Re: Black limited lens coating - does it wear?
Agreed. I think the word Paul was looking for is Tuftrided or Nitrided. Both of which may be trade names rather than generics. Anodising is the process of colouring the colourless skin of oxide which forms almost instantly on fresh aluminium or its alloys. mike Bruce Rubenstein wrote: Aluminum is NOT the material of choice for crankshafts. I know of no crankshaft using aluminum. Pistons, heads, blocks, yes: no crankshafts. --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anodizing can be colorless and is sometimes used just to harden things. Crankshaft journals, for example, are hard anodized for racing applications. Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Snorkelling Camera
Hi Allen, Allen Murray wrote: Mike, Were you equally disappointed with the above and below water shots? I know the camera is not terrific on land. I didn't really use it much below water. I bought it because I sometimes do some outdoor work in whatever the weather conditions are and need to take pictures of sites. A waterproof camera seemed like a good idea and the Canon was by far the cheapest option. When I did play with it in swimming pools, I found that most of the shots were grossly overexposed by the flash Now I have a Zoom 90 WR, which has its own faults but produces excellent pictures most of the time. I suspect it will fail before the A1, though. BTW, for those who were discussing proper snorkelling cameras, there is a UK (?) producer called Sea Sea who make a few models with attachable strobes. They are considerably cheaper than Nikonos' and are seen secondhand reasonably often. It may be a rebrand of the Reefmaster. One of these was lost by a diver in the English channel. It was found about 9 months later in Scotland and the diver was traced from the photgraphs on the processed film. 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: UK PDMLers
Hi Dave, David A. Mann wrote: Another thing I'd like to ask about is film processing. I will not be carrying unexposed film through the airports so I'll need a shop which sells decent film (Reala, Provia both in 35mm and 120). I also need a place that can develop the stuff. Once you're in the UK you can buy film over the net at a considerable saving on High Street places. I have no idea how much camera gear I'll bring though. I'm very tempted to bring the RB67 gear to sell as I'll get a lot more for it over there. I'd love to be able to swap it for a secondhand FA*400/5.6 or something :) Just don't try to sell it in Yorkshire 8-) What are the rail fares like? I can find online timetables but not fares. I'd be interested to know what it'll cost me to get to London (and Brighton of course). Comparatively expensive and not entirely reliable. Buses are considerably cheaper and not much slower these days. Car hire might even be a better way to go. I hope the fish chips are good. Very variable. Hard to find good quality nowadays as we have virtually fished out the North Sea. You might have to make do with compressed sand eel and chips. 8-) 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: 67 Mania gaining foothold, victim needs help!
Bolo, I have the 67II so hopefully can answer some of your questions. See answers interspersed below: Brother Bruce Thursday, March 21, 2002, 12:06:44 AM, you wrote: snip B 1) The 67II does TTL flash. From the photos I've seen the hotshoe B appears to be a Pentax 4p hot shoe. That means that the 67II will B do TTL flash with my existing Pentax TTL Flashes, such as the AF280T? B Also, the 67 flash system is a straight 4p system and won't TTL with B the auto-focus 5p flashes? The 67II does 5p digital TTL. It works the same as the ZX series 35mm bodies. That means that it can work with the latest AF360FGZ, the AF500FTZ and the AF280T. I have used both my AF280T and my AF360FGZ on it TTL mode very successfully. You can also use the Auto modes on the flash or straight manual if you like. B 2) Only the AE prism for the 67 does metering, all the other finders B lack metering so you need either a hand-held or sunny-16 meter? B I would like to have a waist-level finder that would meter, so I B don't have to peer through the small peephole viewfinder so much. I don't think that the waist level finder on either the 67II or the earlier models has a meter in them. You would need to use a handheld meter or estimate yourself. B 3) The 6x7 metering prism is a full-average meter, while the 67II AE B prism is closer to 35mm gear with center-weighted, spot, and matrix B metering modes? That is correct. B 4) Can you adjust TTL flash fill via exposure compensation like you B can on the SuperProgram? In other words use manual metering, and adjust B the exposure compensation to control the flash fill? That is also correct. However, remember that your flash synch is only 1/30th of a second. You can improve that by using the leaf shutter lenses, but the leaf shuttter lenses are not compatible with the TTL system. B 5) What is the highest shutter speed on the leaf shutter lens(s)? 1/500? B When using the leaf shutter lens does the body sync the flash correctly? I believe that the lens is what triggers the flash via a PC cord. That is also why you lose the TTL. B 6) I have read that mirror and shutter vibration are a big problem B with the Pentax 67 bodies. An article on The Luminous Landscape B http://www.luminous-landscape.com/pentax67ii.htm B shows multiple images on photographs with Pentax 67 gear because the B shutter and the mirror shake the camera so badly. On the other B hand, the PDML photographers have been getting excellent results. B What's up? The focal length of the lenses. Much like 35mm. At shorter focal lengths, vibration is not much of a problem. At long focal lengths greater than 300mm you start to run into the usual vibration issues. It is my understanding that the new 67II has improved on the vibration problem. Be sure to perform this simple test - Set shutter to bulb - lock up mirror - fire shutter but don't immediately release the shutter - now release the shutter. You will note that the shutter vibration is very minor. The worst vibration is when the mirror returns - safe because image is already captured. B 7) Some things that I've read say that the camera and lenses have two B bayonets, an inner bayonet and a outer bayonet. Digging around B it seems that some accessories (extension tubes for example) work only B on one of the bayonets. Does this mean there are essentially two incompatible B lens systems for the 67, and you need to have, for example, extension tubes B and teleconverters for *each* of the bayonets? The outer bayonet is for long focal lengths. I have not encountered anything personally that uses the outer bayonet, but I have only looked up to 300mm. All my lenses and extension tubes are for the inner bayonet. B 8) Any lenses to stay away from? Any particularly outsanding ones B (yes, I already know about Aaron's 75mm f/2.8 :)? Any recommendations for B any particularly good pairs or triplets of prime lenses? The 55/4 77mm filter is supposed to be outstanding. My experience so far would agree with that. I currently use the 55/4, 90/2.8 and 165/2.8. I am quite happy with that setup. B 9) Is the film loading particularily onerous, or is it comparable to B 6x6 TLR bodies? I personally am not having any real problems with it. You do have to be deliberate, but at least on the 67II, loading is fine. I have not loaded any TLR's so can't compare. I believe one of the nice improvements of the 67II is that the LCD will tell you what you should be doing. After loading the film and winding to the right mark, close the back and the lcd will tell you to keep winding until it gets to frame one. Then the shutter cocks and you are ready to roll. I don't know if the older 67 requires you to fire the shutter for each wind or not. When the roll is finished the LCD will tell you to keep winding until the roll is spooled off. Again, no shutter firing, just winding. I'm going to have to try the older 67 to see what it is like. B 9) Any
Mamiya/Sekor
Hi I am offered the Mamiya/Sekor 135/2.8 (m42) at a cheap price. Anyone know the performance of this lens? Thanks. == ·s®öSMSµu°T¡Ghttp://sms.sina.com.hk µ¹»·¤è¿Ë¤Í¶Ç¤WµLÅå³ß 50MB ¹q¤l¶l¥ó ¡Ghttp://sinamail.sina.com.hk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: 67 Mania gaining foothold, victim needs help!
6) I have read that mirror and shutter vibration are a big problem with the Pentax 67 bodies. An article on The Luminous Landscape http://www.luminous-landscape.com/pentax67ii.htm shows multiple images on photographs with Pentax 67 gear because the shutter and the mirror shake the camera so badly. On the other hand, the PDML photographers have been getting excellent results. What's up? Thank you for this posting. I have been so unsure as to which MF Pentax to save up for, but I now think the 67II will suit me fine. I must say I am still quite shocked at the cost of them; as I will only be able to afford one lens to go with the body, I assume I should get the equivalent to a 50mm for an LX(?). My home town is on a spree of demolition of historic buildings, and items of interest, like original railway signal boxes, and I would like to record them on a bigger format - which reminds me, I also need a good tripod (my last one demised, but only cost £20), any recommendations anyone? Malcolm - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Black limited lens coating - does it wear?
Hi, Mick Maguire wrote: Bruce said: I know of no crankshaft using aluminum. Pistons, heads, blocks, yes: no crankshafts. You don't? you'd better take a look at: http://www.autoswalk.com/bmwm1.html (6th paragraph). Interesting but almost certainly a mistake of some kind, for the following reasons: 1. Aluminium has a much lower tensile strength than steel, so the crank would have to be that proportion larger to be as strong as a steel one. 2. Unlike steel, aluminium has a (can't remember the correct term for this) finite number of times it can be flexed before it fractures. Steel can be flexed (effectively) infinitely if the flexure is kept (again, can't remember the correct term) below the point of exceeding its elasticity (elastic limit?). Therefore an aluminium crankshaft would have to be (once more, if I remember correctly) about six times larger than an equvalent steel one and would need to be replaced after a certain number of revolutions due to the fatigue limit being reached. There are all sorts of other complications too, such as dealing with bearing surfaces, etc. This is not to say that _no-one_ has _ever_ made a crank out of aluminium but I do not see any advantage in doing so. 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: UK PDMLers
In a message dated 21/03/02 07:22:46 GMT Standard Time, Dave writes: I'd like to make this if someone brings some big glass for me to play with :) But I'm not sure if I'd still be around. Pentax UK have some demo big glass - I'm sure they'd like to bring it along for you guys to play with 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: UK PDMLers
In a message dated 21/03/02 07:22:46 GMT Standard Time, Malcolm writes: Last time I went it was closed - of all the places in the UK you could visit.. Brighton was closed? Maybe you forgot your passport? 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: Black limited lens coating - does it wear?
