Re: Update on Bellows.
> Interesting sidenote, the guy I bought it from lives in Concord, CA. Say, that's where I live, too! I wonder if that guy ever came in to Reed's when I was working there. We had a few Pentax afficionados that would come chat with me from time to time. Back to the topic: I own the k-mount version of the bellows, and loove putting my D-FA100 macro on it. I've always wondered how to calculate the macro ratio when using that combination. John Celio -- 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.
PESO: Missed the Train
http://www.neovenator.com/2008/02/train.html Details: K10D with DA21 1/25th f4.5 ISO 1600 Embarcadero BART station in San Francisco Really hot girl with an ugly bag Creepy guy with camera John Celio -- 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: The Halo Effect (was Re: Pentax USA upping their game)
Dork doesn't even come close. Ken is a fuckin' jackass. John Quoting "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I beg to differ, Kenny Boy is not a Nimrod, he's a Dork. > > Mark Erickson wrote: > > I think it's a Halo Effect thing. Specifically, if Pentax is viewed as a > > > viable "Professional Solution", the nimrods* of the world won't turn up > > their noses and sniff that Pentax is not a Real Camera like a Nikon or > > Canon. A few of them with more $$$ than sense will buy Pentax cameras. > > Pentax will sell more cameras. > > > > Which is good for us because they'll stay in business and introduce more > > cool new lenses and such. > > > > So I'm not a pro, but I support the program. > > > > --Mark > > > > *nimrod as in "a person regarded as silly or foolish" (e.g., Ken Rockwell). > > > See http://ask.yahoo.com/20040211.html. > > > > > > > > > > David Savage wrote: > > > >> But really, how many here are actually going to benefit from it? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Dave > >> > > > > > > > -- > I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. > A union with the Bavarian Illuminati is contemplated. > When it is complete the Bavarian Cream Illuminati will rule the world > -- Anonymous > > > -- > 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.
Re: New Body vs. New Lens
> So what's more likely for you next: new body or new lenses? While I would REALLY like to say I'll be getting one of the new items, the fact is that I probably can't afford any of them. However, if I could, my first move would be to sell my M* 300mm f4 and apply that money toward the DA*300. Close second would be the DA35 Limited, since I could really use a wider macro lens. Third option would be the K20D. I love the camera and all the wonderful improvements, but I'm going against my very nature and deciding I'll have to sit out this generation. When the K30D inevitably comes out, I'll be first on the waiting list. John Celio (is a serious technophile, so the above decision was not reached lightly) -- 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: My preciousss
> > P.S.: I thank Pentaxian.com every time I take out my DA21. > > Sometimes I > > sacrfice small animals to them on an altar in my back yard in the > > hopes that > > they someday smile upon me again. > > Um, John ... !! Oh Godfrey, you know it's not true. I live in a condo; I don't have a back yard! John ;) -- 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: My preciousss
> My recommendation is to get a deeper than stock hood for both the 43 > and 77, and discard the filters. The clip-on caps are much better > than the "slide off and get lost" stock caps, I agree. I don't use filters on any of my lenses anymore (besides a cir. polarizer sometimes), but I LVE the slip-on cap for my DA21 Limited. It's so much nicer than having to feel around for the clips to take off a clip-on cap in a hurry. Have I mentioned how much I love my DA21? I've been shooting with it about 85% of the time the last few months. I love it, love it, love it! John Celio (lots of shots with the DA21 have been showing up in my blog, http://www.neovenator.com/blogger.html, including some street photography, which I don't normally do.) P.S.: I thank Pentaxian.com every time I take out my DA21. Sometimes I sacrfice small animals to them on an altar in my back yard in the hopes that they someday smile upon me again. -- 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 ... bicycle enthusiasts please
The logo is for Puma, and doing a quick googling for "puma bicycle" I came up with this: http://www.style.com/shopping/itemoftheweek/042305/ John Celio Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Yesterday I was in SF on a walkabout shoot with a friend. I spied > this neat looking folding bicycle with a Shimano Nexus-8 speed hub > and took a picture of the head area which shows this logo. > > http://homepage.mac.com/godders/unknown-bicycle.jpg > > I tried to get a picture of the name plate on the front but could not > get a clear shot due to the failing light and the position it was in. > > I'm trying to find out who makes this bicycle ... it was a very nice > design that I'd like to know more about. > > thanks ... I hope someone can help identify it. :-) > > Godfrey > > -- > 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.
