sticky mirror... MX ?
Hi All, It's been a long time since I've posted here... it's hard to keep up with all the email traffic! It's been a while since I've used my MX and today it's exhibiting a sticky mirror problem. I've read a lot about sticky mirrors on the LX, but has anyone heard of it on an MX before? I had the MX serviced three years ago by Pentax Service here in the UK. Admittedly, since then I've hardly used the camera and it did spend most of those three years in hot and humid conditions in the Far East. Any recommendations on what I could do next? Get it repaired+serviced? Bu= y another used MX? Buy a used MZ-S? Buy a new FM3A [joke - don't flame me!]= ? I really want to stay with Pentax because I have some lenses that I'm quite reluctant to let go of: A24/2.8, M35/2, A50/1.4 and M85/2 [some people say it's a dog, but I still love it - ok?]. I'm getting really desperate now because this MX is my last Pentax - I've had two ME Supers pop their cogs within the same three years! Thanks in advance. Francis Tang.
OT: Picasa 2 migration
Hi Does anyone on this mailing list use Picasa 2? I've been playing around with it a bit, and it seems to suit my needs fairly well. However, before investing more of my time labelling my pictures, I was wondering if anyone has any experience of migrating Picasa installs - e.g. moving to a new harddisk, or moving from one PC to another. I know there'd be no problem with the images themselves (just find the files on your hdd, and copy them) - my concern is the meta data, i.e. the labels you've attached to the images. Any experience here? Thanks. Francis.
Re: mx shutter behavior
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 16:40:49 -0800 (PST), Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You may visit Rob's site to see what it looks like. I don't have the MX anymore so I cannot how you. Can someone remind us of the URL? Thanks!
Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com
Mea Culpa. I made that statement after talking with someone from the Singapore Pentax distributors and poring over the *ist-DS spec sheet with him. On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 09:24:41 +1000, John Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Francis, why wouldn't you be able to use your M lenses on either the *istD or *istDS? I have used mine many times on my *istD without any difficulty. If the reason is that you think the focal length shift is unacceptable, then save money by getting the lenses designed for the D series - you'd have to do so anyway if you change systems. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: Francis Tang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 3:29 PM Subject: Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com SNIP I'm always anticipating the release of the next Pentax dSLR, precisely because I have a collection of Pentax glass. However, judging by the *ist-D and *ist-DS, it looks like this is not a good reason anyway. The only lenses I would be able to salvage frrom my collection are the A24/2.8 (which would no longer be a super wide), A50/1.4 (hardly standard anymore - perhaps a good portrait lens) and the A70-210/4 (but that's not my most used lens). Sadly, I wouldn't be able to use the M35/2 (which I love on the MX, and would make a nice standard lens for the istD/S), nor my M85/2 (which despite being previously described as a dog on this list, I love anyway). The other glass I wouldn't miss so much (a smattering of 50s, plus a Vivitar 28/2.8 and a Ricoh 135/2.8). SNIP Francis Tang. PDML lurker, one-time hobby photographer.
Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com
On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 12:25:45 -0700, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 3. With an investent in Pentax lenses, it doesn't really matter what a reviews says or how much a reviewer says one product is better than another... I'm don't have the money to dump my current system and start over, or invest in two systems. I'm always anticipating the release of the next Pentax dSLR, precisely because I have a collection of Pentax glass. However, judging by the *ist-D and *ist-DS, it looks like this is not a good reason anyway. The only lenses I would be able to salvage frrom my collection are the A24/2.8 (which would no longer be a super wide), A50/1.4 (hardly standard anymore - perhaps a good portrait lens) and the A70-210/4 (but that's not my most used lens). Sadly, I wouldn't be able to use the M35/2 (which I love on the MX, and would make a nice standard lens for the istD/S), nor my M85/2 (which despite being previously described as a dog on this list, I love anyway). The other glass I wouldn't miss so much (a smattering of 50s, plus a Vivitar 28/2.8 and a Ricoh 135/2.8). So what? Still holding out for the MR-52... (for those who remember back far enough, the full-frame MZ-S-based dSLR). Seriously, for me there's not much reason to stick to Pentax for a non-fullframe dSLR that cannot use M-series lenses. Even if Pentax do eventually release a full-frame dSLR, it'd likely cost so much that it's hardly worth keeping my old glass. Right now, it looks as if I might as well as go for an Olympus E-300 or Nikon D70 (no Canon bleuch bleuch bleuch). Or even a non-SLR, such as the Nikon 8400 (yum, super wide lens). For me, it's almost getting desperate. My collection of Pentax bodies has dwindled to just one working MX - over the years, three MESupers have conked-out on me :( . Fortunately (more like sadly) I'm not taking many photos right now - still adjusting to post-student / married life Francis Tang. PDML lurker, one-time hobby photographer.
Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com
*gasp*! Could this be true? Noone in Singapore can confirm whether M-series lenses work okay with the *ist-DS (okay, I presume the DS is not so different from the D wrt lens compatibility). The brochure for the DS only lists K-A and newer lenses as being compatible. So, how well does it work opn the *ist-D? Can anyone confirm whether this is also the case for the DS? On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:33:23 -0600, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Francis Tang Subject: Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com Seriously, for me there's not much reason to stick to Pentax for a non-fullframe dSLR that cannot use M-series lenses. My istD does just fine with M lenses. YMMV William Robb
OT: Interpolation (Was Re: The true cost of free digital?)
On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 01:02:31PM -0500, Aaron Reynolds wrote: On Wednesday, November 21, 2001, at 09:43 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I speak about medium format digital, I mean (or meant to say) film to drum scanned medium format. I was astonished at the size of the files when I had my 6x7 negs scanned the first time. They eat up ZIP 250 disks. Our little Polaroid SprintScan 120 (which was $4000 CDN) puts out files in the neighborhood of 200 megs from 6x7. I love it. Set to 8000dpi interpolated and 48 bit colour, the file size is up over a gig! More information than I can use with my printer, but that's a good thing. Question unrelated to cost of digital: what's the purpose of interpolation in the scanner, versus interpolating/resampling on the computer? -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: developing tri-x in ilfosol-s
Dear Geordie, On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 02:36:29PM -0800, Geordie wrote: I was wondering if anyone could tell me a developing time for tri-x 400 film in Ilford Ilfosol-S developer? I used to use Ilfosol S for my Ilford film, but I wasn't really satisfied when using it with HP5. I tried LC29 (maybe called HC-D in the US) and have never looked back. If you have the curiosity, maybe you might want to try this developer too. In use it's just like Ilfosol S (except for dilutions and timings.) Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: Digital cameras are FREE
On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 07:20:14PM +1100, Leon Altoff wrote: If my computer crashes I loose all of them, unless I back them up onto CD rom, which if it's scratched can cause a whole image to be corrupted whereas a scratch on a slide can be touched up. But don't forget that you can make copies of your CDRs with no quality loss. (I try to scan my favourite photos and I usually burn them onto CDR, twice - I then archive one and use the other.) I love prints and slides but also think that digital images have their advantages too. In fact I find sharing digital images much easier (pop it into an email, put it on a webpage). I'm reluctant to show people my slides (the average person cannot avoid putting thumb prints on my slides) and projecting them is said to accelerate the fading process. There's space for both in my heart. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: Digital cameras are FREE
On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 05:04:18AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/20/01 2:18:25 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Which means, in turn, that if you buy a $2,000 digital camera, a flash media card, a card reader, and a copy of Photoshop Elements, the camera will completely pay for itself in approximately two years. Even if your figures are correct, does your analysis factor in the cost of printer paper, ink cartridges, spoilage, spillage? But his figure per film is just for the processing. If you want prints from slides, you'd have to pay for those too. My Grands can blow through a color ink cartridge in one afternoon's visit. but an ink cartridge is cheap compared to the priceless memories of your grandkids having fun, right? (I'm too young, but I hope one day I'll be able to experience first-hand.) Doing (choice) negatives myself, I maybe use one or two sheets for testing before printing the final, keeper image. I am reminded that ink, even that cheap refill stuph at Walmart, is ~not~ cheap. Then you have all those bad images you try to make right in the computer or using with different printer settings but fail, the half dozen opened packages of unsatisfactory inkjet paper, and free isn't really free. I find I go through a lot more paper in the darkroom. Once I've done all my test strips to work out printing contrast, printing density and focussing, there's no point making just one print, so I make at least two, just in case. Then there's always wastage from trying to print a negative that just won't give a good print (or getting a good print requires too much effort.) (Not to mention the occasional screw-up such as when I forget to stop-down the lens.) -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: First 6-mp full-frame digital SLR is out
On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 02:49:22PM +1300, David A. Mann wrote: Plus, unlike the Nikon/Canon behemoths they've actually made it look quite compact. Maybe the pictures just shows it with a very big lens -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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 .
ME Super film transport (Was Re: ZENITAR-K 2.8/16 FISH-EYE LENS - Peleng 8/3.5?)
