Having been out of town for the past several days when most of the commotion
was going on, I just needed to take a minute and make a comment. PUG has
been a great experience for both of my daughters. Erin, my 13 year old,
looks forward every month to both trying to take a good image and getting
"At the Quay" by Thomas Cakalic - My very first impression when I looked at
this image and read the comments was one of pleasant surprise at the
reasonable image quality considering all the mediocre feedback about these
super-zooms. Much better than I would have thought. That said, let's look
m
Hi,
> Okay... question to all the lens gurus out there. I am
> in need of a decent quality mid range zoom lens for
> little league portraits. Therefore I need something
> that can handle both team shots and indivuals. I had
> been using my A 50 (or M 28 depending on space) for
> the teams and a M
A couple of weeks ago I posted a request for tips
on what to look for when buying an MX. Thank you to all those who offered
tips.
I am now the proud owner of a very nice MX with
SMC-M 1.4f. It is a lovely bit of kit, as soon as I pointed out the camera
in the pre-owned section the salesm
and so do I :-(((
Daphne
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Hi,
thanks Tom. It seems that I didn't know about this because I've been
shooting slides and using an incident meter for so long.
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Monday, May 07, 2001, 12:21:21 AM, you wrote:
> Hi Bob:
> The Sunny-16 rule came about long and long ago, before the
> manufa
>http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1236096680
no BIN. this is one great lens!
Daphne
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Hi
I am collecting opinions of the following lens. I will summarize the
answers in the appropriate page of the KMP.
SMC 135/2.5 (the SMC lens with 58 mm filter thread, not the Takumar)
===
What is your opinion of this lens? Is it any good? What do you
use it for? What do you like ab
I bid on this lens, but the collectors beat me up!
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Hi Paul,
Congratulations! You now hold what I consider to be the real hidden
secret of the Pentax world. While all and sundry rave about the LX, we
MXers quietly get on and shoot some wicked stuff with our 'real'
workhorses.
The MX is very small, and if you've got big mits like me, you'll nee
Half of those are probably mine. My daily routine is to check E-bay, then
KEH, Then the KMP, then BOA's lens review.then finally the
checkbookand nothing happens after that.
brent
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Don't feel too bad, Bob. Intensive independent tests have shown
that this lens is grossly overrated.
Bob Poe wrote:
>
> I bid on this lens, but the collectors beat me up!
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1234177762&r=0&t=0&showTutorial=0&ed=989187664&indexURL=0&rd=1
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I noticed that too, and the case is for Pentax 67 lenses too, which would
be way too big, I would think. I was also checking out the FA 28-70mm F4
(which is quite a compact lens I hear) and they recommend the case that
fits the 120mm F4, 150mm F2.8 for the 645 and 75mm shift for the 67 for
$70.
Hi Bob,
Maybe K Mount Mania. With the 52mm filter size, this would be
the K mount version.
Mark Rofini
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Date: Monday, May 07, 2001 8:02 AM
Subject: Screwmount Mania
>I bid on this lens, but t
"Daniel J. Matyola" wrote:
>
> ...
>
> I agree with the high praise this shot is receiving. When I stared into
> my cup of black coffee this morning and saw a few bubbles where
> Gianfranco had found jewels, I knew what the difference is between a
> hack like me and a real photographer!
> ...
I agree with that. Except this month I think I have learned that the
silence probably was due to the shock of my crummy submission.
Tom C.
Shel wrote:
Well, maybe, but that's only an assumption. Perhaps the photo was
well liked by several people, but they just didn't comment. You
can't learn
Hi Bruce,
Thanks for your comments. I agree with the crop suggestion. I liked the
complication by having the top windows included but I definitely agree that
I find the simpler image more pleasing and wish I would have considered a
crop before sending it. As I look again after your comments, I
I've looked at this photo several times and have come away with
mixed feelings about it. First, the horizontal, parallel lines of
the fence, the shore, the waves, and the shadow of the tree create a
very nice, tranquil feeling. The choice of the 105mm focal length
was just about perfect. Any lo
I've looked at this photo several times and have come away with
mixed feelings about it. First, the horizontal, parallel lines of
the fence, the shore, the waves, and the shadow of the tree create a
very nice, tranquil feeling. The choice of the 105mm focal length
was just about perfect. Any lo
Hello Pentax-fans,
I could not help noticing a Pentax-user in the swedish nature-show
"Mitt i naturen-Film" there was a short (.5 hour) documentary
from and about the swedish nature-filmer and photographer
Mattias Klum. It described his reportage about asiatic lions in
India, and he used a couple
Hi group,
I spent most of last week scanning negatives and updating my web-site that
now covers 3 years of travel to the southwest of the USA.
