Re: *ist D for me
On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Mark Roberts wrote: > Juan, glad to have you back! Just last week I posted a message to the > list about your web page for the "Pentax H 60mm f/8 Limited" lens (with > the much sought-after "bokeh-on-demand" feature)! It seems like the *istD was *made* for the Pentax H. Perfect match in its finish, handles great, and the smaller sensor uses the sweet spot of the fine one element plastic optic :-) I'll post some pics taken with it and the *istD (I'm going to get carpal tunnel syndrome just from typing that name) as soon as I can. The 16-45 seems like a nice lens, but it's bulky and the istD feels so much better with a small prime. The FA35 will be the main lens attached to this body. The zoom will be around I guess, but I might ebay it if I don't use it much. I'm really happy with the istD, I don't think it couldn't be closer to an MX in terms of feel, given the market constraints nowadays. It's very very nice. > Pittsburgh is only about 30 minutes east of Ohio - stop on by if you can I might! Although I wasn't planning to go anywhere farther east from Ohio (it will be a hectic trip as it is, back and forth in two weeks). But I'll let you know. Thanks everybody for the warm welcome! j -- ------ Juan J. Buhler | Lead FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.com --
Wow
Wow, this is amazing. I haven't read the pdml for a while, even though I still keep my subscription, and have procmail set to put the messages in a folder. This morning there was a short glitch and two or three messages we not filtered, going to my main inbox. Shel's message below was one of them! I wonder if you guys mention me that often? :-) Hi everybody. I'm still very much shooting, although mostly with the Leica. I was in Paris last September taking a workshop with Peter Turnley, and some of my pictures from then are now hanging in Caffe La Piazza in North Beach in San Francisco. Details here: http://www.jbuhler.com/lapiazza/pda.html Shel, we should get together some time. Private email on its way... j On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > A while back Juan Buhler and I went out shooting in San > Francisco. Anyone heard from Juan in the last year or so? > Anyway, this was one of the shots I grabbed that day. > Comments welcome. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/sfpic2.html > -- ------ Juan J. Buhler | Lead FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.com --
RE: Bessaflex in M42 mount
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > It's nice to see but with MILLIONS > of spotmatics sold and THOUSANDS > of them on the used market in very nice condition > where's the need for this camera??? > > I think this was a dumb move on their part. > JCO I think it's great. Cosina has been releasing some interesting products, like rangefinder lenses in Contax and Nikon mount, the Bessa R2 in those mounts, and now this. If a manufacturer is making mechanical, classic style cameras, I'm not going to complain. Keep in mind that Cosina's CEO is a photographer using classic cameras himself. It looks like the guy is having lots of fun releasing all this stuff. j -- ---------- Juan J. Buhler | Lead FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.com --
Re: *ist D lens mount
On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Pål Jensen wrote: > This is from Greg Erker: > > The Ist has a K-mount, so the normal K mount registration distance, > but it does have (I assume) a smaller mirror. So it would be possible > to make lenses that have the rear element project further into the > camera. This makes wide angles less "reverse telephoto" and thus > presumably cheaper to make as well as smaller (especially the > front element). I certainly hope that it has a full-size mirror and prism. That would mean that you see more in the viewfinder than the ccd covers, giving a view similar to that of a rangefinder. Since there's a film version of this camera, chances are they are the same. j -- ---------- Juan J. Buhler | Lead FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.com --
*ist D viewfinder
Hi PDMLers, Yet another thread on this... So, I returned to the group after some months not reading it, and found out about the new *ist D. If the price is below/around $2000, I am going to seriously consider getting one to use with my K and M lenses. As much as I love Tri-X, I'm ready to kiss film goodbye if I get a camera as usable as my MX and Leica M6. Question: Anyone know whether the viewfinder on the *ist D is "full frame" (ie, covers what the whole field of view of the lens) or is it blacked out to the smaller field covered by the sensor? Question2: How do you pronounce *ist? Is it "the camera fomerly known as the replacement for the MZ-D"? Cheers, j -- ---------- Juan J. Buhler | Lead FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.com --
Re: Barcelona assignment
Hey Gienfranco, I'm sure you can feel the waves of envy from there... Have fun in Barcelona! j On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I'm going to fly to my first *paid* assignment abroad, in > Barcelona, starting from the 2nd of October. > I'll have to take pictures of sociological importance (like > local identities, urban poverty, gentrification and so on...) > and probably I'll be accompanied by a Spanish student. > Is any list member located in Barcelona or close? I recall at > least Jaume should live there. > I don't know how much spare time I'm going to have (I'll arrive > at noon of the 2nd and I'll leave on the 7th, late morning). > If someone is close enough and has the time it would be nice to > meet you, have a drink and talk about photography (and Pentax, > of course...). > > Ciao, > > Gianfranco > > = > > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > -- -- -- Juan J. Buhler | Lead FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.com --
Running with bulls (semi-OT, but with pictures)
I posted another gallery to my site. This time they are color pictures, taken with a couple of disposable cameras just before and just after I run with the bulls in Pamplona this year. No pictures of the running itself because, well, I was running. I had a couple of Pentax cameras in the car while this was happenning, so that makes it kind of in topic for about four blocks or so. Again, I tried to edit things coherently so they work as a group, and ended up with 20 frames out of 65 or so. I have very mixed feelings about these images, but still wanted to go through the excercise of editing them. Like the previous petanca gallery, it is subject to very probable changes. http://www.jbuhler.com/html/encierro.html Comments welcome, j -- -- Juan J. Buhler | Lead FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.com --
Re: Who are you?
OK, so I'll jump into this thread in order to ease my way back to the list. I work as a computer animator in Palo Alto, California. I was born and raised in Argentina, and moved to the US about seven years ago. I'm 33. I was married until early this year, now I'm separated and starting to enjoy this new part of my life. Photography is my way of doing something creative where I have all the control (at work, I'm always constrained by someone else's vision). I do, or try to do, street photography, my pictures are visible through the link in my signature, below. I travel quite a bit, and somehow managed to go to Europe or to Argentina about twice a year for the last four or so. Just came back from three weeks in Spain, where I drove around quite a bit, run with bulls in Pamplona, and took some passable pictures which I'm still editing. Oh, I shot with a battered black MX, and several lenses, usually on Tri-X or Fuji Neopan SS. I have a special talent to find bargain SMC glass, like a $50 K24/3.5, a $180 K85/1.8, and a $99 K30/2.8, among others. I also use a Leica M6 with a 50mm Summicron, and have periods where I favor one system or the other. That's about it... j -- ---------- Juan J. Buhler | Lead FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.com --
Re: Juan's terrific photos of petanca
OK Robert and Frank, now my face is red. Thanks a lot guys! j
Re: Who are you?
> > The Program Plus isn't a bad camera! > > It and the Super Program are the best, last of the manual focus line. > > (Except for the LX which is in a special class of it's own. ) [...] > > Lots of interesting statements there, Bob. :) First off, I know the > Program Plus isn't a bad camera -- it's jjust that I'd rather use a camera > I paid for, not one I borrowed/inherited. I dunno, it's some pride thing, > I guess! I bought a Program Plus off ebay last year (mainly because it came with an A50/1.4 for about $80). I was thinking about using it, but got turned off by the loud mirror/shutter noise. Both my ME-Super and the two MXs sound a lot better. And the foam on the Program Plus was OK... Anyway, I got my $80 back on ebay for the body, so I got a free A50/1.4. > I'm a fan of the manual cameras -- I sit in front of a computer for 10 > hours a day writing code, the LAST thing I want to do when I get offf work > is wrangle more electronics. Just give me a heavy all-manual camera and > I'll be happy. Same reason here. I like mechanical and manual. j -- -- Juan J. Buhler | Lead FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.com --
Re: Still lurking...
