With this approach, I think both the size of mails and the amount of members
would reduced significantly. I am not saying I would challenge your
authority though. 8-(
regards,
Alan Chan
Ok, people, listen up. This off-topic trash has gone on long enough, and
I have been forced to take
That's too bad, Collin. Perhaps next time you'll learn to lock your
car, or at least keep your gear out of sight.
chris
Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
I feel the same. Mine was all stolen yesterday.
The car was broken into while out shopping.
This is really making unemployment miserable.
I met a woman up here claiming to be Shel also. Perhaps it was the
real Shel, considering all the hair on her lip.
chris
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Tanya,
I met a fellow claiming to be Shel this summer in Chicago.
He had all the characteristics of a pdml subscriber,
including an LX
I haven't bid but I've been in and out several times.
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From: Ted Beilby [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 5:26 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:eBay problems???
There were several auctions for Pentax equipment that I wanted to bid
On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Chris Brogden wrote:
That's too bad, Collin. Perhaps next time you'll learn to lock your
car, or at least keep your gear out of sight.
Hey, at least when I did it I used my real address so people knew it was a
joke.
chris "the real one"
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I just received notification that Shel's bequeathed me his entire
collection of autofocus lenses. Thanks Shel.
Chris
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They say Itally looks like a boot, but I never knew
Appalachia looked like this!
-- MCC
At 04:08 PM 4/1/01 -0400, you wrote:
A couple of months ago you may remember that I
had an opportunity to
shoot a magazine cover, and I asked you guys for some advice.
It went pretty well. In fact, it's
Which one is Shel??
Are you sure the Horse is not a mare!!!
We call mares... she!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 5:57 PM
Subject: Shel's a he, not a she.
Tanya,
I met a fellow claiming to be Shel this summer in
31mm sounds like the ideal landscape lens to me...
-- MCC
At 04:26 PM 4/1/01 -0500, you wrote:
Mark Cassino wrote:
My new 77mm f1.8 Limited arrived from Abes of Maine yesterday.
What can I
say - fantastic lens! The thing that threw me though is
the maximum
focusing distance of 4
- Original Message -
From: "Ken Archer" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: April 1, 2001 4:45 PM
Subject: April Gallery
This month's selections are extremely good from top to bottom.
Since art is in
the eye of the beholder, there were several that jumped out at
me. I
I'm beside myself with laughter!
chris "I think I'm the real one"
Chris Brogden wrote:
On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Chris Brogden wrote:
That's too bad, Collin. Perhaps next time you'll learn to lock your
car, or at least keep your gear out of sight.
Hey, at least when I did it I used my
Shel -
If you used auto focus, you wouldn't have these problems... :-0
- MCC
At 02:12 PM 4/1/01 -0700, you wrote:
Mark Cassino wrote:
I didn't realize that my Ltd., being unLtd., was broken. I'll
send
it back to Pentax in the morning. I want to eke out all the
sharpness this lens can deliver.
John Mustarde wrote:
Great landscape shot.
You got a moonscape to go with it?
Actually, I do, but trust me , you don't want to see it.
tv
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Thanks for noticing, Bill. This is an image that my wife really likes and
has always recommended that I submit. This particular theme seemed to be
the right time.
Bruce Dayton
Sacramento, CA
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From: "William Robb" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Pentax Discuss" [EMAIL
On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: "Chris Brogden"
Subject: Shel's parting gift
I just received notification that Shel's bequeathed me his
entire
collection of autofocus lenses. Thanks Shel.
That would be his entire collection of autofocus
Hi Gary
I've had no problems for over a week, however Sympatico did have problems
with their proxy server a while back and there were a whole lot of angry
Canucks in theToronto area. I would recommend you contact your ISP.
Don
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From: "Gary L. Murphy" [EMAIL
Got me, too. I reread it twice Chris and still didn't catch it when all
along it was right there in front of us in the address.
