> Bless you. Unlikely though. All traffic going onto Anglesey
> (or Ynys Mon
> - pr innis monn) now goes over the Britannia Bridge. You can
> still drive over the older Menai Bridge, but only in a car.
> There are weight restrictions on the poor thing
Yep, that's the one I meant, the Britan
Comforting words, from the man who sold me my LX!
I haven't read anything on this thread yet (but my curiosity was piqued when
I saw that Vic posted). I've only had three types of Pentaxes. 3
Spotmatics, and MX and now, my LX. Can't say I've had any reliability
problems with any of them, o
> Well the spiral staircases in those castles really *do* look
> like they're something out of an Escher print!
> BTW: I still haven't got the hang of getting good results
> from scanning B&W negs. The images on the web don't do
> justice to the prints :(
Oh, I think it's a terrific B&W shot! L
Cotty wrote:
>
> On 7/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>
> >I seem to remember a "dog-bone" link suspension bridge on one of the
> >entrance roads to Anglesey. Does my memory fail me? Might that been a
> >different town in North Wales?
>
> There's two bridges now. The newer Britannia Bridge
"Amita Guha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I love Anglesey! Got a few good shots there last time:
>> http://www.robertstech.com/graphics/pages/7d005012.htm
>> Hoping to visit my relatives there again before too long.
>> Lots of great photographic opportunities there. Just remember
>> to bring y
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 7/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>
>>I seem to remember a "dog-bone" link suspension bridge on one of the
>>entrance roads to Anglesey. Does my memory fail me? Might that been a
>>different town in North Wales?
>
>There's two bridges now. The newer Britanni
On 7/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>I seem to remember a "dog-bone" link suspension bridge on one of the
>entrance roads to Anglesey. Does my memory fail me? Might that been a
>different town in North Wales?
There's two bridges now. The newer Britannia Bridge and the much older
Menai Bridge.
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 6/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>
>>>On 6/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>>>
it's been to Newborough Warren
>>>
>>>On Anglesey??
>>
>>Yep, the very one. I went to University in Bangor-aye.
>>I reckon if the MX can survive the life of a student in t
On 6/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>I lived in Anglesey when I were a lad. We were stationed at RAF Valley
>and I went to school in Caergiliog (sp?), where I learnt to do
>joined-up writing and call Welsh people 'trogs'. My sister went to school
>in Bangor for a few months and had to learn We
Rob wrote
Given that the LX that I landed on last November I've been belting around
since
1987 I can't say I agree with you. My *ist D in given the same treatment
would
have definitely been put out-of-action as the battery cover would have been
smashed to bits, that scares me as I'm not likely
LXs that have been CLAed are usually very tough. There is no other
choice for some of us as no other partly mechanical cameras (1/75 to
1/2000) offer TTL flash. I'd bring an MX as a back-up though.
Only complaint about MX is that the high speeds need adjustment more
often than the older mecha
On 6/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>>On 6/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>>
>>>it's been to Newborough Warren
>>
>>On Anglesey??
>
>>Cheers,
>>Cotty
>
>Yep, the very one. I went to University in Bangor-aye.
>I reckon if the MX can survive the life of a student in the wilds of
>Anglesey th
hehe!
*tanya hums famous Aussie song "can i have another, piece of chocolate
cake...?"
Actually, my boys are "licking the bowl" of left over cake mixture right now
(and fighting over it, of course)! We have just made a white chocolate mud
cake and it is baking away, smells yummmyy...
tan.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> What is it about you and I and breaking our gear?!?!
> Actually, I know
> exactly why I do this with my flashes so often, it is
> because I leave the
> gun attached to the camera and usually have a second
>
On 6 Jan 2004 at 10:55, Mark Roberts wrote:
> I believe the LX has a reputation for being less hardy than most
> metal-bodied Pentaxes.
Given that the LX that I landed on last November I've been belting around since
1987 I can't say I agree with you. My *ist D in given the same treatment would
Hi,
wendy beard wrote:
> I've taken my MX through the rain and the mud and the Pyrenees. It's not been to
> the Atacama desert but it's been to Newborough Warren.
Been there. Newborough warren, I mean 8-) My VIth form biology field
trip, 1972. Stayed at the Marquis of Anglesey's. Ahem. St
tom and alex were discussing:
"> > Or even the *ist D. My *ist D fell a few weeks ago and the CF door
> > cracked. Someone else on dpreview dropped one in November with a
> > flash attached and the flash ripped off of the hotshoe.
>
> The shoe on the camera ripped out?
>
> The flashes are design
MX - mine was dropped at lest three time on stone and marble surfaces from
at least three feet, just had a few dents, it always survived..
Ziggy
-Original Message-
From: Malcolm Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 06 January 2004 17:35
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: The
On 6/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>it's been to Newborough Warren
On Anglesey??
