Hi all, I made it back to NZ in one piece. Flights were nice and smooth but I'm really feeling the effects of 26 hours flying plus 13 hours of jet-lag, and more security checks and paper forms than I care to remember. LA had more forms but Auckland had more checking (including sniffer dogs). My last flight landed at 8:20am in a -4deg (celcius) frost; its a bit cold down this way today... and I have to try and stay awake all day :)
Had a few new toys to play with, the FA*400mm f/5.6 which seems to be in pretty good condition, and the Z-1p grip which is very nice (it'd be even better if I used my right eye). I took the 400mm out for a spin in the park earlier but I am so tired I had to give up and bake my brain on the internet until its late enough to go to bed. What little impression I have of it is that its quite nice to use. I tried out the 6x7 TTL prism finder I bought at Photographica, the one I thought was broken because I couldn't see the needle. Well it definitely functions but it is in need of calibration. Flipping the switch to "on" brings the needle into view but its a couple of stops out, as far as I can tell. The needle swings back out of view when switched off. My new Rodenstock 3x loupe for 6x6 is very nice, if I do say so myself. I had a look through about a dozen rolls worth of prints. Got some nice photos of Cotty and Bob W but they won't be made public without permission :) Also have a couple of bad pictures of Peter's monster lens. Its really strange using a real computer again after two months of being stuck with a laptop... boy does this screen look big now. Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ (out of date) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List.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 .
