Did anybody try or used Vivitar 730AF flash for Pentax?
The spec claims lots of features for very little money, but is unclear
regarding Pentax model.
Also, it seems to have 1/16 power mode. I tried to figure out, how this can be
used? It looks like many f-stops (4?) below the meter reading, so
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Bob Walkden wrote:
you might like to remind yourself that not everybody on the list is from
the USA. There was another wall for a little while, in Berlin, which some
people still remember.
Bob
Bob, you are missing one more important wall.
The Great Wall of China,
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Brad Dobo wrote:
I'm just a stupid Canuck, but I've never heard of the ZX-L, can anyone give
me a link to it? It's not on the Canadian Pentax site.
Brad Dobo
Hi!
Please look for MZ-6 at Canadian Website. As far as, I can remember, it
was there at the Canadian Pentax
From: Mat Maessen
Subject: Re: Pentax 35-80 smcp-a f4-5.6 lens
For a school camera, I would definitely push him towards a
50mm prime
lens over the 35-80 zoom. I have this 35-80, as well as a
couple of
prime lences (A-series 50mm f1.7, and an M-series 50mm f2.0),
and the
primes are
Did anybody try or used Vivitar 730AF flash for Pentax?
The spec claims lots of features for very little money, but is unclear
regarding Pentax model.
Also, it seems to have 1/16 power mode. I tried to figure out,
how this can be
used? It looks like many f-stops (4?) below the meter
Yes that is what I was thinking of.
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Christien wrote:
Is it possible ?
No.
Would really like to get a grip with the 645N II.
Why on
Isn't there a whole street in NYC devoted to the subject?
:-)
Jostein
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Great Wall of China, and Hadriens wall (found in Britain)
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Of course there's also the one that Simon Garfunkel sung about...
And whoever sang Wallsing Matilda...
J.
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Sorry Lukasz - I misread the spelling :-)
Yes, it is his first SLR, and a 'serious' camera. You are absolutely
right. Actually I think he enjoys it more for the noises it makes - focus
whirr, confirmation bleep, exposure, wind on, etc. Trouble is, he keeps
popping up everywhere and blasting
Paul,
how about subscribe pentax-discuss-nomail (or something like that) as
a less radical alternative? you won't have that much mail, but will be
able to post if you feel like.
in any event, good luck to you, it's been a pleasure. looking forward
to seeing your essays :)
Mishka.
From: Paul
Hi,
Does any one have some sort of documentation for the Pentax Functions for
the PZ1 that they could scan for me?. I just aquired one and have no idea
what half of them do :) My MZ-S came with a small folding card listing the
fuctions.
How different are they from the ones on the PZ1-P? as i
C'mon Paul! You know you don't wanna do it...
:(
Lukasz
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Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 2:38 AM
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Subject: Leaving the list
My wife and I have made a
Paul,
Try Here for the front and back of the PZ-1 wallet card:
http://www.members.aol.com/rfsindg/PZ-1a.jpg
http://www.members.aol.com/rfsindg/PZ-1b.jpg
Also the PZ-1p at:
http://www.members.aol.com/rfsindg/PZ-1pa.jpg
http://www.members.aol.com/rfsindg/PZ-1pb.jpg
Regards, Bob S.
In a message
Paul, Paul, Paul, how about moderation?
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
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Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 5:37 PM
Subject: Leaving the list
My wife and I have made a
Kristian,
It depends where the fungus is, and how much damage is done. If fungus is on
the front element, it can be removed with a partial disassembly. I had a
lens cleaned by a pro, and results are great.
Alex
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Walls for everybody. Get 'em at Wall Mart...
grinning, ducking, and running...
Stephen
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Paul,
I have some home made coopies of the PZ1p
function card made up and laminated.
Send my your mailing address and I'll
send one to you.
Any one else need on? Just let me know.
Mark
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Hi!
Can users of AF 360 FGZ and MZ-S tell me if this flash provides wide AF
assist beam, i.e. covering all focusing points on MZ-S?
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Paul! Cold turkry is not very wise...tapering off is
a better plan.
Best regards,
Bob
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wrote:
My wife and I have made a pact: She'll give up her
crossword puzzles,
I'll give up the list. Truth be told, I was poising
to leave anyway.
I'm finally
on 31.07.02 0:12, Lawrence Kwan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes!! ZX-L/MZ-6 supports high speed sync, P-TTL, flash exposure
compensation and wireless TTL flash in combination with AF360FGZ.
