RE: Irregular frame spacing
Hi Bill: The MZ-S prints the exposure data above the frame, in the spaces between the sprocket holes. My suggestion too would be to reconstruct the film and see if the problem is with camera or processing. I have not had any problems with frame spacing at all with any Pentax. HTH John Coyle Brisbane, Australia On Tuesday, February 26, 2002 3:24 PM, William Robb [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: Tell the lab to stop cutting the film until after you have seen it, for starts. Now, take the film in question out of the sleeves and line the cut strips up end to end in sequence and see if you can make a whole film out of it. Check to make sure the frame numbers are an even distance apart. If you can, check the frame spacing. Ummm, I know nothing about this camera, so I have a few questions. I know that it does data imprinting outside the frame. Where exactly does it put this data? Do you have the data writer turned on with the problem films? Have you asked the people at the lab? Challenge them to tell you what the problem is. After all, it is their prints with black lines. I would tend to look at the lab first, if the film checks out, it has to be the lab. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
February 2002 PUG Comments
Trapped !! - Geoffrey Stevens Nice! I like the shine on the fence. Thanks for your comments. I think your critique is excellent! Regards, Geofff - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Darkroom lighting (white light)
Hi, the problem would be that the afterglow is mostly in invisible or hardly visible spectrum radiation, to which film and paper is most sensitive, but you don't see it. I would be extremely warry when loading film into tank, and I would do some tests with paper, or at least wait 5 secs before doing something with paper, and wait perhaps thrice that with film, to be on the safe side. Again, the problem is that it's most likely on the invisible side of spectrum. 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: Foveon X3 at PMA
NG camera. The company claims that enlargements from the SD9 exceed the NG quality of 35mm film. IIRC the Foveon chip is so far only 3.4 MP or such, even if true megapixels and not interpolated megapixels from normal digicams. I don't see how it could be better than film as even with 2700 scanners, these have about 10 MP, there is plenty of detail yet to scan at more res... Company LIES, called creative talk again. I think it is Nike who is currently making the biggest case of company lies getting protected by the US 1st amendment? Scarey. Sorry that's too OT... Anyway, detail for detail, film would capture at least 8-10 megapixels, while this chip captures only 3.4 megapixels (comparing film's l/mm rating, choosing a conservative 100 l/mm, many films can do higher than that), or is my reasoning wrong? Not counting the different qualities of MTF curves for chip (digital) and film (analog) media, and overal image qualities. I just don't like this sort of company creative talk... Best regards, 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: Pentax and support (WAS: PMA News)
Just thought I'd add a very positive note on Pentax Service in the UK - bearing in mind that their service location is the edge of Slough (you have to have been there), I wasn't necessarily expecting great things. My MZ-S 'died' a couple of weeks ago with the shutter sticking open and an Err message (along with the flash symbol) appearing in the LCD panel. Removed and replaced battery - the shutter closed and all appeared well (at least until I hit the shutter release again). Of course, I now have a film of very blurred surreal shots of my nose as I squinted hopelessly down the lens to see if the shutter was indeed stuck. Pentax took the camera and said they would look into it (no joke intended!). My SO (actually my girlfriend - she's way more than significant - more like my gov'ner) explained (I hope in a nice way but I suspect she may have given one of her Paddington Bear stares) that we were due to go skiing in Alaska for a couple of weeks and would really like the camera back to be able to break it again in the snow :-( Pentax Man said he would see what he could do. In the mean time, I've 'reduced the risk of not having a camera' ;-) by enabling myself of an old Super-A for a dollar or two while I was working in New York (not pretty and the self-timer is dodgy but for various reasons - I LOVE IT!) as I couldn't be in Manhattan and not have a camera. Like being in a pub and not having a pint - unnatural. Pentax Man rings girlfriend (v. apologetically) a week later to say that the replacement part may not arrive in time - BUT they would lend us an MZ-S for the trip while they repaired mine. Good huh? I'm still wondering what she had threatened them with. Anyway, had a phone call over the weekend to say that my MZ-S has been 'rep*%$£' and could be picked up - our digital-but-dreadful answerphone garbled the message so we couldn't work out if it was repaired or replaced. Girlfriend turns up and Pentax Man happily hands over a BRAND NEW MZ-S for keeps! Wow! I've NEVER had such good service - I can truly say that Pentax have lived up to the quality of the brand I invested in. AND into the bargain, I have now justified a second camera as back up! Now if they could just sort out how they are going to add that quality to the digital market, I for one will be a very happy bunny. P. Peter Alling wrote: Pentax in the USA doesn't seem to offer service to anyone Paul Wilkinson This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Food photography advice needed
Hi all! Again I'm seeking your advice. I've been assigned a task at work and have some doubts about it. I have to go to client's place and make photos of ice-cream and cakes. I can use my MZ-M or MX (but I guess it's the least important) A50/1.7, FA35-80/4-5.6, A135/2.8 and Mir20/3.5 (the last two would be useless I think). As for lighting I guess my AF201SA would do but I can use the studio lighting from work (with sofboxes, umbrellas etc) with Gossen flashmeter. I'm not sure if I can take all of the lamps as one has a stand that's huge and would be probably impossible to put into car. There's no way they can send the stuff to our studio :-( Of course I have a tripd for the camera. Maybe someone can share a good advice or some nice link on how to approach this task. TIA Maciej Marchlewski --- Wybierz i wygraj gr 2001 roku - Imperatorki 2001 Wystarczy klikn! http://gry.wp.pl/imperatorki/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Colour of Big Glass
As there appears to be some dispute over the colour of the barrels, I will be able to let you know about the current production middle of next week. I dare not provide a photo - still have not yet worked out the white balance on our digicam. Kind regards from sunny Brighton Peter - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Food photography advice needed
Maciej, I'm no expert at it but I'd say you should avoid (hot) studio lights with the ice creams and work very fast... Aside for that I think you'll need an adequate set (backdrop, workbench, etc.). Being yours not particularly reflective subjects you shouldn't have problems with the flash but perhaps you can the light from it bounce somewhere in order to get a softer lighting. I hope you get to eat the surviving subject when you're done with them... Ciao, Flavio - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Kodak Improves Tmax, PX, and TX
My information is strictly unofficial, word of mouth. I do know that it's less grainy yet has more apparent sharpness than it did when I first used it in the late sixties. In any case, I would expect the changes to be beneficial. Even a new base might affect development times, but I would think the overall characteristics of the film would be either slightly improved or unchanged. I guess we'll have to wait and see. Paul Shel Belinkoff wrote: I think your numbers are a bit high. Can you tell me about when it's been improved, and what the changes were. Three is the number that comes up most frequently. I've tried to find a history about the film, but have had no luck. It seems like you've got some more information. Paul Stenquist wrote: Tri-X has been modified at least a half dozen times in the last two dozen years. Once more shouldn't be a problem. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ You can't have everything. Where would you put it? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
Hi all, What can I do against this: http://cgi.ebay.de/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1334153963 I don't mean legally, but I would appreciate ideas on how to place the copyright notices so that they are not so easy to remove. Am I dreaming when thinking of images that do not allow themselves to be screencaptured and edited? TIA, Boz -- _\\|//_ Imagination is more important than knowledge... 0(` O-O ')0 A. Einstein ===ooO=(_)=Ooo=== Bojidar D. Dimitrov author and editor, Pentax K-Mount web page [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmp.BDimitrov.de/ = __ __ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Better Late Than Never - Feb PUG review from Cotty
Cotty, you made my day! Thank you so much for the kind and encouraging comments. I am trying very hard to become a really good photographer, because anything worth doing is worth doing well. Your comments really help. I may have said it before, but I think you take really wonderful photos, but you also have a very artistic, creative way with words. With those two traits combined, no doubt you will someday have a book published out there for all of us to purchase! Thanks again for taking the time to comment on our photos. Kathy L. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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-testing again
Hi, On 25 Feb 2002 at 19:33, Peter Smekal wrote: I have a copied manual. It says a red LED will glow next to LT, B2 when there is no sufficient light or when the camera has selected a long exposure time. How does on know which of these two alternatives the actual one at the moment? Both of them. The LX's time scale end at 4s, so any longer exposure cannot be displayad in the finder. Also, at these long speeds, the camera cannot effectively pre-estimate the correct exposure. It cannot tell you in advance that a 10 minutes exposure will be enough or not. The beauty of the real-time OTF metering... ;-) Gabor - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Mark Roberts' weird text
I see the weird characters in Eudora 5.1 on Windows NT. Paul Franklin Stregevsky 13 Selby Court Poolesville, Maryland 20837-2410 [EMAIL PROTECTED] H (301) 349-5243 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
Bojidar Dimitrov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, What can I do against this: http://cgi.ebay.de/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1334153963 That is a copyright infringment. The serial # says all. I don't mean legally, but I would appreciate ideas on how to place the copyright notices so that they are not so easy to remove. Am I dreaming when thinking of images that do not allow themselves to be screencaptured and edited? How about writing your copyright message on the item itself that in the (in this case white) background? -- http://members.chello.nl/~j.schoone\\|// Registered Linux user #78364 - The Linux Counter - http://counter.li.org Assume nothing, expect anything. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Joys of KX, manual exposure
