$9 canucks each, add $2 to mount, thats what the rate
is here
--- Caveman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I
just did it, and now I have some hot
potatoes on my hands. I.e.
several rolls of 120 film chromes (noticed how quiet
I was today?).
Here's the question: what is supposed to be a
On 7 Jun 2003 at 20:55, Alan Chan wrote:
The inner barrels feel like those metal stepping rings or the filter
threads on the front of the lenses. Are they steel?
PS: This is a real question btw. :-)
In every case I have encountered they have been fabricated using aluminium
alloys. In
some reviews of the scanner - haven't used it myself
http://www.epinions.com/HP_PhotoSmart_S20_Photo_Scanner_C5101A_ABB__Scanners_C5101A_ABB/display_~reviews
Christian Skofteland wrote:
Chris;
I have the SCSI version of the scanner in question. It works great, but
care is needed to avoid
About two years ago I got a brand new P30T from a dealer in LA. He had put
one on eBay and I emailed asking if he had any more. He had and I paid about
$120 I think. Its a fine camera and with a good lens I cannot see how other
cameras can 'run rings' around it? Perhaps you'd be able to find a new
Caveman,
My lab charges $5.50 US and doesn't mount them.
Bruce
Saturday, June 7, 2003, 10:10:01 PM, you wrote:
C Well, I just did it, and now I have some hot potatoes on my hands. I.e.
C several rolls of 120 film chromes (noticed how quiet I was today?).
C Here's the question: what is
Hello Folks,
I am an enthusist photographer, not a professional, but I take a lot of
pictures. Landscapes, autos, and lots of close up to macro stuff, like
flowers, knives, and bits of machinery.
I prefer inanimate objects, but have taken good pictures of people if
they forget I'm there and I
I've been having trouble focussing on specimens at high magnification (800X
to 1500X) and the only way I can do it is by focussing the microscope and
correcting for the difference (2,5 um) before taking the picture - this is a
bore and does not always work. There are very expensive solutions to
[ ] Keep buying used MXs ?
If money is no concern.
[ ] Buy a used LX?
Don't if you think you will save some service bills. Quite possible your
possible future LXs would cost more than the MXs to maintain. Also, you can
buy a bunch of trashed MXs for parts, but can't do the same for LXs.
Or
- Original Message -
From: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: *ist D revisited
I'm sure that if PDML had been around in 1980 some would have complained
that LX didn't have full compatibility with screw mount lenses. Some would
protested loadly that they couldn't use the original
- Original Message -
From: Peter Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: *ist D revisited
Thanks for saying that Mark, I wish that I could actuate that clearly
under pressure.
And so do I. That's exactly what I think...
Regars
Artur
I love these 'take this simple test' posts ;-)
So what do _you_ think?
[ ] Keep buying used MXs ?
[ ] Buy a used LX?
Or do I move on to an AF body? And if I go AF, which MZ?
[ ] An MZ-3 (black)?
[ ] An MZ-S?
Or,
[ X] Move to digital (either now, C*n*n with RAW output, or wait for
I can vouch for the 28/1.9, it`s splendid.
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
- Original Message -
From: Wayne Willis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 8:48 PM
Subject: Vivitar series 1 28mm 1.9 VS Pentax SMC K 28mm 3.5 VS Pentax SMC
28mm M
I used an aluminium alloy called 'Dural' for making parts for high vacuum
equipment. It was very hard and could be machined to a mirror-like finish.
Do you know what alloy it was?
By the way, I was always under the impression that to get a decent analysis
of metals one needed to use a crystal
Hi, Thomas,
All things being equal (which they never are g), since you do a lot of
low light photography without flash, I think the LX would be better suited
for your needs.
Of course, you have to factor in price, and reliability. I've been happy
with my MX on both grounds. I've not had a
HAR! I think I've read that one before, or something very similar. I
just don't know which one I am. I ~do~ know which ones I am not,
howver!!!
cheers,
frank
Caveman wrote:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/7.htm
cheers,
caveman
--
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible
Mark wrote:
REPLY:
A Pentax service boss told me that the new FA-J lenses used
a new protocol with a motor to stop down the aperture.
