UK PDMLers

2002-03-20 Thread David A. Mann
Hi guys... I am currently considering an offer to spend two months working in sunny Bognor Regis on the southern coast of England. According to my atlas its only a couple of hours away from London, so I can see the possibility of a few weekend trips. So if anyone over that way is

Re: FTZ330 vs Af280T Flash for SP and MZ5

2002-03-20 Thread Alan Chan
I'm looking for a TTL flash to use with my Super Program and my MZ5. Boz's KMP seems to be saying that the FTZ flashes won't work at all with my Super Program? Is this true? Or will I simply loose the digital functions? Would an AF280T be a better choice to work with both cameras? Basically TTL

Re: 67 300mm f/4 vs A* 300/4 and SMCP 135/2.5

2002-03-20 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Oliver Raymond wrote: I have IDENTICAL instructions. 17 days to go, and I can't see any way around it.. I can't even get away with a Leica (borrowed)... :) I might just appear with a Sinar P2, just to wind her up... on second thoughts, maybe not! It's a worldwide conspiracy. I am also

Re: Snorkelling Camera

2002-03-20 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Allen Murray wrote: Do you own an A-1? If so how are the above water pictures? Not Chris, but I have owned one of these and used two others. I was terribly disappointed with the quality of output. Having used a Sureshot Supreme (fixed fl, autofocus) which produced excellent results, I

Re: UK PDMLers

2002-03-20 Thread f . minelli
Da: David A. Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Data: 20/03/2002 09:38 A: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oggetto: UK PDMLers Hi guys... I am currently considering an offer to spend two months working in sunny Bognor Regis on the southern coast of England. ... Hey David, as long as you're here in Europe

Re: How is Russian glass?

2002-03-20 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Debra Wilborn wrote: There seems to be a whole other world out there with regards to lenses. There sure is. A lot of it is exceelent stuff, too. The only thing to watch out for is quality control. Sample variance seems to be much higher than you would expect, so check your

Re: UK PDMLers

2002-03-20 Thread mike wilson
Hi, David A. Mann wrote: Hi guys... I am currently considering an offer to spend two months working in sunny Bognor Regis on the southern coast of England. According to my atlas its only a couple of hours away from London, so I can see the possibility of a few weekend trips.

Searching opinions on SMC M-85/2.0

2002-03-20 Thread Maciej Marchlewski
Hello all! This lens is about to show up in a local camera shop (the previous owner said he will bring it soon). I don't know it's condition yet but the price is going to be about USD 130. How do you judge this lens? I would like to use it mainly for portraits and some body shots from time to

Re: Black limited lens coating - does it wear?

2002-03-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
Aluminum can be chrome plated, but it would be a costly and inefficient method. I think the chrome reference is more in regard to color rather than coating method. I would guess that both are anodized. Anodizing can be colorless and is sometimes used just to harden things. Crankshaft journals,

Re: Black limited lens coating - does it wear?

2002-03-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
There are all kinds of alloys of aluminum, some are extremely strong. The engine mounts in fuel dragsters, which must resist the twisting force of a 6000 horsepower engine are made of T-6 aluminum alloy. Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh I hope it's not aluminum. It's light, but has no

Re: How Do You Set the Exposure for this.........

2002-03-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
If you took a spotmeter reading off of her face and she is a caucasian of moderate complexion, give her one stop more exposure than what the meter read. Your grey card reading in the same plane as her face should indicate more exposure unless her skin is quite dark. Depending on the film, I would

Re: Black limited lens coating - does it wear?

2002-03-20 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
The chrome finish, though, is incredibly durable and making scratches on a chrome Limited lens really take an effort. Please Pål, tell us you haven't actually tried this! William Robb No. But I had both the 77 Limited and the FA* 200/4 Macro accidentally in the same compartment of the

Re: Black limited lens coating - does it wear?

2002-03-20 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
BTW It might be that black Limited lenses will fetch a higher price on the used market as they are pretty rare. This may change, though, if Pentax start marketing black Limiteds internationally. Pål - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to

Re: I like Aaron's film...

2002-03-20 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Tuesday, March 19, 2002, at 08:54 PM, David Chang-Sang wrote: P.S. Aaron, apparently you're going to give me ALL I need to have to be able to develop my own film at home !! :) Yeah, for a price. ;) Come to the store, I'll rip you off--er, I mean, set you up--er, I mean, uh, sell you

Re: Black limited lens coating - does it wear?

