Re: Pentax Big Glass on eBay

2007-09-26 Thread Thibouille
That's was the point of my post it really wasn't obvious enough. 2007/9/26, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ah but M means miniature! Bob Blakely wrote: All reflex are M or K. There is no aperture adjustment to control. Regards, Bob...

RE: Pentax Big Glass on eBay

2007-09-25 Thread Y. Rowe
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thibouille Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 00:39 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Pentax Big Glass on eBay And this is a M serie? hehe :) 2007/9/25, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Not giving anything away since it's a buy it now, but heres

Re: Pentax Big Glass on eBay

2007-09-25 Thread Bob Blakely
All reflex are M or K. There is no aperture adjustment to control. Regards, Bob... Life isn't like a box of chocolates . . it's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow. - Original Message -

Re: Pentax Big Glass on eBay

2007-09-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
If they were A-series the digital bodies would be able to record the aperture in EXIF. You could also use Sv and TAv exposure modes on the K10D. Godfrey On Sep 25, 2007, at 11:03 AM, Bob Blakely wrote: All reflex are M or K. There is no aperture adjustment to control. And this is a M

Re: Pentax Big Glass on eBay

2007-09-25 Thread Mark Roberts
http://tinyurl.com/2xyq5s I noticed this in the listing: Lens Type: Zoom Shall I inquire as to what the exact zoom range is? (Or is 2000 to 2000 too obviously the answer?) :-P -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Pentax Big Glass on eBay

2007-09-25 Thread Cotty
On 25/09/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Shall I inquire as to what the exact zoom range is? (Or is 2000 to 2000 too obviously the answer?) :-P Mark, it's just permanently zoomed in, of course. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: Pentax Big Glass on eBay

2007-09-25 Thread Peter Fairweather
Now Cotty, if you were to take a hammer to the lens mount so that it could be used on a 4/3rds mount Olympus, it would be a 4000mm lens equivalent. Then there is the cost of the concrete required as a solid block to mount it instead of a tripod to cut down the vibrations. Then there is the truck

Re: Pentax Big Glass on eBay

2007-09-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
You don't need a hammer to use a Pentax K-mount lens on a 4/3 System camera. A $24 mount adapter will do nicely... G On Sep 25, 2007, at 2:14 PM, Peter Fairweather wrote: Now Cotty, if you were to take a hammer to the lens mount so that it could be used on a 4/3rds mount Olympus, it would

Re: Pentax Big Glass on eBay

2007-09-25 Thread P. J. Alling
Ah but M means miniature! Bob Blakely wrote: All reflex are M or K. There is no aperture adjustment to control. Regards, Bob... Life isn't like a box of chocolates . . it's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might

Re: Pentax Big Glass on eBay

2007-09-25 Thread P. J. Alling
The real fuel usage comes in backing away from the subject... Peter Fairweather wrote: Now Cotty, if you were to take a hammer to the lens mount so that it could be used on a 4/3rds mount Olympus, it would be a 4000mm lens equivalent. Then there is the cost of the concrete required as a solid

Re: Pentax Big Glass on eBay

2007-09-25 Thread Cotty
On 25/09/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: You don't need a hammer to use a Pentax K-mount lens on a 4/3 System camera. A $24 mount adapter will do nicely... 24 buckeroos and Bob W could snap Uranus. ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

RE: Pentax Big Glass on eBay

2007-09-25 Thread Bob W
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cotty Sent: 25 September 2007 23:31 To: pentax list Subject: Re: Pentax Big Glass on eBay On 25/09/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: You don't need a hammer to use a Pentax K

Re: Pentax Big Glass on eBay

2007-09-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 25, 2007, at 3:50 PM, Bob W wrote: You don't need a hammer to use a Pentax K-mount lens on a 4/3 System camera. A $24 mount adapter will do nicely... 24 buckeroos and Bob W could snap Uranus. ;-) Indeed. If I had 2000mm up front I could explore all sorts of enormous dark spaces

Re: Pentax Big Glass on eBay

2007-09-24 Thread David Savage
At 06:05 AM 25/09/2007, P. J. Alling wrote: Not giving anything away since it's a buy it now, but heres something to point to if someone says Pentax doesn't have any long lenses available. (Get you checkbooks out). http://tinyurl.com/2xyq5s They've been trying to sell that lens for quite some

Re: Pentax Big Glass on eBay

2007-09-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Be that as it may, but it is available. David Savage wrote: At 06:05 AM 25/09/2007, P. J. Alling wrote: Not giving anything away since it's a buy it now, but heres something to point to if someone says Pentax doesn't have any long lenses available. (Get you checkbooks out).

Re: Pentax Big Glass on eBay

2007-09-24 Thread Thibouille
And this is a M serie? hehe :) 2007/9/25, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Not giving anything away since it's a buy it now, but heres something to point to if someone says Pentax doesn't have any long lenses available. (Get you checkbooks out). http://tinyurl.com/2xyq5s -- Remember, it's