Re: New LX Owner
Nick, Put film in it and check your long exposures. The viewfinder exposure time is just an approximation for your amusement. The actual exposure time is not calculated until the shutter opens. Other thoughts on a 'new' old LX... 1) Twiddle the ASA dial up and down several times to help scrape off any oxidation on the dial resistor. 2) Similarly, exercise the aperture coupling or lens aperture to get the crud off of it too. 3) Pentax USA has done OK repairing mine...but then you're in the UK! Regards, Bob S. On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 21:00:30 -, Nick Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to everyone for all their comments and pointers. I'm torn between sendig it straight off to Pentax and putting a film through it first. I think it'll probably be the latter. I tried the AF360FGZ on it last night and it appears to work, although the flash exposure confirmation led doesn't blink. It does show red when the flash is charged, and the flash fires at different outputs depending on aperture. It won't fire if above the sync speed. Perhaps I won't need the 280T I won on eBay the other night. One strange thing - when indicating a long exposure in automatic mode if always seems to fire at about 1/60th. The exception is when the exposure is started with the lens cap on when it continues until I take the cap off. I realise the reflectance of the pressure plate is difference to film, but the websites indicate that the exposures should be longer, not shorter. I'll have to see what it does with film. I think the fun is just beginning! Nick -Original Message- From: cbwaters[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06/02/05 18:20:24 congratulations Nick. Happy shooting. CW - Original Message - From: Nick Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've just received an LX I won from eBay, and just love the feel of it. I've always wanted one since it first came out, but it's always seemed too pricey. I nearly blew my term's grant cheque on one at the time, but prudence got the better of me.
Re: A few PUG Comments
Thanks! :-) DagT På 6. feb. 2005 kl. 19.08 skrev [EMAIL PROTECTED]: No Title by Dag Thrane This was my favorite -- went here second. Not totally sure why, speaks to something in me -- some emotion. Well, I always go barefoot when I can. Nice composition, nice framing, nice detail in the bridge, etc. The texture really makes the legs/feet and shoes pop out.
Re: Film Hardeners
I have no idea what CP100 is. 200 400 were Forte. As you know CP sells a lot of odd films from here and there in the world. Hard to keep up with it. I use the CP200 sheet film and like it a lot, but have not tried to order any for some time now. I think, but do not know for sure, that his development times are base upon his own experience. Others list times from Forte, the developer manufactures, or who knows where. The point here is he seems to actually use the stuff he sells. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Mark Cassino wrote: Over the last several months, I've dug through the archives at APUG, looking into both Classic Pan and the new JandC Pro 100. But, like virtually any internet resource, there is mis-information sitting next to valid info, and telling them apart is the challenge. I missed the discussion about Forte and Classic Pan being the same - I'll have to do some more searching to dig it up. Did he offer any explanation as to why the developing times on his site are different - often very different - than the times that Forte lists for FortePan 200? (Of course, the times that classicpan.de list are also different from both of the other sites...) At one point in time Forte and Classic Pan were lumped together on the Massive developer chart -I have a printout from last May showing them together - but now they are separate. Out of curiosity - have you seen any indication as to what the ultimate origin of the new JandC Pro 100 is? There is a persistent rumor that it is rebranded old Lucky 100 film from China, but JandC has denied that in the APUG (without ever saying where it _does_ come from.) I picked up a few dozen rolls to play around with, but have not found it to be anything near CP200 in terms of quality, and have had only so-so results with HC100, D76, and Rodinal. I recently tried it with Microdol-X 1:3, and it that shows promise, though at this point I've basically relegated it to the Holga, Ansco, and Argus boxes. - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 3:41 PM Subject: Re: Film Hardeners Sure they have. The guy that owns JC Photo often posts over on the analog photography users group apug.com. In fact it was one of his posts that told what was going on with Forte in Hungry. Anyone still shooting BW film ought to drop in at apug.com and look about, there is more information there than you could digest in a month of Sundays (as they say). graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Mark Cassino wrote: I don't know if this is the same film as Forte - I got it from JandCphoto.com, and don't think that they have ever disclosed who the original manufacturer is. The response to my email from the people at the Classicpan.de site was that the company was insolvent and hoped to start production again. I only used the 120 film, and it had no writing or imprint along the edge - I got the best results exposing it at ISO 100. I often used a yellow/green X1 filter with it when shooting foliage, and found that it needed an extra bump in the exposure - a 3 stop increase as opposed to a 2 stop increase - with this filter. It also had rather poor reciprocity features, and I found that I had to start adjusting the exposure for times of 2 seconds or longer. Nonetheless, I got really outstanding results developing this in HC110 or Rodinal. My standard became HC 110, Dil H, 17 minutes with very gentle agitation every 3 minutes for the first 12, then agitation every 2 minutes, and once in the last minute. When it all came together the level of detail and tonal range was just fabulous. I've experimented a bit with Tri-X and a lot with APX-100. I can get close to the same results with APX 100, but never quite the same tonal range and shadow detail. I suspect that the very short developing times for the new Tri-X and HC110 will keep me from ever getting the same from it - at least with HC110. In terms of the hardener - this film tended to curl, with hardener or not. It was easy to scratch the emulsion when hanging it or pulling it out of the spool, so I went with a hardening fixer. Since it was all was shooting for a while, I just mixed up the fixer with the hardener and left it at that. Cheers - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: Frantisek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mark Cassino pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 9:22 AM Subject: Re: Film Hardeners Saturday, February 5, 2005, 4:35:31 AM, Mark wrote: MC Last year I really fell
Re: Film Hardeners
Sorry, http://www.apug.org/forums/home.php graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Mark Roberts wrote: Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure they have. The guy that owns JC Photo often posts over on the analog photography users group apug.com. apug.com appears to be the Asia Pacific Utilities Group :( -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.5 - Release Date: 2/3/2005
Re: Day at the beach.Funny Paw
