Re: *ist D was not production type :-(

[Dario Bonazza 2]

Pål Jensen wrote:

> What finish? Is it plastic or magnesium?
>
> Pål
>

I'm afraid it's plastic.

Dario

Re: *ist D was not production type :-(

[Dario Bonazza 2]

Rüdiger Neumann wrote:

> Hallo Dario,
> is there something new about the K-mount.
> Will it work in the same way as the analog *ist with all the restrictions?
> regards
> Rüdiger

Of course. This is the (revised) Pentax way!

Cheers,

Dario Bonazza
www.aohc.it
www.dariobonazza.com

Re: *ist D was not production type :-(

[Dario Bonazza 2]

I wrote:

> To be more precise, the hardware was production type for sure (including a
> standard serial number), nice finished and working well

I meant that all of the controls of the *ist D on show at Pentax Day were
working well, unlike the flimsy dials and 4-way controller seen on prototype
at PhotoShow 2003.
So that camera is a production hardware for sure. In my opinion, Pentax is
currently manufacturing the *ist D, to be loaded with production firmware
and put on sale next August/September, as planned.

I'm not worried about sales date and I don't expect further delays. However,
I'm still worried about image quality, since I was not allowed checking it,
and a firmware so much behind of completion doesn't encourage great hopes.

Bye,

Dario Bonazza
www.aohc.it
www.dariobonazza.com

Re: Happy Birthday Canada

[Gianfranco Irlanda]

frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> July 1, 1867 was the day that the British North America Act
was passed
> in London. 
> 
> I'm a pretty cynical fellow sometimes.  But days like today
remind me
> that, for all it's faults, there is no other country I'd
rather live in
> than this big, beautiful place.

Hi Frank and all the Canadians,

I wish your beautiful Country a Happy Birthday from the shore of
the Mediterranean Sea!

Gianfranco Irlanda
Naples, Italy


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Re: Happy Birthday Canada

[fastpat]

It was a great Canada Day in Victoria.  The jazzfest just finished, and the
folkfest just started.  The folkfest includes some circus acts and today I
watched a belly dance troupe.  Got some pictures with the MZ-S and 28-200.

Then, at 10:30, fireworks over the Inner Harbour!  Happy Birthday Canada!

Pat White

Re: *ist D was not production type :-(

[Arnold Stark]

How do you know that it is plastic? The sample that I handled was so 
stiff/hard that I thought it was magnesium although it was as light as 
plastic. I still am not sure. Are you?

Arnold

What finish? Is it plastic or magnesium?
   

I'm afraid it's plastic.
 

Re: Goods things to see/do in Alicante and Gibraltar

[Bob Walkden]

Hi,

Wednesday, July 2, 2003, 4:03:35 AM, you wrote:

> Hi,
 
> Just wondering if any one has any must see's or do's for traveling to =
> Alicante and Gibraltar?

> I'll be there in early august, but only for a short time in each.

I lived in Gibraltar for 2.5 years and went to school there until the
age of 11. Even from the perspective of an 11-year-old there wasn't
that much to do. The border with Spain was closed for most of the time
we lived there, so it was a bit like a prison.

During a holiday in Morocco in the early 80s I went back for a day
trip. Nothing much had changed. We took a taxi ride round the rock
which lasted about 10 minutes. I had the driver take me to most of the
places I remembered. The usual tourist stuff is well documented: St.
Michael's Cave, the Barbary Apes, a weird form of Englishness. There
are some decent beaches. I seem to recall the museum was quite good.
Gibraltar was one of the last known strongholds of Neanderthals and they
have some Neanderthal remains, and an Egyptian Mummy.

The thing we did most often was diving into the bay from the dockside
in the RAF married quarters where we lived. The trick was to avoid the
turds bobbling along on the ripples. You probably won't be doing much
of that. There's also a casino, but they would never let us in and we
didn't have any money anyway.

It's something of a heaven for bird watchers during the right seasons
because all the birds migrating to and from Africa and Europe use it
as a last stop. It's a bit of a bottleneck for that.

That's about all I can think of. Enjoy anyway.

-- 
Cheers,
 Bobmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Happy Birthday Canada

[Boris Liberman]

Hi!

Hi Frank and all the Canadians,

I wish your beautiful Country a Happy Birthday from the shore of
the Mediterranean Sea!
Gianfranco Irlanda
Naples, Italy
I second this opinion in its entirety .

Boris Liberman
Tel Aviv suburbia, Israel

A new toy (thanks to digital revolution)

[Frantisek Vlcek]

Thanks to all the studios that went comletely digital, I got on my
hands a JOBO CPA2+LIFT set (with all the tanks and reels), full of E-6 musch
and gunk, for under 100 Euro. Finally all these undeveloped B&W films
in the drawer will "see the light of day" :)

for those who don't know it, it's a very nice film and print processor
(semiautomatic).

I have few questions to the JOBO users here:

1) do you prerinse? I tried prerinse of ~4-5min on my B&W, then
developed as normal Emofin times for rotary processing. The negs were
good. But I don't know if other developers will need it too.

2) Rodinal - I have heard it's doesn't go well with rotary dev?

3) if Rodinal doesn't work well with it, it will be a problem, because
I use only Emofin and Rodinal, nothing else. Rodinal for the nice
tonality and compensation, Emofin for speed. Any good tips for similar
developer good for rotary dev?

4) What's a good way to clean the tempering bath, it's full of E6 gunk
and mush. I cleaned lot of it with mild acid, and it worked very well
for the tanks and reels, but not so well for the bath.

