rice seems a little high to me.
> I assume, that at least some on this list have seen such thing.
I bought one of the older ones off eBay a little while ago. Now all I have
to do is shoot the film I bought.
Tom Reese
, this
only works when the subject is at or near infinity. When the subject is
closer, the lens has to be focused closer too. The teleconverter will then
fine tune the focusing.
Tom Reese
mpensation after use
You're really doing it the hard way.
Tom Reese
A strict definition of macro is 1:1 or greater magnification. Most people
seem to use the terms interchangeably.
The 1:1 magnification referred to the image size on film vs. actual size. I
don't know how that works with APS sized sensors.
Tom Reese
- Original Message -
From:
> On Sep 13, 2005, at 7:24 AM, Tom Reese wrote:
>
> > note to self 2:
> >
> > don't forget to reset the exposure compensation after use
> >
> > You're really doing it the hard way.
>
> The reason why I didn't set exposure compensation was
Damn, I didn't know anything happened to chrome. If it disappeared then what
are all those rolls in my refrigerator? What's in all those yellow boxes on
my desk? What are those rolls in my cameras?
Now I'm confused.
Tom (Give me ektachrome or give me death) Reese
From: "frank theriault"
> You're an anachromism
I'm going to let that slide for now. The transparency of your motive speaks
for itself.
Tom (the ektamorph) Reese
> >> You're an anachromism
> >
> >I'm going to let that slide for now. The transparency of your motive
speaks
> >for itself.
>
> You don't fool me. I expect to see you make a complete reversal of your
> position very soon.
Why can't you be more positive?
Tom Reese
> > Why can't you be more positive?
>
> Don't be so sensitive. There's a grain (of) truth to what he says.
I don't like the way this thread is developing. I need to limit my exposure.
Tom
> On Sep 13, 2005, at 10:45 PM, Tom Reese wrote:
>
> > My "doing it the hard way" comment was in reference to your
> > calculating the
> > exposure compensation for the tubes instead of using in camera
> > metering.
>
> I was using my 6x7 at the time
> On 14/9/05, Martin Trautmann, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
> >ok... Let's discuss email headers:
>
>
> Who is this guy??
I don't know but his name sounds a little fishy.
Tom Reese
m doesn't thread anything. I
get them sorted by date and I need some context to figure out what's going
on.
Tom Reese
video card. They lost their shine a long long
time ago (just about the same time I lost all my patience). Now they aren't
fun anymore. They're aggravating, annoying, hateful pieces of junk.
Hmmm, it appears that I've filled my monthly rant quota a bit early.
Tom Reese
> What obs
;ve filled my monthly rant quota a bit early.
Tom Reese
> What obsolete primitive mail read are you using?
> Tom Reese wrote:
> >
> > Not everyone reads them that way. My mail program doesn't thread
anything. I
> > get them sorted by date and I need some context to figure out what's
going
> > on.
Sorry about the double posting. Like I said, I hate these &%$&ing things.
Tom Reese
Has anyone found a way to use rectangular graduated neutral density filters
with this lens? I can't figure out a way to attach a Cokin P holder. The
lens isn't much good for landscapes if one can't use grad ND filters.
Tom Reese
Paul Sorenson wrote:
"I thought Outlook Express would sort by subject so you can follow a thread
if you want."
It will sort by subject but it completely ignores dates. Todays mail gets
mixed in with the saved stuff from two years ago.
Tom Reese
tting but I may have to try it. Digital? What's
that?
>HTH
Thanks for the reply. It confirmed that I'm not missing something and that
the hood is indeed permanently attached to the lens.
Tom Reese
nock the glass out of an old filter so that you can thread the
> rectangular filter adapter into it, maybe?
The hood's pretty deep. It would take 5 or 6 old filter rings to clear the
hood. I'm pretty sure I'd get some vignetting but I'm going to have to give
it a try.
Tom Reese
the main source of income for Pentax.
> >
> >If it's not #1, it's certainly "right up there"...
>
> I don't think Pentax appreciates being made the butt of a joke like
> that...
If they don't like it they can shove it.
Tom Reese
> Anyhoo, I have not used Outlook Express in a couple of years but I seem
> to remember that you can set it to thread messages.
there isn't any way that I've found so far and I quit looking.
> I am sure you can
> set it to sort by subject.
that I can do but the new messages get all mixed in with
David Savage offered the following advice:
> Try going to View - Current View - Group Messages by Conversation. I
> have Outlook Express 6, and by doing this it sorts the messages by
> thread.
That worked. Thanks for the tip.
Tom Reese
7;ve
used a couple of the Hi-Tech filters and never noticed any color shifts with
them.
