Re: ME Super ASA dial
Yep.. it works!!! The first roll of film I put in did not take because I did not have it wound up right on the spool. But now I know that when it is in correctly the rewind thing on the other side winds when you advance the film and the red flags move too. this is really a neat camera!! Rebecca At 03:35 PM 7/7/01 EDT, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The flag, is this the little window on the right side of the camera where the wind lever is that has 2 red vertical lines in it? Rebecca, Absolutely correct! And it is a nice camera, still impressive after all these years. Regards, Bob S. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re:eBay auctions was ME Super ASA dial
Hi Tom, On this item I was actually shocked to have won it so easily and for so less. I put up a proxy bid of 90 dollars and figured I would be out bid. Sometimes I wait til the last minute to post a bid but this time I could not. I am guessing that no one wanted this item because of the way the ad read but I ended up getting it for 71 dollars and it is in perfect condition other then that ASA button sticking. here is the actual listing: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1250172299r=0t=0sh owTutorial=0ed=994027668indexURL=0rd=1 I am not sure if you will be able to get to it with this addy but maybe if you did a search at ebay on the item number it will come up. Item number: 1250172299 The ad read: This is an older Pentax ME Super camera with case, flash and cleaning kit. It is in very good, working condition. The only damage it has is a bent lens cover which screws off and can easily be replaced--it reads Vivitar 49mm Skylight(1A). The bent part in no way affects the way the camera operates. The lens reads, ASAHI Optical Co., SMC Pentax-M 1:2 50mm 8783984. It comes in a case with a flash AF24OZ. Please feel free to ask questions. Shipping is $6 plus insurance if you'd like. Thank you! So I am guessing that it may at one time have been dropped or something because of the bent part. But I have to say that it functions WONDERFULLY!! I havent gotten the pictures back just yet, they should be done wed or thurs. I will let ya'll know how they turned out. There are other auctions that I have bid on and lost out too. I just happened to get very lucky with this one. Rebecca At 09:11 AM 7/7/01 -0400, you wrote: Hey guys. How do you win things off Ebay. I always have to pay. I would like to win something for a change rather than having to offer more than anybody else to buy it. Come on, tell me how you do it. Everybody but me on PMDL seems to know the trick. --Tom B. K. Lane Sr. wrote: Hi everyone, I have won a ME Super off of ebay and it has arrived. Everything appears to be working fine on it except for one thing. The ASA dial does not want to change. I am not sure if it is stuck or what the reason is. I have downloaded the manual from Roberts tech page but on it it shows this dial as having a red light that flickers when the film is loaded correctly. I must have an older camera because this one does not have this red light on it. Thanks for any help ya'll can send this way. I have not been able to find time to go through and look at the PUG yet. It seems to be one thing after another happening here. I will be s glad when summer is done with. Rebecca NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Difficult decisions
Thanks to everyone who helped me out with my dilemma. I think I may have solved it. (i hope) I was playing around with my ZX50 and I put the Focal 80mm-200mm lens on it and the Achiever dedicated auto focus 260 flash on and then set the focusing to manual and the dial up top to picture. Well.. low and behold the flash fired. So I am going to test this out some and see what happens. I know that the ZX50 wont do the metering correctly but hopefully I should be able to set the lens to a certain fstop and see what happens. Maybe I will do that today. I will let ya'll know what happens when I get the film back. Also I am going to record every dog gone shot I take so that I can learn how to make this outfit work together as one. Thanks Rebecca NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Difficult decissions
Hi everyone, Well, I have thought and thought about how to go about doing this. You see, I have a huge dilema and I am driving my husband nuts on what to do. I want to be able to take good shots of indoor TKD tournaments and also just use the camera for ordinary things too. The equipment I have is: Auto Focus: ZX50 Pentax Auto Focus Camera w/ 35-80mm lens that came with it. 2x AF Teleconverter Quantaray Achiever 260AF Flash Manual Lenses: 28mm 1:2.8 Focal MC Auto 80mm-200mm 4.5 Focal Macro 135mm 2.8 Hanimex 75mm-200mm Sakar Macro 1:3.8X Screw Mount: SP1000 Pentax Screw mount w/ 55mm 1:2 Takumar lens Today I went to a Photo store to try to find out what the Manual lenses were worth. Well we got to talking and they think that I should get a different camera body for these lenses and use them. But.. I really like my ZX50 not just because it has auto