Re: Pentax sighting

2024-01-02 Thread Stanley Halpin
Thanks for the link Paul. That was a good read. I did try to click through his 17 images, after first 4-5 the next click caused a system restart on my Mac. But I saw enough to appreciate his work. Stan > On Dec 31, 2023, at 4:25 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: > > Why photographer Mike De Sisti s

Pentax sighting

2023-12-31 Thread Paul Sorenson
Why photographer Mike De Sisti shot film on a Pentax K1000 for the first time in 20 years https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/columnists/2023/12/29/what-i-learned-after-shooting-my-first-roll-of-film-in-over-20-years/7172617/ -- Paul Sorenson Studio1941 Sooner or later "different" scares p

another ancient Pentax sighting

2023-04-29 Thread collinb
Scarecrow and Mrs King Season 3, episode 22 (last of season) Agent Lee Stetson is using a Pentax 110 with the 50mm. Only time I’ve seen it used on TV. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Pentax Sighting (always old TV, it seems)

2023-01-14 Thread collinb
Hart to Hart, “You Made Me Kill You” (S1E5) Looks like a P3-type body with the A80-200/4. All near the episode beginning. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: pentax sighting....

2019-09-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
thank you all for the kind words... On Tue, 10 Sep 2019 13:48:48 -0400 John wrote: > Cool! > > On 9/9/2019 09:29:31, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/27239-a-young-naturalist-in-india-finds-a-stunning-treehopper-observation-of-the-week-9-8-2019 > > > > the young 'natu

Re: pentax sighting....

2019-09-10 Thread John
Cool! On 9/9/2019 09:29:31, Subash Jeyan wrote: https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/27239-a-young-naturalist-in-india-finds-a-stunning-treehopper-observation-of-the-week-9-8-2019 the young 'naturalist' featured, i think, has a ks1 :) ~subash -- Science - Questions we may never find answers f

Re: pentax sighting....

2019-09-10 Thread Alan C
Well done, Adit.  Subash - you have trained him well - a real chip off the old block! Alan C On 09-Sep-19 03:29 PM, Subash Jeyan wrote: https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/27239-a-young-naturalist-in-india-finds-a-stunning-treehopper-observation-of-the-week-9-8-2019 the young 'naturalist' featu

Re: pentax sighting....

2019-09-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent article! Paul > On Sep 10, 2019, at 5:05 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: > > Great article, congrats! A fascinating face of that tree hopper. > > Henk > > Op 2019-09-09 om 15:29 schreef Subash Jeyan: >> https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/27239-a-young-naturalist-in-india-finds-a-stunning-tr

Re: pentax sighting....

2019-09-10 Thread Henk Terhell
Great article, congrats! A fascinating face of that tree hopper. Henk Op 2019-09-09 om 15:29 schreef Subash Jeyan: https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/27239-a-young-naturalist-in-india-finds-a-stunning-treehopper-observation-of-the-week-9-8-2019 the young 'naturalist' featured, i think, has a ks

Re: pentax sighting....

2019-09-09 Thread Subash Jeyan
On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 18:59:41 +0100 Bob Pdml wrote: > Brilliant - well done to both of you! thank you Bob > > On 9 Sep 2019, at 14:29, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > > > https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/27239-a-young-naturalist-in-india-finds-a-stunning-treehopper-observation-of-the-week-9-8-2019 >

Re: pentax sighting....

2019-09-09 Thread Subash Jeyan
interesting story, thanks for sharing On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 07:44:15 -0700 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Very nice! > > You remind me of a Pentax Sighting I had in Summer 2018, while I was > visiting the Greenwich Observatory in London on my "big trip 2018". I > can&

Re: pentax sighting....

2019-09-09 Thread Bob Pdml
Brilliant - well done to both of you! > On 9 Sep 2019, at 14:29, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/27239-a-young-naturalist-in-india-finds-a-stunning-treehopper-observation-of-the-week-9-8-2019 > > the young 'naturalist' featured, i think, has a ks1 :) > > ~subash > >

Re: pentax sighting....

2019-09-09 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Very nice! You remind me of a Pentax Sighting I had in Summer 2018, while I was visiting the Greenwich Observatory in London on my "big trip 2018". I can't recall whether I posted this photo before… https://flic.kr/p/2hcZeM4 She was a young Vietnamese woman who happened

Re: pentax sighting....