2002-03-20 Thread Camdir
In a message dated 20/03/02 07:46:09 GMT Standard Time, Tom writes: The black 77mm Ltd that I saw was a little more matte than glossy. You've seen one in the flesh? Alex Grigolia showed me an ad for a black 31mm in the Pentax Family mag, and it looked pretty glossy. They appear satin

Re: Snorkelling Camera

2002-03-20 Thread moesg
There is a company called ikelite that makes underwater housings. You could contact them and find out if they made a housing for the super program and get the model number from them and then check with camera and dive shops or wait for one to come up on ebay. The older housing seem to be hard

Re: Black limited lens coating - does it wear?

2002-03-20 Thread Alan Chan
There are all kinds of alloys of aluminum, some are extremely strong. The engine mounts in fuel dragsters, which must resist the twisting force of a 6000 horsepower engine are made of T-6 aluminum alloy. Wonder if the Pentax T6 converter was made of the same material. :) regards, Alan Chan

Re: posts not coming through

2002-03-20 Thread frank theriault
I think my server was screwing up, because some of them seemed to pop up several hours after I sent them. Also, some e-mails that I sent to other receipients were late in arriving (if they arrived at all). I don't think you missed much anyway... ;-) -frank wendy beard wrote: I just got to

50mm F1.2A

2002-03-20 Thread Camdir
Gentlemen, and Ladies We currently have secured the last 10 Pentax 50mm F1.2A Series Lenses. Pentax no longer make this. Price inc VAT is GBP450 (ex VAT GBP382.97). Contact me off list to place your order. Kind regards from sunny Brighton Peter - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail

Minolta with ultrasonic lenses at Photo Expo

2002-03-20 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
Apparently, Minolta with launch ultrasonic lenses (Minolta call them SSM) at Photo Expo. This might influence Pentax position in the AF market. Pål - 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

Graywolf's Site

2002-03-20 Thread Albano_Garcia
Hi, Tom I've visited your website and I've just one criticism: the pictures are bad. I mean, no in content, but they are pixelated or fuzzy. Maybe you did it to avoid somebody using them? In this case it's ok, but if not, you should correct that. I think if you make a website to show your pics,

Re: Flash Delima-Please Help

2002-03-20 Thread Steve Larson
Hi Steve, The AF200T is a great little flash, but don`t expect it to cover a lot of range. The AF280T is substantially more powerful, will have a lot more reach, plus it tilts and swivels, has adapters for wide and tele, the wide adapter is always used on mine when shooting people, it`s kind of

Re: FA*24/2

2002-03-20 Thread Rfsindg
Well thanks Bill, but no need. Paul is a real gentleman. Our list is really a pretty grown-up place. g Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bob, if you need a place to sleep, I have a spare couch...g William Robb - Original Message - From: Paul Jones Subject: Re:

Re: Flash Delima-Please Help

2002-03-20 Thread Rfsindg
Steve, There are several versions of the AF200. Some are AF200S, some are AF200Sa, and some are AF200T. Do you have the AF200T? It is the TTL version and works great with the Super Program. If you don't have the TTL version, that alone is reason enough for buying an AF280T. The AF280T is

Re: Searching opinions on SMC M-85/2.0

2002-03-20 Thread Rfsindg
Maciej, It is a fine lens and a steal at the price you mentioned. I used it for many years for indoor family portraits and outdoor people shots. It is remarkably small and easy to handle. The f 2.0 aperture makes indoor, low light focusing very easy. Some have complained that it is not

Re: pentax-discuss-digest V1 #2357

2002-03-20 Thread gfen
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, the date back isn't discussed in the camera manual but there is a separate manual for it. When I bought my ZX-5n QD and discovered no info about the back in the manual, I emailed Pentax customer service, told them I Before I had the -5n, I

Re: Searching opinions on SMC M-85/2.0

2002-03-20 Thread Fred
This lens is about to show up in a local camera shop (the previous owner said he will bring it soon). I don't know it's condition yet but the price is going to be about USD 130. How do you judge this lens? I would like to use it mainly for portraits and some body shots from time to time.

Re: How is Russian glass?

