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From: "Chris Niesmertelny" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Pentax Discuss" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 6:01 PM
Subject: LX Strap Lugs
What's the deal with strap lugs for the LX? Rarer than a Ruth's
Chris
porterhouse, and just about as expensive. I
At 14:34 19.1.2001 +0100, you wrote:
[...]
Most of these Japan only products are never offered to foreign
distributors. A case in point are the L-mount Limited lens. Sometimes they
are. Pentax Europe was asked if they had any
Sorry, but what are L-mount Limiteds? Does it mean Leica mount? M? or
At 07:47 19.1.2001 -0800, you wrote:
Do you mean that you have both Z1p and K2 so between the two you have both
kinds?
Yes.
Or that the K2 can do both kinds of MLU?
I wish!
I am curious ;)
Frantisek (K@DMD happy)
I'm jealous: I would love a K2DMD!
*I* am jealous :) I would love a Z-1p !
Oh, man. I have several Pentax lenses that use filter sizes other
than 58mm. Are they all Tamrons?
Hmm, they must be. In fact, a quick browse of the K mount page
reveals the truth here, the only primes Pentax made were:
20mm f/4
24mm f/3.5
A/F/FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro
135mm f/2.5
A* 200mm f/4
well.
I just bought a brand new LX strap with lugs from www.camera-direct.co.uk
for about UK15
T.
At 20:01 19/01/2001 -0500, you wrote:
What's the deal with strap lugs for the LX? Rarer than a Ruth's Chris
porterhouse, and just about as expensive. I thought I was out of my mind
for
Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I will try these in the future.
Kyle Sellers
On 20 Jan 2001, at 2:07, tom wrote:
If it's too dark dark for TMAX 3200 and a 50/1.4, go have a beer!
Wimp, just push the TMZ to 6400 or 12500 and pop on a 50f1.2, and you'll
be sweet :-) Then go have a beer!
Cheers,
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
Fax +61-2-9554-9259
On 20 Jan 2001, at 8:07, Ed Mathews wrote:
Damn! I typed in my name and found seven of my pictures from the PUG,
including one of my car with my current license plate on it, and another of my
three kids! Up until now, I haven't been following this thread. What does all
this mean?
I think
In a message dated 1/19/01 8:15:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Consider this. Every mount I know of, including slide mounts, cuts some
off each edge. I would like a 100% viewfinder - if I get an edge frame on the
viewfinder that corresponds to approximately 1mm off
In a message dated 1/19/01 8:21:29 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think the two pretty much go hand in hand. Let me ask you: How many
digicam owners don't own a computer?
At this point probably not many. My comment had to do with the television ads
that tout "and
Well, that certainly lines up my future lens purchase decisions, doesn't it? Bummer
about all these Tamrons, though. Oh, well.
Doug
At 10:23 PM +10301/20/01, Peter Loveday caused thus to appear:
Oh, man. I have several Pentax lenses that use filter sizes other
than 58mm. Are they all
Regards,
Bob...
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!"
~B. Franklin
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In a message dated 1/19/01 8:15:46 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Consider this. Every mount
Mike Johnston wrote:
The perfect viewfinder:
--would show maybe 110%-120% of the frame, so you could see around your
picture like you can with a rangefinder camera.
One reason to like the Leica.
--would have a line where showing where the image is 100%.
Sort of like the Leica
In a message dated 1/19/01 9:07:05 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
original.
This is also infant technology. Think of the entire digital imaging spectrum
as being at the glass plate level of development. Whatever problems there
are, they will be
addressed, you can count
I have discussed this already with my boss at Komkon. There
would have to be a much more compelling reason than this to
remove an image entirely from a gallery. What I am doing to
adress these concerns is renaming files and links, plus adding
meta tags to prevent the robots from reharvesting the
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At this point probably not many. My comment had to do with the television ads
that tout "and you don't even need a computer to view your images" cameras.
Really? I've never seen those ads, but then I've lived without TV for
about 5 months now.
Hi,
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
You've never seen the full frame used in a final image?! I'm
surprised. Most frequently it's seen in BW work, and I'm
sure you've seen full-frame prints with the black border
around them.
any book - eg "The Europeans" - containing some old HCB pictures
will
Ok. Understand most of what was in the previous responses about pushing
film.
Thanks!
One thing not addressed tho- (Hope this is not too dumb a question...)
I don't do my own developing. So can I ask a lab to push separate frames?
