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

2002-05-07 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: leaf shutter for 35mm? (was RE: how good) > > The Mamiya RB67 system, which is a big SLR, has a dark black flap that sits > behind the mirror and swings up just after the mirror has lifted, and after > the leaf shutter has clo

Re: Statue of Liberty Recommendations

2002-05-07 Thread Jeff Post
I believe you want to be in Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey. Here is the web link that should help you out. http://www.libertystatepark.com Jeff At 08:33 AM 5/7/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 22:49:14 -0500 >From: Tiger Moses <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Statue o

Re: Re: Re: Thoughts About Making Good B&W Negatives

2002-05-07 Thread Brendan
Try 2 guinea pig rolls to be safe. --- David Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Brendan.I'm not sure if i'll shoot B&W this > weekend or the slide roll.If its B&W i'll proccess > this roll myself as the 'guinea pig' roll. > Dave > > Begin Original Message > > From: Brendan <[

Re: Thoughts About Making Good B&W Negatives, and a challenge.

2002-05-07 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Good point, Tom. tom wrote: > > Hold up...why don't we do this with a 35mm neg? Not all of us have 67 > carriers. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget

Re: Re: Re: Thoughts About Making Good B&W Negatives

2002-05-07 Thread David Brooks
Thanks Brendan.I'm not sure if i'll shoot B&W this weekend or the slide roll.If its B&W i'll proccess this roll myself as the 'guinea pig' roll. Dave Begin Original Message From: Brendan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 7 May 2002 11:20:59 -0400 (EDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

Re: The PDML Print Challenge.

2002-05-07 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Yes, I am ... but I'd dearly like to try printing a larger neg, too. You can send me two negs if you'd like. William Robb wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: tom > Subject: RE: Thoughts About Making Good B&W Negatives, and a > challenge. > > > Hold up...why don't we do this with a

Re: Re: Thoughts About Making Good B&W Negatives

2002-05-07 Thread Brendan
Dave I'm 15 min south and Aaron is a phone call away :-) also invite that fellow Pentaxian to the TPDML :-) . I can see the difference in my negs from the 1st set I developed and the last 3, noticeable differences in grain and contrast. --- David Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One thing I h

RE: May PUG - what was I thinking of!

2002-05-07 Thread Chris Brogden
On Tue, 7 May 2002, Mick Maguire wrote: > speaking of feedback, and how helpful it is to have comments on your > work... what happened to the organized PUG comments each month? Did I > miss their demise? I had to miss a couple of months because of problems with moving and internet access. I int

RE: May PUG - what was I thinking of!

2002-05-07 Thread Mick Maguire
speaking of feedback, and how helpful it is to have comments on your work... what happened to the organized PUG comments each month? Did I miss their demise? Regards, /\/\ick... - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directio

Re: Statue of Liberty Recommendations

2002-05-07 Thread b_rubenstein
Newark is too far inland, and too far North. Probably around Bayone. The best thing to do is get a map and draw a line through the Statue of Liberty and extending from an accesable point in NJ to Manhattan. A few things to keep in mind: - The statue faces into the bay (southeast) so you will

Re: Exhibition?!? -Too good to be true?

2002-05-07 Thread Jostein
From: "Nitin Garg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Didnt the language translation tool help to get a rough idea ? Nothing decisive, really. Meanwhile, I've established an hotmail account through which I have sent them some critical questions. If they can provide answers, and I get on with my inquiries to

Re: Kinof OT, but interesting

2002-05-07 Thread Christian Skofteland
Check this out if you haven't seen it already: http://www.somd.com/news/2002/04/tornado/ Christian On Tuesday 07 May 2002 09:44, Bill Owens wrote: > NASA photo of last week's La Plata tornado > > > http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/2002/200205029304.html > > > Bill KG4LOV > [E

Kinof OT, but interesting

2002-05-07 Thread Bill Owens
NASA photo of last week's La Plata tornado http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/2002/200205029304.html Bill KG4LOV [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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 t

