Len writes:
It's not the camera that is really supported by Quantum. It's the flash. If
he was using an external flash with his digital camera then, probably, he
could have used a Quantum battery to power the flash.
Sorry, I should have mentioned. The flash was external and mounted on a
Aaron Reynolds writes:
A* 200 2.8 (1)
Look, everyone who hasn't voted for this lens is just plain WRONG.
I don't own one, so there :)
I _do_ want an FA* 200/2.8 though...
Cheers,
- Dave
David A. Mann, B.E.
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"Why is it that
Doug Franklin writes:
Hammers for nails. A lesson long ago forgotten.
How about bullets for Can[n]ons? ;)
- Dave
David A. Mann, B.E.
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"Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up,
while children are allowed to
Hi,
http://www.photofilter.com/acces.htm#Shutter Release
(cut the whole line above paste it into the browser)
http://www.camera-direct.com/other.asp
Bob
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Rob writes:
If you have a SOLAR FILTER check out the Sun it has a massive sunspot visible.
Yeah, I saw on tonight's news some auroras that were seen 100 miles south
of where I live, which is usually too far north for that kind of thing. I'm a little
annoyed at having missed them; I'd love
"David A. Mann" () wrote:
Doug Franklin writes:
Hammers for nails. A lesson long ago forgotten.
How about bullets for Can[n]ons? ;)
:^) Hammers are usually sufficient
... and if at first no success, use a bigger hammer!
;^)
Next to the exposure compensation button on the side of the lens mount,
there is a little plastic insert which you remove, exposing electrical
contacts for the remote release. You can only use an electronic
release. For some reason the old 'pressure on the shutter button'
method seems to be out
If you take the lens off a Canon, the body makes a great ash
tray.
Len
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Subject: Re: hammers nails
"David A.
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From: "Artur" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: Hoya, Tiffen (was Re: Cokin filters)
To Fox, Arthur and all interested people
Well, it seems that most of you, Guys, have a very
negative opinion about the
Rob wrote:
RB For some reason the old 'pressure on the shutter button'
RB method seems to be out of fashion although Nikon seemed to resurrect it
RB on the F80, but then not on the F65 for some reason. I think they all
RB want us to buy and keep upgrading their proprietry switches!
Hi Rob,
Jody wrote:
pm I'll probably be forced to give it away to someone who
pm doesn't care about photo quality. But maybe it would
pm be good for panorama shots when the quality doesn't
pm matter. I will see.
Ouch, panoramas are all about resolution! Take out your best lens,
finest film, a
Hi,
Can you also fit the the MZ-M viewfinder (focus screen) into the an MZ-5n? I
would love to have a manual focus screen in mine.
Thanks
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 1:26 AM
Subject: Re: LX vs P1-zp vs
On 31 Mar 2001, at 9:03, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I've just taken delivery of Tom Abrahamsson's soft release for the
Leica http://www.rapidwinder.com/2.htm, which is supposed to fit
other cameras that use a standard cable release. The soft release
works on all my Pentax bodies except the LX -
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1226721231
This "Finex" looks exactly like the Pentax Takumar-A!
Same shape. Same grip.
Collin
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On 31 Mar 2001, at 21:57, Paul Jones wrote:
Hi,
I recently purchased a Hoya HMC Skylite filter for my 28-70 F4 AL. Today i
accidently touched the filter and left a finger print... and now the finger
print wont come off i tried cleaning it with a Microfibre lense cloth and
then tried
On Sat, 31 Mar 2001 13:04:02 -0600, William Robb wrote:
I suspect that would explain the double release problem. I don't
suppose there is some sort of adjustment on it to change the
throw ratio between the two cables?
I don't think so, funny enough the part that screws into the camera release
If it helps, the K24 f2.8 has gone to a good home :-)
The real surprise in this package was the Ricoh XR-2. This is a
solid, all metal camera, has aperture priority AND a match needle (so you
can see those fractions of a stop readings), DOF preview, mirror pre-fire
via the self timer, unlimited
Gee, this is just like being back in school again! An Assignment!
