Re: Update: Vivitar Auto Extension Tubes

At 10:46 PM 11/30/01 -0800, you wrote: >If you're curious, you can see some photos I've taken with them at > > I tried it. No pics. Gary J. Sibio - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.ne

Re: flash stuff

On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You forgot your camera and there is a function you could shoot but you > only have access to a 283 with a broken sensor and a K1000, meaning > raw manual flash shooting if you hope to get any photos at all. And > since the 283 does not have a distanc

french law/illegal street photography

I didn't read the whole thing, nor every message, but the jist everyone seems to over look is its illegal to "publish" these photographs. It most cases I think a person like you or me can take a picture of anything (usually not government/military) and do whatever we want at home. Its when y

Update: Vivitar Auto Extension Tubes

Hello all... Thanks for your advice regarding Pentax and Vivitar extension tubes. I went ahead and purchased the Vivitar tubes. While the construction quality isn't on par with the Pentax tubes, they do get the job done and I'm sure they'll last. If you're curious, you can see some photos I've t

Re: HELP: my MZ-5 thinks 1/60th is a great flash sync speed!

On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Tom Rittenhouse wrote: > I think that your camera is actually using 1/100 sec. but the dislay does > not have that speed so it shows the next lower speed. No, the display shows that speed. I noticed this with the MZ-7 a few days ago... it seems to set a sync speed of 1/15 t

Re: Flash

In a message dated 11/30/01 8:21:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > (but won't I feel like I'm cheating?!) > Not if you remember that every once in a while, you ought to dance with the one that brung you (manual flash)! Mafud [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This me

Re: why EI-2000 is total CRAP, UNUSABLE for anything but strong daylight!

In a message dated 11/30/01 8:06:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Mafud, it seems it just depends on what the photographer > photographs... if I shot studio-like shots, I would do manual flash of > course. Since I don't, I almsot don't do manual flash. I am glad there >

Re: shooting holiday lights

Bragging about your equipment again ? Bet I can bracket three shots faster than you can take a reading with that spot meter. --graywolf - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Pentax Optio 430 digital

I got to see and handle the new Optio 430 today. Wow, is that thing tiny. Supposed to be the smallest 4mp digital camera, I believe it. It makes me rethink P&S digitals. This thing is so small you could carry it around and never notice it, then when a photo opportunity appears, whip it out and sho

Re: Spotted on eBay

That was my thought when I first bought this lens, shouldn't it be a variable aperture lens?The newer ones seem nicer in finish, especially the 28-80 AT-X, but this is a nicely speced lensoptical quality does not appear to be compromised in any version of this lens. I've been happy with t

Re: Computer Upgrade

Thanks for the URL for the Apple history page. It brought back fond memories of my old Apple //c and //GS. And I found out I can put 768 megs of RAM in my aging G3 300. Combined with the firewire drive I just added, that should help wake the old girl up. Paul Timothy Sherburne wrote: > Hello all

Re: flash stuff

Mike didn't say he didn't know how to use a manual flash. Doug At 4:19 PM -050011/30/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, or at least typed: > >Hey Mike! >You forgot your camera and there is a function you could shoot but you only >have access to a 283 with a broken sensor and a K1000, meaning raw

Re[2]: Illegal Street Photography?

Hi, I go to talks by big name photographers quite frequently, and have been to several by Magnum photographers and they all moan like hell about it. As the article says, it makes HCB a criminal. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Saturday, December 01, 2001, 1:21:34 AM, you wrote: > Hi, Bob

Re: Cotty's Pentax Mods December update posted...

Cotty, Yes, yes, very witty! I've added this to my list of "phrases that don't translate" from Commonwealth English to American English. I've got buckets of them: http://www.richard-seaman.com/USA/Life/Language/AmericanVersusNewZealandVocabulary.html As I mentioned on the website, w

Re: Computer Upgrade

Hello all... Just a quick comment I'd like to make about upgrading your RAM. It's important to make sure that your computer's motherboard/mainboard and BIOS can support the amount of RAM that you're planning to install. For Intel PCs, some boards can only handle 256MB, while others can support 51

Re: Illegal Street Photography?