focus and other thrills on it but .. well I just like it.. Anyhow.. I truly feel that I should sell these other manual lenses.. all except for the screw mount cause I really like it too. and invest in one or two lenses to use with my ZX50.. one of the things that I want to get away from is changing out lenses when I am shooting something.. It would be nice to just use one lens for everything. but then again.. I dont have 2,000 or more dollars to spend on something like that either. Bascially all I am shooting is tournaments and my younguns doing silly stuff. Sometimes at the tournaments I am not very close to the subjects and my 35mm-80mm just does not get close enough, even with the teleconverter. Also, I have used the manual lenses on the ZX50.. outside the pictures turn out wonderful but inside is a totally different story.. and I havent a clue as to a good manual flash to use when they are on the ZX50.. the AF260 will not work when I have these lenses on it. So.. I am kinda lost.. I have looked at all the advice I have gotten from ya'll about the different flashes and it has helped but.. I still feel clueless. Why this email to the group? well I am hoping and praying ya'll can give me some really great advice here. yes it would be nice to have another camera body but in all reality why should I spend more on a body? because then I would have to get the winder too that advances the film. and that would be something else to worry about not functioning correctly. As you can see I feel like I am going in circles. Would someone be willing to try to tell me how much these 4 manual lenses are worth, individually? I sure would appreciate it. And also.. how much is to much to spend on a Me or Me Super? Any help or light at the end of a very dark tunnel ya'll can send me sure is appreciated!!! Thanks, Rebecca p.s. this email may not read real easily cause i kept thinking of more questions to put in as i reread it. NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Pentax SMC-FA 80-320mm f/4.5-5.6 AF Zoom Lens
Hi everyone, Thanks for helping me out with my last question. I am guessing the camera that my sister gave me is a M-42 mount. (its a SP1000) I have another question for ya'll though. Does anyone have this lens Pentax SMC-FA 80-320mm f/4.5-5.6 AF Zoom Lens? If so do you like it? Can you use it inside much? I dont mean a really dark place but like a civic center or football staduim? Does it take a long time to focus? Thanks again for any tips you can send me. Rebecca NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
screw mount adaptor
Hi, I have a quick question. I have been looking around to find a adaptor for this new screw mount camera I have so that I can use the bayonet type lens that I have with it. My question is.. is there such a thing? and if so .. what is it called? I can not seem to come up with anything other then the use your old screw mount lens on your new bayonet mount camera. And I need it for the other way around. Thanks in advance for the help. Rebecca NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Still unpacking...
Hi everyone, Well we are almost done unpacking, I had to stop to get some dental work done. But I am trying to keep up with the messages.. only about 420 to go.. LOL... Anyhow, my sister has been unpacking her place and she found the camera I told ya'll about a few months ago. I am so very excited about it. It needs some cleaning on the outside but a friend of mine who knows alot about cameras looked at it and said that it was beautiful inside. And I have to agree with him cause I was sitting there looking at it with him and there is not a speck of dust or corrosion anywhere on this camera... (I am very grateful that she took out the battery before she packed it away) except for the carrying strap. It is pretty old leather and I will most definately have to replace it. OK so.. here is what my sister, handed over to me... ASAHI Pentax on top it has these numbers 5766776 SP 1000 it is a screw mount camera and she so far has only found this one lens. which all this time since about .. hmmm 1980 or so has been put up.. it had a filter on it that when she first showed it to me I thought oh no.. (I didnt realize it had a filter) its ruined.. but when she took off the filter the lens on the inside is beautiful.. it is a SMC TAkumar 1:2/55 Asahi OPT. CO., Japan. When looking through this lens it has a circle in the center for focusing, it is really neat. And when you move the f stops you can actually see in the view finder it lightening and darkening. I ran a roll of film through it but I have not gotten them back yet. I cant wait to see how they turn out. Well back to unpacking.. Rebecca NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: PUG: D Ross, S Larson, R Lane
