RE: What I want from Pentax

2005-01-19 Thread Jens Bladt
Pentax *ist D with conspicuously faster AF and a 16-50mm 2.8 zoom lens! Perhaps even with IS. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Carlos Royo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 18. januar 2005 21:44 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net

OT: Coffee (Re: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-19 Thread Bob W
Hi, For an example of what can be done, even with fairly cheap ingredients, try Trader Joe's Sumatran Lintong; it's a light roast, and sells for around $6:50 for a 1lb tin. Of late I've taken to blending this about 50 - 50 with my favourite choice (Ethiopian Harrar) because the local coffee

Re: flash for *ist D

2005-01-19 Thread John Celio
The 360 should funtion best with the *istD, since it supports the D's P-TTL. I have found, however, that my old 280 works well with my *istD when I use it in non-TTL automatic and simply set the proper distance on the back of the flash. I'm going to ask my shop's Pentax rep if I can borrow his

moving on - with the *istDS

2005-01-19 Thread Derby Chang
Hi all, Just to be clear, I'm not moving on from PDML (too addictive to leave right now). But I got a plump redundancy package from work last week. So as a good P-comrade, I went out today and picked up an *istDS in the city. I think I have mixed feelings about it, but it definitely is the

Re: OT: Coffee (Re: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-19 Thread Michael Heim
Ethiopians who come over here tend to be a little shocked at the casual way we treat coffee, wandering the streets with it in a paper cup. Not only Ethiopians... ;-) Michael Hi, For an example of what can be done, even with fairly cheap ingredients, try Trader Joe's Sumatran Lintong; it's a

OT: Film Prices - Oy... expensive

2005-01-19 Thread David Chang-Sang
I don't know if this has been brought up recently but if it has... I apologize Well, Maybe I haven't been paying that much attention to it but as of today my local camera store raised their Ilford prices. Fuji and Agfa are next (apparently) to jack theirs up by March 1. An example of the

Re: moving on - with the *istDS

2005-01-19 Thread Michael Heim
A word to the *ist D. Last fall i was travelling trought ecuador with my *istD and i've taken some two or treeethousand (!) pictures. Together with the lence offered together with the body (18-35 mm), everything worked well and i'm quite happy to have bueyed the camera. together with my older

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread Keith Whaley
Shel Belinkoff wrote: I think the LX is a bloated pig of a camera compared to the MX g, and the only reason I use mine is when there's a need or desire to use one of the accessory finders or if the more evolved metering system is desirable. It's loud, it's heavy, it doesn't fit as readily into

Re: Film Prices - Oy... expensive

2005-01-19 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David Chang-Sang Subject: OT: Film Prices - Oy... expensive An example of the increased price? HP5+ 36 exp - was: $4.99 CDN/roll - now: $5.89 CDN/roll That's an 18% increase. Ilford is no longer being supported in Canada by a distributor network, hasn't been

Re: iLife and Pentax Raw

2005-01-19 Thread Kristian Walsh
Hi, As a registered developer, I could log a bug/enhancement request if you want, but I'll need a sample camera to verify and close the bug later ;-) -- Kristian On 19 Jan 2005, at 00:44, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Cameras supported by iPhoto v5 RAW processing: -- Canon EOS-1D MARK II 1DS EOS

Re: film may be dead, but...

2005-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Definitive proof that Balda is alive and well. Look at this brand spanking new looking camera. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=67380item=3866807933rd=1 Yikes! Film may not be dead but that doesn't mean there aren't people trying to

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Keith Whaley Subject: Re: Finally - enabled Anyhow, I think Cotty was disappointed with me, when he heard I thought the LX was too big and bulky, and had sold it. I came to the LX from the Nikon F system. Compared to an F2, the LX is quite petite. All things

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: Finally - enabled Meanwhile, an ME can be gotten at used camera shops for about $100, with a warrantee and everything. That's hard to beat for a nice, compact, metal-bodied camera. I'm quite a fan of the ME-Super. I prefer it to

Re: Coffee (Re: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-19 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: OT: Coffee (Re: PESO: While the Dog Waited Ethiopians who come over here tend to be a little shocked at the casual way we treat coffee, wandering the streets with it in a paper cup. I imagine they would look on it in much the same way a Muslim

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: One of these days I have to get me an ME or ME Super. They seem to be going for a song and a dance right about now. I love the size of the M series bodies. Owning an LX and an MX, I have no desire to get another ME Super.