Thanks
  Frantisek

Re: Happy Birthday Canada

[Dario Bonazza 2]

And since July 1 is also my birthday, it must be a great day indeed :-)
Dario 
(hoping not to hurt Canadian friends with such an irreverent comparison)

- Original Message - 
From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 3:35 AM
Subject: Happy Birthday Canada


> July 1, 1867 was the day that the British North America Act was passed
> in London.  That basically ended Canada's status as a colony of Britain,
> and set us up as a more or less indepentant nation.  A few more things
> had to happen (most notably the Statute of Westminster in 1931) before
> we became truly independant.
> 
> But never mind.  July 1 is Canada Day, and we turned 136 today.  Lots of
> folks walking around wearing Canadian flags, with red maple leafs
> painted on their faces, lots of local celebrations, lots of fireworks
> tonight.  We had a beautiful day for it, and I must have walked about 10
> miles, just taking pictures of smiling faces - everyone was in a good
> mood, and no one seemed to mind having their pic taken.
> 
> I'm a pretty cynical fellow sometimes.  But days like today remind me
> that, for all it's faults, there is no other country I'd rather live in
> than this big, beautiful place.
> 
> Happy Birthday, Canada!
> 
> cheers,
> frank
> 
> --
> "What a senseless waste of human life"
> -The Customer in Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch
> 
> 

Re: Happy Pentax to me

[Dario Bonazza 2]

My frst camera was an MX, bought new in 1982.
I still own it and I took some pictures using it at 8th Pentax Day last June
22.

Dario Bonazza
www.aohc.it
www.dariobonazza.com

>  > Gasp!  I've been a Pentax user
> since 1963 - Honeywell
> H3.  Still have the
> > camera.
> >
> > Jim A.
> >
> > > From: Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 04:09:42 -0400
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Happy Pentax to me
> > > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Resent-Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 04:07:58 -0400
> > >
> > > Writing the previous message with "10 years ago.." I just noticed
> that
> > > this year I should celebrate 10 years since I got my first Pentax.
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > > caveman
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>

Re: *ist D was not production type :-(

[Dario Bonazza 2]

No, not sure, I'm just afraid it is plastic.
Dario

- Original Message - 
From: "Arnold Stark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: *ist D was not production type :-(


> How do you know that it is plastic? The sample that I handled was so 
> stiff/hard that I thought it was magnesium although it was as light as 
> plastic. I still am not sure. Are you?
> 
> Arnold
> 
> >>What finish? Is it plastic or magnesium?
> >>
> >>
> >I'm afraid it's plastic.
> >  
> >
> 
> 

Re: *ist is TIPA camera of the Year, 450 now in the shops

[Dario Bonazza 2]

Confirmed by Italian importers too. Official TIPA motivation will be
released very soon.
Bye,
Dario Bonazza
www.aohc.it
www.dariobonazza.com

- Original Message -
From: "Rüdiger Neumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 8:54 PM
Subject: *ist is TIPA camera of the Year, 450 now in the shops


> Hallo
> there is a text from Pentax Swiss (use altavista translator)
>
> http://digitalfotonetz.de/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1680
>
> regards
> Rüdiger
>

Re: *ist D was not production type :-(

[Dario Bonazza 2]

Even the 645N II housings are magnesium-like plastic, with the same look of
the MZ-S, so why the *ist D should be magnesium? Only for fighting against
the EOS 10D? If it's magnesium, do you really believe that Pentax could miss
to point out that in their press release? It's possible, but not very
likely.
I'm afraid it's plastic.

Dario Bonazza

> - Original Message -
> From: "Arnold Stark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:00 AM
> Subject: Re: *ist D was not production type :-(
>
>
> > How do you know that it is plastic? The sample that I handled was so
> > stiff/hard that I thought it was magnesium although it was as light as
> > plastic. I still am not sure. Are you?
> >
> > Arnold
> >
> > >>What finish? Is it plastic or magnesium?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >I'm afraid it's plastic.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>

Re: Goods things to see/do in Alicante and Gibraltar

[whickersworld]

- Original Message -
From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 4:03 AM
Subject: Goods things to see/do in Alicante and Gibraltar


> Hi,
>
> Just wondering if any one has any must see's or do's for
traveling to =
> Alicante and Gibraltar?


Paul,

Although I visit Spain several times
a year, I've never been to either ...

... but I was planning to take a trip
to the Alicante area a few years ago
and remember that there is a narrow
gauge railway that serves the coast.

It is modern and has a frequent
service, so would be a good way of
visiting many places along the coast
without having to battle along the
congested and dangerous main coast
road - the N340, which is said to be
one of the longest "accident black
spots" in Europe.  Take care!

John

Re: Happy Birthday Canada

[whickersworld]

frank theriault wrote:
> 
> Happy Birthday, Canada!
> 
>


Seconded (from the UK!),

John 

Re: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

[whickersworld]

Cotty wrote:
>
>This from DPReview on the UK pricing of the E-1 DSLR from
Olympus:
>
>"Olympus   UK has today confirmed that the body only list
price of the E-
1 digital   SLR (including 17.5% VAT) will be £1699.99. This
means that
at least   initially the E-1 will be approximately £200 more
than a Nikon
D100   and £450 more than a Canon EOS-10D. Assuming the
E-1's street
price   drops once the immediate rush is over we could see
it matching
the D100   at £1499 (inc. VAT). In my opinion this price is
simply too
high   for a new SLR system. We still don't have official
pricing for
lenses   or accessories."
>
>Full story:
>

>
>I agree that it is too high. Time will tell. That *ist D
has to be well
>into D10 territory. Has to be.



I disagree.

The E1 was never aimed to compete with
the consumer Nikon D100 and Canon EOS
10D.  It's very much a pro camera and is
positioned nearer to the Nikon D1 range
and Canon EOS 1D.  It is said to be built
like a tank and that alone positions it a
lot higher than the D100 and EOS D10.

