Re: 105mm Nikon enlarging lens
Paul ... Some 105/5.6 Nikkors are considered to be of top optical quality, notably the 105/5.6N and the APO 105/5.6. However, the "run-of-the-mill" Nikkor 105 does not receive highest marks. Also, of all the better lenses in the 105 focal length, the Nikkor does not, as far as I can determine, offer ½-stop clicks, which may make precise and repeatable exposures somewhat of a problem. IAC, you might want to ask the seller exactly which model lens is offered, and verify if, should it be a newer model, it has ½-stop clicks. Frankly, it would not be my first choice in enlarging lenses. However, if you're going to test various samples, then you're on the right track. As has been mentioned before Paul Stenquist wrote: > > I bought an enlarging lens for 6x7. It's a Nikon Nikkor 105/5.6. It's > the earlier lens with the metal frame and aperture ring.it's at > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1324296864 > I may buy some other lenses and test each, then sell the losers. Is > anyone familiar with this lens? I have the 50/2.8 Nikkor which has > served me well as a 35mm lens. Does the 105 have a rep? (I passed on > the Schacht Travegar 105/3.5, although I was intrigued by it.) -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~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 .
Re: Spotmatic's Screens
That is Pittsburg Camera Exchange. They put a new split-image screen in my SPII last summer and it does seem to be brighter, but the meter is right on the money. On Sunday 20 January 2002 22:28, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > There is a guy on ebay who "updates" screens in spotmatics > for an opening bid of $59.99 . Not sure if he readjusts > the meter though... > JCO -- 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 .
RE: Spotmatic's Screens
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 4:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re:Spotmatic's Screens > > > Does anyone know if it's feasible to replace the screen in a Spotmatic F > with a more recent screen, say, one made for the LX? A brighter > sreen would > mean that the light meter would have to be adjusted as well. Is there > anyone who does this work? > There is a guy on ebay who "updates" screens in spotmatics for an opening bid of $59.99 . Not sure if he readjusts the meter though... JCO - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Travelling and Photography
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 22:55:24 +1300, David A. Mann wrote: > If I can't read text on a webpage I just highlight it. The browser turns it into a > sort of "reverse-video" which is a lot easier to read. If I can't read the text on a web page with the settings provided by the site designer, I go to another site. I'm just a curmudgeon in training, I guess. TTYL, DougF - 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: Need help with digital planning
At 21:02 20-1-2002 -0500, rob wrote: > but these were the >guys that told us initially that CDs were in essence indestructible :-( These guys obviously never met my dog either.. Wendy Wendy Beard Ottawa, Canada tanja's bytes: http://members.rogers.com/pointypest/palm.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: P67 impressions continued, Lenses
> JCO, what did you pay for the old 300mm? And what's its minimum focus? > > $625 in DEAD MINT condition. I can verify by my first roll that this lens is incredibly sharp too. I wouldnt pay for a new one if I were you. Minimum focus is 15 or 18 ft. ( cant remember right now ). But with tubes you could get very close if needed. JCO - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 105mm Nikon enlarging lens
Don't overlook the Schneider Componon. Here is one http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1322963508 I used one way back when and was always satisfied with the quality of the lens. On Sunday 20 January 2002 21:32, Paul Stenquist wrote: > I bought an enlarging lens for 6x7. It's a Nikon Nikkor 105/5.6. It's > the earlier lens with the metal frame and aperture ring.it's at > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1324296864 > I may buy some other lenses and test each, then sell the losers. Is > anyone familiar with this lens? I have the 50/2.8 Nikkor which has > served me well as a 35mm lens. Does the 105 have a rep? (I passed on > the Schacht Travegar 105/3.5, although I was intrigued by it.) > Paul -- 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 .
Re: Program-Plus right hand grip missing
Bob, You guessed right, the grip is an 'option.' You're choices are this, get a grip (I know there's one available on www.keh.com), or get yourself a Winder ME or Winder MEII and use that instead of a grip . . . . . . for my money, I'd just get the MEII winder and use that, but then, I have big hands . . . Illinois Bill On Sun, 20 January 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote > > Hi Guys... >Recently rescued a near-mint ProgramPlus from a pawn shop...body > and 50mm-A f2.0 function well...body is missing its grip...was this piece > an option or a standard attachment...anybody got one ?? > Thanx, > Bob G. > - > 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 . --- "If that's not you, I don't know who it is." - 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: Program-Plus right hand grip missing
> Recently rescued a near-mint ProgramPlus from a pawn shop...body > is missing its grip...was this piece an option or a standard > attachment... Bob: The grip on the Program Plus (Program A) came with the camera body as standard equipment when bought new. (It was the same grip as used on the Super Program (Super A.) It has to be removed to attach a winder, and so it may end up being misplaced before the body is resold. A few sellers on eBay have been known to sell the body and the grip separately, and a few more sellers may offer it for auction presumably when one finally turns after being misplaced for a while. That might be your best chance of getting one. Fred - 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 .
105mm Nikon enlarging lens
I bought an enlarging lens for 6x7. It's a Nikon Nikkor 105/5.6. It's the earlier lens with the metal frame and aperture ring.it's at http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1324296864 I may buy some other lenses and test each, then sell the losers. Is anyone familiar with this lens? I have the 50/2.8 Nikkor which has served me well as a 35mm lens. Does the 105 have a rep? (I passed on the Schacht Travegar 105/3.5, although I was intrigued by it.) Paul - 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 .
Program-Plus right hand grip missing
Hi Guys... Recently rescued a near-mint ProgramPlus from a pawn shop...body and 50mm-A f2.0 function well...body is missing its grip...was this piece an option or a standard attachment...anybody got one ?? Thanx, Bob G. - 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: Please Check This Out
Yep! Ciao, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Pentax List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 4:12 PM Subject: Please Check This Out > Hi Gang ... > > I'd like to know what sort of typeface you see in this logo: > > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow/street-gallery-logo.html > > Hopefully the font will look like it was typed on an old, manual > typewriter. > > Thanks for any help. > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~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 . - 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: MI6 use Pentax
Why do I doubt that? I think it is about as likely as that Rolleiflex tape recorder James Bond used in one of the early movies. Or the industrial laser in the Rolex watch in a later movie. Ciao, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 10:48 AM Subject: Re: MI6 use Pentax > The CIA used a Pentax screw mount at one time, code name "Stinger". You > can see it here: http://digilander.iol.it/aohc/oddse1.htm > > Simon King wrote: > > > Now this raises some interesting questions. > > > > 1. How many PDML members are actually deep cover MI6 operatives? > > 2. What model Pentax would James Bond use? > > 3. What brand does the CIA use? > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~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 . - 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: Which A series lenses have metal aperture rings?
On 20 Jan 2002 at 18:39, Alan Chan wrote: > >>I believe each model was made of the same material. For instance, all > >>A50/1.7 were made of plastic, not just the aperture ring. > > > >Sorry, no A series lens has a plastic barrel, my A50 f/1.7 is in Singapore at > >the moment so it is hard to check but I will check the ring when it returns. > > The body of the A50/1.7 and the aperture ring were made of plastic. The > barrel of the lens elements were metal. And the screw holes have the > tendenecy to crack. The body or the focus ring? Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: MI6 use Pentax
Heck, and I thought you blokes wore bright red tail coats. I hear the Canadian army adopted percussion rifles a couple of years ago. :) Ciao, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 9:28 AM Subject: Re: MI6 use Pentax > Well, actually, the Canadian army went into Afghanistan without desert > camo, becuase we don't have any! All's we got is green stuff. Not many > deserts in Canada, I guess. Loads of forests, though. > > Not that that's an excuse. We like to think of ourselves as peacekeepers, > so we should be ready to go anywhere in the world for that purpose. I > suppose that any defense funds that the military can squeeze out of the > government should really go towards stopping our helicopters from > plummeting from the sky (as they have a propensity to do, since they're > about as old as I am!). > > Sigh > > -frank > > Peter Alling wrote: > > > At 01:35 PM 1/20/2002 +0100, you wrote: > > >Sunday, January 20, 2002, 8:50:19 AM, Brendan wrote: > > >B> Bet my 28mm vivitar Bond uses Auto 110's , the cia > > >B> would get what > > >B> ever cost the most. If you had to work for any spy > > >B> agency just make > > >B> sure it's not Canada's. Their so good at intellegence > > >B> gathering they > > >B> had our troops go to the desert Afganistan in Jungle > > >B> cammo, now > > >B> thats military intelegence for you. > > > > > >That's VERY shrewd! Nobody would expect troops to go to desert in > > >jungle camouflage , so the enemy would just think he's having > > >hallucinations. > > > > Actually it's that non-warrior ethos the Canadians have. I remember > > seeing an interview of some Brigadier General with the Canadian defense > > force who spoke wistfully of how some countries actually > > believe that their Armies should be able to actually fight a war and > > possibly win it. > > > > >Good light, > > >Frantisek Vlcek > > >- > > >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 . > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > - > 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: How many lenses do you WANT to own?