I put some effort in navigation, using scanned road-maps that you can click to
get to the photographs for the area.
I would like some feedback on how yo
Right you are...I should have looked more carefully at
the focus barrel...Bob
--- Rofini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> Maybe K Mount Mania. With the 52mm filter size, this
> would be
> the K mount version.
>
> Mark Rofini
>
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This lens is K mount. What's with the message title?
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Subject: Screwmount Mania
> I bid on this lens, but the collectors beat me up!
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI
BTW Paul,
You can download the owner's manual and the service manual for the MX at
http://www.robertstech.com/pentax.htm
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It must be that, despite the recommended cases being way too big for the
lenses, those are the only ones they have in stock and they want to sell
us something. The recommendations must have been developed by an
ambitious marketing person rather than someone who has actually had
his/her hands on th
I've noticed Pentax has gone away from unique marked cases for each lens,
and replaced them with cases measured in diameter and length. The S70-70
for instance in 70mm in diameter (internal) by 70 mm in depth. This
basically fits the 50mm lenses, the TCs, and possibly a few others. With
the 24-
HI Steve.
Your right. In my images, at the size you've seen, the stars look pretty
much like points. If I blow it up in Photoshop I can see that they're
actually short trails.
This tells me if I had actually had my aperture at 1.9 instead of 2.8 I
could have gotten the same aurora exposure wit
Title: New Pentax Owner
Hello list!
This will be my first posting to the group. I am also new to Pentax. Just on Thursday I received my new Pentax MZ-7 with 35-80mm FA Lens. I've already gone through 3 rolls of 36 exposures. I am very happy with it.
My experimenting with the camera and its
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Subject: New Pentax Owner
> My experimenting with the camera and its various features has
lead me to
> timed exposures.
> The manual explains how to do it. It said to put the camera in
manual mode
> and press the button for as long as you wa
> SMC 135/2.5 (the SMC lens with 58 mm filter thread, not the Takumar)
> What is your opinion of this lens? Is it any good?
Mechanically superb and a pure joy, optically very good but not superb
> What do you use it for?
Portraits, snapshots, details, low light
> What do you like about it? H
#1 Vivitar 285 (not the HV)
In great shape. Works well.
With manual and wide-angle adapter.
$75
#2 GAF L-CM body (screw mount) with
Case
Manual
Fresh Battery
GAF 50/1.9 lens
Rokunar 135/2.5 lens
Auto extension tube set
Really clean body. Meter works pro
I checked it out Shel, I'm still not sure which I prefer. That was my
big question with the photo. I would imagine a complete reframing would
have yielded a better result (all though the other ones I have didn't do
it for me). Thanks for the comments.
Norm
P.S. it was a 105mm on a 6x7...
Shel Bel
At 06:57 AM 05/07/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Threading the film leader can be a problem. I always bent a hook on the
>end, insert into the "magic fingers" then used my thumb to run the take-up
>until I knew it was locked in place. IF you don't you might get 40 or 50
>shots on your 24 exposure roll.
At 07:30 AM 05/07/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Luis Pinar wrote:
>>
>> What's the point? Were they taken with Pentax equipment?
>
>See Treena's comment below:
>
> These photos are both disturbing and heartbreaking
> at the same time. I referred this website to my
> husband, who bel
RK,
Aside from the recommendations others have made, here's a few more
off-the-wall suggestions that might help...
You might consider flashing the film to obtain more details in the shadow
areas. It might not help much though given the contrast range, but is worth
an experiment.
>Half of those are probably mine. My daily routine is to check E-bay, then
>KEH, Then the KMP, then BOA's lens review.then finally the
>checkbookand nothing happens after that.
>
>brent
Brent, consider visiting the checkbook first.
Dan Scott
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Interesting Buford, thanks for the insight.
Norm
Buford Terrell wrote:
> At 07:30 AM 05/07/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> >Luis Pinar wrote:
> >>
> >> What's the point? Were they taken with Pentax equipment?
> >
> >See Treena's comment below:
> >
> > These photos are both disturbing and heartbre
This month, my assignments were about the images
" Daydreamer " by Amber Dayton
" Breathless Cathedral " by Herbet Camerino Brasileiro
" A Pretty and Patient Bride " by Casey Szocinski
" Blue Eyes " by Tiger Moses
So, here are my comments below.
" Daydreamer " by Amber Dayton
This is a
I have this lens, K mount AF. I love it, it's on my camera a lot of the
time, not only for macro!
Comes with a hood, and the focus range can be locked to a range either macro
or non macro.
In general AF is not useful in macro, but it is nice to have when using the
lens in non macro situations.
