Re: Beware New eBay Scam
I just never respond to any "ebay" or "paypal" emails and report them to ebay or paypal. None of them have been legit. RCB - Original Message - From: "Jay Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 11:20 AM Subject: Beware New eBay Scam >I just got a fake eBay message from a supposed buyer threatening to > report me to eBay if I don't answer his question. It looks just like > the regular eBay messages with a Respond Now button. The item in > question does not exist. Not sure what would happen if I would have > bit on it, but it was initially pretty compelling. The message was > worded like this: > > Hey, listen buddy, i don't know what kind of game are you playing > with me. If you don't answer me i'll be forced to report you at ebay > and i assure you that you will be suspended from ebay. This is the > final warning. > cata2000x > > I suspect that the link to respond would take you to some fake login > that would perhaps reveal your real login for use by these losers. > Anyhow just thought I'd give a heads up to others in the PDML. > > JayT > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Tamron P/KA on Pentax D cameras
If the contacts are basic I don't think it will function any differently than a non-"KA" lens. I have a couple of 3rd party KA lenses without contacts (only an "A" position on the aperature ring) and that is the way they operate. RCB - Original Message - From: "Andre Langevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 12:24 PM Subject: Tamron P/KA on Pentax D cameras When using a Tamron lens with the KA adapter on a D series body, what functions do we have? The adapter is not lens specific, its mount contacts are basic... Andre -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.2/137 - Release Date: 10/16/2005
Re: istD @ KEH
Well that's down $50 for the one in the same condition that I bought six weeks ago. LN- meant that it came with everything (except batteries) in the original box. I've been using it since it arrived with my manual lenses and am quite happy with it. RCB - Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 2:10 PM Subject: istD @ KEH I was just poking around the KEH site and saw a LN- (Like New Minus) istD for $665.00. That's pretty close to1/2 the price of a new one, and considering the KEH reputation, seems like someone here might want to grab it. Shel -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.1/136 - Release Date: 10/15/2005
Re: advice for filmscanner
Frank, I use a Minolta Dimage IV and am very pleased with it. However I would advise looking for a scanner with Digital Ice software bundled with it. The Dimage does not but I have purchased LaseSoft Imaging's SilverFast software which does an excellent job. If I was to do it again I would put a priority on Digital Ice even at the expense of less resolution. RCB - Original Message - From: "Frank Wajer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 7:52 AM Subject: advice for filmscanner Hi all, I'm not yet ready to dump my analog camera and buy a digital camera (for example a ist-ds). In fact I want to wait for the istD2 and hope it has an aperture coupler so I'll be able to use my K/M lenses as I'm used to. However, the prices of prints is getting outrageous, about six times more expensive than internet printing services. So I'm thinking about buying a filmscanner to fill the gap till the D2 comes. I need a cheap solution that gives me good pictures up to 13x18 cm prints. Bigger I'll do the old fashioned expensive :-(( way. Any advice? Frank -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.9/116 - Release Date: 9/30/2005
Re: I'm back, did I miss anything?
All of this would be enough to cause one to go out and buy a C*n*n!! - Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 10:09 AM Subject: Re: I'm back, did I miss anything? No more distraught than I am. I had the camera but three days and only made 9,786 exposures. I was just starting to get used to it. The camera arrived back at the seller yesterday, late afternoon. Perhaps I'll get some information today about the replacement. Their web site showed no DS's in their stock yesterday, so I was a bit concerned. Late last night the DS kit with the 18~55 lens showed up, so maybe a replacement is now on hand. Quite a saga, what with the camera, the FedEx delivery f***-up, the Flash Memory Store screwing me on the SD card, and then having to return the defective camera. Combined, all good reasons to stick with Tri-X and a manual camera. In fact, good reason to take up finger painting ;-)) Shel "Am I paranoid or perceptive?" [Original Message] From Cotty Why Shel, methinks you understate the nature of the event. I was distraught that your camera was faulty - I was anticipating your initial report with great interest. Still am. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/90 - Release Date: 9/5/2005
Re: Decisions, decisions...