Tom Reese
"Cotty" wrote:
> Pentax should have made a thousand MZ-D cameras, introduced IS somehow,
> and just *given* the gear away to accredited photographers. The gear gets
> seen, it gets related to, and the entry-level gear gets purchased.
I think we'll see a high res camera with in camera IS and possi
Cotty wrote this about Fred:
> He's a witch! BURN 'IM!
He turned me into a newt.
Tom Reese
Herb Chong wrote:
> i have had the checkbook ready for a year and there hasn't been anything
to
> buy.
I think you'll have your opportunity soon enough.
Tom Reese
w to me. They're going out of stock as fast as they're
arriving.
New lenses are in the pipeline. They'll be here.
Tom Reese
- Original Message -
From: "P. J. Alling"
> If they're not meeting demand they are losing sales. Some specialty
> lenses, the ones professionals use are back ordered for months. The
> FA50/1.4 isn't exactly a specialty lens.
the FA50.1.4 is currently in stock at B&H.
Tom Reese
a- compelling...
I believe that their new high end camera will be competitive and have enough
whiz bang features to capture some significant attention.
Tom Reese
recent lenses should work with it.
How about a shoe mounted external radar unit for autofocusing? How cool
would that be?
Tom Reese
Subject: RE: Camera engineering (was Re: Rename request)
> WILLIAM I strongly suggest you go
> back and read the entire thread
> from the very beginning
and I strongly suggest that you ignore the entire thread and forget about
trying to argue with this guy.
Tom Reese
ump-off - try to out curmudgeon the master for prizes
Tom Reese
ly, KEH has them new in stock for not a whole lot (10%) more than the
KEH price.
Tom Reese
s. They'll let you know when it comes in.
Tom Reese
> Doug Brewer wrote:
>
> I don't know if that proves you're not crazy.
>
> Because I wrote:
>
>
> Well, I still say I'm not.
me thinks ye doth protest too much
Tom Reese
- Original Message -
From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'm getting TIRED of your RANTING and RAVING. You sound like NUT and a
LUNATIC.
I wish you'd SHUT the #&@% UP for a while.
Tom Reese
ed. I don't know if that's
true and neither do you. Only the Pentax engineers know for sure.
Tom Reese
ng
boards. We don't know what projects were aborted. We don't know what's been
designed into their lenses and cameras.
Tom Reese
lenses to take full advantage of the
cameras capabilities and to get the best possible pictures. It is my opinion
that it's foolish to do otherwise.
Tom Reese
product or technology supersedes the old
2. The product becomes useless due to changes in other products
The lenses are obsolete whether you want to admit it or not.
Tom Reese
is your opinion that the bodies can't support the lenses because of a few
cheap parts. You're supreme arrogance is preventing you from considering any
other possibility.
I don't want to try to do AE with K/M lenses. I'd rather try it with new
modern lens designs.
Tom Reese
o come up with a good reason
> for Pentax to be doing this.
I told you several times. We don't know what went on in the Pentax
engineering spaces. Without that knowledge there's no way of knowing why
they made that decision. There may be a very good technical reason for it.
It is a possibility that you refuse to even consider.
Tom Reese
From: "E.R.N. Reed"
Subject: Re: Camera engineering (was Re: Rename request)
> Tom Reese wrote:
>
> >From: "J. C. O'Connell"
> >
> >
> >>So you are agreeing THAT EVERY K/M
> >>LENS BOUGHT BY ANYONE NOW is bought
> >>b
t about it. The billions of "it depends"
permutations make further debate pointless.
Tom Reese
ity that Pentax may have had a reason for what they did.
I can abide your ignorance but your arrogance is intolerable.
Tom Reese
Peter Jordan wrote:
> Call me a luddite if you will, but every time I see a bright, sharp set of
> Velvia trannys from my LX or 645 I am convinced that as far as image
quality
> goes, film still rules.
If you were female I'd marry you.
Tom Reese
Hey, I have some standards. Who do you think I am? Cotty?
Tom Reese
> Don't let that stop you.
>
> On 9/24/05, Tom Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Peter Jordan wrote:
> >
> > > Call me a luddite if you will,
> >
> > If you were female I'd marry you.
> >
> > Tom Reese
William Robb turned my stomach when he replied to me like this:
> From: "Tom Reese"
> >
> > If you were female I'd marry you.
>
> Hell, Tom, if I were single, I'd marry you.
Jeeezus, I just pictured Robb in a wedding dress. I may never eat again.
Tom Reese
ieve that they had to
take some stuff off the camera to hit their price point. That was one of the
things they removed.
