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Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I gave the A* 400 f2.8 and 1.7x AF adapter a whirl one day last week, shooting at the birds around my feeders. For random pot shots at birds, not even trying to get close, I'm very impressed with the image quality. Can't wait to do some serious birding with it. Some sample from the half hour I spent near the feeder: http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b001.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b002.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b003.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b004.jpg What ISO setting? I tried getting some hummingbirds last summer and found it maddening because I only had ISO 100 film on hand. It would have been nice to just instantly switch to ISO 800. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
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What was your working distance to the birds? Full frame shots of songbirds with ~1000mm Wow! Christian We're not worthy! We're not worthy! - Original Message - From: Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 10:01 PM Subject: Re: Mad Lenses on *ist D I gave the A* 400 f2.8 and 1.7x AF adapter a whirl one day last week, shooting at the birds around my feeders. For random pot shots at birds, not even trying to get close, I'm very impressed with the image quality. Can't wait to do some serious birding with it. Some sample from the half hour I spent near the feeder: http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b001.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b002.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b003.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b004.jpg - MCC
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The bokeh can actually be weird, sometimes good, sometimes bad. Hard light and lots of hard edges in the background usually make for a terrble bokeh with that lens combo - thought he 2x makes for even a worse one. But you can get a nice painterly effect going with it as well. - MCC At 12:56 PM 12/11/2003 -0500, you wrote: Some sample from the half hour I spent near the feeder: http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b001.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b002.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b003.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b004.jpg Good shots, Mark. I like the bokeh from that combination. Shalom, Fred - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI http://www.markcassino.com -
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At 08:52 AM 12/11/2003 -0500, Mark Roberts wrote: What ISO setting? I tried getting some hummingbirds last summer and found it maddening because I only had ISO 100 film on hand. It would have been nice to just instantly switch to ISO 800. Those were all shot at ISO 200, with the AF360FGZ at -1.5 stops on a bracket (to get over the lens.) - MCC - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI http://www.markcassino.com -
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On 10/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: So where is middle earth? Wellington, affectionately known as Wellywood. Peter Jackson's home town. Capital of New Zealand. Home of the Embassy Theatre which is where I'm going to see a certain movie early next year. We've reserved the best seats in the house :) Lord of the Blings ! Overrated fantasy nonesense Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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On 10/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: So where is middle earth? Wellington, affectionately known as Wellywood. Peter Jackson's home town. Capital of New Zealand. Home of the Embassy Theatre which is where I'm going to see a certain movie early next year. We've reserved the best seats in the house :) Lord of the Blings ! Overrated fantasy nonesense From Oxford, no less! Very true. Any Tolkien fan visiting England should not pass up the opportunity to sip a pint in the Eagle and Child in St. Giles (a wide street in Oxford). http://users.ox.ac.uk/~tolksoc/TolkiensOxford/bird_and_baby.html It's very atmospheric in there - probably mostly as it was all those years ago. Tolkien's not the problem for me - I've always hated fantasy - goblins and dragons and sleepy little hollows with elves lurking about placing spells on folk passing through. Utter cobblers! Give me deep space and a few grizzly aliens any day! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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I guess it would have to be my Tele-Takumar 300/6.3... I have a shot of it on my MZ-S from a couple of years ago... Cesar Panama City, Florida -- -Original Message- -- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 2:58 PM -- -- Okay, here's a poser for you *ist D users. What's the -- maddest lens you've -- had on your Pentax DSLR? -- -- Gotta be the A*135mm f/1.8 ? Anyone tried that? -- -- Anyone using the brilliant A*85mm f/1.4? -- -- Anyone tried the 600 f/4? -- -- Anyone mad as a hatter out there? -- -- -- -- -- Cheers, -- Cotty -- -- -- ___/\__ -- || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps -- _ -- Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk --
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Doug, You just cannot let her go can you? Did you invite her? Cesar Panama City, Florida -- -Original Message- -- From: Doug Brewer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 4:10 PM -- -- At 03:44 PM 12/8/03, throwing caution to the wind, Mark -- Roberts wrote: -- -- -- At GFM, we'll be running the istd on a Tak 1000/8... -- -- It's a portrait lens for shy people. -- -- Last time Bill Fortney was at GFM, I pitched a new book idea -- to him-- -- Portraits From 500 Feet-- but he didn't bite. -- -- There's always Jessica in the shower... -- --
Re: Mad Lenses on *ist D
I gave the A* 400 f2.8 and 1.7x AF adapter a whirl one day last week, shooting at the birds around my feeders. For random pot shots at birds, not even trying to get close, I'm very impressed with the image quality. Can't wait to do some serious birding with it. Some sample from the half hour I spent near the feeder: http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b001.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b002.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b003.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b004.jpg - MCC At 07:57 PM 12/8/2003 +, you wrote: Okay, here's a poser for you *ist D users. What's the maddest lens you've had on your Pentax DSLR? Gotta be the A*135mm f/1.8 ? Anyone tried that? Anyone using the brilliant A*85mm f/1.4? Anyone tried the 600 f/4? Anyone mad as a hatter out there? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI http://www.markcassino.com -
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I only have the A* 200 F4. I shot a leaf footed bug on a house plant a few weeks ago using my standard macro setup, and the results looked very promising. But I just found that bug between the window panes - won't have a chance to do any others for at least another 4 months, unless I can find some snow fleas this winter. - MCC At 05:32 PM 12/8/2003 -0500, you wrote: Mark Cassino has that combination. I'm waiting patiently for an example of one of his amazing insect macros with the ist-D. It may have to wait until spring. Christian - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] I want to know if anyone has compared the A*200/4 Macro and the FA*200/4 Macro lenses on the *ist D, that's madderer :-) Rob Studdert - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI http://www.markcassino.com -
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Wow! Paul From: Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Mad Lenses on *ist D Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:01:05 -0500 I gave the A* 400 f2.8 and 1.7x AF adapter a whirl one day last week, shooting at the birds around my feeders. For random pot shots at birds, not even trying to get close, I'm very impressed with the image quality. Can't wait to do some serious birding with it. Some sample from the half hour I spent near the feeder: http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b001.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b002.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b003.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b004.jpg - MCC At 07:57 PM 12/8/2003 +, you wrote: Okay, here's a poser for you *ist D users. What's the maddest lens you've had on your Pentax DSLR? Gotta be the A*135mm f/1.8 ? Anyone tried that? Anyone using the brilliant A*85mm f/1.4? Anyone tried the 600 f/4? Anyone mad as a hatter out there? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI http://www.markcassino.com - _ Our best dial-up offer is back. Get MSN Dial-up Internet Service for 6 months @ $9.95/month now! http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup
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Wow! Your bird shots are amazing. You must have those puppies trained vbg. I can't get them to sit still anywhere except right on the feeder. Perhaps I'm just too slow. Great work. Keep shooting them. Paul On Wednesday, December 10, 2003, at 10:01 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: I gave the A* 400 f2.8 and 1.7x AF adapter a whirl one day last week, shooting at the birds around my feeders. For random pot shots at birds, not even trying to get close, I'm very impressed with the image quality. Can't wait to do some serious birding with it. Some sample from the half hour I spent near the feeder: http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b001.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b002.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b003.jpg http://www.markcassino.com/temp/b004.jpg - MCC At 07:57 PM 12/8/2003 +, you wrote: Okay, here's a poser for you *ist D users. What's the maddest lens you've had on your Pentax DSLR? Gotta be the A*135mm f/1.8 ? Anyone tried that? Anyone using the brilliant A*85mm f/1.4? Anyone tried the 600 f/4? Anyone mad as a hatter out there? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI http://www.markcassino.com -
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I gave the A* 400 f2.8 and 1.7x AF adapter a whirl one day last week, I continue to be amazed by just how well the 1.7x adapter performs, especially with the longer telephoto lenses.
