Re: My Weekend
Sounds like a great weekend Wendy. I'm taking it you are selling these images and hence the digital. How did the sales go. I take it well since you are printing all the 8 by 10s... Vic
Re: Selling my Pentax MX, ME and lenses ??
Canon has those image stabilizer lenses, like the 28-135mm. You might look at an older EOS Canon called the EOS-RT. It uses a pellicle mirror so there is no bouncing mirror mechanism to cause vibration. You could also use higher ISO films to use a faster shutter speed to overcome the vibration situation. Good luck, Jim A. > From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 13:38:14 -0700 (PDT) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Selling my Pentax MX, ME and lenses ?? > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:38:18 -0400 > > I have decided to sell my Pentax MX, ME super and > lenses, 28mm f/2.8, 50mm f/1.7, 75-150 f/4 zoom. > Unless somebody can convince me it is a mistake. > > Why am I selling? Quite simply I want several things > these cameras can't deliver. I want an automatic > fill-flash system, some kind of vibration reduction so > I can handhold shots when I travel and can't use a > tripod. So give me your thoughts if you like. > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com >
Re: test
> I've never seen so few messages as I have in the last day, especially > overnight. I think there were two or three. Don't tell me everyone's > out taking pictures! > > -frank > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > > Nothing but fog and rain most of the long weekend and yesterday i screwed up my back a bit.No truck until Wednesday afternoon,but i think i'll put the A70-210 macro on the SP and go for a walk this afternoon.Saw some nice flowers infront of some homes when i was out Saturday. Dave
Re: Best telezoom
The SMCA 70-210/4 is also excellent... From: "Rьdiger Neumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hallo, > the smc-F 4-5.6 70-210 is a very good lens (with ED glas) and you can find > it in ebay for about 100 Euro. > regards > Rudiger > > > Von: Maris V. Lidaka Sr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Pentax's own FA80 f4.5 - 320 f5.6 - I think it was about $350 US > > > >Maris > > > >Артур Гроховский (Arthur D. Grokhovski) wrote: > >>Dear colleagues! What a telezoom (70-200, 100-300 or 80-400) > >> with a good optical quality but cheaper as 900 US $ (if new) for > >> Pentax do you can consider to me?
Re: *ist D Response from Pentax USA
heh.. They didn't even give an exact date, just "August 2003"; that could be tomorrow.. it could be next week or it could be August 31 - so what makes you think they're going to tell you all the pertinent details such as lens functionality etc. ? :-) Cheers Dave Original Message: - From: Brendan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 12:39:30 -0400 (EDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: *ist D Response from Pentax USA Which functions with which lens? What happens on a bellows etc etc! A wide range of compatible PENTAX lenses for flexible shooting A wide range of compatible PENTAX lenses are available for use with the *ist D, allowing the user to compose satisfying scenes regardless of the type of subject.* *Compatible lenses: K, KA, KAF, and KAF2 mount lenses; screw mount lenses, 645, and 67 series lenses (adapter required). Some functions may not activate depending on the choice of lens. __ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
Re: semi OT : I got a CD burner but, but, but.... Help!