On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Flavio Minelli wrote: > Hello Juan, how ya doin'? Hola Flavio, ahora te escribo directamente. > Nice shots, BTW. I particularly like the ones with closer subjects. Did > you use a 20mm or what? 24. Just the K24/3.5, although some of them are also the FA35/2. Thanks for the comments, and thanks also to Raimo, Maris and Bob. j -- ------ Juan J. Buhler | Lead FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.com --
Re: The elusive K 35mm f3.5
On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, smcforme wrote: > I have been casually looking out for a SMC 35/3.5 in K-mount for > months, and have not seen hide nor hair of it. I bought one in > M42, and have seen 3 others for really decent prices. But in > K-mount this thing must be fairly rare. Same story for the SMC > 85/1.8. I just bought one of those in M42 as well. I was intending > to start assembling a K-mount kit, but it would appear I'm getting > pretty entrenched in the screw mount stuff. A while ago I saw one of these in a shop in San Luis Obispo, CA. I don't remember the name of the shop, but it's the one on the main street (I think it's Higuera St?). Anyway, it would be a matter of making a couple of calls to find out whether the lens is still there... j -- ---------- Juan J. Buhler | Lead FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
PDMLers in Spain?
Hello people, It looks like I'll be in Madrid for a few days at the very beginning of July, then go to Galicia for the week of the 8-12, and then back to Madrid for a couple of days before coming back to the US. Any Madrileños/as who want to get together? Any recommendations about good bars where to watch Argentina in the World Cup final? :-) I'been to Madrid a few times already, so I won't be doing the tourist thing, I'll probably spend most of the time shooting in the street with my MX (ob Pentax content). Also, if someone has advice on what to visit on a 4-5 day trip from Madrid to Galicia, it would be welcome too. Thanks! j ===== -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.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 .
Re: My web page
> The url is: http://utenti.lycos.it/tucuman Fabio, Thanks for sharing that! My favorite is "Sud", but maybe I'm partial because I was born about 30Km from where you took that picture :-) I would like it better if the shadow of the bus weren't cut on the bottom, but I think it works as it is. I very much enjoyed all the pictures. Italiano que vivio en Argentina o argentino que se fue a Italia? Saludos, j PS: Hi PDML, I'm back after a few months of lurking... = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.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 .
Re: PDML comes through again!
Glad I could be of help. BTW, because of one of those "I keep forgetting the darn check at work" things, I only deposited it yesterday... So there you go. j Mark wrote: > For those of you who remember my questions a few weeks ago about how to > send > money to Argentina, the answer is to be part of an exceptional group of > individuals like the PDML. > > The problem was how to send payment so that it would arrive in the form of > U.S. > dollars. This is important because of the economic situation and banking > problems in Argentina at the moment: Any kind of international money order > or > wire transfer would get converted to pesos at the "official" rate and the > seller, Martin Trucco, would have been effectively screwed. > > Juan Buhler offered to have his mother in law, who lives in Buenos Aires > and > just happened to be visiting him at the time, carry cash over for me. To > make a > long story short, a couple of weeks ago I sent Juan a check for $500.00, > his > mother in law took cash to Buenos Aires and today I received my lens in the > mail. I thought really couldn't afford it at the time but the news reports > from > Argentina made me realize how well off I am over here and how little right > I > have to complain about not having money compared to many other people in > the > world. It's nice to have a group of people who I can trust to carry out a > transaction like this. = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.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 .
Re: New Manual, All Mechanical, Retro-Rangefinder
Shel asks: > So, what do you think? I think Pentax sucks. :-) = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.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 .
Re: K SMC 30mm on Ebay
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Marcus wrote: > I hope one of you bought that K SMC 30mm that just > sold BIN for $133.50 on Ebay after a little over 2 > hours. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1334181564 > > Cool lens. Paid $99 for mine, and only because I told the seller that it was underpriced (I would have gotten a discount otherwise.) I should take that lens out more often... j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Poor SMC Pentax 15/3.5 in a (Gasp!) Nikon Mount
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > IAC, I can think of a number of instances where I'd > have liked an optic from one company on a body from another. There are > certainly a few Olympus lenses I'd like to adapt to the K-mount, > likewise for some Leica glass. And let's not forget that the 43mm Ltd > was made in a Leica mount, and it receives some very positive comments > from the users. And don't forget the underrated Pentax-H 60mm, adapted from real Holga optics! http://www.jbuhler.com/HLimited :-) -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Film scanner question
Yes, film scanner have been falling in price quite a bit. I have a Polaroid SS4000, and except for Polaroid going out of business, I recommend it. It can be had for about $500, I think, and it comes with Silverfast. Now, since you have a 67, you might want to look into a scanner that can do both. At least check the prices, to make sure you don't regret not getting one of those. j On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > Are film scanners falling in prices the way > flatbeds did a coupla years ago? For example > I paid 299.00 for my first flatbed scanner > and then bought a USB version for 79.00 that > matched the 299.00 one in scan quality! > > I'm thinking of shooting more color slides > and of course I'm going to want to scan them > but if the film scanner prices are falling > fast, I think I may wait a little while longer. > > I just sold $2500 worth of photo equip on ebay > and its burning a hole in my pocket. One thing > I love about slides is they are the original and > have better sharpness than any print ever could. > Plus if I bracket, im sure to get exactly what i want, > when I get prints from CN film the labs are inconsistant. > Just last week I got a whole FUJI roll back reddish from > my local drug store. Sucks, most of them arent even > in focus (negs are good). > > Plus, projected slides are AWESOME baby. I have > a real nice Kodak projector thats collecting > dust, I havent shot slides in about 3 years. > > I guess I'll start off with a 35mm scanner, do they > all handle MOUNTED 35mm slides the same way? What about > film curl? Do the scanners have sufficient DOF > so that doesnt matter? > > Oh yeah the slide FILM. Whats out there in > 200 and 400 speed thats good? I'm used to > shooting K64, but its too slow to often. > JCO > - > 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 . > -- --- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Am I Really a Dinosaur?
On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Yes, after seeing and playing with Michael's Mamiya 7II, I've been > thinking about trying it out on the street. Were you thinking of a > Pentax 67? Yes, for the fun of it. I don't know if K&S here in Palo Alto rents them, I know they don't rent the 645n because I had to get a Contax 645 instead once. j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Am I Really a Dinosaur?
On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, William Robb wrote: > Or, you could move upscale, and go to a larger negative. > I really think the whole "I'll go digital when it is better than > projecting through a postage stamp" concept is really silly, > considering 35mm is such a underwhelming format. > Its not like as if there is nothing better out there already, if > you are waiting for digital to be better than what you are using > now. I'm not waiting for digital to improve on 35mm. When it happens, it will probably mean that 35mm will start to go away. As Shel said, I use 35mm because of size, stealth and convenience. I've been tempted to borrow a 67 and go streetshooting with it though... j PS: One of the pictures in my show was taken on a 6x6 negative (and cropped, the picture was rectangular). Shel was very quick to figure which one it was, even though the camera was a cheap Russian Lubitel TLR. So much for my fine Pentax and Leica 35mm lenses... -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Digital "grain" ?
On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, alex wrote: > >Besides the higher resolution, my hypothetical digital camera would > >let me change the ISO on a per-frame basis, so I'll be able to shot at > >the lowest possible speed, thus minimizing grain. > > Given the sensor technology in digital cameras, isn't the "grain" question > only a function of the definition of the camera, i.e. you cannot change it > ? Or am I missing something ? The "grain" (digital sensor noise, actually) depends on the ISO selected. Basically, the stronger the signal (light), the least important noise will be in the final stored value. I'm not an expert on digital cameras, but that's the way it works if I'm not mistaken. j -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Am I Really a Dinosaur?