When prices settle down, the E1 will be
seen as very good value for money.  With
Fuji and Olympus both making lenses for
this system, competition will develop and
drive prices down.

It seems likely that the lens mount and
interface will be licensed to independent
manufacturers and this will bring prices
down further.  It will be at that point,
and not before, that we should judge the
success (or otherwise) of the 4/3 system.

Personally, I think the 4/3 system could
be the future of digital, and that we will
see the 'Holy Grail' of a 24x36mm sensor
as more of a 'blind alley'.

No doubt Paal will tell me I'm wrong again.

;-)

John

Re: *ist D was not production type :-(

[whickersworld]

Dario Bonazza wrote:
>
> Even the 645N II housings are magnesium-like plastic, with
the same look of
> the MZ-S, so why the *ist D should be magnesium? Only for
fighting against
> the EOS 10D? If it's magnesium, do you really believe that
Pentax could miss
> to point out that in their press release? It's possible,
but not very
> likely.
> I'm afraid it's plastic.



The EOS 10D is a bit of a con trick,
with a plastic body that is concealed
by a magnesium alloy outer casing.

John

Re: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

[Sylwester Pietrzyk]

on 02.07.03 11:54, whickersworld at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> The E1 was never aimed to compete with
> the consumer Nikon D100 and Canon EOS
> 10D.  It's very much a pro camera and is
> positioned nearer to the Nikon D1 range
> and Canon EOS 1D.  It is said to be built
> like a tank and that alone positions it a
> lot higher than the D100 and EOS D10.
You are absolutely right - compare its price to prices of Nikon D1X or Canon
D1, and you will realize, that E-1 is cheap for professional camera, with
sealed, magnesium-alloy shell and what's more important - with sealed lenses
How many really sealed lenses are in Nikon's and Canon's offer? I suspect
that no more than in E-system...

-- 
Best Regards
Sylwek

Re: *ist D was not production type :-(

[Rob Studdert]

On 2 Jul 2003 at 6:33, Hans Imglueck wrote:

> But I am quite sure that if a MZ-S and a MZ5 are falling down to solid
> ground from about 1.5-2.0 meter both of them will be damaged. So
> what is the benefit of magnesium bodies? Or will someone proof to
> me, that his MZ-S will survive such a fall? 

The mechanical stability, precision and rigidity of cameras produced on metal 
chassis is usually better than that of plastic chassis and where it's equal the 
cost of the composite plastics are probably higher than metal of comparable 
performance. A cameras physical design most probably has more to do with its 
resilience to impact than the materials from which it is made.

Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
UTC(GMT)  +10 Hours
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/
Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998

RE: Happy Birthday Canada

[Peter Alling]

That statement reminds me of the first time I drove to Miami FL.  As I hit the
Florida Border I thought thank God I'm almost there.  Then I saw the sign 
"Miami
500 Miles"...

At 09:20 AM 7/2/03 -0400, you wrote:
Happy Birthday Canada.
Unfortunately I have not had a chance to visit your wonderful country save a
brief stopover on a plane flight, Seeing that I live less then a day away I
need to remedy that shortly.
BUTCH

Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself.

Hermann Hess (Demian)
To grasp the true meaning of socialism, imagine a world where everything is 
designed by
the post office, even the sleaze.
O'Rourke, P.J.

Re[2]: *ist D was not production type :-(

[Alin Flaider]

  I believe our pdmler John Coyle might entertain you in this regard.
  His has fallen from 2 meter on carpeted - I think - concrete...

  Servus, Alin

Hans wrote:

HI> But I am quite sure that if a MZ-S and a MZ5 are falling down to solid
HI> ground from about 1.5-2.0 meter both of them will be damaged. So
HI> what is the benefit of magnesium bodies? Or will someone proof to
HI> me, that his MZ-S will survive such a fall? 

RE: Cutting roll of film

[tom]

Finally, someone who eschews the slipshod.

tv

> -Original Message-
> From: Simon King [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> >Bunch of amateurs.
> 
> Not all of us, I use the Behringer HBP 530 A
> http://www.oceanmachinery.com/behringer-band-saw-automatic.htm
> 10 HP of film cutting heaven...
> :-)
> 
> Simon
> 
> 
> > -Original Message-
> >From: tom 
> >Subject: RE: Cutting roll of film 
> >Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 20:39:43 -0700 
> 
> >Bunch of amateurs.
> >Maris, you need to order a Leitz BS2000 Silver Halide Transport
> >Bisector. It costs about $400 at B/H, but is well worth it.
> 
> >tv
> 
> 
> 

SV: *ist D was not production type :-(

[Jens Bladt]

I the rumor says 1200 or 1600$ for the *ist D, I guess it may not be a
magnesium body.
Anyway it's difficult to tell the difference - at work we have a Nikon
Coolpix something - it's supposed to be magnesium - but the feel is plasic.
Jens

Re: Cutting roll of film

[T Rittenhouse]

Are you aware, Tom, that you might be the first person to use the word
"eschew" in an internet post? 

Ciao,
Graywolf
http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto


- Original Message -
From: "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


> Finally, someone who eschews the slipshod.