Cheers,
Cotty
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> So, which Pentax body do you feel is the toughest ... the one you'd
> take through the rain and the mud and the Atacama desert, and toss
> into the back of your rattling old pickup and not worry about it
> getting the crap knocked out of it?
1. 6x7 - pickup truck will expire first.
2. K1
>
> "Charles Braswell Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I don't know if it would qualify as the toughest but I had a PZ-1 that
> >really took a lot of abuse and never let me down.
>
> The only Pentaxes that I've owned that are more recent than the MX are
> the PZ-1p, MZ-S and 645. All three ap
: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: The "Toughest" Pentax
> Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Seriously though, in this entire thread, nobod
I've had my K1000 for 2 1/2 years and it seems plenty tough. It's been
out in rain, snow and cold and has never failed. I have a bad habit of
letting it bang against boulders and that doesn't seem to bother it. I
had it out shooing meteors from 4am-7:30 on a beach and a marsh in the
freezing cold,
I don't know. Actually the only Pentaxes I have had extensive experience with
are the H3, the MX, and the ME Super.
Never had a problem with the H3 but it was my first SLR and I really babied it.
Have had 3 MX's, one dropped on concrete with the 85/2 had the mirror knocked
out of alignment and
On 6/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>Seriously though, in this entire thread, nobody's yet mentioned a Pentax
>camera that *didn't* stand up to abuse. Is there a body that anyone
>*wouldn't* be prepared to take somewhere unfriendly?
The *ist D !
Cheers,
Cotty
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I have an SF1n. Don't think I would take it someplace rugged.
Jim A.
> From: Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 15:40:31 +
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: The "Toughest" Pentax
> Resent-From:
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, tom wrote:
> > -Original Message-
> > From: alex wetmore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> > Or even the *ist D. My *ist D fell a few weeks ago and the CF door
> > cracked. Someone else on dpreview dropped one in November with a
> > flash attached and the flash rippe
> -Original Message-
> From: alex wetmore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> Or even the *ist D. My *ist D fell a few weeks ago and the CF door
> cracked. Someone else on dpreview dropped one in November with a
> flash attached and the flash ripped off of the hotshoe.
The shoe on the camera
Steve Jolly posted:
> Seriously though, in this entire thread, nobody's yet mentioned a Pentax
> camera that *didn't* stand up to abuse. Is there a body that anyone
> *wouldn't* be prepared to take somewhere unfriendly?
Funny, I just posted another reply to this thread, in which I mentioned in
I noticed something recently as I perused a local camera place over the
holidays - their used AF body section is entirely dominated by Pentax MZ series
bodies (what the Yanks call ZX bodies - probably 20 or so of them), especially
the MZ-M and MZ-10 models. It made me wonder why. I had an MZ-5n
- Original Message -
From: "Shel Belinkoff"
Subject: The "Toughest" Pentax
> So, which Pentax body do you feel is the toughest ...
Old style "Made in Japan" K 1000.
William Robb
Mine has to be my SP500. I think i mentioned a while back it took some awfull
treatment in
the early 70's
in the Queen Charlottes in British Columbia Canada.Dumped it in the Pacific,dropped it
from the
helicopter,plus numerous falls from my bumper etc.
Still works but the meter is dead now.
DAV
"Charles Braswell Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I don't know if it would qualify as the toughest but I had a PZ-1 that
>really took a lot of abuse and never let me down.
The only Pentaxes that I've owned that are more recent than the MX are
the PZ-1p, MZ-S and 645. All three appear to shrug off
Hi,
> So, which Pentax body do you feel is the toughest ... the one you'd take
> through the rain and the mud and the Atacama desert, and toss into the
> back of your rattling old pickup and not worry about it getting the crap
> knocked out of it?
I bought my first LX after my first trip to Ethi
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Charles Braswell Jr wrote:
> that I had my own camera in my hand. Both cameras hit the shallow water
> and completely submerged. I grabbed them as fast as I could and they
> were in the water for a very short period. The PZ-1 shutter wouldn't
> fire and there was moisture insid
> -Original Message-
> From: Charles Braswell Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> Hi Shel,
>
> I don't know if it would qualify as the toughest but I had
> a PZ-1 that
> really took a lot of abuse and never let me down.
I abused the poo out of a PZ-1p, and it kept going.
The 645n is a
Hi Shel,
I don't know if it would qualify as the toughest but I had a PZ-1 that
really took a lot of abuse and never let me down. I believe it was in
October 1998 that I dropped this particular camera into Price Lake on the
Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. I was a workshop team member and div
I am partial to the Spotmatics for toughness. There was something about the
construction of the bodies back then that inspired confidence that they
would function under a lot of different situations. I liked the fact that
the meter was the only thing requiring a battery. Everything else was
mec
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