Hi, Bob, That does pretty much suck. But as I said in a subsequent post, my thoughts only pertained to Common Law jurisdictions. France is a Civil Law jurisdiction. In addition, as I read the article, the taking of the pictures is not illegal, only the publication of them is. But, it still su

Re: shooting holiday lights

On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 10:18:29 -0500, you wrote: >Duh...sorry...I'll probably use Kodak Gold 400. >Maybe I'll use 800. Would 800 would be better in >this situation? Thanks for reminding me that I >need to buy film today. :) Splurge - take two rolls! Just make sure to avoid that nasty Kodak Max 800

Re: Re: shooting holiday lights

1/8 second. f2 is one full stop slower, 400ASA is 2 stops faster, so you need 1 stop faster shutter speed. Try it, you`ll like it. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: "David Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 7

Re: When "good enough" ain't: was Re: what I think of current digital cameras

Mark, just curious as to what digital you are using? Ken Waller - Original Message - From: Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:59 AM Subject: Re: When "good enough" ain't: was Re: what I think of current digital cameras > I using

Re: Flash

> > At 04:04 30-11-2001 -0500, Mafud wrote: > > >OK, besides me, how many PDML members shoot full manual flash (anytime)? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Me. > > > > My MX and Agfatronic 261 are the only flash/camera combination I have used > > > > Wendy > > At 10:27 30-11-2001 -0500, Mafud wro

Re: why EI-2000 is total CRAP, UNUSABLE for anything but strongdaylight!

I used to do a lot of manual flash photography, sometimes using the scale, other times with a flash meter. Infrequently, Most of my flash work is now done TTL, but I still use a couple of manual strobes with reflectors and a flash meter for tabletop studio work. One of them is an old Honeywell 890

Re: BC Lower Mainland - Camera Swap Meet

Sorry entry $4 - Original Message - From: "jmadams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 5:07 PM Subject: OT: BC Lower Mainland - Camera Swap Meet > There is a Camera Swap Meet on Sunday in Burnaby, if anyone is interested. > > The venue is: > Camer

Re: A series zoom lenses

Hi Mike... Welcome to the group. I have the SMC-A 70-210/4 and use it often with my ZX-M. Although it's a little slow and a bit heavy, I've taken some of my favorite pix with it. I've been happy with the quality on enlargements up to 8x12. The macro feature isn't really useful in my opinion, as t

Re: why EI-2000 is total CRAP, UNUSABLE for anything but strong daylight!

Mafud wrote: Sac> Of course one can set it all up manually, but the last time I mentioned Sac> "manual" flash there was an actual hiccup on the list. ^^^ :) Sac> OK, besides me, how many PDML members shoot full manual flash (anytime)? Well, for macro shots

RE: Website Update

Mark, Great images! Good to see you're getting time to get involved again. Are you doing anything professionally with your photography these days? We'll have to do another Michigan Pugster Shoot sometime soon. Bill Sawyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Vivitar 100-500

Well, how much? Cory Waters - Original Message - From: "William Kane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hey gang > >I've got a Vivitar 100-500 /5.6-8 that's sitting around in it's hard > case collecting dust. It's got a PKA/R mount on it. In VERY GOOD > condition. > > Any taker? > > Bill

OT: BC Lower Mainland - Camera Swap Meet

There is a Camera Swap Meet on Sunday in Burnaby, if anyone is interested. The venue is: Cameron Recreation Centre 9532 Cameron Street near Lougheed Mall (10am to 4pm) $15 earlybird@9am There is an exhibit of Leica Cameras James - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsub

Re: why EI-2000 is total CRAP, UNUSABLE for anything but strong daylight!