Racing engines are designed to be replaced after a certain number of revolutions. I think it was Colin Chapman who said that if car was designed to last longer than a race weekend mileage, then it was not as fast as it should be. -Original Message- From: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 March 2002 10:36 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Black limited lens coating - does it wear? Therefore an aluminium crankshaft would have to be (once more, if I remember correctly) about six times larger than an equvalent steel one and would need to be replaced after a certain number of revolutions due to the fatigue limit being reached. There are all sorts of other complications too, such as dealing with bearing surfaces, etc. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: A few quick release questions
I went for a stroll the other Sunday, to a local lake on my landlord's farm. I took only my LX and drive with 300 Tokina 2.8 to give it a try. I recently asked about heavy duty quick release systems because I wanted to keep to the same system across all my monopod and tripod-mounted lenses, but for the highest common denominator, which would be the 300mm. I wasn't satisfied that the choices I had, at the prices I wanted to pay, were viable. So, what I did was simply remove the quick release head from the monopod, and mount the 300 2.8 straight onto the head mounting bush. Actual shooting isn't a problem, it's the carrying. I decided I like to pop the combo onto my shoulder, camera/lens facing backwards, with the monopod leg down my chest where I can steady it with a hand. I found that this works very well, and my only worry was the whole thing coming detached and falling. Attaching directly to the bush was the simplest solution, and the fact that it takes 30 seconds or so to unscrew/ rescrew the quick release head for other lens combos doesn't bother me. .02 Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: bokeh
Brotherhood Of Kameras (that are) Extremely Heavy. Beware Of K-mount's Excellent Hyalescence (that'll get the dictionaries going - derivative of hyaline...) Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Fungus sanity check please . . .
Why don't you take a infected lens, store it with some of your good lenses for a
few months (in a monitored environment), then have them tested, and then YOU can
write the definitive text on the issue
Otis Wright
Stan Halpin wrote:
Thanks Dave and also Bob Blakely. I also have searched the web via Google
and have so far found no definitive evidence that fungus spreads from lens
to lens. I totally agree with Bob's logic:
All fungus reproduce by microscopic (translate as too small to see) spores.
The method of spore propagation is being carried on air currents. Every time
you focus your lens near to far, air (with fungus spores) is forced out of
the lens and some into your camera body. (Yes, camera bodies can get fungus
too.) Put another lens on the body and focus far to near and you suck air
(with spores?) into the lens. Will the spores germinate? This depends on
conditions, especially humidity.
I don't take chances.
But like Dave I have found no clear evidence.
For example, if an infested lens is a danger, then one might assume that the
number of spores per liter of air sampled in a space where lenses are kept
would be higher if some of the lenses are infested. Has anyone checked the
air in a closet, cabinet, leather bag, nylon ripstop bag?
For example, given similar conditions, is the likelihood of stored lenses
being infested higher once an infested lens is introduced into the space?
If there is data indicating a correlation between presence of an infested
lens and the likelihood of additional infestation, could a meta-analysis
show that what we have is not cause-effect {infested lens causes others to
become infested} but common-cause {the conditions that encouraged growth of
fungus in the first lens also encourage growth in other lenses.}
Because it is logical, and because we know it is right doesn't make it
right. I just wish I could see some solid empirical data . . . anybody up
for a microbiology thesis project? And by the way, what is the minimum
number of spores needed to achieve growth? One?
Of course Bob's conclusion is the correct conservative one: don't take
chances. And I won't. But I would like to be able to convince the
[skeptical] seller that I have a real issue and am not just mindlessly
passing on urban myths.
Stan
From: David Chang-Sang [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 21:03:59 -0500
Subject: RE: Fungus sanity check please . . .
Hi Stan,
First let me say that I use your site ALL the time as a reference when I'm
looking for used Pentax lenses on Ebay or other places. It's a god send..
thank you.
Now.. your fungus problem.
All I could find on the web that seemed to sort of validate your point was
the following:
http://www.biotech.ufl.edu/EM/data/lenseatingfungi.html which is a
biotech/biomed account of some instances amongst some collegues at
university of florida
http://www.chem.helsinki.fi/~toomas/photo/fungus/ an interesting page on
lens fungus with images and a particularly interesting statement that may
help you in your arguement:
If you use your equipment in damp environments, let it dry as soon as you
return into a drier room. Never leave your equipment in a closed
(splashproof) camera bag when it need not be there. Leather lens cases are
known to be especially bad, because leather is a natural product where fungi
can grow before they proceed on to the lens
The mere fact that the fungus can transfer from a leather lens case to a
lens may suggest it's ability to move/transfer from lens to lens should
lenses be stored together.
Most of the pages/sites I spotted are good at explaining why fungus grows
and how to stop it but not one of them actually stated that it does actually
spread from lens to lens.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Dave
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stan Halpin
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 8:12 PM
To: PDML
Subject: Fungus sanity check please . . .
I recently bought a used lens on eBay. It arrived with slightly smeared
glass. I cleaned the lens, front and back, and looked through and saw little
squiggly lines 1mm or so in length a few places around the edge of the front
element. Cleaned the front some more to be sure, and confirmed that the
little squiggly fuzzy lines are on the back side of the front element.
Fungus I said. Actually what I said first was something else that rhymes
with hoover. As Wendy would say.
So I email the seller and tell him I don't want fungus. Fine, he says, send
it back. I could clean it, I says, but I could not be sure of sanitizing it,
and I don't want the fungus to spread to my other lenses. How about a
professional cleaning?
The seller is willing to have me get an estimate for a professional CLA of
the lens. But he is also ridiculing the notion that a lens which is all
Re: A few quick release questions
Hi, Cotty wrote: So, what I did was simply remove the quick release head from the monopod, and mount the 300 2.8 straight onto the head mounting bush. I've done this for a while with my Tamron (does no-one in the UK have big _Pentax_ glass?) and found it extremely acceptable. It's alright to carry over the shoulder if you are not going too far. 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: Fungus sanity check please . . .
The fungus got in didn't it? What's to stop it getting back out? Newly discovered Halpin Logic containment field.. Otis Wright Doug Franklin wrote: On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 19:12:13 -0600, Stan Halpin wrote: Tell me I am not crazy! Tell me I am not repeating a myth, that fungus is contagious and destructive. Even better, give me the URL of an authoritative source on this topic. The fungus got in didn't it? What's to stop it getting back out? TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Lens fungus questions..
Wendy, I think the best fungus protection you have is the great white north. g Even here in Chicago, the air holds little moisture all winter. If we get the indoor relative humidity up over 35%, the windows begin to sweat. Fungus just isn't as prevalent here as it is in Houston, Florida, or along the Gulf of Mexico. Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At last, someone to back me up! Hubby thinks I've finally totally gone off my trolley. I've currently got a selection of lenses lined up on the window sill with both caps off. I told him I was trying to prevent fungus. He just shook his head. Wendy --- Wendy Beard Ottawa, Canada - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 67 Mania gaining foothold, victim needs help!
