Re: FA 28-70 f2.8
Joseph Tainter a écrit: Pål reported here that he has had problems of build quality/mechanical failure with this lens. Has anyone else had such problems? (Pål has also acknowledged, if I recall correctly, that he is hard on equipment.) I have a used FA* 2.8/28-70, very good but heavy. No optical or mechanical problem, I like the power-zoom and the clutch mechanism for AF/MF and manual/power-zoom. Only problem with the broken auto-zoom switch and push-button. I glue it and now it works. Michel
Re: OT usefilm.com and Macs
Does anyone know if usefilm.com has trouble being accessed by Macs? I e-mailed a URL to a friend who uses a Mac and she couldn't access the image, but could read the text. the URL is; http://www.usefilm.com/showphoto.php?id=177280 If anyone with a Mac, or anyone that wants to see the image for that matter, can check to see if they can access it ok I'd appreciate it. Hi Butch, No problem loading the image. PowerBook FireWire 2000 (Pismo) 500 1Gb/ 20Gb OS X.2.5 Safari beta and IE 5.1 Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
Re: FA 28-70 f2.8
Only problem with the broken auto-zoom switch and push-button. I glue it and now it works. Seems like a common problem with PZ lenses. regards, Alan Chan _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
RE: OT usefilm.com and Macs
You could also try http://www.usefilm.com/image/177280.html Both are valid urls to the image. I would be curious if someone could test in ie for mac. al -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 4:02 AM To: Pentax List Subject: Re: OT usefilm.com and Macs Does anyone know if usefilm.com has trouble being accessed by Macs? I e-mailed a URL to a friend who uses a Mac and she couldn't access the image, but could read the text. the URL is; http://www.usefilm.com/showphoto.php?id=177280 If anyone with a Mac, or anyone that wants to see the image for that matter, can check to see if they can access it ok I'd appreciate it. Hi Butch, No problem loading the image. PowerBook FireWire 2000 (Pismo) 500 1Gb/ 20Gb OS X.2.5 Safari beta and IE 5.1 Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
Re: A*300/4 value?
Hello, recently I discovered this one: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=293779category=3334 This would be around ~400 US $ - I've also watched several others in this price range... until I found my F300/4.5 :-) Cheers, Thomas David Mann schrieb: Hi all, I've offered my A*300mm f/4 to the camera shop as partial trade against a 6x7 lens. It saddens me to do so but its had no use since I picked up an F*300mm f/4.5. Unfortunately its hard for us to decide upon a fair value. I searched Ebay, BH, KEH and Google and came up with nothing. Does anyone out there have a rough guide of a fair price for this lens? Mine is near-mint condition with its original front cap, a real A- series rear cap, and its original case. Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
Re: The Heat and Sand
Don I would try to get the company to buy your home and get the hell out of there. It will drive you nuts and it's not worth it. Life is too short.. Vic
Re: A*300/4 value?
Dave, US$450-500 when you can find one. Bob S.
Re: A*300/4 value?
A shop in Arizona is advertising one for $595 in 10- condition. Robert
Re: The Heat and Sand
makes sense; needs a serious think. best wishes. -sridhar - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 6:03 PM Subject: Re: The Heat and Sand Don I would try to get the company to buy your home and get the hell out of there. It will drive you nuts and it's not worth it. Life is too short.. Vic
Re: bad experience with Kodak lab
Ramesh: It's hard to say whether the damage to the slide film occurred in-camera or at the lab. I had a camera that did scratch film, but thank goodness, it leaves the scratch near the sprockets and not in the imaged area. The print film is suspect. The green areas sound to me like areas which did not come into proper contact with the processing chemicals ---the folding of the film would explain this --- and typically film is not returned uncut unless you request it that way. I can't imagine how they managed to return the film cassette to you. I have used Kodak or Kodak monitored processing in the past and none have returned film to me in this condition and manner. It could be false advertising (non-Kodak processing sold as Kodak processing). In any case, didn't Kodak get out of the film processing business years ago? Look for a lab that says they do dip-and-dunk processing. These labs use a machine where the entire strip of film is suspended above a bathtub and gets dunked into the chemicals. Since it's not touched by rollers or other parts, the film is unlikely to get scratched during processing. Also run a roll of film through your camera and then pull it out of the film cassette to examine if you see any scratches. If your camera consistently scratches film, you should be able to observe it this way. --jc On Saturday, July 19, 2003, at 03:06 PM, Ramesh Kumar wrote: Hi I had bad experience with Kodak. ... Slide film One roll of slide had horiztoal scratch on each film. ... Print film This seems to be severly damaged. There are holes. Film is diogonally folded as if a large weight was kept on it. Along these folds color is green. Film was delivered without cutting it and was rolled and kept in film cassette.
Re: OT - Brit and proud
On 19 Jul 2003 at 16:08, Keith Whaley wrote: I will too. I promise. And I'll keep an open mind. How about you? keith Could you guys please continue privately or in another forum now? thanks. Jostein -- Photos at: http://www.oksne.net AutoPug author. Submit your images at: http://www.oksne.net/autoPug/PugForm.asp
Re: bad experience with Kodak lab
- Original Message - From: Juey Chong Ong Subject: Re: bad experience with Kodak lab Look for a lab that says they do dip-and-dunk processing. These labs use a machine where the entire strip of film is suspended above a bathtub and gets dunked into the chemicals. Since it's not touched by rollers or other parts, the film is unlikely to get scratched during processing. Dip and dunk has problems of it's own which can be just as ruinous to the images. William Robb
Re: A*300/4 value?
