Hi,
What's up, guys?
Cheers,
Caveman
Its just a test.
Don't go all weird.
Hi,
I just want to show a sign of life, as my last post is some time ago.
The reason is that I have to cope with some major private problems and
changes in my life. But I'm - at last - still reading the PDML ;-) and
hope to put my life in order in the next weeks.
Nevertheless - I have ad
Hi list - Just wanted to say that lurking on this list recently was a
big factor in my decision to stick with Pentax and get a *ist DL for
my first dSLR. (And to go for the SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 lens with it).
Thanks - I'm pretty happy with it so far.
To celebrate, I'm posting these two
On 14/10/05, Caveman, discombobulated, unleashed:
>Hi,
>
>What's up, guys?
>
>Cheers,
>Caveman
There goes the neighbourhood
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__
|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche
||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com
_
- Original Message -
From: "Caveman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 7:08 PM
Subject: Hi !
Hi,
What's up, guys?
Holy crap! It's the cavedude! :-)
Christian
Valentin,
I just thought about you this week, believe it or not. You still hiding
from the Romanian Secret Police?
Tom C.
From: Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To:
Subject: Hi !
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 19:08:43 -0400
Hi,
What's up, guys?
Cheers,
Caveman
Hi, Caveman!
Shel's going digital.
Otherwise it's pretty much the same. Cars, beer, cats, dogs, a dash of
politics, a sprinkle of religion and a round measure of common
silliness as usual.
Welcome back.
Jostein
- Original Message -
From: "Caveman" <[EMAIL
Hey Cave,
Up are stalagtites (they hold tight)
What's DOWN? Guano.
CW
- Original Message -
From: "Caveman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 7:08 PM
Subject: Hi !
Hi,
What's up, guys?
Cheers,
Caveman
--
No virus found in this in
No, I am not ~going~ digital. I bought the DSLR to replace my P&S, to
experiment with, and to supplement my film cameras.
Shel
> [Original Message]
> From: Jostein
> Hi, Caveman!
>
> Shel's going digital.
now You have re-appeared.
Can the end of days be far behind?
Regards, Bob S. (aka [EMAIL PROTECTED])
On 10/14/05, Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What's up, guys?
>
> Cheers,
> Caveman
>
>
>
Well hello Valentin! Where ya bin?
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
- Original Message -
From: "Caveman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:08 AM
Subject: Hi !
Hi,
What's up, guys?
Cheers,
Caveman
- Original Message -
From: "Caveman"
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 5:08 PM
Subject: Hi !
Hi,
What's up, guys?
Oh
my
GAWD
William Robb
ECTED]>
To:
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: Hi !
No, I am not ~going~ digital. I bought the DSLR to replace my P&S,
to
experiment with, and to supplement my film cameras.
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Jostein
Hi, Caveman!
Shel's going digital.
Well, I'll see how it goes. Right now I'm not real thrilled with the
camera. It's certainly a nice step up from the little Sony - although the
Sony has a couple of features that are really super. I was going to sell
it but am now thinking of keeping it. In any case, I'm not "committed" to
it ye
03. I couldn't stand the thought of letting my beloved 645 system
gathering dust.
Guess what happened...:-(
Jostein
- Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: Hi !
No, I am not ~goi
I bought my first 5Mpixel prosumer digital camera when I still had my
Leica M kit. After three months, I knew that 35mm was no longer of
much interest to me: even if that camera wasn't quite the equal of
the Leica, I got more mileage out of using it than I did with 35mm.
So I moved up to 6x
Caveman wrote:
Hi Valentin,
You still in one piece after all that self (Hy) abus (a) ing?
mike
We are all taking so many pictures that we forgot to send photos to the PUG.
Pal and now You have re-appeared.
Can the end of days be far behind?
Regards, Bob S. (aka [EMAIL PROTECTED])
On 10/14/05, Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
What's up, guys?
Cheers,
Caveman
Hi!
Those were my thoughts too, when I bought the *istD back in October
2003. I couldn't stand the thought of letting my beloved 645 system
gathering dust.
Guess what happened...:-(
Hmmm Well, I don't have that backpack filled with 645 gear... And I
do admit that the
- Original Message -
From: "Paul Stenquist"
Subject: Re: Hi !
When I bought my *istD about a year and a half ago, I was abolutely
certain that I would continue to shoot film. For my first shoot, two days
later, I brought both the *istD and my 6x7, thinking I would just p
You're right. I've had to eat my words. Unfortunately, Rubenstein left
the list so we never had a chance to make him eat his hat, as he had
promised to do.