2002-03-20 Thread Fred
There seems to be a whole other world out there with regards to lenses. Everytime I look at Ebay, someone is selling a Russian-made lens. Can somebody offer up opinions on the quality of these lenses? While I'm on it, is there an online resource for reviews and specs on non-Pentax glass

RE: Minolta with ultrasonic lenses at Photo Expo

2002-03-20 Thread Rob Brigham
Will they be compatible with current bodies? or even the foveon jobbie? -Original Message- From: Pål Audun Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 March 2002 12:45 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Minolta with ultrasonic lenses at Photo Expo Apparently, Minolta with launch

New Tokina Minolta ssm lenses pics

2002-03-20 Thread MPozzi
On www.photozone.de news section Pics of new Minolta lenses mentioned by Pal, 28-80 f2.8 and 70-200 f2.8 Also: Tokina has announced a successor for its core model - the new AF 28-70mm f/2.8 AT-X Pro SV 16 elements in 12 groups weight: 715g 77mm filter 0.7m close focus ~50.000 Yen

Re: Black limited lens coating - does it wear?

2002-03-20 Thread Creature's Comfort
Ys, satin - sort of like the latest LX compared to the earlier ones - that's the word for which I was looking. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They appear satin rather than gloss. I have no idea how they wear. Kind regards from sunny Brighton -- Sheldon Belinkoff CREATURE'S COMFORT 510-235-7648

Re: Limited Lens Pool

2002-03-20 Thread Brendan
121mm marco I can smell it. --- tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1 more hour. tv - __ File your taxes online! http://taxes.yahoo.ca - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to

What's the ongoing international price of K 50 1.2?

2002-03-20 Thread Albano_Garcia
I want to know it. May be Paul Stregervsky has the info? Thanks in advance Albano - 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: [Chilling Film, Bokeh]

2002-03-20 Thread Fred
Is there any advantage to storing B W film in the fridge. I know it helps with colour but what about B W ? Cooling film in the refrigerator (or, even better, the freezer) slows down the chemical processes that age the film. This would help both color and bw film, and is especially true for

RE: Advice on photographing scientific meeting

2002-03-20 Thread Cotty
Have you considered using a proprietary flash bounce system instead of a diffuser? I've seen one that you can velcro onto the the flash, providing an angled, diffused bounce, with the added benefit of moving the actual flash source further away from the camera, if the flash is hot-shoe

Re: March 2002 PUG Comments

2002-03-20 Thread Cotty
Tree on Thames, Lechlade, 2002 - Cotty Another winner this month! Great bow of the river banks and the reflections along the river. Ed, thanks for your very kind words. Someone posted that it was slightly crooked - which it is. Actually I rotated it for a print I made, but neglected to do it

Re: Snorkelling Camera

2002-03-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Since I'm a diver, I bought a reefmaster. Not a bad little camera for that purpose and for the price. To get good shots, however, you need the large flash or strobe. The small built in flash is of very little use under water. A close-up lens is also useful. Dan Christian Skofteland wrote:

Re: UK PDMLers

2002-03-20 Thread Cotty
I am currently considering an offer to spend two months working in sunny Bognor Regis on the southern coast of England. According to my atlas its only a couple of hours away from London, so I can see the possibility of a few weekend trips. So if anyone over that way is interested in

My opinion of Netscape 6.2.1

2002-03-20 Thread T Rittenhouse
Let there be ads, and ads, and ads, and ads... Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't

Re: New List Member

2002-03-20 Thread T Rittenhouse
Or, one of us will add it. grin Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 11:18 AM Subject:

Re: Lens fungus questions..

2002-03-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
mike wilson wrote: There is no easy, cheap solution for this. Except maybe scrapping the infested lens. In the early stages of fungus growth, it can usually be eliminated by a good camera tech. I spent $60 to have a lens with moderate fungus growth cleaned. The tech reported that there

Re: Snorkelling Camera

2002-03-20 Thread Camdir
Someone once offered us 6 LXs in u/w housingsnow, if I could only find his mail address. KR Peter - 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

Re: UK PDMLers

2002-03-20 Thread Camdir
In a message dated 20/03/02 17:52:49 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am currently considering an offer to spend two months working in sunny Bognor Regis on the southern coast of England. According to my atlas its only a couple of hours away from London, so I can see the

Re: Snorkelling Camera

2002-03-20 Thread Christian Skofteland
It's been a while since I've been wet but a Reefmaster would probably be my first choice for simple underwater snapshots. When I dove more regularly I had an Ikelite housing for the kodak disposable. I even went so far as to remove the Kodak 400 and replace it with Fujichrome 400 slide film!

