> -Original Message-
> From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> i was out shooting today with a guy from Kodak and he said
> that the 14n's noise level is too high for landscape and
> nature photographers that need extra long shutter speeds.
> much below 1/4s and the noise becomes n
> What did I break today?
An assistant's toe when you dropped a light on it?
-- Glenn
What did I break today?
tv
We're living interesting times. PJ and amateur's interests have started
to diverge, so the traditional Nikon scheme doesn't work anymore. It
will be fun to watch their attempts to getting out of this situation.
cheers,
caveman
KT Takeshita wrote:
This has been true and one of the reasons why Nik
Alan Chan wrote:
This is sad indeed. I found out last week. The office will be closed on
16th this month.
A sign of their ever expanding popularity and market share ? Or did you
p**s them off that badly that they've decided to escape from there and
get out of your reach ? ;-) (BTW; after 16th, t
At 8x10 I can very easily tell the shots from my Oly Mju II (35/2.8
prime lens) from those taken with my Pentax K-mount lenses. Except those
taken with my former A 28-80 zoom.
At 4x6 it depends a lot of the lab, but for films of same brand and ISO
processed by a decent lab the same day, you can
Thanks everyone. I have found the problem. I didn't choose "Document and
Comments". Silly me.
regards,
Alan Chan
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Wrong again. The equalizer is the quality of 4x6 prints one gets from the lab. You wouldn't tell the difference between leica and a single use camera (except maybe for distortion). Why on earth someone would want to use an expensive lense if they never see the results? Even for 8x10 prints any dece
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From: "Caveman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> KT Takeshita wrote:
> > BTW, Matsushita (Panasonic folks) have developed 8mp full frame CCD with
> > 8fps (this is the published fact). People are speculating who this CCD
is
> > for.
> > Can't be Canon who already has 11mp full
The Gold is so shiny it hurts my eyes.
regards,
Alan Chan
What about the LX? The LX titanium and the LX 2000? Or the most wonderful
Pentax of all: the LX Gold?
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This is sad indeed. I found out last week. The office will be closed on 16th
this month.
regards,
Alan Chan
Vancouver is a city of 1.5 million people. And this is the only Pentax
repair station west of Toronto, over 3,000 miles away. They plan on
operating in Canada out of Toronto only. Thi
KT Takeshita wrote:
BTW, Matsushita (Panasonic folks) have developed 8mp full frame CCD with
8fps (this is the published fact). People are speculating who this CCD is
for.
Can't be Canon who already has 11mp full frame CMOS.
Why not. I know someone on this list that would love the idea of a full
Oh... the Japanese font pack could be downloaded from Adobe web site.
regards,
Alan Chan
Mine says I should download and install some Japanese Language Support
Pack.
My version of acrobat reader 4.0 sees this file as being corrupted after
download.
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From: "Caveman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > What about the LX?
>
> It is THE CAMERA.
Yes it is
Christian
Christian Skofteland wrote:
What about the LX?
It is THE CAMERA.
The LX titanium and the LX 2000? Or the most wonderful
Pentax of all: the LX Gold?
Epigones. And the LX Gold is too showy. Like a pimp camera or something.
cheers,
bad taste caveman
On 03.6.6 11:44 PM, "Caveman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> get it fast and in digital format please, and quality
> doesn't matter that much any more
This has been true and one of the reasons why Nikon cannot get out of its
APS size CCD dilemma. Many are predicting that their DSLR won't (and can't
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From: "Caveman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> According to my cave taste, the last nicely looking cameras were the MX
> and ME Super, and the last decent ones were the SuperProgram &
> ProgramPlus. After that we got only what my bad taste would qualify a
Mine says I should download and install some Japanese Language Support Pack.
Peter Alling wrote:
My version of acrobat reader 4.0 sees this file as being corrupted after
download.
At 08:39 PM 6/6/03 -0700, you wrote:
Okay guys, this is a 1/2 OT question. I have tried to print this file
http://ww
Cameron Hood wrote:
(not to mention the fact that their new
cameras are supremely ugly, MZ-S excluded).