On 6/2/05, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: It melts the stuff. In many places, it is common to sprinkle vast amounts of salt on the highways to keep them free of ice. Britain. I wouldn't doubt for a minute that the Society of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers actively promotes it. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: Prices of Pentax Lenses
Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 11:22:27 -0700, Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote A few months after the release of the D there began to be a run on Pentax primes. It still continues, and I suspect that DS owners will soon try to join in after they decide which zoom to buy. Note that Pentax autofocus primes have virtually disappeared from KEH. Yes, I've noticed it too. I'm thinking about getting the 31mm ltd but, oh no, Adorama aren't listing it at the moment (nor the 77mm, and the 43mm is on back order). :( I had to wait a month to get the Tamron 17-35 in Pentax mount. My rep said they were selling out as quickly as they came in. I also had to wait to get the Sigma P-TTL flash because everyone kept selling out. I expect that distributors, being naturally cautions and not wanting to get stuck with stock that wouldn't sell, were ordering Pentax-compatible product based on past sales numbers and were unprepared for the revival of interest spurred by the ist-D and DS. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: unsubscibe
On 6/2/05, Chris Ellis, discombobulated, unleashed: pentax-discuss-d Digest [snipped, mercifully] Chris, for God's sake man. Read the unsubscribing instructions HERE: http://www.pdml.net/dbrewer/p2.html A Brit as well! Don;t let the side down man! Cheers, Cotty
Re: Day at the beach.Funny Paw
- Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Day at the beach.Funny Paw On 6/2/05, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: It melts the stuff. In many places, it is common to sprinkle vast amounts of salt on the highways to keep them free of ice. Britain. I wouldn't doubt for a minute that the Society of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers actively promotes it. Yer cars rust out really fast here, as well, and we don't use hardly any salt on our streets. Not that an English car will work in our winters. William Robb
Re: unsubscibe
- Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: unsubscibe On 6/2/05, Chris Ellis, discombobulated, unleashed: pentax-discuss-d Digest [snipped, mercifully] Chris, for God's sake man. Read the unsubscribing instructions HERE: http://www.pdml.net/dbrewer/p2.html A Brit as well! Don;t let the side down man! Ah Cotty. Yer just mad because your stuck here too, and now yer gonna send the lad on a wild goose chase. He's stuck for good, no amount of unsubscribng the right way will change it. HAR!! William Robb
Pentax ME SE
G'day all I recently picked up a nice SE (Special Edition?) version of the ME on Ebeagh. It's in great condition apart from an exposure meter anomaly which I can live with for now. As far as I was aware, the only differences between this version and the standard ME were the brown leatherette trim , the SE engraved on the top plate and a diagonal (rather than horizontal) split rangefinder. However, I've come across an advertisement in an old magazine which claims that the SE also has manual overide of exposure meter. If it does, I can't find it! - unless they're referring to the exposure compensation facility, which is hardly unique to the SE. Does anyone have one of these and can confirm or debunk this claim? Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia
Re: Pentax ME SE
Brian Walters wrote: G'day all I recently picked up a nice SE (Special Edition?) version of the ME on Ebeagh. It's in great condition apart from an exposure meter anomaly which I can live with for now. As far as I was aware, the only differences between this version and the standard ME were the brown leatherette trim , the SE engraved on the top plate and a diagonal (rather than horizontal) split rangefinder. However, I've come across an advertisement in an old magazine which claims that the SE also has manual overide of exposure meter. If it does, I can't find it! - unless they're referring to the exposure compensation facility, which is hardly unique to the SE. Does anyone have one of these and can confirm or debunk this claim? Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia Quote from http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/bodies/M/ME_Super.html: The SE in the ME Super SE body stands for special eddition. However, the only known difference is that the focusing screen of the SE body is diagonally split, and that of the non-SE body horizontally-split. /Henri
Re: Day at the beach.Funny Paw
On 6/2/05, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: Not that an English car will work in our winters. Mebbe. Mebbe not. There's only one I'd trust to work in any situation. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: unsubscibe
On 6/2/05, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: Ah Cotty. Yer just mad because your stuck here too, and now yer gonna send the lad on a wild goose chase. He's stuck for good, no amount of unsubscribng the right way will change it. HAR!! Bill it's only about 4pm your time and you're on the hard stuff already. Boy those winters *must* be tough. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: unsubscibe
well, you know, the guy might have had a chance if he was able to spell correctly. Herb... - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 6:00 PM Subject: Re: unsubscibe Bill it's only about 4pm your time and you're on the hard stuff already. Boy those winters *must* be tough.
An afternoon at the Carnegie Museum
Went down to the Carnegie museum this afternoon to see a photography exhibit. It's by a local photographer (but extensive worldwide traveler) named Donald Robinson (He's not a professional photographer - he made his fortune with a large chain of drug stores and spent his money traveling and taking photos). On display are landscapes, wildlife photos and portraits. This last category consists of informal portraits of people in a variety of exotic places that he's visited over the years. Really good stuff for the most part, but then you don't get an exhibit at the Carnegie by being mediocre! His African wildlife shots are probably the weakest of his work, but I'd guess that's largely because they looked to be the oldest, so they not only were earliest in his career but also suffered from the limitations of his equipment and the film emulsions of the day. Some great penguin shots from Antarctica. He also had a large number of still life shots of orchids. Nothing groundbreaking, but all technically excellent and beautiful. He certainly got some very exotic species. The vast majority of photos in his exhibit were Epson inkjet prints, by the way. I'd guess they were done on a 2000 or 2200 because most were 12 x 18 or 13 x 19. Some links: http://www.timesonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13834885BRD=2305PAG=461dept_id=478564rfi=6 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/entertainment/arts/s_298052.html http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibits/index.html -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
RE: Pentax ME SE
