Re: Disappointed - Pentax technicians couldn't answer extension tube question.
But the fact is it all depends on people not a company. Nevertheless such persons should not work for any big company. Instead of giving you correct information she/he was rude. What a guy! If she/he did not know the answer he/she should call Pentax service or somewhere. Pity. But when you set any lens on non-A position you should expect some overexposure with you PZ1p! Cheers Alek - Original Message - From: Kathleen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:50 PM Subject: Re: Disappointed - Pentax technicians couldn't answer extension tube question. Not only did the tech not know about extension tubes, but he was arrogant, as well. I've never had to call them about anything before, but when you get that kind of treatment for just asking a simple question (including not getting an answer), I'm sorry I invested in their equipment at all. In addition, I phoned them on Friday at about 10:00 a.m. their time. He told me that they were closing for the day in 2 hours (nice hours for customer service), and maybe they would call me back on Monday if someone knew the answer to my question. Kathy L. - Original Message - From: Alek Kozak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 2:51 AM Subject: Re: Disappointed - Pentax technicians couldn't answer extension tube question. It is very strange, indeed. Another field where Pentax does not care about clients. And the stuff...Uhhh Cheers Alek - Original Message - From: Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 8:10 PM Subject: Re: Disappointed - Pentax technicians couldn't answer extension tube question. The Pentax tubes lack the electrical contacts needed for the body and lens to communicate. In this case, the term auto in the tubes' name means that they support open aperture metering, but that's all. They don't support program modes when the lens is set to A and the camera will default to center weighted and spot metering only, no matrix mode. But, when the aperture is manually set the metering should be accurate. I have a pair of Vivitar extension tubes that do have both the aperture coupling and the contacts, and I'd suspect other third party brands are out there that also support the full functionality. I'm surprised that no one at Pentax understood how their tubes work, and I've long wondered why Pentax has not updated their brand of extension tubes. Hope this helps - MCC At 12:28 PM 8/1/2003 -0400, Kathleen wrote: I'm really disappointed that the Pentax people couldn't answer a simple = question about their own (Pentax) extension tubes with their own camera = (PZ-1p). I just got Extension Tube Set B (Auto) made by Pentax from KEH. They are in great shape, except when I try to use them, the only information that shows in the viewfinder is the shutter speed. Where the F-stop should appear, there is just a blank. This happens whether I am in automatic or manual mode. Also, the autofocus won't work (which I really don't care about because I focus manually most of the time anyway).
Re: Further Australian *ist-D update
On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 02:25:54 -0700, Alan Chan wrote: From the CR Kennedy website: ARRIVING SOON PENTAX *ist D This 6.1 effective megapixel digital SLR is scheduled for a late September release, with an estimated retail price of $3000. That's about the same as the local price for a 10-D (Body only). Wasn't it supposed to be late August. That is one month different... I saw the update on CR Kennedy's site. I wonder if it is in response to my monthly phone calls asking for details on pricing and availability. I personally would like to use it early September, but it doesn't look like I will get the chance. Oh well, it's a good thing I like film and am not afraid to burn it. Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon
Re: Disappointed - Pentax technicians couldn't answer extension tube question.
OTOH, current auto mechanics don't know much about carburetors these days. Also, did she actually talk to a tech, or just some front office person? Extension tubes are really relics from before macro lenes, probably the only reason Pentax is still selling them at all is they continue to have a bunch in the warehouse. Hence, no auto focus version. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: Alek Kozak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 2:51 AM Subject: Re: Disappointed - Pentax technicians couldn't answer extension tube question. It is very strange, indeed. Another field where Pentax does not care about clients. And the stuff...Uhhh Cheers Alek --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 7/24/03
Re: Further Australian *ist-D update
As far as I know, the release date is still late (very late) August in the US. Non-disclosure agreement is now supposed to end this upcoming Friday (8/8/03), so look at the digital sites then. However, the *istD is supposedly heavily backordered and it will probably be hard to get one before Christmas (my guess). Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 5:25 AM Subject: Re: Further Australian *ist-D update From the CR Kennedy website: ARRIVING SOON PENTAX *ist D This 6.1 effective megapixel digital SLR is scheduled for a late September release, with an estimated retail price of $3000. That's about the same as the local price for a 10-D (Body only). Wasn't it supposed to be late August. That is one month different... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 7/24/03
I neglected to post prices for SALE items . . .
