I have one hood labeled Takumar 1:1.8 85mm which fits very nicely on a K
85mm /1.8 lens. It does require a 52mm = 58mm step-up adapter though . . .
I also have a VERY similar looking hood labeled Takumar 1:1.9 85mm, also
requires a 58mm thread. That one I have sitting on a 100mm lens.
Clearly
When I was climbing, we considered abseiling to be the same as
rappelling. Each involves sliding down a rope in controlled (?) fashion.
The rope, and the rock below, don't care if you use the German or French
term. In fact, when you are in rapidly falling light, the wind is blowing,
there is a
Several possible solutions in addition to the ones already suggested (i.e.,
negotiate time off or learn to live within restrictions).
1. Interest your spouse and/or significant other in your photography. Even
better, interest her in her own photography.
2. Teach her to value your photography.
There is a 100mm f/2.8 , M I believe, currently on eBay. Haven't been paying
that close attention, would guess it has a day or two to go. Was at about
$125 last time I looked.
stan
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Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 19:36:12 EDT
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I think you need some additional 20mm and 24mm K-mount lenses. This is a
length where Pentax really does very well . . . I also think you need to
have at least 2 additional 85mm K-mounts so you can fully participate in the
85mm discussions. And I also note that you have neither a 40mm or 43mm.
Jody, you asked What does it look like?
A basic monopod would be like a hiking stick with a 1/4 - 20 threaded bolt
embedded in the top, onto which you screw your camera. (I have one of these
I constructed 20 years ago, crude but effective.) The next step up would be
a a three or four part
In the current 50th Anniversary Issue of Rangefinder, The Magazine for
Professional Photographers they have an interview with Peter and Alice
Gowland who, over the last 58 years, have had a great deal to do with
defining glamour photography.
Selected Quote:
Alice: Though we've been on many
There have been a few passing comments about this lens recently. I had the
opportunity to buy one (cheap) on eBay, and so I now have one of these
beasts. I intend to resell fairly quickly - this really is not a lens I
would use very often! But I just got back the prints from some shots with
the
My first SLR was a Nikkormat, in 1968. I had two lenses, a 50/2 and the
older 105/2.5 discussed here. The 105 was used for about 75% of all shots I
took. I switched from the Nikkormat to an OM-1 for smaller size and hoped
for better metering. My biggest regret was giving up that 105. Truly one of
Tom - I used Claris Home Page v 2.0 for my web sites. As of about a year ago
it is no longer supported and will not be upgraded. So I am slowly switching
to Adobe GoLive 5.0. From what I have read, this is a good compromise
between the bare-bones hand coding of the free and cheap programs, on the
Of course you need it! That deep seated wanting is but a sign of unconscious
recognition of fundamental drives which must be satisfied if your karma is
to remain in balance! Or whatever. However, you may also want to consider
this other ebay item, or something like it . . .
Depends on if you are going to be mostly out in the country or mostly in
narrow city streets. Assuming country, I would go with the 24, 50, 100, and
a 1.4 or 1.7 extender. Assuming city, I would go 24, 35, 50, 85, and a 2x
for the occasional long shot. Part of my reasoning is that I seldom use a
Nice looking parrot!
stan
From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 10:00:00 -0500
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Subject: Can you believe this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1315937391
Bill, KG4LOV
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I was recently going through old slides, like really old. From 1968. I was
remembering that my first roll of film through my first SLR, that year,
was really my second. I got the Nikkormat at Christmas, went with my
girlfriend and future in-laws to Lion County Safari near Miami, and took 45
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2002 07:41:45 -0800
Subject: Re: Loading Film in LX [was: Didya miss me?]
What difference does it make if the cap's on or off when loading the
film? So you expose a couple of frames of your foot, or the floor, or a
wall ... I don't
Fred - I've had 3 LX CLA'd by Pentax USA in Colorado. $125-150, varies
according to the details of what is needed. On my last one, last spring, the
note that came back with the camera said something about such-and-such
assembly not being available. I can't find the paper, I don't recall the
From: A K [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 00:03:25
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Pentax MZ-S questions and some observations
. . .
