Re: Not totally off topic: Pentax Loupes and others

2002-08-20 Thread senelson
I'm shopping around for loupes, as I just got new lightbox and am shooting more slides. I have an AP 8x borrowed, but it wellsorta sucks. I had two Nikon guys at my store that said Pentax makes the best, 5x-11x zoom, and about as large as my 28-105. Unfortunately, it costs ~$400. I

Re: Sensia100 Pushed

2002-07-29 Thread senelson
Last week I put in a thread about pushing Sensia 100. I just threw the empty box of Sensia 100 away but did read the instructions inside about the Sunny 16 rule with this film. Fuji recommends setting the shutter speed to 1/250 and follow their aperture guide, f/16 on sand or snow, f/11

Re: Question: flash compensation

2002-07-11 Thread senelson
Hi Boz, This isn't what you asked, but I've noticed that your site does not mention that all MZ series bodies can do flash compensation in full manual mode only. I have only tried this with my 5n and the RTF, but it definately works and I have heard others say that is works on other MZ

Re: Re: Pentax - New Directions (now getting longer)

2002-07-09 Thread senelson
Coming from manual focus background, I cannot think of any improvement over the MZ-3/5n, except a better viewfinder. The lack of 1/2 stop shutter speeds in full manual mode (no numbers, just click stops 1/2 way in between). Some may also complain about the 2s maximum manual shutter