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(snip of questions I can't help with)...
Lastly: isn't TTL flash (on bodies capable of TTL flash) always available,
even with manual focus?
Yes
Regards, Bob S.
Thanks Bob S.
Mafud
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How do you guys connect a studio flash?
www.Porters.com sells hot shoe to PC adapters.
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Subj: Re: Bodies Roll Call UPDATE 59
Date: 2/17/01 2:42:29 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michel Adam)
My point is, even within the same newspaper, you can usually tell what
In a message dated 2/17/01 6:15:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Is the hood that comes with the lens an effective hood? Or do
we need to find a larger, deeper one than that?
Only HAMA steel hoods from Germany seem to be deep enough. My recent purchase
of a 67mm
In a message dated 2/17/01 7:48:39 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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Yes, but is this positive? The MZ-S might get the image of a slow
camera with luxury attitude for the slow people with luxury attitude.
What?
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Subject: Re: Fast film to go with Porta 160
*("Rating" film is a slide/BW technique).
Could you expand on this thought please? Are you saying that people who
In a message dated 2/17/01 10:55:29 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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I am talking about my sour earned money here. Buying a F80 kind of camera
every 5 years costs me $1300.
If it's value for dollar spent you're fretting about, you could buy two
brand-new-in-the-box
In a message dated 2/17/01 10:59:30 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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I do know I see a lot of badly
underexposed film coming through the lab these days, but I
suspect this has more to do with people insisting on buying zoom
lens piss and shit cameras with maximum
In a message dated 2/17/01 11:54:22 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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However, it seems that other price classes/camera types will
disappear now from the Pentax lineup, and this includes cameras in
the technically capable mid class, a class I always have found
In a message dated 2/17/01 12:09:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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The guy doing the buying runs all of the risk.
Not when you use I-Escrow, the ~only~ way to (I'll) buy "pricey" items.You
actually have the item in your mitts for up to two days for testing-etc.
Mafud
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But newspapers and other print media are so in love with the sheer speed of
digital photography I believe, especially in the newspaper business, digital
is here to stay. It's cost effective enough, even if
In a message dated 2/17/01 1:24:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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The MZ-S is not a camera for everybody.
Ralf, ~you~ of all people, ought not make a snap judgement about a camera you
have neither seen or operated and a camera which ~you~ yourself seem to deny,
has
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Hence they will accept lower built quality, but will demand moderate
prices.
Again, speak for yourself, Ralf.
Mafud
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Durability is also not everybodies priority,
Huh?!
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Not everybody wants smallest size and is willing to pay high prices.
No, Ralf, you must say ~you~ (I) don't want the small size and high prices,
particularly since you, Ralf, don't know how small it
In a message dated 2/17/01 2:14:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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When considering that the MZ-S fuses MZ-style, Z-1p features, and LX built
and finish, its apparent that Pentax is reaching out to the Pentax
enthusiasts
And, as Micheal Coreleone said: "dragging me
In a message dated 2/17/01 2:31:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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I am not trying to say that these topics are not worth discussing.
Rather, I
am suggesting that this should not be the forum for discussing them.
But, what do I know...
In every serious
In a message dated 2/17/01 2:34:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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For example, what looks good and sharp at 5x magnification may not look so
good at 10x magnification, and may look awful at 16x or 20x
Ah, another slide shooter's affectation, looking at things at 10x,
In a message dated 2/17/01 6:06:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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Otherwise, it is prudent to keep ones mind open to the reality that one
might have to make adjustments. I suspect you knew that.
William Robb
Yup.
In tough lighting or when I'm not sure I'll nail the
In a message dated 2/17/01 6:17:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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None that I know of have ever been sold with 100 or 200 speed
film.
William Robb
Old refernce Bill. They did at one time come wth mostly 100 and 200, the 400
cameras costing a premium.
You're right
In a message dated 2/17/01 6:51:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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No, Ralf, you must say ~you~ (I) don't want the small size and high
prices,
particularly since you, Ralf, don't know how small it ~actually~ is or how
much it costs.
In Ralf's defense, I do
In a message dated 2/17/01 7:54:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Vertical/horizontal sensor orientation is another issue, but with the
narrow centre sensor, it usually focus on eyes without problem.
Mike said something no one has commented on: turning the (whatever)
In a message dated 2/17/01 11:32:29 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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I think you just started that sub-thread, Mafud. ((sigh...)
Not I.
Mafud
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[snip]
I was reacting to a NASA claim to Ziess's multi coating technology.
What is unsavory to some is the way America, in seeking ways to defend
itself, supported (money, technically, surreptitiously)
In a message dated 2/16/01 7:37:51 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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It will be for low light available light candits at a weeding. So good skin
tone is of importance.
