Re:Re: Pentax A*600 F5.6

2006-02-25 Thread Jay Taylor
On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 "Peter Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just to sicken you as much as it sickened me, this appeared on eekBay. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pentax-A-600mm-f5-6-ED-IF-Professional- Telephoto- Lens_W0QQitemZ7593539978QQcategoryZ4688QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZVi ewItem I pre

Re: Pentax A*600 F5.6

2006-02-25 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 25, 2006, at 8:32 AM, Fred wrote: Just to sicken you as much as it sickened me, this appeared on eekBay. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pentax-A-600mm-f5-6-ED-IF-Professional- Telephoto- Lens_W0QQitemZ7593539978QQcategoryZ4688QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZV iewItem Wow !!! That's quite a

Re: Pentax A*600 F5.6

2006-02-25 Thread Fred
> Just to sicken you as much as it sickened me, this appeared on eekBay. > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pentax-A-600mm-f5-6-ED-IF-Professional-Telephoto-Lens_W0QQitemZ7593539978QQcategoryZ4688QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Wow !!! That's quite a price. > I pressed the BIN button to discover som

Re: Pentax A*600 F5.6

2006-02-25 Thread Peter Jordan
seconds. G. There is another available in Germany for approx 5 times the price at the moment. - Original Message - From: "Jay Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 5:19 AM Subject: WTB: Pentax A*600 F5.6 PDMLer's , I am looking for

Re: Pentax A*600 F5.6

2006-02-24 Thread Fred
>> I am looking for the Pentax A 600 f5.6 telephoto lens. By chance that >> someone here might have one they are willing to part with please >> contact me off the list. > Good luck. Yeah, there's not too many of 'em around. I used to have one (which William

Re: Pentax A*600 F5.6

2006-02-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Jay Taylor" Subject: WTB: Pentax A*600 F5.6 PDMLer's , I am looking for the Pentax A 600 f5.6 telephoto lens. By chance that someone here might have one they are willing to part with please contact me off the list. Good luck. William Robb

WTB: Pentax A*600 F5.6

2006-02-23 Thread Jay Taylor
PDMLer's , I am looking for the Pentax A 600 f5.6 telephoto lens. By chance that someone here might have one they are willing to part with please contact me off the list. Thanks, JayT

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-08-01 Thread Mark Roberts
Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >OK, maybe this will hold ya - > >http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/a60056/a600f5601.jpg >http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/a60056/a600f5602.jpg >http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/a60056/a600f5603.jpg >http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/a60056/a600f5604.jpg >http://www.cetus

Re: A* 600 f5.6

2005-08-01 Thread Jerome Reyes
> http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/a60056/a600f5610.jpg > What is the round knob with the amber line? > Kostas It's the housing for the drop-in filter. Turn the knob and you can pull the housing (i.e., filter holder) out.

Re: A* 600 f5.6 pictures

2005-08-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thanks for the pictures, Fred. I put together a simple web page to display them: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/PentaxA600.html Godfrey

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-08-01 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Fred wrote: OK, maybe this will hold ya - Fantastique, many thanks. http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/a60056/a600f5610.jpg What is the round knob with the amber line? Kostas

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-08-01 Thread William Robb
I's saying that this thread has gone on long enough. Discuss the lens if you like, take my name off the thread. There. I've done it for you.

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-08-01 Thread Gonz
LOL! William Robb wrote: Enough of this shit already. I bought a fucking lens. It was expensive. Mind your own god damned business. Regards William Robb - Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" Subject: Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb Do an eBay search on th

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-08-01 Thread Fred
> Come on William, there is only one known (to me) picture of the lens > (http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/lenses/primes/extreme-tele/A600f5.6.html) and > none of the trunk. There are 2K hits on that page. Are you saying that > it's unhealthy for people (particularly in this group) to go looking > for m

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-08-01 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, William Robb wrote: Mind your own god damned business. Come on William, there is only one known (to me) picture of the lens (http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/lenses/primes/extreme-tele/A600f5.6.html) and none of the trunk. There are 2K hits on that page. Are you saying that it's

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-08-01 Thread Rob Studdert
On 1 Aug 2005 at 8:22, William Robb wrote: > Mind your own god damned business. Register an eBay ID in Germany if you don't wish your history to be visible. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/public