I got to play with an FAJ 18-35 last weekend. Uses the same mechanical
stop-down mechanism as earlier lenses.
Arrgg! Never trust pentax
Peter wrote:
Since the 645 67 lenses on K mount cameras use stop down metering as compatible
as they ever were.
But that is not something you want to do as the MF lenses generally aren't as good as
the K-mount lenses.
Pål
Steve wrote:
I second that. I was really looking forward to that camera, now I am not.
I don`t think Pentax gives a rats ass about what we think here on the
list.
Perhaps thats exactly what they did: they do give a rats ass. If they have been
following this list, they cannot come to other
Alan wrote:
I honestly don't think their products would be more attractive to the general public
by removing the aperture coupling ring. Perhaps the FAJ lenses might attract some
buyers who don't want to mess with the aperture ring. But not the aperture coupling
ring.
REPLY:
Yes, it wouild be
Artur wrote:
In other words, Pentax sells its stuff to the long time Pentax users mostly.
Do you think it's good? Don't you think things should change? Do you think
the current policy is the right way to such changes?
REPLY:
No they don't. They mostly sell to first time buyers who buys an entry
Boz wrote:
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?
REPLY:
This
I've dealt with designing and fabricating parts out of aluminum for most
of my professional life, and in the past 25+ years for aero- and outer
space programs and let me tell you, there are aluminum alloys available
that can match the strength and come close to the thermal expansion of
good steel.
Hey, now, not true.
360 flash, the ZX-L, ZX-50, ZX-M, and two FA lenses purchased by this household
in the last few years. All new. Folks here like K/M lenses because
of optics and _build_ quality. I imagine people in other systems often
prefer older lenses for the exact same reasons. It's not
Ok, I'll bite. I wish I were an Artist. I'm clearly not good enough,
but I do already dress funny:
http://www.nrg666.com/pdml/portraits/pages/FrankTheriault.htm
And, I'm a terrible self promoter, so other than PUG, no one sees my
work.
I'd like to think I'm an Amateur, and maybe not a bad one
Lon wrote:
Hey, now, not true.
360 flash, the ZX-L, ZX-50, ZX-M, and two FA lenses purchased by this household
in the last few years. All new. Folks here like K/M lenses because
of optics and _build_ quality. I imagine people in other systems often
prefer older lenses for the exact same
Snapshooter here. I don't care about original vision, highly creative,
evocative, etc. The charm of photography for me is very simple: capturing
moments and memories. Once in a while (about once a roll), I get a shot
I like. That's enough to keep me going.
frank theriault wrote:
Ok, I'll
On June 8, 2003 01:10 am, Caveman wrote:
Well, I just did it, and now I have some hot potatoes on my hands. I.e.
several rolls of 120 film chromes (noticed how quiet I was today?).
Here's the question: what is supposed to be a decent price for having
these processed (E-6) ?
Last I
On 03.6.8 1:51 AM, Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alan, you gave me an opportunity to look into the construction of the metal
barrel lenses ! :-).
Don't blame me if you broke your lenses. :-)
I would not touch my Limiteds, but I was looking at M40/2.8 as an ideal
candidate.
No, no,
On 03.6.8 1:55 AM, Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's what happened when you are sleepy. You said something you shouldn't
have said. Now we know Takeshita didn't make the number up himself. :-)
If you made that number up, then you are very good. 7075-T6 is the most
widely used alloy
On 03.6.8 7:11 AM, Thomas Stach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dr E D F Williams schrieb:
Surely EDX would be enough? You'd need to prepare a sample of the metal to
do a quantitative analysis? We'd only need to know the elemental
constituents, not the exact proportions, to settle this nonsense
I just bought a new used track bike frame, my first aluminium frame. It's the
stiffest freaking frame I've ever ridden. When I stand up, there is ~no~ flex
in the bottom bracket area at all. Not compared to what I've been used to in
riding steel all my life.