Only one emulsion fits your requirements to a "T":
KODAK PRO 1000, a long standing favorite of
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To bring this back on topic, I think corporate history is particularly
difficult to write, because every corporation is a closed book, every
corporation creates its own propaganda and has no sanction
In a message dated 2/16/01 9:25:32 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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"F14: Sets the self-timer delay time (sets self-timer function for 12 second
delay or 2 second delay with mirror lock-up)"
That function alone will sell a lot of MZ-S bodies.
Mafud
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I /will/ tell you that the nice guys over at Lisle-Kelco (that's the
Canadian importer for Hasselblad and Leica among other stuff) tell me that
they use Reala to check lens sharpness.
"Pros" shoot
In a message dated 2/16/01 10:32:19 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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It's just human nature to tell stories the way it makes the most sense to
the story teller, and to leave out the parts he/she/they don't really
understand or want to look at too closely.
Better know as
In a message dated 2/16/01 12:15:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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Read the differing historical accounts of the US Revolution in the American
history books and then the British history books. Are they talling about
the same war
Well, America always fails to
In a message dated 2/16/01 12:33:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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But again, I have not shot Supra, just as you have not shot Reala, so
neither of us can gain the upper hand in this shootin' match. :)
You might couch this thread in such terms, but at this point in my
In a message dated 2/16/01 12:36:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Bill the meanie wrote:
Don't even think about pushing it. C-41 films don't push. Not at
all. Not even a stop. I have proven it.
Does the same caution apply to "pulling"? WARNING! Trick question!
In a message dated 2/16/01 7:21:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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t'll be interesting to look at in 3 years.
My prediction is that the total count of serious
digital bodies will outnumber LX MX combined.
Collin
There ~are~ no serious 35mm [small foramt] digital
In a message dated 2/16/01 9:02:04 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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I'm
not sure what you mean by "don't push." Are you saying that I will get the
same quality by pushing, say, Fuji's 400 Press two stops as I will if I
underexpose it by two stops and develop it as a 400
In a message dated 2/14/01 9:57:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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That's a heap of manual focus lenses.
But not nearly as many as there are K-mount manuals.
Mafud
I am not sure about that. But I can see you are a die-hard Pentax fan.
I am. Owning a PENTAX is
In a message dated 2/15/01 5:50:09 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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Well, Pentax had only 4 (maybe 5) lenses while Nikon had 13. Even with this
constraint, Leica had many more lenses in this list than Pentax.
It is difficult for me to believe the test was "fair," given
In a message dated 2/15/01 10:47:27 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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hate to point this out, but the only reason I can see for objecting to
comparing Pentax to other brands is because you don't think Pentax would look
good with that kind of scrutiny.
William Robb
I
In a message dated 2/15/01 10:47:32 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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The paper was Fuji Crystal Archive, glossy.
Do you like the Crystal Archive paper?
Mafud
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I thought it was a pro film?
It is. Maybe Bill thought he said
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I've been looking for a film that can blow up to at least 16X 20 with
little
or no grain.
KODAK SUPRA 100. After that, it's up to your lens.
Mafud
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In a message dated 2/15/01 3:46:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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have! I once got the 100mm/2.8 and the 200mm/4.0 for $120 total!
Your ZX-5n will beep for you when you are in what it thinks focus is!
Tiger Moses
OK Tiger ~anyone~: which PENTAX bodies "beep" to
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he MZ3 does, and the audible signal can be turned off as well.
Michel
Thanks Michel!
Mafud
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zoom lenses, the 85/1.4 keeps being my only option... Well, I think I
could use the 135/2.8 too, but a Pro told me that 85s are the best for
portraits. Is that true? :)
As you've been advised, the
In a message dated 2/15/01 5:11:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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We do have to take proper technique into account, as well
I would never ~think~ to caution PDML members about their shooting
techniques, knowing that such a suggestion would be in fact - preaching to
the
In a message dated 2/15/01 5:19:40 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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Now - if Mafud would send me a roll or two of the Supras, I'm sure I
could repent from the "evil greenish ways" into which I find myself forced at
times ;^)
Bill
I only have Supra 800 on hand
In a message dated 2/15/01 7:16:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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Could that be the FA*250-600/5.6? Yummy...
Oh no, I've shot ~that~ one. I get to shoot it every Spring during Polo
matches [Chukkas]. One of the first of the 250-600 models, this one is still
an
In a message dated 2/15/01 11:07:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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Only .4" narrower, .4" shorter(depthwise) and almost the same height. I
thought it was a lot smaller than that.
A handful with the vertical shutter/grip, as I'd noted before.
Mafud
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How are you going to use it to "make some pictures" first then before
deciding where it fits in your world? (If you don't buy it first? Or does
Pentax now have loaners for certain people to actually try
In a message dated 2/14/01 3:44:41 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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I am sure many Nikon fans would say just the same.
But they'd be lying!