This month, I've been asked to critique:
1. "Snow Shadow" by Paul Stenquist,
2. "Mud" by Alistair Lax,
3. "Arbutus Meziessii" by Rodger Whitlock
1. "Snow Shadow", by Paul Stenquist:
This is one of my favourite images from
Frank Theriault wrote:
1. "Snow Shadow", by Paul Stenquist:
Thanks for the glowing review. You made my day.
Paul
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Wow, thanks Paul! Glad you liked it. This picture, and others I took at
the same time were fun. I just stood there mesmerized by the changing
shapes and colors, knowing that I could not capture what I was seeing at
this second, but would capture something seconds later that would surprise
me.
Can someone point me to related urls where i can get direct infomation on
the Nikon Soft-Focus filter.
At 11:47 AM 3/30/2001 +1000, you wrote:
Yes, agreed Paul.
Guys, trust me one this...if you want your
portraits (or flower studies), to have a uniquely
subtle, romantic, ethereal look, this
You have to buy the "F" switch cable. It plugs in like all the electronic
Pentax cameras.
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From: "petit miam" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 3:28 AM
Subject: Cable Release for modern Pentaxes.
One thing I've been wondering
Rob Brigham wrote:
Next to the exposure compensation button on the side of the lens mount,
there is a little plastic insert which you remove, exposing electrical
contacts for the remote release. You can only use an electronic
release. For some reason the old 'pressure on the shutter
PAUL STENQUIST wrote:
And to all those things you love about the LX I'd like to add the pure
sensory pleasure of advancing the film and tripping the shutter. Your
ears and fingertips immediately recognize that this is a very fine
machine. To all of us who love not just photography but the
Aaron Reynolds wrote:
I just spent Saturday shooting dingy alleyways and
grimy storefronts with mister LX, and I was just having a great time.
Geez, Aaron, dinge and grime in Oakville? Say it ain't so!
Don't tell me you ventured out of the 'burbs into Downtown T.O.! Or even
worse, into
Hi Tom,
[snip]
Another pet-peeve for me is the hogwash in the realm of astronomy and
cosmology. While I don't doubt that there are extra-solar planets, the
main
method of proof for the almost weekly proclamations of discoveries, is not
too different from 20-30 years ago when the evidence
Thanx a lot:)
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Which make me feel so down.
There's one to enslave all rings,
To find them all in time
And drive them into darkness.
Forever they'll be bound."
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One of my inside contacts just gave me a lot of prototypes that I have
never seen before! So now I have a 20/1.4, 35/1.4 and a working
24-70/2.8. Pentax experimented with this AL ED IF lens but shelved it in
favour of the less-expensive 24-90, but it's a beauty Except the
plastic window
Ok, people, listen up. This off-topic trash has gone on long enough, and
I have been forced to take draconian measures. You are permitted one
off-topic post per week. The posting of a second one will result in a
stern warning letter, and posting three will result in being kicked off
this list
Hey everyone, I've decided to sell off my LX and buy some MX's. So I
encourage everyone on this list who owns LX's to trade them in for
MX's. You can get at least two good MX's for each LX, and they're really
just as good. I'll use the 67 format for the good stuff and the MX's for
everything
Effective immediately I'm switching all of my equipment to Nikon brand.
I used to have an F2 that was a beautiful camera, and I realized lately
that there's no way my Pentaxes can meet that standard. I'm going to miss
giving up those Limited lenses, but Nikon's new Fun Lenses look too
enticing
Ah, I'm not dork enough to fall for that one on April 1st. But nice try...
(If you would've said you wer switching to Polaroid from now on though, now
THAT I could've believed...)
Skip
Subject: My switch to APS
I want to let everyone know that I shall no longer be printing my own
black and
Good one, Chris.
Doug
At 2:28 PM -05004/1/01, Doug Brewer caused thus to appear:
Ok, people, listen up. This off-topic trash has gone on long enough, and
I have been forced to take draconian measures. You are permitted one
off-topic post per week. The posting of a second one will result in
Hi Everyone,
I need advise/recommendation on purchasing a Handle Mount Flash for my
Pentax LX. I really like the Pentax AF-400T Flash but was wondering
how does everyone feel about the Metz 45CL-1/CL-4?? Is the fill flash
option of the CL-4 very useful and worth the additional money?
