Re: OT: Amazon deal of the day Canon s95 $229

2011-12-19 Thread Larry Colen
On 12/19/2011 11:50 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Of course I have no idea what you're referring to... That's where Cotty buys his hats. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (from dos4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Semi OT Amazon deal of the day.

2011-11-27 Thread John Sessoms
- Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: Semi OT Amazon deal of the day. For all of those who think the world needs to share your life... http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox?ie=UTF8ref_=pe_36900_21848740ie=UTF8tag=theonlinephot-20linkCode=ur2camp=1789creative

Re: Semi OT Amazon deal of the day.

2011-11-27 Thread P. J. Alling
dog racing in January. I'd be curious to experiences/ results obtained. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: Semi OT Amazon deal of the day. For all of those who think the world needs

Re: Semi OT Amazon deal of the day.

2011-11-27 Thread John Sessoms
From: Darren Addy You could spend a lot of enjoyable time on YouTube looking at the footage shot with one of those. For example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo3M6EB8kmk Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska Looks like a whole lot more *STRENUOUS* exercise than I want; stuff that can lead to

Semi OT Amazon deal of the day.

2011-11-26 Thread P. J. Alling
For all of those who think the world needs to share your life... http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox?ie=UTF8ref_=pe_36900_21848740ie=UTF8tag=theonlinephot-20linkCode=ur2camp=1789creative=390957 -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. --

Re: Semi OT Amazon deal of the day.

2011-11-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
I'll ware one during Monday's lecture on Redox chemistry so you can see the students' faces. That's scarier than any motorcycle ride. On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 6:10 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: For all of those who think the world needs to share your life...

Re: Semi OT Amazon deal of the day.

2011-11-26 Thread kwaller
Subject: Semi OT Amazon deal of the day. For all of those who think the world needs to share your life... http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox?ie=UTF8ref_=pe_36900_21848740ie=UTF8tag=theonlinephot-20linkCode=ur2camp=1789creative=390957 -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll

Re: Semi OT Amazon deal of the day.

2011-11-26 Thread kwaller
By one of these I'm meaning the 'Go Pro HD camera. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: kwal...@peoplepc.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 11:54 PM Subject: Re: Semi OT Amazon deal

Re: Semi OT Amazon deal of the day.

2011-11-26 Thread Darren Addy
You could spend a lot of enjoyable time on YouTube looking at the footage shot with one of those. For example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo3M6EB8kmk Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

What is the deal with the aperture on these Pentax-A 50s?

2011-05-27 Thread Darren Addy
This is the 2nd time I've run across this and wondering if anyone can explain the problem/fix. I've got a MINT looking Pentax-A 50mm f1.7. But the aperture ring does not move smoothly (but rather jerky feeling) and doesn't want to go past the spot between f/8 f/11. I got it to go as far as the A

Re: What is the deal with the aperture on these Pentax-A 50s?

2011-05-27 Thread Rob Studdert
On 28 May 2011 00:06, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: This is the 2nd time I've run across this and wondering if anyone can explain the problem/fix. I've got a MINT looking Pentax-A 50mm f1.7. But the aperture ring does not move smoothly (but rather jerky feeling) and doesn't want to

Re: What is the deal with the aperture on these Pentax-A 50s?

2011-05-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Darren Addy wrote: This is the 2nd time I've run across this and wondering if anyone can explain the problem/fix. I've got a MINT looking Pentax-A 50mm f1.7. But the aperture ring does not move smoothly (but rather jerky feeling) and doesn't want to go past the spot between f/8 f/11. I got it to

Re: What is the deal with the aperture on these Pentax-A 50s?

2011-05-27 Thread Rob Studdert
On 28 May 2011 00:06, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone dealt with this? (I'm not afraid to open it up). Thanks in advance for any replies. Two good repair links: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/maintenance-repair-articles/88051-pentax-50mm-f1-7-aperture-ring-repair.html

Re: What is the deal with the aperture on these Pentax-A 50s?

2011-05-27 Thread Darren Addy
Thanks for the replies. I had just found the pentaxforums link, but the mac.com one is also very helpful. The two together should provide all I need to do the job. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: What is the deal with the aperture on these Pentax-A 50s?