Does anyone out there have a rough guide of a fair price for this lens? Mine is near-mint condition with its original front cap, a real A- series rear cap, and its original case. US$450-500 when you can find one. A shop in Arizona is advertising one for $595 in 10- condition. This would be around ~400 US $ - I've also watched several others in this price range... until I found my F300/4.5 :-) I have seen users (a bit beat up but in supposedly good mechanical and optical shape) goes for about $300, as I recall, but better ones, such as yours, Dave, should get at least $400, I would say. A lot depends on the market, of course, which is currently a bit depressed). As for the M*/A* 300/4 versus F*/300/4.5, I have both (and multiple copies, since 300mm is a very frequently used FL for me), and I'd say that the lenses are not totally redundant: The F* is a slightly sharper lens (but not at f/4- g), although it is slightly slower (and sometimes that partial f-stop can be significant). Both are well made, but the M*/A* is a bit nicer to use for manual focusing. And, for the size, at least in my case, I can pack the significantly shorter (when focused at infinity) M*/A* in my camera bag, but the F* requires (for me anyway) carrying it separately. On the other hand, as I said, the F* is a bit sharper (and the FA* would be, too, I guess). The hood arrangement on the F* (but not the FA*) is very well handled, and the tripod mount can be useful (even if it's not as nice as the mount on the A* 200/4 Macro). Oh, and the F* is an autofocus lens (important to some, such as my wife and my daughter-in-law, with their ZX-5n's). Perhaps because I use 300mm so much, I don't see it as excessive to own both designs (even though I've been forced, for financial reasons, to sell off some of my other extra lenses) - they're both good lenses with separate useful characteristics that certainly do not totally overlap. Oh, and I'm still not totally used to beige lenses... g Fred
Re: Pentax is a Zeiss name? was Re: Cosima makes a new Spotmatic
I recall Pentacon from long before 1964. In fact I do believe Pentacon was the camera that actually was a contraction of Pentaprism and Contax. I remember them as having both a pentaprism and an optical viewfinder (possibly why the combined names). I believe they were the first SLR with a Pentaprism. I also seem to recall that they had a bayonet lensmount similar to the Contax. I think they were part of Zeiss before WWII, but were separated in the split up of Germany after the war. As I recall the Pentacon was more expensive than the Praktica. I do not doubt that several of the East German companies were combined in the 1960's. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: Raimo Korhonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 2:40 AM Subject: Vs: Pentax is a Zeiss name? was Re: Cosima makes a new Spotmatic Praktica was originally made by Kamera Werkstatten at first in Dresden, then in Niedersedlitz (wherever that may be) - Pentacon was formed later in 1964 by joining together several (five?) East German state-owned camera manufacturers, from 1959 under the name of VEB Kamera und Kinowerke Dresden. The Praktica factory seems to exist at Niedersedlitz and belongs to the former owners, the Noble family - they make Noblex panoramic cameras. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Päivä: 20. heinäkuuta 2003 2:34 Aihe: Re: Pentax is a Zeiss name? was Re: Cosima makes a new Spotmatic I wonder if there's some confusion between Pentax and Pentacon (who made Praktica). Maybe because they were the last two manufacturers who used m42 or something. Anyway, I believe that Pentacon is PENTAprism and CONtax joined together. Makes sense, as they're both German companies. But, I've never heard that the name Pentax was a Contax trademark. cheers, frank Albano Garcia wrote: Is this true? Even the Pentax name was originally a Zeiss Ikon VEB trademark until bought by Asahi. Itwas originally derived from PENTaprism and contAX. from the cited below website Regards Albano --- Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dario, I went to the site you show below, and found the Deckel mount, that will allow my M-42 Pentax bodies to use my lovely Retina II/IIIS lenses! I've been hesistating selling them, simply because they were so perfect, but the nearly brand new Retina Reflex III has a disabled shutter (what eise is new, huh?) Now, with the Deckel adapter, I could use all of my Retina Reflex lenses! Excellent! But, do I want to spend $250 for that privilege? That's one steep adapter! Nah, I think maybe I'll sell the lenses... and the camera. keith whaley Dario Bonazza 2 wrote: Of course, I'm also expecting high-quality screw mount lenses, to be added to that bunch of Takumars and C.Z. Jena glass here and there... Bye, Dario - Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza 2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 7:05 PM Subject: Cosima makes a new Spotmatic Not sure if anybody alse already pointed it out here on the list... So, at long last, they did it. The SLR which became a rangefinder has turned back into a SLR. Now it's just like an original Spotmatic, including the M42 screw mount, the stop-down swich on left side of the mirror box and the optional accessory shoe. See the new Voigtlaender Bessaflex at: http://www.cameraquest.com/voigtFlexTM.htm Bye, Dario Bonazza www.dariobonazza.com = Albano Garcia El Pibe Asahi __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- I don't believe in God, but I do believe in pi - Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: bad experience with Kodak lab
What are the problems that can happen with dip and dunk? I've not heard of any from a good lab, but then I've never tried this more expensive method. William Robb wrote: Dip and dunk has problems of it's own which can be just as ruinous to the images.
New Nikon D2H has same AF-patern than *istD
Hallo Nikon is just annoncing a new digital body D2H with three new lenses: http://www.photim.net/Nikon-D2/Nikon-D2H.htm It is interesting, that the the new D2h uses the same AF patern than the *ist/*istD. There are also three new DX lenses, a 10.5 fisheye, a 2.8/17-55 and a VR 4/200-400 all for a faktor of 1.5. So Nikon combines the advantages of the 4/3 system (smaller CCD -- smaller lenses) with there old F-moúnt standard. Well done, the E-1 will be even more in trouble. regards Rüdiger
Re: 2 LXs, MDs, Lenses, etc. on ebay- Wow.
John Dallman wrote: Yes, my credit card bill did arrive today. Why do you ask? I didn't.
Re: *ist is TIPA 35mm SLR of the year...
Kristian Walsh wrote: From the TIPA website (www.tipa.com) Pentax *ist: Best 35mm SLR Camera With it's ultra-compact and radical styling coupled to a newly developed multi-point autofocus system, the *ist demonstrates that Pentax is still a leading light in the autofocus SLR field. Easy to understand controls allow access to a full range of creative options which will enable photographers of all genres to realise their full potential. TIPA awards give absolutely no indication of competent performance. They are purely marketing awards, and are usually only given to products that are likely to sell well. John
Re: bad experience with Kodak lab
- Original Message - From: Lon Williamson Subject: Re: bad experience with Kodak lab What are the problems that can happen with dip and dunk? I've not heard of any from a good lab, but then I've never tried this more expensive method. In a dip and dunk process, the film is suspended on a hanger, and a weight is attached to the bottom. The hanger is put onto a suspension which moves the hanger up and then down into the first tank. The process continues, with the hanger being lifted, moved forwards and lowered into the rest of the processing tanks. It is possible for a clip to let go and drop the film, or for a weight to let go, and allow the film to float, though neither is likely. Agitation in DD processors is via nitrogen burst. Nitrogen is released from a tank and directed to the bottom of the tank where it rises to the surface. This agitates the chemistry. Nitrogen bubbles can cling to the emulsion and cause underdevelopment, in much the same way that air bells cause underdevelopment in small tank processing. Fuji RVP is particularly susceptible to this, but all Fuji films are prone to it. As the film is lifted from the tank, chemistry flows from top to bottom, and flow marks can result from this action. DD processed films are often slightly overdeveloped on the low end, as the film is dropped quickly into the developer, but raised somewhat slower, and is suspended over the tank to drain for several seconds. Finally, since there is no squeegee action for removing surface chemistry, DD processed films are prone to uneven drying, and can exhibit amoeba like flaws in the emulsion from droplets of final rinse draining down onto partially or completely dry emulsion. In my own limited experience, I think that rotary tank processing is the safest, and most even method of film developing, followed by a well maintained ciné processor, then dip and dunk and properly maintained leader transport processors. The worst method, in my opinion, is roller transport processing. HTH William Robb
Re: OT - Brit and proud
Hans Imglueck wrote: The wounds of WWII were not healed by removing Hitler - of course it was necessary to do this first - but by the friendship between American, French, British, German and all the others. Wise, wise words. Thank you, Hans.
