This probably doesn't have much to do with anything, but I heard somewhere
that with all the preservatives in our food, our dead bodies last an average
of 2 years longer than normal! Live fast, die young and leave a
good-lookin', well-preserved corpse. :) Now if only those preservatives
would
I haven't yet had occasion to try this myself, but I've heard of numerous
techniques that can provide good results without having to resort to buying
an expensive specialty filter. One involves a thin coat of vaseline on a
skylight filter (leaving a clear spot somewhere so you can have the
I agree. You might see if you can find one used -- I bought mine a couple of
years ago for less than $100, and it also had the 7 and 15 degree spot
attachment. I've been very pleased with it.
Albano said:
Check out Gossen too. They are great tools.
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You've got to admit: It sounds kind of like the "Xtreme Sports" version of
cow tipping ...
Mark Roberts scolded:
All right! No more "cow dropping" jokes!
"Treena Harp" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And with much splatter, depending on how fast the train's goin
Signing off for a week. Washington, D.C., here I come!
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Can I get that with USM and IS
Gerald Cermak wrote:
Buy a used helicoid extension, mount a body cap to the front that is
drilled
to hold the pinhole. Voila! A pinhole zoom!
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Mmmm. Chips, dips and licorice whips
Sorry, guys. I've been sick, and this is the first day in a couple of weeks
I've felt remotely human. :P
Glenn said:
I was going to suggest Skittles but others beat me to it. Can't
resist commenting that at some parties I've been to, folks have
There's always Jolly Ranchers, too. :)
Shel wrote:
Are there any other MM-type candies out there that have more
and brighter, more saturated colors?
Hi Shel,
Eric Lawton and Dan Scott are right on the mark with Skittles. They would
probably work quite well. These are pretty tasty,
Good paranoia is never truly wasted ...
Tom Rittenhouse obsessed:
Darn! You mean I wasted all that paranoia?
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Are monopods acceptable? And how far away from the Hope Diamond do you have
to stand?
If I recall correctly, you may bring a camera but there is no flash and no
tripods allowed (in the Smithsonian) - check their web site - maybe they
have the current rules posted. On the Hope Diamond, you
I think everybody's got this whole camera body thing all wrong. :) I have
truly found the secret for respect (yeah, right ...). When I first started
using my ZX-5n with an AF280T at school functions, I noticed that parents
with larger cameras (like Rebels and N60s) seemed to feel free to jump in
Well, it's time for my family's vacation, and this time our destination is
Washington, D.C. Never having been there myself, I have a few questions of
any of you who might have gone and seen the usual sights. Is photography of
ANY kind allowed in the White House? How about the Capitol? I'm
d vacation
Treena Harp asks:
Aside
from the usual well-known monuments and buildings, is there anything in
the
area that's somewhat off the beaten path, but definitely worth seeing?
While not off the beaten path, the zoo was fascinating when I went to D.C.
as a teenager with
That is an absolute RIOT! I'm sending the link to all my pig friends ...
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From: "Rory Flynn" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: eBay ME Super or What you shootin' this weekend?
Gary L. Murphy wants you to look
Dan Scott wrote:
I don't know; are we a pretty motley crew? :) On second thought, it would be
really cool to know what everyone looks like. Helps to put faces with
names -- it's less impersonal than words on a screen.
And, anyone else interested in knowing what other list members look like?
I just use ziplock bags and a rubber band. It's kind of inconvenient,
though -- but it is cheap.
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From: "Dan Scott" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 3:27 PM
Subject: Rain protection?
What's the best way to keep my camera and lens
Does that also mean that when it's in continuous advance mode that it goes
10 fps regardless, or is that the fastest you can hope to achieve provided
the camera isn't trying to continuously focus on action, using flash, etc.?
Treena
Dan Scott queried:
Okay, I gotta know--has anyone fired up
Might be -- but I believe it was in an article talking about how auto focus
causes loss in resolution as well.