I'm with Bill on this one. I found that my original burner (now superseded with a new one) would baulk at either a large number of files, or large-sized files, and I had to do the copying in small bites. If you're using XP, don't forget that you may need to enable burning by right-clicking on the drive letter in Wiondows Explorer, right-clicking on "Properties", then working through the properties until you find the tab that "Enables burning on this drive". You can also set the appropriate burn-speed here. You can use CD-R or CD-RW on these burners - CD-R's tend to be good for only one burn though, whereas CD-RW can be used many times. XP Pro has the advantage that burning is built into the system using software purchased from Roxio, who bought Adaptec, and your burner is treated just like a floppy - or any other type of removable storage. One quick way to copy files and folders is to position yourself on the parent folder in WE: if you want to copy an entire folder, highlight it in the right pane and right-click and drag it to the burner letter in the left-hand pane: release the mouse button, and then click on "Copy Here" (or even quicker, Ctrl-C on the source, Ctrl-V on the destination). For a bunch of files, I use the Ctrl-A technique for selecting all the files in the folder, then Ctrl-click to deselect those I don't want to copy, then again Ctrl-C Ctrl-V I've only just started using Nero Express, but I am impressed with it so far - a little easier to use than Easy CD Creator, which is in widespread use, and Easy Cd has the problem of using a non-standard format, and I have had problems with recovering data from CD's burned using it. HTH John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 12:38 PM Subject: Re: semi OT : I got a CD burner but, but, but Help! > > - Original Message - > From: "Ann Sanfedele" > Subject: Re: semi OT : I got a CD burner but, but, but Help! > > > > Thanks, Bill you make it look pretty straight forward. - I'll print this > > all out and > > give it a try . It does sound like I can't just copy entire folders, > > though. > > sob, sob. :) > > You can, or at least should be able to. Be warned, CD's don't like a lot of > levels of directories. > Best bet is as few sub directories as possible. > I wouldn't put more than a couple of directory levels past the root onto a > CD. > > William Robb >
Re: Well I'll be!
>How much are you thinking of asking for the MX? Hi G/w Hmmm, I've not priced it up yet. It all works with no sticky shutter etc, so I'm thinking of a ballpark figure roundabout the sort of maybe about kind of £150 ish. No CLA for some years. With a full Pentax CLA, I'd be looking at £250 but I've got to get it out of the bag (only just back from Scotland/Wales 1800 mile round trip so not quite with it yet) but IIRC it is pretty much mintish. Exc++ maybe. I've gotta sort all that out. I won't entertain any offers just yet, until all the facts are in, as General Buck Turgidson says. Need to get it all sorted out. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
Re: OT: Salgado selling coffee
H. Never shows up on my screen at all. By the time the page settles down, and stops thinking about the command (to get the URL) the screen simply stays white. Mac OS 9.2.1, NetCOMM 4.79. keith whaley T Rittenhouse wrote: > > No problem here, and comes up reletively fast for me. > - Original Message - > From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 > Subject: Re: OT: Salgado selling coffee > > > Being an admirer of Selgado's work, I've been trying to get to this page > > since yesterday. I've tried at least 1/2 dozen times, but it keeps > > freezing my old computer. Is it just me? > > > > Don't tell me he's sold out! > > > > cheers, > > frank > > Bob Walkden wrote: > > > > > http://www.illy.com/Salgado/Dreams.htm > > > > > > I raise my demi-tasse to the PDML! > > > > > > Bob
Re: semi OT : I got a CD burner but, but, but.... Help!
Ann, I don't have time to get too deep into this, but this will start you off: You can drag and drop if the AHEAD software is installed, but the catch is this: You need to be using a CD-RW disc (not a CD-R). Simply put the CD-RW into the cd-recorder and then drag and drop files and folders into the cd drive icon. If you want to use CD-R's, you need to use NERO. Open up NERO and a wizard should automatically open, asking you questions . . . choose new CD, data CD, and then you'll have 2 sets of file trees. One will be on the left, and be empty, and the other will be on the right, and have listings for all the files in your computer. The one on the left represents what you plan to burn, so drag and drop things where you want them. When you've got the files you want set in there, just hit the 'burn now' icon . . . IL Bill Ann Sanfedele wrote: A friend installed it for me. It is there, I can read stuff from the D; drive that used to be my E: drive, I can read Cd's inserted in the new CD-ROM drive. But the software has me totally befuddled. Friend who installed the drive left town (literally) before we actually got to try ot burn something. I'm an old dos girl, I thought you could just sort of say copy blah blah .jpg e: (wrong) or at least "save as" from photo deluxe. OF course I want the burner to make CD's to send to people - as a way of displaying my photos. I also thought it would be nice to make screen saver slide shows to sell and/or give to friends. I'm a dunce on this stuff. I thought I could wing it. The software that came with the burner is called NERO (hehe) and AHEAD software. Acrobat is included, in case you don't have it, to read the manual. I got this from office max for virtually nothing -- $70 coming back to me in rebates. So any ideas? I felt a bit less like an idiot when another friend told me of two computer savvy folks of his acquaintance (actually his son and his brother) complained of being quite confused by the software. I don't want to burn music, I don't want to do a video, all I want is to get files on a disk to back up my hard drive, to show people images, etc. I had thought that a cd could be used just like a floppy but if there is software around that will make it behave like that I'd sure like to know. annsan the easily confused -- William Kane http://www.KaneScience.com IABT Advisory Board Member http://www.iabt.net Tinley Park High School 6111 W. 175th Street Tinley Park, IL 60477 V: 708/532-1900 ext 3909 http://www.bhsd228.com