RE: Cutting roll of film

[Doug Brewer]

But what if you need to batch cut? I prefer this:

http://www.powertoolstore.com/Qstore/p000197.htm

At 10:14 AM 7/2/03, throwing caution to the wind, tom wrote:

Finally, someone who eschews the slipshod.

tv

> -Original Message-
> From: Simon King [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >Bunch of amateurs.
>
> Not all of us, I use the Behringer HBP 530 A
> http://www.oceanmachinery.com/behringer-band-saw-automatic.htm
> 10 HP of film cutting heaven...
> :-)
>
> Simon
>

Re: A new toy (thanks to digital revolution)

[Anthony Farr]

Frantisek,

My JOBO's an ATL1000, but the CPA2+LIFT uses the same series drums and
tanks, and I used a CPP2+LIFT over 20 years ago when it first came out, so
I'm sure you'll be happy with it.  In fact the CP*2 processors have a bigger
film capacity and maximium print size, and the ATL1000 and ATL1500 need to
be attended to collect the used chemicals seperately if they're being
re-used, so it's a toss-up for which is the handier processor.

Q:
> 1) do you prerinse? I tried prerinse of ~4-5min on my B&W, then
> developed as normal Emofin times for rotary processing. The negs were
> good. But I don't know if other developers will need it too.

A:
Prints need pre-rinsing, for b&w films it's optional but would call for a
little extra developing time, for colour films it's not recommended.  The
chemical filling and draining times are very fast so I don't believe it's an
issue, therefore Caveman will now insist that it is :-)   JOBO's
recommendation is to temper the tank plus films (but no presoak) for several
minutes in the water jacket before commencing the process.

Q:
> 2) Rodinal - I have heard it's doesn't go well with rotary dev?
>
> 3) if Rodinal doesn't work well with it, it will be a problem, because
> I use only Emofin and Rodinal, nothing else. Rodinal for the nice
> tonality and compensation, Emofin for speed. Any good tips for similar
> developer good for rotary dev?

A:
Ex PDML correspondent Aaron Reynolds found that Studional Liquid worked well
with rotary processing in place of Rodinal which didn't perform well with
rotary processing.

Q:
> 4) What's a good way to clean the tempering bath, it's full of E6 gunk
> and mush. I cleaned lot of it with mild acid, and it worked very well
> for the tanks and reels, but not so well for the bath.

A:
Kodak once made a solution called "System Cleaner"  which worked well but I
don't know if it's still around.  JOBO makes a processor cleaner that I
would guess is similar to Kodak's.  One of the citrus oil based cleaners
e.g. "Goo Gone"  might be good but I'd first test an out-of-the-way area of
the plastic to ensure it doesn't etch the surface.  I occasionally steam
clean my JOBO which works well.

I also put an overrated fuse on the power circuit that the JOBO is using,
just for the duration of film processing, as a precaution against
interruption of the process.  That shouldn't be a hazard as long as you
ensure that the total current load of the circuit is within its capacity,
and get the normal fuse back in straight afterwards.  You should be certain
that your wiring is in good condition if you do this.

regards,
Anthony Farr

Re: Happy Birthday Canada

[Bob Blakely]

Damn right Canada's a great and beautiful country - and filled with the some
of most wonderful people to walk the face of this earth! For all these years
we've shared the longest undefended border in the world with a good friend.
May we always be worthy of this friendship.

P.S. Please don't burn down our White House again.  :)

Regards,
Bob...

"Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying
the object which is abused.  Men can go wrong with wine
and women.  Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?"
-Martin Luther

From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


> July 1, 1867 was the day that the British North America Act was passed
> in London.  That basically ended Canada's status as a colony of Britain,
> and set us up as a more or less indepentant nation.  A few more things
> had to happen (most notably the Statute of Westminster in 1931) before
> we became truly independant.
>
> But never mind.  July 1 is Canada Day, and we turned 136 today.  Lots of
> folks walking around wearing Canadian flags, with red maple leafs
> painted on their faces, lots of local celebrations, lots of fireworks
> tonight.  We had a beautiful day for it, and I must have walked about 10
> miles, just taking pictures of smiling faces - everyone was in a good
> mood, and no one seemed to mind having their pic taken.
>
> I'm a pretty cynical fellow sometimes.  But days like today remind me
> that, for all it's faults, there is no other country I'd rather live in
> than this big, beautiful place.

Re: My Son...

[Andre Langevin]

Bob, I hope your son will manage to get out of this nighmare unhurt 
psychologically.

Andre
--

Re: Cutting roll of film

[Dr E D F Williams]

That gentleman is wont to use esoteric prose.

Don
___
Dr E D F Williams
http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams
Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery
Updated: March 30, 2002


- Original Message - 
From: "T Rittenhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: Cutting roll of film


> Are you aware, Tom, that you might be the first person to use the word
> "eschew" in an internet post? 
> 
> Ciao,
> Graywolf
> http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
> 
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> 
> > Finally, someone who eschews the slipshod.
> 
> 
> 
> 

Re: Cutting roll of film

[Daniel J. Matyola]

> > Are you aware, Tom, that you might be the first person to use the word
> > "eschew" in an internet post? 

I once advised someone, via email, to "eschew obfuscation."  That was, of
course, intended to be humorous, but I'm not certain it was taken that way.

