Quoting John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> It's of little interest to citizens of other foreign countries;
> for them, passports are already required. I'm not sure whether
> my resident alien card (aka green card) is sufficient; I always
> use my passport, just to be sure.
Back when I had a gre
Quoting Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Quoting John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > > It's of little interest to citizens of other foreign countries;
> > > for them, passports are already required. I'm not sure whether
> > > my resident alien card (ak
Quoting Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I think we have too many immigrants who came from somewhere where the
> government had the right to walk all over their people, and who see no
> problem with that happening here. How long until they start building the
> concentration camps and gas chambers?
Quoting Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I did not mean that personally, Eleanor. I was speaking generally. I meant
> to crop the quote and did not. I apologize.
Thank you for that.
ERNR
Quoting Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> My thought for the day: It's really difficult to make relatively boring
> objects
> appear interesting without obscuring their identity.
I tried to make relatively boring objects interesting AND maybe obscure their
identity in this image
http://pug.ko
Quoting Ezio Capoccetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> "What's the best Pentax AF 50mm, between the F and AF series, and between
> the f.1,4 and f.1,7? And you know also how and where I can buy it?
> In Italy I met difficulty to find the normal lens and the FA 35mm. f.2
> it's hard to find.
We've had som
Quoting frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I also wish they'd decide how to spell the guy's name. First it was
> with a K. Then a G. Now a Q. Sheesh...
I remember a news item many years ago about this. Seems that he always signed
stuff in Arabic, so nobody (in the West) knew how he'd wan
Quoting Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> As for Morgans, I probably know more about them than most people who own
> them. I was fasinated buy them (both the 3-wheelers, and the 4-wheelers)
> when I was younger. I liked the flat grill +4 of the 50's best.
Until this thread, I'd never heard of Morga
Quoting Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> http://www.photosynth.ca/photo/f/bowls.html
>
> What do you think?
I think they're kinda cool.
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> More likely that with no proper roof the car is often occupied by spiders
> (Arachnids) and the driver frequently leaps out yelling "Spider!".
OK, I like *this* answer!!
Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
(poetic memories of darkroom work -- good reading but too long to quote)
... but I notice no mention of the SMELL. That eau de fixer that stayed in
the nose for hours and took the joy right out of the next meal.
I miss a few things about the chemical
Quoting John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> A liking for seagulls is directly proportional to how far one lives from
> the sea.
Quote file!!
Quoting "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
(long sad story snipped)
Sympathies from here.
Quoting "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Which begs the question, if he'd never caught any how did the ranger
> know...
>
> Bob W wrote:
>
> >When we told the ranger back at the camp he just laughed, and said
> >this particular elephant amused himself by chasing tourists, but had
> >never ca
Quoting Kevin Waterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Is it in any way possible to change the display of numbers on the image
> count
> I have tried several solutions with no success.
> Each image is a name IMGP1234, the closest I came was with the photo lab
> software that allowed me to save it as ABC123
Quoting Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>
> Quoting Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > American Marxist phobia is actually more a thing of the fifties and
> > sixties. It's really quite dead. However, there are little pockets of
> > folks with rather extreme views who keep it alive in b
Quoting Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> First rule of salesmanship: Make the customer like you.
Speaking as a customer, you're absolutely right.
ERNR
Quoting Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Collin,
>
> May I humbly suggest that you pour out your "rational and reasoned
> concern" about GPL software propagating marxist ideas somewhere else?
> Dragging your religious views into it isn't exactly going to help your
> case either.
This hardly l
Quoting Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Give Mr. Robb the grand prize and a big pat on the back for finding the
> secret clue!
>
> Tom C.
>
>
>
> >From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
> >To:
> >Subject: Re: OT: Take a course in philosophy, will ya.
> >Da
Quoting Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I think a republic does not have to be a democracy. A democracy on the
> other hand pretty much has to be a republic if it is the government of much
> more than a town. The way we elect the president in the US is diffinately
> not a democratic process.
