Hey Folks,
I must confess that lately, I've been shooting with less and less depth of
field. To that end, I've been looking for a portrait lens that can be shot
wide open but still retain a fair amount of sharpness. I have the SMCP
105/2.8. It's an excellent lens but doesn't really give me that e
Bob,
I don't believe that any idiot chooses to own a Pentax. Your desires
can be as inconsistent as you like (but to me an inconsistent argument
is like a red rag to a bull).
If only Bill Gates or the Sultan of Brunei could be infected with the
desire for an all manual Pentax then there would b
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>(Unfortunately my mouse is not very good. Sometimes when I move it an
inch, the cursor/pointer won't move at all. Then all of a sudden that
ball in the mouse makes a jump and the line I am about to draw will also
jump into a
Hi all,
For those list members in Melbourne (Australia, not Florida), I was able
to get a brochure for the MZ-S from Camera Action in Elizabeth Street.
It's 20 pp, glossy A4 and pretty comprehensive WRT features/accessories.
BTW their price for the MZ-S is $1950, so there is at least a little
I wonder if, in the case of dark spots on the frame (ie the negative) if it
is not a chemical reaction of the developer and the water used to make it
up. since this is an organic developer, it may behave different to say D76.
In the past, I always used distilled water for the developer and any wat
Juan,
If you're already giving the tank a good tap on the bench, especially
when the developer is first put in, then air bells might not be your
problem. Air bells will give you small discs of less or no density, but
you say you're getting dots. It could be insufficient agitation in the
first m
A scroll of mail from Aaron Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 5 Sep
2001 10:11:39 -0400
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>"Skofteland, Christian" wrote:
>
>> Can
>> you imagine Janus Kaminski filming Schindler's List with digital video?
George Lucas is filming Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones
with digital
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Is there anyone who knows something about this lens? Is it decent, or a dog.
Frits
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Hi all,
A propos of recent comments on the formality of the PUG and the photo
critique process in this list, here is a picture I'd like to hear comments
on:
http://www.jbuhler.com
Since a few months ago, I'm rotating the opening picture in my web site; this
forces me to select one picture per m
Peter,
Do you have any more info then the $10,000 AUD (=$5198 USD) mentioned
recently?
What would you consider a fair price? If it's like the MZ-S price, I'll get
myself a MZ-D. That might take years though. Sigh.
Frits Wüthrich (with umlaut: yes!)
Peter Spiro wrote:
> I have become a convert t
Cotty,
I live in Oslo.
My original suggestion was more wishful thinking than anything else.
Still, it would be great if we could make it happen some time.
So far, all my visits to London have been on business, but there are
no meetings in London for me until the end of my time horizon (which
usua
On 9 Sep 2001, at 1:04, Peter Spiro wrote:
> I have become a convert to the virtues of digital photography, having
> recently purchased a Fuji Finepix 4700 point and shoot digital (see my
> thoughts at http://ca.geocities.com/spirope/filmvsdigital.htm) It
> would certainly be nice to have a Penta
Hey,
Why not have it is Sydney. As you know from the Olympics, Sydney knows
how to throw a party. After all, London is in the land of the "long grey
cloud" and Sydney is stunning!
In addition, your wife can not pass that up and you will not need any of
your fabulous sweaters (I have 2)!!
I've now used XTOL twice, and have noticed the same thing. I can see
the bubbles in the flask before I pour it into the tank. It almost
looks like 7-Up. If I rap the flask down three times, like I do after
agitation with the tank, the bubbles decrease but are still there. But
both of my films
Sorry for the late posting. I am travelling on business/pleasure, still
taking time to check out the PUG and commenting. I cannot leave the
photography too far behind ;-)
Ollen Mullis -- Fat Drop in Strange Terrain
This is one of those images you either love or hate and the emotion will
also de
A scroll of mail from "Anthony Farr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on
Sun, 9 Sep 2001 19:10:52 +1000
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>BTW my dream Pentax has no meter, interchangeable finders and screens, a
>manually raised and lowered mirror (slow tripod work a top priority, you
>see), the simplest shutter there is, and I don'
I found a terrific deal on a hotel in London, but
it starts in November. If we go, I'd be up for
a gathering if others were...