Paul
On Oct 15, 2005, at 10:16 AM, William Robb wrote:
- Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist"
Subjec
- Original Message -
From: "Paul Stenquist"
Subject: Re: Hi !
You're right. I've had to eat my words.
We both did, Paul.
William Robb
I thought it was an expensive plastic toy, which it is...
William Robb wrote:
- Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist"
Subject: Re: Hi !
When I bought my *istD about a year and a half ago, I was abolutely
certain that I would continue to shoot film. For my first shoot,
William Robb wrote:
- Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist"
Subject: Re: Hi !
When I bought my *istD about a year and a half ago, I was abolutely
certain that I would continue to shoot film. For my first shoot, two
days later, I brought both the *istD and my 6x7,
On Sat, 15 Oct 2005, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Well, I'll see how it goes. Right now I'm not real thrilled with the
camera. It's certainly a nice step up from the little Sony - although the
Sony has a couple of features that are really super.
Can you fill us in on what puts you off the -Ds and w
> Hi,
>
> What's up, guys?
>
> Cheers,
> Caveman
>
I bougfht a Mac and still cannot spell,lol'
Dave
On 10/14/05, Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What's up, guys?
>
dude!
welcome back - things have been rather dull lately, but i think that's
about to change >LOL>
-frank (still a film guy)
--
"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Same old shtuff Valentin, nice to see you reappear.
Norm
Caveman wrote:
Hi,
What's up, guys?
Cheers,
Caveman
Norman Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Same old shtuff Valentin, nice to see you reappear.
>Norm
>
>Caveman wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>What's up, guys?
Caveman's back *and* Norm Baugher as well. Heaven help us...
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
Heya Tan- good to see you're no longer in woopwoop! Where are you living
these days, and how have you been? Guess I'll find out on Wednesday..
Anyway, I'm writing to ask if you have any interest at all in going up to
moonfest on Thursday. Thoughts?
Ry
Hi, my name is Rebekah, I recently received my Dad's "old" Pentax, though it
is in great condition. He just got the digital. I like your discussions,
sounds like fun, so maybe you guys could give me your opinion on Kodak's
Elite Chrome, does it compare to Koda Chrome?
Reb
Test =)
rmwtxewwsnan
--
Test, yep.
Got a similar message this morning with an attachment.
Someone's sending out a virus or worm, or perhaps it's just
some new spam. Tuck, in any case.
Michel Carrère-Gée wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit:
>
> > Test =)
> >fnqnnhxnymbrrcyukxvq
> >--
> >Test, yep
Shel Belinkoff a écrit:
Test =)
rmwtxewwsnan
--
Test, yep.
Got a similar message this morning with an attachment.
Someone's sending out a virus or worm, or perhaps it's just
some new spam. Tuck, in any case.
Recived another not by Pdml, perhaps Spam, Virus !!
Any Pdml'er use Outlokk ??
Michem
William Robb a écrit:
Its just a test.
Don't go all weird.
Hi !
precedent " Hi " post was a virus, are you a virus ??
Michel
what do you mean "get" weird
- Original Message -
From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:54 AM
Subject: Hi!!
> Its just a test.
> Don't go all weird.
>
Wheatfield, if this is from you, it is posting embedded advertisements
to the list.
Joe
At 09:54 AM 1/22/04, you wrote:
Its just a test.
Don't go all weird.
To late...
I drink to make other people interesting.
-- George Jean Nathan
I'm Morrighan aka Phantom Queen.
I am a complete newbie to film camera usage and I thought I'd check
you folks out because I just lucked out and bought an Asahi Pentax
Spotmatic at Goodwill for like $20 and after doing some research I do
think that deal was a good one. I'm not sure which version
Welcome back, Heiko!
I managed to spend some time visiting your site. Very interesting indeed.
Was that Venus transit your efforts entirely? Impressive! What was the
telescope?
keith whaley
Dr. Heiko Hamann wrote:
Hi,
I just want to show a sign of life, as my last post is some time ago.
The
Hi Keith,
on 16 Jan 05 you wrote in pentax.list:
>Was that Venus transit your efforts entirely? Impressive! What was the
>telescope?
Thanks. I don't have a professional astronomic equipment. I have used my
Russian 1000mm mirror lens - the MC MTO-11CA (see http://
www.russianoptic
On 2005-01-16, at 11:48, Dr. Heiko Hamann wrote:
I just want to show a sign of life, as my last post is some time ago.
The reason is that I have to cope with some major private problems and
changes in my life. But I'm - at last - still reading the PDML ;-) and
hope to put my life in order in the ne
Welcome back, Heiko. I hope that the personal problems that you referred
to will be resolved to your benefit.