As F
Quoting David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> G'day John,
>
> It may very well have been the card. It was a 256 Sandisk Ultra II. I
> don't use it much anymore and have had no problems at all since I got
> the same card in 1GB.
Have you discussed this with Sandisk? The Ultra II has a lifetime warr
Quoting Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> He must either think 1) Barabara Streisand is bullpucky, 2) Barbara
> Streisand's politics are bullpucky, or 3) Barbara Streisand is a white
> male.
>
> Or maybe he's simply Barbara Streisand's supervisor or employer. I'm sure
>
> there's more than one B.S.
Quoting Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Wednesday 27 April 2005 21:55, Christian wrote:
> FJW>
> FJW> - Original Message -
> FJW> From: "Peter Smekal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> FJW> To:
> FJW> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 3:45 PM
> FJW> Subject: RAW files and Photoshop Elements
Quoting Tom Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Frank Theriault wrote:
>
> "Yes, Tom's mini-faq is very helpful. He did a great job compiling it."
>
> Agreed. One question is left unanswered though: is film dead or not?
'Cause it's a *MINI*-faq!
ERNR
Graywolf wrote:
>
> > A politician can win the popular vote, and not be elected president. In
> > fact it is possible that someone who was not on the ballet could become
> > president, though that never has happened to my knowledge. What you
> > really vote for is something like which party ge
Quoting Steve Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Both my college and the local high school use K1000's in photo classes.
> It would not be too hard to replace these with a ZX-M.
Professor at my local college grumbled to me that the ZX-M bodies weren't
tough enough to handle this duty.
I don't k
Quoting "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I think Kodak still makes a transparency kit for B&W film. It was meant
> for use with Plus-X not Tri-X however.
>
Thought they made one for T-Max 100, or is that one history?
Quoting frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On 5/3/05, Mark Stringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Great shots. Your a photographer alert to what's going on around you.
> > Thanks for posting them.
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Marco Alpert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Pentax L
Quoting mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> I alway assumed that the spores would germinate in the suitable
> microhabitats in the lens, such as the junction of element and body. The
> filaments (hyphae) would grow out onto the lens surface to a greater or
> lesser extent and then croak due to
Quoting "Lindamood, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Has anyone here said thanks to Boz for his April 30 promise to keep
> updating his Pentax K-mount page? It's been a terrific resource for many
> of us for a long time, and it looks as thought he's going to keep it going
> for us. Thanks, Boz!
>
Quoting Andre Langevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> A friend wants to buy a Pentax digital P&S. What is the best one
> overall (considering resolution, flare, noise, handling)?
>
> To me, S5i seems a good one.
>
> Andre
>
>
Having not tried any of the others, I'm still a big fan of the 550.
Sinc
Quoting Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Indeed PDML is alive. I have just retrieved my archived bookmarks file,
> so I can quickly access my favorite site: PDML.
>
> Gradually my XP machine (QuidNunc) is coming back to live.
>
> Got PS CS 2 ordered, maybe arriving tomorrow.
>
> Am I corr
Quoting Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Shaun,
>
> If your wife is any bit like mine, the opposition against cameras is
> basically a
> mild jealousy over the time you spend with it, instead of assisting her
> with the
> kid. :-)
Jostein's probably right. My husband has the very same issue -- but
Quoting Bill Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> The Optio 50 uses Pentax lens elements, but is manufactured by Sanyo, as
> are
> Nikon and Canon digital P&S cameras.
For the most important part -- is the lens SMC?
ERNR
Quoting Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi!
>
> > Just a quick grab while walking around waiting to meet a friend for
> lunch
> > at a nearby cafe.
> >
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/yellow-doll.html
>
> Galia seems just to have lost her yellow teletubbies doll...
>
> It made me
Quoting mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >
> > From: Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Each buys a camera or five
>
> Slowcoach! Catch up! 8-)
Did he mean at once? Maybe he meant at once!
ERNR
Quoting frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Little bear cubs are so cute! It's easy to forget that they grow up
> into big bears that can rip your face off with one swipe of their paw.
This should make the quote file.