On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Why should the quality of your pictures improve over what you're > equipment is capable of now? I don't get 10,000x8000 pixels of resolution from my equipment right now. My scanner gives me an image of some 5000-odd on the long side, and I can already tell the grain pretty well with Tri-X on D76. Besides the higher resolution, my hypothetical digital camera would let me change the ISO on a per-frame basis, so I'll be able to shot at the lowest possible speed, thus minimizing grain. Heck, maybe digicams should have a "Shutter *and* aperture priority" mode, where you set those two and the ISO changes to achieve the right exposure. Maybe I should patent that last one. j > > Juan said: > > > I love my Leica and my two MXs, but give me a camera of about the same > > size, that can store 50 10,000x8000 images on a $100 memory stick, > > that has a decent viewfinder, manual modes, a 10ms shutter lag and ISO > > 25-12,500 settings and I'll be digital. > > > It will happen, and when it does, the quality of my pictures will > > improve. > > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ > - > 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 . > -- --- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Sheesh..!
Stan writes: > I don't get it; what is the problem? It is clearly stated as an f/2 lens, > he > doesn't say anyplace that this is a fast lens, ... I don't see any problem. As someone else pointed out later in the thread, the auction was revised. Before, both the title and the description mentioned f1.2, and said things like "this is the fastest lens Pentax ever made." > BTW Juan, your mail is another example of the problem that was discussed > here last week: you say, in effect, GO SEE THIS! and never bother to say > what it is that the reader should expect to see. Instead of making it a > guessing game or assuming that everyone will see things from your > perspective, why not say something like: "I think there is a problem with a > listing on eBay, a seller says the lens is an x but it looks like it is > really a y" and we can all yawn, delete, and move on. Well, actually I did say something like "I was jumping at it until I realized from the pictures that it is a 50mm/2 and not a 50mm/1.2". I even quoted the BIN price. I'd suppose this is enough info to realize what the auction was without clicking on the link... > BTW, many sellers, intentionally or not, say 1.2 when they should say 1:2; > if you are going to be looking for a 1.2, you need to get used to such > differences between what it says on the lens and what the seller says. If > the photo doesn't show clearly which lens it is that is being offered, > don't > bid. And if a lens with a $200-300 value has a BIN for $75, that should be > your first clue that maybe the lens for sale is not the one with a $200-300 > value. Well, I did get a mint K24/3.5 for $50 last year, plus a few other bargains. That's the kind of thing ebay is good for. To pay full price, I'll buy from KEH and get a money-back guarantee. Cheers, j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.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 .
Show opening
Hi, Some of you asked me to report on how this went, so here you go: I had my gallery opening tonight, and it was awesome. I was amazed at the number of people that showed up--about 40 or so (our own Shel among them, sporting an LX with FA 43mm--thanks Shel for coming!). And, to add to my amazement, I actually _sold_ eight pictures! What are these people thinking, I don't know, but hey, I could use a 35mm Summicron right now :-) We actually had to ask people to leave at the end, when the gallery people were trying to close. Afterwards, a few of us went for tapas to a very good Spanish restaurant. A most excellent time. Anyway, just wanted to share. Thanks to everybody who sent good wishes, j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.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 .
Sheesh..!
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1331704425 For $75, I was jumping at it until I noticed that the pictures are of a 50/2 lens. Talk about misleading descriptions. And I find this just a few hours after having the chance of looking at Shel's A50/1.2. It's amazing how much brighter than a 1.4 it makes the viewfinder. Sheesh. j ===== -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.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 .
Re: Wow, a nice kx
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Nitin Garg wrote: > I like deals on lenses better. Would you like to know that i got 4 > lenses -- smct 50/1.4, s-m-c t 200/f4 (sticky diaphram tho), 80-210 f4 > sears zooom w/ macro and 28/2.8 hanimex lens for $10 ? and lets not > mention the numerous high quality filters (mostly kenko and b&w), a > orginal pentax hard box and the vivitar 283 flash it came with. OK, while we're bragging... How about getting paid $10 to get an SMC-A50/1.4 in mint condition? Bought a Program Plus on ebay "with a broken rewind knob" for $65. It came with the A50/1.4 and a Vivitar flash. The knob was just unscrewed. The camera even had the plastic on the baseplate. Sold the body only on ebay for $76... j -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Anybody wants an LX Gold?
On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Gee, Juan ... I was going to get it for you for your opening. Oh well, > I guess I'll just have to use it myself when photographing in the > Tenderloin. A little black tape and no one will be any the wiser . Shel, your presence will be enough! But since you insist, hey, I'll take it! :-) -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Anybody wants an LX Gold?
Gianfranco writes: > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1330869563 > > Not my auction (I wouldn't part with something like that...). Aaarg!!! My eyes are bleeding. I'd rather shoot with a Canon Rebel! Are those things legal? :-) j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.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 .
Re: Street Photography show in San Francisco
Frank wrote: > Congratulations on your show, Juan! It must be a thrill for you - as well > as a > relief to get it up and running after all your hard work. > > To bad I won't be able to see the actual prints, which I'm sure must be > even more > impressive than looking at them on your site. I especially like the image > in the > Paris Metro of the homeless man, with the subway whizzing by. > > Let us know how the show goes, and also, let us know what the feedback is > like. > And, don't be modest! ;-) Thanks Frank! We'll see how it goes. So far I've been surprised by the number of people who say they are going to come or are otherwise wishing me well. Thanks everybody! j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.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 .
Re: A New Photo Upload
Mike writes about Shel's picture: > > Here's one that's a little late getting to the web. Comments and > > criticism welcome. > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow/flag-behind-wire.html > > I like this one a lot better than the other one. Says more. I also like this one a lot more than the other. It does say more, although I'm not sure what the message is. In a way, as a non-American living here, it made me think of my (currently ongoing and seemengly never-ending) greencad process. :-| j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.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 .
Re: Street Photography show in San Francisco
> Juan - looks like it will be a lovely show! > I wish I could get there - I'll tell some friends about it > that live in the area. Thanks Ann! > You certainly have a consistent and clear vision and a > wonderful sense of form and light.( Which is probably why > you got to have a show! :)) Thanks. This is not false modesty, but really, while putting the shots together I kept getting the feeling that they are all over the place, without a consistent style. As it is, I think I ended up with roughly two sets of pictures within the ones I selected. The good thing is that in doing the editing, I discovered a few pictures that didn't match the style of the rest, but that gave me ideas on some series and projects I'd like to pursue. > Good luck - hope you sell a bunch. I don't really expect to sell too much, from the experience of other photographers who have shown in that place. The main thing for me will be to have the stuff hanging there and get direct feedback from people... j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.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 .
Re: Street Photography show in San Francisco
Cotty writes: > Cheers Bob. Actually it's a good job I'm not going, as I'm really a shy > guy, and would need several large glasses of wine to loosen up and talk > like wot I do 'ere. Then I'd get silly and knock a plate of cheese on the > floor and everyone would be looking at that instead of Juan's pictures. > No, I'll take a raincheck, Juan. Better I didn't embarrass all your > future clients. Hey, I could use something like that in the opening day! :-) I'm also shy; so much that I mention in in my "artist statement"! j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.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 .