Re: 645D vs Canon vs Nikon vs Hassy
> This comparison has come up before. Rarely do I hear anyone compare the > potential market viability of the 645D to whatever Hassy is selling. > Does anyone actually buy those damn things? A friend of mine religiously watches America's Next Top Model, and says that nearly every time they have someone taking photos, they're using a Hasselblad digital. I would be willing to bet that most of the Hassy digitals in use are in the glamour industry, where they need to be able to blow things up to HUGE sizes. Just a guess, though. Reed's only sold one of those things before going out of business, and it was to an eccentric old man who usually bought one of everything. John Celio -- 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: Saturn (was Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list)
> The Sky's interesting, as it's a straight rebadge of the Opel > Speedster (Same styling and drivetrain) unlike the fairly extensively > modified Solstice (which is based on the Speedster, but not > identical). Wait, you mean the Sky and Solstice aren't the exact same rebadged car? Are you certain? What sort of differences are there? Oh, and when did GM aquire Opel? John Unrelated: what do you think it would take to get GM to make a new Firebird? -- 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.
OT: Saturn (was Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list)
> The Saturn division originally built very good little cars, a great > first cut on subcompacts. GM simply starved them of money until they > could be made over in the image of the parent company. Now Saturns are > just plastic clad GM extrusions. They build keepers but the fish keeps > rotting from the head... My dad got one of the very first Saturn coupes in California, and for the rest of the '90s my little brothers and I were big Saturn fans (we were young and impressionable, what can I say). Every year we went to the San Francisco International Auto Show, and I saw the evolution of the Saturn brand from the beginning. When GM started drawing them in closer, they just went downhill. Quality, looks, everything. The only interesting & unique thing Saturn has put out this decade was the 2001 special edition yellow coupe, which I thought was just beautiful, especially with the black & yellow leather interior. My mom got one, but with plain black cloth interior (boring). The other product of theirs that I like is the Sky roadster, but it's just another GM clone, like the rest of Saturn's cars now. I was very sad when my dad sold his little red Saturn, but it was getting old and he needed something he could haul gardening supplies with. Now he's driving a Honda CR-V, and I suspect future car purchases that my parents make will be Japanese as well. My parents just don't trust the American car companies anymore. Me, I'd give anything for a new Dodge Challenger. John Celio The Saturn Score: Dad: original '91 SC-1 Coupe, now drives a Honda CR-V Mom: 2001 yellow special edition SC-2 Bro 1: 2000 (?) SL-2 Bro 2: 2004/5 Ion Me: yet to own a Saturn, much less drive one. My family's cars are all manual transmission, which I don't drive well enough to risk ruining a clutch or two. Plus, I'm not a GM fan, and currently loathe my little Chevy. Case in point: http://www.neovenator.com/2008/01/is-time-to-bitch.html -- 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: Holy crap, Pentax repair is fast
Well, if your camera shop is anything like the one I worked at, the fact that you're sending it off through them means it's probably going to a Pentax- authorized repair center, and not Pentax themselves. The place it's sent to may or may not be as fast as Pentax at fixing cameras, but I'd bet they handle cameras from all brands and thus have a bigger backlog of work to do. Don't give up hope, but don't hold your breath either. :( John Celio Quoting Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Dec 19, 2007, at 0:26, John Celio wrote: > > Thankfully, they fixed the problems under warranty, and because of > > that the > > turn-around was incredibly fast. Only 13 days from when I shipped > > it out! > > Thanks Pentax repair dudes, you totally rock! > > > > Here's hoping my DS shows up maybe a bit quicker than the "it could > take as much as two months" estimated by my local camera store! > You've given me hope for the future (although I'll miss this big-ass > 2.5" screen on the back of the DL). > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > > > > -- > 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.
