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PDML-Related
 
The Pentax Discussion Mailing List (PDML) is an e-mail mailing list that Pentax provides to the public. Anything Pentax, most things photographic, and a lot of other stuff besides, gets discussed there. These links are to the sites of the people involved in the list. The older messages are collected into archives .
 
  The Pentax User's Gallery (PUG) photo gallery site dedicated to photographers using Pentax equipment. Details of upcoming themes are available on the PUG Submissions Page .  
  The PDML FAQ (care of Ralf Stubner, who recently finished his Diplomarbeit at the Univeristy of Erlangen [Germany], so let's give him a big hand and send over a few steins of pils).  
  Valentin Donisa has created a directory of the Web pages of many of the members of the mailing list (if you have trouble with that link, the mirror of the directory is here ). Actually, it appears that Valentin's going a bit mad these days, adding a "Lens Gallery" (see below) to his web site, and collecting the humor of the PDML in the Photo Humor Page .  
  Dan Klimovich has created a Who's Who on PDML portrait gallery (or "family album") for the PDML with photos of a lot of the regular members of the mailing list.  
  Penta Magazine is also from Dan Klimovich . It provides both English and Russian language information, news, and press releases, on all things Pentax .  
  Peter Farkas' Formula 1 Page  
  Stan Halpin has generously scoured all of the archives of the PDML and posted the organized the PDML Users Comments on Lenses web site.  

Pentax Worldwide Contacts
  Web Sites:
Japan USA Canada Pentax Russia
E-mail:
Canada
 
  Postal Address:
Vancouver, BC, CA
  • Pentax Canada Ltd.
    1760 West 3rd Avenue
    Vancouver, B.C.
    Canada V6J 1K5
    Tel. 604-733-1161
    Fax. 604-733-9610
Postal Address: U.K.
  • Pentax U.K. Ltd.
    Pentax House
    Heron Drive
    Langley
    Slough
    Berks SL3 8PN
    Tel. 01 753 79 27 92
    Fax. 01 753 79 27 94
 

Technical Stuff
  Download PDF versions of Pentax manuals  
  Pentax Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Page  
  Bokeh . You've about it, you've wondered what it is and what it means to your photographs, now you can easily find out:  
  Rob Studdert's LX Page  
  Order Gerjan van Oosten's new book, The Ultimate Asahi Pentax Screw Mount Guide , covering all of Pentax' screw mount (M42) cameras, lenses, and accessories, from 1952 through 1977.  
  Yoshihiko Takinami's Pentax Lens Resolution Test Site  
  Alex Nemerovsky's Pentax Equipment Review Site  
  Boz Dmitriov has created a Pentax K Mount Site . It has to be the ultimate reference on Pentax photographic equipment and the features, formats, and (in)compatibilities of and among them.  
  If you're looking specifically for information on the Pentax LX, you might try the Modern Classics - Pentax LX web site.  
  Peter Jonkman has created the Asahi Pentax Spotmatic Home Page , a wonderful source of information on the early Pentax cameras, like the Spotmatic featured in the site's name.  
  Pentax LX Focusing Screens by Pim Rietbroek  

General Photography
  Masters of Photography provides images and information on quite a few professional photographers, past and present, well-known and relatively unknown.  
  Wildlight is the Electronic Journal of Outdoor Photography. They make the Working with Pros series of interviews with professional photographers available to us all.  
  Even though it's not Pentax-specific, the sci.electronics newsgroup Flash FAQ might be helpful.  
  Xtreme Camera  
  ACE Index of Photo Equipment Manufacturers  
  Spotmeter Techniques  
  Night Photography Information  
  Robert Monaghan's Collection of Really Cool TM photography information, especially stuff about night and astro photography and really long exposures.  
  Christopher Burkett  
  Depth-of-Field and other Optical Phenonema and the Physics of Photography  
  If you're travelling through Heathrow airport in London (UK), you can write ahead and get authorization to have all your carry-on films hand-checked instead of being x-rayed. You need to write to the following person, well in advance:
  • Mr. Andy Price
    Security Projects Manager
    Heathrow Airport Ltd.
    Heathrow Point East
    234 Bath Road
    Harlington
    Middlesex UB3 5AP
    UK
 
  A database of stolen equipment.  
  The Natural Visions Web site, dedicated to nature and wildlife photography.  

Analog Versus Digital
  Monitor Calbration  
  Tips for Scanning Images and Photographs  
  Ink Jet Information  
  Ink Jet Ink Fading  
  Lessons from the Long Now by Roger Smith in Software Development Online, January 2000  
  JPEG2000 wavelet compression spec approved by R. Colin Johnson in EE Times Online , December 1999  

Ordering Equipment
 
Do you buy camera equipment mail order? Have you thought about it? Do you know which vendors are reliable and which aren't? Find out on any of the following sites (and don't forget eBay , but always check the seller's feedback, and consider using an escrow service).
 
  The Photographic Mail Order Survey (PMOS)  
  User's Experiences Postings on photo.net  
  photo.net's Where To Buy Guide  
  Klaus Schroiff's collection of links to European and US photoshops.  
  Ravensburger Fotoversand for Pentax equipment at good prices in Germany.  
  Reseller Ratings  
  Aaron Reynold's store ... since Aaron's a PDML member and a Pentax enthusiast, you'll find his store a font of Pentax related information and products:
  • Photo Solutions
    233 Cross Avenue, Unit C-3
    Oakville, Ontario
    L6J 2W9
    Tel. 905-337-2862
    Fax. 905-337-0317
    Email. fud@passport.ca
 

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