Re: Cheap Crap Plastic Consumer Lenses

2002-01-10 Thread Mark Roberts
player we bought to replace it cost half the price (*without* taking inflation into account!) and sounds so much better it's startling. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't

Re: KX vs MX - size

2002-01-13 Thread Mark Roberts
called LX... ;-)) I have to admit that the only thing I miss on the MX is a standard mirror lock-up. The unofficial shutter button flick works but it's a bit inconvenient. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http

RE: Prefire vs. mirror-lock

2002-01-14 Thread Mark Roberts
there'll be a Pentax with both options. Until then I'm glad my MZ-S and PZ-1p have the auto pre-fire version of mirror lock-up for 90% of my shooting (and I'm glad I have a K2 for the other 10%). -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go

RE: OT -- Really nasty virus a round

2002-01-14 Thread Mark Roberts
version that I've had to work with. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Ilford Classic Gloss Inkjet Paper

2002-01-14 Thread Mark Roberts
if it compares favorably to the Epson Pro Glossy (I'm using an Epson 1270) -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

RE: Old Slides

2002-01-14 Thread Mark Roberts
to the lens axis would seem to be almost impossible in those cheap plastic cartridges. And the 25mm x 25mm square size seems a bit weird; you don't really have the film area to be able to afford to crop down to a rectangular format like you do with 6 x 6 medium format ;-) -- Mark Roberts

Motor drive K-bodies

2002-01-14 Thread Mark Roberts
? -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Asahiflex in Pop Photo

2002-01-15 Thread Mark Roberts
article with some photos of a couple of beautiful examples of early Asahiflex cameras. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http

RE: Asahiflex in Pop Photo

2002-01-15 Thread Mark Roberts
I just noticed that next month is the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Asahiflex! February is also the PMA show, isn't it? Hope Pentax commemorates the occasion with some significant announcements. Anyone for a party? -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax

How to send money to Argentina?

2002-01-16 Thread Mark Roberts
This *isn't* off-topic because it's about buying a Pentax lens from one of our friends in Argentina! Can anyone suggest a good, secure way to send him money for this purchase? Obviously I want to make sure he gets it in U.S. dollars but sending cash is out of the question! -- Mark Roberts

RE: Things we can all be glad of

2002-01-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Collin Brendemuehl wrote: ... That Pentax didn't make a model KY Ah but it's a pity they never made a model K9...to go with one of those bow wow Takumars. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net

RE: A gerunding we will go!

2002-01-16 Thread Mark Roberts
didn't sound like a verb. To strunk or not to strunk, that is the question. I strunk, therefore I am. (I suppose it *could* be a noun. As in Rudyard Kipling's story How the Elephant got his Strunk.) Mark P.S. Classic set-up line: Do you like Kipling? -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com

Re: How many 35mm lenses do you own?

2002-01-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Bill D. Casselberry wrote: ... an integer, X, somewhere between too many and not enough When I used to roadrace motorcycles we had a saying about horsepower that applies equally well to lenses: A little is good, more is better and too much is jst right -- Mark Roberts

Re: How many lenses do you WANT to own?

2002-01-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Mike Johnston wrote: And here's another question for you--how many lenses do you WANT to own? Only one...at any given moment. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't

Re: Out on a limb...new LX?

2002-01-16 Thread Mark Roberts
serious photographers and pros do the same these days. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: Digital Storage

2002-01-17 Thread Mark Roberts
. I expect Kodak makes several grades and I think the good ones were the most expensive gold variants. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users

Re: I'm all about enablement, baby

2002-01-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now I'll stop before I start sounding any more like a retread hippie. g Too late by several months! ;-) -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow

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2002-01-18 Thread Mark Roberts
.) Thanks for any help. This is a giant step for me and I'd like to save myself starting off wrong and having to redo. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit

Re: Which zoom lens for PZ-10 ??

