details&Q=&sku=297466&is=REG
http://www.pentaxusa.com/pdf/istDLens_Rebate_020604.pdf
Pentax USA Offer #4783
There also some Optio rebates:
http://www.pentaxusa.com/rebates/
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ess and identify,
then commit to writing the metering or compensation for our common
photo situations. Sort of like the Kodak film box suggestions, but in
more depth, and specific to our own camera(s) and style.
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John Mustarde
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the park these days without one
>distraction or another.So much for my cappuccino and muffin.(At my age too).
>Cheers Chris Kennedy
>
I enjoyed your birds very much. I had a somewhat similar bird
experience, with perhaps fewer feathers.
http://www.photolin.com/john/lspark/lstar1.html
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tomers about to happen I smiled,
closed my hand and put the six bucks or so in my pocket, said
"Perfect, thanks" and left the building.
Ethics question: if I had tried one more time to get the right change,
would it have been suicidal, considering the angry mob in line behind
me?
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John Mustarde
www.photolin.com
ease
>>was already taken.
>
>WHAT???
>
>I mean, [EMAIL PROTECTED]&8!
>
>Grrr.
>
>Marnie aka Doe :-|
"Grrr" is exactly the response my wife gave when I recited the sig
line to her. Wonder why?
++
John Mustarde
"Boy, some things just
useful
for very long lenses focused 20' or less, or for macro shots, or other
close-ups.
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oopid.
I suggest required sigs like this:
--
Okay? Everyone practice now... except me... hee hee hee.--
--
Cactus Jack
Warm and Dry in the Valley of the Sun
www.photolin.com
www.photolin.com/payanon/payanon.htm
No More Pay, Pal © 2004 John Mustarde
Don't Ebay, pal, No more Pay, pal,
n at the hospital intake, everyone signing the correct knee
about to be replaced, wife, doctor, nurse attendant, and putting big
X's on the incorrect knee, because there have been so many surgeries
which corrected the incorrect body part.
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www.photolin.com
?
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it is not measurably better than the 3021 for vibration
reduction. Just looks more retro cool.
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'll be doing.
1. *istD and Pentax gear for walking and hiking, and
2. D100 and Nikon gear for bicycle tours and aerobic workouts, and
3. EOS 1D II and Canon gear for the times when my valet brings along
the equipment truck.
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called Snowflake, then Minute for his
small size, then Midget, now earning the monicker Modem.
He has a crazy, whiney meow. He sounds just like a modem dialing
(Ma Ma).
Now that's a sound I hope never to hear again from any of my
computers.
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John Mustarde
(been around since
to the trunk, and the AC blowing cold air. True story.
The original owner was a little old lady moonshiner from West
Virginia.
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pond to their
own posts. It's sad.
We should be very grateful (and pat ourselves on the back) for the
general tone of civility on PDML.
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ding
my John Philip Sousa album in reserve, with a full hour of Scottish
Bagpipers ready to deliver the coup de grace.
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yards ahead. I had my usual big lens with teleconverter on a
monopod, so that's why the DOF is small and the background is smooth.
Shot for fun, but comments welcome anyway.
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ater this week, but I probably don't have the
expertise to know what to look for.
Do you know of any better tool than the plugin?
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at a hassle.
I for one am shopping for a less expensive alternative. The idea of
paying Adobe through the nose again for another upgrade is starting to
tick me off.
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I may
think to bracket.
Overall I really like the colors. I'll keep my eye out for the
painters and sculptors when they return in the spring.
Their work is very interesting to watch.
And they never say " Whatcha doin? Taking Pictures?"...
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handles well, is fairly sharp at all f-stops, and
the magnification factor is handy, but it's not well suited for
outdoor pics on a sunny day even with its tulip hood.
Flares badly, to say the least.
http://www.photolin.com/misc/flare.jpg
Oh where's the Pentax Super Multi-Coating
on of
surface tension of the liquid.
Any more mysteries to be solved, just give me a call.
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Cactus Jack
Warm and Dry in the Valley of the Sun
www.photolin.com
www.photolin.com/payanon/payanon.htm
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Don't Ebay, pal, No more Pay, pal, Hey Hey-ah, Good Bye.
Don't Ebay, pal, No more Pay, pal, Na, Na-aaa, Good Bye.
On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 19:44:56 +0800, you wrote:
>
>Just for my interest. Are the Leica R-line lens generally MUCH better than Pentax to
>justify the expensive price?
Of course they are much much better. Why would they cost that much
more if they weren't that much better?
--
. In that
case, the drive must be formatted with a Win 98 or 2000 computer
rather than in-camera. But the *istD shines with this drive - pop in
the drive, hit Format from the Menu, and go shooting with 4 gb of
storage.
