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
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
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
It seems that many replies dissapear in email limbo.
Is it just me? or something is wrong with the list server.
Jeff.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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-
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
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]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
>
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
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
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
--
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
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-
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...
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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)
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/
___
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
"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
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
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!
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
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
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.
>
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
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