Re: Pentax's future

2003-06-11 Thread Dario Bonazza 2
Next June 22nd we'll have a production *ist D to try at Pentax Day, so at the end I'll get an idea of how it works. Dario Bonazza www.aohc.it - Original Message - From: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 9:08 PM Subject: Re: Pentax's future

Re: Pentax's future

2003-06-11 Thread Caveman
I'd call it the Pentax D Day. Dario Bonazza 2 wrote: Next June 22nd we'll have a production *ist D to try at Pentax Day, so at the end I'll get an idea of how it works. Dario Bonazza www.aohc.it

Re: OT:Twelve Hours in Paris

2003-06-11 Thread jcoyle
Paul - I love the portfolio in toto! You have truly managed to capture the essence of the city in such a short time there. makes me yearn for another trip there - I've been about twenty times and still find new stuff to see! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From:

Re: virus

2003-06-11 Thread jcoyle
I would guess they're using some sort of address-generating program. I got two, one through pentax-discuss and one direct to my email account. Norton's torpedoed them both! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: F and FG off flash connection

2003-06-11 Thread Leon Altoff
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:14:58 -0500, Chee Seang Ong wrote: Hi List, Is there a difference between connecting an off flash using F and FG hotshoes? Anyone has an extra set of F/FG hotshoes with cable wanna sell off? Thanks! The F allows you to stack F connectors or place a flash on the top

Re[2]: F and FG off flash connection

2003-06-11 Thread Alin Flaider
Does anyone knows if there is a third party dummy shoe adaptor just with the tripod mount? I don't need the cord connection of the shoe adaptor F - I just use the 360FGZ wireless and I'm not willing to pay the already inflated price of the F shoe adaptor. Thanks. Servus,

Re: Purchasing Film for Holiday in the UK

2003-06-11 Thread whickersworld
Paul Stenquist wrote: What I'm saying is leave the film in the lead bag and let them run it through the machine. When they can't see through the lead, they'll hand check it. Works every time for me. Four times at Heathrow in the last two months. Well done Paul. I wish we all had the same

Re: Uppsala Sweden anyone ?

2003-06-11 Thread Petter Jarbo
I'm not from Uppsala myself, but I have a sister and several dedicated Pentaxian friends there. Petter - Original Message - From: Caveman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 5:39 am Subject: Uppsala Sweden anyone ? Hello, Any Pentaxian in Uppsala ? cheers, caveman

Re: virus

2003-06-11 Thread Steve Desjardins
Me too. The pertinent info is: FROM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO: [No To Addresses] Subject: Your Amazon.com order (#103-5647566-7192624) Attachment Name: preussen.gif.exe No mention of Pentax for me. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540)

Re: virus

2003-06-11 Thread Nick Zentena
On June 11, 2003 08:03 am, Steve Desjardins wrote: Me too. The pertinent info is: FROM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO: [No To Addresses] Subject: Your Amazon.com order (#103-5647566-7192624) Attachment Name: preussen.gif.exe No mention of Pentax for me. Without full headers it doesn't

Re: virus

2003-06-11 Thread brooksdj
I received one from amason in my canoemail account.Its gone:) Dave What the hell's up with this. Caveman got one, I did, you did. Is this coming into everyone's mailbox? Someone's screwing with us! -frank tom wrote: My anti-virus software just intercepted a virus purporting to be

Re: PDML atlanta

2003-06-11 Thread Evan Hanson
I'm still up for it. Evan From: jerome Evan, Doug, Cory Cesar (?!) g, I'm guessing it's about that time. Last we spoke, the concensus was that we'd possibly meet on saturday in June, possibly at the botanical gardern. Are we still on? I haven't shot in a while, and it'll give me a

the onslaught continues, et. al.