Some more questions:
1) When using manual focus A, K and M lenses I can't select other focusing
points than
Gianfranco sent me the WAV with the idea that I could put it on a web site
and let all download it. So far I have it moved onto my free space on the
mac.com site; now just have to figure out how you should address it . . . I
misplaced the directions I had printed out, figured that was a sign of
the wallpaper
on my home and work computers. . .
Stan
From: Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 21:51:48 -0600
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: LX Shutter Sound WAV!
Gianfranco sent me the WAV with the idea that I could put it on a web site
Paul - a good find, but at his prices he is not exactly giving the lenses
away! If anybody really really needed a 50/1.2, 120, or a 150, though, this
would be the place to go.
Stan
From: Paul F. Stregevsky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 08:56:27 -0500
I have been looking at film scanners and may be interested in the Microtek.
I would use it with 645 negatives and transparencies, as well as with 35mm.
Are 645 adapters available?
I have some other questions as well, but am still trying to make up my mind
as to whether I am really interested.
From: Rofini [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Was 43mm, but is it NORMAL
Yes, the 55mm has become my most used lens with the 85mm a close
second. This range has good perspective for my needs in close work and
allows for selecting detail in more distant scenes. I would like to
try a prime
From: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 08:44:18 -0500
Subject: Heresy request
Anyone here ever shot a Kiev 60?
TIA,
Collin
I used to shoot tin cans but have never shot a Kiev 60.
Stan
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Many older messages showing up, but date tagged as though they were freshly
sent. I though the date tags came from the originator, not the server . . .
Stan
From: Peter Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The NASA link did not work for me - asked for userID/password to log on to
the server . . .
If you want to send the scan to me I can post it on an open site for others
. . .
stan
From: Nosal, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 16:03:48 -0600
To:
Doug - this is a good informative reply, but it begs the question as to why
members of a mail (i.e., Text exchange) list would want to have HTML or
XHTML in any way associated with the exchanges. In other words, Dave should
turn off the bloody fancy stuff and if his email server won't let him,
My LXen are RGB coded; the oldest (per the body number) has a small Red dot
on the back near the viewfinder, the next oldest has a small Green dot, and
the newest has a small Blue dot. My 2 645's are similarly coded (R G; no B
in the foreseeable future.) Only one MZ-S so no need for coding. I
Collin - This months issue of Rangefinder arrived today. It has a story
about how some pros are making money as local reps for a baseball-card
company. Take shots of local LittleLeaguers, have them made into Baseball
Cards, sell them, make a mint . . .
That fits with what I was going to say
As a buyer, I like a reasonable BIN; I can put up the money and be done with
it. But with a high BIN on an auction which also has a reserve, I will pass.
I assume that the reserve price is basically the same as the BIN, and I just
won't bother; the seller has already told me that he/she has
I don't get it; what is the problem? It is clearly stated as an f/2 lens, he
doesn't say anyplace that this is a fast lens, ... I don't see any problem.
BTW Juan, your mail is another example of the problem that was discussed
here last week: you say, in effect, GO SEE THIS! and never bother to
Congrats! that must have been very gratifying.
Stan
From: Juan J. Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 01:29:53 -0800 (PST)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Show opening
Hi,
Some of you asked me to report on how this went, so here you go:
I had
Uhh, sorta . . .
From: Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 16:34:42 -0500
Subject: Re: Sheesh..!
Stan, is this a self portrait? -{:-;
Ken Waller
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Marcus - I keep hearing rumors about mysterious collectors but I tend to
discount them. In most areas of endeavor, collectors are attracted by Mint
or near Mint items, and particularly Rare Mint items. [Like the 40mm
pancake lens.] I suppose that the K 85mm 1.8 may be rare on the market,
(which
I moved from an OM1 to the Pentax ME-Super to get more reliable metering.