shift $500 28-105PZ $120 24K $190 (w/ original hard case) 20FA$350 (new, w/ case) 135FA $185 Macro $230 (w/ hard case) MZ-S $600 MZ-s timer release - $100 Or best offer applies to everything. I assure you all this stuff is in new condition. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Mark
Re: OT: Chemistry Q's
Mark - I had very simple darkroom procedures when I was doing it - much of the stuff you list I can't comment on, but Microdol-X , diluted 1:3 at 75 degrees F, 15 minutes was my developer of choice for Tri-X. Saw a show up in Amesbury Mass lats year of all HOLGA work - kinda interesting. annsan
OT: digital single use camera
It happened. Ritz camera announced it will soon be selling a digital single use camera. Digital Photography Review report: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0307/03073101dakotadigital.asp Butch Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hess (Demian)
Re: OT: digital single use camera
On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Butch Black wrote: Ritz camera announced it will soon be selling a digital single use camera. Digital Photography Review report: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0307/03073101dakotadigital.asp The geeks will be all over this, in a month they'll be re-selling 2mp cameras with cables on ebay for $30. In six, Ritz will pull them because no one will really care about them over a cheap disposable film, and the massive profits lost because of how many of them never come back from the kids going nuts on them. Kinda like those stupid barcode scanners Radioshack used to give away. -- http://www.infotainment.org - more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com- photography and portfolio.
Re: Further Australian *ist-D update
Leon Altoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 02:25:54 -0700, Alan Chan wrote: From the CR Kennedy website: ARRIVING SOON PENTAX *ist D This 6.1 effective megapixel digital SLR is scheduled for a late September release, with an estimated retail price of $3000. That's about the same as the local price for a 10-D (Body only). Wasn't it supposed to be late August. That is one month different... I saw the update on CR Kennedy's site. I wonder if it is in response to my monthly phone calls asking for details on pricing and availability. The information embargo date has been moved *up* - to Aug 8. We should know more on Friday :) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Disappointed - Pentax technicians couldn't answer extension tube question.
Alek Kozak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But when you set any lens on non-A position you should expect some overexposure with you PZ1p! Why should this be the case? My PZ-1p exposes fine on or off the A position. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Chemistry Q's
At 11:33 PM 8/3/2003 -0600, you wrote: Farmer's Reducer: Neat chimical. I think it has some pretty noxious stuff in it, some compound of cyanide comes to mind, probably an iron compound (fericyanide??). It actually reduces the total silver content of the negative, bit tends to increase contrast as well, since the low density parts of the image are affected faster. There seems to be a common thread of high contrast in this stuff. He also had some Kalt special effects film (ISO - 6) and Title film. Kodak Film Cleaner: Basic film cleaner, most are trichlorethylene or some such. Always wipe in a straight line along the film, don't wipe in circles. Is it for the emulsion side, non-emulsion side, or both? I've cleaned slides and negs on the non-emulsion slide with just a drop of distilled water on a swab. Seems safer Potassium Dichromate: Gum dichromate printing. I tried it when I was a kid in high school. The potassium dichromate is light sensitive, and you make an emulsion using it, gelatin and watecolour pigment. The emulsion is brushed onto watercolour paper that has been cured in a gelatin/formalin solution, then contact printed. After the exposure, generally a half hour or so in daylight, the print is soaked in several changes of water. The parts that are exposed have hardened, and the pigment stays, the unexposed parts are not hardened, and the pigment washes out. It is a process that dates back to the late 1800s. Cool. That explains the packets of Knox gelatin that were with the Potassium Dichromate. Moving through the process - there are bottles of Rapid Fixer A and Rapid Fixer B. Part A is ammonium thosulphate, which is basic fixer. I can't remember what the part B is made from, but it is the hardener. Use the part A, and dispose of the part B according to local regulations. Modern black and white materials don't benefit from hardening anyway. Yes, the bottle of Fixer-B is labelled as a hardener. The warnings on the bottle concern sulpheric acid and the attendant problems I have one envelope of Hypo clear. Of course, it holds enough hypo powder to make 5 gallons of solution. Sift the powder into a mixing bowl, then measure how many teaspoons of powder there are. Divide the powder into 5 equal amounts and store each portion in a Baggie. I've been told that a lot of photo chemicals in bags are like a cake mix - different dry chemicals dumped into the bag but not mixed up uniformly - making it all but impossible to get decent results by dividing the dry chemisty. Is hypo a homogenous chemical or do I have to really mix it up before dividing it. Any of the cyanude compounds should probably be dealt with as a hazardous material. Yeah - definitely! Thanks Bill ! - MCC - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Kalamazoo, MI [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - - - - - - - - - Photos: http://www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - -
