Hi Brendan, I remember you, and I think you'll find that quite a few other folk here do so as well. A lot of us have been hanging out here for many years. Welcome back. Nice pics. Thanks for sharing. Paul On Aug 11, 2006, at 1:57 AM, Brendan MacRae wrote:
> Hey gang... > > Let's just say it has been a really long time since > I've been on the list. Probably long enough so most of > you don't remember me at all. In any event, I wish > again to say hello to all of you and to relay a few > pix taken with my newest toy. > > I'm no longer living in the San Francisco Bay Area as > I've moved up into the Sierra foothills of Grass > Valley, California. It's beautiful here at the 2000 > foot level. So much so in fact that it took some > convincing for me to want to go on vacation to see > relatives in San Diego last week. While there I shot a > bunch of pix with Optio W10 in the pool near my > sister's place. I had mentioned to my wife that we > really should upgrade our Olympus 1.3M digi camera > that I've had forever and to my delight she suprised > me with the Optio for my b-day in June. > > Since I'm a diehard film shooter, I never made the > leap to a DSLR, and frankly, the Pentax DSLR's have > never really impressed me. I was bugged by the never > to be released MZ-D and for a long time waited for a > full sized sensor on a Pentax. However, I've come to > my senses and no longer sweat the APS size sensor but > I think I'll wait for the 10MP model to finally take > the plunge. > > Speaking of the plunge, it's something entirely > possible with the Optio. I took it right into the pool > with me and I was fairly impressed at the performance > of this true all-weather camera. I even shot some > video with it and the audio underwater is something to > hear. Since my two year old daughter is just learning > to swim it's a treat to have a camera that I don't > need to worry about getting wet but that can go right > into the pool with her. > > Since I wear contacts, I never opened my eyes to frame > what I was shooting at but even then some of the shots > came out rather well. Here's a short gallery of shots > from that day: > > http://www.members.aol.com/figgaro/index.htm > > Really fun little camera. I was very incredulous when > I took it out of the box but have since come around to > see that it's a great little point and shoot. There's > no zoom range, really. The screen is big but nearly > impossible to see in the sun. It's really small so > people with large hands (like me) will find it a bit > persnicky to handle but all in all a fun little > camera. Oh, and it takes a rechargable battery so > there's no bats to buy all the time. Plus, the menus > are easy to navigate. > > Anyway, hello again to everyone. > > -Brendan MacRae > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