2003-06-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I keep a fairly keen eye on prices, as do many others here. Looking @ http://www.mpex.com, RB67 prices have been dropping. Pentax is down a little from a year ago, but not much. It's unique enough to hold its value. Good for the retailer and the company -- it's a product that's not in a

Re: Oh, Well

2003-06-11 Thread Cotty
Welcome back Doug. Glad you returned okay. I would dearly love to make the trip you have, and I will one week in the not too distant future. I don't have any direct liason to events of those years during WWII, but having read Robert Capa and seen the pics, I feel a need to go and see for myself.

Re: Purchasing Film for Holiday in the UK

2003-06-11 Thread Cotty
To the original poster (also Paul), I would recommend that you don't use 7dayshop.com and instead use a UK supplier such as Mailshots or Mathers - 7dayshop.com is in Guernsey, Channel Islands, which is not part of the UK, and they have a reputation for very variable delivery times, although they

Re: Some new GFM photos

2003-06-11 Thread Cotty
The first shot is the summit shot of myself Jerome and Cesar on McRae Peak from last year's Camera Clinic Weekend in August http://www.robertstech.com/temp/ That, my friend is what you call holding on for dear life. I was terrified and don't even know how I managed to smile. I think it was

Re: Purchasing Film for Holiday in the UK

2003-06-11 Thread Cotty
This is risky. There is no legal right to hand checking of film in the UK. What I'm saying is leave the film in the lead bag and let them run it through the machine. When they can't see through the lead, they'll hand check it. Works every time for me. Four times at Heathrow in the last two

Re: Re[2]: F and FG off flash connection

2003-06-11 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Alin Flaider Subject: Re[2]: F and FG off flash connection Does anyone knows if there is a third party dummy shoe adaptor just with the tripod mount? I don't need the cord connection of the shoe adaptor F - I just use the 360FGZ wireless and I'm

Re: PDML atlanta

2003-06-11 Thread jerome
I'm still up for it. Sounds like we're talking the 14th or the 21st (this or next saturday). I'm game for a weekday also, but I think I remember at least one of you having a job or something silly like that g. If either saturday is good for you two (Doug Evan), then I suppose we'll let Cory

Re: Purchasing Film for Holiday in the UK

2003-06-11 Thread Joe Wilensky
I've heard that in many cases, if they see a lead-lined bag, they just turn up the power of the (new and more powerful) x-ray scanner to see through it, which then subjects the film to more radiation than it would have seen if it had gone through without a bag. Is this true? Joe This is

Re: Pentax proudly presents a new lens mount, the KAF3

2003-06-11 Thread Pål Jensen
Peter wrote: If it doesn't sell for a fairytail amount then who'll buy it? I don't think it is intended to sell. I don't think anyone are into DSLR to make money in the short term. They release the *ist D to signalize that they are determined to still be a contender in slr's that take 35mm

Re: remote control question

2003-06-11 Thread Caveman
P30t. Cheap too. The cable release socket is similar to the old mechanical one. Mike Ignatiev wrote: does anyone here know what manual focus pentax cameras can be triggered electronically. i know lx winder has electrical release socket. anything less expensive? best, mishka

Re: Exposure

2003-06-11 Thread Pål Jensen
Caveman wrote: He stated that he can do it with 100% success with real scenes (not gray cards). Unfortunately he hasn't yet defined yet what he understands by perfect exposure of a real scene, so there's no sane way of arguing with him. I've done it about ten times but you don't get it.

Re: Exposure

2003-06-11 Thread Pål Jensen
Mike wrote: roll to roll film variances are nonsystematic and cannot be dealt with, but i doubt it's as bad as 1/3 stop. even then, one can get a bulk roll and calibrate for it. Pro film is calibrated with 1/6 stop. Thats a words case scenario. It is usually far better. Amateur film

Re: Pentax proudly presents a new lens mount, the KAF3

2003-06-11 Thread Caveman
Pål Jensen wrote: I don't think it is intended to sell. I don't think anyone are into DSLR to make money in the short term. ROFL. Then it must be a world-wide conspiracy to kill film. They will be giving away digicams until they see Kodak and Fuji crumbling. Oh, wait a minute, they are also

Re: Pentax proudly presents a new lens mount, the KAF3

2003-06-11 Thread Pål Jensen
Anthony wrote: Perhaps YOU don't think a Pentax is worth $US1,600, that's your privelege. I don't think Pentax need customers unwilling to pay for it. Pål

Re: Virus in PDML?