Mafud
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Remember a common flatbed has a top res. about 600 dpi
My rinky-dink Hewlett-Packard 3400C model I use for proofing costs $129 and
has 1200 x 1200dpi resolution, or is its resolution uncommon?
Mafud
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That's a heap of manual focus lenses.
But not nearly as many as there are K-mount manuals.
Mafud
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Why I like the LX:
I like the way it fits in my hand, and the feel of the film
wind. I like it because I can carry it - with any one of a
number of lenses - easily in the large pockets of many jackets
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Quoting Greywoulf:
How are you going to use it to "make some pictures" first then before
deciding where it fits in your world? (If you don't buy it first? Or does
Pentax now have loaners for certain
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knew what a gymkhana was
Drove an old SAAB in gymkhanas in '57-'58 in Denmark and Germany.
Mafud
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I cannt imagine how Pentax can manage to sell the same camera as Nikon do
cheaper without loosing money.
Pl, for those who *will* buy the MZ-S, nothing said here will dissuade them.
For those who are
In a message dated 2/14/01 11:34:44 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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I've seen the term robocamera on the list for sometime, but it seems most
modern Pentaxes, any camera that has a full-auto mode falls into this
category.
This statement, as sincere as it is, is also
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What I am amazed about here (in Pentaxia) is the absolute frenzy that
seems to be generated on this list by the simple fact of a corporation
producing a new
toy
The "frenzy" is not recent, nor does
In a message dated 2/13/01 6:13:29 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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has more options (such as variable speed, interval shooting, etc.)
And vertical release for the Motor "A"
Mafud
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In a message dated 2/13/01 2:38:22 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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...The grip of Z-1p is not bad either, just that my last finger did not
have a good grip since the body is a bit short.
My thoughts precisely. Perhaps the MZ-S with booster should do a fine job of
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I wouldn't recommend driving any kind of McLaren in Italy ...
But a Chevy Camaro/Pontiac Firebird are always all right anyplace in Europe.
Mafud
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Never have they even adjusted exposure to compensate for back lighting of
the subject, used more than the standard fixed or a simple zoom lens, and
rarely,
if ever, used a tripod. In fact, none of them
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The Z-1p looks like shit, film chamber is totally worn and the
shutterblades are almost without paint due to wear.
In Cowboy country, they call that "riding them hard and putting them away
wet."
I take
In a message dated 2/13/01 1:05:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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* AA Battery pack/hand grip suitable for vertical shooting
Which might break some folks of their habit of shooting 98% horizontal shots.
Mafud
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In a message dated 2/13/01 11:57:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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"They" will. But we have had this discussion before.
William Robb
I'd wager a little of my filthy lucre on this observation;
in five years, digital will have broken into two sales markets:
1) "pro";
In a message dated 2/12/01 5:35:24 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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What are we overlooking?
Shoot slides with an LX and you KNOW you're seeing all there is; shoot slides
with a 75% magnification finder and you'll always have that sneaky feeling
that somehoe, something
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The latest one went for $1.853,00!!!
I wanted a particular item. They had been selling on eBay for $140 and up. I
bid on them all until they reached $100 (always my maximum bid). Others must
have tired
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LX is 1/75th second, SP is 1/125 second. At least, thats the specification.
William Robb
Hello Bill!
But...but, my AF400T manual states:
"In the TTL Auto mode, approximately 15 flashes are obtainable
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Bear in mind that some people will not care in the least about a 92%
finder--it will match the cropping on their slides or their drugstore
4x6-inch prints.
But..but aren't *we* responsible for what the
In a message dated 2/12/01 12:28:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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How many of you head-and-shoulders shooters crop this way?
For myself? Often. For clients? Never. You must overcome your years of
training and go with your insticts when framing in an "unorthodox"
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know what it is
Yeah, what it is?
Mafud
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I read it over and over.
Is this really true?
*anon EOS.
Mafud
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From outside you are Americans, you live on the American continent (?)
More correctly, we are, as even I failed to note, from the "Americas" (North,
Central and South.)
The snit was over what we (and
In a message dated 2/9/01 1:37:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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It's true what somebody said, that Supra 100 is exactly the same than
PJ100,
being just Supra 400 and 800 the new emulsions over their PJ predecessors?
Thanks a lot
For two of the Supras, it was a matter
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America is the whole f***ng continent, including us f***ng latinos, like
it or not.
But...but, the proper name *is* "The UNITED STATES of AMERICA", not
"AMERICA", though we call ourselves
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Over the years, I have published five different publications. I have
always
looked for a picture that would stop someone from paging through the magazine
and encourage them to read the story. From that
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Use a very slow film and, perhaps, a ND or Pol filter, and make a long time
exposure of a busy street which would then show no people or traffic, as
they'd be moving too fast to register on the film.
