of manual focus lenses has really diminished
since I was in the hobby.
I have a Vivitar Series One 70-210 f2.8-4.0 in EX+ condition that I'm
selling for $95.00 if anyone's interested.
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, of course,
and it would cost me a few cents for the auction listing but it might be
worth it to piss off the photocopy/PDF resellers!
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an
email address at which to contact eBay :(
I'll have another go now that I'm rested.
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before 1978 (K-series, for example), you
seem to be perfectly within your rights to sell reproductions of them.
After 1978, of course, you run into legal problems.
Fascinating. All the manuals I have online (except for the ME Super) are
pre-1978!
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Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How can a 1000mm lens NOT be a tele? I don't understand.
Well if you're shooting on 2-foot by three-foot sheet film, 1000mm would be
a moderate wide angle ;-)
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to carry that over to the MZ-S.
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insufferable LX owners...
;-P
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Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chris wrote:
Or it could mean that they will have no announcements at PMA at all! ;-)
The idea did cross my mind but I quickly forgot it.
Yeah, if they had nothing else on tap, they'd definitely save the Optio for
PMA.
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Hey, Cesar, you gotta get a 67 and put a snakeskin cover on THAT!
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scan film at higher and higher resolutions what you're
getting is more and more grain information and less and less image
information. A digitally-captured image of a lot fewer than 90 megapixels
will be better than a 90 megapixel image from scanned film.
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-for-the-buck deal in
photography.
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communists. We're just gonna hang out and smoke dope
all day. We're calling ourselves the Falun Bong.
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.
Yup. Photoshop 5.5 and Epson 1270 via USB. Works fine.
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capabilities of lenses; there'd be no practical
benefit in going to 10 megapixels in an APS-sized sensor.
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) for most updates but I fire
up Alaire Home Site for starting big projects and for validating anything
which I have doubts about. I use Dreamweaver when someone forces me to do
JavaScript; it does the grunt work of generating the basic stuff, then I
modify to suit my purposes.
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to the latest BIOS for USB purposes at one point.)
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: dumb digital question
T Rittenhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Once again, I have no problem with USB
Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you could direct Pentax to make and market one lens it currently does not
make, what would it be?
FA*17-35 f2.8-4.0 (or just 2.8 as long as they kept the filter size to
77mm).
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the crystal of quartz will make it change shape.
Peltier devices are similar, except instead of the electricity changing
their shape, it makes one side cold and the other warm.
TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
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something in color (have a laser
printer for BW) to save ink.
You might want to see about updating your BIOS or chipset drivers. Mine has
no trouble with powering up the printer mid-session.
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Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd still like to swap my Sigma 17-35 for one with SMC glass though and
would have bought the 80-200f2.8 if it werent so damn big heavy.
How is the Sigma?
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Ah, you kids and your HTML editors.
In my day we used sticks to scratch out our code in the dirt...
('course, we had to photograph the result with a digital camera and OCR the
image into a text file, but still...)
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Epson 1270 a couple of years ago.
Win95 and 98 don't do as well as later versions.
It depends: Do you count the abominable Windows ME? ;-)
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? Never heard about such a lens.
Well, for certain values of bank I suppose.
It'd certainly break *my* bank, but I know people who spent more on their
stereo speakers than my car cost new!
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to be able to use the 77mm filters that my Tokina
28-80/2.8 and Pentax 80-200/2.8 use.
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Sent: 10 January 2003 17:50
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: What Lens Do YOU Want?
Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
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Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'll bet anyone in this list a pint of Fiddler's Elbow that it will be a
CMOS in the Pentax DSLR.
Only a fool would take that bet! The lower cost of CMOS and the
ever-improving quality has made it almost universal, even in very high-end
DSLRs.
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anguish, etc. specifically to cover that :)
I considered adding more to the shipping, handling... list too: unsightly
blemishes, waxy yellow buildup, dry skin, etc., etc.
Put the price of your CD version at $10,000 and then it would work. It would
draw more gawkers, too. g
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-megapixel DSLR uses CMOS. EOS-1Ds is CMOS. (As are D-60 and
D-30)
I'll bet upcoming Nikons use CMOS as well.
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/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=300055357
8
You do realize that despite what you say in the text of your auction, you
will get people bidding on your CD for .01
eBay is not the bastion of the best and the brightest.
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mumble, Nice shot.
Then the camera starts to pan. 'Cept it's moving, I say.
About four people turn and glare at me.
And it's in color, I add grumpily.
...and it's got sound.
:-P
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- apparently the more precise level
of surface finish and greater mass helped).
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more, and
guess what - usually the last one is the one.
Funny thing is, with me it's usually the *first* frame of a series that ends
up being the keeper.
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- he compares prints vs. prints, which is
really what it's all about in the end.
I very much doubt that a 1Ds can resolve as much infomation as 6x7 film.
'Information' doesn't have anything to do with art. - Mike Johnston
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, compare.