Re: OT: digital single use camera
IMHO, digital single use camera is oxymoron... Not trying to start a flame though... Boris
Web Photo Gallery
From discussion under Postcards from Colmars thread I need to learn who to knock up such pages with PhotoShop. I do mine manually sigh. In PS6 there is a menu option File - Automate - Web Photo Gallery... which makes it very easy. I'm a bit dim when it comes to this sort of stuff. Is it possible to include an add copyright text action to this automation? Or is the whole thing something which would have to be an action after the gallery was created and applied to the larger web images (not the thumbnails). tia Wendy Wendy Beard, Ottawa, Canada http://www.beard-redfern.com
Re: Web Photo Gallery
wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From discussion under Postcards from Colmars thread I need to learn who to knock up such pages with PhotoShop. I do mine manually sigh. In PS6 there is a menu option File - Automate - Web Photo Gallery... which makes it very easy. I'm a bit dim when it comes to this sort of stuff. Is it possible to include an add copyright text action to this automation? Sure. There are text boxes for you to add Site Name, Photographer and Date, but you can put any text into them. Or is the whole thing something which would have to be an action after the gallery was created and applied to the larger web images (not the thumbnails). You can do it that way too. I edit all my photo gallery pages after creation. I use a free text editor called EditPad that can apply find and replace actions over multiple documents with one action. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
FS: Remaining Stuff
Most of the stuff is gone. Here are the remaining items. Let me know if you have any interest, please let me know. I will entertain offers. MX - Chrome - recent CLA, CameraLeather.com Gray Lizard Skin - Everything works great - body in bargain+ condition - asking $130 SuperProgram - Everything works great, body in Execellent+ condition - asking $125 FA* 85/1.4 - KEH EX+, Glass is pristine. Includes original caps and Promaster UV filter. Asking $500 FA 100/2.8 Macro - KEH EX+, Glass is pristine. Includes original caps and Hoya HMC UV filter. Asking $350 Thanks, Bruce
Re: Chemistry Q's
- Original Message - From: Mark Cassino Subject: Re: Chemistry Q's There seems to be a common thread of high contrast in this stuff. He also had some Kalt special effects film (ISO - 6) and Title film. Both of those are kissing cousins to lithographic film. Kodak Film Cleaner: Basic film cleaner, most are trichlorethylene or some such. Always wipe in a straight line along the film, don't wipe in circles. Is it for the emulsion side, non-emulsion side, or both? For both sides. The stuff is great at taking fresh finger prints off of the emulsion, so keep it around for the inevitable screw up. I've cleaned slides and negs on the non-emulsion slide with just a drop of distilled water on a swab. Seems safer Yer a pansy I dump em into a sink of soapy water and wash em that way. Sift the powder into a mixing bowl, then measure how many teaspoons of powder there are. Divide the powder into 5 equal amounts and store each portion in a Baggie. I've been told that a lot of photo chemicals in bags are like a cake mix - different dry chemicals dumped into the bag but not mixed up uniformly - making it all but impossible to get decent results by dividing the dry chemisty. Is hypo a homogenous chemical or do I have to really mix it up before dividing it. I would mix it on general principles, thats why I mentioned sifting the stuff, though I am pretty sure it is a homogenous product. Any of the cyanide compounds should probably be dealt with as a hazardous material. Yeah - definitely! If you live near a Great Lake, just dump it in. Thats what the big boys do. (I wish I was kidding) William Robb
Re: Chemistry Q's