According to my cave taste, the last nicely looking cameras were the MX
and ME Super, and the last decent ones were the SuperProgram &
ProgramPlus. After that we got only what my bad taste wou
My version of acrobat reader 4.0 sees this file as being corrupted after
download.
At 08:39 PM 6/6/03 -0700, you wrote:
Okay guys, this is a 1/2 OT question. I have tried to print this file
http://www3.telus.net/wlachan/PL41410_new.pdf but the red colours texts
are missing no matter how I printed
Yes, and the great equalizer is His Majesty The El Cheapo 28-80 Zoom.
Greatly helped by AF technology limits combined with poor viewfinders.
cheers,
caveman
Mike Ignatiev wrote:
Woa! Hold it man!
It's the other way around: most good P&S would let you shoot pics as good as any SLR.
Around $50 for M 135/3.5. I had mine for $35 (off ebay) like new, together with case
(it's not like new anymore :)
Good travel lens: very small, very light, integrated (although short) hood.
Mishka
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: "Cheap" 135mm lens?
>
> Any thoughts on how much a decent (cl
Vancouver is a city of 1.5 million people. And this is the only
Pentax repair station west of Toronto, over 3,000 miles away. They plan
on operating in Canada out of Toronto only. This can not be a good
thing, and cannot be a sign of a healthy company.
BTW, Pentax has been here since th
Brendan wrote:
BLEH, I'd put my yashica mat up against and 35mm
camera for print quality, who needs AF, auto modes,
Matrix metering or batteries.
Who needs prints, we all look at images on our computer and TV screens.
cheers,
caveman
KT Takeshita wrote:
Most of the "modern photography" argument is concentrated on AF performance
It was, some 2 years ago. Now it's about megapixels.
The funny part of the story is that AF marketing was largely using the
PJs as "models" of photographers worth following. Which was quite
adequate,
Woa! Hold it man!
It's the other way around: most good P&S would let you shoot pics as good as any SLR.
And the last crop of midrange SLRs (Maxxum 7, F100, MZ-S) are fantastic cameras in
every respect.
Mishka
> It's not only the small film format. It's also that
> the quality of 35mm SLRs (and
> I just enjoy the compatibility of Pentax cameras and lenses.
> Crossing my fingers on the *ist-D,
...and my fingers are getting cramps from waiting and waiting and...
Fred
Okay guys, this is a 1/2 OT question. I have tried to print this file
http://www3.telus.net/wlachan/PL41410_new.pdf but the red colours texts are
missing no matter how I printed them. I have never experienced problem like
this. I don't think it is a hardware problem. Anyone know why?
Btw, pls d
> Whoops, sorry, i mean the M 135mm f/3.5. I'm looking to buy
> something that'll take decent pictures while keeping my bank
> account intact.
The K 135/3.5 is an excellent lens, from personal experience. The M
135/3.5 (a different design) also receives favorable comments (I
believe - but no pers
>
> On 03.6.6 5:29 PM, "Caveman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I submit we should do a survey and see why the current PDMLers are
> > sticking here. I suspect that a large percentage is still with pentax
> > because they still enjoy the manual focus era cameras and lenses.
>
I'm a manual
BLEH, I'd put my yashica mat up against and 35mm
camera for print quality, who needs AF, auto modes,
Matrix metering or batteries.
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As some of you know I could not attend this year's Nature Photography
Weekend at GFMtn since I am responsible for the finish line photography for
a triathlon I help put on.
My backup photographer - who is a lurker and a Pentax user - was out of
town, my secondary had photography commitments elsewh
On 03.6.6 5:29 PM, "Caveman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I submit we should do a survey and see why the current PDMLers are
> sticking here. I suspect that a large percentage is still with pentax
> because they still enjoy the manual focus era cameras and lenses.
I do not necessarily think so.
