A* 135/f1.8

2003-12-23 Thread mike.wilson
Hi, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2972378409category=4688rd=1 Any of us bid on this? I don't recognise any of the names. I was put off by the rusty screws on the outside and the lack of pictures of the glass. mike

Re: A* 135/f1.8

2003-12-23 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
mike.wilson a écrit: Hi, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2972378409category=4688rd=1 A nice 1.8/200 for the *ist D !! But I'm not the winner :-(( Michel

Vs: PDML - Meeting in Germany?

2003-12-23 Thread Raimo Korhonen
Eine gute Idee. Ob es wäre im April könnte ich auch teilnehmen. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: Kristian-H. Schuessler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Päivä: 22.

Re: Slightly Dodgy looking Auction

2003-12-23 Thread Frits Wüthrich
I am getting an invalid item when I follow the link. Very suspicious. On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 08:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would you send a cheque for a large chunk of money to someone in Bulgaria with 0 feedback? Peter Plus he/she is using

FS: PZ-1p, grip strap (photos), FA 28-105 power zoom

2003-12-23 Thread Joe Wilensky
Here are photos of the PZ-1p body and grip strap I listed yesterday for sale (details follow): http://people.clarityconnect.com/webpages/wilensky/eBay/PZ-1p.jpg http://people.clarityconnect.com/webpages/wilensky/eBay/PZ-1p_front.jpg

Re: Coming to terms with *ist D lens mag factor?

2003-12-23 Thread Ryan Charron
Hi Robert, My Pentax 35mm FA f2 makes a great 52mm lens on my *ist D. Sincerely, Ryan Charron Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:43:13 -0600 From: Robert Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sometimes its great, my 300mm 2.8 becomes an incredibly fast sharp 450 2.8! But many times its a pain in the a$$;

Re: Seasons Greetings

2003-12-23 Thread brooksdj
To you and the rest of the gang. Have a good one,and may your cf cards store pictures,and your film pull through the sproket holes. Dave Liz Erin and a bunch of horses, cats, mites, and such.g To those who celebrate Christmas, I wish the best of the

Fw: 200 ISO on istD

2003-12-23 Thread Jostein
Got this info from a lurker. Hope I'm not the only one who didn't know... Cheers, Jostein - Original Message - Subject: Re: 200 ISO on istD jostein fuji s2pro goes down to 100iso thanks

Re: New Pentax cameras

2003-12-23 Thread John Francis
John wrote: All I see them saying is that there will still be some lenses made for the 35mm market. And we've got a pretty good idea what they will be - lower-priced FA-J lenses (without the aperture ring); It is definitely more than FA-J lenses. The new lenses will have

What do you think?

2003-12-23 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
The future of film from Kodak Fuji: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20031223/D7VK80IO0.html

Re: Slightly Dodgy looking Auction

2003-12-23 Thread Leonard Paris
Auctions could be legitimate. He may have access to stolen property. That fits the no reserve scenario. We had a fellow on eBay before that worked for a large camera store that was auctioning off stuff at heart attack prices. He got caught and then the buyers were questioned as to the

RE: Fw: 200 ISO on istD

2003-12-23 Thread Leonard Paris
You can look up 'bout any dital camera on www.dpreview.com and find out no end of info in the reviews there, including ISO range supported. Len --- * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fw: 200 ISO on istD

Re: More lens problems.

2003-12-23 Thread Andre Langevin
AFAIK, it was possible to identify MZ-S bodies that are affected by entering Serial # at the following URL on Pentax Homepage: http://www.pentax.co.jp/japan/news/information/20010619-s.html I did try it two years ago when I bought MZ-S. Return info was that my MZ-S is clear. The unfortunate part

Re: Slightly Dodgy looking Auction

2003-12-23 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Ok, guys, so yep, the email HAS been pulled - I put in a bid for au$100 just to see what would happen, and I just received an email from Ebay that read like this: We are writing to inform you that we recently ended all listings for seller alsmith20001 on eBay. The seller's privileges to trade on

RE: Very Scary Stuff

2003-12-23 Thread frank theriault
You couldn't afford the royalties. The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Malcolm Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Very Scary Stuff Date: Tue, 23 Dec

No More Light Leak

2003-12-23 Thread frank theriault
I'm sure no one remembers, or even noticed in the first place, but just in case you did: You may recall that I mentioned in passing a few weeks ago that there appeared to be a probable light leak on the new LX. Seemed to be coming in throught the bottom of the film loading door. Well, it

Christmas greetings...

2003-12-23 Thread Alin Flaider
Second part is not just to you... ;o) http://ro.umt.com/alin/xmas/MerryXPentax.jpg Servus, Alin

Holiday Greetings

2003-12-23 Thread frank theriault
Hi, all, Tonight, my eldest daughter flies into Toronto from her home in Halifax Nova Scotia (on Canada's East Coast). She'll spend the night here, and tomorrow we'll both head off to Kingston, home of my ex-wife and two other children. We'll spend a wonderful family Christmas together (no

Re: Slightly Dodgy looking Auction

2003-12-23 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
I wrote: Ok, guys, so yep, the email HAS been pulled Sorry, typo there, I *meant* Ok, guys, so yep, the auction HAS been pulled t.