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On 10 Dec 2003 at 22:31, John Francis wrote: I gave the A* 400 f2.8 and 1.7x AF adapter a whirl one day last week, I continue to be amazed by just how well the 1.7x adapter performs, especially with the longer telephoto lenses. Mark, I look forward to your shots come Spring. What I like about the 1.7x AF on the long lenses is that the AF focus range becomes constrained, seems to make AF a lot more fast and precise. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
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At 10:17 PM 12/10/2003 -0500, Paul Stenquist wrote: Wow! Your bird shots are amazing. You must have those puppies trained vbg. I can't get them to sit still anywhere except right on the feeder. Perhaps I'm just too slow. Great work. Keep shooting them. Thanks, Paul - they are not quite trained, but there's a degree of familiarity. That cardinal fledged in late August, so he's only about 5 months old. There were several weeks in late August when I'd hear him twittering away in the ground cover behind my house - it's a wonder that the neighborhood cats didn't get him. Hopefully he'll pose in snowy branches later this winter! - MCC - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI http://www.markcassino.com -
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At 02:45 PM 12/11/2003 +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: What I like about the 1.7x AF on the long lenses is that the AF focus range becomes constrained, seems to make AF a lot more fast and precise. It really just provides the final snap to the focus, which I have to say I need these days. I only wish the AF 1.7x worked with all of the AF sensors, and not just the middle one. - MCC - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI http://www.markcassino.com -
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On 10 Dec 2003 at 23:46, Mark Cassino wrote: I only wish the AF 1.7x worked with all of the AF sensors, and not just the middle one. Really? Being an infrequent AF user I wasn't aware of this fact, is that on the *ist D body or all AF bodies? Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
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Dave, So where is middle earth? Bruce Monday, December 8, 2003, 10:48:31 PM, you wrote: DM Cotty wrote: Okay, here's a poser for you *ist D users. What's the maddest lens you've had on your Pentax DSLR? DM Ummm, I haven't. ;) DM If I had one, I'd be very keen to use the 15mm. Then the 200mm f/2.8 (I DM still remember using your 300mm f/2.8 on my K2). DM Then the 100mm f/2.8 Macro. A digital camera that is good at macro is DM something I dream to own. DM Now I have to make up my mind which camera kit I should take to Middle DM Earth in January. LX with 35mm f/3.5, K2 with silver 43mm Limited, or DM 6x7 with 90mm f/2.8? DM Cheers, DM - Dave DM http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
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David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cotty wrote: Okay, here's a poser for you *ist D users. What's the maddest lens you've had on your Pentax DSLR? Ummm, I haven't. ;) If I had one, I'd be very keen to use the 15mm. Ah yes, I tried the *ist_D with my K15/3.5 at GFM in August. Nice combo! Then the 100mm f/2.8 Macro. A digital camera that is good at macro is something I dream to own. I also took some macro shots using the F100/2.8 macro. Yes, macro shots with digital are lots of fun :) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
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Half way between Upper Earth and Lower Earth which, apparently, is New Zealand. Regards, Bob... -- Veritas vos Liberabit From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] So where is middle earth?
Mad Lenses on *ist D
Okay, here's a poser for you *ist D users. What's the maddest lens you've had on your Pentax DSLR? Gotta be the A*135mm f/1.8 ? Anyone tried that? Anyone using the brilliant A*85mm f/1.4? Anyone tried the 600 f/4? Anyone mad as a hatter out there? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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At 02:57 PM 12/8/03, throwing caution to the wind, Cotty wrote: Okay, here's a poser for you *ist D users. What's the maddest lens you've had on your Pentax DSLR? Gotta be the A*135mm f/1.8 ? Anyone tried that? Anyone using the brilliant A*85mm f/1.4? Anyone tried the 600 f/4? Anyone mad as a hatter out there? At GFM, we'll be running the istd on a Tak 1000/8...
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I tried it with the A* 85 last week. It worked, and focussing was easy. I´ll let you know, I´ll order it when the 16-45 comes. They had the A* 135 there, but I didn´t dare to try. It could become a habit DagT På 8. des. 2003 kl. 20.57 skrev Cotty: Okay, here's a poser for you *ist D users. What's the maddest lens you've had on your Pentax DSLR? Gotta be the A*135mm f/1.8 ? Anyone tried that? Anyone using the brilliant A*85mm f/1.4? Anyone tried the 600 f/4? Anyone mad as a hatter out there? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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My lenses are pretty sedate..no anger required. Well, the F35-135 macro was pretty upset when I let the tripod tip over and it crashed onto a rock... Cory Waters my friends say I got mad shootin' skillz, yo. - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 2:57 PM Subject: Mad Lenses on *ist D Okay, here's a poser for you *ist D users. What's the maddest lens you've had on your Pentax DSLR? Gotta be the A*135mm f/1.8 ? Anyone tried that? Anyone using the brilliant A*85mm f/1.4? Anyone tried the 600 f/4? Anyone mad as a hatter out there? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.547 / Virus Database: 340 - Release Date: 12/5/2003
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Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 02:57 PM 12/8/03, throwing caution to the wind, Cotty wrote: Okay, here's a poser for you *ist D users. What's the maddest lens you've had on your Pentax DSLR? Gotta be the A*135mm f/1.8 ? Anyone tried that? Anyone using the brilliant A*85mm f/1.4? Anyone tried the 600 f/4? Anyone mad as a hatter out there? At GFM, we'll be running the istd on a Tak 1000/8... It's a portrait lens for shy people. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
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At 03:44 PM 12/8/03, throwing caution to the wind, Mark Roberts wrote: At GFM, we'll be running the istd on a Tak 1000/8... It's a portrait lens for shy people. Last time Bill Fortney was at GFM, I pitched a new book idea to him-- Portraits From 500 Feet-- but he didn't bite. There's always Jessica in the shower...
