Re: K20D long-lens, high ISO samples
Quoting Adam Maas, who wrote on Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 08:36:20PM -0500 .. On 3/3/08, Wilko Bulte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Timber, who wrote on Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 11:23:01PM +0100 .. Paul, You really want me to go totally broke? I am trying to surmount the temptation, but you make it very hard :D Couldn't you just post images to show something bad about the K20D to save me from running dangerously low on money? :D All the pictures are very impressive. As I read on a german page at the Photokina there will be 2 announcements from Pentax... a 'one numbered' and a 'three numbered' digital. If Pentax manages to make this sensor with Full Frame and releases a K2D with the same pricing policy (so cheaper than Nikon's D3 and Canon's 1D series... maybe somewhere around Canon EOS 5D?) then I believe the two giants could have a very serious With proper aperture stuff so I can fit my beloved M-lenses, and an exchangable focusing screen, so that I can stick a split-image screen in it. Viewfinder like the MX, or, even better, the LX. Autofocus for those who want it/think they need it. A hack to retrofit lens data info onto older lenses like Leica did for the M8 glass. We can dream, can we? Wilko Nikon does lens data WAY better than Leica. Database in the camera, enter your lens data, press a button and twirl a wheel to pick the lens, no mod to the lens necessary. Of course, Nikon's only using this Is that better? Playing with wheels buttons, it should Just Work(TM) when you attach the lens. for EXIF and matrix metering, while Leica's got certain image optimizations also applied. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K20D long-lens, high ISO samples
Quoting Timber, who wrote on Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 11:23:01PM +0100 .. Paul, You really want me to go totally broke? I am trying to surmount the temptation, but you make it very hard :D Couldn't you just post images to show something bad about the K20D to save me from running dangerously low on money? :D All the pictures are very impressive. As I read on a german page at the Photokina there will be 2 announcements from Pentax... a 'one numbered' and a 'three numbered' digital. If Pentax manages to make this sensor with Full Frame and releases a K2D with the same pricing policy (so cheaper than Nikon's D3 and Canon's 1D series... maybe somewhere around Canon EOS 5D?) then I believe the two giants could have a very serious With proper aperture stuff so I can fit my beloved M-lenses, and an exchangable focusing screen, so that I can stick a split-image screen in it. Viewfinder like the MX, or, even better, the LX. Autofocus for those who want it/think they need it. A hack to retrofit lens data info onto older lenses like Leica did for the M8 glass. We can dream, can we? Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: hardcore industrial kitsch
Quoting frank theriault, who wrote on Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 05:57:26PM -0500 .. On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Ralf R. Radermacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Arcelor's Dunkirk steel mill, christmas 2007: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/display/11970048 As always, your comments and suggestions... :-) Gorgeous! That you can find beauty in the bleak austerity of these industrial landscapes never fails to amaze me. Peope close to Duisburg, Germany might want to check out Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord. http://www.landschaftspark.de I took my 'Blad there, with Ilford 3200 or 400. Really makes for nice BW. There are a lot fascinating places to visit in the Ruhrgebiet, the heavy industry heartland of Germany. Well recommended! Wilko (and it ain't kitsch.. no way! :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Woo Hoo, it's here
Quoting Bob Sullivan, who wrote on Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 04:30:54PM -0600 .. UPS man brought the K20D from Calumet Photo this afternoon...battery is charging. Initial impressions: Huge 250 page instruction book - much worse that I remember for the K10D. (30 page Quick Start booklet included.) Remote assistant 3 included along with PictureBridge Photolab 3 Nearly identical to the K10D - will be difficult to tell them apart by feel. More options on the set-up screens and haven't touched custom settings yet. Picture display goes to 32X zoom vs 20x? for the K10D...seems like lots more detail. It's a mighty big sensor folks! Santa was early this year ;) Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: The influence of fairy cakes on Darwinian selection
Quoting frank theriault, who wrote on Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 12:40:51PM -0500 .. On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's one thing to die from a surfeit of lampreys, but this? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7261888.stm Yes, but did he win the contest? Sure, he got a Darwin Award. http://www.darwinawards.com/ cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: next week's news
Quoting Cotty, who wrote on Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 12:27:10AM + .. On 24/02/08, Sylwester Pietrzyk, discombobulated, unleashed: No. Back then it was JVC (VHS), Sony (Beta) and Philips (V2000). Of course the worst of these systems (VHS) has won :-) I always remember my brother-in-law bleating on about his Video 2000 kit - it has the best freeze-frame function of all three. I mean for 's sake! I've had the pleasure of being show a V2000 prototype while at Philips Research. This was a further development of the existing kit at the time, with digitally encoded sound and all that. Really neat, superb sound and image quality. Never went into production :( Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: next week's news
Quoting Bob Sullivan, who wrote on Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 06:54:47AM -0600 .. Peter, Since when is Schneider anything more than an old trade name that Samsung slaps on somebody elses lenses. Schneider last made lenses when, the 1950's or early 1960's? I have some in M42 screw mount for Keep on dreaming.. Schneider is very much alive. http://www.schneider-kreuznach.de/ Wilko the old Pentax K camera. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 4:24 AM, Peter Fairweather [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Next week's Amateur Photographer in the UK has a newspaper style insert, The Amateur Photographer Iformer Samsung feature very strongly with a 2 page advertisement centre spread on the GX20. On the front page you can read about their plans to produce their own lenses rather than rely on Tokina. With help from their partners Schneider they will be able to create very high quality products Doesn't time fly. It seems like only last week that Pentax were still advertising the K10D. It probably was!! Perhaps they could make their marketing expertise available to Samsung. What do these big electronic firms know about real cameras? Anyone remember the name of the Japanese firm that used to make betamax? I wonder if they are still trading? Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: next week's news
Quoting Bob Sullivan, who wrote on Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 10:30:46AM -0600 .. Wilko, Thanks for the correction. I didn't see many 35mm lenses there... Schneider is quite big in MF lenses, and they are also engaged in lenses optimised for digital capture. I think (could be wrong) that the new MF Rollei uses Schneider optics. 35mm lenses... well, everybody is into plastic stuff assembled in Vietnam (or wherever labor costs are minimal today). Not something Schneider fits well into. Hmm... I just love the classical lenses with aluminium brass construction. The good old Takumars M lenses I just like better. Or my Zeiss lenses for the Hasselblad. Ah well... dinosaur maybe? :-P cheers, Wilko Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Wilko Bulte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Bob Sullivan, who wrote on Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 06:54:47AM -0600 .. Peter, Since when is Schneider anything more than an old trade name that Samsung slaps on somebody elses lenses. Schneider last made lenses when, the 1950's or early 1960's? I have some in M42 screw mount for Keep on dreaming.. Schneider is very much alive. http://www.schneider-kreuznach.de/ Wilko the old Pentax K camera. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 4:24 AM, Peter Fairweather [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Next week's Amateur Photographer in the UK has a newspaper style insert, The Amateur Photographer Iformer Samsung feature very strongly with a 2 page advertisement centre spread on the GX20. On the front page you can read about their plans to produce their own lenses rather than rely on Tokina. With help from their partners Schneider they will be able to create very high quality products Doesn't time fly. It seems like only last week that Pentax were still advertising the K10D. It probably was!! Perhaps they could make their marketing expertise available to Samsung. What do these big electronic firms know about real cameras? Anyone remember the name of the Japanese firm that used to make betamax? I wonder if they are still trading? Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shots from a new K20D
