Re: Birthday wishes
Am 11.12.18 um 04:22 schrieb William Robb: You all should wish annasan a happy birthday. Moved and seconded. A very happy birthday to you, Ann. Ralf, Michael, Ambrose and Zenobe -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
coming comet
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RE: On St. Stephens Green
Nice slice of life Marco - the workman even looks Irish! John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML On Behalf Of Marco Alpert Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2018 2:36 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: On St. Stephens Green Almost two years since the last PESO. >From a recent trip to Dublin: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo17/peso3.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco --- http://www.alpert.com/marco -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Birthday wishes
What one shouldst do, one doeth :-)... Have a good one, AnnSan! Wishing you health and many happy moments! Boris On Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 05:23 William Robb You all should wish annasan a happy birthday. Well, a belated one anyway. > > bill > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Birthday wishes
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Re: Pentax spotting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6dy7xQ8NeE On 12/11/2018 00:16:47, Ken Waller wrote: The film was "Welcome to Marwen" and I think it is an Asahi Spotmatic. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "J.C. O'Connell" Subject: Pentax spotting just saw a tv commercial for a new film and it clearly shows a character using a near mint pentax spotmatic in two different scenes. -- J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Battery Woes
Looks like Amazon has an "UpStart" brand replacement D-LI50/NP-400 for $6.99 + $4.99 shipping. https://www.amazon.com/Pentax-K10D-Battery-Replacement-Lithium-Ion/dp/B00FTEUWBO On 12/11/2018 00:15:37, P. J. Alling wrote: Speaking of battery woes, I've been using the K20D since it's considerably more reliable than my current K-5II, and my backup battery, a Flashpoint branded version bought at a local camera store, because it was one of the few items they carried I could use, and I kind of like to support them. I found that after a full charge, it lasted for about 20 frames. True it's almost 9 years old. Maybe older, since it's been 9 years since I purchased it new. God only knows when it was actually manufactured, (it's pretty much the same battery used in the Konica/Minolta 7D IIRC, and had only slightly less power than the OEM Pentax version to begin with, for most of that time, so it's not a big deal, except I'll probably have to get a replacement for that too. I don't use the K20D nearly enough to justify this, but a spare battery, for a battery dependent device, is pretty much a must have. On 12/7/2018 6:20 PM, John wrote: I have somehow managed to lose my spare D-LI90 batteries. In the meanwhile, I went over to my local Pentax dealer and bought two more. Got them home and discovered one of them was a D-LI109 which won't fit the K-1 or the D-BC90 charger. (Note, I didn't even try to put it on the charger) No problem, Southeastern Camera is only 1.5 miles from my house. So I jumped in the car and headed over to exchange the D-LI109 for a D-LI90. Got home with the correct battery, put it on the charger & the green LED is blinking. The other battery (on the other charger) has a solid green. Check the manual & it says if the LED is blinking to replace the battery. I called Southeastern & he's got another D-LI90 in stock, but I'm not going back there again tonight. I think this is all a symptom of a bigger problem, I've lost my muse. I haven't really felt like getting out with the camera for several months now. If I'd been shooting regularly, I'd know where those other spare batteries had got to, because I'd be using them. Additionally, I had to buy two new SD cards for the K-1 because I had all three cards (Slot 1, Slot 2 & spare in the battery grip) filled up and hadn't downloaded them. Can't shoot with full cards. I did have a spare, unopened 64GB 300x Lexar card I bought during East Coast School in June. I tried to get matching cards, but found out Lexar went out of business. Finally, I looked at a used SMC Pentax-DA 50-200mm F4-5.6 ED WR lens, but looking it up on the internet, it's apparently an APS-C only lens. I didn't notice the vignetting when I looked at the two test shops I took while I was in the in the store, but now that I'm home and looked again, it's pretty obvious and severe. DRAT! He has a pretty good price on it too. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Birthday wishes
Happy Birthday Ann, and many more. On 12/10/2018 11:16 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: not belated , kiddo -- spot on Dec 10th .. Birthday of two women poets and (moi and that other one) and the day Ed 8th decided Wally would be more fun than being King. In my cast, the exact date of that but of history. the other ED was born a bit earlier thank youse! ann On 12/10/2018 10:22 PM, William Robb wrote: You all should wish annasan a happy birthday. Well, a belated one anyway. bill -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Battery Woes