2019-09-09 Thread ann sanfedele
 :-) :-) ann On 9/9/2019 9:29 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote: https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/27239-a-young-naturalist-in-india-finds-a-stunning-treehopper-observation-of-the-week-9-8-2019 the young 'naturalist' featured, i think, has a ks1 :) ~subash -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.s

pentax sighting....

2019-09-09 Thread Subash Jeyan
https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/27239-a-young-naturalist-in-india-finds-a-stunning-treehopper-observation-of-the-week-9-8-2019 the young 'naturalist' featured, i think, has a ks1 :) ~subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBS

Re: Pentax sighting

2019-06-06 Thread mike wilson
> On 06 June 2019 at 22:38 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > > > On 6 Jun 2019, at 17:32, mike wilson wrote: > > > > > >> On 06 June 2019 at 16:00 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > >> > >> > >> I don't understand why people are so enamored of Rolex, especially in the > >> US. > > > > "The name's Bond; J

Re: Pentax sighting

2019-06-06 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Jun 06, 2019 at 11:00:44AM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > I don't understand why people are so enamored of Rolex, especially in the > US. In Switzerland, I noted that the ads and stores were featuring and > promoting other quality Swiss timepieces. I have always lusted after > Breitlin

Fwd: Re: Pentax sighting

2019-06-06 Thread Paul Sorenson
OOPS...this was supposed to go to the list... -p I still occasionally wear my Omega Speedmaster Professional - the Moonwatch -  that I bought in the mid-1970s when I was flying charter.  I figured if it was good enough for NASA it was good eno

Re: Pentax sighting

2019-06-06 Thread John
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=upAJE_XhT2Y On 6/6/2019 11:29:47, Alan C wrote: Well, it there all right. Opens with an ME Super & a pair of Rolexes. Alan C On 06-Jun-19 05:10 PM, Rick Womer wrote: There’s no video to scroll down to, at least on my iPhone. Rick On Thu, Jun 6

Re: Pentax sighting

2019-06-06 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 6 Jun 2019, at 19:31, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > P. J. Alling wrote on 6/6/19 8:51 AM: >> I thought the reviewer was more than a bit pretentious. > > We're talking about dropping $11,000 on a watch that isn't any more accurate > than a $20 electronic Timex, and less accurate than a cel

Re: Pentax sighting

2019-06-06 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 6 Jun 2019, at 17:32, mike wilson wrote: > > >> On 06 June 2019 at 16:00 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >> >> >> I don't understand why people are so enamored of Rolex, especially in the >> US. > > "The name's Bond; James Bond." I can't remember what he wore in the books, but in the film

Re: Pentax sighting

2019-06-06 Thread Larry Colen
P. J. Alling wrote on 6/6/19 8:51 AM: I thought the reviewer was more than a bit pretentious. We're talking about dropping $11,000 on a watch that isn't any more accurate than a $20 electronic Timex, and less accurate than a cell phone which gets its time base off of a GPS satellite, preten

Re: Pentax sighting

2019-06-06 Thread mike wilson
> On 06 June 2019 at 16:00 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > I don't understand why people are so enamored of Rolex, especially in the > US. "The name's Bond; James Bond." -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PD

Re: Pentax sighting

2019-06-06 Thread P. J. Alling
It's nice that the MX is associated with quality. On 6/6/2019 7:31 AM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: MX w/ Rolex and knock-off. Or should I say RoleX. https://gizmodo.com/modern-manufacturing-has-made-it-nearly-impossible-to-s- 1835267932 -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be

Re: Pentax sighting

2019-06-06 Thread P. J. Alling
I thought the reviewer was more than a bit pretentious. On 6/6/2019 11:00 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I don't understand why people are so enamored of Rolex, especially in the US. In Switzerland, I noted that the ads and stores were featuring and promoting other quality Swiss timepieces. I ha

Re: Pentax sighting

2019-06-06 Thread Alan C
Well, it there all right. Opens with an ME Super & a pair of Rolexes. Alan C On 06-Jun-19 05:10 PM, Rick Womer wrote: There’s no video to scroll down to, at least on my iPhone. Rick On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 08:42 Alan C wrote: Link corrected. Scroll down to the video. Alan C On 06-Jun-19

Re: Pentax sighting

2019-06-06 Thread Rick Womer
There’s no video to scroll down to, at least on my iPhone. Rick On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 08:42 Alan C wrote: > Link corrected. Scroll down to the video. > > Alan C > > > > > On 06-Jun-19 01:31 PM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: > >> MX w/ Rolex and knock-off. > >> Or should I say RoleX. > >> > >>