Quoting mike wilson, who wrote on Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 06:14:30PM + .. From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/02/23 Sat PM 04:07:57 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Shots from a new K20D - Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: Shots from a new K20D Oh well. Each one comes with a latex clad middle aged lady. Sadly, that is not one of the three things I am waiting for in a Pentax DSLR. It is about as likely as two of them, though. It's the closest they could come to an aperture stimulator WW Of the middle-aged women I know, it is a better attempt at full-frame. Or a 40mm on 6x6.. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Film advise
Quoting David Savage, who wrote on Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 12:41:49AM +0900 .. I've got a weekend trip coming up in a few weeks, while I'll mostly be shooting with the K10D, I'm planning on taking the 6x7 also. What I'm after is recommendations for colour slide film. I've never really shot slides much in the past, I was always more of a BW shooter, so I don't really have any clue as to what is good or what I should steer clear of. The main point of the trip is to get out of the city shoot some star trails, with early morning sunrise full sun beach/desert like scenery thrown in for good measure. Any recommendations/advise you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Ektachrome 100 does it for me. Not the overdone colors of Velvia for example. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Official K20D and K200D (Almost)
Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi, who wrote on Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 11:03:38AM -0800 .. On Jan 23, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: A bit premature(?) release of the manualls from the german distributor PDF's at bottom of page http://www.pentax.de/_de/photo/service/download.php? photoservicedownload I don't read geman very well I find: - digitally Preview (after treatment storable) - sharpness depth preview - histogram announcement in single channels - Pentaprismensucher Sucher - viewfinder - Custom image with 4 color profiles - 5 color profiles and SW Aufnahmefunktion recording function - RAW files in the DNG format - RAW + JPEG at the same time - individual file name can for photographs be assigned - interval timer - x-Synchronkontakt for lightning plants Gotta love auto translation. Flash units. - exposure row for white alignment, farbsaettigung, colour, contrast, Farbsaettigung - color saturation. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax doing IR conversions ??
Quoting Timber, who wrote on Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 03:03:29AM +0100 .. I don't think any company will release an IR converted camera. Fuji tried it and so far I know it wasn't really a success. The IR conversion is nothing more than removing/replacing the hot-filter since the CCD/CMOS is already sensitive to both IR and UV. The Pentax K10D has a very strong hotfilter so IR photography is quite impossible with an unmodded K10D, but K100D Super has some potential (where the K10D needed 30sec K100Ds needed 2sec). Also full spectrum modded (hotfilter removed) SLR has some serious disadvantage if it doesn't have a live view, since you can't see trough the IR filter. IR modded (hotfilter replaced with IR filter) SLR makes life just a little easier since the IR light's different wavelength needs different focusing (it means if with normal light the focus distance is for example 5 meters then with IR light it would be 7 meters). Sigma has an interesting solution to this, since the hotfilter can be found between the lens and the mirror and you can remove it anytime (or even replace it with some filters). With Live View things are way more easier since you can see trough the IR filter with the help of CCD+LCD and you can compose much more easier with this. Also to get the correct exposure if the camera meters with the CCD/CMOS is just as easy as with normal light photography. I have a full spectrum modded Panasonic FZ50 and I really enjoy doing hand-held IR photography with it. I can't wait to have a little better weather here and make some nature IR shots with it. To test your camera's IR capabilities you should get a remote control, face it to the cam and make a picture of it while pressing a button. If you see a little white/purple light on the front of the RC then you camera has IR possibilities (like K100D). If you see nothing (like K10D) then your camera has a strong hotfilter. Also to mod a CCD-Shift mechanism SLR is very risky cause you have to 'touch' the very sensitive anti-shake mechanism too. I think that's why lifepixel won't do K10D modding. If you want to get into the IR photography I suggest to buy an SLR-Like cam (like Panasonic FZ50, Fujifilm S9600, Canon S3/S5 IS or if you can afford then a Sony R1) and start with that. Modded SLR is only needed if you would like to do astrophotography, but in this case I recommend using an Canon EOS 350D/400D (or if you can afford then a Nikon D300) instead of Pentax K10(0)D, since there you won't need Shake Reduction, EOS has lower noise at higher ISO and you can put your K lenses on EOS with ease. But I highly recommend to try IR photography with a modded SLR-like cam first. If you're brave enough then you can do the conversion yourself, there are lot of instructions about this on the internet. For me the In case you like to try a DIY job http://www.xs4all.nl/~wkb/IR-DC3400 OK, it is not a Pentax, I don't own any digital Pentax cameras. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Available light wedding
On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 01:26:57PM -0400, drew wrote.. Hi there, I'm relatively new to this list, but I would like to ask about a scenario I have not been able to find much discussion about in the archives. I nearly always use available light in my photographs, and I still use film. I do work for a weekly newspaper and use a Nikon DSLR as time restraints and deadlines dictate, but my love is shooting with my pair of Pentax MXs and soon, a Pentax 645, which will replace my Mamiya C33 as my primary medium format rig. (I also have a few Brownie Hawkeyes and a Graflex 22 TLR that round out my low-budget yet fun to use MF gear.) To the scenario... I have been commissioned by some acquaintances to shoot their wedding this fall. Ceremony will be outdoors, mid September, at 4:30 p.m. at a mountaintop resort in West Virginia. (About three hours before sunset, according to the US Naval Observatory.) I'd like to hear folks' thoughts on lenses appropriate for the job, film recommendations for such a scenario (I'm thinking Portra 160 and 400 -- likely 800 for the reception and Ilford XP2 Super), and if I'm being a I can second your choice of Portra NC 160, 400 and 800. I used exactly those films for a wedding I did 3 years back. Used both in my MX cameras as well as in the Hassy, both came out just fine. The 120 film was only Portra400, Portra 160 was 120 plus 35mm. The Portra 800 saved the day in the MX during the candle lit dinner. Nothing but 'just on edge, full open @ 1.7/50'. But it sure beats every flash.. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: flash and k10 d ?