2003-06-11 Thread Pål Jensen
I've just received a virus in the attachment to the message sent from the (fake?) address [EMAIL PROTECTED] The virus is in preussen.gif.exe file from your Email address via PDML. This message came directly (not via PDML). I suspect somebody here in PDML got a virus on his PC... Huh? I've

Re: OT: www.islandblue.com in BC? Any body dealt with them?

2003-06-11 Thread fastpat
Hi, Nick! Are you located in Victoria? As for Island Blue, I had some 11x14s and a 16x20 mounted and laminated there. When I brought them in, the person at the counter had me sign a release In case of dust. We can't guarantee there's no dust. Hmm. When I picked them up, the 16x20 had a lump

Re: Virus in PDML?

2003-06-11 Thread Pål Jensen
I'm right now downloading a new version of my anti virus program. I'll let you know if I'm the guilty one. - Original Message - From: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 6:11 PM Subject: Re: Virus in PDML? I've just received a virus

Re: OT:My CD cover

2003-06-11 Thread fastpat
Well done, Dave! Pat White

Re: Exposure

2003-06-11 Thread Caveman
Pål Jensen wrote: Caveman wrote: He stated that he can do it with 100% success with real scenes (not gray cards). Unfortunately he hasn't yet defined yet what he understands by perfect exposure of a real scene, so there's no sane way of arguing with him. I've done it about ten times but

Re[2]: Exposure

2003-06-11 Thread Alin Flaider
Don't know if the bulk Provia 100F that BH is selling is pro grade, however I'm amazed by the level of consistency I kept getting for the last 3 years with this film, despite using different developing kits. The greens, the reds, the grays always turn the same shades when exposure is

Re: Rather more than the usual replacement roll...

2003-06-11 Thread T Rittenhouse
What legal agreement? A disclaimer is not a legal agreement unless it is signed by the person who it affects. To make that kind of thing clear, say you have an open abandoned well in your front yard. So you put up a sign, Not responsible for anyone falling in the well. Do you think you would be

Re: Purchasing Film for Holiday in the UK

2003-06-11 Thread Camdir
My puerile side often considered some extremely high lead content paint (can't buy it any more can we?) marking out an interesting message on the inside of your hardshell hand baggageanswers on a postcard please Kind regards Peter

` Re: Purchasing Film for Holiday in the UK

2003-06-11 Thread Butch Black
Joe Wilensky wrote: I've heard that in many cases, if they see a lead-lined bag, they just turn up the power of the (new and more powerful) x-ray scanner to see through it, which then subjects the film to more radiation than it would have seen if it had gone through without a bag. Is this

Re: Rather more than the usual replacement roll...

2003-06-11 Thread Blivit4
The settlement took place in the UK, not the US. Your legal ignorance is now big enough to span oceans. BR T Rittenhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would probably rule __ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network.

Re: Virus in PDML?

2003-06-11 Thread Alin Flaider
It's the BugBear. It uses the address books of infected computers to harvest email addresses that's used both for sender and recipient. Using addresses for sender different than the one of the infected account is intended to increase the confusion and reduce the chances to trace the

Re: Rather more than the usual replacement roll...