This has nothing to do with
Taking the advice given by Alan I've looked at a few MXs on eBay. I need to
buy within Europe to save the terrible nuisance of the drive, and the
wrangling with the customs people in the city. I see two MXs, but the text
is in German. My German is not really good enough - would someone please
take
On 03.6.8 8:38 AM, Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Snapshooter here. I don't care about original vision, highly creative,
evocative, etc. The charm of photography for me is very simple: capturing
moments and memories. Once in a while (about once a roll), I get a shot
I like.
On 03.6.8 8:42 AM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
even though he doesn't know how to spell it vbg.
When I was in the islands in the orient once upon a time, I always spelled
aluminium. Since I came to this continent, I see aluminum everywhere. So,
I began to use aluminum to avoid
I have an idea. Could Pentax also make a limited D***ist compatible with K
and M Lenses and charge the end users an exhorbitant amount to use our K and M
lenses. Would it be worth $1500-$1,000 to have access to K-M lenses?
Vic
Aluminium is the correct spelling in the UK and most other places. In the US
they tend to use aluminum. Its interesting that one person observed that
this was a misspelling.
Don
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On 03.6.8 8:42 AM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
even though he doesn't know how to spell it vbg.
When I was in the islands in the orient once upon a time, I always spelled
aluminium. Since I came to this continent, I see aluminum everywhere. So,
I began to use aluminum to avoid
BTW, I have bought new Pentax items in my life, and I`ve also supported
their parts department, and their service department, not to mention the
Pentax cheerleading I`ve done to camera shops, friends and family.
But I digress, the rats ass feeling is mutual with the direction Pentax is
going.
KT Takeshita wrote:
On 03.6.8 8:42 AM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
even though he doesn't know how to spell it vbg.
[...]
Is aluminum some kind of American spelling, or aluminum and aluminium
indicates any subtle difference, or no distinction at all?
Both the same
One of my own rules was dumping a message I kept sending because I thought
it hadn't got to the list server. The subject contained the word 'needed'
and that did it. One of my rules had 'need' (a bigger P***s, Viagra,
b*b, and so on).
What a bloody nuisance.
I apologise,
Don
___
I was being tongue-in-cheek. vbg I'm aware that the US (and no other places
that I'm aware of) drop the last i. Part of the American rationalization of
the language, I guess. Like center instead of centre, etc.
I just like to get my digs in... vbg
cheers,
frank
Dr E D F Williams wrote:
Shift over to a used LX. Get a PZ-1 for back-up.
The LX will be a nice transition from the MX, but 3.5X more expensive.
It's what the Pentax glass needs. ;-)
Pick-up an old PZ-1 (or PZ-1p). They are cheaper than the LX and have
excellent features. You will want to try autofocus eventually.
Well, in Canada (being a Canadian and all), I've always seen it as
aluminium. It may be changing, as we are constantly being inundated with US
culture and customs. But when I was a kid at least we spelled it the British
way, and pronounced it the American way (if that makes sense) g
-frank
Pål, you and the Pentax staff better ask themselves:
1.) If people stick to 20+ year old gear and even buy so much of
Pentax's old gear, what qualities does this old gear offer that the new
gear does not offer?
- IMO the old gear offers better build quality and better value for
money than the
On 8 Jun 2003 at 14:07, Pål Jensen wrote:
REPLY:
No they don't. They mostly sell to first time buyers who buys an entry level slr
bundled with a couple of zoom lenses. And so does Canon. About 85% of their
customers. This people don't give a damned about compatibility and this explains
why
On 8 Jun 2003 at 3:25, P Temmerman wrote:
If you want Pentax to listen, then do something that directly effects their
bottom line - like buying something from them that is currently in production.
Alan (and others making a fuss including myself) have bought new and expensive
Pentax kit
On 8 Jun 2003 at 5:20, Keith Whaley wrote:
No reason to expect that the camera industry wouldn't have just much
interest in making parts of the best aluminum alloys, with properties
chosen to do the job.
Which is not to say that there aren't some parts from manufacturers who
don't care about
There was a clear glass with crosshairs screen for the MX intended for just
such use. Maybe one could be fitted to your ME Super.