I've enjoyed shooting with my new KX. With MLU engaged, the camera is as vibration-free as my Yashica rangefinder. And even without it, vibration is much lower than my Super Program's. Manual exposure has its merits: Once you set it for the environment, you needn't worry about dialing in compensation if you happen to aim at a bright target. Also, when using the timer, you needn't worry that light entering the eyepiece will screw up your exposure; the exposure is already locked in. I love seeing that needle move; it helps me understand lighting. I feel as though I'm back using my Minox 35GT or Olympus XA. While those cameras were aperture-preferred, the needle kept me apprised of changes in lighting. Now that I've seen how easily I can use manual exposure, I plan to use the Super Program chiefly for TTL flash. Paul Franklin Stregevsky 13 Selby Court Poolesville, Maryland 20837-2410 [EMAIL PROTECTED] H (301) 349-5243 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
Boz, You could do what BH does with their photos. They have a big, but faint BH superimposed over the product. That or you could put KMP Site in smaller white lettering over some black portion of the item like the focusing grip. In any case, I would complain to the offender and then let it go. You have created such a great site that people will steal from it. It is the most sincere form of flattery. g Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What can I do against this: http://cgi.ebay.de/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1334153963 I don't mean legally, but I would appreciate ideas on how to place the copyright notices so that they are not so easy to remove. Am I dreaming when thinking of images that do not allow themselves to be screencaptured and edited? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Using tamron lenses with ME super
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was hoping I could use my Tamron lenses with the ME. It seems that although the lens mounts OK, changing aperture has no effect on the metering. Are the ME and adaptall for PK not compatible? The mount and camera are perfectly compatible. Working entirely from memory: Is the switch on the top of the MES on auto? If I remember correctly, there is only an LED indicator in the viewfinder. If you are in manual, it indicates whatever speed has been manually selected with the up/down buttons and won't change when you alter the aperture. In automatic exposure mode the indication should move as the aperture is changed. Recently, there was a URL given for owner's handbooks downloadable from the Pentax web site. I have mislaid this but I am sure someone else will be able to pass it to you. mike - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Price of new Pentax 645 zoom lenses
As expected the new 33-55 is quite expensive. In japan it's priced at 250.000 yen. That's somewhat less than the FA645 400/5.6 and somewhat more than the FA645 300/5.6, for comparison. Prices might of course vary from market to market but these prices give the general idea. The 33-55 will be the most expensive 645 zoom whereas the 55-110 will be the cheapest. The 55-110 cost 160 000 yen. That is slightly more than the FA645 35/3.5. The 33-55 weights only 585 grams and the 55-110 500g! Both are about 10 cm long. Pål - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Re: OT: Walter's N**** - was: Hockey
No,looked like he did not have the battery pack on. Don't think buy AA batteries is a problem eh. ;-) Dave Begin Original Message From: Chris Brogden [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 16:47:00 -0600 (CST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Walter's N - was: Hockey On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, frank theriault wrote: Oh, yeah, I saw it! Big honkin' huge F5, I'm guessing. Geez, if he'd have been reading here over the last few weeks, he'd KNOW that he could have hand-held a 6x7 that would have been about the same size, and have lovely huge sharp negs! True enough. :) Don't remember if it had the battery pack on the bottom or not, so it might have been an F100. chris - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . End Original Message Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
PMA salutes five Distinguished Service Award winners
Five prominent photo industry members received the PMA Distinguished Service Award today during the PMA 2002 Annual International Convention and Trade Show in Orlando, Fla., USA. The award is given each year to individuals whose exemplary, lifelong careers and dedication to the photo imaging industry have contributed to the betterment of the industry as a whole. This year's recipients are Paul L. Boles, William J. DiMinno, Gerald A. Dingley, John L. Jackson and William A. Stelcher. Gerald A. Dingley Chairman, British Photographic and Imaging Association Dingley became general manager of Rank Photographic in 1975; at that time, Rank was the leading distributor in the United Kingdom. Four years later, he was asked to launch Pentax as a wholly owned subsidiary of Asahi Optical and, together with a team of personnel from Rank, built one of the most successful Japanese companies in Europe. In addition to being managing director of Pentax UK, he also launched the French company Pentax France SA, becoming its first president director general. This achievement was followed by his appointment to chairman of the Pentax Europe Management Committee. He retired from Pentax in 1997, and that year was appointed chairman of the British Photographic and Imaging Association, the leading trade association for importing companies in the United Kingdom. He still holds that position today, and also finds time to chair a health-care charity for the developing world and serve as a non-executive director of a national health service trust. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Sigma SD9 w/Foveon Chip
On 26 Feb 2002 at 0:52, ryan brooks wrote: And the 6mp Contax full-frame is real: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0202/02022505contaxndigitalinhand.asp I had heard within the last week that it was delayed. tv - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Interesting Comment: SLR vs PS
On Sunday, February 24, 2002, at 01:20 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: When it comes to scanning at 4000dpi, however, you can see how the lens on the SLR camera gives you cleaner, sharper photos, than those on the point-and-shoot. I'd be interested to know whether this agrees with the collective experience of the PDML. I would say that it depends on the point and shoot and the SLR, but generally, comparing an SLR with a decent lens on it to a zoom point and shoot, the SLR will kick some ps butt. -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: Switching to Pentax
On Sunday, February 24, 2002, at 03:55 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is conceivable that Pentax might choose to go the same way without a lens with aperture ring as an option as they now have no manual focus old tech SLR in the 35mm range. Even the MZ-S relies on the aperture ring to set aperture, so I don't see them ditching it any time soon. :) Thank God. My LX would be sad if lovely lenses like the limiteds or the FA* 24mm f2.0 were off limits to it. -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: Switching to Pentax
On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 07:45 AM, David Brooks wrote: Although this switch does come loose on occasion,like for instance, on my first job with the D1.I turned the camera on and all i got was a blinking FEE.Major panic as i see my carrer hit the tubes.Thank God i had the manual in the truck and was able to solve the problem and have a great day. Yup, every time a customer has come in and said, I think my F50 is broken, the culprit has been that pesky aperture ring. Every time, without fail. -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: Efke 25
Thanks for sharing your impressions, Paul. -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: Pentax and support (WAS: PMA News)
Pentax UK - excellent. A few years ago - alright, quite some time ago, a good friend of mine sent his 200mm F2.5M in to Pentax UK for some adjustment or other. Couple of weeks later - gets grovelling letter from Pentax about the fact that they had had a fire in the service department and would he be so kind as to accept a brand spanking new 200mm F2.8 A* . Kind regards Peter - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Hockey
On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 12:55 PM, Debra Wilborn wrote: Let's not forget the women's match. Now THAT was a game! I was cheering for the home team (USA! USA! USA!), but apparently nobody knows ice like the Canucks. :) And all that after being 0-8 against the US! Yep. Having been at our last win against the US and then a couple of pretty bad losses, I was just a little nervous. No work was done at the store for those two hours on Thursday and again on Sunday for the men's game. In fact, I can barely talk right now, because Vanessa and I ran all the way from Lawrence to Eglinton on Yonge Street and back again, shouting at the top of our lungs. There was toilet paper everywhere, and the traffic was absolutely stopped, but most people were on top of their cars cheering anyways. I don't think I've given as many high-fives or shaken as many hands as I did on Sunday night. And that is why I am reading messages from Sunday still on Tuesday morning. :) Unfortunately, a flukey bounce off of the boards ended up in Vanessa's team being eliminated in Provincials on Saturday. The only upside was that she therefore got to see the men's game -- had they won, they would have been on the ice! -Aaron p.s. GO JAROME IGINLA! Nobody believed that you'd produce in the Olympics, but you showed 'em! GO CHERIE PIPER! You had to prove that you deserved your spot on the team after they cut Drolet, and you did, and way more! The Canadian media took a strip off of you guys, and boy did you ever make them look stupid. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
phallic phungus photos
Simon wrote: ...and remember I only made a single comment about it - I didn't put up a web page devoted to them! :-) Those are some hideous fungi's (but nicely shot). I do have to ask though - what were you doing in the Great Swamp Wildlife Refuge? What do you mean? I thought everyone spent their spare time crawling around swamps? You're telling me there's something better to do? PS Q. What do you call a mushroom with a 12 inch stalk? A. A fungi to be with. Richard. home page: www.richard-seaman.com _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.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: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
On 26 Feb 2002 at 12:41, Bojidar Dimitrov wrote: Hi all, What can I do against this: http://cgi.ebay.de/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1334153963 I don't mean legally, but I would appreciate ideas on how to place the copyright notices so that they are not so easy to remove. Am I dreaming when thinking of images that do not allow themselves to be screencaptured and edited? If you're feeling industrious you can place some code on your pages to the right mouse button menu: http://www.aspfree.com/authors/MVadivel/disablerightbutton.asp There are other versions of this that might be better. In any event, it's pretty easy to get around, and the copyright notice that Paul recommended is a good idea. tv - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Trying to enable some of you med format dudes.
