Re[3]: Will Pentax join Olympus?

2002-05-03 Thread Alin Flaider
Mark wrote: ME The tyranny is not the mirror box ME per se, but rather the fact that a 35mm box is oversized when ME compared to the imaging array. I submit that a properly ME sized mirror box is not tyranny. You are right, of course, but why bring the optical assembly (lens included) down

Re: In a nutshell - Is Pentax ever going Digital SLR

2002-05-03 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
Jeremy wrote: Can I be relatively confident that *at some point less than 5 years from now* Pentax will release a Digital SLR that can take all my nice Pentax lenses? In a nutshell yes. Pentax is working on a K-mount digital slr. According to Pentax people, they expect something to be shown

Re: In a nutshell - Is Pentax ever going Digital SLR

2002-05-03 Thread Kevin Waterson
On Fri, 03 May 2002 09:00:15 +0200 Pål Audun Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a nutshell yes. Pentax is working on a K-mount digital slr. According to Pentax people, they expect something to be shown at Photokina in the fall. Whos fall, it is fall now here in .au Kevin - This message is

Re[2]: buying a zoom lens

2002-05-03 Thread Alin Flaider
From time to time this lens (FA 80-320) gets regular bashing, and apparently from the same Sigma proud owners. I'd like to hear from someone who actually owned both Pentax and Sigma tell us his impressions. Published tests don't give neither lens a significant edge at the long end.

Re: May PUG comments from Poznan, Poland

2002-05-03 Thread Jan van Wijk
Thanks for you comments Maciej On Thu, 2 May 2002 14:09:08 +0200, Maciej Marchlewski wrote: Fruits of labor by Jan van Wijk - This could be a very good photo as it is well composed and the lighting works great but I find the yellow fruit in the bottom right corner to distracting. I kind

Re: 300mm f4 screwmount lens- value?

2002-05-03 Thread Tom Ivar Helbekkmo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The screwmount 300/4s have a tripod collar; the K-mount doesn't. I sure wish my screw mount 300/4 had one, but it doesn't, and my Pentax service tech says it's not just missing, either; it was never there. Different models, maybe? Or did you get it

RE: how much 1 stop worth?

2002-05-03 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Thu, 2 May 2002 13:24:13 -0700 (PDT), Mishka wrote: I guess, what I would care to know is what are the situations when 1 or less extra stop makes critical difference. I can understand fast tele: when you stick 2X converter on 300/2.8, 1 stop initial difference would translate into 2 stops,

PDML UK 2002 - poll

2002-05-03 Thread Cotty
Hi PDMLers, Of those attending the Flying Legends Airshow this July at Duxford (Cambridge, England, full details at http://www.macads.co.uk/pdml/ if you don't know already) - the show is held on both a Saturday and a Sunday. Both days are identical, with the display starting at 2pm and

Possible bargain

2002-05-03 Thread David . Mann
Hi all, I just put in my order for a secondhand Pentax digital spot meter which I just couldn't pass up. These things are a little over NZ$2,000 new. I paid NZ$600 for mine secondhand last year. Earlier this week I found one selling for NZ$275, including a 3-month warranty (which is just as

RE: Will Pentax join Olympus?

2002-05-03 Thread Rob Brigham
erm 4/3 inch? Thats like 30mm by 20mm isnt it? Thats as big, if not bigger than most DSLR sensors right now. -Original Message- From: Pål Audun Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 May 2002 13:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Will Pentax join Olympus? From Photo

Re: Film scanners?

2002-05-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
I agree. I tried Vuescan on a Mac and found that it offered no advantage over the Epson or Agfa software I had been using. But I do the real correction work in PhotoShop as well. I generally try to get just a somewhat low contrast baseline scan that includes all the highlight and shadow detail,

Re: Film scanners?

2002-05-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
As I mentioned in another post, I didn't like Vuescan last time I tried it, but perhaps I should have another go at it. Sounds like it has some genuine advantages. Paul Mark Erickson wrote: Shel, VueScan has some very nice features that the Minolta software lacks. The feature that I find

Re: Will Pentax join Olympus?