2002-01-18 Thread Mark Roberts
nice image quality but for some pincushion distortion at the long end. Doesn't go as wide as the Tamron of course but it *does* go to 1:2 macro and it's $189.00 at BH these days. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http

The Acoustic Photographer's Guild

2002-01-18 Thread Mark Roberts
mowers. That'll teach 'em! -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: The Acoustic Photographer's Guild

2002-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
again ;-) -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Look out

2002-01-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Don't get fooled: There's a Pentax K 135mm f2.5 in mint condition on eBay that's actually a k-mount *Takumar* 135/2.5 (you can read the designation on the end of the lens barrel). http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1324595308 -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com

Re: The Digital Arena--long-awaited Coolpix 5000 review out

2002-01-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The 5-megapixel cameras I've seen don't necessarily look better, clearer, or sharper than good 3- and 4-mp cameras--they can just be enlarged more. Right. That *should* be about the only difference, all other things being equal. -- Mark Roberts

Re: Wildlife photographer of the year 2001

2002-01-20 Thread Mark Roberts
of Fuji film! If you have a change to see this exhibition somewhere, go and see it. I saw last year's and I concurr wholeheartedly. Great stuff. I didn't track equipment as closely as you did but noticed a few PZ-1p shots last year. Also noticed that 600mm f/4 lenses seemed to dominate. -- Mark

Re: OT: Eddie Lawson

2002-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
and walked back to his car. (Lawson went on to win the 500cc grand prix world championship 4 times, BTW.) -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax

Re: CD roms and felt pens (was: Re: Need help with digital planning)

2002-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
(not that I think it's a con or anything, oh no, I'm not that cynical or anything). cough -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery

Re: Re[2]: Unreadable Web Pages

2002-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
safe colors; just define your colors in hex using combinations of 00, 33, 66, 99, aa, cc and ff. For example: FONT COLOR=#3366AA or BGCOLOR=#996699 -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow

Re: Cleaning Micro-Fibre Cloths

2002-01-22 Thread Mark Roberts
you're not using them is a waste of their light transmissivity. If you allow it to be frittered away in this manner it will be used up very quickly (possibly running out in the middle of an important shoot!) and the life of the lens will be shortened considerably. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com

Re: 67 not favorite body

2002-01-23 Thread Mark Roberts
with 67s who DON'T like their 67 best. There is something wrong with each and every one of them. Back trouble would be my guess ;-) -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't

Re: Complete MX ME Spotmatic Service Manuals

2002-01-23 Thread Mark Roberts
/pentax.htm I now have my complete ME Super service manual on a floppy. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http

Re: What lens do you wish Pentax=2 0made?

2002-01-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Collin Brendemuehl wrote: 20-50/3.5 Actually, what's really missing from the Pentax lens line-up is a 17-35 zoom. Wouldn't be surprised to see one soon if the new digital SLR rumours prove to be accurate. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Macro question...

2002-01-24 Thread Mark Roberts
by knowledgable folks on this list that the 50/1.7 is a bit better in this regard but flatness of field isn't *related* to max aperture so the 50/2.0 isn't necessarily better. Of course, an actual macro lens will be best of all, whether it's a 50/4.0 or 50/2.8 or whatever. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com

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2002-01-24 Thread Mark Roberts
reaches the end of its travel and the shutter fires. In fact, this is exactly what happens when oil gets on diaphragm blades and they become sluggish. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow

Re[2]: K1000 autofocus

2002-01-24 Thread Mark Roberts
the camera to make a double exposure and taking the second shot with the lens cap on when you want to wnd the film? I expect that there wouldn't be many occasions when this convoluted procedure wouldn't be more trouble than it's worth, though. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from

Re: Philips CCD

2002-01-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Pentax digital). I believe Pål's sources also indicated that Contax was using a CMOS sensor, rather than a CCD. This sale undoubtedly provides some explanation as to why I couldn't get Philips to give any information to my company on buying their CCDs recently. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com

Re: Tokina 28-70 2.6-2.8 and Pentax ZX body

2002-01-25 Thread Mark Roberts
it. I'll consider it if Pentax comes out with a new 28-70/2.8, partly because I've heard some questions about the durability of that lens, but mostly because the Tokina shares the same size filters (77mm) with my Pentax 80-200/2.8. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from

Re: Vs: Sigma 70-300 APO close up adaptor

2002-01-26 Thread Mark Roberts
for this type of device. See http://www.angelfire.com/ca/erker/closeups.html for more of these type lenses. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax

Re: How Do YOU Differentiate Between Bodies?

2002-01-26 Thread Mark Roberts
imprinted between the sprocket holes. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: P67II or P645n

2002-01-27 Thread Mark Roberts
are cheaper. If in doubt, take a look at www.robertwhite.co.uk. ...and you can use 67 lenses on the 645 with an adapter (you can't, on the other hand, use 645 lenses on the 67). -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http

Re: A bit OT

2002-01-27 Thread Mark Roberts
that they were given the name Beatles by a vision who appeared to them on a flaming pie. Kinda weird, but probably deliberately so considering the material in John's book in which it appeared! (And Paul had his share of great lyrics too: Eleanor Rigby, Fixing a Hole, etc.) -- Mark Roberts

Re: Buying out of date film.