I can answer a few of your questions. First, in regard to lenses, the late model wides are excellent. I bought the latest 55/4, and it focuses down to 1 foot and is wonderfully sharp and contrasty. The normals are both great as well -- the 105/2.4 and the 90/2.8. I like my 300/4 as well. It's the last of the earlier version, not the ED, so it doesn't focus very close. But it's very sharp and easily handheld. I think the problems with mirror shake and shutter vibration occur mainly when working with long lenses and less than adequate tripods at middle shutter speeds, like 1/30 or 1/15. I have had great results handheld at speeds from 1/125 on up. I've also had great results with a tripod at 1/60 and at 1/4 and 1/8, all with the mirror locked up. My tripod is hefty and has a broad base video head, which is probably not ideal but it dampens a lot of vibration. Loading film in my 6x7 is as easy as it was in my Mamiya C220. For someone who has never worked with roll film, it might be a pain at first, but one gets used to it in a hurry. Paul Bolo wrote: For the last year I have been debating about MF quite a bit. I'm not getting rid of my 35mm gear, for I use it and have a nice kit that I slowly work on improving. The size and lightness are important for a lot of things. However, I started out in photography long ago with MF 6x6 TLR equipment. It died eventually and I used my parent's 35mm gear on and off. Now that I am a well equipped 35mm user I find myself missing MF. The difference seems to have a lot to do with peering through a tiny viewfinder versus a nice big ground glass. I think that the MF ground glass lets me slow down instead of squinting through a tiny eyepiece I also spend a lot of time with my 35mm gear on a tripod. Once that happens I often think I should go the extra distance for a larger negative. That certainly won't make the shooting any slower than it already is! All along I have been planning on adding some MF equipment, but the costs for my favorite 6x6 are a bit high, at least for newer stuff which is still manufactured. Some 6x6 backs cost almost as much as a used Pentax 67! So, I put it on the back burner. Prior to this I didn't really consider Pentax due to the lack of 6x6 and I'm not particularly interested in 6x4.5. Though not interested in Pentax MF gear, I've still followed along the pdml posts about the 645 and the 6x7 and the 67 and the brotherhood of mystic 67 users. Well, I probably should have not followed the 67 message since it piqued my interest. I went looking and found that the Pentax 67 gear is quite affordable, even _new_ compared to 6x6 systems used. As I said above, you can get a 2nd 6x7 body for the price of a 6x6 back! At pricing like that it seems that if I want a 2nd back I might as well get a 2nd body (if it comes to that). I'm quite familiar with the astounding properties of the Pentax SMC glass, and it seems the 67 lenses share all the qualities of my Pentax 35mm gear ... just in larger cannon sized diameters. I'm off to Chicago this weekend to see some Pentax 67 gear in person so I can handle it and see what it feels like. I was hoping to pick the collective brain of the PDML for some extra info before I left. I've already read the existing articles, but I haven't seen any info on the following: 1) The 67II does TTL flash. From the photos I've seen the hotshoe appears to be a Pentax 4p hot shoe. That means that the 67II will do TTL flash with my existing Pentax TTL Flashes, such as the AF280T? Also, the 67 flash system is a straight 4p system and won't TTL with the auto-focus 5p flashes? 2) Only the AE prism for the 67 does metering, all the other finders lack metering so you need either a hand-held or sunny-16 meter? I would like to have a waist-level finder that would meter, so I don't have to peer through the small peephole viewfinder so much. 3) The 6x7 metering prism is a full-average meter, while the 67II AE prism is closer to 35mm gear with center-weighted, spot, and matrix metering modes? 4) Can you adjust TTL flash fill via exposure compensation like you can on the SuperProgram? In other words use manual metering, and adjust the exposure compensation to control the flash fill? 5) What is the highest shutter speed on the leaf shutter lens(s)? 1/500? When using the leaf shutter lens does the body sync the flash correctly? 6) I have read that mirror and shutter vibration are a big problem with the Pentax 67 bodies. An article on The Luminous Landscape http://www.luminous-landscape.com/pentax67ii.htm shows multiple images on photographs with Pentax 67 gear because the shutter and the mirror shake the camera so badly. On the other hand, the PDML photographers have been getting excellent results. What's up? 7) Some things that I've read say that the camera and lenses have two bayonets, an inner bayonet and a outer bayonet. Digging around
RE: A few quick release questions
Can't afford it ! Alan -Original Message- From: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: A few quick release questions Hi, Cotty wrote: So, what I did was simply remove the quick release head from the monopod, and mount the 300 2.8 straight onto the head mounting bush. I've done this for a while with my Tamron (does no-one in the UK have big _Pentax_ glass?) and found it extremely acceptable. It's alright to carry over the shoulder if you are not going too far. mike - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Flash Delima-Please Help
Steve, With the AF200T, turn the audio flash confirmation on and verify you are getting TTL when you fire. The AF200T is not as tall as the AF280T and doesn't bounce, so you may see some red eye with longer lenses (85mm+). I'd try a diffuser to see if you can get rid of the harsh look. I'd save the 1/2, 1/4, etc power settings for fill flash outdoors. You should definitely take the flash and Super Program out for some exercise. g Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks so much for the reply! That was my second post to the group, but only my first response back. I just checked yes I do have the AF200T. It seems from past memory (I have not shot with this flash in a while), that the pictures with it were also a little too harsh. Do you use a difuser, as it is only a direct flash, without any tilt? Or, do you adjust the power settings to the 1/2, 1/4, etc. settings? If I rememeber, it seems that I also tended to get quite a few red-eye shots with this flash. I should probably break it out and shoot some to see how they turn out. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: A few quick release questions
In a message dated 21/03/02 11:44:51 GMT Standard Time, Cotty writes: I decided I like to pop the combo onto my shoulder, camera/lens facing backwards, with the monopod leg down my chest where I can steady it with a hand. I found that this works very well, and my only worry was the whole thing coming detached and falling. Don't even remind me. A Tamron 300mm f2.8 sheared off the bush from a Gitzo monopod this way, entailing cracked front element, totally buggered hood, cracked motordrive, and a few minor scuffs to the camera. Once in a lifetime is once too often for me. KR 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: A few quick release questions
In a message dated 21/03/02 11:44:51 GMT Standard Time, Mike writes: I've done this for a while with my Tamron (does no-one in the UK have big _Pentax_ glass?) Mike. Someone does, now. 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: Mamiya/Sekor
I've owned and used Mamiya/Sekor lenses in the past and found them to be very good, however I have no direct experience with the 135mm f/2.8 m42 lens. Len --- -Original Message- From: Frankie Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 3:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mamiya/Sekor Hi I am offered the Mamiya/Sekor 135/2.8 (m42) at a cheap price. Anyone know the performance of this lens? Thanks. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Flash Delima-Please Help
Hi Steve, $150 is a little steep, but since everything is included, if it were me, I`d go for it. Later on you can try the Hot Shoe Grip with bracket and the 4P Sync Cord B, it`s an excellent set up for off camera flash work. The 4P Sync Cord B comes in two lengths, one meter, and three meter. Pentax did not make a diffuser for the AF200T, as there are no slots for it to slide on. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: Steve Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 8:04 PM Subject: Re: Flash Delima-Please Help Thanks for the input. Maybe I need a difuser for the AF200T that I have? Is a used AF280T with both the wide angle the tele adaptors for $150 a good price? It appears to be in excellent condition with cases manual. Thanks for any suggestions! --- Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Steve, The AF200T is a great little flash, but don`t expect it to cover a lot of range. The AF280T is substantially more powerful, will have a lot more reach, plus it tilts and swivels, has adapters for wide and tele, the wide adapter is always used on mine when shooting people, it`s kind of like a diffuser. Don`t rule out the AF400T, all you need to use it on a Super P is a 4P Sync Cord B, check them out on Boz`s page at: http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/ The AF400T also has the wide and tele adapters, can be used with an external battery pack, and it is quite powerful. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: Steve Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 10:52 PM Subject: Flash Delima-Please Help I currently own a Super Program have a Pentax AF200 flash a Vivitar 283 flash. I primarily use the 283 for Professional jobs, with a Lumiquest bounce card. It seems that lately the pictures are a bit overexposed. I'm giving some thought to buying a Pentax AF280T. Can anyone tell me what to expect. Will the 280 provide a noticeable difference? Can I expect better results due to TTL? I have not been real happy with the 200, but maybe it's just too under-powered? Your help is greatly appreciated. I definately need help learning about flash photogragphy. Any reference out there on the web? Thanks in advance for any help! Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage 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 . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: bokeh
Brotherhood of Kooky Equipment Hoarders -- --- Get over it. Dr. Laura -- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: A few quick release questions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't even remind me. A Tamron 300mm f2.8 sheared off the bush from a Gitzo monopod this way, entailing cracked front element, totally buggered hood, cracked motordrive, and a few minor scuffs to the camera. Once in a lifetime is once too often for me. Er, gulp! OK, I'm convinced. mike - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: A few quick release questions
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 21/03/02 11:44:51 GMT Standard Time, Mike writes: I've done this for a while with my Tamron (does no-one in the UK have big _Pentax_ glass?) Mike. Someone does, now. Pray tell, whoever you are. Hope it's coming to the PDML meet... m - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Got it, finally.
At 07:40 21.3.2002 -0500, you wrote: Collin Brendemuehl, KC8TKA Cool ;-) 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: bokeh
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a new family arrival... somewhat screwey!
Hi, I just got a very nicely looking Pentax SP1000 with supposedly nonfunct. meter for a nice sum (at least here, comparing Spotmatic prices) of ~33$/40E ... What a beauty! I now wish all my cameras had hot-shoe-less prisms... for few family pictures, see www.volny.cz/fotof/tech/family The SP1000 sports a mounted 1.8/80 Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar, really superb glass, the K2DMD sports a 2.8/180 Olympia Sonnar, the LX a SMC F 1.4/50 ... It's also a picture of Pentax-Zeiss connection (well, if you count Zeiss Jena into the CZ), these two companies cooperated a lot in the 70s, resulting in (according to some) K mount and several lens designs made together, as well as T*/SMC (it was perhaps a sign of what later came with Zeiss-Kyocera). Which one came first depends on which expert you ask (meaning which side he is on), but damn - I don't give a dime who was first. The connection is nice enough! Now I can use all my CZJ M42 glass without any stupid ugly adapters! Good light, Frantisek Vlcek - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Got it, finally.