So it has the same advanced flash system as MZ-S.
Exactly, with small exception: MZ-S can perform
Do you like my spelling?
I don't have any coopies, but I do have copies.
Mark
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Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 8:59 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Pentax Functions for PZ1
Paul,
I have some home made
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Robert Harris wrote:
William Robb wrote:
Not surprised you got the wrong answer. Pink Floyd is far more
meaningful to most people than the above mentioned wall (which I
had only vaguely heard of, I might add).
William Robb
Speak for yourself, please.
What
Scott, I stand corrected. I don't get to pass go and pick up my $200, but
must go back to Sunny 16 Rule clas 101. Thanks.
DG
At 07:29 AM 7/31/02 -0700, you wrote:
Dick,
Yes, sunny 16 recommends 1/125 and f/16 for direct sunlight, i.e. no clouds.
This is the same exposure as 1/250 f/11, what
Nope - focus confirmation is single beep which I know well - and it supposedly does
not occur after the shutter release.
All the best!
Raimo
Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
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Vastaanottaja:
Many, always. I do hope they are plus points.
All the best!
Raimo
Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
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Nope - focus confirmation is single beep which I know well - and it supposedly does
not occur after the shutter release.
All the best!
Raimo
Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
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Congratulations!
All the best!
Raimo
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Aihe: On how I officially
Really? This is good news, I was beginning to think that something is wrong. Thank you
(and all others who have pointed this out! And I still do not find it in the manual.
All the best!
Raimo
Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
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My trusty A-50/1.7's aperture ring is so sticky it will not go over
f8/f11...have anybody seen this before? and what to do or is it time to let
a professional fix it?
Between f1.7 - f8/f11 it seems to be OK.
-Timo
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Hi all,
I am looking for a compact medium tele whose main use would be available light street
photography and candid portraits. From looking at tech info and user comments the
best (perfect?) canidate I can find in the Pentax line up is the M120/2.8. The only
problem is I can't seem to find
on 31.07.02 20:04, Timo Hartikainen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My trusty A-50/1.7's aperture ring is so sticky it will not go over
f8/f11...have anybody seen this before? and what to do or is it time to let
a professional fix it?
Between f1.7 - f8/f11 it seems to be OK.
Probably
Thanks Bill and Bruce.
The rattle is not to the sides, but up-down. And the difference is very
subtle, but enough for don't allow the prism to work ok. I'll try the
suggestion to clean the contacts, but to me the issue is due to this slight
loose. If I keep the prism firmly against the body with
Steven,
There was a guy in Honk Kong selling one on eBay a couple weeks ago but it
didn't sell:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1365133427
Maybe you can make him an offer?
-Brendan MacRae
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In this case I think it's your ability. You're the only one who
misunderstood it, and reading the phrase carefully: Even if you don't want
it, you can make a good difference on ebay... I can't imagine how you
managed to understand that, specially because I don't mention any link to a
supposed
In a message dated 7/31/2002 11:59:39 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There was a guy in Honk Kong selling one on eBay a couple weeks ago but it
didn't sell:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1365133427
Maybe you can make him an offer?
Whoops! He
Paul...
It's been nice having you around.
Check back sometime in the future.
-Brendan MacRae
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If you don't mind losing about half a stop, you could get a M 135mm f/3.5 -
this lens is plentifull (and therefore easy to find), cheap( you could get
one in very good condition for as little as $60-70), but very good (at least
I like it). It's also very compact and light (weights the same as the
Good question! I'd be interested in knowing that myself actually. My bet is
it does not, guess I could test it, but I'm lazy :) Hope someone knows!
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From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 9:59 AM
Subject: AF
It's the A button on the aperture ring. It is held back by two leaf springs. These
are poorly secured to the plastic lens body and come loose. They prevent you from
moving the aperture ring all the way to A.
If you are careful, you can take the aperture ring off and glue the leaf springs
I occasionally noticed dust in the finder of my MZ-5n, and once mentioned it while I
was at Pentax Canada to buy a filter or something. The parts manager called the head
technician, who took away the camera and returned it within five minutes with the
focusing screen cleaned. He said I
Let's just say that i was the only one that didn't ignore it and leave it at
that.
Len
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Brad,
In a quick test in the garage with the FA *24 all sensors worked fine.