The OM1 was ok when it was working, but I was getting it re-calibrated every
6 months or so . . . I had been through that with a Nikkormat and just did
not see the need to put up with that hassle. Maybe if you use it in
There was a discussion here awhile ago (which seemed to involve much
ranting, so I tuned out early) about printing from digital stuff. And the
costs relative to printing from film. My local photo guys have just bought a
new processor which can:
print from APS
print from negatives - 35mm
I've done a few web searches but have found no comprehensive info on the
subject scanner. Does anybody have a pointer to one or more scanner
discussion groups?
I bought one of these as is from someone who claimed to know nothing abut
it, it came with nothing; I have assembled the missing cables,
Processing included for Kodak slide film not allowed in USA since an
anti-trust ruling in the 60's or so. Common in many/most/all (?) other
countries.
Stan
From: Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 09:11:51 -0500
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Does anybody else find this a bit incongruous? They end their press release
with Aren't your photos worth a Pentax? I say, Isn't your Pentax worth a
photo? A whole long description of the ZX-L, and not a single picture to
show what it looks like? Hmmm . . .
Stan
From: Nitin Garg [EMAIL
My 2-cents worth of opinion on this month's offerings . . .
The following caught my eye:
Ann Sanfedele - Wonderful color and texture. If I were looking at the scene
though, I might try a slightly different composition as the upper right
corner bothers me the way it is now. I've tried to
Lasse - In 1958 I spent the summer on my Grandfather's dairy farm. One
strong memory is that every evening, during the milking hour, the radio
station he listened to in the barn would have first the beef, hog, and corn
prices, and then the Paul Harvey newscast. I believe Paul Harvey is still
If Fred and I are thinking of the same thing, the battery holder in the
Battery Remote is the same as the battery holder in the LX Winder; 4 AAs.
But what Fred says sounds like he is talking about button batteries. So that
would mean that you actually have two options, the second one being to add
In reply to James, Francis said:
Subject: Re: Seems like ebay madnes
I have a lens similar to this (200mm/f3.5) but it's adapter is for a Canon
FD. Do you fellas know where I can buy the adapter to fit a Pentax
k-mount? I'd like to use this on my Pentax equipment.
Thanks.
TTYL = Talk To You Later
KG4LMZ = License for Ham Radio operator.
stan
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Familie Scheffler)
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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 19:50:48 +0100
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: abbreviations (was: Which have more utility ... 35mm MF or AF Macros
lenses)
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Collin
At 02:17 PM 3/10/02 -0500, you wrote:
From: Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: abbreviations (was: Which have more utility ... 35mm MF or AF
Macros lenses)
KG4LMZ = License for Ham Radio operator.
stan
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Get over it.
Dr. Laura
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A direct comment would be to put up a jpeg of text to the effect of
something like:
The seller in this auction was too lazy or incompetent to take a picture of
the item he is selling. So he linked to one of my pictures without
permission. Would you buy a used camera from this man?
stan
3/11/02
Don't forget that the Exacta had a removable finder!
stan
on 3/11/02 9:38, William Robb at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There have actually been very few 35mm cameras with
interchangable finders.
The entire Nikon F line (F, F2, F3, F4, F5) has had
interchangable finders. The Canon F1 series,
A bit far, but not t far;
-Tombstone
- Bisbee
- Huachuca mountains
Closer in, the Saguaro cacti in the National (?) Forest (?) East South East
of Tucson.
20 years ago I drove through a pass in the Huachuca mountains, just a couple
miles north of the Mexican border, followed a
Check my site www.concentric.net/~smhalpin
There are 10 or so comments on this lens.To briefly summarize:
-sharp
-favorite
-excellent
-wonderful
Stan
From: Peter Smekal [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 09:32:22 +0100
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My reason for not using a debit card rather than a check/cheque is simple:
I take savings over convenience. My bank charges $1 or $2 to process a debit
card charge, and nothing to process a check (beyond the cost of printing
which works out to about $.10 per check.) start rant I don't know the
Shel said:
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OT: eBay tale of woe
Hi Stan ...
Maybe you need a new bank g. . . .