--
John Mustarde
www.photolin.com
ame sorting? I repeat, the problem happens only when browsing
>through files within active applications.
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ally a joke...
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Cactus Jack
Warm and Dry in the Valley of the Sun
www.photolin.com
www.photolin.com/payanon/payanon.htm
No More Pay, Pal © 2004 John Mustarde
Don't Ebay, pal, No more Pay, pal, Hey Hey-ah, Good Bye.
Don't Ebay, pal, No more Pay, pal, Na, Na-aaa, Good Bye.
On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 21:18:29 CST, you wrote:
>John Mustarde said, among many other things:
>
>> I've been holding off on XP for a long time
>> because I didn't want the TeleTubbies interface.
>
>
>Dude, I trust that's not your main reason! The int
On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 21:31:20 -0500, you wrote:
>
>On Mar 1, 2004, at 7:08 PM, frank theriault wrote:
>
>> I hate these critters.
>>
>>
>> Yup, like the shot a lot. But, these birds do get me going...
>>
>>
>
>But are they good to eat?
.
Thanks, UPS. Thanks for nothing.
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ave interesting coloration - they
almost look like piglets wearing chipmunk coats.
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of my first *istD
photos, shot as I was sitting at the computer figuring out the
controls. I love making the background go black, this one utilizes
the dark fireplace to help it along.
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John Mustarde
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ake no mistake about it. They will
change their terms of service without notification, then hold you to
the new terms - and take your money.
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John Mustarde
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ng? Seems like a few
hardware store items and angle iron would do the trick. I'm sure I
saw a home-made one on a web search awhile ago. Plus I think there is
a cheap gimbal (<$50) out there somewhere, maybe even Bogen.
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John Mustarde
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The F 70-210 is a decent lens. I've had a couple of them in years
past, both sold or traded away. But now I'd like one for the *istD.
Anyone have an extra F 70-210/f4-536 they want to sell or trade?
--
John Mustarde
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heading right across the desk towards me and
scattering in every direction at once.
Eeek, I went scurrying myself that day, you can be sure.
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ter's edge:
http://www.photolin.com/gulp/img0002.htm
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ke useful knowledge for motorsports
photogs.
In baseball photography, I would settle on 1/125 capture a hint of
running and throwing motion, while 1/250 would freeze all but the end
of the bat and the ball coming off the bat.
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I like the M20/4. Mine was inexpensive, and I like its small size, so
it has a built-in cost/convenience/value factor for me.
This weekend I plan to post some evaluation shots of the M20/4 using
the *istD, which won't help film users much because of the crop
factor.
--
John Mus
sonal taste, nor rose colored glasses, because
they were ground into dust by jack-booted right-thinking
corporationists about 1969.
Whew, that was heavy ;-) Wish I had a camera with me when it
happened... but no, they probably would have crushed the camera also.
--
John Mustarde
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On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 23:34:30 -0600, you wrote:
>>
>Gimme a break. That is a gross oversimplification and generalization of
>some problems with a couple of bad apples.
Two bad apples. Hah hah hah hah hah hah.
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John Mustarde
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isplaced which had wonderful step-by-step photos of the process and
pitfalls.
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n wondered why people don't get arrested for theft of the shopping
carts... those things cost more than a good used LX. There is a
thriving business around here in retrieving carts - the store pays a
fee to guys who roam the neighborhood in a pickup and steal the carts
back.
--
John Mustarde
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ey are cheap at
the Goodwill Store on half-price Saturday.
So don't try to pawn off your old heavy large format shopping carts on
me. I know, they're more durable and have better resolution than my
little small format baby buggy, but I don't care.
--
John Mustarde
www.photolin.com
responding to
perceived pokes by Shel towards me and a couple other people, but
that's no excuse, I probably misunderstood the context anyway, I
should be more thick skinned, or less abrasive, or something. Oh well,
life goes on, out here in far, far west Texas.
--
John Mustarde
www.photolin.com
o flash. This was
>one of the better shots:
>
>http://www.beyondthepath.com/photos/paw/2004-03-07.html
>
Sell it. A sure cover shot. Very nice.
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John Mustarde
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, hopefully
they will get rich and famous and he can buy a nice trophy house in
Scottsdale so our daughter will be close to her mom.
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John Mustarde
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On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 15:10:51 -0500, you wrote:
>This woman lives not to far from Chernobyl, and she likes to ride her
>motorcycle through there because she can ride fast without encountering
>anyone else. Looks like she's a snapshooter but the photographs and
>captions are very moving and some of
7;t spoil anyone's plan to snipe a bid at the last
minute...
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Takumar-Zoom 1:4.5 85-210. It actually looks
great on my FA 100/2.8 Macro, and does not vignette looking through
the finder of an LX even at 1:1 magnification..
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John Mustarde
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ank's change machine and
churn into digital-buying dollars.