2002-05-03 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
At 21:42 2.5.2002 -0700, Alan Chan wrote: But the same question remains, Are most 135 SLR users ready to dump all their expensive lenses just yet? It reminds me what happened to Minolta and Nikon APS SLRs. Right! If Pentax will come out with a new lens mount with lenses compatible only with

Re: ID this lens!

2002-05-03 Thread Camdir
I might be missing the point here, but the camera seems reminiscent of a T90, whilst the lens resembles a Nikkor 600mm - the gold band at the front, the wide focus ring, but the tripod mount looks wrong. Maybe it's one of those Sigma 1000mm lenses. Natch Canon actually made EOS big glass in

RE:

2002-05-03 Thread Mamr
Hi Bill, thank you very much. I am from Egypt although, because of my work , I have been travelling all over the place almost all the time. Right now I am in the United States.

Re: Will Pentax join Olympus?

2002-05-03 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Rob Brigham Subject: RE: Will Pentax join Olympus? Oh, those well known lens manufacturers! Fuji is a very well regarded lens manufacturer. William Robb -Original Message- From: Pål Audun Jensen Subject: RE: Will Pentax join Olympus?

RE: epson 2450 neg scan

2002-05-03 Thread Bob Poe
JC, I like the brighter 2nd version, too. Overall depth is much better to my eye. Have you tried 35mm yet? I've been hearing mixed reviews of this scanner, and have considered getting it. BTW, the Collins book is top-notch. Cheers, Bob --- J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject:

Re: A 72mm Metal Hood at last

2002-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's a good thing you nabbed it, James, or I'd have got it this morning. I check for telephoto metal hoods twice a day for my 200/2.5 (77mm), 300/4.5 (67mm), and 400/5.6 (77mm). Truth be told, I've just acquired one for each, all via EBay. But none is as long as I'd like. Your 72 with a

Re: Will Pentax join Olympus?

2002-05-03 Thread Mishka
From what I understand, the registration length (or what you may call it) of the new lens would be a lot less than for normal SLR. Wouldn't a mechanical adapter (sim. to 645 to K and 67 to 645) be the answer? You'll get to get the best of both worlds: inexpensive equivalent of 600/4 and very

FS Friday: Velbon 540 CX Tripod with extra QR plate

2002-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi PDML folk: I've got a Velbon 540CX Tripod up for sale with an extra QR plate. The 540CX has a 3 way pan head with auto lock quick release (QR)and measures 24 inches folded and 59.8 inches fully extended. It also has a built in spirit level. The tripod's 9 months old, in good condition and

Re[3]: Will Pentax join Olympus?

2002-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alin Flaider wrote: I don't see why this specie has to be smaller then current 24x36 systems, unless smaller area chip can support 16 MPixels. Well, I remind you what someone pointed out this week: With a typical small CCD, f/2.8 yields the same depth of field as a 35mm camera's f/11. That's

Re: Mohamed on focusing screen for MX

2002-05-03 Thread Mamr
Thank you very much Paul. I am certainly interested in being associated with your group and joining you whenever I am in Washington ( my job entails a lot of overseas travel). I am sure I can benefit from your knowledge about the older Pentax I am using. As I mentioned, I have not used it for the

Jacob Riis

2002-05-03 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
From The Writer's Almanac, by MPR: It's the birthday of journalist and reformer Jacob Riis, born in Ribe, Denmark (1849). He came to America looking for work as a carpenter, then started working as a reporter. Within a few years, he bought the struggling South Brooklyn News and transformed it

Re: how good

2002-05-03 Thread Mishka
it's alright. but not much better than Nikon F100 though, if you don't care about weight. vbg From: wayne willis \(aka pinkys right hand man\) Subject: how good Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 04:14:44 -0700 mz-s is it any good? i have a pz-1

Re: Mohamed on focusing screen for MX

2002-05-03 Thread Ken Archer
Check this out. http://www.markcassino.com/index.htm On Friday 03 May 2002 08:03 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By the way, I intend to dabble a bit in nature microphotography and would appreciate any advice on technic or gear. -- Kenneth Archer, San Antonio, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This

Re: ID this lens!

