Reintroduction and PAW

2008-01-23 Thread scars
Hello everybody, well just want to say hello... I was on this list some years ago (although a rather silent member) and had to unsubscribe because I coulnt't keep up with the number of mails per day ^_- ... Well I kind of missed you and just thought I'd give it another try ... I'm from Germany

PAW: Daigo-ji Temple

2004-05-18 Thread scars
Hello! This is my second PAW, hope you like it. It was taken on my trip to Japan with my Pentax ME and the newly aquiered Takumar 35mm/3.5... http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2370473 Thanks for any comments! bye Katrin

Re: Re: PDML Meet in Southern Germany?

2003-12-05 Thread scars
Hello ! Heiko Hamann [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 05.12.2003, 08:48:00: Hi graywolf, on 04 Dec 03 you wrote in pentax.list: Just changing the subject line for Katrin (grin). Did work :-) Huh, sorry forgot this -_- hm, I just don't have the impression that there are many germans on

Re: Re: Zenitar Fish Eye?

2003-11-05 Thread scars
Hi! I have one and love it.. here are some sample pics http://photography.desertrose.de/div/gallery1.html the snowy one, the one with the banana trees, the two with the parking house and the the bw on and the one with the donkey... the scans are a bit poor, my scanner is not so good, the prints

Macros

2003-10-22 Thread scars
Hello all, I know there have been already thousands of discussions about macros, but I can't remember what the conclusion was ^^ so what do you think about the PENTAX K VIVITAR MACRO 2,8/100? How much is a reasonable price for it? (at ebay, no professional foto dealer) There's als a PENTAX

Re: Re: OT: Seeing IR (cry for help)

2003-07-15 Thread scars
hi! you could try to find the page through google, at the listings of the hits they always have a link to the google archive, maybe you are lucky and the pervious version is still there. bye Katrin mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 15.07.2003, 12:34:07: Damnation and other rude words,

Re: Re: Penny Farthing

2003-04-01 Thread scars
I want one of those *_* bye Katrin Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 01.04.2003, 15:15:58: Great site, Paul! Thanks, keith whaley Paul Jones wrote: http://www.wuk.at/hochrad/index_eng.php - Original Message - From: Doug Franklin To: Sent: Tuesday, April

devoloping film

2003-04-01 Thread scars
Hi! I recently developed my first roll of bw film ^_^ in my darkroom class. Now I want to get the equipment for myself. Does anybody know where in Geramny I can get that stuff and where it is not so expensive? thx Katrin

Re: PDML Germany request

2003-03-21 Thread scars
Hi! I can help you, if you still need somebody to help ^_^ bye Katrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 21.03.2003, 14:31:44: Hello folks. Can one of you German residents do me a favour? I need someone to accept a small parcel from a German ebay seller as they will not ship outside their home

Re: Tilt/shift.............Russian lenses

2003-03-19 Thread scars
Clive evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 19.03.2003, 11:08:38: Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or ibdeed the 16mm fisheye zenitar kmount? I recently bought a new one at ebay... I really like it... you can see some pictures I've taken with it at

wrong iso choosen

2003-03-10 Thread scars
beginner question... I have a kodak iso 400 black and white film loaded in my mx. stupid me forgot to set the iso to 400 and let it on 100. I realised my mistake after about 12 pics taken. what effect does this have? is it better to take the rest of the pictures with the correct iso setting or is

Re: Re: wrong iso choosen

2003-03-10 Thread scars
Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 10.03.2003, 10:43:11: continue to use 100 for the rest of the roll. When you process it tell the person who does the developing that it was exposed at ISO 100 and they will compensate. They will probably charge a little extra. Thanks! is this

Re:OT: HTML frames

2003-03-07 Thread scars
Well, sort of. It's a single component of the frameset I navigated to, albeit the one with the information of interest. The pisser about it is that the URL window of my browser never changes from the site's main page, no matter where I navigate. Instead of being able to copy the text

Re: digital prices in japan and more

2003-03-01 Thread Scars
It was a zenitar fisheye. bye - Original Message - From: adphoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 2:31 AM Subject: digital prices in japan and more what fisheye are you using for the snow pic?

