sticky mirror... MX ?

2006-02-11 Thread Francis Tang
ve it - ok?]. I'm getting really desperate now because this MX is my last Pentax - I've had two ME Supers pop their cogs within the same three years! Thanks in advance. Francis Tang.

Has any one seen this: MZ-S for sale at 999ukp.

2001-01-16 Thread Francis Tang
I don't know any more about this but here's the URL: http://members.nbci.com/leicastore/camerastore.html it advertises the "MZ-S Pro Body". Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 65

OT: Picasa 2 migration

2005-05-23 Thread Francis Tang
Hi Does anyone on this mailing list use Picasa 2? I've been playing around with it a bit, and it seems to suit my needs fairly well. However, before investing more of my time labelling my pictures, I was wondering if anyone has any experience of "migrating" Picasa installs - e.g. moving to a new

Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com

2004-12-02 Thread Francis Tang
etting desperate. My collection of Pentax bodies has dwindled to just one working MX - over the years, three MESupers have conked-out on me :( . Fortunately (more like sadly) I'm not taking many photos right now - still adjusting to post-student / married life Francis Tang. PDML lurker, one-time hobby photographer.

Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com

2004-12-02 Thread Francis Tang
es it work opn the *ist-D? Can anyone confirm whether this is also the case for the DS? On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:33:23 -0600, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Francis Tang" > Subject: Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.co

Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com

2004-12-05 Thread Francis Tang
change systems. > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > > - Original Message - > From: "Francis Tang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 3:29 PM > Subject: Re: *istDS Review on photo

Re: mx shutter behavior

2004-12-08 Thread Francis Tang
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 16:40:49 -0800 (PST), Alan Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You may visit Rob's site to see what it looks like. I > don't have the MX anymore so I cannot how you. Can someone remind us of the URL? Thanks!

MX vs MZ-M

2001-06-01 Thread Francis Tang
Pentax service wouldn't improve the Winder/Motor situation, or would it? -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland. Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: 2d/215 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home

Re: Mr. Stoopid's Darkroom Triumph

2001-06-04 Thread Francis Tang
, matching set of cylinders.) So after a while, it becomes routine - wouldn't think of putting fixer into the cylinder with the orange base, or developer in the tall transparent one with the crack down the side. I suppose it's one of the few advantages of using a low-budget darkroom.

28-105 FA 3.2-4.5

2001-06-04 Thread Francis Tang
o than the supposedly very expensive 24-90. I think I'd prefer the two lens setup, at the expense of "build quality" (or whatever the 24-90 is supposed to offer to justify its price tag), if the combined price is comparable. Yours, Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student,

Re: Film development

2001-06-05 Thread Francis Tang
at the guys at Kodak, Ilford or wherever have done their job right.) I've recently been trying slide film, partly because I don't have a darkroom at the moment. I don't like slides so much because I prefer prints (the physical presentation as opposed to the film), but I do like the c

Re: Flash for Z1p

2001-06-08 Thread Francis Tang
extra power over the GN30 flash. I guess it might be useful for fill purposes if you use the GN30 flash off camera, or bounced. It was a good question though. I wouldn't have asked myself this question, but now that I've thought about it, it's quite an interesting answer! Yours,

Re: Flash functionality on MZ-S

2001-06-10 Thread Francis Tang
gt; > :-) > > Patrick > > Oh, and for Dick: The flash comp has apparently been built into the 360. At least, >that's my understanding. > > Doug > > -- > Douglas Forrest Brewer > Ashwood Lake Photography > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.alphoto.co

Re: MZ-S gripes

2001-06-10 Thread Francis Tang
dle that goes up and down. Don't the other K-series cameras have a similar exposure indicator? -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland. Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: S215/215 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WW

Re: MZ-S gripes

2001-06-11 Thread Francis Tang
ad of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > - > 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 . > -- Francis Tang

Re: SMC-A 50/1.7

2001-06-13 Thread Francis Tang
e to get an A50/1.2 to have a "real" piece of camera gear and A series coatings at the same time. Is the A50/1.4 really optically that much better than the M50/1.4? I'm not sure if I'd rather have a lens that feels better to use at the price of optical performance. Yours s

Re: MZ-S Report

2001-06-15 Thread Francis Tang
y.com/texdance > http://members1.clubphoto.com/john8202 > - > 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 . > -- Fran

Re: Traveling in Deutschland

2001-06-20 Thread Francis Tang
r lenses has driven me to the option of range-finder-style cameras. But fear not, I do own two ME Supers, one MX, winders for all three, plus eight SMC Pentax lenses. Yours, Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutsch

Voigtlaender vs Pentax

2001-06-21 Thread Francis Tang
ar with a 15mm. I can pop a level into the accessory shoe and keep the viewfinder in my pocket. But I'm torn - I love my Pentax cameras dearly! Yours sincerely, Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschlan

Re: screw mount adaptor

2001-06-22 Thread Francis Tang
a shorter registration distance, e.g. a leica screw mount body, then it should be possible - though I'm not sure if they exist. Not sure where to buy the adapters if you are happy with optical degredation or loss of infinity focus. I think I've seen them before, probably in B&H.

Re: Overlapping frames on MZ-S

2001-06-25 Thread Francis Tang
that defeat the purpose of the auto-rewind feature? -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland. Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: S215/215 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - This message

Naive question, viewfinder magnification

2001-06-25 Thread Francis Tang
#x27;ve heard people complain that they can't see all of the viewfinder in the MX, and I know I have to press the camera hard into my face so that I can see all of it. But why can't Pentax keep the same viewfinder magnification on the MX and just make the rear window bigger? Am I just bein

Re: Naive question, viewfinder magnification

2001-06-26 Thread Francis Tang
;Action finder" reminds me of that door you open on the top cover of a Yashicamat to give you a direct viewfinder. At least it's distortion-free and, with relevance to this topic, has 1.0x magnification. Pity you get parallax error... Incidentally, the Leica 0-Series has such a viewfinde

Re: OT: Which Camera Bag

2001-07-15 Thread Francis Tang
27;t they always? I suppose it's because I usually go without flash. As soon as I try to fit in the Vivitar 283 as well, it's a whole different story. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax

Re: Your "No Fat" Pentax Outfit

2001-07-20 Thread Francis Tang
pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB,

Re: No Fat--Really light kit

2001-07-20 Thread Francis Tang
k the body with 24 and 50 plus the filters. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - This messa

Re: A Harder Game

2001-07-20 Thread Francis Tang
lenses. > > Which body and two lenses would you choose? > > Totally optional: name the subject and/or locales you'd choose to > photograph. > > I think fewer people will brave this game > > --Mike -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Di

Re: The MZ-S; a batteryholic?

2001-08-09 Thread Francis Tang
27;t they call it the ZX-S? I noticed this too. Nikon released the F100 as the F100 in the US, instead of the usual N100/whatever. I guess Nikon have a valid reason - it's trying to market the F100 using the image of the other F's (F, F2, F3, F4, F5). -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research

Re: The MZ-S; a batteryholic?

2001-08-10 Thread Francis Tang
imum strength to kick the thing > into life. > I don't really know, I'm no expert in this field. > > Max > > > > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget t

Re: Enabled

2001-08-17 Thread Francis Tang
ion of a huge slide, as well as control over perspective > and focal planes. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www

Re: 645 film flatness (WAS: Re: 6x7 or 645?)

2001-08-17 Thread Francis Tang
misconception. > > Regards, > Anthony Farr -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - Th

Re: Pentax Club?

2001-08-23 Thread Francis Tang
MX works except for the X-sync and I hardly use flash! -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt

Re: Manual back-up bodies

2001-09-07 Thread Francis Tang
s, I've heard that the ME is one such. I've yet to see one in the shops, and anyway, I'd have to ditch one of my MESupers before I can justify it. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax

Re: Got a Bargain, I think, an 85/1.8

2001-10-05 Thread Francis Tang
;m forcing myself to keep to one or two lenses. BTW, congratulations on a good buy. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www

Re: LX Frame Spacing (Was Re: MZ-S; Built to last)

2001-10-05 Thread Francis Tang
(as is my M3). > > > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > 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://pu

Re: Pentax Digital NEWS - FULL STORY from AP 27th OCT.

2001-10-23 Thread Francis Tang
a smaller format. I was always under the impression that we get more DOF with 35mm over MF because the typical print magnification is less. Am I missing something more subtle here? Yours sincrely, Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinbur

Geek shopping in Munich.

2001-10-23 Thread Francis Tang
with processing vouchers for about 2,- DM (without frames.) Yours faithfully, Frank. P.S. I don't like these German keyboards! When I visited TU Darmstadt, they gave us US keyboards. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: TCS, Informatik, LMU-Muenchen, Deutsc

ME Super film transport (Was Re: ZENITAR-K 2.8/16 FISH-EYE LENS - Peleng 8/3.5?)

2001-11-14 Thread Francis Tang
a why any of this happened. Sincerely, Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - This messag

Re: First 6-mp full-frame digital SLR is out

2001-11-16 Thread Francis Tang
On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 02:49:22PM +1300, David A. Mann wrote: > Plus, unlike the Nikon/Canon behemoths they've actually made it look quite > compact. Maybe the pictures just shows it with a very big lens.... -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Infor

Re: Digital cameras are FREE

2001-11-20 Thread Francis Tang
aring digital images much easier (pop it into an email, put it on a webpage). I'm reluctant to show people my slides (the average person cannot avoid putting thumb prints on my slides) and projecting them is said to accelerate the fading process. There's space for both in my heart. -- F

Re: Digital cameras are FREE

2001-11-20 Thread Francis Tang
a "good" print (or getting a good print requires too much effort.) (Not to mention the occasional screw-up such as when I forget to stop-down the lens.) -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. F

OT: Interpolation (Was Re: The true cost of "free" digital?)

2001-11-22 Thread Francis Tang
lated and 48 bit colour, the file size is up over a gig! More > information than I can use with my printer, but that's a good thing. Question unrelated to cost of digital: what's the purpose of interpolation in the scanner, versus interpolating/resampling on the computer? -- Franci

Re: developing tri-x in ilfosol-s

2001-11-22 Thread Francis Tang
tried LC29 (maybe called HC-D in the US) and have never looked back. If you have the curiosity, maybe you might want to try this developer too. In use it's just like Ilfosol S (except for dilutions and timings.) Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Info

Interesting Pentax gear for sale in UK

2001-03-30 Thread Francis Tang
ff at http://www.mxv.co.uk/ I thought that this would interest the UK members most, but I think they also ship outside of the UK. I hope some of you find something you've been looking for. Yours, Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. o

Re: Winder without grip for ME Super?

2001-03-30 Thread Francis Tang
de it does not wind on until you release the trigger. Perhaps you got the MX and MEII winders confused? -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student. LFCS, Div. of Informatics, Uni. of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: +44 131 6505185. Fax: +44 131 6677209. Office: 1603, JCMB, KB. Email: [EMAIL PROT