2002-05-03 Thread Fred
I might be missing the point here, but the camera seems reminiscent of a T90, whilst the lens resembles a Nikkor 600mm - the gold band at the front, the wide focus ring, but the tripod mount looks wrong. Aw, Peter, you can even read the PENTAX label painted on the extended lens hood in the

Re: Film scanners?

2002-05-03 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Friday, May 3, 2002, at 01:53 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I agree. I tried Vuescan on a Mac and found that it offered no advantage over the Epson or Agfa software I had been using. But I do the real correction work in PhotoShop as well. I generally try to get just a somewhat low contrast

Re: how much 1 stop worth?

2002-05-03 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Thursday, May 2, 2002, at 03:49 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: As for the cost in weight and size, well, again, if you need the speed, then you put up with the size and weight. However, many - not all, maybe not even most - people who use fast glass also have slower, smaller, lighter lenses

Re: 120 film - developing tanks and reels

2002-05-03 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Thursday, May 2, 2002, at 02:33 PM, Cotty wrote: LOL! Can I just send the derned thing to you, you load it, send it back?? Sure. Please be sure to include some form of bribery in the package. Cookies are effective. -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To

Re: how much 1 stop worth?

2002-05-03 Thread Aaron Reynolds
I paid $750 US for a 75mm f2.8 for the 67, when I could easily find a 75mm f4 for half that. So it's worth at least double to me. ;) -Aaron - 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

Re[4]: Will Pentax join Olympus?

2002-05-03 Thread Alin Flaider
Well, not necessarily. DOF also depends on COC (circle of confusion), which is inverse proportional to resolution. Hence, together with future higher resolution, we will see today's amazing DOF dropping towards... 35mm standards. It amazes me how many see film and digital as comparable

RE: Mohamed on focusing screen for MX

2002-05-03 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Welcome aboard, Mohamed. The list has four active members in greater Washington, DC: Tom VanVeen (I know I spelled that wrong; sorry); That's ok, I'll probably mispronounce yours.

Re: REPOST:Best Soup for Tri-X Plus-X

2002-05-03 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Thursday, May 2, 2002, at 12:56 PM, Evan Hanson wrote: Aaron you're a genius the words I was looking for but couldn't find are my base isn't clear enough. What causes that? Overdevelopment of some kind. How is your agitation? Are you aggressive at all? Are you precise with dilution

Re: IF

2002-05-03 Thread Camdir
In a message dated 03/05/02 14:50:16 GMT Daylight Time, Kevin writes: What is the IF for on a lens? eg 1:28 135mm IF IF only..it were less expensive. Peter - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't

Re: Sorry,more home proccessing

2002-05-03 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Friday, May 3, 2002, at 08:06 AM, David Brooks wrote: Hi all.I am going to assume that one pre mixes his or her chemicals for home developing prior to starting the proccess. My ??? to those is,whaat do you use as far as chemical holders and what is a good way to get the chemicals,rinse

RE: Sorry,more home proccessing

2002-05-03 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Brooks Hi all.I am going to assume that one pre mixes his or her chemicals for home developing prior to starting the proccess. My ??? to those is,whaat do you use as far as chemical holders

Pentax on Camera Direct Site

2002-05-03 Thread Fred
I might be missing the point here, but the camera seems reminiscent of a T90, whilst the lens resembles a Nikkor 600mm - the gold band at the front, the wide focus ring, but the tripod mount looks wrong. Aw, Peter, you can even read the PENTAX label painted on the extended lens hood in

Re: ID this lens!

2002-05-03 Thread Camdir
In a message dated 03/05/02 14:50:16 GMT Daylight Time, Lukasz writes: Weren't all T90 black? Not all. Some were made for the Japanese miltary in white. Is't that camera black then? My eyesight must be going Peter - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To

Re: Film scanners?

