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interested. I do not know the seller at all.
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Dave O'Brien commented:
as long as they don't screw up my negatives, I can still go
get one or two keepers reprinted at a pro lab.)
It's probably best to think of minilab prints as proofs and get your
'keepers' done by a pro-lab.
*nod* _Exactly_. It's just that for anything but 3x10
Last night I was talking with the co-owner of my favorite local photo lab and he
was telling me about his problems trying to get his 67-II to wirk with a leaf
shutter lens and TTL flash metering. He (and, apparently, Pentax) says it can't
be done. The primary reason is obviously that the flash
Christian Skofteland asked:
Does anyone use labels on their slides? I'm looking for a labeling program
that can print labels that fit a standard slide mount. Any ideas?
Dunno whether this helps (it's not as automated as it sounds like
you want), but I use Avery 5167 Return Address labels
i think, it depends on how you take the shoot, but frankly, i don't feel the
snaps are that bad. may be compared to your other pictures or when you
compared to what you had in your mind it was not satisfactory.
bw are sometimes a little grainy - however, i feel it gives a different
feel - i
I heard that Minolta will no longer make cameras
in Japan, that it's closing its Malaysian operations,
and that it's moving all camera production to Shanghai,
in China. Anyone here know if this is correct?
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Shel wrote:
I was the original poster, and, although I never said I wanted manual
advance, it's generally my preference. Why? Because it's quieter.
Shel,
The old EOS RT, still one of my favorites among all the cameras that have
passed through my hands, had a nifty feature. If you took a
In a message dated 10/20/2001 10:17:53 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
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I heard that Minolta will no longer make cameras
in Japan, that it's closing its Malaysian operations,
and that it's moving all camera production to Shanghai,
in China. Anyone here know if this
Hi Mike ...
You have a lot of favorite cameras, Mike ;-))
What you've described sounds like a kludge, although I'm sure it has its place
and
value. It seems fine if you're going to let the camera wind on in a short time,
but
holding one's finder on the shutter release for a longer time, say 20
Hi,
that's what happens with the MX winder too.
I've wondered before why it is that the camera makers don't provide a
switch which lets the photographer decide when to wind the film. I
moaned about this after taking a photo with my Contax RX in a church,
and finding that the winder noise (quiet
Hi Shel,
I heard that Minolta will no longer make cameras
in Japan, that it's closing its Malaysian operations,
and that it's moving all camera production to Shanghai,
in China. Anyone here know if this is correct?
This is correct. I've read the press release in a
newspaper. They have
hi!
i'm looking into getting a manual k-mount backup body and i wonder if anyone has a
suggestion which to get. if you have a link to a site with descriptions of pentax
k-mount bodies streangths and weaknesses that would also be very helpful!
i havn't yet made up my mind as to how much i'm
Hi Emmanuel,
Try
http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/
Gianfranco
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hi!
i'm looking into getting a manual k-mount backup body and i
Well, the K1000 is certainly a great, solid mechanical camera for the money.
Unlike the ME Super, it's still supported by Pentax. I still use my ME
Supers because I love them though. I don't usually recommend the ME because
it's not really a manual camera and requires operation in aperture
Push processing C-41 film does not work at all. Anyone who says
otherwise is fooling themselves. The C-41 process is a develop
to completion process, and any additional development merely
adds to the base density.
And yes, I have proven this.
I have heard that E-6 films have better
Just listed the above on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1287598299
Later,
Gary
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Just listed this also...
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1287603409
Later,
Gary
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I am glad to see you fixed it, and are joining us again!
Frits Wüthrich
jeepgirl:
To the best of my knowledge it is fixed. I am terribly sorry It wasn't
caught sooner, my humble apologies to anyone that might have been caused
trouble by it. I got it from the econ teacher in my masters
I had a customer drop off a one time use Kodak camera this morning. When I
opened it to remove the cassette, it was, naturally ISO 800, but contained
39 exposures instead of the usual 27.
Bill, KG4LOV
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From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Pushing and Pulling film
Date: Sat, Oct 20, 2001, 12:08 PM
Push processing C-41 film does not work at all. Anyone who says
otherwise is fooling themselves. The C-41 process is a develop
to completion
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Push processing C-41 film does not work at all. Anyone who says
otherwise is fooling themselves. The C-41 process is a develop
to completion process, and any additional development merely
Or, you could just use FrontPage (like I do), and skip all that learning
code nonsense. :)
Thanks,
Ed
http://lightandsilver.com
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If I recall correctly, with my old Super Program and Winder ME-II, you
could just use the shutter release on the camera and do it all manually,
or use the shutter release on the winder and let the automation work for
you.