Stan Halpin wrote:
My reason for not using a debit card rather than a check/cheque is simple:
I take savings over convenience. My bank charges $1
I looked at only a few of the photos, they are too large for my screen
without much scrolling and so they are a pain to view. But I think I saw
enough to add one additional comment I don't think has been made:
In my humble opinion, the model needs lessons in how to dress and use
make-up. Yes, it
I wonder why the volume spike in the last week of October?
stan
From: Lawrence Kwan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 18:46:44 -0500 (EST)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Asahi Optical Company Ltd financial statements
On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, David S.
I can't tell - it doesn't fit onto my screen. even if I resize my screen to
1024x768. So I can't see what the composition is like. But I think I would
place the figure closer to the lower right corner. I like the evocative feel
of lone-person-on-lonely-beach but think that the person needs to be
Cesar - I have personal experience with only the 40/2.8 and the 300/4. But
based on what I've read and a quick scan of some comments in my web site, I
think that the 200/2.5 is the best lens of the bunch. Said to be very good
optically but heavy. I also think that they are all overpriced (except
I recently bought a used lens on eBay. It arrived with slightly smeared
glass. I cleaned the lens, front and back, and looked through and saw little
squiggly lines 1mm or so in length a few places around the edge of the front
element. Cleaned the front some more to be sure, and confirmed that the
I owned a Nikonos but used it sparingly. Two snorkeling vacations total. A
wonderful piece of engineering but one of my first eBay sales. It just is
not a camera to use on dry land, and I just did not need an underwater
camera. I have a friend who dives extensively (and expensively) who owns the
OK, including my question (below), I just counted 3 independent posts within
a few hours on the fungus issue. Does that prove that I am right about
fungal contagion?
Stan
From: Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 19:12:13 -0600
To: PDML [EMAIL
You brotherhood guys are really into this big is little thing aren't you!
Good try, but you can't convince me that 4.5kg = 2 lbs. I would say you are
off by about a factor of 5? Of course, why let simple math get in the way of
enlightenment? ;-) Especially at this time of night.
Stan
From:
Doug - from Richard Romano, The Scanning Workshop, Que Books, 2002:
. . . there are a few issues with regard to placement that you you need to
worry about. The first is that the scanner must be on a flat, level, sturdy
surface. ... Placing it on a bed or chair or rickety table is bad juju. . .
Way ta go!
When do you get out there? I'll be in Denver for a week in late July,
accompanying my wife to a conference . . .
Stan
From: Evan Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 10:15:26 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Hooray for me or Forcefully
Shoulda' told them. They are learning. If you don't help them figure out
what right looks like from a customer's perspective, it will be much less
likely that they will figure it out themselves.
Giving honest feedback need not be the same as making a scene or being
demanding or any of the other
Have you tried Porter's Camera? They have more gadgets and accessories than
you could imagine possible. And you can reach them online.
stan
From: James Rupprecht [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 17:57:29 -0600
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help: Looking
I was browsing through the junk box my local photo guy occasionally puts
out. One item that caught my eye was a slightly tattered August 1969 copy of
the SL manual.
One nice note: No, we do not guarantee the quality of photographs when
brands other than Takumar lenses and Pentax accessories,
Like he said. M100/2.8 is a very nice lens and a good focal length with
which to gain experience. Or even the M100/4.0 Macro. Only slightly more
expensive. You sacrifice some speed, but gain a quality foothold in the
world of macrophotography.
Stan
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stan Halpin
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 11:29 PM
To: PDML
Subject: Honeywell Pentax SL manual offered
Available to anyone who would like it - pay my cost, $.50, plus mailing.
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I just received a box of stuff that I bought on eBay. It was called a 645
Accessory lot, but I got a lot more.
I got 7 (seven) squarish black rubberish thingies that look like they match
the BH Photo's photo of Finder Cap for Original 67 Camera
I got 6 (six) squarish black rubber thingies that
Passover. Both do it every year. BH posts a notice on their site giving
warning . . .