I didn't get to read the pdml yesterday, so I'm sitting here in the office
waiting to get right down to work, when I think, "Yeah. I am a little
tired of 100 posts
Hi,
My lot for this months gallery were images
from:
Jens Bladt - Painting Beauty
Derek Zukowski - Heavy
Cotty - Waitress, London,1980
Jens Bladt - Painting
Beauty
I reallylike the mix of colours and
textures. I like the fact that there is forground interest with the masks
as well as
Hi,
My lot for this months gallery were images
from:
Jens Bladt - Painting Beauty
Derek Zukowski - Heavy
Cotty - Waitress, London,1980
Jens Bladt - Painting
Beauty
I reallylike the mix of colours and
textures. I like the fact that there is forground interest with the masks
as well as
Hi,
My lot for this months gallery were images
from:
Jens Bladt - Painting Beauty
Derek Zukowski - Heavy
Cotty - Waitress, London,1980
Jens Bladt - Painting
Beauty
I reallylike the mix of colours and
textures. I like the fact that there is forground interest with the masks
as well as
In a message dated 3/31/01 1:34:32 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Hi,
I recently purchased a Hoya HMC Skylite filter for my 28-70 F4 AL. Today i
accidently touched the filter and left a finger print... and now the finger
print wont come off i tried cleaning it with a Microfibre lense
I've been in several times and made bids but anyone noticed this:
Ever since we changed the clock to summertime the search results are 1 hour
out. i.e. an item showing 5 minutes left on the search results screen has
actually got 1 hour and 5 minutes to run when you go to the auction page.
(maybe
Got ya!
=== Original ---
That's too bad, Collin. Perhaps next time you'll learn to lock your
car, or at least keep your gear out of sight.
chris
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Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
Got ya!
=== Original ---
That's too bad, Collin. Perhaps next time you'll learn to lock your
car, or at least keep your gear out of sight.
chris
Not really
--
Shel Belinkoff
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
There are no rules for good photographs,
there are
According to Ebay's announcement board, they are having problems from a
bug in Microsoft's Visual C++. Apparently no one at Microsoft thought to
program the language to recognize the switch to daylight savings time.
It may be the attempt to fix this that is causing the access problems.
I'll bet
Chris Brogden wrote:
I agree. You should be ashamed of yourself, Bill.
*snicker*
-Aaron
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You only have ONE more for the week before the net-mom pulls your plug!!!
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From: "Doug Brewer" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 11:45 PM
Subject: just testing
hello
--
Douglas Forrest Brewer
Ashwood Lake Photography
[EMAIL
From my assignment - which would have been done earlier, but my dog
ate it!
1. "Sunrise Mist" - by Collin Brendemuehl, Ohio, USA
To be honest, my first impression was one of no impression. It just
seemed so flat. Once I really looked at it and positioned my monitor more
Hi guys,
I just got an e-mail from Dave. According to him the
grip would be avalailable in 8 weeks or so. It has a
vertical release, have a look
http://wdcamengineering.com/pentax.htm
It looks good. I just think that a vertical release
should have a better grip where you could hold on to
it more
All the Pentax AF bodies released in North America (anyone correct me if I'm
wrong) have always had provision for the Cable Switch-F! It was never a
consideration to not have that.
...And just think, the new MZ-S will give four (4) possibilities for remote
release;#1) Standard Elenctronic
Car magazines are much more aggressive about getting information out about
future models than photo magazines. They also seemed less tied to car
companys than photo magazines are to camera companys and thus are more
critical of the car products they test. It is not unusual at all for them
Jeez, Bill. April Fool's day is OVER...lay off, already!
Cheers,
Mike
Vancouver, Canada
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of William Robb
Sent: April 1, 2001 7:35 PM
To: Pentax Discuss
Subject: PUGMeisters choice award
Now, on to the
Hi,
When I accepted Chris' idea, I imagined myself talking
about the great pictures that I always see and like in
the PUG... but this time I have also some objections,
and justify why is maybe more difficult. I'll try to
explain itÂ… good luck understanding my English, by the
way :-)
Mike
I didnt say that, Alin did!
And by the way the F65 he was referrering to is a N***n!
I just dont know why the shutter button doesnt have a thread to allow a
mechnical release to push the button in addition to use of cable switch
F. In the UK this is a damned expensive cable release and many
That is one exciting (and nice-looking) piece of equipment. Does he know how
long the batteries last?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of herbet brasileiro
Sent: April 2, 2001 7:24 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PZ1 grip
Hi guys,
I just
Take Ueda's Rain:
Positive: I like the idea of showing the contrast
between mud and metal, especially with this dark
color. I don't identify the brand and type of the car,
but it seems very rounded and 'photogenic'.