Speaking of battery woes, I've been using the K20D since it's considerably more reliable than my current K-5II, and my backup battery, a Flashpoint branded version bought at a local camera store, because it was one of the few items they carried I could use, and I kind of like to support them. I found that after a full charge, it lasted for about 20 frames. True it's almost 9 years old. Maybe older, since it's been 9 years since I purchased it new. God only knows when it was actually manufactured, (it's pretty much the same battery used in the Konica/Minolta 7D IIRC, and had only slightly less power than the OEM Pentax version to begin with, for most of that time, so it's not a big deal, except I'll probably have to get a replacement for that too. I don't use the K20D nearly enough to justify this, but a spare battery, for a battery dependent device, is pretty much a must have. On 12/7/2018 6:20 PM, John wrote: I have somehow managed to lose my spare D-LI90 batteries. In the meanwhile, I went over to my local Pentax dealer and bought two more. Got them home and discovered one of them was a D-LI109 which won't fit the K-1 or the D-BC90 charger. (Note, I didn't even try to put it on the charger) No problem, Southeastern Camera is only 1.5 miles from my house. So I jumped in the car and headed over to exchange the D-LI109 for a D-LI90. Got home with the correct battery, put it on the charger & the green LED is blinking. The other battery (on the other charger) has a solid green. Check the manual & it says if the LED is blinking to replace the battery. I called Southeastern & he's got another D-LI90 in stock, but I'm not going back there again tonight. I think this is all a symptom of a bigger problem, I've lost my muse. I haven't really felt like getting out with the camera for several months now. If I'd been shooting regularly, I'd know where those other spare batteries had got to, because I'd be using them. Additionally, I had to buy two new SD cards for the K-1 because I had all three cards (Slot 1, Slot 2 & spare in the battery grip) filled up and hadn't downloaded them. Can't shoot with full cards. I did have a spare, unopened 64GB 300x Lexar card I bought during East Coast School in June. I tried to get matching cards, but found out Lexar went out of business. Finally, I looked at a used SMC Pentax-DA 50-200mm F4-5.6 ED WR lens, but looking it up on the internet, it's apparently an APS-C only lens. I didn't notice the vignetting when I looked at the two test shops I took while I was in the in the store, but now that I'm home and looked again, it's pretty obvious and severe. DRAT! He has a pretty good price on it too. -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax spotting
The film was "Welcome to Marwen" and I think it is an Asahi Spotmatic. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "J.C. O'Connell" Subject: Pentax spotting just saw a tv commercial for a new film and it clearly shows a character using a near mint pentax spotmatic in two different scenes. -- J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Birthday wishes
thanks, Subash yes, it's been a happy one festivities started a couple of weeks ago actually I get fed by friends throughout the month ann the elder On 12/10/2018 11:48 PM, Subash Jeyan wrote: many happy returns of the day Ann. hope you are having a great one... On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 21:22:07 -0600 William Robb wrote: You all should wish annasan a happy birthday. Well, a belated one anyway. bill -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Birthday wishes
thanks marco! and for all of you - let me correct a line below that a screwed up and messed up my punch line.. "in my CASE, the exact date of that BIT of history " Ed and wally, that is. ann On 12/10/2018 11:40 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: Well, it’s still the 10th here, so Happy Birthday, Ann! m On Dec 10, 2018, at 8:16 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: not belated , kiddo -- spot on Dec 10th .. Birthday of two women poets and (moi and that other one) and the day Ed 8th decided Wally would be more fun than being King. In my cast, the exact date of that but of history. the other ED was born a bit earlier thank youse! ann On 12/10/2018 10:22 PM, William Robb wrote: You all should wish annasan a happy birthday. Well, a belated one anyway. bill -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: On St. Stephens Green
Ha! that's wonderful! glad to see your work again... yeah, long time ann On 12/10/2018 11:36 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: Almost two years since the last PESO. >From a recent trip to Dublin: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo17/peso3.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco --- http://www.alpert.com/marco -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: On St. Stephens Green
