According to Pentax camera dept. director they want to make > a camera the owners would want to take with them to their graves. > Apparently this an LX with AF. These are statements from an > interview. Nothing final is given but it would be weird if this was > just fancy and not built on reality. > Personally, I believe that this is the camera the Limited lenses > are leading up to. Pål, That would be great. Now tell me it will be silver like the limited lenses! Regards, Bob S. - 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 .
New Pentax LX with AF!!!!!!!!
Pål wrote: > According to Pentax camera dept. director they want to make a camera the > owners would want to take with them to their graves. > Aparently this an LX with AF. These are statements from an interview. Nothing > final is given but it would be weird if this was just fancy and not built on > reality. > Personally, I believe that this is the camera the Limited lenses are leading > up to. Whoa. Let's not let this go by. Really? This would be amazing. I just sent my "loaner" LX back to my friend Bob Meier. I've been using and testing numerous cameras for many years now, but had somehow always missed trying an LX. As most of you knew years before I did, it's a truly seriously wonderful piece of gear. I liked virtually everything about it--except one thing. I'll get to that. I have to say that the LX with the Grip B and a nice M lens attached amounts to the most comfortable-to-hold 35mm camera that I've ever had in my hands. Bar none. It's just the tops. Second best feature is the marvelous finder optics. Viewfinders are a _bête noire_ of mine--I almost cannot be pleased with them. The LX has optically the best manual-focus viewfinder I've ever used on an SLR. Leica can only dream of finder optics this good--not until the R8 has it built anything that comes close. Build quality, size, and weight are all outstanding, with the _possible_ exception that it might be a wee bit taller. I loved the "multi-purpose lever" (is that what they call it?) I even liked the feel and the throw of the winding lever. This camera shows such exquisite judgement--everything is balanced, synergistic, apt. Superb. I could go on and on here, except that I don't NEED to. You all know the LX better than I do. You could tell _me_ what I liked about it. The ONE thing I disliked about it is that it's very loud. This is another pet peeve of mine--I don't like to "shout" when I shoot, I guess because I'm shy. I don't like a shutter that will wake sleeping babies. This may be a peculiarity of mine, I grant you--I know that when the F4 came out, some fashion photographers were miffed because it was too quiet--models would take the shutter sound as a cue to take a new pose, and they couldn't get into a rhythm if they couldn't hear the shutter. But this and this alone is what would keep me away from an LX. And this is really just a matter of taste. Can you just imagine what Pentax could do today if they were going, as Pål says, "to make a camera the owners would want to take with them to their graves"? It's almost too much to contemplate. The only problem they might have would be staying close enough to the "spirit" of the original LX. It was so good as it was This bears watching. Closely. This makes my day. Thanks, Pål! --Mike - 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 Tripod Follies?
Hi Shel, why do you suppose so many of the folks on the list only take pictured of the landscape or their reletives (usually only ones too small to punch them out) ? --Tom Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > Photography is more than "taking a picture". It's about > establishing some sort of rapport with the people you want to > photograph, letting them know you're there not for your > benefit, such as getting a photo you might get paid for, or > for your own aggrandizement, but to show their life and way of > living in a positive manner, with concern and sensitivity. > -- Tom "Graywolf" Rittenhouse Graywolf Photo, Charlotte, NC, USA -- - 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: anyone "shoot" w/a point and shoot?
"Lewis, Gerald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napisał / wrote: I found a Samsung P&S with the longest zoom I could find at the time (I think it is 28-105 but I don't have it in front of me) Sorry, but no manufacturer has as yet been able to make a point-and- shoot camera with a 28-105, lens so you must be mistaken --- Załóż darmowe konto e-mail w WP. Kliknij < http://poczta.wp.pl > - 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 Tripod Follies?
If I want the best quality I can get I use a 4x5. A 4x5 belongs on a tripod, mobility is the 35mm strong suite a tripod throws that away. --Tom -- Tom "Graywolf" Rittenhouse Graywolf Photo, Charlotte, NC, USA -- - 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: film or camera revisited
Perhaps you were holding it differently, or the light only leaks when it hits just right? Yes I looked at the pic before I replied, it does look like a light leak. --Tom David J Brooks wrote: > > Thanks Tom.I'm stumped as to why it only happens to 1 or 2 > frames and not the whole roll > > BTW the picture in question is the last one on the left. > -- Tom "Graywolf" Rittenhouse Graywolf Photo, Charlotte, NC, USA -- - 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: New Pentax LX with AF!!!!!!!!
> According to Pentax camera dept. director they want > to make a camera the owners would want to take with > them to their graves. > Aparently this an LX with AF. Guide to how to ruin a perfectly good camera: Step 1: Make it auto-focus. Step 2: Remove any useful focussing grid and replace with useless square box. Step 3: Remove the wind-lever and make it autowind. Step 4: Replace the glorious "thunk" of the shutter with high-pitched squeal. etc,etc,etc. Just my opinion, don't get your knickers in a twist. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail 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 .
Re: Whatcha gonna do?
> Scooter wrote: > > So pose the question as so: Uncle Sam just sent you $700 & your wife says > it's ok to get a new camera with it. What ya gonna do?? Pay off the credit cards that are still aching from the *last* photo gear I put on 'em. :) Or I might pick up a second LX body. Or a K 24/2.8. Or a mint K 85/1.8. chris - 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: Whatcha gonna do?
Get another PZ1-p before the one I have goes bust and you can't get another. Casey Szocinski - 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: New Pentax LX with AF!!!!!!!!
An LX with AF is not an LX anymore. And besides - I don't want to take a camera to my grave - I need something or someone more precious than a camera Pĺl Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napisał / wrote: > According to Pentax camera dept. director they want to make a camera the owners would want to take with them to their graves. > Aparently this an LX with AF. These are statements from an interview. Nothing final is given but it would be weird if this was just fancy and not built on reality. > Personally, I believe that this is the camera the Limited lenses are leading up to. > > Pĺl > > - > 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 . > > --- Załóż darmowe konto e-mail w WP. Kliknij < http://poczta.wp.pl > - 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: Funny thing I wondered about one night
Go to: http://spotmatic.web-page.net/ ...And then enter. Isn't that Ringo Starr? --Mike - 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: Semi-OT: Pickpockets & oops.
On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, petit miam wrote: > Do people try and cut the straps of your camera-bag? I have heard of > this happening with hand-bags. And what if you just put it in a normal > bag? How do you get it out to take a photo without attracting > attention? Or do you just not take photos? I live in a smallish city (700,000) where people tend to be pretty good on the whole, but I still wouldn't leave my gear lying around anywhere. At the same time, I wouldn't expect anyone to try to steal it while I'm wearing it, though I suppose it could happen. I'm not a huge guy (6'2, 200lbs), but I'm big enough that I'm not going to worry about anything happening until it does. (And there's always nikkajo, right Scoot? ) I just wear my gear openly, and so far I haven't been bothered. chris - 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: A Harder Game
Another possiblity is an ME Super w winder. A 50/1.4 and a 80-2002.8 documenting the vanishing small airports around the country. That would expand what I am doing locally to all the country. Snide comments about the zoom are only accepted from people who are already doing what they want to do, though maybe in a more limited manner than they would like. Hummm Maybe I should start writing that grant proposal. -- Tom "Graywolf" Rittenhouse Graywolf Photo, Charlotte, NC, USA -- - 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 .