On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 12:24:51PM -0700, aimcompute wrote: BTW, my film transport just locked on my ME Super. I thought the camera wasn't working at all. So I managed in the dark to wind the film till it stripped off the sprockets. Thought I had it all, but the film had broken inside leaving about 5 frames around the take-up reel. Does anyone know why this happens? Happened with an MX once as well. I've got an ME Super with quirky transport. One day (without film) I could continually crank the wind lever, without tripping the shutter - that was freaky. Then I turned the mode dial and I couldn't reproduce the fault again. Another time, I took a photo and the mirror locked up. (This is DIFFERENT from when you trip the shutter in auto mode and it is too dark.) Turning the mode dial didn't have any effect. I put lens cap on and rewound the film. And I did something else and the camera was fine again. Lucky too, since that was the day I left both my MX and other ME Super at home. As it turned out, the mirror was up but the shutter was closed, since there was no fogging of the film when I developed it. No idea why any of this happened. Sincerely, Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: Pentax Digital NEWS - FULL STORY from AP 27th OCT.
Dear Mike, On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 02:37:11PM -0500, Mike Johnston wrote: P.S. I have to say that I'm totally NOT sold on the idea that a full-size sensor (meaning 35mm size, 24mm x 36mm) is a good idea. I'm really not sure it is. A smaller sensor size is really a great advantage: it means lenses can be significantly smaller and lighter and significantly faster, and depth of field can be greater for a given angle of view. All these are true advantages. I suspect that 24 x 36mm sensors will prove to be an evolutionary dead end in the long run. Right now we think we want this because it conforms to the old standards. But once digital shakes free of 35mm conventions, the smaller CCD size will seem like just one more natural advantage of digital. I am curious about your comment about increased DOF with a smaller format. I was always under the impression that we get more DOF with 35mm over MF because the typical print magnification is less. Am I missing something more subtle here? Yours sincrely, Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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 .
Geek shopping in Munich.
Fellow list members, I'm in Muenchen for at least the next two months. Any tips as to where to shop for gear (just for my weekly drooling session) and more realistically, where to buy E6 film and processing? If I am right, I should be able to get some pretty good deals on E6 (dias) with processing vouchers for about 2,- DM (without frames.) Yours faithfully, Frank. P.S. I don't like these German keyboards! When I visited TU Darmstadt, they gave us US keyboards. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: TCS, Informatik, LMU-Muenchen, Deutschland. Tel: +49 89 2178 2120 Fax: +49 89 2178 2238 Office: D.11 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: Got a Bargain, I think, an 85/1.8
On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 03:50:20PM +1000, Paul Jones wrote: This completes what i was aiming for with my primes to carry around. 24/2, 50/1.4 and now 85/1.8. Althought a 35/2 would fit in there nicely :) I think a 35/2 would fit in nicely. I now have A24/2.8, M35/2, A50/1.4 and M85/2. I usually travel light, so: one lens -35 or 50 two lens -24 and 50 three lens - 24, 35 and 85 four lens - bag overflow. STOP. And I find the more lenses I carry, the harder it is to have the right lens on the camera. I'm forcing myself to keep to one or two lenses. BTW, congratulations on a good buy. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: LX Frame Spacing (Was Re: MZ-S; Built to last)
Is this the ultimate Pentax taboo? Isn't there a trend regarding Pentax film transport reliability? I have owned three ME Supers and one MX. All but one of the ME Supers has demonstrated uneven frame spacing at some point. Fortunately, in my case, I mananged to get them all repaired under warranty (I bought them all secondhand from a shop.) I've also heard grumbles from MZ-5 users about transport problems. So is this the ultimate PDML/Pentax taboo? Frank. On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 02:43:58PM -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi Bob ... The LX frame spacing problem has been discussed here in the past, although it hasn't come up for quite some time. The first two that I had, which were older models, had irregular spacing to the point where some frames were so close together that there was no discernible space between them. Some people complained of overlapping frames. My earliest LX, which I still have, went back to Pentax twice for the problem, and the situation is much better. However, the spacing between frames is still not as accurate as the frame spacing of the Leicas, and it's clear that there are some slight differences between frames. It's quite possible that many people don't notice this if they shoot slides which they then have mounted, or if a lab processes their film and makes prints. As one who processes and prints my own film, I'm very much aware of any variations, however subtle. I'd suggest every LX user, especially those with older cameras, take a careful look at the frame spacing, and if it's off by any degree, have it repaired while pentax still has parts available. Bob Walkden wrote: I'm surprised to hear this about your LX(es). One of their bragging points is the accuracy of the rewind/multiple exposure and therefore the frame-spacing. It suggests that yours has/have a problem. Mine were all bang-on (as is my M3). -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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 . -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: Manual back-up bodies