You might just get him fired this weekend. :-)
regards,
Alan Chan
i was out shooting today with a guy from Kodak and he said that the 14n's
noise level is too high for landscape and nature photographers that need
extra long shutter speeds. much below 1/4s and the noise becomes noticeably
worse
And your reason to trash it? :-)
regards,
Alan Chan
This is really sad. Maxxum 7 is a fantastic piece of engineering with
nothing coming even close in that price range. I know, I used to have one.
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I believe rebuilting a LX would still cost much less than a LX2000 which was
designed to soak up money. :-)
regards,
Alan Chan
Well, if you guys want a new one so bad, why didn't you buy that LX2000
from
Peter?
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On 03.6.6 6:09 PM, "Bruce Rubenstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's the Pentax PUB.
If you knew that, what's the purpose of your coming in with dirty mouth?
You just do not make sense at all on everything.
Only reason you are here is because people here tolerate what you could not
do in the N
Mike Ignatiev wrote:
manuals are definitely the last thing anyone gives sh*t about.
Unless it's about field technician manuals.
cheers,
caveman
Wrong, bucko...
I care about manuals. If I don't get a manual from the camera builder, I
find someone who wants to make a buck and I buy HIS manual! All the same
by me...
I do the same for everything I own. I've bought more manuals than I ever
thought I'd ever do, but these days the folks who make
I actually think that it was Minolta. They introduced their AF cameras,
without aperture rings before Canon.
BR
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We should all be blaming Canon for starting the trend of no aperture
ring. If they weren't so wildly successful, Nikon and Pentax wouldn't
be following along
Whoops, sorry, i mean the M 135mm f/3.5. I'm looking to buy something
that'll take decent pictures while keeping my bank account intact.
On Friday, Jun 6, 2003, at 18:29 US/Pacific, Fred wrote:
Any thoughts on how much a decent (clean glass, some exterior
wear) SMC-M 135mm lens should be worth?
So what about the feature set of the new bodies?
So few of us buy new anyway ...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2933394539&category=4688
manuals are definitely the last thing anyone gives sh*t about. people don't pay money
for manuals, they pay for features.
mishka
> Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 14:18:24 -0400
> From: Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: *ist D revisited
>
> Did *you* do the technical writing, or just watched
>
This is really sad. Maxxum 7 is a fantastic piece of engineering with nothing coming
even close in that price range. I know, I used to have one.
Mishka
> Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:37:19 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Peter Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Question on Pentax Lineup
>
> I also heard
On 7 Jun 2003 at 11:40, Rob Studdert wrote:
It's getting worse :-(
should read:
"The option of a suitable K-mount DIGITAL body is where they are likely to
loose me as a customer and unfortunately I can justify running two independent
35mm SLR mounts."
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +6
Since the majority of the SLR users are Canon users, especially the
REBEL crowd, they don't even know what an aperture ring is. So why
would Pentax want to go to additional cost to confuse them?
We should all be blaming Canon for starting the trend of no aperture
ring. If they weren't so wildly
Hi Bojidar,
on 05 Jun 03 you wrote in pentax.list:
>> Another question remaining open: does the LCD operate when taking
>> pictures or only in playback-mode?
>Surely you can only see the image AFTER taking it. Before that the
>sensor sees no light at all.
What about mirror lock-up or a partly
It's the Pentax PUB. A significant number of people here no longer use
Pentax 35mm gear as their primary system any more. An even bigger number
wouldn't buy a new Pentax regardless of what technology it had. So it
must be what's on draft.
BR
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I submit we should do a su
Depends. What is the actual frame size?
Bill
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From: "Caveman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 4:03 PM
Subject: Friday trivia
> A 45 min IMAX film is 70mm wide and three miles long. What height would
> have a stack of CDs that
I suspect there will be none. At least for the reason that you'd want
the K-series lens to be put back in production again, which won't happen
either. So enjoy yours while it works, and after that display it in
your room, as the symbol of an era that will never return, wipe a tear
in the co
Caveman schrieb:
>
> There's this great little camera called an LX, that makes any aperture
> calibration issue completely irrelevant. I shot for 1 week a lens
> with faulty aperture, and I couldn't notice it, the exposure was right
> on spot.