Re: Street Photography show in San Francisco
[I'm answering all the messages I got on this Cotty writes: > Super pics, Juan. Good luck with the exhibition. I would like nothing > better than to visit a fellow PDMLer's show. Sadly, time and money make > the usual constraints. Do me one favour: at the end of the opening night, > when the last stragglers are leaving, and the wine has had the desired > effect, raise your glass and toast the PDML! I'll toast you in return. Thank you Cotty! I'll do the toast. Hopefully one or two PDMLers will make it, so they'll help me with that :-) Tom writes: > Congratulations, I wish I could come. Let us know how it goes. > > Questions - why piezo over silver? How are they mounted? Thanks Tom! Piezo over silver - I have never been a very good darkroom guy--I have less than two years of experience there, and currently don't have a darkroom available. That might change now that I'm moving into a house, but we'll see. With Piezo I get great prints, with great tonality and no dust problems... Mark asks: > And what kind of paper are they printed on? > Nice stuff, btw. I especially like the guy sleeping in the metro station. Epson Archival Matte. As much as it is said about it (namely, that maybe it's not really archival), it is very white and I get the deepest blacks with it. I like the Somerset papers a lot (use Somerset Velvet quite a bit and been playing lately with Somerset Enhanced) but the blacks on them are not too deep. The lack of deep blacks is the main problem of Piezo, but I think it makes up greatly for that with its extraordinary tonality. Bob says: > I'll second Cotty's recommendation, > and we'll all raise a glass and toast you in return! Will do! Make that an SMC glass for me! :-) > The pictures are great. > We've seen some of them before on the PDML. > Doing a show is another giant leap in learning. > Congratulations to you Juan. Thanks! Paul says: > Great work, Juan. Beautiful shots. The couple with the parrot is my > favorite. If > I make it to SF before the show closes, I will be sure to attend. Thanks > for > showing us the images. Thanks Paul. Make sure you drop a line when you're in the area! Alex writes: > Yikes ! Two trials at once : one by the RATP (french subway company) > for having made a picture in their premises, and one by the homeless man > for having published a picture of him ! > No kidding, this is how it works out here ! > Hum, at least in theory ... Hm, interesting... Well, the guy cannot prove it was him. Has RATP sued anyone for pictures taken in their premises? I don't recall any signs prohibiting photography. Not that I worry too much... j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.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 .
Takumar Bayonet 28/2.8 ?
Please excuse the posting of an ebay auction, but I don't expect this lens will have a massive amount of bids... (not my auction, BTW) http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1328332909 It is a Takumar Bayonet 28mm f2.8. Just like the (in)famous Pentax non-SMC zoom lenses, looks like the same build quality, but it is not an A lens and it is a prime. The barrel design looks like that of an M lens. I didn't know about these ones. Did Pentax make many non-SMC primes? j ===== -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.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 .
Re[2]: How Do YOU Differentiate Between Bodies?
Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm thinking that you are going to be best > served by taking the first shot of the roll with some identifier. > Could even be something at hand like rock, sky, hand, foot, knee, key, > wallet, etc. Doesn't even need to be well exposed or focused. Just > enough to recognize. Then match the item with the camera body and you > should be able to track the body later. Or carry a mirror and shoot the camera itself :-) I've been lately shooting with three cameras: Two black MXs and a Leica M6. The first MX has Tri-X or Neopan 1600, the second has Neopan SS @200, the M6 is on a diet of Tri-X only. So I don't have much trouble telling one roll from another. I do not record this info anywhere though, I guess I'd pay attention if one of the cameras developed a problem. j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.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 .
Re: Is it Film or is it Digital
Without picking at them in Photoshop: The image with the ropes is the digital one, since the Leica picture was taken for a commercial job, and they would have removed the ropes and taken care of the ugly reflection on the table for something like that. If the guy wants people to tell from the picture quality itself, he should provide full-res images. Scale the Leica neg scan so it is the same size as the digital picture, crop to a size that is manageable via the web, and we'll see. Or send 11x14s in the mail. :-) On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > I don't know which was taken with the Leica, nor do I know what scanner > was used - yet. IAC, I wouldn't mention it here. > > BTW, I think the idea was to judge the photos by looking at them, not > picking them apart digitally and then telling everyone what you found. -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Mike and Digital
> Yes, paper makes all the difference in the world. Just today I tried the > Ilford Galerie "Classic Gloss". I've used the pearl and smooth gloss, but > this Classic Gloss is really nice. Now, If I could get a decent setting for > B&W with the Epson 1270 :-) I think the best way of printing B&W with a 1270 is by making a duotone. The print will have a color cast anyway, so you might as well be in control of it. To make a duotone, in Photoshop select Image->Mode->Duotone (iirc, that's where the option is) Short of a quadtone system, a duotone gives you the most control. j -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: K1000 with autofocus
On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Ken Archer wrote: > If you were to be a minimalist with bad eyes what would be the closest > body to a K1000 with autofocus in the current or recent Pentax lineup? Easy. The ZX5N. Same interface as the K1000, set the shutter speed with a marked wheel on the top, set the aperture in the lens, shoot. You get things like spot and multi-segment metering, and dof preview, but you can ignore those. The only thing you cannot ignore, sadly, is the motor drive. I wonder when will someone put a little button to press and wind the film, instead of having it advance on you by default every time... j -- --- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: How to send money to Argentina?
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Mark Roberts wrote: > This *isn't* off-topic because it's about buying a Pentax lens from one > of our friends in Argentina! > Can anyone suggest a good, secure way to send him money for this purchase? > Obviously I want to make sure he gets it in U.S. dollars but sending cash > is out of the question! As a courtesy to the seller, you might want to ask him what he prefers. Right now the banking situation in Argentina is in big turmoil, and for example banks won't let people withdraw more than something like $250 per week. This is your own money you cannot withdraw if you have it in a bank in my country. Really sad. Of course, it is said there that big bank customers, the ones with the really big accounts were told about this beforehand. As usual, it is the small guy who suffers. So, there's a big chance that if you sent a money order or something that requires being cashed in a bank, your seller won't be able to see the money for quite a few months. Never underestimate the power of a FedEx envelope with a few dollars inside... (not that I would recommend doing this, it is against FedEx regulations) Also, depending on where you are and where the seller is, my mother in law is visiting from Buenos Aires right now, staying for a few weeks. I'm sure she wouldn't mind taking the money if the seller can pick it up there, and you decide to trust me and her :-) j -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: z1p and M lenses
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Alexey Tikhonov wrote: > Hello > > I'm considering buying z1p as my mx's are sometimes not quite > convenient in fast street shooting where aperture priority mode > and spot metering would be very welcome. But as majority of my lens > setup consists of M lenses - I wonder which features of z1p I would > miss on them besides matrix metering (and AF & other obvious things;) Shutter priority won't work, and most important, Hyper Program mode won't work either. I think Hyper Manual might also need A lenses. As for the MX not being good for street shooting, it's interesting you say that. I sold my PZ-1 last year, after about a year of not using it. I had been (and continue) using an MX. The finder if brighter, focusing is faster (because you don't have to care about where an AF sensor falls, and can focus anywhere in the frame) and exposure is OK, if you meter the pavement it each time you turn a corner or the light changes a lot. The camera is also small an unobtrusive. (Although this is more of a psicological factor than anything else.) j -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
RE: "Bargain" at KEH
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Zachariah Yeidel wrote: > For those of us not "in the know," do they have a website? I have my > Mom's old MX and would dearly love something in the 135 range w/out > spending a fortune... For a cheap, and pretty good 135, you cannot go wrong with the M135/3.5. It is not ultra-fast, but it has good optics and is very compact. j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: "Bargain" at KEH
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Timothy Sherburne wrote: > Hello all... > > What are your experiences buying equipment marked as "bargain" at KEH? How > about "ugly"? I've always had great experiences, and I think all I have bought from them has been BGN. My MX, for example, still had the plastic in the botom plate. A couple of lenses (M135/3.5 and M100/2.8) were in near perfect condition. j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: The Wonderful MX
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > What is the "SS display"? It's related to the MX's 32-segment honeycomb 3D matrix metering and automatic subject recognition and outlining (draws a thick glowing red line around your subject in the viewfinder, so you know where it is) --don't worry about it, you wouldn't like it (and you'd have to put batteries in the camera to use it) :-) Seriously: Shutter Speed display. The little transparent wheel inside the viewfinder that tells you the shutter speed setting. The little belt that moves it sometimes becomes disengaged. It's only a display, so it doesn't affect the meter or the shutter operation. j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: The Wonderful MX
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Paul Jones wrote: > That SS display won'teffect the way the meter operates, they stop working > because there is little piece of string (well like string) that operates the > dial in the viewfinder. I shot with a black MX with this problem for a > while, it didn't really bother me. This problem might cause the MX to become lost in the mail, though. :-) (I bought that black MX from Paul, it never arrived and he had to make in insurance claim--I'm still remembering that, since that camera was in better shape than the one I ended up buying as my 2nd body) -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
RE: My eBay Pentax garage sale
Kent Gittings writes: > I hate to say it but I think we should use the same rules for posting things > for sale here that we've gone to on the Minolta users list. That is the only > acceptable posting of a for sale item is BEFORE you list it on some auction > site. If you are going to be a member of a group then there is no reason for > you to be allowed to be a member of that group if you are not going to give > the group members first crack at something. Those posts don't bother me too much, although we might probably keep that kind of things for on-sale Fridays. The couple of times I've posted an ebay item that I was selling here, I promised a small discount on the final price to list members. Consider doing that if you're going to tell us about your auctions... Of course, we all know that real PDMLers only buy on ebay when it is a bargain, like a K24/3.5 for $50 or a black MX with bad foam for $67. So since PDMLers like to buy low and sell high, it's unlikely that they'll sell to each other anyway :-) j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.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 .
