I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather... Not screaming and yelling
like the passengers in his car., is attributd to Will Shriner.
He also said, I almost got a girl pregnant in high school. It's costing me
a fortune to keep the rabbit on a life-support system.
and Everything is
reasons.
From: Bob Blakely b...@blakely.com
Under our system, the government has no rights, only powers, and only
those
granted to it by the Constitution.
Hamilton's opinion may be interesting to discuss, however, the
Constitution
is more important than Hamilton. I've read our Constitution mant
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Subject: Re: Irony
Hamilton probably wouldn't have thought so.
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Sent: Jan 2, 2009 4:53 PM
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Subject: Re: Irony
That wold be the unconstitutional bank, right.
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I don't mind if you don't like my manners.
I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad.
I grieve over them long winter evenings.
-- Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart)
It isalso the answer to all things.
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I don't mind if you don't like my manners.
I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad.
I grieve over them long winter evenings.
-- Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart)
From: Mark
. They're pretty bad.
I grieve over them long winter evenings.
-- Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart)
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From: keith_w keit...@dslextreme.com
Bob Blakely wrote:
1.I don't give a flying f about discussing who you, I, or anyone else
will or will not do business
.
-- Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart)
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From: Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:56:09 -0800
Bob Blakely b...@blakely.com wrote:
1.I don't give a flying f about discussing who you, I, or anyone
else will or will not do business with unless
1.I don't give a flying f about discussing who you, I, or anyone else
will or will not do business with unless they are cheating customers
regarding photography related items. This is because:
2.This forum is no place for this post. You should find or start another
forum where this
Some guys have a thing for sheep. Some others have a thing for
cormorants.
AWK, AWK, AWK...
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I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad.
I grieve over them long winter
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On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I accidently picked up the wrong pic.
The last one was my oldest son (California National Guard) his youngest
Logan. It was my youngest that was wounded.
http://Bob.Blakely.com/Logan__Chaw_2.jpg
Now
I accidently picked up the wrong pic.
The last one was my oldest son (California National Guard) his youngest
Logan. It was my youngest that was wounded.
http://Bob.Blakely.com/Logan__Chaw_2.jpg
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I don't mind if
http://Bob.Blakely.com/Mike__Logan_2.jpg
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I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad.
I grieve over them long winter evenings.
-- Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart)
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From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://Bob.Blakely.com/Mike__Logan_2.jpg
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That's a wonderful photograph, but I don't get the title.
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The fire (Yorba Linda) came within 3.2 miles of my home, and within .2 miles
of my buddy's home.
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I grieve over them long winter
Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart)
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No, you may continue to wear your Months of the Year underwear.
But they must be numbered by week as well.
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I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad.
I grieve over them long winter evenings.
-- Philip Marlowe
Well, we - as a nation - keep voting nannys into office. We have no one to
blame but orselves.
We have met the enemy and he is us!
Walt Kelly, on a 1970 anti-pollution poster for Earth Day.
Regards
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I don't mind if you
It's my favorite walkin' around combo.
Regards
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I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad.
I grieve over them long winter evenings.
-- Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart)
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You'll get yer best bang fer the buck with crack whores.
Sorry, couldn't resist. Read the tag..
Regards,
Bob Blakely
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I don't mind if you don't like my manners.
I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad.
I grieve over them long winter
That is (currently) their largest Pentax astronomy telescope. I suppose it
could be a smc PENTAX M67 800mm F6.7 ED [IF] repackaged, but I hope not.
Astronomy telescopes need only to perform at their best at infinity and
(hopefully) wide open since that's all you get. Camera lenses, on the other
to the outcry
over Godders alert regarding copyright laws. Sheesh. Think before you
flame.
On Sep 28, 2008, at 1:38 AM, Bob Blakely wrote:
C'mon there Paul. Lighten up. Ann courteously marked her post OT.
That's good enough for me. If it were such a bother to me to have some
OT posts
C'mon there Paul. Lighten up. Ann courteously marked her post OT. That's
good enough for me. If it were such a bother to me to have some OT posts
(translation: posts that are not related to list business so by definition
don't belong), it would be easy for me to set a filter to automatically
You have said it so much better than I have.
Our children deserve to be treated with respect. Instead, our government
lies to them regarding their performance. Lying to them and to their parents
is disrespectful and ultimately more damaging to them because our government
is (in effect) saying
1.The mandate of any school system, public or private, is to
EDUCATE our children.
