Re: Still available Pentax items in Japan

2002-05-19 Thread Paul Ewins
Thanks Alan, that was so much fun trying to guess what stuff was from the hyperlink! Are those screens for the Z1P new? I thought there were only a couple of sorts available and there was a whole range which all seemed slighty different to the MX/LX ones, including a really odd one with

Re: Lithium AAs Battery pack FG

2002-05-19 Thread Pat
I've been reading over the instuction manual and it states the requirements are 4 AA alkaline batteries. Does anyone on the list have experience using Lithium AAs w/ the battery pack FG? Would there be any problems (ie damage to the pack) using lithium AAs? Thanks. = *~*Pat*~* [EMAIL

RE: Victoria Day - Film Developing :)

2002-05-19 Thread David Chang-Sang
Yep... it's quiet.. :) My weekend's been sucked up with computer upgrades/moves for my family - Mom and Dad get a new PII 350 while I get the headache of transferring all the hard drive and other equipment out of the old Pentium 200mhz and into the new box - They also get my flatbed scanner

FS: SMC 85/1.8

2002-05-19 Thread Bojidar Dimitrov
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Re: Lithium AAs Battery pack FG

2002-05-19 Thread ERNReed
In a message dated 5/19/2002 2:24:46 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've been reading over the instuction manual and it states the requirements are 4 AA alkaline batteries. Does anyone on the list have experience using Lithium AAs w/ the battery pack FG? Would there be

Re: So 35mm isn't dead after all?

2002-05-19 Thread Jim Apilado
Why expensive? There are some, like me, who would go for a moderately priced new Pentax SLR. If I wanted expensive I would go for the 645 or the 67. Jim A. From: Pål Audun Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 11:25:09 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: So 35mm isn't dead after all?

2002-05-19 Thread Len Paris
Jim, There are moderately priced, new, SLRs available now. A titanium SLR that matches the Limited lenses in build quality and appearance would be a welcome addition, in my estimation. However, a titanium DSLR that matches the Limited lenses would be even nicer. I just wish the black Limited

Re: So 35mm isn't dead after all?

2002-05-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
So many people wish that these lenses were available here. Why not just buy the items from Japan? It's an international marketplace these days, and ordering from Japan is not much more difficult than buying from BH or any other mail order source. Len Paris wrote: I just wish the black

Re: So 35mm isn't dead after all?

2002-05-19 Thread Len Paris
If it were that simple, I would have already done it. The hard part is finding a Japanese source willing to ship to the US and having an easy mode of payment. Len --- - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 8:44 AM

Re: So 35mm isn't dead after all?

2002-05-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Len, It's not at all difficult. Check out my site and look for the subject Buying Photo Equipment from Japan. A number of people on the list have purchased from these people and have done well for themselves. Len Paris wrote: If it were that simple, I would have already done it. The hard

RE: Victoria Day - Film Developing :)

2002-05-19 Thread Brendan
Beat you to the film developing part, I just hung up a roll of agfa apx 400 to dry now, now to make a contact sheet and se what it looks like. --- David Chang-Sang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep... it's quiet.. :) My weekend's been sucked up with computer upgrades/moves for my family - Mom

gladness and disappointment

2002-05-19 Thread Familie Scheffler
Hi! I just shot an SMC Pentax-F Zoom 70-210 mm from ebay. I was surprised and glad that it arrived yesterday. Just in time for Whitsuntide - time to try it out. But the disappointment followed when I unwrapped it: it had fine hairs of fungus on an inner lens, wonderful enlarged by the front lens.

Re: gladness and disappointment

2002-05-19 Thread Bojidar Dimitrov
Hi Bernd, If the fungus has not (yet) managed to eat itself into the glass, it can be cleaned completely. However, zooms are very difficult to disassemble and to assemble, so it is a wise decision to give the lens back. Cheers, Boz - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To

Re: gladness and disappointment

2002-05-19 Thread Bill D. Casselberry
Familie Scheffler wrote: Question: Would there have been a real chance to clean the fungus out or is it possible that he leaves traces on the lens surface? Just get your money back. Ebay is full of folks unloading stuff they actually know little about. Description was

Re: 30 f2.8 on ebay

2002-05-19 Thread Fred
Check out: http://cgi.ebay.com/... Please don't advertise FA eBay listings here. Thanks. Fred - 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: Victoria Day

2002-05-19 Thread Rfsindg
Frank, Next weekend will be a 3 day holiday in the USA...Memorial Day. It is 'our' first weekend of summer - like Canada, but a slightly different calendar! Now tell me how summer arrives earlier for you folks than for us? g Picnic's and family outings will be the order of the day next Monday.

Re: Victoria Day

2002-05-19 Thread Pat White
Good job of informing those not lucky enough to live in Canada, Frank! Don't know about fireworks (here they fire them off at Halloween, oddly enough), but I'll be checking out the parade tomorrow. The Victoria Day parade in Victoria ought to be worth seeing. I might even bring both the

Re: gladness and disappointment

2002-05-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Bojidar Dimitrov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Bernd, If the fungus has not (yet) managed to eat itself into the glass, it can be cleaned completely. However, zooms are very difficult to disassemble and to assemble I had one of these lenses apart once and, though I got it repaired and

Pingst (Was: Victoria Day

2002-05-19 Thread Lasse Karlsson
Below. Frank wrote: Hi, All, As someone said, boy it's been quiet here over the last coupla days. What's up with that? It's Victoria Day weekend here in Canada (except Quebec); is it a holiday weekend elsewhere? Ah yes, yet another remnant of our glorious Colonial past; despite the fact

RE: Another Bargain

2002-05-19 Thread John Coyle
Hi Kevin - it was advertised in the Weekend Shopper section of the Courier-mail. I got a slip of paper as an admission ticket which lists the contact details of the organisers, a group calling themselves 'Cameraholics', and whose aim is 'to preserve classic cameras'. Seems they meet the

Re: Victoria Day - Film Developing :)

2002-05-19 Thread frank theriault
You're right, Dave, it started off nice enough today. Then, right around the time we got to the zoo, the clouds rolled in. A few sprinkles (nothing to worry about), but fer gawd sake, it snowed!! Yes, only a few flakes, but several times today, it snowed! On May 2-4. Never in my 45 years has

Re: Victoria Day

2002-05-19 Thread frank theriault
Hey, Bob, I don't know how we get summer first. Maybe we're more polite? vbg Usually May 2-4 is nice and warm - not enough so for the beach (the water'd be too cold anyway), but warm enough for the cottage or a picnic, or camping. Not this year, though. We actually had a few flakes of snow

Re: OT - Victoria Day

2002-05-19 Thread frank theriault
Whew, Pat, You scared me for a second. I thought you were going to say that you'd look like a pro. That would have started a what's a pro look like off-shoot to this already off topic thread (which I forgot to mark as such in the original subject line - sorry to those of you to filter these

Re: Pingst (Was: Victoria Day

2002-05-19 Thread frank theriault
Geez, Lasse, Sounds like your actually trying to be productive this weekend! g Good for you. If I don't have my kids, I usually just walk around and take pictures. Come to think of it, I take lots of pics when they're around, too! Not that that's such a bad thing, I guess. I could be out

RE: Another Bargain

2002-05-19 Thread J. C. O'Connell
THE GOOD ONE IS 3 3/8 LONG, THE SHORTER ONE IS 3 1/8 LONG JCO -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 3:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Another Bargain There are two versions of the

Re: Victoria Day

2002-05-19 Thread wendy beard
At 13:09 19-5-2002 -0400, Frank wrote: What else is anyone else doing this weekend? Sorry to go on about Canada and Victoria Day and all, but hey, it's been deadly quiet here, so I thought I'd ramble. ciaou, frank Well, I've just been away. Spent Monday-Friday in West Virginia at a dog show.

Toronto PDML Images Online Now

2002-05-19 Thread David Chang-Sang
Hey folks.. for those of you in the Toronto area (and those around the rest of the world) - I've posted a page with some images from the recent get together, hang out, drink beer, talk about cameras and then wander around shooting things event held last weekend in downtown Toronto. The images

RE: Victoria Day

2002-05-19 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
At 13:09 19-5-2002 -0400, Frank wrote: What else is anyone else doing this weekend? Sorry to go on about Canada and Victoria Day and all, but hey, it's been deadly quiet here, so I thought I'd ramble. ciaou, frank I am working out of Baltimore for a week. This weekend I got to attend

Re: Toronto PDML Images Online Now

2002-05-19 Thread Fernando Díaz del Castillo H.
Thanks for the pictures... I loved the post and the camera... Fernando - 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: Victoria Day

2002-05-19 Thread Bill Owens
At 13:09 19-5-2002 -0400, Frank wrote: What else is anyone else doing this weekend? Sorry to go on about Canada and Victoria Day and all, but hey, it's been deadly quiet here, so I thought I'd ramble. ciaou, frank We spent the weekend camping with friends in the mountains of North

Re: Another Bargain

2002-05-19 Thread Fred
THE GOOD ONE IS 3 3/8 LONG,THE SHORTER ONE IS 3 1/8 LONG Also: For the 5-element S-M-C Tak - The numbers on the DOF scale read as 22168 81622 (with all the numbers squished together, except in the middle, and with no label for f/4). When set at infinity, the feet scale reads as 10050

Re: On-Line Photo Albums

2002-05-19 Thread Nick Wright
Wendy, There is a free program for Macs, called PhotoSite Time Saviour, the website is http://kalleboo.com/ . It is an enormously helpful program in that I can specify a folder on my disk containing images and it will take those images, resize them, make thumbnails, and generate all the