Re: Light Meter for Low Light Indoors
No, stop it, not another light meter thread. Last time I ended up buying another meter. I can not afford this. Stop right now! OTOH, I too recommend an incident light meter (no surprise there). I still think you can not go wrong with the Sekonic L-308B II (my primary meter for the past 10 years). Tiny, relatively cheap, accurate, and has all the features most of us will ever need, including flash measurements. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 8:17 PM Subject: Re: Light Meter for Low Light Indoors > > - Original Message - > From: "Otis C. Wright, Jr." > Subject: Light Meter for Low Light Indoors > > > > Would appreciate user input/recommendations on most effective light > > meter meter for low light indoor use. My amateur level experience is > > leading me towards a spot meter. Make any sense? > > Not a spot meter, no. I have a hell of a time with mine in low light levels. > I would go with an incident meter. I have been using a Gossen Luna Pro with > much success. > Minolta also makes very good light meters. > > William Robb > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.507 / Virus Database: 304 - Release Date: 8/4/03
Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please
Well.., then, our stories match pretty well. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: "Lon Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:35 PM Subject: Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please > Hell, I meant the 1750's. > Before settlement, but during exploration. > > I agree, though, that today any woods around > Cincinnati is "patchy" at best. > > T Rittenhouse wrote: > > I would say that was bull, Lon. Ohio has the singular claim to fame of being > > the most evenly populated state in the US, and that was true even in the mid > > 1800's when most of those folks were farmers. Farmers cleared most of the > > land to grow crops, naturally. Now, in the mid 1700's the squirrel story > > could have been said for the entire Northeastern and Midwestern US (the > > Northwoods), of course in those days Ohio was the far west. But in 1850 or > > so Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota were about the only such states that > > had not yet been cut over, but they managed to mow them by 1900. Today there > > are actually more trees in the eastern US than there were in the 1930's, do > > mostly to the abandonment of small farms. Down here in the Appalachians > > almost all the mountain tops had been burned off and made into pastures. Now > > most of them are overgrown again. I can remember the Blue Ridge Parkway as > > being mostly open vistas when I first traveled it with my family as a kid in > > the early 1950's. Now all you mostly see is trees. > > > > However, these forests are not the same as the mature forests of 250+ years > > ago. Most of the trees are no more than 50 years old. Up in Michigan, Proud > > Lake State Park is supposedly the largest uncut tract of Northwoods forest > > left in the continental US. It is only 65 acres, but is interesting to visit > > just to get a small idea what 1/5 of North America was like before we cut it > > down. > > > > Ciao, > > Graywolf > > http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto > > > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Lon Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 9:42 PM > > Subject: Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please > > > > > > > >>They say that in my home state (Ohio) a squirrel could start > >>at the center of the state and get to any state line without > >>touching the ground in the mid 1850's. Yeah, we're closing > >>the barn door after the horses got out and died of old age. > >> > >>-Lon > >> > >>William Robb wrote: > >> > >> > >>>This is all very fine and dandy, but how do we expect to have the moral > >>>authority to complain about what a 3rd world nation is doing if we don't > >>>stop doing it ourselves. > >>>I always found it odd and hypocritical that we were so vocal about > >> > > Brazil > > > >>>chopping down it's rain forests when we were clear cutting huge tracts > >> > > of > > > >>>our own forests during the 1980's. > >>>As for the coal fired plants and the like, it is possible to burn coal > >>>almost as cleanly as natural gas. Our coal fired plants here are proving > >> > > it. > > > >>>Unfortunately, the technology is expensive, and you are correct, big > >>>business tends to buy politicians off (they call it "lobbying") so they > >> > > can > > > >>>keep doing the nasty stuff. > >>> > >>> > >>>William Robb > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.507 / Virus Database: 304 - Release Date: 8/4/03 > > > > > > > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.507 / Virus Database: 304 - Release Date: 8/4/03
Re: Quiet list - taking pictures!