Re: Why not have another Survey? K10 shutter count
Last photo I took (and kept) before sending my K10D off for repair was number 2580. I've owned the camera for one year now, but I'm something of a conservative photographer: I don't like shooting a dozen shots of one subject, unless there's a lot of action. This is probably because of two things: 1. Not being able to afford to shoot a whole lot back when I was in college and learning photography. 2. Only having one 1gb card when I had the *istD. Now I've got two 2gb and one 4gb, so I've started loosening up a bit the last few months, but I still try to make every shot count. John Celio Quoting cbwaters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Seems like it's the season for surveys. Here's another one: > > What's your shutter count up to on your K10D? > > I go through long periods where it seems nothing in my world sparks > photographic interest, so mine is only at 2137 > > I'd say you should reply to me off-list so I can tabulate... but I know you > > lot will save the extra step and just reply to the list anyway. > > Happy holidays, > > Cory > Really just hopes tonight's Monday Night Football match ends within > regulation time. > > > > -- > 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.
Re: Cameras you wish you still had
> A: What cameras have you owned that you wish you had never gotten rid of? Every camera I sold last summer, especially the 6x7 and MX. Someday I'll replace them, I hope. > B: And, just for fun, what cameras have you lusted for but never had? Oohh, lots. Back at Reed's, I got to play with many professional and otherwise super-expensive cameras. The entire Hasselblad and Leica M lines are a good example of cameras I lusted after. I once got to borrow an M4 for a weekend, and a Hassy 501 (I think) for a week, and was immediately in love with them both. There are plenty of other cameras I've lusted after, but the only one I really ever wanted more than others was the Pentax LX, and really this is only because of the legendary status the camera holds amongst us Pentax fans. And because I can afford lenses for it... John Celio -- 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: Interesting turn of events on www.pentaximaging.com
I saw a ZX-M (MZ-M) and an *ist in a San Francisco Ritz Camera last summer. Before Reed's closed, we still had some ZX-M kits in stock, though I think a local school was going to buy them all. We sold quite a few ZX-M bodies to a couple local schools over the years, actually. Damn kids kept fucking 'em up, too. Fingers through the shutter, knobs pulled off, broken battery door, etc. If I ran a school, I'd require the kids to get their own damn cameras. John Celio (not that we minded charging for the repairs, I just felt bad for the cameras. Which I know is stupid...) Quoting "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hell, based on my experience, Henry's is a hell of a lot better than Ritz. > > Adam Maas wrote: > > The local pusher (Henry's, Canada's equivalent of Ritz) still has a > > few MZ-60's and MZ-M's. But that's it. And nobody wants them. > > > > The local sites may well reflect what's still sitting in the > > warehouse, even if no retailer in their right mind would order any > > stock. > > > > -Adam > > > > On 12/5/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Try to buy a Pentax Film camera, even B&H doesn't have them in stock. > >> There aren't any available in any local shops, or big box stores > >> either. Last actual Pentax Film camera I saw around here was in Sears > >> about two years ago. Hell, I just a search on the Pentax *ist 35mm, and > >> the MZ/ZX M, both show as being available, /somewhere/ by the Pentax > >> Japan, (English), product page. Used? Yes. New? Nada, Zippo, made of > >> Unobtainium, which was my point. Bob thought that the Pentax USA web > >> site was unreliable and pointed me to the Japanese site. I believe > >> based on the evidence that it's just as unreliable. > >> > >> graywolf wrote: > >> > >>> Discontinued does not mean unavailable. It means they have stopped making > them, > >>> or in some cases just stopped distributing them. I remember when I bought > a > >>> Honeywell 892S they had discontinued them about four years earlier, but > there it > >>> was on the shelf in my local camera store. Ah those were the days, that > thing > >>> hung on the side of my Super Technica for several years. > >>> > >>> Graywolf > >>> Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com > >>> Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ > >>> --- > >>> > >>> P. J. Alling wrote: > >>> > >>> > They still show film cameras, last press release said all of those had > been discontinued. > > Bob Blakely wrote: > > > > I don't rely on the Pentax USA site for