Re: Square Format plus.... clearly OT
> While we are on the square format subject , I just picked up > (possibly a mistake) an argus 75 TWL for $15.00 - more out > of curiousity than anything else. IT takes 620 > film...ergo.. > but is 620 film still called that? I'd kinda like to try > this little antique out - anyone have any experience with it > or > could recommend a good fine grain film for me to play with > in this format? Ann, As others have said already, respooling 120 in 620 spools is your best bet. I don't think a 120 spool will fit in the Argus (I have one). You should look for old film, sometimes you can buy it on ebay (I have a couple of rolls of Verichrome Pan 620 dated 1963, which I got cheap on ebay so I could use the spools) I'd offer to send you a couple of spools but I'm short on them myself. Once you load the camera, don't forget to cover the little red window in the back with a piece of black tape. You'll need to uncover it every time you advance the film, do so in the shadows. Speaking of using old cameras, I have a nice Kodak Tourinst folder, that takes 620 film. The coolest thing I've done with it is run a roll of 35mm slide film, using a 620 spool as take-up, guessing the amount to wind after each frame, and unloading it in a dark room. I got some nice slides, with the whole width of the roll exposed. Each frame is 90x35mm, with two sets of perforations on the sides. Who needs an X-PAN... :-) j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: More on cleaning slides/negatives
> How the #$!%&*(^*%$ do you get all the dust off your slides or negatives > before you scan them? Two words: Clone Tool The scan doesn't have to be perfect dust-wise. I use a can of air to get big particles out, and try to do as good as possible with that. Then I use Photoshop's clone tool to digitally remove any specs of dust. Set the view to 1:1 and scroll around the whole image. A Wacom tablet or similar makes the process very easy. I'm using a small Wacom Graphire that costs $90 or so and comes with Photoshop LE. It is a bit of work, but you have to do it only once per negative, as opposed to a real darkroom, where you have to deal with dust once per print (I had a bad experience with a particularly dusty darkroom setup, I realize dust is something that can be controlled without much hassle, but I'm still frustrated about it) Hth, j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.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 .
Re: Let's talk darkrooms, again
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > NO! NO! NO! Do not paint the walls black. Paint 'em white, off white, > cream or ecru, but never dark colors and especially not black. Black > will absorb what little light there is and make it very difficult to > see. A couple of years ago a few friends and I set up a darkroom, in one of the guy's house (in a small studio separated from his house) My task was to paint the darkroom black, starting from the off-white walls of the corner of the studio plus the couple of walls we built (same way as you're planning, Collin). Even with a strong work light, it was amazing how the place became darker and darker as I painted. I mean, I was expecting it to become darker of course, but the change introduced by the lack of light bouncing off the walls was amazing. I agree with Shel, it can be really hard to see, and you might end up needing more than one safelight. While working in that darkroom, I had to keep turning the light on as soon as my prints were fixed in order to look for the next negative comfortably. j -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Stuck Program Plus
Um, er, never mind everybody. With the excitement, I forgot I had my to MXen with me here. I tried new batteries, and the camera became alive! At first I was confused with the shutter being at 1/1000s for the first three shots, then I remembered about that. It's all working now! However, the shutter sounds metalic and loud, nothing compared to the smooth click of the ME Super or the MX... I think I might just slap a 50/2 on it and put in on ebay... j -- --- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Stuck Program Plus
Hi everybody, and happy holidays. My $65 ebay special Program Plus arrived today, with its A50/1.4 (the reason I got the thing) and a detached rewing lever, besides a cheapo Vivitar 2600D flash. Reattaching the rewind lever was easy, I just pulled the pin up a bit and carefully screwed it back on. I rewound the roll that came with the camera (I'll contact the seller in case they want it back) and tried to fire it. Now, the shutter is not cocked, and the wind lever is stuck. Any ideas on how to unstuck it? Does the Program Plus need batteries to fire in bulb or at the flash sync speed? As soon as I get home I'll open the baseplate, and see if I can trigger the fire mechanism from there. Besides that, any ideas are welcome. BTW, the body is in Ex+ condition. Only a couple of faint marks on top of the prism, from someone who tried to mount a flash and missed. It still has the plastic on the baseplate and bottom of the mirror box. The A50/1.4 looks equally new, except for some fingerprints in the front element which should clean away easily. Help in unstucking the Program Plus welcome. I might end up keeping it after all, it seems like a nice little camera, very similar to the ME Super. Thanks, j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Got a free A50/1.4
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Ken Archer wrote: > I hate you both ;-) It's just a matter of checking the newly started ebay auctions every once in a while. I do so at most once a day, and so far I've gotten a $50 K1000+50/2, a $50 K24/3.5, a $30 M28/3.5, and this $65 Program Plus+A50/1.4. But hate us, I'm sure Collin enjoys it as much as I do :-) j -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
RE: Screen cleaning
Thanks Alan, Tom and Kent. I just saw your messages now, but surprisingly, those are the things I tried, pretty much. First I used compressed air to blow off any dust. Gentle brushing wouldn't do anything to the marks the screen had, so the next step was microfiber cloth with lens cleaning solution. Nothing. So I went to running warm water and mild soap, with some luck but not too much. Then I tried Windex (with ammonia), and the gunk (I think it was foam) went away. I rinsed it in water because for some reason the Windex would keep leaving little droplet marks, and then I dried it with compressed air. There are two scratches, that were there before, but I cannot really see any new ones. The screen is a lot more usable now than it was yesterday. I'll shoot a roll with this camera over the weekend, but will still change the screen (and add new foam and try to find a motor drive cover). Thanks guys for the suggestions. j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Screen cleaning
Thanks Shel and Gianfranco. THis one screen is so bad that I wouldn't mind trying things on it, It will need to be replaced anyway. I think it's even scratched. There's a photo swap meet near here the first weekend of January, I'll look for an LX screen there. In the meantime, I'll try some things on this one... Thanks again, j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: MZ-S and a confession
I shoot pretty much in the same way with the MX than I used to do with the PZ-1, and the ZX-5n. With the PZ-1, I used Hyper Program most of the time, but took readings, usually off a sidewalk or similarly mid-greay area, and used the ML button. When you shoot that way, a manual camera and an automatic one feel pretty similar. That's the main reason I haven't picked up a cheap MV or MG: the lack of an exposure lock button. Of course, my exposures are all over the place, but that's because I suck, not because my technique is bad :-) j On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Paul Stenquist wrote: > I almost always shoot with the LX in aperture priority mode, but I use the > exposure compensation dial to adjust for the scene. That way I can take advantage > of the off the film metering and the stepless shutter. The exposure compensation > affords me as much control as manual exposure would and involves just as much > thought and decision making. I also use an MX quite often, which is of course > fully manual. While its exposures are good, they're not quite a match for those > of the LX. > Paul > > Peter Lacus wrote: > > > Isaac Crawford wrote: > > > > > I had a similar experience when going from my LX to a M6. At first I was > > > sort of bummed because I didn't have aperature priority, but then I noticed > > > that my exposures were always dead on with the Leica. The difference was > > > that I was involved in every decision instead of letting the camera do it > > > for me. From then on I shot the LX in manual whenever I could... > > > > same here. Usually I preset both aperture and shutter on my MX based on > > my experience and subject tonality, then I check meter LEDs and if I > > agree with meter readings I take a shot. If I disagree, I take shot > > anyway and complaining about bad meter. ;-) > > > > Cheers, > > > > Peter > > - > > 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 . > -- --- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Tempted by the dark side--help!
