Re: My Perfect Camera
Mike wrote: >Apparently the hot rig is the Canon EOS D30 with Canon's 100-400 Image >Stabilizer lens. It becomes a 160-640mm lens on the D30, and more than >one person I asked SWORE that they could handhold 640mm with it. > >Several wildlife photographers are so crazy about this rig that they've >said they have no interest in trading up to the new EOS-1D (on which the >lens becomes just a 130-520mm). Although I'd only be interested in a full-frame CCD for my own phtoography, this shows that there's clearly a market for smaller sensors with "focal length multipliers" and why SLRs with smaller CCDs are likely to remain with us even after full-frame sensors become common. They'll be a "different" option rather than better or worse. That Canon setup sounds like the business for wildlife photographers. With the combination of focal length multiplication AND image stabilization I think anyone who actually earns a living at wildlife photography would be crazy to use anything else. Before long none of them will be I expect. Mike, do you know of any of these guys using the equivalent Nikon setup (with the 80-400 Vibration Reduction lens)? I'm wondering if Canon isn't taking better advantage of the transition to digital to win over a bigger share of the pro market. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: My Perfect Camera
On Tuesday, November 27, 2001, at 02:30 AM, Tom Rittenhouse wrote: > Well I have read that 10K ppi will record the grain pattern. Depends on the film. 4000ppi resolves the grain in Provia 400F and RSX II 200 quite nicely. -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: My Perfect Camera
My perfect camera would be my Pentax 67 with the meter from the LX somehow transposed into it. Yeah, I know, that's asking a lot. :) I'm very happy with my 67 just the way it is, though. I had kind of hoped that the metering prism from the 67II would fit on my 67 and give me spot metering, but no such luck. Oh well. -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: My Perfect Camera
Mine would be an LX with full range (4sec - 1/2000) mechanical shutter and a spot meter. Christian Skofteland > -Original Message- > From: Mike Johnston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > That's it. That's my perfect camera. Anything I left out? > > --Mike - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: My Perfect Camera
A mint black spotmatic F motordrive with a mint SMC Takumar 50mm F1.4 mounted on it. or maybe a 35mm F2.0 SMCT... or maybe a 85mm F 1.8 SMCT... JCO - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: My Perfect Camera
Well I have read that 10K ppi will record the grain pattern. --graywolf - The optimist's cup is half full, The pessimist's is half empty, The wise man enjoys his drink. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 11:31 PM Subject: Re: My Perfect Camera > In a message dated 11/26/01 5:39:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > > > Well, how many megapixels? > > > > I don't know. Just for the record, how many megapixels are there in a 24x36 > film frame? More than in an APS sized digital? > > Mafud > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: My Perfect Camera
from the thread (or is it yarn?), > > Well, how many megapixels? > I don't know. Just for the record, how many megapixels are there in a 24x36 > film frame? More than in an APS sized digital? all depends on how big/little the pixels are! Bill - Bill D. Casselberry ; Photography on the Oregon Coast http://www.orednet.org/~bcasselb [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: My Perfect Camera
In a message dated 11/26/01 6:10:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Re: "Anything left out?" Yes - autofocus capability. Sometimes my 67 > year-old > eyes need it. > What Ed M said Mafud [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: My Perfect Camera
In a message dated 11/26/01 5:39:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Well, how many megapixels? > I don't know. Just for the record, how many megapixels are there in a 24x36 film frame? More than in an APS sized digital? Mafud [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: My Perfect Camera
On 26 Nov 2001, at 15:14, Mike Johnston wrote: > > That's it. That's my perfect camera. Anything I left out? > Does it serve martinis? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: My Perfect Camera
I 'd like something much like my ZX-5n, but ... silent, alloy body, weatherproof, 110% viewfinder (so I can see what's coming--as Shel does with his Leica), user-adjustable readout brightness, user-changeable screens, selectable autofocus points, trap focus. Able to take Contax as well as Pentax lenses. I'd also like it powered by fuel cell, not batteries. Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] > That's it. That's my perfect camera. Anything I left out? > > --Mike - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: My Perfect Camera