Ciao,
Graywolf
http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
- Original Message -
From: Dr E D F Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, June
Do you have any details? I've been searching but have come up with nothing
so far.
Don
___
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http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams
Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery
Updated: March 30, 2002
- Original Message -
From: T Rittenhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Anthony Farr wrote:
Like I keep saying, if there is a fair way to compare digital to film then
it can only be by putting the best possible print of each side by side. Why
prints? Simple, because that's the one medium where both technologies can
show their best. Any other medium gives an
frank theriault wrote:
WHAT ARE YOU? Be honest, and give reasons.
A little bit of everything, except those parts about selling results.
Fair enough ?
cheers,
caveman
Thanks, Cesar,
Confirms what I (and most who know me) have known for a while: I am going
nuts! vbg
cheers,
frank
Cesar Matamoros II wrote:
-- -Original Message-
-- From: Cesar Matamoros II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 8:29 PM
--
-- Frank,
--
--
Humm?
Been a long time since I did machine code programing. But since the firmware
for the camera is undoubtedly in CMOS or EEPROM these days. It would just be
a case of copying it out. Mucking around until you found the proper place in
the code, inserting a call to your code (tacked on to
Aw, c'mon, Tom,
I took it for the grain of salt that it's worth. None the less, I thought it
was a fun read.
Besides, I really don't think one can lump PDML in with other (seemingly)
similar lists. If there's one thing this place has, it's diversity...
cheers,
frank
T Rittenhouse wrote:
Very cool, Dave,
You're right about blues (and my favourite, jazz). It's just gotta be bw, the
grainier the
better.
I took a bunch of shots at a friend's show, a year or so ago. They were in the
process of
putting together a CD. Never came out. They did buy an 8x10 glossy from me for dirt
Why Whitworth? Why not Metric, considering where you are?
Ciao,
Graywolf
http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
- Original Message -
From: Dr E D F Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 6:33 AM
Subject: Help needed ... again.
I need a couple of
Thomas,
Short reply to a long question:
Either get the MZ-S
or
Go digital. For that, you might as well wait just a bit longer to see
if the *ist D is going to do the job for you or not. You mentioned
you like small cameras and the digitals are not that small. So the
*ist D might be up your
(re-posted as I forgot the subject line)
I love these 'take this simple test' posts ;-)
So what do _you_ think?
[ ] Keep buying used MXs ?
[ ] Buy a used LX?
Or do I move on to an AF body? And if I go AF, which MZ?
[ ] An MZ-3 (black)?
[ ] An MZ-S?
Or,
[ X] Move to digital
Reminds me of watching a guy at work replacing in turn each JP command
in a game with a NOP to get around the reg code check. Took hardly any
time and it was boringly sinple...
On Sunday, June 8, 2003, at 09:13 AM, T Rittenhouse wrote:
Mucking around until you found the proper place in
the
The new FAJ of objectives and the missing compatibility show new a thinking
direction of Pentax.
1. So far the design objective was to reach as much compatibility as
technically possible But now is the goal: as few compatibility as still
straight necessarily.
2. Change in the camera operation,
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/7.htm
WHAT ARE YOU? Be honest, and give reasons.
Level 5: Amateur and proud of it.
Why? I earn less than 50% of my income from photography (in fact, less
than .5% :-) and I almost always shoot Canon, sorry C* SLR (but not
always: some Pentax ) and so fulfill
Yes, Pal, we know, you don't think much of the people on the list.
The fact of the matter, in my case, is that Pentaxes are the only cameras I
ever bought new. But, that just points up the fact that your opinions are
just your opinions however much you think you know.
Ciao,
Graywolf
Thanks for the replies all, I'm surprised you all weren't too tired to
respond after reading that. :-)
But I'm shocked at the diversity of responses! :-o Who would have
thought that there would be so many different opinions here at PDML!!
:-)
And I wonder if older bro is lurking around here
Hey Cotty,
You're funny! :-)
- THaller
P.S. I mean funny - haha, not funny - strange...
Because of the drab weather in the UK, they have to introduce more
letters to
make their language more coulorful.