Sifting the powder is not a good idea. There are nasty organic components in many developers that are carcinogenic. Unless you do this outside wearing a rubber suit, gloves, full face mask and have a positive pressure feed of filtered air to breathe. Do I need funny faces? But seriously -- the powder is often very fine and may float around the room in an invisible cloud. D ___ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: July 31, 2003 - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 9:30 PM Subject: Re: Chemistry Q's - Original Message - From: Mark Cassino Subject: Re: Chemistry Q's There seems to be a common thread of high contrast in this stuff. He also had some Kalt special effects film (ISO - 6) and Title film. Both of those are kissing cousins to lithographic film. Kodak Film Cleaner: Basic film cleaner, most are trichlorethylene or some such. Always wipe in a straight line along the film, don't wipe in circles. Is it for the emulsion side, non-emulsion side, or both? For both sides. The stuff is great at taking fresh finger prints off of the emulsion, so keep it around for the inevitable screw up. I've cleaned slides and negs on the non-emulsion slide with just a drop of distilled water on a swab. Seems safer Yer a pansy I dump em into a sink of soapy water and wash em that way. Sift the powder into a mixing bowl, then measure how many teaspoons of powder there are. Divide the powder into 5 equal amounts and store each portion in a Baggie. I've been told that a lot of photo chemicals in bags are like a cake mix - different dry chemicals dumped into the bag but not mixed up uniformly - making it all but impossible to get decent results by dividing the dry chemisty. Is hypo a homogenous chemical or do I have to really mix it up before dividing it. I would mix it on general principles, thats why I mentioned sifting the stuff, though I am pretty sure it is a homogenous product. Any of the cyanide compounds should probably be dealt with as a hazardous material. Yeah - definitely! If you live near a Great Lake, just dump it in. Thats what the big boys do. (I wish I was kidding) William Robb
Re: 135 mm lens question
If it is SMC K 135/2.5 it is very, very good lens, very fast albeit a little heavy. It is believed as a one of the best Pentax 135mm lenses. Probably only A135/1.8 is better. Mine is like new, great built and very sharp. Highly recommended I agree with every word that Alek has said. I'm fortunate enough to have an A* 135/1.8, but I am not willing to part with my K 135/2.5. I would only add that, if instead it's the Takumar Bayonet 135/2.5, that it is a pretty decent lens, all things considering, a little slower than the K 135/2.5, but usually a decent buy if you aren't spending too much for it (and can tolerate the silly multicolored markings on the barrel). Fred
Re: Disappointed - Pentax technicians couldn't answer extension tube question.
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 06:50:20 -0400 From: Kathleen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Not only did the tech not know about extension tubes, but he was arrogant, as well. I've never had to call them about anything before, but when you get that kind of treatment for just asking a simple question (including not getting an answer), I'm sorry I invested in their equipment at all. The trouble is to get through to the right person. A few month ago I odered a replacement rail for my slide copier attachment. When I called Pentax they gave me answers like this : I don't know what this is; we don't have it ; we don't make it anymore ; it does exist only in Japan etc. Finally I came through to a person who obviously was something like a replacement part store keeping manager who told me: of course we have it ... I got the rail the next day. The upshot from this is: Be nasty and insistent In my impression their sales management is poorly trained. Some of them don't seem to know much about their own products. In addition, I phoned them on Friday at about 10:00 a.m. their time. He told me that they were closing for the day in 2 hours (nice hours for customer service), and maybe they would call me back on Monday if someone knew the answer to my question. Kathy L. I think you would get the same kind of treatment by many other companies these days. Service costs are high with no ~immediate~ turn around. Alexander __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
Re: OT: digital single use camera
Actually, all you need to do is walk around a Wal-Mart photo department. They have several digital cameras under $30. I think the cheapest is $18.95, there is not a big jump from there to $10.99. No, they are not the ones tied to the counter. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: gfen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 11:34 AM Subject: Re: OT: digital single use camera On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Butch Black wrote: Ritz camera announced it will soon be selling a digital single use camera. Digital Photography Review report: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0307/03073101dakotadigital.asp The geeks will be all over this, in a month they'll be re-selling 2mp cameras with cables on ebay for $30. In six, Ritz will pull them because no one will really care about them over a cheap disposable film, and the massive profits lost because of how many of them never come back from the kids going nuts on them. Kinda like those stupid barcode scanners Radioshack used to give away. -- http://www.infotainment.org - more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com- photography and portfolio. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 7/24/03
Re: OT: digital single use camera