I agree. Faster AF hasn't been an issue for me since all I have are manual focus lenses. As with computers, the latest model is always a bit obsolete by the time it hits the market - its never ending. My biggest concerns are image quality and how it handles and the D does very well in each respect. And, I've begun to figure out the processing of RAW files and am very impressed with the results. RCB - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 8:58 AM Subject: Re: Decisions, decisions... On 9/8/05, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Strangely enough, several of us seem to manage quite well with the "D" A higher frame rate, and faster AF, would definitely be welcome. But unless it's your primary source of income the "D" can serve quite well. I think we've reached the point now where many "improvements" may be more sales hype than devices that will allow one to obtain better photos. Prices of dslr's seem to have stabilized, and are such that quality bodies loaded with useful features are available for most amateurs. I don't think that waiting for the "next" model will provide a significant improvement that's cost effective. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/90 - Release Date: 9/5/2005
Re: More Damned Digi Problems
You haven't missed a post at all. And to be fair, I haven't spent much time with the raw processing to make the most of this feature. I've been shooting tif's almost exclusively as I think they are much better than the highest resolution jpg's. I keep intending to work with the raw files some more but haven't as yet. But the ability to shoot raw or tif file formats as well as jpg's was one feature that drew me to the D. RCB - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 9:19 PM Subject: Re: More Damned Digi Problems What don't you like about the RAW files? (I may have missed a post on this.) I shoot nothing but RAW and am quite pleased with the performance of the D. Paul On Sep 6, 2005, at 8:49 PM, R.C.Booth wrote: I'm certainly not going to gloat. Shel's misfortunes have got to be very disappointing to say the least. I am one of the ones who bought a "ln-" D from KEH and was off and running with an old KA lens and 512MB compact flash card from Walmart almost as fast as I could everything together. Other than the RAW files, I'm very impressed with the D and am having a lot of fun with it.. RCB - Original Message - From: "David Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 8:07 PM Subject: Re: More Damned Digi Problems I'm sorry to hear of all the problems your having Shel. Your baptism in DSLR ownership has surely started out in a shitty way. This is why I prefer shopping in a reatil store. Sometimes the extra cost is worth it. :-) Then again sometimes it's not Dave On 9/7/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, OK, not digi per se, but problems dealing with on line digi stores. The moment I ordered the DS, I ordered an SD card from http://www.flash-memory-store.com/ At Godfrey's suggestion I ordered a 60X ATP card on August 29 @ about 7:00am. The web site (http://www.flash-memory-store.com/) guarantees shipping the same day if an order is placed before 6:00pm. The card wasn't shipped until Sept 1, which meant that in order for me to use the DS I had to drive to another town to buy an SD card. Flash Memory Store did not perform as promised. Today I received the memory card. It was not the 60X ATP card, but rather, a slower (much slower by my estimation) plain vanilla no-name card. I called the store to discuss the matter and ended up with recorded message about how important my business is to them, continued by the comment that no one can take my call now. Anyway, I'm not writing this to evoke sympathy, rather, to alert you to the miserable service this store provides. I could have purchased a card for a few dollars more from a store that was "slower" to ship, and gotten faster and better service. Shel -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/90 - Release Date: 9/5/2005 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/90 - Release Date: 9/5/2005
Re: More Damned Digi Problems
Yes it was - in the box with all of the extra pieces, even a couple of lithium batteries. Not a mark on it. Up to KEH's usual rating. Perhaps a Pentax tech could determine the number of shutter cycle it had but there is no obvious way the user can do so. I don't care though. It can't have had many cycles and remained as clean as it is. I'm still not gloating - we've all had an experience like yours at one time or another! For now I'm making du with my screw and K/KA mount lenses. But, the time will come (probably sooner than later) when I'll pop for an auto focus zoom of some sort. Any recommendations?? RCB - Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 9:14 PM Subject: Re: More Damned Digi Problems Go ahead an gloat a little ... ;-)) Was the LN- D from KEH trouble free and in really super condition, as one would expect from KEH? Was there any way of knowing how many exposures were made with the camera? Shel [Original Message] From: R.C.Booth Subject: Re: More Damned Digi Problems I'm certainly not going to gloat. Shel's misfortunes have got to be very disappointing to say the least. I am one of the ones who bought a "ln-" D from KEH and was off and running with an old KA lens and 512MB compact flash card from Walmart almost as fast as I could everything together. Other than the RAW files, I'm very impressed with the D and am having a lot of fun with it.. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/90 - Release Date: 9/5/2005
Re: More Damned Digi Problems
I'm certainly not going to gloat. Shel's misfortunes have got to be very disappointing to say the least. I am one of the ones who bought a "ln-" D from KEH and was off and running with an old KA lens and 512MB compact flash card from Walmart almost as fast as I could everything together. Other than the RAW files, I'm very impressed with the D and am having a lot of fun with it.. RCB - Original Message - From: "David Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 8:07 PM Subject: Re: More Damned Digi Problems I'm sorry to hear of all the problems your having Shel. Your baptism in DSLR ownership has surely started out in a shitty way. This is why I prefer shopping in a reatil store. Sometimes the extra cost is worth it. :-) Then again sometimes it's not Dave On 9/7/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, OK, not digi per se, but problems dealing with on line digi stores. The moment I ordered the DS, I ordered an SD card from http://www.flash-memory-store.com/ At Godfrey's suggestion I ordered a 60X ATP card on August 29 @ about 7:00am. The web site (http://www.flash-memory-store.com/) guarantees shipping the same day if an order is placed before 6:00pm. The card wasn't shipped until Sept 1, which meant that in order for me to use the DS I had to drive to another town to buy an SD card. Flash Memory Store did not perform as promised. Today I received the memory card. It was not the 60X ATP card, but rather, a slower (much slower by my estimation) plain vanilla no-name card. I called the store to discuss the matter and ended up with recorded message about how important my business is to them, continued by the comment that no one can take my call now. Anyway, I'm not writing this to evoke sympathy, rather, to alert you to the miserable service this store provides. I could have purchased a card for a few dollars more from a store that was "slower" to ship, and gotten faster and better service. Shel -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/90 - Release Date: 9/5/2005
Re: Same lense, different color?