2002-05-03 Thread Mishka
Actually, that's what, in my view, is good for: get as much accurate data from your CCD as you can, for further tweaking in Photoshop. I am not aware of any other tool that allows you to store 4 channels (IR included) of raw CCD data Its color correction tools have a lot to desired (although for

RE: Wide angle zoom lens

2002-05-03 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeremy Clegg Hello All I have been absent from the list for about a year, but have been drawn back since I have been taking a photography class at university. Anyways, I dont have a *lot* of

Re: A 72mm Metal Hood at last

2002-05-03 Thread Camdir
In a message dated 03/05/02 14:50:16 GMT Daylight Time, Paul writes: The Pentax MH-RA67 hood arrived yesterday. I must say, it looks stunning on my Rikenon APO 300/4.5. I paid $40 BIN, and I feel that half of that can be justified on aesthetics alone. You bought an 85 hood for a 300? Did

RE: how much 1 stop worth?

2002-05-03 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mishka Tom, you said, you'd pay 3 times more for a 75mm normal lens, but you didn't say why. Um...because from my perspective the biggest drawback to medFo is speed. The lenses are slower...pretty

Re: ID this lens!

2002-05-03 Thread Camdir
In a message dated 03/05/02 14:50:16 GMT Daylight Time, Fred writes: Aw, Peter, you can even read the PENTAX label painted on the extended lens hood in the photo - unless part of the camouflage involved making some Nikon lens look like a Pentax A* 600/5.6 - g. Then my eyesight definitely

Re: Re[3]: Will Pentax join Olympus?

2002-05-03 Thread Rob Studdert
On 3 May 2002 at 9:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I remind you what someone pointed out this week: With a typical small CCD, f/2.8 yields the same depth of field as a 35mm camera's f/11. That's why the pictures taken by my friends' digicams often put mine to shame. And your paper thin

Re: May PUG comments from Poznan, Poland

2002-05-03 Thread Maciej Marchlewski
From: Jan van Wijk I kind of like it myself, it adds another color to the whole palette of slightly different raspberries ... All in all it's your photo. But if I had a chance to re-shot this subject I would either eliminate this yellow raspberry or move it closer to one of strong points. I

Pentax Winder LX

2002-05-03 Thread Jeff Post
Having just bought a winder LX, I have a question. Does anyone else find it extremely loud, or do I possibly have a bad one. The winder itself (the gearing and motor) sound loud. I would imagine whatever I am shooting would get startled after the first shot and bolt.

Re: REPOST:Best Soup for Tri-X Plus-X

2002-05-03 Thread Evan Hanson
My answers interspersed below. Aaron Reynolds wrote: Overdevelopment of some kind. How is your agitation? Are you aggressive at all? Are you precise with dilution and temperature? If you're already pretty relaxed when agitating, and your temperature is bang on, I'd suggest shaving 10%

Re: how good

2002-05-03 Thread Rob Studdert
On 3 May 2002 at 20:59, wayne willis (aka pinkys righ wrote: mz-s is it any good? Hi Wayne, Yes it's good. is the 24-90mm lens of pentax any good? Yes it's good. For more informative answers you might tell us what you do or want to do with your cameras and what lenses you have experience

FS: 40mm Pancake Lens

2002-05-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
On the Rollei list this morning: Pentax 40mm f/2.8 Pancake lens. $175 (quite a bargain-check KEH or *bay)(makes a M body Pentax pocketable) Please don't contact me. Contact Mike Stoesz: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/

Re: Pentax Winder LX

2002-05-03 Thread Christian Skofteland
Mine is pretty loud too. I'm getting used to everything for or on the LX as being loud. Definitely not a stealth camera! ;-) Wouldn't give it up though! Christian On Friday 03 May 2002 10:32, Jeff Post wrote: Having just bought a winder LX, I have a question. Does anyone else find it

Re: Will Pentax join Olympus?

