Re: recent treasure found at Sal Army - 2 items on ebay 4 u??

2003-08-03 Thread Ann Sanfedele
William Robb wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Ann Sanfedele" > Subject: recent treasure found at Sal Army - 2 items on ebay 4 u?? > > . > > > > One problem is getting used to the way one needs > > to change lenses and set ASA - > > I still sometimes find myself making sure the lens i

Re: recent treasure found at Sal Army - 2 items on ebay 4 u??

2003-08-03 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Bruce Rubenstein wrote: > http://www.cameraquest.com/nkmatftn.htm > http://www.nikonlinks.com/ > > All you'll need to know. > > Welcome to the Dark Side. > > BR lol! Thanks, Bruce! ann > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Told a few of you about my treasure privately - > > but going public now

Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-03 Thread frank theriault
I retract the previous post - well I know I can't retract it, but I'm sorry I sent it. I'm going to apologize to Bob off list now. I'm having a bad weekend, and I'm taking it out on the list, especially Bob. It ain't right... Sorry. -frank frank theriault wrote: > Hey, Bob, > > Don't twist m

Re: ? on A35-105, 3.5

2003-08-03 Thread Pentxuser
No problem Bill... In a message dated 8/3/03 8:49:53 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Vic, > > > > After you ensure your own purchase, please let us know what place is > > >selling these nice new lenses . . . a few of us would be VERY interested > > >in the possibilities. > > > >IL Bill > > > >[EM

Re: recent treasure found at Sal Army - 2 items on ebay 4 u??

2003-08-03 Thread frank theriault
I didn't spell-check, but 't'wouldn't have made any difference: "they're lovely cameras" is what it should be. I hate that. -frank frank theriault wrote: > Wow, > > Excellent score, Ann. I'd love an old Nikkormat. Their lovely > cameras. Congrats on your new baby! > -- "The optimist th

Re: recent treasure found at Sal Army - 2 items on ebay 4 u??

2003-08-03 Thread frank theriault
Wow, Excellent score, Ann. I'd love an old Nikkormat. Their lovely cameras. Congrats on your new baby! cheers, frank Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Told a few of you about my treasure privately - > but going public now with my dirty little secret.. > > BOught a Tamrac gear bag for $29.99 - it had

Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-03 Thread frank theriault
Hey, Bob, Don't twist my words. I didn't suggest any such thing. Do you drive a car? If you do, you put a hell of a lot more crap in the air than I do, and quite frankly, are in no position to say much to me on the issue of the environment. Until you ditch the car and use bicycles, walking and

Re: Letter From Scotland - (Final) Day 7

2003-08-03 Thread Cotty
>> I can't believe that your blushing new bride is allowing you to write >> these on your honeymoon. > >it's cheaper than chloroform... ...and more effective... Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps __

Re: Letter From Scotland - (Final) Day 7

2003-08-03 Thread Cotty
>I can't believe that your blushing new bride is allowing you to write >these on your honeymoon. Hi Joe, We have always done things arse-backwards. We had our honeymoon over 16 years ago in Spain. It was a good one if I recall correctly ;-) Actually the funniest part was seeing Jostein and me s

Re: recent treasure found at Sal Army - 2 items on ebay 4 u??

2003-08-03 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
http://www.cameraquest.com/nkmatftn.htm http://www.nikonlinks.com/ All you'll need to know. Welcome to the Dark Side. BR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Told a few of you about my treasure privately - but going public now with my dirty little secret..

Re: Postcards from Colmars

2003-08-03 Thread Cotty
On 3/8/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >>>Personally, I liked most the one with the flag. It indeed looks a >>>little like a postcard... >>> >>>Just my cents. >> >>Boris, I can't make any cents of it at all ;-) > >Well, if you were to enable me with some good lenses, you could >definitely made n

Re: recent treasure found at Sal Army - 2 items on ebay 4 u??

2003-08-03 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Ann Sanfedele" Subject: recent treasure found at Sal Army - 2 items on ebay 4 u?? . > > One problem is getting used to the way one needs > to change lenses and set ASA - I still sometimes find myself making sure the lens is set to f/5.6, and then twisting t

Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-03 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "T Rittenhouse" Subject: Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please > In the mean while the 3rd world nations continue to use the stuff (freon) by > the ton.. All this kind of stuff makes the ignorant think they are doing > something to help the environment. While

FS: Lighting

2003-08-03 Thread collinb
2 Sunpak 611 units, with camera brackets, sync & sensor cables, nicad packs & chargers (you'll want to replace the nicad sub-c cells), and a bunch of other useful accessories. Perfect for your first studio. Just add stands & umbrellas. $200 + shpg. PayPal accepted. Collin

Re: OT: Help from Sweden...

