Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-04 Thread John Whittingham
There are an infinite number countable infinities, of course 8)

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 18:50:09 -0400, John Francis wrote
 How many countable infinities are there?
 
 On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 05:28:24PM -0400, Steve Desjardins wrote:
  I've always liked the countable infinities.  The uncountable ones seem
  so passe.
  
   Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/03/08 5:11 PM 
  Steve Desjardins wrote:
   Sure, according to the Mathematicians.  And they're almost as
  unhelpful
   as the philosophers.
   
   Steve the philosophy major
   
   Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/3/2008 11:53 AM 
   anywhere close to infinity
   
   is it possible for anything to be close to infinity? Any philosophers
   out there?
  
  Which infinity?  The infinity of natural numbers?  The infinity of real 
  numbers?  The infinity of human stupidity?
  
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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-04 Thread AlunFoto
A quote attributed to Albert Einstein is that the difference between
genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

For the sake of philosophy I'd be willing to equate limitlessness with
infinity in this case. :-)

Jostein

2008/4/3 Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
  anywhere close to infinity

 is it possible for anything to be close to infinity? Any philosophers
 out there?

 Bob


  -Original Message-
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
  Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: 03 April 2008 16:44
  To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
  Subject: Re: help needed for new pentax lens website
 
  I would think it best to restrict something like this to
  lenses that can be used without an adapter. It might be
  worthwhile to include m42 Pentax lenses, but I would draw the
  line there. BTW, although you can fit a Leica 39mm screwmount
  lens to a Pentax with adapters, it won't focus anywhere close
  to infinity. It will be macro only. Not exactly useful.
  Paul
   -- Original message --
  From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Well you've set yourself an enduring hobby.  Any m42 lens and the
   earlier m37 and c, (video, 8mm(?)), mount), Bessamatic or
  Kodak Retina
   IIIS/Reflex  with the proper adapter, I think there may
  even be a Leica
   S (m39) mount to m42 adapter which opens all of the Leica,
  and copies
   such as Canon, (ah think of using a canon f 0.95 50mm), RF
  lenses,   not
   to forget Pentax 645 and 67 lenses.  Then there's the TX T4
  Adapall etc.
   These are just the adapters I know of.  The scope is
  daunting and the
   number of different lenses is astounding.
  
   Andreas Pfotenhauer wrote:
Hi everybody,
   
as mentioned in the subject, i need your help :-)
   
I'm in the process of building a website that will hold a
  database with
all lenses usable on Pentax bodies (with preference for
  the digital
ones). I know, there is Bojidar Dimitrov's excellent
  k-mount web page
(and some others), but thats not what i have in mind,
  because kmp has
a pure technical perspective and it is restricted to
  Pentax lenses,
while i would like to cover *all* lens producers that are
  usable on a
Pentax body, and my project will offer more participation
  for users, it
will be possible to rate lenses, add comments, there will
  be a list of
external resources (URLs) pointing to lens reviews users
  can add to, etc
.. somewhat like a Wiki but mostly with structured data
  (so for example
one can easily filter for ultra wide lenses that offer
 automatic
aperture, have a availability rating greater than 3 and a
 overall
quality rating  greater or equal 4) and a set of
  permissions with what
a particular type of user(anonymous, registered
  user,staff,admin) can do
or not. i think you get a rough idea.
   
Problem is, this is some amount of data i have to collect and to

maintain, thats why the whole thing is database driven
  which in turn
means, no html skills will be necessary to add and
  maintain data, and
I'm optimistic that I'll find sooner or later someone
  who's interested
in helping me.
   
Second Problem is, i don't know 99% of these lenses, and
  thats why i
come to you guys. Getting functional characteristics of a
  lens (weight,
size, focal length, aperture etc) is in most cases no big
  problem,
thanks to google, but what i would like to have are
  descriptions of the
lens, preferably from someone who had it in his hands and
  did some
shots. Pictures of lenses are also very welcome. Of
  course contributions
will be attributed and pictures will have a explicit
  copyright notice,
with a link to the homepage of the contributor or
  something similar,
except the contributor does not want to be mentioned.
   
Website itself is still in alpha stage, so there is no
  layout and only
some sample data, I'm still adding/removing/changing
  features, but as
soon as i enter early beta I'll show you something :-)
   
with kind regards from Germany,
Andreas
   
PS: maybe i should mention that this will *not* be a
  commercial thing,
actually i intend to place the whole thing under a
  Creative Commons 3
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License (horrible
  name ^^), except
of course for picture contributors that wish to retain
  their copyrights.
   
   
  
  
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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-04 Thread timber
Yeah! Chuck Norris counted to infinity. Twice. :D

If you add the M42 lens then you should also add the Pentacon Six and
Pentax 67 and 645 lens too. There are adapters for 645 made by Pentax, and
Pentacon Six lenses are very common to be mounted on any 35mm cam.

.t

 There are an infinite number countable infinities, of course 8)

 On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 18:50:09 -0400, John Francis wrote
 How many countable infinities are there?

 On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 05:28:24PM -0400, Steve Desjardins wrote:
  I've always liked the countable infinities.  The uncountable ones seem
  so passe.
 
   Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/03/08 5:11 PM 
  Steve Desjardins wrote:
   Sure, according to the Mathematicians.  And they're almost as
  unhelpful
   as the philosophers.
  