--Amita
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Hi,
I want to use my AF220T off camera on my MZ-S and i'm wondering what bits
and pieces i need to do it.
I know i need the 4P Sync Cord A, but am unsure what other bits.
Regards,
Paul Jones
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Ahh - sorry I thought you were living in London.
>I live in Oslo.
>My original suggestion was more wishful thinking than anything else.
>Still, it would be great if we could make it happen some time.
Agreed.
>However, I just showed this thread to my wife and asked if she would
>like a week-end
> Hi,
>
> I'm about to order some accessories for my MZ-S, I'm ordering the BG-10
Grip
> and a remote cable release, not sure whether to get the CS-105 or CS-130
> release yet, any comments on this appreciated.
Unless, like me, you do a fair amount of shooting using trap focus, the
infrared remot
Good photos.
I know the value of cropping, but IMHO yours are cropped too tightly.
Maris
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From: "Juan J. Buhler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 5:48 AM
Subject: Photo for comments
| Hi all,
|
| A propos of recent commen
Cesar wrote most graciously:
> Steve Larson -- LAX Encounter
> Considering how you got the shot, it came out fine. I am not so much
> bothered by the black square on the right as I am by the lack of balance by
> not seeing the other leg of the building. Even the control tower to me is
> not d
There have been some mails concerning matrix metering (AF-bodies) and MF
Pentax lenses and why this does not work properly.
Maybe this helps clarify the issue:
Matrix metering needs specific information on the properties of a certain
lens at different f-stops for the following reason:
All len
Adorama's prices and integrity are hard to beat, as are B&H's.
If you find someone actually underselling those two store,
you'd better know with whom you're dealing.
Len
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Jones
> Sent: Thursda
dave o'brien wrote:
> Interesting. Is standard movie film closer to print film or slide
> film for latitude?
It's a negative film, with fairly wide latitude (depending on which you
choose, of course).
Gordon Willis talks about underexposing The Godfather Part II by six
stops and sometimes more
According to the MZ-S manual you will need Hot Shoe Adapter FG, Off Camera
Shoe Adapter F, and Extension Cord F5P. With the AF500FTZ, you can get by
with the Adapter FG and Cord F5P.
Bill, KG4LOV
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To: <[EMAIL P
There have been some mails concerning matrix metering (AF-bodies) and MF
Pentax lenses and why this does not work properly.
Maybe this helps clarify the issue:
Matrix metering needs specific information on the properties of a certain
lens at different f-stops for the following reason:
All len
Hi Mark ...
I really can't speak specifically about the autofocus lenses,
although, as you know, I've the A*85/1.4. I suppose it would be
similar to the FA in terms of what you're looking for, and I found it
to give the thin DOF that you're looking for.
Depending on what distance you're shootin
On Sun, 09 Sep 2001 01:38:14 -0500, I read:
snip
>seemed as though the AF wouldn't stop hunting, it would find focus and then
>jump around as though it were a moving subject even though they were not.
Could the PZ1p be in servo mode (rather than single)
when you see the focus jumping around?
I
Paul,
I have not seen either behavior you describe. I rarely use the pop-up
flash, so that could very well work that way. The AF500FTZ doesn't seem to
do that though. Your focus lock problem is something that I have never
experienced or noticed.
Bruce Dayton
Sacramento, CA
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At 01:44 AM 9/9/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Hey Folks,
>
>So, I'm considering the FA 77/1.8, FA 85/1.4, FA 135/2.8, or FA 200/2.8. I'm
>also open to the A*200/4 Macro. I'm wondering if anyone can give me some
>feedback about the performance of these lenses in the scenario I described.
I've got the fi
Knut wrote:
KK> ...
KK> Since this offset with MF wide angle lenses and PZ bodies has lead to
KK> complaints to Pentax that the metering system is off, the MZ series do not
KK> allow for matrix metering with A (or earlier M/K) lenses any more and
KK> automatically switch to center weighted mea
I can speak to the FA 85, 135 and 200 as I have and use all three. Of the
three, only the 135 ends up not being used much. You didn't really mention
whether you wanted the image to only contain the eyes, or having the eyes
the only thing in focus. We'll assume the latter. In that case, the FA
I had this problem with xtol for a few rolls. I started pre-soaking and
rapping the tank harder, and haven't had the problem since.
tv
At 08:30 AM 9/9/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>I've now used XTOL twice, and have noticed the same thing.
