Re: Pentax SV (brochure) - nice camera :)
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dug out an old Asahi Pentax SV brochure, might somebody be interested in it? I guess AOHC must have all the brochures scanned by now, but if not this one, is here somebody interested for a scan, or somebody with Spotmatic webpage? Eek! No one who likes those ugly Spotmatics with the fat mirror boxes deserves a brochure of a gorgeous camera like the SV! :) I'd love to have it if you don't want it, and would gladly cover postage and a bit more if you want. I'm going to be putting up a web page for PSP's (pre-Spotmatic cameras) eventually, so that will come in handy then. If anyone wants to make a scan of it in the meantime, I don't have a problem with that. I've got about 7 PSP's myself, including an SV that I got from Fred, so I'd love to have it. :) It's actually quite old, but very interesting. As a prominent feature of the camera (lens) is in bold type stressed the action of this black anodised focusing ring is silky. It's like a hot knife cutting through butter. That's already starting with Pentax philosophy :) And the SV doesn't have that ugly self-timer lever on front - it's hidden on top! It's a great self-timer! And the focusing is so much like butter... What's the reliability of SV's shutter? I am still looking for a nice old Spotmatic to use with my Carl Zeiss Jena lenses (2.8/20 1.8/80 CZJ just deserve something better than my broken-meter Praktica with its positive but LOUD shutter). What's the synch speed? X? I can't find it in the brochure. The Spotmatics do have a sturdier shutter mechanism, but I've never had any problems with any of my PSP's. The sync speed is X, which is 1/45. chris - 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: FP and X was(Pentax SV (brochure) - nice camera )
On Ebay they call them unused old stock. As far as I know there is only one company in the world currently making flash bulbs. There is/was supposed to be another one in China but I have never found any information on them. Megaflash in Ireland does not make FP rated bulbs as far as I know. Now about that "unused" thing they are always saying on Ebay. Maybe I could advertise, "Collector's special. Once used flash bulbs? These flash bulbs were used only one time with a genuine Speed Graphic in a real Graflite flashgun by a actual photographer. Bid early and bid high, these will go fast to serious collectors. --Tom Ken Archer wrote: Once upon a time, you could buy a long duration "focal plane" flash bulb. I guess you still can, but I haven't seen one in a long time. Anyway, the X was for electronic flash and the FP for focal plane bulbs. - 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: Pentax SV (brochure) - nice camera :)
I was wondering how can I select the X if it's between the 1/30 1/60 - is there an intermediate click-stop there, or I have to resort to 1/30? Frantisek and thanks for all the info! ***Glenn wrote: *** On the S1a and H3, all the _marked[*]_ speeds are in the .../15/30/60/125/... pattern, but the 'X' speed is in between 1/30 and 1/60. Could that be the source of the confusion? ([*]Uh, that is, the sync speed _is_ marked, but it's marked with an X instead of a number.) -- Glenn - 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: FP and X was(Pentax SV (brochure) - nice camera )
OK OK, about X, what is FP ??? I never used it, and no one ever told me or knew what it is for... any "light" hee ? I was wondering how can I select the X if it's between the 1/30 1/60 - is there an intermediate click-stop there, or I have to resort to 1/30? Frantisek and thanks for all the info! ***Glenn wrote: *** On the S1a and H3, all the _marked[*]_ speeds are in the .../15/30/60/125/... pattern, but the 'X' speed is in between 1/30 and 1/60. Could that be the source of the confusion? ([*]Uh, that is, the sync speed _is_ marked, but it's marked with an X instead of a number.) -- Glenn - 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: Pentax SV (brochure) - nice camera :)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] asked: I was wondering how can I select the X if it's between the 1/30 1/60 - is there an intermediate click-stop there, or I have to resort to 1/30? On the models I'm familiar with, there's an extra click-stop there (gotta remember to account for it when adjusting shutter speed by touch). I would expect the same on the SV. -- Glenn - 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: Pentax SV (brochure) - nice camera :)
"You can see this on page 37 of Gerjan's book, for those of you who have it. Everyone else should buy a copy pronto. :)" I have tried Barnes and Nobel and Amazon to order this book, with no luck...any ideas about where I might find it? TIA...Bob - 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 . __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.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: Pentax SV (brochure) - nice camera :)
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Bob Poe wrote: "You can see this on page 37 of Gerjan's book, for those of you who have it. Everyone else should buy a copy pronto. :)" I have tried Barnes and Nobel and Amazon to order this book, with no luck...any ideas about where I might find it? TIA...Bob Hi, Bob. It's at Amazon. Try: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/907653702X/o/ qid=984354984/sr=8-1/ref=aps_sr_b_1_1/102-0754547-1220910 with all of that cut and pasted to one line of unbroken text. If that doesn't work, run a search for "gerjan pentax" and it will come up. chris - 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: Pentax SV (brochure) - nice camera :)
Thanks for the info, Chris. Only trouble is, even though they show it in their inventory, they don't "actually" stock it...only in their "virtual" stock does it exist. It took two weeks to discover this fact. They would not backorder it either. I guess I need to do a new search and try calling an actual person to verify the tranaction. Cheers, Bob --- Chris Brogden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Bob Poe wrote: "You can see this on page 37 of Gerjan's book, for those of you who have it. Everyone else should buy a copy pronto. :)" I have tried Barnes and Nobel and Amazon to order this book, with no luck...any ideas about where I might find it? TIA...Bob Hi, Bob. It's at Amazon. Try: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/907653702X/o/ qid=984354984/sr=8-1/ref=aps_sr_b_1_1/102-0754547-1220910 with all of that cut and pasted to one line of unbroken text. If that doesn't work, run a search for "gerjan pentax" and it will come up. chris - 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 . __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.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: Pentax SV (brochure) - nice camera :)
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Bob Poe wrote: Thanks for the info, Chris. Only trouble is, even though they show it in their inventory, they don't "actually" stock it...only in their "virtual" stock does it exist. It took two weeks to discover this fact. They would not backorder it either. I guess I need to do a new search and try calling an actual person to verify the tranaction. That's odd. I ordered mine on January 22, and it arrived on February 14 through surface shipping. So I'm assuming that they had it in stock then. Wonder if I took their last copy. :) And what do you mean, they won't backorder it? You mean that they won't order a copy from the publisher for you??? Isn't that their job? chris - 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 .