Quoting Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Now that half the club is enjoying the Foggy Albion :) (literately
> translated from my mother's tongue), I'd still risk posting a PAW.
>
> Quick grab, nuff said. But please look and be brutally honest.
>
> http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?ph
Quoting David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> G'day All,
>
> Just got back from a Mothers Day / birthday luncheon. Had a thoroughly
> enjoyable time with family, good food & good wine. So I thought I'd
> just send a quick "Happy Mothers Day" greeting to all the Mum's on the
> list.
Thank you, say
Quoting Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I forgot you were using elements. You can approximate the
> shadow/highlight tool in curves, although it's not as effective.
> Paul
Er, no.
Elements 3 has the shadow/highlight tool.
No version of Elements, to date, has shipped with the Curves tool.
Quoting Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi!
>
> > Er, no.
> > Elements 3 has the shadow/highlight tool.
> > No version of Elements, to date, has shipped with the Curves tool.
>
> ERNR, yes :).
>
> Please look here:
> http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/photoshop-elements-curves.html
Quoting David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> ...and Happy Birthday.
>
> Dave S
>
> On 5/9/05, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > My Grandmother 84 years young.
Thank you, sir!
Your grandmother is more than twice my age, so I feel better about my
milestone.
I hope she is doing very wel
Cameron Hood posted, among other things:
> Macs are fabulous, and as a former Windoze user who has switched, I
> personally will never go back. ...
> Do yourself a favour - get one - they are not just better for
> graphics, or video, or music, they are just better machines for
> ever
Jim A. asked:
> How many PDMLers own a hand held meter?
Is this a poll? I have three.
(a single comment inserted into Frank's post)
> It would be nice to make my mark on history, I guess...
>
> Better than having a disease named after me. Like, what do we know about
> Huntington, or Parkinson, except that they named diseases after them?
And ol' Dr Alzheimer.
And, poor old
> Lo
Butch posted:
>
> Life is too short to drink lousy beer.
Finally, a beer comment I can agree
with!
Pal posted:
> My point isn't really if one like it or not. My point is whether one likes it
sufficiently
better than, say, the D10 in order not to buy a Canon instead. I'm sure many
people will
if they are able to handle it
So the main problem then is the same as usual. If they'll get the d
Stan Halpin posted:
> >
> AND, it is not just camera stores. Best Buy, Office Max, CompUSA, and other
> office and/or computer stores have quite a stock of digital cameras.
> Presumably they catch the casual shopper looking for a computer peripheral
> rather than the photographer looking for a new
Lon Williamson wrote:
> > My wife's sister died suddenly, and I am in receipt of a passle
> > of JPEGS from which to select pictures to print and pass out at
> > a service in her memory. My wive is asking for 5x7 prints of
> > a recent portrait of her sister.
> >
> > The pictures were taken with o
My comments here; context reproduced below.
On my Optio 550, I use the viewfinder most of the time. But it's not good for
framing macro stuff (major parallax error) plus there's a certain minimum
distance past which the eye can focus on the subject through the viewfinder
anyway (in other words,
Vic wrote:
> >I was recently kicked off the mailing list because, as the note from
> >Pntxdiscuss stated, my computer Macintosh generated too many "MIME"
> >extensions. I
> >think it has to do with AOL ...> >
>
Lewis replied:
> For me the problem was AOL. I solved it by using a free hotmail (tras
Bob quoted and posted:
>
> > Lots of folks say they want 100% finders, but I don't
> > know why. Slide mounts block part of the image and developers never
> > print the entire negative anyway.
>
> not everybody mounts their slides, and some people print their own,
> especially nowadays when scan
John said:
> >And while I'm sounding off: I'm strongly opposed to "Digital" as a theme.
> >I can capture exposures with film, or with a CCD sensor. I can manipulate
> >the image on my computer, or I can perform all sorts of tricks with cross-
> >processing, dodging, burning, and multiple exposure
> Hi All,
>
> Could someone please explain why so many on the list have MX's. It seems to
> be a very popular model, what gives?
