Geez, bummer man. Though sad to say it makes me feel better about my car problems. Hope your car is all right.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A bunch of smooshed-car photos, none taken with a Pentax (because > all my Pentax cameras use film and I haven't gotten to the lab yet > with the film I shot -- these were all done with my widdle P&S > digital), from the hit-and-run accident involving my car and three > other parked cars twenty minutes before the start of my birthday. > > <http://dglenn.livejournal.com/881401.html> > > I spent most of my birthday editing photos (the P&S does not do > very well at night -- it's got the expected too-small built-in > flash but has major contrast problems even when the subject is > close enough for that -- so I had to dredge detail up from the > dark end of the histogram) to email to the police, then emailing > copies to neighbours. The good news: they caught the driver. > The bad news: the owner said the driver din't have permission > (stole the keys) so it's probably going to be treated as an > uninsured motorist claim, which means a deductible about half > as much as my car is worth (and the car is old enough that any > suspension damage will total it, so knock wood and hope all I > need is an alighnment and the bodywork). > > > > I'll say this much about having a P&S digital camera to use: > the more I use it, the more I want a DSLR. I'm getting a > greater appreciation of digital photography from seeing what > this camera can do ... and a greater appreciation for my film > cameras from seeing what it _won't_ do that I'd been taking > for granted for so long. I spent most of the week before last > carrying around the digital and a K1000, switching off between > the two. > > -- Glenn > > -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