On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 12:14 AM, Peter Alling wrote: Yes that's true but the reserve hasn't been met yet. So he/she/it doesn't have to buy it. $15,000 before the reserve and a seller with no feedback...yikes! -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: Foveon Fotos
At 08:43 26.2.2002 -0500, you wrote: If, as I've read here earlier, Sigma has exclusive rights to the Fovean chip for 5 years, they will become a major player in the digital field. Bill If they do, they certainly will. I do not, however, find such an agreement very wise move from the Fovean people. Maybe such a deal is for the current chip model used to build a 35mm digital camera ? Hmm... Antti-Pekka --- * Antti-Pekka Virjonen * Fiskarsinkatu 7 D * GSM: +358 400 789753 * * Computec Oy Turku* FIN-20750 Turku Finland * Fax: +358 2 413 * - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Adorama
I think the difference is that one uses UPS and the other uses Fedex. One nice thing with BH's web-site that they do indicate whether an item is in-stock or not before you have ordered it. Regards, /\/\ick... - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Foveon Fotos
Even though i'v had t go to power zoom spectacles, those look very nice indeed. Dave Begin Original Message From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 22:10:57 -0800 To: Pentax List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Foveon Fotos http://www.sjphoto.com/web-special/index.htm -- 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 . End Original Message Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Hockey
Aaron wrote: Yep. Having been at our last win against the US and then a couple of pretty bad losses, I was just a little nervous. No work was done at the store for those two hours on Thursday and again on Sunday for the men's game. I stopped by a friend's house on Sunday and he had the game on. I've never watched a hockey game before but it looked like a pretty good one to me. Anyone else able to read Wayne Gretsky's (it was him, right?) lips when the Canadians scored the goal that put them up 4-2? g I can understand why they didn't have a microphone on him! -- 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: Re: Foveon Fotos
Maybe,just maybe,this is what Pentax was waiting for to see the results of this technology. Dave Begin Original Message From: Antti-Pekka Virjonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now, Pentax, please make the MZ-D with this (or future) Foveon chip. Antti-Pekka Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: New Pentax FA645 33-55/4.5 and FA645 55-110/5.6
On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 05:59 AM, Pål Audun Jensen wrote: Ultraweitwinkel Pentax SMC-FA 645 Dazzling price increase Fully automatic Fully automatic I LOVE machine translation. Dazzling price increase, eh? ;) Does anyone know if the 75mm f2.8 AL for 67 has ghostless coating? I would assume so, though the manual says nothing about it (it's really a manual for the whole lens line) and I didn't see it mentioned in any press release. -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: Big Green (?) A* Lenses [was: Green Cameras]
On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 08:21 AM, Paris, Leonard wrote: Do I hear a Brotherhood of The Green Lens starting to form? Yeah, I want a green lens for my 67! -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 .
Shutter Speed when not using Camera...
Is there a correct shutter speed to adjust a mechanical camera to when you are not using it 1/60, 1/125 or whatever. I thought I once read a long time ago that there are speeds you should not leave it on, on account of the tension on a mechanical shutter spring. I use Pentax MX and KX mechanical cameras. 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 .
RE: pentax-discuss-digest V1 #2199
I'd try burning a second identical roll and putting it through another lab too. Regards, /\/\ick... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of wendy beard Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 8:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: pentax-discuss-digest V1 #2199 At 03:48 26-2-2002 -0500, you wrote: From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Irregular frame spacing On 25 Feb 2002 at 22:31, wendy beard wrote: I can't remember if anyone has posted about this before or not. A search on the archives only turned up references to the LX. Anyway, it would appear that either my MZ-S has a problem or the photo store I use has. I have noticed that a lot of my prints are coming back and at least one of them, sometimes two has a black band down one side. By side, do you mean a side of the print when held horizontally? So the band is down one short side? Yes, The left side There is a pattern emerging and so far it's only been with this camera. Nearly every single occurrence has been photo number 22 (one was #9). In all cases, this has also been the place where the negative has been cut into strips so I can't tell from the negatives. The lab makes the prints before cutting the negatives, right? This has only just started happening and is really annoying me. Thoughts anyone? I guess the simple answer would be to skip #22. Just kidding. Tried that! It doesn't happen with a 12 exp film... I don't understand why you can't tell from the negs. Is number 22 a full frame? 23? The spacing looks okay to the naked eye. The lab always seem to cut the negs between 21 and 22 and I can't believe they cut the negs before doing the prints. I'd have said it was the lab but out of 4 rolls that I took in on Sunday, the only roll with prints not having a black band on any of them was taken with the LX. It was also a 36 where the others were 24, so maybe that says nothing. I'll go with Shel Bill's suggestions Burn a roll of 36 and see what happens Do the same with a 24 and ask the lab not to cut the negs thanks Wendy --- Wendy Beard Ottawa, Canada mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] home page http://www.beard-redfern.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Where's Pentax?
On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 02:51 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Nothing at the show, no press releases of future possibilities, etc. Well, don't you think they know that trumpeting their D-SLR and then discovering that they couldn't really make it the way they had planned hurt them, credibility-wise? In light of that, do you think they're going to announce any details of their new D-SLR before it is actually ready to be manufactured? -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: Re: Using tamron lenses with ME super
Are you referring to this link? http://www.pentax.com/docstore/index.cfm?show=6 Dave Begin Original Message From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 13:10:43 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Using tamron lenses with ME super Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was hoping I could use my Tamron lenses with the ME. It seems that although the lens mounts OK, changing aperture has no effect on the metering. Are the ME and adaptall for PK not compatible? The mount and camera are perfectly compatible. Working entirely from memory: Is the switch on the top of the MES on auto? If I remember correctly, there is only an LED indicator in the viewfinder. If you are in manual, it indicates whatever speed has been manually selected with the up/down buttons and won't change when you alter the aperture. In automatic exposure mode the indication should move as the aperture is changed. Recently, there was a URL given for owner's handbooks downloadable from the Pentax web site. I have mislaid this but I am sure someone else will be able to pass it to you. mike - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . End Original Message Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Bojidar Dimitrov wrote: Hi all, What can I do against this: http://cgi.ebay.de/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1334153963 The Internet Remote Cattle-Prod Transmission Protocal. It transmits a short, sharp electric shock to spammers and people who steal your images and text. Damn, that was just wishful thinking, sorry. dave maybe for Christmas, if I wish hard enough... -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Trying to be happy is like trying to build a machine for which the only specification is that it should run noiselessly. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Joys of KX, manual exposure
This is one of the 2 reasons i picked up a list members Super Program that was for sale.Vet respectable indoor jumping flash shots with the 280t on TTL and camera on Auto. Dave Begin Original Message From: Paul F. Stregevsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now that I've seen how easily I can use manual exposure, I plan to use the Super Program chiefly for TTL flash. Paul Franklin Stregevsky 13 Selby Court Poolesville, Maryland 20837-2410 [EMAIL PROTECTED] H (301) 349-5243 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . End Original Message Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Where's Pentax?