>> That does suck. Is there an option on the camera to lock the aperture? The >> CP990 has a variable aperture, but there's an option to lock it so it >> simulates a constant aperture zoom. The Pz-1p has the same ability with >> variable zooms. >> Sac> While I agree, no serious photographer

Re: Bulk film

Hi, main reason for me to buy bulk film is that it is sometimes much cheaper. Ilford B&W film is getting considerably more and more expensive even if I buy a twenty-pack from wholesale (just two years ago, it cost HALF what it costs now!!! and no, we hadn't had 50% inflation ). A 17

Re: The weakest link?

>>I believe the PNG graphics format does that. I'm not sure because I don't >>use that format (pretty much no one does) and, like GIF, it's supposedly >>not very well suited to photographic images. Not true. JS> The PNG format does support up to 48-bit truecolor or 16-bit grayscale, JS> with los

Re: Illegal Street Photography?

Brendan wrote: > Just before the bombing in Kosovo a few years ago I > was in Halifax in a hotel just across from the naval > base, they taped up all the windows on that side and > seized a roll of film I had when I arrived, never got > it back either. The military don't use the same rules as t

Re: RE: developing Leonid shots

I guess it just never really occurred to me to consider that the film might look completely unexposed to the machine. I'm not a night sky shooter. Looked at that way, I can understand how that would happen. I guess a guy would need a camera that printed data between frames and then he'd still h

Re: Computer Upgrade

William Robb wrote: > > What's SDRAM and RDRAM? Is one "better" than the other? > > I think the best one is what will plug into your mother > board Yep... the RD stuff is supposedly faster and is pretty expensive. I think only a few Pentium 4 motherboards support the stuff. PCs tend to

Re: Re[2]: Illegal Street Photography?

- Original Message - From: "Bob Walkden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 5:52 PM Subject: Re[2]: Illegal Street Photography? > Hi, > > things are pretty bad in France at the moment:- > > http://www.vjgroup.org/apfrench.htm > I

FS: Vivitar 100-500

Hey gang I've got a Vivitar 100-500 /5.6-8 that's sitting around in it's hard case collecting dust. It's got a PKA/R mount on it. In VERY GOOD condition. Any taker? Bill - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the direction

Re[2]: Illegal Street Photography?

Hi, things are pretty bad in France at the moment:- http://www.vjgroup.org/apfrench.htm --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, November 30, 2001, 11:13:43 PM, you wrote: > Well, I don't know too much about the law, and how it pertains specifically to > photographing "crime scenes", but

Re: A series zoom lenses

All 3 are excellent lenses. regards, Alan Chan >I'm new to the group although I have been following your discussions on >"mail-archive.com" for the last six months. I have the following "A" series >zoom lenses. 24-50mm f/4, 35-105mm f/3.5 and 70-210mm f/4. > >I would like to know what the conse

Re: Illegal Street Photography?

As an addendum, I should add (I guess that's what you do in an addendum) a couple of things: Firstly, what I wrote in my previous post is my understanding of what the law is in "Common Law" countries (ie: Britain, the US, the Commonwealth countries). It may be way different in other jurisdictio

Re: Spotted on eBay

"John Glover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >They do make this lens as I have it in front of me right now Doh! Never thought they might have made one in the past that isn't in the current catalog. Felling dumb. >And I do have pictures:) -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message

Re: RE: developing Leonid shots

- Original Message - From: "Len Paris" < Subject: Re: RE: developing Leonid shots > Interesting. You'd think that the clear space between pictures > would give the machine a clue. Unfortunately, often the entire film is clear space, with no visible frame delineation. This happens a lot

Re: Illegal Street Photography?