Re: OT - Brit and proud
Bob S wrote: I'd swap you Slick Willie for Tony, but then you'd have to hide all your daughters. :-) A price worth paying, maybe? ;-)
Vs: Pentax is a Zeiss name? was Re: Cosima makes a new Spotmatic
The first camera with pentaprism was Contax S of 1949 by Zeiss Ikon, Dresden. This developed into Contax D with automatic diaphragm actuation, although officially the first model to have this was Contax F. There were indeed cameras called Pentacon in the fifties but these were similar to the East German Contax SLRs - first Pentacon was the same as Contax D. There were also names like Hexacon and Consul and Ritacon and probably other names as well. Curiously it is not easy to find cameras made after the formation of Pentacon with the name Pentacon - they all seem to be Prakticas. The SLR with optical viewfinder was Praktina IIa. The information above is based on McKeowns Price Guide to Antique Classic Cameras, edition 1995-1996. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: T Rittenhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Päivä: 20. heinäkuuta 2003 17:01 Aihe: Re: Pentax is a Zeiss name? was Re: Cosima makes a new Spotmatic I recall Pentacon from long before 1964. In fact I do believe Pentacon was the camera that actually was a contraction of Pentaprism and Contax. I remember them as having both a pentaprism and an optical viewfinder (possibly why the combined names). I believe they were the first SLR with a Pentaprism. I also seem to recall that they had a bayonet lensmount similar to the Contax. I think they were part of Zeiss before WWII, but were separated in the split up of Germany after the war. As I recall the Pentacon was more expensive than the Praktica. I do not doubt that several of the East German companies were combined in the 1960's. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: Raimo Korhonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 2:40 AM Subject: Vs: Pentax is a Zeiss name? was Re: Cosima makes a new Spotmatic Praktica was originally made by Kamera Werkstatten at first in Dresden, then in Niedersedlitz (wherever that may be) - Pentacon was formed later in 1964 by joining together several (five?) East German state-owned camera manufacturers, from 1959 under the name of VEB Kamera und Kinowerke Dresden. The Praktica factory seems to exist at Niedersedlitz and belongs to the former owners, the Noble family - they make Noblex panoramic cameras. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Päivä: 20. heinäkuuta 2003 2:34 Aihe: Re: Pentax is a Zeiss name? was Re: Cosima makes a new Spotmatic I wonder if there's some confusion between Pentax and Pentacon (who made Praktica). Maybe because they were the last two manufacturers who used m42 or something. Anyway, I believe that Pentacon is PENTAprism and CONtax joined together. Makes sense, as they're both German companies. But, I've never heard that the name Pentax was a Contax trademark. cheers, frank Albano Garcia wrote: Is this true? Even the Pentax name was originally a Zeiss Ikon VEB trademark until bought by Asahi. Itwas originally derived from PENTaprism and contAX. from the cited below website Regards Albano --- Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dario, I went to the site you show below, and found the Deckel mount, that will allow my M-42 Pentax bodies to use my lovely Retina II/IIIS lenses! I've been hesistating selling them, simply because they were so perfect, but the nearly brand new Retina Reflex III has a disabled shutter (what eise is new, huh?) Now, with the Deckel adapter, I could use all of my Retina Reflex lenses! Excellent! But, do I want to spend $250 for that privilege? That's one steep adapter! Nah, I think maybe I'll sell the lenses... and the camera. keith whaley Dario Bonazza 2 wrote: Of course, I'm also expecting high-quality screw mount lenses, to be added to that bunch of Takumars and C.Z. Jena glass here and there... Bye, Dario - Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza 2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 7:05 PM Subject: Cosima makes a new Spotmatic Not sure if anybody alse already pointed it out here on the list... So, at long last, they did it. The SLR which became a rangefinder has turned back into a SLR. Now it's just like an original Spotmatic, including the M42 screw mount, the stop-down swich on left side of the mirror box and the optional accessory shoe. See the new Voigtlaender Bessaflex at: http://www.cameraquest.com/voigtFlexTM.htm Bye, Dario Bonazza www.dariobonazza.com = Albano Garcia El Pibe Asahi
Re: OT: BLIAR, was Re: I'm Back
frank theriault wrote: For the record, I didn't say that. I believe that it was a response to a post of mine. Please accept my apology, Frank. Best regards, John
Re: Zooms vs. primes: the final word and ultimate wisdom
Cameron Hood wrote: Must not have tried the FA* series zooms. Hi Cameron, Yes, you're absolutely right. I am now hesitating about buying any more Pentax gear, so it is also unlikely I ever will. John
Re: The Heat and Sand
I'm too old for that. 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 3:33 PM Subject: Re: The Heat and Sand Don I would try to get the company to buy your home and get the hell out of there. It will drive you nuts and it's not worth it. Life is too short.. Vic
Re: bad experience with Kodak lab
Thank you, Mr. Robb. This one gets saved and printed. One of these days I may try processing my own C-41 stuff. Until then, I'm a mini-lab kind of guy who loves to curse the dust and scratches they tend to create. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Lon Williamson Subject: Re: bad experience with Kodak lab What are the problems that can happen with dip and dunk? I've not heard of any from a good lab, but then I've never tried this more expensive method. In a dip and dunk process, the film is suspended on a hanger, and a weight is attached to the bottom. The hanger is put onto a suspension which moves the hanger up and then down into the first tank. The process continues, with the hanger being lifted, moved forwards and lowered into the rest of the processing tanks. It is possible for a clip to let go and drop the film, or for a weight to let go, and allow the film to float, though neither is likely. Agitation in DD processors is via nitrogen burst. Nitrogen is released from a tank and directed to the bottom of the tank where it rises to the surface. This agitates the chemistry. Nitrogen bubbles can cling to the emulsion and cause underdevelopment, in much the same way that air bells cause underdevelopment in small tank processing. Fuji RVP is particularly susceptible to this, but all Fuji films are prone to it. As the film is lifted from the tank, chemistry flows from top to bottom, and flow marks can result from this action. DD processed films are often slightly overdeveloped on the low end, as the film is dropped quickly into the developer, but raised somewhat slower, and is suspended over the tank to drain for several seconds. Finally, since there is no squeegee action for removing surface chemistry, DD processed films are prone to uneven drying, and can exhibit amoeba like flaws in the emulsion from droplets of final rinse draining down onto partially or completely dry emulsion. In my own limited experience, I think that rotary tank processing is the safest, and most even method of film developing, followed by a well maintained ciné processor, then dip and dunk and properly maintained leader transport processors. The worst method, in my opinion, is roller transport processing. HTH William Robb
Re: FA 28-70 f2.8
At 10:36 AM 7/19/2003 -0700, Keith Whaley wrote: I have a FA 28-70mm f/4.0 AL on the way to me (haven't seen it yet) and it's presumably got some small (I hope) glitch in it's 'macro' feature. Hmmm - there isn't a macro feature per se on this lens - unlike some zooms that you flip into a special macro mode, the FA 28-70 f4 AL just focuses very close. I'll be wringing it out as soon as I get it. I'll report back... There seems to be a lot of sample variation on this particular lens. Some folks have had very negative experiences, other think it is great. My sample is excellent - holds its own vs most primes. Before he was possessed by the Cave spirits, Valentin speculated that the manufacturing process used in this lens accounts for that. Basically, the aspherical element is plastic molded onto a glass element. Inconsistency in the plastic component may account for the variation. I don't know if that's the case but I hope you get a good one. - MCC - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Kalamazoo, MI [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - - - - - - - - - Photos: http://www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - -
Survey: Whose PDML posts have helped you?