Aaron Reynolds wrote: Well, don't you think they know that trumpeting their D-SLR and then discovering that they couldn't really make it the way they had planned hurt them, credibility-wise? Yes. In light of that, do you think they're going to announce any details of their new D-SLR before it is actually ready to be manufactured? Seemingly not ... although an announcement saying that they are working on something would be nice, but that's only from the perspective of an interested consumer. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ If you are a bad technician, it doesn't matter how big your negs are. - PDML Member - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Another dumb-ass darkroom question
How worried should I be about light leaks from my enlarger (Beseler 23CII)? I have a few, some it seems must have always been there from new; like a glow from the top of the lamp house or around the filter drawer. But also there is some light escaping around the negative carrier which may be from some distortion of the carrier or wear to the head. Should all this be totally leak tight or is this just a noise issue? Regards, /\/\ick... - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Oh Happy Pentax DAY
On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 07:07 PM, William Robb wrote: I am disturbed that Canada Post has decided to try to compete with United Parcel Service for the stupid driver award. They left about 500 bucks in equipment just sitting outside in -25ºC weather, where anyone could have walked off with it. I must specify signature required for delivery in the future. That's alright, over here our postman routinely gives our mail to the neighbors on either side, including our bank statements, cheques, phone cards we didn't ask for, etc. How hard is it? Our store has a big orange and blue sign that says Photographic Solutions and isn't a dry cleaner or Pak-Mail. The worst was the phone card -- not only because it went to the neighbors, but because Bell just decided we should have one and also included the activation number and PIN in the same envelope. What the hell do I need a long distance calling card for? Calling the store when I go on vacation? To make matters worse, when I called to complain and told them that I had destroyed the card, they SENT ME ANOTHER ONE, and it WENT TO THE PAK-MAIL AGAIN. -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: 105 F2.4 for the P67
On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 08:57 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: Got the 105mm F2.4 SMCT for the P67 today and snapped a few test shots. This lens is AWESOME! I have the SMC-P version, and I wholeheartedly agree. An excellent performer, especially at wide apertures. -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: Another dumb-ass darkroom question
Hi Mick, Some light leaks are normal. Be sure to have the area around the enlarger painted a flat black, or covered with a black cloth that will absorb, rather than reflect, the light. As long as the light doesn't reflect on to the paper, you should be OK. Of course, test for fogging, IAC. Oh, I like to wear dark clothes in the darkroom. It's possible that light reflecting off a white shirt may affect the results. The truth is, I don't think I ever noticed that, but heck, it's no trouble to throw on a dark shirt or sweatshirt ... Mick Maguire wrote: How worried should I be about light leaks from my enlarger (Beseler 23CII)? I have a few, some it seems must have always been there from new; like a glow from the top of the lamp house or around the filter drawer. But also there is some light escaping around the negative carrier which may be from some distortion of the carrier or wear to the head. Should all this be totally leak tight or is this just a noise issue? -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ If you are a bad technician, it doesn't matter how big your negs are. - PDML member - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Irregular frame spacing
Wasn't that an issue with the first MZ-Ses off of the line? That they needed a software upgrade because of irregular frame spacing? I recall something about this. Wendy, get on the horn to Pentax Canada. What province are you in? If it's Ontario, I can give you the number for their service department. -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: Using tamron lenses with ME super
David Brooks wrote: Are you referring to this link? http://www.pentax.com/docstore/index.cfm?show=6 That's the rascal. MES manual in PDF format, in case Alisair is without. Thanks, 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: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
Paul, My Russian-born wife would say that dumb Yank is a tautology. Paul M. Provencher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry if I got your first and last names switched. I'm just a dumb Yank! Paul Franklin Stregevsky 13 Selby Court Poolesville, Maryland 20837-2410 [EMAIL PROTECTED] H (301) 349-5243 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: 6x7 Question
On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 11:57 PM, ryan brooks wrote: What is the difference between the Late (modern) lenses and the older 6x7 lenses that seem to always be floating around used? Is there a limitation related to the AE of the 67II? Better coatings? Different designs in some cases? All of the above? All of the above except for the AE. Even my brand new 75mm f2.8 has no electrical contacts on the mount, so that does not appear to be changing. In terms of coatings, the newer the better, BUT Pentax has always had kickass coatings. Some lenses have been overhauled, some have not. You'll notice a real difference in minimum focus distance with the newer lens designs. Some new designs are reputed to be sharper. I haven't yet met a lens for the 67 that I haven't found sharp. In fact, the only thing I've ever found to dislike about any of the lenses I've used has been their minimum focus distance. Brother Wheatfield dislikes his old-old 75mm. The new one is stunning, and the one in-between is also supposed to be excellent. I've heard nothing about body upgrades, but then I'm not listening for them, either...heck, I went out and bought an original 67 new when the 67II had just come out. -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: Foveon Fotos
On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 01:10 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://www.sjphoto.com/web-special/index.htm Can't tell a thing from these... http://www.sjphoto.com/web-special/pages/0022matt.htm shows evidence of either a heavy hand on the unsharp mask tool or an overzealous sharpening algorithm in the camera -- check out the halo between the kid's shirt collar and his skin. Let us know how the prints look. -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: Foveon Fotos
unless the big name players use their muscles and keep sigma out. In which case fovean could die too. On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 08:43:11AM -0500, Bill Owens wrote: If, as I've read here earlier, Sigma has exclusive rights to the Fovean chip for 5 years, they will become a major player in the digital field. Bill - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 1:50 AM Subject: Re: Foveon Fotos Here's a comparison with a standard digital camera. http://www.foveon.net/X3_comparison.html Bear in mind they are publicity photos, but also bear in mind what you saw on Stephen's site. I recall seeing some full-sized images. I'll try to find them again and post the url here. Antti-Pekka Virjonen wrote: - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Sigma SD9 w/Foveon Chip
On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 01:53 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: And your point is? That perhaps it isn't vaporware, that perhaps there will actually be a camera produced using the full frame 6MP Phillips chip that Pentax was supposed to be using in their D-SLR before they canned it. From the site: PMA 2002: We got our hands on Contax's long awaited N Digital D-SLR today. This camera has been on the books now since July 2000. For those who don't know or don't remember the N Digital is based around the full frame (36 x 24 mm) Philips 6 megapixel chip. At last years PMA Contax had a plastic mock-up, this year we find real working pre-production models which shoot, review and have working menu systems. Contax seem confident that the camera isn't too far away. My concern is that they'll be bringing an expensive six megapixel to market at least a year too late. I think he's hit the nail on the head, and that was Pentax's concern, too. -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: Shutter Speed when not using Camera...
Wow! Rough question. There will probably be as many answers as there are people. My opinion, and it's just that, *my opinion*, is that it is never wrong to leave a mechanical shutter un-cocked. And, if it's left un-cocked, there is no better or worse shutterspeed. Un-cocked is un-cocked. Len --- Is there a correct shutter speed to adjust a mechanical camera to when you are not using it 1/60, 1/125 or whatever. I thought I once read a long time ago that there are speeds you should not leave it on, on account of the tension on a mechanical shutter spring. I use Pentax MX and KX mechanical cameras. 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 .
