Re: TOPDML Airshow August 31,02

2002-09-08 Thread frank theriault
Hey Jeff, We didn't have ~that~ many beers, did we? Nice shots. Mine will be a while before we see them. I have a real back up of b&w stuff to get developed. 'T'was a good day... regards, frank Jeff wrote: > Great afternoon for an airshow. > After a couple of beers, all the planes looked t

Re: TOPDML Airshow August 31,02

2002-09-08 Thread frank theriault
BTW, #6 and 7 was a Harvard, #10 and 11 were a Mustang and either an F16 or F18 (there were both at the show, but I can't tell those apart - I think one has one tail, and one has two - can't remember). Why does Dave eat so much? regards, frank Jeff wrote: > Great afternoon for an airshow. >

Re: Car Shot

2002-09-08 Thread frank theriault
Nice shot! I love detail of cars, motorcycles and the like. Beautifully sharp, and the lighting works very well with the chrome. regards, frank CBWaters wrote: > For your review: > http://community.webshots.com/photo/16822530/49520258YPzqAV > > A photo I took in Petoskey Michigan while on my

RE: TOPDML Airshow August 31,02

2002-09-08 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
The jet fighter in question is an F-16. I don't get to work on the planes themselves, but do work on testing the avionics system. Cesar Panama City, Florida -Original Message- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 7:49 AM BTW, #6 and 7 was a

OT: Target

2002-09-08 Thread CBWaters
I've had a roll processes at Target this week and they've added a feature I liked. The negatives are sleeved in a sheet of sleeves that has paper on one side. It's punched to fit in a three-hole binder and the best part is...There are thumbnails of each shot in each sleeve printed on the paper!

Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread Margo Ellen Gesser
Hi Pentaxians, I am about to ask all of you a big question: Why ARE we using Pentax gear instead of other brands? My answer is simple: I started with a K1000 and when I was able to upgrade I wanted to keep my lenses so I bought the MZ-3. I also worked in a camera store that has now closed (sob) w

Re: Weekend Treat

2002-09-08 Thread Keith Whaley
"Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > Isn't "British humo[u]r" an oxymoron? Actually no. I find a lot of my own amusement in what THEY find humorous! In other words, watching a British show, and seeing what they find hugely humorous, makes me laugh even harder, that they find some of those things hum

Re: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Saw that title and was hopping for a theological discussion! :) I guess that's out, unless of course someone is truely bowing to the "*"! Collin

eBay FS: LX drive and Tokina 300mm f/2.8

2002-09-08 Thread Cotty
Both mine, Cotty LX drive: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1379792235 Tokina 300mm 2.8: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1379786341 Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ ___

Re: OT: Help Please - Lunasix 3 instructions

2002-09-08 Thread James Adams
Frits, Many Thanks, I am having major problems with my IE browser(MicroCrap strikes again), and can not download any manuals. If I click on links to download a PDF file, it downloads a load of text(hieroglyphics). The following link has a Gossen Lunasix 3 instruction manual in PDF format(English)

Re: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread Nick Wright
After I got truly interested in photography, after having "toyed" with it for many years, I bought myself a k1000 with a 50/2. After that I purchased a 28/2.8, a 135/2.8 and an 80-200/4. Along with a Vivitar 283. Then I was lucky enough to land the part-time photographer's position at a daily pap

Has the MZ-S already a new mount?

2002-09-08 Thread Rüdiger Neumann
Hallo, when I used lenses with odd f-stops like 1.9, 1.8 oder 3.2 I noticed that the MZ-S gives the exact number in the display. The Z-1p and the MZ-5n are giving the 2 oder 3.5 instead. The only lense where the f-stop in the display of the MZ-S is wrong is the old FA 3.5-4.7 28-80. (It shows 4.5

RE: list stuff (was RE: OT Probably, Rear Window)

2002-09-08 Thread Peter Alling
You're using outlook express. Sometimes outlook thinks there is formatted text that it doesn't understand so it strips out the formatting and creates a new message with the "formatted" text attached. At 09:14 PM 9/7/2002 -0400, you wrote: >No, I'm getting a text attachment with every message.

