KMP Update, updated FS list

2002-12-13 Thread Bojidar Dimitrov
Hi all, I have just uploaded the next KMP release. You will find mostly small corrections and additions to the Lenses and Teleconverters pages, and some major changes in the Bodies section. Now there is an individual page for each camera body, just like with lenses and teleconverters. I have

Re: KMP Update, updated FS list

2002-12-13 Thread Peter Alling
I know the photo on the LX early version page has to be because Boz don't have a good photo of the black body, but it is funny. At 10:51 AM 12/13/2002 +0100, you wrote: Hi all, I have just uploaded the next KMP release. You will find mostly small corrections and additions to the Lenses and

Re: 15/3.5 Aspheric or not? (was: KMP Update)

2002-09-13 Thread Stephen Moore
My SMC-K 15/3.5 is s/n 7368xxx, with a front element diameter between 68mm and 69mm. It's be nice to find the transition point by s/n. Regards, Stephen Moore ___ Programmer who create truth table write Boole sheet

Re: 15/3.5 Aspheric or not? (was: KMP Update)

2002-09-13 Thread Bob Rapp
, September 13, 2002 12:23 AM Subject: Re: 15/3.5 Aspheric or not? (was: KMP Update) Bob, we need the diameter of the front element of your lens to see if there is a difference between aspheric and non-aspheric lenses. (Well, maybe nobody will show up with an aspheric lens or the difference

Re: 15/3.5 Aspheric or not? (was: KMP Update)

2002-09-12 Thread andre
Not Bob but Rob in reply; ~68.6mm diameter, now just envision me with the pointy ends of my stainless steel vernier calipers trying to avoid gouging the front element of my SMCPA15f3.5... Cheers, Rob Studdert I think we both have the non-aspheric lens. Well, I understand the A lens is for

Re: 15/3.5 Aspheric or not? (was: KMP Update)

2002-09-12 Thread Bob Rapp
15mm's serial number is 8013862. I wonder what the original starting number was and what the increment was. Bob - Original Message - From: andre [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 12:40 AM Subject: Re: 15/3.5 Aspheric or not? (was: KMP Update

RE: 15/3.5 Aspheric or not? (was: KMP Update)

2002-09-12 Thread J. C. O'Connell
] Subject: Re: 15/3.5 Aspheric or not? (was: KMP Update) Not Bob but Rob in reply; ~68.6mm diameter, now just envision me with the pointy ends of my stainless steel vernier calipers trying to avoid gouging the front element of my SMCPA15f3.5... Cheers, Rob Studdert I think we both have

Re: 15/3.5 Aspheric or not? (was: KMP Update)

2002-09-12 Thread Herb Chong
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If I'm reading this right, somebody[s] think you can tell an aspheric lens from a NON-aspheric lens by some sort of measurement WE can make? If I read right, disabuse yourselves of that idea. Most aspheric optics are aspheric (vary from being

Re: 15/3.5 Aspheric or not? (was: KMP Update)

2002-09-12 Thread Keith Whaley
Yup. That's been confirmed. Thanks for the heads up, Rod. keith Rob Studdert wrote: On 12 Sep 2002 at 15:26, Keith Whaley wrote: If I'm reading this right, somebody[s] think you can tell an aspheric lens from a NON-aspheric lens by some sort of measurement WE can make? If I read

Re: 15/3.5 Aspheric or not? (was: KMP Update)

2002-09-12 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
My SMC (K) 15/3.5 s/n is 505. I don't have it right here so I cannot measure any part of it... Antti-Pekka --- * Antti-Pekka Virjonen * Fiskarsinkatu 7 D * GSM: +358 500 789 753 * * Computec Oy Turku* FIN-20750 Turku Finland * Fax: +358 10 264 0777 *

KMP Update

2002-05-05 Thread Bojidar Dimitrov
Hi all, I am in the middle of a big KMP update, but since I've managed to get in a few interesting pictures lately, I am making this intermediate update... * http://kmp.BDimitrov.de/bodies/photos/LX_FB-1_FC-1.jpg * Optical diagrams for FA* 200/4 Macro, FA 28-90/3.5-5.6, FA28-105/3.2-4.5

KMP update (important)

2002-01-27 Thread Bojidar Dimitrov
Hi all, I have just uploaded the newest version of the KMP. There are several things that I would like to point out: 1. I now have a page dedicated to each lens. For most lenses these pages contain only the technical data, but I would like to _SLOWLY_ add descriptions and optical evaluations

Re: KMP update

2001-03-23 Thread Bojidar Dimitrov
Recently David A. Mann wrote: The previous release was just fine. I am not sure why my old browser OK, I know the problem then. I will fix it in the next release (I have made the background of the orange-black image transparent; but the background of the frame black; your browser

Re: KMP update

2001-03-22 Thread Bojidar Dimitrov
Hi David, Recently David A. Mann wrote: My old web browser (IE3.0) doesn't understand the background colours in your frames. It renders the text in your top and bottom frames as orange on a grey background which is just about impossible to read :( :( The problem here must be the