2002-05-03 Thread Rob Studdert
On 3 May 2002 at 6:01, Mishka wrote: From what I understand, the registration length (or what you may call it) of the new lens would be a lot less than for normal SLR. Wouldn't a mechanical adapter (sim. to 645 to K and 67 to 645) be the answer? You'll get to get the best of both worlds:

Re: Sorry,more home proccessing

2002-05-03 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
David wrote: Hi all.I am going to assume that one pre mixes his or her chemicals for home developing prior to starting the proccess. Yes - you mix up the bagful of chems first. I use those plastic gallon or 1/2 gallon fruit juice jugs and keep'em in a dark

Re: Sorry,more home proccessing

2002-05-03 Thread Ken Archer
I don't want to over react, but nothing could be further from the truth. One of my first jobs was with R.W.Schott Photographic Specialists, Denver, CO. Kokak tech reps often brought other photographers to tour our lab to see how it was supposed to be done. We had all the temp control

scanner discussion

2002-05-03 Thread Mishka
For all those interested in film scanners, I highly recommend looking at http://www.mail-archive.com/filmscanners%40halftone.co.uk/ That's by the way one of the places where Ed Hamrick shows himself frequently. Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com - This

RE: Re[4]: Will Pentax join Olympus?

2002-05-03 Thread Paris, Leonard
If you have enough DOF, bokeh is not an issue. Grin When you say an order of magnitude, do you mean that you can enlarge 35mm ten times larger than a digital image? Len --- -Original Message- From: Alin Flaider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 8:47 AM To: [EMAIL

Re: Will Pentax join Olympus?

2002-05-03 Thread Mishka
Rob, By the same token, because one has spent tons of cash for 55mm 67 lens, there's no reason to make 35mm cameras where 50/2 often comes for free ;) Besides, the 35mm equivalent of 67 55mm lens is what, roughly 24mm? There are tons of those available for fraction of what one has to spend for a

Re: Sorry,more home proccessing

2002-05-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I see you've received some replies already. I prefer to use dark brown glass bottles for my stock solution of developer, but, until I get more, I've been using the dark brown plastic photo jugs that you can buy in any decent photo shop. HOWEVER - BIG CAVEAT HERE: Do not use jugs made by Kalt,

Re: Sorry,more home proccessing

2002-05-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Ken ... I've wondered about that recently. I used to work very hard to maintain constant temperature across the entire process, but a couple of years ago, in an Ilford or Kodak instruction sheet, or in one of kodak's photo guides, it was clearly stated that as long as the stop, fix, and

Re: Will Pentax join Olympus?

2002-05-03 Thread W.Xato
Think of Olympus position this way. Canon and Nikon are stuck with their 24x36 platforms because of their huge user base while Olympus has been phasing out for years. Olympus does a little research and finds that it is difficult to produce 24x36 CCD or CMOS sensors even given significant

Re: Sorry,more home proccessing

2002-05-03 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
Shel, on temp consistency, wrote: The problem as I understood it was reticulation, not grain clumping per se. Try as I might, I can't get reticulation at all these days. I also got that impression from the posting. It seemed as if it was of a long past time. I have only

Re[6]: Will Pentax join Olympus?

2002-05-03 Thread Alin Flaider
Leonard wrote: PL If you have enough DOF, bokeh is not an issue. Grin Right. No DOF for me, please. PL When you say an order of magnitude, do you mean that you can enlarge 35mm PL ten times larger than a digital image? No. It was just a figure of style. At its best, 35mm film can be

RE: Will Pentax join Olympus?

2002-05-03 Thread Christopher Lillja
Kodak made some world class lenses over the years and I'm sure they have ample resourses to do so again. I have a 100mm luminized (single coated) Ektar on my 3x4 Speed Graphic and it's a truly fabulous lens. Oh, those well known lens manufacturers! As far as I can see, this is currently a

leaf shutter for 35mm? (was RE: how good)

2002-05-03 Thread Mishka
Which brings me to the question, does anyone know, what may be the reason for not making leaf shutter lenses for 35mm SLRs, like they have for P-6x7 (and almost everything 6x6)? That would bring sync speed to the *really* nice 1/1000! From: Ron Bhanukitsiri Subject: RE: how good Date: Fri,

