Kenco Pentax Autofocus extension tubes

More sort of aren't, really. The dealer finally got a set in today, and the outside of the box said "Pentax (AF)". Inside was a note saying "Note: use manual focus mode". The tubes don't have the driveshaft needed for the camera to move the lens, so autofocus just whirs until it concludes some

Re: SV: Need advice on picking a 50mm AF lens

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan P. Hayes) wrote: > I definitely will go on using my wide angles, but I'm wanting to get > some isolated portraits, for which the 50mm seems ideal. It is. I do similar stuff indoors at conferences, and use an FA-50/1.4 for almost all of it

Re: More HP-Kodak rumours

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Roberts) wrote: > >From today's Chicago Tribune: "Eastman Kodak increased 70 cents, to > >$28.35, on speculation among traders that the company might be > >purchased by Hewlett-Packard. Spokesmen for both companies declined > >to comment.

Re: I'm Getting an Auto Focus Camera

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Walters) wrote: > Is it *that* bad compared with other systems? > > I've never used anything other than Pentax AF cameras so I've no other > experience to draw on. I've never found the Pentax AF disappointing > (even the SFX!) in reasonab

Re: Why an istDs?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Waterson) wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Joaquim Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > more reliable SD cards. > > More reliable than what? > Based on what information? Well, fewer contacts than a CF card, and the SD contacts ar

Re: A new poll: Your first pentax?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sid Barras) wrote: Spotmatic F, in 1980, as a student. Used the same one until I bought the *istD in late 2003, and still have it. It was an upgrade from a Praktika LTL, a stop-down metering M42 camera, with basically equivalent functionality

Re: The instigation of enablement

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Loveless) wrote: > To continue a recent survey trend, how has the list inspired (coerced) > you to become enabled? It told me that the *istD was about to come out. I'd only been interested in Spotmatic-era cameras until then, but a digit

Re: London Horror

> Just had a text message from Jostein. He's just about to board his > flight at Heathrow, going home to Oslo. He said he'll check in later. I'm not usually in London these days, but family there are all fine. -- PDML means I get more e-mail than spam!

Re: Your Favorite Pentax Camera

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shel Belinkoff) wrote: > So, what's your favorite Pentax - even if it's one that you don't use or > use very much. *istD Spotmatic F I never learned to love the MX or its mates in the M-series. They're too small - or to be specific, not tall e

Re: Card Readers

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joseph Tainter) wrote: > Has anyone found a multi-card reader that works with Windows XP? My Hama 8-in-one works fine. -- PDML means I get more e-mail than spam!

Re: Proof and Pentax

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shel Belinkoff) wrote: > BTW, don't laugh too hard at the idea of a blind photographer. There > are at least three legally blind photographers living and working in > the San Francisco area ... Yup: one came in the camera shop where I worked

Re: Microsoft "Acrylic" in Beta

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Loveless) wrote: > Since the introduction of OSX, have any of you Mac guys figured what > the korn shell is for? Writing scripts that you want to be able to work on any version of UNIX. Any version at all. Nobody expects to /use/ it as t

Re: Mirror lenses & DS

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Collin Brendemuehl) wrote: > Anyone here have any examples of the results of a mirror lens on a > digital body? Just curious how well it works. > > Right now my tentative plan for the soccer match is > (a) A200/4 (my son's) or perhaps > a 30

Re: Retrieving bad files

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jens Bladt) wrote: > I have been wondering if I may have pulled out the card to early - not > allowing the cmaera to complete the last RAW file - on the two occations > when I experienced this problem. Could this be the reason? Maybe I > should

Re: Ist-D won't format my CF.

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thibouille) wrote: > Doesn't work. > It reads and formats without problem under WinXP. > Then put it into the camera. Tells me it is not formated and refuse to > format it itself. I think it's this problem with XP: http://support.microsoft.com/

Buffer speed (Re: Why choose *ist DL over Nikon or Canon competitors?)

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shel Belinkoff) wrote: > Higher resolution and a faster, bigger buffer make sense, shouldn't add > bulk or weight to a camera. Higher resolution is fine, but I'm baffled by the need for a faster buffer. I spot the potential picture, get ready,

Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Forbes) wrote: > I think you'll find that the prices of sensors, like the prices of > several other things, are quite closely related to volume. A digital Pentax 645 may sell more than an R-series Leica, but not ten times as many, I suspe

Re: Re: Canon PIXMA iP600D printer

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mike wilson) wrote: > Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John, my S9000 uses the BCI6 inks and I can't find them anywhere > > cheaper. > > Based in Jersey, they can skirt around VAT. > Seconded. Been dealing with them for about five years and had only one > glitch, which wa

