Nicholas Wright schrieb:
I am very interested in having a perspective control lens in my system. I
know, I know, I should get a large format. Well, that's just not going to
happen anytime soon. :] Anyway I was wondering, does anyone on the list have
any experience with this lens? Image
Aaron Reynolds wrote:
Jim, perhaps you should loan your sig file to Mafud? ;)
Aaron - are you sure that was me? ;D
Jim Brooks
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From: CW [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[...snip...]
Jostein Oksne-Night Pipe
That green smoke is very very cool
Thanks, Cory. The smoke from that pipe is very strange.
It takes on different colours after the light. In bright daylight it's
usually white, but under heavy
Mafud,
would you please use that ~stressing~ marks a bit less than now? It lets
me think you are very nervous/agressive person. IMHO only, no personal
abuse at all :) Imagine I WOULD WRITE CAPSLOCK ONLY! :)
Regards,
Atvars, looking at the unbelievable beautiful blue sky, light blue with a
bit
I enjoyed it, even though my stupid 56K modem didn't want me to...what is
the vote code they want me to enter?
Jim
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From: Gianfranco Irlanda [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 4:38 PM
Subject: Smack
Hi everybody,
I'm sending
Juan J. Buhler wrote:
I'll look in the web for something similar, or maybe I'll try to write
my own (the one my friend wrote has some limitations I think--it could
and should try to keep sentences a bit more coherent.) If I come up
with something, I'll let you know.
These responses
Paul,I use the 400CN film for exactly your reasons,print
out on colour paper,view the ones i like then reprint
on BW paper.I remember last year having 2 rolls of BW
film done at a lab with xtra prints and i think it ran me
$50.00 Can to do.I can develop the CN for $7.99 and reprints
are $0.49 on
A place near home actualy loads there fuji fronteir with b/w paper once a
day to print 400cn, for the same price as normal c41 process and print. Only
used them once, there not really convenient to go to.
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From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Well I did bought the MZ-S but the 24-90 mm did not felt solid at all. It is said
that the optics are quit good.
Well, the bad news is that the FA* 28-70/2.8 isn't well built at all. Optically its
great. If you want a lightweight and flexible zoom outfit your best bet is the 24-90.
If you
Hmm, you need to have Java enabled for those links to operate.
Bill
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From: Mark Roberts
Subject: Re: August PUG
Lots of nice images in the LX gallery but the Technical and
History links on
the main page don't work for me. The The LX Gallery link
itself works
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From: Bob Sullivan
Subject: Re: August PUG
Dear Pug Meister,
The chain of photos still skips Gordie Clarke's submission.
You have to get there from the thumbnail on the main page only.
K, its fixed now.
I also noticed the LX gallery on the bottom!
Regarding
Nenad Djurdjevic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Harry Baughman wrote:
i used that 1.7 converter when i had a sf1n a long time ago. i put it on
with a 85 1.8 lens. you set the lens to infinity and let the
teleconverter do the focusing. i don't remember how it worked with
regards to close focusing.
Tom Rittenhouse wrote:
One of the problems w sunny-16 is
that when it was the way to meter
film speed was rated one stop lower
than it is today. No they didn't
improve the film, they just changed
the rating. The difference is that
before meters were common the film
makers had a
But speaking of the PUG, where do I find the list of themes
for upcoming
months? I've always wondered.
http://pug.komkon.org/general/themes.html
There is a link below the thumbnails called previous galleries
and other stuff
Behind that link is another index page, leading to all sorts of
PUG
CW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
After a quick trip through the shots,
The ones that made me say DAMN!:
Mark Roberts -Leicester Square Carousel
Those images look ghostly!
Thanks! I took about 5 shots and they all came out quite similar and yet quite
different as different kids on the ride came by
Question on prices. Would $54 for a Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic 500 SP in
very to excellent condition and SMC Tak 55/f2 be about right?
TIA,
JeffW.
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On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, JeffW. wrote:
Question on prices. Would $54 for a Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic 500 SP in
very to excellent condition and SMC Tak 55/f2 be about right?