In a message dated 11/26/2001 6:26:07 PM US Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >That's it. That's my perfect camera. Anything I left out? > > It would be digital. > > ;-) > > Cotty > > C'mon, Cotty - no one said the damn thing had to be practical :-) Best regards, Ed M. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: My Perfect Camera
>It would be built by Pentax to the same high standards as the Spotmatics >(with the same kind of cosmetic durability--more old Spotties look better [snip] >Finally, it would have only one new feature--a small button next to the >shutter button that would act a spotmeter and exposure lock in one, a la the >Olympus OM-4T. This is a wonderful feature in real life, very handy and >quick. > >That's it. That's my perfect camera. Anything I left out? It would be digital. ;-) Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: My Perfect Camera
There goes the dream ... > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes of his dream canera: > > That's it. That's my perfect camera. > > Anything I left out? And Ed replied: > Re: "Anything left out?" Yes - autofocus capability. > Sometimes my 67 year-old eyes need it. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow/enter.html http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/cameras/pentax_repair_shops.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: My Perfect Camera
In a message dated 11/26/2001 4:21:46 PM US Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > This is the WORST sort of mental masturbation, but this is what my all- > time > perfect camera would be like: > > It would be built by Pentax to the same high standards as the Spotmatics > (with the same kind of cosmetic durability--more old Spotties look better > for longer than any other kind of old camera). The only differences would be > that it would be a few millimeters shorter in the "shoulders," and have an > LX-Grip-B-style grip. Oh, and it would have a flip-up keyed battery > compartment, built to last. > > Then, it would have EVERY SINGLE feature of the Nikon FM3a except the 93% > finder, the F lensmount, the double-exposure switch, and Nikon's dopey > pull-the-winding-crank-out-from-the-body on-off switch. You know, the one > that always pokes you in the forehead whenever you shoot a vertical. Instead > of the Nikon's 93% finder, it would have a 100% finder for those backwards > purists who shoot full-frame. > > Its winding crank would be as smooth-acting as a Leica M's. > > Its shutter would be veeery quiet. > > Finally, it would have only one new feature--a small button next to the > shutter button that would act a spotmeter and exposure lock in one, a la the > Olympus OM-4T. This is a wonderful feature in real life, very handy and > quick. > > That's it. That's my perfect camera. Anything I left out? > > --Mike > Re: "Anything left out?" Yes - autofocus capability. Sometimes my 67 year-old eyes need it. Best, Ed M - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: My Perfect Camera
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Mike Johnston wrote: [...] > That's it. That's my perfect camera. Anything I left out? Well, how many megapixels? :-) -- --- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.com --- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
My Perfect Camera
This is the WORST sort of mental masturbation, but this is what my all-time perfect camera would be like: It would be built by Pentax to the same high standards as the Spotmatics (with the same kind of cosmetic durability--more old Spotties look better for longer than any other kind of old camera). The only differences would be that it would be a few millimeters shorter in the "shoulders," and have an LX-Grip-B-style grip. Oh, and it would have a flip-up keyed battery compartment, built to last. Then, it would have EVERY SINGLE feature of the Nikon FM3a except the 93% finder, the F lensmount, the double-exposure switch, and Nikon's dopey pull-the-winding-crank-out-from-the-body on-off switch. You know, the one that always pokes you in the forehead whenever you shoot a vertical. Instead of the Nikon's 93% finder, it would have a 100% finder for those backwards purists who shoot full-frame. Its winding crank would be as smooth-acting as a Leica M's. Its shutter would be veeery quiet. Finally, it would have only one new feature--a small button next to the shutter button that would act a spotmeter and exposure lock in one, a la the Olympus OM-4T. This is a wonderful feature in real life, very handy and quick. That's it. That's my perfect camera. Anything I left out? --Mike - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