Dan

RE: Cutting roll of film

[tom]

Mmplasma.

tv


> -Original Message-
> From: Doug Brewer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> But what if you need to batch cut? I prefer this:
> 
> http://www.powertoolstore.com/Qstore/p000197.htm
> 
> 
> At 10:14 AM 7/2/03, throwing caution to the wind, tom wrote:
> 
> >Finally, someone who eschews the slipshod.
> >
> >tv
> >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Simon King [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > >Bunch of amateurs.
> > >
> > > Not all of us, I use the Behringer HBP 530 A
> > > http://www.oceanmachinery.com/behringer-band-saw-automatic.htm
> > > 10 HP of film cutting heaven...
> > > :-)
> > >
> > > Simon
> > >
> 
> 
> 

Re: Cutting roll of film

[Caveman]

Doug Brewer wrote:
But what if you need to batch cut? I prefer this:

http://www.powertoolstore.com/Qstore/p000197.htm
Full automatic:

http://www.treemachinetools.com/Products/j425/default.htm

Re: Cutting roll of film

[Dag T]

På onsdag, 2. juli 2003, kl. 17:54, skrev Caveman:

Doug Brewer wrote:
But what if you need to batch cut? I prefer this:
http://www.powertoolstore.com/Qstore/p000197.htm
Full automatic:

http://www.treemachinetools.com/Products/j425/default.htm

Why not this one.

http://www.mcafeetool.com/page6.html

Very efficient, simultaneous exposure of the film as a free additional 
feature

DagT

Re: Cutting roll of film

[Caveman]

Dag T wrote:
På onsdag, 2. juli 2003, kl. 17:54, skrev Caveman:

Doug Brewer wrote:

But what if you need to batch cut? I prefer this:
http://www.powertoolstore.com/Qstore/p000197.htm


Full automatic:

http://www.treemachinetools.com/Products/j425/default.htm

Why not this one.

http://www.mcafeetool.com/page6.html

Very efficient, simultaneous exposure of the film as a free additional 
feature
I'd say we should wait until Bubenstein personally checks these models 
for 6 months each and gives us an informed opinion ;-)

cheers,
caveman

LX motordrive/ NiCd pack re-furby

[Thomas Stach]

Hello everybody,

my LX motordrive works again.
I fingered a little bit at the various pins at the top
(those ones releasing the camera from its bottom, I think), and suddenly
it was alive again!
*sigh*

So I decided to refurbish my NiCd pack now.
Those Sanyo N225 1/3AF cells are not that easy to obtain.
Although I know, modellers use them (slowflyerz).
The Panasonic 1/3AAA would fit also, but only delivers 110 mAh.
I found something better:

GP250! This little green cells have the same size like the Panasonics,
but provide 250 mA-hours!

Modellers praise them, and so I ordered a dozen of them.

Those of you in Germany who are also interested in this,
here is where I ordered them:

http://www.hopf-modelltechnik.de

Price was EUR 1,90 each (incl. 16% VAT) - this is quite moderate.
Other shops wanted 2,85 for the Sanyo cell or even 3,60.
I'll keep you informed, how they perform etc...

But first, I'm waiting for delivery.
:-)


Yours,

Thomas

MZ-S: not chrome - but green!

[Thomas Stach]

:-)
Somebody was looking for a chrome MZ-S?
I found a green one!
:-)
Well, don't take this too serious.
But the japanese seemed to be very inspired artistically by this body...


http://www004.upp.so-net.ne.jp/kitsune/shashin/gentlemen.htm


Perhaps can someone tell us what goes on ther?
(Japanese)


Thomas

Re: NYC PDML

[Ann Sanfedele]

"Daniel J. Matyola" wrote:

> Where is Cold Spring?

Dan,
Cold Spring is on the Hudson line of Metro NOrth  - that is, on the east side of
the Hudson river.
Almost directly across the river from West Point, about an hour and a half north
of New York...
Pretty little town,  and nicely accessable by train - that is, the station, is
actually
near the river and one can find lovely spots to eat and browse by foot.

annsan


>
>
> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
>
> > Fascinating.
> > There's a town back in Wisconsin by the name of Boscobel.
> > But I've never known the history of the name.
> > Got any info?
> >
> > Collin
> >
> > *
> > Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 08:38:27 -0400
> > From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > i've had an urge to be at another NYC PDML but i have been thinking about a
> > field trip to the Boscobel Restoration in Cold Spring. anyone interested,
> > please contact me off list. no, there isn't a date set yet. Boscobel is a
> > too far from the Cold Spring Train station to walk, but there there are
> > taxis and some people from last time have cars. http://www.boscobel.org for
> > more information.
> >
> > Herb
> > *
> >
> > 
> > mail2web - Check your email from the web at
> > http://mail2web.com/ .
>
> --
> Daniel J. Matyola  mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Stanley, Powers & Matyola  mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Suite203, 1170 US Highway 22 East  http://geocities.com/dmatyola/
> Bridgewater, NJ 08807  (908)725-3322  fax: (908)707-0399

Dust experiment

[brooksdj]

They say alot of products were invented by researchers doing something 
else and

stumbled upon the new product.This may be one of them

I was just working with  a survey mylar plan sitting on top of several paper 
plans.When i
went to pick 
up the mylar there was a ton of static attracting it to the paper.I trimmed of the 
excess
and rubbed it in 
my hair.There seems like there might be enough ststic in this strip to help "lift" off
dust from, maybe a 
negative or scanner surface.
I'm going to see how effective this is when i get home,as i dont have any negatives 
here
at work.

Might be the start of Brooks Static Dust Remover and PhotographyHave mylar,will 
travel.

Dave

Re: OT - another great (& photogenic )talent gone - Katherine Hepburn

[Ann Sanfedele]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>
>
> Marnie wrote: (about Kate Hepburn)

>
> The sad thing is, and I know this because I often hang out on the Internet (in a 
> group)
>
> composed mainly of people in their early thirties and mid to late twenties, is
> the younger one is the less likely one has seen many of the great B&W films of
> the 1930's, 1940's, and even the 1950's.

THe good thing is, PBS shows them - and one can rent some of the very old ones
very inexpensively.  The film students get to see some.

I love Stage Door, too :)  and Adam's Rib

(Mentioning this so some of the young'uns might be inspired to check them out.)

annsan

RE: Dust experiment

[Thomas Haller]

Be careful there Dave!