I've seen no differences other than the color and diag. prism in the ones I've owned. What is your meter 'anomaly'? Don -Original Message- From: Brian Walters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 4:54 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Pentax ME SE G'day all I recently picked up a nice SE (Special Edition?) version of the ME on Ebeagh. It's in great condition apart from an exposure meter anomaly which I can live with for now. As far as I was aware, the only differences between this version and the standard ME were the brown leatherette trim , the SE engraved on the top plate and a diagonal (rather than horizontal) split rangefinder. However, I've come across an advertisement in an old magazine which claims that the SE also has manual overide of exposure meter. If it does, I can't find it! - unless they're referring to the exposure compensation facility, which is hardly unique to the SE. Does anyone have one of these and can confirm or debunk this claim? Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia
Re: A few PUG Comments
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bear in mind I am not the best photographer around, only been doing it a few years, have a lot more misses than keepers, and still forget to reset the ISO and WTB on my DSLR on a regular basis. Hi Marnie, I guess that the misses are always more than the keepers for everyone, so you are in good company... :-) Blue Eyes and Blue Frog by Gianfranco Irlanda Amusing and a good portrait. I don't know why froggies are amusing, but they generally are. Nice warm skin tones (in late afternoon, I presume) contrasted with blue frog. Thanks for the kind words! You are right, I took it not long before sunset. Ciao, Gianfranco = _ __ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com
RE: PAW: First Robin of Spring
On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 04:46:49 -0600, Don Sanderson wrote: Many can do better than this but I can't, it's quite frustrating. Any pointers for us movers and shakers? Some of the techniques used by long range rifle and pistol shooters can be quite handy. Things like using bone-to-bone contact for additional steadying, timing your shots with your breathing, etc. A quick Google search would probably turn up more and better information than I could give in an email message. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
Re: PESO: Spit to Manly walk
On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 08:00:06 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's what I was wondering. Very little distortion in the last one. I guess (whoever, sorry, forget who) was right -- if you put the horizon line through the middle of the picture there is less distortion. To be pedantic, there's not any less distortion, it's just less noticable. The horizon is usually one of the longest, highest contrast lines in a photograph. That makes it show the distortion more obviously than other lines, most of which usually aren't straight for any distance. The distortion is not nearly as obvious on things that are curved. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
Re: PUG's Blue Notes
Henk Terhell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Blue eyes and blue frog: Very warm colors. Great picture. This frog looks like he is having fear of heights. :-) Thanks a lot, Henk! For the positive words, and also for taking the time to comment on the entire gallery. It's not an easy task... Ciao, Gianfranco = _ __ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com
RE: PAW: First Robin of Spring
I didn't get the message previous to this, but steady shooting is partly just a matter of practice. But it's also a matter of concentration and mental preparation. You have to psych yourself into a relaxed state of mind. When shooting you maintain a regular breathing pattern and shoot just after inahling. The hand that's cradling the lens should be suported by an elbow resting on your chest. The shutter release should be a gentle squeeze. Paul On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 04:46:49 -0600, Don Sanderson wrote: Many can do better than this but I can't, it's quite frustrating. Any pointers for us movers and shakers? Some of the techniques used by long range rifle and pistol shooters can be quite handy. Things like using bone-to-bone contact for additional steadying, timing your shots with your breathing, etc. A quick Google search would probably turn up more and better information than I could give in an email message. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
RE: Pentax ME SE
Hi Don Quoting Don Sanderson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've seen no differences other than the color and diag. prism in the ones I've owned. What is your meter 'anomaly'? I recently picked up a nice SE (Special Edition?) version of the ME on Ebeagh. It's in great condition apart from an exposure meter anomaly which I can live with for now. Basically the meter reads OK when the lens is first attached but subsequently underexposes. For example, if I fit the lens with its aperture set at f22 it reads OK and continues to read OK as I move the aperture ring up to f1.7 with shutter speeds becoming faster as the lens opening is increased. If I then move the ring back towards f22, shutter speeds remain far too fast. The only way to get reasonable readings again is to take the lens off and start again with a small aperture. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia
Re: Day at the beach.Funny Paw
Hi, Yer cars rust out really fast here, as well, and we don't use hardly any salt on our streets. Not that an English car will work in our winters. You think your pantywaist Canadian winters are severe, huh? You ain't never seen a British winter, mate. They're so severe our entire transport infrastructure grinds to a halt, and everybody has to stay away from work! It all starts early, too. As soon as the first wet leaves fall in autumn. -- Cheers, Bob
Re: Pentax ME SE
Hi Henri Quoting Henri Toivonen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Quote from http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/bodies/M/ME_Super.html: The SE in the ME Super SE body stands for special eddition. However, the only known difference is that the focusing screen of the SE body is diagonally split, and that of the non-SE body horizontally-split. Thanks for that - that's pretty much what I thought, although I've got the SE version of the ME not the ME Super. Cheers Brian +++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia
Re: NorCal PDML Outing
Good to hear, John. So far, looks like we have possibilities of four of us. Hopefully more people will figure out that they are near enough to the bay area to want to come. I have the DA 16-45 and will naturally bring it along. Once we get a little more solidified on who's attending, we can figure out what gear people have/would like to see. Hope you'll be able to attend... -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, February 6, 2005, 2:08:12 PM, you wrote: JF Bruce Dayton mused: This is a notice for anyone in reasonable driving distance to the Bay area - We are going to have a PDML photo outing on March 5th. The plan is to meet and shoot at one of the missions in the area. I've got to get that finalized, but the date is solid. Hopefully any of you near San Francisco (I'm in Sacramento) will join us for a fun day. Check your calendars and let me know if you might be able to join us. -- Best regards, Bruce JF That's a probable Yes from me. JF If potential attendees would like to indicate some Pentax gear they JF don't own, but would like to play with, it would be a good idea to JF let other attendees know. I know I'd like to spend a little more JF time with a DA 16-45, and it might be fun to try the 14mm as well. JF Plus, of course, an FA* 85/1.4; so far I've never handled one. JF I can bring along some of my older film bodies (MX, Super Program, JF PZ-1p), as well as the *ist-D and/or MZ-S I'd be using myself.