Re: Weekend Treat

2002-09-08 Thread Chris Brogden
On Sun, 8 Sep 2002, Mishka wrote: > Germans? > We all know what the funniest joke in the world is: > "Wenn ist das Nunstruck git und Slotermeyer? Ja! ... Beiherhund das Oder die > Flipperwaldt gersput! " Police are currently at a loss to explain the simultaneous death of several hundred Pentax u

Re: OT: Help Please - Lunasix 3 instructions

2002-09-08 Thread Mark Roberts
James Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Frits, >Many Thanks, >I am having major problems with my IE browser(MicroCrap strikes again), and >can not download any manuals. If I click on links to download a PDF file, >it downloads a load of text(hieroglyphics). Try clicking the right mouse button

FS: Vivitar Screw-mount Teleconverters

2002-09-08 Thread Gary J Sibio
Hi, If anyone is interested, I just put a Vivitar 2x and 3x teleconverter (Pentax screw-mount) up for auction on Ebay. Here are the links: 2x - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1379807489 3x - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1379809663 Gary J. Sibio

Re: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread Peter Alling
A very long time ago when the earth was new I decided it was time to graduate from the 2 1/14" folding camera I had been using to a 35mm. I was looking to buy a Minolta SRT of some kind but the camera store I visited carried Pentax and had a great deal on an New "old stock" 150mm f4.0 Super Ta

Re: eBay FS: LX drive and Tokina 300mm f/2.8

2002-09-08 Thread John Mustarde
On Sun, 8 Sep 2002 19:08:15 +0100, you wrote: >Tokina 300mm 2.8: > >http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1379786341 > Say it ain't so, Joe! Selling the best manual focus 300/2.8 in the world? Aaargh... Note: I sold this lens to Cotty awhile back... replaced it with a new one...

Re: Digital backs, medium format and more (was: Pentax WILL (most likely) show a digital SLR at Photokina!)

2002-09-08 Thread Pål Jensen
Dario wrote: > Hard to believe. They should have received press releases to translate > before the event. A Pentax distributor employee, who's going to attend Photokina, was very excited about the show and was certain that Pentax was going to show something great. He claimed he didn't know wha

Re: Has the MZ-S already a new mount?

2002-09-08 Thread Pål Jensen
Rüdiger wrote: > when I used lenses with odd f-stops like 1.9, 1.8 oder 3.2 I noticed that > the MZ-S gives the exact number in the display. The Z-1p and the MZ-5n are > giving the 2 oder 3.5 instead. The only lense where the f-stop in the > display of the MZ-S is wrong is the old FA 3.5-4.7 28-

Is Takumar 500/4.5 "mount tube" same as 1000/8?

2002-09-08 Thread andre
Is the mount part (a few inches long) of the Takumar 4.5 or Pentax 500/4.5 still available? Is it the same as the "mount tube" found on the Takumar (or Pentax) 1000/8? Andre --

RE: TOPDML Airshow August 31,02

2002-09-08 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Your welcome. And don't worry about not being up on aircraft, I am far from an expert. I should be able to identify an F-16 since I have been around them for the past 14 years. What makes it easier is the single engine configuration. Now if you ask me to discern the different variations of the

Take 2: LX Motor Drive and Tokina 300 2.8 on eBay

2002-09-08 Thread Cotty
Apologies: I mistakenly ticked 'will ship to UK only on these, and of course I will ship worldwide - I have ammended accordingly. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1379792235 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1379786341 Cheers, Cotty

Re: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread Margo Ellen Gesser
on 9/8/02 4:01 PM, Peter Alling at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I could kick myself over > the Spotty thought. I will NEVER give up my K1000! Margo >

Re: Is Takumar 500/4.5 "mount tube" same as 1000/8?