Joe
Hi Sylwester,
on 16 Jan 05 you wrote in pentax.list:
>Hello Heiko, nice to read you again :-) I hope you have sorted out your
>personal problems and now everything is just OK :-)
Not yet, but I'm working on it ;-) Thanks.
>> Nevertheless - I have added a section "my equ
Hi folks,
Sorry for my leave of absence, just been busy with family and stuff.
I am trying to figure out what camera to get for the wife (birthday girl
soon). Her point and shoot is dying
and she is considering (with my help) a digital SLR. I was looking at a used
ist D for $399 at a local
Hi all Pentax users! I have joined your list finally, after watching you
almost 4 years! In 1998 Fall I bought my ZX-5n as a replacement for my
stolen Yashica FX-2000 super kit. And a month ago I joined MF shooters
getting used Pentax 645 + 75 and 35mm lenses and very happy about it. I am
I'm new. I write from Italy and I recently bought a SFXn: there's someone
who have too?
--
Marcello Anselmi Tamburini
Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net
-
This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe,
go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't f
For near subjects I've not used a soft box.
While the lighting is nice, the power consumption
is significant. My compromise is to use a wide-
angle diffuser to scatter the light a bit more. Even
without something to reflect off of, it still
reduces the harsh shadow lines but keeps power
consumpt
Wow, there was a lot of ice on the car this morning. Hope your ride in to
school went ok. I'm glad that the pooch got some exercise, too. Maybe
she'll be a little more mellow tonight (fat chance).
Hope your day goes well!
--Mark
-
This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To
What's up?
I've been a non-participant (but active lurker) here for a while.
The pandemic was rough here, coinciding as it did with Lisa's mum's
2-1/2 year(!) fight with pancreatic cancer, but we've been getting our
lives back on line, so to speak, for a while now.
Nothing much seems to have chan
At 01:35 AM 6/30/2006, you wrote:
>Message: 4
>Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:44:42 -0700
>From: "Michael McCracken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Hi list - Just wanted to say that lurking on this list recently was a
>big factor in my decision to stick with Pentax and get a *
Hello and welcome.
Have you seen the FAQ and the Frapper map? http://www.frappr.com/pdml
Cory
Atlanta, GA
- Original Message -
From: "Michael McCracken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 11:44 PM
Subject: Hi, list
> Hi list - Just wanted to
AQ and the Frapper map? http://www.frappr.com/pdml
>
> Cory
> Atlanta, GA
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Michael McCracken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 11:44 PM
> Subject: Hi, list
>
>
> > Hi list - Jus
Yeah, older and wiser ;-)
> Holy crap! It's the cavedude! :-)
>
> Christian
>
ROFL !
Hey Knarf turn out from under your rock, I'm in Toronto right now and in
desperate need for beer. Where do you guys buy it from, no stores are selling
anything with alcohool (except the "rubbing" variety), WTF, was prohibition
declared in Ontario or what ?
> Oh
> my
> GAWD
>
> Willi
- Original Message -
From: "Caveman"
Subject: Re: Re: Hi !
ROFL !
Hey Knarf turn out from under your rock, I'm in Toronto right now and in
desperate need for beer. Where do you guys buy it from, no stores are
selling anything with alcohool (except the "rubbing
I'm in Toronto right now and in desperate need for beer. Where do
you guys buy it from, no stores are selling anything with alcohool
(except the "rubbing" variety), WTF, was prohibition declared in
Ontario or what ?
You need good beers anywhere? Go back to Montreal!
Andre
On 10/15/05, Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ROFL !
>
> Hey Knarf turn out from under your rock, I'm in Toronto right now and in
> desperate need for beer. Where do you guys buy it from, no stores are selling
> anything with alcohool (except the "rubbing" variety), WTF, was prohibition
> de
Que the prank calls. "Hey, Frank? Ben Dover from Shoulder Pad
Warehouse and have I got a deal for you!"
On 10/15/05, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> hey, val,
>
> i know this is a long shot, but if yer on-line this weekend and see
> this post, call me if you want to go out for a
Yeah, I know that, but since the french are troubling again the waters with the
Qc independence et all (I've just read the press, seems that Bloc Quebecois
wants to make the St. Laurent river independent too lol), I preffer to look at
the process from a distance. Hey we'll import Unibroue beer
Hi Mike,
I have now more pieces than ever, and a brand new terminator series titanium
spine. Now I'm wiser and drive a Hummer out of the city. F**k them mooseheads.
cheers,
caveman
>
> From: mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2005/10/15 Sat AM 09:39:30 EST
Sorry meant to be offlist!