And again, there's waiting.
Waiting for a succe
I submit we should do a survey and see why the current PDMLers are sticking
here. I suspect that a large percentage is still with pentax because they
still enjoy the manual focus era cameras and lenses. The AF action is on
the Canon list for a long time now.
I am keeping my MX in good working or
There's this great little camera called an LX, that makes any aperture
calibration issue completely irrelevant. I shot for 1 week a lens
with faulty aperture, and I couldn't notice it, the exposure was right
on spot.
Alan Chan wrote:
I don't think it will work. The reason is that the diaphr
I feel the same. There is no doubt Canon has a much better designed and
integrated system, and I mean SYSTEM.
regards,
Alan Chan
I think you can remove Nikon from that equation. There are just as many
unknowns as to where they're going as there are with Pentax. That's why
a lot of people from bot
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From: "Alan Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Re: *ist D revisited
> To most people outside the Pentax circle, Pentax has been out of the game
> for a long time.
In other words, Pentax sells its stuff to the long time Pentax users mostly.
Do you think it's good?
Simple. We are being treated like mushrooms
by Pentax (kept in the dark and fed on bull shit).
Last time the program I watched, they said they used horse shit. :-)
regards,
Alan Chan
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I don't think it will work. The reason is that the diaphragm actuators of
pre-A lenses are not linear. Even if you can fool the camera with an 'A'
setting, the actual stopped down aperture during exposure would not be
accurate.
regards,
Alan Chan
... about drilling a hole on the mount of your K
I submit we should do a survey and see why the current PDMLers are
sticking here. I suspect that a large percentage is still with pentax
because they still enjoy the manual focus era cameras and lenses. The AF
action is on the Canon list for a long time now.
cheers,
caveman
Alan Chan wrote:
Yes
U, but what about some mehanical patch to K-mount lenses?
I think it is simple, IF you REALLY want it.
Gasha
Christian Skofteland wrote:
A few things regarding the "not so good news":
- In aperture priority mode, with a K-mount lens not in "A" position,
the camera chooses the shutter speed
Then they could start to distribute regional models with different flag
patterns on the roof... sorry... I mean the flash...
regards,
Alan Chan
Yes, that would be great. BRG with tan leather. And, don't forget the
wirewheels with knockoff hubs.
Like some Pentax lens manual said certain lenses were ok with built-in
flash, some not. :-)
regards,
Alan Chan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In general, design and tech pubs (folks who write the manuals) are part of
a technical organization. They have nothing to do with PR. The designers
and writer
Bojidar Dimitrov wrote:
I have wondered the same thing too... They do have the optical
formulas, so why don't they rerelease them with new
mechanics/electronics?
Because they don't have a reasonable market for those. I suspect that
99% of the lenses they sell now are of the 28-80/4-5.6 categor
If I already had been a member of this list at that time, had I been
told to wait? ;-)
Don't be fooled by all the complaints here. We are the most patient people
on this planet. We keep waiting...
regards,
Alan Chan
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Yes, but I don't think many people from outside the Pentax fans camp are
willing to wait if they need to make the choice now.
To most people outside the Pentax circle, Pentax has been out of the game
for a long time.
regards,
Alan Chan
I think we said the same thing when the MZ-S was released. :-( But then
again, perhaps they still have too many lens stocks due to low demand over
the years, they won't do USM/IS until the current inventory started to dry
up.
regards,
Alan Chan
We don't know yet if this lens mount really is "
I was a bit unclear. I meant that the lens mount in the body might support
IS/VR and USM in the lenses and it might be too much to have support for
mechanical aperture too.
I see. :-) But that raise another question. To implement IS, Pentax might
run into a design limitation if they don't aban
Leonard Paris wrote:
If you were actually concerned with image quality, you wouldn't want to
make any adjustments inside the camera. You'd want raw image output so
that you could make the adjustments yourself.