I like it here, and have learned a lot from the more experienced (though not likely older) folks. Who have you learned the most from here? I'll kick it off with a safe nominee (Wm Robb) and a dark horse (B. Rubenstein). Both seem to know a fair amount, though Robb is usually easier to digest, from a Pentax point of view, than BR. There have, of course, been others. Mark Cassino, Bill Cassleberry, Cotty (brap hic! frlappp...) all come to mind. Alan Chen, Pal, Herb Chong, our leerless feeder and all around list guy Doug Brewer, the folks who run PUG, John Mustarde, and others I can't think of I could have voted for here. I'm not factoring in PUG favorites, that's a whole other cup of tea. -Lon
Re: The Heat and Sand
I know how you feel but the silica may kill you and if not the company's ignorance and complete disrespect toward you and your family will drive you crazy and, in so doing, will take a few years off your life. We had a situation in our previous house where a neighbour with (a backyard pool and ignorant teenagers) were driving us nuts... We finally made the decision to move. It was the best thing we ever did. We went from a new house with a small backyard surrounded by idiots, to an old home with a large private yard with deer and fox etc, surrounded by people of like mind. Our lives changed overnight from feeling like rats in a maze to living life the way it should be lived... Just my 2 cents Vic In a message dated 7/20/03 12:07:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm too old for that. Don
Did I see Cotty?
Was that bald guy with the video camera that I saw at the end of the British Open Cotty? Bill
Re: Survey: Whose PDML posts have helped you?
Don't forget Tom I don't use camera straps VanVeen. Also, I don't think Doug Brewer is leerless. I've seen him leer at lots of women. Bill - Original Message - From: Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML Pentax Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 1:23 PM Subject: Survey: Whose PDML posts have helped you? I like it here, and have learned a lot from the more experienced (though not likely older) folks. Who have you learned the most from here? I'll kick it off with a safe nominee (Wm Robb) and a dark horse (B. Rubenstein). Both seem to know a fair amount, though Robb is usually easier to digest, from a Pentax point of view, than BR. There have, of course, been others. Mark Cassino, Bill Cassleberry, Cotty (brap hic! frlappp...) all come to mind. Alan Chen, Pal, Herb Chong, our leerless feeder and all around list guy Doug Brewer, the folks who run PUG, John Mustarde, and others I can't think of I could have voted for here. I'm not factoring in PUG favorites, that's a whole other cup of tea. -Lon
Re: FA 28-70 f2.8
Mark Cassino wrote: At 10:36 AM 7/19/2003 -0700, Keith Whaley wrote: I have a FA 28-70mm f/4.0 AL on the way to me (haven't seen it yet) and it's presumably got some small (I hope) glitch in it's 'macro' feature. Hmmm - there isn't a macro feature per se on this lens - unlike some zooms that you flip into a special macro mode, the FA 28-70 f4 AL just focuses very close. Yes, you're right. I just got the lens, and find that contrary to the specifications that say it focuses down to 0.4 m (15+ inches,) my sample indeed goes clear down to just a smidgeon under 10. A very nice, useable close focus distance. The only glitch I found, which the seller warned me about before hand, was that the rubber-covered focus ring gets a stick-slip motion at the very end of the rotation - either way. And, I'm finding, not all the time... so if that's all it is, I see no problem with that. I think the rubber is rubbing on the fixed lens body. If I put two fingers on the ring, 180° apart, and rotate it that way, I don't feel it. If I rotate the ring in the usual manner, with my left index finger under the ring, as I would tend to do in the field, it tends to exhibit that stickiness on occasion. In fact, as I try it out right now, I find the zoom ring does the same thing. Occasionally showing some stickiness, occasionally moving quite smoothly. I can deal with that quite nicely. I'll be wringing it out as soon as I get it. I'll report back... There seems to be a lot of sample variation on this particular lens. Some folks have had very negative experiences, other think it is great. My sample is excellent - holds its own vs most primes. Before he was possessed by the Cave spirits, Valentin speculated that the manufacturing process used in this lens accounts for that. Basically, the aspherical element is plastic molded onto a glass element. Inconsistency in the plastic component may account for the variation. I don't know if that's the case but I hope you get a good one. I'm puzzled by the flat outermost front element. It's very slightly concaved. I expect outer front lens surfaces to have more curvature, and be convex! Just a minor observation. keith whaley - MCC - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Kalamazoo, MI [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Survey: Whose PDML posts have helped you?
The danger of quotes. leerless feeder is a pun on fearless leader. Wink. Bill Owens wrote: Don't forget Tom I don't use camera straps VanVeen. Also, I don't think Doug Brewer is leerless. I've seen him leer at lots of women. Bill - Original Message - From: Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML Pentax Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 1:23 PM Subject: Survey: Whose PDML posts have helped you? I like it here, and have learned a lot from the more experienced (though not likely older) folks. Who have you learned the most from here? I'll kick it off with a safe nominee (Wm Robb) and a dark horse (B. Rubenstein). Both seem to know a fair amount, though Robb is usually easier to digest, from a Pentax point of view, than BR. There have, of course, been others. Mark Cassino, Bill Cassleberry, Cotty (brap hic! frlappp...) all come to mind. Alan Chen, Pal, Herb Chong, our leerless feeder and all around list guy Doug Brewer, the folks who run PUG, John Mustarde, and others I can't think of I could have voted for here. I'm not factoring in PUG favorites, that's a whole other cup of tea. -Lon
Re: Survey: Whose PDML posts have helped you?
Hi! I generally second your opinion. Your list may be missing a person or two, but generally it fits my opinion too. I suppose William Robb would get my vote for that nomination too. But then when it comes to body knowledge, Alan Chan is very strong in my opinion. And of course all others that somehow keep the talk on track vbg. Anyway, I must admit that I learned a lot since I joined the crew - both technology-wise and craft/art-wise.. Though I must also point out that I also learned quite a bit of (foul) language, politics, ways to express one's extreme opinion and last but definitely not least - the beer... Boris (who has Tak K 135/2.5, shots C-41 b/w and considers M 35/2.8 a very good lens)... ===8==Original message text=== LW I like it here, and have learned a lot from the more LW experienced (though not likely older) folks. LW Who have you learned the most from here? LW I'll kick it off with a safe nominee (Wm Robb) and a LW dark horse (B. Rubenstein). Both seem to know a fair LW amount, though Robb is usually easier to digest, from LW a Pentax point of view, than BR. LW There have, of course, been others. Mark Cassino, Bill LW Cassleberry, Cotty (brap hic! frlappp...) all come to mind. LW Alan Chen, Pal, Herb Chong, our leerless feeder and all around LW list guy Doug Brewer, the folks who run PUG, John Mustarde, LW and others I can't think of I could have voted for here. LW I'm not factoring in PUG favorites, that's a whole other cup LW of tea. LW -Lon ===8===End of original message text===
Re: Survey: Whose PDML posts have helped you?