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just *hate* working with 35mm
negatives in the darkroom.)
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Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm happily sloshed. Amazingly, my spelling is okay, so far.
Stills, video. Video, stills. Inseperable.
^^^
Well, that didn't last long ;-P
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Peter Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The address has been changed you can find it here.
http://medfmt.8k.com/third/index.html
Thnaks for the link! I suspected it might have moved but there wasn't even a
pointer at the old URL. Think I'll save it to my hard disk this time.
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the moving mass of the focusing elements is so low.
I've shot mototsports with my Sigma 300/2.8 and the 1.7x AF converter and
even on the old PZ-1p it was plenty fast enough. I have some shots at
http://www.robertstech.com/mid-ohio.htm
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Raimo Korhonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And 24*32 mm would make perfect sense.
My pick would be 26mm x 35mm (approx.)
This would use all of the 43mm image circle of all my current 35mm
lenses but in a 3:4 aspect ratio, which is my personal favorite.
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the same way (choose your pictures and hit print) or just accept
a dump of everything in memory and has prints for you in an hour or
the next day or whatever.
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T Rittenhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, eventually, they will reach a point where the pixel size will be noise
limited.
No, exceeding the resolution limit of lenses comes before that point.
It's pretty much happened with the Canon EOS-1Ds from what I hear.
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Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm hurt.
http://www.bigdayphoto.com/images/pdml3.jpg
Hey! There's Cesar. Who's that on the left, any PDMLer?
By the way Tom, I never saw the GFM group photo from this year.
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*own* personal favorite, which might well be
influenced by the subject matter and memories of the
time/place/circumstances in which the photo was created - factors that
will certainly not affect the judges!
Any suggestions on making choices or at least narrowing down the
field?
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).
http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=273292
Nice stuff, Albano!
They're all good but 01, 04 and 11 stand out to me, particularly 01 -
just outstanding.
Is that negative film you used? Captured some pretty wide latitude in
some shots.
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wrote:
Has anyone ever heard of modifying a K mount lens to fit the Minolta md
mount.
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not a science, but you dont see 50mms with 10 elements
nor 20mm's with 6.
Some zooms get up to 15, but it's going to take incredible quality
control to get good results with that many elements IMHO.
The FA*80-200/2.8 has 16 elements (in 13 groups), but it's a truly
outstanding lens.
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)
Ah, well that would explain the restrictions on access...
(Mike, was your Humber esutary affected?)
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vowed never to buy
anything from them EVER.
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value for everyone else ;-)
(BTW: I do love my M28/3.5)
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, in which
case please forget it promptly :-P)
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Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think I have room in my little house for a proper reference
work, as they are huge and take up a lot of space.
Aren't they available on CD-ROM or DVD? I think you can get the OED on
CD-ROM, at least.
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D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's a lot like the real musicians have day jobs bumper stickers
I've seen.
Q: What's the difference between musician and a 16 pizza?
A: A 16 pizza can feed a family of four.
Mark Roberts,
Musician, photographer, pizza lover
(inkjetgoodies.com) and best
digital photography magazine (none)! Especially the latter - man, the
digital photography magazines hoover, even compared to the mainstream
photo mags.
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of the pentax apeture springs
No idea.
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MF cameras, whereas
the standard K1000 had only the microprism type focusing screen.
The SE usually goes for a bit more money.
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adphoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.hermes.net.au/bayling/repair.html
Someone should have introduced this guy to the concept of black white
photography ;-)
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Mat Maessen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The K1000 SE I looked at had a film speed setting that went up to ISO
3200. Not sure if this was a rolling change on the K1000's, or something
special for the SE though.
Later K1000s went up to 3200, even the standard (not LE) versions.
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it wide open and be careful
about flare and you can get great results.
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VS1 72-210
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the first three versions
I've listed.
I have the third one (center in your photos): The 70-210 f2.8-4.0 made
by Komine. Love the f2.8 aperture at 70mm (portrait mode) and the 1:2.5
macro capability. Makes it a great part of a small kit with the MX and a
normal and wide prime.
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Well, in truth, I haven't had time to really look at them all yet, but
Frank Theriault's made me laugh out loud.
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books with any literary merit will only be
published online. Yuuuck!
Did you ever read Time Magazine editor Daniel Okrent's Columbia
University lecture titled The Death of PRINT?
http://indigo.ie/~liztai/OLDSITE/elizabeth/deathofprint.htm
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(no problem
for DSLRs that are less than full-frame).
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://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/
I have their Best viewed with ANY DAMN BROWSER icon on my web page ;-)
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kind of light predominant (daylight, flash,
fluorescent or incandescent). If lighting types must be mixed, keep the
mixture consistent throughout the scene. Use a tripod. Use wide lenses.
Diffuse your flash somehow.
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F2 and Canon F1.
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more, I used an array of softboxes in
an attempt to replicate daylight, and it sort of worked.