   Steve the philosophy major
  
   Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/3/2008 11:53 AM 
   anywhere close to infinity
  
   is it possible for anything to be close to infinity? Any
 philosophers
   out there?
 
  Which infinity?  The infinity of natural numbers?  The infinity of
 real
  numbers?  The infinity of human stupidity?
 
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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-04 Thread David J Brooks
Chuck Norris counted to infinity, twice.

Dave

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  anywhere close to infinity

  is it possible for anything to be close to infinity? Any philosophers
  out there?

  Bob



   -Original Message-
   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
   Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Sent: 03 April 2008 16:44
   To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
   Subject: Re: help needed for new pentax lens website
  
   I would think it best to restrict something like this to
   lenses that can be used without an adapter. It might be
   worthwhile to include m42 Pentax lenses, but I would draw the
   line there. BTW, although you can fit a Leica 39mm screwmount
   lens to a Pentax with adapters, it won't focus anywhere close
   to infinity. It will be macro only. Not exactly useful.
   Paul
-- Original message --
   From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well you've set yourself an enduring hobby.  Any m42 lens and the
earlier m37 and c, (video, 8mm(?)), mount), Bessamatic or
   Kodak Retina
IIIS/Reflex  with the proper adapter, I think there may
   even be a Leica
S (m39) mount to m42 adapter which opens all of the Leica,
   and copies
such as Canon, (ah think of using a canon f 0.95 50mm), RF
   lenses,   not
to forget Pentax 645 and 67 lenses.  Then there's the TX T4
   Adapall etc.
These are just the adapters I know of.  The scope is
   daunting and the
number of different lenses is astounding.
   
Andreas Pfotenhauer wrote:
 Hi everybody,

 as mentioned in the subject, i need your help :-)

 I'm in the process of building a website that will hold a
   database with
 all lenses usable on Pentax bodies (with preference for
   the digital
 ones). I know, there is Bojidar Dimitrov's excellent
   k-mount web page
 (and some others), but thats not what i have in mind,
   because kmp has
 a pure technical perspective and it is restricted to
   Pentax lenses,
 while i would like to cover *all* lens producers that are
   usable on a
 Pentax body, and my project will offer more participation
   for users, it
 will be possible to rate lenses, add comments, there will
   be a list of
 external resources (URLs) pointing to lens reviews users
   can add to, etc
 .. somewhat like a Wiki but mostly with structured data
   (so for example
 one can easily filter for ultra wide lenses that offer
  automatic
 aperture, have a availability rating greater than 3 and a
  overall
 quality rating  greater or equal 4) and a set of
   permissions with what
 a particular type of user(anonymous, registered
   user,staff,admin) can do
 or not. i think you get a rough idea.

 Problem is, this is some amount of data i have to collect and to

 maintain, thats why the whole thing is database driven
   which in turn
 means, no html skills will be necessary to add and
   maintain data, and
 I'm optimistic that I'll find sooner or later someone
   who's interested
 in helping me.

 Second Problem is, i don't know 99% of these lenses, and
   thats why i
 come to you guys. Getting functional characteristics of a
   lens (weight,
 size, focal length, aperture etc) is in most cases no big
   problem,
 thanks to google, but what i would like to have are
   descriptions of the
 lens, preferably from someone who had it in his hands and
   did some
 shots. Pictures of lenses are also very welcome. Of
   course contributions
 will be attributed and pictures will have a explicit
   copyright notice,
 with a link to the homepage of the contributor or
   something similar,
 except the contributor does not want to be mentioned.

 Website itself is still in alpha stage, so there is no
   layout and only
 some sample data, I'm still adding/removing/changing
   features, but as
 soon as i enter early beta I'll show you something :-)

 with kind regards from Germany,
 Andreas

 PS: maybe i should mention that this will *not* be a
   commercial thing,
 actually i intend to place the whole thing under a
   Creative Commons 3
 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License (horrible
   name ^^), except
 of course for picture contributors that wish to retain
   their copyrights.


   
   
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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:36 PM, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  42

  Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

Not at all. They could be carried.

Dave

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  Subject: Re: help needed for new pentax lens website




  42
  
   John Francis wrote:
   How many countable infinities are there?
  
   On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 05:28:24PM -0400, Steve Desjardins wrote:
   I've always liked the countable infinities.  The uncountable ones seem
   so passe.
  
   Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/03/08 5:11 PM 
   Steve Desjardins wrote:
   Sure, according to the Mathematicians.  And they're almost as
   unhelpful
   as the philosophers.
  
   Steve the philosophy major
  
   Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/3/2008 11:53 AM 
   anywhere close to infinity
   is it possible for anything to be close to infinity? Any philosophers
   out there?
   Which infinity?  The infinity of natural numbers?  The infinity of real
   numbers?  The infinity of human stupidity?
  
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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread P. J. Alling
Ok so the Leica S mount lenses could only be used a macro distances, but 
the Canon f0.95 would let in a lot of light!

P. J. Alling wrote:
 Well you've set yourself an enduring hobby.  Any m42 lens and the 
 earlier m37 and c, (video, 8mm(?)), mount), Bessamatic or Kodak Retina 
 IIIS/Reflex  with the proper adapter, I think there may even be a Leica 
 S (m39) mount to m42 adapter which opens all of the Leica, and copies 
 such as Canon, (ah think of using a canon f 0.95 50mm), RF lenses,   not 
 to forget Pentax 645 and 67 lenses.  Then there's the TX T4 Adapall etc. 
 These are just the adapters I know of.  The scope is daunting and the 
 number of different lenses is astounding.  