Thanks,
Ed
http://lightandsilver.com
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I would highly recommend the MX, its an extremely compact and
fully mechanical semi-pro model. Its simple and has some nice
features. Its my favorite camera (after the LX). You can get a
decent one on ebay for about $150. You wont regret it. I have
several, I even dropped down some
Hi Ed,
This is correct. The winder ME-II allows manual advance with the winder
either turned on or off - IOW, you can override the winder. Film is
manually rewound in any case. At least that's how it works with the ME
Super, and I suspect it would be no different for any other body to
which
http://www.shutterbug.net/web_profiles/story.cfm?StoryID=3735
Anything to get some traffic...
j
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Tom Rittenhouse typed unto us:
big context SNIPThe street directory says it is about as far away as it
could be and still be in the Charlotte area. Ah, there it is a little spur
of a road, off of that road, off of a road I know about. Thirty minutes
latter I am there.
Must be nice to live
Hi,
yea, well that was in the old days before winders were a built-in
compulsory feature. This is something that got quietly dropped somewhere
along the way on the long march into the future when somebody else makes
all our decisions for us.
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Erm, well... der. Slaps an A-duh sticker on his forehead. So then why is
BW different than c-41? I've also pushed c41 with decent results (read-
grainy as hell), though not nearly as much as bw.
Nick
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Erm, well... der. Slaps an A-duh sticker on his forehead. So then why is
BW different than c-41?
Well, duh, because it isn't C41 chemistry unless you use the chromogenics
like CN or XP2.
I've
Juan J. Buhler wrote:
http://www.shutterbug.net/web_profiles/story.cfm?StoryID=3735
Anything to get some traffic...
Congratulations. Nice write-up.
Never mind the traffic, though. Will it get you some sales? Complements
and visitors are nice, but don't pay for film and the like. :)
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Hi Juan,
Congratulations!
I seriously started to consider buying your prints: few reviews
like that and their price will rise.
:-)
Gianfranco
PS: when I eventually build a web site with my photos I'll ask
for your advice.
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Tom Television wrote:
I figure I've spent about 30 hours this week just getting the scans and
html organized. Oh, and learning a new programming language.
This is opposed to about 5 hours to put together a proof album.
I probably saved about $200 at the lab. Maybe.
My digital ardor is
Comes with Pentax-M 50mm f/1.4, skylight filter, lens cap and hood, Grip-B. Says to be
in 8+ condition.
Has a Buy It Now price of, $550.00 - They do accept PayPal
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Gary
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Congratulations. Nice write-up.
Never mind the traffic, though. Will it get you some sales? Complements
and visitors are nice, but don't pay for film and the like. :)
True...
I don't worry too much about selling prints, though. I know that if
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Date: Sat, Oct 20, 2001, 3:45 PM
Well, duh, because it isn't C41 chemistry unless you use the chromogenics
like CN or XP2.
But is c41 fundamentally different than bw? Not from what I understand.
I'd love to go digital. As much sports as I shoot and as little time to
deadline that some of these places give me, it'd be a huge advantage. But,
it looks like it's still going to be awhile before Pentax gets a decent DSLR
out. So I'm looking into home film processors (ie- Jobo CPE-2). Mainly
Jan,
That's a fair comment, I'll make a pdf and put it on my web site as well. Or
perhaps an HTML if that is easy to do from MS Excel.
Frits Wüthrich
Jan van Wijk:
On Thu, 18 Oct 2001 20:47:13 +0100, Frits J. Wthrich wrote:
I think it is a good idea, that is why I also started it a while
Another question,since it doesn't show the aperture in the viewfinder,it is
almost completely dark,it seems stuck on f/22 and never adjusts so I can
see through the viewfinder.
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But is c41 fundamentally different than bw? Not from what I
understand.
They both detect light using silver halide crystals (blah,
blah, blah,
excuse me if that is not one hundred percent correct). C41
Hi Bill ...