Whatcha gonna do?
Scooter wrote: > So pose the question as so: Uncle Sam just sent you $700 & your wife says > it's ok to get a new camera with it. What ya gonna do?? Contax T3 for me. --Mike - 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: A Harder Game
I think he meant street photography in the nude. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 7/20/2001 2:34:10 PM US Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Assignment: Nude street photography. > > > > What is a "nude street"? > > Ed > - > 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 . -- Tom "Graywolf" Rittenhouse Graywolf Photo, Charlotte, NC, USA -- - 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: A Harder Game
> > Assignment: Nude street photography. > What is a "nude street"? > Ed One where all the trees have been cut down, and the road is made of dirt. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail 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 .
Re: New Pentax LX with AF!!!!!!!!
On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Pål Jensen wrote: > According to Pentax camera dept. director they want to make a > camera the owners would want to take with them to their graves. > Aparently this an LX with AF. These are statements from an > interview. Nothing final is given but it would be weird if this > was just fancy and not built on reality. Personally, I believe > that this is the camera the Limited lenses are leading up to. How about making an LX *without* AF? That would be good enough for me. I mean, no limited silvery LX2000 runs, but something within their regular lineup. j -- --- 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 .
Purchase dilemma
On Thu, 19 Jul 2001 at 13:15:52 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] gaily intimated in a throaty whisper: > I'm going to be getting my annual company bonus in a couple fo weeks > and I'm feeling enabled. The question is what I should feel most > enabled toward. I'm starting to get more actual paying work so this > is not just an academic exercise. My candidates are: ...devoid of a feeling of generosity and openhandedness towards your fellow PDML subscribers. Here, let me help you! There's an A 15mm rectilinear on ebay right now. Buy it for me. I promise eternal gratitude and if you send a picture I will kiss it morning and night as a concrete expression of that gratitude. And think how pleased you will be when your S.O. says "What did you blow the bonus on? Another lens?" and you can say "Yes, dear, but not for me, for a poor suffering Canuck whose devalued currency cripples his sense of enablement." Just think how pleased your S.O. will be to hear of your selfless sacrifice on the altar of another person's happiness! Joy and bliss will be thine forever! -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - 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 Tripod Follies?
Tom V. V. wrote: > Content, not resolution, makes a good photo. May I quote you? --Mike - 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: Why I won't be using a tripod unless I really need it.
Oops, wrong url. Here is the correct one with the original Marchioni-built Tiltall. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1255853266 On Friday 20 July 2001 18:18, you wrote: > Check this one out on Ebay. This is the same model that I bought 40 > years ago for a 4x5 view camera. It is just as smooth and > rock-steady today with a 35mm as it was back then with a large format > model. There must be something to precision engineering. I'm 6'1" > and this is one of the few tripods I can set a camera at eye level > and still have a solid mount. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1256372691 > > On Friday 20 July 2001 17:06, you wrote: > > I am curious. > > Would you please let me know something more on this Tiltall ? > > What is special about it ? -- Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail - 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 .
Semi-OT: Pickpockets & oops.
Oops, sorry about that. Think I pressed instead of and somehow the message decided to be sent. I was wondering what you guys do to protect expensive Pentax (and cringe...other brands) camera gear while travelling. I mean, here in New Zealand, you could wander around with 10 of the latest high-tech bodies around your neck, and still have 10 bodies when you got home. Or you could leave one on the ground and either 5 people would come running after you to return it, or it would still be there when you went back 2 hours later. But I realise most countries aren't like this. Do people try and cut the straps of your camera-bag? I have heard of this happening with hand-bags. And what if you just put it in a normal bag? How do you get it out to take a photo without attracting attention? Or do you just not take photos? Jody. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail 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 .
Re: A Harder Game
Ed wrote: > What is a "nude street"? No, I think he meant he was going to take all his clothes off and then go street shooting. ;-) --M. - 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: Re: Funny thing I wondered about one night
Weren't those Jeep Cherokees? I'm pretty sure...nontheless, substitute Ford for Chrysler. - Original Message - From: "Todd Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 4:33 PM Subject: OT: Re: Funny thing I wondered about one night > > I remember Ford paid dearly to have it's Explorer SUVs in the first > Jurassic Park movie. In the movie a couple of them got smashed to bits by > various dinosaurs. One of them even was tossed into a tree, and slid down > and almost killed a couple of the characters. Interesting product > placement if you ask me. > > Todd > > At 03:56 PM 7/20/01 -0700, you wrote: > >I've mentioned this before, but: > > > >I had a chuckle in the colossal turkey The Lost World, the (first) sequel to > >Jurassic Park. The main woman character gets close to a baby stegosaur with > >her F5(?), snapping away. The camera jams, startling the baby and making it > >yelp for mommy, who comes in with tail a-swingin', almost decapitating the > >hapless F5 user. > > > >I bet the folks at Nikon absolutely had kittens when they realized that > >their product placement dollars had gone towards portraying the almighty F5 > >as such a liability! > > > >- Original Message - > >From: "Jim Moniz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 3:24 PM > >Subject: Re: Funny thing I wondered about one night > > > > > >> During a memorable scene in A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964), Ringo Starr is out > >on > >> his own shooting pictures with a very nice black Pentax (no idea what > >> model). He sets the camera up for a self portrait, and...but I'm not > >going > >> to give it away! It comes out on DVD very soon...(I believe George > >Harrison > >> was using a Pentax near the beginning of the movie, too.) > >> http://www.miramax-aharddaysnight.com/ > >> Jim > >> - Original Message - > >> From: Jeff Eikenberry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 5:56 AM > >> Subject: Funny thing I wondered about one night > >> > >> > >> > Ok, so I'm watching the movie "Vertical Limit" the other night and in > >the > >> > opening scene, > >> > this rock-climber drops his Nikon (F5, I think) about 300 ft. (guess it > >> was > >> > too heavy ;) > >> > We've all seen movies with cameras, but anyone seen a movie with a > >Pentax > >> > shown in it? > >> > Didn't mean to move out of the scope of this list, but hey, it is a > >Pentax > >> > question and curiosity > >> > killed the cat! > >> > > >> > Man, the strange things we think about while lying in bed (after the > >wife > >> > goes to sleep, that is) > >> > > >> > -Jeff > >> > > > > > > > - > 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 .
More Tripod Follies?