yeah 640x480 resolution, wow. --- T Rittenhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, all you need to do is walk around a Wal-Mart photo department. They have several digital cameras under $30. I think the cheapest is $18.95, there is not a big jump from there to $10.99. No, they are not the ones tied to the counter. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: gfen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 11:34 AM Subject: Re: OT: digital single use camera On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Butch Black wrote: Ritz camera announced it will soon be selling a digital single use camera. Digital Photography Review report: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0307/03073101dakotadigital.asp The geeks will be all over this, in a month they'll be re-selling 2mp cameras with cables on ebay for $30. In six, Ritz will pull them because no one will really care about them over a cheap disposable film, and the massive profits lost because of how many of them never come back from the kids going nuts on them. Kinda like those stupid barcode scanners Radioshack used to give away. -- http://www.infotainment.org - more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com- photography and portfolio. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 7/24/03 __ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
TOPDML in September?
Hi, gang, I'll be in the GTA for the first two weeks in September. Any chance of a get-together? I'm committed to certain dates (family birthdays), but I'll definitely have some time free. Pat White
Re: Disappointed - Pentax technicians couldn't answer extension tube question.
In my impression their sales management is poorly trained. Some of them don't seem to know much about their own products. Sounds like a poorly managed company which relies on luck. regards, Alan Chan _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
Re: TOPDML in September?
I should be around, depending on whether I'll have kids on any given weekend. Other than that, I'll be pretty flexible, time-wise. Hope to see ya, Pat! cheers, frank Pat White wrote: Hi, gang, I'll be in the GTA for the first two weeks in September. Any chance of a get-together? I'm committed to certain dates (family birthdays), but I'll definitely have some time free. Pat White -- The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer
Re: OT: digital single use camera
That will do a 4x6. But, I saw a 1.6mp in the bunch. These things are not sold to people like us, they are sold to photographic illiterates. And, my old Nikon Coolpix 100 was only 480x512, many of the snapshots in my online journal were shot with it. It was adequate for that use. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: Brendan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 5:11 PM Subject: Re: OT: digital single use camera yeah 640x480 resolution, wow. --- T Rittenhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, all you need to do is walk around a Wal-Mart photo department. They have several digital cameras under $30. I think the cheapest is $18.95, there is not a big jump from there to $10.99. No, they are not the ones tied to the counter. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: gfen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 11:34 AM Subject: Re: OT: digital single use camera On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Butch Black wrote: Ritz camera announced it will soon be selling a digital single use camera. Digital Photography Review report: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0307/03073101dakotadigital.asp The geeks will be all over this, in a month they'll be re-selling 2mp cameras with cables on ebay for $30. In six, Ritz will pull them because no one will really care about them over a cheap disposable film, and the massive profits lost because of how many of them never come back from the kids going nuts on them. Kinda like those stupid barcode scanners Radioshack used to give away. -- http://www.infotainment.org - more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com- photography and portfolio. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 7/24/03 __ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 7/24/03
Re: TOPDML in September?
Hi Pat. The 13th may be open.Keep us informed. Dave Hi, gang, I'll be in the GTA for the first two weeks in September. Any chance of a get-together? I'm committed to certain dates (family birthdays), but I'll definitely have some time free. Pat White
RE: TOPDML in September?
I'm in.. I think.. as long as I still have a job :-) Cheers Dave -Original Message- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 8:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TOPDML in September? I should be around, depending on whether I'll have kids on any given weekend. Other than that, I'll be pretty flexible, time-wise. Hope to see ya, Pat! cheers, frank Pat White wrote: Hi, gang, I'll be in the GTA for the first two weeks in September. Any chance of a get-together? I'm committed to certain dates (family birthdays), but I'll definitely have some time free. Pat White -- The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer
