takumar-a 70-200mm lens

2001-10-23 Thread Nitin Garg
I am new to photography and this list. So please point me to the faq if that answers it. I can buy this lens for a reasonable price but i want to find out about its quality before i buy it. I have a k1000 and super takumar 1.4/50mm lens and a kiron 28-210 f/4-5.6 (whose optical quality i haven't

Re: A*85/1.4 - one for $1,100+, one for $438

2002-05-11 Thread Nitin Garg
On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 01:29:55PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1351000890 > > Now somebody tell me why this happens. > We just talked about a A*85/1.4 that went for over $1,100. > This one sold the same day for $438 ! > > All because the s

Re: Weird item on eBay

2002-05-24 Thread Nitin Garg
this one looks like a t-mount adapter to me. On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 06:35:59PM -0600, William Robb wrote: > Sorry for the eBay post, but this one is a bit strange. It > appears to be a PK body to M42 lens adaptor that will cause the > lens to lose infinity focus. > Any thoughts? > http://cgi.eba

Re: 200/2.5K deal at Adorama

2002-06-11 Thread Nitin Garg
just a personal experience note: Adorama's ratings are not as conservative as KEH's. Ofcourse there is always a return for refund option :) On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 09:56:29PM -0400, Paul F. Stregevsky wrote: > $365 in EX--a very nice deal. > > Also a 30/2.8K for $285--not the best price, but if

Re: MZ-60QD

2002-06-15 Thread Nitin Garg
mz-60qd doesnt sound like digital. qd stands for quartz databack. On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 11:04:19PM -0400, gfen wrote: > On Sun, 16 Jun 2002, Brett Mckay wrote: > > Does anyone know any info about this new Pentax that is about to released? > > I take it to be Pentax's first digital SLR, based a

zx-5n problem

2002-01-17 Thread Nitin Garg
Hi, I have a zx-5n which has developed a problem. It doesnt work :) Any action on it produces a whizzing sound of its motors inside and i believe it is from the film winder because i had loaded new film into the cam and taken 2 shots when this happened and when i opened the back the film was alm

FS: SMC 28-200 mm f/3.8-5.6 FA AL (IF)

2002-01-18 Thread Nitin Garg
Had mentioned this earlier as part of another mail. Thought it better to send again in case someone is interested and was ignoring other topic :) SMC 28-200 mm f/3.8-5.6 FA AL (IF) -- good condition, have rear cap, hood. can give a generic front cap. if you want to see pictures of it or have an

Re: Vivitar Series 1 70-210 models

2002-01-21 Thread Nitin Garg
On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 01:16:37AM -0500, Jeff wrote: > > From the above and from other statements made, it appears as if both > > lenses were very different lenses, yet both achieved very good > > overall performance. (Nonetheless, I still prefer the Pentax A > > 70-210/4 to the Vivitar 70-210/3

Re: Paypal

2002-01-23 Thread Nitin Garg
Why not ask some US based paypal user to help you ? Transfer your funds to his/her account, he/she withdraws and sends you a check. On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 09:09:49AM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 23 Jan 2002 at 11:59, tom wrote: > > > Paypal has worked fine for me, so far. > > Paypal sux, d

Re: PDML differences on eBay (was eBay barging motor drive?)

2002-01-23 Thread Nitin Garg
On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 09:16:05PM -0600, Ken Archer wrote: > Way to go. Spoken like a true sniper, Paul. And I might add the words > of my father, "Experience is a cruel teacher, but a fool can learn by > no other." I failed to get the sarcasm, if there was any, or the point being made by th

Re: Paypal

2002-01-23 Thread Nitin Garg
I wonder if pairs of people do this: I have a personal account and paypal takes no cut in money i receive. But then i cannot receive CC payment. If on the other hand, i upgrade my account, they take a cut whether the sender sent it from bank/paypal funds or using a CC. I doubt if they will allow

trip to monterey, tahoe and stanford

2002-01-23 Thread Nitin Garg
hi, I am going to california for a week on saturday. I need some help regarding it. This is mainly a fun trip so i should get plenty shooting time. * What film to take ? Have a box of fuji sensi II (iso 100), 4 kodak proimage color negative film (iso 100) and arriving hopefully before saturday a

Re: How has your Pentax day been?

2002-01-23 Thread Nitin Garg
Just out of curiosity, how much did you pay for it ? What condition was it in ? say compared to the one at http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~nitin/es2 I am selling the one above, so price comparison might help :) thanks, nitin On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 11:28:35PM -0600, Mike Johnston wrote: > > Re: Ho

Re: How has your Pentax day been?

2002-01-24 Thread Nitin Garg
*shaking head* i will never understand the lure of collection (and i feel it myself but have it under control in no small part to the fact i cant afford it :)). As an aside, I sold mine for $100. cheers, nitin On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 01:39:17PM -0500, Fred wrote: > > Is it a a collector thing o

kiron 28-210/4-5.6 macro zoom KA-mount

2002-01-24 Thread Nitin Garg
hi, any one has used this lens and know how good it is ? I got one dud (via ebay of course :)) -- its focussing ring doesnt move beyond 1.3 meters. Was wondering if its worth getting fixed. thanks, nitin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml

Re: Paypal

2002-01-24 Thread Nitin Garg
I can well imagine them trying to make people upgrade this way. And they dont let you go back to a personal account once you have a business account more than once. My auto-logo insertion thing was turned on by default. The logo they inserted into my auction happily showed pay by CC. I had to add

FS: s2 w/ super-tak 55mm

2002-01-25 Thread Nitin Garg
I posted about this before. I will be putting it on ebay later today if no one here is interested -- if you are interested in the immaculate original leather case alone, let me know. It works fine. Pictures at http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~nitin/s2 any offer around $50 (over preferably ;)) is goo

sf1n or zx-5n

2002-01-25 Thread Nitin Garg
I have 2 choices: 1) Get my zx-5n repaired -- cost $115 + postage to keh repair center. 2) Buy a sf1n for $135 + shipping (used in good condition). I guess i can sell my zx-5n to pay in part for this. I already have another working zx-5n which i rather like. I have never used a sf1n before. I w

non-favorite Pentax lens?

2002-01-25 Thread Nitin Garg
I read the subject line as non-fav several times.. so might as well ask: what pentax lens has been a disappointment for you ? cheers, nitin On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 08:31:41PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Found a TOKINA 28-70 f3.5--4.5 at a Ritz camera that had some used > stuff...went b

Re: Surprise ebay seller

2002-01-25 Thread Nitin Garg
rse if I had only looked there, I would have spent close to $300 more. > Paul > > Nitin Garg wrote: > > > even the used lens listed at adorama are at very reasonable prices tho i > > found their marking scheme to be more what optimists use (unlike keh's > >

ricoh rikenon lenses

2002-02-05 Thread Nitin Garg
hi I recall some post here a few days ago mentioning about older ricoh lenses being "incompatible" with modern pentax cams (like the zx-5n for eg). I have a rikenon p 1:2 50mm lens and a 35-70mm zoom. Will they work with my zx-5n... i dont want to put them on if they arent coming off after that!

Re: K-mount lenses: Building a great lineup for $1500

2002-02-06 Thread Nitin Garg
On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 04:50:00PM -0800, Alan Chan wrote: > >Suppose someone said to you, "I'd like to get into SLR photography. I've > >decided to go with the K-mount system. I have $1500 to spend on lenses, and > >once I spend it, that's it. I want a full range of lenses, from fisheye to > >

Re: where to go to scan?

2002-02-06 Thread Nitin Garg
Such little things always make me feel glad i am still a student :) University labs are remarkably well equipped :D On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 07:17:09PM -0800, Tonghang Zhou wrote: > Although it was said that there are Kodak instant scan and print > machines in some places that will scan slides al

what about sears 135/2.8 w/ macro ?