Stan
From: CBWaters [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 15:22:02 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: retail bummer
Got my gumption up today to buy a bunch of stuff with
Frank - I went with a few U.K. and Australian colleagues to the game last
Tuesday. First night the dome was open, seats along the left field line with
a great view of the Tower, several of the many BoSox home runs landed near
us to the delight of my friends who had never seen a baseball game
I used to hesitate to buy a lens I had not seen, held, fondled, assessed . .
. But I once had a craving for a longer lens and I saw one on eBay and
bought it. And kept it two weeks and sold it on eBay. Net cost to me: $3.75.
Which I considered quite a fair rental price for a lens for two weeks.
I don't know of any trouble spots with the original 645. Like any mechanical
toy, they wear with time and use, so newer is better I suppose.
a. The 645 meter is more primitive than the 645n or 645nii. But it is very
good.
b. The original 645 allowed exposure compensation (via a push button on the
Very nice David. Thank you.
Stan
From: David Chang-Sang [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 23:11:09 -0400
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Stan H Tinkers In Toronto
As promised:
An image of Stan on a rainy Saturday in early April in Toronto. I believe
I did some quick scans of some more Toronto photos. The new batch are all
scanned from 5x7 prints made from transparencies.
One additional PDML shot: a somewhat fuzzy shot of Jeff, Brendan, and the
back of Dave's head.
The 645 35/3.5 was mentioned recently; some of the building shots are with
The camera is fine. The 35mm lens is fine. The filter sacrificed itself,
bending its edge to absorb the shock. Which was no big deal as the camera
only fell from about 12 inches off the floor.
So far, thankfully, I have been spared the high adventure of having a camera
fall from my hand or
Ed - My NSHO:
1. If you get two lenses, I would go
a. 50/1.4 or 1.7
b. 100/2.8
3. If you go to three lenses, I would go:
a. 50/1.4 or 1.7
b1. 100/2.8
b2. 100/4.0 macro
b3. 135/3.5
c. 35/3.5 or, maybe, a 28/whatever
In other words, I would go longer with the second
Does anyone have any practical experience with the subject lens? Has anyone
ever seen one? I received a note from someone who has one and is wondering
about it. I can tell him that older zooms tended to be weak and mushy at the
long end, distorted at the short end. And would show flare if not SMC
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Do zooms teach visual discipline? Was: Advice Needed For Student
. . .most photographers these days are not
photographers. Often, they are trying to do brain surgery with a hockey
stick.
William Robb
I definitely agree that we should
About that same time I was volunteer pit crew (one of two on the crew) for a
guy racing a SCCA Lotus Elan in the Northeast. We worked like mad on Friday
night, drive to the track, anxiously waited for the race, watched the car
break, then we would wander the course taking pictures until it was
Two things I miss, having moved from
PZ-1p to MZ-S:
1. Dial-in fill flash with the built in and/or external flash;
2. Off-set rather than centered flash hot shoe.
I also found the PZ-1p a bit easier to program wrt bracketing shots.
The MZ-S is faster, quieter, and a bit more comfortable in my
On average, across all subjects, I do about 50/50 horizontal and vertical.
In my mind, one of the great features of the 645 is/are the two tripod
mounts, each carefully aligned with the lens central axis. So with a
quick-release on each, it takes about 1 second to switch from horizontal to
Tom - does this settle the on-again off-again discussion of what it means to
be a professional? One who bleeds for their art?
Stan
From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 12:25:03 -0400
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Subject: The Mounting
What odds on Senegal?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 05:52:04 EDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: OT World Cup Offer
In view of the large American contingent here, I have decided to offer rather
generous odds on your team winning the World Cup
It is a nice lens. (i.e., the power zoom 28-105.) I just wish it weren't so
dark . . . It is one of 2 lenses I own which is newer than A-series, (I own
a lot of lenses). the other new lens I have is the FA* 24mm /2.0.
Stan
From: Ken Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date:
On my two passes through Narita, I was able to find Pentax gear in the duty
free shops. As Peter says, not much for serious Pentaxers. Also, the prices
are a bit higher than U.S. retail, about 40% over BH on the few items I
looked at closely.
