Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-(

2003-08-12 Thread Dr E D F Williams
I read that booting is one of the things this new virus does. I updated my anti-virus definitions and got the patch today. 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:

Re: No more M lens mountings?

2003-08-12 Thread Rfsindg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The bellows was never updated with A series contacts (which would > have been a trick to accomplish anyway). I have an Auto Bellows A. There are no A series contacts on it. Bob S.

Recommendation: UK retailer

2003-08-12 Thread Cotty
While away in Scotland, I had a failure - my Manfrotto ballhead (486RC2) jammed up and became almost unusable. I bought in January from www.warehouseexpress.com based in Norwich, England. I contacted them and was told to return the part with a covering letter and a copy of the receipt, no returns n

Re: Way OT - Mid-life Crisis

2003-08-12 Thread Pat White
Sorry to hear about your reversal of fortune, Frank. Try to stay optimistic, it may work out better than you expect. Ten years ago, I left my good job at the power company (Ontario Hydro) because of impending large-scale layoffs. All I found was a horrible job, with a 25% pay cut. Three years la

eBay creativeness: "soft focus" lens

2003-08-12 Thread Tonghang Zhou
How to put a good spin on a worthless lens: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2944883056&category=4688

RE: Pentax UK still know nothing...

2003-08-12 Thread zoomshot
From: Rob Brigham All Pentax Uk can tell me is that they do not have a confirmed price yet but expect this to be £1000 - £1500. This shall be available from mid September and dealers can place preliminary requests for them at this time. So, not very helpful then! To be fair I don't think they

Re: Now We'll See

2003-08-12 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: Re: Now We'll See > Yeah, Baby! > > My MX goes to the grave with me. I must remember to put that in my will: > Bury me with my MX. > > People will think I'm weird, but they do already... As that cameras former owner, I'll drink

Re: Just printed the test pictures from the *ist D...

2003-08-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Bruce hits a new low. What was it that he was going to eat if Pentax ever released a digital SLR. Does anyone remember? Talk about having your head in the sand -- or in your ass. Open wide Brucey. On Sunday, August 10, 2003, at 07:19 PM, Bruce Rubenstein wrote: Why start off with an apology to

Re: CCD light path angle redux

2003-08-12 Thread Bob Blakely
From: "Mark Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > It should be fairly clear from the figure at the bottom that light striking > the CCD perpendicular to the array gets focused on the sensor. What is not > shown is that light striking at an oblique angle will get focused adjacent > to the sensor, not on

RE: Way OT - Mid-life Crisis

2003-08-12 Thread Butch Black
Hi Frank; Good Luck. I'm in a similar situation in that it's getting harder to make a livable income in my career field (photofinishing). I'm thinking of getting out, but am not sure what I would do. As others have reminded you, you do have the education to open some doors for you. One of the trui

Re: Full frame D-SLR - get over it

2003-08-12 Thread Dag T
På mandag, 11. august 2003, kl. 21:25, skrev [EMAIL PROTECTED]: From: http://www.secondlaw.com/six.html "Entropy is not "disorder". No way. No how. That's an old 1890s idea that was obsolete after statistical and quantum mechanics became fully developed in chemistry. However, it hasn't yet been

Re: My ME Super is in trouble

2003-08-12 Thread Keith Whaley
While I agree with your assessment of the MX, in addition to my MX, I also have two MGs. Nothing wrong with the bright viewfinder in them, either! Both fine cameras. keith whaley Boris Liberman wrote: > > Hi! > > MR> If it's not that it's likely to be impractical to repair, though :( > > I see

Re: Does digital "film" memory wear out?

2003-08-12 Thread T Rittenhouse
The USB is probably more for uploading firmware updates than downloading photos anyway, though I admit I wondered why they didn't put in a 2.0 port, myself. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: "Anders Hultman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL P

Re: Just printed the test pictures from the *ist D...

2003-08-12 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
Why start off with an apology to the list, instead of doing this off line? You drooling, senile old jerk? BR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, brucey boy. F. U! My appoligies to the list, but this troll's personal attacks have finally gotten to me.

Re: ist-D and Flash

2003-08-12 Thread Lon Williamson
Doesn't it have a pc connector? If so, it may support analogue ttl. Alan Chan wrote: The Japan web site lists 500 & 360 only. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan does anybody knows which Flashes i can use with the ist-D. Is it like with Canon that i can only use Flashes with E-TTL in this cas

Re: Full frame D-SLR - get over it

2003-08-12 Thread Herb Chong
unless they are confident of reaching sufficiently high resolution on the smaller sensor to exceed 35mm resolution, given a sufficiently good lens. displacing 35mm film is what the ist-D and successor DSLRs are about. Herb - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Another *ist D Preview

2003-08-12 Thread Lon Williamson
William, It seems the LXen aren't treating you well. Have you considered switching to another body as your go-to 35mm body? -Lon William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Alan Chan" Subject: Re: Another *ist D Preview It can't be me. PDML is the only list I am with. Really, if I

Re: ist-D and Flash

2003-08-12 Thread Leon Altoff
On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 15:24:55 -0700, Alan Chan wrote: >The Japan web site lists 500 & 360 only. > >Alan Chan >http://www.pbase.com/wlachan > >>does anybody knows which Flashes i can use with the ist-D. Is it like with >>Canon that i can only use Flashes with E-TTL in this case P-TTL (that means >

Re: Now We'll See

2003-08-12 Thread Mark Roberts
John Mustarde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The ist-D will soon be on the store shelves. Hordes of PDML'ers are >counting their pennies and watching their credit card limits in >anticipation. When the wave of ist-D purchases hits PDML, we will >see: > >1. Trash cans will overflow with keyboards s

Re: *ist D is bloody small!

2003-08-12 Thread dagt
I'm just waiting for someone to say: "*ist D is too bloody small!" ;-) DagT > Fra: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://www.dpreview.com/articles/pentaxistd/Images/sidebyside.jpg > > I can't believe how small that is! > > > Cheers, > Cotty

RE: *ist D is bloody small!

2003-08-12 Thread Rob Brigham
Yeah, I think this may actually be is number 1 selling point to people who arent already tied into the lens mount. A lot of people using prosumer cams could well be put off DSLRs due to the size and weight of the damn things. This is one of the main arguments behing the 4/3 system from olympus.