>> [...] that the more lenses someone had--more than four, that >> is--the less serious a photographer they were likely to be. [...] > Zooms or primes? Actually, some assignment / editorial photogs these days are getting by with 2 zooms--an f/2.8 super WA (17-35, that sort of thing) and an f/2.8 80-200. --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: Which A series lenses have metal aperture rings?
>>I believe each model was made of the same material. For instance, all >>A50/1.7 were made of plastic, not just the aperture ring. > >Sorry, no A series lens has a plastic barrel, my A50 f/1.7 is in Singapore >at >the moment so it is hard to check but I will check the ring when it >returns. The body of the A50/1.7 and the aperture ring were made of plastic. The barrel of the lens elements were metal. And the screw holes have the tendenecy to crack. regards, Alan Chan _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx - 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 from OM list - The Fascination of Ebay
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 21:01:20 -0500, Bill Owens wrote: >Cute > >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewItem&item=15023 >97496 Yeah, did you notice that all but one of the bidders have 0 feedback? This guy is having some fun for sure. Heck, just the number of hits is over 29,000! Later, Gary - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Fwd from OM list - The Fascination of Ebay
Cute http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewItem&item=15023 97496 Bill KG4LOV [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Which A series lenses have metal aperture rings?
On 20 Jan 2002 at 17:40, Alan Chan wrote: > I believe each model was made of the same material. For instance, all > A50/1.7 were made of plastic, not just the aperture ring. Sorry, no A series lens has a plastic barrel, my A50 f/1.7 is in Singapore at the moment so it is hard to check but I will check the ring when it returns. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Eddie - was: Rubens (Was: Re: Insanity test)
My favorite Eddie story: A top level executive at Ford in the U.S. (the parent company of Jaguar which is the team he drives for) asked: "Who the f*** is Edward Irvine (pronouncing it ervin) and why the f*** is he the second highest paid Ford employee" People in America are so ignorant about international motorsports Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 5:14 PM Subject: Re: OT: Eddie - was: Rubens (Was: Re: Insanity test) > My favourite Eddie Irvine story: > > He was asked about the design of his helmet, which is orange and green. He > explained that he's from Northern Ireland and Protestant, so the orange is > his Orangeman heritage. He was then asked why he had green. > > He said, "so the Catholics don't blow my f*g head off!" > > -frank > > Ed Mathews wrote: > > > He uses the same brutally honest approach in defense of his womanizing > > off the track too, and that seems to works for him also. Nobody can say > > he's not having his fun while he can. :) > > > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > - > 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: Michael A.'s an ASS
My feelings exactly Frank. Mssr. Schumacher is a d*** but WHAT A DRIVER! The talent he has is amazing! Thank god he drives the red cars Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 7:15 PM Subject: Re: Michael A.'s an ASS > Yeah, but Micheal Andretti is still an ass. > > I was glad he sucked in F1. It made Jacques Villeneuve's accomplishment a > few years later (being as they both went from CART to F1) all the much > sweeter. > > OTOH, Schumacher is one of the most arrogant people I've ever seen (which is > not to say that he isn't approachable or friendly with fans) - it's just > that he's so damned good, his arrogance is in some instances, justified. He > is certainly one of the greatest ever: ranks up there with Fangio, Moss, > Clark, Senna, et al. And the scary thing is, he's still at his peak - Lord > knows what records he'll have if he stays healthy. > > -frank > > > > Ed Mathews wrote: > > > But Mike, nobody's talking about Michael Andretti. The Michael referred > > to is Michael Schumacher, current world champion and Ferrari driver. > > Michael Andretti never drove for Ferrari - he only drove for McClaren > > for 2/3 of a season then got fired. > > > > Thanks, > > Ed > > http://lightandsilver.com > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mike Johnston > > > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 4:01 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Michael A.'s an ASS > > > > > > > > > >> "Star and Stooges" I like it! You've hit it right on! I always > > > >> liked Eddie Irvine because he took the money and sucked up > > > to Michael > > > >> without pretending that it was anything else... Don't get > > > me wrong, > > > >> I'm a HUGE Ferrari fan and I hope Michael wins the > > > championship again > > > >> and ties Fangio for 5. > > > > > > > > > But Michael Andretti's an ass. I had a pit pass once and took > > > > - > > 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 . > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > - > 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: Which A series lenses have metal aperture rings?
>I've got a 28mm f/2.8, 50mm macro 2.8, and 50mm f/1.7. The first two >have metal aperture rings, while the latter has plastic. Does anybody >have copies of the first two with plastic, or the latter with metal? Did >Pentax make all of the copies of a particular lens with the same >material, or did they make the early ones with metal, and later ones with >plastic? I believe each model was made of the same material. For instance, all A50/1.7 were made of plastic, not just the aperture ring. regards, Alan Chan _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.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: Michael A.'s an ASS
I was actually referring to Michael Schumacher. Michael Andretti tried F1 a few years back and failed miserably. His father on the other hand Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Mike Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 4:00 PM Subject: Michael A.'s an ASS > >> "Star and Stooges" I like it! You've hit it right on! I always > >> liked Eddie Irvine because he took the money and sucked up to Michael > >> without pretending that it was anything else... Don't get me wrong, > >> I'm a HUGE Ferrari fan and I hope Michael wins the championship again > >> and ties Fangio for 5. > > > But Michael Andretti's an ass. I had a pit pass once and took some nice > candids of a number of drivers. But the best shot of the day eluded me. I > was wandering alone in back of a garage, when the most amazing scene > presented itself to my camera. It was simply a window, but the crowded > stands and blowing flags were reflected in part of it. Through it I could > see out the front of the garage where there was an Indy car and a throng of > fans. Sitting just inside the window, with his head right where the window > was open, was Michael Andretti. He was talking to a mechanic, just shooting > the breeze. Well, I was about three feet from him, and the window was open. > I had the picture just perfectly framed. It was _glorious_, one of those > setups you just come across once in a blue moon--that makes your heart pound > until you know you've gotten it in the can; the kind of shot where you'll > mark the roll so you can treat it with extra care. You couldn't even invent > a shot that nice. It wouldn't occur to you that it could all go together so > well. > > All I needed was for Andretti to turn his head and glance out the window. > > Too much to ask, it turned out. I waited until the mechanic he was talking > to walked away, and asked very politely if he wouldn't mind looking at the > stands for just a moment. He ignored me. I waited a few moments and asked > again. Finally I tried explaining that I had a very nice picture framed and > just needed _someone_ to be looking out the window, so, even if he didn't > want his own picture taken, would he mind asking the mechanic to come sit > where he was sitting and just look towards the stand for five seconds? > > Slowly and deliberately, he finished his soda, got up and walked away. Never > once glanced my way, never answered. No chance he didn't hear me, unless > he's stone deaf--I was a yard and a half from the guy. > > I've got one word for that guy: PRICK. Selfish, swell-headed, self-centered, > rude prick. (Uh, well, okay, so that's seven words.) > > I'll never wish the guy anything but ill. I don't hope he crashes, but I'll > always hate him. > > --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: SMCP-67 75mm f2.8 AL bokeh examples
> The second image is a magnified section of the first. Film was Provia > 400F pushed to 800, exposure was 1/30 at f2.8 on a monopod, MLU. > > http://homepage.mac.com/aaronreynolds/.Pictures/bokeh2.jpg > > http://homepage.mac.com/aaronreynolds/.Pictures/bokeh2a.jpg > > Is it just me, or are there a few different shapes in those out-of-focus > highlights? Aaron, Those look good. An ideal out of focus highlight would be a very even disk, with no bright core and no bright ring. Although your lens has a very slight bright ring effect, it's not bad and otherwise the disk is very even. Should be a fine lens bokeh-wise. I'd really need to see some more conventional oof areas to tell much else. --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: Please Check This Out
Hi Paul ... Thanks for your suggestion. I'm still playing around with color schemes and backgrounds. I want something that easily connotes B&W photography. You might think of the logo as a negative Anyway, this was just a test to see if I could find a way to get a unique type into a logo that would be seen the same way by everybody. The logo is a GIF converted from an HTML coded file. Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Aside from the fact that the typography is dropped out of the > background, it looks like it was typed on an old, manual typewriter. But > if you really want to create that illusion, I'd suggest putting black > type against an ivory background. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~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 .