2003-08-03 Thread Mark Roberts
"Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 20:21:36 +0100, Bob Walkden wrote: > >> I'm rather curious about the last piece of advice offered here: >> http://www.istc.org.uk/site/whoops06.asp >> >> What is it you all get up to on these long summer evenings that makes >> such ad

Re: OT: Help from Sweden...

2003-08-03 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 20:21:36 +0100, Bob Walkden wrote: > I'm rather curious about the last piece of advice offered here: > http://www.istc.org.uk/site/whoops06.asp > > What is it you all get up to on these long summer evenings that makes > such advice necessary? Q: What are the most common last w

recent treasure found at Sal Army - 2 items on ebay 4 u??

2003-08-03 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Told a few of you about my treasure privately - but going public now with my dirty little secret.. BOught a Tamrac gear bag for $29.99 - it had stuff in it. I said "$29.99 for everything?" Salesgirl said yes... and she knew it had stuff in it because she had to lift it out of the display case.

OT: Help from Sweden...

2003-08-03 Thread Bob Walkden
Skol! I'm rather curious about the last piece of advice offered here: http://www.istc.org.uk/site/whoops06.asp What is it you all get up to on these long summer evenings that makes such advice necessary? Bob ('thanks heavens for the Geoffrey Boycott* protector!') Walkden *English in-joke

Re: Letter From Scotland - (Final) Day 7

2003-08-03 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, Sunday, August 3, 2003, 8:10:38 PM, you wrote: > I can't believe that your blushing new bride is allowing you to write > these on your honeymoon. it's cheaper than chloroform... -- Cheers, Bobmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Letter From Scotland - (Final) Day 7

2003-08-03 Thread Joseph Tainter
I can't believe that your blushing new bride is allowing you to write these on your honeymoon. Well, whatever, as they say. I enjoy your writing as always, Cotty. Another of our members, if I recall, wanted to shop for Pentax gear in Paris on his honeymoon. What is it about us photographers? J

Re: Following street photography threads

2003-08-03 Thread Ann Sanfedele
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >Nice shot, Boris. I reminds me of the work of a famous Hungarian (I > >think) photographer, but I'm having a "senior moment" right now and > >can't remember the name. > > Oh, what a good name for that! I have "senior moments" all the time t

Re: Following street photography threads

2003-08-03 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Boris Liberman wrote: > http://www.usefilm.com/image/183690.html > > Does it work? I wonder whether the umbrella is popping out enough? > > Thanks. > Boris Liberman > www.geocities.com/dunno57 annsan sez: It works for me - but also think it would work better in black and white. The shapes and pa

Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-03 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, >> > Don't get me wrong, getting rid of nasty stuff in the environment is a good >> > thing. But, the way to do it is to stop the major polluters first, then >> > trickle the restrictions down to the poor consumer. But then, the poor >> > consumer doesn't have tons of money to lobby with., so

Re: Website Update

2003-08-03 Thread Jostein
On 2 Aug 2003 at 23:22, U+B Scheffler wrote: > Wonderful stuff. > http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/lighthouses/0308l04.htm is just > incredible. Did you paint it in oil-paint or did you use acrylic? > > Regrads > Bernd > I always use watercolours for backgrounds like that. :-) Cheers, Jost

Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-03 Thread Dr E D F Williams
Someone's just been having trouble with opening my pages. But I just checked and all is going as it should. I use the three main browsers to check each time I change a line of code to make sure I haven't made a mess. I replied to the wrong message - indeed - even the wrong folder. Don

Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-03 Thread Keith Whaley
Dr E D F Williams wrote: > > Oooops wrong message. > > D Whew! Thanks... I thought I'd slipped a cog again! keith > ___ > Dr E D F Williams > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams > Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery > Updated: July 31, 2003 > > - Original Message -

Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-03 Thread Dr E D F Williams
Oooops wrong message. D ___ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: July 31, 2003 - Original Message - From: "Dr E D F Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 8:46 PM

Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-03 Thread Dr E D F Williams
The pictures all open correctly and the links work as they have done since I set it up. I've just checked. Sorry but you must have another problem -- somewhere. Better try again I suppose. Best, Don ___ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and

Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-03 Thread Keith Whaley
Bob Walkden wrote: > > Hi, > > Sunday, August 3, 2003, 5:39:38 PM, you wrote: > > [...] > > > Don't get me wrong, getting rid of nasty stuff in the environment is a good > > thing. But, the way to do it is to stop the major polluters first, then > > trickle the restrictions down to the poor c

Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-03 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, Sunday, August 3, 2003, 5:39:38 PM, you wrote: [...] > Don't get me wrong, getting rid of nasty stuff in the environment is a good > thing. But, the way to do it is to stop the major polluters first, then > trickle the restrictions down to the poor consumer. But then, the poor > consumer doe

Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-03 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, well, the good news is: the hole's getting smaller. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3115409.stm Now we can all start spraying our pits and dumping our fridges again to see if the hole gets bigger again. Bob Sunday, August 3, 2003, 1:52:55 PM, you wrote: > I don't know, but I'd guess th

Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-03 Thread T Rittenhouse
In the mean while the 3rd world nations continue to use the stuff (freon) by the ton.. All this kind of stuff makes the ignorant think they are doing something to help the environment. While, the governments allows corporations and cities to continue to pollute in mass amounts. I noticed this back

Re: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-03 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Dr E D F Williams" Subject: Re: screen cleaning - help, please > William, I'm afraid you need to take the camera to fairly small pieces to > get the screen out. I was afraid that would be the case. Sometimes one just has to put up with a bit of rubbish on th

Re: ? on A35-105, 3.5

2003-08-03 Thread William Kane
Vic, After you ensure your own purchase, please let us know what place is selling these nice new lenses . . . a few of us would be VERY interested in the possibilities. IL Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Alan: Thye have the A 70-200 F4 (never been used in a box) I think it's 250 maybe 275

Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-03 Thread frank theriault
I don't know, but I'd guess that for the number of times one would use Freon From a Can, compared to the number of times that most people in the so-called "civilized world" sprayed their arm-pits with deodorant (with all those evil propellants in those cans), Freon wasn't a huge part of the problem

Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-03 Thread Keith Whaley
Mark Roberts wrote: > > Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > ME Super has a plastic screen. It's probably ruined - I've never been > successful at getting gunk out of plastic screens, no matter what > cleaning agents I've tried (even Freon TF, when it was available) :( I see the

Re: ? on A35-105, 3.5

2003-08-03 Thread Pentxuser
Hi Alan: Thye have the A 70-200 F4 (never been used in a box) I think it's 250 maybe 275 a 28 2.8 and a 50 1.4. I have the other three lenses so I'm not really interested in them... Vic In a message dated 8/2/03 10:09:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >What else they got? > >regards, >Alan Chan

Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At 11:57 PM 8/2/2003 +0200, U+B Scheffler wrote: > >>I think I have done something wrong: I just tried to remove a black particle >>(mirror foam) from the fresnel lens / screen of a MEsuper and had some >>alcool on the cotton swab. Now there is a trace to

Panagor

2003-08-03 Thread Dr E D F Williams
Hi all, Anyone want a Panagor Auto Macro converter? I have the Sigma 50mm Macro now and no longer need the Panagor. There is a picture taken with it and the Pentax M 50/1.7 on my site in Gallery I -- "Big Bee - Syrjärinne." Contact me off-list if you are interested. I found it quite sharp and use

Re: ? on A35-105, 3.5

2003-08-03 Thread brooksdj
> I have the opportunity to buy a 35-105, 3.5 in mint right out of the box > Still in the box, Never used. For Cdn 250.00 Seems like a good deal to me. > Opinions... > Vic > That sounds like a good deal Vic. I saw a used one at a cash converters in Nor

Re: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-03 Thread U+B Scheffler
Thanks for all your proposals. I think this MEsuper has a plastic screen. I got the camera yesterday from ebay and examined and cleaned it in the evening. Todays morning I have compared the brightness of the viewfinder against that of my ME, and it is noticeable brighter, so it must be another type

Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-03 Thread Dr E D F Williams
My ME Super has a plastic screen with those tiny microprisms -- not practical (probably impossible) to make in glass. Don ___ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: July 31, 2003 - Original Message - From: "Mar

OT: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-03 Thread Anton Browne
Bernd, the wisdom has always been 'never use a wet means of cleaning the screen'... to late, never mind. You say the mirror box foam is rotting, this means the light trapping around the back is probably turning to goo. Don't make matters worse, I suggest. Take the camera to a good technician and

Re: Postcards from Colmars

2003-08-03 Thread Cotty
>Personally, I liked most the one with the flag. It indeed looks a >little like a postcard... > >Just my cents. Boris, I can't make any cents of it at all ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _