MX mirror problem
I bought my self a Pentax MX for two days ago, and I took some test photos today. After a while the mirror jammed in locked-up position. This hasn't happened when I tested the camera in room temperature. But the weather was a little bit chilly (5 Celsius, 41,00 Fahrenheit) and windy today. I have read about this problem but I dont know if it's serious. Is easy to fix, what do you think? Or In other words, should I contact the seller and demand my money back? Thanks! /Joakim --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-15
SV: MX mirror problem
Thanks Frank! /Joakim I bought an MX some years ago, and the mirror jammed up every 10 frames or so. Turned out that a CLA fixed it up real nice. I'm thinking that maybe the cooler temps make the lubricant more viscous, so it jams up the shutter/mirror mechanism easier than at room temp. I'd guess CLA would fix her up (but I could be wrong). PS: As an addendum, IMHO, a CLA should be factored into the cost of any used camera, especially one as old as an MX (unless, of course, the seller tells you that it's been recently CLA'ed). Also, you mention that you've heard of mirror problems before. I wonder if you're thinking of the LX, some of which did indeed have a sticky mirror, and the fix isn't always easy or effective, AFAIK. I've not heard of sticky mirrors being endemic to MXen. cheers again, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-15 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-15
SV: Grain desolving programs
http://www.imagenomic.com/ Try this! /Joakim --- I have used Digital GEM and ISOX Pro. I am not satisfied with either one. They soften the image too much. If I then sharpen, the grain/noise just comes back. Anyone found a better plug-in for this? Joe --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-15 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-15
SV: Reasonable price for an LX? And K2?
I'm going to by a Pentax MX tomorrow, and the seller also has a K2 in used (but quite good) shape. He wants 1400 SEK ($204.15) for the camera. /Joakim -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Toralf Lund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skickat: den 15 december 2004 21:00 Till: pdml Ämne: Reasonable price for an LX? And K2? What would you guys pay for an LX these days? How about a K2? A guy here in Oslo (same person who sold me the M40, actually) has had both for sale for a while, and I'm a bit tempted... - Toralf --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-15 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-15
SV: SV: Reasonable price for an LX? And K2?
Toralf wrote: I mean, the price seems somewhat high compared to the 450 NOK I paid for my ME Super - including an M50 and an A70-210, but I guess that was a rather good deal. I've also seen MXes being sold for quite a bit less than 1400 SEK, though. I agree with you, the price is a little bit high. But the prices in Sweden are higher than elsewhere, I really dont know why! I'm going to pay 1700 SEK ($247.9) for my Pentax MX, but its a very fine and checked example with three months of guarantee. But still, its a little bit high. /Joakim -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Toralf Lund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skickat: den 15 december 2004 21:00 Till: pdml Ämne: Reasonable price for an LX? And K2? What would you guys pay for an LX these days? How about a K2? A guy here in Oslo (same person who sold me the M40, actually) has had both for sale for a while, and I'm a bit tempted... - Toralf --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-15 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-15 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-16 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-16
SV: SV: SV: Reasonable price for an LX? And K2?
Yes, that's probably the main reason Henri, I think so too. It's too bad! :-) /Joakim Sweden never was Pentax-country. Still isn't. That we have already found out at fotosidan, right? ;-) There aren't very many Pentax'es going around here, so that drives up the prices on the attractive houses and lenses. The stuff that was sold alot are the ones that are cheap today, ie. 50mm lenses and ME/ME Super's. /Henri --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-15 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-15
SV: SV: SV: The film is dead
-Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skickat: den 14 december 2004 21:16 Till: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ämne: Re: SV: SV: The film is dead Mark Roberts wrote: What on earth does having a computer or access to the Internet have to do with this??? Nothing. (I'd wager that much *fewer* than 5% have a C41 processor and print minilab!) The infrastructure for getting a print from digital is far less than that needed to get a print from color film. That's right, you don't need a computer to use a digital camera. But it's very hard to handle and store digital images without access to a computer. And how are you going to charge the camera batteries if there isnt any electricity available? Mark Roberts wrote: I'm sure he did think about it, but realized that it was irrelevant when both film manufacturing and use are in precipitous decline. Film manufacturing volume is determined by how much film people actually *use*, not the number of cameras available for them to use it in! Most people on this planet live in the third world. They may be poor, but they are many. And they use cameras and take photographs too, mostly with film cameras. So I don't think the film is dead. The film manufactures will certainly be forced to lower their production and minimize their organisations because of lesser needs for film in the future. But I personally think that the need for film will exist for many years to come. Perhaps even other manufactures will rise (in the third world) which specialises on producing film in a lesser scale. Well, this is my opinion. I dont force you too agree whit me, which you probably won't. /Joakim --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-16 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-16
SV: The film is dead
If we think about it for a second, it may strike us that the digital revolution is nothing but an easy summer breeze. In a global perspective that is. Still most people around the world doesnt even has electricity, and therefore certainly no DLSR.s. I dont think the film is dead! /Joakim -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skickat: den 14 december 2004 12:54 Till: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ämne: Re: The film is dead I believe that somewhere in the world there may be some enlargers and some operators who can make optical prints from 35mm negatives that are superior to a good inkjet print from a 6 megapixel image. But even the work of the best pro lab in this area isn't up to snuff. I know I can print BW from 6x7 with my Schneider Compuron-S that is superior to BW from my digital. However 35mm printed with my Nikon 50/2.8 is merely comparable, although perhaps more classic because of the grain and superior grayscale. However, I can't get a stunning color optical print anywhere around here, and Detroit is a city of big studios and top-dollar pros. Of course they all shoot digital now, so there's really no need for a good optical lab support system. Yes, I said it was a plastic toy. I was wrong. On Dec 14, 2004, at 12:02 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Subject: Re: Fw: The film is dead The fair comparison is to compare a high quality optical print to digital. Do that, and yer 6 megapixie dslr starts to look like cheap junk. Not really. But you can believe that if you want. You have really come to like the little plastic toy haven't you? The guy I share studio space with is a very good custom printer. It is amazing what he can pull from a 35mm negative. Paul, I wouldn't say it if I had any reason to doubt it. William Robb --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-15 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-15
SV: SV: The film is dead
Rob Studdert Wrote: Do you seriously think that film manufacturers are going to keep non-profitable film production lines on ice for those people across the globe who still don't have electricity (let alone the ability to afford cameras/film/processing or prints)? Answer: I do not think so, and that wasnt my point. I do think that there is going to be a need for film for many years to come. And the reason for that is that only 5 percent of all people on this planet have a computer and access to the Internet. And what you probably didnt even think about is that film based cameras still is the most spread camera type on this planet, by far. /Joakim -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skickat: den 14 december 2004 15:06 Till: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ämne: Re: SV: The film is dead On 14 Dec 2004 at 13:49, Joakim Johansson wrote: If we think about it for a second, it may strike us that the digital revolution is nothing but an easy summer breeze. In a global perspective that is. Still most people around the world doesnt even has electricity, and therefore certainly no DLSR.s. I dont think the film is dead! I think you'll find that low end (but capable) digital cameras will very quickly become more cost effective than film cameras and all film but those destined for a for few niche markets will die out. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-15 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-15
SV: Next Pentax DSLR?
I hope your source is correct, I need a new camera very soon (my old Z1p is slowly dying). I also hope that Pentax for once could show their muscles and give us a camera comparable with the DSLR:s produced by Canon and Nikon. /Joakim No, Pentax does not like official releases of information, even after the thing is in the hands of reviewers. However, the info came from a usually reliable source. His info on the istDs, that I posted here on the list at least a month before any official info, was right on target. He gave me the info about the spring release at the same time and had no details except it was to be a model above the istD. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Patrick Genovese wrote: Was that mentioned offically anywhere ? Patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look for a upscale model in the late spring. If they have not changed their plans that is. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Joakim Johansson Subject: Next Pentax DSLR? Hi all, My name is Joakim Johansson and I'm a new member. I have a question, witch perhaps have been discussed before, about the next Pentax DSLR. Is it possible that Pentax release a new advanced model (a upgrade of the *istD) during 2005, and what can we expect from it if that is the case? I think the new camera is scheduled to be released at the next Ulan Bator show.. Seriously, they pretty much have to release a new model, if for no other reason than to maintain some sort of dignity in the marketplace. My bet is nothing until the fall of 2005, similar body style to the istD, 8mp, more or less the same feature set as the istD, but with a larger buffer and faster frame rate. Note, this may well be completely off base. William Robb --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-16 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-16
Next Pentax DSLR?
Hi all, My name is Joakim Johansson and I'm a new member. I have a question, witch perhaps have been discussed before, about the next Pentax DSLR. Is it possible that Pentax release a new advanced model (a upgrade of the *istD) during 2005, and what can we expect from it if that is the case? Kindly Joakim Johansson --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 2004-10-15