Those cute little letters. Collin Brendemuehl, KC8TKA Congratulations, Collin. 73, Fred W, K1FW - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: R: March 2002 PUG Comments (and a Question)
Fabio, Do you use a browser to view the photos before you send them. I've found there is often a slight difference in how my pictures look when I view them with photo imaging software (gimp or photoshop) and browsers. I don't know why this is but if I had to make a guess I would think it probably has something to do with how they read the jpg compression. Maybe someone with more technical expertise can shed some light on this. Evan Thank you Ed but the scanned image I sent wasn't so dark! My pictures on the PUG are *always* darker and/or more satured than the pics I submit. Does anyone know what can I to do to avoid it? Thanks in advance Ciao Fabio - 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: UK PDMLers
Pentax UK have some demo big glass - I'm sure they'd like to bring it along for you guys to play with Kind regards Peter I'm onto it. Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Re: Got it, finally.
dot dot dash dash etc etc. Good job Dave Begin Original Message From: Antti-Pekka Virjonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 14:59:07 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Got it, finally. At 07:40 21.3.2002 -0500, you wrote: Collin Brendemuehl, KC8TKA Cool ;-) 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 . End Original Message Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada http://home.ca.inter.net/brooksdj 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: Got it, finally.
Congratulations!! Bill KG4LOV [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 7:40 AM Subject: Got it, finally. Those cute little letters. -- Collin Brendemuehl, KC8TKA --- Get over it. Dr. Laura -- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: Got it, finally.
Well done Alan de G1GOP -Original Message- From: Collin Brendemuehl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Got it, finally. Those cute little letters. -- Collin Brendemuehl, KC8TKA --- Get over it. Dr. Laura -- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, 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: R: March 2002 PUG Comments (and a Question)
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 08:16:56 -0500, Evan Hanson wrote: [...] often a slight difference [...] with photo imaging software (gimp or photoshop) and browsers. [...] I don't know for sure, but I suspect that it is due to differences in the dithering algorithm used to convert the real number values for colors that come out of the (DCT) algorithm of the compression into integer color values and apportion the color error among the other pixels of the image. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: 67 Mania gaining foothold, victim needs help!
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Malcolm Smith wrote: Thank you for this posting. I have been so unsure as to which MF Pentax to save up for, but I now think the 67II will suit me fine. I must say I am still quite shocked at the cost of them; as I will only be able to afford one lens to go with the body, I assume I should get the equivalent to a 50mm for an LX(?). The standard lens for the 6x7 is the 105/2.4 - most second hand 6x7s have this attached. It's got a nice feel and is easy to focus. For wide angle, the 55/3.5 is the older model and probably cheaper then the f4.0. It's got an enormous front element, though.(100mm or so) That's about 28mm in 35mm terms. The 45 is about 22-ish in 35mm terms. There's a 75 (about 35mm) which can usually be quite cheap. I picked up a 6x7+105/2.5 for about HKD 4,000 a few years ago. That's roughly GBP 400. You may find a trip to HK pays for itself... dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net He who loses, wins the race, And parallel lines meet in space. -- John Boyd, Last Starship from Earth - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 67 300mm f/4 vs A* 300/4 and SMCP 135/2.5
On Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at 02:00 AM, David A. Mann wrote: I could just imagine you giving your wedding photographer a detailed critique of every shot. I hope you've hired someone with a Pentax 6x7 g. Nope...I hired based on his pictures. ;) Also, I personally don't think that the Pentax 67 is a great wedding camera unless you're sporting one of the leaf shutter lenses. Seriously, though, he's someone I knew from school (he was a year ahead of me at Sheridan), and whose wedding stuff I really like. He likes to shoot high speed 35mm bw reportage-style stuff, and I quite like it. He's going to shoot colour formals (dunno if we're going to do those medium format or not, probably should), and bw for the ceremony and reception and candids. He shoots Nikon. Yeah, I know, but I like his results. ;) -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Somehow I was unsubscribed...
It's very simple. Beginning about 11:30 last night, everything sent to your fud account bounced back to me, so about 8:30 this morning I unsubbed the account. Doug At 09:34 AM 3/21/02 -0500, you wrote: So, there was no mail from PDML after 11:30 last night. I decided to subscribe another account ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to see what would happen, and it worked, but still no mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I ask majordomo to unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] and the major tells me I'm not subscribed. What happened? The major will reply to unsubscribe requests from [EMAIL PROTECTED] (telling me that address isn't subscribed), but seems to be ignoring subscribe requests from that address. Eek! -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 .
For sale
I have a P30T body for sale. In perfect condition except for a couple of very tiny blemishes on the film door. Has had hardly any use. It works well but is surplus to my requirements. I'll also include some Cokin filters and accessories that I don't use. Please contact me off-list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if interested. Thanks Carl - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go 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: Re: Flash Delima-Please Help
Opps,sorry Steve,i forgot it came with all the other gear mine did not. I did it like our military works,buy the bullets then fiqure out what gun they go with :) Dave Begin Original Message From: Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 06:33:31 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: Flash Delima-Please Help Hi Dave, When you factor in both adapters, case, manual, and mint condition, I think the $150 is an OK price. I would do it. You could search ebay till you find the same thing, but it would probably be a long search. I like your strategy though, buy a camera for the flash ;), I`ll keep that in mind for the war department. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: David Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 5:22 AM Subject: Re: Re: Flash Delima-Please Help Hi Steve. If thats $150 USd i'd say its steep too.I recently bought a used AF280T, i'm in Canada, for $100 USd with case but no manual.Got one form Pentax Canada at n/c. Nice flash,good results from the few times i'v used it.Tooka few inside at night bounce shots of my cats,no burn,nice picture. I don't find it big or bulky,especially after using the Vivitar 285 HV on the D1. I bought a Super Program to go with the flash BTW. Dave Begin Original Message From: Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 04:46:23 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Flash Delima-Please Help Hi Steve, $150 is a little steep, but since everything is included, if it were me, I`d go for it. Later on you can try the Hot Shoe Grip with bracket and the 4P Sync Cord B, it`s an excellent set up for off camera flash work. The 4P Sync Cord B comes in two lengths, one meter, and three meter. Pentax did not make a diffuser for the AF200T, as there are no slots for it to slide on. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: Steve Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 8:04 PM Subject: Re: Flash Delima-Please Help Thanks for the input. Maybe I need a difuser for the AF200T that I have? Is a used AF280T with both the wide angle the tele adaptors for $150 a good price? It appears to be in excellent condition with cases manual. Thanks for any suggestions! --- Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Steve, The AF200T is a great little flash, but don`t expect it to cover a lot of range. The AF280T is substantially more powerful, will have a lot more reach, plus it tilts and swivels, has adapters for wide and tele, the wide adapter is always used on mine when shooting people, it`s kind of like a diffuser. Don`t rule out the AF400T, all you need to use it on a Super P is a 4P Sync Cord B, check them out on Boz`s page at: http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/ The AF400T also has the wide and tele adapters, can be used with an external battery pack, and it is quite powerful. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: Steve Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 10:52 PM Subject: Flash Delima-Please Help I currently own a Super Program have a Pentax AF200 flash a Vivitar 283 flash. I primarily use the 283 for Professional jobs, with a Lumiquest bounce card. It seems that lately the pictures are a bit overexposed. I'm giving some thought to buying a Pentax AF280T. Can anyone tell me what to expect. Will the 280 provide a noticeable difference? Can I expect better results due to TTL? I have not been real happy with the 200, but maybe it's just too under-powered? Your help is greatly appreciated. I definately need help learning about flash photogragphy. Any reference out there on the web? Thanks in advance for any help! Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage 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 . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . End Original Message Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada http://home.ca.inter.net/brooksdj Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail - This message
Re: Graywolf's Site
Tom, are you unsharp masking at all? The images seem a touch soft. -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: 50mm F1.2A
On Thursday, March 21, 2002, at 09:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bahahahaha... Look who's talking Mr I'll-Hook-You-Up-With-Everything-You-Need-To-Develop- Your-Own-Film ;-) Please, do not attempt to point out my own hypocrisy, or I shall be forced to squeeze my eyes shut and cover my ears and shout, LA LA LA at the top of my lungs until you go away. -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: Somehow I was unsubscribed...
On Thursday, March 21, 2002, at 09:46 AM, Rob Brigham wrote: Dont get paranoid. If the new address gets unsubscribed, then maybe we dont like you anymore! HAR! It was a conspiracy by the Legion of Large Format! The major seems to have regained his senses somewhat, but I'm curious to know how the initial unsubscribe came about. If passport is bouncing some of my mail, that would be a real problem. -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: A few quick release questions
Without a pivoting head of some sort, you can't shoot verticals. Moreover, the recommemded stance for holding a monopd is to brace it toward you at an angle. In effect, it and your two legs become a tripod. A head lets you tilt the monopod in this way and still shoot sraight ahead. Rob Brigham wrote: I fail to see how adding an extra joint could do anything apart from make the pod less stable anyway. Unless you want a little extra height, or MUST have a quick release (why on a monopod?) then a head seems pointless. [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.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: Somehow I was unsubscribed...
