a question re: b & w......
can anyone tell me what those little round pieces of thick blue acrylic are called? you look through them to make everything look like a monochrome to see values etc which are not as obvious when you look at things in color and take it in b & w. i have my husbands but want to get one for a friend and don't even know what to search for. karen
items for sale, hopefully!
there are filters that need to be listed, for film -- color and b&w -- and probably a few other items to come. bogen ball head with hexagon quick release, new, very similar to 3055 pro or 168 head. never used. 4 1/4 inches high, 1 1/4 lbs, has bogen 3049 hex plate. asking $35. new, never used bogen 3049 quick release hex plate, $10. new, 3-way pan head that came on my hakuba hg-504mx carbon fiber tripod, i can't seem to find it listed separate from the tripod so haven't a clue on value, so, make offer. sigma 28-300 af 3.5-6.3 compact hyperzoom, pentax mount. new condition, purchased late last year and only used a few months, has taken some outstanding photos. has always worn a uv filter so glass is clean etc., asking $175. pentax data back f, no box but does have the hard case and instructions, like new, $50. soligor mk 24as auto thyristor flash, $10. avigo vintage (purchased new in 1960) bulb flash unit, reflector folds up so unit is very compact, has clear plastic case, like new condition. make offer. takumar-a 2x tele-converter with hard case, new condition, $20. star-d automatic extension tube set, screw mount for pentax, 26mm, 19mm and 11mm. new in box. $5. velbon qb-4lc quick release tripod plate, attaches to camera bottom, fits velbon tripods videomate 400, cx-400 and t3500 or any head that takes this plate. still in package, $5. karen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
problems posting
From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You need to send plain (ASCII) text. Anything else is supposed to bounce. From: mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You probably need to find a way to make your email programme send "plain text". This means that you cannot use programmes or programme settings that use Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) to put pretty backgrouds on your message or use obscure fonts. "Just the words, ma'am" i've typed the email in the exact program with nothing special. weird. karen
problems posting
i'm having problems trying to get an email to the list, it keeps coming back saying i either have attachments or stylized type in it, thought i'd fixed the type problem and there are no attachments. can the list mgr email me? thanks. karen
the meaning of letters in lens names
this is the best site i've ever seen for describing the defferences in pentax lenses: http://www.themotec.com/Ole/EX/ karen
thanks for the welcome + 4sale
thanks for the warm welcome! and answering my questions. understand about ebay now . well, lasse, you see it's this way. way back when i bought i think my first SF camera i kept picking it up to find film used, settings changed etc. finally told my husband "get yer own" so he did. we just kind of kept leap frogging up the newer release ladder over the years. he bought the first digital camera (fuji 2900), i bought the next (fuji 5900) and he got the next (fuji 4900). he still has the 2900 and uses it at work, but as i get older that super nice little 5900 was just to physically small and i really missed that 35mm feel so i got the first *istD and as we go a few months later he got his. we then found that my theory of naturally going to the pentax DSLR (not that i would want to tote our daughters huge canon around) is because we already had so much pentax equipment. didn't take long to figure that the lenses that did a SUPER nice job with film wasn't going to give us the quality we wanted with the *istD so we've both purchased newer lenses in the past few months: the sigma 70-200 f2.8 EX APO and tamron 28-75 2.8. jim also uses several of his older manual pentax and takumar lenses, i did buy a super takumar 135 2.5 but as i have difficulty visually focusing it (miss that split focusing screen on the MX) i don't use it much now. hopefully my last lens purchase (who's that ROTFL out there!!!) was made last week when i purchased through ebay the pentax 100mm f2.8 macro as i do enjoy macro photography. regarding the subject of film vs digital -- i have no problem with people that prefer film, did that for many years ourselves, we will be keeping one of our film cameras as i do need slides of my paintings to enter art shows occasionally. but i sure do enjoy knowing on the spot if i have the shot i wanted and might not have a chance to get again for a long time if ever again. plus i find myself being more willing to try some things i might not try with film due to the cost of experimentation (laughing, yeah, cuz i do know it's gonna take a while to balance the cost of the new equipment vs the rolls of film!) thanks for the info re "sale day", i'll try to get a definite list together for next friday as there is a lot we won't be keeping any longer, at least a PZ1 and maybe my PZ1P if jim's old honeywell will do the slides, a couple of nice zoom lenses (70-200 and 28-300 sigmas), a couple of other fixed lenses, data back F, at least one flash, filters etc. please email privately if you can't wait till i get the list officially together. oh, and if anyone is interested in a compete darkroom setup jim is letting his go, just ask privately about it. someone asked where we are in california? atascadero which is on 101 half way between LA and SF, think they were in sacramento which is about 5 hours driving time for us. if ya'll meet somewhere half way let us know or if anyone is more our direction give a yell. i still have a lot of animals so hard for us to get away together for more than a day. karen Welcome to the list, Karen! You've got two *istD:s? Please give me one of them... Lasse >Quick question. I'm going on vacation next weekend and hope to do some >nature photography (waterfalls, etc...) Should I be shooting with a >polarizer? If yes, what brand do you recommend? > >Equipment: *IstD, Tokina 28-70 2.6-2.8, Sigma 20mm 1.8 (if it gets here >before I leave), Pentax FA 135 2.8
new to list
we are new to this list, thought i'd just drop a note to say "hi". both my husband and i have *istD's, we had a photo lab for 11 years, he's been a professional photographer but just doing it for fun now, our daughter makes her living with her (another brand, shame) digital camera, i'm an artist that takes my own reference photos but am getting more into photography now than painting. if you want to check some of our photos out go to http://clanins.com/fotoindex.html, if you want to know more you can go to www.clanins.com and go from there. having just joined, i'm curious why 'ebay' shouldn't be mentioned? since i read one email about items for sale i assume it is ok to do so? thanks. karen in CA