On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 09:10:09PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote.. From: Sandra Hermann I am being told if I use a flash on my k10d that is not made for this camera it will mess up the camera and it will not be fixable. is this true, or just a sales ploy? Depends on the flash and what kind of trigger voltage it delivers thru the hot shoe. If it's less than 30V it *should* be safe. Did Pentax ever come forward with specifying this max voltage? Pentax NL silently ignored my question for this information, which should be in the user manual anyway. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Camera Armor coming soon for K10D
On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 09:47:10PM +0100, Cotty wrote.. On 18/7/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: Coming soon for the K10D: Camera Armor. This blog post has some more details: http://ok1000.blogspot.com/2007/07/k10d-camera-armor-coming-soon.html I think it's a pretty nifty idea, especially for people who are or want to be rough with their equipment. If I had money and a local place to buy it, I'd get myself a black Camera Armor for my K10D. The camo color idea would be great for serious wildlife photographers and kids who want to look tough. Any thoughts? That's hideous! Absolutely. See the brightside: no-one will nick your K10D in this disguise ;) Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Photographing le Tour
On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 02:33:47PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote.. From: Bob W has anyone here ever photographed the start of the tour de france before? tomorrow it is due to pass through greenwich from about 11am. the clocks will start running when they get to the meridian line. I have been scouting for a useful vantage point today. the one I like best is shortly before meridian (about 100 metres before). I am assuming that they will arrive from Central London and just carry on straight through Greenwich - they won't have to stop and line up on the meridian for a mass start or anything like that will they? are there normally large crowds of officials and sealed-off areas around the 'real' start? in other words, am I likely to be able to get to the vantage point I want? (I have a plan B, of course) Ok, maybe this is a stupid question, but if it's the Tour de France, what's it doing in Central London? Cluttering up traffic (as if that was needed)? Making a long nose at the congestion charge? Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: New Carl Zeiss lenses for Pentax K mount!
On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 08:08:51AM -0700, Jaume Lahuerta wrote.. I have just seen this in a Spanish (reliable) site: http://www.quesabesde.com/noticias/carl-zeiss-zk-pentax,1_3449 You can have it automatically translated in a (sort of) English by working via http://babelfish.altavista.com It seems that there will be the MF models already available for Nikon: Planar 50 mm f1.4 in August Later ZK Planar 85 mm f1.4 and Distagon 25 mm f2.8 and 35 mm f2 At the end of the year, Makro-Planar 50 mm f2 and 100 mm f2 Prices would be interesting to know :) Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: New Carl Zeiss lenses for Pentax K mount!