A few quick release questions

2002-03-20 Thread Flavio Minelli
Hi all. If you had the option of getting a tripod head with the same QR plate of your monopod or a bigger but different one what would you choose? In my case I'm thinking about the 141RC - Basic pan-tilt and 329 - Compact Pro pan-tilt, both by Manfrotto. About the same weight/max. load: 1-6 Kg.

Re: How is Russian glass?

2002-03-20 Thread Debra Wilborn
Thanks. I'll watch out for the Monday lenses. :) --- mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Debra Wilborn wrote: There seems to be a whole other world out there with regards to lenses. There sure is. A lot of it is exceelent stuff, too. The only thing to watch out for is

Re: posts not coming through

2002-03-20 Thread Len Paris
The miracle of the SMTP bucket brigade. Sometimes, I appear to post the first reply to a question but my post will not appear for half an hour or more and, meanwhile, I'll see several answers pop up before mine shows up. It's all in the number of hops, or systems, the mail has to go through to

Re: My opinion of Netscape 6.2.1

2002-03-20 Thread Len Paris
Have you tried WebWasher? It's pretty good popup ad killer. Len I collect rare photographs... I have two... One of Houdini locking his keys in his car... the other is a rare picture of Norman Rockwell beating up a child. - S.W. - Original Message - From: T Rittenhouse [EMAIL

Re: Lens fungus questions..

2002-03-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At the risk of sounding naive, wouldn't a couple eminutes in the microwave kill the little buggers? Or would you risk melting the glass or the glue? What about other forms of radiation, like the kind that was being studied to kill anthrax in mail equipment? Mike wrote: Immediate isolation is

RE: My opinion of Netscape 6.2.1

2002-03-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
With all the design and testing I do in my part time gig, as well as at my full time gig, I have stuck with Netscape 4.7 and have refused to go any higher. The point where AO(Hell) took over Netscape was the point where Netscape's browser went down the tubes. I'm not a huge fan of MS, but

Re: How is Russian glass?

2002-03-20 Thread Artur Ledchowski
- Can somebody offer up opinions on the quality of these lenses? While I'm on it, is there an online resource for reviews and specs on non-Pentax glass made for K-mount? Thank y'all all, Deb in TX The two Russian lenses that I know pretty well, are: Zenitar 16mm f/2,8 FishEye

Re: My opinion of Netscape 6.2.1

2002-03-20 Thread Evan Hanson
Tom have you tried Mozilla .9.9 I got the latest build the other day and it seems pretty stable. IMHO it's a great alternative to Netscape. T Rittenhouse wrote: Let there be ads, and ads, and ads, and ads... Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto

Re: Comments please...

2002-03-20 Thread Artur Ledchowski
For those who comented my pic - thanx a lot. It was very helpful to me. The suggested changes and croppings really do well. Greetz Artur -- Okresl Swoje potrzeby - my znajdziemy oferte za Ciebie! [ http://oferty.onet.pl ] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe,

Re: my favorite March PUG entries

2002-03-20 Thread Artur Ledchowski
- I usually do this a lot earlier in the month, but I've been a bit tied up this month. Anyway, here are my favorites, in no particular order. Fishing boats by Artur Ledóchowski - love the mood, and the contrast of the colorful boats against the muted background Thanks,

Re: My opinion of Netscape 6.2.1

2002-03-20 Thread Gary Murphy
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:29:35 -0500, Evan Hanson wrote: Tom have you tried Mozilla .9.9 I got the latest build the other day and it seems pretty stable. IMHO it's a great alternative to Netscape. Where do you think Netscape comes from? :-) Later, Gary - This message is from the

Re: Lens fungus questions..

2002-03-20 Thread Len Paris
Actually, letting sunlight stream through the lens a bit more frequently is a pretty good preventive measure. Lenses that don't get used very often are at higher risk of fungus infection. Len --- At the risk of sounding naive, wouldn't a couple eminutes in the microwave kill the little

Re: Lens fungus questions..