I c
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
>
> William Johnson wrote:
>
> > " Tom Paxton at the Freight ", by John Francis.
> > [...] Another alternate shot that would be fun
> > would be something with a wider lens (100mm??)
> > that would show the performer and also enough of
> > the club so that we could see th
Hi Daniel,
Welcome to the list! Before you go out and spend gobs
and gobs of money on a 200mm or 400mm lens make sure
that the "venue" you want to use it on will allow you
to use it there! I recently went to a Detroit Red
Wings hockey game and was telling my boss that I was
going to take a big t
Daniel,
I'm sure you'll be receiving explicit answers to your
question, but let me offer this in the meantime.
I don't have access to that particular camera and I'm
only guessing, but check the mode selector for a "B".
This is the retro symbol for "timed exposure" when the
air "bulb" was the commo
In that case it is OT.
Frits
> Luis Pinar wrote:
> >
> > What's the point? Were they taken with Pentax equipment?
>
> See Treena's comment below:
>
> These photos are both disturbing and heartbreaking
> at the same time. I referred this website to my
> husband, who believe
" Copper Seas " by Brian Campbell, Canada
Really nice picture! When I first saw it I must say that I was
really, really surprised. Just have a look at the address below
and you'll know why...
http://www.scf.fundp.ac.be/~ycaudano/these/yc1112d000621-c2.jpg
Rather funny, isn't it ?
Yves
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At 14:30 7/5/01 -0400, you wrote:
>> What bothers me is the tree branch in the upper right corner. Upon
>> some viewings I see it as a nice framing element, other times it
>> strikes me as a distraction. Strange that each time I look at the
>> photo I get a somewhat different feeling. I did a
Tom,
Thanks for noticing. I was beginning to think I would have to interpret
silence as meaning that no one cared for the image. As I was narrowing the
choice down, I would shrink the images to PUG size and had to throw many out
that just didn't show well enough at that small size. This one wa
This must be "Let's-dump-on-Shel week." He does not need a defense from
me, but I am amused at the tenor of some of the comments in this thread.
So I will add a couple of my reactions to the reactions.
1) Is the series of photos he pointed to OT? Yes, I suppose it is in the
narrowest sense, since
Flavio Minelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> PS Gianfranco's shot is really amazing for me to. My first thought
> looking at the photo was that when you're a photographer inside you're
> never off your job.
>
> F
Hi Flavio,
Thanks indeed.
You are right, I feel like I'm never off photography. But
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Subject: New Pentax Owner
> Hello list!
>
> This will be my first posting to the group. I am also new to Pentax. Just
on
> Thursday I received my new Pentax MZ-7 with 35-80mm FA Lens. I've already
> gone through 3 rolls of 36
Tulip Fields by Cameron Hood - My first impression on seeing this was "Wow!"
Truly a worthy panoramic format image. As I examine it closer, some
questions come to mind that I wish Cameron had detailed in a comment. The
film is very punchy and holds color well in what looks like overcast light.
L
On Mon, 07 May 2001 14:47:56 -0700, John Francis wrote:
>So that's $999 from Adorama & B&H, and $929 from Camera World.
>Quite a difference! List price, according to cCamera World, is $1099.
And $899 from Arlington Camera.
Later,
Gary
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Go Mariners!
Jim
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> Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 16:57:40 -0500
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: OT: It's time again
>
> Anyone else keeping an eye on the Cubs? :>)
>
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Hello all!
I'm pretty new to the pdml but I thought I should send you what I have
learned today.
Below is the pricing that ADORAMA emailed me for pricing on the MZ-S. They
wont give this price over the web unless you submit your email, in which
they email you this price
ADORAMA
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"Gary L. Murphy" wrote:
>
> On Mon, 07 May 2001 14:47:56 -0700, John Francis wrote:
>
> >So that's $999 from Adorama & B&H, and $929 from Camera World.
> >Quite a difference! List price, according to cCamera World, is $1099.
>
> And $899 from Arlington Camera.
Wasn't there some question as to
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On 7 May 2001, at 21:26, Yves Caudano wrote:
> " Copper Seas " by Brian Campbell, Canada
>
> Really nice picture! When I first saw it I must say that I was
> really, really surprised. Just have a look at the address below
> and you'll know why...
>
> http://www.scf.fundp.ac.be/~ycaudano/t
On Mon, 07 May 2001 17:31:00 -0700, John Francis wrote:
>Wasn't there some question as to the validity of this last price?
>I recall at least one list member (Texdance?) expressing doubt
>as to whether Arlington would have pricing that competitive.