Re: KMP update (2)

2001-03-22 Thread Rfsindg
Boz, The updates to the prime lenses you mention look excellent. You have added a lot of texture with the comments and figuring out which hoods were appropriate must have been a pain. My only critique is the resolution test numbers. These seem a bit ambitious. As Mike pointed out, there

KMP update (2)

2001-03-22 Thread Bojidar Dimitrov
Hi all, I am a bit surprised that there have been no comments on the latest KMP release. I consider this particular update to be a major one, and I would like to have some feedback. For those who have time and interest, take a look at the page dedicated to prime lenses. Pay special attention

Re: KMP update (2)

2001-03-22 Thread Bojidar Dimitrov
Recently [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My only critique is the resolution test numbers. These seem a bit ambitious. As Mike pointed out, there is more to lens quality than resolution. In addition, I find it a bit confusing to see Yoshihiko's and Fred's numbers together as they are so

Re: KMP update (2)

2001-03-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Footnote on the K bodies page has a typo. It reads: "i = In addition to all differences shown here, the non-SE body has a split-image/matte viewing screen while the SE body has a split-image/microprism/matte." It should be: "i = In addition to all differences shown here, the non-SE body has a

RE: KMP update (2)

2001-03-22 Thread Cyril MARION
Oops ! I wanted to say Z10-PZ10 I tried to findout for you what was the film advance in fps for the Z1/PZ1 sorry Cyril - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery

Re: KMP update (2)

2001-03-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Oh, and as long as I'm whining: It'd be nice to have text navigation options. It's a personal thing, I admit, but I *hate* imagemaps (and the lack of individual ALT or TITLE tags for the links makes navigation difficult for people with visual disabilities--not that I'd expect too many of them to

Re: KMP update (2)

2001-03-22 Thread Bojidar Dimitrov
Recently Mark Roberts wrote: Oh, and as long as I'm whining: It'd be nice to have text navigation options. It's a personal thing, I admit, but I *hate* imagemaps (and the lack of individual ALT or TITLE tags for the links makes navigation difficult for people with visual disabilities--not

Re: KMP update (2)

2001-03-22 Thread Takehiko Ueda
Hi Boz, I am a bit surprised that there have been no comments on the latest KMP release. I consider this particular update to be a major one, and I would like to have some feedback. I always refer to your site first whenever I have questions about Pentax. It's so resourceful, and I

KMP update?

2001-03-22 Thread Pål Jensen
Are you sure that the 100/4 Bellows, A* 200/2.8, A* 200/4 Macro, K 500/4.5, A* 1200/8 are no longer available? They are still present in Pentax latest price list (January 2001) and present on various Pentax web pages (I guess. I haven't cheked them for awhile but see Pentax Scandinavia, Japan

Re: KMP update (2)

2001-03-22 Thread Carlos Royo
Cyril MARION wrote: I tried to findout for you what was the film advance in fps for the Z1/PZ1 to complete your page http://www.phred.org/pentax/k/bodies/Z-PZ/index.html but the information is even not written in my paper manual ! I have to measure it with a dummy film and a

Re: KMP update?

2001-03-22 Thread Bojidar Dimitrov
Recently =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E5l_Jensen?= wrote: Are you sure that the 100/4 Bellows, A* 200/2.8, A* 200/4 Macro, K 500/4.5, A* 1200/8 are no longer available? They are still present in Pentax latest price list (January 2001) and present on various Pentax web pages (I guess. I haven't cheked

KMP update

2001-03-21 Thread Bojidar Dimitrov
Hi all, I have just made a new release of the KMP. I hope you enjoy it... Cheers, Boz -- _\\|//_ Imagination is more important than knowledge... 0(` O-O ')0 A. Einstein ===ooO=(_)=Ooo===

Re: KMP update

2001-01-17 Thread Bojidar Dimitrov
Recently Peter Alling wrote: This is probably a lot of work but I think it might be useful, or at least interesting, to mention which of the modern lenses have plastic vs metal lens mounts. Hi Peter, This has been suggested before. I have not had the time to do it yet. I am also not

Re: KMP update

2001-01-17 Thread Peter Alling
Boz, You amaze me, your methodology is much simpler than I thought, (and you get most of the other people on the list to do much of the work for you), and it seems to work. That's a good suggestion, I'll put that on my list of things to do. --Pete --- Bojidar Dimitrov [EMAIL PROTECTED]

KMP update

2001-01-16 Thread Bojidar Dimitrov
Hi all, I have just updated the KMP (http://www.phred.org/pentax/k/). There are no revolutionary changes but there are a lot of small changes. There is one interesting thing: "Pentax top bodies" in the FAQ section. Cheers, Boz --- 15.01.2001 *

Re: KMP update

2001-01-16 Thread Peter Alling
This is probably a lot of work but I think it might be useful, or at least interesting, to mention which of the modern lenses have plastic vs metal lens mounts. I have no idea about where to start to look for this information, otherwise I would begin to compile the data myself. --- Bojidar