On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 20:36:03 -0800 Marco Alpert wrote: > Almost two years since the last PESO. > > From a recent trip to Dublin: > > http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo17/peso3.html so many things going on (as always in your pesos). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Birthday wishes
many happy returns of the day Ann. hope you are having a great one... On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 21:22:07 -0600 William Robb wrote: > You all should wish annasan a happy birthday. Well, a belated one > anyway. > > bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Birthday wishes
Well, it’s still the 10th here, so Happy Birthday, Ann! m > On Dec 10, 2018, at 8:16 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > not belated , kiddo -- spot on Dec 10th .. Birthday of two women poets and > (moi and that other one) and the day Ed 8th decided Wally would be more fun > than being King. In my cast, the exact date of that but of history. the > other ED was born a bit earlier > > thank youse! > > ann > > On 12/10/2018 10:22 PM, William Robb wrote: >> You all should wish annasan a happy birthday. Well, a belated one anyway. >> >> bill > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
On St. Stephens Green
Almost two years since the last PESO. >From a recent trip to Dublin: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo17/peso3.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco --- http://www.alpert.com/marco -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Birthday wishes
:-) can't hear it enough thanks, Paul On 12/10/2018 10:40 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Happy birthday again, Ann! Paul On Dec 10, 2018, at 10:22 PM, William Robb wrote: You all should wish annasan a happy birthday. Well, a belated one anyway. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Birthday wishes
not belated , kiddo -- spot on Dec 10th .. Birthday of two women poets and (moi and that other one) and the day Ed 8th decided Wally would be more fun than being King. In my cast, the exact date of that but of history. the other ED was born a bit earlier thank youse! ann On 12/10/2018 10:22 PM, William Robb wrote: You all should wish annasan a happy birthday. Well, a belated one anyway. bill -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Birthday wishes
Happy birthday again, Ann! Paul > On Dec 10, 2018, at 10:22 PM, William Robb > wrote: > > You all should wish annasan a happy birthday. Well, a belated one anyway. > > bill > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Birthday wishes
You all should wish annasan a happy birthday. Well, a belated one anyway. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Pentax spotting
just saw a tv commercial for a new film and it clearly shows a character using a near mint pentax spotmatic in two different scenes. -- J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: So I ordered a replacement K-5II from KEH
and I just received a message from KEH that the newish K-5II has been placed into the gentle hands of FedEx, who will treat it like their own baby, all the way to my delivery address... On 12/10/2018 1:24 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Because,, with a coupon code they sent me today, the Bargain copy was less than $250.00 which makes it considerably less expensive than repair of my current K-5II. They've extended the 6 month warranty, to 1 year until the end of this year. 16mp and it's general functionality, is pretty much sufficient for anything I do. Most importantly the K20D is very frustrating to use, (especially in it's current battered state), and while it's good in a pinch, as a backup, I've been spoiled. Sure a K-3 would be better in some ways, (though I've optomized my current desktop for 16 mb files and don't want to upgrade that too, and I'd probably have to), and this is the best deal I've seen since my K-5II started to flake out. Now I'll have to start saving pennies again. I've bought a number of Bargain items, (as well as a couple of Ex items), from them and have always felt that I got more than I paid for. Hopefully this will prove to be the same. Now all I have to do is find someone who want's a K-5II for parts or repair. I'd do the same with the K-20 but it's still mostly functional except for the broken sd card door, and cracked viewfinder lens, (it's quite trippy, when the light is at certain angles, if you know what I mean). -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: So I ordered a replacement K-5II from KEH
On 12/10/2018 5:09 PM, John wrote: On 12/10/2018 13:24:20, P. J. Alling wrote: I've bought a number of Bargain items, (as well as a couple of Ex items), from them and have always felt that I got more than I paid for. Hopefully this will prove to be the same. My experience with KEH is it doesn't take much of a cosmetic blemish for KEH to rate an item "Bargain"; sometimes those blemishes are so small I can't find them. Over the years, I've purchased several "Bargain" items from KEH that I would have rated as "Excellent". I much prefer "Excellent Plus" or "Excellent" if I can afford them, but I've never bought anything from KEH that didn't appear to me to be better than the rating implies. I've received products from KEH that looked brand new, that were rated bargain. I'm pretty sure that my present K-5II, if it worked reliably, and recorded an image every time the shutter cycled, which it doesn't, would be rated UGLY by KEH. I really don't care about the physical disfigurement, if it's not too extreme, though it does hurt when I manage to be the first to disfigure the equipment, as long as it actually does it's job, well. -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: ricoh and precision