Dear Artur, On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 10:28:35PM +0200, Artur Ledóchowski wrote: Hi, I'm in desperate need for buying a second body. I have to do it within next twoo weeks, after which I'm going out for my vacation to Slovakia. Since I want to buy the MZ-S in the near future and I have the MZ-7, I'm heading for an older, manual body. I selected two: Super A/Super Program, and ME Super. Last Sunday I went to an used equipment market and saw both the Super Program and the ME Super - and both were unfortunately in poor condition. but the same day I saw some Ricoh and Chinon cameras. I had no experience with any of them, so I have a question: are there any Ricoh or Chinon bodies of the class similar to the ME Super or Super Program? Any of them worth buying? I'd like to have max shutter speed about 1/2000 and max sync speed no less than 1/100. Also DOF preview, exposure compensation and exposure lock wouldn't hurt either... And if the slowest shutter was more than 10 sec, this would be great... Can I put my money in Ricoh/Chinon body or should I definitely look for Pentax? When I read the title, I assumed you wanted a MANUAL camera, but I guess you already know that the MESuper and SuperA don't aren't such. The MES is better in that respect because without batteries you still get 125X, bulb and the top shutter speed (so I've been told.) However, given your requirements for max shutter speed, I guess the LX is the only Pentax with good manual capability (but it fails on the X-sync requirement.) So it looks like you'd have to get a Nikon FM2/3. But if batteries aren't your concern, I can recommend the MESuper. I use two (and an MX) and I often pick the MES over the MX. My only gripe is that it's a tad fiddly to use in M when on a tripod. The SuperA with the LCD on top maybe better in this respect, but I haven't used one before. When using a tripod, my MX is preferred to an MES. Another point in favour of the MES, is that I think it's underrated (or perhaps the MX is overrated, nevermind the K1000.) Not that I think the MX isn't a good camera, (respectively the K1000), I'm just not sure if it's that much better, as to command the extra money over an MES. On the subject of underrated cameras, I've heard that the ME is one such. I've yet to see one in the shops, and anyway, I'd have to ditch one of my MESupers before I can justify it. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: Pentax Club?
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 03:39:25PM +0100, Rob Brigham wrote: Amateur Photographer says they are meeting in Andover at the Hawk conservancy on Sep 4, and having an MZ-5N masterclass some other time. Anyone know anything about this club, or a member? I have a contact name Peter Cox. This might be the same Pentax Club. I considered joining because they offer discounted camera servicing through Pentax UK. They also offer a quarterly publication, but why would I need that when I have you guys? (and some gals.) I should join if I want to get my MX fixed. But the MX works except for the X-sync and I hardly use flash! -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: Enabled
David, I've been toying with the idea of moving up the format ladder and/or trying shift lenses. Have you looked at the shifting MF cameras? Cameras such as the Hasselblad 'Flex (or whatever) and the Silvestri cameras? There are others but I can't seem to be able to find out much about them. Frank. On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 06:51:40PM +1200, David A. Mann wrote: I'm still having trouble deciding between a 67II and a Mamiya RZ kit once I've sold the RB. Maybe I'll ditch 6x7 entirely and get a 4x5 system with a 6x9 back. Then I get the option of a huge slide, as well as control over perspective and focal planes. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: 645 film flatness (WAS: Re: 6x7 or 645?)
Thanks Anthony! It all makes sense now. A while back I read that to test alignment of the focussing screen, you should use a wide angle lens. I guess it comes down to the same thing. Frank. On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 02:52:56PM +1000, Anthony Farr wrote: In answer I will quote myself from a previous unrelated thread. Wide lenses . have very short depth of focus, ie the tolerance for focussing error at the focal plane. . the cone produced by the image forming light is very wide so that a very, very small change in lens extension will make the circle of confusion unacceptably large. OTOH a long lens has a narrow cone of image forming light, and will tolerate a quite large change in lens extension without exceeding the parameters of acceptable circles of confusion. This should clear up a very common misconception. Regards, Anthony Farr -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: The MZ-S; a batteryholic?
My mum picked some cheap, Kirkland alkalines. In the pack of 12, I remember two were just dead. The first two I picked out of the pack included a dead battery - naturally the device (Walkman) didn't work. Perhaps you were just very unlucky and picked three dead batteries in your three attempts? On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 09:22:06PM +1200, Max McRae wrote: Mark wrote: Was the battery type switch on the grip set for lithiums all along? Oh no, I made damn sure the L6 position was selected when using the alkalines. I read and reread the manual to see if I was doing something wrong, and it was only as a last resort I tried the lithiums. So all I can conclude from this,is that certain types of alkalines may not work very well, or even at all, with this grip. Or maybe the voltage has to be a minimum strength to kick the thing into life. I don't really know, I'm no expert in this field. Max - 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 . -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: The MZ-S; a batteryholic?