Negative: mainly the point of view. Personally, I
would have centered the
Anyone got a firm idea on Price yet?
Thanks,
T.
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A scroll of mail from Cameron Hood [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sun, 01 Apr
2001 13:19:41 -0700
Read it? y
I didn't mean to impune the dignity of the 80-200 2.8. It is gorgeous; it's
also really expensive and very heavy. An f4 would make more sense.
Personally, I think a non Power Zoom version would
Does it block the availability of the cable release, without unscrewing and
removing the grip? It looks like this in the photos...
Dosk
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From: "herbet brasileiro" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 10:24 AM
Subject: PZ1 grip
Hi
Thanks Bill - Glad you enjoyed. it
Tom C.
Now, on to the subject line. After careful consideration,
and saving at least 8 different images to wallpaper, I have
concluded that my first impression was the right one.
Michael Bromm's "Abstraction" is my favourite horizontal image
this
Hi Steve,
I remember in the 70's (maybe before that) when the star Aldeberan was one
of the first stars suspected if having planets because of it's wobble effect
across the sky. My choice of the word observation in my earlier post was
probably a poor one...
It is this wobble method of
I have to admit. I had been on the list for months and thought Shel was a
female before I got to know her better. g
Tom C.
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From: "Cy Galley" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: Shel's a he, not a she.
Which
Dr. Robb is correct - the dishwashing liquid and distilled water works for
me too. This was shown to me by an optician for my coated eyeglasses.
Dawn dishwashing detergent is my favorite for filters I take of sunrises;
Joy for newborn baby pictures;
Lux for lowlight;
Ivory for weddings;
Thanks for the kind words...
Tom C.
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From: "Ken Archer" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 4:45 PM
Subject: April Gallery
This month's selections are extremely good from top to bottom. Since art
is in
the eye of the beholder,
Thanks, Ken, for including me in such esteemed company!
Paul M. Provencher
(ppro)
http://whitemetal.com/pentax/index.htm
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The following comes from today's "Independent" newspaper (London):
"Meat seized in Moldova was human flesh, tests yesterday have shown. Two
women were selling the meat outside a butcher's shop in the capital,
Chisinau. They said they had acquired it from a state cancer clinic."
Bon appetit!
I worked in a test equipment repair shop for several years. We used
dishwashing liquid as an antistatic cleaner for glass plastic analog meter
face plates, to prevent static from affecting the meter needle. The secret
was to rinse it in warm water, cold water quickly removed all the soap,
Tom Van Veen - One Way
What caught my eye the first time i saw this picture? The One Way
signboard. Next the clouds. And the black thick line.
Still unable to figure out what the black thick line is(rooftop?).
I am surprise the sky isn't that dark since a red filter was used.
However it did
It looks like to me that it ingeniously uses the remote release as a way of
implementing the vertical shutter release. That being the case, yes it
blocks the availability. This is not usually a problem because of the 2
second prefire. The only time I use the remote release is on timed
Comments on "Heir Bourn" by David Brooks
Catchy title. First I wish that this image was just a little larger. It is
more difficult to discern detail at half size. The scan looks like it could
use a little sharpening. That said, let's look a little closer.
The timing of the shot is great.
Re; New PZ1 battery pack
Fr: Bruce Dayton---
snip
"Perhaps a better question is how fast can it be removed and put back
on"
I agree.
And also could it be usable as only an AA battery pack? Maybe one could
remove the new vertical release wire and its plug, or at least tuck it back
On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Jaume Lahuerta wrote:
Juan Buhler's No Park:
I have to confess that it took a lot to me to understand Juan's
submission. Since I ran into the picture without reading the
title, I didn't even realize that there was something written. The
contrast settings of my monitor
Hi all,
These are my comments to the pictures assigned to me from this month's PUG.
(I'd like to once again send a note of appreciation to Chris B. for gettting this
comment practice going.)