Re: Fuji RDP Strangeness
You can try sandwiching together a blank piece of C41 film and your cross processed film, then scanning as a color neg. The blank bit of film will re-introduce the brown mask of the color negative film. Still probably won't produce very good color, though - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 12:27 PM Subject: Fuji RDP Strangeness Last night I tried scanning what I thought were some color negs, and the results were awful. Upon examining the strips carefully I noticed that there was no orange mask, so I thought that the film may have been slide film. Tried scanning as transparency, and the results were just as bad. Finally I read the film info in the border and discovered the film to be Fuji RDP, which is a slide film. However, all slide film I've ever seen has black borders, this has clear. And the colors are strange, with a subtle and somewhat greenish cast over all. I also recall getting prints from this roll. So, what kind of weirdness is happening. Maybe the lab processed it as neg film - cross processing? Shel
Re: Day at the beach.Funny Paw
Quoting Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 6/2/05, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: Not that an English car will work in our winters. Mebbe. Mebbe not. There's only one I'd trust to work in any situation. Do you really call a Land/Range Rover a car though? Aren't they in a somewhat different category? (Honest question.) ERNR
Re: Fuji RDP Strangeness
It's not the color that's the issue, Mark, rather, the scans look grainy, reticulated, and grungy. However, the idea of adding an orange mask sounds interesting might be something to fool around with while recuperating. Shel [Original Message] From: Mark Cassino You can try sandwiching together a blank piece of C41 film and your cross processed film, then scanning as a color neg. The blank bit of film will re-introduce the brown mask of the color negative film. Still probably won't produce very good color, though
Re: Fuji RDP Strangeness
Mark, May not be at all newsy, but I've had film sandwich scans completely unusable due to Newton's Rings which will, at times, be produced where the two films do not meet. In case you see concentric rings in your scanned image, you've found Mr Newton's rings. Good thought that the RDP may have been cross processed. Jack --- Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can try sandwiching together a blank piece of C41 film and your cross processed film, then scanning as a color neg. The blank bit of film will re-introduce the brown mask of the color negative film. Still probably won't produce very good color, though - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 12:27 PM Subject: Fuji RDP Strangeness Last night I tried scanning what I thought were some color negs, and the results were awful. Upon examining the strips carefully I noticed that there was no orange mask, so I thought that the film may have been slide film. Tried scanning as transparency, and the results were just as bad. Finally I read the film info in the border and discovered the film to be Fuji RDP, which is a slide film. However, all slide film I've ever seen has black borders, this has clear. And the colors are strange, with a subtle and somewhat greenish cast over all. I also recall getting prints from this roll. So, what kind of weirdness is happening. Maybe the lab processed it as neg film - cross processing? Shel __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
Re: unsubscibe
- Original Message - From: Herb Chong Subject: Re: unsubscibe well, you know, the guy might have had a chance if he was able to spell correctly. Jigs up. Our work here is done. William Robb
Pentax Rebates
I've been waiting for a Pentax rebate since June of 04. As most of you know, our favorite camera manufacturer promised a $200 rebate if one purchased the *istD in combinastion with the DA 16-45/4. To date, it seems that most who have received their rebate did so only after complaining vociferously. I haven't said a word yet and haven't received a single dollar. I e-mailed Pentax today. Let's see what happens. However, the business practices of the mother ship are somewhat disheartneing. I will report back. paul Mark, May not be at all newsy, but I've had film sandwich scans completely unusable due to Newton's Rings which will, at times, be produced where the two films do not meet. In case you see concentric rings in your scanned image, you've found Mr Newton's rings. Good thought that the RDP may have been cross processed. Jack --- Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can try sandwiching together a blank piece of C41 film and your cross processed film, then scanning as a color neg. The blank bit of film will re-introduce the brown mask of the color negative film. Still probably won't produce very good color, though - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 12:27 PM Subject: Fuji RDP Strangeness Last night I tried scanning what I thought were some color negs, and the results were awful. Upon examining the strips carefully I noticed that there was no orange mask, so I thought that the film may have been slide film. Tried scanning as transparency, and the results were just as bad. Finally I read the film info in the border and discovered the film to be Fuji RDP, which is a slide film. However, all slide film I've ever seen has black borders, this has clear. And the colors are strange, with a subtle and somewhat greenish cast over all. I also recall getting prints from this roll. So, what kind of weirdness is happening. Maybe the lab processed it as neg film - cross processing? Shel __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
Re: Fuji RDP Strangeness
Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can try sandwiching together a blank piece of C41 film and your cross processed film, then scanning as a color neg. The blank bit of film will re-introduce the brown mask of the color negative film. I've had film sandwich scans completely unusable due to Newton's Rings which will, at times, be produced where the two films do not meet. Why not scan the original and the blank negative separately and combine them in Photoshop? -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Have you ever heard of Porst lenses?
I have run across a 135/1.8 lens for Pentax K mount that I have never heard of. It is a Porst. Porst I believe is a German camera company and the lens was actuallt made by a Japanese company named Tomioka. Does anyone know anything about this Porst/Tomioka lens or about the brand in general? Larry
Re: Fuji RDP Strangeness
That won't work. You'll end up with an orange image. Scanning both as a negative would strip away the orange. But scanning them individuaslly and combining them will result in an orange image. But I doubt that either method will proiduce anything useful. You would still end up with whatever is on the fuji film, which is probably a cross-processed transparency image. I would suggest examining the cross-processed transparency images carefully. If there is nothing there of value, i would suggest relegating the film to the circular file. paul Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can try sandwiching together a blank piece of C41 film and your cross processed film, then scanning as a color neg. The blank bit of film will re-introduce the brown mask of the color negative film. I've had film sandwich scans completely unusable due to Newton's Rings which will, at times, be produced where the two films do not meet. Why not scan the original and the blank negative separately and combine them in Photoshop? -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: NorCal PDML Outing
In a stroke of serendipity, today's San Jose Murky News has a feature article on the California missions. San Juan Bautista looks quite interesting. Bruce Dayton mused: Good to hear, John. So far, looks like we have possibilities of four of us. Hopefully more people will figure out that they are near enough to the bay area to want to come. I have the DA 16-45 and will naturally bring it along. Once we get a little more solidified on who's attending, we can figure out what gear people have/would like to see. Hope you'll be able to attend... -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, February 6, 2005, 2:08:12 PM, you wrote: JF Bruce Dayton mused: This is a notice for anyone in reasonable driving distance to the Bay area - We are going to have a PDML photo outing on March 5th. The plan is to meet and shoot at one of the missions in the area. I've got to get that finalized, but the date is solid. Hopefully any of you near San Francisco (I'm in Sacramento) will join us for a fun day. Check your calendars and let me know if you might be able to join us. -- Best regards, Bruce JF That's a probable Yes from me. JF If potential attendees would like to indicate some Pentax gear they JF don't own, but would like to play with, it would be a good idea to JF let other attendees know. I know I'd like to spend a little more JF time with a DA 16-45, and it might be fun to try the 14mm as well. JF Plus, of course, an FA* 85/1.4; so far I've never handled one. JF I can bring along some of my older film bodies (MX, Super Program, JF PZ-1p), as well as the *ist-D and/or MZ-S I'd be using myself.