2.The level of education MUST be such that our children
have what is necessary to compete in the REAL world.
3.It is NOT the job of ANY school system, public or private,
to adjust
Pretty much...
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I don't mind if you don't like my manners.
I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad.
I grieve over them long winter evenings.
-- Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart)
From: frank theriault [EMAIL
to deal with the reality of the situation
you're confronted with.
Paul
On Sep 25, 2008, at 2:44 PM, Bob Blakely wrote:
1.The mandate of any school system, public or private, is to
EDUCATE our children.
2.The level of education MUST be such that our childrenhave
what
(Humphrey Bogart)
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Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: Seriously OT - school system shenanigans in Pittsburgh
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Bob Blakely [EMAIL
I've found that stiffness is good and it certainly helps in alleviating
the effects of wind, mirror slap, shutter slap, touching the camera, etc.,
but nothing tames these problems like mass. The more lbs or kilos (if you
prefer) the better. If you want the very best performance, I can't
Damn! I hope so! Who wants a devil-may-care, close enough for government
work dentist!
P.S. It's not respectful to say your dad was full of sh*t. Wash your mouth
out with soap!
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All cult classics are overated...
Folks who don't trim the crap from the bottom of their posts annoy me.
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I don't mind if you don't like my manners.
I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad.
I grieve over them long
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Regards
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I don't mind if you don't like my manners.
I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad.
I grieve over them long winter evenings.
-- Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart)
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bob Blakely wrote
(Humphrey Bogart)
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I had noticed the same thing at a local retailer. Unfortunately it looks
like Pentax may be abandoning low volume retailers.
Mark Roberts wrote:
Bob Blakely wrote:
I usually buy my gear from Samy's as they have a local store just down
Yes. You were sucked into the ever expanding, all consuming black hole that
was formed by the super collider.
Report directly to your designated hell.
Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. Go directly to your designated hell.
If, on your next or subsequent turns you roll a Plank's constant, a
The filter pattern for Pentax (and most cameras) creates one pixel from four
sensors, usually:
RG
GB
After thinking about this for some time, I believe that the following
pattern would be better for many who would like to explore photography at
wavelengths other than visible. I propose the
1.Give us a subject so that we can more quickly discard your posts.
2.I use a little blower that uses dry, filtered CO2 and is especially
for optical cleaning.
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I
Well...
First the boring stuff...
EVERY decent control system has a certain amount of hysteresis. Hysteresis
is created when a *small* distance about perfect accuracy is designated as
having sufficient accuracy for acceptable performance (this is often called
deadband) and wherein active
After reading discussions regarding this problem, I did my tests using an
engineering scale because I have several and because they're triangular and
stand up by themselves.
The scale was on a slant relative to the axis of the lens.
Distance to scale was adjusted according to focal
If we do a table, we should supply two numbers:
1.Most axxurate focus.
2.Center of DOF.
Note: For center of DOF, we would need to define the front and back
positions and a consistant, repeatable method for measureing said positions
and the stop to be used.
Regards
Bob...
Same thing. It's going to become a cheap, high pixel count astro camera. If
I could rip the RGB off it, I'd do that too. For astro, I refocus for every
color anyway.
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I don't
Am I the only person who's DA* 16-50 worked great out of the box and
continues to do so?
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I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad.
I grieve over them long winter
Shake reduction or not, a light but positive shutter release is desirable
for the same reason that a light but positive trigger pull is desired on a
target weapon. My K20 feels like a ery light two stage target trigger. I
quickly got used to it.
Perhaps it would be nice for some folks if
Whoa!
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I don't mind if you don't like my manners.
I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad.
I grieve over them long winter evenings.
-- Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart)
From: Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My K28/3.5 is pretty sharp and appears to have good contrast, but I use my
FA 31/1.8 now. I think I'll be dump the K.
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I don't mind if you don't like my manners.
I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad.
I grieve
There's a joke in there somewhere, but I wish to remain a member of
questionable standing of this list.
My camera does not have knobs. It has controls which have settings.
As to the photo(s) - tilt them sideways, call them pop art and sell them
for an absurd price.