I'm really tired of waiting. Who cares about PMA or a summer
introduction. Put the damn thing in the stores now.
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John Mustarde
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maybe, but darn easy to hold.
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John Mustarde
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I fixed up a Pentax DSLR today - a Nikon D100 mounted on a Bellows K.
It allowed me to take some shots with my FA* 600/4 and 1.4 XL at what
looks like a focal length of 1260mm/f5.6. Follow the link below to see
today's results.
http://www.photolin.com/600/thumb0001.htm
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John Mus
asing effect.
I haven't made up my mind yet what needs to be done, but it may be
that 840mm without grain in the background is simply a new factor to
work with, modify, or avoid.
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ooks almost clinical... macro shooting at 1260mm/f5.6
and 1/125? It's different, to be sure.
http://www.photolin.com/600/beak.jpg
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John Mustarde
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It would be a lot easier if Pentax would just sell me a DSLR.
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John Mustarde
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I was wondering about the funny name of the new *ist camera.
Now I get it - it's short for Pentax Discuss Mailing *ist.
So for me, the *ist camera is officially pronounced "List".
--
John Mustarde
www.photolin.com
or, horror of horrors, carry a
light meter... right?
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ten not terribly convenient).
>
>Fred
Yeh, adding a light meter to the kit seems a stretch. But if Pentax
has a histogram review of exposure on the LCD ala the D100, there's no
need for a light meter. I review exposure between shots by looking at
the shape and location of the histogram, and check for blinking
outlines that signify burnt out highlights.
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ris B.
>
>--Mike
When I noticed you can sign up on behalf of deceased parties, I went
to town. I'm at four hundred four and counting. Thank goodness for
the Times obits.
Gonna pay for that Pentax DSLR by midnight...;-)
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John Mustarde
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so to gently
cut/file it to match the flange on a genuine Pentax K-mount lens. No
disassembly required, just a flat file and some covering and care to
keep the filings from going everywhere.
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John Mustarde
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Congratulations, Mark - well done.
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Shoot*ist
...with apologies to John Wayne movie lovers...
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rt-cheap
bargain.
Pony up another eight hundred for a Wimberley head, QR mount, and a
Pentax 1.4 XL teleconverter, and you're all set to go.
You really only need a 600/4 and 1.4x TC for birdies. No zooms needed.
For sure no Sigma zooms needed.
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I
am nearer to a hundred than not, I'm heeding the siren call of digital
and its 1.5x FOV crop. So I carry a fairly light 300/4 and 1.4x TC, on
a monopod, and get 315 shots per roll at an effective focal length of
630/f5.6 with the fabulous close-focus ability of 1:3 Macro. Now
that's a walk-around setup for birding!
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John Mustarde
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mal lens? (assume a
>lens factor of 1.5x)
>
300/2.8 sounds about normal to me, for effective FOV of 450mm.
For a wider angle I'd choose a K 200/2.5.
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John Mustarde
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Flash sync a slow 1/150... Aaargh.
Probably get one for the wife, though, and I might even let her borrow
it back every once in awhile.
Hope it's got a strong enough motor for my 600/4.
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John Mustarde
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t will shoot at ISO 50 and at ISO
1600.
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h glee -
my Tokina AT-X 300/2.8 and Pentax 1.7x AF Adapter will make a very
fine 765mm/f5 lens. Even the little K 200/2.5 is looking pretty good
at 300/2.5.
And the 600/4 with 1.4XL teleconverter becomes an amazing 1260mm/f4
lens. Drool city for this telephoto aficionado.
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John Mustarde
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the 2-XL TC.
I'd be interested to see some of the poor resolution photos from your
600/4 and 1.4 XL. Even web photos would probably show the
deficiencies of such a poor lens. Could you post some?
--
John Mustarde
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tertech all over the place... and
some of them fit my newtech also.
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On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 07:20:53 -0500, you wrote:
>Great..
>Which company, I wonder, will bring out the "*ist D Body Armour" to ensure
>that folks who drop their cameras don't lose $1500 all at once.
>
>Cheers,
>Dave
We call that "insurance",
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 16:21:04 -, you wrote:
>
>So, how many of you merry people are going to get an *ist-D and if not why
>not?
>
>To start the ball rolling you can count me as a taker.
>
>Ziggy
>
I'll buy one early on, as long as it shoots well and h
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 23:43:24 -0500, you wrote:
>> So, was that a good price for that lens???
>
I got mine for $45.01.
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;em stop! The big one is turning green!
--
John Mustarde
www.photolin.com
>
Absolutely correct. Pentax will have a huge new base of customers
really quick, as long as it gets good reviews.
The Dist will be the K-1000 of digital for many people.
--
John Mustarde
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hird-party camera maker,
much like Sigma and Tokina are third-party lens makers.