I submit they should include Photoshop in the camera firmware, and mouse
and monitor
Hi Anthony,
> New sales opportunity for Pentax - remake the K/M classics in FA
> or FAJ mount. Can't use your M85/1.8 on your new *ist? Can we
> interest you in a brand new FAJ85/1.8? >;-)
I have wondered the same thing too... They do have the optical
formulas, so why don't they rerelease the
Hi Roland,
> I remember that we had a discussion a while back about an aperture
> motor inside the FAJ lenses since Pentax seems to have changed the
> electrical protocol for the aperture, I don't think that we came
> to an absolute conclusion.
I have missed this discussion, but I can assure you t
Hi Roland,
> Yes, Pentax has promised three filmbased cameras in the complete *ist
> lineup. And so far we have only seen one. But I doubt that the user
> interface and styling of the 5n will be repeated.
Please remind me, when and where did they give this promise?
Thank you,
Boz
Hi Roland,
> We don't know yet if this lens mount really is "crap". It might
> have support for IS and USM. It's too early to tell. *If* it has
> support for USM and IS, then I doubt that Pentax is going to tell
> anyone before they have released IS and USM lenses. Simply because
> if they tell it
Hi Heiko,
> What did they say?
Probably that they need to make everything cheaper than Canon, otherwise
it does not sell.
> Another question remaining open: does the LCD operate when taking
> pictures or only in playback-mode?
Surely you can only see the image AFTER taking it. Before that the
A 45 min IMAX film is 70mm wide and three miles long. What height would
have a stack of CDs that would store a digital version of it, scanned at
just 4000 dpi.
cheers,
caveman
<>
Tom. You old romantic.
Cheers
Peter
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Nick Zentena wrote:
Has
Pentax ever made a lens with lower resolution then any current digital
sensor can handle? The worst Pentax lens ever made likely exceeds the best
current digital sensor.
Don't underestimate digital. It's still in its infancy stage. In 5 years
we'll laugh at the curren
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I raced an off-road racer in the 1990s - you wanna see a money pit?
>Campaign one of those for a couple of years! Buying DSLRs is peanuts.
>With the money spent over 5 years of building and racing, I could have
>bought half a dozen 1Ds's. Hey, photography is CHEAP
KT Takeshita wrote:
On reflective models, there are CCD like
element or millions of tiny mirrors etc to create images which will then be
projected (reflected) by a strong light source.
IIRC Texas Instruments was into that. You're speaking 6 figures prices.
1. Caveman said he used a Canon LV-7350 m
The features that I have been able to find out about for the *ist D seem to
be a pretty good set to me. The main feature I like is the ability to use
all of my Pentax glass, which won't fit on my Canon digital at all.
Len
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From: "Dr E D F Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTE
Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Mark, wow great sky!
>I was about to say I wish I'd been there but that wind... um.. well.. maybe
>I'll just look at the picture some more :)
On Friday night the wind was (mostly) just inconvenient: I couldn't use
anything longer than 70mm because my ligh
Who uses a Mac and a USB CF card reader. One that they're happy with, of
course. I"m in the market, and prefer to not believe all the hype.
keith
Christian Skofteland wrote:
>
> On Friday 06 June 2003 14:20, Bruce Dayton wrote:
> > Cotty,
> >
> > I agree. I don't even consider using the camera
If you were actually concerned with image quality, you wouldn't want to make
any adjustments inside the camera. You'd want raw image output so that you
could make the adjustments yourself.
Len
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From: "Alan Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
I thoguht a small Ginetta was a gin/rocks, with a twist!
keith
Cotty wrote:
>
> >what I don't understand (not from you, Don, but from other posts) is that
> >everyone is ready to run out and buy a 10D because the *ist-D is not
> >compatible with K and M lenses. Well guess what? Neither are the
LMAO
--- collinb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see the
lenses are on the US site.