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Hi, here are my assigned comments for September PUG. I
apologize for my English, I hope you can understand
what I am trying to say.
Kevin Thornsberrys Train Station,...
First, I have to say that to me it is a technically
correct picture, from a showing a place point of
view. I mean, one can
"dave o'brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Aaron Reynolds wrote:
>>"Skofteland, Christian" wrote:
>>
>>Can you imagine Janus Kaminski filming Schindler's List with digital video?
>
>George Lucas is filming Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones
>with digital. I sure hope the movie is better t
Hi,
A friend of mine recently received a new Pentax Espio
105 SW as a wedding present. It is a very nice camera.
Small, lighweight, silent, LCD with light,... and a
28-105 zoom. I was going to buy it for him but his
brother arrived first.
Yesterday I took some pictures with it during a
dinner. T
I always presoak, so maybe that's why I didn't notice any ill effects
from the bubbles. But it definitely looked more bubbly than ID11 ever
did.
Thanks,
Ed
http://lightandsilver.com
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of tom
> Sent: Su
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>From: John Mustarde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: AF wonkiness (WAS: ENABLED!!!)
>Date: Sun, Sep 9, 2001, 9:03 AM
>
> Could the PZ1p be in servo mode (rather than single)
> when you see the focus jumping around?
>
Yes, I pretty much keep my z1p in servo mode
Paul S. wrote:
> Brilliant discourse, men.
Watch what you wish for, Paul.;-)
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From: "Mark D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 2:44 AM
Subject: Ever shrinking depth of field
> So, I'm considering the FA 77/1.8, FA 85/1.4, FA 135/2.8, or
FA 200/2.8. I'm
> also open to the A*200/4 Macro. I'm wondering i
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From: "Anthony Farr" <
Subject: Re: XTOL and bubbles
> Juan,
>
> If you're already giving the tank a good tap on the bench,
especially
> when the developer is first put in, then air bells might not
be your
> problem. Air bells will give you small discs of less or no
Paul Jones wrote:
> I discovered that when you try to auto-focus in a poorly lit
> room with the inbuilt flash popped it seems to fire off a
> short burst from the inbuilt flash to assist the focusing.
> I cant find this option mentioned in the manual, nor have
> I heard it mentioned on the list.
Hi Boz.
> F 17-28/3,5-4,5 Fish:
> cap type (clip-on, slip-on), internal cap diameter,
> cap material (rubber, plastic, metal)
Cap type: slip-on
Internal cap diameter: 49mm
Cap material: rubber
Pedro Oliveira
AOHC member nr. 246
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Hi,
Sunday, September 09, 2001, 12:43:02 PM, you wrote:
>> Where in the UK are you?
>>
> I live in Oslo.
that's somewhere near Ongar, at the end of the District Line, iirc...
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Feature motion pictures are shot with negative film. The final release is on what is
called "print
film" it gives a positive tranparency.
--graywolf
dave o'brien wrote:
>
> Interesting. Is standard movie film closer to print film or slide
> film for latitude?
--
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Graywolf Pho
Oh oh! We haven't made a big enough mess of the list. Doug has time to censor our
stuff. He should
only be allowed enough time to take some photographs and (barely) manage the list.
Otherwise he
starts reading it and complaining about what we post.
--graywolf
Doug Brewer wrote:
>
> If you pe
On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Peter Spiro wrote:
> I'm not generally bothered by the heavy use of plastic in modern
> cameras, but the battery door on these cameras seems really flimsy.
> It's not a hinge, but just a very thin spot where the plastic bends
> like a flap. Has anybody ever had one of these
Pedro Oliveira wrote:
> Hi Boz.