2002-01-27 Thread Mark Roberts
* but I'm really wishing I'd used fresh Provia 400F or E100SW pushed one stop. You never know when the shot of a lifetime will appear before you. You *do* have a say in what kind of film might be in your camera if/when it happens. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from

RE: New Pentax 645 Zoom lenses

2002-01-28 Thread Mark Roberts
Pål wrote: 1) FA645 33-55 I have never felt the desire for a zoom lens for my 645...until now. AAARGH! Must...resist...enablement... -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow

RE: Ctein's site

2002-01-28 Thread Mark Roberts
Mike Johnston wrote: Here's the URL for Ctein's site. http://www.plaidworks.com/ctein/ BTW - Here's a question that's long puzzled me: How is Ctein pronounced? -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http

Re: Ctein's site

2002-01-28 Thread Mark Roberts
The inimitable TV wrote: Ok, question #2 - Why does he go by one name? Perhaps he doesn't feel the need to differentiate himself from all the other Cteins out there. ;-) -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http

RE: HP Photosmart S20 (buy it?=2 1)

2002-01-29 Thread Mark Roberts
, .jerome. ps... I'm primarily looking for a slide scanner... and the added capability of scanning up to 5x7 prints is definitely a plus. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions

Re: buy-it-now or long auction.

2002-01-29 Thread Mark Roberts
to the items. So the point is, that as a seller, you don't necessarily get the benefit of bigger crowd by dragging it on longer. EBay is about to start charging extra to sellers for Buy It Now so we'll likely be seeing a lot fewer BIN auctions in the future :( -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com

RE: Irony Or What?

2002-01-30 Thread Mark Roberts
and white. ;-) -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

RE: New Pro Fuji

2002-01-30 Thread Mark Roberts
* use) different interpolation algorithms than everyone else, yielding digital files of 12 million pixels. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit

Interesting article on digital

2002-01-30 Thread Mark Roberts
of snapping but for the amateur photographer digital can be a godsend. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http

RE: Some e-marketing thoughts

2002-01-30 Thread Mark Roberts
is complete. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: No Pentax digital SLR at PMA=3 F (WAS: Cool colors: blue, purple...)

2002-01-31 Thread Mark Roberts
they had a less expensive digital SLR on the drawing boards all along but if not they've only been working on it since the MZ-Digital was cancelled in December. If that's the case it's *way* too early to expect anything at PMA. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax

RE: New Pro Fuji

2002-01-31 Thread Mark Roberts
. We're at the very beginning of the digital SLR era and the upgrade slope is going to be steep. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users

RE: No Pentax digital SLR at PMA

2002-01-31 Thread Mark Roberts
of the Asahiflex, but it isn't going to be a digital SLR. They just haven't had time, even if development began before the MZ-Digital got cancelled. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow

RE: No Pentax digital SLR at PMA

2002-01-31 Thread Mark Roberts
be useful on a full frame Pentax digital camera. This has already been done with the MZ-Digital in prototype form. The issues were heat generation/dissipation, competetive pricing in a rapidly changing marketplace and availability of the Philips CCD. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com

Re: No Pentax digital SLR at PMA

2002-01-31 Thread Mark Roberts
/optics_for_digital_photography.pdf Fascinating paper...which doesn't make ANY mention of the mythical wide angle lenses won't work because of the angle of the light reaching the CCD problem. And there's a good reason they don't mention it... -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message

RE: No Pentax digital SLR at PMA

2002-02-01 Thread Mark Roberts
these three is an insignificant 5.1 degrees and the hypothetical Pentax full-frame camera would only be 2.8 degrees worse than the made for digital Contax. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net

Re: No Pentax digital SLR at PMA

2002-02-01 Thread Mark Roberts
in the sense of the original story. That'll come when there are actual examples of Contax N1 cameras being tested. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax

Re: Netscape problems (was:Feb PUG is smokin')

2002-02-02 Thread Mark Roberts
is what I'm running now. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: Ultra telephoto lenses

2002-02-02 Thread Mark Roberts
in return for keeping the ones you *really* like. Or at least the have enough from the outset that you can afford to offer one up for sacrifice! I gave up roadracing so that I could keep my street bike (Honda VFR) ;-) -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Street Photography show in San Francisco

2002-02-02 Thread Mark Roberts
the guy sleeping in the metro station. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: Netscape problems (was:Feb PUG is smokin')

2002-02-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Robert Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Anyone tried Netscape 6.2? I've downloaded it but haven't installed it. Sounds like I should stick with 4.6, which is what I'm running now. Works fine. 6.0 was a crappy, buggy release, as are most x.0 releases of anything seem

Re: Why do my photos appear in PUG full of artifacts?