Well, I don't know too much about the law, and how it pertains specifically to photographing "crime scenes", but I do know a little bit about criminal law. I don't know how photographing police officers at their work "impedes" anything. It may piss them off, but it doesn't impede them from carryi

Re: My PUG Picks

My personal favorite is "St. Petersburg, City Centre," by Sergey SHP. I like the contrast between the sun and bright ground outside and the dark interior figures in the foreground. I also like the contrast between the soft focus on the distant figures and the sharper foreground focus. It gives

December PUG favourites

Interesting PUG this month. I felt it was a real chore because the constraints in sticking with the 'Synchronicity' theme were rigid - it felt like someone telling me to go do something in their time-frame and not mine. I think for this reason, lots of us took shots we perhaps wouldn't normall

Re: RE: developing Leonid shots

Interesting. You'd think that the clear space between pictures would give the machine a clue. Len --- > Machine prints & machine can't find edge of the picture...too much black for automatic printing. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.ne

Re: Computer Upgrade

- Original Message - From: Subject: Re: Computer Upgrade > Bill, > > What size and type monitor did you end up with. > I remember the comment to get 75hz or better for > the refresh rate, but judging that involves some > digging. Hi Bob I ended up with a Samsung Synchmaster 19" fl

Re: Computer Upgrade

Bill, What size and type monitor did you end up with. I remember the comment to get 75hz or better for the refresh rate, but judging that involves some digging. Regards, Bob S. William Robb wrote: > Also, pardon the typo, I am getting a refresh > rate of 100hz, not 200 at 1024 x 768. - This me

Re: Computer Upgrade

In a message dated 11/30/01 4:26:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > "What's a MOBO"? > > MOtherboard. "What's a P1V and a Dragon ATX?" PlV = Pentium 4, Dragon ATX are both high performance Motherboards. You can buy either w/processors for under $300. **Add a 400 wat

Re: Bulk film

Delano, I use the Alden 74 which is pretty popular and easy to acquire. I load the cassettes in the dark so there is no waste of film. It is fairly easy to do once you do it a few times. Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:27:35 -0600 From: Delano Mireles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Bulk fi

Re: Computer Upgrade

Shel Belinkoff wrote: > What's a MOBO? What's a P1V and a Dragon ATX? MOBO = motherboard (or mainboard for those who do not like what might be construed as sexist connotations.) The center of the system -- the big board that everything else plugs into -- CPU, memory chips, sound and video c

Website Update

I just updated my website with a few new photos from a trip last summer. The pics were generally taken with my trusty (though fragile) LX, usually with an A 28-135 f4. A handful were produced with the Pz-1p. If you're interested, stop by and click on the link entitled "5 Nights in Skanee."

Re: Computer Upgrade

- Original Message - From: "Tom Rittenhouse" Subject: Re: Computer Upgrade > In line comments > --graywolf > -- -- > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Shel Belinkoff" < > > Subject: Computer Upgrade > > > > > > > It's

Re: Computer Upgrade

In line comments --graywolf - Original Message - From: William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 12:59 PM Subject: Re: Computer Upgrade > - Original Message - > From:

Re: Computer Upgrade

In a message dated 11/30/01 4:26:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > What's a MOBO? What's a P1V and a Dragon ATX? Mafud [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the dir

Re: Computer Upgrade

What's a MOBO? What's a P1V and a Dragon ATX? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The MOBO is the limiting factor Shel, not the OS. The MOBO in this machine > supports up to 1.5GIG of RAM. The new PlV and Dragon ATX MOBOs support up to > 3 GIG RAM! -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ho

Re: flash stuff

In a message dated 11/30/01 2:00:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > You guys should really try TTL flash, or better yet P-TTL if you have > the new FA360FGZ and MZ-S. It really makes your approach redundant. > Even with my AF280T and plain old TTL I find well balanced e

Re: shooting holiday lights

Not with a 1-degree spot meter. Tom Rittenhouse wrote: > > Actually metering is something of a bug-a-boo under these types of > situations. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow/enter.html http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/cameras/pentax_repair_

Re: November PUG comments

- Original Message - From: "Bruce Dayton" Subject: November PUG comments > > "The Fellas" - by William Robb > > I'm impressed by how well behaved the dogs are. They appear to enjoy > having their picture taken. Good, strong color, plus the coats are > very visible, rather than just b

RE: OT: Computer security.

