Now you can look for that Pentax f1.9 43mm special in Leica mount, it
really is special on an APS sized sensor, IMNSHO.
Cotty wrote:
> On 25/12/07, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>
>> Turkey, corn bread stuffing, mashed taters, gravy, veggies, and beer.
>> Being solo
>> I can do beer on a feast day. Forgot to get rolls so I had to make do
>> with plain
>> old bread (life is so difficult). In good old feast day tradition I ate
>>
> three
>
>> times as much as I should have. And there was still had enough left to
>>
> make a
>
>> couple of giant sized TV-Dinners with.
>>
>> All that was after the stroll in the park. Boone is such a peaceful place on
>> Christmas day.
>>
>> There is one problem with this solo thing, the cook has to do the dishes too.
>>
>> I hope everyone else's day is as nice as mine,
>>
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> You seem in good spirits, that's nice to see.
>
> I did the cooking today as well - for three. I realised a few years ago
> that I actually loathe turkey, so since then we've had the biggest corn-
> fed free range chicken we could get each time.
>
> And I did the pans as well ;-)
>
> The rest of my family are at my sister's on a small island in the
> Scottish Hebrides (pronounced heh'brid'eez) but I am working three days
> this week so we can't go. Such is life for the self-employed contractor!
>
> I have a power inverter in the Land Rover now, gives me 1500 watts
> continuous at 230volts AC so I can power up a DVCam deck, a pair of
> speakers, audio mixer, macbook, lighting, etc. I'm relaunching myself in
> january to potential new clients who need to shoot and edit on location.
> I'm hopeful that it will work out.
>
> the Land Rover has to have a new main gearbox! After only 35k miles I've
> managed to shag it! Apparently a layshaft bearing (on 5th) is U/S and as
> a standard practice for vehicles still under warranty, they replace all
> the cogs, everything. Good thing they won't touch the transfer case,
> other wise they'd find a pair of non-standard gears to bring up the
> ratios a bit - the Defender final drive is better for mud-plugging and
> rock-climbing, but I spend more time on the highway, so had some higher
> gearing installed. The engine is actually de-tuned for the Defender (Td5
> 5 cyl diesel) as its got a bit more poke in the Discovery. So I paid
> extra to have it brought up to its proper power :-/ but there ya go.
> Remember the CJ-5 - people discovered what happened when you treated a
> vehicle with high CoG like a sports car and they ended up decapitating
> people's daughters. The roll on the Defender is horrendous - but nothing
> to beat it off road in this country. I have the long wheel base (110
> inches) the shorter version (92 inches) will give a CJ-7 a great run for
> its money. Dunno about the YJs - they've lowered them a bit haven't they?
>
> Anyway, babbling. How's the Chevy?
>
> Speaking of more money than sense - I've nabbed an Epson R-D1 from eBay.
> Already picked up a Voigtlander 28 Ultron 1.9 so am waiting to give it a
> go. I'm in the photo-doldrums again and need a pick-me-up. Usually a
> thumb through some of my big B+W heroes' books will do it, but I needed
> a bit of enablement therapy :-)
>
> I'm hoping to hit GFM again next year so it would be great to see you
> again there. Hope things are as well as your email suggest, and I'll see
> if I can bring any sound goodies with me in May!
>
> Take care big fellah.
>
>
>
>
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