information any more. > > > > Tyy: http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/index.php > > > > Regards, > > Bob... > > - > > Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message, > > but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. > > > > From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > >> Under explore our products->cameras->digital cameras->DSLR > >> > >> Only one product is now listed, the K10D > >> > >> Maybe there will be two new bodies in January, a Top end replacement > or > >> body above the K10d and a replacement for the K100D super. After > all > >> Pentax USA, ( > >> http://www.pentaximaging.com/products/cameras/digital/digital_slr/ > ), > >> usually keeps older products around for a very long time... -- 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: Thanksgiving
I don't really have anything to add to the thread, I just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving! to my fellow Americans. And to everyone else, thanks for being here and making up such a fun and dynamic community. Here's my Thanksgiving/Halloween/Harvest-themed photo: http://tinyurl.com/2unuxg Thanks, John Celio -- 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 2007 - 46c - GDG
Godfrey, you have a way with words as well as images. Very well said. >http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/46c.htm And awesome photo, too. John Celio -- 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 2007 - 46b - GDG
> I guess my distaste for the genre is, that for all appearances, it does > not > rely on the eye or skill of the photographer or the quality of the image > necessarily to be successful. And that bothers me because someone could > put > ten of these in mattes and frames and show them to acclaim, when a ten year > old with a camera snapping at random could come up with something quite > similar. I certainly can, walking down any old street, in any city, USA, > zip > code goes here. I think you are missing something. In my opinion (as a person with an art degree), Godfrey's photo is an example of Photography as Fine Art. I can assume from your comments that you are not a fan of abstract art, which is how I see Godfrey's work from this particular series. You see a photo and want it to tell you a story, but it does not have to. There are no rules in art. This means that, yes, a child could take similar photos, hang them and call them art. However, if you take a closer look at Godfrey's series, I think you will see a lot more skill involved than you think. Composition is a huge part of his photos, and it's almost always very good (I realize "good" is subjective, but I'm writing from work and don't have enough time to be less so). A child is not going to know how to take abstract photos of everyday objects and make the composition visually appealing, or notice colors or forms that contrast or compliment each other and capture them in a similarly appealing way. Skill is as much involved in photographing abstract shapes as it is in painting a portrait or taking a landscape photograph. The child could call their photos art and they would be, but it takes skill to make that art look good to more than just their parents. John Celio (I would love to cite particular artists work, but don't remember enough from my university naps, er, art history classes) -- 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.
WTB: Lens Hood for DA 18-55
Anyone have a lens hood for the DA 18-55 that they wouldn't mind parting with? I'm in no hurry to find one, but I finally got a raise last week, and I'd like to splurge a teeny bit. ;) John Celio -- 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.
Ok to post PESO theme idea?
I have an idea for a fun PESO theme (for anyone who is interested), but I'm unsure if such a thing is allowed. It does not conflict with current PUG themes, as far as I can tell. The point for anyone who wants to participate would be to post an image they've already taken that fits the theme. It's the same concept as a PUG theme, but on the list instead of the PUG site. So, is that okay, or not allowed outside of the PUG? John Celio P.S.: The theme I had in mind is related to halloween, so I was hoping to start the thread tonight if possible. -- 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 - Artist on the Steps
> > http://tinyurl.com/32zo7j > > > > http://bp0.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RyXlBAS56DI/A48/ > > nTSAGXW91SI/s1600-h/oct_29+001.jpg > > Very nice, Frank. IMO it would be stronger if cropped to the top > stair to remove the distracting bits on top. Agreed. Cropping out the top would make this photo spectacular. It's still really good on its own, though. John Celio -- 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.