Re: Pentax sighting

2019-06-06 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I don't understand why people are so enamored of Rolex, especially in the US. In Switzerland, I noted that the ads and stores were featuring and promoting other quality Swiss timepieces. I have always lusted after Breitlings. Back in the 1960s, the Navitimer was THE watch for aviators. I have a

Re: Pentax sighting

2019-06-06 Thread Alan C
Link corrected. Scroll down to the video. Alan C On 06-Jun-19 01:31 PM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: MX w/ Rolex and knock-off. Or should I say RoleX. https://gizmodo.com/modern-manufacturing-has-made-it-nearly-impossible-to-s-1835267932 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@p

Re: Pentax sighting

2019-06-06 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 6/6/19, coll...@brendemuehl.net, discombobulated, unleashed: >MX w/ Rolex and knock-off. >Or should I say RoleX. > https://gizmodo.com/modern-manufacturing-has-made-it-nearly-impossible-to-s- 1835267932 Broken link mate -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Li

Pentax sighting

2019-06-06 Thread collinb
MX w/ Rolex and knock-off. Or should I say RoleX. https://gizmodo.com/modern-manufacturing-has-made-it-nearly-impossible-to-s- 1835267932 -- 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

Re: Pentax sighting - ancient history

2018-12-27 Thread John
On 12/27/2018 18:12:51, Dale H. Cook wrote: At 11:50 AM 12/27/2018, John wrote: I'd be willing to bet that if you told us his name Stanley did so in his post - it is Ian Wright. Dale H. Cook, many years as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking- around lens or S

Re: Pentax sighting - ancient history

2018-12-27 Thread John
Sorry. Blind in one eye and can't see out of the other. I am somewhat familiar with Ian Wright's work from my teen years when I was in a rock 'n roll band and we all devoured anything we could find about the Beatles & the rest of the British Invasion, although callow youth that I was, I didn't

Re: Pentax sighting - ancient history

2018-12-27 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 11:50 AM 12/27/2018, John wrote: >I'd be willing to bet that if you told us his name Stanley did so in his post - it is Ian Wright. Dale H. Cook, many years as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking- around lens or SMC Pentax-A 50mm/f2 lens -- PDML Pentax-Dis

Re: Pentax sighting - ancient history

2018-12-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Fair Use, Perhaps? It certainly is improper, unethical and illegal to download copyrighted images to sell, to use for commercial purposes, or to pass off as your own. Is it, however, improper to do so, with credit to the copyright owner, for critical or educational purposes, or to introduce someo

Re: Pentax sighting - ancient history

2018-12-27 Thread Stan Halpin
Dale, yes the composite has been published, I couldn’t say where. That, and the individual image I bought have been pirated and are on the Pentax forum at the link John posted. [Why do supposed photographers think it is ok to copy/paste others’ copyrighted works?? It makes it handy for finding s

Re: Pentax sighting - ancient history

2018-12-27 Thread John
I'd be willing to bet that if you told us his name, Google could find his website & we could see the photo there. In the meantime - https://tinyurl.com/Beatles-Pentax On 12/27/2018 11:05:15, Stanley Halpin wrote: Part of our recent trip was on a cruise ship with Ian Wright, British photographe

Re: Pentax sighting - ancient history

2018-12-27 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 11:05 AM 12/27/2018, Stanley Halpin wrote: >He flashed one slide showing a composite of "the boys" all showing off their >nice cameras. That description sounds familiar - do you know if those images or the composite photograph have been published? If so, I may have it, or I may be recalling

Pentax sighting - ancient history

2018-12-27 Thread Stanley Halpin
Part of our recent trip was on a cruise ship with Ian Wright, British photographer as one of the presenters in the lecture series. His main theme was the Beatles whom he had photographed extensively. He flashed one slide showing a composite of “the boys” all showing off their nice cameras. I hi

Re: Pentax sighting - and not ancient history

2018-12-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
> On Dec 21, 2018, at 10:12 AM, John Francis wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 07:58:56AM -0500, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: >> In the promo for the new Marwen movie, the back of a late Spottie that looks >> very much like a K body except for the metal wind lever. > > As mentioned in an earl

Re: Pentax sighting - and not ancient history

2018-12-21 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 07:58:56AM -0500, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: > In the promo for the new Marwen movie, the back of a late Spottie that looks > very much like a K body except for the metal wind lever. As mentioned in an earlier thread, it's an Asahi PENTAX Spotmatic (with a Super Takumar