William Robb wrote: >Is there a way to set up Lookout Express to not accept html >messages at all? I don't think so :( I use Outlook at work and haven't been able to do so. I can only block image loading through judicious use of Zone Alarm. >It seems to me the best way to deal with email >scri

Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re=3A=20Slow=20to day=20or=20did=20i=20get=20boot ed=20off=20again?=

On Friday, November 30, 2001, at 10:20 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > That was too easy. Was "Professional: The Musical" really all that long ago? I'm still killing myself laughing over that Provia song! -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www

Re[2]: Bulk film

William, That is interesting about the film hog bit. My Adorama loader only needs about 1.5 inches for daylight loading. The more I hear about others, the more happy I am with the unit. I wonder who makes it for them? Anybody know? Bruce Dayton Friday, November 30, 2001, 9:42:49 AM, you

Re: PDML Members Web Sites List Update

Cool--I didn't know such a site existed! Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul wrote: >Hi, > >The PDML members web sites list has been updated, it can be viewed at > >www.nrg666.com/pdml.html > >Cheers, >Paul - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml

OT: Computer security.

Is there a way to set up Lookout Express to not accept html messages at all? It seems to me the best way to deal with email scripts is to have them nuked at the server level. The option doesn't seem to be in the message rules tool. One thing I have done is removed VBS from my machines recognized f

RE: New Pentax digital SLR

Well, I just got the the engineers from Philips Semiconductor to buy me lunch so the day wasn't a total loss ;-) The people I met with today didn't have any information on any of the Philips CCD products (as I expected) but one of them said he could easily find out if Contax is using the Philips p

Re: Computer Upgrade

- Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" < Subject: Computer Upgrade > It's time ... got a quick couple of questions. > > Recently it was mentioned here that some Windows OS won't support more > than 256mb or 512mb of memory. How much memory will Win98SE support? Hi Shel, I just wen

Re: Spotted on eBay

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Spotted on eBay: K-mount Tokina 28-70 2.8 >> > >Who are these lazy people with no pix? And what, exactly, is that particular lazy person selling? Tokina makes a 28-70/2.6-2.8 as well as a 28-80/2.8... but they don't make a 28-70/2.8 -- Mark Roberts www.roberts

OT: Re: What We All Need

More RAM should definitely help--and as cheap as RAM is nowadays, everyone doing photoshop should be able to afford enough (mine has its original 64mb + 3 x 256mb chips added by me). Big, fast harddrives have become amazingly affordable, too. Photoshop is still an arm and leg though. Dan Scott [E

Re: Spotted on eBay

They're rather foolish. It's tough to interest buyers without pictures of the item being auctioned. Then again, there are others that use pictures that are not of the item they are selling, too. That's just plain dishonest. Len --- - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[

Re: Bulk film

- Original Message - From: "Delano Mireles" Subject: Re: Bulk film > Thanks to Bill and Tiger for the responses. Can either of you (or anyone) > recommend which loader to go with or at least what to look for? I have 2 Lloyds loaders and a Watson. The Lloyds is the ultimate in simple de

Re: custom PZ-1p Batt grip

I've been watching for that one too. Still vaporware, I fear. Len --- - Original Message - From: "Tiger Moses" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 10:38 AM Subject: custom PZ-1p Batt grip > Whatever ever happened to the genius and the project th

Re[2]: Bulk film

Delano, I have Adorama's loader. Based on what I have read of the others, this is a good one. No felt in the light trap to catch particles and start scratching your film and good counters for number of frames (including leader) and amount left on the big roll. I can heartily recommend it. BTW

Re[2]: Bulk film - how many exposures?

