jim kerr

Well friends, thanks to each of you for all your prompt responses. I was thinking I had a pretty decent sample myself. Out of curiousity I would like to find out if Popular Photography magazine has done a test, and which issue it appears in......Thanks.....Jim

Hey thanks Javier, for your quick response......Jim

Has "Pop Photo" tested the original version of this lens, not the latest II

version. If so, what issue?.....thanks....Jim

Check in "The Negative" by Ansel Adams......Jim

Hello Justin, Using your camera's meter at 1600 is not likely to give you a real accurate exposure. Reflection meters as in a camera's meter can only get the accurate exposure if you use a grey card as the target and in the same light as your eventual subject. The only other way is to use an incident meter, and use it properly.... Years ago, when I was shooting High School Basketball, I was advised(by 2 highly regarded professional photographers) to shoot Tri-x at 1600 in the two local gymnasiums at an exposure of 1/125@f2.8 or 1/250@f2 and don't worry about what the camera's meter was telling you, of course you would be shooting on manual exposure. Then develope the film for twice the recommended time in D-76(1:1). Every negative I ever shot was nothing but excellent.......Jim

Bob,not that I'm any Ansel Adams, but I have been at it for 40 years.For film developing I used D-76(1:1) mostly until XTOL came out,I've also used Acufine, HC-110B (1:31), Diafine, DK-50, DK-20, etc.,etc. And several that needed to be mixed from scratch....For my money XTOL @ (1:2)is the champ. For developing papers I have used Dektol(1:2) almost exclusively, Kodak Indicater Stop Bath, and Kodak Rapid Fixer, and Kodak Hypo Clearing Agent, and Edwal's LFN liquid foaming agent..... These last 4 are diluted as package says.......Good luck.......Jim

Thanks to everyone that is helping me with this, a number of years ago I had a friend that really knew about this electrical stuff and could answer and explain any electrical question I had or any graduate electrical engineer would pose to him, but he passed away about 25 years ago.....so thanks......Jim

I'm on the prowl for a good battery tester, one that reads the Ma, volts,

etc., I got one for Christmas but it only reads up to 200Ma which is not near

enough for AA Nimh batteries. Anyone have a recommendation?......Jim

Wow, Mike, that pretty well covers it. I think what I had best do is trip my 283 or 285 mounted on my Vivitar SL-2 slave and let my DL's built-in flash do the triping that way there is no electrical connection to worry about........Thanks again.....Jim

Thanks Chris, Both of mine are pretty old and made in Japan, so I'm still afraid to try, I would hate to have some lightning go off in my fairly new camera.....The number I had for Vivitar only gets me a busy signal after many trys......Jim

Any danger of messing up my Pentax *istDL by using either my Vivitar 283 or

285, both are original models and still work very well on my 35s.......Jim

Thanks Mike......Jim

Sounds like, at least, a good place to start. Thanks Alan......Jim

Thanks for taking your time, I realize now I should not have asked it in so general terms. I think judging by what you have said that something around 800-850nm may be about right to do what I want......I just thought there might be someone out there that had a favorite filter , other than an R-72, that they were having very good results with on their *ist DL.......Jim

Does any know where one can get a real rubber eyecup to use on Pentax digital

SLRs that are like the ones you could buy for 35mm SLRs, the ones that come on

the cameras now are a useless waste......thanks,...Jim

Is there a better IR filter for doing digital IR than a Hoya R-72. I'm using a

Pentax *ist DL.....thanks, Jim

Those that consistantly rate everyone's photos as 3/3 has the problem, I have long ago quit paying any attention to them. Not that I don't have one every now and then that deserves such a rating.......Jim

Say Steve, After you get your gizmo working the way you want, by all means post some pictures you have done with it.......Jim

Say Steve, After you get your gizmo working the way you want, by all means post some picture you have done with it.......Jim

Thanks to each of you.....Jim

Bob, That is the logical thing to do, been there done that, several times. They seem to be somewhat too big or not quite big enough..... Thought perhaps someone may have a provider that would be nearly just what I need.....

Any one know of a good supplier of boxes for shipping framed 16x20 prints, I'm

thinking 20"x24"x4" would be just about right.......Jim

Thanks Wigwam, perhaps I need to try and get in touch with Pentax as It is surely still under warranty.......Jim

Is the any way to adjust the brightness of the writing below the screen in a

*ist DL viewfinder, it is fine indoors but in the sunshine it is impossible to

see, even with a real rubber eyecup(not the useless thing that comes on cameras

nowdays).....Jim

I've heard that it only takes 2 mosquitoes to carry you off....Jim