Re: Lab Sleeving machines and scratches

I was going to go this weekend and look for a film cutter. Are there any good ones out there? Any I should avoid? (I know very little, other than having seen some at one time in the past). My hands generally shake too much to make a nice straight line between frames with just an X-Acto knife.

Re: 645 problem

I tought you have to set the focal plane shutter to 1 sec. when using a leaf shutter lens. Jeff - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 1:35 AM Subject: Re: 645 problem > Slow your focal plane shutter down anoth

RE: LX/AF280T?

>Here's a little dilemma I wonder if any of you have come across. LX & AF280T >- - flash in A mode - all fine & dandy. Flash in TTL mode - mirror locks up. >Not the flash - tried another one - does the very same thing. >Any idea I'm going to take a wild guess here. [BTW, I don't own an LX :-( ]

Re: 645 problem

Slow your focal plane shutter down another stop. William Robb - Original Message - From: "James Apilado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: May 11, 2001 11:02 PM Subject: 645 problem > For you others that shoot with the Pentax 645: > A problem has come up wi

Re: Lab Sleeving machines and scratches

Some films are more prone to scratching than others. Kodaks fast films seem quite easily scratched. Often, the knife and/or cutting block will pick up a film chip which can cause scratches on subsequent films. Also, the knife's pivot point can get a build up of crud which can cause the blade to re

645 problem

For you others that shoot with the Pentax 645: A problem has come up with my Pentax 645 when used with the 75mm LS lens and the 400T Pentax Flash. Some frames show that the focal plane curtain is closing before the leaf shutter closes. This happens more often when I shoot vertically. Since I use

Check out the Pentax Japan site...slight change...

Top of the page is a box that seems to indicate: MZ-S...5/26 Also that news release seems to be different as it shows and labels BOTH black and chrome (yippee) versions! I wouldn't be suprised thought to find out if the chrome is only available in Japan. So anyone know what it takes to ship fr

A little Pentax promo

and Rob's Digital Image Studio LX site, in this week's edition of one of the email newsletters I write. It should get seen by about 100,000 readers, though I don't know how many will click through for Pentax LX info. The story that the site was referenced in is at http://www.connectedhomemag.

Re: Business Cards

Shel, Postcards and brochures are better suited for giving people examples of your work. I've never seen a photo on a business card that looked good, even when photolab prints have been cut down to the size of business cards. The image is just too small. And regular cardstock bleeds way too muc

Re: Would this be considered a good quality scan?

>http://www.geocities.com/hanspahlen/test.htm >-- >Shel Belinkoff >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >"Grain is the brushstroke of photography." - Man Ray The little jpg looks nice to me. Bigger would be better, of course. While the detail looks markedly grainy, from what I understand it's an artifact gen

Re: 70-210 F4-5.6 SMC F Zoom

On further investigation it wouldn't autofocus, but this may have been related to the diaphragm being stuck half-way closed. It went back for a refund, and I've ordered one that KEH had in "excellent" condition. Hoping for a better result this time. Incidentally, KEH's quote to "overhaul" (their

Re: OT: Darkroom again

I found out that it wasn't in the fixer long enough. Putting it back for an extra few minutes "fixed" it. Thanks, Collin * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List.

Re: 400 /5.6 lens on ebay

Hi Paul Thanks for the comments, - Original Message - From: "Provencher, Paul M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 1:00 PM Subject: RE: 400 /5.6 lens on ebay > Well you bought it so this is academic. But my impressions of this lens > FORMULA (I

RE: Business Cards

Depending on your inteneded use and volume you might consider a non business card size. Why not something 3 x 5 or so? The easily fit into a shirt pocket and if the photo is interesting, the card might find it's way to a bulletin board near someone's desk. -Original Message- From:

RE: Lab Sleeving machines and scratches

Look more closely and I bet you find a finger print on the end fram of each cut strip where they pulled the film through without wearing gloves. Even pretty good labs do this. If I'm trying for a good scan of the end frame I automatically grab the PEC-12 because I know the print is going to b

Re: Business Cards

Good point, John. John Francis wrote: > Don't forget that a card has two sides. My motorsport.com cards > are fairly typical business cards on the front, but the back shows > one of my images. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Grain is the brushstroke of photography." - Man Ray -

RE: LX/AF280T?