Zooms (was Re: Looking for a lense)

> It seems to come from people who think that the singular of "lenses" is > "lense". However, it is definitely a misspelling by British standards. A word that isn't misspelt often, but is definitely misapplied often, is "zoom". The non-working K2 I have came with a "zoom" lens that looked like

Re: Canon PIXMA iP600D printer

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cotty) wrote: > try this site for inks and paper: > Looks promising! However, it doesn't list any ink as being compatible with the iP6000. Some poking in the manual which says

Canon PIXMA iP600D printer

I bought this to replace an HP DJ3820, which I bought before taking up digital photography, and was never really a serious photo-printer. The iP6000D isn't small, with an A3-size footprint, nor was it cheap at UK £199. I bought it because it was what the local good photographic shop (Campkins

Re: Anyone here have the K120/2.5?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Collin R Brendemuehl) wrote: > How would you rate it in overall & edge sharpness & contrast matters? > Nothing on Stan's site about it. If this was prompted by the lens on ebay.co.uk, the chap selling it is quite clear that it's marked as 1:2.5

Re: Looking for a lense

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Graywolf) wrote: > I would think it is an British variant of lens. It seems to come from people who think that the singular of "lenses" is "lense". However, it is definitely a misspelling by British standards. -- PDML means I get more e-mai

Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Graywolf) wrote: > Lump hammer? Is that what we call a sledgehammer over here, from the > "get a bigger hammer" school of auto mechanics? It's a sledge's little brother. Larger than any normal carpentry hammer, with a head shaped like an two-t

Re: Ready to order an Ist-D but a quick question to be sure

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Boris Liberman) wrote: > I am very happy with it. It just works and the whole upgrade process is > totally painless... Just follow the instructions and use fresh(ly > charged) set of batteries... OK, that's one *istD with 1.00 firmware upgrade

Re: Ready to order an Ist-D but a quick question to be sure

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Boris Liberman) wrote: > Thibouille, there a special "green" button *on top* of D that you have > to press in order to close the aperture and perform metering... This is with updated firmware (standard in new bodies) isn't it? I'm still on the

RE: Extension tubes on the *istD

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Robb) wrote: > I they support one. they will support the other, though why this is > important on a set of extension tubes is beyond me. I'd like the ability to shoot mild close-ups hand-held, without worrying about anything. I may not

RE: Extension tubes on the *istD

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don Sanderson) wrote: > http://www.thkphoto.com/products/kenko/kenko-03.html Ta; that looks satisfactory. Now I have to get a UK dealer to order them. Pentax do actually list extension tubes in their on-line shop, but they're incredibly expens

Extension tubes on the *istD

I have a set of Vivitar tubes in a plain K mount. Those will effectively make an FA lens into a K mount, AFAICS, since they don't have the contacts to let the body know it's got an A-series lens on it. Pentax don't seem to make extension tubes any more (although Pentax USA sell a wider range o

Re: Raw

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Godfrey DiGiorgi) wrote: > I don't know a lot about Windows. Is it impossible to simply upgrade to > Windows XP? To do it successfully generally requires you to backup all your data, scrub the computer's disk clean and set it up again from scr

Re: Wonderful

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Robb) wrote: > I must be a shallow person. I tend to like the esthetically pleasing > more than the gross, even if they both do the same job. Same here. Silver lenses look so horrible to me that I was very prepared to go non-Pentax to

Re: Spotmatic and S(MC) Takumar questions

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dario Bonazza) wrote: > Perhaps you can get useful information about old Asahi Pentax cameras > in AOHC website: www.aohc.it, run by me (when I can). Thanks. That's answered the questions. I'm working on writing up all the non-Pentax M42 full-

Re: one picture says more than...

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (pancho hasselbach) wrote: > http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7513938778 Baawaahaha! Best laugh I've had for weeks. I wonder what photographic paper is like for Iink-jets, though? -- PDML means I get more e-mail than spam!

Spotmatic and S(MC) Takumar questions

Reading old editions of _The Pentax Way_ causes one to come up with some strange questions: There's a note that the 50/1.4 ST and SMCT can be badly damaged if it's used on a Spotmatic with a green "R" on the rewind knob. SL, S1a and SV models with green "R" are also dangerous, but it seems that

Re: pentax67

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Lawlor) wrote: > It would be a great camera to have in a hostile crowd. Ever handled a Zenith E? Not as heavy, but has nice sharp edges and is much cheaper to replace. -- PDML means I get more e-mail than spam!