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From: "Peter Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 7:17 PM
Subject: RE: Pentax and Image Stabilization
I've heard several people talk about this, too. I bought mine in 1998 and
have used it on a near daily basis ever since, but I've never had the
overlapping problem. Either I got a Wednesday model, or I've been lucky, I
guess.
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From: "Jim Jackie Meeks" [EMAIL
If I'm not mistaken, some Yashica Ds have Yashikor and some have Yashinon.
My Yashica D has a Yashinon lens (I believe it's a later model).
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From: "Conrad Samuels" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: Help for
I have always maintained that stupidity should be considered a criminal act.
I believe whoever committed the boneheaded blunder of giving that guy $198
should have it taken out of their pay. Sure, since he got money back, that
does sound like fraud, but in this case, I think the business was as
I hope no one's left their chads hanging ... :)
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From: "Tiger Moses" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: NINE dang Texans? - And PROUD of it!
I am from Texas, but I am guessing now the people in Florida want
I do believe you are correct, sir! So far, the Evidence Photographers
International Council (great website - www.epic.com - check it out
sometime!) hasn't said anything against the use of digital images as
evidence, but I know the day will come when they're challenged in some
high-profile case.
My husband studies evidence photography. I believe when it comes to dates or
anything else about evidence pics, what the court relies on most is the
authority and reputation of the photographer. A photographer could have
taken some of the best evidence photos ever made, but if his history
You're right, I should have been more clear.
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From: "Lasse Karlsson" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 11:40 AM
Subject: Not compressing a JPG (Was: Bodies Roll Call UPDATE 59)
Treena wrote:
Sometimes they
Well, here's my 2 cents, FWIW. When I bought my ZX-5n, I had to wait three
or four months, because it was on backorder (it had just come out). I bugged
the guy at the camera shop every week, because we were going on vacation
soon, and I wanted to take it with me. He finally pulled some strings
I vote you post it all -- all the people who don't like me already know
where I live, anyway. :))
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From: "Dan Scott" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: Geography poll: cities or no cities?
Post all of it. I
or African?
Treena Harp wrote:
I thought they were swallows.
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From: "Mike Johnston" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: Group Project: Monty Python (Re: OT OT OT OT
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Rent Monty Python: Live at the Hollywood Bowl. That should give you a pretty
good idea.
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From: "jeepgirl" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 7:28 PM
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I thought they were swallows.
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From: "Mike Johnston" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Jeepgirl wrote:
who's money python?
Monty, not
I've been reading over the specs for the new camera, and speaking as someone
who's a little visually impaired -- nearsighted as hell, my optometrist says
:-) -- I'm not too wild about the viewfinder, either. But there is a lot of
other great stuff there.
I thought my husband had gotten
Yeah. And besides, getting that close to emus is DANGEROUS. And you also
wouldn't believe how many newspapers around here would KILL for that shot
... (publishers with no brains and even less taste)
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My problem with this is the company I work for has a publisher who is
absolutely bowled over by anything with a "gee-whiz" look to it like this.
Instead of encouraging her budding photographers to look for different
approaches (especially to serious topics), they have come to believe that
any
Gerald wrote:
this is exactly the kind of mentality that the CEOs of corporate America
would love to return to: ala the workforce of the 1990 recession, happy
just
to have a job, willing to take pay cuts along with more work hours, and
say
"thank you" and the end of the grueling
I employ a certain amount of bargaining with my husband. If I'm looking at
something that's a bigger ticket item than normal, I start getting him
presents, like a 500 FTZ for Christmas, and FA 100 f/2.8 macro (used) just
because ... all so I can feel guilt-free when the new Pentax camera becomes
I have a friend who does photography for hire (he doesn't like photography,
he just wants to make money doing it -- I know, that's kinda wierd) who
bought one of those zooms, and he's had nothing but problems with it. He may
have gotten a really bad sample, but it has had numerous repairs and has
That's about the only thing from high school chemistry I remember, except
for traumatizing my instructor -- I set the lab on fire twice. I could've
done more, but he started keeping an eye on me ...