Thanks Lasse, I am glad you liked it. When I took the picture, I was sort of thinking Old stuff and New stuff hmm... might turn out ok. You see I had just gotten in a couple of filters and lens and I was dying to try them out. So my sister and I went out to the Fort where we go fishing and I walked around the fort while she fished. It was pretty late in the day and the sun was about a hour from going down. So I was out there shooting with every lens I had and I actually recorded it all, for a change. It was alot of fun, but I didnt really think that I was trying to say anything with the picture. When I scanned it and then cropped it, I thought that looks neat, so that was the one I sent in. Also, in paint shop I sharpened it (I think twice if I remember right) and that may be why it looks like a hand tinted bw picture. I am not sure. I am glad you like it. Thanks again, Rebecca Rebecca Lane: Old and New I like this picture. It presents an interesting and unusual cropping - a landscape panorama crop where the content, (it's lack of symmetry and rest points etc) is not what you usually get in this format. The colours are also rather off (I guess) compared to what it looks like in real life. It almost looks like a hand tinted bw picture. Frankly, I don't really know what to make of it. It raises many questions (a quality that I generally like, both in artistic expressions or in life in general.) I ask myself if this is the result of a very deliberate artistic statement, or if you just went by some gut feeling of at one point simply deciding I like it this way. (And it really doesn't matter at all; I find it refreshingly original.) One could discuss other ways to crop the picture, change the picture format, adjust the colors, but any different cropping would change the impact dramatically. And since I have no idea of what you want to say with this picture, I wouldn't dare to suggest any improvements of it. (However, since it's so easily done, you could do some alternate (cropping) takes. Save them all, and at a later time go back to them to see what you think of them.) All in all, an interesting and different take. Lasse - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: June Gallery Comments
Old and New by Rebecca Lane, USA A wonderful panorama. Good cropping. Perhaps a bit more off the left, to 1/2 way between the arches. Thanks, I probably should not have cropped it so much and left it more intact. If I ever get the time I will put the original up somewhere. Thanks again Rebecca NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: It's Time To Go
I know I have only been on PDML a couple of months, but I have really learned alot from your posts. Please come back soon. Take care, Rebecca At 10:30 PM 6/4/01 -0700, you wrote: I'll be leaving the list for an indefinite period. I'd like to thank the many good folks who have been helpful to me on a personal level, and for the friendship and kindness you've offered and provided. Special thanks to Bill Robb, Chris Brogden, Yoshi, Ken Takeshita and his niece, Bob Sullivan, Cameron Hood, Bob Walkden, Rob Studdert, Mike Broom, and I'm sure a few others, for their special favors and considerations. I hope my contributions have helped or amused some of you, or given you something to think about. Many of the contributions and contributors to the list have certainly entertained and enlightened. Please keep in touch ... I'll try to do likewise. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] It matters little how much equipment we use; it matters much that we be masters of all we do use. - Sam Abell - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: June Gallery
Thanks Collin, I havent had a chance to look at the gallery yet. We moved this weekend and I am just now getting the computer back up and going. Still lots of unpacking to do but I am going to try to catch up on my mail here and there while I do it. Rebecca At 08:18 AM 6/1/01 -0500, you wrote: So much good stuff. Just a few comments. Old and New by Rebecca Lane Great job of content contrasts. Good thinking. NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
outdated film
Hi ya'll, I was wondering, how do ya'll feel about film that is outdated? There is a dutch auction on ebay for fuji color super 1600 but the film is dated 11/2000. The auction says it has been stored in cold temps, but I am curious as to how good it would actually be. Thanks for any advice ya'll can send me. Rebecca NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: EB: 500/1.8 !?
I sent questions to the seller and asked Q. How long is this lens? A. it is 14' long (i am assuming she means 14") Q. What is the filter size? A. Measured filter size is 2 1/2 inches Q. How much does it weigh? A. I'm not good at guessing weight,but not very heavey..I am sure it can be used with or without tripod I should have asked her about the 1.8 but I was rushing out the door getting the kids to school when I emailed her. So assuming these answers are all correct, does this sound like a good lens? Thanks, Rebecca At 08:33 PM 5/23/01 EDT, you wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1240410494 I'd like to see the picture of this one. It would have to be freaking huge wouldn't it? brent NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Will upgrading to PZ1p from ZX50 improve pictures?
