Satish: if you want one.... Nikon Coolpix 5700 is till available used ... for about 130 dollars on Amazon.com... or a new one for 1300.00 dollars..ten times more... both at http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000069092/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used
look at it who know you may find something you like... Usha di ======= ========= On Jan 6, 2:20 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Satish ji > That is a good idea. We can also have a new thread where all interested > members can give detais about their camera equipment. We can then have a > new page in the website with all information handy. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Rathinasabapathy Bhuvaragasamy < > > > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > Thats good idea Satish Ji. > > > Thanks BRS > > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Gurcharan ji > >> Iagree with you to some extent.Prosumer(Non SLR ) cameras have improved a > >> lot in recent years. Many a times I feel helpless not having my old Nikon > >> Coolpix 5700 which was sooooo good for flower photography. I remember > >> taking many beautiful shots which I feel were somewhat better than the > >> current SLR which I am using now. Somehow that model has been discontinued > >> and I couldn't figure out any comparable model so far. > >> I think we have to add the camera equipment details in individual profile > >> on our website which will help others for buying decisions. > > >> On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>> Thanks a lot Prasad ji for aapreciation. > >>> If few more comments came I will have to postpone my decision of buying > >>> Nikon d5100 and a macro lens. My sony alpha 100, I manage macro capability > >>> with extension tubes, 70-315 lens for shooting flowers on trees. Recently > >>> my Sony DSLR has started giving error 0x5b nearly 40 percent times, > >>> possibly a fault in aperture assembly. There being no repair support for > >>> Sony DSLR in India, I was thinking of buying a new DSLR camer, possibly > >>> Nikor d5100, may be an additional utility. > > >>> -- > >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh > >>> Retired Associate Professor > >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > >>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > >>>http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > >>> On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 12:27 PM, prasad dash <[email protected] > >>> > wrote: > > >>>> Waoooooooooooooooooooooo. The * > >>>> Dichrostachys-cinerea-Punjabi-bagh-Delhi-3.jpg* is awesome. Superb > >>>> background, great sutter speed, Perfect ISO and lovely focuss on all part > >>>> of ther flower. > > >>>> Regards > > >>>> Prasad > > >>>> On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 9:33 PM, ushadi Micromini < > >>>> [email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>> If its native, can I get some seeds? > > >>>>> to grow in my balcony... > > >>>>> what kinda soil would it need? > >>>>> acid alkaline > >>>>> clay/ rocks/ humus etc???? > > >>>>> can some one tell me and give me some seeds.. > > >>>>> thanks > >>>>> usha di > >>>>> ========== > > >>>>> On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 9:06 PM, Satish Phadke > >>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>>>>> Very much native. Occasional in Western ghats. > > >>>>>> On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Ushadi micromini < > >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>>> very nice to see it here... > >>>>>>> is it native or planted.. > >>>>>>> usha di > >>>>>>> ========= > > >>>>>>> On Jan 5, 12:49 pm, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>> > Nice set of photographs Gurcharan Singh ji. Clear and sharp pics.. > >>>>>>> > Regards > >>>>>>> > Prashant > > >>>>>>> > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> > >>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> > > Nice shot Sir ji, the flowers are so unique in morphology!! > >>>>>>> > > tanay > > >>>>>>> > > On 4 January 2012 22:05, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > >>>>>>> wrote: > > >>>>>>> > >> Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn., Prodr. fl. Ind. > >>>>>>> orient. 271. > >>>>>>> > >> 1834 > >>>>>>> > >> syn: *Cailliea dichrostachys* Guill. & Perr.; *Mimosa cinerea* > >>>>>>> L.; * > >>>>>>> > >> Dichrostachys* *nutans* (Pers.) Benth. > > >>>>>>> > >> Common name: marabou-thorn > > >>>>>>> > >> Shrub or small tree; leaves bipinnate with glands on rachis > >>>>>>> between > >>>>>>> > >> pinnae, pinnae 4-18 pairs; leaflets 8-20 pairs, 2-6 mm long, > >>>>>>> margin hairy; > >>>>>>> > >> flowers in spikes with lower flowers pink and sterile, upper > >>>>>>> yellow and > >>>>>>> > >> fertile; pod coiled, up to 10 cm long. > > >>>>>>> > >> Commonly planted in Delhi. Photographed from Punjabi Bagh. > > >>>>>>> > >> -- > >>>>>>> > >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh > >>>>>>> > >> Retired Associate Professor > >>>>>>> > >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > >>>>>>> > >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > >>>>>>> > >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > >>>>>>> > >>http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > >>>>>>> > > -- > >>>>>>> > > *Tanay Bose* > >>>>>>> > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > >>>>>>> > > Department of Botany. > >>>>>>> > > University of British Columbia . > >>>>>>> > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > >>>>>>> > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > >>>>>>> > > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > >>>>>>> > > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > >>>>>>> > > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > >>>>>>> > > [email protected] > >>>>>>> > > *Webpages:* > >>>>>>> > >http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > >>>>>>> > >http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > >>>>>>> > >https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> Dr Satish Phadke > > >>>> -- > >>>> Prasad Kumar Dash > >>>> Ecologist, Orissa, India > >>>> email: [email protected] > >>>> ph. 09437444241 > > >> -- > >> Dr Satish Phadke > > > -- > > B. Rathinasabapathy > > Project Co-ordinator > > Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park > > 1388, Avinashi Road > > Peelamedu > > Coimbatore-641004 > > > <http://mail.google.com/subscribe.mhtml>