2002-09-08 Thread William Kane
Andre, I removed the 'mount tube' from my Takumar 500/4.5 (bayonet), and measured it to be approximately 4.45 cm. I don't own the 100/8, but if anyone is willing to send me one, I'd be GLAD to measure its 'mount tube'. IL Bill, master of metrics! andre wrote: > Is the mount part (a few i

Re: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread Brad Dobo
I am with Pentax because when I started photography I was using a borrowed A3000. When I went camera shopping for my own, it just naturally occured to me to pick Pentax. Now that I have so many accessories and what not, I can't leave Pentax, which I want to due but cannot financially. Reason? H

CLA for Pentax LX (Pentax Service Dept. in Colorado)

2002-09-08 Thread Jose R. Rodriguez
Hi Everyone, I want to share my recent experience of having my LX Cleaned, Lubricated, and Adjusted (CLA'd) and specifically having the infamous "Sticky Mirror" problem repaired and the mirror properly aligned for accurate focusing at the Pentax Service Department in Colorado. First, I do want t

Re: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread Mishka
this thread is so depressing... seems like the only reason everyone is using pentax gear is because that's what they used when they were kids. - Original Message - From: "Brad Dobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 4:43 PM Subject: Re: Orgin Myt

Re: Color Lighting/Film mismatch question

2002-09-08 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Friday, September 6, 2002, 4:48:37 AM, Mishka wrote: M> This is SO true. No color balancing can compensate missing blue chanel info. M> If possible at all (speed considerations/reduced ISO etc), 80A filter is M> very useful. Or a tungsten ballanced film (ectachrome 160t or similar). >> Using an

Re: Vs: seek comment on SMC K 45-125 f4

2002-09-08 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Sunday, September 8, 2002, 8:44:46 PM, Raimo wrote: RK> No, the so-called macro setting on the 3.5/35-105 A works at every focal length - but of course the greatest - feeble - magnification 1:4.5 is at the wide end. RK> All the best! Mea culpa! Thanks for the correction. I was under the impress

How did you start photography

2002-09-08 Thread Kevin Waterson
The recent Origins thread regarding some of our first cameras got me thinking about my old k1000 and others I used when first starting. It also got me thinking how I entered photography and I thought I might share it with others in the hope others may have some fun sharing their first photographic

Re: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread Stan Halpin
I started with a used Kodak rangefinder in the early 60's, moved up to a Nikkormat in 65 or 66. Switched to an OM-1 for the size and more reliable light meter. Switched to an ME-Super for the size and a more reliable light meter. Have stuck with Pentax for the last 20 years or so because of reliab

Re: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread Rodelion
My two cents... Leica is just too darn expensive, so that one flies. Canon, in my opinion, doesn't have that much to offer if you look at what you pay. Of the AF bodies Eos 33,5,3,1n and 1v are nice, but your wallet goes empty in a boom. Pentax is a better buy, and the backward compatability of th

Re: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread Bob Rapp
1959 I bought a Zeiss Contessa used and in 1968 bought the first of my Spotmatics. Never cared for the K series as I felt like many others that Pentax sold us out. Felt I needed autofocus in 1991 and bought a SF1n and after it was stolen a PZ1p in 1996. Became disalusioned with autofocus in 1999

Re: How did you start photography

2002-09-08 Thread Rodelion
Neat story, I enjoyed reading it. Quite extraordinary! My grandma collects stuff to send to East Europa and one day she encountered a Konica POP. The thing was damaged but my dad fixed it and I started taking photos of friends and holidays. Fifty rolls later I borrowed my parent's Praktica STL 3

Re: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread gfen
On Sun, 8 Sep 2002, Margo Ellen Gesser wrote: > I am about to ask all of you a big question: Why ARE we using Pentax gear > instead of other brands? My answer is simple: I started with a K1000 and When I took photo classes in highschool (13 years ago), I borrowed my uncle's Minolta causse we were

Re: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread Christian Skofteland
I got a Ricoh KR-5super for my birthday about 20 years ago. Stuck with the K-mount ever since and have moved on to MUCH better cameras like the LX ;-) and MX and Super Program. Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Margo Ellen Gesser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: How did you start photography

2002-09-08 Thread John Coyle
I think we all probably needed some stimulus - mine was, about a week before I was to board a ship to go to the Island of St. Helena for two years, someone in my family said "Have you got your camera?". I then realised I didn't actually own one! So I went to our local village camera shop and

Re: Has the MZ-S already a new mount?

