Re: Day's endshipshape

2004-03-05 Thread Ian bromehead
Fred Your image merits added superlatives, I'll contribute relaxing, soft, colourful, soothing And downright excellent. You could help me if you shared what, if anythihg, would have done differently when taking This if you could turn the clock back, and knowing this area as you do ? Thanks Ian

My favourites in March pug

2004-02-29 Thread Ian bromehead
What a talented bunch you all are. For me its hat's off to; Francis Alviar's Gillian in BW, and Max McRae's Karen in colour Francis has captured a real-life treasure, its gripping how he's captured her Extreme attention oblivious to the camera's eye. Super. I can imagine her wondering if she'll

RE: pentax-discuss-d Digest V04 #438

2004-02-29 Thread Ian bromehead
I agree with Frank, lovely photo, and orginal title. I like surreal too, but prefer the real stuff when it comes to Hershey's. I suppose Cotty would scoff and say nothing but Terry's or Cadbury's will do. Ian PS scoffing Cadbury's is a really good idea too. Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 22:20:06

RE: pentax-discuss-d Digest V04 #400

2004-02-25 Thread Ian bromehead
Peter Thanks for your comments I agree, note that I did trust the PZ-1P multi-zone metering and bracketed 0.7. All my ~20 images in my opinion contain too much light in the sky, partly because of the muggy weather reflecting the city lights. Still, I didn't want to miss the opportunity A key

Re: Takumar 135mm f2.5 K mount lens - identifying

2004-02-06 Thread Ian bromehead
Bob Christian Sincerely many thanks for your thoughts and opinions and research. I went ahead, bid and won a AP Takumar 135 f2.5 52mm lens on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2982440022 I won it for $38 and probably wouldn't have bid much beyond this. I have not taken any

K 135mm lens

2004-02-01 Thread Ian bromehead
There is quite a choice of this focal length, between Takumar 2.5 through FA. Examples of the 1st in this list are appearing as cheaper alternatives on ebay, but I'm sure the pugistes have their own views on this particular 135mm vs the others. Anyone have a guide or decent URL to help choose ?

Wide Angle comparisons

2004-01-27 Thread Ian bromehead
Many thanks to Mishka, Frank, Chris and all others that helped on the MIR-47 and Vivitar 19mm threads. Looking forward to any test data when you guys who have a MIR, get chance to post it. The widest I currently have is a 28-300 Tamron LD AS, which is very useful when travelling. I'd like wider

MIR-47K 20mm f2.8 lens tests or experiences

2004-01-25 Thread Ian bromehead
Fellow pentaxphiles There seems to be a growing number of russian lenses arriving on the scenes, and some notable specialists such as Herbert Keppler, seem to suggest they can be great value. I'm taking my time searching for reasonably priced wide angle/fisheye, clearly this type of glass means

NOT IST*D: Blue filter usage

2004-01-10 Thread Ian bromehead
Don Hear hear hear. Phew, I was beginning to wonder ! Mind you I enjoyed the pimms thread, although, Cotty, my english memory of pimms is a lovely biscuit we used eat (too many of) with a nice cup of tea. Cant find them easily over here on the west coast. Cant find decent ginger nuts either.

NOT IST*D : Pradovit Color projector : value

2004-01-10 Thread Ian bromehead
I suppose with all the digital usage these days, may slide projectors are busy gathering dust. I had an old projector bought a Boots in UK many many years ago. Well its slide holder broke into smithereens last month, so I started scanning for a replacement. Of course there's a dearth of

FILM: grip for PZ-1P

2004-01-10 Thread Ian bromehead
Anyone heard of a grip accessory for PZ-1P ? It was mentioned in a short thread in a older user club pdml, but I never heard of this. T'would be good to know if one exists since the trusty beast gets a little unwieldy in some cases. Thanks Ian

RE: pentax-discuss-d Digest V04 #53

2004-01-05 Thread Ian bromehead
Charles Thanks for the welcome, glad you liked some of my work Best Ian Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 23:44:29 -0500 From: Charles Braswell Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New kid in town : Introductions .. again Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain;0

New kid in town : Introductions .. again

2004-01-04 Thread Ian bromehead
Well after seeing Nick and Steve both present themselves, and given that its new Year, I'd better do the same. Hello everyone, I'm Ian. Currently expatriated to San Francisco working for HP, I was born in Rotherham S. Yorkshire, and lived in Lyon, France from 1984-2000. Which makes me a heinz

RE: pentax-discuss-d Digest V04 #27

2004-01-03 Thread Ian bromehead
Andy I am just as gullible as you, and couldn't resist buying one of these sets On ebay. I bought the Extension Tube K set, which is A compatible to stop down the aperture But no auto-focus compatibility So far I don't regret it, but they are clearly less practical than a good macro. Just

RE: Extension tube

2004-01-03 Thread Ian bromehead
Andy I am just as gullible as you, and couldn't resist buying one of these sets On ebay. I bought the Extension Tube K set, which is A compatible to stop down the aperture But no auto-focus compatibility So far I don't regret it, but they are clearly less practical than a good macro. Just