Thanks William and Chris. Now I can safely stay with my Pentaxes. I'll still try an FG, if say, I find one with 50mm lens for $50 or so, which is not unlikely given the few bargains I've been finding lately. But you're right Chris, the Nikon FG-20 seems like a Program Plus more or less, and if the quality is as bad as Bill says, then I'm not surprised I've seen so few of them for sale. j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.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 .
Tempted by the dark side--help!
This afternoon, of all places, I went to the San Jose flea market, a nice place to shoot people in my area. Some people were selling cameras. I saw two dusty ME and ME-Super, a $50 nicely brassed black Spotmatic, and a Nikon FG-20. I picked up the Nikon, and kind of liked the compact size and the big viewfinder. The big rewind lever is also very nice. Now I'm tempted to pick a Nikon FG or FG-20 with a 50mm lens to see how it feels. Please, someone say something bad about these cameras so I can keep spending my money on Pentaxes! j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.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 .
Re: Portfolios...
Hi Bob, > The lamp post/river bank series of photos are interesting. Have you tried > any with the lamp post out of focus and the people in focus...just for > variety. Actually, that's the way I initially took the first picture, back in '98 (the one with the painter) After taking one shot, I decided that focusing on the lam would show just enough of the guy to see what he's doing (roughly), while creating a kind of unconfortable balance (the focus on an uninteresting object). In later visits to Paris I kept taking those kinds of pictures, to make it a series. I'm not totally crazy about it though, it's probably not going to make it to the show. I think the series itself is kind of uneven. > All in all, I'd say you have some difficult choices to make to bring this > into a single, coherent portfolio. I think several themed 'chapters' might > be easier than one single, larger 'book'. Well, the idea so far is that the two first groups are what I'm going to show, and I'll separate them as such. I also have to work on the order of pictures within each group (esp. the first one) to improve the flow from pic to pic. Thanks for your comments, and for looking. This is really helping me get through with this first portfolio... j -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Juan's Portfolio web site
Thanks Mike for your comments, you're too nice. > How many pictures do you get to pick in total? 25 to 30. The show will happen at the gallery in the St Francis Hospital in San Francisco. Even though there's a curator whose approval I have to go through, it's not a "real" gallery. It seems like a great place for a first show, though. Thanks again for your praise, it's too much but I'll take it :-) j > > http://www.jbuhler.com/show/show.html -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Exciting project
Mike writes: > I'm getting back to a really exciting project... An exciting project yes, as in painful, horrible, bad-for-your-self-confidence experience :-) I'm selecting about 25 prints for a show I'll have in February in San Francisco (more on that when I get the invitations) and it is an awful task. Right now I have about 90 pictures in a "maybe" pile, but it's hard for me to keep editing. It would be much easier to select, sat, 3 to 5 prints. It's difficult to keep a common thread with tens of pictures... That, or I need to shoot more. > I wish y'all could help! Hey, I do yours, you do mine, how about that? :-) -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
The perfect gift for the modern PDMLer
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1045022576 A good way to deal with the current flame wars in the list... j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.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 .
Got my 2nd black MX
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1304270415 According to the description, the worst things are the screen and the foam. I wanted to try an LX screen on an MX anyway, and for $67 it doesn't seem like a bad deal... How much is a new screen anyway? j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.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 .
Re: OT: mail-archive.com
On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, aimcompute wrote: > I agree. I have a PDML Mail folder with lots of sub-folders. But sometimes > you don't know in advance that you'll want to read it later. A few months ago, when I found the K85/1.8 for $170 dollars, I didn't really know how good the lens was. The price seemed low for an 85mm, but still I wasn't sure how much of a bargain that was. I went to the nearest public library (I was in another town) and looked it up in the PDML archives. Found a few references to that lens and to the K30/2.8 I had just also seen for $99. Needless to say, I got them both. Think of all the bargain K85 and K30s that will go unbought because of the lack of a PDML archive! :-) - 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: My new toy...
On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: > I should give a better attention to all the other K series lens > auctions around eBay... You wouldn't be the first... I also got a number of K-series lenses this year, they are great. The only "like new" one I have is the 24/3.5, but my brassed-with-perfect-glass 30/2.8 and 85/1.8 are great too... Congratulations on the 135. j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: OT: mail-archive.com
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Joseph Tainter wrote: > ...is off in la-la land again. Now that I know how it works I can't even > bash Doug anymore. So I have re-subscribed. We'll see how bad the deluge > is. The big problem with mail-archive.com going down is not the people who read the list on the web (you can always subscribe) but all the knowledge that goes away with the lack of a reliable archive. I keep trying to go to past topics for reference, with no luck after mail-archive started failing. j -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Oh, yeah? SUV this
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Mike Johnston wrote: > Let's not get into it, huh, guys, please? > > Sheesh, what this list needs is a good censor. No worries, I'm out. j -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: San Francisco trip
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Bill Sullivan wrote: > Regarding the closure of Union Square, I phoned a friend today. He tells me > the stores and hotels around Union Square are open. It's the square itself > (a square block between Powell, Post, Stockton, and O'Farrell) and the > below-ground parking garage that are closed. Oh, yes, of course. Sorry if my comment made anyone think that the whole neighborhood was closed... I just hate that the square has been closed for all this year. The stores are indeed decorated for Christmas. j -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: pentax-discuss-digest V1 #1675
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > Best nonsequiter I've read in a while. Non sequitur? What doesn't follow, pray tell? For the annoyance of the rest of the group, here's your original message: > Discussion about SUVs tends to be oriented > around lack of efficiency and energy consumption. > That is, >they're a luxury which should be controlled. > So how much does the luxury of photography add to > environmental pollution? > Or, even less-noticed, the semiconductor industry? > > Those who target SUVs will, when their task is complete, just pick > another target. Because the movers and shakers (not all of the > followers) in this world view are from a Marxist persuasion. They > hate things like private property and class success. And this is my smart-ass response, which just took your environmentalists-are-marxists premise, plus your suggestion that they'll come after photography, to its own ridiculous end: > >Watch out! We're coming after your MZ-S next! We'll replace it with a > >K1000 that you'll have to check out from the community equipment case > >every time you need it. It will come with your choice of M50/2 or > >35-80/5.6 non-SMC. Choice of film is Konica B&W or Kodak MAX, 6 frame > >rolls. > > > >:-) > > > >Being aware of your place in society and how it affects others has > >nothing to do with being leftist or hating private property. > > > >BTW, as evidence of how SUVs are evil, I present the many pictures of > >Taliban riding on Toyotas 4x4 we all have seen in the last few months. A most appropiate answer if you ask me. But what do I know, I drive a Civic. Cheers, j - 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: SUVs
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > Those who target SUVs will, when their task is complete, just pick > another target. Because the movers and shakers (not all of the > followers) in this world view are from a Marxist persuasion. > They hate things like private property and class success. [...] ROTFLMAO! Hahhahaahahhhaahahaha! Honda Civics are anti-American! anti-SUV == marxist! Yor evidence is contundent: > As evidence I present the group that attacked the SUV dealership > in the NW U.S. last year. Their own statement was not only with > regard to vehicles, but to people in prison who have (wish I had > the original words on hand on short notice) transcended our > understanding of ownership and property. > > The world view behind the opponents of SUVs is more worrisome than > SUVs themselves. Watch out! We're coming after your MZ-S next! We'll replace it with a K1000 that you'll have to check out from the community equipment case every time you need it. It will come with your choice of M50/2 or 35-80/5.6 non-SMC. Choice of film is Konica B&W or Kodak MAX, 6 frame rolls. :-) Being aware of your place in society and how it affects others has nothing to do with being leftist or hating private property. BTW, as evidence of how SUVs are evil, I present the many pictures of Taliban riding on Toyotas 4x4 we all have seen in the last few months. j -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: SUV's - was: Illegal Street Photography?