On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 08:42:00AM -0400, Mark D. wrote: [snip] Pentax has been a little inconsistent in other areas too. For example -- The introduction of the MZ-S. [snip] Also, it's the first time an MZ body isn't called ZX in the US. Why didn't they call it the ZX-S? I noticed this too. Nikon released the F100 as the F100 in the US, instead of the usual N100/whatever. I guess Nikon have a valid reason - it's trying to market the F100 using the image of the other F's (F, F2, F3, F4, F5). -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: OT: Which Camera Bag
On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 07:15:11PM +1200, David A. Mann wrote: If you're happy with LowePro gear you could take a look at their AW series. I have a Compact AW which is one of the lesser-astronomically-priced models and it suits me pretty well (it's a great medium format bag). I also have a Nova 3 which I grew out of (it still makes a good travelling light bag). My requirements were a little different from yours however; I wanted a bag where I could access anything without having to screw around with multiple layers of equipment. I was getting very frustrated with my Nova 3 today because of all the gear I'd tried to cram into it :) Nova 3 when travelling light? I almost always travel with a Nova 1. I was recently on holiday with A24/2.8, M35/2, M85/2 plus ME Super with MEII winder without layers of equipment. I can also carry a Cokin P holder with 49 and 52 rings and an orange and a linear polariser. (Plus the obligatory spare set of batteries, an incident meter and a hotshoe spirit level.) It gets a bit fiddly when you try to use the filters, but aren't they always? I suppose it's because I usually go without flash. As soon as I try to fit in the Vivitar 283 as well, it's a whole different story. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: Naive question, viewfinder magnification
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 12:31:50AM -0700, Alan Chan wrote: I've heard people complain that they can't see all of the viewfinder in the MX, and I know I have to press the camera hard into my face so that I can see all of it. But why can't Pentax keep the same viewfinder magnification on the MX and just make the rear window bigger? Am I just being too naive here? I has been wondering the same too. Nikon made something called action finder for their F bodies so my only conclusion is cost cutting. H. Action finder reminds me of that door you open on the top cover of a Yashicamat to give you a direct viewfinder. At least it's distortion-free and, with relevance to this topic, has 1.0x magnification. Pity you get parallax error... Incidentally, the Leica 0-Series has such a viewfinder too. Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland. Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: S215/215 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: Overlapping frames on MZ-S
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 12:25:35AM +0300, Philippe Trottier wrote: If the camera breaks it need to be fixed, or the user need to be fixed for trying to stretch a film.. I always had the extra frame (I usually blank shoot it) and if there is tension in the middle of the frame. just press the rewind button is it that hard ? Surely on a camera like the MZ-S, you'd expect it to be able to automatically rewind the film when it reaches the end, right? If you're expected to prod the rewind button when you reach the end, then doesn't that defeat the purpose of the auto-rewind feature? -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland. Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: S215/215 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: screw mount adaptor
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:47:26AM -0700, B. K. Lane Sr. wrote: 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. Dear Rebecca, Assuming you are talking about an m42 screwmount body, there seems to be no ideal solution for what you're looking for. You can buy an adapter with optical elements that allow you to use K-mount lenses on a screw mount body, but the extra optics degrade image quality and I've heard they behave a bit like a tele adapter. The other option is to go for something without optics but then you lose infinity focus, which might be alright if you only want to do macro work. The problem is a physical one: the m42 mount is narrower than the K-mount yet they have the same registration distance. But if the screw mount has a shorter registration distance, e.g. a leica screw mount body, then it should be possible - though I'm not sure if they exist. Not sure where to buy the adapters if you are happy with optical degredation or loss of infinity focus. I think I've seen them before, probably in BH. Yours sincerely, Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland. Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: S215/215 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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 .