I'm with Bob, completely, on this one. "Lense" may be legitimate by virtue of being archaic but its a poor excuse for the folks who can't spell very well. RCB - Original Message - From: "Bob Shell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 1:01 PM Subject: Re: Same lense, different color? On Sunday, September 4, 2005, at 12:06 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I'm not going to get into a pissing match with you over an E. If its use bothers you so much may I suggest you read "A Void" by Georges Perec, the original French title is "La Disparition" There is not a single E in the novel - that's right: no here, there, where, when; no yes, no love, no sex. There's truly no there there (apologies to Gertrude Stein). No pissing match, Shel. Seeing "lense" is like someone scraping their fingernails down a chalkboard to me. And you nicely sidestepped my question about which countries this is more common usage in. I don't think there are any. Sure glad I wasn't the translator on that "no E" book, assuming that the translation must also be absent the use of E ! To paraphrase, "Lense" is something up with which I will not put. Bob -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/89 - Release Date: 9/2/2005
Re: Grease for lens helix?
I have used a light grease marketed by Stihl for the gears in electric saws and hedge trimmers with good success. Fargo sells helicoid grease in a couple of weights too. RCB - Original Message - From: "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 1:02 PM Subject: RE: Grease for lens helix? Thanks Shel! D -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 11:25 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Grease for lens helix? Hi Don, This page may be helpful: http://tinyurl.com/cgcxz The fellow who put it together mentions a couple of types of grease, but only one specifically by name. He has a lint to email at the bottom of the page. If you drop him a line he may be able to give you specifics. He mentions that he uses some nice Castrol synthetic grease he got from a bike shop. Shel > Don Sanderson wrote: > I just scored a pair of SMCP-M35/2.8's that both need the aperture > blades cleaned of oil. > While I'm at it I want to clean the rest and re-lube. > I've heard a couple of people mention a synthetic grease that won't > migrate back onto the blades, I can't find that reference now. > Does anyone know of a readily available grease/lube suitable for > this? -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/88 - Release Date: 9/1/2005
Re: Advice needed: to switch or not to switch....
I'll second the choice of *istD! Its got everything I need and that it takes CF's was a factor in my decision. The "D's" smaller display doesn't bother me as I usually turn it off for most shots. RCB - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 9:59 AM Subject: Re: Advice needed: to switch or not to switch Buy an *istD. It takes CF cards and has a PC flash connector. It's still available new from some sources, and I've seen a few used ones on ebay. Paul Lately, I'm kind of in a big dilemma... I extremely love my ME Supercamera... I like to mess with the chemistry and work with the BWfilms... BUT there is still the DIGI... and I have Canon 300D Thedilemma is - IF I sell the canon and the lenses I will be able to get*istDS and probably some neat lens and memory... BUT. 1. What will I do with my CF cards? I have 1G extreme III and 512Ultra II both SanDisk. Selling them here doesn't look like a good ideasince I won't get any good price.2. Don't you think that I will stay on the same level of body, or evendowngrade a little? The AF system is not that good as the Canon(AFAIK)... There are other things that compensate on that like spotmetering and all the other things... Also, I don't know if it does have an outside flash sync connector(for studio gear) and it's kind of important to me Please advice Thanks a lot in advance -- YoursMichael -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.17/85 - Release Date: 8/30/2005
Re: Ordered the DS this Morning
My slightly used *istD arrived from KEH last week. I have been quite impressed with the images it produces in the short time I have been playing with it. I haven't spent much time with the RAW files but clearly, the results in tiff format are fantastic. This camera feels like a normal film camera and has a minum of control knobs and setting widgets. By comparison I use a Canon G5 occasionally at work and it is very difficult to use all of its control features. The ability to use existing K and screwmout lenses was a big factor in my descision too. The only down side is that non-A K mount lenses have limited functinality and ease of use. Pentax scored big with the *istD! RCB - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 10:45 AM Subject: Re: Ordered the DS this Morning In a message dated 8/29/2005 1:38:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lab quality was a big