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 10:19 PM Subject: Re: Finally - enabled I think the LX is a bloated pig of a camera compared to the MX g, and the only reason I use mine is when there's a need or

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread Peter Lacus
Shel wrote: camera in many ways, but AFAIC the MX is a more elegant piece of equipment designed for and excelling at straight ahead photography. The MX is the Pentax version of the Leica ... definitely. But it's even smaller I think. I'd love to have a similar digital camera - just give me one

Re: WTB Black MX

2005-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 18/1/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: It happens so rarely, I don't see it as a problem. Besides, if they can figure out how to unsub, more power to them! g True. The penalties of not unsubbing are too horrible to contemplate. Wait a minute.

Re: flash for *ist D

2005-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Michael Heim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do tho think? I have an *istD and want to buy a (better) external flash. I've two Options: - To buy the AF 500 FTZ from a friend for 300 CHF (260$) - To buy the 360-Flash, thats recommended by Pentax. There's a third option, but it's non-Pentax: Get the

Re: Want to See a Photo that will Blow you Away?

2005-01-19 Thread wendy beard
At 06:19 AM 19/01/2005, you wrote: Check this out on the Jan 19 edition of spaceweather.com. Other photos in his gallery are stunning as well. If you, by chance, don't see it, go to their archives by date. http://www.spaceweather.com/ Tom C They are amazing! Did you look at this person's

Re: iLife and Pentax Raw

2005-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cameras supported by iPhoto v5 RAW processing: snip Sony DSC-F828 Well *this* one's interesting (if off-topic): I thought that Sony had built encryption into their RAW format for this camera in order to prevent anyone from making a third-party RAW

Re: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Daniel Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank wrote: I'm far from an expert in coffee (or anything for that matter g), but I'll tell you (and everyone else) something. If you want good coffee, buy green beans and roast them yourself. cheers, Gee, Frank, are you trying to out-snob the Brits? Oh

Re: Pentax 1,000mm F8 K lens

2005-01-19 Thread Steve Larson
I use a Bogen 3051 tripod and 501 video head for mine, bolts right up. The wooden tripods azimuth is very limited, but it probably has better dampening. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: Andre Langevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent:

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
I prefer the LX as well. It's a well engineered machine, and I take delight in its operation. The MX is just a very basic manual camera. Paul On Jan 19, 2005, at 7:32 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent:

Re: moving on - with the *istDS

2005-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (disclaimer...the *istD seems to be discontinued in Oz, so I haven't touched that one at all. I think its production run ended some time ago so when the ones left in warehouses around the world are gone that will be the end. Generally the shots look great

Re: OT: Film Prices - Oy... expensive

2005-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
David Chang-Sang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know if this has been brought up recently but if it has... I apologize Well, Maybe I haven't been paying that much attention to it but as of today my local camera store raised their Ilford prices. Fuji and Agfa are next (apparently) to jack

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread Rob Studdert
On 19 Jan 2005 at 6:32, William Robb wrote: When was the last time you picked up a Leica R body. The LX will seem much less bloated after that experience. I don't get the facination with the MX. I've owned two, and sold both. I've got similar feelings towards both cameras, I have a battered

Re: moving on - with the *istDS

2005-01-19 Thread Rob Studdert
On 19 Jan 2005 at 12:40, Michael Heim wrote: So in some situations the *istD seems to have problems with older lences, not optimised for digital cameras. Maybe you should check that your lens mounts are clean, I've had no problems with older lenses and metering on the *ist D. Rob Studdert

*ist ds review

2005-01-19 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
I don't recall seeing this in the list; apologies if it's a duplicate. http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/istds.html Kostas