Fer Gawds sake you guys. Yer embarrassing me. Thanks though, I feel kinda warm and fuzzy now. William Robb - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman Subject: Re: Survey: Whose PDML posts have helped you? Hi! I generally second your opinion. Your list may be missing a person or two, but generally it fits my opinion too. I suppose William Robb would get my vote for that nomination too. But then when it comes to body knowledge, Alan Chan is very strong in my opinion. And of course all others that somehow keep the talk on track vbg. Anyway, I must admit that I learned a lot since I joined the crew - both technology-wise and craft/art-wise.. Though I must also point out that I also learned quite a bit of (foul) language, politics, ways to express one's extreme opinion and last but definitely not least - the beer... Boris (who has Tak K 135/2.5, shots C-41 b/w and considers M 35/2.8 a very good lens)... ===8==Original message text=== LW I like it here, and have learned a lot from the more LW experienced (though not likely older) folks. LW Who have you learned the most from here? LW I'll kick it off with a safe nominee (Wm Robb) and a LW dark horse (B. Rubenstein). Both seem to know a fair LW amount, though Robb is usually easier to digest, from LW a Pentax point of view, than BR. LW There have, of course, been others. Mark Cassino, Bill LW Cassleberry, Cotty (brap hic! frlappp...) all come to mind. LW Alan Chen, Pal, Herb Chong, our leerless feeder and all around LW list guy Doug Brewer, the folks who run PUG, John Mustarde, LW and others I can't think of I could have voted for here. LW I'm not factoring in PUG favorites, that's a whole other cup LW of tea. LW -Lon ===8===End of original message text===
Re: Vs: Pentax is a Zeiss name? was Re: Cosima makes a new Spotmatic
Hi, Raimo, I recall (although my memory could be off a bit), that my Prakticas (an early 70's and a late 70's model - I think one was an LT and one was an LTL) had the Pentacon logo on the box, but not the camera. cheers, frank Raimo Korhonen wrote: snip.Curiously it is not easy to find cameras made after the formation of Pentacon with the name Pentacon - they all seem to be Prakticas.snip -- I don't believe in God, but I do believe in pi - Henri Cartier-Bresson
RE: OT usefilm.com and Macs
You could also try http://www.usefilm.com/image/177280.html Both are valid urls to the image. I would be curious if someone could test in ie for mac. al No problem loading the image. PowerBook FireWire 2000 (Pismo) 500 1Gb/ 20Gb OS X.2.5 using IE 5.1 Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
Re: Survey: Whose PDML posts have helped you?
Fer Gawds sake you guys. Yer embarrassing me. Thanks though, I feel kinda warm and fuzzy now. Oh God. He'll be signing autographs in a minute. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
OT : Motor Sport quote of the day
I know there's a few petrol-heads on the list. F1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone today (Reubenio won) and ITV Sport Commentator and former F1 driver Martin Brundle came out with this while observing a pair of Williams (was it?) and a Ferrari: 'Now is this going to be a Ferrari sandwich, or just a bar snack?' Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
Re: Did I see Cotty?
I thought it wasn't you, but there was a tall, bald guy with a video camera next to Ben Curtis after it was definite that he had won. Couldn't tell if the had an attitude though :-) Bill Was that bald guy with the video camera that I saw at the end of the British Open Cotty? Bill ROTFLMAO. Hell no - I'm no bald guy with a video camera! I'm a bald guy with a video camera and attitude! Out of our patch I'm afraid. I was trodding much more morose ground as I retraced the steps taken by weapons inspector and scientist Dr Kelly during his last hours of life as he took his own in a remote woodland in Oxfordshire. It was kinda spooky in there, nobody else about. Just a few general shots of the forest for the news. Very sad. On Weds and Thurs I was up at the Royal International Air Tattoo on press days, and Friday morning Silverstone for an interview with Eddie Jordan and some links with the sports presenter. I've done golf a few times but it's hell carrying all the gear from hole to hole. The only tee I like comes in a pot. Early Grey. Hot :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
Re: Survey: Whose PDML posts have helped you?
In the category Cool-Guy, Cotty and Frank, they have great sense of humour, great guys. Albano, I want to marry you and have your babies. (BTW, if Frank is cool, I am a poppadom!) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
Re: OT - Brit and proud
Allow me to get even further off topic. I recently finished Virtual Light by William Gibson, published in 1993. There was a character in that book; a courier named Hans Blix. Sound familiar? Had anyone here heard of the UN weapons inspector a decade ago? It seems like quite a coincidence. -Rich On 20/Jul/2003 12:57:07, Hans Imglueck wrote: Hi Bob, how often should I say: It clear that Saddam is a mass murderer. So he deserves all the hate. But why have the other unquilty people to die? You cannot sum it up the way: Saddam has killed 100, so it is legal to kill 1000 additional to remove him. Lifes cannot be added. You can also not say: We have to save the Iraqian, because Saddam will kill more. How will you know this for sure?
Re: FA 28-70 f2.8
Apart from the hassle of a rotating front lens tube, my lens was plagued with all kinds of recurring problems. I owned it for 2 years and it spent 1,5 of those at service. It was unable to power zoom past the 35mm setting. Lots of samples of this lens have the same fault. It is a design weakness. The power zoom button came loose - repeatedly. It was fixed equally repededly but it always came loose again. Power zoom stopped working completely and the lens needed about 1 hour rest in order for the power zoom to work again. When this was fixed, a sluggish aperture mechanism was the result. When this was fixed, power zoom stopped working again etc...etc. etc This went on for years - in and out if service fixing new problems and promtly after returned older problems came back. I finally throwed the lens in the garbageBefore throwing it away, I dissasembled it and figured out that the lens could never be made to work. The contacts for power zoom touched the aperture mechanism when they had contact with the electrical contacts on the lens mount. In order to free the aperture mechanism you had to bend the contacts away. This meant that contact with the lens mounts contact could not be ensured. Basically you had a choice of working aperture or working power zoom. It was the largest piece of shit I've ever owned (optically it is just fine) and if it wasn't for the release of the 43 Limited I would have been a Nikon owner by now. Pål
Re: Zooms vs. primes
Steve wrote: Depends on the lens. One of the main fixtures on my LX is an circa 1980`s zoom. But you`re right, most were crap. REPLY: Zoom lenses started to be good in the late 70's. Pål
Re: Zooms vs. primes
Gregory wrote: I'm going to guess that this sort of advice appeared with early zooms, when the quality really was pretty bad. But they've been improving for half a century or so, and are a lot better now than they used to be. But there seems to be a lot of very old photographers that hang on to old advice for a long time. REPLY: Yes, about 20+ year old advice... Pål
Re: Pentax is a Zeiss name?