2002-02-06 Thread Nitin Garg
someone here mentioned the soligor 135/2.8 as being good. what about the sears 135/2.8 in k-mount ? Anyone has experience with that ? thanks, nitin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the

general (OT?) question

2002-02-06 Thread Nitin Garg
It is often stated that for print films a good lab is absolutely necessary. What about slide film ? There are places like clark color which charge about $4.50 to my local lab which is more like $11. which is the way to go ? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go

Re: Cats (Was general (OT?) question OT answer )

2002-02-07 Thread Nitin Garg
http://www.microserve.net/~dave/catcodes.html http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Pets/Cats/Photographs/ On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 07:05:46PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Here's my cat [sort of]: > > http://home.att.net/~naturephotography/oscar.htm > > From: Shel Belinkoff >S

Re: Wow, a nice kx

2002-02-07 Thread Nitin Garg
I like deals on lenses better. Would you like to know that i got 4 lenses -- smct 50/1.4, s-m-c t 200/f4 (sticky diaphram tho), 80-210 f4 sears zooom w/ macro and 28/2.8 hanimex lens for $10 ? and lets not mention the numerous high quality filters (mostly kenko and b&w), a orginal pentax hard box

Re: Wow, a nice kx

2002-02-07 Thread Nitin Garg
wrote: > On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Nitin Garg wrote: > > > I like deals on lenses better. Would you like to know that i got 4 > > lenses -- smct 50/1.4, s-m-c t 200/f4 (sticky diaphram tho), 80-210 f4 > > sears zooom w/ macro and 28/2.8 hanimex lens for $10 ? and lets not >

Re: unable to take "good" pictures with my PZ-1

2002-02-07 Thread Nitin Garg
I would suggest the following tests: take shots of distant object/landscape with both lenses so that the focus is set to infinity. If the pictures turn out out-of-focus, then your cam body is likely to be screwed (unlikely for both lenses to be bad). If both are in-focus, cam body is good. Also i

Re: Wow, a nice kx

2002-02-08 Thread Nitin Garg
yes art and beauty is good. Art/beauty for CHEAP is very good too :) I can get more art that way :) On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 02:51:21PM -0800, David Weiss wrote: > But you are just talking about money! How can you > equate money with beauty, with art? More money can > always be had, but black kx

the vivitar rl i mentioned few days ago...

2002-02-09 Thread Nitin Garg
So i test this lens and it performs really well. I totally like it. Now i went to duke gardens here in somerville today (pretty place. very nice to take pics of flowers but they dont allow use of tripods which is a shame. Plus one is NOT allowed to take ones time or roam by self which is bigger sh

photoshop

2002-02-09 Thread Nitin Garg
hi i scanned some of the b&w photos i took on my california trip today. I have never used photoshop before but plan to use it soon after i scan my slides (planning on stitching together some photos to form a panorama). So have a couple of questions: In the picture at http://www.cs.princeton.edu

Re: Ebay stuff

2002-02-10 Thread Nitin Garg
Doesnt look mint in the pictures. On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 10:29:23PM -0600, William Robb wrote: > http://cgi.ebay.ca/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1330526358 > > K 105mm f/2.8 > > > William Robb > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.p

was someone looking for series 1 135/2.3 ?

2002-02-10 Thread Nitin Garg
scremount version for $120 is up for grabs. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

how collectible is the h1a ?

2002-02-11 Thread Nitin Garg
H1a, leather case, 1:2 55mm super-tak + front cap, smct 1:3.5 35mm with leather case. For 85 BIN + 10 for s,h this might be a good deal. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1332192816 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.ne

anyone used JTL tripods/monopods ?