Tamron AF 2.8 28-75mm LD XR Aspherical SP

2005-01-19 Thread John Whittingham
I was considering the Tamron AF 2.8 28-75mm LD XR Aspherical SP as a new standard zoom for my camera, however I have a dilemma, I've seen images of the lens with apeture ring and without. Does anyone know if the Pentax version has an aperture ring fitted to the lens? TIA John

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The MX is lighter, and smaller in many dimensions, than the Leica. The pentaprism makes it a somewhat larger camera in height, but otherwise the MX is a scosh narrower, about the same with, and only a tiny bit taller than the Leica because of the

Re: flash for *ist D

2005-01-19 Thread ernreed2
Quoting John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The 360 should funtion best with the *istD, since it supports the D's P-TTL. I have found, however, that my old 280 works well with my *istD when I use it in non-TTL automatic and simply set the proper distance on the back of the flash. I'm going

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: One of these days I have to get me an ME or ME Super. They seem to be going for a song and a dance right about now. I love the size of the M series bodies. Owning an LX and

Re: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-19 Thread Carlos Royo
Bob W escribió: It's an American peculiarity to equate high popularity with high quality. It is not only an American peculiarity, it happens everywhere. If it is widely advertised and seems to be trendy, it is the best possible thing. Something like digital imaging ;-) Carlos

Re: Want to See a Photo that will Blow you Away?

2005-01-19 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
WOW! That Norwegian aurora shot by Jorgensen is simply amazing! Tom C wrote: Check this out on the Jan 19 edition of spaceweather.com. Other photos in his gallery are stunning as well. If you, by chance, don't see it, go to their archives by date. http://www.spaceweather.com/

Re: OT: Coffee (Re: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-19 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
It sounds a little bit like a Japanese tea ceremony. Bob W wrote: in Ethiopia they make a great ceremony of coffee, which they call buna, and roast the beans in front of you on a small tray. The hostess then carries the tray round among the people, and wafts the smoke towards you. The polite

Re: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-19 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Here's a real man! Jim Apilado wrote: Roasting beans. French press. I did all that stuff. Now I enjoy Instant Folgers. Why? It takes too long to get the ideal coffee beverage. Jim A.

Re: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-19 Thread Daniel Matyola
Dunkin' Donuts makes pretty decent coffee for the price, and it's usually quite fresh. -- Original Message -- From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:25:23 -0500 On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:09:38

Re: PESO: This might bring a smile

2005-01-19 Thread Peter Lacus
William Robb wrote: We had a couple of friends over last night. They brought one of their dogs. Here is Rollei trying to figure out just exactly what it is. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/peso/P0246small.html now that's decisive moment, isn't it? Well done! Bedo.

Re: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-19 Thread Peter J. Alling
Philistine! Jim Apilado wrote: Roasting beans. French press. I did all that stuff. Now I enjoy Instant Folgers. Why? It takes too long to get the ideal coffee beverage. Jim A. From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 21:54:45 -0500

Re: *ist ds review

2005-01-19 Thread Tim Sherburne
That sneaky guy, it looks like he published his final review yesterday. t On 1/19/05 5:47, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: I don't recall seeing this in the list; apologies if it's a duplicate. http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/istds.html Kostas

Re: moving on - with the *istDS

2005-01-19 Thread Peter J. Alling
You didn't do anything wrong, Pentax photolab seems to add it's own mosaic effect. Other people have mentioned it as well. The Adobe CS plugin is supposed to work much better, but as I don't have CS and don't have the budget to purchase it at the moment I can't personally comment. Derby

Re: Film Prices - Oy... expensive

2005-01-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A this makes sense. Thanks for the info William - now the big question will be to see how/what Fuji and Agfa do. Dave Original Message: - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 06:26:50 -0600 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Film Prices - Oy...

SV: Do you have one of these?