>
> > F 17-28/3,5-4,5 Fish:
> > cap type (clip-on, slip-on), internal cap diameter,
> > cap material (rubber, plastic, metal)
>
> Cap type: slip-on
> Internal cap diameter: 49mm
> Cap material: rubber
The cap material is rigid plastic- at least that's
Hi Mark,
Sorry for the delay...
Thanks for the kind words.
Gianfranco
Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (Nice thoughtful commentary on a great photo, Paul.)
>
> I really like that shot myself. It's probably the best example
of capturing a
> mood in this month's gallery. I can't add any
I would Add that the battery pack fg also improves the
handling and
fell of ZX cameras, at $29.95 you'd save on the 2nd
set of cr2
batteries.
Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca
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From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Well now. We all know what happens in the second half of October,
don't
> we? Surely even in Norway (where I understand you have some of the
finest
> fiords in the world...) there must be plenty of ghosts and goblins
> rattling abo
On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Brendan wrote:
> I would Add that the battery pack fg also improves the handling and
> fell of ZX cameras, at $29.95 you'd save on the 2nd set of cr2
> batteries.
Definitely. Here, where CR2's cost $20 for two while AA's cost $5 for
four, it takes about three battery changes
If you'd like to try motion picture film in your still camera, you can
buy it wound onto 35mm reels and packed in canisters from RGB studios in
Hollywood, California, USA. (You can get their phone number. They're in
the 323 area code.) They'll process it and print it as a positive film
or on pape
> Paul Stenquists Amy
> I am getting more and more interested in outdoor
> portraits. If sometime I come up with something like
> this, I would think I am near my goal. I like your
> picture, and I guess Amy will like it too (which is
> the main objective in commercial portraits). There is
>
Then you are better than I gave you credit for. Keep up the good work!
Maris
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From: "Juan J. Buhler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: Photo for comments
| "Maris V. Lidaka, Sr." writes:
|
| > Good pho
On Sun, 9 Sep 2001 at 01:44:53 -0700, "Mark D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I must confess that lately, I've been shooting with less and less
> depth of field. To that end, I've been looking for a portrait lens
> that can be shot wide open but still retain a fair amount of
> sharpness. I have
I really liked this shot also, i love the glow that surrounds her.
Regards,
Paul Jones
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From: "PAUL STENQUIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: Sept. PUG comments for Thornsberry, Stenquist, Maytola
>
Thanks Paul. You made my day.
Paul Stenquist
Paul Jones wrote:
>
> I really liked this shot also, i love the glow that surrounds her.
>
> Regards,
> Paul Jones
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Hi Guys and Gals,
Ages ago i looked at the list of PDML Members web pages and saw that it was
very very out of date, i emailed Valantino to see if it was okay to maybe
update the list. I didnt receive a reply so i'm just going to take the
liberty of doing a new list.
If everyone on the list who
Alto - by D. Glenn Arthur, Jr.
Many times I am drawn to an image that challenges my perspective a bit.
Forces me to see in ways that I normally wouldn't. Glenn's image here takes
me down that path. I am pleased by the fact that I can't see the face of
the person holding the sax. It pushes my at
I neglected to put this in the original email
Please email me the details off list, submissions can be sent to:
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Thanks,
Paul Jones
Hi Guys and Gals,
Ages ago i looked at the list of PDML Members web pages and saw that it was
very very out of date, i em
I had a chance to borrow a MZ-S from Henry's and well,
two things struck me, I have used a n70 with the cross
sensor and well
while I will say the MZ-s is faster, seems more
accurate I still wish
it had a central cross sensor. I also noticed that it
would
focus on the closest or most detailed obje
Jaume,
Thank you for your comments on my PUG submission. I'm not sure what the proper
etiquette for responding to a critique is. I usually don't. Positive or negative I
usually just accept it. In this case I think I can learn a little from digging
deeper. For perspective let me say that I
Looks like it was airbells, then if it was small discs rather than
spots. I've never used Xtol but I'll beware if ever I do, although it
shouldn't matter in a Jobo ATL1000, I hope.
For those of us who don't like presoaks (I've got no preference) two
solutions come to mind. One is to start the pr
At 01:44 AM 9/9/01 -0700, you wrote:
>So, I'm considering the FA 77/1.8, FA 85/1.4, FA 135/2.8, or FA 200/2.8. I'm
>also open to the A*200/4 Macro. I'm wondering if anyone can give me some
>feedback about the performance of these lenses in the scenario I described.