2003-06-11 Thread Caveman
T Rittenhouse wrote: What legal agreement? A disclaimer is not a legal agreement unless it is signed by the person who it affects. To make that kind of thing clear, say you have an open abandoned well in your front yard. So you put up a sign, Not responsible for anyone falling in the well. Do you

Re: Favourite Body and Lens

2003-06-11 Thread Ryan Charron
Hello to All, Favourite Body is definitely the mighty MZ-S with the battery holder/grip. One of the best modern cameras ever made IMHO. Favourite Lens would have to be the 77mm 1.8 limited with my FA 20mm f2.8 and FA 35mm f2 a close second and third place. Favorite Zoom / Non-Pentax lens: Tokina

Re: Purchasing Film for Holiday in the UK

2003-06-11 Thread Camdir
I've heard that in many cases, if they see a lead-lined bag, they just turn up the power of the (new and more powerful) x-ray scanner to see through it, which then subjects the film to more radiation than it would have seen if it had gone through without a bag. Is this true? Joe, I

Re: Pentax proudly presents a new lens mount, the KAF3

2003-06-11 Thread Peter Alling
It doesn't matter what I think it's worth, (if it had a Canon or Nikon name plate on it they could probably sell a lessor Camera for a higher price), Pentax is introducing a product that will compete on price, not on installed base on some perceived value but on price it has to cheep since

Re: Purchasing Film for Holiday in the UK

2003-06-11 Thread Caveman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My puerile side often considered some extremely high lead content paint (can't buy it any more can we?) marking out an interesting message on the inside of your hardshell hand baggage You may always scissor the letters from a film lead bag and glue them there. But

Re: Pentax proudly presents a new lens mount, the KAF3

2003-06-11 Thread Peter Alling
I think we disposed of the expense issue quite some time ago. We also disposed of the reason why backward compatibility is important as well, see any of Mark Roberts excellent posts in this and other *ist-D related threads. To respond to your supposed point. They better sell all of the

Re: Rather more than the usual replacement roll...

2003-06-11 Thread Peter Alling
Two reasons, well three really, Countries claim Sovereign immunity, (one of the bad precedents set forth by the United States Constitution was to give the Government of a Republic the same immunity claimed by a King, a right claimed by all Republics now, but I digress), and you're not allowed to

Re: Paradigm change of Pentax and the consequences (long)

2003-06-11 Thread Joseph Tainter
I've been told that Pentax have no plans of removing the aperture ring from the more expensive lenses. As usual, I might have been told bullshit... Pål If I recall correctly, photos I have seen of the FAJ 18-35 show both a distance scale and aperture ring, unlike other FAJ lenses. So perhaps

Re: Exposure

2003-06-11 Thread Pål Jensen
Alin wrote: Don't know if the bulk Provia 100F that BH is selling is pro grade, however I'm amazed by the level of consistency I kept getting for the last 3 years with this film, despite using different developing kits. The greens, the reds, the grays always turn the same shades

Re: Pentax proudly presents a new lens mount, the KAF3

2003-06-11 Thread Pål Jensen
Peter wrote: Pentax is introducing a product that will compete on price, not on installed base on some perceived value but on price it has to cheep since it's not likely to be special. Yep. And that probably explains why the can't afford an expensive lens mount and a more expensive

Re: Exposure

2003-06-11 Thread Pål Jensen
If you still don't see why this ain't a decent definition, then let me give you a cave example. What you don't get that this is not about definition of expousre but getting the exposure you want with precision and consistency. It is about photography. I assign part of the scene to the

Re: OT:Twelve Hours in Paris

2003-06-11 Thread U+B Scheffler
I think there is yet another thing Paul teaches us: One camera with one (prime) lens can be enough to get impressive photos. I admit I often forget that fact. Regards, Bernd ---original message-- Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 17:54:25 -0400 From:

Re: Pentax proudly presents a new lens mount, the KAF3

2003-06-11 Thread Pål Jensen
Peter wrote: You are mixing two contradictory arguments in your post: 1.) Pentax doesn't care how many of these bastard things they market so why make them compatible. That was not what I said. Or meant to say. Making them comoatible don't make any difference for sales exept making the