Tom Reese
ike. I think I'm going to shoot some 3D PDML portraits at the NPW.
Stereo photography is very cool IMO.
Tom Reese
e that any photographer no matter how good would
have a far better ratio of hits to misses when he used autofocus. The
content is eagles in flight. I can tell you from first hand experience that
those shots are tough to get. I'd want the best autofocus system I could get
my hands on if I was taking
uldn't miss it either as long as there's some other way to set the
aperture.
Tom Reese
't make sense for a flash that sells new for $50 but a $400 unit
should be repairable.
Tom Reese
hy is a specialized application
and it requires special tools. With better tools, the photographer will get
more good shots. That's critical when he's doing it to put food on the
table.
Tom Reese
rection changes too often. You only have a
moment to get the shot before they're gone. A photographer with less
equipment will set up on a tree and wait. He'll get shots of eagles but he
won't get the shots we're talking about.
Tom Reese
Frank Theriault showed how cruel and insensitive he is when he wrote:
> On 9/24/05, Tom Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > If you were female I'd marry you.
>
> If you were a female, I'd run real fast in the other direction.
That would hurt my
a mountain at twilight so they don't have an
"oooh aah look how pretty" impact but the content is there.
Tom Reese
e cheaper
> for manufacture and, consequently, for the consumer to purchase.
The accuracy comment makes sense. With an aperture ring you have detents for
stops and half stops. Anything in between is a guess. Electronic aperture
operation gives the photographer more precise control.
Tom Reese
irection?
They're working on a new body for next year that will give a lot of people
on this list something to smile about.
Tom Reese
ith carpenters, dockbuilders,
laborers, electricians, operators etc for 34 years and I've known many
tradesmen who took great pride in their work.
Tom Reese
es aren't so obvious.
Tom Reese
a
competitive price point. They decided that they would gain market advantage
by building the cameras cheaper and the cost advantage would offset the
limited functionality with old lenses.
There is still the open question as to whether there was an engineering
advantage with the change.
Tom Reese
nt in updating a mirror
lens
> to A series, I suppose.
I believe that they continued to list them because they still had old stock.
Tom Reese
or. A "thumb wheel" on the lens,
so
> to speak. Prefereably a "hard to move" wheel.
One aperture wheel on the body allows for simpler cheaper lens production.
Tom Reese
7;ve never
> been sure how it works.
Hi George,
My understanding of diopter adjustment is that you should do it with no lens
on the camera. Point the body at a bright light source and adjust the
diopter so that the engraved lines on the focusing screen are as sharp as
possible.
Tom Reese
. The guide number obviously varies by ISO.
In modern ttl flash photography, the guide number is mostly useful as an
indication of the flashes maximum power.
Tom Reese
ntax_service/product_repairs/index.jsp
Tom Reese
I didn't read through all the suggestions. Is it possible that the focusing
screen is upside down?
Tom Reese
> Thanks for all the suggestions, I assure you I've
> tried them all.
line camera at the time.
The PZ-1P gives you multiple exposure capability. A major minus is that the
PZ cameras don't have a AA battery pack option.
I hope this helps.
Tom Reese
> Howdy, gang!
>
> A very brief background before I get to my question:
> I have a K1000, MX, *i
it. On
the very few occasions when I don't use a tripod, my grip varies with the
camera and lens combination.
Tom Reese
Trevor Bailey wrote:
> G'day Scott.
> Go the PZ-1p.
> Fit a grip and strap (PENTAX FD).
Ooops, I guess a grip is available for it. I think the balance has shifted
even further toward the PZ-1P.
Tom Reese
and the natives are extremely peculiar (to be polite about it).
Tom Reese
Rick Womer posted a gallery from a charity event:
>
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=531296
Nice job Rick. You've gotten some great results from that fisheye.
Tom Reese
So Boz's site is correct after all. You're right, the grip would seem to be
of limited use.
Tom Reese
> Good luck finding the grip though. I haven't looked extensively for one,
> but in 8 years of ownig the PZ-1p, I have never observed one anywhere.
>
> The ergpno
Frank Theriault replied to Bill Robb so it went something like this:
> >
> > Out here, they are paying the farmers to convert to city folk.
>
> And how did that work out?
the sheep aren't getting near as many dates
Tom Reese
Lucas Rijnders asked:
>... What eye
> do you use, and is one better than the other?
I use my left eye. I'm very much left handed / left eye dominant.
Tom Reese
Subject: OT-- Paranoia
> So I am wondering has anyone experienced bolts all coming loose the same
> amount on their own like this?
1/2 turn on a bolt isn't very much. My guess is that the cork gasket
compressed or shrank from the heat.