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, aimcompute wrote: > If converted at 100% > efficiency, the energy falling on 1 square mile of Arizona desert in a > 24-hour period, could power the USA for a year. Wow. Where is this place and does the sunny 16 rule apply there? :-) (sorry, couldn't resist) -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: San Francisco trip
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Bill Sullivan wrote: > stained glass ceiling. I would also suggest a walk down Maiden Lane which > runs east from Stockton St. at Union Square. Union Square and the stores > nearby should be nicely decorated at Christmas. Union Square has been closed for construction for all of 2001. I think they might open early 2002, I'm not sure. j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: PUG Comments: Stenquist, Buhler
Hi Lasse, I just saw your post today, I havent' had too much time to read the list thoroughly lately... Thanks for your comments and suggestions. I'm not sure I like the cropping you suggest, but I agree with you regarding the contrast. I was agitating too much those days... j On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Lasse Karlsson wrote: > "San Francisco, 9/11/2001" by Juan Buhler > > Along with the title, the two bearing elements of the picture are the > eyes of the girl looking into the camera and the fragment of the > newspaper spelling "Centers' collaps...". > Focusing is accurate and so is the use of the narrow DOF. The scene is a > contrasty one though and one could of course say that the burned out > highlights (like the left cheek of the girl) represents a problem from a > technical point of view, but this is not of prime importance to me. > However, there is a somewhat busy surrounding of (parts of) heads, faces > and shoulders etc. I did a tighter cropping of the picture (like an inch > down the girl's hair, up to the upper end of the black shadow of the > news paper, leaving an inch of the head to the right, and roughly down > the middle of the head of the girl(?) holding the paper), and I kind of > liked this cropping too. > Anyway, the picture is a well captured glimpse of how many people (all > over the world I guess) received the news of Sept. 11, like in not even > knowing what to make of it all. > > Thanks, > 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 . > -- --- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: LX Shutter Noise - Strange
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Even when the lens is set to wide open and is not being stopped down > when the shutter release is pressed? Unlikely, I'd think. How about the number of elements and the build materials of the lens? Do you have a 50/2 to try the cameras with? How about a big zoom? (I doubt you have one though :-) j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
OT: Digital camera from a scanner
Kind of a digital equivalent of the pinhole camera... http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/tech/scanner.html j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 - 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: never touch the shutter
> I think a couple of times I've actually touched > the shutter slightly with the end of the film (that often seems to have its > own life). How dangerous is that? How can you check if the shutter still > works properly? Don't sweat it too much. The shutter is more sturdy than the manual makes you feel. I've heard stories of people pushing a finger all the way through the blades without damage one they return to their correct position. I've touched my ME-S and ZX5's shutters a few times without consequence. So, be a bit careful, but if the shutter looks OK and sounds OK, it's most probably fine. j -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: My Perfect Camera
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Mike Johnston wrote: [...] > That's it. That's my perfect camera. Anything I left out? Well, how many megapixels? :-) -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
RE: Is it art?
On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Paris, Leonard wrote: > I'd guess this is either the sign-up listings for classes at MIT (no art > classes offered)or jobs available at a job fair. Kinda speaks volumes about > marketable skills. :-) It's the job fair at SIGGRAPH '99. SIGGRAPH is the ACM group on computer graphics, and its annual conference is the biggest and most important event for the computer graphics community. People attending range from university researchers to artists working on special effects for movies. To be fair, there were quite a few offerings for work under "Art." I just chose the right angle :-) > http://www.jbuhler.com/tmp/ca99-0533.jpg j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Is it art?
Just a funny old picture I found in my hd. Comments welcome. http://www.jbuhler.com/tmp/ca99-0533.jpg :-) = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 - 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: Leonid meteor shower could be truly spectacular
I was in Soda Springs, CA (near Lake Tahoe) at a friend of mine's (he's telecommuting from the mountains, lucky bastard--in the winter he goes out to ski during his lunch break) Got to see just two or three small streaks close to midnight. Stayed up until about 1:30, but it was partly cloudy and couldn't see much. Then set the alarm for 4 hours, got up 5:30 or so, decided it was conveniently cloudy, and got back to sleep :-) I did shoot a few frames of the stars with the ZX-5N and K24/3.5, maybe I got one meteor or two. j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: R: Miracles happens
On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, talampaya wrote: > do you know the old saying: "An Argentinian is an Italian who speaks Spanish > and believes to be a French"? I thought it was "An Argentinian is an Italian who speaks Spanish, believes himself an Englishman and thinks he lives in Paris." :-) [...] > Great and unlucky Country, beloved Argentina! Well said, Fabio. j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: PUG 2003 Themes
On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, lbparis wrote: > The word professional has changed in meaning over the past > several decades. At one time there weren't a lot of professions > because there had to be a clear path to a professorship in the > career field to be one. Now, all one has to do to be considered > a professional is to earn a living doing whatever it is that he > does. Professionals had college/university degrees to work > through in order to gain the level of being a professional. Yeah, but how about professional cameras? Why don't we try to define that, uh? I'm just saying. [hiding under my desk] j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: PDML Digital Print Challenge (was Tom 's digital challenge)
On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Bob Walkden wrote: > good story. Which scanner, printer, paper and ink/pigment did he > eventually choose? Yes, tell us Mike! Some of us also shoot a Leica with 50mm Summicron, and would like to know what's better to print digitally than the piezo setup! Piezo prints also look better the bigger they are. I agree with the reasons you give, whatever inkject artifacts become less important as the print size increases. j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: where to buy film
On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Cory or Brenda Waters wrote: > Just a poll: > Where do you buy your film? Usually at B&H in New York. The last order went to filmshop.com, which was a bit cheaper than B&H. Service was just as good, but I didn't have any problems. When you have problems with an order, B&H is usually excellent. I usually get about 20 rolls of Tri-X, 20 Neopan SS, 10 Neopan 1600, and maybe something else to try. The last time it was a brick of Ilford XP2. j -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Meeting PDMLers, here they are!
Sorry Netscape users. I just fixed it, and checked the page on Netscape for Win2000. The URL, again, is http://www.jbuhler.com/html/pdml.html (not that the pictures are really worth all that anticipation) Apologies, j -- --- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Meeting PDMLers (and taking their pictures)
On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: > Juan J. Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.jbuhler/com/html/pdml.hmtl > > Hi Juan, > > Are you sure the URL is correct? I'm not able to open the page. > Am I doing something wrong? Sorry, my mistake. Make that slash a dot: > > http://www.jbuhler.com/html/pdml.hmtl j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Meeting PDMLers , Where Are They?