Pentax on Camera Direct Site

2002-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Freed wrote: It would look a lot nicer to us Pentaxers (many of whom are your customers, I would like to subtly point out - ) to see the Home page links read as Nikon and Pentax, rather than Nikon and Other Brands (of which you have only Pentax, anyway, at the moment, right?). Fred, I love

85/1.4 Pentax hood, case (was:Re: A 72mm Metal Hood at last )

2002-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Peter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You bought an 85 hood for a 300? Did you get the soft case with the hood? Yes, Peter, the hood is brand new. It was one of three new ones for sale on US EBay last week, all from different sellers I bought one, the other went for I guess around $27, the

Re[2]: how good

2002-05-03 Thread Bruce Dayton
Ron, I've got to reply to this. Bear in mind that for quite awhile I owned and heavily used 2 PZ-1p's and like them very much. I now own 2 MZ-S's. See my comments below Bruce Friday, May 03, 2002, 9:08:16 AM, you wrote: RB I'm in the same boat ;-). Although I haven't seen the MZ-S yet,

Re: Pentax on Camera Direct Site

2002-05-03 Thread Camdir
Fred. The site is due for a tart-up soon - I know. Unfortunately I will have to stop reading the digests in order to make time to do this. :( 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

Re: REPOST:Best Soup for Tri-X Plus-X

2002-05-03 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Friday, May 3, 2002, at 12:11 PM, tom wrote: One flip is about 1 or 1.5 seconds of agitation, amounting to 2 or 3 secs of agitation per minute. I've never seen a recommendation for less than 5 secs of agitation per minute unless you're doing something weird like stand developing. Sure

Re: Pentax 85/1.4 hood case (was: Re: A 72mm Metal Hood at last)

2002-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, I guess Americans interested in the leather hood case would do better to write to the aforementioned EBay seller, who couldn't unload the case and hood for $20. But you blokes in the Old World... PS: As soon as I posted my offer to sell the hood case to N. America and Europe, I saw a

Re: REPOST:Best Soup for Tri-X Plus-X

2002-05-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I don't recommend a pre soak. It has, for me, upset the development time and i could never get consistent results. It has been said that when the film has received a pre soak, uptake of developer may not be consistent. I'd like to get some comments regarding consistent, or inconsistent,

Re: Pentax Winder LX

2002-05-03 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Jeff Post Subject: Pentax Winder LX Having just bought a winder LX, I have a question. Does anyone else find it extremely loud, or do I possibly have a bad one. The winder itself (the gearing and motor) sound loud. I would imagine whatever I am shooting

Re: leaf shutter for 35mm? (was RE: how good)

2002-05-03 Thread Johan Schoone
In local.pentax, you wrote: Which brings me to the question, does anyone know, what may be the reason for not making leaf shutter lenses for 35mm SLRs, like they have for P-6x7 (and almost everything 6x6)? That would bring sync speed to the *really* nice 1/1000! Maybe because of their

Re: REPOST:Best Soup for Tri-X Plus-X

2002-05-03 Thread Evan Hanson
I never heard of that one before, now I have several things to try this weekend. Just like I tell my kids you learn something new everyday. Evan Aaron Reynolds wrote: Sure you have, you just saw me recommend it! ;) Pre-soak is a good tip that I forgot to throw in. Evan, definitely

RE: leaf shutter for 35mm? (was RE: how good)

2002-05-03 Thread Paris, Leonard
I can only guess. So here goes: I haven't seen any leaf shutter lenses in the range of f/1.2 or f/1.4. Could be design difficulties, perhaps? There'd still have to be a sort of focal plane shutter and mirror arrangement, like the hasselblad, because you'd have to have at least one shutter

Re: Pentax Winder LX

2002-05-03 Thread andre
Having just bought a winder LX, I have a question. Does anyone else find it extremely loud, or do I possibly have a bad one. The winder itself (the gearing and motor) sound loud. I would imagine whatever I am shooting would get startled after the first shot and bolt. Jeff - With LX +