Delano, I get about 18 rolls of 36 exposure. Bruce Friday, November 30, 2001, 7:31:24 AM, you wrote: DM> Along the same lines. how many exposures can you roughly get off a 100' DM> roll? DM> Delano >> From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Date: Thu, 2

Re: Computer Upgrade

Hi Kent ... Thanks for the info ... have a couple more questions though. > Doesn't mean they can't use more > just can't be used for program storage. I don't understand what you mean by that. What is "program storage"? Isn't the program stored on the hard drive? If there's a program that us

Re: Spotted on eBay

In a message dated 30/11/01 15:30:27 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Subject: Spotted on eBay Spotted on eBay: K-mount Tokina 28-70 2.8 >> Who are these lazy people with no pix? Kind regards Peter - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to

FS: Bogen 3047 Deluxe 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head

I have a Bogen 3047 Deluxe 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head with Quick Release for sale. I've had it for about two years and have used it 3 - 4 times. It's like new. It has two bubble levels and will support camera/lens up to 16.5 lbs. New price is $75. Will sell for $40 + shipping or make offer. Tom C.

RE: Computer Upgrade

Shel, Doesn't mean they can't use more just can't be used for program storage. Everything from Win2K on up can use as much as you can put in it. This is from the underlying NT technology. Win95 could use as much as 32MB for program loading. Win98 what ever version was up to 64MB for program space

Re: developing Leonid shots

Yes - I've been told a similar thing. Even just setting the self timer, standing back and holding a flashlight during the exposure. It'll give the lab a reference point. Tom C. - Original Message - From: "Peifer, William [OCDUS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday

custom PZ-1p Batt grip

Whatever ever happened to the genius and the project that was making the custom grip/battery holder for the PZ-1p. I remember looking at the prototype page with the new shutter button he'd put on it a year ago it seems, and they were to available shortly back then. - This message is from the P

RE: developing Leonid shots

Bill Peifer wrote: >Worse yet, the technicians can't determine this visually, >and they often end up cutting the film right >through the middle of an exposure. I had this with some night-time shots of traffic and floodlit buildings recently. I sent the film off to Kodak for processing and half of

Re: RE: RE: developing Leonid shots

That might be true.I try to put one of my big maples in the corner for scale.The ones i take well away from city lights have a lot of stars in them and may be better for the machines ??/ Dave Begin Original Message From: "Amita Guha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 10:22:33

Re: Flash

> At 04:04 30-11-2001 -0500, Mafud wrote: > >OK, besides me, how many PDML members shoot full manual flash (anytime)? > > Me. > > My MX and Agfatronic 261 are the only flash/camera combination I have used Me too. I have a ZX-M and a Sunpack 383 manual/auto (non-TTL) flash. I like being able t

Friday Sales

I have a almost pristine zoom I want to unload. Tokina SMZ845 its an 80-200/4.5 zoom f 4.5-22, no A setting Front & Rear caps, front has velcro disk for sticking somehwere when off Kalimar 52mm UV attached Has Close Focus ability/ normal min = 2meters/ close min 44cm max mag ratio 1:6.3 weight 45

OT: Re: Slow today or did i get booted off again

On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, tom wrote: > Tom Rittenhouse wrote: > > > > TV, what are you drinking? Something potent I would guess. > > Really bad coffee... Well, that hardly narrows it down. Can't stand the stuff, myself. :) chris - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscrib

A series zoom lenses

Hello to all, I'm new to the group although I have been following your discussions on "mail-archive.com" for the last six months. I have the following "A" series zoom lenses. 24-50mm f/4, 35-105mm f/3.5 and 70-210mm f/4. I would like to know what the consensus is of these lenses pro or con. I

Re: Viruses & Worms Everywhere

Shel wrote: > That's a lot of work. Not using Outlook frees me, it seems, > from having to deal with this garbage. Not using WinDoze is even better. One of the benefits of Macintosh's small market share is that these viro-nutz don't bother attacking since the "big gor

OT Re: Computer Upgrade

- Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In order to hook up a scanner I need a USB port or Firewire, right. > What are the advantages/disadvantages of each? > You CAN use a parallel port (printer port) scanner. I had to resort to this after several USB scanners f

RE: developing Leonid shots

Amita wrote: [Problems getting prints from astrophotographic exposures -- snipped] Hi Amita, Getting machine prints from astrophotographic exposures is problematic. I think the fundamental problem is that the machines usually can't determine the boundary between two successive exposures. (

Computer Upgrade

It's time ... got a quick couple of questions. Recently it was mentioned here that some Windows OS won't support more than 256mb or 512mb of memory. How much memory will Win98SE support? What's SDRAM and RDRAM? Is one "better" than the other? Suggestions for a good video card? In order to ho

Re: Bulk film - how many exposures?

