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Comment by Horst posted on This landed in my inbox this morning... at 15/02/2014 - 05:39
Johnathan Mac wrote:
If you play by the rules and pay your items in time as a buyer or ship and pack them correctly as a seller, you have nothing to worry about.
The same goes with Paypal. The best thing since sliced bread,
As a buyer it doesn't cost you a single cent. you can buy not only from Ebay but from a great many other sources without having to give your credit card details ever again. You also have protection when the Item you receive is faulty, or broken or it is lost,. You get your money, including shipping costs back.
What more do you want?
Regards, Horst
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Hmm, it seems that evilbay is the way to go. The only thing I hate more than ebay is Paypal. I'll have to see if I can make a purchase without being scr*wed over by both
I think Ebay is one of the best sources to get anything and everything you desire 90% of the time for a very good price.Hmm, it seems that evilbay is the way to go. The only thing I hate more than ebay is Paypal. I'll have to see if I can make a purchase without being scr*wed over by both
If you play by the rules and pay your items in time as a buyer or ship and pack them correctly as a seller, you have nothing to worry about.
The same goes with Paypal. The best thing since sliced bread,
As a buyer it doesn't cost you a single cent. you can buy not only from Ebay but from a great many other sources without having to give your credit card details ever again. You also have protection when the Item you receive is faulty, or broken or it is lost,. You get your money, including shipping costs back.
What more do you want?
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on Where to get M42 rear caps? at 11/02/2014 - 12:25
Today in Melbourne the air was very smoky from the fires nearby.
When the sun went down, it looked bright orange because of this.
You could look at it with the naked eye.
So i to my K5 and made a picture. When I checked it, The orange had turned white, the rest of the picture was ok.
I then took my X-5 and did the same. This was even worth.
Later when the smoke got thicker and the sun had a lower angle the colour improved.
I had a similar thing happen every time when I take pictures of traffic lights or railway signals. The reds turn to white , especially in the centre of the light source. It is just like an ortho film taken in dauylight.
This never happened with colour slides. The reds where reds.
Any Ideas why this is so and how I can prevent it?
The first picture was with the K5 . The sun should have been bright orange.
The second picture also with the K5, But the sun was more obscured by smoke and already lower.
The 3rd picture with the X-5 and the sun bright orange
The 4th picture with the X-5 and the sun like the second picture with the K5.
You guys have to admit, this is pathetic.
Regards, Horst
When the sun went down, it looked bright orange because of this.
You could look at it with the naked eye.
So i to my K5 and made a picture. When I checked it, The orange had turned white, the rest of the picture was ok.
I then took my X-5 and did the same. This was even worth.
Later when the smoke got thicker and the sun had a lower angle the colour improved.
I had a similar thing happen every time when I take pictures of traffic lights or railway signals. The reds turn to white , especially in the centre of the light source. It is just like an ortho film taken in dauylight.
This never happened with colour slides. The reds where reds.
Any Ideas why this is so and how I can prevent it?
The first picture was with the K5 . The sun should have been bright orange.
The second picture also with the K5, But the sun was more obscured by smoke and already lower.
The 3rd picture with the X-5 and the sun bright orange
The 4th picture with the X-5 and the sun like the second picture with the K5.
You guys have to admit, this is pathetic.
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on Why are the reds so awful? at 11/02/2014 - 12:07
A bit like collecting stamps with misprints.
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Comment by Horst posted on A new one to me at 08/02/2014 - 12:25
Why not just bracket it both sides by one stop?
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Comment by Horst posted on Shooting Dark Skin Tones.. at 08/02/2014 - 12:22
Today we celebrated my birthday and the grandchildren came. So I made some portraits in our lunchroom with this lens. But i screwed a soft focus in front of it. Here are a couple of the results. Both pictures where taken with natural light. Next time I try it without filter.
My Grand daughter Jasmin 8 years old
William my 3 Year old my Grand son.
My Grand daughter Jasmin 8 years old
William my 3 Year old my Grand son.
Comment by Horst posted on My new aquisition. at 08/02/2014 - 12:15
Chris A wrote:
one couldn't even leave the lens hood or often a filter on it. It didn't protect from rain or dust. It only started to get useful if you could get rid of the top part and then put a new wider strap on the bottom part. At least it stopped the camera from dropping on to the ground.