Conspiracy of small format Aaron --- Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday, March 21, 2002, at 09:46 AM, Rob Brigham wrote: Dont get paranoid. If the new address gets unsubscribed, then maybe we dont like you anymore! HAR! It was a conspiracy by the Legion of Large Format! The major seems to have regained his senses somewhat, but I'm curious to know how the initial unsubscribe came about. If passport is bouncing some of my mail, that would be a real problem. -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 . __ File your taxes online! http://taxes.yahoo.ca - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 50mm F1.2A
On Thursday, March 21, 2002, at 09:05 AM, Mick Maguire wrote: Aaron wrote: This list is an evil conspiracy to part me from my money. HA! When I first started reading this list I had 3 camera bodies (only 1 serviceable) and 4 lenses. I now have 5 bodies (3 serviceable), 10 lenses, 2 flashes (with all adapters), countless filters, battery grips, cables and now a fully operational BW darkroom... And I'm *still* lusting after new stuff... Trouble is said stuff is getting dearer all the time... I had a screwmount body and three lenses, and shortly after I joined I picked up a K-mount body and two lenses for it. Now I have all that stuff, another five K-mount lenses, another two screwmount lenses, two more K mount bodies, a 67 body and two 67 lenses. AAGH! there really should be a warning on the list signup about this. I agree. Let's write it. ;) DISCLAIMER: By joining the PDML, you acknowledge that you will be exposed to glowing reviews of expensive pieces of camera equipment that you will invariably lust after, and agree not to hold the list maintainers responsible for your inevitable financial ruin. -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: Somehow I was unsubscribed...
On Thursday, March 21, 2002, at 09:55 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: It's very simple. Beginning about 11:30 last night, everything sent to your fud account bounced back to me, so about 8:30 this morning I unsubbed the account. Thanks for the heads-up. Calling passport now. -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 .
AF500FTZ and TTL
Is the AF500FTZ flash together with a MZ-3 or Z-1 capable of TTL flash together with ambient light measuring and the flash set to -1 stop? E.g. measuring without flash f11 and 1/15 sec, exactly that is used with flash as fill-in but the flash downrated by 1 stop. Regards Bernd - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go 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]: 67 Mania gaining foothold, victim needs help!
Malcolm, I really love my 67II. If you are just going to start with one lens for awhile - I would choose either the 75/2.8 or the 90/2.8. The 75 is close to a 35mm and the 90 is close to a 45mm. If cost is a concern, go with the 90 as it can be had used easily. The 75 is a new lens so there aren't any/many on the used market. Brother Bruce Thursday, March 21, 2002, 1:56:26 AM, you wrote: 6) I have read that mirror and shutter vibration are a big problem with the Pentax 67 bodies. An article on The Luminous Landscape http://www.luminous-landscape.com/pentax67ii.htm shows multiple images on photographs with Pentax 67 gear because the shutter and the mirror shake the camera so badly. On the other hand, the PDML photographers have been getting excellent results. What's up? MS Thank you for this posting. I have been so unsure as to which MF Pentax to MS save up for, but I now think the 67II will suit me fine. MS I must say I am still quite shocked at the cost of them; as I will only be MS able to afford one lens to go with the body, I assume I should get the MS equivalent to a 50mm for an LX(?). MS My home town is on a spree of demolition of historic buildings, and items of MS interest, like original railway signal boxes, and I would like to record MS them on a bigger format - which reminds me, I also need a good tripod (my MS last one demised, but only cost £20), any recommendations anyone? MS Malcolm - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: New Tokina 60-120mm f/2.8 and 28-70mm f/2.8
Tokina has also shown a prototype of the AF 60-120mm f/2.8 AT-X at the PhotoExpo 2002 in Japan. Do you know any more details on it, or know of any links with details to it? It ~could~ be a really interesting lens. I do know that the manual focus Tokina AT-X 60-120/2.8 is a ~great~ portrait lens, but I am going to assume that the new lens' optical design may be different from the one-touch focus/zoom ring setup on the MF version. Fred - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: A few quick release questions
OK, maybe I can see it in some circumstances. But this must hinder framing - if you are using long lenses, then shooting in this way would make it impossible to point the lens accurately - unless you had a waist level finder. Also, many long lenses come with a tripod collar which would allow verticals anyway. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 March 2002 15:25 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: A few quick release questions Without a pivoting head of some sort, you can't shoot verticals. Moreover, the recommemded stance for holding a monopd is to brace it toward you at an angle. In effect, it and your two legs become a tripod. A head lets you tilt the monopod in this way and still shoot sraight ahead. Rob Brigham wrote: I fail to see how adding an extra joint could do anything apart from make the pod less stable anyway. Unless you want a little extra height, or MUST have a quick release (why on a monopod?) then a head seems pointless. [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.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: AF500FTZ and TTL
Yup, on the MZ-3 you have to manually set the ambient light exposure and then dial -1 on the exposure compensation dial, turn the flash on and it will fire -1 . I'm not sure about the Z-1 but it doesn't work on th PZ-20 that way. --- Hans-Bernhard Beykirch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is the AF500FTZ flash together with a MZ-3 or Z-1 capable of TTL flash together with ambient light measuring and the flash set to -1 stop? E.g. measuring without flash f11 and 1/15 sec, exactly that is used with flash as fill-in but the flash downrated by 1 stop. Regards Bernd - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . __ File your taxes online! http://taxes.yahoo.ca - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: A few quick release questions
In a message dated 21/03/02 14:34:45 GMT Standard Time, Mike writes: In a message dated 21/03/02 11:44:51 GMT Standard Time, Mike writes: I've done this for a while with my Tamron (does no-one in the UK have big _Pentax_ glass?) Mike. Someone does, now. Pray tell, whoever you are. Hope it's coming to the PDML meet... I don't think he's on the list. KR Peter - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Flash Delima-Please Help
In a message dated 21/03/02 14:34:45 GMT Standard Time, Steve writes: Pentax did not make a diffuser for the AF200T, as there are no slots for it to slide on. Steve Larson They are hidden on the two long sides. Think it's an AFW1. KR 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[2]: A few quick release questions
Rob, The biggest use for a head on a monopod is for shooting verticals when the lens doesn't have a tripod mount. There are many times that I take the head off mine when the lens in use already has a good tripod mount. Bruce Dayton Thursday, March 21, 2002, 6:15:04 AM, you wrote: RB I fail to see how adding an extra joint could do anything apart from RB make the pod less stable anyway. Unless you want a little extra height, RB or MUST have a quick release (why on a monopod?) then a head seems RB pointless. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go 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: Somehow I was unsubscribed...
Just to clarify things a little, the good major has no automatic unsubscribe function. It does not care if you are subbed or not. If mail bounces, majordomo just routes it to me with the error message attached. I then decide if it's a short term problem (a busy signal, if you will), or something more substantial. In Aaron's case, for example, everything over a nearly nine hour period was returned to me, which indicates a substantial glitch. I have no way of knowing it is going to get rectified soon, so to keep from having to download/store/examine more and more bounced mail, I chose to unsub the account and move on to the next problem. It's always a judgement call. Sometimes I let it slide, if the ISP has a history of instability, like msn, which can't seem to figure out how to deliver email, and I know it will be back up eventually. But if I get a full mailbox notice from an account, I nuke it as fast as my little fingers can type, because I'm about to get an avalanche of returns if I don't. You know what's really fun? Sometimes a list member will subscribe an account to the PDML, forward the PDML traffic to a separate account, then ignore it. The forward account fills up and starts bouncing mail back to the major, which then dutifully sends it to me. I then get to absorb myself in the joyous task of figuring out who the account belongs to. Good times. Occasionally, I'll get notices sent to my account telling me that messages sent to my account are not getting throughwhich makes me go, h... There is also a particular ISP in Wisconsin that routinely goes haywire...a domain in China which doesn't work more than it does work...etc, etc, etc. Don't get me started. I guess my point is that if you get unsubbed, it's because something happened with your account, or with the path to your account, and the backwash is drowning me. Doug At 10:00 AM 3/21/02 -0500, you wrote: Aaron.This has happened to my canoemail account twice so far this year.I subscribed to my inter.net account as a back up. It also did it to me twice near christmas last year too. Now i open up both accounts and if i have mail in both i delete all from one and go into the other to read just incase it boots me again. Hooked or what. BTW the IR film is in the S3 Dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
mf 70-200 f 4 owners
I am considering replacing my 80-200 f 4.5/5.6 mf zoom with the 70-200 f4 mf.I know that this lens pops up in topics every so often but:are you as owners/users happy with the quality,optics and build? I'd like to hear your feed back.I saw one on the net for $199 Can d and may go look at it for the K1000 and SP.Main use,horseys. Off list response is fine. Dave Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada http://home.ca.inter.net/brooksdj 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: 50mm F1.2A
In a message dated 21/03/02 14:34:45 GMT Standard Time, Aaron writes: You are evil. This list is an evil conspiracy to part me from my money. - -Aaron Credit where credit's due. Kind regards - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Somehow I was unsubscribed...