2011-05-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
I've done the same repair on an A28/2.8. Don't lose the little/tiny ball bearing that makes the 'f-stops' click. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the replies. I had just found the pentaxforums link, but the mac.com one is

Semi-OT: Deal on PNY 16 GB Class 10 SD card

2011-03-21 Thread Walter Gilbert
Hi all, Just thought I'd give a quick heads-up to anyone who might be interested in a PNY 16 GB Class 10 SD card for $25.99 + free shipping. Seemed like a pretty good deal to me, and I'm somewhat disgruntled that I can't plunk down the cash for it myself. http://www.newegg.com/product

Lightroom deal at BH

2011-01-22 Thread Eric Weir
Just came across this on The Online Photographer. Don't know if it's anything anyone here could take advantage of, but just in case. Adobe Lightroom $100 Off BH Photo is offering $100 off Adobe Lightroom 3 when purchased with any one of dozens of cameras and lenses. (Click on the Buy

OT - Amazon deal tonight (Wednesday)

2011-01-19 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi All, If you are interested - today's deal on livingsocial (Groupon's competitor) is for $20 Amazon gift card for half price ($10), - without expiration. (If you are not familiar with it, - they will send your the information about the purchase electronically tomorrow, and will charge your

SD card deal again, this time on Amazon

2010-12-01 Thread John Celio
http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-Class-Flash-Memory-TS8GSDHC10E/dp/B003VNKNEG/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronicsie=UTF8qid=1291210797sr=1-2tag=dealswoot-20 Also available in 4, 16 and 32gb sizes. Y'all ought to watch woot.com and deals.woot.com, that's where I've found this deal and the one from the other

Re: SD card deal again, this time on Amazon

2010-12-01 Thread steve harley
On 2010-12-01 10:15 , John Celio wrote: Y'all ought to watch woot.com and deals.woot.com, that's where I've found this deal and the one from the other day. there are several other websites catering to the deal-obsessed; the one i watch most is dealmac.com, but it has a non-Mac-oriented

Re: SD card deal again, this time on Amazon

2010-12-01 Thread Jim King
, that's where I've found this deal and the one from the other day. Yeah, this is where I went when BH showed out of stock on this item yesterday. I should have been smart enough to try Amazon first - they often have a better price than BH anyway. Regards, Jim Jim King jamesk8...@mac.com

Re: Possible great deal!

2010-11-30 Thread Peter Loveday
: Re: Possible great deal! That's harsh. On 11/30/2010 1:57 AM, steve harley wrote: On 2010-11-29 18:54 , John Sessoms wrote: I had an A3000 for about 3 months before replacing it with a K1000. Whoever called it a point 'n shoot SLR got it pretty much right. i had an A3000 for about two hours

Re: BH memory card deal

2010-11-30 Thread Boris Liberman
On 11/30/2010 8:14 AM, John Celio wrote: I think SanDisk is overrated. I own one SanDisk card and eight non-SanDisk cards. Never had a problem with any of them. All you get from SanDisk that you don't get from the other brands is the name and a lighter wallet. John It well may be so, John.

Re: BH memory card deal

2010-11-30 Thread paul stenquist
=10603278PID=3668349is=REGA=detailsQ= or http://goo.gl/7FkB9 I ordered a couple. Pretty good deal, I think. Darn! I saw your message after dinner, tried to order two cards, and found that BH was out of stock. If you snooze, you lose... Regards, Jim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Possible great deal!

2010-11-30 Thread John Sessoms
From: steve harley On 2010-11-29 18:54 , John Sessoms wrote: I had an A3000 for about 3 months before replacing it with a K1000. Whoever called it a point 'n shoot SLR got it pretty much right. i had an A3000 for about two hours until i turned it to this:

Re: BH memory card deal -- BACK in stock

2010-11-30 Thread Igor Roshchin
Briefly: the 10-class 8GB TRanscend SDHC is back in stock at BH. I just decided to try (despite my liking of SanDisk cards) and placed an order for 3 of them. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: BH memory card deal -- BACK in stock

2010-11-30 Thread P N Stenquist
On Nov 30, 2010, at 12:18 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Briefly: the 10-class 8GB TRanscend SDHC is back in stock at BH. I just decided to try (despite my liking of SanDisk cards) and placed an order for 3 of them. Igor Right you are. BH says my order for two cards has been filled. Like you,

Re: BH memory card deal -- BACK in stock

2010-11-30 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 12:42:04PM -0500, P N Stenquist wrote: On Nov 30, 2010, at 12:18 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Briefly: the 10-class 8GB TRanscend SDHC is back in stock at BH. I just decided to try (despite my liking of SanDisk cards) and placed an order for 3 of them. Igor

Re: Possible great deal!