>Here's a little dilemma I wonder if any of you have come across. LX & AF280T >- - flash in A mode - all fine & dandy. Flash in TTL mode - mirror locks up. >Not the flash - tried another one - does the very same thing. >Any ideas? This sounds a lot like the behavior I get with my pz-1p an

Re: OT: Darkroom again

Nope, that's T-Max. A good hypo clearing agent will take a lot of that out... Norm Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > I developed some T-Max 400 (4x5) this a.m. > 2 batches, 2 sheets each batch. > The image content is fine, except, > what would be clear is a pinkish-orangish tone. > Barely transparent.

Re: Would this be considered a good quality scan?

Hmmm, it looks pretty good but we don't have anything to compare it to like my 2438 dpi Minolta. I am interested in the new Nikon Scanners, especially the one that will do 4000 dpi 35mm and also handle medium-format (at what resolution I don't know). Tom C. - Original Message - From: "S

Would this be considered a good quality scan?

http://www.geocities.com/hanspahlen/test.htm -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Grain is the brushstroke of photography." - Man Ray - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax

OT: Darkroom again

I developed some T-Max 400 (4x5) this a.m. 2 batches, 2 sheets each batch. The image content is fine, except, what would be clear is a pinkish-orangish tone. Barely transparent. That can't be right. Contaminated developer? Collin * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * <><

Re: Yoshihiko?

Hi Dan, At 11 May 2001 09:57:18 -0500, Dan Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote; > I can now reach http://www.takinami.com/yoshihiko/photo/fa35/bokeh.html , > but if I click on the link at the bottom of the page, > http://www.takinami.com/yoshihiko/photo/index.html , I receive the message, > "The req

Re: 70-210 F4-5.6 SMC F Zoom

I have had 3 lens repaired by Pentax and was very satisfied with the repair and the price. Check out the Pentax web page for address. I think the web page now has tracking of your repair. They will send you a letter describing the repair and cost which you authorize first. I have faxed back m

Domke Bags

We've often discussed Domke bags and satchels here. It was recently pointed out on another list that the complete Domke catalogue in Pdf form (40 pages) is at: Might be a good site to bookmark or download if you're interested in Domke products. -- Shel

Re: How to disassemble a Pentax Lens and put it together again

There is a notch that the lever slides into on the aperture ring, and there is no adjustments that I can see. I suppose you try filing out a new notch, but you'd have the problem of filling in the old one two (the notch is rather wide, so the old and new would likely overlap). Your results ar

Re: Yoshihiko?

>Hi Dan, > >At 10 May 2001 22:28:45 -0500, >Dan Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote; > >> Does anyone know where Yoshihiko's website has gone? > >Sorry for the inconvenience. > >My hosting server was migrating to another platform. >My site is back again now. :^) > >Regards, >-- >Yoshihiko Takinami >O

Re: How to disassemble a Pentax Lens and put it together again

On Fri, 11 May 2001, Hugo V.A. Kok wrote: > Meterings are done with MX and MZ5n (both matrix- and spotmetering > tests done) Since the MX uses a center-weighted meter, why not use the 5n's center-weighted meter? chris - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to

Sugimoto (Was: Japanese winner of the Hasselblad photo prize!)

Hi all, Since you're talking about Sugimoto, this message of mine from March may be of renewed interest to you. Lasse - Original Message - From: "Lasse Karlsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 3:39 PM Subject: Japanese winner of the Hasselbl

Re: OT Re: Pentax-spotting

Do pregnant ones count? Bob Walkden wrote: > > Maybe it's more like one of Stallone's first movies, Death Race 2000. It's > > basically a really cheesy flick about a race accross America where you > > score points for killing people, and the winner becomes the next President. > > if you don't a

Re: Fixer concentration & Uprating

Ayash Kanto Mukherjee wrote: > This information is very important for me because I shall be uprated > films all the time. Of course, the first hand fooling around is always > there to get the correct combination as you have mentioned. Some developers are better than others for pushing as well.