I know all too well, I have a couple of lenses that need parts made out of unobtainium, a rare and nearly impossible to find material. On 12/10/2018 4:09 PM, John wrote: That strategy doesn't really work for lenses that have gone flaky though. KEH may not have a lens of the same type you need. Your only hope is to find a good repair shop. Everything I know about KEH suggests their repair service is superior in the same way their rating system for used equipment seems to have become an industry standard. OTOH, sometimes things are beyond economical repair. Sucks when that thing is irreplaceable as well (i.e. my Tokina AT-X Pro 28-70/f2.8 in Pentax Kaf mount.). On 12/9/2018 13:08:15, P. J. Alling wrote: They do, and they charge 3 dollars less than Precision up front. However it's still less expensive to buy a used camera of the same model from them than getting the one you already own repaired, and the purchase will have a longer guarantee. On 12/9/2018 8:32 AM, Rick Womer wrote: KEH does repairs. Has anyone used them? Rick -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: So I ordered a replacement K-5II from KEH
On 12/10/2018 13:24:20, P. J. Alling wrote: I've bought a number of Bargain items, (as well as a couple of Ex items), from them and have always felt that I got more than I paid for. Hopefully this will prove to be the same. My experience with KEH is it doesn't take much of a cosmetic blemish for KEH to rate an item "Bargain"; sometimes those blemishes are so small I can't find them. Over the years, I've purchased several "Bargain" items from KEH that I would have rated as "Excellent". I much prefer "Excellent Plus" or "Excellent" if I can afford them, but I've never bought anything from KEH that didn't appear to me to be better than the rating implies. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: DA 50mm F1.8
I'm presuming you mean this lens: https://www.pentaxforums.com/lensreviews/smc-pentax-da-50mm-f1.8.html No expertise here, but it appears to be at least as good as the FA-50 f/1.4 on the K-3 (as well as the K10D & K20D). I also tried it out on the K-1 and I can't see any noticeable vignetting. I have the "Crop" function in the K-1 set to *FF* so auto-crop is turned off. I'm getting a full frame image to look at. The lens may have been designed for the APS-C, but it appears to cover full frame with no problem. If it's not beat up, you got a "hella" good deal. On 12/10/2018 04:56:09, J.C. O'Connell wrote: I just picked up the subject lens real cheap $55 shipped and I was wondering what the concensus is on th image quality with crop sensor bodies. tia J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: So I ordered a replacement K-5II from KEH
I've purchased several items from KEH over the years and have always felt that the items they sent me were in better shape than their ratings would have implied. Conversely I just sold them a very slightly used K-10 which was absolutely pristine with very low shutter usage along with the original box and all the contents as new and they downgraded it simply because it was in fact used. -Original Message- >From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: So I ordered a replacement K-5II from KEH > >Because,, with a coupon code they sent me today, the Bargain copy was >less than $250.00 which makes it considerably less expensive than repair >of my current K-5II. They've extended the 6 month warranty, to 1 year >until the end of this year. 16mp and it's general functionality, is >pretty much sufficient for anything I do. Most importantly the K20D is >very frustrating to use, (especially in it's current battered state), >and while it's good in a pinch, as a backup, I've been spoiled. > >Sure a K-3 would be better in some ways, (though I've optomized my >current desktop for 16 mb files and don't want to upgrade that too, and >I'd probably have to), and this is the best deal I've seen since my >K-5II started to flake out. Now I'll have to start saving pennies again. > >I've bought a number of Bargain items, (as well as a couple of Ex >items), from them and have always felt that I got more than I paid for. >Hopefully this will prove to be the same. > >Now all I have to do is find someone who want's a K-5II for parts or >repair. I'd do the same with the K-20 but it's still mostly functional >except for the broken sd card door, and cracked viewfinder lens, (it's >quite trippy, when the light is at certain angles, if you know what I >mean). > >-- >America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. >America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. > - P.J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: We've got snow!
