re: street shooting lens

Amita, My wife and I sometimes use the Pentax 1.7x AF converter with a 50mm 1.4 M lens. A little slow, but pretty small, relatively fast AF, and uses what we have without buying an 85mm. Steve street shooting lens Amita Guha Wed, 01 Jun 2005 05:25:41 -0700 While I was in London this

*ist-D K Mount Question

Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:26:14 -0400 Sorry, I should have been more specific. I thought it occurred in AE as well as manual. I will double check this when I get home. What was curious was that I could see the aperture closing if I looked into the lens. As for DOF, I was focusing on

RE: do you practice any other arts?

My wife and I took drawing lessons years ago at the NY Art Students League (a great place). In one class, the instructor remarked to my wife If you could draw, you would be dangerous, pointing out that she had a great sense of composition but lesser technical drawing skills. So, after that,

Pentax LX Battery Cover

Does any one know where I can get a replacement battery compartment cover for my LX? (There's one on the ground somewhere in the Bronx Zoo, but I've already looked and can't find that one. At least the day was not ruined, because the LX still worked). Thanks for your help. Steve

OT: Re: GFM Camera Clinic Report (long)

Sunday morning and it was time for Aris' program.He is this year's Southern Photographer of the Year. Being a staff photographer for the Newark, NY Ledger-Star Whoops, sorry, should be Newark NJ. Bill We're used to it. I remember a Monday Night Football game broadcast, in the

Sigma 70-200 vs. Tokina 80-200 f2.8

Joe, My wife and I have the Sigma 70-200 2.8 EX. An excellent lens, works without a problem on the ZX-5n. It also has a nice manual focus feel for an AF lens, so it gets good use on the LX too. It is big, but balances well. Lens is sharp [based on my untrained eye looking at 8 x 12

Re: My introduction to digital photography

I too have been pleasantly surprised by the results from our (first and only) digital camera -- a Canon S110 (purchased just before the Pentax Optio came out). I bought it as a small, unobtrusive and easy to carry around camera, thinking it would at least be good for emailing pictures of

Statue of Liberty Recommendations

Liberty State Park in Jersey City. It's right off the New Jersey Turnpike's Newark Bay extension (which goes to Jersey City and the Holland Tunnel, not Newark). I think it's exit 14B. You can also catch a ferry to the statue and Ellis Island from there. You will have the statue (from the

Serendipity survey

Last fall, I was driving home from work with a clear view of downtown New York. I saw a rainbow that appeared to begin where the WTC had stood until only a month or two before. It was so clear that I couldn't believe that other cars weren't pulling over to look at it. I pulled over and was

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 APO

Wendy, My wife and I have the 70-200 2.8 EX. An excellent lens, works without a problem on the ZX-5n. It also has a nice manual focus feel for an AF lens, so it gets good use on the LX too. Lens is sharp and crisp/contrasty, more so than the Pentax 80-320. The removable tripod mount is

Adorama

I generally look to BH first, but I've mail ordered from Adorama several times and know of someone else who has done so often. Adorama has been reputable in my experience. When one shipment was lost [apparently somewhere in Ohio -- I'm in NJ right across the river from Adorama!], my credit

Cats (Was general (OT?) question OT answer )

Here's my cat [sort of]: http://home.att.net/~naturephotography/oscar.htm From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: Re: general (OT?) question OT answer Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 09:59:21 -0800 I suggest we send Colin some nice, large photos of our cats so he can

RE: Why do you choose or stay in Pentax ?

It all started with a K1000. . . . After that, it was a combination of getting a new camera that was compatible with the lenses we already had, the compactness of the cameras, and the compatibility between MF and AF and even potentially screwmount lenses [hopes of finding a cheap SM 500

Re: Bargain at KEH

I have bought a few bargain items at Keh, including a couple of lenses and an LX finder, and have always been pleased. Also, keep your eye out for lenses with EX ratings but lower prices because they're identified as having a dented filter ring -- this denting can be relatively slight and

Re: getting LX - worth it? (repairs,...)

I've had two early vintage LX [3200 ASA but prism release button doesn't activitate meter, no rollers on back cover, and old-style shutter curtain dot pattern] for a few years. I sent one for a CLA soon after I got it because of deteriorating foam around the focus screen. [I forget the