So does Rod drive his train through tunnels?
>> Geez, I'm glad I'm into bikes! I would think that buses (really, there are >> people who collect buses?) are really expensive!! And, to get on one and >> go for >> a weekend daytrip would be a bit of a production, wouldn't it? There are a couple of guys in the country who collect steam locomotives. In fact, Rod Stewart is a huge train buff and recently bought himself a steam engine. This is not a joke. No kidding. --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 .
Meet "Summicron"
PDML Friends, I wonder if I could introduce you to my buddy Bob Meier, the author of the following note--Bob is also "Summicron" who was discussed briefly a few days ago (and who managed to snag that minty 35/2 S.-M.-C.-Takumar for $90, BTW). Apart from being a sometime Pentaxian and as bad a CAS (Camera Acquisition Syndrome) sufferer as any of us, Bob also runs a very good B&W custom lab out of Minneapolis. WHATEVER YOU DO, please don't tell him that his prices are ridiculously low for custom handwork; we wouldn't want to have him go raise prices on us. I don't think Bob quite qualifies as a curmudgeon yet, but, now that he's here, we can work on him. --Mike > Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 15:09:09 -0600 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re:Spotmatic's Screens > > Does anyone know if it's feasible to replace the screen in a Spotmatic F > with a more recent screen, say, one made for the LX? A brighter sreen would > mean that the light meter would have to be adjusted as well. Is there > anyone who does this work? - 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: Please Check This Out
Hi, I'm trying to keep it legible and easy to read. The font is derived from a document typed for a "typographic conference" in Mainz, Germany, in 1966, so it's authentic. I do have another type face that's more along the lines you describe, but it's not as legible, and detracts from the message. That font, Halda, was taken from a document typed by an old Halda typewriter. http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/temp/street-photo-logos.html Cotty wrote: > I know what you are trying to achieve, and IMO you are 75 per cent there. > It just needs a bit more 'missing bits' if you like - the odd letter > could be missing part of a stroke. At the moment it looks like it could > possibly be a reasonable font that has been copied and pasted a dozen > times and trying to be clean... -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~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 .
Re: Please Check This Out
> I think I've solved the problem. Care to try it again? > > Bill Owens wrote: >> >> Looks like Times New Roman. > >>> I'd like to know what sort of typeface you see in this logo: >>> >>> http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow/street-gallery-logo.html >>> >>> Hopefully the font will look like it was typed on an old, manual >>> typewriter. Looks good to me Shel. The way you want it to look, I mean. --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: Unreadable Web Pages
I know that, as you said, it's possible to override settings in your web browser. I would guess in this case though, it was just bad design. If I forward you the e-mail... tell us what you see. I'm sending it to you. Tom C. - Original Message - From: "Ann Sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 11:17 PM Subject: Re: Unreadable Web Pages > > > Today I recreived an email entitled "A Special Limited Time Offer From > > NYI" from the New York Institute of Photography. The heading is fine, but > > the extensive text is black on dark blue, and completely > > > illegible. You would think guys who run a respected photography school > > would know about colors and contrast and thing of that sort. > > > -- > > > Daniel J. Matyola > > aimcompute wrote: > > > > I received it as well. I agree, c'mon... it's probably the trainees they've > > hired. > > > > Tom C. > > Is it possible that the colors are appearing differently on > the machine > on which they wrote? That they wrote code that said "light > blue" but > it was interpolated to say dark blue by the settings on > their machines? > > Wondering how often that happens in graphic stuff on the > web. > > annsan > - > 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: OT: Best free software for batch coversion of images to web?
Sunday, January 20, 2002, 6:57:32 PM, Bob wrote: BK> Hi gang: BK> Any freeware programs out there that can gracefully take a folder of hi-res BK> image files and produce web-sized jpegs? BK> Bob www.irfanview.com Completely freeware, the HTML file is VERY clean and user-editable. I use it together with a simple macro-using text editor (will use unix pipe tools as soon as I get them on 'dooze recompiled) to add my text and colours. Good light, Frantisek Vlcek - 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: Need help with digital planning
On 20 Jan 2002 at 23:45, Cotty wrote: > Are there any special pens one can buy that are perported to be 'safe' to > write on CDs with? By independent tests? I don't know, most manufacturers simply state most often that use of a ball point pen can damage the data surface but these were the guys that told us initially that CDs were in essence indestructible :-( > (meanwhile, I better start recopying about 3 dozen CDs !!) Or keep them in a sealed, desiccated bag? Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Please Check This Out
Aside from the fact that the typography is dropped out of the background, it looks like it was typed on an old, manual typewriter. But if you really want to create that illusion, I'd suggest putting black type against an ivory background. Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Hi Gang ... > > I'd like to know what sort of typeface you see in this logo: > > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow/street-gallery-logo.html > > Hopefully the font will look like it was typed on an old, manual > typewriter. > > Thanks for any help. > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~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 . - 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: SMCP-67 75mm f2.8 AL bokeh examples
Aaron, Nice shot. Great bokeh. Very sharp for wide open at a slow shutter speed. I passed this along to the Pentax 67 forum. http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a.tcl?topic=Pentax%2067%20SLR They've been discussing this lens, but I don't think anyone has it. Paul Aaron Reynolds wrote: > The second image is a magnified section of the first. Film was Provia > 400F pushed to 800, exposure was 1/30 at f2.8 on a monopod, MLU. > > http://homepage.mac.com/aaronreynolds/.Pictures/bokeh2.jpg > > http://homepage.mac.com/aaronreynolds/.Pictures/bokeh2a.jpg > > Is it just me, or are there a few different shapes in those out-of-focus > highlights? > > -Aaron > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: spotted LX for UK Purchaser
>Is it still for sale ? NO, because my LX is away for repair and, hell have >I got some explaining to do :-( > >Cotty, how did you get around such, umm! uncertainties? > >Malcolm Grasshopper, the only certainty in life is death. The only uncertainty in my life is how I will reach my death. Next to that, LXs are a doddle! ;-) Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - 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: Need help with digital planning
>> Oh God - don't tell me that Pentel Pens (permanent black felt type) on >> the upper surface of the CD are bad... >> >> I never thought to check - is this a no no?? > >Sure are, they can break down the protective layer and cause it to flake or >become hydroscopic, once moisture or air get to the metalized surface it can >degrade quite quickly. Jees, what a dorkus humungus I am. I just never thought about that. Are there any special pens one can buy that are perported to be 'safe' to write on CDs with? (meanwhile, I better start recopying about 3 dozen CDs !!) :-( Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - 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: Please Check This Out
Hi Shel, >I'd like to know what sort of typeface you see in this logo: > >http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow/street-gallery-logo.html > >Hopefully the font will look like it was typed on an old, manual >typewriter. I know what you are trying to achieve, and IMO you are 75 per cent there. It just needs a bit more 'missing bits' if you like - the odd letter could be missing part of a stroke. At the moment it looks like it could possibly be a reasonable font that has been copied and pasted a dozen times and trying to be clean... Hopw this helps, Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - 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: Do I need dragging into the 21st Century?