2010-11-30 Thread steve harley
On 2010-11-30 02:41 , Peter Loveday wrote: That's a lot like how my MG wound up. Did you have a purpose in mind, or just did it for fun? I was after the K mount for a yet-to-be-finished flash project. it came as a hitchhiker with a SMC 100/4 Macro Bellows, and the battery compartment (not

Possible great deal!

2010-11-29 Thread Walter Gilbert
Well, I would love to get this myself as it strikes me as another can't-miss deal. Unfortunately, I'm strapped and already put the money I could used toward my M-50/2. But, I figured someone on the list might be interested. http://www.upillar.com/listings/185137-new-ununsed-pentax-a3000

Re: Possible great deal!

2010-11-29 Thread Walter Gilbert
shipping via USPS. (sob!) On 11/29/2010 12:02 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Well, I would love to get this myself as it strikes me as another can't-miss deal. Unfortunately, I'm strapped and already put the money I could used toward my M-50/2. But, I figured someone on the list might be interested

Re: Possible great deal!

2010-11-29 Thread eckinator
dang... I'd love to get that but upillar is for US residents only could someone handle that for me? calling first dibs thanks ecke 2010/11/29 Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com:  Well, I would love to get this myself as it strikes me as another can't-miss deal.  Unfortunately, I'm strapped

Re: Possible great deal!

2010-11-29 Thread Walter Gilbert
this myself as it strikes me as another can't-miss deal. Unfortunately, I'm strapped and already put the money I could used toward my M-50/2. But, I figured someone on the list might be interested. http://www.upillar.com/listings/185137-new-ununsed-pentax-a3000-body-and-several-pentax-lenses

Re: Possible great deal!

2010-11-29 Thread P. J. Alling
would be the normal, either an A 35-70mm zoom or A 50mm f2.0. On 11/29/2010 1:02 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Well, I would love to get this myself as it strikes me as another can't-miss deal. Unfortunately, I'm strapped and already put the money I could used toward my M-50/2. But, I figured

Re: Possible great deal!

2010-11-29 Thread Peter Loveday
You never know, maybe it's a K 500/4.5 :) - Peter -Original Message- From: P. J. Alling Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 10:06 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Possible great deal! I wouldn't get that excited. The A3000 was a nice enough camera, but no where near

RE: Possible great deal!

2010-11-29 Thread J.C. O'Connell
://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Peter Loveday Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 6:51 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Possible great deal! You never know, maybe it's a K 500/4.5 :) - Peter

BH memory card deal

2010-11-29 Thread John Celio
8gb Class 10 SDHC cards for $12.95 each with free shipping available in the US: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlistsku=700166AID=10603278PID=3668349is=REGA=detailsQ= or http://goo.gl/7FkB9 I ordered a couple. Pretty good deal, I think. John -- http

Re: BH memory card deal

2010-11-29 Thread paul stenquist
=detailsQ= or http://goo.gl/7FkB9 I ordered a couple. Pretty good deal, I think. John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/jacelio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: BH memory card deal

2010-11-29 Thread Jim King
a couple. Pretty good deal, I think. Darn! I saw your message after dinner, tried to order two cards, and found that BH was out of stock. If you snooze, you lose... Regards, Jim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: BH memory card deal

2010-11-29 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
/bnh/controller/home?O=productlistsku=700166AID=10603278PID=3668349is=REGA=detailsQ= or http://goo.gl/7FkB9 I ordered a couple.  Pretty good deal, I think. Darn! I saw your message after dinner, tried to order two cards, and found that BH was out of stock.  If you snooze, you lose

Re: Possible great deal!