As for my comments: I am usually very hesitant of giving critical comments unless
explicitely asked to
I have 747 units complete in 19040 hours of CPU time. The latest version
3.03 about doubled the processing time on my 2 lowly P233/MMX machines
compared to previous versions (seti has a problem with being too popular to
handle giving new work units to all clients whenever they ask - so they
Assignment:
"Yin Yang" by Frank Theriault---
I saw this photo just after my partner got herself a book on the paintings
of Vermeer, and I was immediately struck by the similarities of this double
animal portrait to Vermeer's style. (All rich and dark browns and blacks and
whites.) The subjects
Indeed, K-mount enthusiasts wishing for a 100/2 have had but one choice:
the old Soligor CD. Introduced in 1979, it used a 58mm filter. I tried
ordering one from a British store, for 60 pounds sterling, but it had just
been sold. A couple months later, the same store had another specimen, same
Cool. We only started doing it recently and have processed less than 20
units. And speaking of the search for life more intelligent than ourselves
(after all, that IS what we're doing), I'm in the process of acquiring press
passes to one of our more interesting annual events, the Ozark UFO
Different iterations of the LX have different sounding shutters. It
seems that the new ones are quieter. Mirror lockup quiets things
down even more.
Matti Etelapera wrote:
How would you rate the noise of this camera against the LX for example?
Are there any really silent Pentaxes?
--
Shel
Anytime you introduce a zoom that meets a difficult challenge on two
fronts--a challenging range AND a large constant aperture--you guarantee
that it will be bought only by pros and the well-heeled. Moreover, such a
lens is nearly always hefty and would require huge filters. Nikon made the
right
Hm, burger, anyone? I'll have mine medium-rare thanksnot!
8-O
Tanya.
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Hey guys,
Ok, I know what boz's page on the FA-1 FA-1W finders for the LX say
(I went there), but I'm having a bit of trouble TRANSLATING that into
something I can understand. Can anyone hazard to attempt to explain the
difference to me?
Oh, and while you're at it, if you have a favorite
dosk wrote:
A Bill Visser (from "somewhere in Western Canada") came on this list to sell
things. Checked him out with some of the long-timers here; they'd not heard
of him before, or ever recall him posting anything here before.
H.
Well that certainly means he's suspect if we've
Hi Eduardo,
I presentedan idea like this several months ago.
The intent was to create a super-gallery. The idea evolved into a
'photographer's choice' where each photographer would choose what they
considered to betheir best work of PUG images already submitted. I
still like the idea. The
On 2 Apr 2001, at 19:03, William Kane wrote:
Hey guys,
Ok, I know what boz's page on the FA-1 FA-1W finders for the LX say
(I went there), but I'm having a bit of trouble TRANSLATING that into
something I can understand. Can anyone hazard to attempt to explain the
difference to me?
No good deed shall go unpunished.
On Mon, 02 Apr 2001, you wrote:
dosk wrote:
A Bill Visser (from "somewhere in Western Canada") came on this list to sell
things. Checked him out with some of the long-timers here; they'd not heard
of him before, or ever recall him posting anything here
I agree. I think the original post was a fair heads-up to the rest of us.
Any reasonably wary person would be a little suspicious of such behavior.
Well done to warn us.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken Archer
Sent: April 2, 2001 4:53
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From: "William Kane"
Subject: LX Finders? FA-1 FA-1W
Hey guys,
Ok, I know what boz's page on the FA-1 FA-1W finders for
the LX say
(I went there), but I'm having a bit of trouble TRANSLATING
that into
something I can understand. Can anyone hazard to
- Original Message -
From: "aimcompute"
Subject: Other PUG Comments
" Navaho " by William Robb - Very nice Bill. Makes me want
to run out and
get one of those PS. I know I have been by there as well but
I think it
was close to dusk and the contrast in the zig-zags was far
less.
I think if you're going to impugn someone's reputation *publicly* you
should produce some evidence when you do so.
tv
Bucky wrote:
I agree. I think the original post was a fair heads-up to the rest of us.
Any reasonably wary person would be a little suspicious of such behavior.
Well done
NNNOO.
Sorry
Bill
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From: "Eduardo Carone Costa Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "PDML" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: April 2, 2001 1:01 PM
Subject: PUG idea
Hi everyone,
Although I tend to read more than write when the PDML is
concerned, I must not miss the
Anyone interested? Seen on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1225504935
--
Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas
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Tom C. wrote:
Hi Steve,
I remember in the 70's (maybe before that) when the star Aldeberan was one
of the first stars suspected if having planets because of it's wobble
effect
across the sky. My choice of the word observation in my earlier post was
probably a poor one...