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-08-01 Thread William Robb
Enough of this shit already. I bought a fucking lens. It was expensive. Mind your own god damned business. Regards William Robb - Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" Subject: Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb Do an eBay search on the bidder's ID - warob

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-08-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Do an eBay search on the bidder's ID - warobb - and include completed auctions. I found it last night using that technique. Shel > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Congratulations, Bill. > > > > Does anyone have the url? I can'd find it

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-08-01 Thread brooksdj
> Congratulations, Bill. > > Does anyone have the url? I can'd find it in the completed listings. > > Thanks, > > Joe > I could not find it even when the auction was on. I'd be curious to see the link myself. Dave

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-07-31 Thread Joseph Tainter
Congratulations, Bill. Does anyone have the url? I can'd find it in the completed listings. Thanks, Joe

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-07-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
rs ago through KEH. Bill Sawyer Livonia, MI -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 9:56 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb Bill is indeed a Pentaxian saint. He's singlehandedl

RE: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-07-28 Thread william sawyer
cuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb Bill is indeed a Pentaxian saint. He's singlehandedly upping the market value of Pentax glass. Does anyone know what this lens sold for new? > Angel Ramos discombobulated, unleashed > > He has become a Pentaxian sai

RE: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-07-28 Thread pnstenquist
was selling regularly on ebay for less than $500. > Bill bought it for less than 1/2 of the current B&H price. > > Don > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 8:56 AM > >

RE: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-07-28 Thread Don Sanderson
Bill bought it for less than 1/2 of the current B&H price. Don > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 8:56 AM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb >

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-07-28 Thread pnstenquist
Bill is indeed a Pentaxian saint. He's singlehandedly upping the market value of Pentax glass. Does anyone know what this lens sold for new? > Angel Ramos discombobulated, unleashed > > He has become a Pentaxian saint now, after this major enablement. Wait > and see until he get this Major Gl

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-07-28 Thread Kenneth Waller
done that) -Original Message- From: Angel Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb Angel Ramos discombobulated, unleashed He has become a Pentaxian saint now, after this major enablement. Wait and see until he get this Major Glass Beast. Hmm,

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-07-28 Thread Angel Ramos
Angel Ramos discombobulated, unleashed He has become a Pentaxian saint now, after this major enablement. Wait and see until he get this Major Glass Beast. Hmm, which makes me think that he will look for the FA * 600 ( if he does not have it yet!) for pairing it with two nice bodies, and repe

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay - won by warobb

2005-07-27 Thread Gonz
Tom Reese wrote: Malcolm Smith wrote: Tom Reese wrote: I just don't buy this argument. eBay has enough people looking at their auctions that a few PDMLers won't make any difference. That lens isn't mislisted under Kowa medium format or something where it's hard to find. Anyone who does

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread David Mann
On Jul 28, 2005, at 1:54 PM, frank theriault wrote: Don't you mean "f*** the policy"? Only if it's not covered by the policy ;) Cheers, - Dave (the first rule of ebay Club is "do not talk about ebay Club") http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread frank theriault
On 7/27/05, Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fuck the policy Don't you mean "f*** the policy"? cheers, the suddenly polite frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread frank theriault
On 7/27/05, Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Now go say 10 Hail MX's and 10 Our FA85*'s. That was quite clever, Gonz! I actually laughed out loud when I read it.(just like that) cheers, frank the lapsed Catholic (or as some refer to us, "recovering Catholic" ) -- "Sharpness is

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread brooksdj
atching it all week. Please > >>> don't > >>> mention ebay auctions on the list. > >>> Paul > >>> > >>> > >> > >> sorry, I didn't know this was pdml policy. > >> > >> Frank > >> &

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread Tim Sherburne
know this was pdml policy. >> >> Frank >> >> >> >>> >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> just saw an A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay. This lens is mentioned as "Once in a >>>> lifetime >>>> used" by Boz. So I guess you should grab it now if you want it. >>>> >>>> Frank >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> >> >> >

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Tom Reese wrote: Bid what you're willing to pay and forget about it. You'll either win it or you won't. This "no mentioning auctions on the list" policy is utter nonsense. Fuck the policy (which is a recommendation, by the way): you know there is at least one person in t

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Christian wrote: I'm in total agreement with the don't mention auctions thing, but.. with an item like a 600/5.6 lens, if you want one, you're looking for it. It's not the type of lens someone says "I'll give that a bid then" if they weren't looking for one in the fi