Basically, it puts out a red light pattern and each sensor was able to
see it and focus. I didn't try it with film though.
Bruce
Wednesday, July 31, 2002, 12:05:08 PM, you wrote:
BD Good question! I'd be
A smart thing to do is to clean your camera bag out every once in a
while.
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Paul, try nomail, you'll be able to look quickly and check anything of interest in a
few minutes.
If you go, the list'll miss you, dude.
Pat White
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Chris Stoddart wrote about the Mir 47-K 20 mm. 2.5:
1. The filters go on the back, you get three supplied with it. I have had
differing reports as to whether one has to be fitted permanently (i.e.
part of the optical formula). One guy I have spoken to swears that the
factory
Hello All,
I am in need of a rewind knob for a Spotmatic. I have the rewind
shaft, I'm just missing the knob on the end. If anyone has one of
these in a parts bin somewhere and would be wiling to sell it to me
please send a message off list.
Thanks.
Leon
http://www.bluering.org.au
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Hi, gang.
I just wanted to share my happiness.
(...)
Hi Albano,
Congratulations and welcome to the Brotherhood!
You'll soon find how delightful those big negatives and slides
are...
I'm sorry but I have no clue about the problem you have with the
prism. I have no
Hi *,
the August PUG is ready to go. I am a bit early but you probably don't mind.
;)
Another month with great pics.
Cheers
Adelheid
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To make the procedure easier I am going to resize them without further
notice - but if somebody is
Timo Hartikainen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My trusty A-50/1.7's aperture ring is so sticky it will not go over
f8/f11...have anybody seen this before? and what to do or is it time to let
a professional fix it?
Between f1.7 - f8/f11 it seems to be OK.
Common problem with the A50/1.7. The
Thanks for the suggestion, Lukasz.
If I can't track down a M 120/2.8 at a reasonable price I will probably go for either
a SMC-M 100/2.8 or 135/3.5. Can somebody tell me about these lenses when used wide
open or close to it? I'm mainly interested in their performance when focused from 15
There are several similar design lenses from Pentax (all 5 elements in
similar arrangement). SMC PENTAX-M 135/3.5 is also very compact and sharp
with afordable price. They are everywhere. The M120/2.8 is much more
expensive than they should be now, I don't see the point to pay USD300 for
one
There was a guy in Honk Kong selling one on eBay a couple weeks ago but it
didn't sell:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1365133427
Maybe you can make him an offer?
Mind you that it's not the 'M' which is much more compact.
regards,
Alan Chan
My trusty A-50/1.7's aperture ring is so sticky it will not go over
f8/f11...have anybody seen this before? and what to do or is it time to let
a professional fix it?
Between f1.7 - f8/f11 it seems to be OK.
I had two A50/1.7 and both had poor aperture rings. Clean and relubrication
didn't
Hi, Paul,
Sad about you leaving, but I'm not gonna try to convince you otherwise g.
I feel that I've gotten to know you from some of your posts, and I think
the list will be somewhat diminished by your leaving. Hope all goes well
for you.
And I'm guessing that I speak for everyone else here,
By the way if you can find the 120 you'll love it. It is very good for the
type of photography you're interested in.
At 03:51 PM 7/31/2002 -0500, you wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion, Lukasz.
If I can't track down a M 120/2.8 at a reasonable price I will probably go
for either a SMC-M
In a message dated 7/31/2002 3:45:28 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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the August PUG is ready to go. I am a bit early but you probably don't mind.
;)
Another month with great pics.
Cheers
Adelheid
Again Adelheid, thank you for doing this.
ERNR
My photographs
Congrats on your purchase, Albano. Always a great thrill to receive
something through the post, eh? Go take some great shots!
:-)
Cotty
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On 31 Jul 2002 at 22:41, Adelheid v. K. wrote:
Hi *,
the August PUG is ready to go. I am a bit early but you probably don't mind. ;)
Another month with great pics.
Agreed, awesome gallery.
As I still don't have my hands on a scanner (ie no Pentax based shots) please
see my alternate
Hi *,
the August PUG is ready to go. I am a bit early but you probably don't mind.
;)
Another month with great pics.
Cheers
Adelheid
Thanks Adelheid! We love you!