Joe U. wrote: > Here's one thing Bryan Geyer has to say about tripods: > > Why is a tripod essential? > > Because blur due to lens movement is inevitable at any shutter > speed slower than 1/1000 sec., and because it promotes greater > care in composition. Handholding is strictly for dead photographers: > A human pulse beat will cause 200 microns (about 0.008 inch) > displacement for 1/10th second. Assuming a shutter speed of > 1/250th sec., this movement alone will cause a 22% loss of > resolution with a system that is otherwise capable of reproducing > 100 lines-per-mm (lpm). And at a shutter speed of 1/125th sec., > this performance would degrade to only 53 lpm-a 47% waste of > what you purchased. (Refer John B. Williams: Image Clarity, > page 191) > > > > If you don't recognize the name, he runs Really Right Stuff. Geyer, I assume you mean. John Williams is a computer programmer in California. Or was, last I knew. Incidentally, what his reference says (_Image Clarity_ p. 191) is that a 200 micron displacement CAN be caused by a pulse, not that it "will cause" it. And Williams's tables are plainly stated to show THEORETICAL system resolution losses--a far cry from Mr. Geyer's "blur due to lens movement is INEVITABLE." Theory doesn't always translate to practice. I might also mention that various "star point" tests have proved that "safe shutter speed" parameters vary not only between between individuals but between cameras. Some cameras are actually _less_ capable of being held steadily at 1/1000th than at 1/250th, ostensibly because of sympathetic vibrations in the mechanism. Also, elsewhere in _Image Clarity_, John Williams points out that ground vibrations can defeat even the best tripod. Ever stood on a busy traffic bridge as traffic passes, so you can feel the bridge vibrate up and down? Well, the same thing on a smaller scale happens most of the time in most places in most cities. Surveyors have devices to measure ground vibration. As ever, the best thing to do is make a test for yourself. Get an ND filter or two and your tripod, head outside, and shoot the same subject with a tripod, and handheld at every shutter speed down to a second. Compare the results. You might be surprised at what you discover. --Mike - 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 .
Photo BackPack.
Hi, This is sort of following on from the previous discussions we've had on the list about photo backpacks, mainly LowePro. I've been looking for a Camera Backpack for a while, I've looked at most of the LowePro, Tamrac and a Domke. I ruled out the Domke one on the price. I took all my camera gear into a few shops in the city (Melbourne) and tried the lowepro range, then I went to actually buy one at my local camera store and he happened to have a Tamrac Expedition 5, I compared it to the Lowepro ones and the quality of the Tamrac seemed better. It seemed to have better stitching and much better clips and buckles, also the straps were of a heavier weight fabric (?). Some of the attatchments on the Tamrac or metal. I think the Lowepro we were previously discussing were of a larger size than this bag. I have taken a couple of shots of the bag with my gear in it, I think I might move some of the internal dividers around to better arrange the gear, I think I could fit quite a bit more in with them in different spots, this was my first attempt and there is a lot of wasted space with the current configuration. The Tamrac was also quite a bit more comfortable on by back and seemed to make the gear feel lighter. Here are the pics, the gear inside is: MZ5n with FA28-70/4 LX with M50/1.4 F70-210 FA*200/2.8 FA*24/2 Sigma 105/2.8 Macro 2x Tele http://www.alphalink.com.au/~nrg/tamrac-1.jpg http://www.alphalink.com.au/~nrg/tamrac-2.jpg http://www.alphalink.com.au/~nrg/tamrac-3.jpg It really needs to be organized better, although I doubt I would really want to carry around much more weight than this. Its small enough to be taken onto a plane as hand luggage also. Cya - 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: A Harder Game
oh ! what an alternative !! buddhist temples or nekkid wimmen i liked that >From: "Jim Moniz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: A Harder Game >Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 00:56:02 -0700 > >Super Program >M135mm/3.5 >A50mm/1.4 >The Buddhist Temples of the Far East...or maybe Nekkid Wimmen... > >Mike Johnston spilled a hot Starbucks mocha breve on his lap while writing: > > > Okay, now how about this for a slightly different and more difficult >game: > > > > Let's say you suddenly win a grant. It allows you to photograph >full-time > > for six months, of subjects and locales of your choice, and the results > > stand a chance of being published as a book. All your film is provided >and > > all your travel expenses are paid. However, you can only use only one >type > > of Pentax camera body and two Pentax prime lenses. > > > > Which body and two lenses would you choose? > > > > Totally optional: name the subject and/or locales you'd choose to > > photograph. > > > > I think fewer people will brave this game > > > > --Mike > > > > > > - > > 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 . > _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - 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: Why I won't be using a tripod unless I really need it.
I am curious. Would you please let me know something more on this Tiltall ? What is special about it ? >From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Why I won't be using a tripod unless I really need it. >Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 01:37:14 -0700 > >Jim Moniz wrote: > > > > Doesn't surprise me...a Tiltall is on my list of Stuff To Get. > > > From: Ken Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > I dug my old Tiltall out of storage last weekend and cleaned it up >till > > > it looks like new again. After 40 years, it is still just as smooth >as > > > glass. > >I've an original Tiltall, too, and it's one wonderful, >lightweight tripod. The old (pre-Leitz) Tiltalls can really >take a lot of use and abuse. If you can find an original, >grab it! > >-- >Shel Belinkoff >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >"It matters little how much equipment we use; it >matters much that we be masters of all we do use." - Sam Abell >- >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 . > _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - 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: A Harder Game
Lets see, from my equipment, PZ1 A 50 1.4 A 28 2.8 Sports illustrated swimsuit issue, in the Virgin islands! No, Seriously, for the location I would pick Yellowstone in the winter, my favorite place. Friday, July 20, 2001, 2:12:00 AM, you wrote: > Okay, now how about this for a slightly different and more difficult game: > Let's say you suddenly win a grant. It allows you to photograph full-time > for six months, of subjects and locales of your choice, and the results > stand a chance of being published as a book. All your film is provided and > all your travel expenses are paid. However, you can only use only one type > of Pentax camera body and two Pentax prime lenses. > Which body and two lenses would you choose? > Totally optional: name the subject and/or locales you'd choose to > photograph. > I think fewer people will brave this game > --Mike - 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: Right-angle finder again
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I'm still pondering right-angle finders, but don't want to pay 1/3 the price of an MZ-S. Will a right-angle finder that fits the K1000 also fit the PZ-1p? >> NO - different size viewfinder windows! Regards, Bob S. - 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 .
Right-angle finder again
I'm still pondering right-angle finders, but don't want to pay 1/3 the price of an MZ-S. Will a right-angle finder that fits the K1000 also fit the PZ-1p? Thanks again, Joe - 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 Tripod Follies?
On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Yes, but without a 'pod you're less intrusive, better able to blend > into the environment, and have a much better chance of actually > interacting with the people you want to photograph. [snip] I wasn't arguing for tripods in street photography, Shel... quite the opposite, actually. I was just trying to point out, in a TIC manner, that someone who goes into rough areas with a tripod is more at risk than someone without one, all other factors being equal. chris - 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: x-tra cash
Hey listers. I've got an itch to buy some camera gear (you know how it is) Buying a Minolta 38~105 lens didn't satisfy Trying to make contacts in Japan & get one of the last LX's seems to be out of the question (& a bit pricey). & I don't wanna end up with someone elses "problem child" in a used LX (plus the x-tra $200 to get it set up MY way). E-Bay is ok if yer selling (fools & bidding wars make good company). I really like the Pentax ZX-5N, but for the same amount I can go with a Nikon N80. I can also run across the Canadian border & knock 40% off the Pentax & end up with a MZ-5N (nutz to the warranty). The 5N seems to be better than the ZX-7... is it? Since everyone's making up dream sheets for gear on that mythical 6-month assignment... dream me into a camera for less than a grand that'll give me AF & the ability to use the $800 or so I have in Pentax lenses. Ok?? So pose the question as so: Uncle Sam just sent you $700 & your wife says it's ok to get a new camera with it. What ya gonna do?? Scoot - 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: Favorite Film Roll Call Results UPDATE 18
This is true. Where I live, the only Fuji Provia 100F available is Fuji Provia 100F. Welcome back, Mafud. I hope you're in fine health. Doug At 4:03 PM -04007/20/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, or at least typed: >Too many answers depend on where a person lives. > >In the entire list, some of the film listed is the only film of its type sold >(in the area where the shooter lives). Location skews film choices, as anyone >who travels already knows. -- 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 .