 Andreas Pfotenhauer wrote:
   
 Hi everybody,

 as mentioned in the subject, i need your help :-)

 I'm in the process of building a website that will hold a database with 
 all lenses usable on Pentax bodies (with preference for the digital 
 ones). I know, there is Bojidar Dimitrov's excellent k-mount web page 
 (and some others), but thats not what i have in mind, because kmp has 
 a pure technical perspective and it is restricted to Pentax lenses, 
 while i would like to cover *all* lens producers that are usable on a 
 Pentax body, and my project will offer more participation for users, it 
 will be possible to rate lenses, add comments, there will be a list of 
 external resources (URLs) pointing to lens reviews users can add to, etc 
 .. somewhat like a Wiki but mostly with structured data (so for example 
 one can easily filter for ultra wide lenses that offer automatic 
 aperture, have a availability rating greater than 3 and a overall 
 quality rating  greater or equal 4) and a set of permissions with what 
 a particular type of user(anonymous, registered user,staff,admin) can do 
 or not. i think you get a rough idea.

 Problem is, this is some amount of data i have to collect and to 
 maintain, thats why the whole thing is database driven which in turn 
 means, no html skills will be necessary to add and maintain data, and 
 I'm optimistic that I'll find sooner or later someone who's interested 
 in helping me.

 Second Problem is, i don't know 99% of these lenses, and thats why i 
 come to you guys. Getting functional characteristics of a lens (weight, 
 size, focal length, aperture etc) is in most cases no big problem, 
 thanks to google, but what i would like to have are descriptions of the 
 lens, preferably from someone who had it in his hands and did some 
 shots. Pictures of lenses are also very welcome. Of course contributions 
 will be attributed and pictures will have a explicit copyright notice, 
 with a link to the homepage of the contributor or something similar, 
 except the contributor does not want to be mentioned.

 Website itself is still in alpha stage, so there is no layout and only 
 some sample data, I'm still adding/removing/changing features, but as 
 soon as i enter early beta I'll show you something :-)

 with kind regards from Germany,
 Andreas

 PS: maybe i should mention that this will *not* be a commercial thing, 
 actually i intend to place the whole thing under a Creative Commons 3 
 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License (horrible name ^^), except 
 of course for picture contributors that wish to retain their copyrights.

   
 


   


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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread P. J. Alling
Well you've set yourself an enduring hobby.  Any m42 lens and the 
earlier m37 and c, (video, 8mm(?)), mount), Bessamatic or Kodak Retina 
IIIS/Reflex  with the proper adapter, I think there may even be a Leica 
S (m39) mount to m42 adapter which opens all of the Leica, and copies 
such as Canon, (ah think of using a canon f 0.95 50mm), RF lenses,   not 
to forget Pentax 645 and 67 lenses.  Then there's the TX T4 Adapall etc. 
These are just the adapters I know of.  The scope is daunting and the 
number of different lenses is astounding.  

Andreas Pfotenhauer wrote:
 Hi everybody,

 as mentioned in the subject, i need your help :-)

 I'm in the process of building a website that will hold a database with 
 all lenses usable on Pentax bodies (with preference for the digital 
 ones). I know, there is Bojidar Dimitrov's excellent k-mount web page 
 (and some others), but thats not what i have in mind, because kmp has 
 a pure technical perspective and it is restricted to Pentax lenses, 
 while i would like to cover *all* lens producers that are usable on a 
 Pentax body, and my project will offer more participation for users, it 
 will be possible to rate lenses, add comments, there will be a list of 
 external resources (URLs) pointing to lens reviews users can add to, etc 
 .. somewhat like a Wiki but mostly with structured data (so for example 
 one can easily filter for ultra wide lenses that offer automatic 
 aperture, have a availability rating greater than 3 and a overall 
 quality rating  greater or equal 4) and a set of permissions with what 
 a particular type of user(anonymous, registered user,staff,admin) can do 
 or not. i think you get a rough idea.

 Problem is, this is some amount of data i have to collect and to 
 maintain, thats why the whole thing is database driven which in turn 
 means, no html skills will be necessary to add and maintain data, and 
 I'm optimistic that I'll find sooner or later someone who's interested 
 in helping me.

 Second Problem is, i don't know 99% of these lenses, and thats why i 
 come to you guys. Getting functional characteristics of a lens (weight, 
 size, focal length, aperture etc) is in most cases no big problem, 
 thanks to google, but what i would like to have are descriptions of the 
 lens, preferably from someone who had it in his hands and did some 
 shots. Pictures of lenses are also very welcome. Of course contributions 
 will be attributed and pictures will have a explicit copyright notice, 
 with a link to the homepage of the contributor or something similar, 
 except the contributor does not want to be mentioned.

 Website itself is still in alpha stage, so there is no layout and only 
 some sample data, I'm still adding/removing/changing features, but as 
 soon as i enter early beta I'll show you something :-)

 with kind regards from Germany,
 Andreas

 PS: maybe i should mention that this will *not* be a commercial thing, 
 actually i intend to place the whole thing under a Creative Commons 3 
 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License (horrible name ^^), except 
 of course for picture contributors that wish to retain their copyrights.