2002-03-20 Thread Alexandre A. P. Suaide
Hello, I was in Brazil last january and found a very old 70-300 F4.5-5.6 lens I used to have a long time ago. I stopped using this lens because it is a U42 and at that time I didn't have an adapter to K-mount. So, I found the lens and it was completely full of fungus. So I gave up the lens and

Re: Snorkelling Camera

2002-03-20 Thread Debra Wilborn
The Ziploc bag approach is done by EWA-MARINE: http://www.ewa-marine.de/English/e-start-photo.htm Would you trust a sandwich bag to protect your valuable camera gear? I'd think twice about it. Christian It's not just a sandwich bag. It's an ewa-marine sandwich bag. Gauranteed

Re: How is Russian glass?

2002-03-20 Thread Debra Wilborn
Wow, imagine that. Metal lens casings! Thanks for the good info. I think I need to do some shopping. Deb --- Artur Ledóchowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Can somebody offer up opinions on the quality of these lenses? While I'm on it, is there an online resource for

OT - using filters

2002-03-20 Thread Anand DHUPKAR
Hello folks, I have never used filtes - except UV is always mounted on both my lenses and polarizer I use sometimes. I, however, came across some good pictures on photo.net http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=595705, http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=608678 and while going

Re: My opinion of Netscape 6.2.1

2002-03-20 Thread Evan Hanson
My point exactly. It's just Mozilla doesn't include all of that AOL junk. Evan Gary Murphy wrote: On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:29:35 -0500, Evan Hanson wrote: Tom have you tried Mozilla .9.9 I got the latest build the other day and it seems pretty stable. IMHO it's a great alternative to

Re[2]: UK PDMLers

2002-03-20 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, I think Brighton's the place for that nowadays... Notwithstanding, I think Brighton's a better place than Duxford for a pdml bash, especially if one of our antipodean cousins is in the vicinity. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, March 20, 2002, 10:38:05 AM, you wrote:

Re: My opinion of Netscape 6.2.1

2002-03-20 Thread Fred
Tom have you tried Mozilla .9.9 I got the latest build the other day and it seems pretty stable. IMHO it's a great alternative to Netscape. Where do you think Netscape comes from? :-) The crazy thing is that NS and Mozilla don't necessarily act the same. At the moment I have both NS 6.1

Re[2]: How Do You Set the Exposure for this.........

2002-03-20 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, this is the type of situation where an incident reading would probably be better than a reflected reading. In general it would be better to point the meter at the camera, but an average or split reading would probably be ok too. Failing that, a reading off the grey card should be the same as

Re: My opinion of Netscape 6.2.1

2002-03-20 Thread Gary Murphy
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:34:12 -0500, Evan Hanson wrote: My point exactly. It's just Mozilla doesn't include all of that AOL junk. Yup Later, Gary - 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

RE: Lens fungus questions..

2002-03-20 Thread Mick Maguire
Paul wrote: wouldn't a couple eminutes in the microwave kill the little buggers? It might just kill your microwave too considering most lenses have at least some metal in them. Regards, /\/\ick... - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net

Re: Limited Lens Pool

2002-03-20 Thread Ryan K. Brooks
What's the URL for tracking the pool again? R - Original Message - From: David A. Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 1:00 AM Subject: Re: Limited Lens Pool Paul Jones wrote: Okay my guess is a 22mm/2.6 limited lense. And i'll throw

FS: Correction Lens Adapter Z, -3 (minus-three diopter)

2002-03-20 Thread Peifer, William [OCDUS]
Hi folks, I just received a shipment from KEH yesterday. One of the items I ordered -- which I may have to return -- is a brand new Pentax correction lens adapter Z, in minus-three diopter. Since this was listed in KEH's Pentax K-mount accessories page, I thought it would fit my MZ-50. Wrong!

Re: Searching opinions on SMC M-85/2.0

2002-03-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Maciej Marchlewski Subject: Searching opinions on SMC M-85/2.0 Hello all! This lens is about to show up in a local camera shop (the previous owner said he will bring it soon). I don't know it's condition yet but the price is going to be about USD 130.

Re: posts not coming through

2002-03-20 Thread frank theriault
Hmmm I ~still~ haven't seen my reply, that you replied to. And I sent it about 10 hours ago. Sigh... -frank T Rittenhouse wrote: Quite often I see replies before, I receive the original post. Strange, gremlins at work? Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto

Re: OT - using filters

2002-03-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Anand DHUPKAR Subject: OT - using filters Hello folks, I have never used filtes - except UV is always mounted on both my lenses and polarizer I use sometimes. I, however, came across some good pictures on photo.net

Re: posts not coming through

2002-03-20 Thread frank theriault
Hi, Len, I ~hate~ that! I make some pithy (or at least something I think may be pithy!), and about 5 people come through with the same info before my post gets there an hour later. When you have as little to say of importance as I do, timing's everything! ;-) regards, frank Len Paris wrote:

Re:

2002-03-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Carl Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 8:20 AM I've recently joined the list and have been sitting back and watching - plenty of opinions and info going around. Just a couple of questions: Is there any advantage to storing B W film in the fridge. I know it

RE: Black limited lens coating - does it wear?