On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, tom wrote: > They work on IE, not netscape. > > The end of the table and the body seem not to be coded... Oh gosh, I always do that. Sorry guys. I'll fix it right away. Ever since I switched to Opera I end up not realizing when I have unfinished tables in my pages... Give me a few minutes... j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: OT: Domain Hosting
On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Paul Jones wrote: > I'm looking for somewhere to host my domain, has any one anywhere good to > reccomend? I'm looking for somewhere relativaly cheap :) It doesn;t have to > be super super fast, just average. I use http://www.webstrikesolutions.com for my web site. It's an Australian company, but the servers are in the US. They are cheap (first *year* is free), fast enough (check for yourself, link to my site down with my .sig) and have answered questions and requests rather quickly. I get statistics and can receive email at jbuhler.com, which I read with a POP client. You also get to choose Linux or Windows for your platform (guess which one I chose.) j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: What's Wrong With the PDML Server?
> I'm sure we all appreciate the time and effort Doug puts into this list. I sure do. Thanks Doug! > Without him, someone else would have to host it, or it wouldn't exist. When Doug sent that message a while back, saying that we were being kicked off of pentax.com, I first thought the list was going to move to topica.com or Yahoo groups. I'm in a couple of lists hosted by topica, and they work seamlessly (like pdml.net does) but thay also provide a web interface if you want it. Actually, for one of the lists I'm on I get email, the other I read on the web. Doug, if keeping the list going takes a lot of resources I'd suggest you move it to Topica. You can still manage it, but it should be free, and the archive takes care of itself. Just my $.02, j -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: The First Annual Tom Rittenhouse digital challenge
On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Mike Johnston wrote: > However, I'd like it to be understood that from me it's not a challenge. I'd > just like to hear their honest reactions to the prints. For instance, does > it look better or worse than the prints Shel and Juan saw in the camera > shop? It will look better, for sure. I'm in with a Piezo print, too. I don't think I want to compare them to wet prints, since I think they have their own strenghts. Tonality is one. Their alleged archival qualities is another, combined with the ease of production is another. Not to speak about the possibility of using a lot of different surfaces. BTW, I have a show coming early next year in San Francisco, and plan to show piezo prints only, mostly 11x14, mostly Tri-X scanned with a Polaroid SS4000 at 4000 dpi. I'll let you guys know, so the Bay Area people can take a look. j -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Miracles happens (was shit happens)
On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, aimcompute wrote: > Makes you wonder if some of the police aren't > splitting the take with the pawn shop owners. It only makes you wonder that if you're not from Buenos Aires. If you are from there, you *know* the cops split the take with the thieves. :-( Good for Albano, in any case. j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: Pentax Optio Digital Camera - YUH
On Sun, 11 Nov 2001, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Juan, Chris ... > > We were looking at an Optio 430, not a 330. Correct, although I'm pretty sure the print we saw was from the 330. The guy said they didn't have a print from the 430, and showed us the 330 one. Or am I not remembering correctly? j -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
RE: Which body would you BUY today?
On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Chris Brogden wrote: > Er... you mean the *meter* would be a half stop off, no doubt fooled by > its colour sensitivity. :) Actually, the Sun fluctuates in nervousness when it sees Shel with a camera. :-) -- --- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
RE: Which body would you BUY today?
On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Bob Rapp wrote: > With bayonet lens mount but still stop down metering. This should delight > Shel. Shel doesn't need a meter. He calls the exposures as he walks, and is usually at most a half stop off. That, or he had a meter hidden in his M3. :-) -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: M50/2 with fungus (and Lens cleaning)
On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: > If the fungus hadn't affected the rear element, maybe the camera > is safe enough. I've read you already opened it: where did the > fungus spread? How much? It was in one of the internal elements. The rear element seemed fine. I still rubbed the body with alcohol (except for the screen, mirror and film back). I guess it should be fine, I'll keep an eye on it anyway. Thanks everybody for the answers. j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: M50/2 with fungus
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: > First of all, keep it FAR from the other lenses, and be careful. > If you open it do it on something that will never be in touch > with the 'sane' lenses. That was the plan. Do you think I should do anything before mounting my healthy lenses on the K1000 that had the one with fungus? j -- ----------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
M50/2 with fungus
I got my ebay BIN $49 K1000 today. The camera is in great condition, it had a leaky battery inside, but the meter came to life when I cleaned the compartment and put a new battery in. It has the Asahi logo on the prism, so I guess it is one of the older ones. The M50/2 that came with it has a nice growth inside, first time I see real fungus in a Pentax lens. I don't complain though, $49 for a K1000 is not bad and I have a few 50mm lenses already. So, I'm thinking about using this one as a practice lens. I'll open it up, try to clean the fungus, put it back together. I'd like to eventually clean some dust off my M50/1.4 and K55/1.8. My question is: Will opening the 50/2 help me with the other lenses later on? Any differences I should keep in mind? Ane general advice? Or, anyone has a better idea on what to do with a fungusy 50/2? j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
Re: A few photos from my trip
"David A. Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/trip/homer.html > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/trip/milford.html > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/trip/catlins.html Hi David, It works without problem with me on Opera for Windows. The first one is my favorite. About the page itself, I think simple is good. I could live without the inscriptions around each image, and maybe replace the double frame with a single one, black or dark grey. Nice clean and commented HTML, BTW. Are you writing your own scripts to generate it? j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.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 .
Re: Applying Lipstick
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > and was saved in Photoshop format. Later, using PS 6.0, I brought up > the picture, sized it, and adjusted the contrast and brightness. I > don't know how to use any other commands or tools yet. Shel, It's better to never use brightness/contrast, and instead adjust levels and curves. Next time you get a chance with Photoshop, try -L to bring up the levels adjustment window. You'll see the histogram, so you'll be able to optimize the use of the dynamic range without blowing up highlights or shadows. All you have to do is move the ends in the "input" part so they encompass the part of the histogram that has data. If you need even finer control, -M will bring up the curves window. Here you can draw a transfer curve to transform the greys in your image. For example, you could increase the contrast of the highlights while keeping the shadows about the same, or any combination of things. Those two are the controls you'll be using 98% of the time when working in Photoshop in B&W. Also, if your scanner program lets you save a 16 bit image, you'll always have the original scanned data, maybe you want to save that way and do all the tweaking at home. In any case, it looks like your use of brighness/contrast did anything bad to your image, but it's always good to know for sure. j PS: I also like the uncropped version better. However, it looks like she's looking at you but hasn't yet reacted at you pointing a camera at her. Did you take another picture, say, one second or two later? -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
K135/2.5 BIN $100
I don't care for it, but I'm sure someone here will. The title of the auction says f3.5, but the lens is a f2.5, and is described so too. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1289309618 Just thought it'd be good if someone from the list got it... j = -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.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 .
re: Featured in Shuttebug
On Wed, 24 Oct 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Interesting article Juan. Photographing people is something that always > interested me. However, I am not quite too sure how to approach people and > just take their photos. Do I just fire away without even composing a > little bit of my photograph or simply pretend I'm taking someone else's > picture and not being too obvious shoot at the intended subject? Do I ask > the person first if I can take their picture. Then it won't be a candid > shot anymore. > > How did you get started? I'd like to know. I am getting started. I'm still extremely shy, although I have days in which I just shoot away without problems. I never ask for permission, just because you get mostly posed shots when you do so. Sometimes you make eye contact with the subject after shooting, in those cases smiling is all you need. Rarely, people will ask you why you are taking pictures, in that case is good to have a card with the url of your web site if you have one, offer a print of them if the pictures are good, etc. This page pretty much sums my experience doing street photography: http://www.jbuhler.com/streetphoto.html j -- ------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.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 .