600+ Delano Mireles wrote: > > how many exposures can you roughly get off a 100' > roll? -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow/enter.html http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/cameras/pentax_repair_shops.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discus

RE: Viruses & Worms Everywhere

Hi, On 30 Nov 2001 at 10:04, Kent Gittings wrote: > In my opinion at least Outlook tends to be more intuitive than using > the Netscape email client. But these are only two. Two of the most common ones, and obviously the ones the viruses and worms are tested on. Personally, I'm for Pegasus Ma

Re: flash stuff

Mafud wrote: > OK, besides me, how many PDML members shoot full manual flash (anytime)? Me, I confess, Yes - I am guilty of such despicable acts :^) I set the aperture by the distance scale, even if there is an auto-thyrister function, because I want the flash level

Re: New Pentax digital SLR

This seems to be in keeping with the look of how things are panning out. It must be obvious to the whole industry that the success of the Canon D30 has highlighted the need for medium-priced pro/am digi SLR. With the previous 6MP Pentax vapoware, the price would have been well within the Nikon

Re: Cotty's Pentax Mods December update posted...

>I looked at your "corner of the room" photo ... eerily neat and >organized ... gave me the willies*. Ah, but Dan, give it time. It's only just been assembled. You shoulda seen the previous corner. There's a party of folks still lost in there somewhere - been waiting days for them to come out.

Re: MX variations

My black MX serial number starts with 9. It has the AOCo logo and Asahi Pentax on the pentaprism. Asahi Opt. Co. is engraved on the back of the top cover under the film advance lever and on the plastic rectangular film tab holder. The shutter lock is all metal. The battery cover is engraved BATTER

Re: shooting holiday lights

One of the best ways to shoot lights is to do it at a time when the contrast between the lights and the background isn't too great. So, shooting at dusk might offer greater possibilities and eliminate the need for flash. This will, of course, give you a contrast range that will include the lights

RE: Viruses & Worms Everywhere

BTW an easy way to see if you have W32.Badtrans is to check for the existence of Kernel32.exe (that's EXE and *NOT* DLL) and kdll.dll in your windows system directory, as those arte the virus files. You can remove the virus by deleteting them both in safe mode. Of course you also need to delete th

Re: photo printers

On Thursday, November 29, 2001, at 05:04 PM, Cotty wrote: > > One thing I would say on this score: creating a top quality scan from a > neg, and creating a good quality inkjet print from a top quality scan > are > two seperate things with different workflows involved. Of course, the two are ver

RE: Viruses & Worms Everywhere

I had to remove W32.Badtrans.B virus from a machine this week too. Norton only added this definition a few days ago (24th I believe), so if you haven't run liveupdate since then it wont pick it up. Once I installed the latest update it removed the virus fine. You also need to check Windows Update

Re: Censorship-not

On Friday, November 30, 2001, at 05:04 AM, Pål Audun Jensen wrote: > I mean, I have received complaints about posting on AF cameras, the > MZ-S and what I think about my lenses on a Pentax discussion forum!. > Note, it was not my opinion that was attacked but that I posted such > things on P

Re: Take cover!

On Thursday, November 29, 2001, at 04:46 PM, John Coyle wrote: > - but there is no excuse for bad language, > insults, etc a la 'The Who' (said with fingers crossed). S! It's bad luck to say his name! -Aaron who vividly remembers the 'Flash Sync Wars' - This message is from the Pentax-D

Re: shooting holiday lights

.and bracket a bit. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: "Steve Larson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 6:28 AM Subject: Re: shooting holiday lights > Hi Amita, a tripod is a must unless you are going to use >

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