Re: K-01 shutter sound? (was Re: FYI - Fiscal Cliff for K-01, > prices)

2012-11-15 Thread Don Guthrie
quiet & inconspicuous with pancake lens and or innocuous with the gaudy yellow color. I went with black. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 15 Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:06:50 +1100 From: Derby Chang To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: K-01 shutter sound? (was Re: FYI - Fiscal Cliff

Re: K-01 shutter sound? (was Re: FYI - Fiscal Cliff for K-01 prices)

2012-11-15 Thread Derby Chang
Thanks Bong That's a good point about the weather sealing. The shutter actuates when it comes on? So when the camera is off or asleep, the shutter is closed? Interesting, because the M4/3 cameras leave the shutter open when it is off. D On 15/11/2012 7:23 PM, Bong Manayon wrote: On Thu, No

Re: K-01 shutter sound? (was Re: FYI - Fiscal Cliff for K-01 prices)

2012-11-15 Thread Bong Manayon
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Derby Chang wrote: > My interest is rising. > > Does anyone have a K-01 and a K-5 and can compare the shutter sound? Is the > K-01 quiet? Hi Derby, They're almost the same despite the fact that the only sound produced by the K-01 is the aperture actuation since t

K-01 shutter sound? (was Re: FYI - Fiscal Cliff for K-01 prices)

2012-11-14 Thread Derby Chang
My interest is rising. Does anyone have a K-01 and a K-5 and can compare the shutter sound? Is the K-01 quiet? D On 14/11/2012 4:13 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Prices for K-01 are slashed at B&H and Adorama: camera only, - $347, with 40mm lens - $447. That must be what everybody is calling a

Re: FYI - Fiscal Cliff for K-01 prices

2012-11-14 Thread John Sessoms
Costco offers a K-30 "bundle" with a "BONUS" WG-1 Waterproof Camera. Also an Optio WG-2 bundle. Both on-line, haven't seen it in the local store. From: Igor Roshchin Oops.. Sorry, - it looks like it's an old news... .. and a bunch of stores have had it at about those prices for about 2 weeks (

Re: FYI - Fiscal Cliff for K-01 prices

2012-11-13 Thread Igor Roshchin
Oops.. Sorry, - it looks like it's an old news... .. and a bunch of stores have had it at about those prices for about 2 weeks (including Amazon, Walmart [black body only], Pentaxwebstore.com, and even Bestbuy). BTW, for those who are concerned about brick-and-mortar stores selling Pentax equip

Re: FYI

2010-04-25 Thread eckinator
2010/4/24 Keith Whaley : >>> >>> (It fly's in the face of everything I've been taught but it would be cool >>> if true). >> >> It just had to be a fly in your face, time's fun if you're having >> flies after all. > > Not if they’re “circle flies.”   You mean flies caught and smashed in the LHC? Th

Re: FYI

2010-04-24 Thread P. J. Alling
On 4/24/2010 4:16 AM, Bob W wrote: Apparently there's new data that shows that time travel is actually possible.. (It fly's in the face of everything I've been taught but it would be cool if true). We're all time travellers. Trouble is, we can only go in one direction. Bob Yea, bu

Re: FYI

2010-04-24 Thread Keith Whaley
eckinator wrote: 2010/4/24 P. J. Alling : (It fly's in the face of everything I've been taught but it would be cool if true). It just had to be a fly in your face, time's fun if you're having flies after all. Not if they’re “circle flies.” keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Lis

Re: FYI

2010-04-24 Thread eckinator
2010/4/24 P. J. Alling : > > (It fly's in the face of everything I've been taught but it would be cool if > true). It just had to be a fly in your face, time's fun if you're having flies after all. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to U

RE: FYI

2010-04-24 Thread Bob W
> > Apparently there's new data that shows that time travel is > actually possible.. > > (It fly's in the face of everything I've been taught but it > would be cool if true). > We're all time travellers. Trouble is, we can only go in one direction. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDM

Re: FYI

2010-04-23 Thread P. J. Alling
On 4/23/2010 8:02 PM, Miserere wrote: On 23 April 2010 18:52, Christine Aguila wrote: I just spend the afternoon doing stage one of my exhibit invites, and I thought you good folks might like to know, I've invited the grand son of a previous United States President. I don't guarantee he'l