>
> Feroze
>
Speaking strictly for myself, I was "enabled"
:-)
Have you ever used
one?
Graywolf posted:
> Lets see, they are saying the current Defender is basically the same vehicle
> as the original Land Rover? Why I bet it still has a 1941 Jeep chassis too
> .
At least it still looks like a Land Rover. And the new Mini Cooper looks like a
Mini (until you get a chance to notice i
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "T Rittenhouse"
> Subject: Re: OT: Car keys - WAS Survival Kit
>
>
> > Lets see, they are saying the current Defender is basically the same
> vehicle
> > as the original Land Rover? Why I bet it still has a 1941 Jeep chassis too
>
>
> "The Land Rover D
Frank wrote:
> Listen to Wendy. She knows of what she speaks. Were it not for her,
> I'd likely not be a proud MX owner now.
Same here! I read what she posted on the subject a while back, and just had to
get
one.
Cesar posted:
> But Frank has already stated that the ears were not his. Now he needs to go
> out and get a pair. How else are we going to recognize him - unless he
> shows up with his Cyclops :-)
>
> I have it easy. Who else is going to be there with a snake-skinned LX (or
> two)...
>
That's
[EMAIL PROTECTED] posted, among other things:
> I am trying to decide which of these 2 digitals would be most
> cost-effective to buy
>
> I normally do 3 types of pictures. (I currently have a MZ5n)
> 1- nature - (usually floral) using Velvia (50 but trying 100f now)
> 2- portrait - if skin
Lost track of who asked:
> >I will look around and see what other flash types there are and compare. I
> >know this is probably a loaded question for a camera group...but here
> >goes...Are there certain types of flash that work better above others with
> >regards to Pentax cameras? .
I have a
Mark Roberts posted:
> A friend of mine is looking for a good condition Pentax MX. I'm not
> selling him mine(!) and I thought checking here would be a better bet
> than scouring eBay.
I haven't talked myself into selling mine either, but just thought I'd mention
that keh.com has a handful of lis
> Paul Stregevsky, a long-time Pentaxer (who still follows the PDML as
> a lurker) has asked me to forward...
>
> > An email acquaintance of mine in New York,
> > Christopher Platt ... needs to sell off some of his gear. Can you
> > kindly post his offerings to PDML?
> > Pentax MX chrome (just CL
Herb wrote, regarding panorama software:
> Photoshop Elements 2.0 has this as a builtin function. it is one of few
> places where Elements has something that isn't at all in full Photoshop. it
> takes me about 10 minutes on average to stitch a 4 -6 photo panorama using
> specific software. the tim
Cameron quoted and posted as follows:
> On Saturday, September 20, 2003, at 12:17 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote:
>
> > Jeez, Cameron, get off it will you? Just cause your experience with
> > Windows is much like Alan Chan's Pentax experience doesn't mean the
> > rest of us have the same problems and e
I also enjoyed the original post and find it food for thought (and I am not
finished thinking about it yet.)Anyway I have kept it in my files.
Meanwhile, other comments --
frank mentioned comments-from-mother vs. comments-from-others and I just
thought I'd share: My own mother used to just say
> I picked up a Pentax ZX-5N and cannot find anythig about the data back in
> the owners manual. It appears I have a data back but I don't know how to
> get it to work. Maybe it doesn't? It's a used camera in otherwise great
> shape. Any ideas?
>
> Pat
>
>
A separate manual exists for the ba
Leon wrote (among many other things)
>
> Besides I hate the way people hold digital point and shoots a foot and
> a half away from them to from and take pictures, I think it looks
> rediculous!
>
I agree with you it looks ridiculous; however, a digital p&s with an optical
viewfinder may need to
Dag T posted (among other things):
> OK, a glass of wine, 3 kids in bed, nothing better to do (well,
> actually). Time to get unpopular:
> Grant Reed III, Cumberland Falls at night
> Not sharp, but you´ve explained why. Otherwise a bit too much leaves
> and "something" in the foreground.