The will have to pass Detroit to get out of the lakes. So camp down on the waterfront. I have to admit there are a few things I miss about my home town. Not enough to move back though. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: "Bill Sawyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 10:52 PM Subject: RE: Quiet list - taking pictures! > Paul, > > I have 23 boxes of slides sitting on my desk waiting to be edited. Two more > still at the processor. I'm planning a 4 day camping weekend later this > month near Metamora where the Audobon Society has a Nature Center. Lots of > potential there. > > I think some of the Tall Ships are coming to Detroit, too. I heard that at > least the Amisted reproduction will be here in a week or two. > > Nice to see people are out shooting... > > -Original Message- > From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: August 05, 2003 9:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Quiet list - taking pictures! > > I've been shooting a lot. Fifteen rolls of film last weekend, another > three this weekend. I have a lot of scanning and printing to do. > Paul > > On Tuesday, August 5, 2003, at 06:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Yes, we are all out taking pictures! > > > > Tall Ships (Old sailing vessels) were in Chicago this week and I was > > photographing. > > Thanks to advice from the list, I bought a 6x7 on Ebay. > > I was in Downtown Chicago (about 25 miles) at dawn on Thursday, Sat. & > > Sun.. > > I have the slides back from Thursday and Wow is all I can say. > > More film back tonight or tomorrow... > > > > And if you want to look like a professional... > > I was on the lower lever of the Michigan Avenue bridge over the > > Chicago river. It's a dark, grubby environment best characterized as > > the industrial innards of the city of Chicago. I had the 6x7 on a > > monopod and a PZ-1 with zoom over my shoulder. I was busy taking > > pictures of the Tall Ships moored along the Chicago river when I > > noticed an attractive blond woman out of the corner of my eye. I > > stopped and she pressed a business card into my hand saying 'I can > > always use great photos of my boats!'. She was the president of a > > tour boat company operating several river/lakefront cruises. Her > > boats were moored just below us. I was pleasantly suprised. > > > > Regards, Bob S. > > > > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 7/24/03
Re: Quiet list - taking pictures!
What town, Brother Pat? I need to go there :-) Maris - Original Message - From: "Pat White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 6:17 PM Subject: Re: Quiet list - taking pictures! > Welcome to the Brotherhood, Brother Bob. Sounds like you did well. If it's > in your budget, the 67II is certainly a more modern, and maybe more > reliable, camera. Happy shooting with it! > > As for me, I was at the finals of Body Gras!, the Victoria body-painting > competition. I'd seen pictures on the Internet, but seeing the real thing > is much better. There were some very imaginative paintjobs, from a jigsaw > puzzle, to a samurai warrior, complete with sword, to a pregnant Thai > goddess, with four arms, all moving. Lots happening in this town. > > Brother Pat > >
Re: *ist D Response from Pentax USA
On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Jim Apilado wrote: > A store showed me the *ist 35mm. We tried an old K-mount lens on it and the > camera would not close the lens down during exposure. As I have said before, if the shutter works with the K lens and if you can manually override the film's ISO settings (like with the MZ-50), you can work around this problem. Kostas
Re: Digital Throwaway
På onsdag, 6. august 2003, kl. 19:08, skrev Mark Roberts: Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Larry Levy" Subject: Digital Throwaway You can delete a picture after you've taken it, but you can only delete the latest picture you've taken. There is no screen to review the shot to see whether it's something you want to keep or discard. Verdict: Don't Bother. Maybe the next generation (with a screen, for 50% more) will be better. I bet they sell like hotcakes. William Robb When I first heard about this I thought it was a total scam - that is, I figured they just had a regular throwaway with film in it in a new casing and the only thing digital was the CD you got when it was processed. ba-ba-boom. But the reality sounds even worse :) I agree. But I bet they sell like hotcakes. Well, actually, I don´t see it as selling, more like a leasing agreement. They´ll just empty the memory and give it the next customer. It may become interesting when they start forgetting to delete... DagT
Re: is TOPDML Toronto?