2010-11-29 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling I wouldn't get that excited. The A3000 was a nice enough camera, but no where near the peak of Pentax's camera bodies. http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/bodies/film_A/A3.html The only lens mentioned is a 500mm a cheap mirror tele or third party preset. Most likely the only

Re: BH memory card deal

2010-11-29 Thread Steven Desjardins
://goo.gl/7FkB9 I ordered a couple.  Pretty good deal, I think. Darn! I saw your message after dinner, tried to order two cards, and found that BH was out of stock.  If you snooze, you lose... Regards, Jim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: BH memory card deal

2010-11-29 Thread Jim King
with free shipping available in the US: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlistsku=700166AID=10603278PID=3668349is=REGA=detailsQ= or http://goo.gl/7FkB9 I ordered a couple. Pretty good deal, I think. Darn! I saw your message after dinner, tried to order two cards

Re: BH memory card deal

2010-11-29 Thread Jim King
Steven Desjardins wrote on Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:11:49 -0800 Amazon has them as well: The Amazon offer is for Class 6 cards and is only 30 cents off their regular price; BH was offering Class 10 cards regularly priced about $10 higher. Oh well, sales come and go; another one will pop up

Re: BH memory card deal

2010-11-29 Thread eckinator
2010/11/30 Jim King jamesk8...@mac.com: Oh well, sales come and go; another one will pop up eventually. told myself that about amazon cyber monday, too - everything was gone within 3 minutes of availability and there were three things I wanted and one I needed... oh well you win some you lose

Re: BH memory card deal

2010-11-29 Thread Steven Desjardins
Sorry, I missed that. I just happened to see it when I was looking for a book. On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Jim King jamesk8...@mac.com wrote: Steven Desjardins wrote on Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:11:49 -0800 Amazon has them as well: The Amazon offer is for Class 6 cards and is only 30 cents

Re: BH memory card deal

2010-11-29 Thread Larry Colen (Droid Mail)
available in the US: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlistsku=700166AID=10603278PID=3668349is=REGA=detailsQ= or http://goo.gl/7FkB9 I ordered a couple. Pretty good deal, I think. John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/jacelio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: BH memory card deal

2010-11-29 Thread Boris Liberman
I saw that deal too. But instead I opted for Amazon's offer of SanDisk Extreme III 8 GB for USD 40. A friend of mine is coming for a visit and I asked them to buy me a card. My current card although working fine had developed a mechanical problem - it seems to have come apart on top of the card

Re: BH memory card deal

2010-11-29 Thread John Celio
? After brief encounter with non-SanDisk cards back when I got K10D, I kind of resolved to use genuine SanDisk cards only... Not a single problem. YMMV of course. I think SanDisk is overrated. I own one SanDisk card and eight non-SanDisk cards. Never had a problem with any of them. All you

Re: Possible great deal!

2010-11-29 Thread steve harley
On 2010-11-29 18:54 , John Sessoms wrote: I had an A3000 for about 3 months before replacing it with a K1000. Whoever called it a point 'n shoot SLR got it pretty much right. i had an A3000 for about two hours until i turned it to this: http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/3510446/1/a3000?h=7436b3

Re: Possible great deal!

2010-11-29 Thread P. J. Alling
That's harsh. On 11/30/2010 1:57 AM, steve harley wrote: On 2010-11-29 18:54 , John Sessoms wrote: I had an A3000 for about 3 months before replacing it with a K1000. Whoever called it a point 'n shoot SLR got it pretty much right. i had an A3000 for about two hours until i turned it to

Re: what's the best deal on 8G SD cards?

2010-04-26 Thread eckinator
2010/4/25 Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com: I can second sandisk extreme III I'll third that Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

what's the best deal on 8G SD cards?

2010-04-25 Thread Larry Colen
I'd like to pick up a few more SD cards before my trip to Chicago. It's been about a year since I researched them, and I think that there are much faster ones on the market now, when I picked up some Transcend class 6 cards. In general, faster is better, but only to the point that the card

Re: what's the best deal on 8G SD cards?

2010-04-25 Thread Boris Liberman
Larry, I'd like to offer a modification of your statement below. Once card outpaces the camera you'd know: 1. You're using your h/w to the fullest extent possible 2. You're not going to buy faster cards as you *know* what you need. Thus, I think it makes sense to try to find a card that outpaces

Re: what's the best deal on 8G SD cards?

2010-04-25 Thread CheekyGeek
SanDisk Extreme iii used to be 20mb/sec (class 6) but now come in 30mb/sec versions. In general, you'll pay as much for a 4 GB as you would for a 8 GB class 6 model (assuming you are looking at Amazon or similar). I have not yet tried the faster card in my K200D and just purchased an 8GB class 6

Re: what's the best deal on 8G SD cards?