On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 10:55:15AM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote.. On Jul 3, 2007, at 10:28 AM, Wilko Bulte wrote: It seems that there will be the MF models already available for Nikon: Planar 50 mm f1.4 in August Later ZK Planar 85 mm f1.4 and Distagon 25 mm f2.8 and 35 mm f2 At the end of the year, Makro-Planar 50 mm f2 and 100 mm f2 Prices would be interesting to know :) US prices should be pretty similar to the Nikon mount versions of these lenses, which are all listed at BH Photo's website. Roughly $500-2000 apiece, average around $900-1000 apiece. Pricy, but to be expected from Zeiss. Ah well.. I'll stick to my Zeiss glass in Hasselblad mount then :-) Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: 9999 + 1
On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 03:56:47PM +0300, Roman wrote.. What happens when camera reaches image counts, what next? 666 ? Nah, the count simply rolls over if the max counter value is exceeded. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Permits may soon be required to shoot in NYC
On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 07:50:43AM -0600, William Robb wrote.. - Original Message - From: Subject: Re: Permits may soon be required to shoot in NYC This suggested legislation is in response to pros shooting ads and editorial without permits. It happens a lot in New York and sometimes causes problems with traffic and/or crowds. I doubt that a wandering group of PDMLers would experience any problems. That might depend on if some security goon (as an example) decided that he didn't want to be photographed, or didn't want his building to be photographed. If this is enacted, he would have a real, bonafide law at his disposal to harass photographers with. Any time you allow a law to be put in place that has the potential to restrict someone's freedom, someone else will abuse said law to the detriment of someone else's freedom, if for no other reason than because he can. If the law was intended to restrict the actions of professional photographers/videographers who cause traffic problems, the legislation would be specifically targetting them in it's wording. This is another example of the creeping horseshit that is permeating society, and another small freedom falling unnoticed by the wayside. Soon, we won't have any small freedoms left. You can still seek asylum in Europe. I've been shooting, tripod and all, lots of public buildings in Berlin, even inside the main trainstation, federal buildings etc. Nobody will harass you there. Police looks at you and walks off smiling. It appears US legislators are loosing sight of what they are trying to achieve. At least to my untrained (untrained in the legal sense) eye. A sad thing. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Permits may soon be required to shoot in NYC
On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 10:57:14AM -0400, Adam Maas wrote.. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: David Savage Subject: Re: Permits may soon be required to shoot in NYC The sky isn't falling, the earth is rising. I blame global warming. I blame the French. WW On this point you may be correct. France is at the forefront of ridiculous restrictions on photographers, having essentially made Street Photography illegal. Cartier Bresson must spin in his grave. :-( Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Permits may soon be required to shoot in NYC
On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 09:24:54AM -0600, William Robb wrote.. - Original Message - From: Adam Maas Subject: Re: Permits may soon be required to shoot in NYC I blame the French. On this point you may be correct. France is at the forefront of ridiculous restrictions on photographers, having essentially made Street Photography illegal. HAR!! I knew that if I blamed them for everything for long enough, at some point something would stick. I suspect that they have had a very hard knee jerk reaction from the incident where Princess Diana was hunted down. Well, if you watch the tele and see the British paparazzi haunt the rich and famous there is a certain point to protecting people's right to privacy. Unfortunately governments insist on going from one extreme to the other. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Permits may soon be required to shoot in NYC
On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 10:49:02AM -0400, P. J. Alling wrote.. Just don't take photographs of any person without their permission in France... No idea, never tried. I'm into landscapes. By the way, I think that taking pictures of people is generally subject to their consent. Even if there is no legal requirement to do so I would call it impolite to take their picture without asking first. Wilko Wilko Bulte wrote: On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 07:50:43AM -0600, William Robb wrote.. - Original Message - From: Subject: Re: Permits may soon be required to shoot in NYC This suggested legislation is in response to pros shooting ads and editorial without permits. It happens a lot in New York and sometimes causes problems with traffic and/or crowds. I doubt that a wandering group of PDMLers would experience any problems. That might depend on if some security goon (as an example) decided that he didn't want to be photographed, or didn't want his building to be photographed. If this is enacted, he would have a real, bonafide law at his disposal to harass photographers with. Any time you allow a law to be put in place that has the potential to restrict someone's freedom, someone else will abuse said law to the detriment of someone else's freedom, if for no other reason than because he can. If the law was intended to restrict the actions of professional photographers/videographers who cause traffic problems, the legislation would be specifically targetting them in it's wording. This is another example of the creeping horseshit that is permeating society, and another small freedom falling unnoticed by the wayside. Soon, we won't have any small freedoms left. You can still seek asylum in Europe. I've been shooting, tripod and all, lots of public buildings in Berlin, even inside the main trainstation, federal buildings etc. Nobody will harass you there. Police looks at you and walks off smiling. It appears US legislators are loosing sight of what they are trying to achieve. At least to my untrained (untrained in the legal sense) eye. A sad thing. Wilko -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Permits may soon be required to shoot in NYC
On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 12:49:24PM -0400, John Francis wrote.. On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 05:51:49PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: Well, if you watch the tele and see the British paparazzi haunt the rich and famous there is a certain point to protecting people's right to privacy. Why just pick on the British paparazzi? Have you seen the scrum around, say, Paris Hilton? No, I did not. But the point is valid for all of them, regardless of nationality. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: K100D super (unofficial for now it seems)
On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 07:44:53AM +0200, Thibouille wrote.. Very true, but AFAICT, they did exactly the same with previous bodies since ist-D. We shouldn't be surprised, really. Then again, a D40 (if I rememeber well) is not even capable of any metering at all with old Nikon lenses. Anyway I really wouldn't wait for a True Kmount compatibility on such a body. On a slightly different topic: I wonder why they didn't go 10Mpix. I see no problem personnaly but clueless folks on the street might care nonetheless. Simpel, they want to sell K10D in the 10mp market. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Super A and SMC A 50 f/2 - overexposure on 'A'-mode
On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 08:29:55PM +0200, Vic Mortelmans wrote.. Hi, this was easy!! I went to a shop that does camera maintenance, and they estimated 75 euro for the job --- more than the lens is worth. So I was lucky: a good reason to take a look at the inside of the lens without the risk of destroying value. There was nothing wrong with the blades (as I expected, because oil on the blades should be visible, shouldn't it?), but there was oil in the mechanism. See the picture here: http://picasaweb.google.be/vicmortelmans/Tech/photo#5076727091233563442 It shows the back of the lens with the mount removed (only five screws and one loose ring, no tiny bits jumping allover the room). The red line indicates the two sliding parts that had oil inbetween them. Applied some aceton and now the diaphragma closes as snappy as it can get. Aceton.. ouch... Not a very good idea to use that. Aceton is too agressive in general for this kind of work. Use lighter fluid or something similar. Aceton will ruin plastic parts etc. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Super A and SMC A 50 f/2 - overexposure on 'A'-mode
On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 11:24:03PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote..
On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 11:22:01PM +0200, Vic Mortelmans wrote..
Thanks for the warning! I'm always in doubt which product is suitable to
perfrom cleaning jobs on certain material and for which kind of dirt.
I have at my disposal (in order or aggresiveness?):
- distilled water
- lighter fluid
- alcohol (95%)
Ethanol or ?
Keep in mind that denatured alcohol either contains methanol
(bad for plastics) or
or aceton ('spiritus ketonatus'). Not desirable.