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From: "William Kane" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
Would the same rules for shooting black skin apply for shooting dark
Hispanic skin? I'd like to do some portrait work, and we have a large (and
still growing) Hispanic population in our area -- an incredible, virtually
untapped market for photography.
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Thank you -- that was VERY useful!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: Supra for portraits (was Re: Who here uses a monopod?)
In a message dated 1/25/01 2:17:22 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL
I know I'd like to see a manual. I've never had one for my SFXn -- I can't
even play with it right now. I sent it with one of our county judges to
Bush's inauguration so I'd have photos of locals with the new pres for my
paper. I sure hope he got some shots of Ricky Martin while he was at it ...
It looks very interesting -- my husband and I really like the desert.
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From: "William Robb" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 10:04 PM
Subject: Pentax clubs.
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From: "William Kane" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have the 555, and it's not digital. The same adapter I use with a ZX5n and
a PZ1p can be used with my SFXN and my 645 -- which is actually pretty
handy, since it kept my investment in modules small. With its manual sync
chord I can also use with a K1000 and a Yashicamat. I get very good results
I haven't tried it myself, but since it is TTL, the camera would control it,
so I think it would probably work.
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Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: contrast control flash with ANALOG flash
At 12:56
Come to think of it, that argument seems to work. I have very small hands
even for a woman, plus I have arthritis, and when I was shopping for a new
camera, the ZX-5n seemed to fit my hands perfectly and was light-weight --
much less tiring to hold on to. I also liked the simpler interface
Make no mistake about it -- pantyhose are a evil male plot to keep women
oppressed -- rest assured, we will triumph one day and the world will be
ours with men as our slaves ...
As far as the tongue thing goes, I don't know, but my cat does it all the
time. :-)
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He married me, didn't he?
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From: "Robert Harris" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: OT, woman rule the world, was : circular polarizer
Treena Harp wrote:
Believe it or not, my husband migh
That's fine with me!
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From: "fredd" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 7:31 PM
Subject: OT, woman rule the world, was : circular polarizer
That's OK, a lot of husbands are in denial or are fighting the facts :)
fredd
Believe
There's one on the 645, too.
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From: "tom" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: How does a 645 viewfinder work?
herbet brasileiro wrote:
So it's landscape as the 35mm cameras, but there's
also an
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Subject: Those d*** point shooters... (was, Re: Wake up)
Treena said:
They're too busy buying Rebels and point-n-shoots. :-)
I read your post out of context, got pissy, and started to post these
URLs,
and then rere
Those scans look very nice. I've been considering the HP scanner for home,
and it's nice to see some of the work that can be done with it. Great pics,
BTW.
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From: "Mark Roberts" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 5:42 PM
Subject:
I would think there would also be a problem with planned obsolescence beyond
new advances. Didn't someone mention a while back they had a flatbed scanner
for a year and a half before it broke and became cheaper to replace than
repair? I think I'd also be afraid that an expensive digital camera
Why, the woman in charge, of course. :-)
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From: "Rodger Whitlock" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: Grandfather Mountain Nature Photo Weekend
On 6 Jan 01 at 20:15, Treena Harp wrote:
I'm very
I'm very interested in the photo weekend. Since my husband and I both shoot,
this would be a fun 10th anniversary getaway for us.
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From: "Doug Brewer" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: Grandfather Mountain
Speaking of telescopes, how hard is it to acquire a telescope adapter for
Pentax? We recently got a telescope (just in time for the Jupiter/Saturn
showing recently), and I'd really like to be able to take pictures.
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From: "Bill Owens" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL
OK, guys -- I have a question. Aside from all my other interests, I'm
working on getting a candle business going (I have to do something on the
side to support my expensive photography habit). Most web sites and ads I've
seen show the candles unlit -- that should be easy enough. Question is, what
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