Pentax sighting - and not ancient history

2018-12-21 Thread collinb
In the promo for the new Marwen movie, the back of a late Spottie that looks very much like a K body except for the metal wind lever. -- 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 a

Re: Pentax sighting

2018-07-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I think the Program A was essentially the same as the Super Program, which was my first SLR after my 1966 Spotmatic. It was a very reliable camera Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 3:45 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > Taking a break from laying til

Pentax sighting

2018-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
Taking a break from laying tile in the kitchen I decided to take a moment to peruse PetaPixel. There's an article with an accompanying video from a guy who's building a DIY "Auto" Film Processor (more semi-auto at this point). But he's got it programmed for B&W, C41 and E6 films. https://pet

Re: Pentax Sighting

2018-03-20 Thread John
I know. But it amused me to see it. On 3/17/2018 22:22, Rick Womer wrote: The medical optics division was the only part of Pentax that Asahi didn’t sell off several years ago. Alas, name and ancestry are the only common elements your camera and the medical equipment share. Rick On Fri, Mar 16,

Re: Pentax Sighting

2018-03-17 Thread William Robb
On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 8:23 PM Rick Womer wrote: > The medical optics division was the only part of Pentax that Asahi didn’t > sell off several years ago. Alas, name and ancestry are the only common > elements your camera and the medical equipment share. When Hoya bought Pentax, it was for the

Re: Pentax Sighting

2018-03-17 Thread Rick Womer
The medical optics division was the only part of Pentax that Asahi didn’t sell off several years ago. Alas, name and ancestry are the only common elements your camera and the medical equipment share. Rick On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 21:49 John wrote: > I had a doctor's appointment today at the VA i

Pentax Sighting

2018-03-16 Thread John
I had a doctor's appointment today at the VA in Durham. They had some kind of Pentax Medical equipment in the examining room. Brand new & a whole rack of equipment all with PENTAX logos. I didn't have a camera with me today, but the Doctor said it would be OK for me to come back some time next

pentax sighting

2017-11-09 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
https://twitter.com/LAReviewofBooks/status/928676136191692802 -- 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.

Pentax Sighting - The Price is Right

2017-09-11 Thread Mark C
Flipped on the TV a little while ago and the Price is Right came up just as Drew Carey announced a pair of digital cameras - one mirrorless and one DSLR. The camera panned to a burgundy Q-S1 and a K70 (I think). Ricoh marketing? The 'full retail price" was ~$1200 for the two. --- This ema

Re: Pentax sighting

2017-05-17 Thread P. J. Alling
You wouldn't say that if you were carrying one of these, the heavy duty model weighs 44 lbs without the head... http://www.moogs3.com/products/tripods/gibraltar.html On 5/15/2017 1:53 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: Tripods are for wimps. ;) On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: A fe

Re: Pentax sighting

2017-05-15 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: >On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Mark Roberts > wrote: >> Zos Xavius wrote: >> >>>On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Mark Roberts >>> wrote: A few days ago when I was crossing the Milennium Bridge in London I saw someone at the end of the bridge shooting with a Pent

Re: Pentax sighting

2017-05-15 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Zos Xavius wrote: > >>On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Mark Roberts >> wrote: >>> A few days ago when I was crossing the Milennium Bridge in London I >>> saw someone at the end of the bridge shooting with a Pentax DSLR and >>> the 15mm Limite

Re: Pentax sighting

2017-05-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Zos Xavius wrote: >On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Mark Roberts > wrote: >> A few days ago when I was crossing the Milennium Bridge in London I >> saw someone at the end of the bridge shooting with a Pentax DSLR and >> the 15mm Limited. Using a tripod, no less. Proper photographer, that. >> >Tri

Re: Pentax sighting

2017-05-15 Thread Zos Xavius
Tripods are for wimps. ;) On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > A few days ago when I was crossing the Milennium Bridge in London I > saw someone at the end of the bridge shooting with a Pentax DSLR and > the 15mm Limited. Using a tripod, no less. Proper photographer, that. > >

Pentax sighting

2017-05-15 Thread Mark Roberts
A few days ago when I was crossing the Milennium Bridge in London I saw someone at the end of the bridge shooting with a Pentax DSLR and the 15mm Limited. Using a tripod, no less. Proper photographer, that. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discu