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Aaron Reynolds wrote: HAR! It was a conspiracy by the Legion of Large Format! Is this a size envy thing? ;) -- 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: AF500FTZ and TTL
Hans-Bernhard, If you want the no hassle approach, the Z-1p allows you to set the amount of flash fill and then you can shoot away. I believe the MZ-3 is a bit more fiddley but can be done. You have to fool the flash by manually setting exposure and then dialing in the amount of compensation you want. Your meter will read off by that amount. Bruce Dayton Thursday, March 21, 2002, 7:32:30 AM, you wrote: HBB Is the AF500FTZ flash together with a MZ-3 or Z-1 capable of TTL flash HBB together with ambient light measuring and the flash set to -1 stop? E.g. HBB measuring without flash f11 and 1/15 sec, exactly that is used with HBB flash as fill-in but the flash downrated by 1 stop. HBB Regards HBB Bernd HBB - HBB This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, HBB go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to HBB visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: A few quick release questions
Especially for verticals I imagine. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 8:56 AM Subject: Re: A few quick release questions At 06:43 21-3-2002 -0500, you wrote: So, what I did was simply remove the quick release head from the monopod, and mount the 300 2.8 straight onto the head mounting bush. Actual shooting isn't a problem, it's the carrying. I decided I like to pop the combo onto my shoulder, camera/lens facing backwards, with the monopod leg down my chest where I can steady it with a hand. I found that this works very well, and my only worry was the whole thing coming detached and falling. Attaching directly to the bush was the simplest solution, and the fact that it takes 30 seconds or so to unscrew/ rescrew the quick release head for other lens combos doesn't bother me. .02 Cotty When I bought my monopod in the local shop I also asked for advice on heads for it. I'd taken the camera along too to try it out. The salesman told me that, in his opinion, I didn't need one and should just screw the pod straight onto the camera. Sent me off to go and try it and if I decided I wanted a head on it, then of course, he'd sell me one. Not many salsmen would do that! I did try it and it worked pretty well. 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 .
FS: Tokina AT-X 235 AF Pro
This is the 20-35 constant aperture f:2.8 pro grade zoom. The AT-X 235AF PRO lens uses the latest in lens development technology, using 2 (the front and rear) molded, multicoated aspherical elements which are created through a collaboration with Hoya Corporation, the world largest manufacturer of optical glass. This lens also features the exclusive Focus Clutch Mechanism. As with all the lenses in Tokina AT-X AF series, the AT-X 235 AF PRO is constructed using all aluminum lens barrels and a chrome plated brass mount plate. The lens elements are made of higher quality HLD (high refraction, low dispersion) glass for higher resolution and contrast. The lens is quite new, shows no signs of use other than mounting on the camera. It is the latest version Tokina ATX Pro AF lens and comes with both caps, hood and soft padded zippered case. The new price from BH is US $600. I have lowered the asking price to US $400. I am working on building up my 67 lenses and am starting to sell off items that I don't use so much. I find that I mostly use primes and just don't put much use on the zooms. Bruce Dayton - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: A few quick release questions
Wendy Beard wrote: When I bought my monopod in the local shop I also asked for advice on heads for it. I'd taken the camera along too to try it out. The salesman told me that, in his opinion, I didn't need one and should just screw the pod straight onto the camera. Sent me off to go and try it and if I decided I wanted a head on it, then of course, he'd sell me one. Not many salsmen would do that! I did try it and it worked pretty well. I tried a head on my monopod at first but I've found I only use the monopod with my 80-200 or my 300, lenses that have rotating tripod mounts, so I've pretty much given up on it now. -- 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: My opinion of Netscape 6.2.1
Tom, do you mean that it pops more then the usual ads on a page? I'm using NS 4.7 - haven't upgraded because of all the bad things I keep hearing about 6.x. Still, web site designers always assume that we all have the latest browers (including the designers of mail-archive.com, where I read PDML). So eventually I'll have to abandon 4.7. When I installed 4.7 it would download an ad every time I checked my mail. I e-mailed Netscape to complain, and to my surprise someone answered and told me how to turn that off. If you are getting extra ads, perhaps there's a way to turn them off. Please let us know. I find MS softwhere intolerably annoying and avoid it as much as possible. And the problem is getting worse. Thanks, Joe - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Good buy or staw away?
Any thoguhts on this camera? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1340399382 Are there potential problems, either current or in the future? If I am correct, the top is expensive to replace (but not difficult). I'd say $200 is the absolute maximum for it. When an LCD panel gets cracked, it generally shows black areas around the crack, even when off. This crack looks to me like it may be only in the top cover. However, the shock that caused the crack might have loosened the connections to the LCD. One also has to wonder if there might be some more subtle problem as a result of the shock (like the lens mount might not be straight anymore). If there is time, at the very least have them send you a picture of the camera turned on so you can verify that at least some of the LCD segments work. In any case, it might be worthwhile verifying with the seller that you can return the camera for a full refund if there are any subtle hidden problems (or perhaps, if for any reason you don't like it?). If they are reputable and will give you that guarantee, then it could be a bargain. 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: OT: Somehow I was unsubscribed...
Thanks Doug for clearing that up. Dave Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada http://home.ca.inter.net/brooksdj 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: 67 300mm f/4 vs A* 300/4 and SMCP 135/2.5
In a message dated 21-Mar-02 7:44:15 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at 04:54 AM, mike wilson wrote: It's a worldwide conspiracy. I am also banned from turning up on a motorcycle. Or my best man's Morgan 3 wheeler. We're driving from the church to the reception in a lovely '72 Karmann Ghia convertible. Thinking back many years: I never considered taking a camera to my own wedding. However, fiance did say I couldn't wear my comfortable, well-broken-in cowboy boots (like anyone would see them under the dress! I arrived at the church in a large, user-condition early-1970s Cadillac. (Property of matron-of-honour.) He arrived in a primer-coloured 1966 Chevy truck. (Everyday vehicle of best man.) Wedding photos shot with Minoltas -- courtesy of best photo friend. Uh I took the ME Super on our honeymoon and brought home many lovely Texas Hill Country images from that! ERNR My photographs hang on the virtual walls at http://members.aol.com/ernreed - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Flash Delima-Please Help
According to the owner's manual for the AF200T, Pentax did make a wide-angle a tele adaptor. It would seem that for my use, it would be best to get the tele. As I primarily use the 100mm for portraits. My question is, what does the AFT1 actually do? It says in the manual that it offers a more concentrated light. Does this have the same effect as a Lumiquest soft box? BTW, Lumiquest does not make a soft box for the AF2ooT, I think because it's too big and it covers the sensor. If anyobody currently uses the AFT1 on an AF200T, are you happy with the results? Do the pictures end up a little softer than without the adaptor? Finally, is it better to set the flash to TTL, instead of the RED or GREEN auto settings? If so, what are these settings for? Thanks again everybody! --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 21/03/02 14:34:45 GMT Standard Time, Steve writes: Pentax did not make a diffuser for the AF200T, as there are no slots for it to slide on. Steve Larson They are hidden on the two long sides. Think it's an AFW1. KR 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: Re: OT: New Epson scanners ?
Brendan, If you want to see even more improvement, download VueScan (if you don't already use it). It's faster, better and more robust than using the Twain software that comes with most scanners. I believe it may provide better scans than the Silverfast software that comes with the Epsons. Cheers, Dave (oh http://www.hamrick.com for vuescan) snip Actually I need to retact what I said about the Epson 1680 before. I just got the new drivers for XP and the scan quality has improved greatly. This was the first test with the new drivers and the out of focus problems are gone, this scan was only reduce in size, no unsharp mask or colour correction nothing. http://webhome.idirect.com/~trini/flowers2/por.jpg /snip mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.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[2]: 67 Mania gaining foothold, victim needs help!
Thanks Bruce, I also read your informative reply to Bolo. Now I need a constructive arguement to put funds away, for what will be known as PDML syndrome - yet another *** camera. Malcolm Malcolm, I really love my 67II. If you are just going to start with one lens for awhile - I would choose either the 75/2.8 or the 90/2.8. The 75 is close to a 35mm and the 90 is close to a 45mm. If cost is a concern, go with the 90 as it can be had used easily. The 75 is a new lens so there aren't any/many on the used market. Brother Bruce - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: 67 Mania gaining foothold, victim needs help!