Re: Pentax ME SE
Brian, How is the coupling between the lens and camera body? Look for a little metal bar just inside of the lens mount. It should move circularly around the inside of the lens mount. Sounds like it is slipping off of the lens aperture lever. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 18:01:00 -0600, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Don Quoting Don Sanderson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've seen no differences other than the color and diag. prism in the ones I've owned. What is your meter 'anomaly'? I recently picked up a nice SE (Special Edition?) version of the ME on Ebeagh. It's in great condition apart from an exposure meter anomaly which I can live with for now. Basically the meter reads OK when the lens is first attached but subsequently underexposes. For example, if I fit the lens with its aperture set at f22 it reads OK and continues to read OK as I move the aperture ring up to f1.7 with shutter speeds becoming faster as the lens opening is increased. If I then move the ring back towards f22, shutter speeds remain far too fast. The only way to get reasonable readings again is to take the lens off and start again with a small aperture. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia
Re: Pentax Rebates
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 01:24:33 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Pentax Rebates I've been waiting for a Pentax rebate since June of 04. As most of you know, our favorite camera manufacturer promised a $200 rebate if one purchased the *istD in combinastion with the DA 16-45/4. To date, it seems that most who have received their rebate did so only after complaining vociferously. I haven't said a word yet and haven't received a single dollar. I e-mailed Pentax today. Let's see what happens. However, the business practices of the mother ship are somewhat disheartneing. I will report back. paul Mine took about 2 1/2 months or a little less. No contact from me to them after sending in for the rebate. That was a bit earlier than yours; I recieved the kit at the end of March '04, and probably sent in for the rebate in early April. My records show that I deposited the check on June 17th, so I probably recieved it a few days or a week before that. In addition to email, you might want to write a snail-mail letter to the address shown on the back of the *ist D manual. Good Luck, Greg
K85/1.8 -- US$570.00??
A K85/1.8 just sold on eBay for US$570.00. Does it usually sell for that much?? If so, I guess I'll forget about ever having one... Greg
RE: Pentax ME SE
Howdy Brian, if you take the lens off and face the front of the camera: At about the 1 o'clock position, inside the lens mount ring, is a lever that comes flush with the surface of the lens mount ring. Rotate this lever clockwise (push down) with a fingernail until it is fully down/clockwise. Release the lever, it should quickly and freely return to the CCW position. This is the linkage that tells the camera where the lens is set. (F-Stop) Three things can happen, most common is the lubrication on the lever getting gummy and slowing it's return. It is also possible the lever is bent and rubbing on the lens mount ring or the back of the lens, look for bright marks, dead givaway. Third is that the resistor that this lever moves is dirty, this is unlikely give your description of the symptoms. Hope This Helps Don -Original Message- From: Brian Walters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 6:01 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: Pentax ME SE Hi Don Quoting Don Sanderson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've seen no differences other than the color and diag. prism in the ones I've owned. What is your meter 'anomaly'? I recently picked up a nice SE (Special Edition?) version of the ME on Ebeagh. It's in great condition apart from an exposure meter anomaly which I can live with for now. Basically the meter reads OK when the lens is first attached but subsequently underexposes. For example, if I fit the lens with its aperture set at f22 it reads OK and continues to read OK as I move the aperture ring up to f1.7 with shutter speeds becoming faster as the lens opening is increased. If I then move the ring back towards f22, shutter speeds remain far too fast. The only way to get reasonable readings again is to take the lens off and start again with a small aperture. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia
Re: K85/1.8 -- US$570.00??
The K 85/1.8 was selling for $350 to $400 a short time ago, but this is the new age of Pentax. Digital has boosted the value of lenses, for better or worse. I'd say better in terms of the health of the brand. I'm not surprised that the K 85/1.8 brings 5C plus. Look at the other numbers we've seen lately. Paul A K85/1.8 just sold on eBay for US$570.00. Does it usually sell for that much?? If so, I guess I'll forget about ever having one... Greg
Re: Pentax Rebates
I got mine in a reasonable amount of time, maybe 4-5 weeks. I would still call them to make sure it is in process. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been waiting for a Pentax rebate since June of 04. As most of you know, our favorite camera manufacturer promised a $200 rebate if one purchased the *istD in combinastion with the DA 16-45/4. To date, it seems that most who have received their rebate did so only after complaining vociferously. I haven't said a word yet and haven't received a single dollar. I e-mailed Pentax today. Let's see what happens. However, the business practices of the mother ship are somewhat disheartneing. I will report back. paul Mark, May not be at all newsy, but I've had film sandwich scans completely unusable due to Newton's Rings which will, at times, be produced where the two films do not meet. In case you see concentric rings in your scanned image, you've found Mr Newton's rings. Good thought that the RDP may have been cross processed. Jack --- Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can try sandwiching together a blank piece of C41 film and your cross processed film, then scanning as a color neg. The blank bit of film will re-introduce the brown mask of the color negative film. Still probably won't produce very good color, though - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 12:27 PM Subject: Fuji RDP Strangeness Last night I tried scanning what I thought were some color negs, and the results were awful. Upon examining the strips carefully I noticed that there was no orange mask, so I thought that the film may have been slide film. Tried scanning as transparency, and the results were just as bad. Finally I read the film info in the border and discovered the film to be Fuji RDP, which is a slide film. However, all slide film I've ever seen has black borders, this has clear. And the colors are strange, with a subtle and somewhat greenish cast over all. I also recall getting prints from this roll. So, what kind of weirdness is happening. Maybe the lab processed it as neg film - cross processing? Shel __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
Re: K85/1.8 -- US$570.00??