> "...There seems like there might be enough ststic in this
> strip to help "lift" off dust from, maybe a negative or
> scanner surface..."
>
Remember that is static _electricity_ your dealing with, with sometimes a
very high voltage. Devices have to certified to withstand "electro-static
discharge" which can easily damage ICs and transistors. If your method of
lifting the dust cause a static discharge to your sensor or device, you may
fry the thing!

- THaller

RE: Dust experiment

[brooksdj]

Good point. 

> Be careful there Dave!
> 
> > "...There seems like there might be enough ststic in this
> > strip to help "lift" off dust from, maybe a negative or
> > scanner surface..."
> >
> Remember that is static _electricity_ your dealing with, with sometimes a
> very high voltage. Devices have to certified to withstand "electro-static
> discharge" which can easily damage ICs and transistors. If your method of
> lifting the dust cause a static discharge to your sensor or device, you may
> fry the thing!
> 
> - THaller
> 

Re: NYC PDML

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Thanks.  I think I can make it, but I still have have one more obligation to
reschedule.

Ann Sanfedele wrote:

> "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote:
>
> > Where is Cold Spring?
>
> Dan,
> Cold Spring is on the Hudson line of Metro NOrth  - that is, on the east side of
> the Hudson river.
> Almost directly across the river from West Point, about an hour and a half north
> of New York...
> Pretty little town,  and nicely accessable by train - that is, the station, is
> actually
> near the river and one can find lovely spots to eat and browse by foot.
>
> annsan
>
> >
> >
> > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
> >
> > > Fascinating.
> > > There's a town back in Wisconsin by the name of Boscobel.
> > > But I've never known the history of the name.
> > > Got any info?
> > >
> > > Collin
> > >
> > > *
> > > Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 08:38:27 -0400
> > > From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
> > > i've had an urge to be at another NYC PDML but i have been thinking about a
> > > field trip to the Boscobel Restoration in Cold Spring. anyone interested,
> > > please contact me off list. no, there isn't a date set yet. Boscobel is a
> > > too far from the Cold Spring Train station to walk, but there there are
> > > taxis and some people from last time have cars. http://www.boscobel.org for
> > > more information.
> > >
> > > Herb
> > > *
> > >
> > > 
> > > mail2web - Check your email from the web at
> > > http://mail2web.com/ .
> >
> > --
> > Daniel J. Matyola  mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Stanley, Powers & Matyola  mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Suite203, 1170 US Highway 22 East  http://geocities.com/dmatyola/
> > Bridgewater, NJ 08807  (908)725-3322  fax: (908)707-0399

--
Daniel J. Matyola  mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stanley, Powers & Matyola  mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Suite203, 1170 US Highway 22 East  http://geocities.com/dmatyola/
Bridgewater, NJ 08807  (908)725-3322  fax: (908)707-0399

Re: LX motordrive/ NiCd pack re-furby

[Michael A Yehle]

Cool, I just ordered a set of 350 mAh 1/3AA Ni-Mh cells from Batteries
America for mine.  They're just a hair longer (2-3 mm) but I'm pretty sure
I can trim the case to fit.  If they don't, I'll send em back and get 
some of the 250's

Mike Y

On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 06:48:03PM +0200, Thomas Stach wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> my LX motordrive works again.
> I fingered a little bit at the various pins at the top
> (those ones releasing the camera from its bottom, I think), and suddenly
> it was alive again!
> *sigh*
> 
> So I decided to refurbish my NiCd pack now.
> Those Sanyo N225 1/3AF cells are not that easy to obtain.
> Although I know, modellers use them (slowflyerz).
> The Panasonic 1/3AAA would fit also, but only delivers 110 mAh.
> I found something better:
> 
> GP250! This little green cells have the same size like the Panasonics,
> but provide 250 mA-hours!
> 
> Modellers praise them, and so I ordered a dozen of them.
> 
> Those of you in Germany who are also interested in this,
> here is where I ordered them:
> 
> http://www.hopf-modelltechnik.de
> 
> Price was EUR 1,90 each (incl. 16% VAT) - this is quite moderate.
> Other shops wanted 2,85 for the Sanyo cell or even 3,60.
> I'll keep you informed, how they perform etc...
> 
> But first, I'm waiting for delivery.
> :-)
> 
> 
> Yours,
> 
> Thomas

-- 
The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any better, 
on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. True, you can sit outside in 
Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why this is more stylish than 
sitting inside and drinking large glasses of whiskey I don't know

-- P. J. O'Rourke

myehle at wanadoo dot fr

Re: Got the MZ-S afterall

[Feroze Kistan]

I hope you post those, please give an update if you do.

Feroze
- Original Message -
From: "Stan Halpin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> They ARE nice. My project this weekend is to do some shots of old vs. new:
> the LX with 30mm next to the MZ-S with 31mm, LX+40mm vs MZ-S+43mm,
LX+85/1.8
> vs MZ-S+77mm. I might even take some comparison photos with the two
> generations of cameras...
>
> Stan
>
>

Re: *ist D was not production type :-(

[Alan Chan]

If it's magnesium, do you really believe that Pentax could miss
to point out that in their press release?
Absolutely.

regards,
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Re: *ist D was not production type :-(

[Alan Chan]

ACK. And I'm quite sure that a well made plastics body is as endurable
as those modern "metal" bodies.
The problem with plastic shells is that they tend to crack when aged. But 
then again, the 6 month cycle for digital cameras should not pose any 
problem.

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RE: Happy Birthday Canada

[Nicolas Colarusso]

Hi Bob, 

About the White House...that was a mistake. The British made us do it! 

And for our neighbours to the south, you are worthy of our friendship. I
hope we are worthy of yours.

Just kidding.