Say like, "Mr. lab please develop all of this roll at it's base
I have a film holder for my enlarger that I attacked with a die grinder
to leave an irregular border that exposes some of the film edge. I don't
use it often, but it's appropriate for some shots and creates an
interesting effect.
Paul
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
You've never seen the full frame used
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Whether you think that's good or bad is a value judgment. But the "fact"
that digital is "more archival" is only a theoretical truth--it won't be
true in actual practice, i.e. the way the images are most likely to be
collected and preserved.
When I took the LX plunge I had hoped my Sunpack AF440 flash would work
with it, since it does not seem to be a digital unit. However, it seems to
suffers from some sort of incompatibilities with my LX - sometimes working
OK and other times not.
In looking at the Pentax offering, it looks
I've shot with over 300mm of extension tubes, using a 50mm
reverse mounted on a 135mm (magnification was 10x life sized on the
film.) The practical problem is preventing unsharpness due to vibration -
it's a pretty ganglely rig. Stack it so everything is vertical, douse the
lights and use a flash
In a message dated 1/20/01 8:46:33 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Most_ photographers don't put very much effort into storing and protecting
their negatives. I'm not saying they leave them lying exposed on the kitchen
floor, but I'd bet your "1 out of 100" figure would
Greetings! I have finally managed to join the group after many tries since the
new move of pentax NG to PDML.net. Can one use FA 50 mm 1.7 lens plus 2X
Tamron converter as 100 mm telephoto lens outdoor during traveling to
Disneyland or to Europe.
The reason for this odd posting. I generally
Hi! I don't seem to grasp even from Boz's page if it's possible to use ie
analog ttl flash offcamera (I have a big Sunpak G4500DX, similar to AF400T)
along with either 1) RTF of SFXn or 2) some pentax FTZ flash or a Metz
flash with SCA-3000 type (digital) adapter
to achieve contrast
Ooops, I forgot to ask about one other thing. There is a little button just
beside the rubber eyepice, a very small white button with "C" written on it
I think. Whatd does it do?
Thanks
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At 18:15 20.1.2001 +1300, you wrote:
Mark Roberts writes:
I'm jealous: I would love a K2DMD!
I'm told they're getting quite collectible, especially the black ones.
Hmm, must be true. Anybody here from AOHC knows how many were made?
Especially with the matching DIAL DATA BACK D (same as on LX
At 20:18 19.1.2001 -0800, you wrote:
Gianfranco Irlanda writes:
I don't know if it is true, but I have the same feeling. I've
done a side by
side comparison of the K2, the LX and the Z-1p. Not a rigorous
test, but a
test. The viewfinder of the K2 is the one that comes closer to
100%. The
finder
Ok, before anyone gets on my case about this read
"Shel wrote" for "She wrote" ! :)
annsan
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From: "Ann Sanfedele" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: 100% finders
PAUL STENQUIST wrote:
I have a film holder for my
enlarger that I attacked with
a die grinder to leave an
irregular
I thought you were answering your own post, and using the "Royal
She"
Har
Snowfield Willie
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From: "Ann Sanfedele" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: 100% finders - typo on my previous post
Ok, before anyone
I have the 555, and it's not digital. The same adapter I use with a ZX5n and
a PZ1p can be used with my SFXN and my 645 -- which is actually pretty
handy, since it kept my investment in modules small. With its manual sync
chord I can also use with a K1000 and a Yashicamat. I get very good results
Done. Check your private mail. Thanks for all your work, Comrade.
Thanks,
Ed
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From: "William Robb" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: The Lycos thang (again)
It means if you send me the URLs of the PUG
Most of the time I print with my standard 35mm negative carrier in the
23CII. But I also have a universal anti-newton glass carrier that I
sometimes use, which allows the light to pass through the clear film and put
a black border around the print, thickness dependent on the easel
In a message dated 1/20/01 9:50:51 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Some digital cameras have video outputs for direct to TV viewing of photos
in the
camera's memory.
Otis Wright
Thanks Otis.
Mafud
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Ann Sanfedele wrote:
What about this, guys... take one
for a 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" (approx) and
use the blades on the easel to put a
nice neat black border around the full
frame. I anticipate you saying too
much light spill around from too much
extra space but you could kind of
Hi Friends! I have bought a new Pentax FA 35mm f2.0 Al lens. What
are good and bad points of this lens?
It is an excellent lens, compact, and for a 35mm, f2 is usually more
than enough. Manual focusing with it is great, the best of any
non-Limited FA lens I know.