Re: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
What can I do against this: http://cgi.ebay.de/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1334153963 I don't mean legally, but I would appreciate ideas on how to place the copyright notices so that they are not so easy to remove. Place a large copyright notice across the image making it visible but not totally opaque. Do not place it in a corner or on an evenly colored part of the image or it will be just too easy to remove. Am I dreaming when thinking of images that do not allow themselves to be screencaptured and edited? ... Yes. :-(((. Once the image is downloaded you can't tell what it will be used for, viewing, saving or anything else. Ciao, Flavio - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 07:56 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In any case, I would complain to the offender and then let it go. I would suggest putting fine print on the site about what you charge for use of your images, including an outrageous fee for commercial use (i.e. to sell a product, like this fellow is doing). Then contact e-Bay, tell them of the infringement and ask them to assist you in collecting your bill. ;) -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: Where's Pentax?
Shel wrote: Seemingly not ... although an announcement saying that they are working on something would be nice, but that's only from the perspective of an interested consumer. But they already did say so. The press release for the shelved 6mp MZ-D state that they will be working on a more competitive digital slr instead. Pål - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
FS: Pentax SMC 135/2.K, CLA'd, original hood, $125
I posted this Feb. 21 at $150; I've just dropped the price $25: Bought it in September 1999 from Ritz Online, which had rated it a 9 after a just-completed CLA. It's in great shape optically, mechanically, and aesthetically. Original rear cap and SMC Pentax spring-loaded hood. For front cap, a spring-loaded 58mm Tamron. Also available to the buyer: Heliopan 58mm UV 010 slim multicoated filter, $25 B+W 58mm UV 010 multicoated filter, $22 Shipping $5 insured with confirmation to U.S. and Canada, $18 + optional insurance everywhere else. PayPal, BidPay, money order. I'm selling it because I just bought a Vivitar 135/2.3PK and can't justify keeping both 135s. Paul Franklin Stregevsky 13 Selby Court Poolesville, Maryland 20837-2410 [EMAIL PROTECTED] H (301) 349-5243 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Re: Using tamron lenses with ME super
It has been bookmarked for emergencies as thusg Dave Begin Original Message From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 15:27:16 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Using tamron lenses with ME super David Brooks wrote: Are you referring to this link? http://www.pentax.com/docstore/index.cfm?show=6 That's the rascal. MES manual in PDF format, in case Alisair is without. Thanks, 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 . End Original Message Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
Boz asked: What can I do against this: http://cgi.ebay.de/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1334153963 I don't mean legally, but I would appreciate ideas on how to place the copyright notices so that they are not so easy to remove. Am I dreaming when thinking of images that do not allow themselves to be screencaptured and edited? Short answer: yes, you're dreaming. Other people have given better advice than I can on legal and social approaches to the problem; my comments are on the technical side. There's no really good technical solution. There are techniques to make theft of the images a little more difficult (the my car only has to be harder to steal than my neighbour's car, not invulnerable approach). The harder you make it to steal the images, the more you interfere with legitimate viewing of them. So what you want, as with _any_ computer-security issue, is to find a useful and reasonable compromise between the cost (in money, effort, and inconvenience) and effectiveness of the security measures you choose. Putting copyright notices along the edges of an image does very little to distract from the image and does not reduce the quality of it. It's also easy to defeat by cropping the image. It _does_ mean that anyone who takes the image directly from your site can't claim ignorance of its copyright status, but all they have to do is claim that they stole it from someone else who'd already filed off the copyright notice (*and* claim to be ignorant of copyright law in general!). Putting an invisible digital watermark in the image allows you to prove that the image is yours as long as the thief doesn't know how to check for it and remove it, but does little to discourage an ignorant thief from using your work. Putting a visible but faint watermark across the whole image is harder to remove (I'm betting that someone with better Photoshop skills than I have can undo it -- *if* they decide that it's worth that much effort instead of finding someone else to rip off) but diminishes the usefulness of the image to legitimate users (i.e. viewers of your web site). The question becomes, How *badly* do you feel that compromises the usefulness of your site? If the answer is, Well that's unfortunate but not a show-stopper, and theft of your work is a bigger deal than that, then there's your answer. Cleverly editing the copyright notice in place of the serial number is a lot more work on your end, and can be undone by anyone who knows Photoshop as well as you do. (Unless, of course, they decide it's easier to steal from someone else...) It does less to diminish the information-usefulness of the image than the visible watermark. (If most of the theft is for eBay listings, putting Not For Sale! in the watermark might also be a nice touch...) I suggest not trying Javascript code to stop folks from downloading images. First, for them to _see_ the image, it _has_ been transmitted to their computer; they just need to know a little more to be able to save it, but it's already in memory (and possibly on disk in the cache) on their system. If nothing else, a screen-capture program will get it. Second, such little gain is probably not worth the cost to legitimate users: anyone using a non-Javascript-capable browser or who turns off Javascript for performance or security reasons can no longer use your site. (FWIW, I'm in the latter category.) Those cover people copying your images. My recommendation is to go with a simple copyright notice and rely on social and legal measures to deal with theft as you discover it. Now as for people linking directly to your images instead of copying them, there are some tricks ... it comes down to a question of how much effort it's worth. Someone else suggested renaming images and replacing them with a blank image (or, what I'd be inclined to do, an image of a sign saying, The picture that was supposed to be here was stolen from..., or maybe a photo of a camera that has been smashed to bits). Well that's an after-the-fact, _reactive_ approach (which is also true of legal solutions, notifying eBay of offenses, etc.). To do this proactively, you could perhaps use a server-side script which concocts a new filename each time the page is loaded (or one which changes based on the date/time), and configure the server so that any requests for an expired filename return the this image was stolen picture. It has to be server-side so that the actual filename of the permanent image is not exposed. If the big problem you run into is folks linking in to your images, this ought to discourage that (at the expense of more coding on your end, and more load on your web server (though if your pages are already coming out of a database, this probably isn't a huge increase percentagewise)). It doesn't stop them from _copying_ the images, of course, and I'm pretty sure I could come up with a chunk of Java or Javascript code to snarf the filename-of-the-moment on the fly
Re: Optics: SLR vs PS
Doug Franklin wrote: I was really wondering if any of the PS cameras had optics that approached (or surpassed) SLR optics. On average, or something, I guess. Well, the results I get from my Pentax Zoom90WR show no sign of the Hoover Effect; and the slides, especially, seem extremely good w/ little loss of quality against my m42 SuperTaks, etc. Relevant may be that I tend not to use it for distant scenics such, but rather closer-in subjects. This keeps assorted potential optical aberations from showing up, such as horizon bending and various edge distortions. Sharpness, color rendition such seem quite satisfactory. Metering seems tuned to slide film as opposed to print/neg, where I'd like to kick it 1/3rd stop if I could. Of course, this fine device has been discontinued ponder Bill - Bill D. Casselberry ; Photography on the Oregon Coast http://www.orednet.org/~bcasselb [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
Boz, it's very expensive to go after folks that copy web pictures. If you try legal action, the defending lawyer has a right to ask you to prove that the images are actually yours. You'd have to produce negatives or slides to prove it. If you acquired the images from friends that sent them to you, you'd have to prove that too. Of course, if you could produce the object itself, with the same serial number as the image, that would probably work, too. You could also send e-mails to eBay and the folks bidding on the lens and explain to them that the advertised lens does not belong to the seller, it belongs to you and it is not for sale. Just a few ramblings from snowy, southern Illinois. Len --- - Original Message - From: Bojidar Dimitrov [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 7:27 AM Subject: Re: KMP Copyright Infringement(s) I wrote: What can I do against this: http://cgi.ebay.de/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1334153963 I have gotten in touch with the seller, and he assures me that he took the image from the web page of a professional photo dealer I will try to locate the dealer now. Cheers, Boz - - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Enabled!