2010-04-25 Thread paul stenquist
Sandisk Extreme III are the fastest and most reliable in my experience. Paul On Apr 25, 2010, at 2:51 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I'd like to pick up a few more SD cards before my trip to Chicago. It's been about a year since I researched them, and I think that there are much faster ones on the

Re: what's the best deal on 8G SD cards?

2010-04-25 Thread Sasha Sobol
I can second sandisk extreme III --S On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 5:56 AM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Sandisk Extreme III are the fastest and most reliable in my experience. Paul On Apr 25, 2010, at 2:51 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I'd like to pick up a few more SD cards before my

Re: what's the best deal on 8G SD cards?

2010-04-25 Thread Adam Maas
Third, I'm using a 4GB 30MB/s version as my primary card (my other cards are slower HP class 4's) -Adam On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: I can second sandisk extreme III --S On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 5:56 AM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:

Re: what's the best deal on 8G SD cards?

2010-04-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: what's the best deal on 8G SD cards? I'd like to pick up a few more SD cards before my trip to Chicago. It's been about a year since I researched them, and I think that there are much faster ones on the market now, when I picked up

[No big deal] K10D/K20D/K200D/K2000/K-m firmware update

2010-04-22 Thread Thibouille
Just SDHC compatibility improvements. Pentax tends to correct come more than official disclosed corrections so keep an eye open, just in case... I wouldn't expect much. http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/index.php -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7,

Re: [No big deal] K10D/K20D/K200D/K2000/K-m firmware update

2010-04-22 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:31 +0200, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: Just SDHC compatibility improvements. Pentax tends to correct come more than official disclosed corrections so keep an eye open, just in case... I wouldn't expect much. http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/index.php

Re: [No big deal] K10D/K20D/K200D/K2000/K-m firmware update

2010-04-22 Thread eckinator
2010/4/22 Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com: Just SDHC compatibility improvements. Pentax tends to correct come more than official disclosed corrections so keep an eye open, just in case... I wouldn't expect much. Thanks done, camera still looks the same so at least the update wasn't cosmetic

Re: [No big deal] K10D/K20D/K200D/K2000/K-m firmware update

2010-04-22 Thread Cory Waters
Thanks for the heads-up. Apparently I decided to skip the last two updates. My K10 was at 1.11 CW On 4/22/2010 4:31 AM, Thibouille wrote: Just SDHC compatibility improvements. Pentax tends to correct come more than official disclosed corrections so keep an eye open, just in case... I

Re: [No big deal] K10D/K20D/K200D/K2000/K-m firmware update

2010-04-22 Thread P. J. Alling
On 4/22/2010 8:00 AM, eckinator wrote: 2010/4/22 Thibouillepentaxl...@gmail.com: Just SDHC compatibility improvements. Pentax tends to correct come more than official disclosed corrections so keep an eye open, just in case... I wouldn't expect much. Thanks done, camera still looks

Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-21 Thread eckinator
2010/2/20 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: But you do have friends, just because we think you're crazy doesn't mean we don't like you. thank you p.j. that does mean something to me -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-20 Thread David Mann
On Feb 20, 2010, at 2:37 PM, paul stenquist wrote: Atlex is now offering the Epson 11880 for just 8K -- with free shipping. Time to buy! The retail price is more than 11K. It prints with K3 inks through nine channel heads, so that's about as good as it gets .The printer can turn out 64

Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-20 Thread eckinator
2010/2/20 David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz: On Feb 20, 2010, at 2:37 PM, paul stenquist wrote: Atlex is now offering  the Epson 11880 for just 8K -- with free shipping. Time to buy! The retail price is more than 11K. It prints with K3 inks through nine channel heads, so that's about as good

Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-20 Thread paul stenquist
On Feb 19, 2010, at 11:20 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: paul stenquist Atlex is now offering the Epson 11880 for just 8K -- with free shipping. Time to buy! The retail price is more than 11K. It prints with K3 inks through nine channel heads, so that's about as good as it gets .The printer

Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-20 Thread paul stenquist
! ;-} And I'd love to have the business needed to support the outlay for the printer ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Great Printer Deal at Atlex Atlex is now offering the Epson 11880

Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-20 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 7:42 AM Subject: Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex An agency in South Carolina that I've done

Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-20 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Feb 20, 2010, at 11:01 , Ken Waller wrote: Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 7:42 AM Subject: Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-20 Thread P. J. Alling
On 2/20/2010 5:38 AM, eckinator wrote: 2010/2/20 David Manndm...@bluemoon.net.nz: On Feb 20, 2010, at 2:37 PM, paul stenquist wrote: Atlex is now offering the Epson 11880 for just 8K -- with free shipping. Time to buy! The retail price is more than 11K. It prints with K3 inks

Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-19 Thread paul stenquist
Atlex is now offering the Epson 11880 for just 8K -- with free shipping. Time to buy! The retail price is more than 11K. It prints with K3 inks through nine channel heads, so that's about as good as it gets .The printer can turn out 64 inch wide pics, so if you're printing a rectangular image

Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-19 Thread Scott Loveless
On 2/19/10, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Atlex is now offering the Epson 11880 for just 8K -- with free shipping. Time to buy! The retail price is more than 11K. It prints with K3 inks through nine channel heads, so that's about as good as it gets .The printer can turn out

Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-19 Thread paul stenquist
On Feb 19, 2010, at 8:47 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: On 2/19/10, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Atlex is now offering the Epson 11880 for just 8K -- with free shipping. Time to buy! The retail price is more than 11K. It prints with K3 inks through nine channel heads, so

Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-19 Thread Rob Studdert
On 20/02/2010, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Sounds like a plan. I'm ready. Send your check! I was rather hoping I could run it here ;-) I'd love the printer but I'm not so bothered with the MF camera, the small sensor bodies are already producing images that would warrant the

Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-19 Thread paul stenquist
On Feb 19, 2010, at 9:06 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 20/02/2010, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Sounds like a plan. I'm ready. Send your check! I was rather hoping I could run it here ;-) I'd love the printer but I'm not so bothered with the MF camera, the small sensor

Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-19 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 08:47:53PM -0500, Scott Loveless wrote: On 2/19/10, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Atlex is now offering the Epson 11880 for just 8K -- with free shipping. Time to buy! The retail price is more than 11K. It prints with K3 inks through nine channel

Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-19 Thread Rob Studdert
On 20/02/2010, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: For real large format, you might want to take a look at these folks: http://www.millyardimaging.com They look like they know what they're doing, the obviously run a fully colour managed work flow. They even take 16 bit TIFF files and seen

RE: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-19 Thread John Sessoms
From: paul stenquist Atlex is now offering the Epson 11880 for just 8K -- with free shipping. Time to buy! The retail price is more than 11K. It prints with K3 inks through nine channel heads, so that's about as good as it gets .The printer can turn out 64 inch wide pics, so if you're printing

Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-19 Thread John Sessoms
From: Rob Studdert On 20/02/2010, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: For real large format, you might want to take a look at these folks: http://www.millyardimaging.com They look like they know what they're doing, the obviously run a fully colour managed work flow. They even take 16

Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-19 Thread Ken Waller
And a full inkjet recharge will only cost $2511 USD ! ;-} And I'd love to have the business needed to support the outlay for the printer ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Great Printer Deal

OT - FYI- 1day-deal for a digital slave flash - Vivitar SF3000

2010-01-15 Thread Igor Roshchin
I have doubts if I should post this, - but it might be useful to somebody. Just be aware of the warning below. http://www.1saleaday.com/ has yet another 1-day sale for a digital slave flash - Vivitar SF3000: $10 + $6 shipping (US only, I suspect). This cheap slave flash might be handy (even

Re: OT - FYI- 1day-deal for a digital slave flash - Vivitar SF3000

2010-01-15 Thread Tom C
Thanks. I took a look. I would almost take a chance at that price but based on the overwhelming negative feedback, I decided I would not reward them based on prinicple. Tom On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: I have doubts if I should post this, - but it

Re: Want to Trade - my DA 10-17 for a DA 12-24 (something to sweeten the deal)

2009-05-16 Thread John Celio
Your going to need an angel to help you on this one. The DA 12-24 sells for $260 more than the DA 10-17 at BH. Would you believe 240 Well hey, my car died today and the corpse is worth about that much. Anyone want to trade their 12-24 for a 10-17 and a 1995 Chevy Cavalier LS that is only