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread brooksdj
> > > > I'm in total agreement with the don't mention auctions thing, but.. > > with an item like a 600/5.6 lens, if you want one, you're looking for it. > > It's not the type of lens someone says "I'll give that a bid then" if > > they weren't looki

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread Dave Kennedy
Exactly. When I've been away from the list for awhile, my need for new optics seem to drop. When I come back (lurking), suddenly my need for that extra lens comes back. If I don't know about it, lens lust doesn't kick in. Hence, not knowing about that great deal on ebay saves me significant pain i

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: "Malcolm Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > No, that's precisely it. If you're out looking for (whatever item) fair > enough, you'll find it. But what if you weren't, read the e-mail on list and > think, I'll give that a bid then I'm in total agreement with the

RE: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread Malcolm Smith
Tom Reese wrote: > I don't believe for a minute that it will make any > difference. There are thousands of people looking at those > auctions including photography dealers. You're not going to > get a steal on eBay unless the item is grossly mislabeled. If > the seller advertised a Petnax lens

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, "Malcolm Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, that's precisely it. If you're out looking for (whatever item) fair > enough, you'll find it. But what if you weren't, read the e-mail on list and > think, I'll give that a bid then Like me :) Kevin -- "Democra

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread Tom Reese
Malcolm Smith wrote: Tom Reese wrote: I just don't buy this argument. eBay has enough people looking at their auctions that a few PDMLers won't make any difference. That lens isn't mislisted under Kowa medium format or something where it's hard to find. Anyone who does a 600mm lens search

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread P. J. Alling
There are no policies just suggestions. Frank Wajer wrote: Yep. I saw it four or five days ago. Been watching it all week. Please don't mention ebay auctions on the list. Paul sorry, I didn't know this was pdml policy. Frank Hi all, just saw an A* 600 f5.6 on

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread Gonz
Frank Wajer wrote: Yep. I saw it four or five days ago. Been watching it all week. Please don't mention ebay auctions on the list. Paul sorry, I didn't know this was pdml policy. Now go say 10 Hail MX's and 10 Our FA85*'s. Frank Hi all, just saw an A* 600 f5.

RE: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread Malcolm Smith
Tom Reese wrote: > I just don't buy this argument. eBay has enough people > looking at their auctions that a few PDMLers won't make any > difference. > > That lens isn't mislisted under Kowa medium format or > something where it's hard to find. Anyone who does a 600mm > lens search is going t

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread Tom Reese
Malcolm Smith wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep. I saw it four or five days ago. Been watching it all week. Please don't mention ebay auctions on the list. This is similar to the 'how to unsubscribe' thing about how other lists work. There are some lists which actively encourage telling a

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread Frank Wajer
> Yep. I saw it four or five days ago. Been watching it all week. Please don't > mention ebay auctions on the list. > Paul sorry, I didn't know this was pdml policy. Frank > > > > Hi all, > > > > just saw an A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay. This lens is ment

RE: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread Malcolm Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yep. I saw it four or five days ago. Been watching it all > week. Please don't mention ebay auctions on the list. This is similar to the 'how to unsubscribe' thing about how other lists work. There are some lists which actively encourage telling all and sundry about li

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread pnstenquist
Yep. I saw it four or five days ago. Been watching it all week. Please don't mention ebay auctions on the list. Paul > Hi all, > > just saw an A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay. This lens is mentioned as "Once in a > lifetime > used" by Boz. So I guess you should grab it now if you want it. > > Frank >

RE: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread Don Sanderson
Just when I thought I'd outgrown drooling on myself! ;-) Don > -Original Message- > From: Frank Wajer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 6:49 AM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay > > > Hi all, > > ju

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread Fred
>> just saw an A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay. > Excellent. The seller thanks you, the people who were watching it > don't quite do so. Yes. Please don't mention ongoing eBay auctions. Thanks. Fred

Re: A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Frank Wajer wrote: just saw an A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay. Excellent. The seller thanks you, the people who were watching it don't quite do so. Kostas

A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay

2005-07-27 Thread Frank Wajer
Hi all, just saw an A* 600 f5.6 on Ebay. This lens is mentioned as "Once in a lifetime used" by Boz. So I guess you should grab it now if you want it. Frank