Re: H.Sugimoto (was Re: Long exposures!)

I found a copy of his book "Time Exposed" with it's dust jacket torn at a discount bookstore for $10 a number of years ago. I opened it to a random page, fell in love with the image (one of his movie theatre interiors) and bought it immediately. His photographs of wax sculptures are sort of cree

Re: Super Program LCD display question

The SP doesn't. Try this, put the lens cap on and look at the LCD readout on the top plate in the sunshine. You'll see it has plenty of light hitting the meter... Norm "Frits J. Wüthrich" wrote: > Some cameras have a blind to block the light from entering, I don't know the > super program, send

Re: M series Film Transport Problems

I have an MX which has film transport problems. The spacing between the frames is uneven, sometimes too wide and sometimes non-existent. This can happen at any place in the roll, but not on all frames - about 3 or 4 in a 36 roll. The repairman, who is a friend of mine, said it was probably due to

Re: Yoshihiko?

Hi Dan, At 10 May 2001 22:28:45 -0500, Dan Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote; > Does anyone know where Yoshihiko's website has gone? Sorry for the inconvenience. My hosting server was migrating to another platform. My site is back again now. :^) Regards, -- Yoshihiko Takinami Osaka, Japan [EMA

Re: OT: What is it?

It's a Chevy 2 bbl carb sitting atop an old 265 6 cyl. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the direction

Re: Yoshihiko?

William Robb wrote: >http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm >WW And that is what I did. Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.

No Subject

Sorry, for double mailing. - Ayash Kanto - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: Feedback for my USA-travel gallery site

Jan, I only stopped in for a short visit this morning, but what a great gallery! I've been to the Southwestern part of the USA many times, but it is very interesting to see it thru your eyes. I am fascinated by the idea of a Dutchman, from a low, wet, green country traveling about the America

Re: How to disassemble a Pentax Lens and put it together again

Hi, Thanks for all input - so too for the off list ones! although it was meant for brevities' sake that I wrote 'after ruling out all other explanations', I see now that it's a little awkward for everybody thinks up different causes. Sorry for that. Let me say that the observed phenomenon is NOT

OT: This account is now dead

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Re: How to disassemble a Pentax Lens and put it together again

Recently Hugo Kok wrote: > > another question to check out the Pentax Data Base that is YOU. > Situation is: comparing three of my lenses with fixed aperture (let's > say: 5.6), the light meter gives on all three of them a different > exposure time. That is: 50mm OK, 85mm +1 stop, 135mm +1/2 sto

Re: Fixer concentration & Uprating

Hi William! This is an excellent piece of information that I was looking for. This is what exactly I needed to know. Many many thanks for this information. It helped me. Just a few while ago I was spending some time in library to find out the concentration. In one book it was mentioned to 40%,

H.Sugimoto (was Re: Long exposures!)

Ha ha ! very nice picture Rob, not very zen-like, though. It's Sydney Opera on the right, isn't it ? Regarding Sugimoto's (or is it Hiroshi's ?) work, I have found a short technical explanation in an interview about his Seascapes (at http://www.assemblylanguage.com/reviews/Sugimoto.html) To g

Re: FS: SMCP 1000mm f/8 and genuine Asahi wooden tripod (not mine)

On Fri, 11 May 2001, David A. Mann wrote: > They are decent people who will accept credit cards, and are happy to > ship overseas at your expense. If it's the same shop that I got my Asahiflex from (after a timely pointer by David), they're great people, but make sure to send them your address i

RE: Business Cards

http://www.bc-photo.com/images/bcphotocard.jpg Cheers! Brian On 10 May 2001, at 21:24, Jeff Geilenkirchen wrote: > Hiya Shel - > > I've seen business cards which were photographs with the lettering super > imposed on the image. They look pretty cool! > > Jeff > - This message is from the P