Wilko
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Re: Super A and SMC A 50 f/2 - overexposure on 'A'-mode
On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 11:22:01PM +0200, Vic Mortelmans wrote.. Thanks for the warning! I'm always in doubt which product is suitable to perfrom cleaning jobs on certain material and for which kind of dirt. I have at my disposal (in order or aggresiveness?): - distilled water - lighter fluid - alcohol (95%) Ethanol or ? Keep in mind that denatured alcohol either contains methanol (bad for plastics) or - vinegar acid (diluted for household use) Useless for cameras. - aceton If you have very dirty *metal-only* parts this works wonders. Keep it far away from plastics. - ammoniak (concentrated) Never used that on cameras. What should I use (or should certainly not use) to - remove oil from metal parts (lighter fluid - got that :-)) wasbenzine as we call it in NL works fine (is that the same name in Belgium?) - remove grease from metal parts (same??) Yup. - remove oil/grease from coated lenses Eh... I use ethanol for those, but better not get grease on the glass to start with :-) - clean up metal body (painted or chrome) - clean up plastic body - clean up leatherette - clean up rubber parts I use plain pure ethanol for these 4, works fine sofar. Groeten, Vic Wilko Bulte schreef: Aceton.. ouch... Not a very good idea to use that. Aceton is too agressive in general for this kind of work. Use lighter fluid or something similar. Aceton will ruin plastic parts etc. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Super A and SMC A 50 f/2 - overexposure on 'A'-mode
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 12:24:11AM +0200, Vic Mortelmans wrote.. Dag Wilko, Wilko Bulte schreef: - alcohol (95%) Ethanol or ? Keep in mind that denatured alcohol either contains methanol (bad for plastics) or Ethanol: the one that can cause a hangover, without getting blind. The Good Alcohol(TM) therefore. The variant that helps make Westvleteren Abt or Rochefort 10 so tasty :) - aceton - ammoniak (concentrated) Never used that on cameras. It's also capable of dissolving grease and oil, but very hard to use in concentrated form. And when it's dissolved in water, that may cause stains from residu, I guess... Yeah, I know it does that. But it emits the dissolved gas which is bad news for a lot of things (including my nose/eyes/etc). I would never used it on cameras myself. wasbenzine as we call it in NL works fine (is that the same name in Belgium?) Yes, that's it. Took me a while to find out what I had to look for, but the name explains a lot. OK. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: 22 MPix digital MF under 10000$
On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 01:04:41PM +0200, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote.. Yes, it is reality, with stanrard lens: http://www.mamiya.com/cameras.asp?id=1id2=2281 I think we can be sure that integrated Pentax 645D using similar sized CCD would be even cheaper... Now if only Hoya would allow Pentax team to release 645D... Assuming the 645D is ready for volume production. Do we know that for a fact? Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: NEWS !! Pentax AP ...
On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 11:13:28AM +0200, Michel Carrre-Ge wrote.. New DSLR: AP 50th Anniv A chrome K10D with Spotmatic look , and DA 2.8/40 Proper 'chromed' brass top I hope? No plastic? http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036thread=23454403 http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdc.watch.impress.co.jp%2Fcda%2Fother%2F2007%2F06%2F01%2F6368.htmllangpair=ja%7Cenhl=frie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8prev=%2Flanguage_tools Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Don't shoot the messenger ;-)
On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 09:22:45AM -0600, William Robb wrote.. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Don't shoot the messenger ;-) Shoot the messenger? Sounds like good news to me: A new focus on highly profitable digital SLRs. The abandonment of the MF development had become pretty much an obvious direction as time went on and as the K digitals proved quite successful. It's a pity about the medium format digital, but the simple fact is that photographers now have to lower their image quality expectations to meet the demands of the manufacturers, which is a Well.. they don't have to. Hasselblad and Sinar etc will happily sell you a 39MP back for 30k$ or somesuch.. Pardon me while I go out for my annual shearing, my fleece is to long, and summer has arrived Don't step on it.. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: NEWS !! Pentax AP ...
On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 04:22:04PM +0200, Dario Bonazza wrote.. While in the AP era they would be black+chrome. What about such a mix? Think of a black Limited with chrome rings... Dario Or a black lens with machined-rings to give partially blank alu. Like the Auto-Takumar on my Pentax K camera . Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Editorial: Pentax missed the boat?
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 11:10:53AM -0400, AlexG wrote.. MR-52 digital SLR camera (2000) An unnamed digital SLR camera, introduced Sep. 13th 2000, and then displayed at Photokina 20 25 Sep. 2000. Its project designation is MR-52. 6-megapixels CCD sensor by Philips and full image format (24x36mm) are the new breakthroughs in digital photography. Other specifications like the sister film camera above. Also see the Photokina report. They didn't miss the boat Philips screwed them with the ccd. Like how? Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Don't want to sound too alarmist but...
On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 02:03:32PM -0400, Norm Baugher wrote.. Are you suggesting that the mergers like Time/AOL, HP/Compaq, Daimler/Chrysler, etc. were not smashing successes? Daimler-Chrysler definitely was not a smashing success.. From my own experience I can tell that mergers are a mixed blessing (politely speaking) for the employees. Wilko P. J. Alling wrote: It's seldom that the results of such a merger are better than building the business you already have. Most such mergers result in disappointment. (That doesn't stop them from happening however). A classic example was Sperry and Burroughs merging in 1986 to take advantage of their Synergy, the final market share resulting from the merger was less that either one had before the merger. Most seem to work out that way. The spectacular successes, (which they are few and far between), are what keep MA groups going, but don't ask them about their success ratio. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SV: Any one regret upgrading to the K10D?