With most of the mainstream labs printing pretty well anything now, if you need to go to one of these "adult photo" labs, you must be shooting some pretty odd stuff. I've had some fairly daring nudes printed at regular labs. Twenty years ago things may have been different, but I was shooting rock concerts and bike races then. Pat White - 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: Wildlife photographer of the year 2001
"Frits J. Wüthrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I visited this exhibition today in Gloucester. Very inspiring, as well as >giving me a feeling I have a lot to improve. Like looking at the beautiful >picture of a mushroom in the youth category, a 12 year old boy. > >A few observations: >95% was done using either C***n or N***n, one Hasselblad, one Linhof, two >Dynax 9, one Fuji, and one each of the following Pentax: 645, 645N, 67 and >67II. Two of these Pentax were winners in their category. >About 50% was done using a 500mm lens. >Only two frames were done on Kodak, all others were on different types of >Fuji film! > >If you have a change to see this exhibition somewhere, go and see it. I saw last year's and I concurr wholeheartedly. Great stuff. I didn't track equipment as closely as you did but noticed a few PZ-1p shots last year. Also noticed that 600mm f/4 lenses seemed to dominate. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.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: The Digital Arena--long-awaited Coolpix 5000 review out
On 20 Jan 2002 at 0:47, Mark Roberts wrote: > Mike Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >The 5-megapixel cameras I've seen don't necessarily look > >better, clearer, or sharper than good 3- and 4-mp cameras--they > >can just be enlarged more. > > Right. That *should* be about the only difference, all other things being equal. Not necessarily, the new Oly E-20 (5MP) is reported to have more noise than the old E-10 (4MP), the sensor is the same size, the pixels are more densely packed, lens aberrations become enhanced, noise goes up and hence dynamic range is lost. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: OT -- sort of -- What makes a photographer?
I'm pleased to say that they would all have cameras ~ can't guarantee Pentax though:-( Name: Whatever Cotty calls me today ;-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Cotty Sent: 20 January 2002 21:13 To: Pentax List Subject: Re: OT -- sort of -- What makes a photographer? >Geez, I'm glad I'm into bikes! I would think that buses (really, there are >people who collect buses?) are really expensive!! And, to get on one and >go for >a weekend daytrip would be a bit of a production, wouldn't it? Yeah, but Frank - all you'd need would be 39 others who's hobby it is just to get on the bus and go a few stages (stops), and you got it made!! :-) smiley for Mil, er Malcolm... ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - 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: Do I need dragging into the 21st Century?
In the absence of aggressive "keep left" signs, I draw this string to a close. Malcolm >Your wife. Is she, you know... a "goer"? You know, your wife. Is >she a >"goer"? > >SAY NO MORE > >regards, >frank Holiday? Holiday? Yes - could be taken on holiday... NO!must...resist...offtopic... Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - 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: OT -- sort of -- What makes a photographer?
>Geez, I'm glad I'm into bikes! I would think that buses (really, there are >people who collect buses?) are really expensive!! And, to get on one and >go for >a weekend daytrip would be a bit of a production, wouldn't it? Yeah, but Frank - all you'd need would be 39 others who's hobby it is just to get on the bus and go a few stages (stops), and you got it made!! :-) smiley for Mil, er Malcolm... ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - 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 .
Please Check This Out
Hi Gang ... I'd like to know what sort of typeface you see in this logo: http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow/street-gallery-logo.html Hopefully the font will look like it was typed on an old, manual typewriter. Thanks for any help. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~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 .
Re: Do I need dragging into the 21st Century?
>Your wife. Is she, you know... a "goer"? You know, your wife. Is >she a >"goer"? > >SAY NO MORE > >regards, >frank Holiday? Holiday? Yes - could be taken on holiday... NO!must...resist...offtopic... Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - 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:Spotmatic's Screens
Does anyone know if it's feasible to replace the screen in a Spotmatic F with a more recent screen, say, one made for the LX? A brighter sreen would mean that the light meter would have to be adjusted as well. Is there anyone who does this work? -- http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From $8.99/mo! -- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: spotted LX for UK Purchaser
Dear Bob S. Is it still for sale ? NO, because my LX is away for repair and, hell have I got some explaining to do :-( Cotty, how did you get around such, umm! uncertainties? Malcolm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 January 2002 11:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: spotted LX for UK Purchaser Cheap LX on ebay, UK purchasers only, with a buy-it now of 240 pounds. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1324604677 Not my auction... 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 . - 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 -- sort of -- What makes a photographer?
>Milkem (ask Cotty! Big grin) Malcolm accidentally addressed me as 'Catty' in a private email. I took it as a compliment. Cats and drag, my middle names. ;-) ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: The new LX Grips
Rob, Coool! It looks comfortable, which is what is important. I am trying to imagine what it would look on my snake skin LXs. It really sticks out on a regular LX. What a great idea. Since you want feedback, the only thing I find out of sorts is the way it obviously sticks out from the body. But looking at the regular grip from all angles I can see the way it stands off from the body. I am curious how much bigger it is than a regular grip. I am used to the normal grip and wonder how much different it would feel, in size that is. The feeling of wood should be great! Great job, what would be the availability... César Matamoros II Panama City, Florida > -Original Message- > From: Rob Studdert [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 9:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: The new LX Grips > > Hi Team, > > I've been sitting on this one for a while now, waiting until we really had > it > right, your feedback would be very much appreciated: > > http://www.home.aone.net.au/audiobias/ > > Cheers, > > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: WTB
The Spotmatic and K series take the same diopter. I have been looking for a -1 myself and inquire at older stores. It is amazing what some still horde. Bob Rapp - Original Message - From: "Ken Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mike Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 5:54 AM Subject: Re: WTB > I couldn't find one for mine either so ended up using one made for a > Ricoh. > > On Sunday 20 January 2002 11:57, Mike Johnston wrote: > > WANTED: minus-2 diopter for Screwmount camera (SPII). > > > > Can anybody help?? > > > > --Mike > -- > 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 . - 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: Insurance
"David A. Mann" wrote: > Hi all, > > Last week I finally gave in to that nagging voice in the back of my head after > about two years, and went to talk to my insurance agent regarding my photo > gear. > > It turns out that under my current house contents policy, they will only pay > "market value" for any "camera or accessory" up to NZ$1500. But if I > upgrade the policy (at very little extra cost) it becomes _replacement_ value up > to NZ$2000, unless specifically listed on the policy. > > So I went home, made out a list of my most valuable gear: totalling 1 body, 7 > lenses and a spot meter, and took it to the camera shop for an "official" > valuation which I just received back today. > > I sure hope you're all well covered because some of this stuff is not cheap. A > new SMC-A 15mm/3.5 was quoted at 5 times what I paid for it secondhand > about two years ago. At least you can still get those new. I suspect the values > I was given for the A*85/1.4 and A*300/4 were for the FA*85/1.4 and > FA*300/4.5 respectively. > > Pretty soon I'll finally be well covered financially for any loss, but that won't > cover the heartbreak and the inconveniece of not having the gear so I'll have to > remain as vigilant as always (paranoid may be a more suitable word). > > I do wonder about my negs and slides though. Maybe I'll discuss that with the > insurance people tomorrow but it will be hard to come up with any kind of value > on them, especially as they're not being used commercially (at this time). > > Cheers, > > - Dave > > David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec) I was in a similar state insurance wise until I got my 600/4.0, then I got coverage for replacement value & away from home. There is still one warning though, the insurance will only cover up to $1500 for damages or loss of equipment while it is in a car. The insurance rep said that the reason for such a low coverage for equipment in a car is because theft from cars is so high. The equipment is fully covered if I damage it while hiking in the mountains, if it falls of a tripod, I drop it, or if the house burns, but not if it is in a car, not even if I am in the car at the same time of damage or loss. I got into a lengthy discussion with the insurance rep over the issue of loss or damage of equipment while it is in a car & they are very rigid about that point. Coverage is to the maximum of 1500 even if it is damaged in a motor vehicle accident while I am in the car or if someone steals it from my car while I am in it trying to fight them off. I would like to know if insurance companies other PMDLers use (especially Canadians) give better coverage to equipment while it is in a car. -- David S. Nature and wildlife photography http://www.sheppardphotos.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 .