-Original Message-
From: Bob Blakely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: July 2, 2003 10:49
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Happy Birthday Canada

Damn right Canada's a great and beautiful country - and filled with the
some
of most wonderful people to walk the face of this earth! For all these
years
we've shared the longest undefended border in the world with a good
friend.
May we always be worthy of this friendship.

P.S. Please don't burn down our White House again.  :)

Regards,
Bob...

"Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying
the object which is abused.  Men can go wrong with wine
and women.  Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?"
-Martin Luther

From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


> July 1, 1867 was the day that the British North America Act was passed
> in London.  That basically ended Canada's status as a colony of
Britain,
> and set us up as a more or less indepentant nation.  A few more things
> had to happen (most notably the Statute of Westminster in 1931) before
> we became truly independant.
>
> But never mind.  July 1 is Canada Day, and we turned 136 today.  Lots
of
> folks walking around wearing Canadian flags, with red maple leafs
> painted on their faces, lots of local celebrations, lots of fireworks
> tonight.  We had a beautiful day for it, and I must have walked about
10
> miles, just taking pictures of smiling faces - everyone was in a good
> mood, and no one seemed to mind having their pic taken.
>
> I'm a pretty cynical fellow sometimes.  But days like today remind me
> that, for all it's faults, there is no other country I'd rather live
in
> than this big, beautiful place.

Re: *ist D was not production type :-(

[Alan Chan]

Perhaps something like the Super A where the top cover is plastic with metal 
sheet on top?

regards,
Alan Chan
At the Cebit I was told that the *istD has a special, mixed material.
Not the expensive magnesium body of the MZ-S but a kind of mixture of
magnesium particles and plastics. For me it felt similar as the MZ-S -
very light but not like plastics.
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MC APO Telezenitar-K 300mm f/4.5

[Arnold Stark]

I just looked at the russian Zenit homepage:  
http://www.zenit-foto.ru/index.htm
and I found some interesting lenses in k-mount like the fish-eye lens MC 
Zenitar-K 16mm/f2.8 for 2530 Rubel,
the MC Variozenitar-K 25-45mm f/2.8-3.5 for 6050 Rubel and especially 
the new
MC APO Telezenitar-K 300mm f/4.5  for 12480 Rubel. The latter lens has 7 
elements in  6 groups, focuses down to 3 meters, takes 72mm filters, has 
80mm diameter, is 155mm long and weighs 990 grams. Even the resolution 
is given: 60 line pair/mm in the image centre, 35 lpm at the edge. 
(Beware: This information is visible in the russian description of this 
lens, only. The english version decribes a 135/f2.8 screw mount lens)

Has anybody seen or held or even tested this lens? Can it be seen or 
ordered somewhere?

Arnold

A quick hello from South Bank, London

[Jostein]

Hi, Gang.

Just a quick hello from three PDML'ers dining together in London
tonight.
Cotty's got his big awful, ugly digicam, with which he will probably
document the event and put up on his website (god, am I green with
envy... *istD, c'mon!).

We're having a good time, and honestly, wish you were all here.


Cheers,
Bob Walkden,
Cotty, and
Jostein

RE: Happy Birthday Canada

[Ed Matthew]

And for our neighbours to the south, you are worthy of our friendship. I
hope we are worthy of yours.
Just kidding.
And I hope that we are and continue to be worthy of Canada's friendship. 
National differences of opinion mean little; national good neighbors mean 
more than I can say! Too bad this isn't a worldwide view.
Not kidding :-)

Ed

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Re: A quick hello from South Bank, London

[Gianfranco Irlanda]

Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, Gang.
>  
> We're having a good time, and honestly, wish you were all
here.
> 
> Cheers,
> Bob Walkden,
> Cotty, and
> Jostein

Hi guys,

That sounds really nice! I'm glad I'm going to join you by the
end of the month, although not in London.
:-)

Gianfranco
(thinking about what to put in the backpack, photographically speaking...)

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Re: A quick hello from South Bank, London

[Steve Larson]

Are they coming apart? ;)
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California


Gianfranco Irlanda wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> That sounds really nice! I'm glad I'm going to join you by the
> end of the month, although not in London.
> :-)
>
> Gianfranco
> (thinking about what to put in the backpack, photographically speaking...)

Re: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

[Pål Jensen]

John wrote:

Personally, I think the 4/3 system could
be the future of digital, and that we will
see the 'Holy Grail' of a 24x36mm sensor
as more of a 'blind alley'.

No doubt Paal will tell me I'm wrong again.



REPLY:
Why should I say that? I've said the same thing since I forst heard about the 4/3 
system. The Olympus makes more sense than the *ist D (or D10 for that matter) to me. 
The way I see it is that the Olympus offer advantages beyond the fact that it doesn't 
use film. 

Pål

Re: Got the MZ-S afteral

[Pål Jensen]

Aaarghh! I need to have one of those chrome MZ-S! Gearlust again!

Pål

Re: Pentax Energizer bunny

[Pål Jensen]

Pat wrote:

Batteries continue after the low battery warning?  Must be nice.  On the
MZ-5n and MZ-S, the camera stops when the low battery warning appears.  It's
more like a dead battery warning.


REPLY:

Yep. The batteries last about out the roll on the MZ-S after battery warning. The 
645NII goes on and on. 

Pål

Re: Another great zoom lens (FA645 150-300/5.6 ED IF)

[Pål Jensen]

Actually, this lens also have the 3D effect typical for the Limited lenses. Perhaps 
not as much but it is still there. Maybe this lens is Mr. Harakawas work as well? I 
think so, as the "look" it yields seems to have his hallmark. 
The does have a quite different color rendition than my other Pentax lenses. The funny 
thing is that it seems to vary with wavelenght of the light. At least this is how it 
seems to me as it isn't always apparent. It seems to have a warm, slightly yellowish 
colour rendition under certain circumstances. Perhaps it is done deliberately to 
counteract the blueish cast often recorded when shooting telephotos through some 
distance?