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 11:08:08AM +0200, Jens Bladt wrote.. Good you are finally out of the hospital, Larry. Yes - these old TTL only flashes are useless with the K10D. There's not even a sensor in that flash. Ii use old Metz flashes with a sensor. They work great. But I do miss TTL What Metz models? The old ones have a rather high sync voltage. What can the Pentax DSLR handle, especially the K10D? Wilko (eyeing his Metz 60CT1..) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SV: Any one regret upgrading to the K10D?
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 08:47:58AM -0600, William Robb wrote.. - Original Message - From: Wilko Bulte Subject: Re: SV: Any one regret upgrading to the K10D? What Metz models? The old ones have a rather high sync voltage. What can the Pentax DSLR handle, especially the K10D? I routinely use a Metz 60 CT-2 with my cameras. That sounds promising. But given that the K10D is my father's I would like to know what Pentax says? Manual does not make me any wiser.. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SV: Any one regret upgrading to the K10D?
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 09:25:11AM -0600, William Robb wrote.. - Original Message - From: Wilko Bulte Subject: Re: SV: Any one regret upgrading to the K10D? I routinely use a Metz 60 CT-2 with my cameras. That sounds promising. But given that the K10D is my father's I would like to know what Pentax says? Manual does not make me any wiser.. Unfortunately, Pentax's official line probably won't be very enlightening. Which kinda st*inks. I sent mail to the Pentax importer in NL but sofar no sign of life. I never give this stuff much thought, I just use the equipment I have. I bought a Wein flash isolator thingie for my studio strobes to make up for the lack of a PC socket on the K10. This is what I use with the Metz as well. Ah, the Wein brings back the sync voltage to a couple of Volts if I am not mistaken. I modified my 60CT1 to reduce it's sync voltage to around 6V. But still.. ;-) Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Any one regret upgrading to the K10D?
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 10:00:12PM +0100, Cotty wrote.. On 16/5/07, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: As long as you don't have the FA* 80-200mm f2.8 mounted (at 1.51kg). 1D = 1565 kg EF70-200 2.8 = 1310 kg Total weight = 2875 kg. 2.875 kg I hope.. ;-) Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SMC PENTAX 1:8/1000
On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 12:06:36PM -0700, Bob Blakely wrote.. I just purchased this lens so that I can seriously compress distance and for beach shots of ships and surfers taken off the piers here in Southern California. This beastie weighs about 11.6 pounds, so it'll go on the 475B tripod and 229 head. I'll be putting it on a CG-5 equatorial mount occasionally for a little light astrophotography. It comes withflip up rifle type sights, but I'm thinking of putting a red dot on it for quick initial pointing. I've never owned a beastie like this before and would like any comments about it. Talk to your chiropractor first? It remembers me of the days Pentax had a sort of road-show here in the Netherlands with all the K-bajonetted lenses then available. I just had to play with the monster mirror lens (2000mm??). Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Question about MC circular polarizers
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 04:52:41PM -0400, Igor Roshchin wrote.. Hello! I have a few questions about Multi-Coated circular polarizers. I am considering buying one for my SMCP F-70-210/4-5.6, FA 50/1.4 and future D-FA100/2.8. For other lenses I am using BW 77E slim c-polarizer which works fine on my both Tokinas. The only problem I have with it is that it is so slim that I cannot use standart lens caps with it, and the cap it came with is a bit loose - so it doesn't stay on the filter attached to the lens. So, do you have any recommendations for a good quality polarizer that is not too expensive? Or even better - can you compare or point I own a Rodenstock C-polariser which works fine for me. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: How do you guys do panoramas anyway?
On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 10:58:42AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote.. In a message dated 5/5/2007 1:29:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I shoot panos with the 16-45 using a monopod and an old Metz flash bracket which has the correct length to position the 16-45 nodal point above the monopod axis. A simple spirit level in the flash socket of Does Pentax list technical data like nodal points somewhere? I have not yet searched for it (I admit..) but I am curious. My father got his K10D with 16-45 last Thursday and I can borrow it when I want to... Today I received a Pentax of a completely league: a Pentax K of the 1958/59 era. A very nicely built camera. I will soon feed it some film to see how well it has survived the years. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Strap Lugs on K10D
On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 07:46:30PM -0600, Mike Hamilton wrote.. I've never been satisfied with the mounting of any strap on the SLRs that I've owned. With the K10D, I finally did something about it. On my MX I have for the longest time used a similar hack, along with a rubber anti-scratch tube around the metal bits. The rubber tube: a punctured race bicycle inner-tire. Lasts forever ;-) Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Every K-Mount Ever Made, NIB
On Sun, Apr 08, 2007 at 11:16:09AM -0600, William Robb wrote.. - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: Every K-Mount Ever Made, NIB This morning, while cleaning out the back of a closet that had been unused for a few years, I found a large box on the top shelf. Curious, and needing the space, I took the box down and upon opening it I found boxes of K-mount lenses. Every focal length and iteration from the 15mm through a 400mm, all NIB. I also discovered a couple of NIB, black K-bodied cameras. Holy F-stop, Batman! Amazing - I can't believe I'd forgotten about this treasure trove for so many years. Imagine my joy. Then I woke up. I just wanted to share my dream with you. Thats not a dream, thats a nightmare. Whats the use of a whole bunch of outdated, obsolete lenses that don't work worth a darn on new DSLR cameras? WW You need to wait for the accompanying dream: an endless supply of film in whatever brand/variation that makes you tick. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The reason for my silence - this time...
