Re: Is this ugly or what?

2012-10-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Pimpin' Like a '70's Eldorado with red leather seats and white shag carpet. On 10/21/2012 5:59 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-PENTAX-LX-CUSTOMIZED-/130787533901?pt=Film_C amerashash=item1e738b644d -- Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and

Re: Is this ugly or what?

2012-10-23 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 21/10/12, Collin Brendemuehl, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-PENTAX-LX-CUSTOMIZED-/130787533901? pt=Film_Camerashash=item1e738b644d Warning next time please -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche --

Re: Is this ugly or what?

2012-10-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Brian Walters Quoting Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net: http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-PENTAX-LX-CUSTOMIZED-/130787533901?pt=Film_C amerashash=item1e738b644d By definition, an LX cannot be ugly. It's against nature. But that comes close What was it customized with,

Re: Is this ugly or what?

2012-10-22 Thread Bob Sullivan
John, It looks to be a gold wash or electroplating. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 10:05 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Brian Walters Quoting Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net:

Re: Is this ugly or what?

2012-10-22 Thread Mark Roberts
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/pentaxlx/Pentax_LX_Gold/index1.htm Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: John, It looks to be a gold wash or electroplating. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 10:05 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Brian

Re: Is this ugly or what?

2012-10-22 Thread Bob Sullivan
So Mark, You think the ebay one is one of the original gold plated models? Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/pentaxlx/Pentax_LX_Gold/index1.htm Bob Sullivan

Re: Is this ugly or what?

2012-10-22 Thread John Mullan
Sullivan Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 1:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Is this ugly or what? So Mark, You think the ebay one is one of the original gold plated models? Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: http

Re: Is this ugly or what?

2012-10-22 Thread John Sessoms
Pretty obviously it's *NOT* the factory gold plated model - wrong finder, wrong knobs, wrong lens ... somebody butchered it. From: Mark Roberts http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/pentaxlx/Pentax_LX_Gold/index1.htm Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: John, It

Is this ugly or what?

2012-10-21 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-PENTAX-LX-CUSTOMIZED-/130787533901?pt=Film_C amerashash=item1e738b644d -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Is this ugly or what?

2012-10-21 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net: http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-PENTAX-LX-CUSTOMIZED-/130787533901?pt=Film_C amerashash=item1e738b644d By definition, an LX cannot be ugly. It's against nature. But that comes close -- Cheers Brian

Re: Is this ugly or what?

2012-10-21 Thread David Parsons
I want to know what 1x, 2x and 4x exposure is. On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net: http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-PENTAX-LX-CUSTOMIZED-/130787533901?pt=Film_C amerashash=item1e738b644d By

Re: Is this ugly or what?

2012-10-21 Thread Mark Roberts
David Parsons wrote: I want to know what 1x, 2x and 4x exposure is. Exposure compensation: 1x is unadjusted, metered exposure, 2x is one stop overexposure, 4x is two stops overexposure. (1/2x is one stop underexposure and 1/4x is two stops underexposure.) -- Mark Roberts - Photography