> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Pendleton > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 9:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: EOS Re: Bringing back the Bobs > > > I'm really tickled to have brought Plumviewer aka KK back to the List > (although I haven't missed his odd brief contribution in recent > weeks). But > have I been totally asleep? Where are his photos? > > Could the enigmatic Plum possibly tell us whether we can view the > results of > his 2x 600mm somewhere online? I've just told Bawbee Bob that however many > mm one has never seems to be enough but that the thought of > carting anything > bigger than 300mm around the wilderness (or the local towpath to be > accurate) is already quite enough for this old dodderer. But it would be > nice to see what we're missing. (I should add - don't be jealous > boys - that > a recent legacy means that I could, if I chose, consider a 500 or even 600 > myself but current thoughts are that this might be a good moment to think > digital, with a nice laptop and everything needed for that 'digital > darkroom') > > Kind regards to all > > 'Young' (67) Bob > aka BobP or Bob Pendleton or 'another Bob'
Hi BobP, Well you could go with an nice EOS 10D or dip into your legacy funds and spring for an EOS 1Ds, mount an EF 300 4L IS and get to the 35mmEFOV of a [EMAIL PROTECTED]/4 or add an EF 1.4X and get the 35mmEFOV of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/5.6 or an EF 2X and get a 35mmEFOV of (YIKES!), [EMAIL PROTECTED]/8. The IS on the EF 300 4L ought to come in really handy with this setup! Speaking of digital darkrooms, I resisted buying Adobe Photoshop for many years. I long ago bought, used upgraded, upgraded and upgraded a copy of Paint Shop Pro by Jasc Software and have been very happy with its capabilities and the paper output I got from my chromes. The one down side to PSP was that it was sometimes very hard or sometimes impossible to adapt some of the amazing techniques I saw being described for Adobe Photoshop users. The last straw was Fred Miranda's site and his optimized, custom workflows for the EOS digital bodies and the fact that they are only available for Photoshop. So I finally broke down, bit the bullet and bought Adobe PS 7.X and my digital darkroom life is much easier now. But after working with PS 7.X for a while I've come to the conclusion that while support and finding good techniques are much better for PS the basic interface and the automated adjustment tools are simply not as good as Paint Shop Pro. Anyway the reason I'm writing this is to say that you will need a LOT of stuff to go digital and get the best results. The list of stuff you'll need is long, the list of stuff that you'll want will be even longer! I hope that your legacy fund is really DEEP! Cheers/Chip * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