Re: Exposure

2003-06-11 Thread Caveman
Pål Jensen wrote: If you still don't see why this ain't a decent definition, then let me give you a cave example. What you don't get that this is not about definition of expousre but getting the exposure you want with precision and consistency. It is about photography. I assign part of the

Re: Pentax proudly presents a new lens mount, the KAF3

2003-06-11 Thread alexanderkrohe
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 19:18:33 -0600 From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: alexanderkrohe Subject: Re: Pentax proudly presents a new lens mount, the KAF3 BTW A system which *really* changed the mount twice was Mamiya (their 35mm

Re: Pentax proudly presents a new lens mount, the KAF3

2003-06-11 Thread gfen
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, [iso-8859-1] Pål Jensen wrote: Yep. And that probably explains why the can't afford an expensive lens mount and a more expensive metering system. I totally ignore all the threads about this, so I have no idea of someone threw this out yet..but is it possible there's to be

Re: Pentax proudly presents a new lens mount, the KAF3

2003-06-11 Thread Caveman
Pål Jensen wrote: There simply aren't that many K and M lenses in use. On what data do you base your statement ? cheers, caveman

Re: Pentax proudly presents a new lens mount, the KAF3

2003-06-11 Thread Caveman
I think that the *ist is a good indication of the market they're after. And this is a good hint for answering your question. gfen wrote: I totally ignore all the threads about this, so I have no idea of someone threw this out yet..but is it possible there's to be four 35mm style cameras in the

Re: remote control question

2003-06-11 Thread Rfsindg
The Super Program/Super A will do it. I expect the Program Plus/Program A does it too. The A3000 might, but I've never tried it. Basically, you need an electric shutter release. Do you want me to try it on an ME Super tonight? Regards, Bob S. does anyone here know what manual focus pentax

RE: Re[2]: Exposure

2003-06-11 Thread J. C. O'Connell
the problem is that he is making these claims on cameras using TTL metering (open aperture) that assume the selected f-stop and shutter speed combination is not only perfect, but also that changing the speed and aperture settings to what is theoretically the equivalent exposure is also perfect

Re: Pentax proudly presents a new lens mount, the KAF3

2003-06-11 Thread Peter Alling
No one make a DSLR for the old lenses because they made the old lenses obsolete when auto focus was introduced. (Except for Nikon and Pentax). There are more K/M mount lenses in use than you give credit for after all Pentax still supports them, sort of. At 07:52 PM 6/11/03 +0200, you wrote:

Re: Virus in PDML?

2003-06-11 Thread Peter Alling
Outhouse express will open it for you at it's default installation settings, unless Microsoft has changed things. At 11:47 AM 6/11/03 -0700, you wrote: No, you have to open the .exe program that came with the mail message, in order to unleash the virus. However, that's what they are counting on,

Re: Rather more than the usual replacement roll...

2003-06-11 Thread T Rittenhouse
I apologize to the list for this post it should have been sent privately, or not at all. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: T Rittenhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 3:35 PM Subject: Re: Rather more

Re: Virus in PDML?

2003-06-11 Thread Keith Whaley
Wholly Mackerel! I didn't know that! One more reason to NOT go with Outhouse Express... as tho' I need any more... keith whaley Peter Alling wrote: Outhouse express will open it for you at it's default installation settings, unless Microsoft has changed things. At 11:47 AM 6/11/03 -0700,

Re: Exposure

2003-06-11 Thread Caveman
The problem is that he's claiming he gets a Something that he's not defining what it is. I may claim that I can get the trusty exposure anytime all day long 100% accurate. Can you argue with that without me defining what a trusty exposure would be ? And of course, I may also claim that it's

Re: K on *ist D compatible without metering?

2003-06-11 Thread Lon Williamson
There's an ugly way around if Pentax does not change the firmware. I've got a set of extension tubes from Pentax that does NOT couple aperature. The smallest one is about 8 or 9mm of extension. These older tubes are better built than the Pentax auto tubes. Who the hell focuses at infinity

Re: P30 vs. Super program (Super A)?