   


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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread pnstenquist
I would think it best to restrict something like this to lenses that can be 
used without an adapter. It might be worthwhile to include m42 Pentax lenses, 
but I would draw the line there. BTW, although you can fit a Leica 39mm 
screwmount lens to a Pentax with adapters, it won't focus anywhere close to 
infinity. It will be macro only. Not exactly useful.
Paul
 -- Original message --
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Well you've set yourself an enduring hobby.  Any m42 lens and the 
 earlier m37 and c, (video, 8mm(?)), mount), Bessamatic or Kodak Retina 
 IIIS/Reflex  with the proper adapter, I think there may even be a Leica 
 S (m39) mount to m42 adapter which opens all of the Leica, and copies 
 such as Canon, (ah think of using a canon f 0.95 50mm), RF lenses,   not 
 to forget Pentax 645 and 67 lenses.  Then there's the TX T4 Adapall etc. 
 These are just the adapters I know of.  The scope is daunting and the 
 number of different lenses is astounding.  
 
 Andreas Pfotenhauer wrote:
  Hi everybody,
 
  as mentioned in the subject, i need your help :-)
 
  I'm in the process of building a website that will hold a database with 
  all lenses usable on Pentax bodies (with preference for the digital 
  ones). I know, there is Bojidar Dimitrov's excellent k-mount web page 
  (and some others), but thats not what i have in mind, because kmp has 
  a pure technical perspective and it is restricted to Pentax lenses, 
  while i would like to cover *all* lens producers that are usable on a 
  Pentax body, and my project will offer more participation for users, it 
  will be possible to rate lenses, add comments, there will be a list of 
  external resources (URLs) pointing to lens reviews users can add to, etc 
  .. somewhat like a Wiki but mostly with structured data (so for example 
  one can easily filter for ultra wide lenses that offer automatic 
  aperture, have a availability rating greater than 3 and a overall 
  quality rating  greater or equal 4) and a set of permissions with what 
  a particular type of user(anonymous, registered user,staff,admin) can do 
  or not. i think you get a rough idea.
 
  Problem is, this is some amount of data i have to collect and to 
  maintain, thats why the whole thing is database driven which in turn 
  means, no html skills will be necessary to add and maintain data, and 
  I'm optimistic that I'll find sooner or later someone who's interested 
  in helping me.
 
  Second Problem is, i don't know 99% of these lenses, and thats why i 
  come to you guys. Getting functional characteristics of a lens (weight, 
  size, focal length, aperture etc) is in most cases no big problem, 
  thanks to google, but what i would like to have are descriptions of the 
  lens, preferably from someone who had it in his hands and did some 
  shots. Pictures of lenses are also very welcome. Of course contributions 
  will be attributed and pictures will have a explicit copyright notice, 
  with a link to the homepage of the contributor or something similar, 
  except the contributor does not want to be mentioned.
 
  Website itself is still in alpha stage, so there is no layout and only 
  some sample data, I'm still adding/removing/changing features, but as 
  soon as i enter early beta I'll show you something :-)
 
  with kind regards from Germany,
  Andreas
 
  PS: maybe i should mention that this will *not* be a commercial thing, 
  actually i intend to place the whole thing under a Creative Commons 3 
  Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License (horrible name ^^), except 
  of course for picture contributors that wish to retain their copyrights.
 

 
 
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RE: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread Bob W
 anywhere close to infinity

is it possible for anything to be close to infinity? Any philosophers
out there?

Bob

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
 Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: 03 April 2008 16:44
 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
 Subject: Re: help needed for new pentax lens website
 
 I would think it best to restrict something like this to 
 lenses that can be used without an adapter. It might be 
 worthwhile to include m42 Pentax lenses, but I would draw the 
 line there. BTW, although you can fit a Leica 39mm screwmount 
 lens to a Pentax with adapters, it won't focus anywhere close 
 to infinity. It will be macro only. Not exactly useful.
 Paul
  -- Original message --
 From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Well you've set yourself an enduring hobby.  Any m42 lens and the 
  earlier m37 and c, (video, 8mm(?)), mount), Bessamatic or 
 Kodak Retina 
  IIIS/Reflex  with the proper adapter, I think there may 
 even be a Leica 
  S (m39) mount to m42 adapter which opens all of the Leica, 
 and copies 
  such as Canon, (ah think of using a canon f 0.95 50mm), RF 
 lenses,   not 
  to forget Pentax 645 and 67 lenses.  Then there's the TX T4 
 Adapall etc. 
  These are just the adapters I know of.  The scope is 
 daunting and the 
  number of different lenses is astounding.  
  
  Andreas Pfotenhauer wrote:
   Hi everybody,
  
   as mentioned in the subject, i need your help :-)
  
   I'm in the process of building a website that will hold a 
 database with 
   all lenses usable on Pentax bodies (with preference for 
 the digital 
   ones). I know, there is Bojidar Dimitrov's excellent 
 k-mount web page 
   (and some others), but thats not what i have in mind, 
 because kmp has 
   a pure technical perspective and it is restricted to 
 Pentax lenses, 
   while i would like to cover *all* lens producers that are 
 usable on a 
   Pentax body, and my project will offer more participation 
 for users, it 
   will be possible to rate lenses, add comments, there will 
 be a list of 
   external resources (URLs) pointing to lens reviews users 
 can add to, etc 
   .. somewhat like a Wiki but mostly with structured data 
 (so for example 
   one can easily filter for ultra wide lenses that offer
automatic 
   aperture, have a availability rating greater than 3 and a
overall 
   quality rating  greater or equal 4) and a set of 
 permissions with what 
   a particular type of user(anonymous, registered 
 user,staff,admin) can do 
   or not. i think you get a rough idea.
  