Thanks Dave, All noted. I have had a quick look at UK prices (swallows hard) and wonder if camera shop websites abroad or my wife's enemy eBay will be worth a look. If I don't try another format now, I never will, but I'm not trying a different manufacturer! Malcolm The standard lens for the 6x7 is the 105/2.4 - most second hand 6x7s have this attached. It's got a nice feel and is easy to focus. For wide angle, the 55/3.5 is the older model and probably cheaper then the f4.0. It's got an enormous front element, though.(100mm or so) That's about 28mm in 35mm terms. The 45 is about 22-ish in 35mm terms. There's a 75 (about 35mm) which can usually be quite cheap. I picked up a 6x7+105/2.5 for about HKD 4,000 a few years ago. That's roughly GBP 400. You may find a trip to HK pays for itself... - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: mf 70-200 f 4 owners
I am considering replacing my 80-200 f 4.5/5.6 mf zoom with the 70-200 f4 mf. I know that this lens pops up in topics every so often but: are you as owners/users happy with the quality, optics and build? I'd like to hear your feed back. I saw one on the net for $199 Can d and may go look at it for the K1000 and SP. Main use, horseys. Off list response is fine. Hi, Dave. Just to clarify: Are you really talking about the various non-SMC Pentax-A/Takumar-A/CPC/Cosmicar (etc.) 70-200/4 mf lenses, or did you actually mean to refer to the SMC Pentax-A 70-210/4 ? I think that $199 CDN might be too much for the non-SMC 70-200/4's, but might be OK for the SMC 70-210/4 if it's in really good shape. Fred - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Flash Delima-Please Help
Steve, The tele adaptor is all mechanical, a 1.5x2.5 inch box that slides over the flash tubes. It is about 1.5 inches deep with a flat plastic fresnel lens on the front. It simply focuses the light rays into a more narrow beam. I think it is typically a 135mm focus. I don't think this is what you need for 100mm lens portraits. Something like the wide angle adapter may give you light bounced off the room. I'd try the rubbing alcohol bottle or plastic milk carton as a diffuser. Something to spread that light for a bounce. You should always use the TTL setting on your flash with the Super Program. This measures the light after moving thru your lens and into your camera body. In effect, it knows whether you are using a 100mm or a 24mm lens on the camera and adjusts the output of the flash. With the red and green settings, you measure the light bounced back to the flash body and turn off the flash there... no adjusting for that 100mm lens! These settings are available so you can use the flash with 'dumb' cameras that don't have Thru-The-Lens flash sensors. I think Peter at Camera Direct correctly points out that the appropriate accessories are the AFW1 AFT1. Regards, Bob S. You wrote: According to the owner's manual for the AF200T, Pentax did make a wide-angle a tele adaptor. It would seem that for my use, it would be best to get the tele. As I primarily use the 100mm for portraits. My question is, what does the AFT1 actually do? It says in the manual that it offers a more concentrated light. Does this have the same effect as a Lumiquest soft box? BTW, Lumiquest does not make a soft box for the AF2ooT, I think because it's too big and it covers the sensor. If anyobody currently uses the AFT1 on an AF200T, are you happy with the results? Do the pictures end up a little softer than without the adaptor? Finally, is it better to set the flash to TTL, instead of the RED or GREEN auto settings? If so, what are these settings for? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: A few quick release questions
Without a pivoting head of some sort, you can't shoot verticals. Not on a lens with a rotating mount, Paul. The Tokina has a lovely one that clicks into place at 90 degree intervals, and is then tightened. Moreover, the recommemded stance for holding a monopd is to brace it toward you at an angle. In effect, it and your two legs become a tripod. A head lets you tilt the monopod in this way and still shoot sraight ahead. I have to agree with you here: this is how I would tend to use a monopod. The only exception would be on soft ground where the foot sinks, so I place the foot on the toe of my shoe - better than nothin :-) I'm set on doing some sort of Ultimate Bastard Strength Monopod Mount. I'm talking 5mm steel, 488 hemi and four barrels, buddy. And Steve Larson didn't say a word this time... Cotsweld ___ 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: A few quick release questions
I've done this for a while with my Tamron (does no-one in the UK have big _Pentax_ glass?) Mike. Someone does, now. Pray tell, whoever you are. Hope it's coming to the PDML meet... I don't think he's on the list. I would have thought that at the rate we buy kit, it was in your interest to point ANY cutomers in this direction! ;-) ___ 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 .
Is there a Photo Expo website?
Is there an actual Photo Expo 2002 site? Google kindly provided me with this: http://w3.datanet.hu/~torter/p_a_ind.htm which is not exactly what I had in mind, Hungarian office furniture... Cheers, Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Is there a Photo Expo website?
Ah, found it: http://www.photoexpo2002.com/ It's in Japanese. Peter? Arigato, Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: WTB 5p sync cord Long
Brendan, have you checked the price at Pentax Canada? They're at 3131 Universal Drive, north off Dundas, just west of 427. You can buy all sorts of stuff, like SMC filters, straps, sync cords, PC adapters, and who knows what else. I stopped by there a few weeks ago to buy a manual for my MZ-S (misplaced it when I moved), and they gave me one for free! The service/sales desk people are very friendly and helpful, and they have most things in stock. When are you doing your model shoot? Pat White - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Re: Re: My opinion of Netscape 6.2.1
Graywolf, If that's the case, then you'll have to conform your code to spec. If your code is to spec, then you'll have no problem per se. For example, at my current employ, we have to ensure that code is appropriate for browsers from IE 4.0 and Netscape 4.0 and up. If the end user is using IE 3.0 (which, STILL occurs, trust me...) then they're SOL. Personally, even IE 4.0 is old and shouldn't be supported but we do bend because many of our clients are senior citizens and sometimes feel that they shouldn't need to upgrade if they don't want to. You can't please the entire world (although most Pentax users would disagree once they get their hands on a 50mm f1.4 :) ) especially when it comes to Web design/layout/coding. If the page is in standard HTML, you should have no problem as long as you stick to spec. It's once you get into using JSPs, Cold Fusion, and in some cases, even XML or ASPs that you'll get into trouble. Cheers, Dave Original Message: - From: T Rittenhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:54:38 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: My opinion of Netscape 6.2.1 Nope, I want to use the broken browsers. The good ones are going to work ok if my code is good. The broken ones may not so I have to check it. grin Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.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: 67 Mania gaining foothold, victim needs help!
All noted. I have had a quick look at UK prices (swallows hard) and wonder if camera shop websites abroad or my wife's enemy eBay will be worth a look. If I don't try another format now, I never will, but I'm not trying a different manufacturer! Oh, I've heard that Bronica make a pretty good camera... bullet proof vest, night vision goggles, diving for cover :-) Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 50mm F1.2A
Credit where credit's due. Were you indeed taking credit for your part in the conspiracy, or was that a subliminal use your credit card hint, Peter? ;-) (Thanks to you and your goodies there are some decidedly British divots in my own credit card - g.) Great Scott, Peter probably knows more about our finances than we do! I am **sorely** tempted by that 50 1.2 - could be a great short portrait lens with a DSLR body. (Dr Smith in 'Lost in Space': oooh the pain, the pain...) Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Is there a Photo Expo website?
Cotty wrote http://www.photoexpo2002.com/; It is the corner which can experience the enjoyment which develop by your own hand. dont you just love babelfish! 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: Searching opinions on SMC M-85/2.0
Maciej Marchlewski asked: How do you judge this lens? I would like to use it mainly for portraits and some body shots from time to time. I have no other 85mm to compare it to, but I can tell you that I like it a _lot_. It's my favourite lens. I'll often reach for a 50mm (or the 35-105/3.5) for full-body shots, but strongly prefer the 85/2 for faces or head+shoulder portraits. Sometimes I'll back up a little and shoot two or three people's faces together. -- 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: Re: Graywolf's Site
Tom.When i send pictures to the Jokers web site after a show (using save to web)i take the 2000x1320 image,size to 5x7 with constrants etc off so the pixe;s change,and un sharpen then.They look ok that way. Dave Begin Original Message From: T Rittenhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:48:29 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Graywolf's Site Humm? I will try that. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 1:15 PM Subject: Re: Graywolf's Site Tom, are you sharpening before or after reducing them in size? I would suggest sizing them down, making your adjustments and then sharpening last. -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 . End Original Message Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada http://home.ca.inter.net/brooksdj 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 .
AF with manual focus lens???