- Original Message - From: Greg Lovern Subject: K85/1.8 -- US$570.00?? A K85/1.8 just sold on eBay for US$570.00. Does it usually sell for that much?? If so, I guess I'll forget about ever having one... I was baffled by that one. Was watching an FA85/1.4 that went for not much more than that, and surprisingly close to new at BH price. William Robb
Re: Fuji RDP Strangeness
The orange mask of the blank C41 strip would let the scanner do the automatic reversal / color conversion. I suppose you could scan them separately and then combine the images, assuming you have a filter to invert C41 (taking into account the orange mask.) - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 8:58 PM Subject: Re: Fuji RDP Strangeness Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can try sandwiching together a blank piece of C41 film and your cross processed film, then scanning as a color neg. The blank bit of film will re-introduce the brown mask of the color negative film. I've had film sandwich scans completely unusable due to Newton's Rings which will, at times, be produced where the two films do not meet. Why not scan the original and the blank negative separately and combine them in Photoshop? -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Mail-Archive.com
The archive seems to have caught up to posts of this morning. That is good. It had been working very well for the past few months, so naturally Jeff and Jeff had to fix it. I think they do Mail-Archive for a hobby, and can't resist playing with it from time to time. Just like photographers with all-automatic cameras, who can't resist playing with manual settings. Anyway, it is good to have it back. Joe
Re: K85/1.8 -- US$570.00??
I'm of mixed feeling about the rising prices. For those of us who have the lenses, our investment in Pentax glass is more secure. Of course, those looking for the lenses will have to put up with the higher prices, just like some of us did a few years ago. IIRC, the seller of my K85/1.8 wanted $650.00 for it, and I did buy a sample that needed repair for $375.00. Many Pentax primes were always expensive on the used market. Shel [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A lot of used Pentax lenses seem to be selling for new prices.
Re: Fuji RDP Strangeness
Mark, Separate frame scanning and Photoshop was my solution. Jack --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can try sandwiching together a blank piece of C41 film and your cross processed film, then scanning as a color neg. The blank bit of film will re-introduce the brown mask of the color negative film. I've had film sandwich scans completely unusable due to Newton's Rings which will, at times, be produced where the two films do not meet. Why not scan the original and the blank negative separately and combine them in Photoshop? -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com __ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com
Re: NorCal PDML Outing
From previous trips to California missions, there is usually an indoor and outdoor component. You can experience some of the interior ornateness within the chapel buildings or explore the gardens (in various stages of bloom) out back. So, it could be both an indoor and outdoor experience. Pat in SF == Bruce Dayton wrote: Hello Shel, Love to have you come. You didn't miss any messages. Since Mark Dalal moved, I have somehow become the organizer of the event. So the date was picked based on my ability to go. I don't have any other openings until about June. As to shooting missions, Marnie and I have been kicking around different ideas for a while and she brought this one up. Seemed like a great idea and a departure from a more outdoors/nature venue. I still have to look them up and see what looks best around the area - I believe there are several to choose from. I'll try to check into the missions today and post my findings. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
Re: NorCal PDML Outing
Boy, I'm glad that Pat quoted your message, Bruce. I never saw it and was beginning to think my message may not have gotten to the list or to you. I think I'm going to start copying the senders of some messages Shel [Original Message] From: Pat K Bruce Dayton wrote: Hello Shel, Love to have you come. You didn't miss any messages. Since Mark Dalal moved, I have somehow become the organizer of the event. So the date was picked based on my ability to go. I don't have any other openings until about June. As to shooting missions, Marnie and I have been kicking around different ideas for a while and she brought this one up. Seemed like a great idea and a departure from a more outdoors/nature venue. I still have to look them up and see what looks best around the area - I believe there are several to choose from. I'll try to check into the missions today and post my findings.
Re: Fuji RDP Strangeness
The few times this happened to me, I never was able to get good colors. Ironically, the one time I deliberately tried cross processing I used a roll of Tungsten balanced slide film and processed it as a color negative - and it came out looking more or less like a regular negative... I guess the blue bias to the film came out as a yellowish negative... Good luck - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 7:33 PM Subject: Re: Fuji RDP Strangeness It's not the color that's the issue, Mark, rather, the scans look grainy, reticulated, and grungy. However, the idea of adding an orange mask sounds interesting might be something to fool around with while recuperating. Shel [Original Message] From: Mark Cassino You can try sandwiching together a blank piece of C41 film and your cross processed film, then scanning as a color neg. The blank bit of film will re-introduce the brown mask of the color negative film. Still probably won't produce very good color, though
With Another Couple of PESOs...
With another couple of PESOs I could: --finally buy the FA 600 f4; or --post another couple of URLs to PDML. Which should I do? The FA 600 can wait a while longer. Here's the URLs: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3528/display/2556108 http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3528/display/2556110 Comments welcome of course. I get little chance for this kind of photography, but this year in early December these cranes were gleaning in a field very near my home. Joe
Re: Have you ever heard of Porst lenses?
G'day Larry Quoting Larry Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have run across a 135/1.8 lens for Pentax K mount that I have never heard of. It is a Porst. Porst I believe is a German camera company and the lens was actuallt made by a Japanese company named Tomioka. Does anyone know anything about this Porst/Tomioka lens or about the brand in general? Don't know anything about the particular lens but as far as I know Porst is a company which rebadges equipment with its own name. Apparently some Fujica and Praktica models were rebadged in this way in the 1950s - 1970s. No doubt German list members will know more about the company. Cheers Brian +++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia
Re: K85/1.8 -- US$570.00??