Thanks, I know I didnt ask this but I was thinking about the PZ1p too. You answer has helped me decide not to get one. My ZX50 should be just fine. (at least for now) I am still waiting on my sister to unpack her things and find that old camera of hers. Hopefully it will be sometime this weekend or next week. Thank ya, Rebecca At 12:13 AM 5/25/01 -0700, you wrote: The short answer is no. The long answer is: it can, but isn't necessary. Here's what I would have done differently in that situation: manual focus (since girls were fairly far way in a group), smaller aperture (more dependence on flash's light to freeze action and light image and allow greater depth of field). The shooting scenario you describe could be accomplished with a manual focus, manual exposure, 1/60 X synch auto flash setup. A PZ1p would probably do no better, in the end, because alas it's focus system is not any faster than a ZX series (some consider it slower). But even with a fast AF camera, the problems of shutter lag still exist. One feature the PZ1p offers over the ZXn is the servo AF mode, where AF focus is attempted, but not a necessity before picture taking. This helps with slowing the shutter lag, but the least shutter lag happens on non-AF cameras. Are you enabled? :) Gerald - Original Message - From: zxcv ar2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 10:17 PM Subject: Will upgrading to PZ1p from ZX50 improve pictures? Greetins friends! I recently took five rolls of slide pictures of my daughter dancing with other members of ballet school. Pictures were taken with flash as it was a dress reharsal. Lighting was very poor. Exposure without flash was f2.8 and 1/90 sec. Fifty percent pictures came OK. I used ZX50 with FA 135mm f2.8 lens external Pentax 220T flash and Provia 1600 ASA slide film. I used aperture priority system. Aperture was f2.8. I was about 50 to 60 feet from my daughter. I checked the flash expossure with OK check light at back. I had noticed two problems. [a] During dance the girls [about 10-12 girls] were moving around the stage. Sometime my daughter was half hidden by other dancers. Will the camera with spot focus like ZX5n or PZ1p [if PZ1 or PZ1p has spot AF] will help in this situation? How quick the spot AF compared to AF speed of ZX50. AF focusing of ZX50 is very fast. [b]I was afraid of camera shake with 135 mm lens plus external flash. Highest flash sync speed of ZX50 is only 1/100 sec. Will PZ1p with higher sync. speed will help? Flash light duration is very small. Does it matter whether flash sync. is 1/100 or 1/250 sec regarding camera shake. With thanks. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Pictures of a TaeKwonDo demo
Hi Artur, A little blur adds life to the scene, therefore it's not always good to avoid it when the subject is very dynamic. You should definitely get that 50 mm f/1,4 or 1,7 lens. It would help you isolate the subject from the background on the wider apertures (it would move the background from the DOF) - on some of the pics the main subject cannot be easily distinguished from the crowd and the background draws a bit too much attention:) The other thing is that the pics appear a bit underexposed but this can be caused by the scanner... I wonder if using the polarizer could have caused it to be underexposed too? Where I was standing was underneath a tent thingy, that provided shade for some of the people eating. So I probably did not need it. Hmm.. I didnt think of the background being so in focus. I think I will check into this other lens but it will have to wait a few months. Which is ok. He doesnt do a whole lot of demos during the summer time. Perhaps some flash light would have helped...(I mean some strong, external flash, not the built-in one:)) A pretty good timing in taking the shots:) I especially like two jumping side kicks (Dwimyo Yop Chagi) - the first one - solo, and the second one - with braking the wooden board (Kyokpa). Ya know even though I have practiced this for over 2 years I still do not know all the Korean terms for the different kicks. Has ITA anything in common with the ITF? I train ITF taekwondo in Poland, although currently have a long pause, because of a serious ankle injury... No, I believe the ITA is a branch all to itself. They do have a school over in England, but I dont think they have spread much further then that. I can understand such a long pause because of injury. My husband broke his ankle at work last year and he had to lay out for about 4 months. He was very very hard to live with at the time. LOL... When ever the kids and I would go to class he would sit in the lobby like a sad little puppy wanting to come out and play. :-) Rebecca NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Pictures of a TaeKwonDo demo
Thanks Leon, I still have an awful lot to learn about taking these kinds of pictures. As I said in another email, I didnt not realize that the fstop controlled the speed when I was set in manual mode and had the shutter set to a fast speed. Rebecca Rebecca I would have suggested 1600 ISO film rather than 400 or 800. Or possibly a faster lens - a 50 mm f1.4 would give you 3 or 4 stops over the lens you used. Though the suggestion of movement of the person being kicked in the picture lar3.jpg looks good. One stop higher in speed would probably have stopped the kicker and still had the kickee moving. Your timing for the shots appear to be excellent, as is your framing. I'm not into sport as a rule but I can appreciate the pictures. Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Pictures of a TaeKwonDo demo