Boy, you're gonna hear some 'coulorful' language in a minute Bob!
Cheers,
Cotty
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British: Aluminium
American: Aluminum
French Canadian: Theet stuff
Sorry, Frank, I couldn't resist. Glad to hear you got the bike back on the
road.
Ciao,
Graywolf
http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
- Original Message -
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
assuming you can get access to the documentation on the processor's instruction set,
registers, and the control registers of the various parts of the camera. if you don't
have that, it would take a lot more 15 minutes.
Herb...
- Original Message -
From: T Rittenhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Any body in BC [Victoria is the retail location] ever dealt with this store?
Any reason not to?
Thanks
Nick
you assume you can recognize a Jump instruction.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: Thomas Haller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 12:33
Subject: Re: Pentax k-mount
Reminds me of watching a guy at work replacing in turn each JP command
in a game
Interesting thing is my dictionary has: aluminium. Brit. see aluminum.
Ciao,
Graywolf
http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
- Original Message -
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I was being tongue-in-cheek. vbg I'm aware that the US (and no other
places
that I'm aware of)
T Rittenhouse wrote:
French Canadian: Theet stuff
It's aluminium or familiar contraction alu.
cheers,
caveman
And nickel/cobalt alloys are magnetic. Or maybe you are saying Pentax uses
high chromium steel for their lens barrel?
Ciao,
Graywolf
http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
- Original Message -
From: Bruce Rubenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003
Somebody posted a comment in my LiveJournal saying that this:
http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/df200306/df20030604.jpg
needs to be a photorealistic poster, so folks can buy it and
tape it to the inside top shelf of friends' fridges. I figured
getting the perspective exactly right to make a
The digicams should definitely have one each, and be permanently
connected to the net via sattelite link. Then Good Things (TM) could
happen, like the manufacturer uploading to it new versions of firmware
each time one is available, the FBI could look through your viewfinder
to see if you're
I said nothing about their lens barrels (try reading the words in front
of you), which are aluminum alloy. I said something can be steel (as in
stainless) and not have a magnet stick to it. A magnet is not a
definitive test for all steels.
BR
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And nickel/cobalt alloys
No, Don, I can not remember the designation for that screen (might have been
SC), sorry. I looked through my stuff. I have an MX service manual
(downloaded from Mark Roberts site), but not a users manual. Strangely the
service manual does not even show the standard screen.
Ciao,
Graywolf
Hi Pål,
Many stick to the equipment of the era from when they got into photography.
For me this would be the M, A and F bodies and lenses. However, today
my favourites are K-series, LX, F/FA*, Limiteds. I do not seem to be in
accordance with the many - but heavily influenced by the PDML
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- Original Message -
From: Thomas Haller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 8:54 AM
- Original Message -
From: Caveman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Then I will submit that the best quality print you can get with film
is actually a slide.
cheers,
caveman
Very well then, if you want to make a comparison that calls for film to be
viewed as a projected slide, make the best
Herb Chong commented:
you assume you can recognize a Jump instruction.
And that there are any bytes left over in the address space
to stick the new code into. (Of the two, recognizing the
JMP instructions is the more easily solvable. How many
different embedded controllers are in common use
First of all - sorry for my previous empty reply :-)
[ ] Keep buying used MXs ?
Yes.
[ ] Buy a used LX?
No.
Or do I move on to an AF body? And if I go AF, which MZ?
[ ] An MZ-3 (black)?
No.
[ ] An MZ-S?
Yes.
[ ] Move to digital (wait for
the mythical Pentax D)?
Maybe
The Caveman predicted:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
available addresses to the point that not only could every
PC in the world have its own permanent address, but every
future toasternet-enabled appliance in every home could have its
own address. (At least until people started putting chips
Oh, sorry, from the subject line I thought we were talking about lens
barrels. Next time I read one of your posts, I will be sure to put on my
swami hat.
Ciao,
Graywolf
http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
- Original Message -
From: Bruce Rubenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL
15 minutes work like originally asserted? they make enough cameras to make custom
microcontrollers.