A lot of used Pentax lenses seem to be selling for new prices. i just noticed a DA 16-45 that's only a bid away from exceeding the new price. The new lenses are scarce, the demand for Pentax glass is high. I'm a bit surprised, but I can't say that I'm displeased. It will be interesting to see what some other examples of Pentax glass go for. Is an FA or A 400/5.6 going to appreciate to where it approaches new lens prices? (That's $1400 for the A variant.) Only time will tell. Paul - Original Message - From: Greg Lovern Subject: K85/1.8 -- US$570.00?? A K85/1.8 just sold on eBay for US$570.00. Does it usually sell for that much?? If so, I guess I'll forget about ever having one... I was baffled by that one. Was watching an FA85/1.4 that went for not much more than that, and surprisingly close to new at BH price. William Robb
Re: NorCal PDML Outing
Glad to be of service, Shel! It's a bit frustrating when both Mail Archive and the real-time list are being dodgy. Pat in SF --- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Boy, I'm glad that Pat quoted your message, Bruce. I never saw it and was beginning to think my message may not have gotten to the list or to you. I think I'm going to start copying the senders of some messages Shel [Original Message] From: Pat K Bruce Dayton wrote: Hello Shel, Love to have you come. You didn't miss any messages. Since Mark Dalal moved, I have somehow become the organizer of the event. So the date was picked based on my ability to go. I don't have any other openings until about June. As to shooting missions, Marnie and I have been kicking around different ideas for a while and she brought this one up. Seemed like a great idea and a departure from a more outdoors/nature venue. I still have to look them up and see what looks best around the area - I believe there are several to choose from. I'll try to check into the missions today and post my findings. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
Re: NorCal PDML Outing
Input from a lurker who follows on the Mail Archive (which hasn't been working well all week and so I may be missing messages). I have been to both Mission Delores in San Francisco and the mission in Carmel and had productive photographic days. I would enjoy meeting other PDML folk. Please count me in. Pat in SF Bruce Dayton wrote: This is a notice for anyone in reasonable driving distance to the Bay area - We are going to have a PDML photo outing on March 5th. The plan is to meet and shoot at one of the missions in the area. I've got to get that finalized, but the date is solid. Hopefully any of you near San Francisco (I'm in Sacramento) will join us for a fun day. Check your calendars and let me know if you might be able to join us. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: PENTAX PHOTO Browser + Laboratory update
Rob, I still have copies of the downloads from Pentax (PBLUD011.exe and PPHLAB01.exe) totalling 5.9MB if you still need them. Just let me know. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 3:46 AM Subject: RE: PENTAX PHOTO Browser + Laboratory update Does anyone have an emailable/downloadable copy of the original software anywhere easy? I do have mine but I will have to wade through piles of junk in the loft to find it - I didn't install it when I replaced my PC because it was so poor compared to Photoshop CS, but I want to have a look at the new one. I don't know why they don't just put proper installs in the web - its not like anyone in their right mind would steal the software if they didn't have a Pentax digicam is it? Much appreciated if anyone can help... Rob -Original Message- From: David Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 February 2005 06:40 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PENTAX PHOTO Browser + Laboratory update Hi Gang, Just to let you know, Pentax has come good and added an update so that *ist D users can use the new versions (2.1) of PENTAX PHOTO Browser and PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory. I think that *ist DS users (with version 2.0) should update too. Here is the link (down the bottom): http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/support/download_digital.html Haven't looked at the Lab yet, but have used the browser briefly and it feels pretty good (faster?). Seems more professional anyway. Now we only have to wait for the *ist D firmware version 2.0 (-: Cheers, David -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.4 - Release Date: 1/02/2005
Re: Pentax ME SE
Exposure compensation, that's the ticket. Brian Walters wrote: G'day all I recently picked up a nice SE (Special Edition?) version of the ME on Ebeagh. It's in great condition apart from an exposure meter anomaly which I can live with for now. As far as I was aware, the only differences between this version and the standard ME were the brown leatherette trim , the SE engraved on the top plate and a diagonal (rather than horizontal) split rangefinder. However, I've come across an advertisement in an old magazine which claims that the SE also has manual overide of exposure meter. If it does, I can't find it! - unless they're referring to the exposure compensation facility, which is hardly unique to the SE. Does anyone have one of these and can confirm or debunk this claim? Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
Re: K85/1.8 -- US$570.00??
Ebay is unpredictable, $570.00 is the highest I've ever seen one of them go for but I've also been surprised when they've gone for a lot less. Greg Lovern wrote: A K85/1.8 just sold on eBay for US$570.00. Does it usually sell for that much?? If so, I guess I'll forget about ever having one... Greg -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
Re: With Another Couple of PESOs...
Very, nice the shot in the air is spectacular, but the one on the ground has personality. Joseph Tainter wrote: With another couple of PESOs I could: --finally buy the FA 600 f4; or --post another couple of URLs to PDML. Which should I do? The FA 600 can wait a while longer. Here's the URLs: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3528/display/2556108 http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3528/display/2556110 Comments welcome of course. I get little chance for this kind of photography, but this year in early December these cranes were gleaning in a field very near my home. Joe -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
Re: Photo exhibition in OZ
For Brisbanites, there is an exhibition of work by Tim Page currently showing. At the Powerhouse, I think. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 5:36 AM Subject: OT: Photo exhibition in OZ David wrote: To all the Aussie PDML'ers living in Sydney, I just saw a story on Sunday about Australian photographer Bill Henson. He has a retrospective exhibition showing at the Art Gallery of NSW until the 3 April. Looks like it might be interesting. Examples of his work can be found here: http://www.roslynoxley9.com.au/artists/18/Bill_Henson/profile/ Click on the exhibitions links on the left. The scans a pretty bad, but they give you an idea of his work. Dave S It is an amazing exhibition, IMOH. Nine rooms filled to the brim. The French Opera series was outstanding. Nothing beats looking at silver prints in real life, especially for Henson's work. Subtle lighting effects and tones just get lost when reprinted on screen, or even on the weighty $85 book that accompanies the exhibition. The impact of scale probably has something to do with it too. D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~derbyc
Re: PESO - Waning Light
Gorgeous. You need to blow that up and put it in a large atrium or other large open area for people to enjoy. rg Bruce Dayton wrote: It's been a while since I last posted one. I've been quite busy with work - not too busy to take some pictures, but haven't had time to get any posted. Today as the sun was setting, I stepped outside my home office and saw this sight. Went right back in and got the camera. Taken with *istD, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 AF (newly acquired), set on a stone wall for support. The image was converted in C1 and about 10% color saturation added - no other changes other than sizing/sharpening for the web. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1083.htm
Re: NorCal PDML Outing
In a message dated 2/6/2005 7:46:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would enjoy meeting other PDML folk. Please count me in. Pat in SF == Kewl. Marnie aka Doe :-)
Re: NorCal PDML Outing
I have been there once several years ago. Didn't get to do much photography - had the family in tow as we were visiting to help our daughter with her report. What I liked about it was that there is a big square out front and it is still an active mission - church services are held. From my understanding, it has the biggest chapel out of all the missions. It also has an inner courtyard with gardens and such. It seems like there would be some good opportunities there. This is the mission that I am leaning towards. Anybody have other thoughts? -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, February 6, 2005, 6:06:53 PM, you wrote: JF In a stroke of serendipity, today's San Jose Murky News has a JF feature article on the California missions. JF San Juan Bautista looks quite interesting. JF Bruce Dayton mused: Good to hear, John. So far, looks like we have possibilities of four of us. Hopefully more people will figure out that they are near enough to the bay area to want to come. I have the DA 16-45 and will naturally bring it along. Once we get a little more solidified on who's attending, we can figure out what gear people have/would like to see. Hope you'll be able to attend... -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, February 6, 2005, 2:08:12 PM, you wrote: JF Bruce Dayton mused: This is a notice for anyone in reasonable driving distance to the Bay area - We are going to have a PDML photo outing on March 5th. The plan is to meet and shoot at one of the missions in the area. I've got to get that finalized, but the date is solid. Hopefully any of you near San Francisco (I'm in Sacramento) will join us for a fun day. Check your calendars and let me know if you might be able to join us. -- Best regards, Bruce JF That's a probable Yes from me. JF If potential attendees would like to indicate some Pentax gear they JF don't own, but would like to play with, it would be a good idea to JF let other attendees know. I know I'd like to spend a little more JF time with a DA 16-45, and it might be fun to try the 14mm as well. JF Plus, of course, an FA* 85/1.4; so far I've never handled one. JF I can bring along some of my older film bodies (MX, Super Program, JF PZ-1p), as well as the *ist-D and/or MZ-S I'd be using myself.