2002-02-11 Thread Nitin Garg
I am considering getting a monopod and came across this company called JTL which apparently makes clones of bogen equipment. Has same quality? but lower price. anyone used them ? thanks, nitin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and fol

question about 50/1.4

2002-02-12 Thread Nitin Garg
hi, do all smc 50/1.4 versions have f-stops from 1.4-16 or do some goto values beyond 16 ? thanks, nitin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon

Re: Ugly spottie

2002-02-12 Thread Nitin Garg
sure. i would. On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 02:30:35AM -0500, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1332157683 > > Would you buy this camera at any price? > JCO > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.

Re: LX on ebay

2002-02-13 Thread Nitin Garg
for a 400 opening bid and 425 BIN, there is hardly anything worth watching about it. Its either a bargain or its not. On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 01:01:30PM -0500, Mick Maguire wrote: > I only said reasonable, not wonderful :o) > > It didn't look to bad to me, but then I don't know much about LX's..

is something wrong with the list ?

2002-02-15 Thread Nitin Garg
I havent got any message on it since yesterday afternoon! I didnt see the 2 messages i posted myself... I checked the archives and it has new messages but none from me... Was i unsubscribed due to some reason ? (I definitely didnt do it!). I have just re-subscribed and testing this now... - Thi

Re: is something wrong with the list ?

2002-02-15 Thread Nitin Garg
Was it giving soft bounces or complete failures ? I was getting mails from other sources. university lines are usually pretty robust and quick to recover.. can we have a alternate id feature ? One which is switched to or used to drop a note saying you been nuked ? thanks, nitin On Fri, Feb 15,

Re: is something wrong with the list ?

2002-02-15 Thread Nitin Garg
It must have been a different problem in my case. University mailboxes dont have notion of "full" unless the disk gets full if someone else is hogging up all space). Must have been that or network issues. I am online almost all the time and my inbox has very few mails at a time. On Fri, Feb 15,

Re: Cool idea

2002-02-15 Thread Nitin Garg
On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 03:08:22PM -0500, Peifer, William [OCDUS] wrote: > Nitin wrote, regarding the foot-pump dynamo to power your laptop computer: > > let see: a dell 4000 series laptop has a battery of 1800mAh at > > 14.8V [Snip] Thats ~22834.286 calories. > > > now acc. to > > http://

Re: old mechanical lens dropped in water

2002-02-15 Thread Nitin Garg
On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 04:54:03PM -0500, Stephen Moore wrote: > Nitin Garg wrote: > > >> How does one restore a lens that was dropped in water (totally submerged > >> to the point one can see water inside the lens) ? Its the old all > >> mechanical lens so no el

Re: For REAL Pentax fans only...

2002-02-15 Thread Nitin Garg
On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 05:56:33PM -0500, Brendan wrote: > Now I know what heaven looks like :-) good folks kept in display cases ? > > --- Bojidar Dimitrov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/collection/ > > - > >

Re: is something wrong with the list ?

2002-02-16 Thread Nitin Garg
On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 12:46:14AM +0800, dave o'brien wrote: > On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Nitin Garg wrote: > > > It must have been a different problem in my case. University mailboxes > > dont have notion of "full" unless the disk gets full if someone else is >

mz-6 / zx-l

2002-02-18 Thread Nitin Garg
hi, any idea when this will be available in US ? anyone here has used it ? I heard it has all the features of zx-5n and some more and is cheaper than it too. thanks, nitin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. D

Re: mz-6 / zx-l

2002-02-18 Thread Nitin Garg
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 02:41:42PM -0600, Gary Murphy wrote: > On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 14:54:30 -0500, Nitin Garg wrote: > > >any idea when this will be available in US ? anyone here has used it ? I > > Adorama.Com has it listed but not sure if they have it in stock. The "q

zx-l/mz-6/mz-l vs 5n

2002-02-18 Thread Nitin Garg
I am trying to see here if i should get a zx-l for about 240 or spend 160 on repairing a zx-5n. I have other backup cams so can wait for sometime for the zx-l to become available. Lets see the cons and pros listing (please add to it): Cons of mz-6/zx-l: viewfinder magnification: 0.7x vs 0.8 of

Re: OT Movie foibles ("Vertical Limit")

2002-02-19 Thread Nitin Garg
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 02:18:14PM -0500, Christian Skofteland wrote: > I was watching the movie "Vertical Limit" the other night and saw the > funniest "the-technical-advisor-should-be-shot" error. > > Chris O'Donnel (our hero) is supposed to be a National Geographic wildlife > photographer.

