On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 11:08:21 +0100, Malcolm Smith
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Very nice.
> 
> I hope you told the Nikon boys that a boat and a 50mm lens would afford a
> good shot from underneath :-)
> 
> Malcolm

Thanks, Malcolm!  Glad you enjoyed it.

Your comment about the Nikon boys got me to thinking that if camera
companies made airplanes...

This would be Nikon:  Rock steady, reliable, does the job, maybe not
too many out there anymore (not with pros, anyway), but those that use
them love them for what they do:

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2663940

Leica:  Old technology to be sure, but elegant, compact, expensive,
supremely good at what it's designed for;  a true thoroughbred:

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2665133

Canon:  Cutting edge technology, blows the hell out of anything that
gets in the way:

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2665136

Pentax:  'Nuff said:

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2665132

<vbg>

cheers,
frank









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