Re: NorCal PDML Outing
Hello Pat, Glad to have you come. I know that we have missed you in the past due to schedules, so this should be fun! I'll try to keep everyone posted as to details as they are nailed down. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, February 6, 2005, 7:44:16 PM, you wrote: PK Input from a lurker who follows on the Mail Archive (which hasn't been working PK well all week and so I may be missing messages). I have been to both Mission PK Delores in San Francisco and the mission in Carmel and had productive PK photographic days. I would enjoy meeting other PDML folk. Please count me in. PK Pat in SF PK PK Bruce Dayton wrote: PK This is a notice for anyone in reasonable driving distance to the Bay PK area - We are going to have a PDML photo outing on March 5th. The PK plan is to meet and shoot at one of the missions in the area. I've PK got to get that finalized, but the date is solid. Hopefully any of PK you near San Francisco (I'm in Sacramento) will join us for a fun day. PK Check your calendars and let me know if you might be able to join us. PK __ PK Do You Yahoo!? PK Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around PK http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: NorCal PDML Outing
In a message dated 2/6/2005 10:13:04 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have been there once several years ago. Didn't get to do much photography - had the family in tow as we were visiting to help our daughter with her report. What I liked about it was that there is a big square out front and it is still an active mission - church services are held. From my understanding, it has the biggest chapel out of all the missions. It also has an inner courtyard with gardens and such. It seems like there would be some good opportunities there. This is the mission that I am leaning towards. Anybody have other thoughts? -- Best regards, Bruce Probably too far for me to drive, because I seem to have developed sciatica or something. Don't really want to drive for over two hours. It takes me 1 hour 15 minutes about to get to the top of San Jose. So I have a sneaking suspicion it would take over two hours for me to drive to San Juan Bautista. Even two hours would be pushing it for me. Actually, the only mission I remember is San Juan Bautista. I've never seen the San Jose Mission, so can't speak for it, or Mission Delores, or any of the others, as matter of fact. Or maybe someone can give me a lift to whatever the consensus is. Over two hours of driving and I will have to bow out. Marnie aka Doe
Re: New LX Owner
Bob Sullivan wrote: Nick, Put film in it and check your long exposures. The viewfinder exposure time is just an approximation for your amusement. The actual exposure time is not calculated until the shutter opens. Other thoughts on a 'new' old LX... 1) Twiddle the ASA dial up and down several times to help scrape off any oxidation on the dial resistor. 2) Similarly, exercise the aperture coupling or lens aperture to get the crud off of it too. 3) Pentax USA has done OK repairing mine...but then you're in the UK! Not to get all defensive 8-) but Pentax UK has done fine for me. One word of caution - they seem to be keeping stocks of some parts for themselves. Taking mine into a local guy for some minor work, he informed me that the part needed was unobtainable. Later, a complete CLA from Pentax UK included the part. mike
Re: Have you ever heard of Porst lenses?
On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 08:44:44PM -0500, Larry Cook wrote.. I have run across a 135/1.8 lens for Pentax K mount that I have never heard of. It is a Porst. Porst I believe is a German camera company and the lens was actuallt made by a Japanese company named Tomioka. Does anyone know anything about this Porst/Tomioka lens or about the brand in general? Porst is indeed a German company. To the best of my knowledge they never had manufacturing capability, rather they sold OEM-ed stuff under their own name. Most likely different OEMs as well. Around here (the Netherlands) the Porst stuff does not fetch any real money at used-camera markets. For what that means.. Wilko
Re: Day at the beach.Funny Paw
On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 12:06:57AM +, Bob W wrote.. Hi, Yer cars rust out really fast here, as well, and we don't use hardly any salt on our streets. Not that an English car will work in our winters. You think your pantywaist Canadian winters are severe, huh? You ain't never seen a British winter, mate. They're so severe our entire transport infrastructure grinds to a halt, and everybody has to stay away from work! It all starts early, too. As soon as the first wet leaves fall in autumn. The wrong kind of leaves that is.. :-P W/
Re: New LX Owner
Thanks to everyone for all their comments and pointers. I'm torn between sendig it straight off to Pentax and putting a film through it first. I think it'll probably be the latter. I tried the AF360FGZ on it last night and it appears to work, although the flash exposure confirmation led doesn't blink. It does show red when the flash is charged, and the flash fires at different outputs depending on aperture. It won't fire if above the sync speed. Perhaps I won't need the 280T I won on eBay the other night. One strange thing - when indicating a long exposure in automatic mode if always seems to fire at about 1/60th. The exception is when the exposure is started with the lens cap on when it continues until I take the cap off. I realise the reflectance of the pressure plate is difference to film, but the websites indicate that the exposures should be longer, not shorter. I'll have to see what it does with film. I think the fun is just beginning! Nick -Original Message- From: cbwaters[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06/02/05 18:20:24 congratulations Nick. Happy shooting. CW - Original Message - From: Nick Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've just received an LX I won from eBay, and just love the feel of it. I've always wanted one since it first came out, but it's always seemed too pricey. I nearly blew my term's grant cheque on one at the time, but prudence got the better of me.