2005-01-19 Thread Jens Bladt
I guess the Sweeds had lot of stuff made like this. The Sweedich Pentax website they once had a watch with PENTAX written on it. I never bought one though. I have a Pentax double key-ring - I use it to keep my Swiss Army Knife. Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt

Re: iLife and Pentax Raw

2005-01-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Cameras supported by iPhoto v5 RAW processing: snip Sony DSC-F828 Well *this* one's interesting (if off-topic): I thought that Sony had built encryption into their RAW format for this camera in order to prevent anyone from making a third-party RAW converter. Adobe Camera Raw, VueScan,

Re: moving on - with the *istDS

2005-01-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Photoshop CS and Adobe Camera Raw 2.4 beta works beautifully with the *istDS. I've not found much reason to install Pentax Lab at all. I'm hoping that VueScan supports it soon too as I often use VueScan for batch processing, but ACR's user interface is easier to work with. Godfrey --- Derby

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
And that's it's strength and it's charm, plus the smaller size and its quieter operation. I like simple things ... Shel [Original Message] From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] I prefer the LX as well. It's a well engineered machine, and I take delight in its operation. The MX is just

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
The LX finder has a range of colored lights along the right side, plus the red flag for exposure compensation warning, plus a blue flag to indicate the chosen shutter speed, plus a shutter speed scale, plus the aperture window that shows the aperture on the lens. The colored LEDs along the right

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Talking about the Leica M, not the R Shel [Original Message] From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] When was the last time you picked up a Leica R body. The LX will seem much less bloated after that experience. I don't get the fascination with the MAX. I've owned two, and sold both.

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I can see a reason, and it's the reason I've kept the ME S for as long as I have: it's small and light like the MX but offers fully automatic shutter operation. You just set the aperture and forget about it. It's a pretty nice PS camera that takes all the neat Pentax lenses. Shel From:

Re: film may be dead, but...

2005-01-19 Thread Jens Bladt
Germany: Try www.priessuchmaschine.de http://www.preissuchmaschine.de/psm_frontend/main.asp?suche=Pentax+BG-10x=4 0y=8 149 Euro Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Steve Sharpe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 19. januar 2005

RE: film may be dead, but...

2005-01-19 Thread Jens Bladt
Congratulations. I miss mine, which I sold to finance the *ist D. I should have kept it. It's the best 35mm camera I have used yet. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Steve Sharpe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 18. januar 2005

SV: film may be dead, but...

2005-01-19 Thread Jens Bladt
Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 18. januar 2005 13:38 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: film may be dead, but... Definitive proof that Balda is alive and well. Look at

Re: SV: Do you have one of these?

2005-01-19 Thread Henri Toivonen
Jens Bladt wrote: I guess the Sweeds had lot of stuff made like this. The Sweedich Pentax website they once had a watch with PENTAX written on it. I never bought one though. I have a Pentax double key-ring - I use it to keep my Swiss Army Knife. Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

The Great Gray Owl invasion

2005-01-19 Thread wendy beard
A newspaper heading in our local paper proclaimed it so. In fact the great Gray Owl was featured twice in close succession in the local rag (Saturday and Tuesday) as more and more reports of owl sightings came in. Apparently they have been heading south in search of food. I had the good fortune

Re: flash for *ist D

2005-01-19 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I used the 500 this past weekend, on a bracket in Contrast-Control mode, with the *ist D (to take a series of mug shots). Quite good results. Also in regular mode, not contrast-control, to photograph a group. I'd had some appalling results in the

RE: *ist ds review

2005-01-19 Thread Dave
This may have been covered, but can anyone describe how functional this camera is with a manual K mount lens? I know the *istD has some sort of button, green I think that was enhanced via firmware for this. Dave -Original Message- From: Tim Sherburne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: flash for *ist D

2005-01-19 Thread Joseph Tainter
Michael, TTL flashes do not seem to work consistently well with digital SLRs. Some people get good results some of the time, at some ISO settings but not others, with some exposure compensation, etc. The reason is that TTL measures light off the film plane. Of course, a dslr does not have a

Re: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-19 Thread Graywolf
Prefer digital coffee, huh? I find this thread interesting. Let's see if I have this correct. The Ethiopians are shocked that we treat coffee as a beverage. I guess well brought up Japanese are shocked about how we treat tea. And no doubt the Traditional American Indian is shocked about how we

Re: Best M42 body?

2005-01-19 Thread Andre Langevin
If one locates K bayonet mount to screw adapter BH price $44.95 then K mount lenses can be used on this gear which i am thinking to add but expensive too. Gill I don't think this is possible as the K mount prones (about 45 or 46mm in diameter) cannot be made to fit inside the 42mm diameter

Re: film may be dead, but...

