Re: Lancia (was: Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.)

2001-10-05 Thread Cotty
Living in Australia i have no idea what a saturn is :) I can't see Saturn from here, but I sure as hell can see Uranus ;-) ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads

Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.

2001-10-04 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
. - Original Message - From: Mark Dalal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 2:34 PM Subject: Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax. While this post is made in jest, it brings up something I've been thinking about. When asked to list a favorite lens, my gut reaction is to say

RE: Lancia (was: Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.)

2001-10-04 Thread Lewis, Gerald
, October 04, 2001 10:30 AM Subject: OT: Lancia (was: Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.) Paul Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gianfranco, h, nice car the Lancia Flaminia, Lancias are my favourite cars :) unfortunatley they dont import them to Australia anymore, so most of the Lancia

RE: Lancia (was: Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.)

2001-10-04 Thread Trevor Wiebe
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RE: Lancia (was: Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.)

2001-10-04 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Trevor Wiebe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a well-used Saturn. It has four wheels, a steering wheel and a horn that goes BEEP. SO THERE. I think it's - almost - enough... Gianfranco NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month.

RE: Lancia (was: Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.)

2001-10-04 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Lewis, Gerald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well Gianfrance, I do not have a Lancia..but I do have a 93 Alfa Romeo 164L and a 1983 Alfa GTV-6. The GTV-6 is a very good car that didn't sell very well in Italy, because all the cars over 2000 cm³ at that time were charged of a huge tax. Now Alfa and

Re: Lancia (was: Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.)

2001-10-04 Thread Mark Roberts
I have a 1984 Subaru GL with 140,000 miles on it (it's going to get me through one more winter...I hope). If you own a nice car you're not spending as much money on cameras, lenses and film as you might be otherwise ;-) Trevor Wiebe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a well-used Saturn. It has

Re: Lancia (was: Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.)

2001-10-04 Thread Trevor Wiebe
Ah, but you are an amateur, sir! My sister-in-law just consigned her Honda CRX to the scrap heap after aprox. 375,000 miles. The body was being held together by rust, which in turn was held together by a combination of chewing gum, prayer and sheer recklessness. It had more pits and dents than

Re: Lancia (was: Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.)

2001-10-04 Thread Paul Jones
375,000 miles is quite impressive for a Honda CRX, i wouldnt have though it possible :) I doubt any Lancia made it that far :) - Original Message - From: Trevor Wiebe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 9:42 AM Subject: Re: Lancia (was: Re: MZ-S Cost

Re: Lancia (was: Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.)

2001-10-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Jones Subject: Re: Lancia (was: Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.) Living in Australia i have no idea what a saturn is :) The only American cars we get here are Jeeps, Neons and Voyagers. There are quite a few Jeeps on the roads, next to no Neons and only

Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.

2001-10-03 Thread Nenad Djurdjevic
I for one liked the idea of 'digital film' and while the the idea recently proposed was flawed (I forget the company's name and the web address) I can't see why such an idea couldn't be made to work if the camera was designed to support digital film from the start. How happy would current MZ-S

Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.

2001-10-03 Thread Jody
In 3 weeks (all going well) I will have a car anyway. It will help me carry my Pentax gear around - see it is on-topic. It will be manual, automatics are for sissies :) That is if our national airline doesn't go bust in the meantime, I must leave town to get it and I've paid for my tickets. And

Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.

2001-10-03 Thread Anand DHUPKAR
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax. Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 16:40:08 +0800 I for one liked the idea of 'digital film' and while the the idea recently proposed was flawed (I forget the company's name and the web address) I can't see why such an idea couldn't be made to work

Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.

2001-10-03 Thread Aaron Reynolds
Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: Nothing compared to the 1964 Lancia Flaminia Super Sport Zagato I do not have... Now THAT's a car not to have! ;) I think I'll go back to thinking about things I will actually be able to own eventually. -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List.

Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.

2001-10-03 Thread Aaron Reynolds
Nenad Djurdjevic wrote: I on the other hand, like to take my camera with me when travelling (usually with a backpack in remote wilderness areas) so I need to keep the kit light. I think that's why we're teasing: the camera you're suggesting would have to be rather large. You'd probably be

Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.

2001-10-02 Thread Aaron Reynolds
Nenad Djurdjevic wrote: It's a shame that the MZ-S wasn't designed with interchangeable backs so it could be used either as a digital or film camera - then it truly would be able to exist in a digital dominated future. Yeah, and it doesn't have a phone in it, either! ;) -Aaron - This

Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.

2001-10-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Mike mentioned a Pentax that had an alarm clock built into it. It's a shame that the clock wasn't connected to a timer so the camera could turn on the coffee machine in the morning. The phone would be a nice touch, especially with an auto-dial feature and a GPS. I feel that many cameras today

Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.

2001-10-02 Thread Brendan
Both of you be nice now. But what the MZ-s really needs is a day timer, calculator and text messaging. --- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike mentioned a Pentax that had an alarm clock built into it. It's a shame that the clock wasn't connected to a timer so the camera could turn

Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.

2001-10-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I'll tell you what photography really needs, and that's a way to transform the photos and images in our mind into printed output. How many of us have taken what we thought to be a wonderful photo, imagining the final results, only to find that those results are crap? What happened to the

Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.

2001-10-02 Thread Brendan
But that defeats the whole purpose of TAKING A PICTURE, and it will also not be k mount compatible, what will we do then. Smc glass contacts? --- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll tell you what photography really needs, and that's a way to transform the photos and images in our

Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.

2001-10-02 Thread Mark Dalal
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll tell you what photography really needs, and that's a way to transform the photos and images in our mind into printed output. How many of us have taken what we thought to be a wonderful photo, imagining the final results, only to find that those

Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.

2001-10-02 Thread Aaron Reynolds
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Mike mentioned a Pentax that had an alarm clock built into it. It's a shame that the clock wasn't connected to a timer so the camera could turn on the coffee machine in the morning. The phone would be a nice touch, especially with an auto-dial feature and a GPS. I

RE: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.

2001-10-02 Thread John Francis
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Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.

2001-10-02 Thread Nenad Djurdjevic
I don't want a camera with an egg timer and the like - but it would be nice to have a camera that could take either chemical film and digital film as the occasion demanded. I know that some folks get around this problem by carrying six or seven camera bodies, 57 lenses, databacks,

Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.

2001-10-01 Thread Nenad Djurdjevic
Pål Jensen wrote: [snip] The MZ-S is possibly the first AF slr released designed to exist in a digital dominated future. It's a shame that the MZ-S wasn't designed with interchangeable backs so it could be used either as a digital or film camera - then it truly would be able to exist in a

Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.

2001-09-29 Thread Alan Chan
Hopefully the price will drop to the $1100 range or $ 650 US (worth the trip over the border). It's been selling at under CAD1200, but in HK. :( regards, Alan Chan _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at