Re: It's arrived!

2003-10-23 Thread Fred
The microdrives aren't here yet, but I've got a 256M CF card stolen from my Canon PS (it can live with 128M). Yeah - I'll bet that the Canon PS won't be seeing a lot of use over the next few days... ;-) Fred, K1FW

RE: It's arrived!

2003-10-23 Thread Len Paris
Very kewl John Francis! Congratulations! Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 -Original Message- From: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 3:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: It's arrived! The nice FedEx lady just dropped off

Re: It's arrived!

2003-10-23 Thread John Francis
The microdrives aren't here yet, but I've got a 256M CF card stolen from my Canon PS (it can live with 128M). Yeah - I'll bet that the Canon PS won't be seeing a lot of use over the next few days... ;-) You think? But it's got the 256MB card back, anyway; the microdrives turned up a

Re: 6x7 Brotherhood: It's arrived!

2002-03-01 Thread Bruce Dayton
David, Congrats! I am anxious to hear what you think of it This is one that I would be considering in the future Bruce Dayton Thursday, February 28, 2002, 9:24:46 PM, you wrote: DAM Yes, my nice new 6x7 Takumar 300mm f/4 lens arrived from Auckland DAM today The courier, showing a

Re: 6x7 Brotherhood: It's arrived!

2002-03-01 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Friday, March 1, 2002, at 12:30 AM, J C O'Connell wrote: I have one of these and from my tests it's a truly excellent lens I dont understand why they came out with a more expensive ED version, if it's signifigantly better, it must be out of this world Doesn't the new 300mm ED have a

RE: 6x7 Brotherhood: It's arrived!

2002-03-01 Thread J. C. O'Connell
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Aaron Reynolds Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 8:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 6x7 Brotherhood: It's arrived! On Friday, March 1, 2002, at 12:30 AM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: I have one

Re: 6x7 Brotherhood: It's arrived!

2002-03-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
. O'Connell wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Aaron Reynolds Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 8:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 6x7 Brotherhood: It's arrived! On Friday, March 1, 2002, at 12:30 AM, J. C. O'Connell wrote

RE: 6x7 Brotherhood: It's arrived!

2002-03-01 Thread David A. Mann
J C O'Connell wrote: I have one of these and from my tests it's a truly excellent lens I dont understand why they came out with a more expensive ED version, if it's signifigantly better, it must be out of this world I don't know how good that ED version is but it is certainly priced out of

Re: 6x7 Brotherhood: It's arrived!

2002-03-01 Thread David A. Mann
Aaron Reynolds wrote: Doesn't the new 300mm ED have a better minimum focus distance? I was shopping for a used 300mm before I bought the 75mm The Takumar I have focuses down to 5 metres, or just under 17 feet, according to the scale on the lens barrel The new ED one goes down to 2 metres

Re[2]: 6x7 Brotherhood: It's arrived!

2002-03-01 Thread Bruce Dayton
David, I immediately bought the extension tube set when I bought the body/lens I found out the need because the store had a used 165 and I tried it out for portraits I couldn't get just a head shot with it They pulled out a used extension tube set and put the #1 on and suddenly I had the

6x7 Brotherhood: It's arrived!

2002-02-28 Thread David A. Mann
Yes, my nice new 6x7 Takumar 300mm f/4 lens arrived from Auckland today The courier, showing a serious lack of intelligence, simply left the NZ$1600 (US$670) package in the mailbox, visible to any passerby, despite someone being home all day At least they got the address right This lens

RE: 6x7 Brotherhood: It's arrived!

2002-02-28 Thread J. C. O'Connell
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David A. Mann Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 12:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 6x7 Brotherhood: It's arrived! Yes, my nice new 6x7 Takumar 300mm f/4 lens arrived from Auckland today. I