Amazon Gold Box Deal of the Day

2009-03-09 Thread Allison Trueman
Hello All, I got an interesting email today...the K2000 kit was the Amazon Gold Box Deal of the Day. It is/was (gold box items are at that price until sold out) $399. I got notified because I have an amazon wish list with a lot of Pentax gear on it. Allison -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Amazon Gold Box Deal of the Day

2009-03-09 Thread Joseph McAllister
They still have 2 left... On Mar 9, 2009, at 18:41 , Allison Trueman wrote: Hello All, I got an interesting email today...the K2000 kit was the Amazon Gold Box Deal of the Day. It is/was (gold box items are at that price until sold out) $399. I got notified because I have an amazon wish

Not a Black Friday deal

2008-11-30 Thread John Sessoms
stock the K20D, so I'd have to order it. I didn't find that deal on their web site, but it might be worth asking about. They do show the K200D kit with a bonus BG3 and I'm wondering if he's getting the two cameras confused. I'm thinking about it, but not real hard. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-10-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
(Samsung deal etc.) Nothing wrong with my FA 31mm f1.8, FA 50mm f1.4, FA 77mm f1.8, FA* 200mm f2.8, FA* 80-200mm f2.8, FA* 300mm f4.5 on digital. DS 2008/9/30 Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A *lot* of people should read what you wrote John. Those still thnk that old lenses are at least

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-30 Thread Toralf Lund
John Celio wrote: - Cotty won't have to eat his hat and the rest of us won't have to re-invest in new 35mm lenses. Most of mine are 35mm. Er, I meant digital-optimized 35mm lenses (like the D-FA macros). All I know is, the DA lenses I own or have used perform immensely better than older

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-30 Thread Thibouille
A *lot* of people should read what you wrote John. Those still thnk that old lenses are at least as good if not better than recent lenses :( On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 7:47 AM, John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Cotty won't have to eat his hat and the rest of us won't have to re-invest in new

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-30 Thread David Savage
Nothing wrong with my FA 31mm f1.8, FA 50mm f1.4, FA 77mm f1.8, FA* 200mm f2.8, FA* 80-200mm f2.8, FA* 300mm f4.5 on digital. DS 2008/9/30 Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A *lot* of people should read what you wrote John. Those still thnk that old lenses are at least as good if not better than

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-30 Thread Toralf Lund
Thibouille wrote: A *lot* of people should read what you wrote John. Those still thnk that old lenses are at least as good if not better than recent lenses As someone else has indicated, it might be interesting to know exactly which old lenses you think are much poorer than the DA range.

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-30 Thread P. J. Alling
I don't know, but I've been complemented on the sharpness of the F 70-210 f4.0~5.6 and the FA 20-35 f4.0. That may change when I get a higher resolution camera, (I'm still using *ist-D[x] bodies), but a good lens seems to be a good lens. Toralf Lund wrote: Thibouille wrote: A *lot* of

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-30 Thread Boris Liberman
I should like to agree here. My film limited lenses are swell on digital. Naturally, I should never want even to think about mounting DA 21 on my MZ-6. Boris Thibouille wrote: A *lot* of people should read what you wrote John. Those still thnk that old lenses are at least as good if not

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
My film lenses are fine on digital, but the DA* lenses are outstanding. I rarely use anything other than the 50-135 and 16-50 these days. They're fast and sharp, and the USM autofocus beats the screwdriver autofocus system hands down. Paul On Sep 30, 2008, at 12:05 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Paul, can you please elaborate in what precisely aspects of image quality (or should I say print quality) your DA* lenses outperform the comparable film lenses? Thanks. Boris Paul Stenquist wrote: My film lenses are fine on digital, but the DA* lenses are outstanding. I rarely use anything

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Far less fringing is the most obvious advantage of the DA* lenses in terms of image quality. Sharpness and resolution are great, but I obviously haven't made specific and direct comparisons. But as I noted, DA* autofocus is considerably better as well, particularly in continuous mode

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Understood. Boris Paul Stenquist wrote: Far less fringing is the most obvious advantage of the DA* lenses in terms of image quality. Sharpness and resolution are great, but I obviously haven't made specific and direct comparisons. But as I noted, DA* autofocus is considerably better as

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-30 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.) Paul, can you please elaborate in what precisely aspects of image quality (or should I say print quality) your DA* lenses outperform the comparable film lenses? Thanks. Boris Paul Stenquist wrote: My film lenses are fine

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