Lasse - In 1958 I spent the summer on my Grandfather's dairy farm. One strong memory is that every evening, during the milking hour, the radio station he listened to in the barn would have first the beef, hog, and corn prices, and then the Paul Harvey "newscast". I believe Paul Harvey is still broadcasting today. His trademark: he tells a long story, then breaks for a commercial. After the commercial he says: "And now for the rest of the story . . ."
OK, so do a Paul Harvey and tell us the rest of the story! Did you get good photos? Enjoy the music? Find the women? Stan > From: "Lasse Karlsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 01:58:17 +0100 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Assignment on a budget. Longish. > > Well, the other week I got a three days overseas assignment. (Alright - > "overseas" - there actually was a two hour boat ride, and the water is > actually called "a sea" :) ). > Anyway, one of the local newspapers in my home town, that I do some > freelance work for, decided to cover a four day jazz festival in a big > way and for this purpose they showed some good sense and called in an > expert for the job - me. > (Well, since I both write and shoot I guess there might be some budget > considerations behind it too...) > One full spread (two pages), three written articles plus as many > pictures that will fit in, and a big front page picture, unless a plane > goes down. > That's the kind of job that I like. I get to see the events, meet a lot > of people, musicians and friends, and get paid for it to boot. > However, when the editor called I realised there was this little > problem, which I didn't care to mention to him. As it happened, my main > set up - the Mz5, the 500FTZ flash and a couple of zooms were in the > shop (that is - the pawn shop). Maybe I would able to get it out, or I > could find me some temporary replacement for it. > Well naturally, according to one of Murphy's amendments, neither hopes > were realised. I didn't manage to get my gear out of the shop and had no > other option than my beat up manual back up camera, the Chinon CE4. Now, > this is a good camera if in shape, but mine does certainly not look it. > The only way to fit a strap to it, is by using the bottom part of a ever > ready case, since one side of the camera, including the strap lug, > literally has been torn off, leaving the inner metal cover visible. Part > of the front, the logo plate above the mount, has fallen off too, > exposing some colorful wires. Furthermore, somehow it has the odd habit > of triggering the flash to go off without the shutter button being > pressed, and finally the battery was more than two years old, making me > wonder if it would last for yet another session. > The flash that was available was a third party no name one that you can > find in some bin for a couple of dollars. Smallish auto-sensor or > manual. > The only K-lens I had was the Chinon 50/1.7, which came with the camera > when it more or less fell into my lap for next to nothing. (I also have > a screwmount 35/2.8 and 135/2.8, but both of them have got the focussing > and aperture mechanisms so stiff that it will cause the lenses to unwind > from the screw-to-K-adapter rather than doing what I want them to do, > rendering both of them useless.) > Always in shooting concerts and the like I use wides a lot, and teles > too. I also use spot metering, enjoy fast autofocusing, including > spot-focusing and enjoy having the fast film advance by the winder of > the Mz5. I really like shooting with that camera and use a lot of it's > features. Needless to say, I also like using the 500FTZ flash. Really > good, reliable and I will usually take a number of second curtain synch > shots as well. > So there I was, getting ready to leave, looking down on my back up gear. > Camera in one hand, the flash in the other. > I realised, kind of smiled and shook my head at the fact, that for this > three day photo assignment, with some expectations from the newspaper > that I had to fulfill (I simply had to deliver), I was going to use > equipment - one very beat up camera, one 50mm lens and a small no name > flash - that originally, second hand, had cost me no more than 20 $US at > the most. All batteries included... > > Lasse > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