On Sun, Apr 08, 2007 at 04:49:28PM -0300, Amita Guha wrote.. Cesar, congratulations! Now who are you going to get to shoot the wedding? :) Big mirror? Amita -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Enablement
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 10:56:33PM +0200, Jens Bladt wrote.. Got my self a rather nice Leica CL today. Along with a 40mm, 90mm and 135mm M-lenses. It's SMALL!! And it seems to work rather well - after thirty-something years! Of course it does, it is a Leica ;) Mind you, my Pentax SV, S1a, SP and SP1000 also just worked once I gently gave their shutters a workout. Waiting anxiously for a Pentax K to arrive, that will be the oldest one of the whole collection for now. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/437903488/ The 135mm has it's own hot-shoe view finder with parallaxe correktion. I don't suspect I'll ever use the 135mm at all. Nice toy! Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Human bone? 800x533-IMGP8963.jpg (JPEG Image, 800x533 pixels)
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 05:51:11PM -0400, David J Brooks wrote.. I thought more roadrunner, speedious maximus. Beep Beep No, meep meep Dave On 3/28/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: looks hominin to me, possibly Australopithecus Estonianus. Either the malleus (if the creature is large) or the femur (if the creature is small). Or it could be a sheep (ovis stupidissimus) or cow (bos hoggus). -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roman Sent: 28 March 2007 14:06 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Human bone? 800x533-IMGP8963.jpg (JPEG Image, 800x533 pixels) http://roman.blakout.net/r-rated/800x533-IMGP8963.jpg ^^^ Is this the human bone fragment? Ideas appreciated... -- 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 -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: weird lens image
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 08:07:32AM +0200, Michel Carrre-Ge wrote.. P. J. Alling a écrit : Pentax engineers put a ring inside the f2.0 lenses to restrict the aperture. No additional ring I have the two models which I dismounted for cleaning. There is a ring which maintains the plates of the diaphragm: that of the 2/50 A simply a smaller central hole. It is visible that the diaphragm opens broader than this hole. Right.. I have been staring at my 2 lenses from the outside (no autopsy) and there is no obvious difference to be seen. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: weird lens image
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 01:20:00AM +0800, Bong Manayon wrote.. I think it's #3...buy the lens...could be a collector's item! I had one of them (the 1.8) once in my youth (I had an SP) and the photo got me intrigued so I pulled out the little red book and saw the entry for both the 55/2 55/1.8 were one and the same. The specifications for both are an exact match with the exception of the aperture. http://www.bong.uni.cc/takumar_mix_up.htm It appears that the 55/2 is the standard lens for the SP1000 while the 55/1.8 is the alternative lens for the ESII and the SP F (vs. 50/1.4). Well, for what it is worth, I have both a Super Takumar 1.8/ and a 2.0. Both have a front ring that corresponds with their diafragm ring. I have neither a ESII or a SP F. I think one came with my SP and one with my SV or S1a. Maybe this helps: http://www.aohc.it/slr02e.htm and http://www.aohc.it/tak03e.htm My SP1000 came with a SMC Takumar, not a Super Takumar. What this all means is the question, exchangable lenses being, uhm, exchangable ;-) That data comes from the white pamplet which is newer. My guess that the 55/2 should have been the low cost version... Sounds reasonable. Bong On 3/26/07, Igor Roshchin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello! I came across this image: http://www.isphera.boom.ru/download/cameras/DSC_2369.JPG Note two things: the front surface of the lens says: Super-Takumar 1:2/55 The aperture ring has 1.8 position. I am puzzled. I don't have interest in the lens, it is just my curiousity. My guesses: 1. a lens that was put together from an SMCT 55/1.8 and 55/2.0 by some craftsman; 2. result of a good work in Photoshop; 3. some weird case of a factory mixup. Thanks, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: weird lens image
On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 01:02:39PM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote.. 40 years since they made these lenses. The 2.0 and 1.8 are optically equivalent (elements, etc.) What is it that accounts for the difference in speed, do you know? Any competent repairman could have salvaged 1 good lens from 2 poor ones. The build quality is excellent. I once had one of mine apart for servicing, this is just a different league from all that plastic stuff we have these days :-| Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Camera destroyed, CF survives
On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 09:33:48PM +0900, David Savage wrote.. That bloke didn't think it all the way through did he? Make that: that bloke did not think at all, did he? He could well have qualified for a Darwin Award himself.. Dave On 3/19/07, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://news.digitaltrends.com/article5140.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Enablement: smc-Takumar 50mm f/4 macro w/ extension tubes
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 04:31:05PM -0600, Mike Hamilton wrote.. All I can say is wow. This is my first Takumar, and I'm simply amazed at the build quality of this lens. It (and the extension To a certain extent: the older the nicer the build quality. I have some pre-Spotmatic M42 Takumars here, and they are *so* beautifully built.. And they are like new, after all these years that have gone by since they left the factory. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Wedding shoot...deposit?
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 06:06:53PM +1100, J and K Messervy wrote.. I'm going to be shooting a wedding in October. We've agreed on a price, but how much should I charge for a deposit? I'm thinking 50% but is that too high? Depends whether you expect an early divorce.. :-P Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Pentax K10D firmware update 1.11 now available
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 09:10:35AM -0500, Doug Franklin wrote.. K.Takeshita wrote: Also, I thought that firmware is something burnt into a ROM of the camera CPU and not supposed to be easily manipulated back and forth, no? It can be in read-only memory, and in that case you can't upgrade it, if that's all that's available. More often what you'll have is some memory that's read-only and some that's read-write. The read-write memory contains the actual operational code for the camera and you can upgrade it. The read-only part contains the basic bootstrap loader and utility functions (like update the read-write memory) so they can't get messed up in an upgrade and you can always change the upgradeable firmware in the read-write part if something goes wrong. Think of the ROM in your DSLR as yet another incarnation of the FlashROM that lives inside your SD or CF cards and you will understand how this fits together. Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Pentax K10D firmware update 1.11 now available
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 08:47:18AM +0100, Thibouille wrote.. Yes of course. It often works like that for good (most of the time) reasons. Because of that most of the time clause is exactly the reason why it is a bad idea. Seen this too often with customers (that is in the professional IT area, but the principle of allowing a downgrade remains sound) Wilko 2007/3/7, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: That's not surprising. I know that's the way I'd design a firmware upgrade to work. Dario Bonazza wrote: Doug Franklin wrote: Why do you say that, Ken. Am I missing something? It seems to me that I set up two SD cards, one with the old firmware and one with the new. A simple swap of the cards and the magic startup to load new firmware and I'm set. Does the 1.11 (or whatever) firmware notice that I'm trying to load an older version and refuse? Exactly, just tried that :-( Dario -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: New Pentax DSLR announced!