Re: FYI

2010-04-23 Thread Miserere
On 23 April 2010 18:52, Christine Aguila wrote: > I just spend the afternoon doing stage one of my exhibit invites, and I > thought you good folks might like to know, I've invited the grand son of a > previous United States President.  I don't guarantee he'll come, but if he > does, I'll introduc

Re: FYI

2010-04-23 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: "Bob W" To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 6:14 PM Subject: RE: FYI I just spend the afternoon doing stage one of my exhibit invites, and I thought you good folks might like to know, I've

RE: FYI

2010-04-23 Thread Bob W
> > I just spend the afternoon doing stage one of my exhibit > invites, and I thought you good folks might like to know, > I've invited the grand son of a previous United States > President. I don't guarantee he'll come, but if he does, > I'll introduce you. Cheers, Christine > It would b

Re: FYI - Website - dpBestflow

2009-11-14 Thread Christine Aguila
; To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 10:43 PM Subject: Re: FYI - Website - dpBestflow I went to the site earlier today and watched a few of the videos, which were highly informative. I plan to watch more in future. It looks to be a useful site. Hi

Re: FYI - Website - dpBestflow

2009-11-14 Thread Christine Aguila
I went to the site earlier today and watched a few of the videos, which were highly informative. I plan to watch more in future. It looks to be a useful site. Highly recommend a look-see. Thanks for posting, Dave. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "David Savage" To:

Re: FYI - Website - dpBestflow

2009-11-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 14/11/2009, David Savage wrote: > Thanks Dave, nice to have your processes validated ;-) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: FYI: Sigma 500mm f/4.5 now in K-mount

2008-01-20 Thread AlunFoto
2008/1/20, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The page says 6-10 weeks... > (not that I have need of such a beast, but it sure is perty). hmmm... So they're hedging it now. Well, it's still a step up from "unavailable". :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.co

Re: FYI: Sigma 500mm f/4.5 now in K-mount

2008-01-20 Thread P. J. Alling
The page says 6-10 weeks... (not that I have need of such a beast, but it sure is perty). AlunFoto wrote: > In November I had an exchange with Sigma Corp. in USA over why the > K-mount version of this lens had never hit the market. I dunno if my > mails catalysed anything, but now they have appare

Re: FYI: Bruce Fraser illness ...

2006-12-14 Thread David J Brooks
There has been WAY to much of that going on latly. Does'nt sound good, but i hope he can turn it around. Dave Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > A friend told me yesterday that Bruce Fraser, author of Real World > Camera Raw and other excellent titles, had been ill and it wasn't >

Re: FYI: Bruce Fraser illness ...

2006-12-14 Thread Cotty
On 14/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >A friend told me yesterday that Bruce Fraser, author of Real World >Camera Raw and other excellent titles, had been ill and it wasn't >getting any better. This morning I ran across this page: > >

Re: FYI: Bruce Fraser illness ...

2006-12-14 Thread Adam Maas
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > A friend told me yesterday that Bruce Fraser, author of Real World > Camera Raw and other excellent titles, had been ill and it wasn't > getting any better. This morning I ran across this page: > >

RE: FYI: Bruce Fraser illness ...

2006-12-14 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I don't know Bruce, never met him, but when I read something like that it just tears me up. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi > A friend told me yesterday that Bruce Fraser, author of Real World > Camera Raw and other excellent titles, had been ill and it wasn't > getting

Re: fyi: Lightroom b4.1

2006-10-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
There are release notes for those who need to know what the caveats are. G On Oct 24, 2006, at 10:46 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > IIRC, it's only functional with Win XP Service Pack 2. I'd suggest > to any > Windows user to check that if they're not running SP2. > > Shel > > > >> [Original Mes

RE: fyi: Lightroom b4.1

2006-10-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
IIRC, it's only functional with Win XP Service Pack 2. I'd suggest to any Windows user to check that if they're not running SP2. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi > For those who might be interested and haven't seen it yet, Adobe > released a new update of Lightroom beta 4

Re: FYI, new Zeiss distributor in USA

2006-08-24 Thread mike wilson
Cotty wrote: > There are rumors that the Contax 645 will be revived by a new manufacturer, but so far there are only rumors and no solid info. Maybe we will hear something concrete at photokina this year. >>> >>>Just the sort of firm foundation needed. >> >>I think you've cemente

Re: FYI, new Zeiss distributor in USA

2006-08-24 Thread Cotty
>>>There are rumors that the Contax 645 will be revived by a new >>>manufacturer, but so far there are only rumors and no solid info. >>>Maybe we will hear something concrete at photokina this year. >> >>Just the sort of firm foundation needed. > >I think you've cemented your reputation with