Re: Fw: 200 ISO on istD

2003-12-23 Thread Jostein
- Original Message - From: Leonard Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Fw: 200 ISO on istD You can look up 'bout any dital camera on www.dpreview.com and find out no end of info in the reviews there, including ISO range supported. DPreview could save us a lot of list traffic,

Re: Slightly Dodgy looking Auction

2003-12-23 Thread Cotty
On 23/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: You know what - in this instance, I think I believe the poor guy. I still wouldn't part with any $$$ BUT, it does make me wonder if he wasn't completely genuine. Hello Tanya, Planet Earth calling - come in Tanya ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ ||

Re: Slightly Dodgy looking Auction

2003-12-23 Thread Cotty
On 23/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: He just expected it to go much higher having seen the other *istD auctions and didn't think he would *need* a reserve price - of course, he also didn't take into consideration his exotic location and his non-existent feedback, OR the fact that he only

Re: Slightly Dodgy looking Auction

2003-12-23 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Hey Cottster! I totally agree, and maybe that is just the girl coming out in me, cause I always *like* to give people the benefit of the doubt - in saying that though, as I said, I would never part with any of my $$$ for something that looked even remotely suspicious... Yep, I know about

Re: Christmas greetings...

2003-12-23 Thread Frits Wüthrich
Sweet. On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 23:39, Alin Flaider wrote: Second part is not just to you... ;o) http://ro.umt.com/alin/xmas/MerryXPentax.jpg Servus, Alin -- Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Slightly Dodgy looking Auction

2003-12-23 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, Bulgaria??? Do me a favour! there are some honest Bulgarians, Cotty. I know some; in fact, I don't know any dishonest Bulgarians. Can't say that about all nationalities. Cheers, Bob

Re: Christmas greetings...

2003-12-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hey, I'll buy that. But it has to be much better :-) Paul On Dec 23, 2003, at 5:39 PM, Alin Flaider wrote: Second part is not just to you... ;o) http://ro.umt.com/alin/xmas/MerryXPentax.jpg Servus, Alin

Re: Holiday Greetings

2003-12-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
Same to you Frank. Sounds like you'll have a great holiday. By the way, most of us were worried about your light leak, but we didn't want to dwell on it lest we put you in a bad humour. Holiday happiness to you and yours, Paul On Dec 23, 2003, at 5:45 PM, frank theriault wrote: Hi, all,

Re: Slightly Dodgy looking Auction

2003-12-23 Thread Kenneth Waller
Tanya,, I have this bridge in Brooklyn VBG Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 4:56 PM Subject: Re: Slightly Dodgy looking Auction You know what - in this instance, I think I

Re: Coming to terms with *ist D lens mag factor?

2003-12-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Ryan Charron Subject: Re: Coming to terms with *ist D lens mag factor? Hi Robert, My Pentax 35mm FA f2 makes a great 52mm lens on my *ist D. At the risk of being pendantic, how can a 35mm lens be anything other than a 35mm lens, great or otherwise?

Re: What do you think?

2003-12-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl Subject: What do you think? The future of film from Kodak Fuji: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20031223/D7VK80IO0.html Other than the time frame that the RIT guy puts forward, it seems pretty logical. I don't recall where I read

Re: Coming to terms with *ist D lens mag factor?

2003-12-23 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Y'know, it's funny how, when using other formats, rarely is it said that an 80mm lens for a 6x6 is equivalent to a 50mm lens for a 35mm camera. When's the last time you heard a 4x5 user ask What's that lens in 35mm terms? This equivalency factor smacks of just some more dumbing down by the

RE: A* 135/f1.8

2003-12-23 Thread Rob Studdert
On 22 Dec 2003 at 23:29, Alan Chan wrote: I am surprised people paid that much for such worn lens. Sure it's a lot of money but US$ are relatively cheap for many of us at the moment. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New Pentax cameras

2003-12-23 Thread Rob Studdert
On 23 Dec 2003 at 15:08, Pål Jensen wrote: You may be right. However, I do believe focal lenght is transmitted to the body by all Pentax AF lensesor is it only FA lenses? Anyway, moving sensor is a much more elegant solution for IS on a DSLR as it eliminate all the optical problems

Re: Coming to terms with *ist D lens mag factor?

2003-12-23 Thread Rob Studdert
On 23 Dec 2003 at 17:19, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Y'know, it's funny how, when using other formats, rarely is it said that an 80mm lens for a 6x6 is equivalent to a 50mm lens for a 35mm camera. When's the last time you heard a 4x5 user ask What's that lens in 35mm terms? This equivalency

RE: Coming to terms with *ist D lens mag factor?

2003-12-23 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The quick assessment of angular lens coverage is more important to most any photographer than absolute focal length. Lets face it 95% of the population can relate to AOV as a function of 35mm lens FL. IMHO It's not

Re: Coming to terms with *ist D lens mag factor?

2003-12-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Dec 23, 2003, at 8:19 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Y'know, it's funny how, when using other formats, rarely is it said that an 80mm lens for a 6x6 is equivalent to a 50mm lens for a 35mm camera. When's the last time you heard a 4x5 user ask What's that lens in 35mm terms? Hi Shel, I've heard

Re: Coming to terms with *ist D lens mag factor?

2003-12-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Rob Studdert Subject: Re: Coming to terms with *ist D lens mag factor? The quick assessment of angular lens coverage is more important to most any photographer than absolute focal length. Lets face it 95% of the population can relate to AOV as a function

Re: Slightly Dodgy looking Auction

2003-12-23 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Sorry Kenneth, I might be a bit lacking in the geography department here, so the joke hasn't hit its target... What is the name of the bridge that you are referring to? tan. - Original Message - From: Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 24,

Re: Slightly Dodgy looking Auction

2003-12-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Tanya Mayer Photography Subject: Re: Slightly Dodgy looking Auction Sorry Kenneth, I might be a bit lacking in the geography department here, so the joke hasn't hit its target... What is the name of the bridge that you are referring to? I could also sell

RE: Slightly Dodgy looking Auction

2003-12-23 Thread Trevor Bailey
G'day All. I think that Tanya is displaying the Australian trait of believing in others. We Aussies are more likely to believe somebody, because that is how we would want somebody to see us. I have been told that Australians are very gullible. But we are a very truthfull people. Tanya, I side