Re: Pentax sighting in product photos

2017-04-20 Thread Zos Xavius
I guess you get what you pay for. The fact that the L-plate is not from a single piece of metal gives me a lot of pause. It also lacks the precision to be screwed together square which says a lot about the quality of workmanship. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mail

Re: Pentax sighting in product photos

2017-04-19 Thread P. J. Alling
Based on the photo, I guess that they said just slap any old thing on there doesn't matter what. They couldn't even be bothered to take the aging protective film off the LCD or make sure the rubber eyepiece was mounted straight. On 4/18/2017 3:07 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: It is interesting,

Pentax sighting in product photos

2017-04-18 Thread Igor PDML-StR
It is interesting, that this "universal" L-bracket is photographed with an old Pentax DSLR. After all, Pentax is not the market leader. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00W995BM2/ref=wl_mb_recs_1_title Click at the bottom product photo. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://p

Re: Possible Pentax sighting

2017-04-13 Thread John Sessoms
That's good, but it's probably an 'M' lens rather than an 'A' lens. I watched the whole episode hoping maybe I'd see someone with a camera taking photos of artifacts "in situ" - I thought archeologists were supposed to do that - but I didn't see one. On 4/12/2017 20:39, John Francis wrote: On W

Re: Possible Pentax sighting

2017-04-12 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 03:30:17PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > > P. J. Alling wrote: > > IT looks like the mirror image of a Pentax lens, so either they did > > something stupid in post production, or there's a manufacturer who used > > and exact mirror image for their bayonet lens mount. > >

Re: Possible Pentax sighting

2017-04-12 Thread Brian Walters
4 AM, John Francis wrote: > > I was just watching Time Team S17-E11 (Litlington, Cambridgeshire) > [available on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAgN1GIT5Us] > and I have a possible Pentax sighting. > At 3:26, one of the archaeologists is using a reversed lens as a loupe,

Re: Possible Pentax sighting

2017-04-12 Thread Larry Colen
On 4/12/2017 5:44 PM, John Francis wrote: I was just watching Time Team S17-E11 (Litlington, Cambridgeshire) [available on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAgN1GIT5Us] and I have a possible Pentax sighting. At 3:26, one of the archaeologists is using a reversed lens as a loupe, and to

Re: Possible Pentax sighting

2017-04-12 Thread P. J. Alling
ngton, Cambridgeshire) [available on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAgN1GIT5Us] and I have a possible Pentax sighting. At 3:26, one of the archaeologists is using a reversed lens as a loupe, and to me it looks very much like a fairly large-aperture K-mount! The position of the red dot, ba

Possible Pentax sighting

2017-04-12 Thread John Francis
I was just watching Time Team S17-E11 (Litlington, Cambridgeshire) [available on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAgN1GIT5Us] and I have a possible Pentax sighting. At 3:26, one of the archaeologists is using a reversed lens as a loupe, and to me it looks very much like a fairly large

Re: Pentax Sighting

2017-01-02 Thread mike wilson
> On 02 January 2017 at 16:33 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > > > Hey, I sold the damned things when they were first released... I'm not a > nerd, I'm just old. > > > On 1/2/2017 5:15 AM, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 01 January 2017 at 21:08 Steve Cottrell wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 1/1/17, P. J. Alling

Re: Pentax Sighting

2017-01-02 Thread P. J. Alling
Hey, I sold the damned things when they were first released... I'm not a nerd, I'm just old. On 1/2/2017 5:15 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 01 January 2017 at 21:08 Steve Cottrell wrote: On 1/1/17, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: It's a K1000. The closest match after that is the KM

Re: Pentax Sighting

2017-01-02 Thread mike wilson
> On 01 January 2017 at 21:08 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 1/1/17, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >It's a K1000. The closest match after that is the KM, but the K1000 > >doesn't have the knurled film reminder dial around the rewind knob, also > >the lens is the M 50mm f2.0,

Re: Pentax Sighting

2017-01-01 Thread Philip Northeast
I still have my KX and the 55mm f1.8 still works on my K1 Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au On 2/1/17 7:50 am, P. J. Alling wrote: It's a K1000. The closest match after that is the KM, but the K1000 doesn't have the knurled film reminder dial around the rewind knob, also the lens

Re: Pentax Sighting

2017-01-01 Thread John
I also remember some discussion about whether a DOF preview lever was visible during its brief appearance ... or not. On 1/1/2017 3:50 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: It's a K1000. The closest match after that is the KM, but the K1000 doesn't have the knurled film reminder dial around the rewind knob,