Crank-Loading problem ME Super
I cannot load film into my ME Super, I can crank the lever but the exposure indicator does not advance and the shutter does not set. Also with the film in, if you try to crank the shutter and advance the film you can feel the tension is not right to pull the film forward and set the shutter. You know it is just the crank lever moving. The shutter release button pushes right down and does not release the shutter because it does not set. I removed the film and with the back open when you crank the mechanism you can see the shutter does not set, no matter what speed you set it to. So simply put the mechanism is not loading the film or setting the shutter. Is there somebody in the group who can lead me in a direction to solve this problem. I am the original owner and the camera has worked up to now. thanks in advance Denny B - 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 .
SMCP-67 75mm f2.8 AL bokeh examples
The second image is a magnified section of the first. Film was Provia 400F pushed to 800, exposure was 1/30 at f2.8 on a monopod, MLU. http://homepage.mac.com/aaronreynolds/.Pictures/bokeh2.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/aaronreynolds/.Pictures/bokeh2a.jpg Is it just me, or are there a few different shapes in those out-of-focus highlights? -Aaron - 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: Lab Owner Shoots Self
> Sorry Aaron, but there's no money in self-portraits either. > Smartass. -Aaron ;) - 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 -- sort of -- What makes a photographer?
Oh yes!! and one of my friends collects Fire Engines - not models :-) Best speak to you off list! Malcolm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of frank theriault Sent: 20 January 2002 19:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT -- sort of -- What makes a photographer? Geez, I'm glad I'm into bikes! I would think that buses (really, there are people who collect buses?) are really expensive!! And, to get on one and go for a weekend daytrip would be a bit of a production, wouldn't it? regards, frank Malcolm Smith wrote: > Hi Frank, > > No way am I going to disagree with you. My wife wants a Routemaster bus, I > was a manager in charge of said machines at one time, but I love them. It is > quite possible to work in an industry and enjoy it as a hobby ~ can be > expensive though!! > > Malcolm > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of frank theriault > Sent: 20 January 2002 18:13 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT -- sort of -- What makes a photographer? > > Hi, Malcolm, > > I hear what you're saying, but it's not necessarily so. This may not be the > best analogy, but, I've ridden bicycles my whole life, from the time I > learned > to ride a "two-wheeler" when I was three. I LOVE riding bikes. > > What have I been for the last five years? A bike messenger. What do I > enjoy > doing on weekends (when the weather's good)? Getting on my bike (often with > some amount of camera gear in tow), and going for a nice ride. > > Just 'cause you do it for a living doesn't mean that you can't still enjoy > doing > it in your spare time, even if you may not particularly enjoy the type of > photography that you may find that you have to do professionally. > > regards, > frank > > Malcolm Smith wrote: > > > Hi Aaron, > > > > I feel the same. When I first got interested in photography and > discovered > > I both enjoyed it and, IMO, had a knack for it, I started dreaming of > being > > a professional photographer. > > > > Now I've come to realize that if it was my sole means of making a living, > > the fun would be gone and it would be like most other professions. Fun > and > > exciting at first, followed by periods of satisfaction, followed by > periods > > of realizing that this can get pretty boring, followed by periods of > > acceptance that this really boring, followed by periods of the only reason > > I'm doing this anymore is for the money. > > > > > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > - > 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 . -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - 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: OT -- sort of -- What makes a photographer?
Yeah, but you could carry way more photographic gear in a bus than on a bike! Kripes, you could set up a portable lab! regards, frank Shel Belinkoff wrote: > They're real hard to pedal uphill, too. > > frank theriault wrote: > > > > Geez, I'm glad I'm into bikes! I would think that buses (really, there are > > people who collect buses?) are really expensive!! And, to get on one and go for > > a weekend daytrip would be a bit of a production, wouldn't it? > > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~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 . -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - 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 .
Lens Test Results
I ran three rolls of film through my cameras this morning to check three lens and some longer lens hoods. I tried a 105/2.8 Super Tak, a 135/3.5M and a 200/4 SMC Tak. The first thing I learned is that my SPII needs to go in for a cla before Spring gets here. My ME Super is ready for another year. I tried the hood for a 200/5.6 Tak on the 135/3.5M (I hate that short builtin hood) and, although it is almost as long as the lens, there was no vignetting in the corners. There was significant light falloff in the corners wide open at f:3.5 with and without the hood. I used the Tak 3.5/135_4/150_5.6/200 hood on the 105.28 Tak. There was noticable light falloff at f:4 and significantly more at wide open f:2.8 on shots taken with and without the hood. However, the thing that has me concerned is that one corner of the frame has much more falloff that the other three. Does anyone have an explanation? Also, how many people on this list test their film, lenses and cameras, before they use them for a serious project? -- 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 .
Re: OT -- sort of -- What makes a photographer?
They're real hard to pedal uphill, too. frank theriault wrote: > > Geez, I'm glad I'm into bikes! I would think that buses (really, there are > people who collect buses?) are really expensive!! And, to get on one and go for > a weekend daytrip would be a bit of a production, wouldn't it? -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~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 .
Re: OT -- sort of -- What makes a photographer?
Hi, Tom, Oops! :-) -frank aimcompute wrote: > Hi Frank, > > It was me Tom C., you were replying to. :-) > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - 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 -- sort of -- What makes a photographer?
Geez, I'm glad I'm into bikes! I would think that buses (really, there are people who collect buses?) are really expensive!! And, to get on one and go for a weekend daytrip would be a bit of a production, wouldn't it? regards, frank Malcolm Smith wrote: > Hi Frank, > > No way am I going to disagree with you. My wife wants a Routemaster bus, I > was a manager in charge of said machines at one time, but I love them. It is > quite possible to work in an industry and enjoy it as a hobby ~ can be > expensive though!! > > Malcolm > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of frank theriault > Sent: 20 January 2002 18:13 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT -- sort of -- What makes a photographer? > > Hi, Malcolm, > > I hear what you're saying, but it's not necessarily so. This may not be the > best analogy, but, I've ridden bicycles my whole life, from the time I > learned > to ride a "two-wheeler" when I was three. I LOVE riding bikes. > > What have I been for the last five years? A bike messenger. What do I > enjoy > doing on weekends (when the weather's good)? Getting on my bike (often with > some amount of camera gear in tow), and going for a nice ride. > > Just 'cause you do it for a living doesn't mean that you can't still enjoy > doing > it in your spare time, even if you may not particularly enjoy the type of > photography that you may find that you have to do professionally. > > regards, > frank > > Malcolm Smith wrote: > > > Hi Aaron, > > > > I feel the same. When I first got interested in photography and > discovered > > I both enjoyed it and, IMO, had a knack for it, I started dreaming of > being > > a professional photographer. > > > > Now I've come to realize that if it was my sole means of making a living, > > the fun would be gone and it would be like most other professions. Fun > and > > exciting at first, followed by periods of satisfaction, followed by > periods > > of realizing that this can get pretty boring, followed by periods of > > acceptance that this really boring, followed by periods of the only reason > > I'm doing this anymore is for the money. > > > > > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > - > 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 . -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - 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: Michael A.'s an ASS
> The only time that I can recall me actually doing this was when I was in the > city around the time of the Olympics and I spotted our state premier Bob Carr > (analogous to a US State Governor I think) swooning through the crowd, I popped > up in front of him and grabbed a great mug shot. Then he said to me is it ready > to shoot (LX), it was, and he put his hand out for the camera, then handed it > to the guy that was accompanying him, so now I have a shot of Bob and me :-) > Strange. Bob Carr is that type of a bloke. I met him once at the Los Angeles airport. 6 months later and at the same airport, he spotted me first and came over (at 6 ft 8 I am easy to recognise). I can't say the same about the QLD premier. Bob Rapp - 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 .