motivator for me as well. I was an "old film fart"and had labeled the *istD "a useless toy" when it was announced, but I switched to digital about 20 months ago. At the time I was regularly getting scratched negs from the lab that had always done a good job on my color neg processing, and the pro lab that did my transparencies kept kinking the 120 film. A local pro then showed me the results he could get shooting RAW with a 6 megapixel camera and converting in PSCS. That clinched it. Going digital was one of the best photography decisions I've ever made. Congratulations Shel. I'm sure you'll enjoy the camera in whatever manner you ultimately decide to employ it. Paul = Ditto. There is only one lab left in the area that I liked. The others had closed down or did mediocre or lousy work. So that was a signal to me to move on. I actually haven't taken any film to them for a couple of years, so I am not sure their quality has deteriorated. But probably not. OTOH, they finally added the capability to do prints from digital. I haven't tried that yet, but I am thinking about it. Get a really big print. I bet prints from digital media is the bulk of their business now. Although there are a fair number of film diehards around here. But as it is lab owned by two brothers (I am pretty sure), and the equipment they had to buy to upgrade to do digital scans and prints from digital was quite expensive, it's likely film has now become a small percentage of their business. It may get to the point that color film shooters have no option but to send their film away to someplace to get prints. On the Net or otherwise. Marnie -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.17/84 - Release Date: 8/29/2005
Re: Pentax warehouse sale, R.I.P. (lengthish)
This sounds like the kind of place my wife would prefer I avoid! RCB - Original Message - From: "Gonz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 6:09 PM Subject: Re: Pentax warehouse sale, R.I.P. (lengthish) Bob Shell wrote: On Monday, August 22, 2005, at 06:49 PM, Gonz wrote: Bob Shell wrote: one big indoor photo flea market. The other place I used to really love, although it wasn't strictly photographic, was B & F >> Enterprises. They were in an old mill building in Cambridge, Mass., and the place was floor to ceiling full of industrial and military surplus. Arthur Kramer told me about the place. I don't think they're still around, though. I couldn't find them via a Google search. I bought all sorts of oddball photo and electronic stuff from them. Sounds like Eli Heffron & Sons in Cambridge, near MIT. They had great surplus stuff. Maybe they bought out B & F. B & F was Bernoulli & Fink. They were in Cambridge, but not real near MIT as I recall. I used to go there on my regular trips to visit Polaroid, NPC and Optikos. I think Eli Heffron & Sons was on Hampshire St. Not real close, but close enough to walk to if you really needed to find something obscure. Bob -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.16/83 - Release Date: 8/26/2005
Re: The Nature of Film's Final Throes
"Yee ha! I don't have to bother getting prints to see my photos any more!" No more boxes of prints to store! I suspect a lot of regular consumers (not all of them) feel this way, too. Having boxes of prints to store is a hassle. Perhaps they'll regret it years down the road, after a major hard drive crash, but the number of people I've known with lost negatives and prints over the years makes me think it's a case of "plus ca change..." Digital doesn't make it *more* likely that people will lose their precious family photos, it just means it'll happen in a different way. The average digital consumer probably isn't going to print all his shots anyway, just a few of the ones he needs or considers "keepers" So, there is the potential for less consumer paper use with digital even though there is the potential for taking more shots (cheaply) with digital. RCB
Re: canon vs pentax
OK, the last time I replied to this list I did it all wrong and added unnecessarily to length of the response. > Subject: Re: canon vs pentax > > "With Nikon, there is the AI lens compatability issue, then there are > all sorts of issues surrounding whether a particular lens will meter > or even allow shutter operation. > Even the Nikon users call the lens compatability issue a minefield. > In order to get away from it, you have to go to their very top line > models, and even then, I doubt if a non AI lens will even mount > anymore." Perhaps its a minefield if one expects total compatibility of all lenses with all bodies but, its really not so bad. For example, Non-AI lenses can be easily and cheaply modified and some AI bodies will accept non-AI lenses. For the most part its nice to know that purchasing a new body would not require the acquistion of an entirely new set of lenses. I think this is also a point in favor of Pentax as well: that older K mount lenses can still be used with the latest bodies. RCB