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On 31 Jul 2002 at 16:53, Mark Roberts wrote:
Common problem with the A50/1.7. The aperture ring is plastic, rather than metal
as on the A50/1.4, and it wears readily. Also the springs that tension the A
button sometimes break off. They can be reattached, but it 's a bit tricky and
takes some
On 31 Jul 2002 at 15:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In this case I think it's your ability. You're the only one who
misunderstood it, and reading the phrase carefully: Even if you don't want it,
you can make a good difference on ebay... I can't imagine how you managed to
understand that,
Hi Steven...
Yes, the comments regarding the A 135/2.8 are generally negative. Despite
those, I picked one up to see for myself. The lens produced nice 5x7 prints
at mid apertures (using Fuji Reala), but I'm sure larger prints would've
revealed its weaknesses. It's very inexpensive on eBay,
I have a surprise for you, I have scanned and made a pdf file of the
entire PZ-1 manual. I have a few others as well on my page. like the
AF280T.
My general entry to my homepage is http://www.wuthrich.cc
The files are under Photo Links.
The PZ-1 is at:
On 31 Jul 2002 at 15:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks Bill and Bruce.
The rattle is not to the sides, but up-down. And the difference is very
subtle, but enough for don't allow the prism to work ok. I'll try the
suggestion to clean the contacts, but to me the issue is due to this slight
I'll wait for a
outrageous bargain on an 135/1.8.
:-
Lukasz
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Those little ball bearings a very easy to use. Pentax in Colorado is
currently out with more do in 30 to 40 days. I checked today.
Jim Fellows
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From: Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: sticky
Hi everybody,
I had decided to write a single mail about my flash adentures of
the last month, but it seems they would come out too long so I
cut the message in two.
First, the Sunpak-Pentax 645 problem:
I don't know if anybody has ever experienced this: I own a
couple of Sunpak G4500DX flashes
Paul,
Sorry to hear you're leaving.
Good luck with the writing - let us know when you do finish your essay(s)
and where we can read them.
She'll give up her crossword puzzles,
Cryptic or easy? :-)
Cheers,
Simon
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From: Paul Franklin Stregevsky [mailto:[EMAIL
It's a little longer and slower, but the M135/3.5 is quite small, inexpensive and
common. Also, it is quite sharp, even wide open.
William in Utah
7/31/2002 12:09:10 PM, steven gilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
I am looking for a compact medium tele whose main use would be available
Raimo,
It is only listed in the Function section, in the English manual. For F1
in enabling the audible PCV signal it states that the beeps are for focus
confirmation, errors, or film count reaching 30.
I turn this function off because I dont like the focus confirmation. I
I finally got around to getting the 31 f1.8 Limited lens yesterday. I got
it locally. I had used the lens on two separate occasions due to the
magnanimous nature of my Pentax rep. I consider myself fortunate to have a
rep to call my own :-) Now I have a 31 that is mine.
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Ann,
Kudos on your shot in this months pug, I liked it a lot.
Thanks Brendan
By the by, San Diego is my ol' home town. Have fun while you're there. If you
get a chance, try Dick's Last Resort in the Gaslamp quarter(near the
concourse, about 6-7 blocks away on 4th
I used a Sunpak model with the Pentax module on my LX. Unfortunately, it
did not give me TTL confirmation with the blinking diode in the viewfinder.
I just use a Pentax 280T with the special synch cord on the LX to get TTL
and the blinking diode in my LX.
Now, with my Pentax 645, I use the 400
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bit long)
Thanks Bill and Bruce.
The rattle is not to the sides, but up-down. And the
difference is very
subtle, but enough for don't allow the prism to work ok. I'll
try the
In response to my queries about autofocus telephoto zooms, a couple of
folks have recommended the Pentax 70-200 f4-5.6 F or FA lenses. Someone
else instead recommended the Pentax 70-210 zoom. Elsewhere I found a
comment that the 70-210 zoom is not considered highly. Has anyone got
the scoop on
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From: Peter Spiro
Subject: Re: sticky aperture ring - a-50/1.7
My advice would be to leave it alone. The cost of the repair
to have it
done professionally is more than the value of the lens. I
would strongly
advise against trying to do it yourself. The parts
My 3rd LX is still in the shop (PCI, Mississauga). They have had
it since the middle of May.
They have been telling me for the past couple of weeks it would
be shipped soon, and last Monday, they told me it would ship on
Wednesday. Since I hadn't received it on Monday, I decided to
call them, in
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