> And just because we like pentax cameras doesn't mean that we use ONLY > pentax cameras - we're open minded enough to try out other brands... Yes this is true > > But yes.. we like funny named beer!! Again True. Dave > > Cheers > Dave > > > Original Message: > - > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 10:13:57 US/Eastern > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: is TOPDML Toronto? > > > SOME people consider Mississauga part of the GTA.:) > Yes TOPDML is for Toronto PDML.We are a small humble group who like pentax > cameras and > funny > named beer. > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > >
Re: semi OT : I got a CD burner but, but, but.... Help!
On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Anyway, today is spoken for with other chores. I does appear that I can't > just treat a > CD like a floppy on the A drive though. The really bad thing is my friend > unhooked my > D drive so I cant backup stuff to the zip nor can I get at what Ive already > backed up... > A big misunderstainding on my part was the idea that I could use a cd as a way > to backup > directories, as well as making discs to send out. Ignore the naysayers, you can do all that. It may not work as efficently as youw ish, but you can do it anyway. In order to write to the drive as if it were a froppy, you need to install a packetwriting program (I think that's the term for it, its been awhile since I paid attention). The one I can name off the top of my head is DirectCD, but judging from the price you paid, I bet you just bought a CenDyne drive last weekend, which as you mentioned comes with Nero. One of the programs that was optional in teh setup was a packetwriting program which works like DirectCD. I can't tell you how that one works, but I can tell you that DirectCD used to wait for you to put a CD in, and it would just mount it up as a regular drive. You copy, it writes. I don't think it was really all that efficent, but that's how it did its job. Of course, with a once-writable, you filled the disk and moved on. With re-writes, you'd have to erase teh whole thing. ITs not nice and selective, like a froppy or a zip drive. Now, you can just put a CD in, start Nero Express and launch the wizard to create a data CD. Copy your stuff over (again, I can't speak for Nero Express, I used to use EZ CD Creator from Adaptec, or Toast for the Mac), which will probably be a matter of drag and drop. That bar on the bottom? It tells you how much space you have left on your disc. When you fill it up, you just hit the record button. When you write a disc, you can: Write a session, leave disc open: You can keep writing stuff to the disc, but yes, some drives won't like an open disc. Some won't mind, either. Write a session, close disc: WEll, like teh above, but it closes the disc. Just about all drives have no problem with that. Disc at once: Writes the data, closes the disc, never turns the laser off teh whole way. More or less like writing a session, closing the disc, but there's no gaps between tracks...which really only becomes an issue when you're recording music (or, perhaps, dealing with antique cd readers). When you're backing up your files, just write sessions and leave the disc open. If you're sending a CD to a friend, just disc-at-once or close the disc when done. Unless, again, they have an ancient CD-rom drive, there should be no problems. Finally, giant directory structures, etc? Yeah, no doubt CDRW drives vomit on that sort of thing, but I wouldn't be concerned with it..unless you have incredibly nested directories, which probably does violate some sort of iso9660 rule. :) -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com<-> photography and portfolio.