Wouldn't something like this be the ideal application for a DSLR with
user-adjustable white balance!
(But it would have to be full-frame in order to really take advantage of
a 15mm or 17mm lens.)
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about Julia Margaret Cameron.
(Quite a refreshing surprise considering Schama's focus otherwise is
almost entirely on political history.) Has just 4 reproductions of her
photographs, but I think that's more coverage than any other artist gets
in the whole series.
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these yet but I'm got a box
on the way and will report once I know more.
Wow, their prices are amazing. Do keep us informed as to how the stuff
works. Could really take the sting out of home printing.
Now if I could just find a way to make fine art paper affordable...
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Margaret Cameron frequently staged her photographs to
represent scenes from the bible, from Shakespeare's plays or to
replicate famous paintings. Rembrandt was one of her favorite painters
to emulate.
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*could* get your digital files made into slides. I had a few
digital files made into slides at a local lab last week, including 2
medium format, black white (which, of course, had to be cropped a bit
to fit the 2:3 ratio of 35mm format) and they look beautiful.
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use with *any* teleconverter).
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.
It darkens 1.5 stops?
yes.
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won't change.
Just tried my PZ-1p with a K50/1.4 and both spot and center-weighted
metering work - and the exposure definitely does change (I metered in a
dark room with a small window in the center).
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Michel Carrère-Gée [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark Roberts a écrit:
Joe Wilensky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
.
I believe the screw-mount adaptor insulates the contacts in the lens
mount so the camera acts as if there's no lens attached. Apparently,
those who use screw-mount lenses on AF
Al Shaikh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I thought you guys might like a little contest. Usefilm.com is
sponsoring one with flowers as the theme.
Aw hell, none of us will enter because we know Mike Johnston will walk
away with all the prizes...
:-P
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Not much traffic on the list at the moment. I'm afraid this is the best
I can do to stir up controversy. I was playing around burning up some
film around the house last week. Here's one of the shots:
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d300213.jpg
It's kinda large - 600 x 800 (96kb)
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Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark,
How about cats playing in the flower bed?
Hmm...I know I have some cat photos around here somewhere...
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Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...a good photo will overcome its format.
That's a keeper!
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are the best AND cheapest Pentax lenses for someone
looking to put together a basic kit for reasonable bucks?
I would say the SMCP-M 100/2.8 ranks. So does the SMCP-M 50/1.7.
M28/3.5
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?
(I can't find it on Pentax USA's JavaScript-hobbled web site.)
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and very expensive when you do. Of
course, it's worth it if you like ultrawides! Needs to be stopped down a
bit but sharp and nice when you do so. Linear distortion is almost
non-existant - just astounding for a 15mm lens. It's actually one of my
favorite lenses.
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.
here's another (of the same plant in my previous shot, actually):
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d300216.jpg
Don't worry, I don't like taking *or* viewing cat photos.
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Al Shaikh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another flower for mike http://www.usefilm.com/showphoto.php?id=72
It must be that Valentine's Day is fast approaching.
Feel the love!
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manufactured.
So I won't be able to order that 35mm f/1.4? Damn.
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Peter Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The information is here: http://www.pentax.com/docstore/index.cfm?show=6
Goto --Lenses--SMC FA Interchangeable Lenses (download the manual). The
quote is on page 36 (I think).
Still can't make it work. Got the direct URL, anyone?
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saw one for sale on eBay last week.
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later.
Since the photos are for small prints and their web page, this worked
well.
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-of-the-line SLR (the MZ-S)?
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into the
system, at which point they can move on to higher level,
fully-backwards-compatible equipment.
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on by a gay
florist. And because Pentax is about to switch to a
totally-non-backwards-compatible lens mount and send special agents into
all our homes to confiscate all our old-style k-mount gear.
Tempers get short when these kind of things happen...
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, or vice-versa.
And also, his motorcycle was a Brough Superior, not a Vincent.
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Lawrence looked a LOT like Peter O'Toole, or vice-versa.
And also, his motorcycle was a Brough Superior, not a Vincent.
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Jody [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Too bad about the millions of innocent people whose
only crime was being born into the same country as a
handful of terrorists.
And then there are the survivors. No sanitary
hospitals for them to go into, as there would be if
they lived in the US. They will be left
Jim Moniz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was shown this lens today and fell in love! I'm doomed to buy it in a
month or two! I know this has probably been talked about already, but do any
of you have it, and if so, how do you like it?
Jim
Which one? The 28-105/2.8? or the 28-105/4.0-5.6?
(I don't
Frank Theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Scooterman wrote:
looks like we're just gonna have to agree that we disagree Frank T.
I'd say that's a fair comment!
You wanna pay $4 for a gallon, go for it.
I don't own a car. I really don't care how much gas costs.
I'd happily pay $4.00 per
JeffW. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As a US citizen with many friends in the military, I wish sending in ground
troops would not be needed but in this case you are correct.
Check this out:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1544000/1544821.stm
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