Wildlife photographer of the year 2001
I visited this exhibition today in Gloucester. Very inspiring, as well as giving me a feeling I have a lot to improve. Like looking at the beautiful picture of a mushroom in the youth category, a 12 year old boy. A few observations: 95% was done using either C***n or N***n, one Hasselblad, one Linhof, two Dynax 9, one Fuji, and one each of the following Pentax: 645, 645N, 67 and 67II. Two of these Pentax were winners in their category. About 50% was done using a 500mm lens. Only two frames were done on Kodak, all others were on different types of Fuji film! If you have a change to see this exhibition somewhere, go and see it. Frits Wüthrich - 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: Do I need dragging into the 21st Century?
No answer to that :-) Malcolm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob Blakely Sent: 20 January 2002 18:17 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Do I need dragging into the 21st Century? How else am I going to collect photos of naked people and make money at the same time? Regards, Bob... "Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let us remember that 'if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.' It is a very serious consideration that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event." - Samuel Adams, 1771 From: "Malcolm Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I bought a photography magazine whilst doing the shopping today, and was > aghast at the number of, ahem! confidential adult processing adverts, plus > an Epson advert with people who are "clothslessly challenged", for want of a > better phrase. > > Is it me, or is 2002 a new age of nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more, say > no more photography upon us? - 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: WTB
I couldn't find one for mine either so ended up using one made for a Ricoh. On Sunday 20 January 2002 11:57, Mike Johnston wrote: > WANTED: minus-2 diopter for Screwmount camera (SPII). > > Can anybody help?? > > --Mike -- 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 .
RE: Do I need dragging into the 21st Century?
The fact I have 3 children under 8 says more about ...:-) malcolm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of frank theriault Sent: 20 January 2002 18:17 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Do I need dragging into the 21st Century? Hi, Malcolm, Your wife. Is she, you know... a "goer"? You know, your wife. Is she a "goer"? SAY NO MORE regards, frank Malcolm Smith wrote: > Is it me, or is 2002 a new age of nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more, say > no more photography upon us? > > Malcolm > - > 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 . -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - 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: OT -- sort of -- What makes a photographer?
Hi Frank, No way am I going to disagree with you. My wife wants a Routemaster bus, I was a manager in charge of said machines at one time, but I love them. It is quite possible to work in an industry and enjoy it as a hobby ~ can be expensive though!! Malcolm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of frank theriault Sent: 20 January 2002 18:13 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT -- sort of -- What makes a photographer? Hi, Malcolm, I hear what you're saying, but it's not necessarily so. This may not be the best analogy, but, I've ridden bicycles my whole life, from the time I learned to ride a "two-wheeler" when I was three. I LOVE riding bikes. What have I been for the last five years? A bike messenger. What do I enjoy doing on weekends (when the weather's good)? Getting on my bike (often with some amount of camera gear in tow), and going for a nice ride. Just 'cause you do it for a living doesn't mean that you can't still enjoy doing it in your spare time, even if you may not particularly enjoy the type of photography that you may find that you have to do professionally. regards, frank Malcolm Smith wrote: > Hi Aaron, > > I feel the same. When I first got interested in photography and discovered > I both enjoyed it and, IMO, had a knack for it, I started dreaming of being > a professional photographer. > > Now I've come to realize that if it was my sole means of making a living, > the fun would be gone and it would be like most other professions. Fun and > exciting at first, followed by periods of satisfaction, followed by periods > of realizing that this can get pretty boring, followed by periods of > acceptance that this really boring, followed by periods of the only reason > I'm doing this anymore is for the money. > > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - 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: OT -- sort of -- What makes a photographer?
Hi Frank, It was me Tom C., you were replying to. :-) I agree with your comments, it's not necessarily so. Tom C. - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 11:12 AM Subject: Re: OT -- sort of -- What makes a photographer? > Hi, Malcolm, > > I hear what you're saying, but it's not necessarily so. This may not be the > best analogy, but, I've ridden bicycles my whole life, from the time I learned > to ride a "two-wheeler" when I was three. I LOVE riding bikes. > > What have I been for the last five years? A bike messenger. What do I enjoy > doing on weekends (when the weather's good)? Getting on my bike (often with > some amount of camera gear in tow), and going for a nice ride. > > Just 'cause you do it for a living doesn't mean that you can't still enjoy doing > it in your spare time, even if you may not particularly enjoy the type of > photography that you may find that you have to do professionally. > > regards, > frank > > Malcolm Smith wrote: > > > Hi Aaron, > > > > I feel the same. When I first got interested in photography and discovered > > I both enjoyed it and, IMO, had a knack for it, I started dreaming of being > > a professional photographer. > > > > Now I've come to realize that if it was my sole means of making a living, > > the fun would be gone and it would be like most other professions. Fun and > > exciting at first, followed by periods of satisfaction, followed by periods > > of realizing that this can get pretty boring, followed by periods of > > acceptance that this really boring, followed by periods of the only reason > > I'm doing this anymore is for the money. > > > > > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > - > 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: MI6 use Pentax
On Sunday, January 20, 2002, at 02:18 AM, Simon King wrote: > 2. What model Pentax would James Bond use? Espio mini, champagne silver model. -Aaron - 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: Schroedinger's Cat
On Friday, January 18, 2002, at 09:08 PM, David A. Mann wrote: > That little quantum principle must explain a few things at work. > > Until my boss observes me working (or otherwise), I am both working > and not > working at the same time. Therefore my efficiency is limited to 50%. See? Schroedinger can be used as an excuse for ANYTHING. :) -Aaron - 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: Do I need dragging into the 21st Century?
Hi, Malcolm, Your wife. Is she, you know... a "goer"? You know, your wife. Is she a "goer"? SAY NO MORE regards, frank Malcolm Smith wrote: > Is it me, or is 2002 a new age of nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more, say > no more photography upon us? > > Malcolm > - > 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 . -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - 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: Do I need dragging into the 21st Century?
How else am I going to collect photos of naked people and make money at the same time? Regards, Bob... "Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let us remember that 'if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.' It is a very serious consideration that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event." - Samuel Adams, 1771 From: "Malcolm Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I bought a photography magazine whilst doing the shopping today, and was > aghast at the number of, ahem! confidential adult processing adverts, plus > an Epson advert with people who are "clothslessly challenged", for want of a > better phrase. > > Is it me, or is 2002 a new age of nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more, say > no more photography upon us? - 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 -- sort of -- What makes a photographer?
Hi, Malcolm, I hear what you're saying, but it's not necessarily so. This may not be the best analogy, but, I've ridden bicycles my whole life, from the time I learned to ride a "two-wheeler" when I was three. I LOVE riding bikes. What have I been for the last five years? A bike messenger. What do I enjoy doing on weekends (when the weather's good)? Getting on my bike (often with some amount of camera gear in tow), and going for a nice ride. Just 'cause you do it for a living doesn't mean that you can't still enjoy doing it in your spare time, even if you may not particularly enjoy the type of photography that you may find that you have to do professionally. regards, frank Malcolm Smith wrote: > Hi Aaron, > > I feel the same. When I first got interested in photography and discovered > I both enjoyed it and, IMO, had a knack for it, I started dreaming of being > a professional photographer. > > Now I've come to realize that if it was my sole means of making a living, > the fun would be gone and it would be like most other professions. Fun and > exciting at first, followed by periods of satisfaction, followed by periods > of realizing that this can get pretty boring, followed by periods of > acceptance that this really boring, followed by periods of the only reason > I'm doing this anymore is for the money. > > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - 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: pdml
This won't work, Harry. Click on the pdml link at the bottom of this (or any) post for instructions on how to unsubscribe. Regards, Bob... "Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let us remember that 'if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.' It is a very serious consideration that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event." - Samuel Adams, 1771 From: "HARRY BAUGHMAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > unsubscribe pentax-discuss - 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 .
Do I need dragging into the 21st Century?
I bought a photography magazine whilst doing the shopping today, and was aghast at the number of, ahem! confidential adult processing adverts, plus an Epson advert with people who are "clothslessly challenged", for want of a better phrase. Is it me, or is 2002 a new age of nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more, say no more photography upon us? Malcolm - 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 .
Lab Owner Shoots Self
> No > disrespect to them, but if I had to do that to pay the bills I'd > probably shoot myself. Sorry Aaron, but there's no money in self-portraits either. --Mike P.S. No, not even for Cindy Sherman! - 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 .