FS: Remaining stuff
Just down to 2 remaining items. Prices have been reduced. I will entertain offers. SuperProgram - Everything works great, body in Execellent+ condition - asking $100 FA 100/2.8 Macro - KEH EX+, Glass is pristine. Includes original caps and Hoya HMC UV filter. Asking $300 Thanks, Bruce
Re: Ist D here !??!?!?!
10 Lashes!!! --- Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry folks, you're gonna kill me. I just wanted to > be first up here with > an *ist D thread so close to midnight here in the UK > and only a few hours > away from what could prove to be a very interesting > day in the Pentax world. > > It's hot and sultry here and you're only consolation > to jumping on this > email in a heart-stopping moment, is that I will not > sleep well in the > heat tonight ;-) > > > > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps > _ > Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk > __ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
Re: TOPDML in September?
> Keep me in mind, too -- I have friends in Toronto I may be visiting if I can manage it. I want to be out of New York at that time. annsan
Re: any PDMLers in... the USA? (travel plans)
Have a great trip Jerome. That sounds like real fun. Have you ever read 'On The Road' by Jack Kerouac? Pick up a copy before you leave, and dip into it of a night while you're sippin that late night coffee when you know you shouldn't be and it's all warm and smellin real nice and the waitress says to you sonny you need to find a motel because folks round here think it mighty strange to find a man stretched out in a diner booth ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
RE: Used P&S question
That's the plan. As someone (Larry?) said, I just got the one she's used to and likes to use. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/07/03 10:53AM >>> Hope she receives it in time for the Camera Clinic. Bill -Original Message- From: Steve Desjardins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 9:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Used P&S question Thanks for all the help. She really liked her old IQZoom, so I just ordered the new verison for $70. I hadn't realized that it was that cheap for the new one, and it's essentialy the same camera. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Way OT - Mid-life Crisis
frank theriault wrote: > > Well, not really a "mid-life crisis" per se, but I'm in my mid-life, and > this is close to a crisis! Yes, crisis enough! > A few of you know that the bike courier biz has really gone down the > tubes in the last year or so. In fact, my income has dropped by over > 30%, such that not only has my discrectionary income disappeared, but > making ends meet has become a problem. > > Given my age, the fact that I've been riding a bike for a living for > about 7 1/2 years, What did you do before that? Is that useable? No doubt you've considered that and tossed it out by now... The first thing that comes to mind is the most obvious... >...and since I've been promising myself for the last 3 or > 4 winters that I'm not going to do another winter, I've decided to start > life anew. > > I've given my notice at work (effective Aug 31), and given my notice on > my apartment (effective Sept 30), and will be moving down to Nova Scotia > to stay with my Mom and Sis for a while. Down to? That's some 6 or 700 miles east, isn't it? Or is that "down" like the Maine-iacs say? Down East? > I've come to the conclusion > that I can't find a job while I work at the current one, and I can't > afford to live in Toronto if I'm not working. That's believable! > Besides, I need a vacation in the worst way - > living from pay to pay is very draining. You're right on that. > So, mid-September or so, I'll be off on an adventure (unfortunately, > moving away from my kids, which I'm not happy with), and we'll see where > I end up, and what I end up doing! I wish you the very best luck in the coming months, and sincerely hope you can find something that will make you happy AND some money, all at once! > Will likely only be away from PDML > for a couple of days or a week - mom has a computer. > > cheers, > frank Best, keith whaley
OT: Takeapic.com
Anyone heard of this site. Got an email from them saying they saw my site and these are just the kind of pictures they are looking forThey do all the leg work.Sell them for $25 each and photographer reaps 80% of the sale. It was obvious a form email,as no mention of which site(Photo.net,usefilm,my two personal ones etc) Anyone else receive this mail.(it came to my email from photo.net and tripod sites) I'm hust curious. On a brighter note,i finally did some developing last night.Took a while for the air conditining to get the room to around 20-21 degrees but were on the road againOnly 7 more rolls. Dave