Janosch Heinz: Sunset1
Beautiful clouds. I find myself wondering if perhaps the bottom part of the
image could have been cropped half-way up the dark area.
Martin Mielke: Tubing
Nice geometry and a sweet colour. Very restful image for an action shot!
" Jogging "
by Bernd Scheffler
I like the ni
Marnie said -- among many other things
> Kentucky by ERN Reed
>
> I just can't *see* this. It's too dark for me. Possibly you have a Mac and I
> am on a PC
No Mac here! I really hate them. Just for the record.
It's really hard, though, to figure out how much to change the appearance of
Quoth Marnie aka Doe
> Although it is easier to say that one likes something, than
> to say *why* one isn't wild about something.
>
More socially correct, too :-)
My photography professor had a firm rule for class critiques. You HAD to start
with a positive comment. Having made the positive co
> I recently purchased a Z-1
>
> I have used two Sigma lens on it
> The camrea sometimes decides these lenses are f1.2 (24-70 f3.5-5.6/28-90
> f3.5-5.6)and wont focus.
> I have also used Pentax current 50mm f1.4 and an old Pentax F 28-80 with no
> problems.
>
> Do I have a compatibility problem o
Mark Cassino posted:
>
> Looked at the mail and found the current edition of American Entomologist,
> sporting one of my monarch shots on the cover. This is my second cover shot
> with them this year, after I sent them several photos last winter.
They have excellent taste.
>
> This evening I
Chris wrote:
> I just sent this question to the seller. Should be interesting to see
> what he says.
>
> " so please ask
> your professional and let me know what he says. ..."
You wicked dude!!!
ERN
rofl
John Francis quoted Alan Chan and posted a comment:
> > Perhaps I have a different way to approach the digital products. The 1st
> > thing I check is the picture quality. If they aren't good, I don't care.
Why
> > bother to produce a 5MP model when the images are(sic) that good anyway?
>
> Hav
John Francis quoted Alan Chan and posted a comment:
> > Perhaps I have a different way to approach the digital products. The 1st
> > thing I check is the picture quality. If they aren't good, I don't care.
Why
> > bother to produce a 5MP model when the images are(sic) that good anyway?
>
> Hav
Chris posted, among many other things:
>
> Optical quality is important to me, but I don't have excessive
> expectations for p&s digital. It's hard to find a 5MP digital that takes
> really bad photos, and I'd feel comfortable enlarging the Optio 550's
> shots to 5x7. I haven't made any 8x10's w
> >For that matter, have you seen images from the Pentax Optio 550??
>
> I just checked the samples from dpreview & imaging resource and they aren't
> as good as the other 5MP models I prefer. Not that 550 is bad, but there are
> better choices.
>
> Alan Chan
I saw some of those samples when
I wrote:
> >I saw some of those samples when I was researching the camera myself, and
> >really wondered if it would be a good choice for me (but still determined
> >to
> >try it). However, since using the camera and seeing my own results, I've
> >been
> >wondering just how they got those poor-q
> Can anyone recommend a web site that explains the differences among
> different kinds of digital memory, and among the different grades of memory?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
Looking for this?
http://www.steves-digicams.com/flash_memory.html
Guarav asked
>I am quite used to the split-image and matte (?) screen of the
> ME-Super. Are there such screens for PZ-1?
Beattie Intenscreen has made such a screen for the PZ-1. I think I bought mine
from B&H.
Robert G posted:
> I had my first look at a camera store near me and it looks
> like a winner. Very light! But very solid.
Which camera store ...
?
> >
> > Guarav asked
> > >I am quite used to the split-image and matte (?) screen of the
> > > ME-Super. Are there such screens for PZ-1?
> >
> > Beattie Intenscreen has made such a screen for the PZ-1. I think I bought
mine
> > from B&H.
>
> Jost one word of caution; the Beattie screens can
Wendy posted:
> At 10:49 AM 13/10/2003 -0400, Vic wrote:
> >The down side that gets overlooked is the amount of time needed to tweak and
> >file all the digital images.
