Hi Paul, I remember you as well. I saw many other familiar names in my lurking. Good to know some things never change ;)
-b --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > __________________________________________________ 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