Re: Re: Optio S first look

2003-02-06 Thread scars
Hi! I'm not sure whether someone has posted it already or maybe everybody else had already seen it, but on the pentax europe page are detailed specificatins of it... http://www.pentaxeurope.com/v2/en/photo/cameras/Digital/optio_s/index.html

Re: Women of the PDML Re: OT Pentax wife

2003-02-04 Thread scars
OK, so now we're at least seven -- Annsan, Amita, Wendy, me, Jeepgirl, Pat in SF and Kathy with the name neither Dan nor I can spell. eight ^_^ To get even more firmly on topic, what Pentaxes are the sisterhood shooting with? MX and ME bye Katrin

RE: Ten new cameras to be announced!!!!

2003-02-04 Thread scars
I really like how pentax is spelled in japanese: pentak(u)su *g* On 4 Feb 2003 at 15:15, Rob Brigham wrote: Henry, you are a saint!! -Original Message- From: Iren Henry Chu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 February 2003 14:52 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Ten new

Re: Re: Just a dream

2003-01-31 Thread scars
I was very happy that my ME takes pictures without battery.. I was on my way to a roundtrip through norway when I realized that the meter doesn't work. It was at a train station and my train was leaving 10 minutes later. There was a camera store in the station and I rushed in and bought a new

Re: Just a dream

2003-01-31 Thread scars
*g* It wasn't a dysfunctional pentax... I just could't imagine that a new bought battery was already empty and dicharged.. the camera was fine... you can see the outcome of that trip at http://www.xjapan.de/fotopage/fotos.html ^_^ bye Katrin On 31 Jan 2003 at 7:54, Bruce Rubenstein wrote:

new fisheye toy ^_^

2003-01-23 Thread scars
Hi! I finally got a brandnew zenitar fisheye ^_^ I payed about 107 Us$ plus unfortunatly 7 $fees because I had to use bidpay -_- can't wait to take pictures with it... I hope the weather is good this weekend... bye Katrin

Re: zenitar fisheye price

2002-12-06 Thread Scars
Thanks for all the answers... I didn't get it, it was German ebay and I couldn't afford to got much higher than 100 Euro and I also couldn't watch the ending, so I was outbid -_- Does anybody knows a place where I can get one for about the same price (maybe somewhere in europe)? I watch ebay

Re: RE: Who has switched to Pentax and why?

2002-12-05 Thread scars
Hi! Well, I wanted a SLR, but hadn't the money to buy a new one. My father had 2 old lenses (Pentax 135mm and 50mm) which he gave to me, and so I ended up buying a used ME body... that's it... but I'm very happy how it turned out ^_^ bye Katrin On Thursday, December 05, 2002 9:59 AM, Lon

zenitar fisheye price

2002-12-04 Thread scars
Hello! A stupid question from me, just to be sure... Does this one fit on me mx and me ? MC Zenitar 2,8/16 MF Fisheye for Pentax - NEUWARE and is 99euro a reasonable price for a new one at ebay.. it seems it's with all the stuff that comes with it (bag, filters) thanx... bye Katrin

my picturehomepage

2002-11-18 Thread scars
Hi! Great that the list is back I finally found the time and uploaded some pictures unfortuantly some of the scans aren't very good, but I didn't have the time to scan them again... -_- If you want to view them: http://www.xjapan.de/fotopage/fotos.html Critics are welcome, there's so

foto backpack

2002-11-18 Thread scars
Hi! well, I'm searching for a new fotobag and somehow fell in love with this one... http://www.wolfskin.de/eng/aktuell/news/fototasche.php3?xiD=420.984965 http://www.jw-katalog.de/ui_en/UiProduct_en.asp?pid=86810action=menuid=29 I haven't seen it in reality yet, but I have some other Jack

Re: RE: my picturehomepage

2002-11-18 Thread scars
well normally my scanner produces better images (at least good enough for me and for putting them online) but I accidently had set the compression to low when I was saving the images... I realize it after scanning quite a few images and then I was too lazy to scan them again... -_- but thanks for

Re: Re: foto backpack

2002-11-18 Thread scars
What I really like about it, is that I don't have to put the whole backpack down to get to my stuff... and also that you can use the hipbelt without the backback attached to it... I haven't seen this on any other bag yet... But I guess I will try to find a store that can order it, so that I can

Re: RE: Re: foto backpack

2002-11-18 Thread scars
thanks for the link ^_^ the jack wolfskin does also have a rain cover hidden in the front ^_^ bye Katrin Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 18.11.2002, 14:08:19: http://www.lowepro.com/pages/series/trekking/orionaw.htm This has a similar thing, allowing use of the hip-pack without the