It's not bad. I've seen them go for less, but also for more (though not
much more).
chris
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On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Bucky wrote:
Kevin wrote me the following note to pass on:
Thanks for all the input. I don't know if I mentioned this to you
before but I work for a Retail camera store. This of course means
that we can get new product and I will be getting the stuff I buy for
myself
On Thu, 2 Aug 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1993, Juan Buhler. Nice picture of you and your nerd friends :-P . No,
really, I like it, and it reminds me a lot of similar things we try to do
with my friends.
Gracias, Albano.
Nerd friends, allright. That what we still are, actually.
It was
Thanks for your comment, Dave!
-frank
David J Brooks wrote:
Once again,a great gallery to look at.Just viewd it and
some that make first impressions are:
David A Mann: Hand very erie but soft
Cesar A Mantamoros:Barrel Racer in Florida nice action
shot(we have to have 1 horse pic every
Look these links;
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/pentaxlx/metering/metering.htm
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/pentaxlx/metering/exposure.htm
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/pentaxlx/flash/options.htm
--- Shel
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Best way to calibrate for sunny 16 is
camera on manual-centre weight, set
the lens at f/16 (ISO 100) point the lens
at a ~clear~ patch of the bluest part of
the sky, usually away from the sun.
While this is an OK method if you don't care for or need precise
Great Gallery again this month. Here are just a few comments on some that
stood out for me, in no particular order.
Hands by David Mann- There's almost a religious quality to this picture that
evokes memories of my Catholic school days of yore. I love it.
Memory by Luis Pinar- Eerie and very
I just purchased a new Tamron 90mm f/2.8 adaptall macro lens and
a adaptall
2 mount for Pentax KA. The lens and mount work perfectly with an older K
Why didn't you buy the AF version in Pentax mount? I have it, and it works
without a problem on my PZ-1. Perhaps you can exchange it?
Frits
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In a message dated 8/2/01 1:22:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Yesterday, I read in Shaw's Closeups in Nature how to calibrate the
camera's meter with sunny 16, and I found amazing that you can actually take
pictures without using a meter, I think I'm veeery
Congratulations you have just discovered why I tell people to
use sunny-11.
Green grass is usually very close to 18%. But I would not change
your camera meter settings until I tried it with slide film.
One of the problems w sunny-16 is that when it was the way to
meter film speed was rated one
Just a quick note, the Aug gallery is great, I'll comment later. The LX
gallery I found to be *absolutely* outstanding. Great work guys.
Norm
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Bill D. Casselberry wrote:
Arf, Arf ho! Ar-OooH
Chalk up another one for the 20mm f4.5 Super Bow-Wow Takumar
HIGH FIVE!
--
Shel Belinkoff
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Why should I use a meter? What if the darn thing broke on me
when I was out making a
On Aug. 2, 2001, Aaron Reynolds wrote:
Scooterman wrote:
So do we get to see the pics or not?!!! g
I suggest 'various stages of undress' as an upcoming PUG theme...the
he'd be obligated to show us! ;)
H, why do I see a lawsuit in my future from someone I haven't seen in
over 14 years.
I'll get that fixed later today.
Oh, yes, the LX Gallery is linked to this month's page.
You can't miss the link.
William Robb
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Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: August PUG
Dear Pug Meister,
The
Someone said:
I was told by a Pentax rep. that they skipped the AE
lock because the the exposure value (used in automatic
mode) is not stored by the camera CPU.
I've looked through all my LX, and several others. I've read
Crawley's book about the camera. I've read countless threads here
Paul Jones wrote:
Yaquina Bay Bridge by Bill Casselberry
this shots gives me a surreal feeling and not just because
of the Infrared film. Great Exposure and composition.
thanks! exposure was strictly by the book - one of the
coolest things about IR is that
Hi Jim,
Thanks for looking.
When you want to express your opinion about the movie (and you
MUST!) they ask you a code to be sure you do not vote twice or
more a day. You can have the code by clicking on the button in
the window you see the movie in. You can have the code only if
you see the
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From: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Who's going to buy battery hungry, large, auto everything slr that
can shoot 5+ fps in the future? Nobody. People who want these cameras
are going to go digital. Whats left in the 35mm slr field, apart from
the absolute entry
In a message dated 8/2/01 8:52:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A working professional
could work very nicely with this lens plus the FA80-200 f2.8. They would
cover most focal lengths with prime quality.