2002-03-20 Thread Rob Brigham
He never said it was. He only referred to anodizing for crakshafts, not aluminium. Read his post again... -Original Message- From: Bruce Rubenstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 March 2002 22:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Black limited lens coating - does it wear?

Re: posts not coming through

2002-03-20 Thread frank theriault
That should have been pithy comment... sigh, again... frank theriault wrote: Hi, Len, I ~hate~ that! I make some pithy (or at least something I think may be pithy!), and about 5 people come through with the same info before my post gets there an hour later. -- The optimist thinks this

Re: WTB: 5p sync cord Long

2002-03-20 Thread tom
On 21 Mar 2002 at 8:33, Leon Altoff wrote: On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 15:59:35 -0500 (EST), Brendan wrote: For those who may have an extra one or are selling it since they have an MZ-S with AF360 :-) Brendan, If you get too many offers I could use a second one. I'm still a long way off

Re: Lens fungus questions..

2002-03-20 Thread Otis Wright, Jr.
Statistical sample of one manufacturer's warning notwithstanding. Otis gfen wrote: On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Mick Maguire wrote: Paul wrote: wouldn't a couple eminutes in the microwave kill the little buggers? It might just kill your microwave too considering most lenses have at least

Re: Limited Lens Pool

2002-03-20 Thread Brendan
You missed a few entries :( --- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Ryan K. Brooks Subject: Re: Limited Lens Pool What's the URL for tracking the pool again? http://www.bigdayphoto.com/limited.html William Robb - This message is from the

Re: WTB: 5p sync cord Long

2002-03-20 Thread Brendan
Not one offer yet :( BH here I come. --- Leon Altoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 15:59:35 -0500 (EST), Brendan wrote: For those who may have an extra one or are selling it since they have an MZ-S with AF360 :-) Brendan, If you get too many offers I could use a

Re: WTB: 5p sync cord Long

2002-03-20 Thread Brendan
I'd sure love to get an AF560GTZ when I get an MZ-S/D and loose all these sync cords. --- tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 21 Mar 2002 at 8:33, Leon Altoff wrote: On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 15:59:35 -0500 (EST), Brendan wrote: For those who may have an extra one or are selling it since

Re: WTB: 5p sync cord Long

2002-03-20 Thread Brendan
I think everyone is waiting for the replacement before they sell their long sync cords. --- Leon Altoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 15:59:35 -0500 (EST), Brendan wrote: For those who may have an extra one or are selling it since they have an MZ-S with AF360 :-)

RE: A little help from the group.

2002-03-20 Thread Matamoros, Cesar A.
Stan, Thanks for the insight. I was most definitely interested in the 200. I have to go back and see what it is exactly. I thought I was paying attention when writing it down, but like a kid in a candy store I was a bit excited with all the Pentax glass in front of me.

Re: Snorkelling Camera

2002-03-20 Thread
In my diving days, I used to have a rigid perspex camera housing which housed a Cosmic Symbol. Pictures were pretty rubbish, but with an average visibilty of 1.5 feet on a good day in the Menai Straits, I couldn't expect miracles! It was my dream to own a Nikonos, but as a student I could never

Re: Limited Lens Pool

2002-03-20 Thread tom
A few? I told you yesterday you needed an aperture tv On 20 Mar 2002 at 18:01, Brendan wrote: You missed a few entries :( - 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'

Re: FTZ330 vs Af280T Flash for SP and MZ5

2002-03-20 Thread
Alan writes: An alternative is Metz flashes which you can switch the shoe. For instance, Metz 40MZ3i with SCA372 shoe can do TTL flashes on any Pentax bodies which can do TTL flash. However, since SCA372 shoe was designed for manual focus bodies (just like AF200T etc), features like AF asist

Re: posts not coming through

2002-03-20 Thread Len Paris
It definitely bugs me, too. It's why I generally pass up many questions, because I know my answer won't show up until several others already have. It kind of inhibits spontaneity, doesn't it? Len --- Hi, Len, I ~hate~ that! I make some pithy (or at least something I think may be

RE: Black limited lens coating - does it wear?