Any
Oh God, am I going mad!
Doc gave me some multiple personalities Sh*t, but I fell like I'm
taken over. Pal, Yoshihiko, Doug, GO AWAY! Please tell them to stop
haunting me...
Still yors ,, Chrs Brgggdn
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A couple of months ago you may remember that I had an opportunity to
shoot a magazine cover, and I asked you guys for some advice.
It went pretty well. In fact, it's being picked up by Life Magazine if
you can believe it. They're doing a story on the Appalachian trail, and
it just happened to
Got me.
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Subject:New List Rules! Read This!
Ok, people, listen up. This off-topic trash has gone on long enough, and
I have been forced to take
Is the 24-70 powerzoom?
-paul
From: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Rare prototypes and the Limited zoom
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 14:31:05 -0500 (CDT)
One of my inside contacts just gave me a lot of prototypes that I have
never seen
Are you saying he wasn't serious? Damn!
In a message dated 4/1/2001 3:20:50 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
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Got me.
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Cameron Hood wrote:
Maybe the rumoured 120 Limited will be good; however, rumours are
that it, too, is a macro; not that there is anything wrong with that, but it
definitely adds to the cost, as well as the focussing speed.
The Pentax FA 50/2.8 macro is the fastest autofocusing lens I've ever
I didn't mean to impune the dignity of the 80-200 2.8. It is gorgeous; it's
also really expensive and very heavy. An f4 would make more sense. Also,
although the FA 135 2.8 is a very good lens, I have yet to see one in a
finish that matches any current camera. They all seem to have that grey F135
Frank Theriault wrote:
Geez, Aaron, dinge and grime in Oakville? Say it ain't so!
Don't tell me you ventured out of the 'burbs into Downtown T.O.! Or even
worse, into Hamilton! Ick.
Well, I live at Younge and Lawrence these days. I found some great
alleys over by the Paramount,
Pl ... it's just a little seasonal humor.
Pl Jensen wrote:
People might post all kinds of nonsense
here for all I care. However, I do not
appreciate that some do it in my name.
Its also a violation of all net etiquette.
I did of course not post the text below
and pretty clear from
You are all categorically insane. No fooling. :-)
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Mark Cassino wrote:
My new 77mm f1.8 Limited arrived from Abes of Maine yesterday. What can I
say - fantastic lens! The thing that threw me though is the maximum
focusing distance of 4 meters. I called the store about it last night and
was lucky enough to get Abe himself (he's such a nice
Nice try:)))
Greetz
Artur
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Which make me feel so down.
There's one to enslave all rings,
To find them all in time
And drive them into darkness.
Forever they'll be bound."
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Mark Cassino wrote:
My new 77mm f1.8 Limited arrived from Abes of Maine yesterday. What can I
say - fantastic lens! The thing that threw me though is the maximum
focusing distance of 4 meters. I called the store about it last night and
was lucky enough to get Abe himself (he's such a
OMG, you guys had me going! I was seriously thinking, what the heck is
going on here?!? I mean think of it from my point of view, April Fool's Day
was YESTERDAY in Australia, so here's me thinking that Shel was turning to
APS, and that she didn't "like" me cause I didn't receive one of her
I feel the same. Mine was all stolen yesterday.
The car was broken into while out shopping.
This is really making unemployment miserable.
Collin (check your calendar) Brendemuehl
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I'm with you Shel. And let me help you out here. I'll take all those LXi
off your hands and get you started with some great APS hardware. Hell,
I'll even trade straight up. (I know a few places where I can unload
that old Pentax crap.) And that's especially true on April 1.
Paul
Shel Belinkoff
Treena Harp wrote:
You are all categorically insane. No fooling. :-)
Ain't that a shame, too. I was hoping some of those messages were real.