Albano: Is this true? Even the Pentax name was originally a Zeiss Ikon VEB trademark until bought by Asahi. Itwas originally derived from PENTaprism and contAX. from the cited below website I don't remember but the Pentax name was considered, but not used by another company in the mid 50's. It was either Nikon (!) or Contax. Pål
Re: New Nikon D2H has same AF-patern than *istD
Rüdiger wrote: It is interesting, that the the new D2h uses the same AF patern than the *ist/*istD. There are also three new DX lenses, a 10.5 fisheye, a 2.8/17-55 and a VR 4/200-400 all for a faktor of 1.5. REPLY: Maybe they use the same AF system (I do believe these patterns are patented)? Pentax and Nikon share shutter units and sensor used in DSLR. Maybe they share subcontractors or cooperate on technology. The 200-400/4 AF-S VR lens is extremely interesting. Simply a dream lens for many nature shooters. Everything from 400mm to 16mm is now in the realms of zooms. This is the market trend. Now if an F6 or an F200 turns up soon, I might be tempted along with the 24-120 VR + the 200-400 VR lenses. Pål
Re: Zooms vs. primes: the final word
John wrote: In theory, primes are nearly always optically superior, but the best zooms are so very close that it hardly matters any more. REPLY: Yes, but this theory is based on the assumption that all lense are made to the same standards. In reality, compromises is involved in all lenses; primes or zooms. Not primes vs. zoom but lens vs. lens. Today, how good a lens is going to end up can be decided at the design table fundamented on how much resources the manufacturer is willing to spend on the product. In market where 98% of lenses sold are zooms, guess in what direction the resources are heading? Pål
Re: New Nikon D2H has same AF-patern than *istD
I went to the site and did a computer translation of the text. The view of the back at first makes the camera look like a D100 with the optional grip but the translation describes it as a WI-FI or wireless network interface. When you look at it again you will notice a cable from the wireless adapter to the data port on the camera. What's next? Ed Hallo Nikon is just annoncing a new digital body D2H with three new lenses: http://www.photim.net/Nikon-D2/Nikon-D2H.htm It is interesting, that the the new D2h uses the same AF patern than the
Re: OT - Brit and proud
Another puerile epistle from: Hans Imglueck [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Bob, how often should I say: It clear that Saddam is a mass murderer. So he deserves all the hate. But why have the other unquilty people to die? Are you saying that it is the desire of the coalition that unquilty[sic] people die? Are you aware that because of great expense on the part of the US that loss of life on all sides is orders of magnitude less than would otherwise be expected? You cannot sum it up the way: Saddam has killed 100, 100,000 is an extremely low estimate. so it is legal to kill 1000 additional to remove him. Lifes cannot be added. You can also not say: We have to save the Iraqian, because Saddam will kill more. How will you know this for sure? Well, same argument used by the antiwar crowd prior to and through the beginning of WWII. There is only one way to know for sure now, isn't there? Just wait and let Hussein either kill thousands more... or not. Of course this has continually been Hussein's method of maintaining control of his populace since his assumption of power, but hey, who knows? Maybe he changed! Maybe we got Hitler all wrong! Perhaps Stalin was really a choir boy! We have not always been right. Prior to WWII, a Brit named Chamberlain (Do you know who he was, Hans?) believed he could arrive at an agreement with Evil. It wasn't very many more months before the bombing of Briton began. At the beginning of WWII in 1939, The French held back with a decision to give Hitler more time. By the time they realized their error it was too late to stop your country from marching into Paris. We have not always been right either. While France was already under occupation and Briton was already under attack, we held back from coming to the aid of Europe. Because of the opposition of the Left and the pacifists in this country, we didn't enter the war until our own nose had been bloodied. Churchill described us by saying (roughly) that the US could always be counted on to do the right thing - after trying everything else first! We are grateful that Briton forgave us for being late, even though surely it cost them many lives. At the end of the war, US president Truman, more than any other man, was responsible for giving Poland, Hungary and much of Eastern Europe to Stalin. God forgive us, millions died and millions were plunged into a darkness where there would be no liberty for 50 or so years. Well, this time we decided not give Hungary to Hitler in order to obtain ...peace in our time. We (the coalition) kicked Hussein's butt out of Kuwait, but forgive us, we offered peace to Evil in exchange for certain specific demands. Well, even when given TWELVE years, Hussein managed to ignore and or violate EVERY point and demand to which he signed. During this time hundreds of thousands more were purged and tortured. The blood of all these people are now on our hands. No more! Now I know that you don't like this. We are all aware that Hussein's government owes France, Belgium, Germany and Russia tens of billions of dollars. We are all aware that France and Germany are vying to be the leader of the European Union, and that rather than earn the position by raising themselves up, they see bringing others (US Briton) down as a shortcut to this power. Russia sees it's wealth and power as coming from being the arms dealer to this area of the world (Those aren't French, German or US weapons used there). You see the world presented to you through this filter and can't imagine that you are wrong. Even if you did, how would you survive the ostracism you would surely receive from your associates? My faith tells something different and this might be interesting for all who are believing in Jesus Christ. Read Matthew (Mt) 13,24-30! This is the way God is doing. I suggest that ...if you do not have a sword, that you go out and sell your cloak and buy one. I also tell you that ...the state does not wield the sword for nothing. Further I urge you to search the scriptures to discover the manner in which God deals with _nations_. I leave it as an exercise to you to find the references. 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
Re: New Nikon D2H has same AF-patern than *istD
wireless connections are old hat. some cameras taking PCMCIA memory cards from a few years ago allowed wireless network cards. Herb - Original Message - From: Ed Tyler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 18:26 Subject: Re: New Nikon D2H has same AF-patern than *istD I went to the site and did a computer translation of the text. The view of the back at first makes the camera look like a D100 with the optional grip but the translation describes it as a WI-FI or wireless network interface. When you look at it again you will notice a cable from the wireless adapter to the data port on the camera. What's next? Ed
Re: OT - Brit and proud
What was presented was a chilling analogy of our times in relation to recent history. Unrelated and not directed at you... A Neo-Nazi movement is awakening in Europe and in Germany. Don't bury your head in the sand, lest it's tenants affect European thought. 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: Heiko Hamann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Bob, on 18 Jul 03 you wrote in pentax.list: Now I note your .de extension. As I understand it, The Father Land has a rich history of such things itself. (Was Hungary - now Kuwait, I can understand your feelings but please don't use these anachronisms any more. The Nazi regime ended a long time ago and - thanks to our American, British and French friends - Germany is a democracy. Like not all Americans were for the war, not all Europeans were against. I think in great respect of those brave American and British soldiers, risking their lives to bring freedom to a surpressed people. And I would have wished more solidarity with our allies - the USA and UK - instead of the Iraqi regime. I hope that your son is on the road to recovery and I wish him and your family all the best.
Re: Survey: Whose PDML posts have helped you?