Hi Dave, ITA style, huh? I think that was my style, but I was doing it before the split. Yes, it is ITA, we have been with them for a little over 2 years now. The pics are good, but you need either faster film or a faster lens. Get a 50/1.4 or 1.7 or a 35/2 (probably better) and you'll be amazed at the sharpness you can pick up. I didnt realize that there were faster lens then others. From what you are saying here, I am guessing that the lower the fstop the faster the lens? I thought the higher the shutter speed is what made them fast? Your composition is excellent for these - you're filling the frame with action which is the way to go. The jumping back side kick (i've forgotten all my korean) pics are superb: you've got the moment of contact. A martial arts mag will have a 'just breaking the board' shot, but I bet they chuck one roll of film through an Eos-1 at 10-fps just for that. I probably should have set the camera to take more shots per second but I had it set on one at a time. Unfortunately I also tried to change lens when I had time and when I went to click the picture I kept hearing a beep... beep...beep.. and then the shutter went off. I could not figure out what it was so I changed lens back to the one that came with the camera and it did it again. So I started checking all the dails I had accidently switched from one picture mode to the timed picture thing. Man I was upset. At least now I know what it sounds like when I set the timer. :-) Rebecca dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Pictures of a TaeKwonDo demo
I finally got some pictures up that I took a couple of weekends ago. When I got the film back and looked at the pictures I could have kicked myself in the head. I used 400 ISO instead of using 800 and most of the pictures turned out blurry. http://Beckling.tripod.com/demo.htm Any helpful comments or hints are sure appreciated. Thanks, Rebecca NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: PUG commentary: Rebecca Lane
Thanks Paul, Ya know this being my first entry and being new to the list I didnt realize that the pictures were going to be commented on, I am truly grateful though that they are. You have given me a lot of things here that I never thought of. 1. I didnt do alot of editing to the pic, with the exception of resizing it. 2. In the picture here the closest guy is focused more, but you can still see the expression of the other more clearly. 3. I need to not be so shy around these ppl and get in there and shoot where I want. (as long as I am not interferring) There are several things here that will help me out at the next tourny. The flash was just the flash that was on the camera. I am working on getting a bounce flash that will flash in manual mode, but I am kinda waiting on my sisters things to get here because she has pentax equipment that she has not used in a long time. I am hoping it comes down with her other things next friday. I get to go through it and see what she has :-) I am really glad that ya'll do this, it will help me out in learning how to make my pictures better. In this picture, what had happened is that the guy facing the camera had started to do a jump kick, well the other guy facing away from the camera saw this and just stuck his foot out with a side kick and it got the first guy in the chest, but since he was in the air fixing to do a jump kick when he came down from it, the kick also slid up and got him on the chin. One of the things I am working on is to try my best to get a picture at the moment of impact. I do spar with some of these guys so I do know some of their moves, but dog gone it is still really hard to see something coming, especially when you are looking through the viewfinder. Rebecca At 06:50 AM 5/2/01 -0400, you wrote: Rebecca Lane, Ouch! You have managed to capture what was apparently a significant moment in this event and an expressive response from the offended party, who was apparently kicked in the stomach or thereabouts. That's a good start. As I think you realize, the picture is a bit soft: It lacks sharpeness and definition. This could be the result of an incorrectly focused lens (whether it be manual or autofocus), camera shake, or simply a bad scan. Without a lot of evidence to to go on, I'd say it's the lens focus in this case. It appears that it may have been focused at a distance shorter than the closest fighter. The electronic flash pretty much rules out camera shake, since flash duration is short enough to overcome a bit of the jitters. In terms of composition, the photo would have been more effective and informative if you could have positioned yourself around to the left, say about 90 degrees counterclockwise from where you were. Then you would have captured the response and the impact. It would also have framed up a bit nicer, I believe. The background may even have been improved, since it would have been filled with the other contestants. It's always a good idea to plan your vantage point as carefully as possible and consider what both the subject and the background will look like. I'm not fond of electronic flash lighting for this type of shot both because of the way the foreground blows out and the background lighting falls off. If you could have bounced it off a ceiling or reflector it would have been better. You might also consider using high-speed black and white film and available light. In typical gymnasium lighting, you can usually shoot at 1/250 second with 3200 asa BW film. You might even be able to achieve 1/500 with a fast lens set at an aperture of f4 or so. You'll need some depth of field, even if the contestants are equidistant from the lens. In summary, a good first effort. Paul Stenquist (My other commentaries will be posted ASAP) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
May PUG
I just wanted to say that even though I am really really new to photography... I love these pictures. To me they are all so Beautiful. Thanks to everyone who submitted, I honestly dont think I could pick a favorite. They are all so GREAT!!! Rebecca NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
June PUG
Hi ya'll, I have a question about the June PUG. Can it be any type of building, old or new? Falling apart or not? I live pretty close to an old Fort and I think that I may get some pictures of it and see if any are worth submitting. Thanks, Rebecca NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Are there different filters for mf cameras and af cameras?