Voigtlaender vs Pentax
Dear Arnold, and the other PDMLers, On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 05:56:39AM +0200, Arnold Stark wrote: [ Useful advice about where to buy cameras in Germany snipped. ] Sorry if I've offended the Pentax users here, but my lust for wider lenses has driven me to the option of range-finder-style cameras. But fear not, I do own two ME Supers, one MX, winders for all three, plus eight SMC Pentax lenses. New Voigtländer wide angles are not necessarily cheaper than used Pentax ones. Well, in the UK, I can get Voigtlaender Bessa L (the one without rangefinder - actually the light-tight box with a shutter and a screw thread) plus the 15mm lens for 450ukp. I don't think at these focal lengths I'd really benefit from an SLR. I mainly shoot from the hip with the SMC A 24/2.8 (actually, from the knees!) and I imagine it would be similar with a 15mm. I can pop a level into the accessory shoe and keep the viewfinder in my pocket. But I'm torn - I love my Pentax cameras dearly! Yours sincerely, Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland. Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: S215/215 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: Traveling in Deutschland
Dear German PDMLers, Sorry to hi-jack this thread, but I have a few questions that are bothering me. I've been visiting Darmstadt for the past month or so and before I came, I got all excited about the supposedly cheap camera gear here. I guess I must have been unlucky because Darmstadt doesn't seem to have many good camera stores. (Noone here's heard of the Voigtlaender!) So my question is, where do German PDMLers shop for their camera gear? I've found technikdirekt.de but since it only costs a tiny bit more to ship to the UK, it kinda defeats the purpose of me picking up some cheap gear whilst I'm here. Also - heresy alert - would I be correct to assume that the Voigtlaender Bessa cameras and lenses are cheaper here than in the UK? And if so, where would I find them? Sorry if I've offended the Pentax users here, but my lust for wider lenses has driven me to the option of range-finder-style cameras. But fear not, I do own two ME Supers, one MX, winders for all three, plus eight SMC Pentax lenses. Yours, Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland. Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: S215/215 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: MZ-S Report
Hear hear! Shooting with Pentax is fun. I don't take photographs for a living and so for me the enjoyment factor is important. Despite my earlier email, I don't need IS. I have the A70-210/4 but I hardly use it because I'm in a very wide-angle mood of late. Frank. On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 08:55:07PM -0500, John Mustarde wrote: But for me, I could never switch to Canon. That's because I could replace everything in my kit (currently a couple of dozen lenses which allow me to shoot from 18mm to 2400mm) with four or five Canon lenses and a couple of TC's. And at least three of those Canon lenses would have Image Stabilization. Let's see, Henry, I'll take a 20 or 24mm, a 28-135 IS, a 100 Macro, a 100-400 IS, a 600/4 IS, a bit of extension, and a couple of those nice AF teleconverters. No, no need for a 50mm - I have six of them in K-mount that I can always stick on an ME Super if I ever again shoot at 50mm. But without all my Pentax-fit lenses, what would I do? Half the fun is looking for bargain old or new lenses and fiddling around with all that gear, manual focus and autofocus and TC combinations and duplicate lenses in focal lengths I rarely use, etc, etc... always trying to find just the right combo to get the perfect fit for all my photo needs. Oh, and I haven't yet delved into the mysteries of the Limited lenses (or old screw-mount ones), which I'm sure would be a cure-all for all those unused 50mm and 100mm K-mount lenses I already have. Five lenses and one body instead of twenty-five lenses and five bodies? How boring. No Ebay bargains to peruse? Gads, an appalling concept. No search for the mythical inexpensive A* 135/1.8 to grace my unused lens shelf? Shudder and groan. I mean, did I make a mistake selling my K-series 50/1.2 just because I also have an A-series 50/1.2? Should I have kept my A 35/2, even though I hadn't shot with it in two years? Is my old powerzoom 28-105 as good as Brand X? Will my 1978 model Tamron 70-250/3.8 Macro ever give me the photos I know it is capable of? How long should I keep the secret that my twenty-dollar CPC 24/2.8 Macro shoots better than any 24mm I've ever seen from Pentax? Nope, no switch to Canon for me. Then I'd have to focus on just taking photos, and leave all this equipment discussion behind. That's really scary. -- Happy Trails, Texdance http://members.fortunecity.com/texdance http://members1.clubphoto.com/john8202 - 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 . -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland. Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: S215/215 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: SMC-A 50/1.7
Hi Darryn, My SMC A 50/1.7 also has a sticky aperture ring - not as sticky as yours sounds though. In comparison, my (what looks like older) SMC M 50/1.7 has no such problem. I think it stems from the fact that the newer A series lenses have plasticky aperture rings. Unfortunately, the A70-210/4 and the A50/1.4 have plasticky aperture rings too. The A24/2.8 is pure magic - feels like a piece of real camera gear. I was disappointed that the A50/1.4 had a plastic aperture ring. I have fears that it might become sticky with time like the A50/1.7. Maybe I'll have to get an A50/1.2 to have a real piece of camera gear and A series coatings at the same time. Is the A50/1.4 really optically that much better than the M50/1.4? I'm not sure if I'd rather have a lens that feels better to use at the price of optical performance. Yours sincerely, Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland. Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: S215/215 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 01:05:47PM +0930, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've already asked this question on the Yahoo Pentax Users group, with no replies indicating a similar problem - apologies to those who may be on both lists. I have a querey reagrding my A50/1.7 lens. The apeture ring moves OK between in the 1.7 - 5.6 range, however once it gets to f8 it gets very sticky, and I have to push that little button designed to let the ring get to the A position, in order to keep it moving beyond f8. Even then I have to force it a little. Has anyone had similar problems? Darryn Richter Adelaide Australia - 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: MZ-S gripes