But only if he/she had a
Scooterman wrote:
So do we get to see the pics or not?!!! g
I suggest 'various stages of undress' as an upcoming PUG theme...the
he'd be obligated to show us! ;)
-Aaron
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In a message dated 8/2/01 6:15:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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Pal writes
Absolutely not. The MZ-S is not an LX with AF. The director would never
have said that they wanted to make an LX with AF if it was already made;
particularly not in an article on Pentax future
Vic, If memory serves this lens is a k-mount version of the SMCT 50 1.4.
IMHO a great lens but I don't know about the price. Given how normal primes
have fallen out of favor about $80 us seems a bit steep, or maybe I'm cheap.
Evan
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--- Nenad Djurdjevic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alexander Krohe wrote:
The LX measures light in two different ways:
-- For the viewfinder indication, the LX measures
the
light that is reflected from a secondary mirror
onto
the metering cell (this value is stored in the
camera
I've shot a couple of rolls of Astia (actually it was on sale because it
expired) and I loved it. Has many of the same qualities as Velvia. I bought
more expired film for my upcoming trip to PEI. It's been in the fridge all
along so I'm not the least bit worried about it
Vic
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Jim Moniz wrote:
I enjoyed it, even though my stupid 56K modem didn't want me to...
Did you have any problem connecting? How did you do it?
I have tried several times, last night and this morning, and it will not
play for me. I click on the place that seems to be the place to play the
thing
Paul Jones wrote:
I once saw an article in a photog magazine with shots of seals on a
windy/sandy beach, it was shot with Astia and the results were spectacular.
Whats it like compared to Provia 100F as all purpose film?
Provia is more neutral, lower in contrast and finer-grained.
It is a *great* lens optically, and what's more, it's mechanical construction
is simply magnificent. Manual focus at its finest.
Brilliant optics. A joy to hold and use. Anyone who has a K-series camera
(K1000, KM, KX, K2) owes it to themselves to get this lens. Mike Johnston
sold one (recently,
Lets not get back on the subject of self dating.
At 04:37 PM 7/29/2001 -0700, you wrote:
You are dating yourself there :) Christmas '75 - don't
remember that one, and not because of what I was
drinking (I was on a breastmilk diet at the time).
Just out of curiosity - which camera took the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A working professional
could work very nicely with this lens plus the FA80-200 f2.8. They would
cover most focal lengths with prime quality.
But only if he/she had a strong back or a mule. I love my 28-70 f2.8 but
hardly ever use it because it adds so much weight
Hi Richard,
Never had this kind of problem with my Tamron KA Adaptall-2 mount
but, normally you shouldn't get aperture readings when in aperture
priority ( with a manual focus lens ). The fact that you do get
aperture readings when setting the aperture ring anywhere else but
The FA28-70/4 is pretty cheap and is an excellent performer, is has a
constant aperture too.
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Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 7:56 PM
Subject: User experiance with theSMC F*28 - 70 F2.8AL zoom?
Hi All out there,
Vic wrote:
I certainly agree that the
autofocus LX will never be made.
How can one agree on such things? It will be made or not be made regardless of whether
you agree or not :-)
It may be fun to speculate about what it
should or should not have but it will never be made.
Theres
The FA28-70 f2.8 is a big and heavy lens. It fits nicely on a PZ-1p (Z-1p)
with a grip. It may be a bit overpowering for a MZ-S in terms of size and
weight. It would be similar to using your FA24 f2.0 on the LX.
The lens is expensive but amazing. It is sharp and fast plus it focuses to
Hi All out there,
Well yesterday I discovered this mailing list.
I'm an amateur photographer for 15 years in the Netherlands.
that you have experiance with theSMC F*28 - 70 F2.8AL zoom
Up till now I used the LX and Pentax prime lenses, favorits are FA24mm F2 and the
M100mm macro 4.0,
when
Hi all,
I've had a rather disappointing evening's shopping.
The camera shop called me this afternoon telling me that my K2 is back from
the repair shop (this is only the 4th time its been in). So I go in this evening
and the first thing I see is a Pentax 67II on the second hand shelf.
Hi all,
I have to sell one of my LX...so here it goes.
This one is in really excellent condition AND it has been
CLA'd by Pentax France 8 months ago...so you're OK for
another 10 year of trouble free shooting.
I'll include the french invoice from the FNAC for the CLA.
(around $120 of CLA)
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