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

2002-05-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dave described: > The Mamiya RB67 system, which is a big SLR, has a dark black flap that sits > behind the mirror and swings up just after the mirror has lifted, and after > the leaf shutter has closed immediately before exposure-time. Its > well-sealed enough that a separate focal plane shutter

Statue of Liberty Recommendations

2002-05-07 Thread oscar . 7300
Liberty State Park in Jersey City. It's right off the New Jersey Turnpike's Newark Bay extension (which goes to Jersey City and the Holland Tunnel, not Newark). I think it's exit 14B. You can also catch a ferry to the statue and Ellis Island from there. You will have the statue (from the

1st Outing for DC PDMLers

2002-05-07 Thread tom
Tommorrow (5/8) a few of us will be meeting to do some shooting at Roosevelt Island: http://www.nps.gov/this/ We'll be meeting in the parking lot at 6:30. We may find a place to go have a beer afterwards. If you're free, please come on out and join us. Sorry for the short notice...if you have a

RE: The PDML Print Challenge.

2002-05-07 Thread tom
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of William Robb > > > - Original Message - > From: tom > Subject: RE: Thoughts About Making Good B&W Negatives, and a > challenge. > > > > Hold up...why don't we do this with a 35mm neg? Not a

Re: The PDML Print Challenge.

2002-05-07 Thread LEDMRVM
In a message dated 5/7/2002 7:40:37 AM US Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Hold up...why don't we do this with a 35mm neg? Not all of us > have 67 > > carriers. > > I take it your in if we use a 35mm neg? I will dig around and > see what I can find for a decent 35mm nega

Re: ZX-L and Pentax Metering

2002-05-07 Thread dick graham
If one brings his or her right thumb up along side the viewfinder of the ZX-5n while shooting it helps one see the exposure info much more clearly. The 5n is a great camera, I would recommend it without hesitation. DG At 04:43 PM 5/6/02 -0600, you wrote: >Nitin is right. I forgot that the

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

2002-05-07 Thread David . Mann
Bill D. Casselberry wrote: > Yeah, but like all the P&S mentioned - these are all > separate viewfinder type cameras. If you want TTL viewing > you need the mirror box and an open leaf shutter which then > mandates a second focal plane shutter or some other mechanism > to keep light off the film

Re: Thoughts About Making Good B&W Negatives, and a challenge.

2002-05-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think this challenge sounds like a pretty cool deal. Though I can't participage (no enlarger and I've never even _tried_ doing any of my own darkroom work yet), I'd be really interested in seeing the results (prints and discussion/explanations of choices). Bob Rapp wrote: > [...] Sometimes an

The PDML Print Challenge.

2002-05-07 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: tom Subject: RE: Thoughts About Making Good B&W Negatives, and a challenge. > Hold up...why don't we do this with a 35mm neg? Not all of us have 67 > carriers. I take it your in if we use a 35mm neg? I will dig around and see what I can find for a decent 35mm

Re: OT Kodak film in Japan (and a Japanese song)

2002-05-07 Thread Albano_Garcia
Wow! It just makes me want to go to Japan even more. It's paradise. Regards AG PS: To keep the OT, search the net for tne song "Shima uta" from The Boom. Nice japanese song (in japanese of course) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and

Re: Thoughts About Making Good B&W Negatives, and a challenge.

2002-05-07 Thread Bob Poe
Bill, This is a great idea! I would appreciate an opportunity to participate in such an interesting experiment. Regards, Bob --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - Original Message - > From: Shel Belinkoff > Subject: Thoughts About Making Good B&W Negatives > > > > Ansel Adams

Re: Stan H Tinkers In Toronto

2002-05-07 Thread Stan Halpin
The camera is fine. The 35mm lens is fine. The filter sacrificed itself, bending its edge to absorb the shock. Which was no big deal as the camera only fell from about 12 inches off the floor. So far, thankfully, I have been spared the high adventure of having a camera fall from my hand or should

RE: Thoughts About Making Good B&W Negatives, and a challenge.