Fer Gawds sake you guys. Yer embarrassing me. Thanks though, I feel kinda warm and fuzzy now. sounds like overdevelopment and out of focus to me VBG BUTCH Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hess (Demian)
Re: OT - Brit and proud
What is necessary is opposing Evil at its every appearance. 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: Hans Imglueck [EMAIL PROTECTED] To be absolutely sure it is perhaps neccesary to kill (almost) all humans on this earth! --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not about vengeance. It's about making sure it never happens again. Hans Imglueck wrote: Hi, Tony said: September the 11th was not an isolated event, but a tragic prologue, Iraq another act, and many further struggles will be set upon this stage before it's over. What are they planing? How many people have to die before the victims of September the 11th will be avenged? Indeed tragic!
Re: Awesome Photos...
- Original Message - From: Albano Garcia Subject: Awesome Photos... Don't be lazy and look them all. Excellent stuff... http://www.erikrefner.com/ Pity he isn't so good with HTML/ Java Script. I couldn't get past his index page with either of my browsers. William Robb
Re: OT - Brit and proud
Blame Canada! Cartman William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Dan Matyola Subject: Re: OT - Brit and proud It will go on until allthe terrorists and brutal dictators have no place to hide . . . Ah, Washington is next? WW
Re: Awesome Photos...
He is using flash. If you have flash installed you should see it right Regards Albano --- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Albano Garcia Subject: Awesome Photos... Don't be lazy and look them all. Excellent stuff... http://www.erikrefner.com/ Pity he isn't so good with HTML/ Java Script. I couldn't get past his index page with either of my browsers. William Robb = Albano Garcia El Pibe Asahi __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
Re: Survey: Whose PDML posts have helped you?
Wow, thanks Cotty. I'll marry you and let you have my babies ;-) Really thanks Albano Cotty wrote: Albano Garcia because he brings a freshness and a fashionable angle to proceedings. He is also a stunning photographer - but then most of us are. He particularly so. --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gosh, Lon, that's a real tough one. Lessee. I suppose I would have to say Rob Studdert - what that man doesn't know just about ain't worth knowing. Not bad for an Aussie ;-) And William Robb it is true speaks from a pretty astonishing knowledge base - when he speaks I (and a lot of others) listen intently. Frankie-boy T makes me chuckle, and in amongst the gags there is a serious side that shines through. Jostein comes out with some real profound stuff, but is always ready to crack a bit of wit that puts mine to shame. Steve Larson deserves honourable mention because he suggests things that might seem outrageous, but upon closer inspection are entirely possible (like a flash quench disabling switch in an AF280T ;-) Mark Roberts is a fountain of knowledge and library of factoidia second to none. Mike Johnston (bless him) - I miss his version of sanity. Albano Garcia because he brings a freshness and a fashionable angle to proceedings. He is also a stunning photographer - but then most of us are. He particularly so. I love Cesar's ramblings - really there could not have been more appropriate a name for this chap. The truth is, I could go on and mention everyone's name because I couldn't actually pin down one name overall that I thought had helped me the most. The actual answer for me is 'The List' - all the contributors have helped me in one way or the other over the (good grief I was going to write 'months', but it is now) years. Time to raise a glass to the PDML. French and white and cold and dry enough to cut your throat on. Cheers all. *parp* Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk = Albano Garcia El Pibe Asahi __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
Re: Upcoming trip to BC
I'm not in Vancouver, but I will be vacationing there just before you arrive. I think I board the train to Banff early on the 10th. Dan Matyola James Moniz wrote: Hi! I will be visiting Vancouver BC on the weekend of Aug 9-10. It will be my first visit to Canada north of the Peace Arch. (I've lived in the Seattle area for over a decade, so I have no excuse...) If there's anyone living in the area who'd like to meet up with me for coffee and a discussion of f-stops, please let me know, and I'll try to get together with you while I'm up there. Jim Moniz Actor, Photographer, and All Around Nice Guy... www.jimmoniz.com
Heiko don't miss the most important!
What about the Russians? THEY won the war,destroyed facism and paid the highest price for it! So if you wanna thank you have to thank them first! Rolf The Nazi regime ended a long time ago and - thanks to our American, British and French friends - Germany is a democracy.
Help with PUG
I recently upgraded (?) from Windoze ME to XP. Now when I try to access the PUG, all I get is the names and no photos. If I go to the looking for a particular photographer, everything is okay. It's just the galleries that I cannot seem to access. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks Bill
Re: Zooms vs. primes
On 20 Jul 2003 at 23:57, Pål Jensen wrote: Gregory wrote: I'm going to guess that this sort of advice appeared with early zooms, when the quality really was pretty bad. But they've been improving for half a century or so, and are a lot better now than they used to be. But there seems to be a lot of very old photographers that hang on to old advice for a long time. REPLY: Yes, about 20+ year old advice... So prime lens development has stagnated for 20 years? Not according to companies (who actually communicate to their users) like Leica. The comparison is Zooms vs Primes, currently most zoom lenses are better than their earlier brethren however the best current prime lenses still whip their asses in the areas of sharpness, speed, contrast, flare resistance and distortion. For instance my Pentax FA 24-90 zoom does not out perform my Leica 90/2 APO- Summicron-M ASPH. 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: New Nikon D2H has same AF-patern than *istD
I think you need a Nikon on the Inside sticker on your camera. No current Nikon shares shutters with a Pentax. BR Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe they use the same AF system (I do believe these patterns are patented)? Pentax and Nikon share shutter units and sensor used in DSLR. __ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455
Re: Survey: Whose PDML posts have helped you?
Hi, Albano, Me 'n Cotty being mentioned in the sentence, eh? I'm not sure about that... Surely, an Odder Couple has never existed (apologies to Neil Simon). g cheers, frank Albano Garcia wrote: snip In the category Cool-Guy, Cotty and Frank, they have great sense of humour, great guys.snip -- I don't believe in God, but I do believe in pi - Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Survey: Whose PDML posts have helped you?
Hey, Cotty, Well, aint' that the truth! When I read the first post in this thread, I thought, Wow, who could I mention? (I really said wow - it's true: I really do talk like that...). Every name I've seen so far (except of course mine - what the hell are you guys thinking?) would be on my list, plus lots more. And that's the problem. There are so many people that have so much knowledge to pass on about Pentax, cameras, photography, nature versus nuture, the mind/body question, political science, real science, philosophy, pretty much anything and everything, that I simply couldn't narrow it down to one person who has helped me the most. I've made many friends off-list, and in person (TOPDML), which is something I never would have expected when I stumbled upon this happy little crew a couple of years ago. It's been a great time. So, upon Cotty's advice, I've gone to the fridge, and opened a bottle of Amsterdam Natural Blond Lager (a local mini-brew). I am now raising my glass: TO THE LIST - CHEERS! regards, frank Cotty wrote: snip The truth is, I could go on and mention everyone's name because I couldn't actually pin down one name overall that I thought had helped me the most. The actual answer for me is 'The List' - all the contributors have helped me in one way or the other over the (good grief I was going to write 'months', but it is now) years. Time to raise a glass to the PDML. French and white and cold and dry enough to cut your throat on. Cheers all. *parp* Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk -- I don't believe in God, but I do believe in pi - Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Survey: Whose PDML posts have helped you?