The only negative I've heard
I bought an LX on eBay that had the strap lugs attached, removed the
strap lugs, then resold the camera to the #2 bidder. My net cost was
about $15. This obviously wouldn't work if the #2 bidder didn't already
have several LXen. But still, if you get really desperate, it is a
possibility . .
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 12:35:50 -0600, "William Robb" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark, if you can tell me how to exclude an entire directory from
a harvester (gads, I wanna be back on the farm!!) I will look at
it most carefully.
User-agent: *
Disallow: /DirectoryNameAndPath/
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--- Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Folks,
There have been a number of you who have written to
me, asking that
they be able to be on the list without getting all
the email,
.
Well, I did it.
.
Thanks, Doug! You are the great one!
Alexander
The part about
I have two skylight filters I'd like to offer to the list:
1: 67mm Hoya Super Multi Coated, Skylight 1B, used once
2: 67mm Cokin (glass) Skylight 1A - excellent condition
Both are in their original cases.
I'm not sure what these cost new, or what they're worth used,
but
I don't know why, but cameras that automatically wind the film have
problems with the reusable plastic canistors. The metal ones are fine.
Any canistor works great in a manual wind camera.
Todd
At 01:19 PM 1/19/01 -0600, you wrote:
I will defiantly make sure Jesse has a camera. No if ands or
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I have a small objection to putting black borders around less
than full frame images. I was taught that the black border,
apart from any aesthetic qualities, indicates that the the
print is full frame, and that no cropping of the image was
done.
I quote from Carl Shipman's book on Pentax cameras:
"Clear Button- To the right of the viewfinder eyepiece, a button labeled C
"clears" the camera settings, when pressed. In the "clear" condition, the
Drive Mode is set to single-frame, Exposure Compensation is zero and the
Self-Timer, if set is
Hello,
Thanks for undertaking this sometimes thankless task. Is there any
chance that you can add a listing of the subject lines of each of the
enclosed mail messages at the beginning of the digest? This would be a
big help. It's the only thing I miss about the old list.
Best wishes,
Lee
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a.k.a. "Reset"
It's not a camera.
It's a computer that handles film! g
Collin
At 01:30 PM 1/20/01 -0800, you wrote:
I quote from Carl Shipman's book on Pentax cameras:
"Clear Button- To the right of the viewfinder eyepiece, a button labeled C
"clears" the camera settings, when pressed. In
Hi,
Let me know how much it costs as i was considering sending my LX to them to
get serviced.
Thanks
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From: "Peter Loveday" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Pentax List" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 11:02 PM
Subject: LX Repairs in Australia
Has anyone
Lee,
the config file is refusing to honor my request to do just that. I must not be holding
my mouth correctly or something. I'll take another look at it.
Doug
At 4:40 PM -05001/20/01, Lee Simpkins caused thus to appear:
Hello,
Thanks for undertaking this sometimes thankless task. Is
Hmmm. Guess I was too subtle.
I see Lawrence has answered your question.
As to the digest question, I'm not sure what you mean, though I'm guessing you want
some sort of MIME thing going on in the digest?
Doug "Annoying" Brewer
At 4:11 PM -07001/20/01, Joseph Tainter caused thus to appear:
Hi, girl
Write me privately tell me what kind of scanner you have -
if you want we can talk on the phone while you are doing it.
It is a snap if you know what you are doing but if you are new to
it it aint so obvious..
my phone number is 212-598-9713
I can call you back on my cell phone cause I
In a message dated 1/20/2001 7:44:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi! I'm a longtime lurker on the PDML. I put together a
set of nature and outdoor pics taken around the San Francisco
Bay Area. The images were (almost) all made with Pentax gear.
Hi Friends! I have bought a new Pentax FA 35mm f2.0 Al lens. What are good and
bad points of this lens?
Off subject. How do I access Pentax digest? I have subscribed to it but do not
know how to access it? How can I access the old posts from 1999 to 2000 AD?
With thanks
Good: it rocks! great
Dan Scott writes:
While I might have painted the cases of my two previous Macs, painting the
case of my G4 would be sacrilege! And my ZX-5n looks so cool sitting next
to it, too. :-)
Okay, now I'm going to have to paint my Z-1p. Or at least paint flames on
my FA100/2.8 macro lens, hot-rod
Oops, I forgot the number : Pentax eyecup M Item #1208915092
Sorry, getting old :)
fredd
There's one on eBay for the moment.
NIB, $1.00 ends in 3 or 4 days.
fredd
Dan,
If you can find an Eye Cup M, that's your better choice, but they
might
not be available any longer.