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 08:49:05AM +0100, Jens Bladt wrote.. Not pretty. It looks cheap and toyish. It also makes it look non-professional, which I believe, is the whole idea. Some people hate the idea of being confused with a pro. I once waated to buy a Metz hammer head flash for work - like the ones I often use myself. My boss said no - go with a traditional camera flash. The hammer head will look too professional! Duh... My ancient Metz 402 got me remarks like Oh, look, a guy from the press! for sure. And got me access to places un-asked to which I would not normally have had access :-P -- Wilko
Re: New K1000 owner
On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 02:40:23PM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote.. I gotta jump in and say What a load of crap. Leica owners have really gotten associated with this business of fondling their gear, collecting cameras rather than using them, and being just a bunch of image-craving dilettantes. This image goes contrary to the Leica owners I know. Every one of them use their cameras a lot - many Leicas are brassed, scratched, beat up with their vulcanite chipped and falling off, and many have been rebuilt and rebuilt again. There are thousands of hybrids out there - cameras with parts scrounged from other cameras. Some M4's have been fitted with M2 and M3 advance levers, my M2 has an M4 viewfinder, I've seen an M6 with an M4 finder, and, of course, M4's with M6 finders. I know that you didn't write what you posted, but frankly, it's just bullshit. I've seen more Pentax owners afraid to scratch their little jewels, worry about dust on or in the lens, or not using their gear when the weather's bad than I have Leica owners. And that will most likely not get any better with the latest electronic toys (read: digital SLRs). -- Wilko
Re: Have you ever heard of Porst lenses?
On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 12:07:40AM +0100, Jens Bladt wrote.. Many brand names have been reused as names for products that have nothing to do with the original brand/manufacturer. Trading companiers, that have no production anymore or have no real realations with the original brand buy old names. Exakta, Contax, Voigtländer - are examples - to mention a few. I believe ther's a market for just names. When a manufacturer closes down, they can make a profit by selling or licensing their name/brand. A Cosina named Porst is still not a Porst, just a Cosina with borrowed name tag. BTW, I may be confusing Alpha (made by Zeiss) with Acra Swiss, a large Arca Swiss, not Acra Swiss. -- Wilko
Re: Yummy Ektar 25
On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 07:10:22AM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote.. It's a shame that a whole generation of photographers will never know the joy of emulsions like Ektar 25, Panatomic-X, RG25, Agfa APX-25, and other similar emulsions. Go and buy some Efke 25 or Efke 50. They are *neat*... -- Wilko
Re: [Looking for]
On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 01:16:08PM -0600, Gonz wrote.. Wilko Bulte wrote: On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 03:44:26PM +0100, Thibouille wrote.. * SuperA Grip: Sometimes I'd like to use it without the MotorA and without the grip, it is a pain. Anybody having a spare one? * MX MotorDrive: I have no idea about the price but I understand they are quite rare and expensive. I still need an idea of the price. MX winders are everywhere however. There is one on eBay Germany at the moment. I think they ask EUR 245. http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=3871159164ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT I was EUR 4 off, they are asking EUR 249. Too expensive for my taste. Heh! But I was lucky last week: I picked up a very nice MX with 1.7/50 in excellent condition for (no typo...) EUR 12.50 (that is roughly US$ 15) I hate you. Hihi.. Yeah, I drew my wallet in 0.02 ms when I saw the price tag and got verbal confirmation that it was no typo. Remains the question why one would want to own 3 MX' but hey.. These are really neat pieces of camera work, I had my first MX (dates back to 1977 I think) on the shuttertester recently. All timing is within 15% of nominal. For fun the EUR 12.50 body went onto the same tester and shows similar results. Impressive. Wilko
Re: Have you ever heard of Porst lenses?
On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 08:44:44PM -0500, Larry Cook wrote.. I have run across a 135/1.8 lens for Pentax K mount that I have never heard of. It is a Porst. Porst I believe is a German camera company and the lens was actuallt made by a Japanese company named Tomioka. Does anyone know anything about this Porst/Tomioka lens or about the brand in general? Porst is indeed a German company. To the best of my knowledge they never had manufacturing capability, rather they sold OEM-ed stuff under their own name. Most likely different OEMs as well. Around here (the Netherlands) the Porst stuff does not fetch any real money at used-camera markets. For what that means.. Wilko
Re: Day at the beach.Funny Paw
On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 12:06:57AM +, Bob W wrote.. Hi, Yer cars rust out really fast here, as well, and we don't use hardly any salt on our streets. Not that an English car will work in our winters. You think your pantywaist Canadian winters are severe, huh? You ain't never seen a British winter, mate. They're so severe our entire transport infrastructure grinds to a halt, and everybody has to stay away from work! It all starts early, too. As soon as the first wet leaves fall in autumn. The wrong kind of leaves that is.. :-P W/
Re: [Looking for]
On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 03:44:26PM +0100, Thibouille wrote.. * SuperA Grip: Sometimes I'd like to use it without the MotorA and without the grip, it is a pain. Anybody having a spare one? * MX MotorDrive: I have no idea about the price but I understand they are quite rare and expensive. I still need an idea of the price. MX winders are everywhere however. There is one on eBay Germany at the moment. I think they ask EUR 245. Too expensive for my taste. Heh! But I was lucky last week: I picked up a very nice MX with 1.7/50 in excellent condition for (no typo...) EUR 12.50 (that is roughly US$ 15) -- Wilko
