Hi,
Recently Cyril MARION wrote:
Anyhow, I call on your experience and knowledge : on the SUPER A (I think
it's PROGRAM A outside Europe ??), what is the purpose of the silver button
just below the sync socket, on the left side of the body ? And 2 what
happens in case of battery failure ?
Recently dosk wrote:
Read an article in a photomag by an older, experienced writer whom I
respect. He says these new tulip shaped "perfect hoods" are anything but!
Seems their odd scooped-out shapes allow all kinds of flare and glare into
the lens. Man says nothing beats a $5 (imperfect?)
Recently Pentax Clover wrote:
I do not know if it is because of my bad practice of english, but it seems
that nobody understood what I am explaining
Yes, yes, we did understand it. You have one lnes (FA*85), and read in a
magazine that it is better than all others. But there are people on
Recently =?iso-8859-1?q?Kelvin=20Ang?= wrote:
I'm new and very much confused by the different series
of Pentax lens. A single 50mm f/1.4 apparently have
the F series, A series and FA series... apparently
these lens can be mounted on a K-mount of a Pentax
camera right? So, do they make
A colleague of mine recently bought an MZ-30, which
she's getting on fine with
in the program modes. However when its in manual
mode the Av displayed on the
LCD screen just flashes (nothing else is displayed
in the LCD other than the
frame number).
I do not know the reason for the
Recently Skorepa Michal wrote:
like to know what exactly is being metered so I prefer
spot or at least center-weighted metering (if I use an M lens, this
condition rules out MZ-M, doesn't it?).
No, it's the other way around. If you use K or M lenses, the MZ-M will
give
Recently Roland Mabo wrote:
Pentax Scandinavia has finally added some pictures and information on their website,
about the MZ-S and the other new stuff from the PMA show.
In their text about the MZ-S they write:
"A range of new lenses will be released shortly"...
Pentax Germany says
Hi Take,
So, my belief is that
if I use 1.4x TC on my f4 lens, the open aperture value will
be 5.6.
Correct.
Does this apply
to all the f value? I mean, with 1.4x TC, if I choose, say,
f8 on the lens, the f value will be 11?
Correct again. The reason for this multiplication is that
Take wrote:
"According to the article, Pentax still have orders for the
LX, and the more they manufacture it, the more loss they
make, due to the high standard and hand-made nature of the
product."
Hence the idea of the LX2000: make the same camera a collector's edition,
then charge what
Recently Raivo Tiikmaa wrote:
One guy in Estonia wants to buy MZ-10 .
Is it GOOD or BD ?
In geneal, it is a good thing. The camera represents a nice balance
between price and features. I was thinking of buying that camera, but I
settled for the MZ-5n because I wanted to have spot
Recently Len Paris wrote: (talking of the Nikon F80/N80)
Really? Do you lose all metering with manual focus lenses? Or
maybe just certain metering modes? This is a revelation to me.
You lose all metering.
If the light still passes through the lens, and gets into the
body, then what
(one body, two
hot-shoe grips with two flashes altogether), then it should be possible.
Cheers,
Boz (Bojidar Dimitrov)
http://www.phred.org/pentax/k/
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Recently Bob Walkden wrote:
An all-rounder is a
camera like the LX which could be used for the full range of 35mm
activities at the time. From scientific, macro and copy work, through the
point-and-shoot functionality of the day, to heavy-duty
Recently Wieland Willker wrote:
Isn't this interesting? That Pentax comes up with a new "flagship" after
7 years, which is NOT significantly better than the old one?
I am thinking about a new body for my MF lenses. So, I am not interested
in the better AF-system.
In other words: "The new
Recently Flavio Minelli wrote about Italy:
Everybody here wants to be a formula 1 pilot.
Not only do they want to, they practice hard on the way to work too...
After my trip to Italy I had a real problem fitting back into the German
road-behavior requirements :-)
We have about 1 cell
Recently Jan van Wijk wrote:
Do you have any experience or advice?
Should I look at standard 3-way heads?
I would, for macro work I prefer to use the Manfrotto 141 head, it is simple
but sturdy and gives much more control over your composition than a
ball-head does because you can work
Recently Wieland Willker wrote:
Thanks Boz for your patience,
No, problem. The A 1002.8 is my favorite lens, so I will gladly defend
it...
Your understanding of the working distance is correct. The thing is that
the FREE macros change their focal length but they also change the
positions
Recently Wieland Willker wrote:
Ok, but what is this good for, why this extreme shift from 100mm to 60mm?
I understand it is to improve image quality, but is this the only way
possible? Why is it not utilized for the 50mm macro?
It seems that Pentax uses FREE only for lenses thta go to 1:1,
Recently Wieland Willker wrote:
Why do you need the IF for the 100mm Macro lens? What is this good for?