Re: Pentax Sighting

2017-01-01 Thread John
On 1/1/2017 2:31 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: On 1 Jan 2017, at 18:56, John wrote: On 1/1/2017 11:02 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: Can't remember if I posted this before or not. Pentax sighting in this lovely video made to mark 67 years of Land Rover production. Asahi Pentax content, if fleet

Re: Pentax Sighting

2017-01-01 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 1/1/17, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: >It's a K1000. The closest match after that is the KM, but the K1000 >doesn't have the knurled film reminder dial around the rewind knob, also >the lens is the M 50mm f2.0, the KX and KM came in a kit with the [K] >55mm f1.8. PJ Wins the in

Re: Pentax Sighting

2017-01-01 Thread P. J. Alling
It's a K1000. The closest match after that is the KM, but the K1000 doesn't have the knurled film reminder dial around the rewind knob, also the lens is the M 50mm f2.0, the KX and KM came in a kit with the [K] 55mm f1.8. On 1/1/2017 11:54 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 1/1/17, Jostein Øksne,

Re: Pentax Sighting

2017-01-01 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 1 Jan 2017, at 18:56, John wrote: > >> On 1/1/2017 11:02 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: >> Can't remember if I posted this before or not. Pentax sighting in this >> lovely video made to mark 67 years of Land Rover production. Asahi >> Pentax content, if fleet

Re: Pentax Sighting

2017-01-01 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 1/1/17, John, discombobulated, unleashed: >Someone posted it before. I remember a discussion on whether the camera >was a Spotmatic or not. Good memory. That was probably me as I remember seeing the video earlier in the year ! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O)

Re: Pentax Sighting

2017-01-01 Thread John
On 1/1/2017 11:02 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: Can't remember if I posted this before or not. Pentax sighting in this lovely video made to mark 67 years of Land Rover production. Asahi Pentax content, if fleetingly! <https://vimeo.com/153011469> Someone posted it before. I remember a

Re: Pentax Sighting

2017-01-01 Thread Alan C
Pentax M 50mm f2. Alan C -Original Message- From: Steve Cottrell Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2017 6:54 PM To: pentax list Subject: Re: Pentax Sighting On 1/1/17, Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: Will watch when connected to a WiFi zone. Will I be looking for a Pentax 67

Re: Pentax Sighting

2017-01-01 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 1/1/17, Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: >Will watch when connected to a WiFi zone. Will I be looking for a Pentax >67 then? :-D 35mm. Hand covering the model name. :Looks like a K1000, or a KX or other K series. Looks like a 50mm or maybe shorter prime... -- Cheers, Cotty _

Re: Pentax Sighting

2017-01-01 Thread Jostein Øksne
Will watch when connected to a WiFi zone. Will I be looking for a Pentax 67 then? :-D Jostein Den 1. januar 2017 17.02.13 CET, skrev Steve Cottrell : >Can't remember if I posted this before or not. Pentax sighting in this >lovely video made to mark 67 years of Land Rover produc

Pentax Sighting

2017-01-01 Thread Steve Cottrell
Can't remember if I posted this before or not. Pentax sighting in this lovely video made to mark 67 years of Land Rover production. Asahi Pentax content, if fleetingly! <https://vimeo.com/153011469> -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video

Re: Pentax sighting

2016-08-17 Thread Gonz
I just saw a screen grab. It looks maybe like an MX. I love that Pentax body. I have a black one still in good condition. On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Gonz wrote: > We watched a couple of episodes of "Stranger Things" on Netflix. In > the second episode, one of the characters is taking l

Pentax sighting

2016-08-17 Thread Gonz
We watched a couple of episodes of "Stranger Things" on Netflix. In the second episode, one of the characters is taking lots of pics with an older Pentax. Looks like an ME or ME-super. I didn't pay close enough attention. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/l

Re: Old Pentax sighting

2016-08-14 Thread John Francis
That's "Brigitte" ... On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 02:24:42PM -0400, ann sanfedele wrote: > Brigette Bardot - for you youngsters > > ann > > > On 8/12/2016 3:53 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 12/8/16, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > > There's a Pentax in this picture too, but you

Re: Old Pentax sighting

2016-08-14 Thread ann sanfedele
Brigette Bardot - for you youngsters ann On 8/12/2016 3:53 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 12/8/16, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: There's a Pentax in this picture too, but you have to look carefully. http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfhudncOkW1qe0edlo1_500.jpg Couldn't see the came