I think the issue is using it quickly, and under pressure. I know for sure that the focussing direction of the Tamron SP90/2.5 really confused me when I tried to use it under pressure. I knew full well I should focus it the other way round - but it just doesn't work like that when you need to work quickly. I can see Paal's point. On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 09:28:01AM -0500, Eric Lawton wrote: I can't see how anyone would have any problem with the MZ-s controls after a few minutes of thought and use. It's no different than using a shutter speed dial on the ZX-5n, ZX-m, or any other camera with shutter speeds selected by a dial. Maybe it would be easier if you think of turning the wheel clock-wise or counter-clock-wise (instead of left and right) and associating those motions with over and under exposure. Eric From: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] But the MZ-S and the Z-1p is totally different ball game. The point with the MZ-S interface is that you can instantly switch between auto exposure an manual mode. Ie. manual mode can be just as fast in operation as auto mode. For this you ned an intuitive relationship between interface and readout. Can anyone tell me whats the intuitive way to turn a horizontal dial in order to get a bar on a scale to move upwards? This isn't about over and under exposure but + and - which are the symbols you see in the viewfinder. An up and down scale operated by a left/right wheel has to be learned; a horizontal bar with an horizontal wheel don't; its totally intuitive. Personally I'm unable to learn the direction on the Z-1p because it isn't logical. Besides, I do believe all other cameras on the planet have horizontal bars possibly for a good reason. I do believe that Pentax is aware of this problem. After all they have implemented a custom function where you program which direction on the wheel in order to give under or over exposure. This of course would have been totally unecesary if the exposure bar was horisontal. Pål _ 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 . -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland. Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: S215/215 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: Flash functionality on MZ-S
Eh? I got Patrick's post in plain text. Do you get something different Doug? Frank. On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 05:33:47PM -0400, Doug Brewer wrote: Hi Patrick, First, welcome to the list. Please use plain text to communicate with the list. For your answers, see below: At 7:29 PM +02006/8/01, Patrick Genovese brandished a favorite crayon and scribbled: Hi, The spec sheet on the Pentax US Web site says the following: quote - High-speed flash synchronization up to 1/6000 sec. with built-in flash or with new AF360FGZ wireless TTL flash unit unquote Q) How does the sync up to 1/6000 work ? (multiple flash bursts ??) Yes, that's how it's been described to me. The spec sheet also says: quote -AF360FGZ wireless flash unit allows multiple flash units to be controlled without cords and with TTL flash exposure; contrast control flash settings give multiple contrast levels. unquote Q1) Do all the flash units in a multi flash arrangement have to be AF360GFZs ? Yes. Since the MZ-S is the first body to offer this, the flash introduced with the body will naturally be the first flash to take advantage of it. Q2) Is the remote flash controller some sort if IR / Radio transmitter ? Yes. Q3) If Q2 is yes, then is the transmitter built into the camera or the AF360FGZ ? The transmitter is built into the RTF on the camera. Q4) If the MZ-S has no on board transmitter then what about a separate pair of gadgets (possibly third part) that fit onto the camera hotshoe flash. This would allow users with an existing investment in flashes like AF500FTZ, METZ many others to acheive the same functionality. (Pentax r u reading this ?) There are third-party transmitters of all kinds, but I don't think any of them offer TTL capabilities. :-) Patrick Oh, and for Dick: The flash comp has apparently been built into the 360. At least, that's my understanding. Doug -- Douglas Forrest Brewer Ashwood Lake Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alphoto.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 . -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland. Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: S215/215 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: Flash for Z1p
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 05:30:04PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have a non-original TTL flash (30 guide number) for my Z1p. If I use it together with the built-in flash (14 guide number), is it equal to 44 guide number? No, guide numbers (GN) don't add together like that. Two flashes of GN 10 together, will give you a GN of 14. A flash of half the GN only gives out 1/4 as much light. This is because the GN is the flash-subject distance multiplied by the aperture f-number. This is no more than a device for mathematical computation (just like momentum in Newtonian mechanics has no physical meaning.) So doubling the GN means that you can use the same aperture for a subject twice as far away, but since the subject is twice as far away, you need four times as much light. Perhaps a more natural, from a photographer's point of view, way to look at it is that with twice the GN, you need to increase the f-number by a factor of two for the subject at the same distance; that is you have to close down the aperture by two stops, hence letting 1/4 of the light in. I don't think using the RTF flash will not give you any noticable extra power over the GN30 flash. I guess it might be useful for fill purposes if you use the GN30 flash off camera, or bounced. It was a good question though. I wouldn't have asked myself this question, but now that I've thought about it, it's quite an interesting answer! Yours, Frank (who has roots in HK.) -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland. Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: S215/215 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: Film development