2003-06-11 Thread Lon Williamson
Exposure compensation detents are full stops. Pentax lied about synch speed. It's 1/90th. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. Got two SuperPrograms. -Lon Alan Chan wrote: 15 - 1/2000 shutter speeds, synch is at 1/90 (although specified as 1/125) ??? Exposure compensation +/- 2 EV,

Re: virus

2003-06-11 Thread frank theriault
We don't joke about ~real~ viruses around these parts anymore! vbg ciao, frank (from the SARS capital of the Western World) ps: Toronto, with it's huge inferiority complex, has yearned to be a world class city for decades - well, we're finally known around the world for ~something~!! vbg

Re: virus

2003-06-11 Thread frank theriault
I'm a sympatico subscriber, too. I wondered the same thing about my 'puter. I didn't open the attachment, though. Hope I'm ok! cheers, frank T Rittenhouse wrote: Says something for Norton. Another poster said his McAfee didn't catch it, and my AVG didn't catch it. However, I never open an

Re: K on *ist D compatible without metering?

2003-06-11 Thread Lon Williamson
Ahhh The K-1000 DOF trick. Just don't drop the lens.. Arnold Stark wrote: Well, with K- and M-lenses you can have all apertures with the *ist D in manual mode, but you won't be able to have the camera meter in manual mode with these lenses. Taking out the aperture lever would indeed

Optio S flash

2003-06-11 Thread Bill Owens
Apparently the Optio S uses a flash system similar to the MZ-S. In normal flash mode there are 2 quick flashed and in red eye reduction there are three. Has Pentax been able to get a flash sensor inside something this small? Bill

Re: Masahi Pentax ...

2003-06-11 Thread frank theriault
It's actually French: M'Asahi, or my Asahi. Okay, that's a bad one... One of my favourite eBay mis-spellings (other than Cannon, Pantax, Pentex, etc) is Yashika - especially, it seems, from Germany (I guess they like k's g). cheers, frank Joe Wilensky wrote: I never thought to bookmark

Re: OT:Twelve Hours in Paris

2003-06-11 Thread frank theriault
I wish I ~had~ some shots from Paris... vbg -frank Mike Ignatiev wrote: I wish my shots from Paris were half as good. Mishka From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT:Twelve Hours in Paris On a recent business trip to Paris I decided to stay over one day and shoot some

Re: Virus in PDML?

2003-06-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Alin Flaider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's the BugBear. It uses the address books of infected computers to harvest email addresses that's used both for sender and recipient. It doesn't use just the address book. It also scans your web browser's cache and looks for mailto links on the HTML

Re: Various and sundry

2003-06-11 Thread Lon Williamson
We cannot afford to let Cotty into the states. Folks might start thinking 1776 was a mistake. -Lon Cotty wrote: Hi Troops... [snip] Gee, remember when it was okay on the list to enjoy using your Pentax gear? I know it's not the popular view, but I like my Pentax stuff. I don't spend my

OT: Seamless Paper or Muslin?

2003-06-11 Thread David Chang-Sang
Hi everyone, I'm curious, for those who use backgrounds, which do they prefer and why; seamless paper or muslin? I've been considering purchasing a background for myself for portrait and full body work but now I have a suspicion that seamless paper may be more convenient and, in the long run,

Re: Virus in PDML?