Hearing about good lenses makes me want to buy them
Joe W. wrote: > I noticed Shel selected the M24~35/3.5 lens for one of his choices > for the "harder game" quiz -- I picked up that same lens a few months > ago on eBay (I got it for the $200 Buy-It-Now price, thanks to a > heads-up post to this list -- thanks!). > I really like it, but hardly see it mentioned on this list or on > eBay. I know it wasn't made for that long, but it has great reviews > on the Pentax lens comments sites. Who else has or had this lens, and > what are your experiences with it? > To me, it has great construction quality (best "feel" zoom of the M > series?) and seems good enough to replace primes at 24mm, 28mm and > 35mm -- especially if the primes you'd be replacing would be f3.5 -- > no loss of speed, something unusual when choosing between primes and > a zoom covering the same range. Stop it, stop it, stop it BLEH BLAH BLEH BLAH BLEH BLAH BLEH BLAH BLEH BLAH BLEH BLAH (sticking fingers in ears and scrunching eyes shut like the little boy in "My Life As A Dog") --The Lens Purchase Enabler, Who All Too Often Enables Self - 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 Tripod Follies?
Mafud! Welcome back. tv [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The ~only~ way to shoot my 67ll is from a tripod (unless that is, you're > wired (in a studio). > > Recent trip(s) convinced me. > > - 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 Tripod Follies?
Joe Urmos wrote: > > Things have been getting dull around here with everyone preoccupied with > Mike's questions. > > Here's one thing Bryan Geyer has to say about tripods: > > Why is a tripod essential? > > Because blur due to lens movement is inevitable at any shutter > speed slower than 1/1000 sec., and because it promotes greater > care in composition. There are lots of good photos waiting to be taken. Many of them won't need a tripod to be effective, and many of them *couldn't* be taken if a tripod was thrown into the equation. > Handholding is strictly for dead photographers: > A human pulse beat will cause 200 microns (about 0.008 inch) > displacement for 1/10th second. Assuming a shutter speed of > 1/250th sec., this movement alone will cause a 22% loss of > resolution with a system that is otherwise capable of reproducing > 100 lines-per-mm (lpm). And at a shutter speed of 1/125th sec., > this performance would degrade to only 53 lpm-a 47% waste of > what you purchased. (Refer John B. Williams: Image Clarity, > page 191) The is gear-weenie-speak. > > If you don't recognize the name, he runs Really Right Stuff. Guess he probably has a stake in this. "Technique is a means, not a goal." - David Vestal I usually hate quotes, but Vestal is just so damned quotable. When I started photographing, I followed the advice that a tripod should be used whenever possible. I'm a pretty healthy guy, so "whenever possible" translates to just about all the time. I'm slowly weaning myself off of this and other bad advice I got when starting out. Some subjects just aren't suitable for tripod work. Content, not resolution, makes a good photo. tv - 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: M24~35/3.5 (was Re: A Harder Game
Hi ... Bob, it was your comments about the lens that ultimately motivated me to get one. Most folks here know I don't care much for zooms, but this one is different. It's small, light, agile, has a relatively short throw through the focal range, and is pretty sharp and contrasty. It's not sharper, nor will it replace any of the good Pentax primes in that range wrt ultimate image quality, but it does come reasonably close, especially if one is content with print sizes up to about 8x10, maybe 11x14 if using the proper fim/developer and taking care while shooting. Compared to the various Pentax 24~50 zooms, which a few people like for their focal range, this lens is about 1/3 lighter and about 1/3 smaller. The constant aperture is a great feature, and the lens is just about as fast as some of the well-regarded primes it might replace, such as the K24/2.8 or K24/3.5, the K28/3.5, and the K35/3.5. Because it's got a short focal range, it's ideal for making slight cropping adjustments on the film, but you still have to compose with your feet. It doesn't allow any of that "cropping from a distance" business that some zooms allow, which gives one an opportunity for closer involvement with the subject. It's a great lens for working with people as it's small enough that it's size is not intimidating. It's one great general purpose lens, and my equipment case would be much the poorer without it. Another nice thing about it is that, because of the shorter focal range, there are several very good lens hood options that will protect against flare reasonably well throughout the focal range, unlike, for example, the 24~50 zooms. If you're a manual focus user, and want a great wide angle zoom, this is it. Forget those Sigmas and Tamrons and Tokinas. Make an effort to find one of these puppies. Treat it well and it will provide years of great photos. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[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: More Tripod Follies?
Yes, but without a 'pod you're less intrusive, better able to blend into the environment, and have a much better chance of actually interacting with the people you want to photograph. Big cameras, long lenses, 'pods, and the like, are nothing more than obstacles you have to overcome. Although I know your comment was TIC, I can tell you from personal experience there's less chance of being hassled when you blend in and are friendly and accommodating rather than threatening (lots of gear, big lenses, loud, flashy cameras ARE threatening). If one goes into certain areas with confidence and openness, and takes the time to meet and understand the people, the chance of getting mugged or hassled is absolutely minimal. Look at the work of Eugene Richards, for example. He's photographed inside crack houses, has shots of people shooting up, and has photographed homeless people and gang members. Photography is more than "taking a picture". It's about establishing some sort of rapport with the people you want to photograph, letting them know you're there not for your benefit, such as getting a photo you might get paid for, or for your own aggrandizement, but to show their life and way of living in a positive manner, with concern and sensitivity. If you want to get your ass kicked in a troublesome area, go in with a long lens, and be seen stealing souls from a distance. Not only will you be considered an outsider, but word'll get around and you'll be a target. Walk into a situation with a short lens, get close to the people, talk with them, show them that you care about them, and you'll more likely than not be welcome. Best approach is to leave your camera in your pocket, or at home, while first meeting these people (and first and foremost, they ARE people, not subjects). Often the worst that can happen is you get a cold shoulder, and you'll know it's time to move on. Chris Brogden wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > Come shooting with me some day. We'll shoot in the rougher areas of > > San Francisco. You bring a tripod and I'll hand-hold my cameras. > > Let's see who gets more sharp photos. > > And see who gets mugged quicker. :) Mind you, a monopod could make a > pretty good defensive weapon. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "It matters little how much equipment we use; it matters much that we be masters of all we do use." - Sam Abell - 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: shooting balloons - which film?
Thanks for all the wonderful advice, everyone! I'll show you guys the results when I get them back. --Amita - 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: Your "No Fat" Pentax Outfit
In a message dated 7/20/01 1:21:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Mike Johnston prompted a flood with this question: > > Okay, I've got a question to pose to everybody/anybody, just for fun: > > If you could but together a basic but complete Pentax outfit--everything you > need but no fat, no extraneous items included--what would it be for you? MZ5n SMC 1.4 50mm >> 1. Super Program w/50 f/1.4 "A" (or "M") w/circular polarizer (functions as ND filter and vitally necessary for the 50 f/1.4 in many daytime situations). 2. Vivitar (NASA) 70-210 3.5 (constant) zoom with that fabulous true macro feature that gets you down to within 11" ~of the film plane!~ *Good as most PENTAX constant zooms, including the PENTAX f/2.8 "pro" lenses. 3. A sturdy monopod.* *Besides its obvious use, you can't ~know~ how a sturdy monopod helps negotiate steep paths (or as a speed brake going downhill). 4. Motor "A" (for those times when hand-cranking just won't do). Weight? 8 lbs (10 w/Motor "A"). Easily fits in carry-on bags or photo jackets. - 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 Tripod Follies?
Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > So what ... we all know that, to one degree or another. Too > bad Capa didn't use a tripod on D-Day - his photos would have > been much sharper and he'd have earned the recognition he so > rightly deserved. Come shooting with me some day. We'll And he would live less than he did (hehehehe). Alex -- --- Alexandre A. P. Suaide, Ph.D. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] STAR/EMC Research Group Phone: 1-313-577-5419 (Detroit) Department of Physics and Astronomy Phone: 1-631-344-7635 (BNL) Wayne State University --- - 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: Ahem... K55 1.8
Thanks for all the responses. It looks like I'll keep this lens at least for a while. j -- --- 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: More Tripod Follies?
On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Come shooting with me some day. We'll shoot in the rougher areas of > San Francisco. You bring a tripod and I'll hand-hold my cameras. > Let's see who gets more sharp photos. And see who gets mugged quicker. :) Mind you, a monopod could make a pretty good defensive weapon. chris - 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: A Harder Game
In a message dated 7/20/2001 2:34:10 PM US Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Assignment: Nude street photography. > What is a "nude street"? Ed - 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[2]: Favorite Film Roll Call Results UPDATE 18
Hi [EMAIL PROTECTED], welcome back - hope you're well! --- Bob mailto:[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: film or camera revisited
Dave, Had an ME with a light leak once. Delivered similar results. On closer examination, the leak occurred as I changed my grip on the camera. Some frames were fine, others marked. Putting the camera in a case (bottom half) closed the leak. I suspect that new foam would have too. Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Thanks Tom.I'm stumped as to why it only happens to 1 or 2 frames and not the whole roll BTW the picture in question is the last one on the left. http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=112301 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: More Tripod Follies?
So what ... we all know that, to one degree or another. Too bad Capa didn't use a tripod on D-Day - his photos would have been much sharper and he'd have earned the recognition he so rightly deserved. Come shooting with me some day. We'll shoot in the rougher areas of San Francisco. You bring a tripod and I'll hand-hold my cameras. Let's see who gets more sharp photos. Heck, I'll even use slow film and agree to keep my shutter speeds at or below 1/125 sec. The point is that a tripod, a monopod, or even Bob's "6' of cord" method can get in the way sometimes and cause one to miss a shot. Of course, if you want to shoot pretty flowers, buildings, still life photography, and posed or rigid portraits, then by all means use a tripod. But if you want to shoot life as it happens around you, better leave that pile of tubing in the trunk of your car or back at the hotel. Let's remember, too, that Mr. Williams has somewhat of a vested interest in people using tripods. BTW, I own several tripods and use them where appropriate. Let Joe Urmos wrote: > Why is a tripod essential? > > Because blur due to lens movement is inevitable at any shutter > speed slower than 1/1000 sec., and because it promotes greater > care in composition. Handholding is strictly for dead photographers: > A human pulse beat will cause 200 microns (about 0.008 inch) > displacement for 1/10th second. Assuming a shutter speed of > 1/250th sec., this movement alone will cause a 22% loss of > resolution with a system that is otherwise capable of reproducing > 100 lines-per-mm (lpm). And at a shutter speed of 1/125th sec., > this performance would degrade to only 53 lpm-a 47% waste of > what you purchased. (Refer John B. Williams: Image Clarity, > page 191) > > If you don't recognize the name, he runs Really Right Stuff. > - > 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 . -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "It matters little how much equipment we use; it matters much that we be masters of all we do use." - Sam Abell - 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 Tripod Follies?
Hi,
If people are going to go to the trouble of using a tripod all the
time they might as well use large format cameras.
35mm is for hand-holding.
Ever since good old Oskar hammered a piece of old pipe into a lozenge
shape and stuck a lens on the front 35mm photographers have done ok
without tripods.
What's Really Right Stuff, and is it all really wrong, like his tripod
advice?
---
Bob ('4 tripods') Walkden
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Friday, July 20, 2001, 8:29:07 PM, you wrote:
> Things have been getting dull around here with everyone preoccupied with
> Mike's questions.
> Here's one thing Bryan Geyer has to say about tripods:
> Why is a tripod essential?
> Because blur due to lens movement is inevitable at any shutter
> speed slower than 1/1000 sec., and because it promotes greater
> care in composition. Handholding is strictly for dead photographers:
> A human pulse beat will cause 200 microns (about 0.008 inch)
> displacement for 1/10th second. Assuming a shutter speed of
> 1/250th sec., this movement alone will cause a 22% loss of
> resolution with a system that is otherwise capable of reproducing
> 100 lines-per-mm (lpm). And at a shutter speed of 1/125th sec.,
> this performance would degrade to only 53 lpm-a 47% waste of
> what you purchased. (Refer John B. Williams: Image Clarity,
> page 191)
> If you don't recognize the name, he runs Really Right Stuff.
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Re: More Tripod Follies?
Kessler convinced me in 1999. - 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 Tripod Follies?
The ~only~ way to shoot my 67ll is from a tripod (unless that is, you're wired (in a studio). Recent trip(s) convinced me. - 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: A Harder Game
Body: LX (there's another? :-) 2 Lenses: SMC K 50 1.2 and A 28 2.8 (I would change the latter for a FA 24 2 ,if I were able to buy one) Addition: My lovely 4 kg. Manfrotto Subject: Buenos Aires at night (the streets, the people, the lights. Night Photo rules!) Albano - 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 .
M24~35/3.5 (was Re: A Harder Game
Hi, I had one of these, and it may well be some of my comments that you saw quoted. It seems to be quite a rare lens which probably explains the dearth of mentions. However, it is certainly one of the best zooms P ever made. The size is excellent, the quality and handling are 1st class. I was always happy to use it and always pleased with the results it gave me. For shooting at f/5.6 or smaller it was very convenient; I'd recommend it to anyone, although I'm not so sure about it replacing primes - some of the f/3.5 primes have excellent reputations for optical quality. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, July 20, 2001, 8:25:25 PM, you wrote: > Shel (and PDMLers), > I noticed Shel selected the M24~35/3.5 lens for one of his choices > for the "harder game" quiz -- I picked up that same lens a few months > ago on eBay (I got it for the $200 Buy-It-Now price, thanks to a > heads-up post to this list -- thanks!). > I really like it, but hardly see it mentioned on this list or on > eBay. I know it wasn't made for that long, but it has great reviews > on the Pentax lens comments sites. Who else has or had this lens, and > what are your experiences with it? > To me, it has great construction quality (best "feel" zoom of the M > series?) and seems good enough to replace primes at 24mm, 28mm and > 35mm -- especially if the primes you'd be replacing would be f3.5 -- > no loss of speed, something unusual when choosing between primes and > a zoom covering the same range. - 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 Tripod Follies?