   Problem is, this is some amount of data i have to collect and to

   maintain, thats why the whole thing is database driven 
 which in turn 
   means, no html skills will be necessary to add and 
 maintain data, and 
   I'm optimistic that I'll find sooner or later someone 
 who's interested 
   in helping me.
  
   Second Problem is, i don't know 99% of these lenses, and 
 thats why i 
   come to you guys. Getting functional characteristics of a 
 lens (weight, 
   size, focal length, aperture etc) is in most cases no big 
 problem, 
   thanks to google, but what i would like to have are 
 descriptions of the 
   lens, preferably from someone who had it in his hands and 
 did some 
   shots. Pictures of lenses are also very welcome. Of 
 course contributions 
   will be attributed and pictures will have a explicit 
 copyright notice, 
   with a link to the homepage of the contributor or 
 something similar, 
   except the contributor does not want to be mentioned.
  
   Website itself is still in alpha stage, so there is no 
 layout and only 
   some sample data, I'm still adding/removing/changing 
 features, but as 
   soon as i enter early beta I'll show you something :-)
  
   with kind regards from Germany,
   Andreas
  
   PS: maybe i should mention that this will *not* be a 
 commercial thing, 
   actually i intend to place the whole thing under a 
 Creative Commons 3 
   Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License (horrible 
 name ^^), except 
   of course for picture contributors that wish to retain 
 their copyrights.
  
 
  
  
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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread Andreas Pfotenhauer
Hi P.J.,

I didn't make myself clear enough it seems (sorry, english is not my 
native tongue, but i'll try my best). The point is not to have a 
*complete* list of lenses that in theory can be somehow attached to a 
pentax body, who would want that anyway? maybe such a list would be 
historical interesting for one or the other, but it's not my goal. I 
would like to have everything in there that has still practical 
relevance (with relevant i mean there are chances to pick one up at the 
bay, for instance), thats enough for me (and thats mainly k-mount 
lenses, and maybe some M42s). If someone feels the M35 or something even 
more exotic needs to be in there as well, he can of course enter them, 
no problem. Thats the beauty of a database solution ;-)

cheers
Andreas

P. J. Alling wrote:
 Well you've set yourself an enduring hobby.  Any m42 lens and the 
 earlier m37 and c, (video, 8mm(?)), mount), Bessamatic or Kodak Retina 
 IIIS/Reflex  with the proper adapter, I think there may even be a Leica 
 S (m39) mount to m42 adapter which opens all of the Leica, and copies 
 such as Canon, (ah think of using a canon f 0.95 50mm), RF lenses,   not 
 to forget Pentax 645 and 67 lenses.  Then there's the TX T4 Adapall etc. 
 These are just the adapters I know of.  The scope is daunting and the 
 number of different lenses is astounding.  

 Andreas Pfotenhauer wrote:
   
 Hi everybody,

 as mentioned in the subject, i need your help :-)

 
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RE: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread Steve Desjardins
Sure, according to the Mathematicians.  And they're almost as unhelpful
as the philosophers.

Steve the philosophy major

 Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/3/2008 11:53 AM 
 anywhere close to infinity

is it possible for anything to be close to infinity? Any philosophers
out there?

Bob

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
 Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 Sent: 03 April 2008 16:44
 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
 Subject: Re: help needed for new pentax lens website
 
 I would think it best to restrict something like this to 
 lenses that can be used without an adapter. It might be 
 worthwhile to include m42 Pentax lenses, but I would draw the 
 line there. BTW, although you can fit a Leica 39mm screwmount 
 lens to a Pentax with adapters, it won't focus anywhere close 
 to infinity. It will be macro only. Not exactly useful.
 Paul
  -- Original message --
 From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Well you've set yourself an enduring hobby.  Any m42 lens and the 
  earlier m37 and c, (video, 8mm(?)), mount), Bessamatic or 
 Kodak Retina 
  IIIS/Reflex  with the proper adapter, I think there may 
 even be a Leica 
  S (m39) mount to m42 adapter which opens all of the Leica, 
 and copies 
  such as Canon, (ah think of using a canon f 0.95 50mm), RF 
 lenses,   not 
  to forget Pentax 645 and 67 lenses.  Then there's the TX T4 
 Adapall etc. 
  These are just the adapters I know of.  The scope is 
 daunting and the 
  number of different lenses is astounding.  
  
  Andreas Pfotenhauer wrote:
   Hi everybody,
  
   as mentioned in the subject, i need your help :-)
  
   I'm in the process of building a website that will hold a 
 database with 
   all lenses usable on Pentax bodies (with preference for 
 the digital 
   ones). I know, there is Bojidar Dimitrov's excellent 
 k-mount web page 
   (and some others), but thats not what i have in mind, 
 because kmp has 
   a pure technical perspective and it is restricted to 
 Pentax lenses, 
   while i would like to cover *all* lens producers that are 
 usable on a 
   Pentax body, and my project will offer more participation 
 for users, it 
   will be possible to rate lenses, add comments, there will 
 be a list of 
   external resources (URLs) pointing to lens reviews users 
 can add to, etc 
   .. somewhat like a Wiki but mostly with structured data 
 (so for example 
   one can easily filter for ultra wide lenses that offer
automatic 
   aperture, have a availability rating greater than 3 and a
overall 
   quality rating  greater or equal 4) and a set of 
 permissions with what 
   a particular type of user(anonymous, registered 
 user,staff,admin) can do 
   or not. i think you get a rough idea.
  
