Peter Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>At 05:04 PM 6/5/03 -0400, you wrote:
>>I think what you really want is "Louisiana Stupid Sauce", at least that's
> ^^
>>it's name. Pure Capsaicin with just enough vinegar to keep it liquid an
At 05:04 PM 6/5/03 -0400, you wrote:
I think what you really want is "Louisiana Stupid Sauce", at least that's
^^
it's name. Pure Capsaicin with just enough vinegar to keep it liquid and
^
This should read "...at least that'
I think what you really want is "Louisiana Stupid Sauce", at least that's
it's name. Pure Capsaicin with just enough vinegar to keep it liquid and
red die for coloring. Pure heat no flavor, (Unless you consider acetic acid
flavor).
At 10:25 AM 6/2/03 -0400, you wrote:
Rob
Wasabi eating contest.
On 3 Jun 2003 at 9:14, Bob Walkden wrote:
> My M3 has the old-style loading where you have to take the spool out,
> whereas my M4-2 has the new-style loading. The M3 is really quite slow
> to load. The M4 loading system seems to be as good as any others that
> I know, though. The Pentax magic need
Hi,
Tuesday, June 3, 2003, 12:06:06 AM, you wrote:
> Sure it's not initially nor is any camera but all M series cameras have a life
> sized picture of the load procedure on their base (for the dummies) and if you
> do as it shows you're likely never to have a bad load and after the second time
I think something we forget too often is how fun taking pictures can
be. Not necessarily getting the shot and have the satisfication of
seeing it "perfect", but rather the work involved getting it. I
remember using a canon AF slr (rebel somethingorother) once: it was
point, shoot, and pray. It'
On 2 Jun 2003 at 14:46, T Rittenhouse wrote:
> Where did you hear that? No one I ever knew claimed loading film in a Leica was
> instinctive.
>
> Very well built, a pleasure to handle, sharp lenses, the world's best
> rangefinder, yes. But, instinctive? Not likely.
Sure it's not initially nor is
> Gosh. Am I the only one that likes the ME Super too ? ;-) It's so
> cute, especially when properly skinned ;-)
I love the ol' ME Super, too.
I happen to even love those cute little Up and Down shutter buttons.
It's cute in silver and it's elegant in black.
But not so cute when improperly skin
I agree with you in the medium format solution. I had some luck and
sold a lot of photos some time ago, but being fond of the square format
I bought a 6x6 Bronica with 40mm, 80mm and 180mm lenses. The lenses
are made by Tamron (Bronica is owned by them) and have that nice manual
focus feeling
Where did you hear that? No one I ever knew claimed loading film in a Leica
was instinctive.
Very well built, a pleasure to handle, sharp lenses, the world's best
rangefinder, yes. But, instinctive? Not likely.
I am glad I am not one of you old geezers, so I don't need AF. Of course, my
opinion i
the number of points is irrelevant. it is whether you have to think or just react to
set focus with AF engaged.
Herb...
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Clearly, you are not a pilot, and certainly you have no commercial or
military experience flight exper
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> Clearly, you are not a pilot, and certainly you have no commercial or
> military experience flight experience. It's ok. Not everyone
Clearly, you are not a pilot, and certainly you have no commercial or
military experience flight experience. It's ok. Not everyone has. Further,
it this has nothing to do with Pentax or photography. I was not commenting
on your views regarding the taking of photos, just making a side comment on
you
> Fra: Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Dag T wrote:
> >
> > The disadvantage of the existing concept of AF is that someone else
> > decided what part of the picture should be in focus, and making it
> > cumbersome to decide otherwise. That´s why I like to focus on the
> > screen, while co
AF was implemented because it was cheaper to make than good mechanics.
You have the freedom to choose which of a predetermined number of spots. Great
freedom.
By the way, I know that many sports photographers focus their digital cameras
manually. The AF is simply not good enough.
DagT
>
>
>...And how long did it take to grasp the advantage of controlling the
>aperture from the body? AF controls are similar in the sense that it
>takes a while for it to all become conditioned reflexes the way that
>manually focusing a lens is. I have less trouble getting the right bits
>in focus,
>Where the hell does that line come from, anyway ("well slap my ass and
call me
>Sally")? Kripes, it's on the tip of my tongue... Damn!
Over here in UK I've seen a very hot sauce called that - dunno if it's
made here or the US. I'll have to ask my hot sauce guru...
Cheers,
Cotty
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> On 03.6.1 9:55 PM, "Caveman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > T
I had a easy fix for the MZ-M till I got the MZ-3, it
was F11
--- Alan Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I used
to own a MZ-M for a year. The only feature
> that must be improved,
> imho, is the crappy viewfinder. With other MZ/ZX
> bodies, you can rely on AF.
> With MZ-M, one can rely on nothi
I'll gladly take 2 brand new MXs if Pentax decided to make quality manual
focus bodies again, and leave the LXs for someone else. :-)
regards,
Alan Chan
But every time I start to design my *dream* manual focus camera, I end up
with reinventing the LX (albeit with a faster sync speed). ;-)
_
I used to own a MZ-M for a year. The only feature that must be improved,
imho, is the crappy viewfinder. With other MZ/ZX bodies, you can rely on AF.