2002-03-20 Thread Mick Maguire
Bruce said: I know of no crankshaft using aluminum. Pistons, heads, blocks, yes: no crankshafts. You don't? you'd better take a look at: http://www.autoswalk.com/bmwm1.html (6th paragraph). Regards, /\/\ick... - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to

Re: Limited Lens Pool

2002-03-20 Thread William Robb
You didn't pony up to the table with a prize. William Robb - Original Message - From: Brendan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 5:01 PM Subject: Re: Limited Lens Pool You missed a few entries :( - Original Message - From: Brendan

USM, AF, viewfinders and the competition

2002-03-20 Thread Rob Brigham
I tried out an F80 today, with a USM(or whatever they call it) lens, and although it was quiet and silky smooth, it didnt achieve focus lock any faster than my Pentaxes. The motor moved to the right 'region' of focus quicker, but it then did a lot of fidgetting before deciding it was happy - my

Re: Limited Lens Pool

2002-03-20 Thread T Rittenhouse
Aw, you are just saying that because you don't want me to win. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March

RE: Limited Lens Pool

2002-03-20 Thread Mick Maguire
William Robb wrote: You didn't pony up to the table with a prize. He did, he offered an out of date roll of E200 that I gave him (It's been frozen most of its life so is ok) Regards, /\/\ick... - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and

RE: Limited Lens Pool

2002-03-20 Thread tom
On 20 Mar 2002 at 18:48, Mick Maguire wrote: William Robb wrote: You didn't pony up to the table with a prize. He did, he offered an out of date roll of E200 that I gave him (It's been frozen most of its life so is ok) He didn't specify an aperture, which I mentioned to him yesterday. tv

Re: FTZ330 vs Af280T Flash for SP and MZ5

2002-03-20 Thread Alan Chan
On the subject of Metz modules, does anyone know the difference between SCA3702 and SCA3701? The 3701 appears to be older as it pops up on eBay now and again but is it functionally the same as the 3702? Anyone got one? Mine is the 3701 Mk2. Other than it appears taller than the 3702, I do not

Re: USM, AF, viewfinders and the competition

2002-03-20 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
FWIW, it's an AF-S lens. If the light level was low, the AF may hunt when using all but the center AF sensor, since that is the only cross pattern one. I also don't know how the AF was configured. In single shot mode the default is to find the closest subject based on the reading from all the

Fungus sanity check please . . .

2002-03-20 Thread Stan Halpin
I recently bought a used lens on eBay. It arrived with slightly smeared glass. I cleaned the lens, front and back, and looked through and saw little squiggly lines 1mm or so in length a few places around the edge of the front element. Cleaned the front some more to be sure, and confirmed that the

Re: OT - using filters

2002-03-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Anand! You are quite right. The 81-series are orange coloured pieces of glass. The intensity of the colour increase with the alphabet. 81A gives a slight warming, B and C more and more. Velvia is sometimes in special need of a warming filter, because it

Mail-Archive.com

2002-03-20 Thread Joseph Tainter
...is off in la-la land again. No update for 24-36 hours. So if anyone asked me anything (not sure why anyone would) I can't answer until mail-archive comes back to life. Joe - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the

Lens fungus and moisture protection

2002-03-20 Thread Kevin Waterson
I have an old Sigma 1:2.8 35-70mm Lens laying about and it is badly affected by fungus, I picked it up at a sale for 10 bucks for the pruposes of disecting. So I pulled it down and to my surprise not only was there fungus on the lense but the whole internal workings were covered in a thin layer

Re: Snorkelling Camera

2002-03-20 Thread Stan Halpin
I owned a Nikonos but used it sparingly. Two snorkeling vacations total. A wonderful piece of engineering but one of my first eBay sales. It just is not a camera to use on dry land, and I just did not need an underwater camera. I have a friend who dives extensively (and expensively) who owns the

Re: Fungus sanity check please . . .

2002-03-20 Thread Stan Halpin
OK, including my question (below), I just counted 3 independent posts within a few hours on the fungus issue. Does that prove that I am right about fungal contagion? Stan From: Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 19:12:13 -0600 To: PDML [EMAIL

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