Kennyboy reviews Pentax full frame SLR

2011-10-10 Thread Larry Colen
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Re: Kennyboy reviews Pentax full frame SLR

2011-10-10 Thread Brian Walters
On Monday, October 10, 2011 4:57 PM, "Larry Colen" wrote: > http://kenrockwell.com/pentax/k1000.htm Bloody hell - he's almost gushing in his praise! The most interesting thing there though, is the one-off, motor wind version. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters

Re: Kennyboy reviews Pentax full frame SLR

2011-10-10 Thread Paul Ewins
I suspect that set-up is a fake, mainly because it uses a Spotmatic Motor Drive bottom plate rather than the KM/KX Motor Drive bottom plate. On the KX/KM the bottom plate has a bevel on it and the words "MOTOR DRIVE" are on the back, while the Spotmatic plate has flat sides and MOTOR DRIVE engra

Re: Kennyboy reviews Pentax full frame SLR

2011-10-10 Thread P. J. Alling
On 10/10/2011 7:57 PM, Larry Colen wrote: http://kenrockwell.com/pentax/k1000.htm Against my better judgment I read the whole thing but once again Kennyboy shoots himself in the foot. The meter will drain it's batteries in no time flat if you don't have a lens cap, and since he doesn't seem

Re: Kennyboy reviews Pentax full frame SLR

2011-10-10 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2011-10-10 22:08, P. J. Alling wrote: Against my better judgment I read the whole thing but once again Kennyboy shoots himself in the foot. The saddest thing about the Kennyboy phenomenon is the dolts who believe him because they're to flappin' lazy to use Google. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4L

Re: Kennyboy reviews Pentax full frame SLR

2011-10-10 Thread Darren Addy
His "compared to" section is a little silly. The cameras that he should be comparing it to are it's contemporary cameras with the same basic feature set, like the Olympus OM-1 and the Canon TX. No battery required to fire the shutter on either of those two either. (Probably others also, that I'm no

Re: Kennyboy reviews Pentax full frame SLR

2011-10-10 Thread Larry Colen
On 10/10/2011 7:08 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 10/10/2011 7:57 PM, Larry Colen wrote: http://kenrockwell.com/pentax/k1000.htm Against my better judgment I read the whole thing but once again Kennyboy shoots himself in the foot. The meter will drain it's batteries in no time flat if you don't

Re: Kennyboy reviews Pentax full frame SLR

2011-10-10 Thread Bipin Gupta
Hello Larry, I used to own the K1000 SE with the Kit lens in the '70s. Must say an awesome camera. Simple to use too. Yes, w/o the lens cap there is a battery drain. But it is infinitesimal. And Silver Oxide cells were so cheap and available every where. Even today I can buy a pack of 100 Chinese G

Re: Kennyboy reviews Pentax full frame SLR

2011-10-10 Thread Cotty
On 10/10/11, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: >http://kenrockwell.com/pentax/k1000.htm At the very bottom: "As this page is copyrighted and formally registered, it is unlawful to make copies, especially in the form of printouts for personal use. If you wish to make a printout for persona

Re: Kennyboy reviews Pentax full frame SLR

2011-10-11 Thread Cotty
On 11/10/11, Bipin Gupta, discombobulated, unleashed: >Much of what Ken writes is OK. Don't be too harsh on him - use the >good portions and reject the not so good of what he writes. I found >most of it OK. Mark! Here's a few words I found that seemed okay: and or as the if when -- Ch

Re: Kennyboy reviews Pentax full frame SLR

2011-10-11 Thread Steven Desjardins
Suppose you are a true neophyte. How are you supposed to know that Kenny isn't as serious a pundit as anyone else? On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 3:01 AM, Cotty wrote: > On 11/10/11, Bipin Gupta, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Much of what Ken writes is OK. Don't be too harsh on him - use the >>good p

Re: Kennyboy reviews Pentax full frame SLR

2011-10-11 Thread P. J. Alling
If you put your K1000, in a dark place, say a camera bag, between uses, even if you haven't put a lens cap on it and the meter pretty much shuts down. Leave it on a shelf in a fairly bright place and the meter won't shut down. It will drain the battery pretty quickly. On 10/11/2011 2:28 AM,

Re: Kennyboy reviews Pentax full frame SLR

2011-10-11 Thread Toralf Lund
On 10/11/11 9:01, Cotty wrote: On 11/10/11, Bipin Gupta, discombobulated, unleashed: Much of what Ken writes is OK. Don't be too harsh on him - use the good portions and reject the not so good of what he writes. I found most of it OK. Mark! Here's a few words I found that seemed okay: He, he

Re: Kennyboy reviews Pentax full frame SLR

2011-10-11 Thread Cotty
On 11/10/11, Steven Desjardins, discombobulated, unleashed: >Suppose you are a true neophyte. How are you supposed to know that >Kenny isn't as serious a pundit as anyone else? Lines like this maybe ;-) 'It's much faster to turn the big focus ring than to dick with other camera's autofocus sett

Re: Kennyboy reviews Pentax full frame SLR

2011-10-11 Thread Steven Desjardins
ROTFL, I missed that. Although a true newbie would be relieved because he couldn't find the AF controls anyway. Like all other species, the apprentice idiots will flock to the alpha. On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Cotty wrote: > On 11/10/11, Steven Desjardins, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>