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--- On Wed, 12/3/08, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: PESO - Memories of Summer > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 9:49 AM > <sSpock>37.40 to be precise</spock> > > frank theriault wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Jack Davis > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Couldn't be a more definitive example. Well > chosen and rendered. > >> Today is bright and completely still with a > forecast of 65F. (A "crisp" 62F now-11:22AM) > >> Always like to keep you current as to our weather, > Frank. Like you to know how we are all suffering. > <snicker> > >> > > > > Thanks for the update, Jack! > > > > ;-) > > > > I took this with one of my favourite 35mm film zooms, > the Vivitar > > Series 1 f3.8 constant aperture 24-48mm. > > > > It's big, heavy but has very low distortion at all > focal lengths. > > Problem is that it's very hard to focus without > the usual focusing > > aids on manual focus cameras (split screen or > microprism). And, as I > > discovered from a few very blurry shots from a couple > of weeks ago, > > focuses beyond infinity (which I suppose is better > than never getting > > to infinity!). > > > > So it's really lousy street lens, but for > situations where one has the > > time to be deliberate, it's a beauty. > > > > As for the weather, well, I really don't mind the > nice cold, white > > winters I had as a kid in Montreal, but Toronto (while > it does get > > snow) is generally grey, wet and dismal from > mid-November to about > > March. I've learned to live with it, except when > I'm cycling. As we > > speak (type?) it's +3 Celsius (maybe 38F?) and > drizzling - quite > > dreary! It's not going to be a fun ride home, but > at least I can tell > > myself that it's not pouring! > > > > :-) > > > > Thanks for the comment. > > > > cheers, > > frank > > > > > -- > You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a > kind word alone. > --Al Capone. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
