Re: Any info on 80-205mm f4.5 Takumar, with Macro?

2002-05-13 Thread Eduardo Carone Costa Jr.
Hi Stan, I have this lens and also the Takumar Zoom 70-150/4.5 that preceded it. They are both great lenses and perform much better than one would expect from lenses that old. The 70-150 is a Super Takumar lens, while the 80-205 is a Super Multi Coated Takumar one. However, the later doesn't

Re: How to clean a 100 2.8?

2002-03-07 Thread Eduardo Carone Costa Jr.
That depends, Albano. If you want to clean the front elements, all you have to do is remove the decorative ring in order to have access to the front groups. They are probably screwed in place as a unit. To have access to both sides of each element, there will probably be retaining rings. By the

How to adjust Spotmeter?

2002-02-27 Thread Eduardo Carone Costa Jr.
Hello Everybody, I recently acquired two old spot meters on Ebay that, despite being in very good cosmetic shape, complete with respective caps and cases, were described as not working and for parts only. Paid U$53.00, including shipping, for both of them. When they arrived I saw the only thing

Re: Film advice needed

2001-09-20 Thread Eduardo Carone Costa Jr.
Thanks, Tom. I'll let you know what happens, even if the photos turn out to be completely lame... :-) I'm saying that it's probable that the camera can't turn the flash off in time to avoid overexposure. I think I'll go the distance and get two or three more rolls and see for myself what

Re: Film advice needed

2001-09-20 Thread Eduardo Carone Costa Jr.
Aaron, It was scanned, at low resolution, from a 4x6 print, on a cheap flatbed scanner. The original has more detail, but not much. Those points you mentioned are exactly the ones I wish were more detailed. Unfortunately, I don't scan or print myself. Here in Brazil it's still less expensive to

Re: Film advice needed

2001-09-19 Thread Eduardo Carone Costa Jr.
Thanks, Tom. I had never used any film faster than ISO 800 before, and I don't know exactly what to expect from this one. Why do you rate it at only 1250? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to

A word of sorrow to the US members of the List

2001-09-11 Thread Eduardo Carone Costa Jr.
I know this has nothing to do with the purpose of this list, but I can't avoid expressing myself in this tragic moment. What happened today is beyond belief and your Country is called again to pay the price of leadership. May God be with you. Eduardo. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss

Re: Film development

2001-06-05 Thread Eduardo Carone Costa Jr.
Earlier today, Aaron Reynolds wrote: This is a very common misconception. The Ns do not represent pure, unaltered exposure; rather they indicate that no correction has been made to the machine's automatic reading of the neg. Thus, getting a roll printed all Ns means that the machine will do

Re: Pnetax 28-200 min apertures for different focuses

2001-04-05 Thread Eduardo Carone Costa Jr.
Hi, I don't have mine here with me right now, but I believe it only gets down to 5.6 past 135 mm. Hope it helps.

Re: Candy

2001-03-15 Thread Eduardo Carone Costa Jr.
Hi, If you don't find a candy that has brighter colors, I believe you can use the MM and try to spray it with glicerin or any kind of stuff that's used to make a car's dashboard shine. Of course you can't eat them afterwards!...

What really matters... (Was:Re: Primes Vs. Zooms: was: Re: More on croppng (Was: An important step)

2001-03-07 Thread Eduardo Carone Costa Jr.
Last week, after the opening of this month's PUG gallery, I uploaded some of my photos and asked if the members of this very fine group of Pentax Users would mind taking a look at them and telling me what is right or wrong about them and how I could try to improve them. the feedback I got

Re: An important step

2001-03-02 Thread Eduardo Carone Costa Jr.
Thank you for your comments, Tom. BTW, I don't have the fainthest idea of what "HCB" stands for... Can you tell me what it means and is a HCB devotee? About cropping and editing: I know they are photographic skills but I guess that capturing subject and surrondings in the correct amout in