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Re: The Digital Arena--long-awaited Coolpix 5000 review out
I still lament the demise of the MZ-D, and yes, it is a 24x36 format in K-mount that will entice me to buy a digital camera. Ability to enlarge is important if for no other reason than be able to crop and correct (at least somewhat) my poor composition. Regards, Bob... "Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let us remember that 'if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.' It is a very serious consideration that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event." - Samuel Adams, 1771 From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mike Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >The 5-megapixel cameras I've seen don't necessarily look > >better, clearer, or sharper than good 3- and 4-mp cameras--they > >can just be enlarged more. > > Right. That *should* be about the only difference, all other things being equal. - 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: Best free software for batch coversion of images to web?
Hi gang: Any freeware programs out there that can gracefully take a folder of hi-res image files and produce web-sized jpegs? Oh, and while I'm dreaming: Can anyone suggest a low-cost text/graphics program for brochure production? I've been using Word Perfect 8, and while it works it's not really designed with graphics in mind. (Not really OT, as the images were all produced on Pentax gear) Thanks much. 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 .
WTB
WANTED: minus-2 diopter for Screwmount camera (SPII). Can anybody help?? --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: OT -- sort of -- What makes a photographer?
Hi Aaron, I feel the same. When I first got interested in photography and discovered I both enjoyed it and, IMO, had a knack for it, I started dreaming of being a professional photographer. Now I've come to realize that if it was my sole means of making a living, the fun would be gone and it would be like most other professions. Fun and exciting at first, followed by periods of satisfaction, followed by periods of realizing that this can get pretty boring, followed by periods of acceptance that this really boring, followed by periods of the only reason I'm doing this anymore is for the money. The one exception to the this might be if travel and landscape photography was the only thing I did. Shooting what somebody else wants, wouldn't thrill me. It's nice to go out and shoot, knowing that supper on the table doesn't depend on the results. OT: Have you seen any Ultraman, a 60's Japanese sci-fi series? I'm thinking of obtaining some. Tom C. # I have spent my photographic life (since 1970) taking "statement" pictures - a record of life/a scene/and in more recent times photos of growing children to send to distant family. No more! As a result of all the information here I shall be testing my abilities, rather than my camera, which I know is excellent. Time for the "WOW!" factor. I'll send pictures to family with some creative thought behind them. Milkem (ask Cotty! Big grin) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: The Digital Arena--long-awaited Coolpix 5000 review out
Mike Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The 5-megapixel cameras I've seen don't necessarily look >better, clearer, or sharper than good 3- and 4-mp cameras--they >can just be enlarged more. Right. That *should* be about the only difference, all other things being equal. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.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: LX Purchase (was: Pentax Optio)
On Saturday, January 19, 2002, at 02:02 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > Is it a "wink" or a nervous "twitch", like Inspector Dreyfus? :) "I've cut off my thumb." -Aaron Oh no, Aaron - that's my wife when I say "Here's something else I'd like" :-0 Malcolm - 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: Typeface Wanted
Hi ... I'm looking for a typeface like this one, or something quite similar. http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/temp/bits-gif.html Any suggestions? -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~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 .
Vs: Winder ME II
Looks like the camera and winder are out of sync. Normally the shutter is cocked right after the film is wound on. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: Matti Etelapera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Päivä: 20. tammikuuta 2002 16:36 Aihe: Q: Winder ME II >Hi, > >I have a question about the Winder ME II, which I seldomly use with my >Super A. The winder seems to lengthen the shutter delay of the camera and >I´m really not too happy about that. > >AFAIK, after pressing the shutter release button on the winder the motor >starts winding and _after_ that the shutter is triggered mechanically. >Once the picture is taken the winder advances to the next frame. I find >the mechanical triggering of the shutter strange, because the motor >produces considerable amount of torque and vibrations to the body. If all >of this would have been made with electrical triggering, the vibration and >shutter delay wouldn´t have been a problem. Man I hate shutter delay :) > >So the question goes: are these assumptions correct, or is there some kind >of a fault in the winder or the body? > > -Matti Eteläperä, Oulu, Finland > > ps. I seldomly write to the PDML-list, but read the digest daily. Great >information, keep it up :) >- >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 .
JCPenny lens
Hey gang, I know this lens has been talked about a bit on this forum, and I noticed an ebay ad, that's not quite well marked: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1324288221 It's the JC Penny 80-200 in K mount.. Bill - 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: P67 info
As far as I know, there are no operational differences from one series to the next. However, some of the really long lenses and perhaps the shift lenses, require stop down metering. Paul Bruce Dayton wrote: > Paul, > > Great info! Do you have any idea if there are any behavioral > differences in these series? Like stop down metering, etc. > > Thanks for your reply, > > Bruce Dayton > > Sunday, January 20, 2002, 5:39:41 AM, you wrote: > > PS> Bruce, > > PS> As far as I know there are three baskc series: Super Takumar, Super > PS> Mulit-Coated Takumar, and Pentax SMC. They are marked accordingly on the > PS> filter ring. However, within the latest series there are early and late > PS> versions of some lenses, the 55/4 for example. In the case of this lens, the > PS> typography is on the outside of the filter ring in the late version. There > PS> are also ED versions of some of the longer focal lengths. > PS> Paul > > PS> Bruce Dayton wrote: > > >> JCO, > >> > >> I was looking for that information plus perhaps are there different > >> series and what the differences between them might be. As I look at > >> possible lenses I would at least like to know what I am getting. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Bruce Dayton > >> > >> Saturday, January 19, 2002, 2:23:32 PM, you wrote: > >> > >> JCOC> As far as I have been able to find out , every lens ever > >> JCOC> made for the 67 series of cameras will work on all > >> JCOC> the bodies. > >> JCOC> JCO > >> > >> >> -Original Message- > >> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bruce Dayton > >> >> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 1:25 AM > >> >> To: PDML > >> >> Subject: P67 info > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> So, for all of you 67 owners out there, perhaps you can answer a > >> >> question for me. I am very familiar with the 35mm lenses, and their > >> >> features - M42, K, M, A, F, FA. I would like to know more about the > >> >> 67 lenses and backward compatibility - I would be considering the 67II > >> >> - is there any issues or concerns with old vs. new glass? > >> >> > >> >> Thanks, > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Bruce Dayton > >> >> - > >> >> 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 . > >> JCOC> - > >> JCOC> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > >> JCOC> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > >> JCOC> 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 . > PS> - > PS> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > PS> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > PS> 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 . - 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: MI6 use Pentax
The CIA used a Pentax screw mount at one time, code name "Stinger". You can see it here: http://digilander.iol.it/aohc/oddse1.htm Simon King wrote: > Now this raises some interesting questions. > > 1. How many PDML members are actually deep cover MI6 operatives? > 2. What model Pentax would James Bond use? > 3. What brand does the CIA use? -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~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 .