Re: OT:Travel Tripod question

2002-02-19 Thread Nitin Garg
i have heard it was designed on the specs for a perfect travel tripod given by some editor (herb kep ??) of a photo mag (pop photo?). On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 11:20:28AM -0800, Steven Gilson wrote: > Has anyone tried the Velbon Maxi 343? I've only read about in Pop Photo, but it >sounds to good

Re: OT Movie foibles ("Vertical Limit")

2002-02-19 Thread Nitin Garg
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 03:44:23PM -0500, Aaron Reynolds wrote: > On Tuesday, February 19, 2002, at 02:18 PM, Christian Skofteland wrote: > > > They show him sitting in a blind in Pakistan photographing > > Snow Leopards witha Nikon F5. so far so good. His assistant drops a > > roll of > > f

Re: OT Movie foibles ("Vertical Limit")

2002-02-19 Thread Nitin Garg
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 05:57:18PM -0500, Aaron Reynolds wrote: > On Tuesday, February 19, 2002, at 04:10 PM, Nitin Garg wrote: > > > They wouldn't get the kodak MAX is a good film connection. And most of > > the viewers wont know what E200 film is. > > Yeah,

Re: OT Movie foibles ("Vertical Limit")

2002-02-19 Thread Nitin Garg
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 06:23:36PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > Seriously, though, did Kodak think that the average moviegoer would not > > > get the Kodak-is-good-film connection if O'Donnell were shooting E200 or > > > Supra or any one of their actual pro films? Instead, they

my s2 back again being sold...

2002-02-20 Thread Nitin Garg
I sold a pentax s2 a few days ago on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1331214090 I see its back again on sale with description upgraded from what it was: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1333739285 The prism housing dent is pretty much still ther

Re: my s2 back again being sold...

2002-02-20 Thread Nitin Garg
On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 12:50:36AM -0500, Peter Alling wrote: > Looks like you should have asked more for it. (Then again this > auction isn't over yet and the new owner might not meet his reserve. I am quite happy with what i sold it for. I have a super-tak 35/3.5 and 105/2.8 (cleaning marks on

Re: my s2 back again being sold...

2002-02-21 Thread Nitin Garg
s?" Isn't that a euphemism for scratches? > > > > > > >of course :) I didnt know about them before i got it either. But it > >seemed to perform just fine and for a decent price. > > > > > Nitin Garg wrote: > > > > > > >

k mount 55mm

2002-02-21 Thread Nitin Garg
I have rarely seen the k-mount version of the 55/1.8 or 55/2 on ebay or anywhere else. Is this lens a dog (comment at stan's site seemed like it) or just produced very little ? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions

FS: Pentax ME super

2002-02-21 Thread Nitin Garg
Passing this along in case someone is interested... The Pentex ME Super has a 55mm Pentex lens. It has a Zykkor 300 electronic flash. A tripod has expanding legs, but it folds to 16" it is made by ideal and is called stabilizer. $75 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubsc

anyone want smc pentax 50/1.2 for $205.5

2002-02-21 Thread Nitin Garg
in adorama E condition ? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: anyone want smc pentax 50/1.2 for $205.5

2002-02-22 Thread Nitin Garg
On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 08:06:47AM -0500, Aaron Reynolds wrote: > On Thursday, February 21, 2002, at 07:37 PM, Nitin Garg wrote: > > > in adorama E condition ? > > Sure, where is it? At adorama used dept. :) Unless its already taken and its a dead entry now. - This message

Re: MZ-S extended warranty(?)