> Interestingly, all (as far as I have looked) "smc"
> is all lower case now.
> Must be inferior to old SMC lenses. ;(
>
> Collin
>
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Soft focus 85 and shift 28 and all the mirror lenses of course as far as I
can remember without actually looking them up, (of course all the mirror
lenses always work at maximum aperture).
At 10:22 AM 6/6/03 +0200, you wrote:
From: Arnold Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: *ist D revisited
D
I've just started sorting through my slides from last weekend at
Grandfather Mountain (and I just found one more roll that I have to get
processed tomorrow), but this one kinda stood out. It's from friday
night when I was camping out on Attic Window Peak. MZ-S, SMC-A 20/2.8,
Kodak E100SW, 2-stop ND
Well those type utilities come with Unix systems so there is no need for
something like that.
Ciao,
Graywolf
http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
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From: "Keith Whaley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: Its
Oh thank you! I thought I'd had too much Glen Garioch!
keith
Rob Studdert wrote:
>
> That should read:
>
> "Obviously though the majority of the lumimance component is derived from the
> green channel given that there are 2 pixels for every one of red and blue."
>
> Rob Studdert
> HURSTVILLE
I see the lenses are on the US site.
Interestingly, all (as far as I have looked) "smc" is all lower case now.
Must be inferior to old SMC lenses. ;(
Collin
Nick Zentena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On June 5, 2003 07:53 pm, Bruce Rubenstein wrote:
>> Of course you didn't. That's why you didn't understand that the
>> Valentin's original post was a "spoof" test. Projecting images with a
>> high resolution projector, then a low resolution projector and t
Those guys are the BIG boys from all over Canada and
the States, and Medium format only or larger, no dinky
35mm amateurs there.
--- Nick Zentena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> CityTV showed one of it's "Naked in the House"
> episodes this week. It's an
> invitation only competition. The
I need to go for one of those walks. Been a long time. However, it would
take all summer to get back in shape to do it.
Enjoy yourself, Bob.
Ciao,
Graywolf
http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
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From: "Bob Walkden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: T
CityTV showed one of it's "Naked in the House" episodes this week. It's an
invitation only competition. The photographer gets 30 minutes with a naked
model and one roll of film. I've yet to see a Nikon or a Canon. I've seen
Pentax,Mamiya,Hasselblad, lots of Texas Leicas, something that
Those are beauties, Cotty! What a well-done task!
keith
Cotty wrote:
>
> ...and this time I was ready and waiting for him...
>
> http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/photoessays/owl.html
>
> Cheers,
> Cotty
That first shot is super.
Ciao,
Graywolf
http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
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From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 6:07 PM
Subject: OT: He came back...
> ...and this time I was ready and waiting for
Awww, I thought that might be really something, but it's all Windows. Sighhh.
keith
Mark Roberts wrote:
>
> Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Sam Spade is a very good site. Thanks, Mark.
> >I've put it in my easily reached place of honor, in the menu bar!
>
> Samspade.org rocks! Try
Along those lines I know that a number of people have
had their AIS Nikon lenses converted to a "P" type
with a computer chip added/new F mount. This will give
the old AIS lens all the capabilities (like matrix
metering) of a P type but with no Af obviously & can
be used with cameras like the N80.
Lower case smc already with us even before the pentax-M series were
introduced.
First lowercase SMC in 1976 ? ( smc PENTAX 1:2 55mm)
George
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From: "collinb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 3:26 AM
Subject: smc P FA-J
> I see th
If only it was that easy.
You could fool the camera by turning a K mount into a pseudo KA mount, and
it would appear to work, inasmuch as it would go through the motions.
The fly in your ointment is that between the K/M mount and the KA mount,
Pentax changed the stopdown lever from a non-linear a
Bruce, have you ever worked as a technical writer or are you making this
up from your a** ?
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In general, design and tech pubs (folks who write the manuals) are part of a technical organization. They have nothing to do with PR. The designers and writers start their work fro
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