Re: Really big lens cap

2009-06-02 Thread P. J. Alling
The way I look at it Pentax 6x7 ~60x70mm with 800 Diagonal field of view 6.41° ==> 1.5x crop Pentax digital ~16x2 with 251mm lens. Now depending on how good your scanner is, (of if you still do wet printing), you may get better results with the 6x7 and the 800mm lens, but if I were going to ca

Re: Really big lens cap

2009-06-02 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Jun 2, 2009, at 21:31 , Graydon wrote: On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 12:20:22AM -0400, P. J. Alling scripsit: Even if you take crop factor into account an 800mm on a 6x7 is the same as a 250mm on a Pentax Digital... Everybody keeps telling me field of view and focal length are independent, and

Re: Really big lens cap

2009-06-02 Thread Graydon
On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 12:20:22AM -0400, P. J. Alling scripsit: > Even if you take crop factor into account an 800mm on a 6x7 is the > same as a 250mm on a Pentax Digital... Everybody keeps telling me field of view and focal length are independent, and I have no reason to doubt this. So, presum

Re: Really big lens cap

2009-06-02 Thread P. J. Alling
Even if you take crop factor into account an 800mm on a 6x7 is the same as a 250mm on a Pentax Digital... frank theriault wrote: On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Cory Waters wrote: As seen on Gizmodo today: http://gizmodo.com/5250750/the-biggest-lens-cap-id-ever-seen-reveals-an-exciting-se

Re: Really big lens cap

2009-05-29 Thread David Mann
O'Connell ( mailto:hifis...@gate.net ) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 5:58 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Really big lens cap Thanks to Cory for posting this. I just re-sub

Re: Really big lens cap

2009-05-29 Thread mike wilson
David Savage wrote: > 2009/5/29 mike wilson : > > > > > > Cory Waters wrote: > >> As seen on Gizmodo today: > >> http://gizmodo.com/5250750/the-biggest-lens-cap-id-ever-seen-reveals-an-exciting-secret > > > > It's used on an IMAX camera? Not clear from the text. > > > Or the failed Mk

RE: Really big lens cap

2009-05-29 Thread J.C. O'Connell
oun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 5:58 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Really big lens cap Thanks to Cory for posting this. I just re-subbed this evening after another hiatus (been stupidly busy building a website)

Re: Really big lens cap

2009-05-29 Thread David Savage
2009/5/29 mike wilson : > > > Cory Waters wrote: >> As seen on Gizmodo today: >> http://gizmodo.com/5250750/the-biggest-lens-cap-id-ever-seen-reveals-an-exciting-secret > > It's used on an IMAX camera? Not clear from the text. > Or the failed Mk 1 endoscope. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Dis

Re: Really big lens cap

2009-05-29 Thread David Mann
Thanks to Cory for posting this. I just re-subbed this evening after another hiatus (been stupidly busy building a website). The reason I came back is because Pentax sent me an email this afternoon about the K7. Looks rather nice, wish I could afford one. Wish I had the time to take pho

Re: Really big lens cap

2009-05-29 Thread mike wilson
Cory Waters wrote: > As seen on Gizmodo today: > http://gizmodo.com/5250750/the-biggest-lens-cap-id-ever-seen-reveals-an-exciting-secret It's used on an IMAX camera? Not clear from the text. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to U

Re: Really big lens cap

2009-05-28 Thread David Savage
2009/5/29 Cory Waters : > As seen on Gizmodo today: > http://gizmodo.com/5250750/the-biggest-lens-cap-id-ever-seen-reveals-an-exciting-secret Now that makes the Nikkor 14-24mm lens cap look small. DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

RE: Really big lens cap

2009-05-28 Thread Desjardins, Steve
In this case, that would be killing bears . . . -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Whittingham Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 4:50 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: Really big lens cap It's not how big it is,

RE: Really big lens cap

2009-05-28 Thread John Whittingham
It's not how big it is, it's what you can do with it! John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Cory Waters [cbwat...@bellsouth.net] Sent: 28 May 2009 20:36 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Really big lens cap

Re: Really big lens cap

2009-05-28 Thread Scott Loveless
Someone on the list owns one of those, I'm sure of it. If it's not too late, whoever you are, bring it to the mountain. We'll scare the bejebus out of the Canikonians. On 5/28/09, Cory Waters wrote: > As seen on Gizmodo today: > http://gizmodo.com/5250750/the-biggest-lens-cap-id-ever-seen-revea

Re: Really big lens cap

2009-05-28 Thread Tim Bray
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Cory Waters wrote: > As seen on Gizmodo today: > http://gizmodo.com/5250750/the-biggest-lens-cap-id-ever-seen-reveals-an-exciting-secret His is bigger than mine. -T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Really big lens cap

2009-05-28 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Cory Waters wrote: > As seen on Gizmodo today: > http://gizmodo.com/5250750/the-biggest-lens-cap-id-ever-seen-reveals-an-exciting-secret As a Pentaxian, I feel pride... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax

Really big lens cap

2009-05-28 Thread Cory Waters
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