Re: REPOST:Best Soup for Tri-X Plus-X

2002-05-03 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Friday, May 3, 2002, at 10:26 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I don't recommend a pre soak. It has, for me, upset the development time and i could never get consistent results. It has been said that when the film has received a pre soak, uptake of developer may not be consistent. I have

Re: leaf shutter for 35mm? (was RE: how good)

2002-05-03 Thread Mishka
Rollei does 1/1000: http://www.rollei.de/cct/files/rollei/data/DB_System6000_d.pdf There're lots of cheap 35mm cameras (e.g. all ps) that have LS lenses, so it can't be *that* difficult. From: Johan Schoone Subject: Re: leaf shutter for 35mm? (was RE: how good) Date: Fri, 03 May 2002

Re: leaf shutter for 35mm? (was RE: how good)

2002-05-03 Thread Tim Engel
03 May 02 Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which brings me to the question, does anyone know, what may be the reason for not making leaf shutter lenses for 35mm SLRs, like they have for P-6x7 (and almost everything 6x6)? That would bring sync speed to the *really* nice 1/1000! Mishka,

RE: REPOST:Best Soup for Tri-X Plus-X

2002-05-03 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff I don't recommend a pre soak. It has, for me, upset the development time and i could never get consistent results. It has been said that when the film has received a pre soak,

RE: REPOST:Best Soup for Tri-X Plus-X

2002-05-03 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Aaron Reynolds On Friday, May 3, 2002, at 12:11 PM, tom wrote: One flip is about 1 or 1.5 seconds of agitation, amounting to 2 or 3 secs of agitation per minute. I've never seen a recommendation

OT: Gerrard 600

2002-05-03 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, continuing the off-topic search for the Portland Hotel which may be of interest to some people other than me and Lasse, today I had a look in the London telephone directory for 1920. In fact, there are 2 directories for that year, issued in April and October, which I suppose reflects the

Re: Re: Sorry,more home proccessing

2002-05-03 Thread David Brooks
Thanks for the info Bill.Looks like a trip to Home Depot/Henrys/Aarons for trays etc. BTW i had some proofs done of the IR roll taken last month.I think 2-3 are worthy of a scan and insertion on my site.The ones of the tree/wire look very eerie Aaron. dave Begin Original Message

Re: RE: Sorry,more home proccessing

2002-05-03 Thread David Brooks
Thanks Aaron,Shel,Tom.I think colour is quite a ways off so i can cancel the trip to the fish store:)I remember the heating of water being brought up,did not realize that the colour end was more crtical. I thought that might be the best way,put a tray of water out during the day and let it

RE: Film scanners?

2002-05-03 Thread TM
Bruce, thanks. Considering that the Epson 2450 is a flatbed and around the same price (thus more versatile), I wonder how much I'd give up by getting the Epson over a dedicated film scanner? I need a flatbed for other stuff as well. I'm putting a moratorium on purchasing of photo equipment

RE: Film scanners?

2002-05-03 Thread TM
Thanks for the film scanner info. I know I get what I pay for, just want to see if getting the dedicated film scanner for under $400 is worth it or just to get the Epson 2450 flatbed, like JCO just did. I'll be scanning print film color negatives, so probably easier than BW. Taka - This message

Re: Film scanners?

2002-05-03 Thread Maris V. Lidaka Sr.
Because it generally captures *all* of the information on the film without clipping highlights or shadows, and does so with a minimum amount of adjustment. Many (including myself) prefer to adjust highlights, shadows, contrast etc. using Photoshop or a similar graphics program where the image

Re: leaf shutter for 35mm?

2002-05-03 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
You can get 1/1000 from the shutter of the old Super Graphic and 1/750 from the shutter on a Fuji GA645. -- Collin Brendemuehl, KC8TKA --- Get over it. Dr. Laura -- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and

RE: Re[2]: how good

2002-05-03 Thread Ron Bhanukitsiri
Thank you Bruce for the info you've supplied. First of all, I suggest that we refrain from making remarks about the poster and concentrate on the facts. This will be more helpful to the originator of this thread in helping him/her decide. I'm not writing a review of the MZ-S which is why

Re: leaf shutter for 35mm? (was RE: how good)

2002-05-03 Thread Mishka
For those saying it's difficult: Olympus Stylus Epic, street price $100 for the whole camera, 35mm/2.8 lens, shutter 4-1/1000s. As far as OPC, Pentax is making it for 645 and 67. Seems like a logical step to make one or too for 35mm as well. SMC-FA 85mm/2 LS -- wouldn't THAT be sweet? Yahoo!