Herb
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 14:20
Subject: Re: Pentax k-mount
Herb Chong commented:
you
well, I'm selling it myself - or hoping too.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=14895item=3227182035
sorry I haven't been contributing more to the
chatter lately guys, I've really trying to keep
nose to grindstone and feeling very pressured - I
just skim the posts.
This
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Because of the drab weather in the UK, they have to introduce more
letters to make their language more coulorful.
Boy, you're gonna hear some 'coulorful' language in a minute Bob!
Cotty,
My spell checker only speaks 'Merikan. I knew there was a U in colourful
Anthony Farr wrote:
My point about using prints as the means of comparison is that it requires
neither capture medium to be converted to the other as part of the process,
and very fine prints can be made from either by their own native workflow
methods.
And on what magic digital media do you
Well, it's Pentax's corporate decision, but it sounds like a step back in
customer service. While living in Toronto, I really enjoyed being able to
pop over to Pentax to get my camera or lenses serviced, and get them back
the same week. As well, you could get the most obscure acccessories, and
Don,
You are looking for an SD-11 screen for the LX (gray box) or
an SD screen for the MX (black box). The LX screens are here...
http://www.euronet.nl/~pimr/lxfsmain.html
and here...
http://www.euronet.nl/~pimr/fs_descr.html
The MX screens are labeled similarly, but no numbers.
There
I have the equivalent for the LX . Just took it out and replaced it with the
grid screen...(I have grid on every camera I own accept one PZ1...
The cross hairs screen is made for microphotography...
Vic
Arnold Stark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
An aperture simluator may be expensive, but how can 5 lines of
software to enable metering with stopped down k-mount lenses be expensive.
If the aperture simulator can be put on a competitively priced $200.00
camera like a ZX-7, its cost is trivial in the
Thanks to everybody who answered my message about my old P30 camera. Im new
in the forum, and I like it a lot. Some of you recommended me to get a
manual old Pentax Super Program (Super A here in Europe). Is the Super
better enough to get it even having the P30? I like manual SLR, so I would
go
It turns out that front lens tube on my just repaired FA645 33-55 zoom is not straight
but points slightly to the left. The lens was impact damaged and repaired at the price
of $750. Every lens tube seem to be replaced. In addition, the lens makes a noise and
you can feel a vibration at the
Alexander wrote:
- Original Message -
This is not so. The LX had a worse compatibility than
the *ist and *istD. The LX was introduced just 4 or 5
years after introduction of the K-mount, so it eas
incompatible with any lens older than 5 years. By
contrast, the the *ist and *istD are
While you guys are having fun with it... let me add that dropping
backward compatibility in K-mount à la Nikon means that from this moment
on, Pentax will be competing with C/N/M based on strictly their FA lens
lineup quality, features, pricing and completeness.
For new buyers (which
Rüdiger Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
my problem is not the one K-lens I have.
I envy you.
I have a K 15mm f/3.5
It would have been a useful - no, essential - lens for me on a DSLR.
:(
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
Rüdiger wrote:
Hallo
my problem is not the one K-lens I have. But I like to use the aperture ring
like on the MZ-S, but that is not possible on the *ist, *istD and I fear on
all coming *ists.
Isn't it possible to use the aperture ring on the *ist D? That really sucks!
I like to use power
Happy Weekend!
For what it's worth, here are my Pentax Used bookmarks. I had to take
the stupid IE bookmark file home and use my Mac Safari browser to get
them out.
Note: Some of the big players might be missing since they were already
in my regular Pentax folder, but I do see all my
From Pal
Hallo
my problem is not the one K-lens I have. But I like to use the aperture
ring
like on the MZ-S, but that is not possible on the *ist, *istD and I fear
on
all coming *ists.
Isn't it possible to use the aperture ring on the *ist D? That really
sucks!
I like to use power zoom on
Pål Jensen wrote:
While you guys are having fun with it... let me add that dropping
backward compatibility in K-mount à la Nikon means that from this moment
on, Pentax will be competing with C/N/M based on strictly their FA lens
lineup quality, features, pricing and completeness.
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