Pål 

Re: Happy Birthday Canada

[frank theriault]

Hi, Nicolas,

Yeah, that was the Brits that burned the White House in the War of 1812.
But, hell, the Americans should thank us (or the Brits or whoever).  I don't
know what colour the President's House was before it was burned down, but I
know it wasn't white.  It just would sound right to call it the (let's say)
Charteuse House, or Aquamarine House now, would it?

"...and now we go to Ari Fleishman at the Burgundy House..."
"...President Clinton met Monica Lewinski at a Fuscha House garden party..."

"...GW Bush, the world's most powerful man, eats corn flakes every moringing
at the Taupe House..."

Clearly, none of those work, and I think we've never received the
appropriate thanks...  

cheers,
frank

Nicolas Colarusso wrote:

> Hi Bob,
>
> About the White House...that was a mistake. The British made us do it!
> 
>

--
"What a senseless waste of human life"
-The Customer in Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch

Re: Little photo essay on tobacco shacks

[frank theriault]

Hey, Vic,

Everyone's right (even though I can't see them in colour):  they ~are~ wonderful
shots.  I presume they were taken down Simcoe way?

I've always thought they'd be good subjects.  They remind me of boathouses - gotta
take more of those next time I'm down East.

cheers,
frank

Mark Cassino wrote:

> Look great!
>
> I particularly like the winter shots.
>

--
"What a senseless waste of human life"
-The Customer in Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch

Re: *ist D was not production type :-(

[Bruce Rubenstein]

Production life doesn't equal owned/used life. You don't expect your car 
to stop working when the manufacturer changes models do you?

BR

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

The problem with plastic shells is that they tend to crack when aged. 
But then again, the 6 month cycle for digital cameras should not pose 
any problem.

Re: A quick hello from South Bank, London

[frank theriault]

You guys still on line?

Who's drinking what?  I bet Cotty's had the most to drink!!  

Hoist a pint for me!

Cheers!
frank

Jostein wrote:

> Hi, Gang.
>
> Just a quick hello from three PDML'ers dining together in London
> tonight.
> Cotty's got his big awful, ugly digicam, with which he will probably
> document the event and put up on his website (god, am I green with
> envy... *istD, c'mon!).
>
> We're having a good time, and honestly, wish you were all here.
>
> Cheers,
> Bob Walkden,
> Cotty, and
> Jostein

--
"What a senseless waste of human life"
-The Customer in Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch

Re: *ist D was not production type :-(

[Bruce Rubenstein]

The Super A has a chrome plated plastic top cover. It is not a metal 
sheet over plastic. It still wears much better than the silver paint 
that the industry has gone to (cheaper to paint than plate)

BR

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Perhaps something like the Super A where the top cover is plastic with 
metal sheet on top?

Re: A quick hello from South Bank, London

[Bob Walkden]

Hi,

Wednesday, July 2, 2003, 11:11:50 PM, you wrote:

> You guys still on line?

> Who's drinking what?  I bet Cotty's had the most to drink!!  

> Hoist a pint for me!

life is all strawberries for Cotty usually (he spent the day at
Wimbledon), but he had to drive back to Oxford tonight, so he had to
keep to his limit of 2 pints of champagne, a bucket of Pimms and a
bottle of rum.

He got one of the waitresses to play with his Canon, but it fired too
early, and after that she couldn't revive it.

-- 
Cheers,
 Bobmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Happy Birthday Canada

[Paul Stenquist]

Detroit and Windsor have a shared fireworks show over the Detroit river.
It's always before July 1, so that it can honor the birthdays of both
nations. It's said to be one of the world's most extravagant fireworks
displays. 
Paul

Nicolas Colarusso wrote:
> 
> Peter Alling said:
>  >> I'm not
> however surprised that Frank was the only Canadian on this list to
> mention
> their
> national birthday, it's so unseemly. :)
> 
> As a Canadian and Pentax list member I have to say that I was out all
> day celebrating our great nations birthday.

Re: A quick hello from South Bank, London

[frank theriault]

ROTFL!!!

I've heard that to be a common problem with Canon users, though...  

Glad you guys had a good time.

-frank

Bob Walkden wrote:

> life is all strawberries for Cotty usually (he spent the day at
> Wimbledon), but he had to drive back to Oxford tonight, so he had to
> keep to his limit of 2 pints of champagne, a bucket of Pimms and a
> bottle of rum.
>
> He got one of the waitresses to play with his Canon, but it fired too
> early, and after that she couldn't revive it.
>
> --
> Cheers,
>  Bobmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

--
"What a senseless waste of human life"
-The Customer in Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch

Re: A quick hello from South Bank, London

[Paul Stenquist]

Cotty just has to learn to keep his Canon in the Never Ready case.

Bob Walkden wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Wednesday, July 2, 2003, 11:11:50 PM, you wrote:
> 
> > You guys still on line?
> 
> > Who's drinking what?  I bet Cotty's had the most to drink!!  
> 
> > Hoist a pint for me!
> 
> life is all strawberries for Cotty usually (he spent the day at
> Wimbledon), but he had to drive back to Oxford tonight, so he had to
> keep to his limit of 2 pints of champagne, a bucket of Pimms and a
> bottle of rum.
> 
> He got one of the waitresses to play with his Canon, but it fired too
> early, and after that she couldn't revive it.
> 
> --
> Cheers,
>  Bobmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]