Re: My Weekend

2003-08-07 Thread Pentxuser
Sounds like a great weekend Wendy. I'm taking it you are selling these images and hence the digital. How did the sales go. I take it well since you are printing all the 8 by 10s... Vic

Re: Selling my Pentax MX, ME and lenses ??

2003-08-07 Thread Jim Apilado
Canon has those image stabilizer lenses, like the 28-135mm. You might look at an older EOS Canon called the EOS-RT. It uses a pellicle mirror so there is no bouncing mirror mechanism to cause vibration. You could also use higher ISO films to use a faster shutter speed to overcome the vibration si

Re: test

2003-08-07 Thread brooksdj
> I've never seen so few messages as I have in the last day, especially > overnight. I think there were two or three. Don't tell me everyone's > out taking pictures! > > -frank > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The

Re: Best telezoom

2003-08-07 Thread Bob Blakely
The SMCA 70-210/4 is also excellent... From: "Rьdiger Neumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hallo, > the smc-F 4-5.6 70-210 is a very good lens (with ED glas) and you can find > it in ebay for about 100 Euro. > regards > Rudiger > > > Von: Maris V. Lidaka Sr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Pentax's own FA80

Re: *ist D Response from Pentax USA

2003-08-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
heh.. They didn't even give an exact date, just "August 2003"; that could be tomorrow.. it could be next week or it could be August 31 - so what makes you think they're going to tell you all the pertinent details such as lens functionality etc. ? :-) Cheers Dave Original Message: --

Re: semi OT : I got a CD burner but, but, but.... Help!

2003-08-07 Thread John Coyle
I'm with Bill on this one. I found that my original burner (now superseded with a new one) would baulk at either a large number of files, or large-sized files, and I had to do the copying in small bites. If you're using XP, don't forget that you may need to enable burning by right-clicking on th

Re: Well I'll be!

2003-08-07 Thread Cotty
>How much are you thinking of asking for the MX? Hi G/w Hmmm, I've not priced it up yet. It all works with no sticky shutter etc, so I'm thinking of a ballpark figure roundabout the sort of maybe about kind of £150 ish. No CLA for some years. With a full Pentax CLA, I'd be looking at £250 but I'

Re: OT: Salgado selling coffee

2003-08-07 Thread Keith Whaley
H. Never shows up on my screen at all. By the time the page settles down, and stops thinking about the command (to get the URL) the screen simply stays white. Mac OS 9.2.1, NetCOMM 4.79. keith whaley T Rittenhouse wrote: > > No problem here, and comes up reletively fast for me. > -

Re: semi OT : I got a CD burner but, but, but.... Help!

2003-08-07 Thread William Kane
Ann, I don't have time to get too deep into this, but this will start you off: You can drag and drop if the AHEAD software is installed, but the catch is this: You need to be using a CD-RW disc (not a CD-R). Simply put the CD-RW into the cd-recorder and then drag and drop files and fo

Re: Light Meter for Low Light Indoors

2003-08-07 Thread T Rittenhouse
No, stop it, not another light meter thread. Last time I ended up buying another meter. I can not afford this. Stop right now! OTOH, I too recommend an incident light meter (no surprise there). I still think you can not go wrong with the Sekonic L-308B II (my primary meter for the past 10 years).

Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please

2003-08-07 Thread T Rittenhouse
Well.., then, our stories match pretty well. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: "Lon Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:35 PM Subject: Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please > Hell, I m

Re: Quiet list - taking pictures!

2003-08-07 Thread T Rittenhouse
The will have to pass Detroit to get out of the lakes. So camp down on the waterfront. I have to admit there are a few things I miss about my home town. Not enough to move back though. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: "Bill Sawyer" <[EMAIL

Re: Quiet list - taking pictures!

2003-08-07 Thread Maris V. Lidaka Sr.
What town, Brother Pat? I need to go there :-) Maris - Original Message - From: "Pat White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 6:17 PM Subject: Re: Quiet list - taking pictures! > Welcome to the Brotherhood, Brother Bob. Sounds like you did w

Re: *ist D Response from Pentax USA

2003-08-07 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Jim Apilado wrote: > A store showed me the *ist 35mm. We tried an old K-mount lens on it and the > camera would not close the lens down during exposure. As I have said before, if the shutter works with the K lens and if you can manually override the film's ISO settings (like

Re: Digital Throwaway

2003-08-07 Thread Dag T
På onsdag, 6. august 2003, kl. 19:08, skrev Mark Roberts: Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Larry Levy" Subject: Digital Throwaway You can delete a picture after you've taken it, but you can only delete the latest picture you've tak

Re: is TOPDML Toronto?

2003-08-07 Thread brooksdj
> And just because we like pentax cameras doesn't mean that we use ONLY > pentax cameras - we're open minded enough to try out other brands... Yes this is true > > But yes.. we like funny named beer!! Again True. Dave > > Cheers > Dave > > > Origina

Re: semi OT : I got a CD burner but, but, but.... Help!

2003-08-07 Thread gfen
On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Anyway, today is spoken for with other chores. I does appear that I can't > just treat a > CD like a floppy on the A drive though. The really bad thing is my friend > unhooked my > D drive so I cant backup stuff to the zip nor can I get at what Ive alrea

FS: Remaining stuff

2003-08-07 Thread Bruce Dayton
Just down to 2 remaining items. Prices have been reduced. I will entertain offers. SuperProgram - Everything works great, body in Execellent+ condition - asking $100 FA 100/2.8 Macro - KEH EX+, Glass is pristine. Includes original caps and Hoya HMC UV filter. Asking $300 Thanks, Bruce

Re: Ist D here !??!?!?!

2003-08-07 Thread Brendan
10 Lashes!!! --- Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry folks, you're gonna kill me. I just wanted to > be first up here with > an *ist D thread so close to midnight here in the UK > and only a few hours > away from what could prove to be a very interesting > day in the Pentax world. > > It's

Re: TOPDML in September?

2003-08-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
> Keep me in mind, too -- I have friends in Toronto I may be visiting if I can manage it. I want to be out of New York at that time. annsan

Re: any PDMLers in... the USA? (travel plans)

2003-08-07 Thread Cotty
Have a great trip Jerome. That sounds like real fun. Have you ever read 'On The Road' by Jack Kerouac? Pick up a copy before you leave, and dip into it of a night while you're sippin that late night coffee when you know you shouldn't be and it's all warm and smellin real nice and the waitress says

RE: Used P&S question

2003-08-07 Thread Steve Desjardins
That's the plan. As someone (Larry?) said, I just got the one she's used to and likes to use. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/07/03 10:53AM >>> Hope she rece

Re: Way OT - Mid-life Crisis

2003-08-07 Thread Keith Whaley
frank theriault wrote: > > Well, not really a "mid-life crisis" per se, but I'm in my mid-life, and > this is close to a crisis! Yes, crisis enough! > A few of you know that the bike courier biz has really gone down the > tubes in the last year or so. In fact, my income has dropped by over

OT: Takeapic.com

2003-08-07 Thread brooksdj
Anyone heard of this site. Got an email from them saying they saw my site and these are just the kind of pictures they are looking forThey do all the leg work.Sell them for $25 each and photographer reaps 80% of the sale. It was obvious a form email,as no mention of which