On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 12:06 AM, David A. Mann wrote: And I still haven't sold the RB kit, so no 75mm f/2.8 for me yet :( Keep trying, Dave, it'll happen. :) Just to spur you along, I may post a new image from the 75mm this afternoon. Shot a spur of the moment portrait of Vanessa's parents, who had dressed up for a retro costume party. God bless Ilford Delta 3200 in medium format. -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: Hockey OT
On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 09:24 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Anyone else able to read Wayne Gretsky's (it was him, right?) lips when the Canadians scored the goal that put them up 4-2? g I can understand why they didn't have a microphone on him! HAR! Yeah, Wayne has this reputation for being very nice and soft spoken and polite, to the point where in his press conference after the Czech game he said, Like they say, payback's a...well, we all know what they say about payback. I actually checked the tape later to see if I had seen what I thought I had seen...yup, I did. You become good at lip reading when watching hockey, because they NEVER put microphones down near the players or coaches. Often, the conversations between them and referees or linesmen can be very entertaining. I'm still wondering what the US coach was talking about at the end of the third period when he was shaking his head and saying That's what really pisses me off. -Aaron p.s. Lindros, scoring his first goal of the tournament against Belarus: It's about time! - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Another dumb-ass darkroom question
Thanks for the advice Shel! I don't think I would have ever thought about the color of what I was wearing, but it's a damn good point. I'll do some fogging tests around the same time as the safelight tests to be sure. Hopefully I should be fully up and running with this project by the end of the week. Regards, /\/\ick... - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
And if javascript is turned off? Ciao, Graywolf - Original Message - From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 8:59 AM Subject: Re: KMP Copyright Infringement(s) On 26 Feb 2002 at 12:41, Bojidar Dimitrov wrote: Hi all, What can I do against this: http://cgi.ebay.de/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1334153963 I don't mean legally, but I would appreciate ideas on how to place the copyright notices so that they are not so easy to remove. Am I dreaming when thinking of images that do not allow themselves to be screencaptured and edited? If you're feeling industrious you can place some code on your pages to the right mouse button menu: http://www.aspfree.com/authors/MVadivel/disablerightbutton.asp There are other versions of this that might be better. In any event, it's pretty easy to get around, and the copyright notice that Paul recommended is a good idea. tv - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Hockey OT
The US men's coach, Herb Brooks, made the comment that the Canadian team played a terrific game and that the US team didn't have any legs left after their tough semi final game against the Russians while the Canadians had a relatively easy walk through to the finals. You could tell that the US didn't have the jump against Canada that they had Friday night against Russia. That doesn't detract from the fantastic performance of the Canadians in the gold medal game. They gave us a lesson in how the game should be played. DG At 11:10 AM 2/26/02 -0500, you wrote: On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 09:24 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Anyone else able to read Wayne Gretsky's (it was him, right?) lips when the Canadians scored the goal that put them up 4-2? g I can understand why they didn't have a microphone on him! HAR! Yeah, Wayne has this reputation for being very nice and soft spoken and polite, to the point where in his press conference after the Czech game he said, Like they say, payback's a...well, we all know what they say about payback. I actually checked the tape later to see if I had seen what I thought I had seen...yup, I did. You become good at lip reading when watching hockey, because they NEVER put microphones down near the players or coaches. Often, the conversations between them and referees or linesmen can be very entertaining. I'm still wondering what the US coach was talking about at the end of the third period when he was shaking his head and saying That's what really pisses me off. -Aaron p.s. Lindros, scoring his first goal of the tournament against Belarus: It's about time! - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Where's Pentax?
Nikon: D1 original, D1X/D1H, D100. These don't include the older Kodak/Nikon DSLR's. Canon was late with a Pro level DSLR, but ahead of Nikon at the lower end with the D30, and now on par. There's also the years of experience with fixed lens, non SLRs and film scanners that these companies have. Until Pentax got together with HP they didn't have any sucessful digital imaging products. If Pentax could come out with a 6 MP, DSLR that sold for under $1000 they might have something. --- Brendan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 3 generations behind? how? Don't go into IS and VR or eye control but how is Pentax really behind in Technology? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Better Late Than Never - Feb PUG review from Cotty
Cheers Kath. Does this mean we'll have to get married now? ;-) Cotty, you made my day! Thank you so much for the kind and encouraging comments. I am trying very hard to become a really good photographer, because anything worth doing is worth doing well. Your comments really help. I may have said it before, but I think you take really wonderful photos, but you also have a very artistic, creative way with words. With those two traits combined, no doubt you will someday have a book published out there for all of us to purchase! Thanks again for taking the time to comment on our photos. Kathy L. ___ 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: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
Your need to contact that store and tell them to cease and desist, invoice them for the use of your photos up to that time too, makes them realize they are stealing something valuable. Since this is a commercial firm, you are dealing with a bigger issue here, you should talk to a copyright attorney if they do not respond immediately and satisfactorily. Ciao, Graywolf - Original Message - From: Bojidar Dimitrov [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 11:13 AM Subject: Re: KMP Copyright Infringement(s) Hi Paul, If this seller happens to have been so careless as to have loaded the image from your site on the auction listing, rename the image to something else and substitute a 1x1 white pixel image in it's place. This is, of course, a great idea, but I am stinkin' mad because the original thief took the image, then _REMOVED_ the copyright notice, and finally used/uses the image for commercial advantage, thus violating the KMP copyright notice. It seems that the current eBay seller is not the person who manipulated the image, rather it was a professional photo dealer with a store in Berlin. Thanks anyway, Boz - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: 2: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
I went back to the link a few minutes ago and the main picture is now blank.The second one is still there. Maybe Boz's on a roll. Dave Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
Aaron suggested: It seems that the current eBay seller is not the person who manipulated the image, rather it was a professional photo dealer with a store in Berlin. Send them a bill. Call the store and demand payment. Ask them so explain their actions. Ask them if their store allows shoplifting. Anyone know offhand what typical current stock-photography fees are for web use these days? Boz, can you find out how long they've been using your image? Could be a tidy profit, though I'm not sure which country's courts would have to be used to sue them. -- Glenn - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: SMC Takumar 1:1.8/55
I have won a second Ebay auction, for an Pentax SP and SMC Takumar 1:1.8/55 for US $71.16 + $7 shipping. I did not expect to win both. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1334082883ed=1014696 884 This takes my list of cameras to: 1 x SP(plus one given to my son) 2 x SPFs 1 x ME 1 x MES and 18 lenses (SM/KM) (Plus non-Pentax) 1 x Ricoh KR-10 1 x Nikon Photomic FTn (Nikkor 50mm/f2 and Soligor 105/f2.8) James - Original Message - From: jmadams [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 12:09 PM Subject: Re: SMC Takumar 1:1.8/55 I have just successfully bid on an SP500 Outfit for $91.00 US. plus shipping. http://cgi.ebay.ca/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1333462535 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
FS: Vivitar Series One 1354/2.3 screwmount, $80
I posted this lens last week for $100. Maybe at $80 someone will bite. Glass is clean, all functions are smooth. No wear on focusing ring. Includes generic rear cap, Vivitar Series One front cap, which falls right off. Add $6 for a snap-in Tamron 72mm cap that stays on. This lens close focuses to 3 feet (0.9 m) at 1:4.5X magnification. I'll include a Hoya 72mm 1B skylight filter. Add $9 for the HMC (Hoya Multicoated) version. I'm selling it because I just bought the multicoated K-mount version. $5 shipping to U.S. or Canada, $12 elsewhere. PayPal, BidPay, or money order. Paul Franklin Stregevsky 13 Selby Court Poolesville, Maryland 20837-2410 [EMAIL PROTECTED] H (301) 349-5243 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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 Hockey - Women's Gold
--- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Debra, That was a great game, and just as much of a nail-biter, too. And terrific hockey, I must say. In some ways I feel better about that one than the men's gold. There's the adversity of being underdogs, but also, they are true amateurs. Anyone out there remember back when the Olympics were supposed to be for amateurs? Not that they were all really amateurs, especially from those countries that used amateur sports for propaganda purposes, but I digress... Yep, them was the days. The old Evil Empire ain't what it used to be. But the Russians still know how to skate - in any sport. The amateur flavor will probably stay with women's hockey for a long time yet. Somehow I can't see the sport ever going pro. For one thing, no body-checking. A less physical (or barbaric) version of hockey just won't sell as much. Not to say that women's hockey is less interesting. I think we saw how good the teams can be. I don't play hockey, so I don't really know, but it seems that taking away the body-check makes it harder. How do you strip the puck from your opponent if you can't jam her off her skates and into the boards? It's a money thing. Just about the only women's sport that draws more attention in the US than its male counterpart is figure skating. And maybe soccer, er, football. Now that hockey is a true international sport, it's hard to imagine that any one country will easily sweep both men's and women's golds again. Remember, the US was favored to win in both. There will be another Olympics. :) Truly a proud day for our country... Y'all deserve it. regards, frank howdy, Deb in TX Debra Wilborn wrote: Let's not forget the women's match. Now THAT was a game! I was cheering for the home team (USA! USA! USA!), but apparently nobody knows ice like the Canucks. :) And all that after being 0-8 against the US! So I guess that makes it a pretty amazing sweep in hockey medals. Come to think of it, y'all didn't do too bad in curling either. Salute the leaf with pride. -- Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Where's Pentax?