2002-09-08 Thread Kristian Walsh
In answer to Rüdiger's question, 43mm/1.9 shows as "F 1.9" on the MZ-S, but as "F2.0" on the MZ-M (definitely) and also on the MZ-5n (from memory) 73mm/1.8 shows as "F 1.8" on the MZ-S, but as "F1.7" on the MZ-M and MZ-5n (again the 5n is from memory) The MZ-S spec sheet and manual both say K-

Re: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread John Mustarde
On Sun, 8 Sep 2002 17:23:49 -0400, you wrote: >this thread is so depressing... seems like the only reason everyone is using >pentax gear is because that's what they used when they were kids. > Not everyone. I began the accumulating the largest part of my 35mm system when the PZ1p was in direct co

Re: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread Brad Dobo
Well, what I call many and you call many may differ. In answer to your question 'brad, if you already have that many accessories and what not, why do you care how many piles are in stores? is there something specific that you need and cannot get for your pentax gear?' Well, everything I have I'v

Re: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread Rob Studdert
On 8 Sep 2002 at 17:23, Mishka wrote: > this thread is so depressing... seems like the only reason everyone is using > pentax gear is because that's what they used when they were kids. Hi Mishka, Don't get too depressed. I too have owned Pentax cameras for a while, the SuperA being my first re

Re: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread Peter Alling
Seems the only logical choice you've ever made is choosing Pentax ;). At 04:58 PM 9/8/2002 -0500, you wrote: >I started with a used Kodak rangefinder in the early 60's, moved up to a >Nikkormat in 65 or 66. Switched to an OM-1 for the size and more reliable >light meter. Switched to an ME-Super f

Re: Re: TOPDML Airshow August 31,02

2002-09-08 Thread David Brooks
Me next.Me next:) Begin Original Message From: "Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 10:31:22 -0400 To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: TOPDML Airshow August 31,02 Should we call the S1 19-35 the "Ego lens"? Jeff. Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada http://home

Re: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread Mishka
I knew there must something good in Pentax besides K1000 :) My story is extremely short: last year, after I got sick and tired of my Zenit, I started to look at a new SLR. I asked the omniscient Web for a "lightweight camera with logical controls and reasonable bang for buck", and ended up with M

Re: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread David Brooks
I started out with the SP500,later when Pentax brought out the adaptor i could still use the M42's on my K1000 etc.. I like being different,specially when surrounded by Nikons and Canons. Dave Begin Original Message From: Margo Ellen Gesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 08 Sep 200

Re: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread Dan Scott
On Sunday, September 8, 2002, at 04:23 PM, Mishka wrote: > this thread is so depressing... seems like the only reason everyone is > using > pentax gear is because that's what they used when they were kids. > Not everyone. The first camera I owned was a Pentax, but I parted with it many years

Re: Origin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread Tom Reese
A story that some of you may find interesting: I've been taking occasional pictures for a long time but photography as a hobby was pretty much dormant since the mid 1970s. I was shooting about 12 rolls of film a year and most of those were pictures of my son when he was little. I was using an old

OT For Pat White

2002-09-08 Thread David Brooks
Our friend in western Canada was unsubscribed and cannot get resubscribed.I remember Doug saying majodomo was no more.Any one help in this quiry so i can pass it on to Pat? Dave Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada http://home.ca.inter.net/brooksdj/ http://brooks1952.tripod.com/myhorses Si

PDML limbo

2002-09-08 Thread Jeff
It seems that many replies dissapear in email limbo. Is it just me? or something is wrong with the list server. Jeff.

Re: How did you start photography

2002-09-08 Thread Jim Apilado
In the Origins thread I mentioned that I started seriously in getting into photography with 8mm movies. There was an earlier interest in photography when I was 16 way back in 1957. I saw a movie where hero used a camera with a flash and got a great photo in his darkroom later. I thought that wa

RE: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread David Chang-Sang
On Sun, 8 Sep 2002, Margo Ellen Gesser wrote: > I am about to ask all of you a big question: Why ARE we using Pentax gear > instead of other brands? My answer is simple: I started with a K1000 and Hmmm... Let's see.. Way back when I was a kid - about 22 years ago or so.. ugh.. I'm getting old(er

Re: Orgin Myths

2002-09-08 Thread Keith Whaley
Mishka wrote: > > this thread is so depressing... seems like the only reason everyone is using > pentax gear is because that's what they used when they were kids. Not quite so, Mess'r! I started out with a Retina folder (a Ia?) and took some awesome photos/scenics I find very difficult to dupl