   Problem is, this is some amount of data i have to collect and to

   maintain, thats why the whole thing is database driven 
 which in turn 
   means, no html skills will be necessary to add and 
 maintain data, and 
   I'm optimistic that I'll find sooner or later someone 
 who's interested 
   in helping me.
  
   Second Problem is, i don't know 99% of these lenses, and 
 thats why i 
   come to you guys. Getting functional characteristics of a 
 lens (weight, 
   size, focal length, aperture etc) is in most cases no big 
 problem, 
   thanks to google, but what i would like to have are 
 descriptions of the 
   lens, preferably from someone who had it in his hands and 
 did some 
   shots. Pictures of lenses are also very welcome. Of 
 course contributions 
   will be attributed and pictures will have a explicit 
 copyright notice, 
   with a link to the homepage of the contributor or 
 something similar, 
   except the contributor does not want to be mentioned.
  
   Website itself is still in alpha stage, so there is no 
 layout and only 
   some sample data, I'm still adding/removing/changing 
 features, but as 
   soon as i enter early beta I'll show you something :-)
  
   with kind regards from Germany,
   Andreas
  
   PS: maybe i should mention that this will *not* be a 
 commercial thing, 
   actually i intend to place the whole thing under a 
 Creative Commons 3 
   Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License (horrible 
 name ^^), except 
   of course for picture contributors that wish to retain 
 their copyrights.
  
 
  
  
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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread Scott Loveless
Steve Desjardins wrote:
 Sure, according to the Mathematicians.  And they're almost as unhelpful
 as the philosophers.

I happen to like mathematicians quite a bit.  They're much more useful 
than philosophers.  Granted, it helps than I'm married to one.  Now if 
only I could teach her to add 2+2 in her head.

 
 Steve the philosophy major
 
 Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/3/2008 11:53 AM 
 anywhere close to infinity
 
 is it possible for anything to be close to infinity? Any philosophers
 out there?
 
 Bob
 

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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 04:53:07PM +0100, Bob W wrote:
  anywhere close to infinity
 
 is it possible for anything to be close to infinity? Any philosophers
 out there?
 
 Bob

Well, by definition, if any of the philosophers are out there then it
must be possible for something to be close to infinity (as long as a
philosopher is included in your definition of anything)

Some of the philosophers that I've met are definitely far out.



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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 12:27:39PM -0400, Scott Loveless wrote:
 Steve Desjardins wrote:
  Sure, according to the Mathematicians.  And they're almost as unhelpful
  as the philosophers.
 
 I happen to like mathematicians quite a bit.  They're much more useful 
 than philosophers.  Granted, it helps than I'm married to one.  Now if 
 only I could teach her to add 2+2 in her head.

A mathematician doesn't care what the value of 2+2 is; it's sufficient
to show that the answer is unique (and independent of the order in which
you take the addends :-).  Relating this to things that happen in the
real world is a physics problem.


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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread Scott Loveless
John Francis wrote:
 On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 12:27:39PM -0400, Scott Loveless wrote:
 Steve Desjardins wrote:
 Sure, according to the Mathematicians.  And they're almost as unhelpful
 as the philosophers.
 I happen to like mathematicians quite a bit.  They're much more useful 
 than philosophers.  Granted, it helps than I'm married to one.  Now if 
 only I could teach her to add 2+2 in her head.
 
 A mathematician doesn't care what the value of 2+2 is; it's sufficient
 to show that the answer is unique (and independent of the order in which
 you take the addends :-).  Relating this to things that happen in the
 real world is a physics problem.
 
 
Christie says I like him.  She doesn't think very much of me at the 
moment, though.

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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread Adam Maas
But the Zenit M39 lenses can be used (Leica thread with M42/K register)

-Adam

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:33 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Ok so the Leica S mount lenses could only be used a macro distances, but
  the Canon f0.95 would let in a lot of light!



  P. J. Alling wrote:
   Well you've set yourself an enduring hobby.  Any m42 lens and the
   earlier m37 and c, (video, 8mm(?)), mount), Bessamatic or Kodak Retina
   IIIS/Reflex  with the proper adapter, I think there may even be a Leica
   S (m39) mount to m42 adapter which opens all of the Leica, and copies
   such as Canon, (ah think of using a canon f 0.95 50mm), RF lenses,   not
   to forget Pentax 645 and 67 lenses.  Then there's the TX T4 Adapall etc.
   These are just the adapters I know of.  The scope is daunting and the
   number of different lenses is astounding.
  