Apologies,
Ryan
- Original Message -
From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 2:41 PM
Subject: Hi stranger!
> Heya Tan- good to see you're no longer in woopwoop! Where are you living
> these
On 21/2/05, Ryan Lee, discombobulated, unleashed:
>good to see you're no longer in woopwoop
You bloody Aussie's crack me up.
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__
|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche
||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com
_
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:42:57 +1000, Ryan Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry meant to be offlist!
>
> Apologies,
No apologies req'd. I always find personal correspondence that
accidentally makes it to the list to be most entertaining.
What or where is woopwoop? Sounds like it could be a dir
On 21 Feb 2005 at 22:26, frank theriault wrote:
> What or where is woopwoop? Sounds like it could be a dirty word or
> something.
Gee Frank, you need to study your Oz slang dictionary. It means "the middle of
nowhere" in the Aussie vernacular :-)
http://www.abc.net.au/classic/breakfast/stor
Frank
You dirty, dirty boy :-)
Woop Woop is just another way of saying "in the middle of nowhere".
It's a made up word that's trying to sound like an aboriginal place name.
Dave S
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:26:01 -0500, frank theriault
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:42:57 +10
- Original Message -
From: "Rob Studdert"
Subject: Re: Hi stranger!
What or where is woopwoop? Sounds like it could be a dirty word
or something.
Gee Frank, you need to study your Oz slang dictionary. It means
"the middle of
nowhere" in the Aussie
Quoting frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> What or where is woopwoop? Sounds like it could be a dirty word or
> something.
Woop Woop:
Noun - see also "Back o' Bourke' and 'Beyond the Black Stump'
There's even a movie called "Welcome to Woop Woop" -see
http://www.iig.com.au/film/welc
ebruary 22, 2005 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: Hi stranger!
> Quoting frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > What or where is woopwoop? Sounds like it could be a dirty word or
> > something.
>
>
>
> Woop Woop:
>
> Noun - see also "Back o' Bourke'
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:57:07 -0600, Brian Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Quoting frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > What or where is woopwoop? Sounds like it could be a dirty word or
> > something.
>
> Woop Woop:
>
> Noun - see also "Back o' Bourke' and 'Beyond the Black Stump'
>
Hello all of you,
I have been away for some weeks and subscribed again today.
I think I missed this list!
I got an *ist-D in the meantime, so I will have lot of questions I think
:-)
Glad to be back again, able to participate in all this wisdom ... :-)
Thomas (from Germany)
find that the Kodacrhome images are superior. But
we're splitting hairs here.
On Jan 10, 2004, at 8:44 PM, Rebekah Gonzalez wrote:
Hi, my name is Rebekah, I recently received my Dad's "old" Pentax,
though it
is in great condition. He just got the digital. I like your
discussi
e away, that is really
an added bonus. Thanks so much for your opinion and knowledge.
Rebekah
"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."
- Original Message -
From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 1
Rebekah Gonzalez asked: "...maybe you guys could give me your opinion on
Kodak's
Elite Chrome, does it compare to Koda Chrome?"
Kodachrome used to have superior color reproduction and grain but I believe
that Ektachrome has closed the gap. Ektachrome used to be prone to fading
but that problem has
Hello Rebekah,
Welcome to the PDML. So what did your dad pass on to you? Hope to
see you submit to the PUG gallery.
Bruce
Saturday, January 10, 2004, 5:44:11 PM, you wrote:
RG> Hi, my name is Rebekah, I recently received my Dad's "old" Pentax, though it
RG> is in gre
e -
From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Rebekah Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: Hi there
> Hello Rebekah,
>
> Welcome to the PDML. So what did your dad pass on to you? Hope to
> see you sub
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 19:44:11 -0600
From: "Rebekah Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi, my name is Rebekah, I recently received my Dad's "old" Pentax, though it
is in great condition. He just got the digital. I like your discussions,
sounds like fun, so maybe you guy
A lot of people like Kodak's Ektachome E100G as something close to Kodachrome.
Rebekah Gonzalez wrote:
> Yeah, my home is one of those places where kodachrome is still revered, so I
> was trying to find a replacement that was somewhat close enough so that most
> people wouldn't know the differenc
Hi!
RG> Hi, my name is Rebekah, I recently received my Dad's "old" Pentax, though it
RG> is in great condition. He just got the digital. I like your discussions,
RG> sounds like fun, so maybe you guys could give me your opinion on Kodak's
RG> Elite Chrome, do
Either PDML will help Rebekeh, or just confuse the hell out of her!