Joe, You're supposed to learn to take your shots between heart beats! Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Here's one thing Bryan Geyer has to say about tripods: Why is a tripod essential? Because blur due to lens movement is inevitable at any shutter speed slower than 1/1000 sec., and because it promotes greater care in composition. Handholding is strictly for dead photographers: A human pulse beat will cause 200 microns (about 0.008 inch) displacement for 1/10th second. Assuming a shutter speed of 1/250th sec., this movement alone will cause a 22% loss of resolution with a system that is otherwise capable of reproducing 100 lines-per-mm (lpm). And at a shutter speed of 1/125th sec., this performance would degrade to only 53 lpm-a 47% waste of what you purchased. (Refer John B. Williams: Image Clarity, page 191) If you don't recognize the name, he runs Really Right Stuff. -joe >> - 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: Favorite Film Roll Call Results UPDATE 18
Too many answers depend on where a person lives. In the entire list, some of the film listed is the only film of its type sold (in the area where the shooter lives). Location skews film choices, as anyone who travels already knows. - 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: Your "No Fat" Pentax Outfit
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Erickson) wrote: "Here's my "No Fat, but Lots of Muscle" nature photography outfit. It all fits in one Lowepro Nature Trekker: 2 MZ-S bodies FA* 28-70 F2.8 FA* 80-200 F2.8 FA* 300 F2.8 A2X-L converter Cokin P holder 2 stop ND Grad filter Circular polarizer" What Mark wrote except for Cokin "P" holder (too flimsy) - 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 Tripod Follies?
On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Joe Urmos wrote: > If you don't recognize the name, he runs Really Right Stuff. ...and makes a living selling tripod accessories. :) chris - 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 .
Bodies Roll Call Results UPDATE 105
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 your message: this is not my first submission, so I don't put you twice in the total answers. Thanks to all contributors. TOTAL ANSWERS: 398 members MANUAL FOCUS: Screw Mount: - Asahiflex IIa3 - Asahiflex IIb2 - Asahi Pentax (AP)3 - K2 - SL...8 - SV...9 - S1...1 - S1a.10 - S2...1 - S3...3 - SP500...11 - SP1000..11 - Spotmatic...32 - Spotmatic II13 - Spotmatic IIa1 - Spotmatic SP27 - Spotmatic SP II.11 - Spotmatic F.34 - Spotmatic F MD...2 - Spotmatic MD.3 - ES..15 - ES II...20 - ElectroSpotmatic.3 - H1...2 - H1a..5 - H2...4 - H3...7 - H3v..5 Bayonette: - KM14 - KX42 - KX MD..1 - K234 - K2 DMD.9 - K1000.75 - K1000 SE...9 - MX...119 - ME38 - ME SE..2 - ME Super.124 - ME Super SE4 - MV.6 - MV11 - MG12 - LX...137 - Super Program.69 - Super A...41 - Program Plus..17 - Program A..9 - A3000..3 - A3.2 - A3(date)...1 - P3.7 - P3n8 - P308 - P30n...1 - P30t..12 - P5.8 - P502 - ZX M..21 - MZ M..10 AUTOFOCUS: - ME F..12 - SF 1...5 - SFX3 - SF 1n..6 - SFXn..10 - SF 7...2 - SF 10..6 - PZ 1..19 - PZ 1 SE2 - Z124 - PZ 1p.67 - Z1p...40 - PZ 10..5 - Z 10...2 - PZ 20.11 - Z 20...4 - Z 50p..2 - PZ 70..6 - Z 70...1 - Z5.1 - MZ 3..19 - ZX 5..10 - MZ 5..13 - ZX 5n.56 - MZ 5n.35 - ZX 7...8 - MZ 7...7 - ZX 10..9 - MZ 10.13 - ZX 30..7 - MZ 30..1 - ZX 50..7 - MZ 50..8 - MZ S...6 MEDIUM FORMAT: - 64517 - 645n3 - 6x713 - 67..9 - 67 II...7 - 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: anyone "shoot" w/a point and shoot?
Yep, PENTAX WR-90 - 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 .
Favorite Lens Roll Call Results UPDATE 21
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, K, M, A, F, FA, etc. 6 - You must have personal experience with it, no matter if you have it, had it, lost it, sold it, borrowed it, but you must have used it. If not it would be a wish list. First Place (7 votes): FA* 24 2 Members: 114 K 15 3.5 (1) A 15 3.5 (1) A 20 2.8 (1) K 24 2.8 (3) A 24 2.8 (2) FA* 24 2 (7) K 28 3.5 (1) K 28 3.5 Shift (1) M 28 2.8 (1) A 28 2 (1) A 28 2.8 (1) K 35 3.5 (1) FA 35 2 (1) M 40 2.8 (4) FA 43 1.9 Limited (1) SuperTak 50 1.4 (1) SMC Tak 50 1.4 (2) SMC Tak 55 1.8 (2) K 50 1.2 (2) K 50 1.4 (1) M 50 1.4 (4) M 50 1.7 (2) M 50 4 Macro (1) A 50 1.4 (5) A 50 1.7 (1) F 50 1.7 (1) FA 50 1.4 (2) FA 50 1.7 (1) K 55 1.8 (1) FA 77 1.8 Limited (2) SMC Tak 85 1.8 (1) K 85 1.8 (2) M 85 2 (1) A* 85 1.4 (2) FA* 85 1.4 (2) M 100 2.8 (1) M 100 4 Macro (1) M 100 4 Dental Macro (1) A 100 2.8 (1) A 100 2.8 Macro (3) F 100 2.8 Macro (2) FA 100 2.8 Macro (4) K 105 2.8 (2) K 135 2.5 (1) A 135 2.8 (1) Tak 200 3.5 Preset (1) A* 200 2.8 (1) A* 200 4 Macro (4) A* 300 2.8 (2) F* 300 4.5 (2) FA* 400 5.6 (1) FA 20-35 4 (3) M 24-50 4 (1) FA 24-90 3.5-4.5 (1) FA 28-70 4 AL (1) F 35-70 3.5-4.5 Macro (1) FA 28-105 4-5.6 powerzoom (1) A 35-105 3.5 (5) K 45-125 4 (1) M 75-150 4 (2) A 70-210 4 (1) A 80-200 4.7-5.6 (1) FA* 80-200 2.8 (1) 6x7 SMC 45 4 (1) 6x7 SMC Tak 55 3.5 (1) 6x7 SMC 55 4 (1) 67 165 4 LS (1) - 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 .
Pentax in Movies... was: Re: Funny thing I wondered about one night
Okay, this is off the wall, but... a few weeks ago at my brother's graduation party they were watching "Mars Attacks," the scene where the martians were landing for the first time and they were having the huge press thing... I ~swear~ that I saw a long silver lens. Didn't see Pentax or anything written on it but no one else makes silver big glass, right? I haven't had a chance to check out what I think I saw but I'll try to do that in the next few days... :) hehe... -- DOH! Nick -- >From: "Jeff Eikenberry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Funny thing I wondered about one night >Date: Fri, Jul 20, 2001, 7:56 AM > > Ok, so I'm watching the movie "Vertical Limit" the other night and in the > opening scene, > this rock-climber drops his Nikon (F5, I think) about 300 ft. (guess it was > too heavy ;) > We've all seen movies with cameras, but anyone seen a movie with a Pentax > shown in it? > Didn't mean to move out of the scope of this list, but hey, it is a Pentax > question and curiosity > killed the cat! > > Man, the strange things we think about while lying in bed (after the wife > goes to sleep, that is) > > -Jeff > > > > - > 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 .