2005-01-19 Thread Gonz
I have this ocean front property.interested? Steve Sharpe wrote: At 10:24 PM -0500 1/18/05, frank theriault wrote: On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 18:37:02 -0500, Steve Sharpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just ordered an MZ-S! -- Steve On behalf of film-camera owners everywhere: Thank you! I figure

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread Graywolf
And that is the point, isn't it. It is a small light basic 35mm SLR. It's only feature is the meter blinky lights and sometimes I wish it did not have them (yes, I have used MX's sans batteries to get away from them). I personally find it is more of a hassle trying to override automation than

Re: The Great Gray Owl invasion

2005-01-19 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, wendy beard wrote: http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/owl This is very nice Wendy, thanks for sharing. Are you going to keep the page up or is there no point bookmarking it? Kostas

RE: The Great Gray Owl invasion

2005-01-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wendy, These puppies ...err... owls.. have come all the way down to Toronto. I'm not a nature shooter but I would certainly love to catch one in the few wilderness areas that are around the city. They are, apparently, not afraid of people since they never really encounter them in the wild where

Re: PESO: Jumping

2005-01-19 Thread Albano Garcia
Very interesting composition, I don't like the light too much. I would prefer a more blurred train, but it will give a more blurred child, so it's impossible. Really nice photo, btw Regards Albano --- Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Waiting for the train tonight, this little girl seemed

RE: *ist ds review

2005-01-19 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Dave wrote: This may have been covered, but can anyone describe how functional this camera is with a manual K mount lens? I know the *istD has some sort of button, green I think that was enhanced via firmware for this. I think you put it in M mode and flick the AE-L

Re: PESO: This might bring a smile

2005-01-19 Thread mike wilson
William Robb wrote: Or not. We had a couple of friends over last night. They brought one of their dogs. Here is Rollei trying to figure out just exactly what it is. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/peso/P0246small.html A bijou snackette?

Re: Pentax 1,000mm F8 K lens

2005-01-19 Thread Andre Langevin
On Jan 19, 2005, at 1:58 AM, Cotty wrote: I'm sure Peter in Sunny Brighton used to have one for sale. He might even still have it. Stop it, you're making me feel guilty :) It was me who pointed out a very large Pentax-labelled trunk case while waiting in line for Photographica to open for

Re: Novoflex tele lenses

2005-01-19 Thread Frantisek
TDDZ mirror lens just projects a darker image on the focusing screen compared to TDDZ the rocket launcher. Is the exposure between them really the same? Due to the central mirror obstruction, many catadioptric lenses have reduced true speed compared to a refractive lens, unlike the f/number

Re: Tamron AF 2.8 28-75mm LD XR Aspherical SP

2005-01-19 Thread Andre Langevin
I was considering the Tamron AF 2.8 28-75mm LD XR Aspherical SP as a new standard zoom for my camera, however I have a dilemma, I've seen images of the lens with apeture ring and without. Does anyone know if the Pentax version has an aperture ring fitted to the lens? TIA John It has. See the lens'

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: (and snipping for manageable length of reply) This isn't an argument, it's a discussion. Absolutely, just making sure we agreed on that. The LX is a fine camera, but it's just not my preferred camera for the reasons mentioned here and in other

Re: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-19 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Prefer digital coffee, huh? I find this thread interesting. Let's see if I have this correct. The Ethiopians are shocked that we treat coffee as a beverage. I guess well brought up Japanese are shocked about how we treat tea. And no doubt the

Re: Best M42 body?