2002-02-23 Thread Nitin Garg
On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 07:09:43PM -0800, harald_nancy wrote: > The rep. said it was better to buy the Pentax ext. warranty than > the Mack warranty, because Pentax service centers recalibrate > the MZ-S with computer software when serviced. pretty pointless statement by itself. - This message is

Re: Switching to Pentax

2002-02-24 Thread Nitin Garg
speaking of quality cameras by lesser popular brands, the ricoh k-mount cameras are amazing. The performance/price ratio one can hit on them due to low demand is really cool. They are my preffered manual focus k-mount bodies. cheers, nitin On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 07:19:55PM -0500, T Rittenhouse

Re: Switching to Pentax

2002-02-24 Thread Nitin Garg
dont make me lust after it as well :) I have a xr-10 and a xr-10m. Been hunting for a xr-m and lusting for xr-x3pf. I guess xr-2 wont be needed once i have these :) On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 08:06:54PM -0500, Mark Cassino wrote: > I'd second that - the XR-2 is a fantastic camera. All manual, mirro

Re: Kind of FS, LX and SMC 100/4

2002-02-25 Thread Nitin Garg
But you dont have to sync your system clock. Just use the ntp servers for your clock script. On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 08:53:42PM +1300, David A. Mann wrote: > Nitin Garg wrote: > > > you could use the ntp servers which are supposed to have a more > > accurate clock. > >

Re: Foveon X3 at PMA

2002-02-25 Thread Nitin Garg
>From the article: The result is sharper, more accurate images. The file-sizes of the digital pictures are also smaller, which means more can be stored by the camera. The company claims that enlargements from the SD9 exceed the quality of 35mm film. Unless they also have a new compression algo/s

Re: Foveon X3 at PMA

2002-02-25 Thread Nitin Garg
ese > old eyes, the Foveon photos look a lot more detailed and saturated. The images might be better alright but to claim that its size is smaller doesnt hold unless they have a better encoding scheme too. > > Nitin Garg wrote: > > > Unless they also have a new compression alg

Re: Foveon Fotos

2002-02-26 Thread Nitin Garg
unless the big name players use their muscles and keep sigma out. In which case fovean could die too. On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 08:43:11AM -0500, Bill Owens wrote: > If, as I've read here earlier, Sigma has exclusive rights to the Fovean chip > for 5 years, they will become a major player in the d

help me understand this...

2002-02-27 Thread Nitin Garg
hi, if you look at the photos starting with cleveland-6pm at this link http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~nitin/tmp the sky is deep blue but its grainy. I was told this is because of underexposure of the sky. I didnt do any exp compensation IIRR or overexposed. The camera has center-weighter metering

Re: help me understand this...

2002-02-27 Thread Nitin Garg
On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 06:13:15PM -0500, Aaron Reynolds wrote: > On Wednesday, February 27, 2002, at 03:15 PM, Nitin Garg wrote: > > > > the sky is deep blue but its grainy. I was told this is because of > > underexposure of the sky. > > Does it look grainy on the pr

sigma 70-300mm 4-5.6 DL macro lens.

2002-02-27 Thread Nitin Garg
hi, anyone has any experience with this lens ? thanks, nitin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: sigma 70-300mm 4-5.6 DL macro lens.

2002-02-27 Thread Nitin Garg
On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 08:33:14PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 2/27/2002 7:57:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > hi, > > > > anyone has any experience with this lens ? > > > > Hi Nitin... > Lens test in Pop Photog Feb 2000 looks

Re: sigma 70-300mm 4-5.6 DL macro lens.

2002-02-27 Thread Nitin Garg
On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 09:33:56PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 2/27/2002 8:52:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > $20 ? B&H lists a difference of about $50 or 60 between the APO and non > >Sorry...$30.00 diff. (149.95 vs 119.95) Smile

Re: Need some advice about a trade..