Favorite Film Roll Call Results UPDATE 18
These are the conditions: 1 - You must answer off-list, right to me. 2 - You must choose your favorite emulsion (35 and 120/220 allowed. Color and b and w) 3 - You must choose ONLY ONE (color print OR slide OR b and w, etc). 4 - You must have personal experience with it. WINNER by now: Tri-X with 9 votes. Members: 68 COLOR (Print and Slide): Kodak Kodachrome 25 (2) Fuji Velvia (4) Kodak Kodachrome 64 (3) Kodak Elitechrome Extra Color 100 (2) Kodak Ektachrome 100 VS (3) Kodak Ektachrome 100 SW (1) Kodak Ektachrome 100 (1) Fuji Sensia II 100 (3) Fuji Provia 100F (7) Kodak Supra 100 (1) Fuji Reala 100 (1) Agfa XRG 100 (1) Kodak Portra 160 NC (1) Kodak Kodachrome 200 (1) Kodak Ektachrome E200 (2) Fuji Superia 200 (1) Agfa HDC Plus 200 (1) Kodak Max 400 (1) Kodak Ektapress PJ 400 (1) Kodak Supra 400 (1) Kodak Portra 400 NC (1) Agfa Optima Prestige II 400 (1) Fuji Press 400 (1) Kodak Portra 800 (1) Fuji Press 800 (1) Kodak PJC 1600 (1) BLACK AND WHITE: Ilford Pan F (1) Ilford Delta 100 (3) Kodak Plus-X (2) Ilford FP4 Plus (2) Agfa Scala 200x (1) Kodak Tri-X (9) Kodak T400CN (1) Fuji Neopan 400 (1) Agfa APX 400 (1) Ilford HP5 (1) Ilford XP2 (1) INFRARED: Kodak HIE (1) - 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: Fwd: film or camera revisited
My guess is still with light leak, but I cannot fathom why it is only showing up at the end of the roll. -- Blessings, Nick -- >From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Fwd: film or camera revisited >Date: Fri, Jul 20, 2001, 7:58 AM > > Begin Included Message > > Subject: film or camera revisited > > Sorry for the first post:Bad url try this one > > Dave > > > About a month ago i posted a thread on a problem i was > having with a camera,at that time only with Fuji film, > with 1-2 frames showing a light leak or proccess problem. > I have just got back a roll of Kodak Max 400 and now have > the same problem with this film, however i have scanned > the print and is on my photo.net site at the url below > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=112301 > > > I'd appreciate if you could look at the print and give > me your best thoughts as to if it looks like a > light leak or process problem.The flaw shows up on the negative > and seems to be a mostly mid roll-end roll.I have looked at the foam > and 'seems ' ok.This camera had a small fall from camera bag onto > floor of truck in May and was ok before this fall..Also while poking > around this morning i knocked the little metal tab off that looks > like it helps guide the film at the tack up spool.It seems to have > been attached at factory's end with contact cement on 3 little > plastic stubs.Would this be glueable by a lay man or should the > whole thing go in for a look see. > > Thanks in advance > > Dave > > > Pentax User > Stouffville Ont Canada > Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail > - > 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 . > > > > End Included Message > > > > > Pentax User > Stouffville Ont Canada > Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail > - > 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: A Harder Game
Shel (and PDMLers), I noticed Shel selected the M24~35/3.5 lens for one of his choices for the "harder game" quiz -- I picked up that same lens a few months ago on eBay (I got it for the $200 Buy-It-Now price, thanks to a heads-up post to this list -- thanks!). I really like it, but hardly see it mentioned on this list or on eBay. I know it wasn't made for that long, but it has great reviews on the Pentax lens comments sites. Who else has or had this lens, and what are your experiences with it? To me, it has great construction quality (best "feel" zoom of the M series?) and seems good enough to replace primes at 24mm, 28mm and 35mm -- especially if the primes you'd be replacing would be f3.5 -- no loss of speed, something unusual when choosing between primes and a zoom covering the same range. Joe RE: >Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 19:29:48 -0700 >From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: A Harder Game > >This one's easy: > >An LX with an M24~35/3.5 and a K85/1.8 > >I'd shoot in Latin America, and would focus on Peru, >Argentina, and Chile. I'd be photographing people in cities >and rural areas, mostly the impoverished and oppressed, and >those living subsistence lives. I'd work my way down to >Tierra del Fuego, up into the Andes, into the Atacama Desert, >along the Peruvian coast, and so on. > >- -- Shel Belinkoff - 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 .
More Tripod Follies?
Things have been getting dull around here with everyone preoccupied with Mike's questions. Here's one thing Bryan Geyer has to say about tripods: Why is a tripod essential? Because blur due to lens movement is inevitable at any shutter speed slower than 1/1000 sec., and because it promotes greater care in composition. Handholding is strictly for dead photographers: A human pulse beat will cause 200 microns (about 0.008 inch) displacement for 1/10th second. Assuming a shutter speed of 1/250th sec., this movement alone will cause a 22% loss of resolution with a system that is otherwise capable of reproducing 100 lines-per-mm (lpm). And at a shutter speed of 1/125th sec., this performance would degrade to only 53 lpm-a 47% waste of what you purchased. (Refer John B. Williams: Image Clarity, page 191) If you don't recognize the name, he runs Really Right Stuff. -joe - 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: A Harder Game
Mike Johnston trolled for article fodder: >Which body and two lenses would you choose? > >Totally optional: name the subject and/or locales you'd choose to >photograph. > Tools: Spotmatic with SMC pinhole lens Assignment: Nude street photography. Never tried this style of photography, so I hope it's not too drafty -joe - 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: Re: film or camera revisited
Thanks Tom.I'm stumped as to why it only happens to 1 or 2 frames and not the whole roll BTW the picture in question is the last one on the left. http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=112301 Dave Pentax User Stouffville Ont Canada Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail - 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: OT: my pics
On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 09:12:12PM +0300, Timo Hartikainen wrote: > I updated my web gallery. > > http://pp.hok.fi/hartikainen/MOREPICS.HTM Very nice! The pictures of the baby are really fantastic and also have great texture. What's the film? I especially like the picture of the Porsche. -- Matt Liggett - 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 .
Unsubscribing for a week or so....
Hi all, I'm unsubscribing for the next week or so, but I'll be back in about ten days -- just in time for the August PUG. Have a good week, Bill Peifer Rochester, NY - 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: Fat Tripod (head question)
I need a geared head for the studio, where I do mostly copy work. The head I have been using has too much play in it. I am looking at (surfing B&H since I am in no-tripod-land) and found the Bogen 3275 mini geared head and the majestic geared heads with various size plates. If anyone has had experience with any of these I would be glad to hear about it. I will promise not to post any more cat pictures on the PUG. Bob > - > 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 . > = What boots up must come down. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail 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 .