Just think: no more wasted space about the best BW films, chemistry,
type of enlarger head, etc.; a big reduction in the number of OT
messages; a big
You're right. I have the Tak-A version and the only visible difference is
that it says Finex instead of Takumar-A, and on the Tak-A, the f-stop
numbers are in green, not white.
Collin Brendemuehl said:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1226721231
This "Finex" looks
I guess you've probably got
a son in Boy Scouts who's a
Tenderfoot ? ;~)
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William Robb
The real one, that lives in Saskatchewan!!
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From: "William Robb" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: April 1, 2001 1:31 PM
Subject: Goodbye Pentax
Effective immediately I'm switching all of my equipment to
Nikon brand.
I used to have
My thanks to the organizers for the chance to comment. I had 3 terrific
pictures to look at, in which big and beautiful RED was the feature.
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" Strawberry " by Kevin Thornsberry, USA
I imagine that this was a _really_ big strawberry since it's all in such
nice focus. The
Okaaay...we now know of one place where they don't celebrate April
Fool's Day.
Pl Jensen wrote:
People might post all kinds of nonsense here for all I care. However, I do not
appreciate that some do it in my name. Its also a violation of all net etiquette.
I did of course not post the text
There were several auctions for Pentax equipment that I wanted to bid on
this weekend. I have been unable to access eBay since Friday night. Anyone
else having problems with the site?
Ted Beilby
Fayetteville, AR
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On Sun, 01 Apr 2001 16:08:58 -0400, you wrote:
A couple of months ago you may remember that I had an opportunity to
shoot a magazine cover, and I asked you guys for some advice.
It went pretty well. In fact, it's being picked up by Life Magazine if
you can believe it. They're doing a story on
Wow, Sid, thank you very much for your comments! As a teacher, I spend most
of my time telling my (medical and graduate) students how good they are,
even if maybe they're not, because encouragment is very important to a
beginner. It's very nice to be on the receiving end.
John
(In part, Sid B.
On Sun, 1 Apr 2001 17:25:42 -0500, Ted Beilby wrote:
There were several auctions for Pentax equipment that I wanted to bid on
this weekend. I have been unable to access eBay since Friday night. Anyone
else having problems with the site?
Not here. I've accessed it several times. But, that's nice
On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Tanya Russell Mayer wrote:
so here's me thinking that Shel was turning to APS, and that she
didn't "like" me cause I didn't receive one of her emails,
Shel's a "he", BTW, unless (s)he's been playing an April Fool's joke on us
for the past few years. :)
chris
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The only problem I have with the site is that I keep spending too much
money there. No problems logging on, however. In fact, I just came from
here. An ME went for $25 on buy it now. Had some film advance problems,
but it looked like a nice piece.
Paul
Ted Beilby wrote:
There were several
Tanya,
I met a fellow claiming to be Shel this summer in Chicago.
He had all the characteristics of a pdml subscriber,
including an LX around his neck.
He also had one of those Leica M cameras dangling from his wrist.
...Seemed to be a nice fellow, but not particularly law abiding. g
Jody wrote:
The Spotmatic has a few things I took for granted that my MZ-30
doesn't have.
snip
3. I love the feel of the leather half-case in my
hands.
snip
Please help.
Jody.
I may be able to help you get a similar case for your MZ30 (or other MZ).
My MZ50 (stolen recently) had a Pentax
Ted Beilby wrote:
There were several auctions for Pentax equipment that I wanted to bid on
this weekend. I have been unable to access eBay since Friday night. Anyone
else having problems with the site?
Ted,
I've not been able to access ebay all weekend as well.
Mark
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Hi,
Thanks for everyones replys. I tried so dish washing soap and then rinsed it
and it seemed to get %80 of the mark off, i will pick up some
isopropyl alcohol on my lunch break to clean the remaining off.
Thanks
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This month's selections are extremely good from top to bottom. Since art is in
the eye of the beholder, there were several that jumped out at me. I guess I
could analize them individually, but suffice it to say I like these the most in
no particular order.
Fern Fractal by Jostein Oksne
Navaho
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