Re: Ist D build quality?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (New Concepts) wrote: > Possibly - but the price differential (based on the original D asking > price) is so great one would have to assume that Pentax are > > [a] getting their components much more cheaply, or > > [b] have cut the wages of the

Re: Thanks to Bojidar Dimitrov

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lindamood, Mark) wrote: > Has anyone here said thanks to Boz for his April 30 promise to keep > updating his Pentax K-mount page? Thank you, Boz! -- PDML means I get more e-mail than spam!

Re: Lens options for the *ist-DS

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Oswald) wrote: > Now I'm working on building my fixed focal length kit. Currently it > consists only of the SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4. Lovely chunk of glass. > But then along comes the SMC Pentax-DA 40mm f/2.8 Ltd. This looks like > a

Re: old lenses (A bit long)

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Lacus) wrote: > mike wilson wrote: > >> heat, dryness and fresh air. The coating on camera lenses is > >> organic, here's the food. > > That's the first I've heard of this. Any further information? > > AFAIK, coatings (such as SMC) are cera

Re: Ist-D or Ist-Ds ?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thibouille) wrote: > Seem both are about the same price. > I do not have any compact flash so I don't care. > I have old lenses so TTL buil-tin flash would be nice. > Vertical grip/ battery grip would be nice too. > > Other than that. I do not s

Re: More on old lenses

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Lind) wrote: > Super-Takumar 1:1.9/85 Asahi Optic Co. Lens made in Japan 890085 > > SMC Pentax-M 1:2 50 mm 5385767 Asahi Optical Co. > > SMC Pentax-M 1:2.8 28MM 7837559 Asahi Opt.Co., Japan > > The question is whether there is anything he

Re: is it a bubble?

lta and Fuji as secondary lines. I bought the *istD because it would use the old lenses (although I don't use that feature) and because it felt right. When I went into the shop to ask if they had one, they didn't, but they did have the Pentax representative with his sample one, and tha

Re: FA 50mm 1.4 on IST-Ds

hooting on the *istD. The combination has replaced the SpotF with SMCT 85/1.8 rather nicely, and is a lot lighter to carry. --- John Dallman, [EMAIL PROTECTED], HTML mail is treated as probable spam.

Re: istD preferred lens survey in archive?

a Pentax 80-320 FA, which haven't yet taken a picture with in anger. I'm waiting for a 12-24 Sigma, simple because it's the widest lens that's (ostensibly) available that I can use on the *istD. --- John Dallman, [EMAIL PROTECTED], HTML mail is treated as probable spam.

Re: istD et al price & availability

e selling all they can make in Nikon and Canon fittings, and don't feel the need to divert production into "less popular" mounts. --- John Dallman, [EMAIL PROTECTED], HTML mail is treated as probable spam.

Re: OT - help with "autorun"

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Sherburne) wrote: > There is a bit of technical info on Autorun on the Apple website; it > may be worth a try: Ta! --- John Dallman, [EMAIL PROTECTED], HTML mail is treated as probable spam.

Re: OT - help with "autorun"

ith a plain text file a la Windows. --- John Dallman, [EMAIL PROTECTED], HTML mail is treated as probable spam.

Re: Spotmatic?

? I can't remember.) with the knurled rubber > focusing ring? Doesn't help, sadly. I have a 50/1.4 "Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR" here with a metal focus ring - not missing rubber, just the earlier model that came with the metal ring - which looks exactly like a Super-Takumar a

Re: Friends, Pentax and countrymen! ... (was Re: Pentax quotes and SLR production

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob W) wrote: > I've got artificial hearing bones in one ear (and none in the other). > Next time I see my consultant I shall have to ask him if they're Pentax. My spectacles are Nikon. Pentax don't seem to do s

Your full computer

h Windows on. Since I tend to buy my computers from technical, rather than consumer sales organisations, I don't actually know why it's done this way, or if anything bad will happen if you start telling Windows to put files on D. Hopefully, someone else can tell you that bit. --- John Dallman, [EMAIL PROTECTED], HTML mail is treated as probable spam.

Re: smart dslr?

bile phones are much higher-volume items, and a large proportion of them run third-party operating systems: Symbian, Palm or Microsoft. Cameras have much simpler communications needs than mobiles, and the user interface requirements are quite fierce. --- John Dallman, [EMAIL PROTECTED], HTM

Re: B&W developer quandary

other's marbles collection handy and used it to top up the bottle after each film. Also, ID-11 still works fine when it's a bit brown - although cola shade is going too far. --- John Dallman, [EMAIL PROTECTED], HTML mail is treated as probable spam.