2002-02-27 Thread Nitin Garg
On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 10:33:00AM +0800, dave o'brien wrote: > On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Robert Woerner wrote: > > > I highly recommend the AF500FTZ. The guide number is 138 ft., coverage goes > > as wide as 24mm, swivel head, and vari-power in manual mode. BTW KEH has one > > in EX condition for $20

Re: How Safe Is It?

2002-02-28 Thread Nitin Garg
Its rather hard to trap bits flying over the internet. But if the recipients email system has been compromised you could have a problem there. On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 06:52:38AM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > I just purchased a few items by using a credit card. I sent the CC > number broken up

dental macro and macro lens

2002-02-28 Thread Nitin Garg
What is the difference between a dental macro and macro lens ? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: The most under-rated Pentax body

2002-02-28 Thread Nitin Garg
On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 02:01:42PM -0500, Evan Hanson wrote: > Ubiquitous yes, overrated, Never! Its overpriced. > > Evan > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I agree with most of what you've said here -- to the point that I'd say > almost all 35mm Pentax SLRs are the most under-rated. IMO, the o

Re: The most under-rated Pentax body

2002-02-28 Thread Nitin Garg
ock! : ) > > Evan > > > From: "Nitin Garg" > > > Its overpriced. > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery a

Re: The most under-rated Pentax body

2002-02-28 Thread Nitin Garg
000 more than a camera it > is a symbol of youth, simplicity and dependability. And it doesn't take bad > pictures either. > > Evan > > > From: "Nitin Garg" > > I havent seen any good condition k1000 go on ebay for less than $80. > > one can g

Re: The most under-rated Pentax body

2002-02-28 Thread Nitin Garg
On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 03:58:29PM -0500, Brendan wrote: > Here the MZ-3 is almost the same asthe MZ-5n, just > rare, I actually got mine for less than a MZ-5n. wow. So is the 5n more expensive or 3 is cheaper? > > --- Artur Ledóchowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ---Original Message

Re: Re: The most under-rated Pentax body

2002-02-28 Thread Nitin Garg
run > (with prime)about $275-325 Can in these parts. > > Dave > > Begin Original Message ---- > > From: Nitin Garg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:24:19 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: The most under-rated Pentax body > &

Re: How shall we describe ourselves?

2002-02-28 Thread Nitin Garg
On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 05:51:10PM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Our religion is Pentecostal; might need a pentaxis of evil then. Maybe need to appoint a pope penta X as well since the population of Patican is similar :) > Unit of weight is Pentagrams; > Pentangle is the favorite folk group; >

Re: Email help please

2002-03-01 Thread Nitin Garg
yahoo.com ? On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 02:50:07PM -0500, Evan Hanson wrote: > Well Operamail's unreliability has finally gotten to me. Can anyone suggest > a free web based email server that supports pop and smtp. > > Evan > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe,

vivitar lens on ebay.

2002-03-01 Thread Nitin Garg
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1336238006 Anyone familiar with the lens above ? thanks, nitin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http

Re: OT - But URGENT

2002-03-01 Thread Nitin Garg
On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 08:27:35PM +1300, David A. Mann wrote: > Chris Brogden wrote: > > > I second this. I upgraded to 6.something, and now it takes forever > > for my computer to boot up. It often freezes during the process, too. > > I'm not sure where any of my CD's are, so I'm in trouble.