Just wanted to check in and let y'all know I'm doing Ok. Safe, snug & warm inside. I haven't been outside to photograph the "snow". It was already looking ragged when I peeked outside my front door yesterday mid-morning, and I didn't see any need to get out in it. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: ricoh and precision
That strategy doesn't really work for lenses that have gone flaky though. KEH may not have a lens of the same type you need. Your only hope is to find a good repair shop. Everything I know about KEH suggests their repair service is superior in the same way their rating system for used equipment seems to have become an industry standard. OTOH, sometimes things are beyond economical repair. Sucks when that thing is irreplaceable as well (i.e. my Tokina AT-X Pro 28-70/f2.8 in Pentax Kaf mount.). On 12/9/2018 13:08:15, P. J. Alling wrote: They do, and they charge 3 dollars less than Precision up front. However it's still less expensive to buy a used camera of the same model from them than getting the one you already own repaired, and the purchase will have a longer guarantee. On 12/9/2018 8:32 AM, Rick Womer wrote: KEH does repairs. Has anyone used them? Rick -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
So I ordered a replacement K-5II from KEH
Because,, with a coupon code they sent me today, the Bargain copy was less than $250.00 which makes it considerably less expensive than repair of my current K-5II. They've extended the 6 month warranty, to 1 year until the end of this year. 16mp and it's general functionality, is pretty much sufficient for anything I do. Most importantly the K20D is very frustrating to use, (especially in it's current battered state), and while it's good in a pinch, as a backup, I've been spoiled. Sure a K-3 would be better in some ways, (though I've optomized my current desktop for 16 mb files and don't want to upgrade that too, and I'd probably have to), and this is the best deal I've seen since my K-5II started to flake out. Now I'll have to start saving pennies again. I've bought a number of Bargain items, (as well as a couple of Ex items), from them and have always felt that I got more than I paid for. Hopefully this will prove to be the same. Now all I have to do is find someone who want's a K-5II for parts or repair. I'd do the same with the K-20 but it's still mostly functional except for the broken sd card door, and cracked viewfinder lens, (it's quite trippy, when the light is at certain angles, if you know what I mean). -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: DA 50mm F1.8
I'm pretty sure they went really cheep, (which isn't necessarily a bad thing), in the design phase, and it's just a modification of the optical design from the old 50 f 1.7 or 55 f 1.8 standard lenses. I can't find an optical formula to compare to confirm that, but it seems to be a better design optically than the M and A f 2.0 lenses, by all accounts. On 12/10/2018 4:56 AM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: I just picked up the subject lens real cheap $55 shipped and I was wondering what the concensus is on th image quality with crop sensor bodies. tia J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: DA 50mm F1.8
Am 10.12.18 um 10:56 schrieb J.C. O'Connell: I just picked up the subject lens real cheap $55 shipped and I was wondering what the concensus is on th image quality with crop sensor bodies. I've got mine a few years ago and did a quick comparison to my trusted SMC-M 1.4/50 mm. No discernible difference. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Battery Woes
Sorry to hear, John. Muses need timeouts too. Mine has taken a solid sabbatical, btw... Jostein Den 08.12.2018 00:20, skrev John: I have somehow managed to lose my spare D-LI90 batteries. In the meanwhile, I went over to my local Pentax dealer and bought two more. Got them home and discovered one of them was a D-LI109 which won't fit the K-1 or the D-BC90 charger. (Note, I didn't even try to put it on the charger) No problem, Southeastern Camera is only 1.5 miles from my house. So I jumped in the car and headed over to exchange the D-LI109 for a D-LI90. Got home with the correct battery, put it on the charger & the green LED is blinking. The other battery (on the other charger) has a solid green. Check the manual & it says if the LED is blinking to replace the battery. I called Southeastern & he's got another D-LI90 in stock, but I'm not going back there again tonight. I think this is all a symptom of a bigger problem, I've lost my muse. I haven't really felt like getting out with the camera for several months now. If I'd been shooting regularly, I'd know where those other spare batteries had got to, because I'd be using them. Additionally, I had to buy two new SD cards for the K-1 because I had all three cards (Slot 1, Slot 2 & spare in the battery grip) filled up and hadn't downloaded them. Can't shoot with full cards. I did have a spare, unopened 64GB 300x Lexar card I bought during East Coast School in June. I tried to get matching cards, but found out Lexar went out of business. Finally, I looked at a used SMC Pentax-DA 50-200mm F4-5.6 ED WR lens, but looking it up on the internet, it's apparently an APS-C only lens. I didn't notice the vignetting when I looked at the two test shops I took while I was in the in the store, but now that I'm home and looked again, it's pretty obvious and severe. DRAT! He has a pretty good price on it too. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
DA 50mm F1.8
I just picked up the subject lens real cheap $55 shipped and I was wondering what the concensus is on th image quality with crop sensor bodies. tia J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
