Re: media philosophy debate

2002-06-11 Thread Fernando Díaz del Castillo H.
Sorry, but I couldn't see where the paradox is... is it that reality is only at full when you are not looking at it through the viewfinder, but you are supposed to be trying to portray it thus? Don't forget that your own views of reality are mediated by your own personal experiences, culture,

Re: Wrong-Way Meter?

2002-06-10 Thread Fernando Díaz del Castillo H.
Exactly. The polarity in the mercury battery is reversed in the new ones (lithium). You have to insulate the outer part with a rubber and place the battery upside down. Check the page on batteries for SPs in this page for a full explanation: http://spotmatic.web-page.net/. Here it is copy/pasted:

Re: OT: What football?

2002-06-05 Thread Fernando Díaz del Castillo H.
Unbelievable... yes... they won. IMHO that won't go on much longer, though it was a great surprise; I really thought it was an easy game for Portugal, just as Senegal was an easy game for France... but football is football, and it is prone to surprises. Not haveng Colombia playing this time makes

Re: Best Screw Lenses?

2002-06-05 Thread Fernando Díaz del Castillo H.
Check out this site. It has a very good lens page and a pretty good article on the history of TTL metering and the SP model. http://spotmatic.web-page.net/ Fernando Steve Pearson wrote: Jim: Sorry for the stupid qustions, but could you explain a little more about the metering with the SMC

Re: Anyone ever made their own light box?

2002-06-01 Thread Fernando Díaz del Castillo H.
Here they call them opacos... thanks for the correction, though. Fernando Ann Sanfedele wrote: Fernando Díaz del Castillo H. wrote: I did just this last weekend: 5. The glass is quite important: an opaque glass, cut by an expert did the job. Fernando Fernando - ooops - I

Re: Anyone ever made their own light box?

2002-05-30 Thread Fernando Díaz del Castillo H.
I did just this last weekend: 1. I bought pre-cut wood in a construction outlet (35cmX10cmX0.5cm each). 2. Small nails were good enough to put them together in less than half an hour with some glue to make it stronger. 3. The bottom was made of a very thin (less than 0.5 cm) piece of wood. Same

Re: Pentax sightings

2002-05-25 Thread Fernando Díaz del Castillo H.
I'm quite new to all this photography... we don't have Pentax representatives in Colombia, but I bought my Spotmatic to a professional and he only uses Pentax... my first book, by John Hedgecoe, has a Pentax in the cover and only Pentax in the inner pictures... I have two teachers, one using

Re: Toronto PDML Images Online Now

2002-05-19 Thread Fernando Díaz del Castillo H.
Thanks for the pictures... I loved the post and the camera... Fernando - 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 visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: Advice Needed For Student

2002-05-12 Thread Fernando Díaz del Castillo H.
I recently started with photography... I bought a Spotmatic in excellent condition and three lenses: 28mm, 50mm and 90-190mm... I've really enjoyed shooting with all of them and learned from using all three lenses. My best shots have come from the normal and the 28mm. I think the fact of using a

Re: Advice Needed For Student

2002-05-12 Thread Fernando Díaz del Castillo H.
Now that someone mentions books... I just bought a couple and I (as a total newbie in need of expanations) would recommend both... Les Meehan's Creative Exposure Control Bryan Peterson's Understanding Exposure. I've had trouble with exposure and these two have certainly helped a lot. The first