With MZ-M, one can rely on nothing.
regards,
Alan Chan
I actually considered getting a zx-m when I bought my first camera body. I
think about the
Mat Maessen wrote:
I actually considered getting a zx-m when I bought my first camera body.
I think about the only features it really needs is better matrix
metering, and TTL flash, to be a killer MF body. Essentially, a ZX-5n
without autofocus.
I'd say:
-I can easily live with just center weigh
women?"
-Martin Luther
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> which only confirms Bruce's statement. do y
I actually considered getting a zx-m when I bought my first camera body.
I think about the only features it really needs is better matrix
metering, and TTL flash, to be a killer MF body. Essentially, a ZX-5n
without autofocus.
-Mat
Maybe pentax should just try updating the zx-m/mz-m to have a
Which tells you nothing about real world, day in day out usage. Since I
take pictures with cameras, and not spec sheets, pictures of viewfinders
don't tell me what I need to know. This is why I tend to agree with
folks that think someone has to use a camera for 6 months before they
can make rea
Dirty and grouchy! Sometimes that's a good combination, if the conditions are
right (which they aren't ).
-frank
Caveman wrote:
> Frank, it looks like you're in a dirty mood this evening ;-)
>
--
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears
it is true." -J.
Oh boy...!
regards,
Alan Chan
I think there's a dirty joke in ~there~, too!
> Unfortunately, they don't have the screws in Canada. :-(
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Frank, it looks like you're in a dirty mood this evening ;-)
frank theriault wrote:
I think there's a dirty joke in ~there~, too!
-frank
Alan Chan wrote:
Unfortunately, they don't have the screws in Canada. :-(
regards,
Alan Chan
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It takes me 5 minutes to check where the AF focus points on the "modern
AF Canon or Nikon" are.
I think there's a dirty joke in ~there~, too!
-frank
Alan Chan wrote:
> Unfortunately, they don't have the screws in Canada. :-(
>
> regards,
> Alan Chan
>
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Pentax isn't making much money on used K1000's and MX's these days.
a proud MX owner,
frank (god, I'm in a grouchy mood tonight! )
Daniel Liu wrote:
> They've already got the niche for students.
> Most i know use either that or the k1000, one lucky girl i know uses an
> mx and won't touch anyth
Pentax will say it's "manually assembled so that's normal and it is within
factory specs" etc.
Sounds familiar. :-)
I'd say replace the screws with new good lookin' ones and put it on e-bay
;-)
Unfortunately, they don't have the screws in Canada. :-(
regards,
Alan Chan
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> It takes me 5 minutes to check where the AF focus points on the "modern
> AF Canon or Nikon" are. If you need a few years for noticing where they
> are, then you're probably thinking slower than my smoke
Alan Chan wrote:
What bothers me (recently) is that with all the Pentax FA lenses that I
have purchased lately, picking the "perfect" one was like buying a
lottery. I am sure you guys are sick of hearing me complaining about the
FA*200/2.8 that I purchased late last year.
I'm fresh audience (I w
What bothers me (recently) is that with all the Pentax FA lenses that I have
purchased lately, picking the "perfect" one was like buying a lottery. I am
sure you guys are sick of hearing me complaining about the FA*200/2.8 that I
purchased late last year. And now my friend purchased a FA31/1.8 f
> Well, I'll say this much: i'm a teenager,
and just got a
super program
> (on the cheap) as an upgrade to my mom's a3000. Works fine for me.
>
> Maybe pentax should just try updating the zx-m/mz-m to have a few (not
> too many!) more features. They've a
It takes me 5 minutes to check where the AF focus points on the "modern
AF Canon or Nikon" are. If you need a few years for noticing where they
are, then you're probably thinking slower than my smoke blowin' a**.
Bruce Rubenstein wrote:
When you've actually owned a modern AF Canon or Nikon for a
When you've actually owned a modern AF Canon or Nikon for a few years,
come back and tell us about the results. Right now you're just blowing
smoke out your ass.
BR
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- with af you have a small number of selection point, grouped near the
image center; the accuracy is be
Bruce Rubenstein wrote:
My AF cameras allow me to
pick what spot I want in focus in a quick, easy fashion.
So does my MF camera. I turn a ring until the exact point I want comes
into focus.
The whole difference is that:
- with mf you have a really huge number of selection points, spread
across
Nothing?
The disadvantage of the existing concept of AF is that someone else
decided what part of the picture should be in focus, and making it
cumbersome to decide otherwise. That´s why I like to focus on the
screen, while composing the picture.
DagT
På søndag, 1. juni 2003, kl. 23:30, sk
Dunno. It's a nice to have option. Also all but some very special Pentax
current production lenses for 35mm cameras are AF. I just want to enter
a shop, check the gear, and buy it new, with 14 days return policy, 1
year guarantee and so on. Guess what. I usually can choose between a
nice select
What does ht AF performance of one camera have to do with the concept of AF?
BR
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A student from the high school I recently retired from went out with his
mentor from the local newspaper. The student used a Canon D30. Before his
outing he had always shot in AF with th3
A student from the high school I recently retired from went out with his
mentor from the local newspaper. The student used a Canon D30. Before his
outing he had always shot in AF with th3 D30, which is noted for not having
very good AF. The pro told him to use manual focus for a lot of his shot
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