Re: What gear is on your "lust list" ?

erious wideangle on that, and I'm fairly confident, from using the Sigma 24-70, that it will be adequate for digital. --- John Dallman, [EMAIL PROTECTED], HTML mail is treated as probable spam.

Re: What gear is on your "lust list" ?

se the current stuff enough to justify it. --- John Dallman, [EMAIL PROTECTED], HTML mail is treated as probable spam.

Re: [OT] Mac OSX Q.

st releases itself > from the cursor and bounces on back. . . Grr! I use Mac OS X 10.3 at work, and find that if I drag such icons to the wastebasket, they go and don't come back. I don't know if q0.2 is the same, but it's worth a try. --- John Dallman, [EMAIL PROTECTED], HTML mail is treated as probable spam.

Re: London PubDML (was Re: Whisky)

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick Clark) wrote: > I know a quaint little pub where they mainly sell Peter's Ales. I'm keen; prefer a weekend. --- John Dallman, [EMAIL PROTECTED], HTML mail is treated as probable spam.

Re: Silly Digital Survey

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shel Belinkoff) wrote: > With fond memories of surveys past : #3, although I haven't had digital for long, and still have all my film equipment. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A conversation with Noritsu.

go together when we go..." I think that those formats will last until it's not worth running film coating plants any more. That might be quite a long way off. I strongly suspect that the last 35mm camera in production will be introduced after I die. Wonder if it'

Re: Digital/Film body pricing (was: A conversation with Noritsu.)

enture.co.uk. > 'Luxury' film SLRs continuing with reasonable sales and higher prices > than present to a niche market which refuses to die - for a VERY long > time. MZ-S/F100 is very much the style of film camera which I believe > will survive. Just as Leica-style rangefinder camera

Re: *ist D aftermath

fectively than I actually can. So the lenses I mostly use on it are ones that I've bought for it. So if I had known that, I would have looked harder at the competitors - but I'd probably still have bought this one. It /feels/ right, even though I still haven't learned all

Re: Zooms

ar > standouts? I quite like my Sigma 24-70 2.8. It's not small, though. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: on the topic of Frankencameras..

-frame CCD sensors can cost $7000 each, which would fit well enough with the price of the Nikon pro DSLRs. Leica will charge as much for a camera back as Nikon would for a full body, of course. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Flatbed Scanner Suggestions

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (graywolf) wrote: > Look at Heidelberg-Hell scanners. We'll call the EMS! --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bored at work, so....

s are 'generously cut', as tailors say. OK, I'll see if one comes by on eBay. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Spotmatic? II or F?

lens cap > off, but I see that as a good thing. Why would you want to leave your > lens cap off when you're not shooting? Spotmatic F is the way to go. Seconded. Those batteries last a fair time, and they aren't expensive. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bored at work, so....

gt; =25bf5528b7c2fbeeea6184c46873fad1 This URL works better: http://www.teamworkphoto.com/heliopan.html I'll look at those. thanks, --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Resistance is Futile

ery reluctant to buy a consumer > zoom from Sigma. Snap! I'm reckoning on a Sigma 12-24 at present. When the credit card heals up a bit. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The istD brotherhood needs a name!

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mike wilson) wrote: > > You folks work it out. > > It'll be a while for me. > The pixies. Seconded - also Pink Fairies generation. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bored at work, so....

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stan Halpin) wrote: > Working from memory here, not with the item in hand, but I believe the > hood for the Tak 85/1.8 has a 52mm thread Um, my SMCT 85/1.8 has a 58mm thread. --- John Dallman

Re: Bored at work, so....

comes 52mm, 50mm becomes > 75mm etc. Mostly common sizes already. ... but not necessarily in the same filter sizes. If you know where I can get a hood angled for a 75mm lens in the 49mm filter thread that fits this 'ere FA-50/1.4, I'll buy it. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: M42

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Francis Ebury) wrote: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M42 Having just joined it, that's "ClubM42" --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sell me your useless film cameras

optician who was pleased with the new range of glass she could order lenses made up from. Nikon, Hoya, a few other Japanese brands. It made me wonder - does anyone reckon there'd be a market for Leica-branded eyeglasses? --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Photo manipulation software recommendations? (long)

If that can't handle your scripting > problems then I don't know what would be able to. That's my plan... --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Photo manipulation software recommendations? (long)

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (graywolf) wrote: > Not too hard to do in straight HTML. I did that first time round. It's kind of slow for people with less-than-modern computers, when the JPEGS are 2Mb+. --- John Dallman

Re: Photo manipulation software recommendations? (long)

rk's high-speed line. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Photo manipulation software recommendations? (long)

there's no scripting language for file conversion, as far as I can see. I want to get the complicated thumbnail-sizing-after-cropping /right/. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Compact Flash and Micro Drives