>
> Have to agree with that.
> On the other hand, shooting digital has forced me to catalogue and backup
> my shots. I now have
> Precision camera in Austin. Where are you located?
>
San Antonio. And Precision Camera was who I thought you might have meant. (Been
there once. Bought my Optio 550 there.)
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Robert G posted:
> >
> >>I had my first look at a camera store near me and it looks
> >
> > > >
> > > > Guarav asked
> > > > >I am quite used to the split-image and matte (?) screen of the
> > > > > ME-Super. Are there such screens for PZ-1?
> > > >
> > > > Beattie Intenscreen has made such a screen for the PZ-1. I think I
bought
> > mine
> > > > from B&H.
> > >
> > > Jos
JCO posted:
> I stand by my reply. His post makes no sense.
> You cant really do studio strobes at weddings
> and receptions. His "teachers" must be the
> stupid jerks.
Don't some wedding photographers do bridal portraits (somtimes in the studio)
ahead of time? Maybe that's what his teachers
> > They may have had lens
> > compatibility in the past, but never grip compatibility!
> >
>
> Nor remote cable compatibility. ZX-5n, MZ-S and *ist's all 3 use different
> remote cables.
>
> Bill
>
>
OTOH, PZ-1 and ZX-5n do use the same remote, and I assume their respective
immediate sibli
Thrainn Vigfusson posted:
> I thought you might be joking, but it's not often I get the chance to tell
> people I saw Bjork shopping, since everybody here has also seen her.
>
> We get a lot of "...then you must know..." questions here, mainly because the
> whole nation is interested in genealo
Bucky posted (among many other things)
>
> Another gripe I noticed in the few minutes I played with it was the loud
> "P!!!" it makes when you release the shutter, almost like
> the sound of those kiddies' toy cars with the flywheels and gears inside
> them (you know, the ones wher
> Kodachrome, by Paul Simon
>
>
>
NOT with the camera brand mentioned in there!
> And the PDML list is growing for GFM...
>
> César
> Panama City, Florida
Got my email confirmation that my registration was
received.
Marnie wrote:
> I finally have some pictures from the Northern California PDML Meet up.
>
> http://members.aol.com/doepage2/PDML/
>
> Some people pixs, more scenery pixs, and a humorous (to me, anyway)
> accompanying little story.
Read the humorous little story.
Makes me glad that the one tim
> How many spouses are coming to GFM?
>
Mine, for one (and the young as well.) Can't leave home without them. (I can
hear poor Cesar gnashing his teeth
now!)
Someone posted:
> >
> > Someone made a solar powered 35mm compact some time ago. Not successful
> > but, as you say, the technology just needs developing.
I seem to remember that Ricoh had an SLR back in the 1980s that was solar-
powered. All I know about it, I saw in the pages of Popular (or Mo
Malcolm asked:
> Has anyone owned an LX for any length of time without buying any of it's
> various options?
Well, I haven't bought *many* -- bought my LX four years ago, and since then I
have purchased one new finder (to replace the damaged original) and two new
screens, one of which was to rep
Cesar wrote:
> As for the snakeskin, you can see my two at GFM - they are beauties, in
> spite of what some people say...
Ever the diplomat, aren't you, Cesar? But I wouldn't have been offended if
you'd written "in spite of what ERN says ... "
ERN
Cesar, about the snaked LXen:
> Word of warning, they will be at GFM - but I will make sure they keep their
> distance.
That's OK, I'm bringing the
bodyguard.
Brendan wrote, re "Luminous" Reichmann:
> He has been to pro canon for some time now...
Suppose the only reason he likes *any* Pentax cameras is that Canon doesn't do
medium format?
Maybe I shouldn't say anything here, since of the three discussed I have only a
PZ-1. I've handled a PZ-1p and an MZ-S once each, and read a lot about them.
But for what it's worth, here goes:
The only thing that makes me consistently wish I had the PZ-1p rather than the
PZ-1 is the exposure sca
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