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From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
When bought mine new from Sammy's, it had the cap. Since there's so little
extraneous light that will reach the lens through that small opening on the
bottom, and since I use a polarizing filter a lot, I removed the little
(easy to loose) tab and placed it in the box the lens came in. I don't
My daughter-in-law borrowed one of my K10Ds to take this photo of my
granddaughter. Fill flash worked well for her, eh?
www.bob.blakely.com/Vivian_ITC.jpg
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Lady Aster: Sir, if you were my husband, I should poison
The majority of observed thermal ripple is (usually) very close to the
ground and a thin, barely noticeable mirage forms. With experience, one can
tell the direction (normal component) of the wind by the direction mirage
ripple slant. With more experience, velocity (normal component) can be
Hello! This is Brother Bob of the Church of Perpetual Pentax! For lo, it is
written in the Good Book upon the pages which are in Japanese, that he who
speaketh Pentax shall have eternal life while he who uttereth Nikon or Canon
shall rot in the Kingdom of Hades forever. So, dear friends,
To do perspective correction in photoshop or any other imaging software, you
must loose pixels, synthisize pixels or both. Shift is still the way for
digital purists.
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Steves question: Has digital photography improved your skills?
No, but it's given me a new skill - chimping.
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From the title I thought you'd joined a nudest colony!
Old war horses arealways great fare for the lense.
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know we'll all be pulling for you here. Best
of luck and get well soon.
Paul
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From: Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've suffered a stroke. It's considered mild, affecting only my vision
to the
right.
I never even considered you
I've suffeed a stroke. It's considered mild, affecting only my vision to the
right. This makes even reading difficult. How much I recover remains to be
seen.
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I have 42 years experience at being 18.
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Is there any
The Purile Drivel of Mental Lightweights
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From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Welcome Rick.
We don't bite, well Cotty might, but thats about it.:-0
New to the list, eh? Ah! Fresh meat!
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Wonderful, Annsan!
I'm going to try the Beef Stew Recipe.
As to the 3 Bean Soup, I'm already an old fart!
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Making the PDML quotations list is like winning the Special Olympics... It
doesn't mean we can compete with the pros, and it would probably be better
if we didn't qualify.
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Samuel Adams is one of my heros... Makes good beers too.
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Aspirin was once a trade name. The company that owned it failed to protect
it though flagerant infringement abounded. After some time they attempted to
assert their trademark rights in court only to find they had lost them
through negelect. The term was deemed to have become common usage with
They're not partial to the taste of lighter fluid?
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From: Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Why do people put sugar and milk in their tea and coffee?
Because you don't serve pure Kona?
Why do people drown a perfectly good meal in tomato sauce (ketchup)?
Because you prepared it?
Hey! You asked!
Regards,
Bob...
From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Why do people put sugar and milk in their tea and coffee?
Because you don't serve pure Kona?
Why do people drown a perfectly good meal in tomato sauce (ketchup)?
Because you prepared it?
Hey! You asked!
Regards,
Bob...
Homemade eggnog (unspiked) with nutmeg sprinkled atop.
Martinelli's Sparkling Cider
Apple cider with cinnimon sticks and lemon slices floating atop.
It was very festive indeed, as I was surrounded by my four children, their
wives/husbands and nine grandchildren.
Regards,
Bob...
Ben: First let me say, I am homosexual... Next let me say, what a
faggot.
What a queer thing to say, Ben.
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HEY! No soliciting for sexual favors on the list.
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From: Polyhead [EMAIL PROTECTED]
David
HAR!
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From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Dec 22, 2007, at 11:02 AM, Bob Blakely
You didn't give the vintage, but German or not, back in the day there were
only two serious sources of tubing in the world, Renyolds (English)
Columbus (Italian ) - in English, Italian ('bout the same as English) and
French tubing sizes. You could get them with either in English, Italian
I like it Bruce. I'm into Slice o' Life photography myself. There's
nothing wrong with your photo. You're just dealing with folks who prefer to
see bugs, birds such. These people can be recognized buy their profound
utterances, such as:
Hibble bibble bobble bibble bop. Gubble gobble gabble
I donno. I think I could use that face recognition thingy. I wanna know
who the hell that old fart was in the mirror this morning.
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Today's consumer cameras are ALREADY smarter than the idiots that buy them.
Next year's offerings from Canon:
Automatic pet recognition.
Automatic rule of thirds composition.
Automatic zoom to crop.
Auto building recognition with
Auto perspective control.
Voice that
This is boring and purile! Do I have to butt in and show you fellas how to
have an artful flame war?
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Interested in Herons, eh?