On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 12:52 PM, Bruce Rubenstein wrote: Nikon: D1 original, D1X/D1H, D100. ...but you're not slagging Nikon for being 5 or 6 generations behind Kodak? Come on, be serious. -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: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
Paul, I had not thought thru the ramifications of what I suggested, especially the commercial opportunities. I think you are very right with the suggestion to agressively defend your content. Regards, Bob S. I wrote: In any case, I would complain to the offender and then let it go. Paul added: That is probably the easiest path, and certainly the least stressful. But if one truely wishes to protect their intellectual property, it is a fatal mistake. This leads to more widespread abuse and dilutes the value of that which you are trying to protect. If Dimitrov sells or wishes to sell his work, he will find it difficult to command a proper value for it when it has been freely used far and wide. I admit this to be a somewhat philosophical argument but it comes down to personal value systems. For me, even though my web site images are not particularly stunning, and the subjects are far from socially redeeming (I feature mainly toy cars and Jeeps in the woods), there are several markets for this type of work. By agressively protecting it, I have been able to expect and receive decent compensation any time my images are used. This has led to contracts to illustrate toy books, the ongoing responsibility to write several magazine articles per month, and compensation for the use of images on my site and made for hire, in related publications. If I ignore what is at times widespread abuse of my site content, I will not have had the same bargaining power when negotiating the price of my work. This is a basic principle of doing this stuff for a living. If you are just dabbling, don't ever want to be getting paid, or don't really care where your work shows up, then a brief complaint and letting it go is OK. But it does not convey how much you value your own work, and substantially diminishes your value in the market. Dimitrov, your site is a sparkling example of how to dispense information on a topic. No matter what your professional aspirations may be, I encourage you to protect your content if for no other reason that to make a statement of what your work is worth to you. ppro © 2002 Paul M. Provencher All Rights Reserved. May not be used without Permission ( smiling ) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 12:58 PM, T Rittenhouse wrote: Unfortunately for them ignorance of the law is not a legal excuse. On the other you are not going to be able to collect damages unless you can show realistically that there is a money issue involved. If someone stole your pic and used it for a national billboard campaign where they would normally expect to pay a hundred thousand dollars for that use of the image. For something like the Ebay sellers illegal use about all you could expect is a cease and desist order. Except that the eBay fella stole it from a retail store that had stolen it. So, the retail store is using it to sell product on the internet. Commercial use, big money. -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: Adorama
At 10:26 PM 2/25/02 -0800, you wrote: I guess it depends on where you live, or perhaps some other factor or factors, but I've found that sometimes Adorama gets delivered to me faster than items from BH. That may be. I live in Chicago so that may be a major factor. I recently ordered a lens from BH. I ordered it after business hours. The next day I got an email saying it had been shipped and it arrived the following day. That's pretty much been my experience with them. Adorama seems to take a day or two longer. Not really a big deal. Gary J. Sibio - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: (even later) of Feb PUG review from Cotty (I am also one of those)
Cotty, Yes, I admit that I am one of those that, like you, scan all PUG comments looking for his/her name. An this time I found it: - Cadaques Juame Lahuerta It's the shot we all want to take one day, just that most of us don't quite make it to these quaint Mediterranean villages built on hillsides. Juame has, and did. And it's a great pic. Interesting contrast with the olde-worlde steps and the modern jumble of wires - I am happy and honoured to have accomplished a 'general' dream, If I had known in that moment that I had such responsibility over my shoulders, maybe the result would have been quite worst... ;-) Now seriously, I am glad you liked it. BTW I also liked your contribution. It made me laugh. OT: during a period in the US I realised that my name was difficult to pronounce for English speakers. The PUG is showing me that it is also difficult to write... ;-) JAUme (no problem, of course) Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Where's Pentax?
Nikon and Canon aren't. Kodak is barely hanging in there with competive products, let alone leading. Have you looked at the DCS720x and DCS760 (both based on the F5)? Class leading technology is fueled with cubic dollars; Nikon and Canon are willing and able to do so. --- Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 12:52 PM, Bruce Rubenstein wrote: Nikon: D1 original, D1X/D1H, D100. ...but you're not slagging Nikon for being 5 or 6 generations behind Kodak? Come on, be serious. -Aaron Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
I like all the petty little get even tricks I have seen in this thread. But, as has been said, if Boz has commercial possibilities with his images, allowing copyright infringements degrades the value. If someone feels it is easier to copy a photo than to take one themselves they are admitting to the commercial value of that photo so have no defense whatsoever. If the images have no commercial value to Boz, then probably a copyright attorney would suggest not litigating. But in any case he should notify all parties of his ownership of the copyright and ask them to cease using it without payment. This is necessary to protect his rights and to protect others copyrights as well. It is a common good issue. This presupposes that Boz owns the copyrights to the images, I don't suppose he doesn't, but you would be surprised how many thieves get upset when someone steals their ill gotten gains. Reminds me of the story about the guy that called the cops to report that someone had robbed him of the ten grand that he had robbed a bank for. Ciao, Graywolf - Original Message - From: Nitin Garg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 11:56 AM Subject: Re: KMP Copyright Infringement(s) If this seller happens to have been so careless as to have loaded the image from your site on the auction listing, rename the image to something else and substitute a 1x1 white pixel image in it's place. should one decide to ever do this, for maximum impact, make sure there is a bid on the auction already. If their isnt any, place one if the starting bid is low enough or there is a reserve :) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: February 2002 PUG Comments
Thanks for your effort. Your critique is great... since you picked my picture. ;-) Seriously, I used to participate in Chris' organized comments, but now that it is not working, I became lazy. I have to figure out how to comment offline having all the images stored previously (or suscribe to an ADSL service, not in my plans though). Keep with this exercice, I found that it was also a learning tool. Jaume --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am following Cotty's lead...better late than never. Here is my first attempt at critiquing the PUG (or anything else). Since I've never done this before, you are free to critique my critique! Cadaques - Jaume Lahuerta The multi-angle step lines draw me right down the stairway. Nice! Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
Bojidar Dimitrov writes: What can I do against this: http://cgi.ebay.de/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1334153963 I don't mean legally, but I would appreciate ideas on how to place the copyright notices so that they are not so easy to remove. Am I dreaming when thinking of images that do not allow themselves to be screencaptured and edited? The serial number of the lens doesn't show in the picture. If it did, then it might be more obvious that it isn't a picture of their actual lens, which is what they are trying to pass it off as. Not that I'm recommending that you publish the serial number of the lens in that way. As for copyright notice location, just paste it over a nondescript part of the barrel. There is still no guarantee that they can't retouch it out, but all you are really after is making it so much work that they go steal somebody else's image or take their own. hope that helps, patbob ([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: Re: Foveon Fotos
T Rittenhouse wrote: Let me warn you, the print from a Canon D30 Mike Johnson sent into the Challenge, the one that made me ask if I should use such prints to rate the printers, was so good it made my eyes blink. Let that be a lesson to the pixel counters; there's a lot more to image quality than just the number of pixels a camera records. People who think the Foveon (or the Philips or the Fuji or whatever) won't equal 35mm film because it doesn't capture enough pixels are missing this. Of course those who say it'll be *better* are probably missing it too. The proof or lack thereof will be in the prints. I'm really curious about these particular new sensors but the one I'm most interested in is actually the oldest: the Philips. A full-frame chip gives you more than the advantage of being able to use wide angle lenses. It gives you the full resolution of your lenses. Consider two CCDs, both producing 6 megapixels, but one being full-frame and the other being smaller. A 35mm frame has a diagonal dimension of 43mm. If you use a CCD with a diagonal of, say, 28mm, you gat a focal length multiplier factor of about 1.5 with the smaller chip. Now say your lens has a resolution of a nice round figure like 50 lpm. That works out to 1400 lines across the frame of the small sensor. A full-frame sensor, however, with *the same lens* would get 2100 lines across the full frame. In other words, the smaller CCD not only multiplies your focal length by 1.5, it *divides* the effective resolution of your lens by 1.5. The pixel giveth and the pixel taketh away. This assumes all things being equal, of course, and all other things are never equal. There are plenty of other ways to screw up a chip, so rather than predict great things from the Philips CCD, I'm going to sit back and wait to see how things shake out. Like I said, I'm really curious to see images from this latest batch of sensors. -- 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 .