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1340415983 In his description he says you can use a manual focus lens on an AF body and it will autofocus. Am I missing something? Christian Skofteland [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: Re: My opinion of Netscape 6.2.1
Hi Dave, Just to clarify; JSPs, Cold Fusion, and ASP are all server side having nothing to do with the browser. These technologies use server side app servers to parse it's language into straight html which is then sent to the browser. Rick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 1:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re: Re: My opinion of Netscape 6.2.1 Graywolf, If that's the case, then you'll have to conform your code to spec. If your code is to spec, then you'll have no problem per se. For example, at my current employ, we have to ensure that code is appropriate for browsers from IE 4.0 and Netscape 4.0 and up. If the end user is using IE 3.0 (which, STILL occurs, trust me...) then they're SOL. Personally, even IE 4.0 is old and shouldn't be supported but we do bend because many of our clients are senior citizens and sometimes feel that they shouldn't need to upgrade if they don't want to. You can't please the entire world (although most Pentax users would disagree once they get their hands on a 50mm f1.4 :) ) especially when it comes to Web design/layout/coding. If the page is in standard HTML, you should have no problem as long as you stick to spec. It's once you get into using JSPs, Cold Fusion, and in some cases, even XML or ASPs that you'll get into trouble. Cheers, Dave Original Message: - From: T Rittenhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:54:38 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: My opinion of Netscape 6.2.1 Nope, I want to use the broken browsers. The good ones are going to work ok if my code is good. The broken ones may not so I have to check it. grin Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.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: Re: My opinion of Netscape 6.2.1
[EMAIL PROTECTED] suggested: You guys both may want to try Opera. A lot of my paying work involves web research. After Nutscrape crashed on me one time too many, losing my place among several open pages, I downloaded Opera. It's more stable. When it _does_ crash, it has a pick up where you left off feature. It has additional features I find directly useful in my work. It has some less-important features that are still a lot of fun.[*] The first time I clicked on a folder containing 122 bookmarks and told it open all items in folder, and it popped up 122 windows at once and filled them without crashing, I sent in my money for a registered copy. That was version 4.0. I'm using 6.01 now under WinNT and 5.0 under Linux. For the few pages that have bizarre Opera glitches, I've got Nutscrape 4.something and Internet Exploder 5 that were on the Windows boxes when I got 'em, and some version of Nutscrape on one of my Linux machines. I've left Javascript enabled in one copy of Netscape for those rare times when I really need to access a site that requires Javacsript, for a job-related research task -- any other site that requires Javascript doesn't get me as a reader.[**] I wind up using Lynx and Links more often than Netscape or Internet Explorer. Opera seems to be the only browser (in recent memory) that does actually conform to proper spec laid out by the W3C. Once I get my Mac working again, I'll be using both Opera and iCab on it. With iCab, it'll show you a little smiley face if the page you're looking at actually conforms to the HTML spec, and for the other 99.5% of the pages out there, it'll tell you what they did wrong if you want. As for continuing to use broken browsers for testing your own pages to see whether they'll work for Most People, well yeah, that's a really good idea for exactly that: testing. But I got tired of relying on them to get work other than testing my own pages done. I'm sure there are other good browsers out there besides iCab and Opera. I found a couple that do what I need and stopped looking. -- Glenn [*] Mouse gestures! Wiggle the mouse a particular way, and it opens the link under the mouse in a new window. Wiggle it a different way and it does the same thing as clicking the back button, etc. This is cool; this is fun; it amuses me. It's a _little_ bit useful from an ergonomic standpoint. And yes, it can be turned off. [**] I trust Java more than Javascript, because Java, despite the occasional security hole, is _designed_ to be safe[***]; whereas Javascript was designed to get around the limitations that Java's security model imposed. An exploit using Java is a bug; allowing untrusted code[] to scribble on your system is a part of Javascript's design. Though it hasn't been seen much in the wild _yet_, there's malware in the lab that can erase Windows and install Linux just from surfing to a website containing it.[*] [***] Standalone Java programs can do all sorts of stuff, but Java applets, which are what you can send as part of a web page, are supposed to be restricted to a security sandbox: they get to make whatever mess in a restricted environment that can't touch the rest of your computer ... or at least that's the design -- bugs happen. [] Exact definition depends on how paranoid^H^H^H^H^H^H^H careful a sysadmin you are. Strictly, untrusted code is anything I didn't either write myself or carefully check all the source code for and then recompile on my own system. More realistically, software purchased from or downloaded from sources you trust not to include Trojan horses or back doors and to be careful enough not to be infected with viri or worms would be included in the trusted category. The program automatically executed when you visit Joe Random's website is untrusted code in any case, at least until you walk the code by hand to check it out. [*] Okay, so the user would have to be awfully patient while this was being done -- the point is that if you can do that with Javascript, you can do a lot of quicker but serious harm with malware written in Javascript. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: AF with manual focus lens???
Christian wrote: Am I missing something? Nope, it does what he says. the adapter provides the focusing. 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: 67 Mania gaining foothold, victim needs help!
Oh, I've heard that Bronica make a pretty good camera... bullet proof vest, night vision goggles, diving for cover :-) Cotty ___ Heard being the keyword! I've used Pentax for nearly two and a half decades, why change with such a good reliable manufacturer? Plus I like the larger 35mm camera looks, with the 67 series, rather than a small box! No need for the protective clothing :-) Malcolm - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 50mm F1.2A
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Cotty wrote: I am **sorely** tempted by that 50 1.2 - could be a great short portrait lens with a DSLR body. I think I've been buying a new 50mm lens every other month, each time a half stop quicker than the last (f2, 1.7, 1.4). I just picked up an f1.4 from a list member, and then this comes along. I almost feel like I should buy one to keep up the tradition. -- 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: mf 70-200 f 4 owners
Hi Fred. Yes the add said A 70-200 f4. I have yet to see it though. Sorry i forgot my mind is hard to read :) No need to be sorry, Dave - what you said was what you meant. g However, what I said before is still valid: I think that $199 CDN might be too much for the non-SMC 70-200/4's. I do think that you certainly should be able to get a jen-you-wine SMC 70-210/4 for that price (or less). While reports on the non-SMC 70-200/4's have been pretty favorable, I personally think you would be better off picking up an SMC A 70-210/4 lens - they certainly are not rare (so you shouldn't have too much trouble finding one), and it is a good lens. Fred - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Pentax A* Versus Zenitar K 85/1.4
I just put some scans of some comparison shots using the Zenitar K-mount 85/1.4 and the Pentax A* 85/1.4 lenses on my web site: http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/85compar/a^-vs-zk.htm Ya gotta love 85mm - g. Fred - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: AF with manual focus lens???
Nope. It's the famouse autofocusing teleconverter. Works best with fast lenses. Evan Christian Skofteland wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1340415983 In his description he says you can use a manual focus lens on an AF body and it will autofocus. Am I missing something? Christian Skofteland [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: AF with manual focus lens???
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1340415983 In his description he says you can use a manual focus lens on an AF body and it will autofocus. Am I missing something? Christian, that is indeed the correct story. That's not just any ol' teleconverter - it's the Pentax F 1.7X AF Converter, which is not just a 1.7X TC, but will also autofocus with many manual focus lenses. (The lenses do have to be fast enough to start with that there's enough light left passing through the 1.7X TC for the autofocus sensors in the AF camera body.) It's also a pretty good TC when used with a manual focus body, too. Fred - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: 67 Mania / shake?
concerning shutter shake, Aaron wrote: If I were planning on shooting with lenses longer than 300mm, I'd probably purchase a Pentax 645 or 645n. I played with the 645n and the 400mm once, and man, what a sweet little combo that was. ... but bro' ? ... that 40 pound 800mm f4 for the 6x7 is massive enough to effectivly danp any vibration from the superb goliath-sized mirror/shutter mechanisms - !;^D 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: Pentax A* Versus Zenitar K 85/1.4
Nice set of comparisons. The differences in resolution and color are amazing 1.4. There's no mistaking the two. How much does the Zenitar usually sell for? 20% of the price of the A*? t On 3/21/02 12:40 PM, Fred wrote: I just put some scans of some comparison shots using the Zenitar K-mount 85/1.4 and the Pentax A* 85/1.4 lenses on my web site: http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/85compar/a^-vs-zk.htm Ya gotta love 85mm - g. Fred - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Graywolf's Site
Tom wrote: Humm? I will try that. yes - keep your big scan w/o irreversible changes like sharpening such. It's overkill when image size is re- duced and dropped to screen resolutions. Best to fine-tune the end result of each smaller version to it's use - in this case, being the web - compressing/shrinking is best done to the raw image w/ perhaps major color adjustments first. 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: RE: Re: Re: My opinion of Netscape 6.2.1
Whoops.. how quickly we forget when we're embroiled in design. My error. I'm thinking of scripting and includes as per .shtml, javascript etc. Anywho... code (if you can even call HTML that anymore)... to spec should do the trick. Cheers, Dave Original Message: - snip Hi Dave, Just to clarify; JSPs, Cold Fusion, and ASP are all server side having nothing to do with the browser. These technologies use server side app servers to parse it's language into straight html which is then sent to the browser. Rick /snip mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.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 .
SMC-M 135mm/f3.5 plus SMC-M 35mm/f2 or SMC-A 35mm/f2.8
Hello all, I want to ask the group what their experience is with this type of lens. I know it makes for a good portrait lens with its medium telephoto range but what else can you use it for? Any of you use this lens for something other than portraits? Also, is $95 a good price for it at 10- condition? I'm debating whether to get a 35mm/f2 SMC M or a 35mm/f2.8 SMC A. Do you guys have either of these two lenses and what do you think of them. Pros and cons. Which is sharper of the two and does it matter? Thanks. Francis M. Alviar - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
