I like it, Boris.
Specifically, I like the repeated circular form of the umbrella and
it's shadow. I think I like the second person in the photo because it
repeats the form (vertical line) of the first person.
>>>Does it work? I wonder whether the umbrella is popping out enough?
Not quite. But,
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I'm struggling to meet a publication deadline. As of now it's not going
well, but that has nothing to do with my cheap, prestige-challenged,
third party lenses.
Happy shooting, and good light to you.
Christopher Lillja
Direc
Uh, cave man, that would be "construction" ...
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I have found the Sigma 24 2.8 (not the 1.8, as good or bad as it might
be) to be outstandingly sharp. I have both the MF K mount and Nikon AF
versions, both are great, with sturdy metal constroction. I don't
I have found the Sigma 24 2.8 (not the 1.8, as good or bad as it might
be) to be outstandingly sharp. I have both the MF K mount and Nikon AF
versions, both are great, with sturdy metal constroction. I don't think
I paid more than $65 for either one.
Chris L.
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Thanks, Lon! I'll check the archives.
Ya' know, If they built one of these puppies in K mount, it would be in
my bag already!
Regards,
Chris L.
Christopher Lillja
Director of Publications
The Pennington School
www.pennington.org
(609) 737-6121
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brand-new Cosina made Pentax
thread mount SLR! It looks beautiful and as many of our Spotmatic meters
die off, just what the Dr. ordered. Anyone out there get/use one yet?
I'm sure it's no match for the quality of a good Spottie, but you can
buy a new one today.
Christopher Lillja
Director
I think it's really silly that when one has tried ONE or even two
samples of ANY particular lens and finds it to be particularly good,
they can somehow delude themselves that ALL of the samples are that
good. They are the same ones that got a really bad 50/2 M or whatever
and so ALL of those must b
IMHO- The real advantage of HSM (at least in the Canon and Nikon
implementation) is "Full Time Manual Focussing," allowing one to touch
up the fine focus after lock has been achieved without touching any
switches, levers, grinding of gears, etc this is no small thing,
after you've experienced i
I hope this is OK. I know I seen folks put stuff up before. So help me
get an MZS and buy this stuff before it goes to ebay. Please ask
questions. And I'll be happy to send photos of the equipment. (give me a
day or two, please?) I trade on ebay as captgonzo, feel free to check me
out. Offers on mu
>>I don't see how anyone could conclude that 35mm film is still a
superior
>>media after seeing these pictures.
>>-R
The only thing I've concluded from this comparison is that his scanner
is badly out of focus and/or needs service
>From the lumnious landscape review:
"(Note that the sam
I absolutely agree. I simply didn't want to be accused of overstating
the case for Pentax based on the former point. (About superior
compatibility.)
Chris L.
>>The Pentax system can not compete with the
>> Nikon or Canon on the basis of comprehensiveness or ultimate
technology.
But the latter
Perhaps you should also compare prices of the 50/1.4 s before jumping to
conclusions?
There's a reason why the Canon 50/1.8II is cheaper plastic bayonet
(would they really do that on a prime? - yes) As I said, ugly
surprises You're going to wish you bought the 1.4 anyway
Chris
"Full aperture metering" simply means that the camera meters as it
should, producing a correct exposure or reading without having to stop
down. All current major SLRs work this way, including Canon. There are
only a handful of K mount bodies (ie. ZX30, ZX60) that don't support all
K mount lenses t
http://www.photo.net/canon/lens-motors
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On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Christopher Lillja wrote:
> Read "When a 'USM" motor is not a 'USM' motor on Photo.net...
Do you have a link? I couldn't find it.
chris
I got a Pentax AF200T from KEH for $31. Works great in TTL mode on my
SP. Has an eye. Two auto settings. Four manual settings. Works great on
all my cameras, except my MZ5, which really wants a "digital" flash to
be "dedicated." Auto modes work OK on MZ5 after setting shutter and F
stop manually.
IMHO - I gotta put in my vote for an inexpensive film scanner over any
sort of flatbed. I have an HP S20xi for 35mm and an HP 7400c with trans
adapter for medium format. The S20 simply works better/faster. It's
worth the extra $200 over the Epson flatbed. Get a cheap flatbed to scan
larger prints.
We're holding out for the fine English craftsmanship of the Wensleydale
Rangefinder (with cranberries). We hear you need to leave it out until
it reaches room temperature for best optical performance/flavor.
Regards,
Wallace and Gromit
"Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You know,
I have the "F" version. Yep, it's a great lens, but it hunts a lot.
Leave the limiter engaged, and use spot AF. I just turn the AF off. I
think it's more of a problem with the AF system, with non-IF primes,
with a wide focusing range. Some lenses are worse than others, in my
case, my 50/1.7 F and
Hi Steve,
I like the one with a photo of a Land Rover/Cruiser (memory fails to
distingush) next to a glacier with the tag line "Reliable Gear For Your
Adventures" I think it is for the ZX/MZ5n and others. I'm sure I've seen
it this past year in Pop Photo or Shutterbug or something...