Tom Reese
I suspect the digital guys. They will stop at nothing to make film shooters
miserable.
Tom Reese
Graywolf wrote:
> >
> >>Since I got out of the hospital my vehicle has been leaking transmission
> >>fluid. I crawled underneath today and tightened the transmission pan
&g
bolts isn't a very effective means of sabotage.
It's pretty labor intensive for the small amount of aggravation it causes. I
think anyone who meant to cause harm would have found a more effective way
to do so.
Tom Reese
e about and it
could easily turn ugly. Abortion, guns, separation of church and state and
economic policy are some of the issues.
I tried to keep this opinion free to avoid setting off the arguments.
Tom Reese
John Forbes said:
> So an innocent word (liberal) has been highjacked by the illiberal to mean
something
> else?
>
> Perhaps we need language police.
The definition you cited is now pretty much covered by the word libertarian
(with a small l).
Tom Reese
Scott Loveless wrote:
> Apparently, they mistook my wife's lug nuts for tranny pan bolts! A
> couple weeks ago she broke a lug off as she was parking the car. The
> other three nuts on the same wheel could be turned by hand. So I
> spent several hours the next day putting in a new lug and makin
hey did in the other one or even what it was
called?
You're right. It is confusing.
Tom Reese
nd e-mail addresses.
It appears that there is no limit to the evil that film shooters can do
either.
Tom Reese
und some websites that
featured pictures from Adams' various exhibitions and his work is quite
moving.
Thank you again for posting this. I learned something today.
Tom Reese
keith_w replied to me as follows:
> Tom Reese wrote:
>
> > keith_w wrote:
> >
> >
> >>One LLL is the LL Rad Lab. I don't know what the other one is called.
> >>The Rad Lab did all manner of weapons research, as I recall, and all
> >>highl
d out to
their limit. They're then let go to see which one retracts (and therefore
reaches the end of the track) first. I think the entertainment value is
directly proportional to the amount of alcoholic beverages consumed prior to
the race.
Tom Reese
feeling board today?
Kenneth Waller punned the following:
> Tom,
>
>
> So in your opinion
>
>
>
> a tape measure race -
>
> .
> .
> .
> .
>
> dosen't
>
> .
> .
> .
> .
>
>
> Measure up?
>
Wood that be Waller-nut?
> feeling board today?
>
> Yes & this shows what length I'll go to show it...
>
> Kenneth Waller
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Tom Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Subject: Re: OptioMX snapshots
>
>
is greater than that of Canada. We're probably safe from invasion!)
>
> I bet that % and number was higher when we razed yer White House too.
> Don't underestimate us.
Bah. Most of your army would quit when they reached the first Milwaukee
brewery.
Tom Reese
John Forbes
> As for bans on firearms: would you still want a handgun if nobody else had
> one? And if so, why?
I'd want mine. I love target shooting with it.
Tom Reese
sy was about whether public funds should be spent
(through the National Endowment for the Arts) on what he was producing.
It wasn't a free speech issue. It was a public funding of the arts issue.
Tom Reese
Frank Theriault replied to Mark Roberts as follows:
>
> >
> > Naw, we turned 'em back after they got as far as North Carolina in
> > June...
> >
>
> "We"?
He chooses sides depending on which way the wind is blowing. He's gonna have
to make a final decision soon. The winds of war are blowing a gale
N
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Tom Reese
Mike Wilson wrote:
> > I've already acquired the water balloon launching apparatus.
>
> You should be careful about what you start
>
> http://www.spudtech.com/
Hey, biological weapons are a violation of international law.
If you're gonna play rough then I'll have to up the ante too. Does any
I shoot full frame slides with the A 15mm often enough to know that a full
frame digital camera would not be overkill. I like the looks of the
ultrawide perspective.
Tom Reese
> Buying an extra lens (ultra-wide) will cost you less than buying a FF SLR
> and then you'll gain a bonu
I found but it's
useful as an example of what can be done.
Tom Reese
r example):
http://www.patches4less.com/
If there is enough interest, I'll put a little more effort into this to get
the best price etc.
Tom Reese
Cotty wrote:
> On 30/9/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
> >I'm not giving up film for digital,
>
> You will, in 5 years ;-)
He might but you'll have to pry my last roll of ektachrome from my cold dead
hands.
Tom (future subject of "Film Shooters Last Stand") Reese
Cory wrote:
> Selling them outright might be a problem from the trademark perspective.
On
> the other hand, I bet they'd send you a "cease and desist" letter before
> doing anything serious.
I'm surprised I haven't already received a "you can't do that" e-mail. They
wouldn't be for profit and I'm
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