It is this
Comments interspersed:
My thanks to the organizers for the chance to comment. I had 3 terrific
pictures to look at, in which big and beautiful RED was the feature.
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My thanks, too. I thought that putting the other two "red shots" with mine made mine
look better than it would
Thank you, Ken.
Bill Sawyer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken Archer
Sent: April 01, 2001 6:45 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: April Gallery
This month's selections are extremely good from top to bottom. Since
Here goes:
H and L modes are outputs on manual. H is high, and L is low. M is for
manual settings. MS is for manual settings but the flash will mate with the
LX and set the flash shutter speed at 1/75th second.
For off the camera TTL, get the hotshoe grip. I use the 4P Sync Cord B
cable. One
I've got 90 units here as well, with 91 processing its little guts out as we speak.
But, I've noticed my processor time seem much longer, almost 5400 hours for 90 units.
But then again, I don't always send my work unit immediately after it has finished, so
I'm wondering if the software is
To recount facts is not to impugn a reputation, and furthermore, the
evidence *was* given. What conclusion you draw from it is up to you.
I think it is fair to say that the original poster was suspicious of the
course of dealings, and that anyone who had experienced such a course of
dealings
There is nothing wrong or illegal about sharing your business experiences
and leaving it up to the reader to draw his own conclusions. The illegal
comes when you start to slander the individual/business by injecting your
own opinions without supporting evidence.
Gerry
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Hey Tom, if you want I'll give you this guy's email address. Yes?
Maybe there wasn't really anything wrong with this guy's deal. (I did leave
that option open, didn't I? You know, that option you ridiculed with your
self righteousness?)
But maybe you could get a better deal from him.
I mean
Take a look here:
http://wdcamengineering.com/PENTAX_GRIP_7web.jpg
It appears that the arm that comes up can be easily removed, and then you
can just pull the wire out of the cable release socket and use your cable
release with the AA pack still on. Of course no verticle release if you do
Hi, Skip,
Thanks for your comments. To answer your questions:
1. It was shot using available light coming in through a large window. Those
cats are light sleepers, and and any sort of artificial lighting (especially a
flash) would have only given me one chance at a shot. As it was, they
Oh no please don't
This list (and another I subscribe to) is absolutely charming in a manner no
other has ever been, due mainly to the characters of its members which
makes it worth reading day after day. Sometimes it's dreary I admit, other
times one might even find something of real value
I gotta agree with Tom on this one. Skip, the way I read it, lost out to a local buyer
and decided to scald Bill here in public for it. That's a poor method for solving a
problem.
I would, however, now that's it's out here, like to hear Bill's side of the story.
Doug
speaking as a list
Does anyone have word on when the black limited lenses will be available in
North America?
thanks,
-Paul
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I don't know now. Maybe I was wrong in reporting my transactions with that
seller the way I did.
It's true, the deal just didn't feel right to me... But I thought I tried to
present what happened in a non-slanderous manner. I was (and am now) not
wanting to hurt anyones reputation. I was trying
The general laws of motion for heavenly bodies was developed by Kepler
(1571-1630). Newton's (1642-1727) law says that for every action there is an
equal and opposite reaction, further he developed the law of gravity,
acceleration as a function of combined mass and distance. This mathematics,
Other PUG comments for April...
" Long Way From Home " by Ed Dombek, USA - Winter
is one of my favorite seasons, right up there with
Spring, Summer, And Fall. I like the obvious
cold and alone feeling in this, but the orangeness
of the lights has a warming effect at the same
time. Nice
Maybe not strong on "pattern" but a nice shot, Cotty.
I liked others as well... but the gal with the
cigarette gripped me.
Lon Williamson
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dosk wrote:
Hey Tom, if you want I'll give you this guy's email address. Yes?
I'm not that interested, but I'd be curious to see your correspondence
with him.
But maybe you could get a better deal from him.
I mean after all, a brand new SF1n for $115 and a Carl Zeiss-Jena 28-80mm
zoom
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