Re: leaf shutter for 35mm? (was RE: how good)

2002-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Johan Schoone wrote: I haven't seen leaf shutters that can do 1/1000. It's rare, but it's there: A few of the AF point-and-shoot compacts, such as the Olympus Stylus Epic, can do 1/1000 second. Back in the 1980s, the Olympus XA-4 could do 1/750 second. The Vivitar 35 EM, a late 70s or

FS: SMC Pentax-M 50/1.7

2002-05-03 Thread T Rittenhouse
Pre-ebay offer to the list asking $75 + $10 Insured Priority Mail in US. Great fast manual focus lens. This particular lens seems to be extremely sharp, it was very hard to decide whether to sell it or my 1.4 which is not quite as fantastic as this 1.7. It is about ex++. Original Pentax caps.

FS: SMC Pentax 24/2.8.

2002-05-03 Thread T Rittenhouse
Pre-ebay offer to the list asking $200 + $10 Insured Priority Mail in US. This is the one that everybody says is so very good. It is about ex+. Respond to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto

FS: AF Sigma 35-70/3.5-4.5

2002-05-03 Thread T Rittenhouse
Pre-ebay offer to the list asking $40 + $10 Insured Priority Mail in US. This is the lens I used for a lot of my static aircraft photos. It is very sharp and has little distortion. In box with all papers, including blank warrenty card. It is about ex+. Respond to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ciao,

FS: SMC Pentax-A 135/2.8

2002-05-03 Thread T Rittenhouse
Pre-ebay offer to the list asking $100 + $10 Insured Priority Mail in US. A great mid-tele manual focus lens. Works in program mode with the AF Pentaxs It is about ex+. Respond to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto

RE: Re[2]: how good

2002-05-03 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ron Bhanukitsiri Last but not least, can you tell us which features of the MZ-S got your sold? Remember, some features that you like may be unimportant to others. I certainly like the height of

Myrtle Beach? temp off list

2002-05-03 Thread CBWaters
I'm going on vacation with the family for a week so I'll be off-list for a week as of tomorrow. (would you have noticed?) Anyone in the Carolinas have a good place to get Tri-X processed in Myrtle Beach? I'll have lots of family members who'll want to see what I've been shooting all week ;)

Re: leaf shutter for 35mm? (was RE: how good)

2002-05-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
They do not have leaf shutters. The Leica has a horizontal running cloth focal plane shutter. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Johan Schoone wrote: I haven't seen leaf shutters that can do 1/1000. The Leica M rangefinders have long been able to reach 1/1000 second. So could the Leica CL and

Re: REPOST:Best Soup for Tri-X Plus-X

2002-05-03 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Friday, May 3, 2002, at 03:12 PM, tom wrote: Yeah, but you use a Jobo and agitate constantly! I do now, and I also recognize that many developers are worthless in the Jobo for precisely that reason. I love Rodinal in hand tanks. I hate Rodinal in the Jobo. -Aaron - This message is

Program Plus Batteries

2002-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is from James Adams, whose messages to PDML don't seem to be getting through: Can anyone tell me what batteries I need for the Program Plus. The Ebay seller forgot to re-fit the batteries before shipping it. The Prog. Plus is supposed to be arriving by UPS today. James

Re: REPOST:Best Soup for Tri-X Plus-X

2002-05-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
My experience is that I was unable to get consistent results. I'd soak the film for X minutes, develop, and get a result. If it were satisfactory, I'd try it again, but the results would be different. It just didn't work for me. Maybe I didn't find the magic combination of pre soak time and

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