Re: Re: Pentax posters

2002-10-18 Thread scars
Hello! What kind of posters are they? Do you sell them? bye Katrin SorDario Bonazza 2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 18.10.2002, 09:10:06: I just wanted to let you know that I still have very few posters (20 to 25pcs) before they'll go out of stock. Cheers, Dario Bonazza

fisheye

2002-10-16 Thread scars
Hello! Another question from me ^_^ I really like the round fisheye effect, but since I'm a poor student I can't afford spending so much money for a lense I probably don't use that often -_- Now, recently somebody told me that there are filters or lenses (?) that make a similar effect (although

Re: fisheye

2002-10-16 Thread Scars
Hi Katrin, The add-on lenses are pretty poor performers, maybe you could save some money and buy one like this?: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1387952890 You can see some shots that I made with my Pentax 16mm fisheye at:

Re: Re: deteriorated foam rubber - self-repair?

2002-10-12 Thread scars
Hi! My mx has the same foam rubber problem. I was at the camera store today and they told me that they can't do anything about it but that I should take old empty filmrolls and use the stuff that is used where the film comes out. She said that would be the cheapest and easiest I haven't

Re: Hello

2002-10-11 Thread scars
well, the 50mm is a pentax 1.7 (I own 2 of them now ^_^) and the zoom is a albinar 1.38 I don't know whether it's crap or not... On 9 Oct 2002, at 16:41, frank theriault wrote: Hi, Katrin, First, let me add my welcome to the list, along with the others. Second, $115US (or thereabouts)

Re: age of cameras

2002-10-11 Thread scars
I found this page here... http://members.iinet.net.au/~cam/serial/ mine mx has 919 and the me has 123 sorry for the stupid question, but which part is the film holder? my english is not at it's best when it comes to photography.. but I hope that changes soon ^_^ thanks On 10 Oct

Re: Hello

2002-10-11 Thread scars
thanks for the explanation ^_^ it feels not so strange anymore, I guess most of that came from not being used for some time bye Katrin The MX film wind-on lever has a stand-off position, whereby the wind lever only starts winding film and cocking the shutter from this position. The

Re: age of cameras

2002-10-11 Thread scars
thanks for the explanation ^_^ I guessed something like that, but I wasn't sure Mine are made of metal I think, so I seem to have some older fellows ^_^ Katrin On 11 Oct 2002, at 15:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Katrin wrote: sorry for the stupid question, but which part is the film

Re: Hello

2002-10-11 Thread scars
well, the 50mm is a pentax 1.7 (I own 2 of them now ^_^) and the zoom is a albinar 1.38 I don't know whether it's crap or not... Its optical qualities are probably no better than today's cheap consumer zooms (which means not very good) but I'll bet its mechanical construction is. Stop

Re: Hello

2002-10-10 Thread scars
well, the 50mm is a pentax 1.7 (I own 2 of them now ^_^) and the zoom is a albinar 1.38 On 9 Oct 2002, at 16:41, frank theriault wrote: Hi, Katrin, First, let me add my welcome to the list, along with the others. Second, $115US (or thereabouts) for an MX, with 50mm Pentax lens, 80-200

Re: Hello

2002-10-10 Thread scars
You can pretend that's a soft-focus filter! LOL that's the idea a 2-in-one lense... even better then a normal uv filter *g* ** Desertrose Chris' Katrin's X Japan homepage! Please visit it! http://www.xjapan.de

Re: age of cameras

2002-10-10 Thread scars
I found this page here... http://members.iinet.net.au/~cam/serial/ mine mx has 919 and the me has 123 sorry for the stupid question, but which part is the film holder? my english is not at it's best when it comes to photography.. but I hope that changes soon ^_^ thanks On 10 Oct 2002,

Re: Hello

2002-10-09 Thread scars
Hi! I'm really glad that I found that list... and don't be afraid, I'm already broken, so it can't get much worse... bye Katrin You will see the guys on the list are really cute. One hint has to be made: You don't have to buy all that stuff that is discussed and seems to get necessarily on

Re: Hello

2002-10-09 Thread scars
Hello! thanks for the nice welcome ^_^ I got my mx today, seems to be ok so far, although I have to buy some batteries and haven't taken any pics yet only the Rapid- Wind-lever or whatever it is called feels a bit strange at least compared to my me...I paid 120 Euro (about 115 US$?) for the