Yes. I live in the same area as Texdance. It's
I've made my comments to Gianfranco off-list as to what I thought of his image. I
also queried
his use of a 645 lens on a 35 mm body. I didn't know they were compatable. My
question to the
group is: Is there technical/creative merit for using a 645 lens on a 35 mm body, or
do people
do it
Donald Ross asked:
> Is there technical/creative merit for using
> a 645 lens on a 35 mm body, or do people
> do it because 'they can'?
Yes ... yes in that there may be focal lengths or optical
characteristics that the larger format lens may have that would be
useful on a 35mm camera. However
Bojidar Dimitrov wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I must admit that I'm a bit tickled... I just checked (for the first time
> ever!) the Web access logs of the KMP, and for the last 14 days it looks
> like this:
>
> 3150 accesses to the main page
> 26117 accesses to HTML files
> 95855 accesses to all file
Man, I really need to get one of these I just need
a "bookie" so my wife doesn't find out about it. ;-)
By the way, welcome to the list.
William in Utah
Eric Platt wrote;
>Hello all!
>I'm pretty new to the pdml but I thought I should
>send you what I have
>learned today.
>Below is the pr
I got a quote from Adorama last week at $849...the
yoyo has a very short string...Bob
--- John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Gary L. Murphy" wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 07 May 2001 14:47:56 -0700, John Francis
> wrote:
> >
> > >So that's $999 from Adorama & B&H, and $929 from
> Camera World
Noticed that a few were talking about this lens. I managed to snatch one up last night
off eBay, from someone
I've dealt with before, for a total of, $65.00 including shipping!
Can't wait to get it.
Later,
Gary
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Looks like Adorama doesn't have any idea what they are charging for it. That's three
different prices we've seen from them.
I'd be curious to see if they stand by that $849 price, Bob.
Doug
At 7:09 PM -07005/7/01, Bob Poe brandished a favorite crayon and scribbled:
>I got a quote from Adoram
Hi,
Rodgers is not the only one having problems with framing the image.
Some of my problems is inattention to detail, not noticing what is
happening outside my main subject, not watching for trees or telephone
poles growing out of people's heads, not taking into account the
viewfinders 92% field
Doug Brewer
> Looks like Adorama doesn't have any idea what they are charging for it.
That's three different prices we've seen from them.
>
> I'd be curious to see if they stand by that $849 price, Bob.
Not very likely, considering their reputation for charging extra for camera
straps and lens c
Hi ...
The LX, with its removable finders and FB-1 system my be helpful.
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/pentaxlx/viewfinders/index.htm
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"Grain is the brushstroke of photography." - Man Ray
Dave Maki wrote:
> I have most
Theoretically, no. Generally, one would expect the 645 system to be sharper
than a 35mm system owing to the larger negative. This is not just because of
the grain, but also because less resolution is requires of the lens. This is
a good thing because it's harder to make a lens cover the larger for
Does anyone have any recommendations for the subject lens? I suspect
that Nikon should have one to fit a 52mm mount, but what model would
give the best coverage without cutting the corners off at 35mm?
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I went to the Cubs game on Saturday and took my camera and a couple of lens. I
carried them right in inside a Tamrac messenger-type bag under my shoulder. Security
never even asked me to open the bag. I saw quite a few people with cameras and lenses
that appeared to be in the 200-300mm range
Hi
I am hoping to mount my AF140C ring light on a reversed lens. I understand
from Boz's site that I need a Reverse Ring Light Holder K to do so. They
seem to be much less common than an ordinary reversing ring. Does anyone
have one for sale or can they direct to somewhere that does have one?
On 7 May 2001, at 21:14, Donald Ross wrote:
> I've made my comments to Gianfranco off-list as to what I thought of his image.
> I also queried his use of a 645 lens on a 35 mm body. I didn't know they were
> compatable. My question to the group is: Is there technical/creative merit for
> usin
Yup, thats a nice one, fer sure.
Got me one of them myself.
http://www.accesscomm.ca/users/wrobb/sunset.jpg
HAR!!!
Thae world is decidedly small.
Pentax content: Shot with the 6x7.
William Robb
> Yves C. wrote:
> " Copper Seas " by Brian Campbell, Canada
>
> Really nice picture! When I first saw
On 5-7-01 Tom V. made this passing comment:
>
> aimcompute wrote:
>>
>>It's simple marketing, the age-old method of liking sex with products.
>Hmm. Didn't know 'k-mount' could be a verb.
It could very well be but I know that screw-mount is definitely one.
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Sent: May 7, 2001 12:02 PM
Subject: Feedback for my USA-travel gallery site
> Hi group,
>
> I spent most of last week scanning negatives and updating my
web-site that
> now cov
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