Re: FYI, new Zeiss distributor in USA

2006-08-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: >>There are rumors that the Contax 645 will be revived by a new >>manufacturer, but so far there are only rumors and no solid info. >>Maybe we will hear something concrete at photokina this year. > >Just the sort of firm foundation needed. I think you've cemented your reputation

Re: FYI, new Zeiss distributor in USA

2006-08-23 Thread Cotty
> >There are rumors that the Contax 645 will be revived by a new >manufacturer, but so far there are only rumors and no solid info. >Maybe we will hear something concrete at photokina this year. Just the sort of firm foundation needed. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | Peopl

Re: FYI, new Zeiss distributor in USA

2006-08-23 Thread Bob Shell
On Aug 23, 2006, at 8:42 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > I have a Contax worshiping pro friend who morns their passing. > (35mm in > past and now 645 W/P45(?) back) If the brand's resuscitation is only a > slim possibility, I'll be pleased to pick up his spirits. > He is, however, doing glorious things

Re: FYI, new Zeiss distributor in USA

2006-08-23 Thread Jack Davis
I have a Contax worshiping pro friend who morns their passing. (35mm in past and now 645 W/P45(?) back) If the brand's resuscitation is only a slim possibility, I'll be pleased to pick up his spirits. He is, however, doing glorious things with the D2x. Jack --- Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: FYI, new Zeiss distributor in USA

2006-08-23 Thread Bob Shell
On Aug 22, 2006, at 10:25 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > Would you expect the present status of Zeiss' photo division to change > significantly under Schleuning's leadership? Change? It's a brand new division. He will be starting it from scratch and running it. Can he make inroads in the USA marke

Re: FYI, new Zeiss distributor in USA

2006-08-22 Thread Jack Davis
Bob, Would you expect the present status of Zeiss' photo division to change significantly under Schleuning's leadership? Will parts inventory management be his primary responsibility? Jack --- Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just received the first press information from the new USA

Re: FYI : PTN of Japan

2002-10-17 Thread Frits Wüthrich
This is interesting news. Pity it's not a full frame, but what can you expect for $2500 ? Also 12% of the SLR market, is more then I would have guessed. On Thursday 17 October 2002 15:07, tom wrote: > -- Photo Trade News of Japan, October 17, 2002 No. 02-53 > >

Re: FYI: 5 Grip B's in Ebay

2002-03-22 Thread Camdir
In a message dated 22/03/02 17:19:51 GMT Standard Time, Cotty writes: << Rob Studdert's wooden beauties are obviously 'giving cause for alarm' ;-) >> Not at all. This had been planned for a while. The Studdert grip should be be sufficiently expensive for the maker to recoup his initial invest

Re: FYI: 5 Grip B's in Ebay

2002-03-22 Thread Cotty
>Subject: Re: FYI: 5 Grip B's in Ebay > >At 15:18 22.3.2002 +0200, I wrote: >>Dutch action: >> >>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1340985632 > >In Sunny Brighton... ehh.. sounds like someone we all know ;-) Rob Studdert's wooden

Re: FYI: UK MZ-S suffers overlapping frames

2001-07-24 Thread Aaron Reynolds
Andy F wrote: > > Just in case anyone is interested (a rash assumption no doubt), my new UK > bought MZ-S has overlapped two frames on the first (and only film) that I've > had back from the developers. It's sufferring from a known bug that afflicted the first units out the door. Take it to P

Re: FYI

2001-05-23 Thread Peter Alling
mpatient...) > >- Original Message - >From: Peter Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 9:00 AM >Subject: Re: FYI > > > > Usually Pentax US has older manuals for somewhat less, last I knew it was > > abou

Re: FYI

2001-05-23 Thread Jim
Thanks! (Guess I was just impatient...) - Original Message - From: Peter Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 9:00 AM Subject: Re: FYI > Usually Pentax US has older manuals for somewhat less, last I knew it was > about $4.0

Re: FYI

2001-05-22 Thread Peter Alling
Usually Pentax US has older manuals for somewhat less, last I knew it was about $4.00 for shipping and handling you might be getting a photocopy or an original for that amount. At 12:51 AM 5/22/2001 -0700, you wrote: >Hi! >I recently purchased a used P5 in good condition, but without an >instr