2002-02-03 Thread Mark Roberts
for christs sake, were using 1992 size images. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Annual cancer research fundraising project

2002-02-03 Thread Mark Roberts
images are now on line at http://www.robertstech.com/dfmc/_index.htm -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: Annual cancer research fundraising project

2002-02-03 Thread Mark Roberts
tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Every year my S.O. runs the Boston Marathon as part of the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge, raising money for cancer research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Center. My contribution is to send a thank you gift

Re: Annual cancer research fundraising project

2002-02-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With a couple of flower shots thrown in just for Mike Johnston ;-) *GAK!* Auuugh *COUGH* *cough* Sorry, pollen. g Wow. I had no idea they were *that* realistic! -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message

Re: No Pentax digital SLR at PMA

2002-02-04 Thread Mark Roberts
relevant, except that a faster analog lens will make each pixel-size spot of light at the focal plane correspondingly brighter. Bill Peifer Rochester, NY -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net

Re: Annual cancer research fundraising project

2002-02-04 Thread Mark Roberts
. Uh-oh! -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

RE: OT -- Really nasty virus a round

2002-02-06 Thread Mark Roberts
on the file and selecting Run). I still haven't found a way to prevent Outlook from loading images so it's still vulnerable to web bugs in email messages but the above procedure helps a lot. I still won't allow Outlook on my home PC, though. Forte Agent is my choice there. -- Mark Roberts

OT: Network experts needed

2002-02-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Totally OT for this list but there seems to be a vast pool of expertise of all kinds here... I already have my home PC and my S.O.'s Mac sharing the same DSL connection through a Linksys router. Wondering how feasible it would be to exchange files and possibly share a printer. -- Mark Roberts

Re: Conventional lenses and digital imaging... Oh my!!

2002-02-07 Thread Mark Roberts
stabilization wouldn't surprise me either (so *all* your lenses would become expensive IS lenses). -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users

Re: flight advice

2002-02-08 Thread Mark Roberts
backpacks I have seen. Many photo backpacks are made with airline travel specifically in mind. My LowePro Trekker AW (one of the largest of their packs) is made to the maximum allowable size for airline carry on luggage. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss

Re: Show opening

2002-02-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Congratulations Juan! I have a small show tomorrow. I'd be happy if it went half as well as yours. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax

RE: The Digital Deluge

2002-02-12 Thread Mark Roberts
computer 20 years ago. We're just getting to the steep part of the curve as far as technological improvement is concerned. Let us enjoy film. While we can. I'm gonna have to consider buying a large refrigerator! -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Am I Really a Dinosaur?

2002-02-13 Thread Mark Roberts
on the wall. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: Pentax a best ever prime lens at Pop?

2002-02-15 Thread Mark Roberts
as the best prime lens ever? Pål -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: Visit with Pentax Rep

2002-02-18 Thread Mark Roberts
people. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: 67 Brotherhood

2002-02-18 Thread Mark Roberts
chiropractors, and hauling 50 pound packs around, us 645ers will be out shooting. So true. In between the tiny 35mm format and the bulky 6x7, the true wise ones follow the Confucian middle way ;-) -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go

Re: Low level tripod

2002-02-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Crossing over from another thread here: I lower my 3021 tripod as low as it will go, crank the ball head over 90 degrees...and use the *side* tripod socket on my Pentax 645 ;-) -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http

Re: USA vs. Grey Import Med. Format Equip Question/Problem

2002-02-18 Thread Mark Roberts
it was Cambridge Camera, widely recognized as being the worst of the worst as far as business practices are concerned. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit

Re: P67 myth

2002-02-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Fred wrote: Being the smallest gorilla in a troop of gorillas still means that you're a gorilla. That's going in my permanent collection of PDML quotations! -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net