[FS] SMC-A 50/1.4
The closet cleaning continues: Pentax SMC-A 50/1.4 in excellent condition. $80.00 to the list before it goes on eBay. This is a *great* lens :-) The SMC-F 70-210 is also still available. -- 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: as promised, more from the SMCP-67 75mm f2.8
Can't handhold the 6x7, shutter vibration, etc. etc. HAR!! Norm Aaron Reynolds wrote: These were shot handheld at 1/30 f5.6, lit just by the lamps in the living room. The top left corner has been slightly burned in. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
Yep, that is why I said Boz should contact a copyright attorney in that case. Ciao, Graywolf - Original Message - From: Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 1:35 PM Subject: Re: KMP Copyright Infringement(s) On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 12:58 PM, T Rittenhouse wrote: Unfortunately for them ignorance of the law is not a legal excuse. On the other you are not going to be able to collect damages unless you can show realistically that there is a money issue involved. If someone stole your pic and used it for a national billboard campaign where they would normally expect to pay a hundred thousand dollars for that use of the image. For something like the Ebay sellers illegal use about all you could expect is a cease and desist order. Except that the eBay fella stole it from a retail store that had stolen it. So, the retail store is using it to sell product on the internet. Commercial use, big money. -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: Sigma SD9 w/Foveon Chip
No I don't .. I have no memory. That coupled with paying very little attention to the discussions of the MZ-D, leaves me essentially ignorant of circumstances surrounding the camera. Len Paris wrote: The full-frame MZ-D could have been real too. You have a short memory, Shel. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ You can't have everything. Where would you put it? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
as promised, more from the SMCP-67 75mm f2.8
Vanessa's parents were dressing up for a retro costume party last week when it was decided that a portrait was needed. Luckily, I had the 67, the 75mm and a roll of Delta 3200 in my bag. Here's my favourite: http://homepage.mac.com/aaronreynolds/.Pictures/sgt%20%26%20mrs%20pepper%20at%20home. jpg Here's a closer view of a section of it: http://homepage.mac.com/aaronreynolds/.Pictures/sgt%20%26%20mrs%20pepper%20close. jpg These were shot handheld at 1/30 f5.6, lit just by the lamps in the living room. The top left corner has been slightly burned in. -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: KMP Copyright Infringement(s) (Thanks to all)
Hi, Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. Sadly, I have had to watermark all KMP images that I own, and now you all have to pay the price of seing the lower-quality images. If anyone needs a good image that I own, drop me a line. I am going to pursue the issue a bit more with the commercial firm that stole my image(s). I have to find them first because the eBay seller says he has no records of the exact URL. But I'll try it. Thanks again, Boz - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Sigma SD9 w/Foveon Chip
The Contax camera is only arriving now, in March. It was supposed to be on the market last November, and now it's also going to be a really tough sell (even for Zeiss fans with deep pockets) when compared to 6Mp cameras from the Japanese (Pentax excluded, naturally :-( ). Personally, I think Pentax were right not to proceed with the MZ-D as specified. Sure, it would have been nice to have the camera, but wouldn't we be here complaining that it cost four times as much as the Canon D-60 if Pentax had gone ahead with it...? That said, I won't be looking at digital until I can get a full-frame one, and that's always going to be expensive (in IC production, the physical size of the device is the biggest cost, not the number of transistors or sensors or whatever on it). Okay, I might be tempted to settle for a 1.2x multiplier if the price was right, but that's still a way off.. When's Photokina? -- Kristian On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 06:53 am, Shel Belinkoff wrote: And your point is? ryan brooks wrote: And the 6mp Contax full-frame is real: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0202/02022505contaxndigitalinhand.asp The Pentax ad above the Sigma photos is kinda cute ... http://www.dpreview.com/news/0202/02022503sigmasd9shots.asp -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ You can't have everything. Where would you put it? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Foveon Fotos
And the pics I received from Mike looked like crap, in that it was clear they were digital, highlights were burnt out, there was color fringing, and some other problems. Either we received different prints, or you need new glasses g. I'd have to pull out the prints to be very specific wrt each one. But I was not impressed one whit. T Rittenhouse wrote: Let me warn you, the print from a Canon D30 Mike Johnson sent into the Challenge, the one that made me ask if I should use such prints to rate the printers, was so good it made my eyes blink. The thing is it showed no digital effects whatsoever it may have been run through an image enhancing program, or actually been done on film and scanned with a commercial scanner for all I could tell. No other picture I have seen from a D30 looked that good, no picture I have seen from any mobile digital camera looked that good. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ You can't have everything. Where would you put it? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: TuTu - Who-Who?
Unless there's another, he's probably referring to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the South African churchman who campaigned for years to release Nelson Mandela from prison. (Hey, two posts, and both off topic...) -- Kristian On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 07:02 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 25/02/02 18:42:14 GMT Standard Time, Brandon writes: So I butchered the poor man's name... I was refering to Desmond TuTu... Sorry - still none the wiser. Kind regards Peter - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: [FS] SMC-A 50/1.4
On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, [iso-8859-1] Mark Roberts wrote: Pentax SMC-A 50/1.4 in excellent condition. $80.00 to the list before it goes on eBay. This is a *great* lens :-) Sign me up! Contact me off list, please, to follow up. -- http://www.infotainment.org The destructive character is cheerful. - Walter Benjamin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: KMP Copyright Infringement(s)
On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 02:17 PM, Patrick White wrote: As for copyright notice location, just paste it over a nondescript part of the barrel. There is still no guarantee that they can't retouch it out, but all you are really after is making it so much work that they go steal somebody else's image or take their own. If you have a KMP logo of some kind, putting it in a corner of the image, overlapping the lens slightly, that would look good and be a bit of a deterrent. -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: Where's Pentax?
On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 01:57 PM, Bruce Rubenstein wrote: Nikon and Canon aren't. Kodak is barely hanging in there with competive products, let alone leading. Have you looked at the DCS720x and DCS760 (both based on the F5)? Class leading technology is fueled with cubic dollars; Nikon and Canon are willing and able to do so. How can Pentax be behind when we haven't seen the product, then, Bruce? You just posted that Pentax are three generations behind because Nikon have revised their digital SLR three times. But Nikon is ahead of Kodak despite Kodak having more revisions and being on the market longer because Nikon's offering is better. Pick your argument and then support it. -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 .
WAY OT! But it may or may not interest you if you're a Macaddict
Apologies if you're reading this by mistake. You may lash me a hundred times with the petrified vomit of a Tasmanian Devil for being so OT. I'm embarking on a typically insane project, namely building a PowerBook G3 (Lombard) from scratch. It will be documented over the coming weeks on the MacAds site home page, first installment is up, if you like that sort of thing (and building PowerBooks). Now back to the lashing - yes - more, please... 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 .