I mean, 60mm at 1:1, is this desirable? Is this a Macro Zoom?
It's not strictly IF, it's FREE. See here:
http://www.phred.org/pentax/k/FAQ/lens_terms.html
Cheers,
Boz
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Recently barry c. wrote:
I am currently trying to decide between the Pentax
100mm f2.8 Macro Autofocus SMC-F and SMCP-FA versions.
Optically, are they similar? I can pick up the *F*
version for about $10 less used compared with the *FA*
version.
Hi,
Yes, optically they are identical.
Recently Gary L. Murphy wrote:
What is the main diffenence between the 50mm "F" and "FA" lens other than the "F" is
the older of the two. Is
one better than the other and, if so, why?
Hi,
The differences between the F and FA lenses are discussed here:
Recently [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi! I read somewhere that different focusing screens were available for
SFXn. Anybody please knows which and what part numbers / designations ?
http://www.phred.org/pentax/k/focusing/screens/
Cheers,
Boz
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Hi Skip,
Hey Pentaxia, when you buy an older lens like a Pentax M, I know it doesn't
register in the auto program feature of my very much liked ZX-M. But does it
work when I set the ZX-M onto manual?
Yes, it works. THe only thing that you do not get is the aperture value to
be displayed in
John wrote:
On a totally different thread, I need to feel good about my new purchase of an
FA 28-105 power zoom lenscould it be the fact this now makes an even dozen
lenses for me, could that make it right?? :)
Of course, a baker's dozen is even better...
Cheers,
Boz
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Recently Jens Bladt wrote:
What a thrill it would be to have a wide angle that fast!
Look into the Contax lineup. They have a 35/1.4. Nikon has a 28/1.4 and
Canon has a 24/1.4, I THINK.
Doesn't Pentax have like a museum for exhibiting products over the years? If
I ever get to go to
Recently tom wrote:
"Robert P. VanNatta" wrote:
I agree on the wides. The 'default' lense on my super program is a 24-50
SMC-A. 'cause I really like it. What is missing though are flash units
wide enough to suit me. Most of the flash units don't go wider than 28
without some
Recently [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I believe the frames of the M viewfinders became a bit larger, not smaller.
This is why the old K magnifier didn't fit on the Super Program this AM.
Some metal needs to be removed to make the opening big enough for the M
viewfinder.
Hi Bob,
Understood.
Hi,
I've purchased a 'magnifier' to clip on the viewfinder.
It is labeled "Asahi Pentax Japan" all on line with no other ID. It
does not look
quite like either 'magnifier' that is documented at
"http://www.phred.org/pentax/k/"
which includes photos of a "magnifier M" and a "Magnifier
Recently Aaron Reynolds wrote:
- MX...104
- LX99
This is embarrassing. C'mon, guys, one of you has to buy five more LXes.
It's actually worse (update 54):
MX..102
ME Super/ME Super SE100
LX...99
Recently Esser, Hermann wrote:
Does anybody have some more info on this lens?. I can get it very cheap for
about $75.
Uuuum, I don't find $75 to be that cheap. The lens is said to be not very
good optically and horrible mechanically. However, if I neded a zoom in
that focal range for very
Recently Peter Alling wrote:
This is probably a lot of work but I think it might
be useful, or at least interesting, to mention which
of the modern lenses have plastic vs metal lens
mounts.
Hi Peter,
This has been suggested before. I have not had the time to do it yet. I
am also not
Hi all,
I have just updated the KMP (http://www.phred.org/pentax/k/). There are no
revolutionary changes but there are a lot of small changes. There is one
interesting thing: "Pentax top bodies" in the FAQ section.
Cheers,
Boz
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Recently Flavio Minelli wrote:
Bojidar Dimitrov wrote:
Second, FREE and IF lenses do not have constant focal lengths. My A100/2.8
Macro has a focal length of something like 73 mm at 1:1. So 100 mm
extension will result in higher magnification than expected.
I knew this, BTW, do you
Hi all,
As you know the PDML has a new home.
Between Christmas and New Year my company changed locations, so it took
some time before the telnet connections to the outside were set up.
Around that same time I moved also moved from one part of Hamburg to
another, and it was only last night that
Recently Ralf Engelmann wrote:
This means that Boz's and others infos, saying that the camera is not
the flagship, is nonsense.
Moment mal! You just said that the MZ-S is dead, and this upgraded camera
is a "new" animal. And then you go on to say that my claim that the MZ-S
is not the
Recently Skorepa Michal wrote:
Anyway, if someone wants to know what "SMC" stands for, let's say, I bet she
will go first into the Lenses section (rather than FAQ). Why don't you
cancel the FAQ section altogether and relocate the individual links into
appropriate existing sections: the
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