Re: March commentary

2002-03-02 Thread Nitin Garg
r you are commenting generously ie being picky ;) ? > " duke gardens " by nitin garg, usa > Nice and bright. Well done. yay! first comment on my first submission :) Plug: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~nitin/duke has other duke garden shots. I would like to hear more comments

Re: zx-l availability in US

2002-03-02 Thread Nitin Garg
eir 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 <

Re: 50mm F1.7 - M

2002-03-02 Thread Nitin Garg
On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 06:27:42PM -0500, gfen wrote: > On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, T Rittenhouse wrote: > > > So? I got mine (mint) for free... it had a friend attached. And, while I > > Beat me with pleasure. Sticks or stones ? Would you like salt and pepper on that ? :) > , I paid $10.50 for mine

Re: New "digital" lens mount

2002-03-02 Thread Nitin Garg
standardization is good at times. I would love to see cams being made in a way PC components are. Being able to assemble my own favourite options - that would be great! On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 08:47:24PM -0800, Alan Chan wrote: > Oh no, not again! Didn't we have enough shxt with APS? Now try to

Re: New "digital" lens mount

2002-03-02 Thread Nitin Garg
standardization doesnt mean only 1 standard. On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 08:52:10PM -0800, Alan Chan wrote: > >I TOTALLY disagree. By standardizing on the smaller size of the CCD > >(not the resolution) the can now proceed to design faster > >smaller optics with better DOF than by using a 35mm size s

Pentax "what is it?"

2002-03-03 Thread Nitin Garg
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1336695142 what is that ? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: An Autofocus Automatic Lens Question

2002-03-03 Thread Nitin Garg
I personally dont think automating this (ie, replacing paint, fine brush and human torque) is pointless. On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 06:51:21AM +, Bob Walkden wrote: > Hi, > > I've always thought of this as a classic example of pointless > automation. On the older series of prime lenses the opt

Re: An Autofocus Automatic Lens Question

2002-03-04 Thread Nitin Garg
You cant really save up those electrons :) On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 11:59:22PM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > I agree with Bob a waste of electrons! > > Nitin Garg wrote: > > > > I personally dont think automating this (ie, replacing paint, fine brush > > and

Re: MZ-S Best Features

2002-03-04 Thread Nitin Garg
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 01:06:39PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated Mon, 4 Mar 2002 12:48:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Lindamood, >Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > (among other things) > > A second feature I think is very nice is use of the camera with the TS-110 > > in

might be good deal for australians...

2002-03-05 Thread Nitin Garg
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1336372315 i havent used any of the stuff (except the 1:4 macro) listed on it and really have no clue of its value but it might be good still. In case anyone is US is interested, i was told shipping by sea is 100 AU$ and 170 by air. cheers, nit

OT: about minolta lenses...

2002-03-05 Thread Nitin Garg
hi, in case anyone here is familiar with minolta lenses, what is a good price to expect for a minolta MD rokkor-x 100-500mm lens ? It seems a bit rare. Cant find any ended auctions on ebay or samples at any keh, adorama, b&h etc. thanks, nitin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT: Slideshow Program

2002-03-05 Thread Nitin Garg
if this is no linux/unix systems there are plenty of options that i know of but since you said powerpoint i guess that is out of question. One can ofcourse get windows version of some of the "gnu" programs. I think xv does this. So would a host of other programs I am sure. On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 a

OT: FS: ZX-5n which needs repair

2002-03-06 Thread Nitin Garg
I asked a while aback about getting this repaired. I finally sent it to pentax usa for repair but decided not to get it fixed (their qoute was $50 parts + $92 labor + taxes + return shipping to a total of about $162). They warrant repair for a year. Keh's online quote (and on email when i sent the

promaster mf lenses

2002-03-06 Thread Nitin Garg
hi, the third party lenses page says the AF lenses were made by tamron but who made the MF lenses for promaster ? Also any opinions on the 60-300 4-5.6 mf promaster in k-mount ? thanks, nitin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and foll

Re: to all the women on the list (a little early, but i'm taking off soon)

2002-03-07 Thread Nitin Garg
I am as much of a spokesperson for "princeton.edu" as e-man is for men :) On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 12:14:38PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 3/7/2002 12:03:09 PM US Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:> > > > > On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 03:37:41PM +0100, Emma

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