2002-05-07 Thread tom
Hold up...why don't we do this with a 35mm neg? Not all of us have 67 carriers. tv > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 1:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Thoughts About Making Goo

Re: Re: Thoughts About Making Good B&W Negatives

2002-05-07 Thread David Brooks
One thing I had planned on doing was to put my home attempts next to the lab neg's and see what may look diiferent etc.I don't know if this will tell me much,but i'm planning ahead anyway. Talked developing/home printing with a fellow Pentaxian but noy a List member last night,so it looks like i h

Re: Hey, Aaron (and other TO folks)

2002-05-07 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Monday, May 6, 2002, at 06:33 PM, Jeff wrote: > Are we invited to take some compromising shots? Won't be that compromising...it'll be a geek party. ;) -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't for

Re: (2): Hey, Aaron (and other TO folks)

2002-05-07 Thread David Brooks
Hi Frank,Jeff,Aaron,Brendan et all.I can come down for a while on the 11th.One ?? Frank,at Church and Front,any parking in the area?? Jeff and I will bring the prints from the Tokina/Pentax zoom off last Sunday for impressions. Dave Begin Original Message From: frank theriault <[EMAIL

Re: Thoughts About Making Good B&W Negatives, and a challenge.

2002-05-07 Thread Bob Rapp
FWIW After I have processed and dried my film, I lay the negative/strips on top of a fixed sheet of paper. If the highlights are blocked, the negative was over exposed or over developed. if the shadow detail is missing, it was under exposed. From those I feel will print, I go for it. Sometimes

Re: Rear lens caps

2002-05-07 Thread Camdir
In a message dated 06/05/02 19:53:44 GMT Daylight Time, Jens writes: << Hi All Over the years I have purchased lenses with KA or KAF mount without rear caps. Ebay sellers does not seem to know the what a KA or KAF mount rear cap is. I prefere caps that protect the contacts and the AF shaft

Re: Pentax K 300mm f/4

2002-05-07 Thread Camdir
In a message dated 06/05/02 14:45:45 GMT Daylight Time, gfen writes: << I planted the front end of my A50 f1.4 into the ground yesterday when I slipped down an embankment. >> I hope you water it and nourish with plenty o' fertiliser. Peter - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List.

Re: Resisting temptation.. but only just - I'm back

2002-05-07 Thread Bob Rapp
Hi John, Getting a good SV is worth it. It took me two tries and I have 2. One is super and the other had a lazy second curtain. I had it serviced and repaired only to notice some screws missing on the film counter cover. If the camera is clean otherwise, see if you can get the curtains replac

Re: Thoughts About Making Good B&W Negatives, and a challenge.

2002-05-07 Thread Paul Stenquist
William Robb wrote: > > - > With this in mind, I am willing to donate a 6x7 negative that > produced an award winning print to a printing challenge. > What I have in mind is a sort of travelling portfolio. > You get the negative in the mail, make a print from it that > pleases you, send me the pr

Re: MF: Pentax 67, 6x7 and 67II compatibility

2002-05-07 Thread MZ3_fella _
According to the European medium format catalogue, this is the complete compatibility list: Old accessories (67) vs new camera body (67 II) CodeDescription Compatible 37910 67 Auto-extension tube set W/Case OK 37912 67 Auto-extension tube n°. 1OK 37913 67

Re: Got One! (Was: Held an MZ-S Last Night)

2002-05-07 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 06.05.02 16:52, Fred at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Please let me know if, when you reach the end of a roll, the camera > automatically rewinds the film (whether you want it to or not). [I > hate that.] You can set it off via PF function! > Just one more question on your new beastie - Is the

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

2002-05-07 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
Patrick wrote: >As said by someone else, don't hold your breath -- the MZ-S itself took >nearly 6 years of this-conference-that-event rumors before it was real. I >don't know what took them so long to perfect on it, so it was probably some >sort of delay for the proper market. Actually, the M