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Relatively few premium shutters even today manage a 1/250th sync speed,
let alone mechanical ones.
You did qualify (hedge) your statement but PENTAX made four (4) cameras with
1/250 sync. So PENTAX and
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Thank you all for sharing your insights about this topic. You can be sure
your thoughts will be taken into consideration when I finally place my order.
For the Vivitar 17-28 f/4 zoom no doubt.
Suda
In a message dated 2/8/01 8:21:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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ot a free roll of fresh Kodak Supra 100 from the local photo profiteer
today. So now what?
Sniff its bouquet, smell of the softness, at the same time, explore its
amazing sharpness (hands-down favorite
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PJ100 seems very similar to Royal Gold 100:
Without meaning to instigate rancor, the two could not be more different.
Royal Gold is a "consumer" film competing with the FUJI "enhanced color "
brands. No
Vivitar 17-28mm f/4.
Suda Mafud,
A member of the http://www.Africana.com online community
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Hello All.
While there are images, February's PUG an example, which would not normally
qualify as "photojournalistic" (because they were, or are "planned"), the
image of the Emu would lead nearly any "b" ("Living," "Style," "Neighbors")
section in most serious newspapers. The local Zoo
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Evil evil evil! No more descriptions of the MZ-S, please, I'm starting to
want it and I can't afford it!!
-Aaron
"That will $972.37 sir, cash or charge?
Aaron, that's only $30.25 a month w/interest.
Another "Spor(t)matic" with 3 lenses.
Mafud
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My advice would be to check out Tom's hardware Guide
(www.tomshardware.com) for the latest in benchmarking and impartial tests of
PC components.
Tom's tests, "impartial?" I don't think so!
But for free
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I have even tight framed head shots of people made with 42 mm lens - one
that often get's "too wide for portraits" rating, which we like.
Boy, what a 50 or wider lens can do to facial features,
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In my opinion the high point of portrait photography passed many years
ago.
I liked it all Mike, but would you explain the above?
Mafud
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In a message dated 2/2/01 11:54:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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For me, a portrait _should_ please the subject.
I agree Bill.
Who else *has* to be pleased? The one who pays my freight, if not the
subject. I only have to be *proud* of my work, that I applied all I
In a message dated 2/3/01 11:51:31 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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Maybe a dumb question, and WAY off topic, but I can't see a reason to use
AOL, but I knwo there are many on the list who do.
What do they offer?
Thanks
Bill
Bill, some of us started out with AOL way
In a message dated 2/3/01 11:53:17 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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If that doesn't convince someone to stop using AOL then nothing will.
What "that" are you reffering to Peter?
Mafud
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That said, I don't know that I would ever miss AOL if I moved to another
server;
I know one: if your "Favorite Places" is nearly as huge* as mine, with all
those websites, saved mail, eBay folder-etc.,
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What is a "portrait lens?" Can someone define it for me? What are
the characteristics of a good portrait lens?
Shel Belinkoff
My 80-200 f/2.8 FA AF was a great "portrait" lens. You could shoot
Hello All.
I'm having a problem remembering which CC filter goes over the lens when
shooting under fluorescent lights.
I know the flash gets a 30CC Magenta filter, but I cannot remember which CC
filter goes over the lens. I can't find my notes!
Setting is a brace of 4 bulb (warm) fluorescent
In a message dated 2/2/01 5:43:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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How do I use and set an Infrared flash?
I don't know from nothing about infrared, but I bet a good start would be to
purchase a Vivitar 1900RT IR Master Trigger flash: $40 @ (www.porters.com) or
Hello all.
I'm still hunting "A" or "P" PENTAX bodies for our "Beginning Photography"
classes, held in the evening for adults and neighborhood children at our
Northeast MAGNET Middle School.
The photography class is but one of a number of evening classes held at the
school, all
In a message dated 2/1/01 8:23:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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The only 100% successful ebay bidding strategy requires deep, deep pockets,
deeper than anyone else's, and submission of a bid far beyond the likely
price. And only one person can play this game at a
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Did you get any response from any materials manufacturers? Kicking in some
film and paper would get them nothing but goodwill, I'm sure, and they know
it. :)
No, but the response from local "pro" labs
In a message dated 2/1/01 7:51:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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In addition, I forgot to mention I'm selling my AF280T. It's in very nice
condition.
How much?
Mafud
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In a message dated 1/31/01 10:25:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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No, but sometimes it's courteous or appropriate to let another bid without
competition from list members.
There is a lens (35mm, for 1 of my 2 remaining 35mm bodies) I'm going to buy
to replace its
In a message dated 1/31/01 8:59:36 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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That's all, folks.
Thanks,
Ed
Ed, were the lenses focused on the same targets at the same relative (lens to
specific subject) distances? If not, how can you be sure your *own* tests
were correct?
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