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles Wilson) wrote: > I notice I can get a 1 gb micro dive for around $550 Aus while a CF card > costs the same for half the capacity. There must be some disadvantage > with micro drives, but I'm not sure what. Fragility. CF cards are - I un

Old lenses, *istD, and the Pentax Mad Scientists

ough) to restore the distance for traditional lenses. A shorter flange-to-sensor distance would have made designing serious wideangles simpler. A bit radical for Pentax's marketing department, I suspect. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Does exposed film travel?

them in your pockets is your best bet, AFAIK. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [OT] 12 new lenses for E-system!

ouble with not having a lens of equivalent angle on the *istD. So I bought a 24-70 zoom, even though I don't like zooms. But now I'm finding that a 50mm on the *istD, equivalent to 75mm on the old film bodies, is quite close enough. I don't even notice the difference; I

Re: Photo manipulation software recommendations? (long)

e a good bit of software, it doesn't seem to do that complicated resizing that I want. Something with a programming language is going to be the best bet, and I sent off my money for IMatch today. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Photo manipulation software recommendations? (long)

ing. But the lossless rotation is saying "Come and get me! Now!" --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: *istD vs. Digital Rebel

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Owens) wrote: > *istD has interchangeable screens... competitors don't It does? Nothing about it in my manual. Do you mean the variable diopter setting on the viewfinder? --- John Dallman

Re: Re: If Pentax were like an automobile

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cotty) wrote: > This from what I've heard...I don't drive cars. Me neither. I walk, ride a bicycle, or take a bus or a train. I realise this is un-american, but I'm not american so it&#

Re: Screwmount Lens Recommendations?

lable-light ability that was otherwise confined to 50mm lenses. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: *ist D Survey

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (zoomshot) wrote: > Please state when and where obtained; 29th September, Cambridge, UK. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: Problems with Flash Card Reading

XP running on an Intel motherboard, and before adding the powered hub, the machine could get as far as seeing the "disk drives", but complained of i/o errors on trying to read them. With the powered USB hub, everything just works. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Where are the ist-D''s?

hey had, but they're on 01223-364223 if anyone wants to check. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Where are the ist-D''s?

England. I ordered one from the usually-best dealership in town, and they got it in quite fast. They haven't had the battery grip or the remote control yet, but I can live without them for a while. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

OK, got *istD in UK

camera * first one I intend to try using auto-exposure with * first one that I have to learn to switch on * first one where I'm trying to learn to use a zoom as the standard lens * first camera I've ever bought new. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ZX-L manual

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Treena) wrote: > Does anyone know where I can maybe download an instruction manual for a > ZX-L? www.pentax.com, select USA, select Literature->download manuals, look for it in the list. --

Re: Four lenses

tle later managed to score one, so I've stayed with Pentax. What do you mean by "Not full portrait", incidentally? I agree an 85mm is not much good for full-length portraits, but those are usually unfortunately long and narrow pictures anyway, and I prefer not to

Sensors in digital cameras: CCD vs. CMOS

/corp/researchDevelopment/technologyFeatures/cmos.shtml To summarise: the *istD is CCD, which is the longer-established technology. It's expensive and uses a lot of power, but best for sensitivity and noise, at present. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Which four lenses? Was: some more *ist D samples

rtraits, and the 85mm gets the most use by a long way. I'm still working it out for the *istD I want to buy shortly, but it looks like 17mm, 24-70 zoom, and 85mm. Nobody seems to make a non-fisheye lens that will be as wide on a *istD as the 17mm on 35mm. --- John Dallman

pdml@pdml.net

y expect to have stock by the end of the month. I want to handle it and read the manual before I order, since I don't expect to take lots of pictures again until the new year. It might even be cheaper after Xmas. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OK, exactly what can a *istD do in these respects?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Dallman) wrote: * Does anyone know of a third-party zoom that's A-mount compatible or > better, with a focal length range including 24 to 60mm, with a wide > maximum aperture? I'd want f2.0, really, but I'd s

Re: OK, exactly what can a *istD do in these respects?

nge including 24 to 60mm, with a wide maximum aperture? I'd want f2.0, really, but I'd settle for f2.8. Narrower than that, as per the Pentax lenses, doesn't feel attractive. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: (Pentax) No Subject

ut viruses so it would be easier to > separate our genuine messages from those. I just have my mail client sort messages that are addressed to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" into a folder. Works well, and saves confusion. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New member

ed it yet. Mostly I use a Spotmatic F, with occasional ESII. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: "Disadvantages of 6X7"

light under it, briefly. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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