Q: Winder ME II
Hi, I have a question about the Winder ME II, which I seldomly use with my Super A. The winder seems to lengthen the shutter delay of the camera and I´m really not too happy about that. AFAIK, after pressing the shutter release button on the winder the motor starts winding and _after_ that the shutter is triggered mechanically. Once the picture is taken the winder advances to the next frame. I find the mechanical triggering of the shutter strange, because the motor produces considerable amount of torque and vibrations to the body. If all of this would have been made with electrical triggering, the vibration and shutter delay wouldn´t have been a problem. Man I hate shutter delay :) So the question goes: are these assumptions correct, or is there some kind of a fault in the winder or the body? -Matti Eteläperä, Oulu, Finland ps. I seldomly write to the PDML-list, but read the digest daily. Great information, keep it up :) - 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 Fisheye
Hey gang, Got a Sigma 8 f/4 circular fisheye off of ebay recently. It's a very interesting lens, which presents an entirely new way of looking at the world to me. I've taken a couple of test shots, which I have to take in to get process still. When I get them back, I'll scan and upload them so the list can take a look. EXCITED as always, Illinois Bill - 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: Super Takumar 1:1.9/85mm
The 1.9/85mm Super Takumar may be the lowest priced of 85mm Takumars but it is an idea choice for many types of portraiture. I don't think you will regret buying the lens, and indeed, I think the differences between this lens and the later versions can be detected, they are not major enough to worry about. Sounds like the price is right! ppro > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ming Hui > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 2:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Super Takumar 1:1.9/85mm > > > > At 10:40 PM 1/18/02 -0500, you wrote: > >Just to comment that there is a price difference between the SMC 1.9/85 > >and the Super Takumar 1.9/85 with the SMC version commanding > >more owing to the improved coating. Not to be confused with the SMC > >1.8/85 which is more expensive still. The 1.9/85mm cited at > >$299 sounds a bit expensive - on a good day you can get the later, some > >say better SMC 1.8/85 for that price. The Super Takumar > >1.9/85 sells for $100-$150 depending on condition and accessories included. > > > The asking price of the said Super Takumar 1.9/85 is slightly over > $100. So it's a fair price then. I understand that I'll need to buy a > screw to k mount converter to use this lens with my Super A as pointed out > by Peter. > It seems the Super Takumar 1.9/85 is the lowest priced 85mm Pentax > lens. Is it of the lowest optical quality? If I only use it as a portrait > lens, does it matter? > - > 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: MI6 use Pentax
PA> Actually it's that non-warrior ethos the Canadians have. I remember PA> seeing an interview of some Brigadier General with the Canadian defense PA> force who spoke wistfully of how some countries actually PA> believe that their Armies should be able to actually fight a war and PA> possibly win it. Which only speaks high praises for your nation. Meant seriously. Good light, Frantisek Vlcek - 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: Bad web design (was:Travelling and Photography)
wrt badly designed text colours - Opera the browser has a very handy button on the toolbar with which you can easily switch between YOUR colours (white on dark gray, for example) and SITE's colours (the "artistic" white on dark white ). Good idea IMHO. If only Netscape had it. Frantisek - 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: MI6 use Pentax
>> 2. What model Pentax would James Bond use? Rac> K2DMD with K50mm/1.2 or 500mm Would it surprise you to hear that this is true? K2DMD was frequently used by secret services at the time. Also were Robot cameras (probably for automated hotel room -behind the mirror- shots). Actually, the K2DMD I bought in a pawnshop I later learned it must have belonged to the STB, the communist secret police. Not a pleasing thought ;-( Good light, Frantisek Vlcek - 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 .
Look out
Don't get fooled: There's a "Pentax K 135mm f2.5 in mint condition" on eBay that's actually a k-mount *Takumar* 135/2.5 (you can read the designation on the end of the lens barrel). http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1324595308 -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.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[2]: P67 info
Paul, Great info! Do you have any idea if there are any behavioral differences in these series? Like stop down metering, etc. Thanks for your reply, Bruce Dayton Sunday, January 20, 2002, 5:39:41 AM, you wrote: PS> Bruce, PS> As far as I know there are three baskc series: Super Takumar, Super PS> Mulit-Coated Takumar, and Pentax SMC. They are marked accordingly on the PS> filter ring. However, within the latest series there are early and late PS> versions of some lenses, the 55/4 for example. In the case of this lens, the PS> typography is on the outside of the filter ring in the late version. There PS> are also ED versions of some of the longer focal lengths. PS> Paul PS> Bruce Dayton wrote: >> JCO, >> >> I was looking for that information plus perhaps are there different >> series and what the differences between them might be. As I look at >> possible lenses I would at least like to know what I am getting. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Bruce Dayton >> >> Saturday, January 19, 2002, 2:23:32 PM, you wrote: >> >> JCOC> As far as I have been able to find out , every lens ever >> JCOC> made for the 67 series of cameras will work on all >> JCOC> the bodies. >> JCOC> JCO >> >> >> -Original Message- >> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bruce Dayton >> >> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 1:25 AM >> >> To: PDML >> >> Subject: P67 info >> >> >> >> >> >> So, for all of you 67 owners out there, perhaps you can answer a >> >> question for me. I am very familiar with the 35mm lenses, and their >> >> features - M42, K, M, A, F, FA. I would like to know more about the >> >> 67 lenses and backward compatibility - I would be considering the 67II >> >> - is there any issues or concerns with old vs. new glass? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> >> >> Bruce Dayton >> >> - >> >> 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 . >> JCOC> - >> JCOC> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >> JCOC> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >> JCOC> 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 . PS> - PS> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, PS> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to PS> 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: MI6 use Pentax
Well, actually, the Canadian army went into Afghanistan without desert camo, becuase we don't have any! All's we got is green stuff. Not many deserts in Canada, I guess. Loads of forests, though. Not that that's an excuse. We like to think of ourselves as peacekeepers, so we should be ready to go anywhere in the world for that purpose. I suppose that any defense funds that the military can squeeze out of the government should really go towards stopping our helicopters from plummeting from the sky (as they have a propensity to do, since they're about as old as I am!). Sigh -frank Peter Alling wrote: > At 01:35 PM 1/20/2002 +0100, you wrote: > >Sunday, January 20, 2002, 8:50:19 AM, Brendan wrote: > >B> Bet my 28mm vivitar Bond uses Auto 110's , the cia > >B> would get what > >B> ever cost the most. If you had to work for any spy > >B> agency just make > >B> sure it's not Canada's. Their so good at intellegence > >B> gathering they > >B> had our troops go to the desert Afganistan in Jungle > >B> cammo, now > >B> thats military intelegence for you. > > > >That's VERY shrewd! Nobody would expect troops to go to desert in > >jungle camouflage , so the enemy would just think he's having > >hallucinations. > > Actually it's that non-warrior ethos the Canadians have. I remember > seeing an interview of some Brigadier General with the Canadian defense > force who spoke wistfully of how some countries actually > believe that their Armies should be able to actually fight a war and > possibly win it. > > >Good light, > >Frantisek Vlcek > >- > >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 . -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - 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 LX screen SE60
Amen to that. I always try to buy the best I can (within my budget) and sell the worst that I have. Now, my worst may be better than someone else's best, but I don't have a good feeling about it. That is why you will seldom see me post FS items on the list. I consider everyone on this list a frienda good friend. On Sunday 20 January 2002 07:35, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Some people are uncomfortable selling to friends. And even though we > may not get together in the same room, we are friends. I've sold > through the list, but I did have second thoughts about it. It's easy > to offend in a transaction, even if your intentions are good. > Paul > > Bob Rapp wrote: > > It's Rob's > > Go for it if you could use it. I wished Rob would offer it to > > the list first. Same thing applies to JCO. > > > > Bob -- 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 .
Re: MI6 use Pentax
At 01:35 PM 1/20/2002 +0100, you wrote: >Sunday, January 20, 2002, 8:50:19 AM, Brendan wrote: >B> Bet my 28mm vivitar Bond uses Auto 110's , the cia >B> would get what >B> ever cost the most. If you had to work for any spy >B> agency just make >B> sure it's not Canada's. Their so good at intellegence >B> gathering they >B> had our troops go to the desert Afganistan in Jungle >B> cammo, now >B> thats military intelegence for you. > >That's VERY shrewd! Nobody would expect troops to go to desert in >jungle camouflage , so the enemy would just think he's having >hallucinations. Actually it's that non-warrior ethos the Canadians have. I remember seeing an interview of some Brigadier General with the Canadian defense force who spoke wistfully of how some countries actually believe that their Armies should be able to actually fight a war and possibly win it. >Good light, >Frantisek Vlcek >- >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: MI6 use Pentax
Well at the time when the Bond Novels were written place Pentax in the U.S. was distributed by Heiland/Honeywell. The CIA would use Pentax because the Congress would stipulate that the American Agencies should use "American" equipment. At 07:22 AM 1/20/2002 -0500, you wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] asks: > > >. 1. How many PDML members are actually deep cover MI6 operatives? > no comment > > 2. What model Pentax would James Bond use? > K2DMD with K50mm/1.2 or 500mm > > 3. What brand does the CIA use? > Nikon, it's the tourist thing... :-( > >Regards, Bob S. in the 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 . - 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 .