2003-06-11 Thread frank theriault
Okay, then, Alin, Since so many have reported that the apparent originating address seems to be sympatico.ca, and both Caveman and me have Sympatico addresses (maybe others, I can't remember), is it possible that one of us passed on the virus? When I received the offending e-mail, the forwarding

Re: virus

2003-06-11 Thread Bill Owens
Frank wrote... ps: Toronto, with it's huge inferiority complex, has yearned to be a world class city for decades - well, we're finally known around the world for ~something~!! vbg Well, Charlotte has a superiority complex in that it thinks it's better and bigger than it really is :-) Bill

Re: Pentax's future (was: *ist D revisited)

2003-06-11 Thread Lon Williamson
And I choose tripod before USM. I never did figure out how this is supposed to be so wonderful. The bigger the lens, the harder to handhold. Jeeze, just how long do you want to hold even a 300mm lens waiting for the moment? In fact, most of my tripod shots are pre-framed, pre-focused, and I sit

RE: virus

2003-06-11 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: T Rittenhouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Says something for Norton. Another poster said his McAfee didn't catch it, and my AVG didn't catch it. However, I never open an unsolicited .exe file. Yeah, Norton caught it for me. tv

Re: Exposure

2003-06-11 Thread T Rittenhouse
You have to do the calibrating. For instance my old Graphex shutter on the Press Camera is consistent to within 1/6 stop (checking 10-12 times for each speed) but is quite a bit off the marked speeds, a modern electrically timed shutter should be much more consistant. My incident meter reads to

Re: Purchasing Film for Holiday in the UK

2003-06-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
Cotty wrote: If you have a lead-lined bag, this is absolutely the way to do it. You backpack (or whatever) goes through the machine, they frown, it gets pulled aside, opened, out comes the bag, gets opened, out come the film cans - but do they get put through again? Never in my experience.

RE: Exposure

2003-06-11 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Seemed to me that he was implying that he has the ability to expose every frame he shoots within 1/3 stop of a TECHNICALLY perfect exposure with a TLL meter reading. He has no clue that his camera/lenses are not that accurate or consistent across all the settings. JCO -Original Message-

Re: Virus in PDML?

2003-06-11 Thread T Rittenhouse
Luckily it was in an attachment. I do hate they way MickyShit won't let me delete an e-mail before I open it. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: Peter Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Outhouse express will open it for you at it's default

Re: Purchasing Film for Holiday in the UK

2003-06-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
Joe Wilensky wrote: I've heard that in many cases, if they see a lead-lined bag, they just turn up the power of the (new and more powerful) x-ray scanner to see through it, which then subjects the film to more radiation than it would have seen if it had gone through without a bag. Is this

Pentax K1000 FS

2003-06-11 Thread Scott Krahn
Pentax K1000 with 300mm zoom lens, wide angle lens, flash, timer, 2 rolls of film, 2X extender and everything else seen in the picture. Email me if you need more details about any of the parts. This completely manual camera is in good condition and hasn't gotten much use.

Re: OT:Twelve Hours in Paris

2003-06-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thank you. Mike Ignatiev wrote: I wish my shots from Paris were half as good. Mishka From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT:Twelve Hours in Paris On a recent business trip to Paris I decided to stay over one day and shoot some film.

Re: Purchasing Film for Holiday in the UK

2003-06-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
Good lead bags are impenetrable by any amount of x-ray. Paul mike wilson wrote: Hi, Joe Wilensky wrote: I've heard that in many cases, if they see a lead-lined bag, they just turn up the power of the (new and more powerful) x-ray scanner to see through it, which then subjects the

Re: Pentax's future (was: *ist D revisited)

2003-06-11 Thread Herb Chong
that works well if your subject isn't moving rapidly from place to place. for certain types of subjects, you have to wait a lot longer to get the shot you need if you insist on using a tripod. i'm not saying it can't be done as obviously people have done it. Herb... - Original Message

RE: Exposure

2003-06-11 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Your mentioning large format shutters/apertures. Those are not the same as 35mm shutters. For example, on a large format shutter you could easily SCRIBE a new aperture scale at the correct points, the 35mm SLR lenses arent built that way. They cant be rescribed because the meter requires a

Re: Pentax proudly presents a new lens mount, the KAF3

2003-06-11 Thread Lon Williamson
I guess what I want to know about the two FAJ sigma killers in the works is: are they _better_ than Sigma lenses? Arnold Stark wrote: Alexander, When I invested into new and old Pentax equipment I did so because of the compatibilty of the k-mount. Suddenly this compatibilty is reduced for

RE: OT:Twelve Hours in Paris

2003-06-11 Thread tom
I have some shots from Paris Las Vegas...it's not quite the same thing though... tv -Original Message- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I wish I ~had~ some shots from Paris... vbg -frank Mike Ignatiev wrote: I wish my shots from Paris were half as good.

