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2011-12-13 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
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Re: Home Computer Prediction From 1954

2004-11-17 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Doug Franklin skrev: On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 08:23:13 -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: This may produce a few grins: http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/54-computer.jpg Actually, that looks to me like a mock up of a submarine's dive control station, circa 1954. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ You are

Re: L-foto - sweden I think

2002-02-28 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Pål Audun Jensen skrev: Jørgen wrote: Do you have some other good tips for buying/selling used camera-equipment in Sweden/Scandinavia ? I have been toying with the idea to buy some old Pentax stuff if I can sell my small Olympus-system. Not really, apart from the fact that Pentax

Re: Contax NX vs Pentax MZ-S

2002-02-27 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hi Alexander, [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: Jorgen, You may have confused the price of the Contax NX with the Contax N1. BH lists the Contax NX for $649.95 and the Pentax MZ-S for $799.95. Well, it seems I did not read the price part of the review careful enough, the price there is 11500

Re: L-foto - sweden I think

2002-02-27 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hi Pål, Pål Audun Jensen skrev: Paul wrote: Hi all, Has anyone had any dealings with L-foto http://www.l-foto.se/, who [SNIP] Probably reputable but I find them expensive as far as Scandinavian used prices goes. . [SNIP] Pål Do you have some other good tips for buying/selling used

Re: BG-10 grip questions

2001-06-17 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Doug Brewer skrev: I believe the BG-10 is indeed metal, but I'll have to check. I can tell you that when it is attached to the camera, it's difficult to tell where the camera ends and the grip begins. Sound so good, I guess there is no slack between the camera and the grip, like between

Re: Mattias Klum Pentax

2001-06-11 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Pål Jensen wrote: Mattias again have the front page of National Geographic - the June issue. I don't know whether this is shot with Pentax or Nikon. Pål [SNIP] Do you know the subject of his reportage ? If it is about lions in Asia / India I think he shot this with Pentax-equipment.

Re: Manfrotto/Bogen 3-way head Junior Magnesium

2001-05-16 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hi Kenneth, Kenneth Waller skrev: [SNIP] May I suggest you look at the Bogen 3275 Mini-gear head. It is a great head when very precise adjustments have to be made, as in macro photography. It has 3 axis movement all controlled by 3 knobs, each knob has a very fine adjustment controlled

Re: Manfrotto/Bogen 3-way head Junior Magnesium

2001-05-16 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hi Rob, Rob Studdert skrev: On 13 May 2001, at 12:39, Jörgen Blomgren wrote: Please, tell me all your opinions of this head, I am choosing between this (460MG/3437), the basic 3-way head (141RC/3030) and the Proball basic (308RC/3413QR) as the head for my first tripod (probably

Re: Manfrotto/Bogen 3-way head Junior Magnesium

2001-05-16 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hi Chris, Chris Brogden skrev: [SNIP] You can use it both ways, but if you use it as a ballhead, then you have to loosen and tighten two knobs instead of one, and you only get movement in two planes, not three. There are more expensive ballheads that let you lock motion in

Re: Manfrotto/Bogen 3-way head Junior Magnesium

2001-05-16 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hi Ernest, Ernest Alejandria skrev: Joergen Blomgren wrote: [SNIP] Can you free the axis just enough so the camera is moveable, but does not fall ? Yes. Once the camera is lock into head mount via the removable plate, it is securely lock and would not fall off the head

Re: Manfrotto/Bogen 3-way head Junior Magnesium

2001-05-15 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hi Albano, [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: 029 rules! : - P Yes, at least size-, weight- and price-wise ;- (By that description, at sounds as it is a sumo-wrestler :-) Jokes aside, what is its strong points ? Albano [SNIP] Best regards, -- J.B Joergen Blomgren e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Manfrotto/Bogen 3-way head Junior Magnesium

2001-05-15 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hi Chris, Chris Brogden skrev: I'm not a big fan of the 3-way Junior head. Actually, I hate it. It's small, but I find the grips are way too small for my liking. Oh, have not thought of that, I was just worried that it would be sort of tricky to adjust without large handles. If you

Re: Manfrotto/Bogen 3-way head Junior Magnesium

2001-05-15 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hi Albano, [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: 029 rules! Jokes aside, what is its strong points ? J.B Joergen Blomgren I like my 029 because it's very, very solid (I use it with 144 legs). Those are called 055 now, so that is the same kind of tripod I am thinking of. Three way adjustment

Manfrotto/Bogen 3-way head Junior Magnesium

2001-05-13 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
I would like to ask if there is anybody on the list who has any experience of the Manfrotto 3-way head Junior Magnesium ? The Manfrotto code is 460MG and the Bogen code is 3437. It seems to be a good head, but I am a bit doubtful how practical it is, usually 3-way heads have large grips that

Re: HHGTTG

2001-05-13 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
D. Glenn Arthur Jr. skrev: Joergen Blomgren wrote: D. Glenn Arthur Jr. skrev: Douglas Adams was indirectly responsible for my learning how to drive a manual-transmission (stick shift). Full story available if people want to hear it. This reminds of one of my favorite passages,

Pentax-spotting

2001-05-07 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Hello Pentax-fans, I could not help noticing a Pentax-user in the swedish nature-show Mitt i naturen-Film there was a short (.5 hour) documentary from and about the swedish nature-filmer and photographer Mattias Klum. It described his reportage about asiatic lions in India, and he used a couple

Pro digital can use 645/67 lenses ?

2001-02-26 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
In the mail today there was a catalogue from a swedish mail-order company (Scandinavian Photo). At the Pentax page there was a small sidenote about the new Pentax bodies, the new semi-pro 35 mm and the pro digital. The part about the digital mentioned that it could use the lenses from the 645

Re: Half OT: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-22 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
I am sorry that I answer my own post, but I feel I must point out what I mean. Jrgen Blomgren skrev: Lasse Karlsson skrev: [SNIP] Yes, but our everyday lives a r e in essence very subtle, aren't they? It's just that we (our senses) deal with this subtlety so smoothly that we tend to

Re: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-21 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Pl Jensen skrev: Jrgen wrote: And they say "tlig konstruktion likt LX" which means: "durable construction like LX" (the translation could almost be guessed ?), which would mean not as durable as LX, only something similar ? According to my swedish (wich of course is damned good)

Re: Report from PMA

2001-02-12 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Doug Brewer skrev: Had a friend down at PMA report back to me with MZ-S specs. Here's what I know: [SNIP] Pentax functions include: [SNIP] -Exposure setting for reading automatically, the selected AF sensor (instead of normal 6 segment) What does this mean ? Anyone who knows or

Re: Report from PMA

2001-02-12 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Alin Flaider skrev: Jrgen wrote: -Exposure setting for reading automatically, the selected AF sensor (instead of normal 6 segment) JB What does this mean ? Anyone who knows or guesses ? It probably means exposure is read from the meter segment that corresponds to the active