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 10:29:00PM -0300, Eduardo Carone Costa Júnior wrote: Hi everybody, All these comments about learning how to make better photos and light did encourage me to ask for your advice about this --- perhaps naive ---situation: Sometimes I try make a scene look a bit darker, I mean, like a sunset where you can only distinguish the contours of the subject in the foreground, and I set the exposure accordingly. At this time, I use only negative film, BW or color, and I don't do my own developing or printing. When I take my films to the lab I usually end up with a grainny photo and the subject in the foreground is not as dark as I wanted it to be. I assume they are using the negative film's greater latitude than slide's to compensate for the darker --- but on purpose --- exposure. Is there a kind of instruction I can give the lab to avoid this problem? Something like don't compensate exposure? I guess it depends on how profesional your lab is. In my experience, most consumer-grade photolabs are reluctant to turn-off compensation, because, as some of the have explained to me, some machines can't do it. I, in my opinion, think that that is one of the main advantages of printing your own black and white: you get complete control and if anything goes wrong, it's only you to blame. (Assuming that the guys at Kodak, Ilford or wherever have done their job right.) I've recently been trying slide film, partly because I don't have a darkroom at the moment. I don't like slides so much because I prefer prints (the physical presentation as opposed to the film), but I do like the control you get. But I think I still miss black and white: I somehow can't see photographs in colour. Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland. Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: 2d/215 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: Mr. Stoopid's Darkroom Triumph
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 12:59:55AM -0600, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 4, 2001 12:40 AM Subject: Mr. Stoopid's Darkroom Triumph Insert your tale of woe here May ~your~ darkroom experiences all be better than this one. OUCH Ummm, here is a little hint: Put a small quantity of stopbath into your fixer as part of your chemical mixing. It doesn't take much, all you want is a bit of acetic acid smell. Then, if it smells like stopbath, and you haven't used developer yet, you know it is time to stop pouring and start reading. All fixer formulations are acetic acid tolerant, and many formulae use it as an ingredient. Exactly - OUCH! Nice hint, but with the chemicals I use, the fixer is actually stronger smelling than the stop bath. I think they've gone all environmentally friendly and use citric acid instead of acetic these days. My routine involves using different measuring cylinders for dev stop and fix. (We don't have a nice, matching set of cylinders.) So after a while, it becomes routine - wouldn't think of putting fixer into the cylinder with the orange base, or developer in the tall transparent one with the crack down the side. I suppose it's one of the few advantages of using a low-budget darkroom. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland. Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: 2d/215 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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 .
28-105 FA 3.2-4.5
Hello! Does anyone know anything more than what is on Boz's site about the 28-105 FA 3.2-4.5? I've been looking around to try and find a price, but no place seems to stock it! Does this lens really exist? I remember from previous threads it was suggested that this is an original Pentax design, perhaps of the same lineage as the ever popular 28-70/4 (as opposed to the Tamron designed 28-105/4-5.6) and the suspicion was that it would be similar to the 28-70/4 in performance. I was just wondering if the new 28-105/3.2-4.5 plus the 20-35/4 would make a better combo than the supposedly very expensive 24-90. I think I'd prefer the two lens setup, at the expense of build quality (or whatever the 24-90 is supposed to offer to justify its price tag), if the combined price is comparable. Yours, Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland. Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: 2d/215 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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 .
Interesting Pentax gear for sale in UK
Hey PDMLers! I just noticed this morning that MXV in the UK has just received a whole lot of new Pentax Manual Focus gear, mostly in Mint- condition. I just ordered an A50/1.4 and M85/2 (yes I've read the discussions on this list about that lens - no flames please because it's already burnt a hole in my pocket.) When I spoke to the guy on the phone, he said that most of the recent additions came in yesterday (29th March) from a private collector who collects Pentax no more. It's probably worthwhile to take a browse: http://www.mxv.co.uk/pentax_mf.htm and other stuff at http://www.mxv.co.uk/ I thought that this would interest the UK members most, but I think they also ship outside of the UK. I hope some of you find something you've been looking for. Yours, Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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: Winder without grip for ME Super?
On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, John Francis wrote, regarding ME II winder: When you push the button on the winder, it trips the shutter. So far so good. But then you can hold the button down for as long as you like - the winder won't advance the film until you *release* the button (assuming, of course, that you have the winder set to single-frame mode). Sorry John, but I don't that's quite right. On both my ME II winders, when you press the release on the winder, it trips the shutter *and* winds on. On my MX winder, on the other hand, in "S" mode it does not wind on until you release the trigger. Perhaps you got the MX and MEII winders confused? -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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 .
Has any one seen this: MZ-S for sale at 999ukp.
I don't know any more about this but here's the URL: http://members.nbci.com/leicastore/camerastore.html it advertises the "MZ-S Pro Body". Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Visit the PUG at http://pug.komkon.org.