2005-01-19 Thread Jim Apilado
I have an unusual M42 camera, the Ricoh TLS401. It has a dial on the right of the pentaprism that allows the user to switch from eye level to waist level viewing. Jim A. From: m.s.gill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:01:53 +0500 To:

Re: Tamron AF 2.8 28-75mm LD XR Aspherical SP

2005-01-19 Thread John Whittingham
Hi Andre Thanks for the reply, looks like a great lens: focus ring turns in the same direction as a Pentax lens, 67mm filter thread common to Pentax users, compact, light, no zoom creep, great optical performance, apparently better than the Tokina and Sigma lenses WOW! My only concern being

Re: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-19 Thread pnstenquist
ERNR noted: On the other hand, Coca-Cola *is* intended to be consumed as a beverage. Apparently, this hasn't always been the case. Coca-Cola was originally intended to be a mood-altering drink, and it contained a small amount of cocaine. Paul

RE: Pentax 1,000mm F8 K lens

2005-01-19 Thread J. C. O'Connell
fwiw, I bought one on ebay for about $700 three years ago, then I got a M42 Tak version (no smc) about a year later for about $550, and then I sold the SMC K version for about $900. I prefer the M42 version as it's a manual lens anyway, fits more cameras, and the lack of SMC doesn't really mean

Re: moving on - with the *istDS

2005-01-19 Thread johnf
Rob Studdert mused: On 19 Jan 2005 at 12:40, Michael Heim wrote: So in some situations the *istD seems to have problems with older lences, not optimised for digital cameras. Maybe you should check that your lens mounts are clean, I've had no problems with older lenses and metering on

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread Bruce Dayton
I fully concur with Shel on this one. The MX is my favorite Pentax body for the reasons he mentions. Bruce Wednesday, January 19, 2005, 8:11:05 AM, you wrote: SB And that's it's strength and it's charm, plus the smaller size and its SB quieter operation. I like simple things ... SB Shel

Re: Tamron AF 2.8 28-75mm LD XR Aspherical SP

2005-01-19 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello John, Mine has the aperture ring on it and it is fully usable on my daughter's MX. HTH, Bruce Wednesday, January 19, 2005, 6:08:21 AM, you wrote: JW I was considering the Tamron AF 2.8 28-75mm LD XR Aspherical SP as a new JW standard zoom for my camera, however I have a dilemma, I've

*istD storage

2005-01-19 Thread Ken Hauck
I remember seeing *istD benchmarks of compact flash card read performance a while back but I didn't save the reference. I'm thinking of getting either a Lexmark 80x card with Write Acceleration or a SanDisk Ultra or Extreme. I would like suggestions on what will give the best performance. I'm

Re: PAW (PESO?): Street Festival, Little Italy

2005-01-19 Thread Bruce Dayton
Wonderful expression on the little girl's face! This shot is just enjoyable to look at. You really caught a great moment. On top of that, the composition helps us to see it is busy around them, yet they feel isolated enough to not be bothered by the surroundings. Nicely done. -- Best

Re: PESO: This might bring a smile

2005-01-19 Thread Mat Maessen
Kind of scary that both animals are members of the same genus and species, and yet so vastly different. Great shot. -Mat On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:11:41 +, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William Robb wrote: Or not. We had a couple of friends over last night. They brought one

Re: *ist ds review

2005-01-19 Thread Billy Abbott
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:13:38 + (GMT), Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you put it in M mode and flick the AE-L button to get the same Hyper-manual mode as in the -D. You may also need to set a function to enable this. More from the owners :-) As Kostas said, you set

Re: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-19 Thread Billy Abbott
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:44:23 -0500, Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Make no mistake substances used ceremonially in high concentrations are not beverages they are magical drugs. Sounds like coffee in my office...and we do refer to it as a magical drug. And even when we don't make it

Re: *istD storage

2005-01-19 Thread DagT
I have: 1GB Lexmark 80x with WA 1GB Sandisk Extreme 1GB Sandisk Ultra II The two first have approximately the same speed (9s per RAW image), while the Ultra II is slightly slower. DagT På 19. jan. 2005 kl. 18.38 skrev Ken Hauck: I remember seeing *istD benchmarks of compact flash card read

Re: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-19 Thread Bob W
Hi, On the other hand, Coca-Cola *is* intended to be consumed as a beverage. BTW, I found the Ethiopian coffee article very interesting. Thanks to whoever (Bob W?) shared it. Wonder if devout Rastafarians find party-use of marijuana offensive? I don't think so. Coffee doesn't have any