RE: Pentax's future (was: *ist D revisited)

2003-06-11 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Lon Williamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] And I choose tripod before USM. I never did figure out how this is supposed to be so wonderful. The bigger the lens, the harder to handhold. Jeeze, just how long do you want to hold even a 300mm lens waiting for

Re: OT:Twelve Hours in Paris

2003-06-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
As do I. Fortunately, I don't own many Leica lenses, and I didn't have much room in my luggage. g Paul U+B Scheffler wrote: I think there is yet another thing Paul teaches us: One camera with one (prime) lens can be enough to get impressive photos. I admit I often forget that fact. Regards,

Re: To Pentax in Japan (does anybody have their email address?)

2003-06-11 Thread Lon Williamson
Mr. Robb, I hope someone at Pentax Japan is reading this recent spate of posts by you. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Pål Jensen Subject: Re: To Pentax in Japan (does anybody have their email address?) Mark wrote: Backwards compatibility isn't just about being able to

Re: Velbon PH-273QL Ball head

2003-06-11 Thread whickersworld
Pål Jensen wrote: John said that the PH-273 could not hold a Hasselblad with a 150mm lens. However, my PH-273QL with the 645NII and the heavy 120/4 Macro is rock steady. My guess is that the PH-273 offer less optimal coupling between head and body as it doesn't have quick release plates, only cork

Re: Various and sundry

2003-06-11 Thread Cotty
We cannot afford to let Cotty into the states. Folks might start thinking 1776 was a mistake Trying to figure out whether that's a compliment or an insult... I'll have another drink instead. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Airports Again

2003-06-11 Thread Joseph Tainter
I've heard that in many cases, if they see a lead-lined bag, they just turn up the power of the (new and more powerful) x-ray scanner to see through it, which then subjects the film to more radiation than it would have seen if it had gone through without a bag. Is this true? Joe, I have no

Re: Various and sundry

2003-06-11 Thread frank theriault
Hey, Cotty, Screw the Yanks. C'mon to Canada for a visit. I wanna see you, Caveman and Wheatfield sitting at the same table!! vbg cheers, frank Cotty wrote: We cannot afford to let Cotty into the states. Folks might start thinking 1776 was a mistake Trying to figure out whether that's a

Re: Exposure

2003-06-11 Thread Caveman
J. C. O'Connell wrote: Seemed to me that he was implying that he has the ability to expose every frame he shoots within 1/3 stop of a TECHNICALLY perfect exposure with a TLL meter reading. If it's about the technical definition. There's a way to prove such claim. Hello, Paal ! Here is what you

Re: Favourite Lens

2003-06-11 Thread Lon Williamson
Any pentax 50mm and the K135f2.5, and I have _no_ idea why. zoomshot wrote: Ok, we haven't had a survey for a long time so, which one is it and why?

Re: Favourite Body

2003-06-11 Thread Lon Williamson
Still a working KX, but over the last 6 months I have begun to appreciate the MXen. Lukasz Kacperczyk wrote: FM3a - perfect for my 105/2.5 And already we have a controversial answer :-) Lukasz === www.fotopolis.pl [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: virus

2003-06-11 Thread Peter Alling
As Mark Twain is reputed to have said about being ridden out of town on a rail, if not for the singular honor I would rather forgo the experience. At 05:23 PM 6/11/03 -0400, you wrote: We don't joke about ~real~ viruses around these parts anymore! vbg ciao, frank (from the SARS capital of the

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