I just got home from going out and pricing polarized circular filters. Well, I went to Camera America and told the guy what I was looking for. He asked me if it was for a auto focus or manual focus camera. And I told him that I have a ZX50 that I use in both modes. Also that most of the lens I have do not work with the auto focus, so I use them all on manual focus. One of the filters was for 17 dollars (manual focus)and the other 30 dollars (auto focus). Well he began telling me that I could not use these lens on my ZX50 because they were not AF lenses. I have taken pictures with them and they have turned out wonderful. So I am not understanding why he would say this. He said that they would not work with the TTL, ok.. I understand that. But still the pictures are turning out great. Anyhow, I ended up leaving the store feeling pretty bad. Because now I have these lenses that I dont know if they will hurt my camera. Also, why would you have to buy a auto focus filter when you use the camera in manual most of the time? I hope ya'll can shed some light on this for me. Here is the equipment that I am using, please, if any of them sound like they will injure my camera let me know: Camera Body ZX50 Pentax 35-80mm f4-22 (came with the camera)(works with the auto focus and manual focus) Hanimex Automatic 135mm f2.8-16 (i have to use manual to focus this one) Quantaray 2X AF Teleconverter for Pentax (i use this on manual focus) Focal MC Auto 1:2.8 f=28mm MK84713519 (this came with another lens that i won on ebay, i dont see any name brand on it but they had a KMart paper with them. i typed out what was on the lens)(i have to use this on manual focus) Mitakon MC Zoom 1:4.5 f=80-200mm (this is the one the above came with)(i have to use this on manual focus) Sakar Macro 1:3.8X 75-200mm f4.5-22 PK-A/R (this one has a Green A where the fstops are. I also dont understand what it means by Macro 1:3.8X) (i have to use this on manual focus) (the only one that will work with my auto focus is the one that came with the camera.) Also, I was thinking that I really dont need 2 lenses that are 200mm, but I have no idea of which one to get rid of. I have not had time to shoot a whole lot of film with them but what I have shot I do like. I know this is alot of questions but any help sure would be appreciated. Thanks, Rebecca NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Vivitar Flashes
At 10:17 AM 4/19/01 -0700, you wrote: The Vivitar 285HV is a workhorse of a flash. The 283, if one of the older models, could fry some modern cameras. Len, Could you please explain why it could fry some modern cameras? I dont want to get anything that would damage what I already have. Also I have been looking at a Vivitar 550, how does this one compare to the 285HV and 283? Thanks for ya'lls help, Rebecca NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Vs: Vs: Vivitar Flashes
Thanks everyone for helping me, I dont think I will be looking at the 283. I am in no hurry to rush out and nab something that may damage the camera I have. What I am looking for though is something that will shoot in manual mode, with a fast recycle time and a nice shooting distance. I have the ZX50, so if anyone has some ideas please send em this way. Thanks, Rebecca NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Vivitar Flashes
Hi, I have been looking at flashes on ebay for a couple of days now. There seems to be alot of VIVITAR 285HV and the VIVITAR 283 model. Are these models pretty good? Thanks, Rebecca NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
changed addys
Just a little tip - People on this list prefer plain text messages but are too polite except me to say so. Yours are coming up as HTML. Just click Format Plain text if you are using MS outlook - if using something else then have a search through the menus to see if you can find the option. Thanks Peter, I didnt realize aol was doing that. It is ok though I can get mail here at netzero too. So I just unsubscribed from the aol addy and subscribed to this one. Thanks for telling me, Rebecca Shop online without a credit card http://www.rocketcash.com RocketCash, a NetZero subsidiary - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