Re: Old Pentax sighting

2016-08-12 Thread Ken Waller
Was there a camera in that image? -Original Message- >From: Steve Cottrell >Subject: Re: Old Pentax sighting > >On 12/8/16, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>There's a Pentax in this picture too, but you have to look carefully. >&

Re: Old Pentax sighting

2016-08-12 Thread John
I'm pretty sure all four of them had a Pentax cameras at least once. George had a Asahi Pentax S1a On 8/12/2016 12:25 PM, John Francis wrote: I'm pretty sure both Paul and Ringo owned Pentax cameras. On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 12:53:18AM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I have seen photos of the

Re: Old Pentax sighting

2016-08-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 12 Aug 2016, at 20:54, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 12/8/16, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> There's a Pentax in this picture too, but you have to look carefully. >> >> http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfhudncOkW1qe0edlo1_500.jpg > > Couldn't see the camera, but is that Britt

Re: Old Pentax sighting

2016-08-12 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 12/8/16, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: >There's a Pentax in this picture too, but you have to look carefully. > >http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfhudncOkW1qe0edlo1_500.jpg Couldn't see the camera, but is that Britt Eckland? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate,

Re: Old Pentax sighting

2016-08-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
Ringo's a pretty decent photographer. He has a book out at the moment: http://bigread.mojo4music.com/2013/10/ringo-starr/ There's a Pentax in this picture too, but you have to look carefully. http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfhudncOkW1qe0edlo1_500.jpg B > On 12 Aug 2016, at 17:26, John Franc

Re: Old Pentax sighting

2016-08-12 Thread John Francis
I'm pretty sure both Paul and Ringo owned Pentax cameras. On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 12:53:18AM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > I have seen photos of the Beatles with a Spotty. > > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 9:31 PM, Morris Gallo

Re: Old Pentax sighting

2016-08-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I have seen photos of the Beatles with a Spotty. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 9:31 PM, Morris Galloway < morris-gallo...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Wish the camera was in better focus, but it seems to be a Spotty. > Ahem > Relurking. > > > --

Re: Old Pentax sighting

2016-08-11 Thread Morris Galloway
Wish the camera was in better focus, but it seems to be a Spotty. Ahem Relurking. -- 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: Old Pentax sighting

2016-08-11 Thread Brian Walters
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016, at 07:36 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > http://imgur.com/gallery/ZgOsg6S > > Is that a Spotmatic? Certainly looks like it. Of course it could be a Spotmatic 500 or 1000 (without the self timer) but McCartney would have been far too cool to have a lower spec version. Cheers

Old Pentax sighting

2016-08-11 Thread Mark Roberts
http://imgur.com/gallery/ZgOsg6S Is that a Spotmatic? -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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

Pentax Sighting -- old one

2016-02-28 Thread Collin B
Looks like the photographer on The Love Boat uses a black ME Super. -- 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.

Pentax sighting

2016-01-09 Thread Collin B
Was watching an old Carol Burnett the other night. Harvey Korman was carrying a big F outfit with a zoom. Carol said something about checking out his Pentax. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: Pentax Sighting

2015-10-25 Thread steve harley
On 2015-10-24 22:05 , P.J. Alling wrote: I'm watching the episode of the TV series Bones and guest star Betty White is using what appears to be a Storm Trooper K-30. Just thought I'd share. watched this episode on TiVo tonight; since i was forewarned, i phone-cammed screenshots of the debadge

Re: Pentax Sighting

2015-10-25 Thread knarf
We don't have cable or broadcast TV (now that it's gone digital our rabbit ears are gone). I'll take your word for it. Betty White is still working? That's amazing. Cheers, frank On October 25, 2015 12:05:58 AM EDT, "P.J. Alling" wrote: >I'm watching the episode of the TV series Bones and g

Re: Pentax Sighting

2015-10-25 Thread David J Brooks
saw the episode, but missed that On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 12:05 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: > I'm watching the episode of the TV series Bones and guest star Betty White > is using what appears to be a Storm Trooper K-30. Just thought I'd share. > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my w

Pentax Sighting

2015-10-24 Thread P.J. Alling
I'm watching the episode of the TV series Bones and guest star Betty White is using what appears to be a Storm Trooper K-30. Just thought I'd share. -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

  1   2   3   4   5   >