That should never have happened - there's not that much vibration from
the garbage grinder. The manufacturer should be willing to replace the
sink. Repairs on a crack like that are just a stop-gap measure. Is the
sink Swanstone or Corian?
-p
On 10/5/2013 10:59 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Christine,
I keep lusting after a new camera, particularly those Fuji's after
seeing Doug's stuff and reading Cotty.
But the K-5 and K-5IIs are so good...
I grabbed a white K-01 as they were closing out.
It's actually surprisingly good with a tiny lens, but not so small.
It rides around in the car with me now.
The K-5 (or IIs) with a 31, 20, or 55 are what I carry now.
Hard to beat.
(pictures I shot this week of a sink I need to have repaired)
https://plus.google.com/photos/115638976374047590388/albums/5930231501357379409?authkey=CLC459SomqGs2QE#photos/115638976374047590388/albums/5930231501357379409?authkey=CLC459SomqGs2QE
Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote:
p.s. I just weighed the K5 with the FA 50mm, and it came in at 2 and 1/4
pounds--nearly half the weight of the entire kit. The K5 with the DA 40
mounted weighs nearly 2 pounds, about a 1/4 pound less. The body of the K5
weighs 1 and 3/4 pounds. And interestingly, the extra battery in my plastic
bag weighs in at about a 1/4 pound.
Cheers, Christine
On Oct 5, 2013, at 10:06 AM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Eric:
I'd like to endorse Paul's suggestion about the K5 & DA 40. Below is a link
that shows my everyday kit. Now you have to remember that I am a woman, and as
such, I've had to find a way to combine a purse and a camera kit. I start with the
Domke F-5XB. The link below shows what I can carry in the bag as a purse and a
camera bag. I even show a photo depicting total weight.
Now, as I said this is an everyday kit, which I virtually always have with
me--even if I don't shoot anything that day. I did add the DA 21mm for the
purposes of this demonstration, but normally I would only carry one lens
mounted on the camera. Since I got my FA 50 back from repairs, I have that
mounted. With the DA 40, you'd even have a lot more room in this bag, and the
bag would be lighter.
Now the gender thing is important because men usually carry wallets in back
pants pockets and maybe phones in a shirt pocket, habits which would actually
leave you more room in the bag. I normally have my keys in my front jeans
pocket, but I put them in the bag for demonstration purposes.
As I said this is an everyday bag, but if I was really restricted for travel, this
is the kit I would carry: 50mm & 21mm (a pared down long and wide combo).
When I travel for pleasure, I usually always take the DA* 50-135mm, so I use a
different bag. But this past year, I've had to travel for work, and I used this
kit set-up.
Clearly, one good Fujiesque camera would be less gear and lighter; this kit
won't beat that, and I do appreciate the point that even a kit like this can be
burdensome sometimes. Like you, I've been thinking about a Fuji/Pentax MX-1
set-up as an alternative, but if you want to pack a DSLR with fantastic low
light ISO quality, this kit works really well. Hope that helps.
Here's the link:
http://www.caguila.com/kit/index.html
Cheers, Christine
On Oct 5, 2013, at 3:47 AM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
On Sep 21, 2013, at 6:18 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote:
I have a great compact travel camera. I take the battery grip off my k5 and mount
the 40/2.8 pancake. Bingo. For everyday pocket camera, it's an iphone5, better than
many p&s pos.
After returning from my trip, during which I had my camera in-hand all day during
daylight hours almost every day for just short of a month---my first experience of
that---my mind keeps running off in thoughts about a new camera. Two thoughts: an
"enthusiast" level compact walking around camera or a DSLR with great low-light
performance and high image quality. Was leaning toward the Fuji X10 or X20 regarding the
former till I read a review that said they produce images that are a bit soft. Regarding
the latter, I've wanted a K-5 since is first saw some of the low-light images. New ones
are still available from Amazon. [I'd go used but KEH wants the same amount for LN.
My thinking at the moment is to go with Paul's solution and kill two birds with
one stone. You may remember me fretting about what kind of camera to take on
the walk part of my trip. In the end I decided to go with m *istDS and a couple
of short focal length primes, an A 28/2.8 and an A 50/1.7. I never took the
28/2.8 off the camera. Essentially my solution was Paul's.
So, not a done deal, yet, but leaning very strongly that way.
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Eric Weir
Decatur, GA USA
[email protected]
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