RE: flash for *ist D

2005-01-19 Thread Jens Bladt
Intersting problem. I just briefly tested 4 TTL-flashes on the *ist D at 200-400-800 ASA (same speed and F-stop) : AF500FTZ Metz 32 CT3 Metz 32 Z-2 Pentax AF280T The two first gave me the same problem as described by Micahael; brighter image, when the ISO setting is turned up. The two next

Re: *istD storage

2005-01-19 Thread Frantisek
Hi Ken, try looking in www.robgralbraith.com Good light! fra

RE: flash for *ist D

2005-01-19 Thread Jens Bladt
...I just made an interesting discovery. I switched the red light SCA 374/2 AF adapter on the faulty Metz 32 CT3 flash, with a regular SCA-372 adapter. Then the problem was gone. The same adapter was used on the previous test with the Metz 32 Z-2, which performed fine. I even tryed annother SCA

Re: OT-Coffee Theory

2005-01-19 Thread Bill Owens
I'm going to the kitchen now and brew some 8 O'clock. Bill - Original Message - From: Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:00 PM Subject: Re: OT-Coffee Theory Everyone has different tastes. Mine is definitely not for Starbucks

Re: *istD storage

2005-01-19 Thread Tim Sherburne
For some reason, he took the Pentax scores off. I'm not sure why, and I couldn't find an archive. Tim On 1/19/05 11:50, Frantisek wrote: Hi Ken, try looking in www.robgralbraith.com Good light! fra

Re: *ist ds review

2005-01-19 Thread Luigi de Guzman
On Wednesday 19 January 2005 11:34, Dave wrote: This may have been covered, but can anyone describe how functional this camera is with a manual K mount lens? I know the *istD has some sort of button, green I think that was enhanced via firmware for this. Surf on over to my livejournal to see

Re: OT-Coffee Theory

2005-01-19 Thread Bob Blakely
Everyone has different tastes. Mine is definitely not for Starbucks coffee. I'm almost 58 years old now and have been drinking coffee since I was perhaps eight years old, when my dad would bring home fresh ground 8 O'clock Coffee from the AP. (That's The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company

Re: Finally - enabled

2005-01-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
He didn't see the camera ... I was way in the back of the crowd, he was up front near the podium. It was dark, no flash was used. I was surprised that the camera disturbed him, although earlier that evening I grabbed a couple of shots at a photo exhibition, and caused a bit of a disturbance. Two

Re: moving on - with the *istDS

2005-01-19 Thread Gonz
This could happen if you didn't have the lens in the A setting. Or if it didn't have one and you didn't press the manual exposure button. rg Michael Heim wrote: A word to the *ist D. Last fall i was travelling trought ecuador with my *istD and i've taken some two or treeethousand (!) pictures.

AW: flash for *ist D

2005-01-19 Thread Michael Heim
For the AF500 that means: forget it. Right? -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 19. Januar 2005 21:10 An: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Betreff: RE: flash for *ist D ...I just made an interesting discovery. I switched the red light SCA

AW: OT-Coffee Theory-was: PESO: While the Dog Waited

2005-01-19 Thread Michael Heim
Drinks are often related with ceremonies. Remember the brits with their afternoon tea, the asian or north african tea ceremony (for example in Tunisia). I think in none of these Countries, the ceremony is related to religion. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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2005-01-19 Thread arie07
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 4:15 PM Subject: pentax-discuss-d Digest V05 #70 -- Content-Type: text/plain pentax-discuss-d Digest Volume 05 : Issue 70 Today's Topics: RE: Pentax

Re: Best M42 body?

2005-01-19 Thread Andre Langevin
The K-mount-lens to screw-mount-camera adapter adds considerable space between the lens and the camera, almost like a teleconverter. It contains at least one optical element, which allows it to maintain infinity focus. Mark Roberts I see. You loose optical quality, like with the Nikon adapter. I

Re: Noisy *istD shutter

2005-01-19 Thread Andre Langevin
...the batteries were in reasonably good condition... Nick Reasonably good may be too low for the D. I am new to it, but I've had problems with alkalines that were still at 1.4 volts. Have you tried fresh batteries (or fully charged Ni-Mh) to see if the problem is still there? Andre

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