   Andreas Pfotenhauer wrote:
  
   Hi everybody,
  
   as mentioned in the subject, i need your help :-)
  
   I'm in the process of building a website that will hold a database with
   all lenses usable on Pentax bodies (with preference for the digital
   ones). I know, there is Bojidar Dimitrov's excellent k-mount web page
   (and some others), but thats not what i have in mind, because kmp has
   a pure technical perspective and it is restricted to Pentax lenses,
   while i would like to cover *all* lens producers that are usable on a
   Pentax body, and my project will offer more participation for users, it
   will be possible to rate lenses, add comments, there will be a list of
   external resources (URLs) pointing to lens reviews users can add to, etc
   .. somewhat like a Wiki but mostly with structured data (so for example
   one can easily filter for ultra wide lenses that offer automatic
   aperture, have a availability rating greater than 3 and a overall
   quality rating  greater or equal 4) and a set of permissions with what
   a particular type of user(anonymous, registered user,staff,admin) can do
   or not. i think you get a rough idea.
  
   Problem is, this is some amount of data i have to collect and to
   maintain, thats why the whole thing is database driven which in turn
   means, no html skills will be necessary to add and maintain data, and
   I'm optimistic that I'll find sooner or later someone who's interested
   in helping me.
  
   Second Problem is, i don't know 99% of these lenses, and thats why i
   come to you guys. Getting functional characteristics of a lens (weight,
   size, focal length, aperture etc) is in most cases no big problem,
   thanks to google, but what i would like to have are descriptions of the
   lens, preferably from someone who had it in his hands and did some
   shots. Pictures of lenses are also very welcome. Of course contributions
   will be attributed and pictures will have a explicit copyright notice,
   with a link to the homepage of the contributor or something similar,
   except the contributor does not want to be mentioned.
  
   Website itself is still in alpha stage, so there is no layout and only
   some sample data, I'm still adding/removing/changing features, but as
   soon as i enter early beta I'll show you something :-)
  
   with kind regards from Germany,
   Andreas
  
   PS: maybe i should mention that this will *not* be a commercial thing,
   actually i intend to place the whole thing under a Creative Commons 3
   Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License (horrible name ^^), except
   of course for picture contributors that wish to retain their copyrights.
  
  
  
  
  
  


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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi

Steve Desjardins wrote:
 I happen to like mathematicians quite a bit.  They're much more useful
 than philosophers.  Granted, it helps than I'm married to one.  Now if
 only I could teach her to add 2+2 in her head.

Mathematicians prove things. Addition is left as an exercise for the  
listener. ;-)

Godfrey
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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread John Graves
Scott,

Sure.and the sine of the square root of 1 comes right up any time 
you ask.  Huh?


John Graves
WA1JG
[EMAIL PROTECTED]



Scott Loveless wrote:
 Steve Desjardins wrote:
   
 Sure, according to the Mathematicians.  And they're almost as unhelpful
 as the philosophers.
 

 I happen to like mathematicians quite a bit.  They're much more useful 
 than philosophers.  Granted, it helps than I'm married to one.  Now if 
 only I could teach her to add 2+2 in her head.

   
 Steve the philosophy major

 
 Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/3/2008 11:53 AM 
   
 anywhere close to infinity
   
 is it possible for anything to be close to infinity? Any philosophers
 out there?

 Bob

 

   

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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread Scott Loveless
John Graves wrote:
 Scott,
 
 Sure.and the sine of the square root of 1 comes right up any time 
 you ask.  Huh?
 
Hold on a sec.  I'll ask.

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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread P. J. Alling
Ah, but those are Zenit lenses another kettle of fish altogether.

Adam Maas wrote:
 But the Zenit M39 lenses can be used (Leica thread with M42/K register)

 -Adam

 On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:33 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   
 Ok so the Leica S mount lenses could only be used a macro distances, but
  the Canon f0.95 would let in a lot of light!



  P. J. Alling wrote:
   Well you've set yourself an enduring hobby.  Any m42 lens and the
   earlier m37 and c, (video, 8mm(?)), mount), Bessamatic or Kodak Retina
   IIIS/Reflex  with the proper adapter, I think there may even be a Leica
   S (m39) mount to m42 adapter which opens all of the Leica, and copies
   such as Canon, (ah think of using a canon f 0.95 50mm), RF lenses,   not
   to forget Pentax 645 and 67 lenses.  Then there's the TX T4 Adapall etc.
   These are just the adapters I know of.  The scope is daunting and the
   number of different lenses is astounding.
  
   Andreas Pfotenhauer wrote:
  
   Hi everybody,
  
   as mentioned in the subject, i need your help :-)
  
   I'm in the process of building a website that will hold a database with
   all lenses usable on Pentax bodies (with preference for the digital
   ones). I know, there is Bojidar Dimitrov's excellent k-mount web page
   (and some others), but thats not what i have in mind, because kmp has
   a pure technical perspective and it is restricted to Pentax lenses,
   while i would like to cover *all* lens producers that are usable on a
   Pentax body, and my project will offer more participation for users, it
   will be possible to rate lenses, add comments, there will be a list of
   external resources (URLs) pointing to lens reviews users can add to, etc
   .. somewhat like a Wiki but mostly with structured data (so for example
   one can easily filter for ultra wide lenses that offer automatic
   aperture, have a availability rating greater than 3 and a overall
   quality rating  greater or equal 4) and a set of permissions with what
   a particular type of user(anonymous, registered user,staff,admin) can do
   or not. i think you get a rough idea.
  
   Problem is, this is some amount of data i have to collect and to
   maintain, thats why the whole thing is database driven which in turn
   means, no html skills will be necessary to add and maintain data, and
   I'm optimistic that I'll find sooner or later someone who's interested
   in helping me.
  