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On 8/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Okay, here's a poser for you *ist D users. What's the maddest lens you've had on your Pentax DSLR? Gotta be the A*135mm f/1.8 ? Anyone tried that? Anyone using the brilliant A*85mm f/1.4? Anyone tried the 600 f/4? Anyone mad as a hatter out there? At GFM, we'll be running the istd on a Tak 1000/8... Outstandingly mad. Where's the tripod mount on that suc, er Hoover - about 3 inched from the front? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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On 8/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: At GFM, we'll be running the istd on a Tak 1000/8... It's a portrait lens for shy people. Hang on - that's an effective focal length of 1500mm ! I know you can just about make out the high-rises of Charlotte from GFM. You wanna check out the shirt size of the window cleaners too? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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Okay, here's a poser for you *ist D users. What's the maddest lens you've had on your Pentax DSLR? Well, I've got a 250-600 I'm going to use on it at some point. I might even try it with the 2X-L, although I suspect that my tripod will be the weakest link in the chain by that time.
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I want to know if anyone has compared the A*200/4 Macro and the FA*200/4 Macro lenses on the *ist D, that's madderer :-) It turns out the A2X-L teleconverter fits and works well with the A*200/4 Macro. Add that to the cropping factor inherent in the *ist D and you have a mad-macro combination! Maybe Bruce D. and I will give a go sometime --Mark
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I know a couple of us have tried the FA* 80-200/2.8. And 500mm mirror lenses. I've used the FA 300/4.5, the A* 100 Macro, various Limited lenses, a K 55/1.8 ... That latter is probably the maddest; one of the oldest SMC on the newest body! stan on 12/08/03 1:57 PM, Cotty at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, here's a poser for you *ist D users. What's the maddest lens you've had on your Pentax DSLR? Gotta be the A*135mm f/1.8 ? Anyone tried that? Anyone using the brilliant A*85mm f/1.4? Anyone tried the 600 f/4? Anyone mad as a hatter out there? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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I shot the moon last night with the lens pictured here: http://24.242.213.162/blackbox/python/500.jpg hooked to my *ist-D via a adapter that converted it to M42, which had a Pentax M42 to K mount adapter on it, with was attached to a Tamron 2x teleconverter. Mad enough?
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I know a couple of us have tried the FA* 80-200/2.8. And 500mm mirror lenses. I've used the FA 300/4.5, the A* 100 Macro, various Limited lenses, a K 55/1.8 ... That latter is probably the maddest; one of the oldest SMC on the newest body! I wouldn't call any of those earlier lenses particularly mad - while most of my preliminary test shots have been with the F50/1.7, I fully expect to use the FA* 80-200/2.8 on a regular basis, and also an A* 300/2.8 (possibly even with the 1.7x AF adapter). As for older lenses; when Shel stopped by to play with the *ist-D he brought along a nice old lens (a K 85/1.8, I believe).
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Cotty wrote: Okay, here's a poser for you *ist D users. What's the maddest lens you've had on your Pentax DSLR? Ummm, I haven't. ;) If I had one, I'd be very keen to use the 15mm. Then the 200mm f/2.8 (I still remember using your 300mm f/2.8 on my K2). Then the 100mm f/2.8 Macro. A digital camera that is good at macro is something I dream to own. Now I have to make up my mind which camera kit I should take to Middle Earth in January. LX with 35mm f/3.5, K2 with silver 43mm Limited, or 6x7 with 90mm f/2.8? Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