One time I was asked to take s
On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Kevin Thornsberry wrote:
> So, the question is, what, if anything would push this image to a
> higher plane. Your lighting suggestion probably won't help here as
> the station faces directly into the morning sun. Late afternoon would
> be backlit. I don't know if that would
I understand that the battery door is rated for 3000 cycles. That's a bunch of battery
changes.
At 8:26 PM +9/9/01, Peter Spiro wrote, or at least typed:
>I'm not generally bothered by the heavy use of plastic in modern cameras,
>but the battery door on these cameras seems really flimsy.Ý
Or, they didn't like the MZ-S, and got rid of the lens as well...
At 1:40 PM -06009/9/01, Joseph Tainter wrote, or at least typed:
>KEH already has a used one for sale (as of today - 9/9/01), described as
>being in "Like New Minus" condition for $349.00
>-
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Ashwood Lak
Nah, I wasn't writing as List Guy. That was all from Participant Guy.
Doug
Brewer Guy
At 7:59 AM -04009/9/01, Tom Rittenhouse wrote, or at least typed:
>Oh oh! We haven't made a big enough mess of the list. Doug has time to censor our
>stuff. He should
>only be allowed enough time to take som
From: Gary J Sibio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> One time I was asked to take some portraits of someone and I accidentally
> grabbed my 200mm lens instead of the 90mm which I had intended. It was
very
> hard to work with the increased camera-subject distance. Also, the
> increased focal length makes the
Hi,
Well over the past 24hours or so the on/off and DOF Preview button on my
MZ-S has gradually been getting stiffer and stiff, now to a point where its
so hard to move that i dare not, incase the button snaps off. It innitialy
started with the DOF preview part of the button motion not returning
When you have to back up with a long lens to maintain the same portrait
frame as with a shorter lens, the perspective changes. Background objects
appear larger in relation to the subject. A little drawing with two stick
photographers - close and further back from the subject, a stick subject, a
di
I hate replies on the bottom, they make me scroll through all the old
replies :)
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From: "Doug Brewer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: Battery door on MZ/ZX cameras
> I understand that the battery door
Lasse writes:
> Are you also shooting - only - with the widest lens available? :)
>
> Lasse
:-)
I meant I try to "crop" in camera only. Composition is easier is you do it in
camera, when you have all the variables of a three dimensional world to
change. One the image is in film, you cannot cha
Hi
David and Frank, thanks for your information about the SP500. I am looking
for a Spotmatic in good shape. Maybe I will find a SP500 which seems to be
as good as any other Spotmatic model.
Best regards
Anders Werholt
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From: "Frank Theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To
Paul,
As you are the only/first one to experience these problems, it would be very
helpful if you could give us an idea of amount of use and style of shooting
that you do. I just purchased my second MZ-S and have not seen any of the
problems you mention. But, again, I could be using mine in a t
Hi Bruce,
I think i've put about 15 rolls through it so far (second set of batteries).
I've treated it very well, it lives in my domke bag. I havent used the DOF
preview that much and have used the camera %50 of the time on a tripod for
landscapes and the rest of the time just general shooting, n
Frits J. Wüthrich writes:
> Is there anyone who knows something about this lens? Is it decent, or a dog.
Just looking at the numbers I'd say it barks. That thing has less elements than
a cheap prime!
I could just imagine trying to focus at f/14.9...
Cheers,
- Dave
David A. Mann, B.E. (E
Anthony Farr writes:
> Get the graphics tablet, you'll never look back.
I put in my order on Saturday for a Wacom Intuos 4x5. Should arrive
tomorrow. I could have taken home the 6x8 model that day for not much more
money but I don't have the desk space and I don't need the extra accuracy.
Aaron Reynolds writes:
> Gordon Willis talks about underexposing The Godfather Part II by six
> stops and sometimes more to make it washed out and colourless in the
> Vegas sequences, and also talks about underexposing by a couple of stops
> as a rule to defeat "helpful" lab people who try to "br
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