   Second Problem is, i don't know 99% of these lenses, and thats why i
   come to you guys. Getting functional characteristics of a lens (weight,
   size, focal length, aperture etc) is in most cases no big problem,
   thanks to google, but what i would like to have are descriptions of the
   lens, preferably from someone who had it in his hands and did some
   shots. Pictures of lenses are also very welcome. Of course contributions
   will be attributed and pictures will have a explicit copyright notice,
   with a link to the homepage of the contributor or something similar,
   except the contributor does not want to be mentioned.
  
   Website itself is still in alpha stage, so there is no layout and only
   some sample data, I'm still adding/removing/changing features, but as
   soon as i enter early beta I'll show you something :-)
  
   with kind regards from Germany,
   Andreas
  
   PS: maybe i should mention that this will *not* be a commercial thing,
   actually i intend to place the whole thing under a Creative Commons 3
   Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License (horrible name ^^), except
   of course for picture contributors that wish to retain their copyrights.
  
  
  
  
  
  


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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread Doug Franklin
Scott Loveless wrote:
 John Francis wrote:
 On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 12:27:39PM -0400, Scott Loveless wrote:
 A mathematician doesn't care what the value of 2+2 is; Relating this
 to things that happen in the real world is a physics problem.

 Christie says I like him.  She doesn't think very much of me at the 
 moment, though.

Actually, applying math to the real world is an applied physics problem. 
  The theoretical physicists are quite as happy as the mathematicians 
with purely symbolic math. :-)

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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread Steve Desjardins
I've always liked the countable infinities.  The uncountable ones seem
so passe.

 Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/03/08 5:11 PM 
Steve Desjardins wrote:
 Sure, according to the Mathematicians.  And they're almost as
unhelpful
 as the philosophers.
 
 Steve the philosophy major
 
 Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/3/2008 11:53 AM 
 anywhere close to infinity
 
 is it possible for anything to be close to infinity? Any philosophers
 out there?

Which infinity?  The infinity of natural numbers?  The infinity of real 
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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread Doug Franklin
Steve Desjardins wrote:
 Sure, according to the Mathematicians.  And they're almost as unhelpful
 as the philosophers.
 
 Steve the philosophy major
 
 Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/3/2008 11:53 AM 
 anywhere close to infinity
 
 is it possible for anything to be close to infinity? Any philosophers
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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread Doug Franklin
Steve Desjardins wrote:
 I've always liked the countable infinities.  The uncountable ones seem
 so passe.

Well, then, that lets the infinity of human stupidity right out.

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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread John Francis

How many countable infinities are there?

On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 05:28:24PM -0400, Steve Desjardins wrote:
 I've always liked the countable infinities.  The uncountable ones seem
 so passe.
 
  Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/03/08 5:11 PM 
 Steve Desjardins wrote:
  Sure, according to the Mathematicians.  And they're almost as
 unhelpful
  as the philosophers.
  
  Steve the philosophy major
  
  Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/3/2008 11:53 AM 
  anywhere close to infinity
  
  is it possible for anything to be close to infinity? Any philosophers
  out there?
 
 Which infinity?  The infinity of natural numbers?  The infinity of real 
 numbers?  The infinity of human stupidity?
 
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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread Scott Loveless
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John Francis wrote:
 How many countable infinities are there?
 
 On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 05:28:24PM -0400, Steve Desjardins wrote:
 I've always liked the countable infinities.  The uncountable ones seem
 so passe.

 Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/03/08 5:11 PM 
 Steve Desjardins wrote:
 Sure, according to the Mathematicians.  And they're almost as
 unhelpful
 as the philosophers.

 Steve the philosophy major

 Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/3/2008 11:53 AM 
 anywhere close to infinity
 is it possible for anything to be close to infinity? Any philosophers
 out there?
 Which infinity?  The infinity of natural numbers?  The infinity of real 
 numbers?  The infinity of human stupidity?

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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread Doug Franklin
John Francis wrote:
 How many countable infinities are there?

I don't know, but I'd guess there's an uncountably infinite number of them.

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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread P. J. Alling
An infinite number, you can count them all you want...

John Francis wrote:
 How many countable infinities are there?

 On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 05:28:24PM -0400, Steve Desjardins wrote:
   
 I've always liked the countable infinities.  The uncountable ones seem
 so passe.

 
 Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/03/08 5:11 PM 
   
 Steve Desjardins wrote:
 
 Sure, according to the Mathematicians.  And they're almost as
   
 unhelpful
 
 as the philosophers.

 Steve the philosophy major

   
 Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/3/2008 11:53 AM 
 
 anywhere close to infinity
 
 is it possible for anything to be close to infinity? Any philosophers
 out there?
   
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Re: help needed for new pentax lens website

2008-04-03 Thread Ken Waller
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Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

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Subject: Re: help needed for new pentax lens website


 42

 John Francis wrote:
 How many countable infinities are there?

 On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 05:28:24PM -0400, Steve Desjardins wrote:
 I've always liked the countable infinities.  The uncountable ones seem
 so passe.

 Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/03/08 5:11 PM 
 Steve Desjardins wrote:
 Sure, according to the Mathematicians.  And they're almost as
 unhelpful
 as the philosophers.

 Steve the philosophy major

 Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/3/2008 11:53 AM 
 anywhere close to infinity
 is it possible for anything to be close to infinity? Any philosophers
 out there?
 Which infinity?  The infinity of natural numbers?  The infinity of real
 numbers?  The infinity of human stupidity?

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 Thanks,
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