Re: 67 Brotherhood

2002-02-19 Thread Mark Roberts
for all this time, but with no recognition. 3) (stomps little foot) I want to be the GrandDragon (or whatever yanks call their Brotherhood's leaders).. I believe it's GrandGorilla... ;-P -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe

Re: Toronto Get-together update

2002-02-19 Thread Mark Roberts
tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 18 Feb 2002 at 18:09, frank theriault wrote: Looks like this is starting to come together. Hmm. Expedia says it's only 9 hours to Toronto from here. Hmmm. Rochester's even closer to Toronto. Double hmm. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message

Re: Toronto Get-together update

2002-02-19 Thread Mark Roberts
tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 19 Feb 2002 at 6:40, Mark Roberts wrote: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 18 Feb 2002 at 18:09, frank theriault wrote: Looks like this is starting to come together. Hmm. Expedia says it's only 9 hours to Toronto from here. When are you moving

Re: New Pentax MZ-60

2002-02-20 Thread Mark Roberts
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Re: Poor SMC Pentax 15/3.5 in a (Gasp!) Nikon Mount

2002-02-20 Thread Mark Roberts
think... :-( ;-) -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

PDML comes through again!

2002-02-20 Thread Mark Roberts
it at the time but the news reports from Argentina made me realize how well off I am over here and how little right I have to complain about not having money compared to many other people in the world. It's nice to have a group of people who I can trust to carry out a transaction like this. -- Mark

Re: AP Reviews of the K and A 15/3.5

2002-02-21 Thread Mark Roberts
with it this weekend. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: Film scanner question

2002-02-22 Thread Mark Roberts
he came back he had to take the slides out of the mounts to be sure which were Provia 100 and which were the 400. I took this as typical let's keep this magazine's advertisers happy hyperbole...until I tried the stuff myself. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax

Camera for Limited lenses

2002-02-22 Thread Mark Roberts
no if I were on Pentax's board of directors (but if I did approve one, it'd be a madern version of the MX, not the LX, because I'm a *purer* purist than the rest of you! No wimpy auto exposure on *my* retro SLR!) I don't think a rangefinder is a possibility at all, personally. -- Mark Roberts

Re: Oh-Oh - A Who Alert

2002-02-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He's baaack... Looks like we're in for another round of Gregory-an chant. Below are a few of his recent who-isms. Gentlemen, start your filters - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Already implemented. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax

Re: PMA News

2002-02-22 Thread Mark Roberts
available yet. Is that thing based on the F80? Does that basically mean it's a 6 meg camera based on an mid level camera? Yes on both counts. Meant to compete with the Canon D-60, not the EOS-1D. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe

Re: MX question

2002-02-23 Thread Mark Roberts
at it. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: Hockey

2002-02-26 Thread Mark Roberts
on. I've never watched a hockey game before but it looked like a pretty good one to me. Anyone else able to read Wayne Gretsky's (it was him, right?) lips when the Canadians scored the goal that put them up 4-2? g I can understand why they didn't have a microphone on him! -- Mark Roberts

Re: Re: Foveon Fotos

2002-02-26 Thread Mark Roberts
and wait to see how things shake out. Like I said, I'm really curious to see images from this latest batch of sensors. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit

[FS] SMC-A 50/1.4

2002-02-26 Thread Mark Roberts
The closet cleaning continues: Pentax SMC-A 50/1.4 in excellent condition. $80.00 to the list before it goes on eBay. This is a *great* lens :-) The SMC-F 70-210 is also still available. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe

Model release?

2002-02-26 Thread Mark Roberts
to use the photo and that I'm OK as long as I don't try to sell it to anyone else. Any thoughts? -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users

Re: Where's Pentax?

2002-02-26 Thread Mark Roberts
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Re: KMP Copyright Infringement(s) (Thanks to all)

2002-02-26 Thread Mark Roberts
getting them form someone else's web site? Notify eBay either way. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http

[FS] Last batch before eBay

2002-02-27 Thread Mark Roberts
) $45.00 Kiron 28-70 f3.5-4.5 (EX) Very nice little MF lens w. A setting $60.00 Please email if you want to know more about any item. Photos available. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow

Re: Matrix metering with K and M lenses

2002-03-01 Thread Mark Roberts
is actually *set* at any given time comes through the stop-down *indicator* (on the opposite side of the lens from the diaphragm actuator) and this didn't change. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net

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