But you still had to unscrew it, when the film needed changing.
None of you have really seen or used this item yet. So why are you so negative? Is it because its new?
Wait and see. I think it is worth while when you just take one camera with you. And the Zip. I am sure it will be covered to stop the camera from being marked and from you guys having the hair pulled away from your manly chests.
Regards, Horst
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That doesn't solve the problems I listed though.
The ever-ready case is only any good for one small lens, and it has an uncomfortable strap, which is too thin, and gets twisted up too easily.
I really don't get the nay-sayers. It's a neck strap, a shoulder strap, a wrist strap, and a bag.
And as for 'stylish', that's just personal preference. The Miggo has loads of colours, including plain black with a red stripe, which is as Pentaxy as it needs to be.
I have to say, much of the negativity just sounds like plain old conservatism to me
I 100% concur with Chris. The old EverReady case was neverReadyThat doesn't solve the problems I listed though.
The ever-ready case is only any good for one small lens, and it has an uncomfortable strap, which is too thin, and gets twisted up too easily.
I really don't get the nay-sayers. It's a neck strap, a shoulder strap, a wrist strap, and a bag.
And as for 'stylish', that's just personal preference. The Miggo has loads of colours, including plain black with a red stripe, which is as Pentaxy as it needs to be.
I have to say, much of the negativity just sounds like plain old conservatism to me
one couldn't even leave the lens hood or often a filter on it. It didn't protect from rain or dust. It only started to get useful if you could get rid of the top part and then put a new wider strap on the bottom part. At least it stopped the camera from dropping on to the ground.
But you still had to unscrew it, when the film needed changing.
None of you have really seen or used this item yet. So why are you so negative? Is it because its new?
Wait and see. I think it is worth while when you just take one camera with you. And the Zip. I am sure it will be covered to stop the camera from being marked and from you guys having the hair pulled away from your manly chests.
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on This landed in my inbox this morning... at 05/02/2014 - 12:52
All the best wishes to you. I suppose it is a step up, what you have done.
I would love to go to FF, but I love the Pentax feel and I have to many Pentax lenses. It makes it hard to start new.
Maybe one day we have a FF Pentax. (I know, we don't need one and APS-C is so much better and the tele lens and and and...)
Regards, Horst
I would love to go to FF, but I love the Pentax feel and I have to many Pentax lenses. It makes it hard to start new.
Maybe one day we have a FF Pentax. (I know, we don't need one and APS-C is so much better and the tele lens and and and...)
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on Leaving Pentax at 05/02/2014 - 12:30
Thanks for the detailed explanation.
With all the import duties and costs, it probably would be worth while to start manufacturing lenses and similar articles in the UK again.
It has been done before and the English lenses had an extremly good name around the world.
Start of with a 50mm f2 high quality lens. I would say there would be a market. At the start for either nostalgic or because it is made in England reasons , or just to see how good it is .
maybe?
Regards, Horst
With all the import duties and costs, it probably would be worth while to start manufacturing lenses and similar articles in the UK again.
It has been done before and the English lenses had an extremly good name around the world.
Start of with a 50mm f2 high quality lens. I would say there would be a market. At the start for either nostalgic or because it is made in England reasons , or just to see how good it is .
maybe?
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on Imports from Japan at 04/02/2014 - 09:24
Have a look at the Australian Ebay. The new lenses are the cheapest.
For used lenses either the Japanese Ebay, or the US Ebay, but watch the shipping costs from the US. They vary very much.
With new lenses and some used, the actual cost is about half or less than the UK cost. This should make it still a lot cheaper even with your import duty and VAT.
Do you pay VAT right from a low value import onwards, or from a higher value?
Here I Australia we don't pay none below $ 1000.-
If you buy from Japan, US or Australia, you pay with PayPal for safety reasons. ( money back guarantee)
Regards, Horst
For used lenses either the Japanese Ebay, or the US Ebay, but watch the shipping costs from the US. They vary very much.
With new lenses and some used, the actual cost is about half or less than the UK cost. This should make it still a lot cheaper even with your import duty and VAT.
Do you pay VAT right from a low value import onwards, or from a higher value?
Here I Australia we don't pay none below $ 1000.-
If you buy from Japan, US or Australia, you pay with PayPal for safety reasons. ( money back guarantee)
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on Imports from Japan at 04/02/2014 - 03:35
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