Re: A Harder Game
Hi, This gives quite an interesting insight into people - bit like 'What would you do if won the lottery jackpot?'. LX with winder, M 35/2 or K 28/2, A* 85/1.4. Travel with nomadic people in Africa, or the Caucasus, or Turkey/Kurdistan/Iraq, or the Himalayas or China/Mongolia/Central Asia. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, July 20, 2001, 2:12:00 AM, you wrote: > Okay, now how about this for a slightly different and more difficult game: > Let's say you suddenly win a grant. It allows you to photograph full-time > for six months, of subjects and locales of your choice, and the results > stand a chance of being published as a book. All your film is provided and > all your travel expenses are paid. However, you can only use only one type > of Pentax camera body and two Pentax prime lenses. > Which body and two lenses would you choose? > Totally optional: name the subject and/or locales you'd choose to > photograph. > I think fewer people will brave this game > --Mike - 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: my pics
Your stuff looks wonderful. Love this moody picture: http://pp.hok.fi/hartikainen/JUNA.HTM - Original Message - From: "Timo Hartikainen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 11:12 AM Subject: OT: my pics > I updated my web gallery. > > http://pp.hok.fi/hartikainen/MOREPICS.HTM > > cheers, > Timo > > _ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > - > 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: film or camera revisited
I would guess the fall buckled the back slightly and caused a light leak. --Tom David J Brooks wrote: > > About a month ago i posted a thread on a problem i was > having with a camera,at that time only with Fuji film, > with 1-2 frames showing a light leak or proccess problem. > I have just got back a roll of Kodak Max 400 and now have > the same problem with this film, however i have scanned > the print and is on my photo.net site at the url below > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/index.tcl > > I'd appreciate if you could look at the print and give > me your best thoughts as to if it looks like a > light leak or process problem.The flaw shows up on the negative > and seems to be a mostly mid roll-end roll.I have looked at the foam > and 'seems ' ok.This camera had a small fall from camera bag onto > floor of truck in May and was ok before this fall..Also while poking > around this morning i knocked the little metal tab off that looks > like it helps guide the film at the tack up spool.It seems to have > been attached at factory's end with contact cement on 3 little > plastic stubs.Would this be glueable by a lay man or should the > whole thing go in for a look see. -- Tom "Graywolf" Rittenhouse Graywolf Photo, Charlotte, NC, USA -- - 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: P&S quiz/harder game/winder blues
> > The no-brainer camera that I HAVE is: > > a Nikon One Touch... early incarnation. > > Pretty good metering; good, crisp shots, you can hand it to ANYONE & they > don't fumble for the button; has a lens protector/power on-off door. > My only gripe is that you sometimes want the flash & the camera thinks you > don't need it, so it stays retracted. We've got a slightly later variant of this, where the flash doesn't retract. It is, as you say, a no-brainer, but produces results. I've had a couple of the shots from it made into 8x10s, and they look pretty good to me. A few weeks ago, though, we got a Canon Powershot G1. This pretty much replaces the Nikon in the grab-it-and-go camera niche. -- John Francis . . . . . . . . . . (650) 429-4427 MyWay.com 444 Castro St. Suite 101,Mt. View, CA 94041 Hello. My name is Darth Vader. I am your Father. Prepare to die. - 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: Your "No Fat" Pentax Outfit
Here's my "No Fat, but Lots of Muscle" nature photography outfit. It all fits in one Lowepro Nature Trekker: 2 MZ-S bodies FA* 28-70 F2.8 FA* 80-200 F2.8 FA* 300 F2.8 A2X-L converter Cokin P holder 2 stop ND Grad filter Circular polarizer Carbon fibre tripod legs Kirk ballhead --Mark - 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: A Harder Game
Not content with his earler flood, Mike Johnston tried again: > > Okay, now how about this for a slightly different and more > difficult game: > > Let's say you suddenly win a grant. It allows you to photograph full-time > for six months, of subjects and locales of your choice, and the results > stand a chance of being published as a book. All your film is provided and > all your travel expenses are paid. However, you can only use only one type > of Pentax camera body and two Pentax prime lenses. > > Which body and two lenses would you choose? > > Totally optional: name the subject and/or locales you'd choose to > photograph. > > I think fewer people will brave this game He don't know us vewwy well, do he? While I can't fault the fairly large number of respondents who picked an MZ-S, 100/2.8, and the 24/2, I'd go for slightly longer lenses: MZ-S, FA 200/4 Macro, FA 50/1.4 I'd travel to as many different countries as possible, trying to capture the way different interpretations of 'civilization' have spread throughout the world over the ages. (I presume I'd have a light plane available, too, foe aerial shots). I considered sticking with what I know best, and spending the time following the Formula One circus around the world, with side trips to the African big game parks. For that I'd take an MZ-S, an 85/1.4, and one long lens (probably a 400/2.8, but possibly a 600/4). -- John Francis . . . . . . . . . . (650) 429-4427 MyWay.com 444 Castro St. Suite 101,Mt. View, CA 94041 Hello. My name is Darth Vader. I am your Father. Prepare to die. - 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: anyone "shoot" w/a point and shoot?
YES... 10 or so years ago, I needed a camera I could throw in my briefcase while on business travel, for both business and personal use. I found a Samsung P&S with the longest zoom I could find at the time (I think it is 28-105 but I don't have it in front of me). It has been bullet proof over the years and the lens is remarkably sharp up to 8x12 using 100 speed B/W film. To challenge myself, I somethimes go shooting using only one camera body and only one lens... forces me to make the best use of what I have available rather than rummaging through a couple of bags of stuff. Usually quite a challenge to maximize the picture while maximizing the assets of the lens/body combo, or minimizing its shortcomings. I have also done this with the Samsung with quite good results. I also keep it available for those quick shots when hauling out the rest of the gear is impractical or for inclement weather. Jerry in Houston - 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: P&S quiz/harder game/winder blues
The no-brainer camera that I HAVE is: a Nikon One Touch... early incarnation. Pretty good metering; good, crisp shots, you can hand it to ANYONE & they don't fumble for the button; has a lens protector/power on-off door. My only gripe is that you sometimes want the flash & the camera thinks you don't need it, so it stays retracted. But what do you want for a camera "found" at the beach... 15yrs ago?? I used to have a Minolta, but "loaned" to a friends wife which she "forgot" & took with her back to China. Surprising shots came from the Kodak 110 I used during my military tour. When I sent in one roll to Kodak for development, Kodak bought the rights to a reflected shot of the Pont de Vecchio (Firenzie) reflected in the river it crosses & another of the island that lies off Dubrovnic, Yugoslavia. Not bad for a $20 camera. ~~ Harder game My program plus (I love this thing) 85mm; 300mm (you can NEVER get close enough for some shots) 28~105; 70~200 if "stuck" wid my current gear bag. =) Photographing street kids of the world (good excuse to rack up mileage). Since someone's paying for it, I'm gonna drag it out FOREVER. === WINDER BLUES: I picked up a ME-II winder Had my repair guy give it a once over When I attach it to my Program Plus, it'll cycle fine for 2-3 shots, then cycle but not advance the film till I *cock* the handle towards the body to forcefully engage the cogs. Take everything back to the repair guy & of course he can't make it fail. Grab another winder from the case & it still works fine. Go home, add film & it sucks. Go back, it still works fine. Anyone had something similar? What was the "fix"?? == Dave's Light leak in film Take the film to a different developer next time. When/if it shows again, take the camera in. Scoot - 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 .
Tiger, Roberto & digital/MZ-S
Tiger Moses wrote: > Hey, I didn't go to the one a few months back, > took a trip to Costa Rica to shoot with > Roberto Burgos instead. Tiger, How is Roberto doing. I miss his pictures on the PUG. And while you were gone, the richer half of the list took delivery of MZ-S's but no digitals yet... Regards, Bob S. - 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 .