BTW, hi, and welcome to the list, Rebekeh. Can't help at all with your
'chrome question. Haven't shot slide film in at least 20 years or more...
cheers,
frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of
Oops. Please ignore my other post. My chart tells me the P30t dates to
1990. So much for that Spotmatic crack . . .
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/10/04
Thanks!
- Original Message -
From: "Tom Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: Hi there
> Rebekah Gonzalez asked: "...maybe you guys could give me your opinion on
> Kodak's
> Eli
>
To: "Rebekah Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: Hi there
> Hi!
>
> RG> Hi, my name is Rebekah, I recently received my Dad's "old" Pentax,
though it
> RG> is in great condition. He just got the digit
Hi!
RG> Israel is rainy? Somehow I kinda got the idea it was dry - is the rain a
RG> seasonal thing? What part of Israel are in? Thanks for the welcome.
RG> Rebekah
RG> "a day without sunshine is like, you know, night."
To rephrase your signature, Rebekah, "A day wi
Never mind. The adverts are coming now on all posts. I assume they are
put up by Mail-Archive.com, where I read the list.
Joe
Hi Mr. Graywolf,
Are you and Mr. Shel Belinkoff one and the same? Alter Ego?
Found this link and I had to ask.
http://graywolfphoto.com/pentax/pentax_repair_shops.html
Should I feel sorry that I blew your cover? Or am I just
imagining things? :-)
Yefei
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> I'm Morrighan aka Phantom Queen.
I'll just say, Welcome! as I don't know much about screwmount stuff so can't
answer your questions. No doubt you will hear from other list-members who
*do* know about those particular instruments.
ERNR
entax Screwmount Collectors Page once, but I
cant seem to find it anymore.
Jens Bladt
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 4. januar 2005 06:18
Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Emne: Hi folks...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mused:
>
> I just lucked out and bought an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic for like $20
> and it's got the 1:14/50 Super Takumar lens.
I presume that's a 1:1.4/50.
Getting that lens, and a working Spotmatic body, for $20?
You bet that's a good deal!
On 3/1/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed:
>I'm Morrighan aka Phantom Queen.
Hi. You'll fit in just fine with names like that ;-)
>
>I am a complete newbie to film camera usage and I thought I'd check
>you folks out because I just lucked out and bought
Hi Morrighan and welcome to the list. Yes, you did quite well with your
purchase. That's an excellent lens, and the camera alone is easily
worth three times what you paid. I don't think any of your other lenses
can match the quality of that Super Takumar. Hope to see some of your
> I'm Morrighan aka Phantom Queen.
>
> Did I do as good in getting this one as I think I did?
>
> :)
$20.00 for a spotty is a good price. If the shutter speed only goes to 500 its
a SP500.If
it goes to 1000 it
could be 1 of several.A plain spotty or a
On Tuesday 04 January 2005 00:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm Morrighan aka Phantom Queen.
>
> I am a complete newbie to film camera usage and I thought I'd check
> you folks out because I just lucked out and bought an Asahi Pentax
> Spotmatic at Goodwill for like $20 and after doing some resear
I think you did quite well with the Spotmatic. $20.00 for a working
camera is good any day.
Your 50mm f1.4 Super Takumar may have a small problem however, it
contains a thoriated
element, (it's slightly radioactive, not enough to do you any damage
but), which tends to yellow
with age as a resul
Hi Morrighan, welcome to the list!
The Spotmatic battery question Luigi mentioned may not be a problem, if
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?index-bod
y.html.html~mainFrame
is right. There can be read:
"Availability of batteries for the Spotmatic is better
Since all Spotmatics have bridge circuits in the meter they will work fine with
Alkaline or Silver cells. Pentax was good about things that.
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
"Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof"
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Luigi de Guzman wrote:
The camera works without
On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 21:18:15 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm Morrighan aka Phantom Queen.
>
Hi, P.Q. Glad you're aboard. As you can see from the responses so
far, there are still quite a few of us that still own, and
occasionally use older scre
Thanks for the info.
I says it's an SP not an SP2, though oddly this one DOES have 1000
marked on the speed capacity and a self timer? It pretty odd actually
because I have all the user guides for these and mine looks more like
an SP2 but says it's an SP...
Go figure...
The lens isn't yellow bu
On Wednesday 05 January 2005 02:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Playing, I put the 135 MM Olympus lens from my Ricoh on just to see
> what it would be like and I was impressed with it more on the Pentax.
> I seemed to be able to get a sharpper focus, but then again I have no
> clue as to what I am d
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