Just like Sigma and Tokina, Pentax has to offer more for the consumers
money compared to mainstream 35mm DSLR manufacturers... and in doing
so Pentax will sell lots of *istD cameras.
--
John Mustarde
www.photolin.com
ime manual focusing. That's a good thing, because the Nikon AF
can't pick a birdie out of the brush nearly as good as the PZ1p, so it
really needs that ability to touch-up the focus manually.
--
John Mustarde
www.photolin.com
Heck, that's nothing. Ray Kimber of Kimber Kable marketed a pair of speaker
>wires that cost $15,000. I'm NOT making this up.
>
>--Mike
I'm no audiophile, and this is completely OT, but hasn't the myth of
cables been debunked? I mean, don't those expensive cables do more for
bragging rights than sound enhancement?
--
John Mustarde
www.photolin.com
wuser.php?id=38625
>
1. Go to street.
2. Take pictures.
I found it helped to wave at the people I was photographing. They
really responded to a slow, full-arm-extended, almost exaggerated
parade-style wave rather than a fast, jerky, hello-goodby wave.
--
John Mustarde
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Oh yeh, an example of Street Photography.
The wave gets 'em every time.
http://www.photolin.com/misc/streetz.jpg
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nsidering all the years of photo opportunities. I just finished
digitizing three hundred or so from my wife's family, which I am
laboriously retouching as time and interest permit.
Artifacts in the background, like the playpen you mentioned, are
interesting. Old cars, old toys, old furniture - al
:
http://www.photolin.com/misc/at002.jpg
and it's a way to get yourself, or at least your shadow, in the photo:
http://www.photolin.com/misc/at003.jpg
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port it is a poor lens. Plus it's slow at the long end.
If you really want 1000mm, just stack some TC's. Stacked TC's won't
hurt the image quality, compared to any other 1000mm option out there.
--
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nity focus, but that occurs with any extension
tube.
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my Nikon gear will certainly go Ebay... and
I'll be in line for the Pentax full-frame DSLR, which of course will
be compatible with my M-20/f4. Hog heaven, no doubt.
--
John Mustarde
www.photolin.com
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 15:02:37 -0500, you wrote:
>I might invest in a strap, but that's a big decision. I'll have to
>think about it.
>
>tv
I have a Pentax strap on my D100.
Much more sexy than the Nikon strap, and it makes better pictures.
--
John Mustarde
www.photolin.com
pter
filter, which is not too shabby, in the absence of anything better for
closeups.
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John Mustarde
www.photolin.com
On 21 Mar 2003 21:32:31 -0600, you wrote:
>Can someone compare the A 2x-L, A 2x-S and the Takumar-A 2x for me pls?
>
>thx
>
>L
They're all junk. Expensive junk. In the case of the 2X-L, the best 2x
junk available for Pentax big glass. But still junk.
--
John Mustarde
www.photolin.com
t;thx
>
Mail 'em out to PhotoCD or equivalent. Not the best resolution, but
certainly involves the least direct work on your part.
--
John Mustarde
www.photolin.com
On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 23:23:04 -0500, you wrote:
>
>I kindly ask everyone to refrain from name calling other list members.
>
>Thank you !
>
>cheers,
>caveman
cave cave bo bave
bonana nana fo fave
fee fi mo mave
cave
;-)
--
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Warm and Dry in the Valley of the Sun
www.photolin.com
y more advanced than Pentax. The will pass Pentax quickly
if Nikon continues to introduce VR and AFS lenses and Pentax continues
without these features.
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so hope Pentax succeeds with a first-rate DSLR because I have a
boatload of Pentax lenses sitting unused in the closet.
--
John Mustarde
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;s just not the best business decision.
--
John Mustarde
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tions to outfit a plate examination area at
work - high-ceiling (28 ft), open area about 30 x 30 feet, money no
object (up to a few thousand) for lighting...
BTW, at Medium size, each letter of PENTAX-A and FISH-EYE are outlined
by artifacts. Sharpening halo, unavoidable at low resolutions, maybe?
--
John Mustarde
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ich gets more ugly
the more I look at it. But for all its plastic body, it still feels
fairly sturdy, and is much larger than one would expect, especially
compared to the *istD.
--
John Mustarde
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ider upon reassembly or it won't lock anymore.
It's all very understandable once the innards are exposed.
--
John Mustarde
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t
as easily gotten stuck with Minolta... Now there's a manufacturer
that's really, really late to the DSLR party.
--
John Mustarde
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450-1350/f2.8-4... Now that's a zoom. But how can it be? I thought
1350mm/f4 would require a front element about 337mm in diameter.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0406/04062402kowprominartd1.asp
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comes frustrating very quickly.
The user of this lens will want some extension tubes available.
--
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www.photolin.com
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