Okay, Cotty, You know what my next question is! Was that an insult or a compliment? (as if I have to ask...) g -frank Cotty wrote: snip(BTW, if Frank is cool, I am a poppadom!) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk -- I don't believe in God, but I do believe in pi - Henri Cartier-Bresson
flash needed
So, this weekend I was down in Washington, DC, taking a bunch of photos. My brother works for the Secret Service, so he got us a tour of the the White House. We weren't allowed to take photos inside the West Wing (we saw the oval office and cabinet room), but we could shoot in the press room. Unfortunately, it was absurdly dark in there, and I probably didn't get many usable shots. This brings us to the point of the message. In the midst of taking photos in the near dark, my wife says to me, I think you need to buy a flash. So, I need to buy a flash. I've got an MX and an ME Super for right now, but I could see myself getting a Super Program for flash use, or even an AF Pentax by the end of the year. My question is, what do I get? - A Vivitar 283 or 285: Is there any reason not to get the 285 instead of the 283, considering that the price difference is negligible? - An AF280T - use auto with my MX and have a TTL flash if I get a compatible camera later. I'm sort of leaning towards this one. - Go for the gold and consider the AF360FGZ - this is definitely the flash I can grow into, but will it work my MX? Is it worth the price considering it may be awhile before I can really use it? - Is there anything else I should consider? Sorry for the long post, but I'm pretty much lost when it comes to flashes and I can use any help I can get. -Matt
RE: flash needed
Vivitar 283. It's reliable It's a workhorse and you don't need any TTL functionality to get great looking photos with it. It'll probably dwarf the MX and the ME Super but it's powerful enough to do the job. I use mine with a lumiquest pocket bouncer and it has yet to fail me. Cheers Dave -Original Message- From: Matt Bevers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 11:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: flash needed snip So, I need to buy a flash. I've got an MX and an ME Super for right now, but I could see myself getting a Super Program for flash use, or even an AF Pentax by the end of the year. My question is, what do I get? - A Vivitar 283 or 285: Is there any reason not to get the 285 instead of the 283, considering that the price difference is negligible? - An AF280T - use auto with my MX and have a TTL flash if I get a compatible camera later. I'm sort of leaning towards this one. - Go for the gold and consider the AF360FGZ - this is definitely the flash I can grow into, but will it work my MX? Is it worth the price considering it may be awhile before I can really use it? - Is there anything else I should consider? /snip
Re: flash needed
Matt, You're right on target with the AF280T. It bridges the gap between the ME/MX to TTL flash on the Super Program and even the PZ1-p. The AF200T would work too, but is not as powerful as the AF280T. After the AF280T, the autofocus flashes lose compatibility with the ME/MX. Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, I need to buy a flash. I've got an MX and an ME Super for right now, but I could see myself getting a Super Program for flash use, or even an AF Pentax by the end of the year. My question is, what do I get?
Re: FA 28-70 f2.8
Hi Pål, That doesn't bother me, because I don't have an automatic Pentax. I plan to use this lens on my MG and my MX. Manual only. Ought to give me many years of use before it kicks the dust... I'll never be able to say it's a bad lens, so long as I don't run it on power...! Thanks for the report... keith Pål Jensen wrote: Apart from the hassle of a rotating front lens tube, my lens was plagued with all kinds of recurring problems. I owned it for 2 years and it spent 1,5 of those at service. It was unable to power zoom past the 35mm setting. Lots of samples of this lens have the same fault. It is a design weakness. The power zoom button came loose - repeatedly. It was fixed equally repededly but it always came loose again. Power zoom stopped working completely and the lens needed about 1 hour rest in order for the power zoom to work again. When this was fixed, a sluggish aperture mechanism was the result. When this was fixed, power zoom stopped working again etc...etc. etc This went on for years - in and out if service fixing new problems and promtly after returned older problems came back. I finally throwed the lens in the garbageBefore throwing it away, I dissasembled it and figured out that the lens could never be made to work. The contacts for power zoom touched the aperture mech! an! ism when they had contact with the electrical contacts on the lens mount. In order to free the aperture mechanism you had to bend the contacts away. This meant that contact with the lens mounts contact could not be ensured. Basically you had a choice of working aperture or working power zoom. It was the largest piece of shit I've ever owned (optically it is just fine) and if it wasn't for the release of the 43 Limited I would have been a Nikon owner by now. Pål
Re: Help with PUG
Get a Mac. C. On Sunday, July 20, 2003, at 08:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:18:49 -0400 From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I recently upgraded (?) from Windoze ME to XP. Now when I try to access the PUG, all I get is the names and no photos. If I go to the looking for a particular photographer, everything is okay. It's just the galleries that I cannot seem to access. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks Bill
Re: Awesome Photos...
William Robb wrote: I couldn't get past his index page with either of my browsers. I did. You missed some puking after seeing wide angles abuse. cheers, caveman
Re: FA 28-70 f2.8
That lens probaly wouldnt be that well balanced on an MX or MG :) - Original Message - From: Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 1:36 PM Subject: Re: FA 28-70 f2.8 Hi Pål, That doesn't bother me, because I don't have an automatic Pentax. I plan to use this lens on my MG and my MX. Manual only. Ought to give me many years of use before it kicks the dust... I'll never be able to say it's a bad lens, so long as I don't run it on power...! Thanks for the report... keith Pål Jensen wrote: Apart from the hassle of a rotating front lens tube, my lens was plagued with all kinds of recurring problems. I owned it for 2 years and it spent 1,5 of those at service. It was unable to power zoom past the 35mm setting. Lots of samples of this lens have the same fault. It is a design weakness. The power zoom button came loose - repeatedly. It was fixed equally repededly but it always came loose again. Power zoom stopped working completely and the lens needed about 1 hour rest in order for the power zoom to work again. When this was fixed, a sluggish aperture mechanism was the result. When this was fixed, power zoom stopped working again etc...etc. etc This went on for years - in and out if service fixing new problems and promtly after returned older problems came back. I finally throwed the lens in the garbageBefore throwing it away, I dissasembled it and figured out that the lens could never be made to work. The contacts for power zoom touched the aperture mech! an! ism when they had contact with the electrical contacts on the lens mount. In order to free the aperture mechanism you had to bend the contacts away. This meant that contact with the lens mounts contact could not be ensured. Basically you had a choice of working aperture or working power zoom. It was the largest piece of shit I've ever owned (optically it is just fine) and if it wasn't for the release of the 43 Limited I would have been a Nikon owner by now. Pål
Re: Help with PUG
- Original Message - From: Cameron Hood Subject: Re: Help with PUG Get a Mac. Get a life. William Robb C. On Sunday, July 20, 2003, at 08:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:18:49 -0400 From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I recently upgraded (?) from Windoze ME to XP. Now when I try to access the PUG, all I get is the names and no photos. If I go to the looking for a particular photographer, everything is okay. It's just the galleries that I cannot seem to access. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks Bill