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There are no dumb questions!
O, I don't know about that
--Mike
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I haven't tried it myself, but since it is TTL, the camera would control it,
so I think it would probably work.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: contrast control flash with ANALOG flash
At 12:56
Wonderful photographs. I live north of you, up in Oregon. Haven't been to
the coast in awhile. I like how well the shot using the Yashica T4 Super
came out since I own one myself.
One day I'll get a chance to head west to the Oregon coast. Hopefully, it
won't be raining at sunset.
Jim A.
What is the difference between the FS-50 and FS-60 screens?
I noticed on Bojidar Dimitrov's site that the FS-60 is listed for the PZ-1p and the
"50" for the PZ-1. Is this
correct, and would I also assume that by using the FS-60 in a Z-1 that I would in fact
have to compensate the
exposure
on 1/20/01 3:28 PM, pentax-discuss-digest at
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Your entire post on this topic was eloquent, Mike... and certainly one which
reflects my own point of view.
Thanks, annsan.
--Mike
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sure if you can teach me how i'll gladdly do it. I am laid off right now.
and I only have 36 pagesof managerial finance homework, so give me
something fun to do...
som
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Well, you have to scan it and save it. Most scanners come with a
PhotoShop Plug-in that you install. Then, when you scan the photo it
will automatically open it in Photoshop. But Photoshop can open almost
any image type that a scanner can produce. Once you've opened it in
Photoshop, you simply
okay the image was scanned at my mom's house and emailed to my computer. I
can get it to open in micrografix picture publisher, but I can't get it to
save.
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i have the image in PhotoShop. I finally opened it in paint and saved it as
a jpeg. then went from there. now to figure out how to get the white edge
off of the sides of the picture.
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Spotted in my local store this afternoon:
Pentax SMC-M 50mm f1.7 $19.95
Vivitar 2X teleconverter - A mount $29.95
Both appeared to be in good shape.
If interested call Mitch or Jeff, 816.505.9989 Mon-Sat, 9:00 am -
6:00pm, US Central Strd Time
(I'll be out of town this week and
In a message dated 1/20/01 5:28:56 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
(1) It can take a lot of work to transfer images from one format to
another. I freely admit this, but expect this to become much easier in the
future with the development of new software and storage
50mm f/1.7 with 2X converter makes perfect sense to me. Instead (or in
addition) you could use a 1.7X converter to approximate an 85mm . . .
Stan
Anupam Routh wrote:
Greetings! I have finally managed to join the group after many tries since the
new move of pentax NG to PDML.net. Can one use
Hi! I'm a longtime lurker on the PDML. I put together a
set of nature and outdoor pics taken around the San Francisco
Bay Area. The images were (almost) all made with Pentax gear.
http://www.westerickson.net/mark/bayarea/bayarea.html
Let me know what you think!
--Mark
Hi Mark,
Glad
CLick on Size, then "trim" then back to the image -you just
use the mouse to draw the edges, kind of.
ya can still call if you are stuck
annsan
jeepgirl wrote:
i have the image in PhotoShop. I finally opened it in paint and saved it as
a jpeg. then went from there. now to figure out how to
Maybe we should all go through this day realizing that we often tend to
think about what we don't have, and looking instead at what we DO have. Ever
since I started my little cognitive experiment, I have felt privileged just
to walk through the grocery store realizing that I can buy anything I
Rob Studdert wrote:
On 20 Jan 2001, at 0:09, Mike Johnston wrote:
Shel,
The perfect viewfinder:
--would show maybe 110%-120% of the frame, so you could see around your
picture like you can with a rangefinder camera.
--would have a line where showing where the image is 100%.
--would have
Try this:
Go to a used computer or electronics shop and get a thing
known as an "EPROM". It has a little window in it whereby
the chip's circuit is visible. Get close to this and vary
the angle of your light source. Add a polarizer for more
variety.
Fun. In a geeky sort of way.
Sounds cool.
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Taking liberties with your quote (above), I'll add the needed caveat
directly: (1) It can take a lot of work (and money to buy the new imaging
system e.g.: HDD to new DVDR) to transfer images from one format to another.
I freely admit this,
Mark Cassino writes:
So - are there some more powerful (gn 40 or more) third party flashes out
there that are compatible with the LX?
I have a Sunpak Auto 444D (otherwise known as a B3600DX). GN is 36
which might not be quite powerful enough for you, but you can get a zoom
head for 35mm
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