Chris L.
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er in this regard, even though it's lighter.
It's a shame it's VF stinks for MF...
Just my humble opinion...
Chris L.
School Publications Guy
Christopher Lillja
Publications Coordinator
The Pennington School
www.pennington.org
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et off a flash while young performers are
trying to do their thing during a performance.
Good luck.
Chris L.
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Funny you should mention this, I'm about to go in to hyper-graduation mode. I'll shoot
20+ rolls over the next two weeks.
The primes vs zooms debate is stupid. Sorry. This is like arguing whether you should
have a flat blade screwdriver or a Phillips (cross head) screwdriver in your tool
belt.
t; >As far as I can see, this is currently a consortium of one!
>
>
> No both Fuji, Panasonic and Kodak are involved.
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understand, if a crappy film system
Chris L.
School Publications Guy
Re: Will Pentax join Olympus?
> As long as the mirror box "tyranny" gives me an optical TTL
> viewfinder, then so be it. The hell will freeze before I buy a
> digital viewfinder camera.
Christopher
>>>Nothing beats a range finder for the quietness, an advantage of Leica.
Ha ha. Nope. My digital with the sound turned off is totally, totally silent. Blows
away all my Pentaxes, and my Leica IIIa. It's my tool of choice when I shoot in a
really quiet classroom, with a shy teacher.
My quietes
I'm looking for a TTL flash to use with my Super Program and my MZ5.
Boz's KMP seems to be saying that the FTZ flashes won't work at all with my Super
Program? Is this true? Or will I simply loose the digital functions?
Would an AF280T be a better choice to work with both cameras?
Chris L.
Sc
Christopher wrote:
>Why mess around with the limitations of an old lens mount?
>>>Are there any limitations of the lens mount?
Of course there are limitaions to the K mount.
One of my least favorite is the loss of auto apeture when using M42 lenses...
It's design is based on covering a 24x36
Hey - I love the idea of even more new limited lenses - but let me "go big" for a
moment
In addition to introducing the new 97 1.9 FA* IF AL, our friends at Asahi Optical have
something way-cool up their sleeves
Why mess around with the limitations of an old lens mount? Following rumor
I just got a nice Super Program! Looks great and now I'll be able to leave the screw
mount adapter in my ME...
Since it's one of the few Pentaxes for which there is no manual available for free on
the Pentax website, could one of you folks help me with a couple of quick questions?
1. The littl
nhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Foveon X3: Welcome to the bleeding edge, digital camera enthusiasts!
Oh? You bought one then? And are using it now?
Ciao,
Graywolf
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I just read the article in Shutterbug and man, I can see why this generated so much
list traffic earlier in the week - this is not just another new chip. That's a big
deal. The implications are huge. It doesn't smell of vaporware, either...
Few or no color fringing artifacts, drastically reduce
m action with M42 lenses than any sort
of metering. You don't get that with the M42/K adapter. Stop-down metering would be
fine. Like I said, I can live without any TTL metering at all if the trade-off will
get me a high quality finder and reliable mechanics in a moderate size body.
Ch
ed up to 2.8 on the wide end. I hear
the FA 28/2.8 is great.
I couldn't live without a fast, wide lens. I carry that old viv 28/2 everywhere. Fits
in a jacket pocket. Now I'm looking for that M 85/2 to put in the other pocket. But
the 28-70/4 pretty much lives on my MZ5
Ch
This whole thing seems to hinge on using the term aperture and "F" interchangeably. I
don't believe they are. "F" is commonly used to denote relative aperture. And some
folks seem to be using aperture to refer to absolute aperture. What a huge urination
contest over some sloppy language
No
d Cir Polarizer
Options
K1000 back-up body w/flash
Konica TC w/40/1.8
My wife is packing a ZX7 w/remote and 28-105(tamron)
Land-based trips I break out the medium format stuff...
Chris L.
School Publications Guy
Christopher Lillja
Publications Coordinator
The Pennington School
www.penning
Thanks for the help, guys. I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be an M42 to "K" adapter.
Several M42 lenses thread into it effortlessly, it just doesn't mate up to a "k" mount
body. It looks perfect but it's probably just junk.
Anyway, I found "K" adapters on B&H, but none of them seem to be genui
I recently purchased a nifty Jupiter 9 85/2 in M42 screwmount. It came with a decent
looking adapter K.
(The whole thing was cheaper than two cases of Heineken. Yes I realize this lens is
probably NOT to be mentioned in the same breath with a real Pentax 85/2 but hey for
$50 and besides I
p includes a 24/2.8 MF sigma, 28-70/4 FA, 50/1.7
F, 100/2.8 F macro, and an old quantaray 70-210/4 MF one touch.
I'm on the digest, so please respond directly.
Thanks,
Christopher Lillja
Publications Coordinator
The Pennington School
www.pennington.org
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