Use SCUBA.
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From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone know
Yeah, right. It's uphill and against the wind - both ways.
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ebay. One piece at a time. Quality pics of equipment required for best
price.
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From: chuck
Again...
List of capabilities I want in my current K10D or next hand held image
computer, all of which could be made available from camera firmware
and/or Remote Assistant software:
1.Ability to turn off the viewfinder display. It's not only useless for
astrophotography, it greatly
Riskier is hearing the thong snap!
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From: Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John,
You look
You thought that disturbing? Thongs, the kind that don't cover your butt,
come in sizes up to ... 22!
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Which one is the TARDIS and why isn't it blue?
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From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From Bojidar Dimitrov's Pentax K-Mount Page
(Best authority on all things K-mount)
http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/bodies/M/index.html
Camera W x Hx D (mm) Wt (g)
ME 131x 82.5 x 49.5460
ME Super 131.5 x 83x 49.5445
MX 135.8 x 82.5 x 49.3
things
become valuable just because they have lasted.
Bob Blakely wrote:
Do you think the Speed Graphic folks will think the same? Have you seen
what
one goes for in just reasonable condition? There will always be people
who
will remember...
Regards,
Bob
This is not about being a prude or any such similar thing. This person,
gender aside, accepted MONEY to pose nude for a gaggle of photographers. She
sould know that:
(1.) Film was being exposed!
(2.) Prints were to be made!
(3.) The photographers OWN the copyrights to their OWN photos.
(4.) ANY
What is this Mark! thing???
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From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Dec 10, 2007 10:46
Where can I read some of these Quotable Quotes? You guys are pretty witty.
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Cool! Thanks!
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Here's the 2006 list:
Part 1:
inconvenienced.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Forgetaboutit, no one will believe he said it.
Paul Crovella wrote:
Bob Blakely wrote:
You guys are pretty
I see it quoted, and I still don't.
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Do you think the Speed Graphic folks will think the same? Have you seen what
one goes for in just reasonable condition? There will always be people who
will remember...
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For some folks, there is a warmly felt appreciation for a craftsman like
elegance that transcends the function of the tool itself. The H1a, etal.,
the Spotmatics and their K-mount cousins, the MX, the ME-Super and the LX.
These each had and continue to have such an appeal to me. It's much like
For US$1200, you can have one from eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Takane-MineSix-Super-66-Beautiful-Asahi-6x6-camera-RARE_W0QQitemZ270192718965QQihZ017QQcategoryZ710QQcmdZViewItem
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God damn it!
My reaction is visceral!
I suppose 14 megapixels, a bigger screen and live view is nice, but what I
have in the K10D works great for me in the digital arena and since I have
two of them, I won't be buying to upgrade. Period! Even if it came out at
the same price as the current
William Robb wrote:
Here is a sad survery.
How many Pentax film cameras do you have that you are rarely, if ever,
using?
ME Super 2 each
ME-F
Early version LX
They all sit in plastic ZipLoc bags with silica gel.
I still occasionally use:
H1a
MX
One or another
An elderly lady stopped in to see her physician regarding recent bouts of
flatulence. The doctor asked, Tell me about this problem. The elderly lady
replied, Well, I've been having a lot of flatulence of late. There's no
sound and no odor, but as it's a new condition, it bothers me. Why, I've
Ah yes, the musical fruit.
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Bean's, bean's, good for
From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A: What cameras have you owned that you wish you had never gotten rid of?
I still have every camera I've ever owned.
B: And, just for fun, what cameras have you lusted for but never had?
None. If I lust for them, I buy them, so I have them.
Regards,
Bob...
I don't rely on the Pentax USA site for information any more.
Tyy: http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/index.php
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Yea, I know the law generally, and I'm probably wrong in thinking I know
where you're comming from. Nevertheless, she did not go to a photographer
(or photographera) requesting nude portraits of herself. She posed at the
request of the club and for a fee. Whining that she got burned when
Mess with nekkid wimmins, get screwed.
Seriously, check with the club for paperwork concerning exactly what the
model signed up for, especially anything regarding limited distribution
and/or use of the photos.
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I have modest lusts.
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From: Jim King [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bob Blakely wrote on Wed, 05 Dec
I have one. They're more expensive than golden goose eggs too.
FYI, 67-645-K mount works too, but you have to play the same game as with
SMCK on K10D (crippled KA2 mount).
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