RE: My Perfect Camera

2001-11-27 Thread Skofteland, Christian
Mine would be an LX with full range (4sec - 1/2000) mechanical shutter and a spot meter. Christian Skofteland -Original Message- From: Mike Johnston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] That's it. That's my perfect camera. Anything I left out? --Mike - This message is from the

Re: My Perfect Camera

2001-11-27 Thread Aaron Reynolds
My perfect camera would be my Pentax 67 with the meter from the LX somehow transposed into it. Yeah, I know, that's asking a lot. :) I'm very happy with my 67 just the way it is, though. I had kind of hoped that the metering prism from the 67II would fit on my 67 and give me spot metering,

Re: My Perfect Camera

2001-11-27 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Tuesday, November 27, 2001, at 02:30 AM, Tom Rittenhouse wrote: Well I have read that 10K ppi will record the grain pattern. Depends on the film. 4000ppi resolves the grain in Provia 400F and RSX II 200 quite nicely. -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To

Re: My Perfect Camera

2001-11-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Mike wrote: Apparently the hot rig is the Canon EOS D30 with Canon's 100-400 Image Stabilizer lens. It becomes a 160-640mm lens on the D30, and more than one person I asked SWORE that they could handhold 640mm with it. Several wildlife photographers are so crazy about this rig that they've

Re: My Perfect Camera

2001-11-26 Thread Juan J. Buhler
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Mike Johnston wrote: [...] That's it. That's my perfect camera. Anything I left out? Well, how many megapixels? :-) -- --- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.com

Re: My Perfect Camera

2001-11-26 Thread LEDMRVM
In a message dated 11/26/2001 4:21:46 PM US Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is the WORST sort of mental masturbation, but this is what my all- time perfect camera would be like: It would be built by Pentax to the same high standards as the Spotmatics (with

Re: My Perfect Camera

2001-11-26 Thread Shel Belinkoff
There goes the dream ... GDR [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes of his dream canera: That's it. That's my perfect camera. Anything I left out? And Ed replied: Re: Anything left out? Yes - autofocus capability. Sometimes my 67 year-old eyes need it. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: My Perfect Camera

2001-11-26 Thread Cotty
It would be built by Pentax to the same high standards as the Spotmatics (with the same kind of cosmetic durability--more old Spotties look better [snip] Finally, it would have only one new feature--a small button next to the shutter button that would act a spotmeter and exposure lock in one, a

Re: My Perfect Camera

2001-11-26 Thread LEDMRVM
In a message dated 11/26/2001 6:26:07 PM US Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's it. That's my perfect camera. Anything I left out? It would be digital. ;-) Cotty C'mon, Cotty - no one said the damn thing had to be practical :-) Best regards, Ed M. -

Re: My Perfect Camera

2001-11-26 Thread Dan Scott
I 'd like something much like my ZX-5n, but ... silent, alloy body, weatherproof, 110% viewfinder (so I can see what's coming--as Shel does with his Leica), user-adjustable readout brightness, user-changeable screens, selectable autofocus points, trap focus. Able to take Contax as well as

Re: My Perfect Camera

2001-11-26 Thread Brian Campbell (PM)
On 26 Nov 2001, at 15:14, Mike Johnston wrote: That's it. That's my perfect camera. Anything I left out? Does it serve martinis? - 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

Re: My Perfect Camera

2001-11-26 Thread SudaMafud
In a message dated 11/26/01 5:39:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, how many megapixels? I don't know. Just for the record, how many megapixels are there in a 24x36 film frame? More than in an APS sized digital? Mafud [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This

Re: My Perfect Camera

2001-11-26 Thread SudaMafud
In a message dated 11/26/01 6:10:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Re: Anything left out? Yes - autofocus capability. Sometimes my 67 year-old eyes need it. What Ed M said Mafud [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: My Perfect Camera

2001-11-26 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 11:31 PM Subject: Re: My Perfect Camera In a message dated 11/26/01 5:39:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, how many megapixels? I don't know. Just for the record, how many megapixels are there in a 24x36 film frame? More than

RE: My Perfect Camera

2001-11-26 Thread J. C. O'Connell
A mint black spotmatic F motordrive with a mint SMC Takumar 50mm F1.4 mounted on it. or maybe a 35mm F2.0 SMCT... or maybe a 85mm F 1.8 SMCT... JCO - 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