Stan
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 12 Jun
Bryan - my own recent experience was as follows:
I had one week in a new place (had been there before, but not as a tourist).
Including a wedding and associated gatherings of people. I anticipated city
scenes, museums, etc.; little countryside landscape. (If it matters, I was
in LA, South Bay
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OT World Cup Offer
I'll take ten dollars of that at 100:1. How about it?
Paul
Stan Halpin wrote:
What odds on Senegal?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 05:52:04 EDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: OT World Cup
that will interfere with this project.
Again - contact me OFF list. I have a filter that routes PDML mail into a
seperate file; if I get too behind, like when I travel, I sometimes just
dump the whole file. Messages sent to me direct go into my standard InBox
which I do read.
Stan Halpin
[[EMAIL PROTECTED
Cotty - you have been doing a seriously good job organizing and now
reporting the Gathering. Thank you for allowing us wannabes who would like
to be there with you to participate vicariously through your fine prose. And
presumably your equally fine photos . . .
As I keep muttering about
on 7/15/02 3:51, Dario Bonazza 2 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Andre wrote:
Just an observation: Dario can ship a rolled poster to US for 8 US $
(to AOHC and PDML members). And here we talk about $9 to $10.50 per
poster...
Andre
Good point Andre. Also, today I checked with the post
on 6/7/02 12:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looking for a manual ZOOM (i.e. none of the F or FA zooms) lens:
Pentax-A 35-105mm f3.5
Anyone willing to part with a KEH LN- lens ?
I tried to snag one last night on that BAY site but, as Maxwell Smart would
say: I missed
Sorry - that last to David was obviously OT and meant to be off list.
This is what happens when working on mail after my bed time . . .
Stan
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I just received the following from an unknown sender (Dave's wife?) who
clearly was mining his address list on his mailer:
Dear all just to let you know that Dave now has a new e-mail address, sorry if
missed mail has been returned. He is still in hospital at present and will
contact people when
The last 2 posters in the second order were just spoken for.
Tomorrow I am going on vacation for a week. I will have my laptop and may
check mail, but I won't have time/interest in doing anymore with this right
now.
When I get back in town, I will have received the posters from Dario and
will
It has been a year (?) since I sold my last PZ-1p, so my memory may be off,
but I believe that I was getting 35-40 rolls of 36 exposure film with each
battery change. I used flash often (25-30%?), power-zoom very often, and
occasionally forgot to turn off the switch.
If your battery usage is
1. The first batch of 30 posters was sent out last Saturday. By now all 18
individuals in that first wave should have received theirs. (I actually sent
19 shipments, one was to my brother for a birthday present. Yes, as CEO of
this enterprise I am willing to sign an accountability statement . .
I thought you meant Richmond VA! I was down-river from there earlier this
week and wondered why I hadn't heard anything about tall ships, or even
short ships. The old left-coast vs. right coast thing again, can't keep them
straight. When you are in the middle, they both look the same . . .
stan
From: Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 15:01:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Lenses in the field (2)
[In reference to the 40mm lens]
It's a perfect match for MX or ME-S. I use it with MX and love it. Very
sharp. Very natural field of view -- a perfect small walkaround (or, in
my
Welcome back! It must be fate . . .
From: Peter Loveday [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 19:08:39 -0400
To: Pentax Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Server went fubar?
Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Resent-Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 19:18:48 -0400
Well, I'm not the list guy
I started with a used Kodak rangefinder in the early 60's, moved up to a
Nikkormat in 65 or 66. Switched to an OM-1 for the size and more reliable
light meter. Switched to an ME-Super for the size and a more reliable light
meter. Have stuck with Pentax for the last 20 years or so because of
Look really really carefully. With a loupe. If you know what you are looking
for you can probably see it without a loupe but you wouldn't be able to read
it anyway.
If it is not there, maybe you have the function turned off? I think the
default setting is on, but believe you can (accidentally?)
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