I agree with you 100%, but I'd like to throw something into this
discussion that's not been mentioned before. We've talked about it
privately, and now seems to be a good time to bring it to the list.
There are some developers, notably Acufine, that allow one to rate an
emulsion at
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Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi Bill ...
I agree with you 100%, but I'd like to throw something into this
discussion that's not been mentioned before. We've talked about it
privately, and now seems to be a good time to bring it to the list.
There are some developers, notably Acufine, that
Hi Frank,
Maybe this has already been answered for you, but that
is the trigger that is used to set the automatic
function on the aperture, on a Pre-automatic Takumar.
You basically cock the trigger, which sets a spring
mechanism which will be activated and stop down the
aperture to the f-stop
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Subject: Re: Pushing and Pulling film
So, rather than pushing a film one might consider using a
developer
that actually increases a film's speed and range of
usefulness.
However, I don't really understand how this is done - what the
chemical
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Subject: Re: Pushing and Pulling film
I have an 18x30 print of a basketball shot taken in 1975
hanging on my
office wall. It was taken with TriX rated at 1600 and
developed in
Acufine. The grain is fabulous. Sometimes things just don't
get
Ed wrote:
If I recall correctly, with my old Super Program and Winder ME-II, you
could just use the shutter release on the camera and do it all manually,
or use the shutter release on the winder and let the automation work for
you.
Yup, just so Best of Both Worlds:^)
I would forget about Diafine if I were you. It always had too soft a
grain for me. Acufine produced sharp grain if not fine grain. It
gives a very pleasing effect by holding shadow detail without blocking
the highlights. I have a local source for both if you need one.
On Saturday 20
Who makes that 28mm lens? some PKR lenses don't fit
right on AF
bodies, it sounds like this is a Vitar PKR lens, if
this is the case
it sounds like you may not be able to use that lens.
The problem is
the AF shaft and power zoom contact points jam on the
extra ricoh pin
on some not fully
It is made by Albinar?? I just tried my vivitar 50mm with no A on the
aperture ring and aimed it at hte same light and got 5 stopes overexposed at
the same settings so it is the 28mm lens I think, it is even hard to get
off,seems like you have to unclick it from the mount twice before it
actually
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Certainly is something to think about isn't it?
--graywolf
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After working as a photographer for 10 years, I went to work for Eric
For all you screwmount fans I am offering
Copies of the original spotmatic service
manual from 1966. These are 118 quality pages
and loaded with beautiful exploded view
diagrams. A must for spotmatic fans and
collectors. I ship a CD-R with adobe
acrobat and the .pdf file. Once you see
the
I thought this might be interesting to some of us.
The other day I stopped by Biggs Camera here in Charlotte. Steve Biggs, the
owner, has set up a digital portrait studio in the store. I asked for a tour
which he graciously provided.
He is using a Canon (said off topic, didn't I) D30 w a 28-104
Hi Bill,
Well, if you can't find any Acufine up in the cold, northern nether
reaches, let me know and I'll send you some. I've got some other stuff
for you as well.
As for your gut reaction that there's no actual speed increase, my
recollection is that that comment runs contrary to what you
You might try setting up a Microsoft Word (or any other WP program) template
with a table setup to match the outlines of your labels. Then all you have to
do is type in the data in the boxes.
I have done this for diskette labels in the past, and the only hard part is
ensuring you get the
Any of you all use equipment other than
Pentax at times?
I use the following at time to break up
the boredom:
Mamiya TLR ( i have all 7 lens sets!)
Zeiss folders ( 533 and SI III)
Olympus RFs ( SP and RC )
Canon RF ( Canonet QL17)
Mamaiya 6X6 folder
Rollei 35
Panasonic Digital
What else are
Something I came across some time ago. Since we're talking about
Acufine I thought I'd give you might want to read the article at this
URL:
http://www.rit.edu/~rckpph/faq/22.07.html
Sounds fascinating ;-))
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That's one of the old Auto-Takumars, where you used the tab to stop the lens
down before taking the shot for DOF preview.
The self-timer lever looks standard to me for a Spotmatic: other contemporary
models had a self-timer ring around the rewind lever base.
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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That's one of the old Auto-Takumars, where you used the tab to
stop the lens
down before
I use only Pentax SLRs at the moment, though I would love to have a Leica M6
and/or a Hasselblad.
Jim
Any of you all use equipment other than
Pentax at times?
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